The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, September 06, 1898, Image 1
E iTABLISHE D 1865. NEW BERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, SEPT EMBER, 1898 TW ICE A WEEK, $1.5O A YEAR
NO OFFICIAL COUNT YET
IT WOULD NOr ALTHI T11E IESULT
WlKRlT0F;tE PIUIILISiED. t
The Democratic State Execullve Comnalt
tee Mot ha Utoluabiai Fridany to Tabu,
Ilto i e V o te, bit Owing to Fislauro
to, oie celyn i-poarim from Soime of
time Coulatles Nqtilug icwas
iosm,-som1 of the Cot.n
tests are so loeso Tihtt
tihe Rolated Returns
Wint Affect Themf.
Sp9cial to News and Courior.]
Co'umbia, S. C., September 2.
There was quite a gathering of poli
tical lea lors inl the city todlay. V
They came here for the purposo ofV
meeting and tabulating the official
returns, declaring the result and go
ing home. It was quite early in the
(lay when Lieutenant G.svornor Mc..h
Sweeney telegraphed Col. Jones to
say that there woro no trains run
ning to Columbia, and on account of
the storm oleven 1boxes were not re
portod, and the county committee
ha,l in conteqIenco adjourned until
next Monday to tabulate the returns,
and asking whethor the State com.
mittee might iot wait on thatt report.
Col. Jone- iesponded to inl inquiry
ats to the vote for Governor, but pre
ferred to leave the other matters to
the Stato commit teo. From the out
look this morning tho action of the
committee will have to be, deferred,
at least upon some of the C itests.
The Comptroller Geieral's rice will
be decided ono way or anoth, on
this and the Beaufort vote, 11- it is
exceedingly closo. The committee
nmmy order second primaries i:i such
cases w1here the aggrogato vote of C
Himpton County would make no
possible difference, and in other r
cases the action will have to be do- 0
pendent upon the report. from
li unpton County, of which, by the
WaIy, -al liat wits possible to be oh- ti
tained wits exclusively reported in "
, The News and Courier. a
By the way, the politicians to-day g
-Vgratulated The News and Courier c
n its splendid reports and sum- '
es of the election returns; for A
al voto upon the Norton-Eller- d
conlest. and the like:- a
(.Vhe tables were gotten up in a e
Ar prehOenive and accurato mannor t
'.t1r01o honm oflico.t
0,ae committeemen who came hoie
C
did not have much to say ahout the 11
next election. As has been stated
all along since the first night, Ellerbo
a id Featherstone will have to make
the race over. Governor Ellerbo
missed it more than seven thotsand.
Tile Archer and Whitman vote wias
not tabulated in the returns given,
as it has nto material effet whatever
upon the situation. If the represen-y
tat i'ses of the various counties knew
anything they kept it to t heimselves
in th lm iost approved mannler, and
either talked in confidenco or not ait
aill, except where they were pro
nounced champions of either of th~e
candidates. Mr. Fontherstonoe and
Mr. Archer ho0th have strong friends
upon the State comm it tee.
Col. Jono4 ha 1 this propmosition
submnitte I to him: Where more than
the num>er~ .of Representatives to
which a county is entitled rec 'ive a
majority vote, w bich are electe d ? Hie
replied that the candidates rem'iving
the highest vote win, provided they
have majorities. Ti seems to have
occurred in quite a number- of coun
ties, notably York, Cherokeni 11nd
Aiken.
In gnite a number of count im's caun
didates lacked only one vote of go
inig in on the first pirimary, and in
these cases the soldier voto was of1
mntm -bi conis(luonce. Trjo* has been
some complaint about the soilier
vote being counted. If tihe primaries
were honestly conducted, as they no
dloubt woere, the men who are awaiy
in respoinse to the call of their State
should ungne3t.ionab)ly have thme
right to vote, If they are awauy they
hav'e not lost their interest in home
affairs.
Quite a number of the Sena
torial contests wvoro as close as
they could be. In Sumter less than
a dlozo.n votes decCided thle contest,
arnd in this county the whole thing
be:es on the soldier vote at the Pst
S) 1th Carolina cam p.
THEii EXEcirPI vE COMM iTTErE.
Tlhe State Deimocratie E'ncultivo
Cunnittoo mot tonight to tabulate
ho vote of the recent primary. Be
ore going to work Mr. Blouse, c
4owborry, offered his personal prc
est against Yvrk County throwiu;
>ut Mr. Mower's ballots on th
round that they did not also con
iin Mr. Bollingor's name. This bv
lid on his own responsibility. Il
lihn offered the following rt solutjon
Bo it resolved, That all tho ballot
or Stato and county otlices shoili
m counted if only tho nif o of th
indidate for the olice for which I
i a candiato should be printed o
iritton on tho ticket.
Mr. Blease said that Mr. Mower
vho had been defeated for Attorae3
konoral, submits to the will of th(
100ple of South Carolina, and tha
.o has no contest or protost anu(
new absolutoly nothing of hi
Bloase's) intention to int-roduce thi
Lregoing resolution. "But I am re
iably informed," he continiued, "that
i York County all the - ballots fo
lower that did not contain Bol.
uoer's namo wore thrown out, au(
ask that this resolution be passer
i. order that hereafter such ballot.
rill be counted for State or count
flicors."
Mr. Bleaso said that Mr. Mowei
ad many of his own tickets printod
,ith the name "Goorge S. Mower'
n it only, hnt. ihat thn ticket. eon
lined the inaimes of all other calidi
ates for State oflices.
Tihe resolution was passed withol:
k emssion.
Mr. V. A. James, of Lee County
mIted to know if the conimittoi
culd take cognizan.e of the recon
!torances of'Sonator McLaurin iu
mcommending to the people t
hoose McKinlev by acclamation foi
'resident. He lid not.. think v
)omocrat should do th s and hi
Lought that this Democratic com.
iittev should discountenance snct
Ivice. Mr. Appvlt, jocularly sng
ested that the conmnitteo could. de
laro McKinley wats n, t President
'his sally provoked laughter, bu
fir James sharply replied tivt. h
id not think a serious and middle
ued man should make such ain un
alled-for suggestion when lie wat
Alking of a matter that concerne
lio Domooracy of this State. H
nphus z d tl 0 fact that he was onl;
Simon pure, silver Democrat, and
0 (Vanted the committee to vote it
isapproval of Mc Laurin's adviev
Io is a man who holds a vote or jusi
alf of the pvople of this State, an(
0 t.hought it should be takon notic
f. He finally put the direct ques
on to the chairman:
"L f anythmug like that had ova
con brought hoefore~ the State Dom
craitic commiiittooe hofore," to wvhicl
jh)airLuan Jowus replied, "'No, sir,
Lever boardl anythiung like that be
oro." After somie laughter, Mi
'iames again arose and said that bi
va)uld introdneo the following rec
ution:
"Wh eroeas, certain utterances hay
>eon reported as being muade by th
ion. Johmn L. McLaurin in rogar
o the future candidacy of his Ex
elloney, President McKinley; ani
vhoreas, we look upon such sonut
nents, especially when emnanatin
'rm 0one whoE holdis in his pow<
me- half of thet political struer.gt h c
he State, aus preju'dicial to the linm
meccess of thle principles0 con taine
n our party platform; therefore, L
t
"RIosolvedl, Thaiit we, the State ey
acutivo committee of the D.-mocrat
)arty of South Carolina and censt<
iians of its p)'ricils, respmectfull
.sal I the attetion of t he D)emocrat
votors or SouthI Carolina to saidl a
loged ulttrcesIIC."
M~r. Uloaso move,l to lay the res,
lution on t he table. Mr. J am'
1poko oun h is rosol ution, givin ghi
iews, already st ated, end the
the matter rested, without a vote
a sentiment expressed from aniyou
olse.
Mr. Altam'ont Moses, of H3uumt
sonit a tolegramu to Clhi aan .Jom5
which said that he hamd hlledl a p
test and contest in the election he
in Sumter County for a State Sen
tor, and his papor)~s would arrive
the next train for the State commlll
too.
Mr. M~anninug ha halnn (leclar,
- the njomlineo by the conty executiv(
f committoo of Suinter, but Mr
Moses will contest the result so do.
clared.
3 A sub committoo was named tc
-tafibulito tit votes, but the work i
3 very slowly progressing.
The meeting was (lecidedly unsat
isfactory, no results being announced
i or even preparod. Carelessess 1111d
I storms prevented any rot v rm from
i Beaufort, Berkeley, Cherokee, Col
loton, Hamptou and Oconeo from be.
ing beforo the committoo at. aill.
Nothing at. all was done towards
settlement of the contests. The com
mittee would not lt anyone use tho
partial tabulation, but the News and
Courier adds the reports sent in to
I those published today and, together
; with the figures it has on hfand,
) gives the standing at. this juncturo.
It shows the samo resuls as havo
been given. Ellorbo and Feather
stone run over. Bollinger is noi.
nated. McMahan and Brown run
I over. Blythe may run over with
I Floyd. Derhan and Epton's race is
ai toss up. Tompkins and Cooper
run over. The chanevs are that
Blythe and Floyd wil have to make
the race over in the second p imary
I almost certainly. The result a are all
pretty well fixed. Thomas and Gar
ris run o% )r for railroad coi mmission -
or. The totals best obtainablo to
night without Hampton and B( au
fort are:
For Governor-Ellorbo 29,279,
Watson 7,240, Tillman i 1,491,
Scbumperr 7,682, Featherstone 17,
(116.
For AdjutaL General-W atts 10,
708, Floyd 360,904, Blythe 20,907.
For Comptroller General-Der
han 37,384, Epton 37,419.
For Secretary of State--Tomp
kins 28.340, Cooper 26,910, Brad
han 2L,233.
Ft r Superintenident, of Education
--Mayfiold 1,357; Rico 13,217,
Brown 20,8e:3.
The race for Superintendent of
I Education is practically settled, aid
it is about as certain that Blythe
and Floyd will have to run over.
i The Epton-Derham race is the
I marvel, being at a complete stand
sull.
The cause of the trouble is seen in
I the following telegram from Hamp
ton.
"No additional pri cincts have been
L hoard from since last night in refer
I once to Stato candidates. The coun.
ty exect'ive committee mot at. noonk,
and concluded that official report:
would not be sent in before nexi
rMonday, aind adjourned to 11 A. M,
of that day."
1 The figures given put Epton 65 iri
the lead. T1hae b)oxes reported fron
-Hampton as published give Derhair
.62 majority, which reduces Epton'a
a lead to 3, anid the remainder o.
. Hampton and Beanufort to hear frorn
h.o-h- being fIo pa11ritiaIl reports
thought to be favorable to Derhami
B TIhe figures given ate based upor
a 1,271 for Derham from Launcastei
I County, and the contention is thai
.this should be ,;371I. Tbho commit
teomuan asked to take the recor'
back and be allowed to amidu iti
th)e vote actually was a mni-taka
made in transcribing the record
r Others than t he record putt that voti
ait 1,371, insteadl of 1,27 1, so aill o
h ia' makes thle contest very closm'.
The committee decided riot t<
announce any voo lo ight, oven ii
0 Congressional races, only one dis
trict be'ng fully reported. A fter
long dliscussioni, it wias decided1 t<
chave a sub-committee of seven corn
and anniounce tihe results, except ii
y caises of contests, wvhic.h the whol,
c commtittee will conisider. Mr. Mose
pres-ented his papmers of contest il
p)erson, and his friends say he has
very strong case. .Thle committo
>- fixed1 Friday, September 1(1, to lhoa
,s the contest. Chaiirmarn Jones sail
She had intimation of a contest fror
thoe 6th district. The oflicial vote ai
t.abmulated gives Norton 57 majorit
rover Ellerbe. No formal paperh
0 wor prleonted ini thisn casmi. T1h
volto as tat,hatted is: NortonI 5,4 1
r 'A lerb 5. Messrs. Neal, Jonel
' Wilder, (G1rillit h, Robert>,on an
' Traxler will meet he e to tabulat
> th-1 vote on Monday night. Th:
ld missing returns are expected at onc<
ii. Telegraphic returns woer. used t<
mn night. Mr. Parrott, of Darlingtoi
p,[rotestod1 aigainst discrimninatic
agaiinst vyd ars, and1 his pirotest wi
comae up with the others. Thlie can,
A TALK WITH FEATHERSTONE
WIIAT AIE 'lh)'O4OSV8 TO U) IF HE IS
F.EUI.F.,I GOVERINOR4.
II#- TloIviko4 t tovre Io- Nmsm tiCmmice of the
1.t,glaie rre I'm4mismg tihe-Ulilos o II, or
Pmao- le.anmro ef it shimilar Ulime.
ter-Sto .etg, Ioiwe-ver, lin the
oIp esiatoury Lm. 'millome'en
4vto tie fittatle nook lhi
"III~II
Coltimbia, September 2.-Mr. C.
C. Feat.herstoue, the candidato for
Governor, who will be in the second
race with Governor Ellorbo, is in the
city to night. He was seeni to-ight
ilnd t alked as follows:
"1ow have you stood the cam
paign ?
"Remarkably well. I haven't lost
a pound of flesh, and an feling as
well as I ever did."
"What do you think or your
, and what will be the result
in the second raco?"
"Well, you know, I an not the
man to boast, as I lppoe0 you have
discovered [dom the campaign I
made, but I will say that my chances
have been growing brighter and
brighter for the last month. I was
sure that I would be in the second
race. I have made an honest., clean
campaign, have made friends all over
the State, and if my friends do their
duty I will be the next Governor of
South Carolina. People all over the
State have becomo disgusted with
the dispensary and the manner in
which it has been used to further
the interests of cetain parties.
During the campaign whiskey Wis
shipped into the State by houses
from which the dispensary buys
liquor, and it wag used in the iL
terest of certain dispensary candi
dates. In addition to this, many
are disgusted with the manner in
which the dispensary has been run.
Ber dispensarios, hotel privileges,
et(-, in various parts of the State have
been run with the view of selling ats
much whiskey as possiblo. Default
ing dispensers have not. hoon handled
as they should have beon. Whiskey
constables have gone beyond their
duties, and when they were convicted
in the Courts they have been par
doned and il lowed to go ncot free."
"By the way, what do yonthink
of the dispensary law anyhow?"
"Well, as you know, I am a Pro.
hibitionist from principle. To start
with, the dispensary law is wrong in
principle, and ought never to have
b .m1 enacted. But I am opposed to
i. mainly on the ground that it sells
whiskey to the people as a beverage
and debauches our citizonis."
"Some of the peLole would like to
know what good it would do to elect
you Governor with a dispensar-y
Legislature. Would you1 minld giv
ing your viewvs along this line?"
"N.sir, not in the least. To
start with it is by no means certain
that the next Legislature will be in
sympathy with the dispensary Iaw..
T[hor-e will be in the next General As
semnbly a larget number of H'mon-puroi
Prohibitionists. Also a large numa
her niot Prohibitionists, who arc 01)
posed to the disp)ensaIry law, aind-it
is by 1no means certatin what will lbe
the re.sult. You will reeplect that
the last General Asseimbly camoe
cory near passing t he Clhilds billI, and
I believe that if Mr. Child's health
had p irmitted1 him to be pirtsent and1(
push his bill, as lhe wvould haivi (lone
but his ill health, the btillI would
h Iave become a law. But in case I
.should be elected Governor and1( the
G (.meral Assembly should see fit to
h t the disp)ensary s. stem stand(, it
would noti only bo my duty, but. my
p'ensere to enforce the dispecnsary
i law [and( all ot her laws to the best
r of my ability. The lauw has somoi
goo.l features, and1( with an honest,
clhmn enforcement, it canl be made to
do0 mnch better seirvice than ;t hans
s done in the past. I <to niot mean to
0 be undIerstood ats chatrginmg that the
~' entire force of d ispensary otlicias mare
'rotnandl co)rrupt, for I krnow lihat
e there are somo) goodl mein amongst
e theum, wh1io are soeking to (10 their
3. full duty, but it cannot be dlenied by
the most ardlent adlvocates of the law
that there ha is boen a large per centi
IIof corru ption atnd rot tennris. s.
. will also riot be denied that the law~
is canable of great imnilrovclemn
along the line of onforcement, and
to accoliplish .this i botter CIIIss of
men will have to he put in chargo of
a great iany of tho oIlices.
"It has been charged thalt. thle
Prohibitionists are not in favor of en
forcing the dispensary law. Such is
not tiho faict. So long as it remnaiis
a law, a, lIw bItidi Ig citizens they
are in favor of its enf-oreient. They
wild like to mi o it. enforced by ri-n
all over the State who will mak its
M1ana1gemevnt, cleanl and honest, who
will not ust) it its ia politivail inma1chinlo
and to furt her hivir own private
onds, but Who will Illillge it, ill sneh
I wity as to sell aS little WhiskVy ats
possible. Sucl a t4ite of fifairs I
will earnestly try to bring about. in
Olaso I amil elected."
"What are your views on t-ho ed H
Ueat ionall gnlost ion Y'
''1 an glad y-ou asked thit qiues.
tion. W'hio on the stump mly lim
wasi so limited thitt I could not diH
cuss this (uestion ats 1 Illight, haivo
dono. To start. with, I am in favor
of building up attl improving in
every way possible t1e .,olinmion10 t
schools. This must be done before
the colleges can 11--urishi as they
ought.. Every boy or girl inSouthaCaro
lina ought to be given a 1good coil).
mon school eduation. Wllen this is
done, with the high seih o's nit I
RcIdlmios scattered over Ith St.ate,
it will bo no trouble for the boys und
girls to be prepared for college, aind
the result will be the building up
and flourishing of all our colleges.
I do not, boliove tihat any of thelml
ought to be torn down or allowed to
st'arve and languish for want, of sup
Port.
"It maty be, and doubtlvss is, true
thlit there 1have been many, or at.
least soeio, extravagances in thev
im anmagemient of our inst ittit ions. All
this ci and will bo corrocted in
tiie. It must, bo done. It is imil.
possible to keep down ext ravagance
ini conieciol with such large in
stitutions as Clemson andl(] Vinthrop.
1specially is this true while they are
in th'I infancy aind before they are
in their imfaincy and beforo tIfey bo
come thoroughly organized. But til'
of this will be overcomlo. I would
not say aught against. Clemson, but
I would isay a woid in pratise of Win
throp. lin ity ,tidgment, there is no
better or grander iiwi.itution in the
South than Winthrop, and I know
whereof I speak, . for I haive beet
there. We cantiot atlord to let the
old Souhl Carolina Collego laungmh
and starvo. In1stead of this Ile
s'andiiard ought to be raiised(, So tht
s10 wvill niot compIlete with our de
noiniational colh-oges, and1( she ought
to ho put upon1 a firmier anid better
basis. Thei samo1( t hing ought to be
dloni in ruference to the Cit.ad el.
Tlhiis old( intstit ut:in lhas donoi g roat
wv ,rk for the St aite, and shie will (c01.
t inue to (10 5o ini thei future if she is
not htampe-red by wanit, of funids.
"On)ie thing I would eumhasize
andi then 1 am thirough talking.
What we want, aind what we must
haivo iln South Carohina, is ec)oomy~
i thle l, .niaigemient, of aill of our
Statto aiffa irs Not sting'ines"s or
penu1riousn1ess, "for econiomy dtois niot
mnean that, but there aire ext raga-.
ganmce which can aind mtust be'
stop ped. Whtat we mi ed is the
same11 aimounit of energy and econiomuy
in the co--dnIet. of the St ate's aifaiirs
that is exercised by the ordiary
man11 inI thla malnIagemlenit of hiis own
ailfairs. With such a stzate of things
in existence taxes cani be0 low ered( to
a certatin extenlit, re'forml,, true rei
forms, can be inastitutedl anid ol
South Cairolinta wvill be one of the
mo.t prosp .)roius' Staites ini the
Union. ' A. l(.
I"or Iccas,ionl oIf h"armeris met ing a'st.
H(agoodsi, Sietmber 22nd, fatre fori
roundl( tip from N'ewborry $1 ' 5, fromi
I 'roIsperit,y $I.15. TIietts (Il sale
MyIt.emb)erl 2thl anmd 21st, liilted to1
mlent, 0. A. It., Cincinnat,i, 0., Supteml
t,inmber 5t,h to 10ths, faire for r'mnid L,ip
from Newblerry, v'iai A thinna or I'Inat
I tOck, $11i.tb0, from 'r'ospeity 3, 8same1
bIor 3d an it,h111, li mtItedt t.o I 2ith.
F'or ad van tages otfeied b y thl~is road
Crmuit. Agmnt t.1. A. ie 1n.1n
)HAFTER SCORES
HEAD OFFICIALS
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couNTitV ARtlE IMSCP'ON8i114
FORTi'It K NA I UR(A 1 4'()N81.
la' Cmana itsa '4 If 1 urialy Sit f Itqt,%rV- I
is o eit im aislye iti ler-e. eti, the %It
1f I 10. 1 1-iias' is a. It V Il I I ect-va
thi-t 11ie Me iti -, -ry lllat) y-- i
eve-riet mal Ilaol Nuo lim14plisal
N%IlI iei atstel (' I c 1an1a y
tlhe Nick Soelevis V-ro
Foaredsit I'm vrepeosp(lrt'
- liitau staitessesesset iif
a not"t-m fear Hic k- al
New York. Soptvieber 2.-The
Vorld prints an intlervitw withli Uon
al Sb aftor, in which lie is repro
onted am haying":
"At Santiago wo lad to dval with
hingm ts thoy are, not as they
hould bo. Of course there w1as
ickliess. It wats ineovitablo in a
11111111P1 Cainpaign. .But iobody was
1a1glected. The doctors wero scarco it
rc
t first, bult wo had bout, 1oad4 Of
holnl ats soonl 11s they could got
here. The doctors got sick liko the
st. They wero overworked anld
Iausted. But their abiity was
m1u(1lostionablo. Look at t he low
treentil.g of deliths from wounds.
.i t1
t ittver wats lower ill any war. w
ly, in tho vivil war, I lay on the
lattlilol(jl lI ls f 1111il liaggotH (io.
10old inl my wounds, and that wasH
Imarby, not, down in a miaulariol,
ub-tropical counltry far away.
"Tho mvin who ordorod at wiummerl
amllpaign ini a fever infoetod conlil
ry aro responsiblo for the(- natural
mnd uinavoidaibloCl con(eIlinces.
"None of our woundedNo were al
owed to lie on thi hattlefield as I
vas ill the civil w ar. It was the
eit, that. wis so deu-fly. And1 thid
Ainls. E4v"enl inl thu, more torrid heat
,lowers wod1 fall. It Would d'e11c
verybody withmit cooling the air.
In a fow minitvs undor the sun6
ignitn every nm wilhl bl steaming.
\Iln of tho eIrongest type se.
mmb1111ed.
FiRST viLOW JACK.
"otir iirst cam, or Nollow fever u1
l0VOloped at El Caney. But the
irmy wats ripul for it and it sproad 11
liko a prairio fire. Many a man had t
yellow fever who never will know it.
And to tell the it lth, it i8 riot so
dangerous a the i calentura, or hat
IttackH, thant uinacellInted mo)(11 havo
inl tho umalrions regions of Cua. t
'\Vhy, it is at common thing for a
m1anlI's temperaturo to rio from a t
normal statle t.o It0) in a few hourr.r
Thaiit nwansii death in mlost cases'.
"'It can1( givo cards and1( Hpados4 tot
yohllow fever im t he gamie of deanth.
1'd1 rat her have yel low fever. I tell I
you when0i aI man! bulrns tipi inshide
there is little hiopo for him.
"'Our nmn were all uinacelimated;
they had(4 faced( no0 8such consHtant
heat bfri' \lany~ (of t heum never
had sl(ept out of doorsi beIfore they
wyent into campiil. hlow c mihi they
lbe mronildd into piroper maiteriall for
you 840 coriiiirig back w ith the I hin
bo lies an d theia ye1lh>w feces iare1 suff1
enrin ' from thle paraiito of thie low
fever of t he SanitiaIgo I patoeans.
''The cool a(ir anod goo.I homeui calrE
wyill cure them. \V oud to (cho( 'se
the lesser (of two evils---to shliip tile
meiun iiom th to a healthy chlmae iiot
want in g to keep t hemi nheiire the4y
mu1I-t dlit. \Ve at Ithe front did inot
wait. to let thle fever have its run.
\Ve wit to sa4)Hve life. Now thle
problma tl VoN sa Hve thle miost li VOs
possile. Wet netver lied a foreign
war sincei 1812- I4. TIhe United
Stalte has nio1 hI)lositaul ships). It.
was riot ai que)st ion of using what
wIas hest, hut whait we had. We
used the t rans1ports t hat. brought
the tr~oop1 d(owni.
Ii Al No) lOI'sITAI, HillPs-.
"If I conh14lI hav.' had a few w'eks
to mini hospit)1al sh1i ps t he 3onii(i
1ions would hallvt beeni better. If
the war had cont inued we would
have stayed right thore, fever or no0
fever. The sudide im d of the war
wa~s unexpected. We were (not pro.
pauredl for thle unexpe(cted(. I made
it an intvari able rolhe to ar nd homo
2% nnr cntn. 1es nm 101on a tranelnnr
Inn she had brought south. That
is a fair view to take.
"1 11111 litisfied with the Santiago
impaigi. When it is fully under
ood, with ill of its difficulties, it
ill receivo just place in military
story. We wore hurried off to
uha. We landed aid could not
ivo got our stores back on board
lip if we had wonted to. When
1 invasion was plainned it was
)vioiis that it must be a rush.
.ch it was.
"And it was a success-completo
kd unvquivocal. Many things were
mo, i .is truim, that were forced
>011 us by t. 0 exigencies of the
iir, but the means timployod eves
idor such st ress proved to be wise
eC1.0n011. I WIs Com1l11)dl to (10 a
Olt niliy things that under diff
(nlit (011(litions would not have
3i considered.
"The El Catioy battle, I hoped,
auld bm fimshed ait 110, o'clock, but
took uitil i- o'clock, atd I rather
el now that, it was for the host..
ad I had lawton on thi right of
m linm) We would have m111loubtedly
ken tho city of S,mtiago that.
ght, in which case only the garri
mn thon thorm Would have surron
)red to us. Whoroa, later, all the
oopm inl the region sirrunding
ro iicludid. I know that the war
us over wi soon a Toratl mpOko to
il about surreidorinlg the troops in
mo otlorn provineo.
"We nover hud on the fighting
ni at aniy one tiio more than 13,
JO men. An with these wo cap
ired 27,000.
"Nino thousand Spaniards wore
>rtified in the best entronched posi
onl I over 8w. Indeed, the on
-oichments were of such a char
'tor tlat shelling with the gaus we
aId (id not 1(1do tihot. iriois damage,
jiere a 13-iiich sholl from our
bips dropped into a house in the
wi it demolished the dwellirg,
t, all the occupants woro gone.
(T1(YFRA IN TIl VleiT.
"Did (erveri's mon help in the
an fJ glightt" was asked, to clear
p i Imlootod point.
"Yes, itndood. He had 1,000 men
shoro from his floot inl the battle of
Io Ist of July. His chief of staff,
lustamente, was killed. His ma
ini aid sailors suffered severely.
,vrvora pnt themi all back on board
lly 2, and on the 3d be trie-1 to get
U soft.
"The Spaniards were down to
heir last hit of rice wheii they sur
eondored1; hut, they chivalrously de.
lined on thle Ii rst (lay to accept ra
ionls elred1 to thiemi. TIhey saidI
hat A.morican charity hiumiliaited
hem ; bunt I noticed thaut they came
iround for the grnb the second1 day."
"Why was our foo.l supp)ly short
>oforo San Juan ?"'
"I had to act quickly and shove
ny men right into the field, because
know they wvere growing weaker
mid weaker overy hour, We had
')lenity of rations unloaded at the
ihore, hut there was only a3 I single
roadl, huh-deep in mnd, over which
hey could he b)rought t the front,
'md if we had had1( a thousand army
wagons we could not have got the
provisions where they wero nooede(.
The( pack tr F!ins saved uis. They
wore inlvahlablo."'
"Wh'Iat is the condition of Santi
ingo todlay ?"
"It is ini a fair- state of health," ro
p,lied Geoneral Shafter. "Under the
miilitary govornorshipl now in oxis
tonlce it will sooni he cleaned andl
made thoroughly healthy. It is a
prettby townu, hut the surrounding
c ounitry is ini a state of wreck. You
can't inmagine the destitution of the
island of Cuba.''
"What troops are still left to gar
rison Santiago?''
"The only troops of the Fifth
corps left were the Twenty-fourth
infantry, the remainder of tihe Ninth
Muassanchusetts, about 100 recruits
and the last of the nick aind wound
ed. These were to have left on the
day after the Mexico sailed and due
to roach her 4 tomorrow or next day.
"This comploes e the withdrawal
of the army of invasion, which was
comiiposed of tihe Fifthli orps.
"The gatrriw)m duty is in other
hands. The F f ih army corps flag
will lyv over cn-nn WVikoff tomoro."