The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 18, 1900, Image 3
HBW A.OL AOBNT.
Kr. D. M BUodiDg Appointed to
Itlind Mr O Q. Rowland
Mr. 0. 0 Rowlend, for e number of yeere
Um ages l of the Atl?olie Ooeat Line, resign d
m ?bort liste Of o, bot Hm remained io charge
of raw otBeo uettl bit successor aboold bo ep
poleted Hr. D. M. Blending bat beta ap?
pointed eg eot and ao official from headquar?
ters *u bare yesterday obeckiog ap accounts
la tore ovav toe office to Mr. Blooding. Mr
Bleuutag bag ?ocapied tba reepoottble pott*
lieu af cm bier io taa freight office for t? i or
twelve jeare aad by reason of bit loog eipe
rtcece aad familiarity vita railroad affairs,
aad ?Ith ibia office particular!j, it especially
well qealified for tba poettloa of agent. Hit
pvemotloa will meet ?Ith tba heartiest ap?
proval of tba bostosee men of tbia city, aad
feat ?aar friends are i. anted that bit worth
baa received tbie wall sen ted aad sobtten
Ual racogoitlon
Mr. Thomas V. Waltb bat been promoted
la tba eeokicrebip aad bis ex oerieuce of til or
eight tea re aa clerk ta tbe freight depot It a
gaaraatea of bio finest for tba position which
be will aow occupy.
Mr. Rowlaad, tba retiring agent, le too
well kaowa aad bis efficient maaagemeat of
Iba baeiaeee of tbe A. 0 L. ia tbia city it
taa generally reeogoissd to require comment
at tab) time. He baa made one of tbe moot
eoaeotable agents la tbe ear vice of tbe A 0.
L. ead ae a aaelaeee maa bio worth aad ebil
Hits are to highly eet earned that be bat been
called ta a responsible positioo io tbe Scatter
Tcsepheas Meoofectnnng Co., the biggest
eeterprteeof Sem'er, aad be will remain io
thai city aad be more Intimately associated
wtib bettetet affaire theo ever.
Peraia, Pornan People and Their
Horn aa.
Bee. M B. Shimmoo, a native of Persia,
lectured la tba Preebjteriaa Oborcb Monday
abjlbt. Hie lee tare wae about Persia, Per*
eta* people aad tbelr bomee, aad wae iliac
trated by ike ace of tbe etereopiicau.
The lectarer appeared ia Persian costume,
aad a?ng la fear different laagaagee.
Tbia veong maa left home aad loved ones
aaa came to tbie country tbat be might learn
score of the wonderful teachings of Christ,
aad le psapuclag !? return to bis own paople
to pttasb aato loom tbe tratbe of Cbristianity.
Awaoetattop of County Teaohera.
A eery attractive program bee beea ar
raaffed for tbe coat saeeileg of tbeacsociatioo
at II o'clock oa Balarday, litt of preeeot
moetb. A large attendance is eipected.
at ASTER KLR JTIONS.
At tba eoegregetlooal meeting of tbe
Obarcb af tbe Bcly Oomfortsr, Somter, tbe
following affinere aad depatiet to tbe annual
cooactl ware elected :
Wardeae?Mart Rvyaoldc, Dr. J. P. W
DeLorate.
Veetrymen ?R. Doe er, J 8. Moore, Dr. J.
O. Space, B. I. Maaelcg, R. L. Cooper, P.
P. Ueitlerd, ?ca. D. 8bore.
Depotiac to tba UOtb Diocesan Council
tbat meets la Alkea oe May 9tb Dr
DeLaraaa, R I. Manning, J. 8. Moore, B. L.
Cooper.
Altereateo? Oeo D. Shore, R. O Otbeoo,
Mark Reynolds.
1 1 fsmgm am *sMaam i *
ATTKMPTKD BUICIDB
Mm? Molly Bryan of Clarendon
County Takea Fivo Oralna of
Morphin?.
A abort tims ago, Melly Bryan, a young
wkita woman, attempted to commit suicide
ia Manning by taklog two ounces cf leads*
cam cod wee thwarted >n!v by prompt med*
teal attention aad careful watebieg After
aba recovered from tbe effects of tbe drag tbe
etprecmd regret for the ettempt to take ber
life, at>d tt wae tboagbt tbat aba would not
agaio try o destroy herself. Tbie wee a
mtc'ele, h-vwtver, for tbe came to tbit city
mot Wedaeeday, aad after writing a letter to
ber fa:ber weal to tbe Jervey Hoote aad,
securing e room, took Ave greios of mor?
phias It wae aa overdose, however, aod
iaetead of causing immediate death produced
aaasea aad defeated ber purpose Wbeo tbt
wts found to bo ill m doctor wee called aod
tbe received the attention required to eoun
btroci tbe effects of tbe drag. Since theo
tbe bet been watched constantly, aod today
is said to be oat of danger There ie a tod
story back af bar repeated attempt! to com?
mit seieida, aad It ie aow feared tbat tbe will
creates lly eacoeed ia tekleg bsr owo life.
Blehopvilte Ml sota Council.
Btekepvtlte, April II ? Tbeaoeoal electleo
for Iowa council wee held yesterday There
wore two tickets ia tke field aod cootidtrable
tfforts were made to elect aa entire aew coon
Sil, bat ?t failel, aad the old coaocil, with
Mr. W K. Cross well as lateadaot, aod Mr
0.0 Rjgere as aa additional warden, was
ftslcsttd by e safe majority Tbit it for to
aata for tbe best interest of tbe tewo, as this
admlatciretloe it tbt moct successful tbe lows
bts ever bed.
MAYOR'S COUBT.
Major Stackty presided Friday morning at
bit first evasion of the Me>or'a court. Tbtrt
were three prteoeere io tbe dock aod sons of
I bom escaped paeisbmsat
Tbe folio wieg were tbe caste :
Benjamin McKotahi, boerdiog a railroed
traia ia violatloa of tbe ordtoaoee. Goilty ;
$1 '
Aoae Scott, disorderly eoedect, oartiog
oo Bee street Qatlty ; %% or 10 deyt.
John Heederton, ikrowiog brick end strik?
ing Tom Browa. Gailty ; $3 nr 4 daya.
tjjsaaa .???? ?semjaan*
The Boot in tha World.
We believe Cbambarlato'c Cough Remedy
it tbe beet ia tbe world. A few weckt ego
we coffered witb a savsre cold and a trouhls*
some eoogb, cod having read ttistr advertise
meats ta oar owo and otber papers we pur?
ebaeed a bolt's to tee if it would affect at. It
cured ae before tbe bottle vrat mort than half
need It Is the beet medicine out for coldt
a'.a egbe.?Tbe Herald, Aedersoovills, Iod.
for eale by A J Cbiaa
Bono of Veterans.
Cemp lamas D Bloodies, Sooe of Confed?
erate Tetereee, will bold a mectleg in lbs
Court Hause aast Wedoesday afternoon,
A art I Ittk, et ? o'clock Tbe pur pose of tke
sjjtoilsg will be to sleet delegates to tbe
Aeaael Mewiing af Iba Boot of Teteraus, to
bo aoed la LoaWrvtlie ; to elect naVert of tbe
i set tbe eetaieg year, aad to
PRIVATISIER PERSONALS.
Privateer Township, 8 0 , April 16, 1900
Yeaterdey was an ideal Kaitsr .Sunday.
The eil wss warm and peasant, the ?ky w s
cloud'ess ood tbe beauty of tbe day was
ad de* to by tbe pretty appearance of tbe trees
clotted io tbe bright green litery of spring
time Io tbe moraicg tbe wood thrash?tbe
sweet singing branch bird gate utterance to
its silvery flats like notes, wbich signify that
frosts are over.
At hie last appointment at Bethel Church
?a week ago yesterday the Rer J- I- Ay res
preached a floe sermon on cbnrcb discipline.
Mr. Matt Ram*ey, who is an authority on
lach'objects, climates that tbe oat crop is
one third destroyed in this section To show
the backwardness of tbe season as compared
with 1861, Mr Ramsey mentioned the fact
that oo April 13 of that year, corn averaged
about 10 inches high aod this year i; would
not average 4 inches.
We retaro thanks for ao invitation to at?
tend tbe picnic recently given by tbe Provi
dence school of this township.
The following is a hat of (be young people
of our community who are atteodiog school
abroad. Oadet Willie Gala, Clemsoo Oollege;
Cadet LeRoy Wells, Orangeburg Oollege;
Misses Kale Bradford aod May Annie Jack
son, Sumter Graded School; Miss Fannie
Nettles, Wedgefleld School.
Mre. Willie Cain aod Mr Dwigbt Gaio
have returned from a visit to Kdgefield Mas?
tsr Scott Cain remaloe thsre.
Mre. M. A. Hogbsoo, of Sumter, is visit
log io this community.
Mrs. Whitfisld Wslis is visiting at Wedge?
fleld.
Misses Wioaie and Talolah Hirers are vis?
iting dowa io Berkeley County.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Chaplin, or Darling?
ton County, have beeo on a receot visit to
the ooamoaitv.
Mr. John Baker, Sr., of the Jordao com?
munity, is visitiog io this community.
Mr. Marvin Ingram has a posltioo at tbs
asylum io Columbia.
Mr. Dave Alsbrook is lamplighter at tbe
Privateer station Speaking of this station,
wo will remark that the depot there is a sorry
little affair?It is bardl/ a dieeet apalogy for
? depot. The railroad autboritiea should do
better than this.
Mre. Clark Brown, formerly of this com?
munity, bot recently of OoluoiWia, waa
buried at Bethel Cburcb last week. Sbe was
a Mise Geddings
Fannie Williams, ao old colored avoman of
tbe township, aged 81 years, died oo Friday.
McD F.
Miss Bomnger Re-elected
Elliott, April 13?The Elliott High School
closed today. Mise 8ara Barrioger, who dis?
charged ber dntiee eo creditably, has beeo
unanimously ree.ected as teacher ot this io
solution.
a\ f rlchftal Blander
Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scald, Cut
er Bruise. Bueklen's Arniea Salve, the beat in
tbe world will kill tbe pain and promptly heal
It. Cures Old 8orea, Fever Sores, Uloers,
Boila. Felons. Coras, all Skin Eruptions. Best
File Cure oa earth. Only IS eta, a box. Cur?
guaranteed. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme, Drug
gist. ^ 1-6
Catholics Oat of Politics
Paris, April 17?Tbs Roma cor res
poodsot of Ths Temps to a dispstob
that has almost official sigoifioanee,
says : 4 The papal deeisioo prohibiting
tbo Assomptiooiste from oootiooiog the
editorial management of La Croix, wee
arrived at after a solemn conclave of
bishops aod oardiuals.
"Hereafter DO religious ooogrega
tioo will bo permitted to take aoy part
io polities. This deeisioo is binding
upt>o Oaibo?os all over tbo world, io
olodiog tbe Amerieaa Paalists."
M. Comely, eommeotiog io tbe Fi
gsro upon the deoisioo, eaye : "This
deeiaioo is eieeediogly wise sad is in?
spired by tbe best iotereete of tbe
obarcb, for few are broad-minded
eooogh to differentiate tbe prieet from
the rsligioo, aod if respeot for the ooe
ir. ii>st many ears oo more for tbe
other "
Wasbiogtoo, April 16 ?Complying
with a resolution of itqoiry, tbs presi
deot seot to tbs sooats today ao item
iisd siatsaseot of tbs espeosss of tbe
Philippine oommissioo. Ths statement
iosludes tbe following items : Com
psosstioa of (10,000 sscb to Com
missiooors Sobormao. Woreestsr sod
Deoby, (30.000 ; per diem allowaooe
to eommissiooers after tbeir retaro to
tbs Uoited States, (6,285 ; seoretary
to oommissioo (oompeojatioo, (8,500 ;
par diem, (3 660), (12.220 ; trans
portatioo, (13,687 ; hoosebold eipen
srs io Manila, (9,252 ; clerical
sarwises, (81.701; miscellaneous, (14,
998 Total, (117,185.
Tbe presidsot also traeomns with his
sodorsemsot a rsoommeodatioo from
Seoretary Hay that provisioo be made
for tbs psymeot to ths natal aod mili
tary members of tbe oommissioo (Admi?
ral Dewey aod Goo Otis) for tbeir
services at the asms rate as that paid to
the other mombers Hs says they hare
reeeifed ootbiog for tbeir servioeo io
eioese of their regalar salaries
Morgan"re elected
Birmingham, Ala, April 14 ?Re?
porte from all sections of the State
indicate a pronounced victory for
Seoator Morgan aa result of the Den
ocrstio primaries held today
A summaiy of the Morgan column
shows 42 oounties to his credit, with
a total vote of 83 io the legislature,
which insures his return to the Uni
ted States senate
The result in this, Jefferson, tbe
leadiog county of the State, and the
home of the governor, shows a major?
ity of 3 to 1 for Morgan Johnston's
home beat went against him by a
?ote of 294 to 104 Johnston head
qusrters were cloaed at 11 o'clock
tonight and nothing waa given out
for publiostiou
-?MBaWa^bMSaSji w?
Mrs Caroline StsDoard'Tiltoo, widow
of Frsdsrisk W. Tiltoo, of New
Orleaos, has gitsa (60,000 to lbs
Talaaa Uoivereity, of Louisiana, for
tbs perpose of ersetiag a librsry build
tag, io be kaewa as tbs P. W. Til too
Duke D'Arcos Insulted.
Invited Spain's Minister to
Dewey day. Duke D'Arcos'
Reply.
Chicago, April 16 ?Mayor Harri
aon today received from tbe Duke
D'Arcoe,tbe Spanish minister at Wash
ington, tbe following reply to an !
invitation to attend tbe Dewey cele
bration in Chicago :
Washington, April 14, 1900.
Sir: I return to you, here enclos
ed, and invitation from the city of
Chicago, for the celebration of the
second auniversity of the battle of
Manila, which I take for granted,
hae been aent to me by mistake,
as it is tbe first discourtesy 1 have
met with since I am in the United
States.
It is impossible for me to be
lieve that you have advisedly asked
me, the representative of Spain, to
go to your city, and rejoice with
you oo tbe destruction of so many
brave sailors?my compatriots That
would bave beeo simply an insult *,
snd, as I do not deserve it, and it
oannot have been your intention, I
am perfectly sure, as ] say, thst all
this ia tbe result of an error
i have the honor to remain, air,
very respectfully yours. Arcos
In reply Mayor Harrison has
written the minister, explaining that
the invitation waa sent through the
carelessness or ignorance of a clerk,
and extending sincere apologies for
the unintentional discourtesy.
Desperado Shot to Death.
HopkioBville, Ky, April 16.?A
dcxio enraged white men shot Morgan
Boooe, colored, to death oo an excur?
sion train near Slaogbtersvillo last
bight. Boooe's body was theo thrown
from tbo rapidly moving train.
Boooe and his oompaoioos ia toe
secood olass oar bad been drinking
heavily. Aa the train approaobed
Slaughterimlle Boooe started hack
through tbe ooaobes, braodisbiog a
revolver aod threatening instant death
to aoy one attempting to interoept him
A panio ensued among the women ind
obtldreo
Ooe pf tbs malo exouroiouists was
about to rise from his seat when be was
felled with s ooupliog pin whiob B ooLe
osrried.
As tbs wouoded man's ory rang
through tbe traio a dusen white men
rushed after the negro, who took refuge
io tbe smoker. He was given no quar
tar aod fell mortally wounded at tbe
first volley His body was drsggsd to
tbe plstform sod tbrowo off into the
brush beside tho traok.
OPENING OF PARIS EX?
POSITION.
Paris, April 14 ?The Exposition
of 1900 is opened, but it will be at
least a month before aoything but
buidings is to be seen. The day's
ceremonies were a pecuiisr mixture
of sumptuous splendor in the Salles
Des Fetes and widespread confusion
elsewhere e
Nothing could hsve exceeded tbe
picturesque stage setting in tbe
beautiful building in which the
inaugurated ceremonies were held,
the gorgeous uniforms of the diplo
i mats and soldiers, the splendid
orchestra and chorus, and the msgni
ficent effect produced by tbe grand
staircase, up which Presideot Loubet
proceeded to view the Exposition,
lined with some two hundred picked
men of tbe Republican Guards, with
jack boots, white breeches, gleaming
cuirasses and horse hair plumes
etreaming from shinning helmets.
At tbe top of this stairway was a
room tbe Salles Des Fetes and this
was hong with priceless gobelins
from the Louvre. Into this splendid
apartment President Loubet entered,
and from there walked down the
avenue to his boat. This part of the
day's arrangements was perfect, but
the rest wascbsos The weather todsy
was lockily all that could be de
sired Fourteen thousaod guests
had been invited to the function
and tbey had, because of the
fine weathe,, only tbe dust to en?
dure Hsd tbe dsy been wet the
unrolled paths of tbe Exposition
grounds would have been turned
into a mass of moo*
One of tbe ycuog men who will be
among the rioheet of the rioh toeo of
thb first deoade of the twentieth oentory
is Harry Heyne Whitney. He is at
present tbe heir of throe great fortunes
His father, William C. Whitney, is
worth probably not lens tbsn (75,000,
000 ; his uoole, Col Oliver Payne, has
nearly as muob, and it will go to him
His wife, who was Gertrude Vander
bilt, will receive something like (15,
000,000 from her lather ; so, taking
it all in all. Harry Hayoe Whitney
is liable to be ooe of the hobest men iu
tbe Uoited States a quarter of a oen
tury beooe. He ie a tresh faoed young
man, is a lover of all athletic sports
and is not aserso to the olob aod sooial
pleasures, whiob he can so well afford
-? ? mmm ?
Chattanooga, Teon, April 15.?A
through freight traio oo the Southern
Railway struck a mule and was wreoked
while running at fall speed, oesr
Hootsvtlls, Ala Tbs segiaesr, Perey
Armitroog, aad tbs firemen, Sandy
Osboroe, ware killed, aad Its of the
itais's art* wars tsrioasly iajarsd.
Ii in in
Prospects For Democracy
Continue to Improve.
PREPARING FOR CONFLICT.
RepublicansArrogant and Puffed
Up by Success.
BOUGHT BY MAEK HANNA'3 BOODLE
Think That the Long Suffering; Peo?
ple Will Stand Anything?The Cam?
el's Back Near to Breaking?Defec?
tion of Webster David-Rhode In?
land Democrats ? At Banker Hill
Monument?The Idaho Outrages.
[Special Washington Letter.l
Democratic prospects have improved
50 per cent in 50 days and are still im?
proving. Two months ago it did not
seem to an impartial observer that we
had one chaiice ia 20 of winning this
fall, but If the election were held next
week there can be little doubt that we
would achieve a great and sweeping
victory, electing a president, house
and senate. Since writing my last let?
ter 1 have been in and through ten
states of the Union, not one of which
gave Bryan its electoral vote in 1800.
I find that everywhere the Democrats
are full of hope, are girding up their
loins, perfecting their organization and
burnishing their arms for the great
conflict of 1900. Of course they will
not carry all of the ten states to which
I allude, but they will carry some of
them, and in the rest the Republicans
will know that they have been In a
fight.
On the other hand, the Republicans
are everywhere snapping and snarling
at each other. The old saying "Whom
the gods would destroy they first make
mad" is peculiarly applicable to Re?
publicans in the present exigency of
ibelr fate. Puffed up by success bought
with Mark Ilauna's boodle, they had
become so arrogant that they conclud?
ed that the long suffering American
people would bear all things, but the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty, the Porto RIcau
tariff bill and the evident entente cor
diale existing between the administra?
tion and Great Britain were the straws
which broke the camel's back.
Webster Davis and the Boers.
The action of Hon. Webster Davis,
who hoz been touring South Africa
and investigating for himself, in re?
signing the assistant secretaryship of
state to go to lecturing for the Boer
cause will make Republicans have a
creepy sensation in the region of the
spinal marrow, for Davis is a Missouri
orator of approved capacity. For more
than three years last past he bs been
put forward and boomed by the h uib
lican press as the orator laureate oi he
administration. That that same p. s
will endeavor to belittle him now a.
discount his oratorical prowess I hav
no doubt, but they will lcavn to their
sorrow that It is too late. With his
emotional nature and his tongue of
tire I predict that Davis will set the
country wild on the lecture platform
on behalf of the Boers. Perhaps he
may force the administration to show
some sympathy for those brave and
heroic people who against such fearful
odds are lighting for their altars and
their Area, for their Lares and Penates,
for their wives, their children, their
homes, their native land. If he does,
Webster Davis will deserve well at the
hands of the American people.
1 spoke before the Mohawk clab in
Detroit and found the Democrats en?
thusiastic to a degree to warm the
cockles of one's heart. The general de?
moralization of Republicans over the
Porto Rican tariff bill, the Ilay-Paunce
fote treaty and other things, together
with exposures of corruption now be?
ing made of local Republican matters
In Michigan, give the Michigan Demo?
crats hopes of carrying the state. Tba
city and town April elections show
large Democratic gains and Indicate
which way the cat will jump in No?
vember.
While I was lecturing before the fac?
ulty and students of Michigan univer?
sity at Ann Harbor I received a tele?
gram from Senator James K. Jones of
Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic
national committee, urging me, really
ordering me, to go to Rhode Island and
make some speeches, which I did.
Rhode Inland Democrats.
I found the Little Rhody Democrats
fighting an up hill battle with astound?
ing fortitude and courage. They did
not win. The odds wero too great,
but they waged a battle which shows
that they will ultimately redeem that
little midget of a state from the malign
reign of the Republicans. Iu my Judg?
ment one can see Republicanism in its
worst estate in Rhode Island. They
have tin? unfalrest apportionment for
legislative purposes to be found on the
American continent. It is so arranged
that the city of Providence, which con?
tains nearly half the population of the
state, has only one state senator out of
157 and only 12 members of the lower
house out of 72. The Democrats have
always a lighting chance of carrying
Providence, but not much of carrying
the outlying rotten boroughs. Rx-?OV
ernor Davis told me that under the
outrageous apportionment It was so
fixed that about 110,000 people out of
400,000 elected a majority of both
houses of the state legislature, so that
over .'500,000 of the people of Rhode
Island are practically disfranchised for
legislative purpose and consequently
for the election of senators of the
United States. The method of pro?
cedure as to the latter seems to be that
some very rich man boodles the small
boroughs, which enables him to buy a
aeat among the conscript fathers at
Washington. Yet all theaa things are
deal about, a pure ballot ami a fair
count nnd whose heart is always bleed?
ing for the wrongs of the poor negro
down south. Why don't these hypo?
crite! and COlTUptlonistS give the poor
White man of Rhode Island a chance
foi his political life?
Governor Davis also told me that
about 40 Republican multimillionaires
absolutely control the politics of the
state, another evidence of the much
vaunted purity of the Republican par?
ty. Some day, somehow, that old anti?
quated constitution and apportionment
will DC busted, and men will have
their rights.
Still another sign of the love of lib?
erty possessed and exhibited by Rhode
Island Republicans is the fact that
they still maintain and uphold a prop?
erty qualilicatiou on the right of suf?
frage, the only state in the Union, 1
believe, which retains that relic of
barbarism.
I here quote a most peculiar cam?
paign document issued by the Rhode
Island Democrats:
AN APPEAL TO REGISTRY VOTERS IN CITIES.
Rhode Island is peculiar in having a class of
half voters. About 30,000 voters, constituting in
every city a majority of the electorate, are de?
prived of the American right of voting for city
council.
Against this wrong Democrats have at c'll times
protested. In both senate and house at the re?
cent session of tl.e general assembly they pre
Mated and voted for an amendment to the state
constitution conferring the right, but were op?
posed and defeated by the aolid Republican ma?
jority.
No reason exists for this disfranchiscment. Un?
der the limited suffrage both Providence and
Pawtucket have higher rates of taxation and far
larger debts than are averaged by cities of the
aame size in other state3.
Registry voters of cities, are you going to con?
tinue year after year in political serfdom? Do
you intend to imitate the southern negroes who
supported the Confederate armies which were
fighting to keep them in slavery? The Repub?
lican machine which controls this state ia wholly
responsible for your disfranchiscment.
It needs no prophet to predict that should you
by your votes render every city Democratic you
would obtain equal rights within three years.
Registry voters in cities, whatever your na?
tional politics, why not in all state elections,
commencing now, cast your ballots for every
Democratic candidate? This is the sure and
speedy way to a full and just suffrage.
Democratic State Central Committee.
For Political Purposes Only.
Another queer manifestation of Rhode
Island politics Is that it is openly
charged and generally believed that
Senator Wetmore is a citizen of Rhode
Island only for political purposes and
is really a citizen of New York, the
paradise of multimillionaires. Still, by
reason of his big checks for campaign
purposes, he Is likely to be returned to
the senate of the United States.
But even in Rhode Island all Repub?
licans cannot be i lduced to swallow
the nauseous dose now being prepared
for them at Washington. Both Rhode
Island senators and both Rhode Island
representatives voted for the Porto Rl
can tariff, but Governor Dyer of Rhode
Island, the outgoing Republican, thus
slaps them and the administration in
the face:
I believe it ia the duty of every Republican to
stand up and with no uncertain sound condemn
any course of procedure by congress which brings
into question the honor of the American nation
toward those new peoples who have come under
its protection. In the very beginning of the war
with Spain, when it was uncertain what the re?
sult would be so far as added territory was con?
cerned, the United States went to Porto Rico; it
made no excuse that the island had been misgov?
erned by Spanish rule; it made no apologies; it
said the island of Porto Rico is the gateway to
the Antilles. To treat these people now as if
'hey were aliens, as if they had no rights at all,
have gone over and taken possession of their
Island, to set up our own government and then
to impose duties upon them just as we would
upon tho people of Haiti or Santo Domingo, is
one of the most outrageous transactions that could
be thought of.
It is most encouraging that so many of the
men who mold public opinion have taken the
stand they have. It is not a question of consti?
tutional right; it is a question of simple justice.
Nations have moral obligations resting upon then
as well as individuals. (Jod forbid that any peo?
ples should have to say that they preferred Span?
ish rule and that they trusted more in Spanish
honor than they did in the honor of the United
States. The Republican party has always been
loyal to the principles it has enunciated. I be?
lieve there is today sufficient manhood in the
party to stand up and not only protest against
but to refuse support to any men or any measures
not absolutely committed to the principles of na?
tional justice and national honor. What a spec?
tacle it will he to European nations that this
people, having been conquered by us and brought
into our field, should be treated as strangers and
taxed without reason for bringing tiieir products
into our ports. We might just as well tax the
people of block island for the fish and farm
products they send to the mainland as to tax
these people of Porto Rico for wnat they bring to
us. This question is one in which every Repub?
lican should be interested. I believe that before
the time comes for the meeting of the national
convention in Philadelphia this question will be
settled and settled with justice and honor, not
only to ourselves, but to the people who by every
moral right shoulo be a part of our nation.
Carrying Conla to Newcastle.
One thing I learned in Rhode Islaud
gave me pleasure, and that is that the
new storehouse is built out of Georgia
marble! This is carrying coals to New?
castle. For generations federal pub?
lic buildings in the south and central
west have been constructed of New
England marble. New England granite
and New England s#one, though such
material was abundant in most of the
states where the buildings were erect?
ed. But the tide has turned at last,
and Rhode Island leads the way for
using southern and western marble
and stone.
From Rhode Island I made a flying
trip to Boston. 1 visited Bunker Hill
monument, the Old South church, the
old statehouse, Boston Common, War?
ren bridge. Fanouil hall and the place
where the immortal tea episode occur?
red. 1 saw the statues of Colonel
Proseott, old Sam Adams, Daniel
Webster and other great worthies. It
does a patriot good to be amid such
scenes and to think of the men who
made them famous. Close to Bunker
11111 monument, In si little park in which
there is a splendid monument to the
Massachusetts soldiers who died In the
civil war, there are bronze tablets or
plates bearing the names of the Ameri?
cans killed at Bunker Hill, and, strange
to say. the names of the privates come
llrst upon that enduring scroll of fame.
After theirs conn? the names of the
olllcers. beginning with the Immortal
one of Major General Warren.
Near the great monument itself, nt
the laying of whose cornerstone and at
whose dedication Daniel Webster de?
livered two of his most celebrated ora?
tions, Is a monument to the memory of
Colonel Prescott, topped with his statue
of heroic sUe. As 1 approached It
i|ay|i|jftiiMfej^|g|til|^H^
One of them sat down on its base.
Another said: "Get up. Aren't you
afraid of that old iron man at the top?"
"No," replied the sitting one; "he's
dead." Rut nevertheless the memory
of what he and his brave companions
did on that spot on a certain 17th of
June in the long ago will never be for?
gotten while the earth spins ground on
its axis or slides down the ecliptic. I
picked up a little piece of stone at the
foot of the monument and a broken
twig on the Common to take to my lit?
tle boy, who was born on St Jackson's
day, as keepsakes to remind him how
American blood once reddened those
spots of earth dear to tbe American
heart.
After "doing the Hub" in a hop and
skip sort of way I went down to the
Southern Union depot, ate a dish of
genuine Boston baked beans and med?
itated upon the virtues of the sacred
codfish.
As I looked out upon the lean, rocky,
unproductive fields of Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Connecticut and
upon the clean, well built, busy, pros1
perous, wealthy and almost innumera?
ble cities and towns I wondered bow
the early settlers ever managed to
wring a subsistence out of such soil. I
confess it gave me a higher opinion
than I have hitherto entertained of the
virtues, industry, courage and fortitude
of the pilgrims and their descendants.
Their present wealth and prosperity
can be easily accounted for. The rest
of the country has been laid under
tribute for their benefit for more than
a century by federal tariff legislation,
but how the deuce they made shift to
eke out a living, to propagate and mul?
tiply and even to accumulate some?
what of wealth by agriculture, is a
mystery to one accustomed to the un?
speakable fertility of the Mississippi
valley.
I honestly believe that one county In
my district produces year by year more
food for man and boast than the entire
state of Rhode Island could be made to
produce by any sort of farming and
any quantity or quality of fertilizer. It
contains an area little larger than tbe
average county west of tLe Mississippi
and that small area "mostly water," as
one humorously inclined Rhode Island?
er told me. They manufacture every?
thing in New England, but even for
that business they are inconveniently
located, being compelled to bring in
nearly all their raw materials, includ?
ing fuel, from tbe south or west. Why
don't the southerners and westerners
do ibelr own manufacturing? I could
not help trying to imagine what a pop?
ulous and wealthy region the Missis?
sippi valley will be when to the won?
drous richness of the soil is added ;be
incalculable wealth which manufactur?
ing institutions will bring. On tbe
whole, after a hasty personal ocular In?
spection, my solemn conviction is that
the present New England is the most
amazing monument ever erected to hu?
man energy, intelligence, industry and
ambition.
First and last, 1 have now been in 20
states of the Union, in two territories
and the District of Columbia. The
more I see of our country rho more I
thank and praise Almighty God for
giving us such a home, and the mere
heartily 1 sing.
My country, 'tis of thee.
Sweet land of liberty.
Of thee I sir.g.
The strangest and most pleasant bit
of political Information 1 picked up on
this trip is the fact that the Rhode Is?
land Democrats are as fond of William
J. Bryan as we are out west.
Outrages In Idaho.
The investigation which the military
affairs committee of the house is mak?
ing into the outrages committed under
martial law in Idaho is bound to help
the Democrats a great deal In the im?
pending election. Great credit is due
to the Democrats on that committee
for holding on with bulldog tenacity
until they get at the truth. John J.
Lents of Ohio and William Sulzer of
New York are taking the leading part
in prodding the Republicans. Both are
good lawyers, and they can't be bull?
dozed, browbeaten, terrorized or chok?
ed off till they ascertain the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth
out of the outrageous. un-American
and brutal capers cut out there by cer?
tain persons dressed in a little brief
authority. When fully told, the tale
of the Idaho "bull pen" will rival in
ghastly horrors the story of the black
hole of Calcutta, which Macaulay has
made immortal.
Things were done in Idaho under
Republican misrule In the closing days
of the nineteenth century which rival
in damnahleness any of the acts per?
formed in the dark ages. Little by lit?
tle, inch by inch, the Democrats of the
committee on military afiairs are drag?
ging the truth to the light of day.
When it is published, it will mahn the
American people from ocean to ocean
gasp in astonishment and Is 11 them
with honest indignation and tvratb
against the men who have either caus?
ed or connived at such atrocities. The
popular account sgainst the Republic?
an party is already B long one. but It
grows day by day. and there will be an
accurate ami stern settlement of it on
the first Tuesday after the first Mon?
day in next November. Perhaps if
will be a final settlement with the Re?
publican party, for, having abandoned
every principle for which it originally
Stood, it has no raison d'etre?no rea?
son for being.
Progress.
An Egyptian paper announces tbat
"first class, up to date, modern dining
cars*' are to be ruu this season between'
Cairo and Luxor aud that "an Ameri?
can dentist has started in business at
Assouan, which is on tbe edge of the
Sudan." A "palace hotel" at Khartum'
for the special accommodation of tour?
ists will also be completed and opened