Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 299, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 October 1900 — Page 1

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mure evidem i: that iihyw is LXWORTHY TO Hi: PRESIDENT. III R.ply to Republican Queries DIsaected 1y Col. Roosevelt mill S It u u to Re Etasite. DODGED A DIRECT ANSWER SAID HK Will 1.1 1VOT mSTItl H A LAW LATIL Tili: PROPEIt T131E, L.ra lute Himself Open to the Charge that lie Would nllify the enr Financial Statutes. HIS BOAST CHEAP AND IDLE he cnt'Ln no nothing agaixst TRl'STS WITHOUT AEW LAWS, .While III Party In Con crem Last Session Defenlcel All Ilemeilial Lrs lalatlon That Was Proposed. E00SEVEIT ANNOYED AGAIN l.Ti:imtPTi;n at several places WITH CHEEItS FOR II II VAX Questions Alio Put to the Speaker in it X am her of Tovfns Addressee at Auburn and Llicnbere. SYRACUSE, X. Y., Oct. IS.-Govcrnor Roosevelt had a busy day. His special train left Utlca at 8:20 o'clock this morning on an itinerary that was a little curious. It took the party away over to Watertown. thence back through Weedsport to Auburn and then down to Syracuse. The time devoted to fpeech-making was un honr each at Watertown, Oswego and Auburn. Governor Roosevelt's voice was in good condition and ho was In splendid spirits. Tills morning' ho laughed over an eggthrowing episode last night, and said: "I was not on the balcony at the time, but as only ono egg was fired, I am Inclined to believe it was the work of some mischievous boy. I ara sure it was not intended for me, for at the timo It wa? light enough for any oni to know that I .was not on the balcony." Governor Roosevelt's first" stop to-day was at Camden, Oneida county, the home of Attorney General Davles. The day began with a heavy fog over the country and Mr. Roosevelt made his first speech very brief, fearing" to injure his voice. At Watertown the Governor took up the questions of militarism here, alluding to the fact that Sacket's liar bor, buta few miles distant, was a great army post and saying that if acting under Mr. Bryan's theory it was abolished, it would naturally prove a loss to that locality, lie said that he understood that at the suggestion of the people in Watertown and the congressman from that district, the post had lately been enlarged and to his mind that was sufficient evidence that instead of being seated at Mr. Bryan's bugaboo of a menacing standing army, the people were glad to see the posts increased. lie also called attention to the fact that Colonel Liscum, who was killed in China, and his gallant regiment of men, the Ninth, were from that vicinity and asserted that certainly no man who had any respect for the flag or any love for its valorous defenders would agree with statements attributed by the speaker to Mr. Bryan to the effect that the offlcers and men of the army were looters, ravishers and murderers. FARMERS PROSPEROUS. The Governor took up the question of the prosperity of the farmers and said In part: "I ara assured that the farmers of this locality have been Increasing in prosperity for the past four years, and that thl3 year. Just about closing, has been the most prosperous of all. Mr. Bryan Is responsible for the statement that the farming clement of the country has felt the prosperity less than any other class and by Mr. Bryan's own statement, I am going to put him to confusion. Careful statistics gathered by the commissioner of agriculture show that the farmers have Increased S3 per cent, in prosperity In the last three or four years. Now, If Mr. Bryan is right and the farming element has been the least prosperous of any class, then the prosperity of the other classes of wage-earners and profitseekers must have been greater than S3 per cent, and therefore a great refutation of Mr. Bryan's theory that prosperity has not touched this country." The Governor read some statistics showing the improvement of the farming classes as prepared from the reports of the commissioner of agriculture, and during the reading was frequently interrupted with applause. Governor Roosevelt's train arrived at Oswego at little behind time, but there was an immense crowd to welcome him. The Governor made a hit with hU audience by alluding to Judge Charles X. Bulger of this place, and his denunciation at the Saratoga convention of Mr. Croker, Ser.ator Murphy and Tammany. "If you want a recommendation for Mr. Croker," said the Governor, "ask Mr. Bulger for it." The Governor asked: 'Are we to give vp the Republican administration of this State for Mr. Croker's administration," to which reply came in a ''volley of cries: "No. no, never." "No, not much, we won't." smilingly ail the Governor. Alluding to what he alleged were the false phophecies of Mr. Bryan, the Governor said: "Now, I know you all read the food book, and you recollect what happened to false prophet.- in th days of the cld Hebrew. They had a very bad time of it. We have advanced somewhat since thos days in ur method" of treating th'm. Wc run thorn In the Democratic ticket now fur the presidency. BRYAN EVADED REPLY. "Yesterday." sail Governor Roosevelt, "Mr, Bryan at last was goaded Into making a prcten.-e of answering a question h tc whether. If elected, he would pay pensioners and other national creditors la

gold or in silver. I use the- word pretense advisedly, for the answer is an evasion pure and pimple, an evasion, moreover, so palpable and so weak that it U aptour.dii;? that any candidate for the hlfchest officein the gift of his .Nation should have ttn willing to resort to it. He said: " I want the Republicans wno want that question answered to first find what the law requires, and then I want them to know that if elected President I will enforce that, law Just as I will enforce the law against trusts, and put striped clothes !i big thieve:-, as well as- little thieves. But if you ask me to construe a Republican law, I will reply that I will not construe a law until It becomes my duty to enforce it. "This, of course, amounts merely to saying that Mr. Bryan will not state what he will do until after election,, lest his statement should impair his chance of election. We contend that it is to be construed that the Nation shall pay its obligations in gold. In other words we are for the gold standard, and exactly as I champion it in New York State I championed it in Colorado. Mr. Bryan's free silver friends Insist that the law permits him to pay the debt of the Nation In silver. Four years ago Mr. Bryan's position wart the same as theirs and this position had at least the merit of being entitled to what respect can be given wrong-minded sincerity. Unless Mr. Bryan has convictions on so important a subject he is not fit to bo President, and if he has convictions, by every law of honor and self-respect, he hhould make those convictions public when he is appealing for the suffrago of the people. "In the same breath that he thus avows that ho flinches from declaring his position on one of the most vital points at issue, he boasts that he will enforce tho law against trusts and put striped clothes on big thieves as well as little thieves. Surely if Mr. Bryan had possessed a sense of humor he would have refrained from uttering such a boast, at once both cheap and idle, at the very moment when, by his evasion he was showing a trait of character which, if It marked his administration. If he were elected would insure. absolute immunity both to big thieves and to little. Of course Mr. Bryan knows perfectly well that he could not do one thing against any stockholder or manager of the trust, save what had been done under the present administration. Tho only way of getting at a trust on the part of the general government is under the constitutional amendment introduced last June by the Republican party and defeated by the Bryanites for campaign purposes." AT AUBURN AND SYRACUSE. Tho closing speeches of the day were made at Auburn and Syracusce, after Jump3 through widely divergent counties. Although it was a favorable day, because while in Auburn and Syracuse there were several interruptions, the questions and answers were rather In a good-natured form and there was no friction, which indicated a desire on the part of either questioner or answerer to enter into a personal controversy. Syracuse Itself was a (CONTINUED ON THIRD PAGE.) SOLDIERS ASD A MOB

FIGHT BETWEEN CANADIAN 3IILITIA AND RIOTOUS STRIKERS. Fifteen of the Latter Wounded, One Fatally, and Eight Soldiers Injnred, Tito Seriously. TROOPS , USED BAYONETS W'HILE THE STRIKERS THREW STONES AND OTHER MISSILES. Three Hundred Additional Militiamen Hurled from Montreal to the Scene of Trouble. MONTREAL, Oct 25. Over a score wounded, one fatally, is the result of a conflict between the militia and the striking mill hands at Valley Field, Quebec. A couple of hundred men employed by the Montreal Cotton Company on the foundations of a new mill went on strike yesterday, demanding an increase of 5 cents a day in their pay. The company refused to deal with the union. Yesterday tho strikers prevented the company from shipping goods and to-day held up the company's coal pile. The local police were powerless. The company had to have coal or shut down. Consequently, a message was sent to Montreal asking for military assistance. It arrived at Valley Field at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon and consisted of two companies of tho Royal Scots. The embargo on the coal pile was promptly removed. At dusk a big crowd composed of strikers and their sympathizers gathered and there was every evidence of trouble. About 8:30 the mob gathered near the Empire mill and began throwing stones through the windows and otherwise destroying property. The troops charged the rnob with fixed bayonets. They were driven back. Eight of their number were wounded, two of thern seriously. The strikers had fifteen men injured, one fatally. Reinforcements were then asked for from Montreal and three hundred men, with medical assistance, left, expecting to arrive at Valley Field about 2 a. m. THIRTEEN INDICTED. An Unlucky Number of Postmasters and Carriers In Trouble. ATLANTA. Ga.. Oct. IS. The United States grand jury has returned thirteen Indictments against former postmasters and carriers In Polk. Harrison and Paulding counties, this State, charging conspiracy to defraud the government. Those indicted are former postmasters F. C. Beavers, Cabot. Ga.; Butler Ha vis. Way. Ga.; John G. Low. Roland. Ca.; B. F. Morgan. Frank, Ga.; William A. Green. Doster. Ga.; W. l Waldorp, Junior, Ga.; J. M. Uutlcdge. Dicey. Ga.; John R. Iiu.-h. Dicey, Ga.; T. J. Bell. Besma, Ga.; William M. Waddell, A. S. Wnddvll. T. Head and W. J. Har-dt-n. It is claimed by the poMoSicc authorities that the thirteen defendants formed a combination to defraud tho government. It is charged that they went so far as to give away stamps In order to cancel them, und srnt bulky packages through the officer. It is said that a dog was frtit in this wy und that pieces of pine bark were stamped and mailed.

STRIKE IS OFF

MOST OF THE A!THIt ACITE COAL, DIGGERS 3IAY RETURN TO WORK. AH These Employed by Companies Which Have Compiled with Demands 3Iny Resume Monday. EORMAL STATEMENT ISSUED rRESIDEXT 3IITCI1RLL A I) lilt ESS TO THE IDLE COAL MINE US. Reasons of the Executive Board for Declaring the Strike Off nt Slany of the Collieries. JUBILATION AMONG THE MEN ACTION OF THE BOARD GHEETED WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM. AH Classes Throughout the Anthracite Region Glad That the Lone Struggle Has Ended. IIAZLETON, Ta., Oct. 23. The mine workers' strike has been declared off against all companies which have complied with tho strikers demands, and the strike will bo continued against those companies which have not granted the Scranton convention's demand. The strikers will return to work on Monday at the places where the tie-up Is ended. The following statement was given out for publication to-night by President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers: "To the Miners and Mine Workers of the Anthracitp Region: ' "Gentlemen After carefully canvassing the entire strike situation, we, your officers, district and national, have concluded that your victory Is so nearly complete that no good end can be served by continuing the striko longer. The contest has been in progress for thirty-nine days and the companies employing you have, with few exceptions, signified their willingness to pay the scale of wages formulated by the Scranton convention of Oct. 12 and 13. "We are aware that some disappointment and dissatisfaction has been caused by the failure of the operators in Districts 1 and 7 to separate the reduction In price of powder from the advance in wages, but after careful inquiry we are satis tied that each mine employe will actually receive an advance of 10 per cent, on the wages formerly paid. In the Schuylkill and Lehigh regions the largest companies have agreed that the sliding scale should be suspended, and that wages should remain stationary at 10 per cent, until April 1, 1901, thus removing one of the iniquities of which you have complained foi many years. "While it is true that you have not secured redress for all your wrongs; while it is true that the increase in earnings will not fully compensate you for the arduous labor you are compelled to perform in the mines, you have established a powerful organization which, if maintained and conducted on business principles, will enable you to regulate many of your local grievances and make your employment less hazardous and more profitable than before the strike began. "The companies agree, In their notices, to take up with their mine employes all grievances complained of. We would therefore advise that when work is resumed, committees be selected by the mine employes and that they wait upon the superintendents of the companies and present their grievances In an orderly, businesslike manner and ask that they be corrected. "Your attention is respectfully called to the fact that the laws of the Stato of Pennsylvania provide that miners should be paid semi-monthly upon demand; we should, therefore, advise that each mine employe serve notice on the companies that he expects to be paid his wages twice each month, as provided by law. "Tho practical benefits to the miners which accrue from thorough organization have been so clearly demonstrated during this strike that it should be needless for us to urge upon you the necessity of maintaining your union Intact. We trust, however, that these who are now members of the union will bo unceasing in their effcrts to induce all other mine workers to ally themselves with the United Mine Workers of America at once, as It will be Impossible for you to secure higher wages in the future, or even, to maintain the present rate of wages, unless you are prepared to offer a united resistance if any attempt is made to reduce your earnings upon the expiration of the present offer. "As there are some few companies who have neither posted, notified nor signified in any other manner their willingness to pay the 10 per cent, advance in wages and suspend the sliding scale, we should advise that unless the men employed by such companies receive notice before Monday that the advance will be paid they remain away from the mines and continue on strike until tho companies employing them agree to the conditions offered by tho other companies, and the employes of tho companies who have offered the advance of 10 per cent, and abolished the sliding scale are hereby authorized to resume work Monday morning, Oct. 29, and to be prepared, if called on, to contribute a reasonable amount of your earnings for the maintenance of those who may be compelled to continue tin strike." The statement was signed by John Mitchell, president; W. B. Wilson, secretary United Mine Workers of America; Fred Dilcher, G. W. Furcell, W. R. Falrley and Benjamin James, national executive board U. M. W. of A.; T. D. Nichols, president district No. 1; John T. Dempsey, secretary district No. 1; Thomas Duffy, president district No. 7; John P. Gallagher, secretary district No. 7; John Fahey, president dlctrict No. 9; George W. Hartlin, secretary district No. 9; E. C. Morris, secretary conference committee. There was much rejoicing here to-night when the announcement was made that the coal strike was at an end in so far as was concerned the collieries where the conditions demanded by the miners had been complied with. The news spread quickly and soon telegrams began to arrive at headquarters. Most of them were from local union officials, congratulating President Mitchell on the successful ending of the contest. Everywhere in tho region local unions had been awaiting the news and l.t a moment after the announcement was made the three district presidents began telephoning a, synopsis of the statement to every mining town within telephone reach in the coal fields. By this means the whole region heard the news !n a very short time. The United Mine Workers' officials firmly believe that all the eperators against whom the strike lias not been declared off will concede tho miners' demands by Monday. In fact, it was said by one of the higher officials of the union, that the statement was not drawn until positive assurances had been received tiiat the other companies would comply with the demands. No such assurance, however, wag received, as

far as could be learned, from G. B. Markle & Co., in this district, which is the only comrany that has not offered an Increase of wage?. President Mitchell declined to say anything in regard to the Markle Company's position other than that tho mine workers' offer was so fair that he could think of no valid reason why that company should not give that which the miners ask. The United Mine Workers' headquarter will probably be closed next week. President Mitchell will be in Scranton on Saturday to participate in a breaker boys' demonstration, after which he will make a tour of the entire anthracite region. Plans have already been mapped out for jollification meetings In various parts of the coal fields to celebrate the ending of the strike. Later rn President Mitchell will go to New York to attend a "cigar makers union meeting, after which he will return to national headquarters at Indianapolis. Conference of Operators. PHILADELPHIA. Ort. 25.-A conference between the officials of the big coal carrying compatdes and several Individual coal operators was held to-day at the office of President Harris, of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Companj'. The conferees were in session about one hour, and although all information as to what took place wa3 refused, it was stated that the question of an early adjustment of the coal strike difficulties was considered. The question of a reduction of freight charges on the part of the coal carrying companies was also under discussion. AH Classes Flensed. WILKESBARRE. Pa., Oct. 23. The news of the ending of the great miners' strike was received here to-night with the greatest enthusiasm by all classes. The news had been expected and large crowds collected in front of the newspaper offices. When the bulletin v.as poved there was a look of satisfaction on every face. Business men in particular were much pleased that the conflict had come to an end.

DUE TO BRYAN'S TALK IJUT FOR THE NETIRASKAN'S ANTIEXPANSION UTTERANCES The Tagnlo Bandits Would Have Acccpted Amnesty and Laid Down Their Anns Long Ago. LETTER FROM WORCESTER ONE OF THE UNITED STATES C03IMISSIONERS TO THE ISLANDS. He Tells of Horrible Atrocities Committed by 31r. Bryan's PatriotsWholesale Assassinations. ANN ARBOR, Llich.. Oct. Ü.". Henry S. Dean, one of the regents of the University of Michigan, has received a letter from Dean C. Worcester, a member of the United States commission in the Philippines, which is in part as follows: "Conditions were improving here very rapidly up to the time Brjan was nominated and began to tnlk in public. The result of the announcement of his policy In regard to the Philippines was to put a stop to the important surrenders which were steadily being made under the terms of the amnesty and to bring about renewed hostilities through the worst districts here in Luzon. We know absolutely from captured correspondence that this desperate effort to keep up a show of resistance is being made only in the hope of influencing the election at home; and Important insurgent leaders like Slndico say that unless Bryan is elected or the war in China draws troops from these islands they will give up their useless efforts in November. 1 therefore do not look for any general improvement in the situation until nfter the presidential election, but with that out of the way I expect to see a speedy change for the better. "At present the insurgents are resorting to that last resort of a fallen cause, wholebale assassination. They are putting price? cn the heads of men known to be friendly to the Americans and are resorting to tho most fiendish tortures and mutilations in order to influence the common people by fear. A letter was captured a few weeks slnco from a man sent in to organize insurgent committees in four or five towns whera we have establised municipal government. Ho stated that he had found it impossible for him to carry out his misfeion, as the people had unfortunately been seduced by the Americans, and said he could do nothing until four or five lives had been taken In each of these towns. "I saw a surgeon a few days since, who had Just dressed the wounds of four natives whose tongues had been cut out for refusing to join in the night attack on one of our garrisons. "Colonel Kennon, who Is In command of a regiment in Nueva Eclja, recently gave me a detailed account of an attack on a party of defenseless natives, half women, who were known to be friendly to us, by an insurgent band. ,A part of the command was moving along the road when they saw a woman staggering toward them. The back of her head had been pounded to a pulp of hair, scalp and clotted blood; her chin had been crushed in and bore the Imprint of the muzzle of a rifle; and a bolo had been thrust into her lung from behind and turned around in the wound. She was naturally greatly excited and collapsed before more information could be got out of her. She was put in a house and the colonel spread the word that he would burn every building in the vicinity if she was molested before help could be sent to her. As soon as possible she was removed to one of our hospitals, where, contrary to the expectation of every one, she revived sufficiently to give an account of her experience. She stated that their absolutely helpless party had been attacked, the throats of the men had been cut, the women had been outraged and she had been pounded into insensibility. When she recovered consciousness she found herself In an old well, with earth and rubbish thrown on top of her, together with the other women of the party, of whom a part were still alive. She ' was the only one able to escape from her predicament, but peemed quite sure that a young: girl, who had been half buried while suffering from no other injury than a broken leg, would be still alive. Two days were spent In fruitless search for this well, and the people in it doubtless all perished miserably. The woman, with the astonishing vitality which these people sometimes show. In recovering. "I am glad to report that there are now a very considerable number of provinces where pacification is complete and where civil government will be established in the near future." Obituary. PRAIRIE DU CHI EN, Wis.. Oct. 23.-A. W. Merrill, editor of the Courier, died here to-night, uged eighty-five. He was the oldest printer in Wisconsin, having established the Milwaukee Sentinel in ls. Ho came here from Milwaukee in 1S. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 2j.After an 111n which continued over. a your Dr. Laurence Turnbull, an eminent physician a::d chemist. Is dead at his home here, aged seventy-nine years. CHICAGO. Oct. 2,". David Kelley, one of Chicago's oldest and wealthiest citizens, died to-night of heart trouble. He was tho head of the firm of Kelley &. Maus, hardware merchants. I .ON DON. Oct. 2T. Sims Reaves, the veteran English tlngcr, died to-day at Worthing. Sussex.

LITTLE CHARGE

Bit VAN WILL NOT CARHY ONi: OF THE PACIFIC COAST STATES. In Fact, He Will Secnre Few Eleetorul Votes In the Western, Northern or Eastern Sections. VIEWS OF RINGER HERMANN WHO HAS RETURNED TO WASHINGTON FROM THE FAR WEST. Vote of Nebrnskn, He Says, May Re Given to the Popoerntlc Candidate on Account of State Pride. MR. CLEVELAND SURPRISED EVIDENTLY THINKS HIS VIEWS SI101LD BE WELL KNOWN. Evideuce That There Was No Excuse for Jones's Insnltlncr Letter to President McKinley. Special to the Tnfllanapoll Journal. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Binger Hermann, commissioner of the General Land Office, returned to his desk to-day after an extensive tour of the Taciiic coast States. While on his trip Mr. Hermann had occasion to talk to a large number of people and acquaint himself with tho political feeling In the sections he visited. He speaks in glowing terms of the prospect of the Republican party, and says that California, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming and Idaho can eafcly be counted for McKinley and Roosevelt. In speaking about his trip Mr. Hermann said to-day: "While I was away from Washington I visited California, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Nebraska, Idaho and Wyoming. In California the Republicans are sure to carry the State by at least 15,000 majority. In Oregon and Washington their majority will be upwards of 10,0-jO, and Wyoming will give McKinley and Roosevelt 2,000 or 3,000 majority. The people of the Pacific coast are In favor cf the policy of the administration regarding our new foreign possessions, and pay no. heed whatever to the cry of the Bryanites about so-called imperialism. These States are enjoying the greatest prosperity ever known In their history, and they are enthusiastic in their support of the present administration. I think we will carry the Legislature in Nebraska and elect two United States senators, but from State pride Nebraska's electoral vote will probably be cast for Mr. Bryan. I also look for the re-election of Senator Shoup in Idaho this fall, and from what I could learn Senator Wolcott will succeed himself from Colorado. There is but little or no interest being taken in tho Democratic nominees, and I look for a Republican landslide this fall In the far West." FAVORS GOLD STANDARD. Cnarles Francis Adams Does Not Agree with W. J. Bryan. CHICAGO, Oct. 23. In an address before the Chicago Historical Society, last night, Charles Francis Adams, of the Massachusetts Historical Society, said: "Four years ago my very good friend, Carl Schurz, said that never since we had had a Constitution was such a vital question before the American people. Then I was a bimetalist. Since 1S many things havo happened. There has been the most momentous development witnessed in 4U0 j-ears, and In consequence of this development I am now in favor of the gold standard. "Considering the trusts and monopolies, I have read what has been said on both sides, and the conclusion is forced on my mind that the American people do not know what they are talking about. Look at monopolies from an historical standpoint. We have none In this country, but go with me to Europe. Go to France and look at the salt monopoly. If a woman takes a little salt water and evaporates It to get the salt an officer comes along and takes it from her. Go to England, where a box of matches is taken from you if you happen to have one In your possession when you enter the country from any other. Tobacco cannot be taken into many countries in any form. "The word monopoly, as it Is applied in this country, has a very different meaning. It holds that a man is a monopolist if he makes thing's so cheap that others cannot compete with him. The whole question of the trust is solved on the one principle of natural development. It has found its way to the front on purely scientific lines. The same fight is being made in this country, it is true, as that which was made by Bright and Conklin against the English landlord trust, but the reasons for it are very different. Big dealers know that by enormous sales and small profits they can make more than by small sales and enormous profits. On the whole, the issue In the present campaign is narrow and easy of solution. "Imperialism goes back to the origin of mankind. Not since the beginning of our history has the United States taken a step which it is taking at the present time. I challenge anyone to point out a case to me anywhere in the history of the world where an inferior race was ever elevated by what we know as benevolent assimilation. A nation which is taught to lean on a superior people will never learn self-government. It is like trying to teach a baby to walk by always holding it up. Hlndostan. if England were taken away, would soon retrograde. The same situation exists in Egypt." 4 JOSES BAD AS BRYAN. As Conning n Trickster as His Fopocratlc Candldnte. Epeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-J. IC Jones, senator from Arkansas and manager of W. J. Bryan's campaign, put his foot In it when he recently wrote an insulting letter to the President, intimating that Mr. McKinley had withheld part of the instructions to the, commissioners who negotiated the treaty cf peace at Paris. Jones Is a member of the Senate, and he was present at the executive session when all the instructions were read. Jones's letter to the President Is, therefore, regarded as a contemptible political trick. An official of the State Department says: "Every word of the Instructions of President McKinley to the commissioners who negotiated the treaty of peace between Spain and the 1'nlted States was turned ever to the Senate foreign relations committee and read to the Senate in executive session. Not one word of these instructions has been withheld, nor have any of the documents which have any bearing on the subject been secreted or withheld by President McKinley or any member of his Cabinet. Every' member of the Senate Republican. Democrat and Populist knows the contents of these documents if they attended to their oSlclal duties, and Chairman

Jones, of the Democratic national committee, who has made a demand upon President McKinley for the publication of all the correspondence, knows well that every word contained in the Instructions has been submitted to the Senate, and while the ban of secrecy has not been removed, there is no possible objection to making them public. "That this was not done after the ratification of the treaty of peace was an overfight on the part of the Senate, as It Is customary to give matters of this kind to the public after the question under consideration has been disposed of and publio interests will not be jeopardized by doing so. Knowing that this was the custom, and that there had been no concealment of anything in connection with the instructions. President McKinley quoted a part of these instructions in his letter of acceptance, not with any intention of takln advantage of his political oppenents ani little suspecting that the Democrats wou'J be small enough to tako advantage of this oversight. He took this means of clearing up many misapprehensions in regard to bia Philippine policy, merely quoting his own words to do so. "Aside from this, the President is not bound to observe the rules of the Senate, as the rules governing legislative bodies of the government have no effect upon tho executive branch. They are not laws of the land, but arc made for the purpose e-f expediting the transaction of business These instructions emanated from the President, are his identical words, and the Cabinet members who were consulted to-day were inclined to the belief that the President was at liberty to make public- executive documents as Ii sees -lit, and that thu President has not transgressed any of the rules of propriety in doing so. "It is well known that he always has been careful in his dealings with Congre.-s to respect the rights of branches of thnt department of the government. There 1 a grave suspicion here that Senator Jones is stirring up a mare's ne.t and is endeavoring to make political capita out of the Incident." A DISTRESSING CAMPAIGN.

Grover Cleveland Evidently Has Been Rending: Rrynn's Speeches. PRINCETON. N. J., Oct. 2.-ln conversation with a representative of the Associated Press to-day ex-President Cleveland said: "I am surprised that my opinions and intentions as related to the pending canvass should at this stage so suddenly bo deemed important. I am dally and nightly sought out by newspaier representatives and piled with all sorts of questions, some of which seem quite senseless. If in good nature I Hay a few harmless words they are padded before publication as to 1k unrecognizable or are made the pretext for utterly unauthorized presumptions.' "It seems to me that my situation ought to bo sufficiently understood and appreciated by thoughtful friends to Justify in their minds my determination to icmain silent during this exceptional and distressing campaign." Aleer on the Philippine Question. TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Oct. 25. Gen. Russell A. Alger, ex-secretary of war In President McKInley's Cabinet, spoke to a large audience here this evening, making the Philippine policy of the administration the feature of his talk. lie laid particular stress on the fact that Aguinaldo began the war on our troops before the treaty of peace had been ratified by the Senate, and asserted that it was done at a time when it looked as though the treaty would not be ratified. He declared that Manila was captured by the army and navy of the United States alone, without the aid of Aguinaldo, and said that the articles of capitulation expressly provided that the city should be under the protection of the American army until the ratification of the peace treaty. ALVORD IN SEW YORK DEFAULTING NOTE TELLER SAID TO BE UNDER SURVEILLANCE. He Was Reported Last Nlftht to Re at the Home of nn Intimate Friend In the Bis City. MAY EE ARRESTED T0"DAY WARRANT ISSUED ON THE CHARGE OF E31BEZZLEMENT. Negotiations Looking to Restitution of n Part of the Stolen $700,OOO Broken Off. NEW YORK, Oct 23. As an earnest of its Intention to prosecute Cornelius L. Alvord, jr., the thieving note teller of the First National Bank, the responsible officers of that institution will to-morrow offer a liberal reward for his capture. This decision was reached this afternoon following the conference between Chief of Detectives McClusky and the president, cashier and counsel of the bank. The amount of the reward was not fixed. At midnight a dispatch from Mount Vernon said Alvord was in New York in the home of an intimate friend. If any negotiations have been going on looking to the restitution of part of the $700.000 stolen by tho note teller of the First National Bank they were broken off abruptly to-day. United States Commissioner Shields Issued a warrant of arrest late in the afternoon for Cornelius L. Alvord, jr., on the charge of embezzlement. Captain McClusky, of the detective bureau, was authorized to place tho defaulter under arrest, and the services of the Pinkerton detective agency, which had been engaged to keep Alvord under surveillance, were dispensed with. The World this (Friday) morning says: "Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., who is said to have stolen $700,000 from the First National Bank, was driven through Mt. Verron last night at 6:20 o'clock according to two residents of that city, who know Mr. Alvord well. Alvord, it is said, was in a two-horse coupe rockaway, and was accompanied by three men besides the driver. The men who saw Alvord are confident they could not be mistaken, as they have known him for many years. Patrick J. Ring, owner of the People's Opera House ir Mt. Vernon, reported last evening to Police Commissioner John Dewitt that he h id seen Alvord in a carriage driving along First street in a southerly direction. Commissioner Dewitt went to police headquarters to report what Ring had said to Chief Foley. The latter was out of town, having come to hls city early in the afternoon relative to tho Alvord matter. Another man, who is also jtositive he saw Alvord in a carriage, is Fred Weber. It was said in Mt. Vernon to-night that Alvord is now at the home of an intimate friend in Manhattan and will be arrested within a day or two. Chief of Police Foley, of Mt. Vernon, came to New York to-night. He was reported as having an engagement with Chief of Police McClusky. Chief Foley sald he' believed that Alvord Is In hiding In New York city. Alvord's three children, accompanied by their nurse, arrived at the home- of Alvord's uncle In Stockport this afternoon at S:!0. They were not accom(CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE?)

BRYAN'S POLICY

HOW l-TO-t MI.YEIl Will LD AFFECT THE fOl.MUV. peech ly Secretary of the Treasury Gnpe Before the Yoiinir Bepub-lie-tn t'lul of Brooklyn TO COIN CHEAP DOLLARS AT Till: BEHEST OF 31 1 NE OWNER!, WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTION. Would, He Snjs, Soon Cut the Wases of Tollers In Half and Ruin All Classes of l!ainess BANKS WOULD BE ATFECTED SHOPS AND FACTORIES WOULD NOT CONTINUE IS OPERATION And Rankriiptey and Idleness Would ut Once Take the Place of Presvut Prosperous Conditions LABOR WOULD SUITER MOST FOR THE PURCHASING POWER OF THE HOLLAH WOULD HE HALVED, And Wnecs Would Be Slow In Advancing to Meet the ChnnRe 31nny Financial Facts. NEW YORK, Oct. 23. The Academy of Music In Brooklyn was crowded to the doors to-night by people who came to hear Secretary Lyman J. Gage on the campaign issues. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Brooklyn Young Men's Republican Club, and was presided over by Frank Harvey Field, president of the club. The other speakers besides Secretary Gage were Seth Low, president of Columbia College, and the Rev. Dr. M. Wolsey Stryker, of Hamilton College. Secretary Gage'a reception was most hearty. He discussed the financial question at length. Referring to Mr. Bryan's free-silvci policy Mr. Gase said: "How would the Interests of wage earners and saliry paid people be affected if the Democratic-Bryan proposition should be realized? In the year Pu5 I had a conversation with one of the brightest and mo&t capable buMncss man of the West. He was engaged in large affairs an employer of lubor. a bank president and a man of reputed wealth, lie said to me: "1 atn persuaded that it is for the interest of the people of the United States to open the mints for tho free coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1 and to get on to the silver standard as soon as possible.' I said to him: lt Is surprising to hear such a statement from you. You must hav thought it well over; you can, I know, make your thought and reasoning perfectly clear. Explain to me how it will be for the interest of our people to go into this thing, and if I can see it as you do I will drop all objection and esjHjuse the cause atonce. This was his explanation: 'We have" come to a time,' lie said, 'when a protective tariff no longer protects. Under the Wilson bill, which, though a Democratic measure, is fctill protective, our factories are idle, labor Id out of employment and general business languishes. The truth is. we cannot compete in manufacturing with the older countries, v here labor is cheap. Waces and salaries are too high here. The labor cost of what we manufacture is too great. We must reduce the labor cost. To undertake to reduce wages directly woc.'d simply breed strikes, lockouts, disorder nnd riots; but cannot you see,' he continued, 'that if we adopt sliver as standard money for our domestic use we will, while nominally paying the same wags, pay them in a kind cf money which will be obtained at a cost, measured In finished products, of not more than one-half the present cost in poldT " -Yes,' I replied, 'I see this clearly. It is rtrlctly true, but you said it was for the interests of the people. Don't you recognize the wage worker and the salaried man as the people? Your proposition is a proposition to blindfold their eyes while you pick their pocket. I cannot atcree to your plan. Better strikes, lockouts and Hots than this kind of Juggling and cheating through the medium of payment. If . protection will not protect (which time will show), if our labor cost be too hich. If wages must, as you claim, be finally reduced, the grind of competition will determine when and how much. Against stich a result reasonable and Ju?t resistance should be offered, while you would surrender the whole question at once without a struggle." WAGES REDUCED ONE-HALF. "Was the gentleman ripM? Would the free coinage of silver and the consequent adoption of the sliver standard In our domestic affairs have the effect he predicted? Would It deprive the wage-earner of one-half his present reward? I have no more doubt of the truth of It than I have doubt that grapes grow grapes or that thistles grow thistles. "You can see if for yourself if you will really try. Give attention now. It Is not difficult. It Is himple. You work for pay. In what are you paid? You will saj-, 'in money.' That I true, but the money is only un Intermediary to that In which yoa are really paid, viz., things that you ue and consume. The value of your work is measured finally by what your work will procure. You are paid two dollars per day, in gold or Its equivalent. Two dollars will buy a sack cf flour, a pair ef hhoew, or h. thousand pounds of coal, and so rm. The value of your lab ir, Is. therefore, equal to the value of a sack of flour, a pair of fhoes, a thousand pounds of coal, or what not. "Now. among other things your labor pay will buy Is silver. With two dollars of the money in which you are now uid you can buy !,) grains of silver bullion. That quantity of silver bullion has lu exchangeable value over the world. In our market l.'J grains are equal in value to a sack of flour, a pair of shoes, or a thousand pounds of coal. In other words, yr.ür labor pay, an 1 l.&O grain of hllver are equivalent to each other in thir jower to command those things that minister to the comfort and happiness of yourselves and families. "It us now examine the free silver proposition. It Is simply thl: Open the mints to every I od y. IVrmlt the owners of s-ilvcr to bring In 371, grains of silver. Stamp It one dollar and give it back to them. Clothe iat dollar with legal-tender quality, so thai it may b lawfully used to j. ay debts. That is all. It Is simple enough, isn't it? But we know that one dollar of mir present kind of money the money in which you are paid your salaries and your wages is worth, not r"l4 grains, but more than h'O p rains. Would yuu iv-t rather have the equivalent of grains for your pay than the equivalent of CTl '4 sraln.? "And yet, if you consent to the free i-Ilvrr Programme. f Bryan and his Democratic-populIstlc-SfivcTlftic supporters' come into power, that programme will be adopted, and you inevitably get your pay In th r.evy dollars containing grain of line iU ver. Before you vote for this sort of bust, r.tss be wise enough to gt t a stipulation lro:n your employers that you shall therj be pali!. ax you are now paid, in nmc. thing equivalent to 8 grains of dlver. If you da not do to, you will get the cquivtvr