Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1901 — Page 1

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WILL .OT I.OSK A MEMBER IV THE HOUSE Ol REPRESENTATIVES. Burleigh Vinn of Reapportionment Accepted lu I'lace of the Hopkins Small Membership Scheme. VOTE WAS 165 YEAS, 102 NAYS XOHT1IERN SENATORS OPPOSED THE ILLINOIS MAM'S IJILL. Craropuckrr'M Motlin to Recommit, tvltli View of Reducing Southern Representation Lout, HO to ISO. HEW MEMBERSHIP TO BE 386 AN ISCIHSASK Ob" TWEMY-MXE OVER TUB 'PRESENT NU3IBEH. Feat ure" of the CI om I ii sr Rebate on the 3Ieasure A Colored Plan's Denan elation of Tratlneer of f 11a Ilace.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-By a vote of lS5'to 102 the House to-day accepted the reapportionment plan proposed by the Burleigh bill, which Increases the membership of ihe House during: the next decade from 37, the present membership, and the membership proposed by the committee In the , Hopkins bill, to 386. The result was largely . brought! about by the Influence of certain senators from several of the larger northern State?, who threw the weight of their . Influence In the scale In favor of the larger ir.embershlp.- When It became apparent that these factors were at work against his bill, Mr. Hopkins' attempted to compro- , xnise by giving an additional representative etch to North Dakota, Colorado and Florida, but his adversaries refused to com

promise after complete victory was as sured. The Crumpacker proposition to re commit the bill for the purpose of asccr ttlnlng what States abridged the right to vote to an extent which would entail re luced representation was defeated, 130 to 110. There was no roll call on this vote, but a number of Republicans voted with the Democrats. Under the bill as passed to-day no State loses a representative. The following table shows the gains and the rresent membership of States In which changes are made by the Burleigh bill: Pres. States. Gain. Mem - .Arkansas 1 6 -California. -i Colorado 1 2 Connecticut 1 5 Florida I 2 llltnr.U 1 Louisiana 1 . b Massachusetts 1 13 Minnesota '. 2 7 Mississippi t 1 Missouri 1 New Jersey 2 ' rsew York 1 34 v.orth Carolina 1 a Jsorth Dakota 1 Fenrvsylvunla j z 30 Texas 3 J Washington 1 West Virginia 1 Wisconsin 1 10 The bill provides that, whenever a new Etate is admitted, the representative as signed to It shall be in addition to the num ber provided in the bill. It also adds a provision that never hitherto was lncor porated In a reapportionment bill, to the ef feet that Congressional districts, tn add! tion to being 'contiguous,'1 shall be "com Xact." States which are allowed additional representatives by the bill shall, by Us trms, elect them at large until the Legis luturo shall redistrlct the State. IROCKEDINGS IN DETAIL. Speechen by Dalsell, Hopkins, Blns;hani, Carowvcnor and Other. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8.-Speaker Hen derson, who has been confined to his room by illness for several days, called the House to order to-day. After some routine business had been transacted the dabate upon the reapportionment bill was resumed. Mr. Dalzel (Pa.) took tha floor and delivered a speech of an hour in support of the Hopkins bill. Mr. ".Ailzell denied the affirmation that under the rules this was an efficient House; on tho contrary, it was an Inefficient House. The records showed It He argued at length in opposition to an Increase In tho membership of the House and produced records of its business to demonstrate h3 declaration that the House, evenj at Its present size. Is inefficient In administration. Alluding- in the course of his speech to the French Chamber of Deputies, Mr. Dalxel! characterized it as disgraceful as a parliamentary body, and said If there was any one more so on the face of tho earth lie would like to know where It Is. The chamber could be adjourned at any time by the speaker ringing a bell and u number of times within the past lew joars It had been adjourned In that manner In order to avert the possible bloodshed on tha floor of the chamber. Mr. Bingham expressed his opposition to the Hopkins bill, and his favor Icr tho Burleigh bill. He declared that tho inefficiency In the administration of the busi.10.ss of the House was due In part to Its tiz. Mr. Grosvenor declared he would vote for a smaller rather than a larger ll5i.e. "Jf the Biirleigh bill became a law it . turned over 23 per cent, of the power of the Fiftyeighth Congress to the cities of this county and stripped the rural districts of their power. After some further remarks In opposition to the Hopkins bill by Mr. Gaines of Tennessee, Mr. Jones of Virginia and Mr. Robln?on of Indiana, Mr. Hopkins closed the general debate with a speech in which he fought to meet the criticisms of tho opponents f his bill. He closed with an eloquent appeal to member to vote not for what might be best for their own districts or State?, but for the best interests of the whole country. The bill was then rend for amendment under the five-mlaute rule. Mr. Burleigh, (Me.).' ofTered the first taction of his bid. making the total membership of the House 3',r members, r a substitute for the first ctlon of the Hopkins bill. Mr. Spalding, of North Dakota, offered the amendment to increase the mmhershlp provided for in the Hopkins bill from 3T.7 to ZCX and assigning the three additional ren-

iesentatlves to North Dakota, Colorado and

Florida. Mr. Wilson, of South Carolina, a member of the committee on census, opposed the amendments, which, he said, was in ofTect a compromise proposition that would destroy the system upon which the Hopkins bill was based. Mr. Shackleford, of Missouri, attempted to offer a substitute for Mr. Spalding's motion to increase the membership of the House to 400, but tho motion was held not to be In order. Mr. White, of North Carolina, the only colored man in the House, created something of a sensation by a fiery speech of Ave minutes denouncing the traducers of his race. He had tried to obtain an opportunity to be heard during the general debate, he said, but It had been denied him. He was, he said, the representative of oneeighth of the population of the country, of a race that had been grossly misrepresented and maligned by three members of the House during the pending debate. He was glad, however, that the Idle and slanderous word3 had come from young men, against whom the "statute of youth" could be pleaded. Mr. White said he would take occasion a little later. In a speech which perhaps would bo his valedictory, to defend the men of his race, who were no less American citizens than those of white skin and Caucasian blood. Mr. White's remarks received a whirlwind of applause from the public gallery. In which were beated many of his race. Mr. Moody, of Massachusetts, made a vigorous speech In favor of the Burleigh bill. An increase in the membership, he argued, would not weaken the House or prevent the dispatch of business. Mr. Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts, in support of the Hopkins bill, charged that there was a log rolling combination to control the size of the next House. He denied the charge that the Massachusetts Constitution as regards suffrage was analogous to the Mississippi Constitution, and Mr. Williams (Miss.) retorted that the two were identical. Mr. William Alden Smith, of Michigan, offered an amendment to the Burleigh substitute to fix the membership at 305. The vote was first taken upon the Spalding amendment to the original text of the (CONTINUED ON PAGE5,OirG) BRETH LOST HEALTH HAZING AT WEST POIXT WEAK ENED HIS CONSTITUTION. Testimony of the Ilrother and Father of a Cadet Who Returned Home and Died of Typhoid Fever. BOOZ'S EYE SIGHT NOT GOOD FAILED IN EXAMINATION FOR THE BAR AT PHILADELPHIA. Ills General A vera are Only 50, AccordIns to the Secrctnry of the Board of Examiners. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 8. Tho congres slcnal committee, which is Investigating the hazing of the fourth-class cadets at West Point Military Academy, resumed the tak ing of testimony to-day. Harry Breth, of Altoona, an older brother of John Breth, whose death is also under investigation, told of a visit ho and his sister paid to his brother in West Point In August, 1S97, a few months after his admission to the academy. John said he had been exercised until he was rendered unconscious and was revived with whisky. Harry said the haz Ing had become so severe that extra guards had been put on duty, and John said that such a proceeding was unusual. When the cadet returned home after having been found deficient In certain studies in 1SD3, he seemed unwell and never was in good health after that. Lucien Alexander, secretary of the board of examiners for the admission of law students to the Philadelphia bar, who yes terday refused to give the result of Oscar Booz's examination on the ground that he would be in contempt of the courts under a rule of the court, said he had applied to the court of Common Pleas and had been granted permission to make answer. He then testified that Oscar Booz failed In the examination, he having a general av erage of fifty. Mr. Alexander said he attributed his bad showing to Booz's poor eyesight. Harry Breth was again called and submitted three letters written by his brother when he was a cadet at West Point. In one letter John said he had received a large number of demerits. This, he said, was not the result of carelessness, as the rules were very strict In regard to tidiness. He had little tlmo to keep his belongings. In proper order, as he was compelled to neglect his duties by reason or his having to attend soirees, which was one of the forms of hazing In vogue at the academy. Another letter stated that one night "some of tho worn fellows in C Company" took John and threo others to a tent and forced them to undergo excessive exercising. John was made to "brace "eagle." "wooden Willie," put on a rain coat and with a cap covering his head hold out dumbbells. Mr. Breth, the father of John, said it was his firm conviction that the excessive re zing his son underwent made him chronically nervous, broke his health and reduced his vitality to such an extent that the young man was unable to fight the typhoid germs. George L. Smith, of this city, who was at West Point from June, ly;;, to June. 137. described the hazing as he knew it at that time. Wesley Merrltt was then the superintendent and he was very strict rr.crc so, he thought, than the succeedin--superintendents. There was no brutal or exhausting hazing while he was at the academy. The committee then adjourned to meet at West Point to-morrow morning. After hearing the testimony at tho Military Acad emy, this committee will return to Washington, where other witnesr-s will be heard. A Voluminous Military Report. WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-The record of tho proceedings and findings of the military court of Inquiry appointed to investigate the case of ex-Cadet Oscar I. Booz. whose recent death was attributed by his family and friends to injuries received from hnxlng at the West Point Military Academy, was received at the War Department to-day. The record comprises ftur large volumes, each of one thousand typewrltttcn pages and constltvr.M a verbatim report of tho entire proceedings of the court, including all the testimony an. the conclusions of the bonrd thereon. In accordance with the established rule of th War Department no nfiiclsl information concerning the character of the report will Ih divulged in advance of the secretary's action upon It.

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UNITED STATES MAKES A TROPOSITION TO THE ALLIED POWERS. Suggests Removal of Two Phases of the Negotiations from Pekln to Washington or Elsewhere. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION TO CONSIDER INDEMNITY AND FOR3I COMMERCIAL TREATIES. Conger Cables that the Empress Dotvager Is Opposing Acceptance of Demands of Powers. PROTEST FROM VICEROYS SOUTHERN PROVINCES OP CHINA OPPOSING PEACE: AGREEMENT. Germans Cnptnre a Walled Vlllace, Kill nnd Wound SOO Chinese, and Lose but Three Jlen Killed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The negotiations which have been pending for some time relative to the removal from Peking of some of the subjects of International negotiations so that they could be taken up at Washington or at the capital of one of the other powers have now advanced to a stage where there Is promise of a satisfactory understanding among the powers on this move. The plan originated through a suggestion of Minister Conger, cabled about a week ago, to the effect that there was little prospect of securing united action on tho subject of indemnity and of new commercial treaties with China, Mr. Conger suggested that better progress in the negotiations was likely to result if thse two phases could be removed from Peking and taken up at some point entirely removed from local influences. Mr. Conger's Idea met with favorable consideration here, and the suggestion was made to the other powers interested In China that the matter of Chinese indemnity and of commercial treaties be taken up at Washington or at one of the other capitals. If this plan be adopted an international commission will be created which can pass on all questions of indemnity, both among the powers and as against China. It would be In the main a conference among the powers, although it Is expected that Chinese envoys would be invited to participate after the proceedings reach a stage where unity of action among the powers was as sured. The State Department has already received Indications as to the general feeling of some of the powers on this proposition. There appears to be no reason to anticipate serious opposition to the transfer, as most of the powers have appreciated the ob .stacles at Peking in the way of an agreement on the two subjects of Indemnity and commercial treaties. Minister Conner was heard from to-day in a cablegram to the State Department. The text of the dispatch was not given cut, but It was made known that In substanceMr. Conger confirmed recent press reports to the effect that there was reason to believe the Empress dowager was exerting her Influence against the acceptance of the demands submitted by the powers. It is the feeling among officials here that the influence still wielded by the Erapress dowager may lead to serious complications In case she seeks to bring to a halt the negotiations now pending. Th. powers, by stating their demands to be irrevocable, made them practically an ultimatum, and while a refusal to sign by China would not result in a declaration of war to enforce the. demands, there would be a prolonged occupancy of Peking and this might lead to fresh complications threatening to the integrity of the Chinese empire. The United States government Is seeking to Insist upon tho signing of the treaty by the Chinese envoys on the ground that they presented credentials clothing them with complete authority to act without the necessity of flrst submitting their acts to the imperial court for approval. Based on these credentials, Mr. Conger and other ministers at Peking are urging that the envoys should sign without reference to the attitude of the court, and in case the signatures are given they will be accepted as a complete expression of the will of the Chinese government. Choate Talks with Lansdowne. LONDON, Jan. 8. Mr. Choate had an Interview regarding the Chinese situation with Lord Lansdowne at the Foreign Office to-day, but little headway was made. Tho discussion was confined to the difficulties of the powers in agreeing to China's answer to their demands, which will necessitate a further negotiation. Great Britain has r.ot yet replied to th circular of tho United States government Inviting the powers to confer In Washington. The Associated Press Is authorized to say that she is willing to agree to the proposal it the other powers will also agree, but the impression prevails In London that the other European powers are not likeiy to accept Mr. Hay's suggestion.' British officials generally are disheartened over the latest muddles in Teklng and ftar that a long timo will elapse before matters are mado straight. It is pointed out that a conference in Washington would be- a cause of serious delay and Inconvenience to many powers, who would be obliged to send special representatives. If it is decided to hold a conference in Washington Lord Pauncefote will probably represent Great Britain. The success or failure of Secretary Hay's last effort appears to depend chiefly on the powers of the triple alliance, which are now exchanging dispatches on the subject. The indications are that they would only accept the proposal as a last resort. The suggestion of Washington as the most suitable location excites no feeling whatever, for it 13 a rule of European diplomacy that powers responsible for such suggestions have the right to name their own capitals as the place of meeting. France Not Yet Consulted. PARIS, Jan. S.As the result of Inquiries made In official circles the Associated Press learns that it is true that the United States ha put forth a tentative suggestion that th peace negotiations be shifted from Peking to Washington. The French government, howevtr, has not yet received a for

mal proposition, and. therefore, its attitude on the subject is not determined.

White at the Foreign Ofllce. BERLIN, Jan. 8. The German Foreign Office has received no information that the United States and Russia desire a transfer of the Peking negotiations to Washington, but United States Amabassador White con ferred this evening with Baron Von Richthoffen, secretary of state for foreign affairs, and it is possible that Secretary Hay's suggestion was the subject cf their conversation. Conditions Accepted. PARIS, Jan. 8. The Havas Agency has received the following dispatch from Peking, dated Jan. 5: "Prlnco Ching visited the foreign envoys on the occasion of the New Year and accepted the conditions of yesterday's note. Ll Hung Chang is still sick." SOUTHERN VICEROYS PROTEST. They Object to Acceptance of Terms of the Joint Note. PEKING, Jan. 8. The protest of the viceroy of Yang-Tse to the signing of the Joint note has created little surprise here, but the fact that the other southern viceroys also have protested, causing the court to Instruct the plenipotentiaries not to sign the note, created a great sensation in Peking. The agreement has not yet been presented for signature. The ministers believe, however, that Trince Chlng Is Irrevocably bound verbally, and think he will sign. The objections of the sduthern viceroys are preclselj the same as those which the court originally telegraphed to Prince Chlng. and concerning which, on the representation of rrince Chlng and Ll,Hung Chang, the court eventually agreed to en deavor to make better terms. The courtf doubtles-s was influenced by the protests from the south because it was generally f-dt that the dynasty had less influence there than In the north. Chang Chi Tung has strongly urged the court not to return to Peking, but to establish a capital in the Yang-Tse valley. He says this will strengthen the south toward the Chinese cause, and that the signing of the agreement as it exists at present would bo a most serious menace to the dynasty, as the state of the country Is doubtful. The note will be signed if China is very sincere in carrying out the provisions of the agreement. LI Hung Chang Is invisible to the public. His attendants claim that he 13 suffering from a serious relapse, though many persons think his relapse Is made a convenience so the signing of the note can be delayed until the court can be heard from again. 3IUST NOT PI SH MATTERS. Archbishop Fnvler Says the Powers Should Act Slowly with China. PARIS, Jan. 8. Archbishop Favler, the head of the French mission In North China, (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COL. 6.J TWENTY-EIGHT IAD DETAILS OV ROCHESTER'S ORPHAN ASYLUM DISASTER. Fire Supposed to Hare Been Caused by an Explosion of Natural Gas In tho Boller Room. SEVERAL NARROW ESCAPES 31 ANY OF THE CHILDREN RESCUED ALIVE, BUT SEVERELY BURNED. Twenty-Elgfht Deaths So Fnr Report edSome of the Injured Likely to Die Pathetic Scenes. ROCHESTER. N. Y., Jan. 8. Twentyeight dead bodies lie at tho morgue and twelve others, more or less seriously Injured, He at the different hospitals In the city to-night as a result of the terrible fire which occurred early this morning at the Rochester Orphan Asylum. Of the dead, twenty-sir were children of both sexes, ranging in age from two to fourteen years, while the remaining two were adults. The fire, which was discovered at 1:10 a. m and was doubtless caused by an explosion of natural gas in the boiler room, adjoining tho west wing of the asylum, spread so rapidly that many of tho 109 Inmates of the Institution wero overcome by the flames and smoke almost without warning. A corrected and revised list of the dead follows: Arthur Kelley, Gladys Hill, Gertrude Toner, Bertha Hall, Viola Stuck. Lillian Stone, Mildred Slocum, Mary Alexander, Helen Hamilton, Hard .Murray, Minnie Tiffany, Myrtlo Patterson, Isabel Marthage, Gertrude McCaw, Marion McCaw, Loreo Owen, Charlie Benham, Rhea Conwell, Bertha Potter, Mildred Wright (col ored), Minnie Skinner, Mary Kane, Cora Potter, Charlotte Bryant, Beachnell Cary, Evangeline Carey, Mrs. Maria Gordon, the cook of the asylum, Mrs. Martha Gülls, a nurse. Seriously Injured Miss Isabelle Lawson. nurse; Ellen Dellmore, nurse, recovery doubtful; Fred Potter, may die; Kate Cotterlll, aged sixteen; Blanche Anderson, aged seven, colored; Maurice Keating, fireman; Mrs. Amelia Cllne, nurse; Mary Brad, nurse, badly burned, recovery doubtful; Frances Hlbbard, nurse; Minnie Conklln, nurse; Frances Edwards, an attendant; John Carr, aged three, suffocated, recovery doubtful; Capt. William Cregan, of hose company No. 3, prostrated by Inhaling smoke, will probably recover. PATHETIC SCENES. In all tho long and dismal record of fatal fires In Rochester, none can be found which can equal this one In its general horror, in the pathetic scenes In which so many lives were blotted out in the gallant sacrifice, of lives of the attendants in whose care the children were and in the sad scenes at the hospitals and morgue. That so many children were saved from the west wins of the building seems mar velous, and when the ruins were visited to day the spectator wondered that the death roll was not even larger. After the ex plosion occurred the windows of the west wing wire soon filled with the terrified fates of tho tiny waifs. Working like men possessed the firemen struggled to rtlease them from their perilous position. The rooms of the dormitory were filled with th( smoke a.d the little ones were being slowly suffocated. Most of those rescued were lowered to the ground by means of ladders from th o-ond and third stories. The (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COL. 1)

HIS EIES OPEN

BRYAN AT LAST READS THE SIGNS OF THE TI31ES ARIGHT. Snys He Is Now n Private Citizen, with Excellent Prospects of Remaining Such In the Future. JACKSON DAY VALEDICTORY W. J. VIRTUALLY ANNOUNCES HE IS DONE WITH OFFICE SEEKING. In Doing So, However, He Fires a Few Shots at Grover Cleveland and Other Straight Democrats. MEN WITHIN PARTY LINES ARE THOSE WHO HAVE A RIGHT TO DISCUSS REORGANIZATION. lie form Is an Internal Remedy and External Applications Would Do No Good Future Issnes. CHICAGO, Jan. 8. William J. Bryan was the guest of honor at the annual banquet of the Chicago Bryan League, which was held to-night at the Sherman House. It had been planned by the local Democrats that a reception to Mr. Bryan should be made part of the day's celebration, but during the afternoon a telegram was received from him saying that it would be impossible for him to reach tho city until late In the evening and the reception was therefore abandoned. Mr. Bryan did not arrive until to-night and was driven direct from the depot to the banquet hall, where several hundred members of the league and their friends awaiting his arrival greeted him in enthusiastic fashion. Mayer Harrison acted as toastmaster and it was long after 10 o'clock when he rapped for order and In a neat speech introduced Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee, as the first speaker of tho evening. Mr. Rose responded to the sentiment "Party Loyalty" and his remarks were received with much favor. Samuel Alschuler, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Illinois, in the last campaign, was the second speaker and he spoke on "The State we Live In." He made a clever and happy address, as did Judge Edward E. Dunne, of Chicago, who replied to the toast "Retrospect and Prospect." Some of the preliminary addresses were of "considerable length and it was after midnight before.Mr. Bryan, who had the last placo on the programme, rose to rnske his address. He said: "This Is the fifth consecutive Jackson day banquet which I have celebrated with this club, and I appreciate the honor which the members have done me In giving my name to the -club, and am grateful for the support which they have given to my candidacy in two campaigns. I take this opportunity, however, to express the hope that this club and others which have borne my name will substitute for my name the name of some Democratic faint, or a name descriptive of principles rather than men. "I am now a private citizen, with excellent prospects of remaining such. I intend to continue actively In the discussion of public questions nnd do not desire to be embarrassed by being placed in the attitude of a candidate for any office. In selecting Journalism as the best field for usefulness, I am aware that I am placing myself in the position where I can give more aid to others than to myself, but the field Is chosen deliberately because I am more interested in the.promulgation of Democratic principles than I am in enjoying any honors which my countrymen can bestow. IN FIGHTING CONDITION. "The Democratic party was never in better fighting condition than it is to-day, and I rejoice that in the course of nature I have many years in which to participate in the unending struggle between human rights and the usurpations of greed. Our party stands for well-defined and positive policies and is prepared to wage an aggressive warfare against the plutocratic tendencies of the evils against which Jefferson contended a century ago and against which Jackson fought thirty years later. "It is not necessary to discuss the subject of reorganization further than to &ay that reorganization Is an internal reruedy and that it cannot be applied externally. A person must bo inside of the party before he can participate in tho patty management. Some seem to think that they may be outside for voting purposes and Inside for purposes of reorganization. If a man allows his wife to obtain a divorce from him on the ground of failure to support, desertion, or Infidelity, he must remarry her before the public will pay any attention to his expressions of solicitude for her welfare, and so those who have lost their party standing because of thtir desertion of the party candidates aid unfaithfulness to Democratic doctrines as cU fined by legitimate authority, mual reunite with the party before any attention will bo paid to their pretensions oZ interest "Those who aro within the party lines have a right to a voice in the making of the platform and are entitled to make such change in the organization or machinery of the party as they please, but honesty and good faith require that any desir?d change shall be openly and fairly presented. Party organizations are framed for party governments, and derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. I'arty platforms are of no value unless they reflect the purpose of and the policy desiied by a majority of those who belong to Ihe party. Those who are really devoted to Democratic principles will neither practice deception In writing a platform or in securing the control of the party machinery. 1 hope that In this and other States the party may be able to avoid tho??" fierce factional contentions which somelirns distract attention from a party principle and waste In personal fights the energy thut should be directed against the common enemy. "The defeat which the party recently suffered ought not to discourage any one who believes in the principles set forth In the Kansas City platform, for if those principles were right when the platform was written, and when they were indorsed by nearly six millions and a half of voters, they are right still. The Democratic party has been defeated before, but defeat has neither destroyed its hope nor its tenets. In 1S72 the defeat was overwhelming, and yet we won in 1S76. In 1SS0 we thought that the people would rebuke the counting out of Tilden four years before, but we wen doomed to disappointment. Wo won in ISil and lost in l&is. We won In 1S52 and lost ii 181 and 1900. If any one is inclined to attribute recent defeats to the platforms adopted or to the organizations in charge of the fight, let him remember that the defeat of 1SSS came at the clcse of an administration entirely satisfactory to those who are most anxious to reorganize the party, and that the defeat in 1S6. which occurred under a similar administration, was more disastrous than any that has taken place since. "No one can foresee the conditions which our party must meet, but we ran fate the future with th determination to apriy Democratic principles to every emergency and to make the party a fclthful exponent

of the views of those who believe in equal rights to all and special privileges to none.

"Whether the money Question will figure prominently In future campaigns will depend upon circumstances which no one can measure With certainty. What is desired is a sufficient quantity of money to keep pace with the demand for money. If an unexpected and unpromlsed. increase In the output of gold restores the level of prices and protects the producers of wealth from the evils of an appreciating dollar, they who have labored tor bimetallism will rejoice more heartily than the financiers why ad vocated the gold standard at a time when gold was scarcer and the dollar was becoming dearer. "Monopolies will ultimately become so hurtful that the Republicans will no longer be able to defend them. Even to-day their defense is more secret than open. A colonial policy when put into full operation will provo so repugnant to American principles that it must finally be repudiated by the American people. If In the cases now pending the court holds that the Constitution follows the flag, a large portion of the Republican party will oppose the retention of the Philippine islands. If, on the contrary, the court holds that a President and Congress can govern colonies without regard to the restrictions of the Constitution, many Republicans will be able to realize what imperialism means. "But if fate decrees a change in the Ideas and ideals of our nation, and we arc to witness a return to the brute forte Jcctrinc3 upon which empires rest, cur struggle will still have answered a purpose and the work of our party will live in history and inslpre the lovers of liberty in future years, when mankind again takes up tho fight for the principles of telfgovernment. We are advocating truths that cannot die and we can afford to share Ir. temporary reverses that may come to them. Love of freedom will live while the human race endures, and thoe who suffer for the right will receive their reward in history, even if their eyes do not behold the victory. In defeat those who support the principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence can take courage from the heroism manifested by those in South Africa, who are giving their lives in defence of the same doctrines. Cronje suffers in loneliness in St. Helena, but his name will nvc in poetry and song when the name ot Huberts is forgotten, and Kruger will weir a crown of deathless fame when kings and emperors are known no more." CAREFUL NOT TO OFFEND. Ohio Democrats Did Not Exhibit Any Picture bnt Jackson's. COLUMBUS, O.. Jan. 8. About 500 persons attended the Jackson banquet at the Great Southern Hotel to-night. Leaders of the Democratic party from all parts of the (CONTlNlJEDNPAGE 5, COL. 2.) FAVOR THE CANTEEN SEVERAL SENATORS SAY IT IS A BLESSING TO SOLDIERS. Action of Committee in Restoring Provision for Post Exchange In Army Bill Debated Five Hours. MR. HAWLEY'S IRE AROUSED CONNECTICUT'S SENATOR INSULTED t BY SIR. PETTIGREW. Lively Brief Tilt That Ended In a Roar of Laughter at the Expense of the South Dakotan. WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-During the entire session of to-day the Senate had under consideration the much mooted canteen question, in connection with the army reorganization bill. The senate committee in effect restored the provision for a post exchange, or canteen, which had been stricken out of the bill by the House. For nearly five hours the Senate discussed the committee amendment, but a vote on the proposition Is not yet In sight. Senators Gallinger and Hansbrough vigorously opposed the amendment, and, In turn, It was quite as strenuously supported by Senators Sewell, Hawley, Money and Carter. An amendment offered by Mr. Bate was adopted, authorizing the secretary of war to appoint one hundred additional hospital stewards in the regular army, hospital stewards for six months in the volunteer army during the Spanish war being given preference. In his speech on the canteen question Mr. Gallinger quoted many eminent authorities to prove that the use of alcoholic stimulants among men In end out of armies was most deleterious In its effects. He urged that the bill be left fo far as the canteen question is concerned' as it was when it came from the House. Mr. Sewell, a member of the military affairs committee, and long a member of the board of managers of the soldiers' homes of the country said the canteen had been adopted at the soldiers' homes absolutely as a temperance measure. These canteens were allowed to sell to the old soldiers only beer and It had been found that the inmates were willing to take a glass or two of beer at the canteen in preference to visiting the groggeries which surround nearly all of these institutions. The adoption of the canteen had been distinctly beneficial and beneficent tc- the old soldiers. In conclusion Mr. Sewell said: "The American soldier ought not to be condemned to a reformatory. We cannot recruit the army if you abolish the post exchange. It is opposed to the soldiers' idea of liberty to be tied down in that way, and he will not have it." Mr. Hawley declared the post exchange promoted discipline and good order In the army. He said the officers as well as the men of the army viewed with dismay the proposition to abolish the canteen. In the course of Mr. Hawley's statement he was interrupted frequently by Mr. Pettlgrew, who wanted to learn the reasons for excluding wine from the post exchange. Finally Mr. Hawley became Impatient and declared he would not answer another question. "I am quite well aware," retorted Mr. Pettlgrew, "of the senator's Inability to Intelligently answer my question." Angry in an Instant, the Connecticut senator demanded with heat: "What does the senator mean by that 'way low down Insult? Has he been to a saloon outside of the post exchange?" The laughter which arose served to clear the atmosphere and the incident passed. Mr. Money said he was thoroughly convinced that the post exchange promoted temperance, health, morals and discipline among the soldiers of the army, and this was proved, he said, by the testimony of army offlcerH. In response to arguments advanced by Mr. Sewell and Mr. Money in favor of the post exchange Mr. Gallinger directed attention to the system In the navy. Under the law the sailors were given 5 cents per day In addition to their pay in lieu of grog rations. This had been found to be an excellent system, and he believed It would be well to apply it to be army. He declared thutdurlng the flr?t f.mr years after the "CONTINUED ON PAUll" S. COL. 7

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BURGHERS ASKED TO ACCEPT TERMS OFFERED BY BRITAIN. An Appeal from n Krnonstnd Commit tee to the Boers of Orange River Colony. TALK WITH LORD RAGLAN VIEWS OF THE BRITISH UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR. Says the Situation In South Africa la In Some Respects Worse than, a Stntc of War. ROERS LIKE THE ITLIPIN03 1 ONE DAY PEACEABLE FAR3IER3, THE NEXT WITH COMMANDOS. Secret of the Whole Thing, He Smyi, la Horses, and Kitchener Is Get tine Eight Thousand a Month. CAPE TOWN, Jan. S. The central police committee at Kroonstadt has Issued a circular, in the course of which It says: "The time has arrived for the inhabitants of Orange River Colony to make on effort to save the country from further destruction. The country is literally a vast wilderness. The farmers, ruined and facing starvation, are obliged to go to the towns for protection, and huge refugee camps have been formed by the British for them. This is caused by an obstinate minority, who will not bow to the inevitable." The circular points out that the British will never restore independence to the republics and urges on the burghers the duty of surrendering and accepting the terms offered. The recent Afrikander congress at Worcester Is criticised in the circular as "misleading the Boers and giving false Impressions." In conclusion the committee says: "The British government is willing to settle matters in a way not humiliating to us. We appeal to you to appoint another congress and to nominate men of influence of your list to visit Mr. Steyn and General De Wet and to try to persuade them to accept the terms Great Britain offers. These two men are the only obstacles to peace. We ask you to believe us when wo say that Mr. Kruger and the late Transvaal government are willing and would already have accepted tho British terms, but Mr. Steyn has refused to have anything to do with the surrender. He has continued the war and has encouraged the burghers with a hope that wo would get European assistance. To-day he is cut off from all communication with the outside world. You know and we know how unfounded that hope Is. It Is your duty to assist us to make him understand this. We appeal to you to help us to end the unhappy state of affairs which Is plunging everybody into poverty and despair. We appeal to you because wo know you axe abla to assist us in the right manner." The committee includes W. E. De Wet, late assistant chief commandant, three members of the Volksraad and two Justices of the peace. Boers Raiding; the Colony. CAPE TOWN, Jan. 8. It is reported that the Boers have reached Sutherland and are within twenty miles of the village of Fiquetberg. Tho country around Klmbcrley ii being cleared of people, live stock and food ttuffs. A commando of 150 looted & cattle farm seven miles from Kimberley. It is reported that all residents of Vryburg, who are unable to supply themselves with provisions for two months, must be brought south. SITUATION FORBIDS rilOrilECY.

Lord naslan on Conditions In SontU AfricaLack of Horses. LONDON', Jan. 8. Lord Raglan, under secretary of state for war, who was interviewed to-day by a representative of the Associated Tress regarding the serious trend of events in South Africa, and the possibility of peace and the action the War Ofllce is taking to mend matters, said: "The condition of affairs In South Africa absolutely forbids prophecy. You cannot call It war, yet In some respects it is worse than war. It is well nigh impossible to fight In the ordinary away against a people who have no uniforms. For a week, perhaps a month, a Boer goes cut to fight. Then he says 'I am sick of this buries his gun and becomes in all respects a peaceable farmer. Yet the very next wink the spirit moves him and re digs up his gun and rejoins his commando. It Is terribly hard to deal equitably with such a character. "The secret of the whole thing consists in borses. We have enough men there, but not enough mounted men. This is not due to the paucity of supply sent out. but to the difficulty of acclimatizing the animals. The trouble Is that fresh horses have been sent up the country before they were hardened to the climate. Th? army is getting S,(X0 horses a month now, and wc are going to begin to commander horses throughout the disturbed regions. One would think the Boers, would prefer to get a fair price for their animals from the British to giving them to General Do Wet for nothing. Personally I believe we should have btgun this plan befcre now. What with depriving the Boers of mounts and transforming all our men Into mobile bodies, capable of pursuing detached commandoes we trust the commandoes may be run to earth, although it is arduous work. "I have Just been talking to a man who has come from the Philippines, and he tells me the Americans have made practically little headway during two years' work there so far as the suppression of detached bodies of the enemy is concerned. We face the same difficulties In South Africa, but over a vastly superior area, the extent of which cannot even te conceived by thoe who have not been there. "We arc not nervous over the p-sIM!l-tles of a serious rebellion in Cape Colony. Had arms ben more plentiful there the situation might have been more danger oux. But the scarcity of rifles and ammunition in the colony rob the disturbance of the gravity it might othernUe bavs had. "You cannot expect to rnJ uch a war as this in a d.iy. The disturbances in Dur pull continued for more than four ycAJt.