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THE MORNING OHEGONIAN, TUESDAY", JAJS'UARr 29, lUUk
THEflRST AND LAST
Towne's Speech in the Sen
ate on the Philippines,
A PLEA FOR INDEPENDENCE
"When He Concluded, His Successor,
Senator Clapp Was Presented
and Svrorn In Little Progress
WitU the Indian Bill.
-WASHINGTON', Jan. 28. The Senate
turned from the grind of apprlpriatlons to
listen to a speech, which partqok of the
oharaoter ef an oration, by Towne. Since
he entered the Senate, a few weeks ago.
on appointment of Governor Llnd, the
young Minnesotan has had little oppor
tunity to display his talents. As his rep
utation as an orator had preceded him,
there was much interest In his speech
today, which was in advocacy of his res
olution for a cessation of hostilities in the
Philippines. The floor was crowded with
Senators and members of the House. The
galleries, public ar.'I private, were crowded
to overflowing. The Senators on the Dem
ocratic side gave Towne marked atten
tion. On the Republican side the atten
tion was less noticeable, although Hoar
and Hale at first followed the speech close
ly, at times exchanging smiling comment
on some of the utterances. Towne's style
or delivery was clear and forcible. Al
though restricted by manuscript, he had
the subject well in hand, and rolled out
the fine periods with a fervor that; sent
them echoing through the chamber The
speech abounded In apostrophes to liberty
and patriotism, and scathing and scornful
arraignment of the policy by which the
.Filipinos were being annihilated. Imme
diately following Towne's speech, the ere
dentlals of his successor, Clapp, were ore
sented, and after being sworn in, the new
benator took h s seat, and Towne re
tired, rhe rest of the day was devoted
to the In Tan appropriation bill, the dis
cussion tain9 en irrigation, little prog
ress being made
"When the Senate convened the presiding
officer, called attention to the following
cablegram, which was read:
"Manila, Jan. 28. To the President of
the Senate and Speaker of the House of
Representatives, "Washington: Accessions
to Federal party by thousands In all parts
of archipelago. The attitude of hitherto
Irreconcilable press and the general pub
lic opinion show that labors of party to
bring peace will soon be crowned with suc
cess. "Until now political parties have at
tempted formation of plans more or less
questioning American sovereignty. Our
platform makes its main plank the sov
ereignty of the United States, with lib
erty to each citizen to pursue peacefully
his political ideas. The hour of peace
has sounded. On our platform are
grouped many Filipinos of hitherto Irrec
oncilable Ideas, but some more obstinate
decline to ioin, for, though willing to ac
cept sovereignty of the United States, the
prospect of indefinite continuance of mili
tary government makes them distrust the
purposes of the United States and delays
their submission.
"Adjournment of the present Congress
without giving the President authority to
establish a purely civil government, with
the usual powers, and postponement for
at least a year of such government until
new Congress, will certainly confirm thLs
distrust. The directory of the Federal
party believes that conferring such author
ity on the President would inspire confi
dence and hasten acceptance of the sov
ereignty of the United States and tho
coming of peace. The directory therefore
prays both houses of Congress to author
ize President McKlnley to establish civil
government whenever he believes it op
portune. "FRANK H. BOURNS,
"DR. PARDO DE TAVERO,
"FLORENTINO TORRES,
"JOSE NAR TOMAS DEL ROSARIO,
"a S. ARELLANO,
"Directory of Federal Party."
Jones presented tiie credentials of his
colleague. Berry, for the term, beginning
next March.
After the disposition of routine busi
ness, Towne was recognized. In
opening his address, Towno referred
to the petition presented to the
Senate a few days ago by 2006 Filipinos for
a cessation of hostilities and for the grant
ing of independence to the people of the
Philippines. He maintained it would
"prove a quickening appeal to the ancient
spirit of the Republic, or its rejection
must dedicate the 20th century to a re
action prejudicial, if not fatal, to free In
stitutions." "While discussing the events which led
the United States forces to the Philip
pines, Mr. Towne referred with particular
ity to the charge that Agulnaldo had sold
his country to the Spaniards for a bribe.
He declared the accusation "was gratui
tous In calumny when we consider that
the official publications of our own Gov
ernment contradict and destroy it."
The Senator declared that "We are In
alliance with the Filipinos, an alliance
sought by ourselves, availed of by us for
our advantage, and finally to our everlast
ing shame in the estimation of honorable
men, repudiated by us when we found
It no longer necessary, and when lust of
empire had so blunted our moral sensibili
ties that we could mount from an act
of perfidy to the grand larceny of a na
tion." Referring to Admiral Dewey's denial
that he had ever treated the Insurgents
as allies, Towne said sarcastically:
"I fear the honest sailor's terminology
has suffered from recent contact with the
nice discriminations of Administration
diplomacy."
Discussing the acquisition of the Phil
ippines. Senator Towne said:
"It Is not easy to fix with accuracy the
time when the design was formed to take
forcible possession of the Philippine Is
lands, nor to ascertain the mind In whose
gloomy recesses this enterprise of sacri
lege and violence first gathered form.
There has indeed been evidenced a dispo
sition by its most Illustrious sponsors, as
if their prophetic souls already trembled
at the inquisition of after ages, to Im
pute the dubious responsibility of Provi
dence Itself. I know not which to admire
the more, whether the modesty which dis
claims credit for the policy, or the colos
sal presumption that challenges and be
trays the vaunted confidence of the Al
mighty. "No man. no party, no nation, can es
cape accountability for actions by attrib
uting their origin to any other source
than human motives and human judg
ment The poHcy of the administration
towards the Filipinos must be justified,
if ever justified at all. In the forum of
the reason and the conscience of man
kind." Mr. Towne declared that upon the ar
rival of General Merrltt at Manila, "a
distinct change of tone was observable,"
between the United States officers and the
Filipinos, the altered attitude being so
marked as to force the conclusion "that
part of General Merritt's pre-arranged
task was to maneuver out of an awkward
friendliness with Aculnaldo and thus to
reach a footing for the convenient de
velopment of some secret policy with
which he had come fresh-freighted from
Washington."
If there was doubt of the pre-arrange-mont
of the plan, it was banished, in Mr.
Towne's opinion, by the President him
self. The third article of the protocol
with Spain read:
"The United States will occupy and
hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila,
pending the conclusion of a treaty ot
peace 'which shall determine the control,
disposition and government of the Phil
ippines." Yet, despite that definite provision, the
President, the Senator urged, issued, on
uecemoer zx. iss, nis ramous "penevoient
assimilation" proclamation.
"Thus," he continued, "the dilemma Is
this: Either that article of the protocol
does not mean what it says, or the Presi
dent of the United States In causing the
issuance of the proclamation to which I
have referred, broke the plighted faith ot
this Government. It Is not agreeable to
me to use this language; hut I devoutly
believe that the Republic is at the grav
est crisis of Its history, and I feel that
a necessary preliminary to its gettlns
safely out is to cause the people to real
lze how It came to get In."
Mr. Towne said of the President's procla
mation that "Among the roses of Its soft
rhetoric of love, Its fair speech about
our coming 'not as Invaders or conquer
ers, but as friends' of the 'mild sway of
justice' and of 'benevolent assimilation,'
the already awakened distrust of the Fil
ipinos clearly beheld the unsheathed and
glittering steel of despotism."
"If we are bent on slaughter," said he,
"let It be in open guise. If we lust for
this people's land, let us not glaze our
enterprise wlthtalse and sinister pretense
Rather let us boldly raise the somber flag
of international piracy, whistle scruple
down the wind, and then close in upon
our feeble victim to the cry of 'loot and
glory.' "
Towne maintained that the United
States was under the obligation of cir
cumstances, if not Indeed actual promise,
to grant independence to the Filipinos,
and that among nations the former was
quite as binding as the latter. Towne
then argued at length In support of his
contention that the Filipinos were perfect
ly capable of governing themselves, point
ing out that 80 per cent of the population
of Luzon can read and write, and holding
that the government established by Agul
naldo was strong, symmetrical and pro
gresslve, even in the difficult and disturb
lng conditions which surrounded It. He
declared that the Filipino statesmen
"would creditably meet almost any emer
gency, or administration in even the most
advanced government, and would have
aignnea and ornamented the early strug
gles for nationality of any people known
to history. There is excellent reason to
believe that even at this day the exist'
lng Filipino Government, low as It is in
estate and migratory to some extent as
to location, exercises a wide and respect
ed authority in the Philippine Islands,
.and Is obeyed quite generally by the local
authorities In the Interior.
"There is not the slightest ground for
believing that any appreciable Impression
has been made upon the determination of
the Philippine people to resist us to the
end. There is no evidence that any
strong native pro-American element has
any existence whatever. As the result ot
two years of wasting war we occupy about
one five-hundredth part of that archipel
ago. No district Is really 'pacified. "We
hold the ground our troops Btand on, prac
tically nothing more. During the cam
paign of 1900 it was a false accusation
against the opponents of the Administra
tion policy that they were keeping alive
a smoldering 'rebellion in the Philip
pines. The newspapers and magazines
ma do most cf this foolish argument, and
in many a i-Uipil where the gospel of the
bullet has supDlanted the Christianity of
the Bible, the pious anathema of prudent
rrlesthood roc to heaven on the wings of
praver."
Towne then declared that after the elec
tions the resistance in the Philippines in
creased, and that it had been announced
in the Senate within a week that 30,000
American soldiers would be needed In the
islands for an Indefinite period.
"Is it not clear," he inquired, "that the
way of duty is equally the path of profit?
Do wo need to own people In order to
trade with them? Is it. not better to al
low our customers to live, to have their
good-will, and give them the means of
payment, than to kill the strongest of
them, to earn the hatred of the survivors
and to impoverish all by desolating war?"
He held that It was better ifc trade lib
erty tb the Filipinos for security to the
United States In the Islands than to
force "a sullen unwillingness Into slav
ish compliance with some of our cus
toms," by the employment of an army
of 100,000 men.
It was a habit of the defenders of the
Administration policy to sneer at the
term "Imperialist," he said, but It could
not be sneered away. "You can have
Imperialism without an empire, just as
the Romans found that they could have
a more than royal master, though he did
not wear the name of King," asserted
Towne. "The retention of the Philippines
will commit us to the whole programme
of empire. There Is a law among na
tions, as Hamlet says there is among
men, by which a bad appetite grows by
what It feeds on. No nation in history
has resisted it, and to every nation that
has yielded to it, it has brought destruc
tion. Athens succumbed to it
and perished. Rome indulged the
mad ambition and followed It to her
downfall. It was the ruin of Venice. It
will work the destruction of England,
In my opinion, ere the close of this fate
ful century. Are we, with all the lessons
of history before us, to prove the next
victim of this Insatiate passion tho
greatest, most lamentable, most gratui
tous sacrifice In all human tragedy?
"I do not wish to convey the Impres
sion that In my opinion the present pol
icy will, at one fell swoop, convert this
Republic into an empire in faot. But
I do say that the seeds of empire lurk
In this policy, and In time will bring
them to their flower and fruit unless we
make a seasonable prevention. God speed
the day when the American people, whose
annals blaze with a record of unequaled
heroism and who again and always, If
some great cause demands It, would
freely pay with life Itself the price ot
Its defense, shall have the moral courage
to do their civic duty a rarer thing than
to face undaunted the cannon's mouth,
and with their sovereign voice declare
that this unholy war for greed and em
pire shall be stopped, and that no soldier
of the United States shall ever again,
in all our history, be sent to other lands
to war on people fighting for their lib
erty. "I shall not willingly cease to1 dream
of a twentieth contury devoted to the
demonstration, the first and only one In
history, that 'a Government of the peo
ple, for the people and by the people,'
need not perish from the earth. There
Is an Inspiration in the thought that to
our beloved country may be reserved the
culminating glory of the ages In crown
ing with success the long experiment of
righteous self-government."
Towne closed at 3:15, having spoken
just three hours. There was a round ot
applause shortly before he closed, which
tho presiding officer checked with a
warning to the galleries, but the galleries
broke again into applause as Towne
closed. He was heartily congratulated by
Senators and Representatives.
Almost following Towne's speech the
credentials of his successor, Moses E.
Clapp. of Minnesota, were presented and
he was duly sworn In. The credentials
of Joseph "W. Bailey, as Senator from
Texas, and F. M. Simmons, as Senator
from North Carolina, were also presented.
McComas created something of a stlf
by moving that the credentials of the
North Carolina Senator be referred to
the committee on privileges and elec
tions. Hoar emphatically objected, say
ing the people had the right to change
the political complexion of the Senate
every two years, and that ther ulri
be no Interruption In the reception of
credentials except under most urgent
conditions and after full explanations.
McComas withdrew his motion on Chan
dler, chairman of the committee on priv
ileges and elections, giving assurances
that no rights would he waive r the
present reading of the credentials.
The Indian appropriation bin was then
taken up, the pending amendment relat
ing to irrigation along the. San Carlos
River for the benefit of the Indian lands.
Spooner and Carter urged that the broad,
general question of Irrigation should not
be prejudiced by dealing with separate
features of the subject. When the de
bate had run on some time, Pettigrcw
remarked ironically that he was con
vinced the ship subsidy bill had been
abandoned by Republican Senators, as
they had taken two days to discuss the
minor amendment. The general subject
of irrigation was discussed, Jones (Ark.)
arguing that the subject was too import
ant to be dealt with in an amendment
to the Indian bill, and Teller urging
that it could best be dealt with by ap
plying it to special localities. The San
Carlos irrigation amendment was agreed
to, with changes providing that the sur
veys shall not commit the United States
to the execution of the plan of irriga
tion. Thurston proposed an amendment au
thorizing a Joint commission of three
Senators and three Representatives to
Investigate the questions of forests and
agriculture on Indian, reservations. This
and several other amendments went
over.
Chandler gave notice that if the Indian
appropriation bill were not disposed of
GEORGE
' ma ' liillk
THE OHIO GOVERNOR, WHO IS TRYING TO PREVENT THE JEFFRIES
RUHLIN FIGHT FROM BEING HELD IN HIS STATE.
tomorrow, he would ask for a night ses
sion. The Senate, at 6 o'clock, finding Itself
without a quorum, adjourned until to
morrow. GERMAN NAVAL PROGRAMME
New Fleet Will Be Ready for Service
in Five Years.
NEW YORK. Jan. 28. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Germany has so laid out the work In
connection with the naval shipbuilding
programme adopted In 1SS9, that instead
of being completed In 1916, as originally
contemplated, all the ships will be ready
for service by 1906. This Important In
formation has been received by the Navy
Department, and has been given consid
eration by the Dewey policy board. The
programme now being carried out will
add to the German fleet 24 battle-ships,
20 large cruisers and 48 small cruisers,
all thoroughly modern. There will be
other and older battle-ships available for
duty, and the German fleet will conse
quently have a strength of more than 40
battle-ships. The haste being observed
by the German Emperor in the construc
tion of his new Navy Is directly traceable,
of course, to his desire to provide his
Government with a Navy which shall
properly protect its interests. The feel
ing Is that It is of especial Importance
to this country, In view of the possibility
of trouble between It and Germany, to
which Representative Foss made refer--
ence when the naval bill was under con
sideration in the House, and to which
Secretary Root also called attention in
connection with the necessity for an In
crease In the Army when he said last
Spring that there was "one nation" that
the United States must not lose sight
of.
The Naval war board, which under
Instructions given by Secretary Long
last Summer, devoted itself to the prepa
ration of plans of campaign to be fol
lowed in Chinese and Philippine waters
Jn case of hostilities with other powers,
practically has completed Its work, It Is
understood, and Is now devoting Itself to
problems In connection with the defense
of the United States and Its nearer de
pendencies. No one here expects hos
tilities with Germany or any other na
tion, and the President is doing every
thing In his power to foster friendly re
lations. There Is no doubt that he and
other Administration officials sincerely
regret the course Germany has pursued
in thn Chinese negotiations. The Berlin
Government has recently shown a will
ingness to make a solution ot the Chinese
problem more probable, and this change
of attitude Is a matter of much gratifica
tion In official circles here.
It is hoped by the Administration that
thf hnste being observed in the comple
tion of the shipbuilding programme has
no reference to the United States, and
it Is to bo expected that the Berlin au
thorities will disavow that this Is so.
At the same time this Government un
derstands the necessity of being pre
pared, and will probably urge Congress
to continue the policy of Increasing the
Navy. With the two battle-ships author
ized In the pending naval bill, the United
States will by 1904 have a fleet of IS
battle-ships and 10 armored cruisers. This
will bo less than half the strength of the
German Navy In 1906.
Miners Fell From a Caere.
BUTTE, Mont.. Jan. 2S. George W.
Kingsbury and Anthony Smale were In
stantly killed this morning In the L. E. R.
mine by falling from the cage while being
hoisted toward the surface. It is supposed
they were overcome by gas.
PILES CURED "WITHOUT THE KNIFE
Itching, Blind, BlteClng or Protruding Piles
No Cure, No Pay. All drugsUts are author
ised by ths nftmufacturera of Paso Tlnt'
mefit to refund the money where It fails to cure
any case ot piles, no matter of how lung stand
ing. Cures ordinary cases In six days, tfce
worst cases in fourteen days. One application
rives eas and rest. Believes Itching ltvtantly
This Is a new discovery and is the only pile
remedy sold on a positive guarantee, no cure
no pay. Pries 60c If your druggist don't keej
It In stock scd us 60c in postage ttatnps and
we will forward same by mall. Manufactured
by Paris Medicine Co., St. Louts. Mo.. Manu
facturers of Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets.
POSTAL REVISION BILL
PASSED THE HOUSE PRACTICABLY
WITHOUT CHANGE.
Discussion Over Claims Bill En-
counter Between Delegate Flynn
and Congressman Stephens.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. The major
portion or the day. In 'the House was pc
cupled In the transaction of District of
Columbia business. The bill to revise
and codify the postal laws, which has
been under consideration at intervals for
10 days, was; finally passed today. Its
friends succeeded in concnmg the measure
strictly to the purpose for which It was
framed a codification and revision of ex
isting laws. ''All attempts to amend it In
any vital particular failed.
At the opening Of the session the
Speaker appblnted Dalzell (Rep. Pa.),
Grosvfenor (Rep. O.), and Richardson
(Dem. Tenn.), members of the joint com
mittee to arrange the details of the cele-
K NASH.
bratlon of the centennial anniversary of
the appointment of Chief Justice Marshall.
After the passage of .several other bills
of minor Importance, Brosius (Rep. Pa.),
chairman of the committee on banking
and currency, called up his bill to extend
National bank charters for 20 yfiars.
Richardson, the minority leader, demand- J
cd an explanation of the bill, and Brosius
explained that the charters of 1713 Na-
tlonal banks would expire July 14, 1902.
Richardson objected: f
"Does the gentleman understand," asked
Brosius, "that this bill Is absolutely neces
sary to continue the existence of tho Na
tional banks?"
"If It Is absolutely necessary," replied
Richardson, "why has it not been brought
in before this time. I object to its con
sideration except by unanimous consent."
King (.Dem. Utah) asked unanimous con
sept for consideration of a bill to confirm
the location of Chippewa, naif-breed scrip
in Utah, but Grosvenor objected, and
Idler said he did so partly In retaliation
upon the Democrats, for Richardson's ob
jection to the bank charter extension bill.
A bill was parted to authorize deputy
clerks of United States Courts to admin
ister oaths.
The Senate bill to confer upon the Courts
of Claims jurisdiction to adjudicate the
claims of citizens of the United States
wWch the United States agreed to settle
by the terms of article 7 of the treaty of
Paris, aroused considerable discussion.
The original Senate bill tor the appoint
ment of a. commission to investigate the
claims, which already aggregate $28,000,000,
was recommitted to the committee on war
claims, with instructions to report a bill
to refer the claims to the Court of Claims.
After Haugen (Rep. la.) had obtained
unanimous consent for tne consideration
of the amended bill as reported back by
the committee, stating that It compiles
with the Instructions of the House, he
took the floor and argued against the
amended bill on the ground that the Court
of Claims already was overloaded with
work, and that to refer the claims to that
court practically amountea to repudia
tion. Hd asked the House to vote down
the amended bill and pass the original bill
for the appointment of a committee.
Underwood (Dem. Ala.), in opposing the
bill, recalled the history of the bill at the
last session, pointing out the great oppo
sition which it developed, and the large
majority by which It was recommitted
with instructions. While the committee
was obeying the letter of the Instructions
they were breaking the spirit. He charged
that the bill had been untalrly brought
before the House. Merribers had been
taken completely by surprise, he said, by
the way in which it was now proposed to
procure a, vote on the original bill. Hop
kins (Rep. III.) asked unanimous consent
that the bill be postponed for one week.
There was no objection and tho bill went
over.
The House then, after passing some Dis
trict of Columbia bills, resumed consider
ation of the bill to revise and codify the
postal laws. Shepherd (Dem. Tex.) of
fered an amendment providing th.at a
Postmaster shall have resided within the
delivery of his office for six months prior
to appointment. Some of the Southern
members, notably Bartlett (Dem. Ga.),
supported the amendment tvarmly, urging
that it would puC.an end to carpet-bagging
In the South. The' amendment was de
feated, 36 to 45,
A rather sensational passage occurred
between Flynn (delegate frpm Oklahoma)
and Stephens (Dem. Tex.) during the de
bate. It arose out of the refusal of
Stephens early in theay to give unani
mous consent for consideration of an Ok
lahoma bill. Flynn declared that the
proposed legislation was imperative, and
said if it failed he (Stephens) would be
responsible. He then attacked Stephens
personally, charging that ne had placed
ill the Fort Hall reservation bill surrep
titiously a section which no one knew was
in the bill.
"Then," lie continued, "he telegraphed a
man in Texas that he had gotten the sec
tion in the bill, advised him to throw up
his Job, locate a claim and said that he
Stephens) was 'in with iL
"Any one who makes that statement.
J no matter who 'It Is," sh6uted Stophens,
Jumping to his feet, "tells a wlltful false
nood." ' v
"Do you deny that you telegraphed to
a blacksmith to that effect?" asked Flynn.
"I reiterate that it is a falsehood."
"I received my Information of the man
to whom the blacksmith sold out," re
plied Elyntt. "But If the gentleman says
it is untrue, I will take his word for It.'
The incident ended here. The postal
codification bill was passed. The Seh-
ate Diu to -place brevet Colonel Thomas
P. O'Reilley on the retired list of he
Army as Second Lieutenant) was passed.
O'Reilley was a Lieutenant in the Twenty
second Infantry, in 1S72, and was dismissed
orr charges preferred by General E. 8.
Otis
At 5:30 the House adjourned.
Presidential Nominations.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. The President
today sent tho following nominations to
the Senate:
Daniel H. .McCann, of Montana, to be
Register of the land office at Rampart
City, Alaska; Thomas B. Hlllebrand. of
California, to bo Receiver of Public Money
at St. Michael, Alaska; Major E. V. An
drews. Fourth Artillery, to be Lieutenant-Colonel;
Captain Frank Thorp, Fifth
Artillery, to be Major; First Lieutenant
John E. McMahon, Fourth Artillery, to
be Captain; Second Lieutenant Fox Con
nor, Second Artillery, to be First Lieu
tenant. Gliarter for Women's Federation.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 28. Senator Hoar,
from the committee on judiciary, today
reported favorably the bill granting a
charter to the Federation of Women's
Clubs.- The incorporators mentioned -in the
bill Include many women prominent in
club life. An amendment made by the
committee requires annual reports to the
Smithsonian Institution.
No Extension of Hyntt Pntent.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. The House
committee on patents today killed the bill
to extend the life of the Hyatt patent, on
which over 250 cities and towns are pay
ing royalties in connection with their
Alteration plants. The bill was vigorous
ly opposed by the municpalities Interested.
Payment of Travel Allowances.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Representative,
Hull today Introduced In the House a bill'
for the payment of travel allowances on
the discharge from the Army of volunteer
officers and men, who re-enter the service
in the Philippines.
DRASTIC MEASURES NEEDED
General Merrltt on the Hazing: Evil
at West Point.
NEW YORK, Jan. 28. Hazing at West
Point Is discussed by Major-General Wes
ley Merritt, United States Army, in Les
lie's Weekly. General Merritt was for
merly superintendent of the United States
Military Academy. He says In pa.rt:
"When I was a cadet at West Point,
from 1S55 to I860, I was opposed to hazing,
both as a 'plebe' and as an upper clabs
man, though I had to endure a good
deal of what was termed 'yanking.' That
consisted Of pulling a sleeping cadet out
of bed ar.d dropping him on the floor.
This, as a. rule, did no harm, though 1
remember one fellow cadet who has rath
er seriously hurt. 'Yanking amounted
only to a pleasantry, of course, but it
was annoying and unjust when added to
all the hard work that the 'plebes' were
required to perform through the Hay.
"I recollect that three of us .occupied
a tent together, and that we took turns
In sleeping in the most exposed position.
This was In tho bed at the front of the
tent. One night, when I was awarded
what was considered the safest place the
',JgettT,at the rear I sank to sleep with a
"blissful sense of security. The next thing
that I knew I was flying through the air
and landedjarrlnsly on my back. Anoth
ker form of hazing in those days consisted
of the unmerciful chaffing of new men,
but I always endeavored to give back as
much as 1 received.
"Fighting, in the sense of today, had
not been instituted then. There was no
'scrapping committee,' and combats be
tween representatives of classes were un
heard of. During my whole time at West
Point I had but one fight, and that was
with a fellow class man Over a personal
matter. The new kind of fighting is to'
be unsparingly condemned, as the man
who has been at West Point a year and
has been training all that time is Bure
to be better qualified for a personal en
counter than a man of the same height
and weight whd Is fresh from home. For
this reason a fight with a 'plebe and
second-year man amounts to a piece ot
brutality. There are a great many Army
officers though there were more formerly
than at present who heartily favor haz
ing, on the principle that it is In the in
terest of discipline and" teaches the fu
ture officer to obey without hesitation.
One of the chief difficulties tnat I en
countered when superintendent of the
academy, from 18S2 to 1887, was that quite
a number of the younger officers were dia
metrically opposed to my views on haz
ingso much so, in fact, that I could not
obtain their cheerful acquiescence In what
I was trying to do to stop the practice.
"I found, to put the matter plainly,
that 1 had to deal with old 'cranks' and
young 'cranks.' The older ones wfere
some of the members of the acedemlc
board, and the younger ones were cadets
who thought they 'knew It all.' For the
first three years I was very much Inter
ested in my work. During ths last two
years there whs so little co-operation
with mo In my efforts to abolish hazing
that I became very tired of the post, and
was glad when my appointment as a gen
eral officer relieved me of the superin
tendence. "Will hazing ever be stopped at West
Point? Not unless drastic measures aro
employed. The superintendent must be a
man who Is bitterly opposed to hazing',
and I believe Colonel Mills thoroughly
meets the requirement. When he makes
a recommendation to the War Depart
ment to dismiss a cadet from the serv
ice that recommendation, should be
promptly and favorably acted Upon
"When a young man goes to West Point
and develops what Is termed a 'fresh
ness,' he Is certain to be hazed. Dis
tinctions In social standing are never
made on account of family, position or
wealth. I remember that the most popu
lar man in my class of 43 years ago was
One who, upon his arrival at West PolriL.
reported his family as being In Indigent
circumstances. He was very kindly treat
ed by all. George Vanderbllt, son of Com
modore Vanflerbllt, was put through the
paces with great rigor."
Cnrnegle'a Tube Project.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 28. The Pitts.
burg Post says:
"Negotiations are pending in New York
at the present time which, tf successful,
will result in the Carnegie Company
abandoning Its plan of building- a great
steel tube plant in Conneaut,- O- Joshua
Rhodes, chairman -of the board of the Na
tional Tube Company, admitted that the
officials of that company were making
overtures to the Carnegie Company for
the abandonment of the Conneaut plan.
How far along these negotiations have
progressed Mr. Rhodes could' hot say, bdt
he seemed confident that the J12.000.000
tube mill of the Carnegie Company would
not Be build."
Dally Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Today's state
ment of the Treasury balances shows:
Available cash balance $140,64S,19S
Gold 70,791,333
Phenomenal Champagne Imports.
Not only maintaining Its long years'
leadiner nosltion. but even heatinir lt nwn
J highest record, Is what G. H, Mumm's
Extra Dry did In 1900,. importing Ua.441
cases, or 79,293 cases more than any other
brand.
MATTER OF PUNISHMENT
OIUJIGX JEXVOYS AT PEKIX REACH
AN AGREEMENT.
FevT of tne Minor Officials. Will Be
Beheaded Xntive' Christiana
In Honan Are Boycotted.
PEKIN, Jan. 28. A meeting of the for
eign envoys was held this "morning, at
tended only by those whose fellow coun
trymen have been killed In the Interior
provinces, the object being to decide what
punishment should be inflicted, upon mi
nor officials. A report will be made to a
general meeting of the Ministers, to be
held prpbably after the funeral of Queen
Victoria. The Ministers refuse to state
the decisions arrived at, but it is be
lieved few will be beheaded, and cer
tainly not the highest officials.
Li Hung Chang and Prince Chlng have,
on their request, had Sheng and Chou
Fu appointed to assist In the negotia
tions. Chou Fu is the newly appointed
treasurer of Chi LI, and was formerly
Chinese Minister to Corea.
The Germans today began building bar
racks for the legation guards.
Reports from the Province of Honan
say the native Christians there are not
molested, but that they are boycotted, and
are suffering much distress in conse
quence. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE f
Foreigner Brought on the Trouble
In China Sayit Bishop Potter.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 2S.-JBlahop
Henry C. Potter, In 'an address to the
Yale undergraduates on the missionary
question, said:
"Our policy in China has not thus far
been a happy one. The professing Chris
tian engineers, capitalists, merchants and
bankers there are responsible for what
has happened the past year. If I were to
defend any nation against the charge ot
un-Chrlstlan outrages, I would take a
brief In favor of China. -Nothing could
have been more brutal than the policies of
Christian nations In dealing with this pa
gan people. We have trampled under fool
everything the Chinese have deemed most
sacred. The railroad could have passed
around the tomb of an ancestor or ruler,
but Instead we tore it down and went
through the spot where it stood.
"I was traveling In Ceylon some time
ago and happened to ask an English'
speaking stranger the direction to the
steamship office. I was being carried by
a jinrlklsha man, and dismissed hint,
asking him what his charges were. He
answered: 'Two annas. 'You scoundrel!'
yelled the English-speaking man. whose
business It certainly was not at all. 'the
charge Is only one anna.' Thereupon ho
knocked the jlnrlkisha man down. That
is the sort of a way Chris tiandom served
the pagan nation today.
"As far as the American missionaries is
China are concerned, they have been the
real heroes of the situation. They went to
China, not to get, but to give, and their
efforts have been rewarded by making
peace, where It has been made. There
can be no settlement of the Chinese ques
tion as long an we go to that country in
the spirit of greed and until the white
man learns to respect the brown, black
and yellow man."
Effect of the Atrocities.
NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-George Lynch,
an English war correspondent who has
arrived on his way to England after hav
ing gone through the disturbances In Chi
na, said of the atrocities committed by
the allied soldiers from which the Amer
icans, Japanese and English troops were
excepted:
"Any thoughtful person who has been
In Pekln with the allied troops cannot but
speculate as to what effect this visitation
will have on the people' of China. It Is
luminously, evident, to my mind that for
generations to come the progress of Chris
tianity in China is absolutely killed. In
China the faith was practically making
no real progress, but what little progress
It has made among the lower classes and
the destitute coolies, who form the bulk
ot the so-called converts, is now utterly
wiped out. It will be generations before
the recollection of the latest crusado Is
erased from the memory of the Chlneao
people."
Negotiation With Russia.
LONDON, Jan. 28. The Dally News pub
lishes the following from its Shanghai
correspondent:
"Sheng, the Taotal, has repeived a tele
gram from Ll Hung Chang saying that
the Russian representatives In Manohuria
presented to Tsing CHI, the Tartar Gen
eral at Shen King, nine peace Conditions
restoring Manchuria to China, but giv
ing Russia absolute control of the prov
ince, she undertaking In case of war to
support China. AsTslng Chi rejected
these conditions, LI Hung Chang ordered
Cho Hal Pau, the new Tartar General at
xial Lung Kang, to undertake the negoti
ations. piracies Near Canton.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. The following
cablegram was received at the State De
partment today from Unite States Consul
McWade, at Canton, dated today;
'Pirates at Simyonkec, tiear Kamchuk,
attacked a European houseboat early Sun
day. They killed a Chinese boatman and
wounded severely Brockhurst and Spalln
ger, Europeans. Piracies occur dally In
the vicinity of Canton."
Boxers Held for Punishment.
PEKIN, Jan. 28. Hsu Cheng I, son of
Hsu Tung, the notorious anti-foreign
guardian of the heir apparent, and also
Chlh Sin, h member of the Tsu'ng II
Yamurf'and the Boxer leaders captured in
the Japanese quarter, are being held for
punishment.
Ehrl Ll Has a Fever.
SHANGHAI, Jan. 28, A dispatch to the
North ihlna Daily News, of this city,
from Pekln, says that Ll Hung Chang is
suffering from fever and is delirious, his
life being despaired of.
OTHER FOREIGN NEWS.
Swordsmen Fought a Duel.
PARIS, Jan. 28. A duel between well
known fencing masters, a Sicilan, Baron
de San Malato, and a Frenchman, Pro
fessor Damotte, occurred- this afternoon
at thn Velodrome, on the Pare des Princes.
The meeting was the outcome 6f their
rivalry as swordsmen. The combat was
short. Damote was pinioned in the arm-,
pit during the third onslaught. The: duel
was, a superb display of skill. San Mal
ato is the son of a celebrated swordsman.-
The Danish Antilles Deal.
COPENHAGEN, Jart. 28. It appears that
only a slnglo member out of the 15 com
prising the finance committee of the
Folkething opposes the sale of the Danish
West Indies tt the United States. The
diii' ' . i i it
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It originates in a scrofulous condition of
the blood and depends on that condition.
It often causes headache and dizziness,
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fects the vocal organs and disturbs the
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Adviser, a work for every woman, is sent
free, on receipt of 2ione-cent stamps (to
pay cost of mailing only), for paper
edition. Cloth-bound, 31 stamps. Ad
dress Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, &. TT.
objector Is starting a newspaper campaign
in favor of their retention, but the finance
committee of the Landsthlng wlir shortly
report in favor of the sale of the islands.
The agitation of the Inhabitants of the
islands agajnst their sale Is largely arti
ficial, and, tne.refore, of not much weight.
EuloKlzcd In Italian Parliament.
ROME, Jan, 23. The Chamber of Depu
ties was crowded today, when the Presi
dent, SIgnor Villa, the Minister of Edu
cation, SIgnor Gallo, and Deputies of all
parties eulogized the late Gulseppl Verdi.
It was decided to drape the chamber In
mourning for a week, to send a delegation
to the funeral, and to hold a solemn me
morial celebration a month after the fu
neral, which, In accordance with Verdi's
request, will be moet simple. The session
of the House was then suspended.
Hurricane on Dutch, Const.
LONDON, Jan. 29. It is reported from
Londonderry that a steam trawler has
foundered off Dunaff Head, all hands be
ing lost. Dispatches from Holland say
that a terrible hurricane is raging .along
the coast, doing enormous damage. Sev
eral small shipping casuatles are reported.
Movements of Dewct.
VENTERSBURG ROAD, Orange River
Colony, Saturday, Jan. 26. Generals De
wet and Paterson, with 500 Boers, crossed
the railroad between here and Halfonteln
January 23. Twenty-flve British In am
bush killed five of the Boers.
Exempted From Taxation.
ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 28. An im
perial ukase has been gazetted exempting
foreign holders of 4 per cent reirtsjj re
siding abroad from all taxation "on tho
Income derived therefrom.
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