Weather To-Dayi FAIR; COLDER.
VfH.. XLiV NO. 149.
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To Re-organize the Army
BILL PASSES THE SENATE BY A
VOTE OF 55 TO 13.
The House Passes the Army and Fortifica
tions Bills —Vigorous Discussion of
the Philippine Poicy,
Washington, Fob. 27.—Aft 11 o'clock j
to-day the Senate began the last week of i
the short session of the Fifty-Fifth |
Congress. An unusually large number
of Senators was present, owing, prob- i
ably, to the great amount of important j
unfinished business before the Senate. J i
Mr. Culloan (Ills.). presented the confer- i ]
enco report on tlie Agricultural Appro- j |
priation Bill and if was agreed to. * j i
Mr. Allison (Iowa), presented the eufi- ,
ference report on the Indian Appropria- ,
tiou Rill. After so mo explanation of the
retwit it was agreed to by the Senate.
Mr. Chandler tX. II.), offered an
am ml meat to the Naval Appropriation ;
Bill authorizing the President to appoint
two Vice Admirals of the Navy who
shall not lie placed on the retired list >
until eight years after the passage
of the bill, except upon the application
of the holder of the offices, the offices
to cease to exist when vacated”by death
or otherwise.
This bill is intended to advance Adnti- .
rals Sampson and Sdhley.
At tlie <■one!usinn of morning busi
ness consideration was resumed of the
Army Reorganization Bill. Mr. Bate j
(Tcnn.), a member of the Military Com
mitte addressed the Senate on the gen- |
eral features of the bill.
lie regarded the Measure as probably
the most important of the present ses
sion. It was, he thought, one of the
eon sequences of the action of Congress
in taking in Hawaii, an action unednsti
. tutional as lie regarded it. He did not
approve of such an .nerease of the army
as was proposed in the bill. It was such
’ an enormity in that respect that it has j
shocked the public. He thought in this
time of “semi-peace,” at least, we ought
to be able to reduce instead of enlarge ,
the army. He objected to the bill be
cause it provided twice as many men as
tie- exigencies of tin* situation required;
because it made invidious distinctions
between regulars and volunteers against i
tlie latter; and because it was an enter
ing wedge which makes us depend upon
the* regular army instead of upon the
consent of the people themselves. He
declared that the honor of the country
did not depend upon our conquest of
Iho Filipinos, lie held thal the United
States ought not to pay the .$20,000,000
for the Philippines until Spain was able
to deliver the goods in warranty. If
■we were compelled to tight for control
in tin* Philippines we ought to charge
the cost against the $20,000,000 said to
be due Spain.
Further he maintained that Congress '
ought to be cautious about) granting a
great standing army, because the Presi
dent had not declared has policy as to
the Philippines and had not asked Con
gress for any additional troops. Until
the President indicated to Congress liis
policy and purposes no additional troops
should be granted him.
Mr. Bate said he did not th*nk the
situation in the Philippines was partic
ularly serious according to the repo, is
from General Otis. lie felt that no
ought to do no more in those islands than
to hold what we now have. We ought
to wait until the Denby conn mission arri
ved at Manila and bad had opportunity
to confer with the Filipinos. “I.et us
send the Bible and the Cross ahead of
ilu* army and show a Christian spirit,”
said he, “by which we can bring about
corn-illation and save the honor of the
country.”
Mr. Vest antagonized the bill, although
he said he did so with hesitation, be
cause of its strong advocacy by his col
league. Mr. Cockrell. He declared Ids
belief that the war in the Philippines
was not being conducted with the idea
of giving the Filipinos self-government.
, “I believe,” he said, “that this Gov
ernment is to take the Philippines as
an indemnity for the war with Spain.
It has been so stated in the imperialistic
press. But I ask now whether it is true
that the President telegraphed to our
commissioners to take nothing less than
the island of Luzon, as Porto Rico was
4 worth only $40,000,000 and would not
- the a proper indemnity for the war. 1
now whether such a dispatch was
sent.” t
Mr. Frye, one of the peace commis
sioners: "There was not.”
Mr. Yost: "Is the statement true or
false?"
Mr. Frye: “It is not true.”
Mr. Yost: “Was there not a dispatch
sent that nothing less than the Island
of Luzon would be accepted?"
Mr. Frye: “The instructions of the
President when we started out, were
to take Luzon.”
Mr. Vest: “Was no mention made of
Porto Rico not being sufficient indemnity
for the war?"
Mr. Frye: “Not at all. The Senator
has heard read in executive session
every telegram, cable and letter of in
struction that passed between- tin* Presi
dent ami the peace commissioners.”
Mr. Yest: “The statement I have
made was published in the imperialistic
press of the country, and it has never
been contradicted until the Senator
iFrye) contradicted it now.”
The News and Observer.
LEADS ALT NORTH 'CAROUNA DAILIES II IEIS MO CIRGDLATION.
Mr. White (Cali.), followed Mr. Yest
in a speech against the bill.
On behalf of the Military Committee,
Mr. Cockrell suggested several amend
ments to the bill, among them being one
striking out the language fixing the
minimum in companies of tin* various
branches of the service. As reported
front the Committee the bill provided
that the minimum of privates in troops
of the cavalry service should be 43; that
the minimum in each battery of artillery
should be 51; and. in each company of
infantry 48. The effect of Mr. Cock
rell's amendment, is to fix these numlK*rs
as the maximum instead of the minimum
alloted t«» each company.
The amendments were accepted.
Mr. Caffery made an argument again.-:
an increase in the standing army, lie de
clared it was an extolling of the mili
tary calling, of militarism which was the
forbidden fruit which lmd led to the
destruction of republics in the past. 1 he
American pt*ople, he declared, wanted
no great standing army. I-lie.v w.uilid
nothing but a nucleus around whim <>rr
citizen soldiery could rally.
Mr. Caffery discussed, also the policy
of expansion. 11-. declared that tins
was a war of paradoxes. We had
started out to release the Cuban reein
eeutradoes and had now come to in*
point of shooting down Filipinos with
Catling guns, Maxim guns, and every
sort of instrument of scientific murder.
He maintained -that the fatal mistake
which had been made was that the T’ni
red States had not applied to the Phil
ippines the same resolutions that h.nl
been applied to the Cubans.
Mr. Gorman offered th following
amendment as a provision of section lo:
“That each and every provision of
this act shall continue in force until
July Ist. 1001; and on and after that
date all the general staff and line officers
[.pointed to the army under this act shall
Ic discharg d and the members re
[ stored in each grade to those existing
at the passage of this act, and sh * en
listed force of the line of the army shall
be reduced to the -number as provided
for by law prior to April Ist, 18‘.)S, tx
clusive of such additions as have been
or may In*, made under this-act to the
artillery and except tin* cadets provided
for by this act, who may be nppmued
prior 16 July Ist, 1901; and provid 'd,
further.’ that no offict r who has been,
or may be, promoted under existing law
or under the rules of seniority, shall lie
disturbed in his rank.”
i The amendment was adopted. (!8 to 0.
Mr. Bacon (Ga.), said the adoption of
the Gorman amendment simplified the
matter materially. This bill would
place an annual expenditure of $85.-
000,000 upon the country, but notwith
standing the fact the war in the Prilip
pines was ail unholy war he feit it Ins
duty 'to support the bill and would do
SO.
Mr. Ilansbrough offered amend
ment 'providing that no enlisted man
should Im* employed to sell liquor m any
canteen or amity post. It. was agreed
to.
An amendment offered by Mr. Carter
provided that three of tin* provisional
regiments at the discretion of the Presi
dent, should be cavalry, whose members
should be particularly proficient, in
horsemanship and. markosmanship, the
regiments to serve mounted or dis
mounted. It was agreed to.
The debate was continued until 7
o’clock when the bill was passed 55 to
13ythe vote in detail being as follows:
l eas—Allen, Allison. Bacon, Burrows,
C.Vter, Chandler, Clark, Cockrell. Cul
lom. Deboe, Elkins. Fairbanks, Faulk
ner, Foraker, Frye. Gallinger, Gear,
Gorman, Hanna, Ilansbrough, Harris,
Hawley, Heiffield, Jones (Nev.). Limi
say, I/odge, McjEiiery, Mallory, Mantle,
Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Murphy, Nel
son. Pasco, Perkins, Pettits, Platt
(Conn.), Platt (X. Y.). Pritchard, l’roc-’
ior, Rawlins, Roach, Ross, Sewell,
Shoup, Simon, Smith, Spooner, Stewart,
Teller. Warren, Wellington—ss.
Nays—Bate. Berry, Butler, Caffery,
( hilton, Clay, Daniel, lloar, Martin,
Pettigrew, Turley, Vest, White —13.
Consideration of the Sundry Civil Ap
propriation Bill was begun at 7:15 p. in.
Tin* Committee on Appropriations of
fered the following additional amend
ment to the bill which was agreed to:
"And the owners or holders of all
outstanding military land warrants or
‘ parts of such warrants, allowed, issued
bv ilie Stale of Yirginia for military
services performed by the officers and
soldiers, seamen, or marines of the Yir
gin-ia State ami Continental Line's in
the army or navy of the* Revolution are
hereby notified and required to present
and surrenderthem to the* Secretary
!of the Interior within Twelve months
from the* passage of this act for his action
under the provisions of the* act entitled
"An Act Making Provisions for the*
Satisfaction of Yirginia La,nd Warrants
approved August 31st, 1852. Ariel all
; sue-.h warrants or parts of warrants not
Si» presented and surrendered to the* Sec
re* t ary of the Interior sir all be forever
barred and invalid.”
At the conclusion of the reading of
RALBI«H, N. C M TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1*99.
[tin* hill at 11:30 p. ni. nearly all the com
mittee amendments having been agreed
to the bill was laid aside,
j It was decided that flu* Senate should
convene at 11 o’clock to-morrow norm
j The Senate then at 0:35 ndjotinmd.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Feb. 27.—The* House* was
in session seven hours today and sent
to the* Senate two more* appropriation
bills, i In* Army, which has be*en under
consideration lor several days.' and the
Fortifications. Tile* feirmer carries about
879.000,000 and tin* latter approximately
$4,700,000. The final conference* report
upon tin* Indian Appropriation Bill was
also adopted. The* only amendment oi
importance* attached to the* Army I>iil
today was one giving two months’ ex
tra pay to enlisted men in the regular
army wlho served be*yond the* limits ol the*
United States during the war with
Spain, and one month’s extra pay to
those* who servesl in the* Fnited States.
Tim discussion of the Administration's
policy relative to the I‘hilippines, which
lias been ooupying the attention of the
members to the i*xelusio» of almost e»v
eryttbiug else* during the consideration
of appropriation bills for the* last two
weeks, continued today, several spee*e-hes
being made oil the* subject.
When tin* consideration of the* Army
Appropriation Bill was resumed, Mr.
Cox (Demi.. Tcnn.) made* a short, sharp,
general saying:
I “1 will never vote a cent to put a
bulled in a gun to shoot down those pe o
ple* e»ve*r there*, (the Filipinosi who are*
trying to establish their home govern
ment.”
He* could not understand, he said, why
we* ltael starteel out to free the* Cubans
and should end by shooting the* Filipinos.
What a remarkable notification, he de
j clared. was that of General Otis that
- we had killeel ami wounded 4,000 of
those people, part, of them naked, some*
armed with beiws and arrows. As an
American, he askeel, whe*rt* was the*
glory of this achievement ? Who had
declared war on these people, who had
done us no harm?
After the passage of rile Army Ap
propriation Bill Mr. Henderson” (Rep..
. la.) presented a special order agreed
upon by the Committee upon Rules set
ting aside tomorrow until six o’clock
for the consideration of the Cublic
Building Bills, tlhose acted on by the
Committee of the whole to be first
acted upon, after which such as might
be designated by the Committee upon
Public Buildings and Grounds.
Mr. Dockery opposed tlie rule on the
| ground that neither the condition of the
i appropriation bills, nor tin* Treasury
j would warrant the use of tomorrow for
this purpose and the appropriation of
money which would result. He figured
out total appropriations for tlie session
of s(!7B,ooo,<Hh). This did not include
the $115.(¥K).000 for the Nicaragua
Canal, which might lieeonn* law, nor
the $25,009,000 of claims we had as
sumed by the treaty of Paris. These
aggregated the appalling total of SBOO.-
000,009. Yet, it was now proposed to
! give a day for public buildings and add
. $11J)00,000 more to these staggering
liab.iities. He figured out that tin* to
i fal appropriations for this Congress
j would reach $1,000,000,000. The rule
| was adopted 04 to 34.
Mr. Ileinenvvay (Rep., Ind.) called up
i a substitute for the Fortifications Bill
| and moved its passage under suspension
of the rules. By agreement the time
! for debate confined by the rule to twen
ty minutes on a side was extended to
one hour and thirty minutes on a side.
Mr. Hemeway explained that the
substitute was in reality the bill report
ed from the Appropriations Committee
with a few minor amendments. It was
! necessary to offer tue amended bill as a
| substitute, as no amendments were in
| order under suspension of the rule. The
: bill carried $4,744,798, the estimates ag
• gregating $12,151,898. The a propria
| thins nr tin* last session for fortifications
together with the allotment from tin*
! $50,000,000 appropriation aggregated
i $30,018,232.
Mr. Cochran (Deni., Mo.) declared
that the country would never cease to
regret the Administration's polity to
ward the Philippines. The war against
the horde of semi-barbarians thunder
ing at the gates of Manila would never
cease. Our heroic soldiers sent there
were doomed. Though they would al
ways lie successful when they met tin*
enemy in the field, there were forces
against which braver** was impotent..
Disease and death would ravage our ar
mv during the rainy season.
Mr. Grosvenor (Rep., Ohio), delivered
a thirty minutes’ speech generally reply
ing to the charges emanating from the
j opposition miring the p.-tsl few days that
j there had been tin alliance between the
j United States and the insurgent forces
jin the Philippines. He carefully went
i over tin* official records to show that
l there had never been any alliance. One
j alter another In* reviewed attempts of
* Aguinaldo to secure recognition and al
liance and showed how In* bad been re
butted by the American authorities.
The official documents and their dates
were produced in each ease. He defied
; tin* other side to produce a single official
utterance authorizing or recognizing any
alliance.
In reply Mr. Simpson (Pop., Kail.)
asked as to whether he was speaking by
t authority of and in defense of tin*
| President.
Mr. Grosvenor replied that lie was
| speaking on his own authority as he al
i ways spoke. Mr. Grosvenor defended tin*
| President's policy in the Philippines. In
! conclusion he said:
“I protest against discussing who is
| right and who is wrong when my brotli-
I ers and your sous are being shot down
in battle. 1 warn my friends upon the
J other side that they tire hurting nobody
j but themselves. The country will place
i but one construction upon their atti
| tude. The American people will never
: retire utioti the demands of an enemy
;in the front.” (Prolonged Republican
j applause.)
Mr. Carmack (Dent.. Tcnn.) replied
j briefly to Mr. Grosvenor. He held up
i (o ridicule the absurd charge that Dem
j oerats were firing into the rear of our
soldiers. No honest man, said he, ever
. made such a charge and none ever be-
lieved it. If such a charge was made it
was the act of a demagogue who sought
to drag this question down to the level
of his capacity. (Democratic applause.)
The Democrats were tin* friends of tin*
soldiers, in* continued, but the soldiers
had nothing to do with the policy of the
Administration which the Democrats
criticised. The soldiers went, where they
were ordered, but he contended that they
were lining treated unfairly. They had
enlisted in the cause of liberty and hu
manity. They were being retained to
foster greed and ambition (Democratic
applause.)
The American people, ho insisted, had
a right to know what the policy of this
Government was-to be.
Mr. Burke < Dem.. Tex.) created con
siderable onl htisiasin on the Republican
side by his declaration that we held the
Philippines by right of conquest and
had its much right as we had in Porto
Rico. Ho took no stock in Aguinaldo,
In* said. When tin* rebels stopped
shooting down American soldiers it
would bo time in talk to Aguinaldo and
his crowd.
Mr. Henry (Dan.. Texas) asked Mr.
Burke to define his position relative to
the Philippines, and in reply Ilu* latter
hinl read tin* resolutions of the con
vention that nominated him opposing
the hauling down of the American flag
at Manila, lit* would, he said, like to
see the Filipinos eventually govern them
selves under the protection of the Ameri
can flag.
After some further remarks by Messrs.
Yitndiver (Dem., Mc.i. Vincent (Pop..
Ivan.) and Flcmimr (Dem.. Ga.), the
Fortification Bill was passed.
The conference report upon the Indian
Appropriation Bill was adopted without
division.
The conference report upon the Indian
Appropriation Bill was adopted with
out division.
The death of Representative Hurley,
of New \ oi**s, v* ho died at Hot Springs,
Ya., yesterilrv was announced by bis
colleague. Mr. Fisher. The usual reso
lutions were adopted and it committee
Wits appointed to attend tin* funeral.
As ,*i further mark of respect the House
at (i o'clock adjourned.
Don't white-wash to-day. This is not
a good day for whitewashing. Don't.
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I THE PEOPLE SAY; DON’T, j
I , . I
| There has never bem a time when the J
people r;f North Carolina were so united ♦
S upon a propost tion as to-day* There are not t
I 500 Democrats in the State who would I
! not feel outraged if the Legislature should !
t reinstate S. Otho Wilson. £
t The evidence is plain and convincing. |
| To-day determines whether the Democratic |
♦ legislators will mar their excellent record* %
♦ The people thunder, Dor/t.
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POUND A MURDERED.BABY
LYING IN THE COLLEGE BRANCH WITH ITS
THROVT CUT.
No Clue as Yet to the Doers of the Died.
An Attempt to Break out of
the Jail.
Greensboro, X. C.. Fib. 27. —(Special.)
—A horrible murder has just been
brought to light' in Greensboro. Satur
day evening a negro man found a sttsjri
eiotis looking bundle in the college
bra neb and on unwrapping it found it
contained the dead body of a white
female infant.
Tk child’s throat was cut from ear
to ear. An examination was made by
a physician, who declared that the child
was alive when lorn a.el when found
had keen dead about thirty six hours.
No i ltte has ben. discovered as to the
perpetrators.
An attempt was made last night by
tht* inmates of the county jail to es
cape. 'lilt* bars of the window in one
cell were found to be sawed in two, and
but for a note from one of the prisoners,
to a guard tlie attempt would have been
successful.
A negro named Louis Albright shot
John Hawhy. another negro, Sunday
mifruing through the hack, intFeiing an
ugly though not 'necessarily dangerous
wound. Albright claims that the shot
was accidental.
GASOLINE IGNITED.
Lady Narrowly Escaped Burning to
I>eath —Sudden Death.
Smithficld, X. Feb. 27.—(Special.)
—Mr. Isaac Grice, proprietor of the
Grice House, died suddenly at his home
in Smithficld. of neuralgia of the heart.
His death was unexpected, and came as
a shock to the town.
The• wife of Mr. G. H. Watson, a
prominent nu(reliant of our town, nar
rowly escaped bring burned to death.
A bottle of gasoline was ignited in
her hand,and, in an instant, slit* was
painfully, though not seriously burned.
The sin all-pox scare, which caused
some excitement here, lias about died
out. The only results wore that several
of our people were vaccinated.
fO WHITEWASH OB
SOTTOWrtITEWASH
Wilson Matter to be Heard
at 4 P. SVI. 10-Day.
VINDICATION IMPROBABLE
NUMEROUS NOMINATIONS TO BE
MADE TONIGHT.
OFFICE OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
To be Created. Railroad, Labor and Insurance
Commissioners and Keeper of Pubi c
Buildings to be Decided
on To Night.
The Democratic caucus decided last
night:
To take up the Wilson matter in joint
session at 4 o’clock this afternoon.
To establish the office of Insurance
Commissioner. 1
To nominate three Railroad Commis
sioners, an insurance cotqmmsioner, a
labor commissioner and a keeper of the
public buildings and grounds.
To leave the public printing to ho set
tled by committee.
To whitewash or not to whitewash—
whether this Legislature shall apply a
good thick coating to the erstwhile chief
of the tribe of Gideon—will Ik* thi* s|k*-
cial order in joint session for 4 o'clock
' this afternoon. The case of Major Wil
son will Ik* considered at the sums* time,
i The matter will come up on the report
of tin* investigating committee appoint
ed to hear the ease.
It is understood that a separate vote
will Ik* taken, firs*t on tht* case of Major
Wilson and then on tin* ease of S. Otho
Wilson, and each man will stand or fall
by himself.
This action means that the resignation
of S. Otho Wilson, handed in at the
first of the session, will not be accepted.
If tin? report of the committee is
adopted it will reinstate S. Otho Wilson
as Railroad Commissioner and enable
him to draw back salary, lit* would
have two years yet to serve, if the
courts should hold against: the bill re
organizing the commission. As to Major
Wilson, his time lias expired, but lie
would be able to draw back salary.
Over I the adoption of the report a
warm fight is sure to occur. It is stated
that aide men will press tin* adoption.
That this Legislature will rehabilitate
S. Otho Wilson, of all the..garbage cast
on tin* fusion ash •heap in tin* State’s
back yard well up among the most malo
dorous, is a proposition that makes the
stoutest Democratic stomach retch: that
it will take this step without a fierce
resistance is among the remote probabili
ties to those who know its timber and
its temper. To thrust Otho Wilson,
however disinfected, in the faces of the
decent people of North Carolina would
be much stub a proposition its to throw
it dead eat at it printfl donna.
Therefore, 1 am persuaded, that before
this legislature, which after all was
really not elected to do Otho in ala
baster. does this filing it will hesitate—
and decide not to.
Besides setting the Wilson hearing for
this afternoon the caucus decided in re
gard to the Railroad Commission not
to give it jurisdiction of insurance, but
to create the office of Insurance Com
missioner. The decision "was reached
because of the amount of work that
would be thrown upon the commissioners
and the im[H»rtaiye and wide variance of
it. To so constitute the commission
that it could handle properly the rail
road, banking, building and loan and in
surance matters would be difficult, and it
was deemed best to have one more who
could devote till bis time to the insur
ance business of tin* State. Such were
the reasons which influenced the caucus.
No change will be made in the bill re
organizing the commission, except as to
insurance. In addition to the powers
heretofore •conferred on the Railroad
Commission the new commission will
havm,jurisdiction of banking and build
ing /ml loan. This will give little handle
to the courts to hold it the mere aboli-l
tion it ml reenactment of (he same office.
The three new railroad or corporation
commissioners to be eh*et(*d will be
nominated in caucus to-night. The can
didates for the placets are numerous and
members are reticent as to probabilities;
indeed they seem to be quite at sea ns
to who the favorites for tin* places are.
Then* are expressions in a general way
that one commissioner should be a lawyer
and that the others should represent
different interests, but nothing more
definite.
The Commissioner of Insurance is ex
pected to be nominated to-night if the
other/ nominations are diajiosed of in
time. For this also there are numerous
candidates and few warm tips.
The Commissioner of Lalsn* and Print
ing and his assistant —the successor of
J. Yahoo Hamrick and Warren Vines
Hall—are to be nominated to-night as
is tin* keeper of the public buildings and
grounds. The members are anxious to
get these matters off their hands am!
have done with them.
The public printing question was con
sidered also, but the caucus decided to
leave the matter to Ik* settled by the
Commit ft*c on Printing tinder the statute
requiring it to lie given to the lowest re
sponsible bidjler.
Representative Ileriot Clarkson, of
Mecklenburg, introduced the following
resolution in caucus, but ivo action was
taken on it:
Resolved, That this caucus of the
Senate and House recommend to the
Democratic Executive Committee, that
a primary plan for tin* white voters of
North Carolina be established under the
auspices of the Democratic party. That
it bill Ik* passed by this Legislature pro
viding safe guards for a fair nomination
in the primaries for those counties that
' now have a primary plan, and providing
I safe guards for a fair nomination in any
j primary plan that may hereafter be es
tablished under the auspices of tin*
Democratic party; that a committee of
three be appointed to carry this resolu
tion into effect.
Don't white-wash to-day. This is not
11 good day for white-washing. Don’t.
QUAY CASK AGAIN PUT OFF.
Political Circles Greatly Exerted Over
the Matter.
Philadelphia, Pa.. Feb. 27.—Political
circles were shaken to the centre by the
unexpected postponement of the Quay
j trial to-day, and there is speculation in
every quarter its to the causes which
brought it about. All me parties were
on hand and everything was apparently
in readiness when District Attorney
Rothermel rose and asked Judge Beitler
t i postpone the trial “because the com
i monwealth vans not ready." As soon as
i this sensation caused by this annotmee
| meat had subsided, Messrs. Shields and
| Shapley, counsel for Senator Quay and
' his son, put in a vigorous protest against
I further delay, but the court grant rd the
request and fixed April 10th for the
I trial.
When questioned afterward the Dis
trict Attorney declined to give any rea
i son for the postponement but added that
: h ■ submitted the entire subject to Judge
j Beitler before making the application
I and the Judge had approved the reas
signs. He added, significantly, that the
postponement was it duty to the* com
monwealth.
Senator Quay's counsel had this to
say:
"The fact of the* matter is that there
is nothing whatever in the case. Oar
experts have examined the books and
documents. They were mutilated, false
and a fraud upon their face. We ary
prepared to prove conclusively that the
entries implicating Senator Qtia.\ and
his son, were made six months after the
: alleged con piracy had been consiimma-
I ted. and the fruits, if* any, had been
| reaped.”
| Senator Quay declined to say anything
' about the ease except to express his dis
ap] want men t at tin* delay, but Senator
; I‘eurose made a statement' to-night hi
which he says, among other things: “I
I mu not surprised at (tie outcome of
: Senator Quay's ease. Everyone who has
| known the facts of this controversy has
j realized that the prosecution lias been
i the outcome of one of the must villa
nous political conspiracies ever uttered
: into to destroy a public man."
j Rumors were afloat all day: out* that
; tht* trial had been postponed because of
| 'the death of former State Treasurer
Haywood had miuimizid the chances of
Senator Quay's conviction: and another,
j which gained tin* greater credence, that
i a member of the jury had id formed tin*
District Attorney of an attempt at im
personation.
Don't white-wash to-day. This is not
a good day for white-washing. Don’t.
A GEORGIA I‘RIMA DONNA.
! Atlanta. Ga.. Feb. 27.—Madame
Mary Dttff, a singer who has appeared
: in several European capitals, made her
American debut here to-night before- an
j audience which completely tilled tin*
i Grand Opera House. Madame Duff sang
' (lie Faro” from Glucks Orfeo and tJ u .
"Al Dcsio Di T'Adora" of Mozarts
Figaro. These selections, one of which
is written for a contralto and the other
for a soprano, required a rang** of
three octaves.
Madame Duff's success was instan
taneous. Site was assisted by Mrs.
Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler. of Chicago,
the pianist and Signor Tagliapietra. the
baritone. The American debut was made
in Atlanta for purely sentimental rea
sons, Madame Duff being a native of
(I corgi a.
SPANISH INQUIRY INTO WAR.
Madrid, Feb. 27.—The Senate to-day
by a vote of 130 to 7 approved of the
motion of (Marshal Martinez de JAtmpos,
signed by all the Spanish Generals !n
the Senate, demanding a parliamentary
inquiry into the conduct of the recent
war. The Government supported iheYno
| lion.
THIRD EDITIONS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DOWN WITH IKE ,
COLONIAL PO 1 /^
Y
Action of the House Demo
cratic Caucus.
ACCORD OF SENTIMENT
RESOLUTIONS AGAINST PHILIP
PINE. SOYEREIGNTY.
LOYALTY AND VALOR OF OUR SOLDIERS
They Are Cun mended by the Caucus, Which
Pledges Inm Hearty Support and Sym
pathy. Whteier Asks that Presi
dent's Hands be Upheld.
Washington, Feb. 27.- At a caucus of
the Democratic members of the House
of Representatives, held in the Hall of
the House to-night, the following
declaration of polity and resolutions as
to the Philippines were adopted:
“We hold that the Constitution of the
United States was ordained and estab
lished for tin intelligent, liberty loving
and self-governing people and cannot
be successfully applied to a people of
different virtues and conditions. We
therefore hold that a colonial policy is
contrary to tin* thisfry of our Govern
ment and subversive to those great prin
ciples of civil liberty which we have been
thought to cherish. We believe with the
Declaration of Independence that all
Governments* derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed, and
we are unalterably opposed to the estab
lishment of any Government by tht*
United States without the consent of the
people to be governed, and in conformity
with these principles wo instruct the
lginority members of the Foreign
Affairs Committee to introduce and urge
the following resolution:
“Resolved, That tin* United States
hereby disclaim any disposition or in
tention to exercise permanent sovereign
ty. jurisdiction or control over the Philip
pine Islands, and assert their determina
tion when tin independent Government
shall have been erected therein to trans
fer to said Government upon terms
which shall be reasonable and just, all
rights secured under the cession by
Spain, and thereupon to leave the Gov
ernment and control of the islands to
their people.”
Another resolution, by Mr. Griggs
(Ga.), was* adopted as follows:
“We, the Democratic members of the
House of Representatives in caucus as
sembled, command the signal loyalty
and valor of our soldiers and sailors in
the performance* of every military duty
to which they have been assigned by
projier authority, however much we may
deplore the policy of tin* Administration
now directing their movements; and we
pledge to them our hearty support and
sympathy under all * ii'cums'tanees wher
ever engaged."
The following resolution by Mr. Liv
ingston (Ga.). was lost:
“Resolved, That the Fnited States
Congress as soon as the treaty of peace
between this Government and Spain is
ratified, give notice to tin* inhabitants of
the Philippines that it is not our desire
or purpose to hold them under per
manent militate control or as a colonial
subject, and its soon as practicable to
aid them to establish a republican form
of Government mid to be independent and
self sustaining with such commercial
and military privileges from the United
States as may he agreed it; >n l«*tw«*en
us. In the meantime wo shall protect
both persons and property with the
largest liberty to citizens possible under
the circumstances.” •«
The caucus began at s; o'clock p. ‘yi.
and lasted until nearly midnight. Vnhv
attendance was large, and little division
of sentiment was manifested on tin*
general features of the resolutions. The
fil*st resolution was offered by Mr. Clark
iMissourii froivt tin* Democratic members
of the Foreign Affairs Committee ami
was the text of most of the s|HHM'hes.
Among those who spoke were: Rep
resentatives Bailey. Texas; Allen. Mis
sissippi; Gaines, Tennessee; Wheeler.
Alabama; Lentz, Ohio, and Cowherd,
Missouri. The speech of General Wheel
er was notable in differing with tin* pre
vailing view. He urged that nothing
should be done which could lit* construed
as a lack of stmport to *>ttr soldiers, the
hands of the President should be upheld,
he sitid, when fighting . was going on.
As a matter of expediency also, he urged
that the party should no) oppose the
war. Wars were popular, he declared,
and at the present time the spirit of the
iH'oplt* was shown by the fact that every
boy had his drmn®iind sword, while the
mothers were proud of this patriotic
spirit.
The votes were practically unanimous
upon tin* two resolutions adopted, atm
the Livingston resolution was defend'd
by a large majority.
KILLED ALMOST INSTANTLY.
Sanford, X. (’.. Feb. 20*1899.—A ne
gro tramp calling himself Charlie Jones
and hailing from Norfolk, was shot
and killed almost instantly at 12 o'clock
Saturday night by Gus Cotton, a negro
employed at a livery stable here. '1 ho
shooting was the result of a quarrel over
a negro woman. Jones has been work
ing as a laborer for a few days in San
ford.