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VOL. XII.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FEBRUARY 7, 1901
NO. 37.
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SCENE H THE SENATE
ttiC Lite the WI14 A ! If
lteat TkAt Foil wd To'
ec lie lta fa I m the
fceoate Fer Yeara.
Th following description of the
area ic the annate At the clow of
Toc' i,cli oa the Philippines is
from the ra of Jams Creelman:
TLre im a thrilhtg scene in the
senate today. Oa the very threshold of
frtSdnt McKinlcy's startling attempt
to fore eoturr to abdicate its whole
civil roer ott the Philippine isl
ands. Senator Towne made a three
tour pcfe ta favor of the Philip
pic iO't'pea'lecf a speech that will
rack with any oration since Webster.
A rain ar.d train the galleries and
the a-raate applauded hi lofty appttll
for justice acd mercy and when he
bad ElfheJ he was surround by bis
tolzu"M and rte4 like a hero.
It was fVnttor Towne's first speech
m the toftr, r. 4 it was hi last. Ten
is Inst after he sat down his suc
cour took hi oath, ani the orator,
who aa1 dyrotxuted the scene for
hours, sweeping all before him by the
forte and beauty of his extraordinary
e!--?Tjenc, the place never to r?
tira. The like of it has nerer been w-en fn
the senate before.
Today the senate ha been in a state
tt cerTO'is tension. The president'a
deir.n4 for the paaj?e of the Fpoon
er till, which will confer upon him
the entire authority of conjrreiui In our
rait Asiatic possessions, has stirred
the senator a they hare cot be-i
f ti rr4 . for years.
The threat to call an extra session
If cor.?r" refuse to yi"M is taken
as th s'xxal for a mighty struggle, in
whUh the icisw-si rtourcf of the
cttlor.s! gm-emmect will bf used to
th'tr tit "sort to srare victory.
Mr. MrKmley is determlnM to have
th twer he asks for. He is not mat-!.'-'
with bis tctuporary military au
thority. grat aa it Is. He desires pow
er t'j distribute franc hi and conces
sions, sell or rite away ,000.000
acres of the pib'Ic lands, confer min
!r.ir riahta and timter cutting rights,
ttow special privilg to. railway
syndicates, settle the Chinee question
as he p-j and appcj'.ct as many
civil crs to as many plaes as he
cLome to crest, at salaries to be de
termined by him.
The fart that Mr. MrKinley held
bark the rport of the Taft comroi
t?on and rae no hist that he Intended
to pr- for the enactment of the
Fp'orvcr till tint! congresa had raised
tin p- rz-.s-Z'-ui sxa tiling array to 10).-
ej3 a 1 had empowered the presi
de it to red ace or Increase its size at
will, ictrcfsaed the bittemefs of the
opposition.
So whea Tcwne rtJe to rpeak the
f oor of the snat' ws crowded.
Score of rf preeraatives mere present.
The galleries were parkM. Away up
fa a diss romr eat Senor Iopet. the
Ixil.'ppine reprewctatlve. who leaned
his h!n a his utabrella handle and
watched it defender of his people
wth 5ep emotion.
It is no exaggeration to say that Mr.
Towne was master of the senate while
he t-poke. Sot evrn Mr. Hryaa In his
mcit Jtapasioned Sights can sarpats
his power of earnest speech.
Tall. lender, clad in a ministerial
frock coat, the face of a scholar and
tabt, the brow of a philanthropist,
the heal of a fighter, the breast and
shoulders of an athlete, his voice ran
clear and distinct from beginning to
end, Eery word, every syllable, was
heard. Hi face grew whiter, his ges-tUf-s
core dramatic aa his spirit rose
with his s'lhict.
"They owed i no allegiance when
the war began. he cried. They bavo
never assumed any since. To call
theis traitor because of a transaction
la which they had no part and which
took effect long after they had begun
to shed their blood in honorable war.
Is condaet unworthy of a just and
chivalrous nation.
-Fight ihera if yoa will. burn, kill
and destroy. Write large the precepts
of Christian charity in their blood and
oars opoa the tropic sanda. and let the
names to which we feed their homta
Saab as new beacons of civilization
across the sxpati.se of summer seas,
but spare them, in mercy name, the
I zs puled infamy of treason.
lf we are bent upon slaughter, let it
I la op-a rale. If we lust for the
people" land, let us not giaxe over j
our er,terprie with false and sinister
preteace. Itrlher let us boldly rai se
the sombre Sag of International pir- i
acy. whiatle 'scrapie down the wind.!
and then cloee In upon otir feeble vic
tim to the cry of 'Loot and Glory! "
There was a panse. The orator's '
hands wer? outstretched. His face was :
radiant with the passion of his utter
ance. S-uddesly a roar of applatJS-s
swept the hall. A dozen senators
leaped to their feet. President Iro
Tempore Frye threatened to clear th
galleries.
"We hold the ground our troops
stand oa. practically nothing more.
Towne continued. There is no evi
dence that any strong native pro-Am-e-kaa
clemrt has any existence
whatever. The Filipino are answt
iag the cry of extermination or sur
render with another cry which has
exroe echoing down through all our
fcbnory: 'Liberty or death.
"Is it ever too late to be just and
J0nt? aakiMl the speaker. "No. no!
It is nobler to get right than to re
.xsaia wrong.
"Already t feel the -virus la our
vein. The president felt it and
Itched for Ltx?a The fever grew and
the whole Tagalog and Viscayaa
groups cf island were sacrif.ced. The
tecperatcre raotinted higher and the
tultan of Sula was absorbed.
The disease Is fiercely contagion?,
ard the wfcele republican organization
at Srst unsympathetic to the bacil)
ttBTeriii. ia tow at last fairly raging
wit's dtHjiuxx The ctier day. It hav
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ing transpired that in some unaccount
able manner a miscellaneous assort
ment of islands on the outer fringe of
the delectable Jolo collection had es
caped the drag net at Paris, the ma
jority of even this staid and self-possessed
body bestirred itself with anx
lors voracity and swept them In."
And the orator had piled climax
upon climax, weaving all the circum
stances of the alliance with Ag uinaldo.
the establishment of the Philippine ?c
public, the native conquest of Luzon,
the outbreak of war vlth the Filipinos,
the refusal of General Otis to hear
the native leaders, and the present re
fusal of the senate to consider the na
tive petition for a hearing. He ended
by reading Edwin Mark ham's poem
on the "New Century."
For more than twenty years I have
watched the senate at odd times, but
never before have I witnessed such a
scene of congratulation as that which
followed the close cf this speech.
But even while the senators were
pressing around Senator To wne, his
successor. Mr. Clapp, came Into the
senate to take the oath and he was
compelled to withdraw.
This remarkable demonstration ia
an Indication of the spirit in which
the president's demand for unlimited
civil power In the Philippines will be
met.
REDEEMING SILVER
Tta minority Report of th Committee
HU In lr-l Opposition to ifith
erto Gold StMdwrd Arg-u-tneaU.
Congresiman Shafroth. of the com
mittee on coinage, weights and meas
ures, has prepared the minority report
upon the bill directing the secretary
of the treasury to exchange gold for
legal tender silver dollars when pre
sented to the treasury. The report
says:
"We object to the passage of this
measure
"First Because It will Impose in
creased burdens upon the gold reserve
of the treasury. To say that it wilt
not is to deny the recognized principle
of supply and demand. To add the
O.OfiO.OOO of silver dollars which now
act a redemption money for the sil
ver certificates and are not a charge
upon the gold reserve, the moneys
which are redeemable in gold must
greatly Increase the burdens upon the
treasury reserve. It cannot be safe
for a nation to increase Its gold obli
gations without Increasing its reserve.
"Second Because It will create a
new endless chain on the gold reserve.
The policy of the government has been
to diminish the obligations redeem
able In gold and thereby prevent runs
upon the treasury. The gold standard
advocates have unanimously contended
that the greenbacks should be retired,
necessity and cost of maintaining a
gold reserve. They contended that the
government should go out of the bank
ins business. This measure Is a re
versal of that policy. It creates new
obligations upon the reserve; it
plunges the government deeper into
the banking business.
Third Because It facilitates the
exportation of gold. By making the
principal medium of exchange used by
the people redeemable in gold it be
comes much easier for the exporter
of gold to gather up obligations pa'
able in that metal and present them
to the treasury for exchange. No other
cation on earth facilitates the export
of gold. The scramble of the Euro
pean nations at the present time for
the gold should demonstrate the ne
cessity for legislation discouraging the
exportation of gold.
"Fourth Because it will produce the
destruction of sliver dollars and sliver
certificates as money. When silver
dollars are made payable in gold they
become simply promises to pay. What
government would maintain promises
to pay stamped upon as dear material
as sliver when they could be printed
upon paper at no appreciable cost?
Would It not be foolish for the naticn
to keep invested In promises to pay
say 250.000.000 (the bullion value of
her silver dollars) when she could
print them upon paper and save that
amount? Nearly every witness that
testified before the committee admitted
that the measure would ultimately pro
duce a retirement of the silver dollars
and a sale of the same as bullion. This
Is a new policy in the treatment of
precious metals. No nation on the face
of the globe discredits its sliver coins
by making them simply promises to
pay. No government redeems its sil
ver In gold.
"Why should this nation, which pro
duces one-third of all the silver of the
world, be the very first to strike down
one of it own important Industries?
"Fifth Because it will depress tha
price of all commodities and proper
ty. This measure will make gold do all
the work of basic money now done by
both gold and sliver. We cannot thus
Increase the burdens upon gold with
out Increasing the demand for the
same. The increase in the world's pro
duction of gold is not sufficient to dis
place the silver stocks in existence.
Statistics show that more than 50 per
cent of the gold product Is used In the
arts or lost to commerce, which leaves
only about $150.00,000 a year to supply
the needs of all Christendom. That Is
Jess than 3 per cent of the gold stocks
of the world and is no more than the
legitimate requirements of an increas
ing commerce.
"Sixth It is impossible for sliver
dollars to go to a discount as long as
they are limited In number as now
provided by law. and hence there is no
necessity for this legislation. As it is
Impossible for silver dollars as now
limited by law to depreciate in value,
why should we run the hazard of mak
ing increased burdens upon the gold
reserve of creating a new endless chain
upon the treasury, of facilitating ex
norts of gold, of annihilating silver
and silver certificates as money and of
producing an era of falling: prices?"
REPUBLICAN PLOT EXPOSED
Why McKlnley, Mark Hubs and the
Capitalists are Extremely Anx
ious to Have the Spoener
Bill Passed.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 5. (Special
Correspondence.) The last ten . days
have developed an unusual amount of
extra session talk.
It Is really the ship subsidy bill
which will force it if anything.
The decent pretext of legislation top
Cuba and the Philippines is being put
forth.
Senator Frye lost his temper the
other day and declared that the ap
propriation bills would be held up if
the ship subsidy bill were not given
right of way and passed over every
thing. The democratic minority have about
concluded to give the republicans all
the rope they want.
If the appropriation bills " are not
passed and It becomes necessary to
call an extra session the odium will
rest with the domineering majority
which preferred to loot the treasury
for a few selected ship builders in
stead of attending to the legitimate
business of congress.
The democrats can well afford to
take responsibility for defeating the
subs'idy bill. " They can go before the
country on that one Issue and elect a
democratic house in 1902.
The administration insults the in
telligence of its own party, let alone
the mass of voters, by its attitude In
relation to the Philippine question. Iu
order to get a big standing army the
republicans solemnly vowed and de
clared that we would need that im
mense force In the Philippines for
some time to, come.
Having secured the military arm
of the imperial policy, the administra
tion drags out a lot of rubbish from
the Taft commission, dusts it off, sends
it to congress in the closing days of
the session and declares that the time
is now ripe for giving the Philippines
a "civil government."
Let It never be forgotten for a mo
ment that the aforesaid civil govern
ment means the vesting of absolute
power in the president to devise any
sort of government which suits his
policy. Neither congress nor the peo
ple are to have anything to say about
It. ...
Let's look Into this a little. If the
administration is nonest in its demand
for a big army, then the time is not
ripe for a civil - government. ' If the
Filipinos have been subjugated then
there is no need of a big army."
Here is the real point of the whole
matter. The president desires the
Spooner resolution passed, vesting ab
solute civil control of the islands in
himself because under military rule
he -cannot grant franchises and give
the other "civil" privileges of loot and
plunder which his owners and bosses
so earnestly desire. 1
They need the army also to protect
them while they pillage the people
whom we have been trying for two
years to conquer.
The Taft commission mentions the
vast mineral and other natural wealth
of the islands though they probably
exaggerate it considerably and they
point out that the time has come 'to
grant franchises and - put capital at
work to develop and civilize the isl
ands. , While the islands would never be a
paying investment in the long run:
yet there is no doubt but a well organ
ized band of robber capitalists can ax
plolt first one section of the Islands
and then another always with a for
midable military doing police duty and
protecting capital while it - robs the
natives of everything they value in
cluding life itself.
The islands will look as if a de
vastating cyclone had struck them,
but meanwhile the speculators who
elected McKlnley and who have al
ways owned him, will have reaped
their harvest. What do they care what
direful results follow: ?
While this Imperial scheme of plun
der is going on the people of this
country will continue to pay war taxes
in order to keep a standing army doing
police duty.
This is exactly what the imperialists
contemplated from the beginning.
They don't propose to wait a day after
March 4 if they can help it to begin
their work. It is a pleasant spectacle
isn't it, for a country which has hith
erto prided itself on its free institu
tions. If possible the Spooner bill is to be
attached as a rider to one of the ap
propriation bills. The administration
doesn't want any discussion of the
Philippine ' question in congress, it
prefers to have the transfer of author
ity from the legislative to the exe
cutive branch of government made as
unostentatiously as possible. In fact
It would be glad If the people knew
nothing about it until too late to undo
the mischief.
The Cubans in the innocence of their
hearts are going on drafting a consti
tution giving universal suffrage and
all the other appendages of a consti
tution for a free people.
The repuolicans are much worried.
The president intimates that when he
received a' copy of the Cuban consti
tution which will be about February
15 he will submit it to congress tor
action. -
Congress in April, 1893, passed a
joint resolution declaring that the sole
interest of this country was in the
pacification of Cuba and distinctly as
serting our determination to leave fhe
government and control of the island
to the people.
The Cubans are taking us at our
word and going about the business of
organizing their 'own government.
The administration was not In real
ity In any notion of getting out, leav
ing Cuba free. But the terms of this
resolution makes it difficult to inter-
fere without going: back upon our dis
tinct pledge. -
Still why . should the republicans
mind a little thing like that. Since
1898 they have gone a long way from
the established path of freedom. They
have declared, that the constitution
does not follow the flag to the Philip
pines, why worry over a little thing
like breaking faith with Cuba?
A Question for Thoughtful People
Dec. 7, 1897, the Chicago Record sent
to Washington a petition for postal
savings banks containing ' 662,257
names. At least "three out of every
four persons favor it, but no move in
that direction is made. WTiy so sim
ple and easy a thiiig. to accomplish,
something in successful operation in
almost every civilized country on earth
and which would-be) so advantageous
to the whole people, Is not established
is a question for thoughtful people to
consider. Wellington (Kae.) Voice. ;
The . principal objection raised to
the establishment of postal savings
banks in this country has been that we
have not a sufficient amount of secur
ities in which to invest1 the deposits.
And, strange to say, the principal ob
jection to the purchase of the, railways
by the government .has been that-we.
would be unable tomorrow the neces
sary capital abour $7,000,000,000. Per
haps some day these two classes of ob
jectors will meet by accideht.
IRRIGATION DEBATE
Government Reservoirs and Control of
-Water Was Discussed for the
First Tli In Congress. - -
Washington, D. C.,-Feb. 4. The ir
rigation debate in the house of repv&
sentatlves, in connection with the
river and harbor bill, brought forth
the best showing which has yet been
made In that branch of congress on
this subject. ; "
The managers of the river and har
bor measure claimed: ; that irrigation
and the reclamation Of the arid west
were not subjects properly under; the
jurisdiction of the river and harbor
committee, and that! appropriations
for reservoir ' construction should not
be inserted in the river and harbor
bill. The western members, however,
took the ground that the control of the
floods and regulation of the flow of
the streams by reservoir construction
were properly within the scope of the
river and harbor bill, and the ruling
of the speaker that the amendment of
fered was germane to the -bill is sig
nificant. .
The reclamation of the arid region
is a question which is strong enough to
stand entirely upon its own foundation
and be treated as a separate proposi
tion. At the sams time the problem of
river control and of the utilization of
the flood waters for irrigation are so
inter-related that it is inevitable that
appropriations will ultimately be made
along the same lines as they are for
river and harbor improvements.
The sentiment in the house in favor
of irrigation recognition of some sort
is becoming, stronger and 'stronger and
cannot much longer be successfully
overcome. In the senate the sentiment
favorable to arid land -reclamation is
yet stronger. Meantime ; the feeling
throughout the country generally is
growing, growing, east as well as west,
into a great national movement which
will sooner or later have its way. The
time is approaching. It cannot be far
distant.
The average objector to federal ac
tion on the irrigation question objects
because of an entire lack of knowledge
of the matter. He opposes the govern
ment going Into the irrigation business
just as he would opose its supplying
every farmer with free fertilizer. It
is not asked that the government
should .undertake to supply water to
farmers; only that It so store waters
that th western rivers, which are
now sometimes high,: sometimes low,
shall .he provided with a reserve stor
airfi sutrolv of water which will give
them a reeular flow, and thus con
serve the waters that now go to waste.
just as-thepreservation of the forests
by the national government conserves
the water fcunnlies. If. during the low
water period, the water stored by the
government is let out into the streams,
the Irrigators will attend to its di
version and its use, just as they now
do -with the rivers which provide a
good ; perenmal flow. ,
What Populists Did
The Broken Bow Beacon asserts that
"the populists took control of Custer
county with a debt of $46,000 hanging
over it; they have paid that debt,
raised county warrants from a dis
count of 10 per cent to par, and claims
from a discount of 55 cents to 90 cents
on the dollar, and turned the county
over to the present republican board
entirely free from debt. We are not
paying Interest on a cent of indebted
ness, our taxes are lower by eight mills
on the dollar, and nearly all the taxes
levied for 1900 are yet unpaid."
The . fusion state government 1 made
the same kind .of a record better, if
anything but the people of the state
and of Custer county did not like that
kind of government so they turned the
pops out and put the "redeemers" in.
They didn't want state and county
debts paid off and ; warrants brought
to a premium. They liked the Moore
Bartleykind of officers better than
they did the Meserve-Wolfe kind. If
the rumors prove true that are already
being heard around the capitol they
will find that they have the Moore
Bartley kind sure enough. It Is only
fair,' however, to say that a majority
of the legal voters of the state did not
do this thing. It was the scurvy mi
nority, assisted by 20,000 men brought
into the stale with Mark Hanna boodle
aided by the railroaas.
HADA'S SUBSIDY BILL
How and to Whom Millions of the Money
Taxed Out of the People Is to be
Distributed to the 111
; llonaires.
Hanna's ship subsidy bill is ex
ceedingly longhand full of technical
terms. " The busy man could hardly
find time to read and cypher out its
meaning, but the following synopsis
which was printed in the Congres
sional Record (pages T492-93) gives
the substance of the-whole thing:
(1) Every sail and steam ship be
longing to citizens of the United Stat
es on the register of the United States
shall receive after July 1, 1901. for not
exceeding 16 voyages in any one jrear,
if entered for the foreign trade, from
any port of the United States to a for
eign port not less than 150 miles dis
tant, a subsidy of 1 cents per gross
ton for every 100 nautical miles up to
1,500 on the outward and homeward
voyage and 1 cent for every 100 nautical-miles
over 1,500 miles.
(2) In addition to the above subsidy
all steam vessels belonging to citizens
of the United States, entered for the
foreign trade as above stated, which
are suitable for carrying the mails or
to be auxiliary ships in time of war,
shall receive the following additional
subsidies per ton for each 100 nautical
miles, viz:
Vessels over 2,000 gross tons:
First Twelve knots and less than
14 knots, five-tenths of 1 cent per gross
ton.
Second Fourteen knots and less
than 15 knots, 1 cent per gross ton.
Third Fifteen knots and less than
16 knots, 1.1 cent per gross ton.
Fourth Sixteen knots or over, 1.2
cents per gross ton.
Vessels over 4,000 gross tons:
Fifth Seventeen knots and less than
18 knots, 1.4 cents per gross ton.
Sixth Eighteen knots and less than
19 knots, 1.6 cents per gross ton.
Seventh Nineteenth knots or over,
1.8 cents per gross ton.
Vessels over 10,000 gross tons:
Eighth Twenty knots and less than
21 knots, 2 cents per gross ton.
Ninth Twenty-one knots or over,
2.3. cents per gross ton.
(3) ' All foreign-built vessels belong
ing to citizens of the United States
which on February .1, 1899, were en
gaged in an established freight and
passenger business, or both, from a
port of the United States, ..and which
are classed as "Al;" and,
All f orei gn-built steamships , owned
by citizens of the 'United States, which
were conpleted prior to February 1,
1899, or, if in process of construction,
the contracts for constructing the
same shall " have been filed with the
secretary of the treasury prior to Feb
ruary 1, 1899, shall be admitted to Ara
erlcai registry: Provided, That the
full title ' to said ships shall be ob
tained by said citizens of the United
States, and they shall bind themselves
to construct in the United States with
in 'ten years vessels; of an equal ton
nage. ' ' -
(4) All citizens of the United States
may, within five years after the pas
sage of this act," contract with the sec
retary of 1 the treasury to construct
within five years any of the vessels
heretofore mentioned, the same to be
admitted to registry and to become en
titled to subsidies herein provided.
(5) The owners of all vessels built
in the United States under the pro
visions of this act shall receive sub
sidy for ten years, if said vessel shall
have been completed prior to January
1, 1900, and full subsidy for twenty
years if such vessels have not been
completed prior to said date.
(6) No subsidy shall be paid to the
owners of any existing vessels of the
United States until they give bond for
the construction, within five years, of
at least 25 per cent of the tonnage of
the vessel receiving subsidy. - :
(7) All foreign vessels admitted to
registry in the United States under
this act shall receive only 50 per cent
of the subsidy allowed to United Stat
es built vessels of the same tonnage,
and no contracts shall be made by the
secretary of the treasury . after ten
years from the passage of this act;
nor shall any subsidies be paid after
twenty years from said date, the
amount of subsidy being limited to
$9,000,000 for each fiscal year.
(8) No vessel registered in the Unit
ed States shall be entitled to subsidy
unless one-fourth of her crew shall be
citizens of the United States, but if
such proportion of citizens of the
United States cannot be reasonably ob
tained the shipping commissioner or
consul at the port ma y allow the
whole crew to be foreigners.
(9) No vessel of the United States
shall be; entitled to full subsidy unless
it shall have cleared from a port of the
United States with a cargo to the
amount of 50 per cent of its capacity
for ; carrying commercial cargo. In
calculating the amount of commercial
cargo, 2,240 pounds, or 40 cubic feet
of space, shall constitute a gross ton,
and In the " case of passenger vessels
carrying the mails, a condition prece
dent to allowing subsidy shall be that
the said vessels carry cargo to an
amount equal to one-half the differ
ence between the gross tonnage of the
vessel and its commercial capacity. If
the space representing the commercial
capacity of any ship shall be sold for
any length of time, then the space so
sold shall be counted as If filled with
cargo. '
(10) All documented vessels of the
United States engaged in the deep
sea fisheries for three months in any
year shall receive $2 per gross ton for
the 'year, and every citizen of the
United States serving as a member of
the. crew for three months in any year
shall receive $1 per month for the time
he Is so employed:. Provided, That
one-third of the crew of said vessel
shall be citizens of the United States.
Christian Looting
The Independent has put . very little
faith in stories that have come , from
China declaring that the American
troops took no part in the looting of
the Chinese inhabitants. That the
troops from all the so-called Christian
nations have engaged In wholesale
murder and robbery of the noncombat
ant inhabitants and that the German
troops are still at it, there can be no
reasonable doubt. The Worcester,
Mass., Spy, prints a letter from a pri
vate soldier In the Ninth infantry
which contains the following:
. "If I could have taken care of and
safely handled all the loot and plunder
which I had and could have got, I
would return to the United States a
rich man, easily worth from $25,000 to
$30,000, but I couldn't do it, and had to
get rid of what did fall into my hands
as quickly as possible. I sold nearly
$1,000 worth of loot. I had silver bul
lion galore, beautiful and costly furs
of all kinds, silk in abundance and a
great variety of precious stones and
jewels, but I could not carry it, so
had to dispose of it as quickly as I
could. I sold $1,500 worth of pure
bar silver for $200 Mexican money,
equal to $100 in gold. I have often
stated in my palmy days that I would
like to have all the wealth I could
carry, and here is a case o'. where !
have it. But it avails me nothing, as
the poor enlisted man gets nothing
out of the affair but hardtack and with
but one-fourth rations at that. Many
of the officers have secured enough out
of the affair to be wealthy for life, and
the higher the rank the more loot they
got. When you read in the paper of
the Americans not lo tlrg, you can
just wink the other eye and be wise.
The Americans and the English were
dead in the game, and the English got
a trifle more than the Yanks, because
they were a trifle smarter. The Japan
ese are the finest soldiers in the world
today, any way you take them, and
any nation wants to think twice before
bumping up against -them "
COL. ST0TSENBUR6
A Tribute to His Memory by the Offi
cers and Men of the First Ne
braska. Columbus, Jan. ,31, -1901. Edi
tor of The Independent, Lincoln, -Nebraska.
Dear Sir: Herewith you V.U
please find letter of Mrs. Stotsenburg,
which I desire to bring to the atten
infantry United States volunteers. As
Iinfantry United States volunteers. As
the public is also Interested in this
matter,, J" wish to state in explanation,
that when the regiment was mustered
out of the service at San Francisco on
August 23, 1899, there was a balance in
the regimental fund of something over
$200. The matter was discussed of
starting a fund for a monument dedi
cated to the' memory of those who fell
in battle or succumbed to disease, and
finally it was decided to ask an expres
sion of the officers and men of the
regiment whether it would not be as
good a tribute to send it to the widow
and children of our heroic Colonel as
a slight token of condolence and ap
preciation of the esteem In which the
husband and father was held. Through
the Regimental Adjutant Whedon of
Lincoln, Neb., it was ascsertained that
the officers and men of the regiment
concluded, unanimously, that this lat
ter proposition was in accordance with
their wishes. . Major Mulford, it seeto3,
has just sent this balance to Mrs. Stot
senburg, who wishes me to convey her
gratitude and appreciation to all the
members o? our regiment, so if you
will please kindly Insert this in your
paper, you will greatly oblige. Very
respectfully yours, J. N. KILIAN.
The following is Mrs. Stotsenburg's
reply: - .
531 Eighteenth Street, N. W., Wash
ington, D. C, Jan. 28, 1901. To the
Officers and Men of the First Nebras
ka Volunteers, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Gentlemen: I find It extremely diffi
cult to convey to you any adequate ex
pression of my gratitude for the very
kind expression of your esteem and ap
preciation of the sacrifice made by. my
beloved husband in his fall at the head
of your regiment on the fated field Of
Qulngua, as indicated by the very gen
erous offering made by you and re
ceived by me through Major Mulford,
39th infantry, several days since. .
It brings to my mind very vividly
the long days of preparation before
leaving this country, those of suspense
in the lines around Manila when he
and you learned to appreciate each
other, the later days of the struggle
and danger which had so sad an end
ing, and still later, the home-coming
of those who were spared to share it.
And then, I picture you in my mind,
as in your homes happy in the con
sciousness of having performed well
your duty, and proud of the record
you, as Nebraskans, and as soldiers of
this great, grand country, have made.
For those comrades of my husband,
who, with him, gave their lives to the.
cause of humanity, my sorrow is last
ing; and for those they left behind, my
sympathy is . - unbounded. - May God
bless you one and all, and speed the
days when war shall cease and white
wings of Peace brood over all nations
and races of men. Very sincerely
yours, - MAKi JU STUlSlSNBUKlr.
The United Mutual Hall Insurance
association held, their annual meet
ing in this city Monday. All the mem
bers present expressed entire satisfac
tion as to the successful conduct of the
business during the past year and all
the present directors and officers were
re-elected. The business for the year
just closed was large and a material
Increase is expected for the coming
year. "
Auburn, N. Y., in 1899 paid $20,000
of its water bonds, laid four miles of
mains, reserved $10,000 for a new pump
and announced a reduction of 25 per
cent in the charges to consumers.
SENATOR TOVHPS SPEECH J
. . . , i
I Will be a Hlstorle Document ef Use t
Historians for all Time to
; Come.
The speech of Senator Towne will be
printed in full and become one of the1
most important documents in future'
discussion as long as the question of
Imperialism is before the people. More!
than that it will be a document that'
the historians of the future will relyj
upon for facts when they write the
dark records of these days or comm-jr-,
ciallsm and the grasping for powerJ
It Is too long for publication In The
Independent, but the opening and
closing portions are here given:
Mr. Towne: Mr. President, I should
like to have the joint resolution intro-i
duced by me last Friday read for the
information of the senate:
The President pro tempore: The
joint resolution will be read. !
The secretary read the Joint resolu-i
tlon. as follows:
A joint resolution (S. R. 155) In favor
of recognition of Philippine Indepen-
Resolved by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States in1
congress assembled, That Justice, .th!
public welfare, and the national honori
demand the immediate cessation of
hostilities in the Philippine islands
upon terms recognizing the Indepen-1
dence of the Philippine people and
conserving and guaranteeing the In-;
terests of the United States. j
Mr. Towne: Mr. President, the pre
sentation on the 10th Instant, by the
distinguished senator from Colorado
(Mr. Teller), of a petition signed by
more than two thousand inhabitants
of the city of Manila was an unexara-1
pled and most remarkable circum-i
6tance. Whatever the future has in
store, this document is historic. It,
Is spread upon the records of the sen
ate. There It must remain so long a?
our archives are preserved. To all.
coming ages its mute eloquence will,
speak "with most miraculous organ."
Either it will have proved a quicken
Ing appeal to the ancient spirit of tnei
republic, or, in my opinion, its rejec
tion must dedicate the twentieth cen
tury to a reaction prejudicial, If not:
fatal, to free Institutions. i
Who "ai e ' th 'signers of this petl
tlon? They are peaceable -tradesmen;
merchants, lawyers, doctoi,3,.teacner3'
mechanics and artisans at'fanila
Whom do they represent? They ci&irc
to speak the sentiments and asplra"
lions of the Philippine, people. Ol!
what do they complin? ' Of the as
sertion over them by force of arms ol!
an aMen and arbitrary rule. . What na
tion thus asserts Its power against,
them? The republic of the United.
States of America. What is it they
desire? Independence and self-government.
To whom do theypresent their
appeal? Let the answer be made in
the words of the petition itself: ,
"We have not hesitated, therefore,
to present this appeal to the United
States congress, trusting that the lat
ter may better understand the real
aims and aspirations of our people.
Therefore the Philippine nation, bear
ing in mind not only the heroic his
tory of . America, but also her sacred
traditions, her humanitarian doctrineii
and her democratic institutions ask,s
of America to cease her persecution of
men struggling to be free against
greater odds and greater wrongs than
those which inspired the fathers of th5
American republic. We ask this of
Americans in the name of Washington,
in the name of Jefferson, in the nam
of Lincoln, In the name of justice, and
1 A. 1 "I 1 T t
the world." , J
Sir, I confess that this appeal moves
me. What American can remain In
sensible to the unhappy plight of a
small and relatively feeble people en
gaged In a hopeless contest with a
vastly stronger antagonist for the sac
red privilege of self-government? Is
not there something Infinitely pathetic
In the circumstance that we should to
day be using the very powej conferred
upon us by our liberties to subjugate
a weaker nation invoking those very
liberties against us and whom our
own glorlQU3 example inspires to re
sist our aggression? Their summons
in the name of Washington, Jefferso:a
and Lincoln challenge justice In the
court of heaven is a most solemn ad
juration. Never heretofore would the
United States have hesitated to stake
Its cause on such an Issue. Do we
dare to do It now?
In my opinion, Mr. President, the
prayer of this people should be granted
Not less advantage than justice, net
less glory than duty, demands It. As
tending to , support this contention,
therefore, I propose, as briefly as is
consistent with the importance of the
subject, and considering that atten
tion, has been heretofore repeatedly
called to them In this chamber, to re
view the circumstances of the origin
of our interestin the Philippines, the
conditions existing in the islands f.t
that time, and the present situation
there, as well as some of the argu
ments employed to justify both the
conquest and the arbitrary government
of the archipelago by the United Stat
es. I shall also endeavor to show ths
the present policy of imperialism and
militarism, toward which there has
been for some years an accelerating
tendency In Europe an abandonment
of the fnost glorious traditions of-the
republic and recreancy to her noblo
and peculiar mission among the peo
ples of the earth.
In classic times, sir, long after the
skeptic philosophers had ravished
Olympus of . Its terrors and Helicon of
its charms, it still remained the cus
tom of the poets to invoke the aid of
gods and muses whose existence, for
both writer and reader, had become a,
tarn intellectual fiction. Today a
somewhat similar imputation attachoa ?
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