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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, OCTOBER 10, 1901.
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WASH2UEH TURKS FC?
It Um Mm ! ll4tar U I6e-
f-4al f-r II t AtlMwt III KlMl
Ww4 ! I4c tfcve Tr(U
Aac4if.fr rr.aa to take up populist
priirp aad present then with ck-ar-aa
ar i forr t ex-Congressman W.
I. Wa ;!.- ra of Minnesota. The
V.kttars family ha Song ieen a rel
it r in it- republican party ia
Slits. Heretofore he ha been
is estrecaert la defendiag h'.rh pro
WTlve tar.Jf and has never been
ir,os to make a ptt-.t agai&at the
irut It will be noticed tLat he take
tt pt-tla-s ao loag held by The In-fiejd-t
that the development of
.trt "wir-iisl tuak aa absolute change
Is cr ci i!ixato. II decoanc ta
aris:t:itkii cf wealth la -the hands
c the !w aays that it i "a raen
i.r ta tb jywmrLt." just as The
tk4--jwfcd-i.t ar. I tie whole populift
part j Lair l-ti do eg for the last few
5 .rs. H tae up tbe ubj-ct of the
w iUTiug ?f u-ki acd talka Juct like
a p?.p b. h- dicu It and bo oa
!':,:3f tbe whole abatement. It aeeras
ttt $iii'it paper and tpeakTa hare
at !t !rt-n fsoca "eooonsic ae
i!o t: !. 1 of iii'-a who hare for
j . t !-"ti Ir.htit.s tL-m. hat who cow
a tLlx error. Mr. Vah-
I -.re' tatfirct wiiicb was prlcte-ii
is V., Mii,sa;oIt Tines was aa fol
io!: "1 thl&k, triza errry po!nt cf view,
th forciatioa tf truata oa the llns
'ti'-a hate lm-n adopted Is to he de-
extent, been remedied, so that the peo
ple of the countrj' can overlook the
past.
"I bellere all territory that we have
acquired as the results of the war with
Spain should become and remain in
tegral portions of the great republic
and never treated as colonics. No
duty should ever be levied on any ar
ticle coming from any section of the
country where our flag Coats. What
ever decisions the supreme court may
make in the matter of the constitu
tion following the flag, such action
should be had by congress as to secure
"In reply to your inquiry as to my
views in regard to the construction of
a trans isthmian caaal, I will say that
to my mind there are no two sides to
this question. I believe in such a
canal, and also that the NIcaraguan
canal is the one that should be built
by the government, and promptly. Had
Mr. Blaine been elected president in
this Nicaragiian canal would
have betn built atd in operation for
the last six or eigat years. There is
no great public work that will aua so
much to the comnerce of the world
and so much to the development of
our own industries and interests as
this canal."
SATISFIED BOND HOLDERS
Tby Ovt avn Xtllloaa la Premtumi
GUea Tbm out of th Tftxpsjeia
Money
The Tollowing extract from the St.
tiois. TL rr-i-s-t Bitac to our j
jr,-rt;!r.-t:t a:, or iitituticms is the
"rrini-ulatia of capital in the
lbs cf a f-w iiple. Such an ap-'
prtly vnyjn distribution of wealth ?
i:.' t y ' ,'vitt gr-at Ii-roLtt-nt ia j
t h- is
bet i-lif- a isot dangerous
jor is tb I an is of a f-w.
'.--) far a r-traiair.g the formation
f f ?siit! tr titurry ecactiant. I will
aT tbi: 1 ?Ux.k it ia the duty of both
r-i.-rJ &t.i tat govrrmmeBis to en
art tLe K-ast drastic r.-asurfs that are
at all ;-ra.ticat. and also to se to
it t it arh tTiMcttzxnt are vigorous
ly at J faithfully eawruted.
"Ix !'iitioa to this I think congress.
Ia tb reriioa of the tariff, should re
tzifn - : .a tnra everything that en
tr is-to lb maaufarture of articles
rr.:rcli by trust. The government
cf tb l"mt"i Statin should give no
a lar.:ax-s. r.fr aid. nor comfort to
any crgasiratioa whose mala purpoae
i to hulll np sosopoliM. Congress
tbui-al5 c::t fr-- of duty efry ar
f that enters the United States so
"TTl n. a?a!, th ; is danger to
th- trufbi is lb fact that they are
k I&rRIf ovrrcapitalit-d that they
nsEit p-rTrannt'y i3tc$ commer
cialir. At prt--nt with the enormous
actirlti ia lb country and the great
I !. A a matter of fact, the pres- I Louis Globe-Demo:rat and comments
ert way of l'r:r.z tbiegs ii ladinjir up ; tbereoa is from ths North Platte New
SS 2Iu.e Change of ir Ciriliaa- i r.,., alnT,. th eame lln nf
information that The Independent has
been giving to the people. While the
average premium on all the bonds
bought may be only 21 per cent, yet it
is true that Secretary Gage has paid
as high as 40 per cent:
Over $33,000,000 of interest-bearing
bonds have been purchased by the gov
ernment since April 1, at a cost of
$10,000,000. Of course the reason for
this outlay is that the secretary of the
treasury wants to prevent any sem
blance of stringency in the money
market, The government's income is
greater than Its outgo for ordinary ex
penditure. The tendeacy of this state
of thiags would be to pile up increas
ing sums of money in the treasury.
Secretary Gage prevents this by mak
ing 0 heavy disbursements of cash
through bond purchases. This re
lieves the market and reduces the gov
ernment debt at the same time. All
of which means that the finances of the
country are ia a satisfactory condition.
St, Louis clobe-Democrat.
It will be seen by the above state
ment of figures that the men who held
those $33,000,000 of U. S. bonds re
ceived a premium of $7,000,000. In
1SSS the republicans persisted in vot
ing an issue of $400,000,000, as they
said for the purpose of carrying on the
war. while the populists and democrats
SMYTH OH MILLARD
evened fur alfrort evrrthing that is t insisted that the Income from the new
. . ' i i m w m -ii
rrtiue I. tr.- com tr nations can tav ; rffnw iw wumu utr buiulicui iui ou
d:tHr; i os stork lirg-!y overcapl
iz'.;ri. But w bn tie country once
znor r-tun.i to a normal condition of
thinjr thi e'!njiE.d will not continue,
it.-, it will l tejwfible to pay divi
d r; ! on stock mtich is ao largely fic
t::low. Tb n will : rr.r the collapse.
ptjrposes. Time proved that the pop
ulists and democrats were right, But
the millionaires needed a few more
dollars and thus you see that repub
licans take delight In telling that the
finances of the country are in a highly
satisfactory condition. But what por-
atid 1 I'k.I forward to a period I do ? tion of the people are best satisfied,
r.,t kr-ow bow kjgs it will cotac when ! the millionaire bond-holder or the
w aba! I e 'zzztic by the entire band'
tlppf tb- -ctire lice of overcapitallxed
"l I'p-.-k. forward to a general revision
f tb tznZ diirinc the next &essioa of
coz.fr . Tbre are a few industries,
I j,r ov-L-i. bkh r-julre protectioa,
bit izt xh raa i n the z-ciiiy for pro-i-ik,a
has psi. and the next -s-i'a
cotgr will t watched with
rra ls.t-r-t an l"so!i itude by all well
.b-rt of tb republican party and
host of people who are compelled to
foot this 21 per cent premium $7,
000.000 ond $33,000.0000 of bonds. A '
this is not all, for there are more bonds
yet to be purchased. The money mar
ket will be relieved some more.
"What the ;mh; loo
Sees a Great Light
The New York Sun has followed Mr.
Brvan from the time that he was a
i member of congress with vituperation
forward to ! an dabuse such as was never poured
row i r. t dati- to protect industries I out upon the head of any man before
b: h ran take car of themselves, but
tb xj.aki:;g of treatie with other na
iista tbat will famish markets for
-r er-ortii-as tarplus prxiucts. While
tLe jr.try 4 e tot desire free trade,
it r-!ait.!y dfje freer trade and will
it. At tbi time we should
lave rK'.prorsty treaties which will
permit the wading of our pro1acts to
eery '; isrt-r i f tb glob. Especial
ly fhoiiM we hare fufh treaties with
o-ry country oa thin hemisphere.
-Fpeafels-g of the revision of the tar
if. 1 thick the time is now at hand
fcen duties can either be largely re
dsre1 or entirely removed from many
articles that have heretofore been
LijfhSy prot-teL As a matter of fact.
we Lane, to a large extent, outgrown
The other day it changed its tactics
and to the astonishment of all its read
ers published what may be called an
editorial eulogy of our Nebraska
statesman and orator. The Sun seems"
to have seen a great light and its ac
tion is unaccountable. It says:
"He has deported himself through
out as became his place as the leader
and representative of a political move
ment on the most serious significance,
for it is a distinctively revolutionary
movement. 'Mr. Bryan has never de
graded it by flippancy, and his refusal
to cloak his purposes, even to concil
iate party enemies, and his brave con
sistency in the square declaration and
defence of its theory and principles
have earned for him personally a re-
tbe newity of protectioa of our la- spect which is denied to the cause he
-:rtt.. I represents.
i hate always bees, tlnce I took
asy is.teret ia public affairs, a stroag
if tut extreme protectionist, being of
wb!g origin, and always a protective
tart? republican. .
"Vtii' f the policy of protectioa. ea
onactis and Sourish leg industries have
rrewa tip all over the country and of
e-.ery defcrnjtioa. They have now.
bowerer. reached a point where no
further prcteeUot ii "ejuired.
I tbink we ahouM hate substan
tially free tra5 with Cuba, whenever
it beco'Eea aa Independent government
and ao long a it remains so. Certain
ly there kbouli ! to duties on any
Cufeaa products, unless a small duty
ca tugar and a larger one oa cigars,
and the for revenue.
"fader the establishment of a local
government ia Porto Itico that island
era , as I understand, part of our
great republic and not subject to either
export or import duties. This should
have been the ease from the Hart, as
rerocstaeEded by President McKinley !
is hi cetisire on that subject. The
rrr.Eg wlikh was afterwards commit-
By this honorable and courageous
course Mr. Bryan has performed a
great public service. He has put be
fore the people a clean-cut issue, with
out evasion and without compromise.
He has not played the part of the
small and tricky politician fertile in
compromise because of his destitution
of earnest political principle.
"Mr. Bryan, to his honor be it said,
never left any mind in doubt as to
where he stood on the currency Issue.
His terrible defeat In 1896 did not
frighten him away from loyalty to his
convictions and from the square and
precise declaration of them. That is,
he behaved like an honest and sincere
man. He was an enemy who fought
in the open and used no ambushing
methods in his fighting." "
An Authority
Johnnie Say, pop.
Pop Well, my son?
Johnnie What is a revenue cutter?
Pop A revenue cutter, my son, is a
well, ask your Uncle Fred. He has
ted ia this taauer haa xlnce, to a great i to pay alimony. October Smart Set,'
Millard Participated in Every Criminal
Act af Hartley Democrat do not
Approve of the Tforld-Harald't
Conm v
A representative of The Independent
had a conversation with former At
torney General Smyth, whila In Lin
coln in attendance upon the supreme
court last week, respecting the World
Herald's editorial on the plank of the
populist platform pointing ov.t Sena
tor's Millard's connection with Bart
ley's embezzlement. Touching that
part of the editorial which said that
the case of the state against Millard
and his banjc had no place In politics
and should be tried simply as a law
suit Mr. Smyth said:
"If the case has gotten into politics
Millard's bank and his friends are re
sponsible for it, arid should not find
fault on that account. If the casa had
been tried as a law suit and not as a
political matter, the state would have
had judgment a couple of year3 ago
for $201,844.05 with Interest. Was it
the law which Influenced Judge Baker
to utterly disregard the decision of the
supreme court and render judgment
for Millard and the bank? Was it the
law that made Millard's friends active
in their work of trying to induce me
not to prosecute the case against Mil
lard? Was it the law which led one
of Mr. Millard's representatives to say
to me that the people would soon for
get my services, but the bank would
not forget me that my prosecution of
the case would rise up to plague and
punish me when I least expected it?
Was it the law that closed the col
umns of every paper in Omaha against
me when, feeling that the state's case
was misrepresented, I sought an op
portunity to place before the people
the true theory of the case? No, it
was politics, not law, which controlled
those matters.
"True it is, I have not at any time
said that Mr. Millard was a criminal,
or that any of the officers of the bank
had done anything which was in vio
lation of the criminal law. But I have
said repeatedly in my briefs in the
supreme court, and in my arguments
at the bar of the trial court, that ev
ery act which Bartley did in the com
mission of the crime for which he is
now suffering in the state penitentiary
participated, and I claimed then, as I
claim now, that Mr. Millard knew, or
should have known, that the warrant
which he helped to sell to the Chemi
cal National bank was not Bartley's,
but the state's. When- the proceeds
of the sale came back from New York
the assistant cashier of Mr. Millards
bank asked Bartley what he would do
with the money, and he was told by
Bartley to place it to his personal ac
count. At this time Bartley had a
state account with the bank, but he
did not want the money placed in
that account, but instead wanted it
placed to his personal credit. This
was enough taj;ell the bank that Bart
ley claimed the proceeds of the war
rant as his own. A resonable man
would have Inquired, and I have In
sisted that Mr. Millard must have in
quired of himself, how the state came
to owe this man Hartley the enormous
sum of $181,000, the face of the war
rant. If he had asked himself that
question, as he undoubtedly must have
done, there could have been but one
answer, and that was, that the money
was not Bartley's. Millard then had
evidence that this money was not
Bartley's, and evidence also that Bart
ley was claiming it as his own. That
was in the latter part of April or early
part of May of 189. In October of 1896,
a year and a half afterward, the war
rant was sent from New York to the
Omaha National bank for collection.
The bank, instead of presenting it to
Bartley promptly, kept it in its ar
chives until the 2nd day of January, or
five days before Bartley went out of
office. On that day Bartley, after 5
o'clock in the evening, after the bank
had closed, called at the bank and find
ing Millard anu Wallace there, paid
the warrant, the proceeds of which he
had used for his own purposes, with
the knowledge of the bank and Mil
lard, out of the state's funds com
mitted all the acts, Millard knowing of,
or participating In, each one,- whici
constituted him, Bartley, an embez
zler of the sum of $201,844.05. Now
these are-some of the salient facts
a reasonable man may characterize
them as he pleases."
In response to the question as to
whether or not he condemned the edi
torial of the World-Herald, Mr. Smyth
saidr '
"The work of condemning the re
takes of our friends should be left to
our enemies, unless ' where those
friends are public officials and respon
sible as such to the party. I dp not
think we should formally condemn the
World-Herald. But we should make
It very clear that as democrats and fu
sionists we do not approve its atti
tude with respect to either Millard or
the parole of Bartley."
THE REDEEMERS
Some of the Antfes Among Them Noticed
in the Last Few Days and Com
ments Thereon
"As a result of State Treasurer Steu
fer's trip to the east a new form of in
vestment may be , found." Daily pa
per.s This has reference to the invest
ment for the permanent educational
trust funds; in other words, for the
permanent school, permanent univer
sity, agricultural college endowment,
and - normal . endowment funds, of
which the state treasurer had $267.
564 on hand September 30, 1901. It is
a little interesting to speculate as to
what this new form of investment may.
be. The state constitution provides
that these funds may ba Invested only
in United States or state securities or
registered county bonds. That, of
course, is merely a constitutional pro
vision. The United States supreme
court recently decided that the consti
tution does not follow the flag. It is
possible that Treasurer Steufer be
lieves that the constitution of Nebras
ka does not follow the flag he carries
when on a junketing tour in the east,
ostensibly looking for Investments,
but in reality slipping away from the
state to- avoid answering the, question
propounded to him5 by the republican
state convention, and being reiterated
by the people in every part of the
state, "Where are the state funds un
der your control; where . have you
them deposited? .
County bonds and state warrants are
all the constitutional investment
Treasurer Steufer can probably find in
the state of Nebraska; in the east, he
might purchase United States bonds
by paying heavy "premium therefor.
But it Is possible that he, following the
trend of his party and f ignoring the
state constitution, may have decided to
invest in some of Morgan's steel stock'.
The people of Nebraska would be grat
ified to learn further particulars in
regard to this new form of investment,
"Ding me, if I ain't tired of this
whole show," said a well-known news
paper man last summer. "Just think
of it! I spent a good deal of time
showing up Poynter's pardon record
last fall, and now Dietrich and Savage
have each surpassed him. No. I ain't
sorry for what I said about Poynter,
but I'm plumb disgusted with the rec
ord our fellows have made. Just think
of that Dinsmore pardon. Why, that's
worse than the Benwell pardon. And
not very long, ago the governor let a
fellow out because some rich woman
wanted to marry him. I tell you,
these things make me tired. And, now,
to cap it all, Savage has released Bart
ley. Why, sir, the effect of that Is a
bid for embezzlement, sure's you're
born." He hasn't been seen since
Bartley's return, but no doubt his dis
gust Is as great as ever..
UPROAR IM ENGLAND
WHAT IT COSTS '
The Tory Newspapers Even. Denounce the
Government A - Series of Reserves
Makes John Mull Realise That the
Next Step Will be Conscription
All the special correspondents in
London begin to tell of an uproar that
will soon 4e heard all over England.
Max' O'Rell's cablegram on Sunday
was as follows:
There can be no disputing the grav
ity of the news from South Africa for
the last six days. A series of serious
reverses have been sustained by the
British army, la which guns as well
as men' have been left in the hands
of the Boers. To make matters worse,
Botha Is reported to contemplate a re
newed raid Into Natal. No Intimation
could possess greater significance. Na
tal was the first colony to be. invaded
nearly two years ago. It was the
scene of manjr sanguinary battles.
After two years of fighting, after the
sending of over 300,000 men to South
Africa, after annexing the two Dutch
republics, after making thousands and
thousands of prisoners, after spending
over " $1,000,000,000, sensible English
men are asking themselves now whe
ther England is in a better position in
South Africa than she was two years
ago.
The most rank tories and supporters
of the present government are begin
ning to blame the ministers for their
indifference about the war, for the la
mentable failure to grasp the require
ments of the situation and for not
sending out the remounts that are so
sadly wanted, so persistently called
for and so obstinately withheld.
Unless they adopt a speedy change
of tactics and awake to the full sense
of their responsibilities they may get
a very rough handling before many
weeks elapse.
John Bull Is slow to move the tall
of the British lion may be pulled with
impunity for a long time but I ex
pect a lively awakening of the whole
nation one of these days. The music
hall audiences, on Saturday nights es
pecially, are still cheering on the bio
graph sheet the portrait of Mr. Joseph
Chamberlain, with his eye-glass and
his orchid, but the English begin to
realize that they have not enougn men
available to conquer the Boers remain
ing in the field, and that, if any com
plication should arise either In Europe
or in Asia, they .would have to raise an
army by continental methods that is
to say, by conscription.
How they can get out of that un
mentionable mess in any other possi
ble manner for the life of me I cannot
see. Before six months they must re
store the Dutch republics to the Boers
or . swamp the whole country " with
200,000 more mounted soldiers than
they have.
Another correspondent says:
Arnold White, the author, in an ar
ticle appearing In the Sunday morning
papers, declaring that the king ought
to demand Lord Salisbury's retirement,
avers, as an Instance of Europe's anti
British activity, that a few weeks ago
Emperor William visited Sir Fran:: C.
Lascelles, British ambassador at Ber
lin, at an early hour in the morning,
and showed him a communication from
the Russian foreign office, inviting
joint action by the powers in a pro
test against Great Britain's conduct
of the war in South Africa.
Mr. White says: - "
"The emperor's motive in divulging
the amiable intentions of France and
Russia was probably governed by self
interest." The Sunday newspapers follow the
weeklies In denouncing the govern
ment's apathy in the conduct of the
wax. I ' t . v
The War ia the Philippines Not Only Costs
Men and Money, Bnt Things Much
More Precious
Many comments have been made
concerning the utter lack of interest
of the mass of the people in the war
in the Philippines. A whole company
of troops is killed, officers and all, and
no one on the streets expresses any
interest in the matter at all. Men go
oa attending to their private affairs
and the subject is not mentioned. It
shows that American people have no
heart in this war. The men who lay
down their lives over there are not
mourned as patriots. The United Stat
es never carried on a war before in
which there was' no glory for those
who lost their lives on the firing line.
But there are those who do mourn.
Eyery soldier who dies over there
desolates an American home. Read
the following account of what oc
curred in one of these homes and re
flect that it costs more than men and
money to carry on this struggle to
which there seems to be no end.
While the family of Capt. Thoma3
W. Connell were at breakfast at their
home, No. 14 South William street,
Monday morning, the father, mother,
sister and brothers congratulating
each other on his supposed escape
from the slaughter in Samar, a tele
graph messenger boy knocked at the
door. The mother ran forward, say
ing: "I know it is a message from Tom."
Trembling, she opened the envelope,
took a glance at the message, and fell
unconscious into the arms of her son
James.
The telegram read:
"Washington, Sept. 30, 1901. David
J. Connell: Your boy "killed in action.
"GILLESPIE, War Dept."
Dazed with grief, the father ran into
the street, hatless and coatless, and up
to the main office of the Western Un
ion Telegraph company, in Broadway.
After the dispatches of Sunday,
which stated that his boy had escaped,
he could not believe the sad tidings
in the telegram. He doubted its gen
uineness and turned away broken
hearted when the telegraph officials as
sured him there was no mistake.
Just as he got to his home another
messenger boy arrived with a cable
gram. It read: '
"Manila, Sept. 29. Quoconnell, New
York: Tommy killed yesterday.
"FRANK."
This destroyed the last hope. "Quo
connell" was a cable code - address
which the young captain h&d agreed
upon witL the cable company before
his departure for the Philippines. The
sender of the message was Quarter
master Sergeant Frank Ramsey.
Connell and Ramsey were chums.
They had been together at West Point
and chance brought them together
again in Cuba, In Luzon, in China
and again in Samar.
The two had made an agreement
that In event of either being killed the
survivor was to notify the other's
family. Each had arranged for cable
code addresses and had furnished the
other with the code word, and each
had "written his family that in event
of disaster his chum would at once
cable.
The second dispatch had such an
alarming effect upon Mrs. Connell that
a physician had to be summoned. She
was hysterical and unconscious alter
nately for a considerable time and
with difficulty the physician succeeded
in quieting her.
Friends soon began to arrive in the
Connell home, which is on the fourth
floor of the old-fashioned business
building Nos. 14 and 16. South William
street. The Connells have lived there
for a generation because of its con
venience to the lighterage business of
the father and to the down-town prop
erties of the Goelet estate, of which
he is the manager.
Some of the - friends tried to cheer
the stricken family by, saying there
might posslbly .be some mistake and
that later official reports would con
firm the first message that had been
received, which stated that Captain
Connell and other company officers
were among the survivors.
To get official news direct from
Washington Mr. Connell went to the
army building in Whitehall street,
where the officers sent a special In
quiry to the war department. In re
ply this dispatch was received:
"Some doubt, Have wired General
Chaffee for further particulars. Will
give full list ot killed and injured.
Will wire you soon as possible."
Treasuring this small hope the
father returned to his home, but there
all the members of the family were
convinced that the young man was
dead. They argued that Mr. Ramsey
would never- have sent the dispatch
unless he knew for a certainty that
Captain Connell was among the killed.
The Ramsey cablegram had been re
ceived here Sunday, but the messen
gef who took it to the South William
street house in the afternoon was un
able to gain admittance, the family
being away.
" ROOSEVELT'S NEW DEAL
A Little It forming Needed Right Now
The Meiklejohn-Hawkes-Belstand In
vestigation Reveals Strange Thing
Washington, D. C, Oct. 5, 1901.
President Roosevelt has begun to
shelve the McKinley policy and sub
stitute his own.
It was all very well for President
Roosevelt to announce in solemn tones
when he took the oath of office that he
would endeavor In every way in his
power to follow out the policy of the
dead president; but there are as many
ways of interpreting the policy of a
dead man as there are of Interpreting
the constitution of the United States.
It all depends on who does the inter
preting. Roosevelt's interpretation of McKIn
ley's policies is spoken with a strong
Roosevelt twang. When Roosevelt
was assistant secretary of the navy
he was the most strenuous opponent of
McKinley 's peace policy that was per
mitted to hold office. His private stric
tures on McKlnley's management of
the' Spanish difficulty were something
lurid and his vocabulary with a richly
embroidered cowboy fringe on a base
of Harvard culture was something to
make a Mississippi pilot pale with
envy.
McKinley was In favor of a large
navy. Roosevelt will favor a very
compact, but highly efficient navy.
This looks well on paper and may
have the advantage of shoving onto
the retired list a lot of naval barnac
les whose pensioning off may prove
wise economy In the end. But Roose
velt's control of matters in the navy
department was not characterized by
either discretion or wisdom. One of
his foolish freaks was to force the
torpedo flotilla through a West India
hurricane around -Cape Hatteras with
the result that every one of them had
to be laid up for repairs, and that
with the Spanish war in deadly Immi
nence. It is to be feared that Roose
velt will do the principal part of his
thinking after he gets through ac
tion. Speaking of lynch law and Roose
velt's desire to reform the army and
navy, he has a good chance to do a lit
tle reforming right now. A senate
committee is investigating charges
brought by Major Erastus L. Hawkes
against Assistant Adjutant General
Heistand, Adjutant General Corbin,
Governor Allen of Porto Rico, Assis
tant Secretary Meiklejohn and other
prominent officials. Major Hawkes
charges that they got him to promote
a company to handle the Philippine
hemp supply with the understanding
that the government would fix the
tariff to suit their Interests. Then
they suddenly backed down and set
tled Hawkes' claim for services by giv
ing him a certain sum of money and an
appointment as customs inspector in
the Philippines. But Secretary Root
fired Hawkes out of his position by
cable five days after he got to it and
left him to swim home. Naturally
Hawkes came back like a badger out
of his hole all teeth and claws, and as
Hawkes' documents have compelled
these gentlemen to make damaging
admissions and still more damaging
explanations and contradictions of
each other on the stand. President
Roosevelt will have a chance to prove
his life-long protestations of regard
for honesty in office by relegating some
of these gentlemen to private life.
And yet there are grave doubts if any
thing of the sort will be done.
The latest news of importance from
tb.e Philippines reads so much like
Lord Kitchener's "regrets to report"
that it might have come from South
Africa. -
President Roosevelt has had a seven-hour
consultation with Senator
Spooner, chairman of the Philippine
committee of the senate, this week,
and the whole matter was discussed at
length. ' v
Last winter and for two years prev
ious a strong lobby advocated a sub
sidized cable to the Philippines. The
government was to pay half Its ex
pense and a heavy annual subsidy.
Now comes a company which offers to
build it all Itself and reduce all tolls
75 per cent. Figures are at hand to
show that the, government can build
and operate the cable itself and dis
count even these low rates with heavy
profit. All subsidies are schemes of
robbery, from the ship subsidy down.
A Vain Hope
The Bee has descended from giving
commands to expressing a "hope" that
Steufer will comply with the order of
the state convention. It is a vain
hope. Steufer won't tell and Rosewa
ter can't make him. In last Saturday's
Bee Mr. Rose water said:
"It is to be hoped that State Treas
urer Steufer will comply with the de
mands of the republican state platform
without evasion or equivocation. His
published exhibit leaves the inference
that the permanent school fund is
stored, away in money bags in the
vaults of the state treasurer.
"Everybody believes that Treasurer
Steufer does keep the school funds on
deposit In some, bank or banks, but
they want to know and have a right
to know in what particular banks this
money is deposited, and the sooner
State Treasurer Steufer takes them
into his confidence the better it will
be for his own reputation and that of
the republican party."
Military Above Civil.
General Chaffee, discussing the Phil
adelphia situation, said:
, "I am most desirious to sustain the
civil court in every possible way, but
I feel that it would be very unwise
In the existing circumstances to allow
the civil courts to interfere in mil
litary affairs, as it is occasionally, nec
essary for the military authorities to
act in casq'" vere it would be un
wise, in th 'est of the govern
ment, to m He at the time the
reasons for . Should the claim
now made by tne civil courts be al
lowed, it would be disastrous to the
influence of the army in, the island.
Every prisoner sentenced by a mili
tary commission would have recourse
to habeas corpus proceedings. T Even
Howard (an alleged deserter) is await
ing the decision in this case in order
to try to secure his own release by a
writ of habeas corpus.'
I
THE SCHLEY INQUIRY
It Will Continue for Several Wtiki-do
Far the Naval Clique Gats Hard Knocks
all the Time
The reports of the Schley investiga
tion printed in the great dallies are so
voluminous that very few people have
the time to read them all. To one who
has as a matter of duty waded through
them, the following is the best sum
mary that can be made up to the pres
ent time.
The attacks that have been mado
upon Admiral Schley concerned three
things: The holding of the squadron
at Cienfuegos longer than was neces
sary, the question of coaling and the
famous loop of the Brooklyn during
the battle. In regard to the first point
it seems to have been established that
a code of signals had been arranged
with the Cubans to give information
from the land to the American ships.
That code was kept a secret from Ad
miral Schley while Sampson and other
officers were made acquainted with it.
The Cubans signalled to Admiral
Schley .while he was off the harbor of
Cienfuegos, but while he saw the
lights, he had no idea who was dis
playing them or what they meant.
In regard to the retrograde move
ment to get coal for the ships some of
the Sampson partisans have declared
that there was one day when It might
have been possible to coal the ships
from the collier Merrimac while at
sea, while others have declared that
the collier was disabled and that an
attempt to coal from her would have
been exceedingly dangerous in the
weather prevailing.
Much conflicting evidence has been
given about the "loop," some of the
witnesses saying that the Brooklyn
turned to the right and some that she
turned to the left. Nothing has yet
been developed about the necessity of
the turn, which will probably be taken
up when Admiral Schley puts his own
witnesses on the stand.- So far all who
have appeared have been summoned to
testify for the other side of the case.
It becomes more evident with each
succeeding day of the inquiry that no
naval officer in history ever went into
a war with a greater handicap than
that imposed upon Rear Admiral
Schley by a clique of his fellow officers.
Information suppressed by subordi
nates, subversion of the truth by su
periors and a general all around agree
ment to "do Schley at any cost" have
been the most prominent features of
the testimony. s
These features were emphasized
when Admiral Sampson was flatly
contradicted for the third time by a
subordinate . officer. The contradic
tion came from no less a person than
Captain Sigsbee, the hero of the Maine
and the commander of the scout ship
St, Paul during the war. In a letter
from Admiral Sampson to the navy
department, dated May 19, 1898, Ad
miral Sampson Informed Secretary
Long that Captain Sigsbee hd told
him that Commodore Schley was
blockading the harbor.- of Santiago
twenty miles from shore.
"It is not .true," said the witness.
""I never said it."
Beyond this Captain Sigsbee sho'ved
in his testimony that Captain Wis? of
the Harvard, Captain Jewell of the
Minneapolis, and himself had received
notice from the navy department that
the Spanish fleet was In Santiago har
bor, but that the fact had not been
communicated to Commodore Schley.
Another criticism which has been
made of Schley was that he did not at
tack, the Spanish ship Colon as she
lay in the mouth of the harbor at San
tiago, surrounded by shore batteries.
Admiral Evans in his testimony in re
gard to that says:
"In a conversation with Admiral
Schley about shore batteries at San
tiago Admiral Schley remarked that
he felt that the country held him re
sponsible for the fleet under his com
mand, and that he did not believe
they expected him to place his ships
under the fire of the shore batteries
unless the Spanish ships could be de
stroyed. "I then asked him If he would at
tack the Spanish ships if they should
come out of the harber. 'Certainly,
he said, I will attack them as soon as
they come out "
Nothing has yet been said in t.e
trial about why Admiral Sampson,
who was a subordinate officer and
who had no fighting record was placed
in command over Schley, his superior
officer, but some very damaging t; ali
mony has been given concerning Sa np
son. The evidence was to the effect
that great columns of smoke were seen
rising over the harbor of Santiago the
night before the battle and that Schley
informed . Sampson of that fact with
a statement of his belief that the
Spanish fleet was preparing to come
out of the harbor. Notwithstanding
that Sampson had this information, ho
took his ship and sailed away early
the next morning, leaving Schley to
fight the battle with the strongest ship
absent. Admiral Evans testifies that
he was. so certain when he saw the
smoke rising over, the hill3 that the
Spanish were preparing to come out
that he fastened a signal to the hal
yards ready to hoist at a moment's
notice notifying the fleet that Cervera
was coming out. Notwithstanding that
Sampson himself must have seen this
smoke and that he was also officially
informed of it, he deserted his post,
taking with him the strongest battle
ship in the whole fleet.
In regard to the "loop" the testi
mony shows that the order was giv
enx by Captain Cook of the Brooklyn
and not by Schley. In a letter put in
as evidence written to Admiral Schley
by Commander Hodgson, who was
navigating officer of the Brooklyn, he,
Hodgson, explains that in making the
suggestion, he was discharging hi3
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