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MR. LUCRUM SPEAKS.
AMERICAN CONSUL CIVE REA
SONS FOfl RETURNING.
Did Not Know He Was Replaced by
Secretary Hay's Son Until Ho
Neared Home.
Washington. D. C Spcr-lal.) The
following signed t:xi irn nt was glvf"
ant by Charlts E. Ma -ru:n, former
L'nlted States consul l" Pre t iria:
"The situation i" Pretoria was such
first, as an official, I i,u!d not rcm.iin
ifcere while rny govc r::rr:erit at heme
was apparently in the i;uk as to the
xac t conditions in South Afric a.
"Secondly, as a man and citizen of
fr.p United States. 1 coiil 1 not remain
in Pretoria, sacrificing my own self-re
r-et-t and the people of Pretoria, while
the government at honii- continued to
h ave me in the pi sstion of a Hi it
eorsu! and not an American consul.
wajn to say right here thai there was
not one single reeim-st made of me
through the department of state look
irg to tiie care of British int." rests in
llttoria, which I did not fulfill and re
pert ujon according to my orders.
"On the other hand. American inter-
efts in South Africa were in that con
dition which demanded that the de
rartment of state should be cognizant
cf them. I issued the statement issued
fro-m the state department that Amer
icans must remain neutral. In the face
f this Americans were constantly going-
to the front and taking up arms
In the interests of the Boers. I could
net help but know that many of these
were citizens of the United states.
tjlso knew that many of them, in utter
despair at the apparent attitude of our
own government, were taking the oath
f aileriar.ee to the Transvaal govern
mer.t. When affairs had reached that
state, when Vice Consul Mr. Van Am
crine closed up his business, totik the-
f-arh, of allegiance to the Transvaal and
went to the front as a burgher,
thought the time had come to make
report of the affair.
"It was over four weeks after the
opening of the war before I received a
tingle dispatch or a personal letter from
the government. The mail for the
Transvaal had all bn stopped at
Capetown by order of the high com
missioner. OPENED BY BRITISH CENSOR.
"When this mail was finally forward
ed to me after Colonel Stowe; the con
sul general t Capetown, had secured
its release, I had the humiliation, as
the- representative of the American gov
ernment, of sitting in my office in Pre
toria and looking upon envelopes beat
ing the official seal of the American
government, opened and officially peal
ed with a Bticker, notifying me that
the contents had been read by the cen
sor at Durban."
"I looked up international law, but
failed to find anywhere that one mili
tary power can w its discretion as to
forwarding the official dispatches of a
neutral government to its representa
tive in, a besieged country.
"The mail service from Delagoa bay
to Europe was continually interrupted
by the action of British men-of-war at
that port. The service was over two
weeks longer than by the west coast,
and there were continued rumors that
that port would tie closed and
tnunicatkm with the outside
entirely cut off.
"The cable service for the Transvaal
was absolutely cut off. I 'was privately
Informed by the Belgian and German
consuls at Pretoria that their official
cables in code to their governments
had been refused. I filed one cable in
the interest of an American in Pretoria
which was absolutely refused by the
censor "at Durban. This cable I sent
to the fiancee of a Mr. Nelson, an
American business man in Pretoria.
She was on her way to South Africa
from Buffalo, N. T.. when the war
broke out. According to a letter whic h
Mr. Nelson received Just before the
war commenced, she was buying her
trosseau In Europe. The cable re
quested her to come by the east coa
When I informed Mr. Nelson that the
cable had not been sent his brother
took the oath of allegiance to the re
public and went to the front.
ARB SIMPLY MINOR DETAILS.
"But these are simply minor details.
Tile misrepresentations which had been
going on before the war and after it
opened were of such a serious nature
Hnd would require suc h detailed expla
nation that on the Sth of November
filed a cable to the department in code,
stating that I wished leave of absence
in order to visit the states.
"I set forth in this cghlo that my
vice consul had enlisted in the Boer
army; that a Mr. Atterbury, an Ame
lean, whom I had known favorably for
more than a year, could tak charge of
the office until my return. In reply to
this dispatch, which was forwarded
without any delay, I received from th
department a reply, advising me that
my presence at Pretoria was important
to public interests.
"On the 8th I telegraphed again, ac
knowledging the receipt of the cable
and advising the department that the
S THE PEOPLE WARNED.
RESOLUTIONS BY NATIONAL
ANTI-TRUST LEACUE.
The Currency BUI is Denounced
and the American People are
Warned Against It.
rn hnv. ntnilns that he hai been In
structed "'in" t. Preioiu ai d take
i barge i f my ntlif during toy air"
nl until a nan should arrive Ictn
ushlr.Kioti. Mr. Jloll, srt.v d on the
Hth of IViernSer and whs thoroughly
posted In U..- routine of the office, and
1 Introduced bini to the heeds of all
government department und tj my
consular coib-aguei.
"I left Pretoria on the nljtht of De
cember lii. 1 went strilght to Paris,
notified the department of my presence
there, while waiting for the American
line boat to sail for New York. I ar
rived in Washn.gton on Monday. Feb
ruary it, and reported to Assistant E.c-
retary Hill of the state department, I ,-hPag,t Ill.-pediU-Ju lge Ceorge
who officially informed me that Scire- ... ,, ....
tary Hays son had been appointed In 'n of Indiana was the first
my place, and that he was oa his way speaker at the anti-trust conference,
to Pretoria. i called by the National Anti-Trust
BE LI E V KH HIMSELF CONSUL. league.
"I appreclap-d the seriousness of the j The following resolutions wire adopt
conditions in South Africa to the ex- ((! anJ !t wag r y,jVc(j to telegraph a
tent that on my w ay to VA ash;ngio:i, . ' 1 '
b li ving that I was still consul in Pre- roP' to members of the 1n'te.J States
t'Hia, I tefu-'-l to make any stjt loent senate:
that would in any way involve the ds- "Whereas, There has tie-n i-,3?m1 ,
"My one c bj.-c t was to lay the Infor
mation tefote t'ie department as to tl.e
true slate of efiairs in South Africa. If
the department thought these facts
wc-re of a value sufficient ti warn.nt
the expense cf the trip I had taken I
expected to be remunerated and return
to Pretoria, leaving the d 'partm't to
act as it saw fit on the facts which 1
laid before it.
"Insteal of this I find that Secretary
Hay, whether acting upon the reports;
In the newspapers or upon advice from!
the British government or some oth?ij
motives, l oo not know-, saw tit not to 1
wait until I could present my reasons
in person and has been a silent or con
niving partner to discrediting report!
of my official acts. I come home to
find an attempt has been made to tear
down my personal reputation. I wish
to state right here that when I accept
ed my post as consul I knen nothing
of any secret alliance between Americ a
and Oreat Britain, and that I had seen
nothing In the reeulations which mdcj
the consul of the American repulj
subject to the whims and caprices of
an Knglish military censor. I crime tc
America with a motive of which I am
not ashamed.
"There is not one soul w ho can point
to an act of mine which departed from
the strictest neutrality. My confidential
dispatches to the department will show
rny sympathy fcr the republic, bi.t
which time will prove to be unbiased aj
to ac tual fac ts. My acts as a publ-i
official are all revord "d at the depart
ment. My arts now as a private mar
can in no way involve me puoiic se-rv
Ice and I simply make this statement
in my own defense, as against thus
which have come from the department
secretly and othi -tally.
"CHARLES E. MACKUM.'
CALLS ENGLAND'S ACT DAMNABLE.
Gov.
com-
would be
situation was not critical: that Mr. At
terbury was competent: that my pres
ence in America was important. No
reply was received, and 1 wired again
on the 11th, stating that no reply had
been received, and again urged a fa
vorable reply. No reply was received
to this.
"On the Hlh of November I again
wired the department, stating I could
not leave without permission; that I
would forfeit my post, it the reasons
which I would make to the department
did not prove satisfactory. This cable
was delayed by the censor until the 2d
of December, when I had advices that
It had Just been forwarded.
On the 18th or November I again
filed a cable stating that three of my
cable had- been unanswered and stat
ing1 that a substitute would answer as
consul during my absence and request
ed a reply.
RE1TEEATKD P.EPLY,
"To this I received a reply Immedi
ately, which was a reiteration of the
reply to my first cable. Upon receipt of
Ihla reply, which was on the 21st of
November, I Immediately wrote to the
department, accepting the refusal of
the department to grant my absence,
and stating In that letter that I would
abide by the decision of the department
and attempt to convey intelligence for
the department's guidance of the condi
tion there in mail dispatches. On the
4th of December I received a reply
from the department to my cablegram
of the 14th, which I had been informed
two days previously had. Just been for
warded. It read as follows:
" 'Tou may come home. Put Atter
bury temporarily In charge. Depart
ment will send mall from here.'
TrWa was signed 'Hay.' Thereupon
I tiWIil the department as follows:
'Bat! Iftk, by Naples.'
Tfcia cablegram was sent on the
Mj a4 in tbe meantime I prepared to
ttw asya laier i received a tsie
Ln US. BOsUs, C9DM1 ftt DtlaJ
Lee and Others Declare tha.
Britian Should Be Halted.
Chicago, III. (Special.) "War with
England should be the policy of this
government," said Governor Andrew
Lee of South Dakota tonight, "1:
the facts set forth in ex -Consul Ma-
crum's open letter Issued to the Amer
ican people are found to be correct.
"The action of the Ifiitish authori
ties at Durban, in tampering with mall
matter addressed to Mr. Maerum. ii
damnable," the governor continued,
"and an outrage against the rights of
neutral powers. If the fac ts as staled
in that letter are true, the American
government Instantly should call Great
Britain to severe account. That may
nifan another war on our hands,
know, but war is preferable to national
dishonor. The spectacle of an Amer
ican c itizen, lie he in private or public
life, having to sit idly by and see hit
mail opened by an ofiicial- of a foreign
power, is too humiliating for American
blood to stand."
Almost equally as radical comrnents
were made by several of the leaders In
the anti-trust conference, who were
shown the dispatches from Washington
setting forth the experiences of the ex
consul. All were emphatic in saying
that the rights of citizens of neutral
powers should be protected and that
England should be condemned strongly
for tier high-handed methods.
i the house of representatives a till
known as the currency bill: w hich bill
is row pending !n the ser.ate of the
: United States: and.
I Whereas. By said bill and by the sen
ate amendment it is proposed by Un
to extend further speeb.1 and exeiu
, iv privileges to favored classes; and,
"Whereas, Said bill and amendments.
I if enacted into law, would r legate to
i the national banks the governmental
right to issue currency, bestow an im-
nifiie bones upon the boneholders.give
a bounty of at least tJf-o.iXifl.Ouc) to the
national banks; demonetize sliver and
I an (ti.ier money cioimrs; maKe an eieuts
neretorore contracted and hereafter to
be contracted, payable in gold; place it
in the power of the money-holding and
money-lending clas3 to contract the
currency at will and to possess them
selves of the property of the people at
pleasure; and. In short, enthrone the
money oligarchy, establish a continen
tal bank trust, em lave the people and
destroy the republic to the end that
free government may perish from thr
earth: now. therefore, be It
"Kesolved. That this confer! nee here
by utters its most solemn protest
against tills most infamous measure,
and be it further
"Hi-solved. That the chairman of th;s
conference is he reby instruct! d to ap
point a committee of se ven members to
prepare a metnorUI as: einst said out
rage, who shfell be rcqu' (itcd to go to
the capital of the nn: I'm for the purpose
of prese nting thisa protest to both
houses of congress of the United State:,
and b? it further
"Kesolied, That we warn the people
of the United Htates of this new- m'n-!
ace to th-ir liberty and call upon their. !
everywhere to m-ct together at tht-it
court houses and In their s hoc! houses
with the guilt of Cain. Finch In P
l ln-ce destroys human lift snd lay
desolate human hiibltntlon The skqjt
anil cross bones or crouch'ng panthe r
should be hlaxoned us it trade-mark
across the denr of the counr'.l chamber
shore Irut magnates and beneficiaries
meet to plot the plunder of mankind.".
General Weavnr then briefly exam-Ine-d
the outline of the great central
money trust, "which Is Just now in
process of final development in con
gress." W. C. Wet metre, the tobacco manu
facturer cf St. li'jis. addressed the
conference em his personal experience
ith trust 1. Mr. VVelmore declared
that the tru-t promoter is th worst
cii'-my of the human race. The pro-
tective tariff, he declared, was the
foundation cf the modern trust and
Its concomitant evil.
Mis. Helen M. Gouitar of Indiana fol
lowed. She Wis the first woman speak
er at the ronfi rencf. She was wi'.uiy
heereel throughout.
fcx-Cnr.srrcrsnta n Jerry Simp? in of
Kansas lame nxt, and S. W. Sampli
of Minne sota followed.
Chairman Monnett read a telegram
from United St-ttes S. nator Mason, re
gretting that be could not be present.
Adjournment was taken till evening.
American flags were can led by a
number of persons In the auditorium
meeting at night. The stage was fllie J I
with prominent anti-triiri men. Juds??
William Prentiss calied the meeting to
order and Intreiduced Ptesle!-rt Lock
wood of the National Anti-Trust b-ague
as presiding o'hVer, w h'J delivered a
brief address.
Krank A Monnett. formerly atlntney
g-neial of Ohio, was the next speaker.
Mayor Samuel M. Jones of Tob-do was
Introduced and enthusiastically greeted
arid delivered a lengthy speech.
When Mayor Jones concluded his ad
dress he requested the audience to Join
him in slr.glng "America." Every man
and woman in the vast auditorium ros
and the strains of the anthem filled
the buileilng. I luring the singing of the
chorus, hundreds of Hags fiuttereet from
the hund.H of those in the si-ats and on
the stage.
John G. Ciosby of New York was the
next sp'-aki r. He uas followed by Tom
L Johnson, who rc-'i'ived an enthusias
tic welcome at the hands of the audi
ence. l'oimc-r Governor John P. Altgeld
next came forward, and was gieeted
with prolonged applause, which in-
A
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ADOPTED BY ANTI-TRUST CON
FERENCE ATCHICACO.
Scores the Different Tru3ts and
Shows Them Up to the People
In Tlieir True Light.
ROBERTS IN FREE STATE.
British Strsaedy At Last Brings Suc
cessful Results.
London. (Special.) The British army
for the first time since the war began,
is inside the Boe r frontie r.
Lord Roberts, with at least 40,000 In
fantry, T,0(.) cavalry and YJ) guns, has
turned the Magersfonteln lines, befor
American institutions instead of coun-
Colonel Hannay set out with a brigads
movement begun on Sunday, when
which the British forci.-s have been en
camiied for ten weeks, flmi with half of
his corps, he is already operating on
Free State territory.
A battle has not yet been fought, but
large tactical advantages have been
gained. The relief of Kimberley is
within measurable reach, and the way
to Bleiemfonteln Is appreciably easier.
The dispatches of Lord Roberts
sketch three days' work. The forward
Honeynest Kloof. He skirmished with
the Boers anil cleared the way for
20.e0 infantry, who followed across.
On Tuesday, with his three cavalry
brigades and the horse artillery. Gen
eral French rode to the Modder liver,
a distance of twenty-five miles, tend
took three fords, with high ground be
yond the rlvvr, and live Boer camp.
He had a few casualties in brushei
with the Boer horse.
WILL NOT PAY WAR BILLS.
Doee
Gov. Llnd Says Imperialism
Not Work as Business.
Vermillion, S. D. (Special.) Govern
or John Und addressed an audience of
5)0 people at the, city hall. The crowd
was composed almost wholly of arm
ers, most of whom were Scandinavi
ans, and a large portion republicans.
His speech was devoted to an exhorta
trade with China, Japan and the Phil
ippines would be $74,000,000 short of
enough to pay war expenses. He made
P.let river, at Dekils" Drift, south of
tlon to the people to stand true to
tenancing the new Imperialism.
He said all our Import and export
of mounted Infantry for Itamah, on
the ftlet, eight miles from Jacobsdnhl,
cne of the Boers' supply stations. On
Monday General French, with the cav
alry division, seized the crossing of the
Jacobsdahl, and eighteen lmles east of
an emphatic protest against militarism
and conquest, citing the demise of the
Hpanlsh empire as a recent Illustration
of the fate of nations which govern
colonies against the protest of the In
habitants. He closed with a fine trlb. shall be held In subjection.
ui a senator rroigrsw, wnica was is full brother to militarism
received with cheer.
and other public places und thund
ttitir protest against the most auda
cious, dangerous and oppressive meas
ure ever presented to a legislative bodj
by a set cf conspirators."
Thene resolutions were presented t'
the conference by Judge- Fleming n:
Kentucky, when Judge Heenian finish
ed his speech, and were adopted by s
rising vote.
W. A. Spalding was the r.c-xt speaker.
organization, reported In favor of
1-rarik S. Monnett, former attorney gen
eral of Ohio, for permanent chairman
of the conference. The following per
manent vice presidents were recom
mended and approved by the conven
tion:
Alabama, E. Deemer; Arizona, C. Fer
guson: Arkansas, .1. 1. Sovereign; Cali
fornia, Judge J. G. Maguire, Nathan
Coin; Colorado, T. M. Patterson; Dola-
ware, Harold Sudell; Illinois, Judge Tu
ley. Dr. Slade, J. P. Altgeld; Indiana, I-'.
J. Van Voorhees; Iowa, General J. i.
Weaver, J. H. Romans. Charles Buler.
Idaho, G. F. Moore; Kentuc ky. It. B.
Gillett; Kansas, Hon. Jerry Simpson. K.
It. Hidgeley; I.oulsiaiia. Judge Clegg.
Maine, j- M. j-fwards: Maryland. J. II
Ralston; Massachusetts, George Fred
Williams; Minnesota, C, A. Towne: Mis
sissippi, Frank Burkltt; Missouri, Rich
ard Dalton, W. II. Priesmeyer; Michi
gan. H. 8. Ilngree: Montana, F. II.
Hay; New Hampshire, (. R. Jewett;
New York. John S. Crosby; North Da
kota. Prof. Tot ten; Ohio, General A. J.
Warner, Tom L. Johnson; Oregon, Jas
B. Riggen, W. It. King; Pennsylvania,
Frank Stephens; Rhode Island, George
Ltddeil; South Dakota, Governor Lee;
South Carolina, Senator Tillman; Tex
as, H. F. King; Tenne ssee, A. Free-land;
Washington. Frank S. Southard.
Mr. Monnett was escorted to the chair
and spoke briefly, introducing Mr. C.
J. Huell of Minnesota.
Immediately after the adoption of
the Fleming resolutions Amasa Thorn
ton of New York notified the presiding
Thomas L. Johnson of Ohio, chair
man of the committee on permanent
officer that he would refuse to deliver
the speech for which he was cheduled
today. Mr. Thornton made no state
ment on the fioejr of the conference re
garding the matter, but In an Inter
view later explained his reasons for
refusing to take further part irr the
conference.
"I was assured," he said, "that this
was to be a non-partisan gathering. 1
had that assurance over the signature
of President ixiekwoinl of the Anti
Trust league, and I am certain that h'
does not approve of the partisan resolu
tion against the currency bill. Mr.
Lockwood was not present when the
resolutions were adopted, and If he
had been here they might have met a
different fate, 1 have (eositively refused
to address the conference and will not
be further identille-d with it, as 1 con-j
siuer mat. tooay s action makes It a
partisan gathering.
Delegate Robert A. NefT of Oklahoma
presented this resolution, which was
unanimously adopted:
"Resolved. That it I-r the desire of this
conference that congress extend to tb-
settlers upon government lands the
same advantages that have been given
to raiii-oa'i corporations and giant, to
t-ald settlers free homes bill nenv pend
ing in congress."
GENERAL WEAVER'S ADDRESS.
General J. B. Weaver of Iowa saiel
In part:
"in their origin and throughout th-dr
development trusts, great anil small,
are essentially Imperialistic. Their
rrult, however alluring and tempting,
ripens only In the deadly shade of des
potism. They are simply intolerable in
a country whose settled policy Is that
of freedom. A republic whose indus
tries are dominated by trusts is already
stricken with a fatal malady, a deadly
paralysis, and can only be resetted by
united and heroic action. Where the
leading industries are dominated by
trusls, the government may be repub
lican In form, but It will be found to be
monarchical in spirit and administra
tion. The trust in Its last analysis
and best definition, is slpiply organize-!
criminal aggression In business.
"Conscience and the golden rule, those
divine restraints which should qualify
and frrier all human transactleinsjire
excluded from Its business code lis
law Is force. It holds no parry with
Its victims. It looks to a large military
establishment snd not to the efTectlon
and support of the people for safely.
It demands that the plundered classes
The trust
The twain
creased as he delivered telling points
of his address.
in re-sjeonse to calls from the crown.
Congressman John J. Ix-ntz of Ohio
mail" a few remarks, lie denounced
the McKtniey aiiir.lnis'ra I ion and advo
cated th.- government ownership of
telegraph arid telephone lines. The
mass meeting was then adjourned.
It i.J announced that the t-ommitte.? or
national erpanlzation will submit a re-
port recommending that anti-trust
li-agues be organized in every state and
city in the country.
Chicago, 111. (Spicial (The commit,
fee on resolutions of the anil-trust con
ference unanimously siopted the fol
lowing plat form and acidrefs:
"The national anti-trust conference
composed of members from states unj
territories of the Araci'li&n union, uk-
sembb-d at tblcago on the 1-tli. lltn
and Hth of February, earnestly
urges all citizens who oppose the In
dustrial combinations o n, monly know n
as trusts, to organize at once to de
piive those combinations of their po.
tr. "When oppressive trusts arc exam
ined the y are found to be combinations.
; noi. fo raugmcntlng wealth, but for
! hampering its production; n"t for mak
ing good things plentiful and cheap,
but for making them scarce and d.-ar.
"Chie fly by means of railway discrim
ination and exclusive pipe line service,
the Standard Oil trust has acquired
such undisputed control of Anierltnn
oil that It can lower the price to pro
ducers snd niii-e the charge to con
sumers at will, and so enable Its' If to
declare quarterly divieli-nds on millions
of watered Ptcifk at a percentage be
yond all bounds of legitimate profit. Tc
this oil trune). monoK)ly-i-nge nderlng j
laws nave committed the regulation ot
the people s tie-eds lend rUhts in one el--
partmert of Industry. Their neerjs lend
rights in another have- been by similin
laws committed to the beef trust.
"I- mm the- s.imc prolific source of sp"-
clal privilege comes tin- grain eievaioi
trust, which lowers the price of gtai:
to the farme r, v. hlle increasing lie
price of bread to the mechanic. Rail
way discriminations, uut tressed by i
coat larilr and monopoly or mineral
lands. Is resixensihlc also for the a
, thrjeitr? coal trust, which alre ady exists
and for the bituminous co.il trust, which
HORSE THIEVES BOUND OVER.
Hcrse Thieves Fail Into Clutches
of the Law.
Juie-sbai g, Colo. rsppcial.) Ow ing tc
the wholeule stealing of hors-s, a
number of preliminary examinations'
were held here, which resulted in bind
ing over to the district court, !. E
Libby of Lcwcllvn. Neb., and Herbert
Mejrris of this place. Edward Habbil
of North Platte is under arrest for com
plicity In the crime and his examination
Is set for Monday.
L. K. Llbby has a ranch twenty-fivej
miles north of this place in Deuel
county, Nebraska, and during the
month of November he made a propo
sition to Morris and Babbit, according
to the confession of the two men, that
If they would go over into Sedgwick
county, Colorado, ami secure some un
btanded horses, he would furnish sad
dle horses and money for expenses and
they would divide the horses among
them.
Accordingly Morris and Babbit arriv
ed In Julesburg on November 7, went
to the south divide and drove from
there eleven head of horses to the
stock yards, w here they were kept over
night and the next day taken to Lib-
by's ranch on North river. There the
horses were divided, Llbby taking five
of the best ones. Morris four and
young Babbit of North Platte getting
two nice saddle horses. Another young
man by the name if Paul Ryan. It
seems, assisted after the horses were
stolen, taking one of the best ones
from Meirrls for an alleged debt of Jl.'i.
A warrant Is In the hands of the sheriff
and will be served as soon as requisi
tion can tie obtained, as he lives at
North Platte, Neb.
This Is the largest robbery that has
occurred In this vicinity for years, and
It Is feared stringent measures will be
taken. Old settlers have been beard to
remark that had this been twenty years
ago. there would have been four hang
ings in Julesburg and no court ex
pc-nses attached.
ire of one blood and both are black
KCHOOI, CENTRALIZATION.
Leigansport, Ind. (Special.) An ex
periment in centralizing township
schools will be made In the county by
iiK-rinteridernt llillls. In Jackson
township he will immediately abandon
schools where the enrollment Is small,
not Justifying the expeneliture of mon
ey necessary to their maintenance, and
the pupils will be sent to the next near
est school. While this plan will not
materially de-crease the number of
teachers employeel It will lessen run
ning expenses of the schools of the
township. Centrally located schools
will have increased attendance and
larger classes, the various branc hes be
ing in charge of efficient tcue'hei lilted
for each particular study,
STATE CONVENTION CALLED.
Lincoln, Nc-b. (.Special.) The repub
lican state central committee has Issued
a call for a stale convention to be he-Id
in Lincoln Wednesday, May 2. Cemslei
erable difference eif opinion was excite d
over whether there should be one con
vention or two, but It was decided to
hold one, at which de legates to the na
tional convention and a full state tick
et will be named. The convention will
consist of 1,200 delegates.
Following the committee meetings
re-ports were received and a love feast
indulged in. The concensus of opinion
was that a vigorous fight would redeem
the state. Especial attention will lie
devoted to the legislative ticket, will!
two senators hips as'the prize.
SENATOR MASON REPLIES.
Omaha. Neb. ftfpeclal.) The execu
tive committee of the, Boer heispital
fund met at the Paxton hotel cafe.
The chairman. Councilman Stuht, pre-side-d.
Kecretury Henry Farmer read
a letter he received from Senator Ma
son, thanking the German-Amcrlcarn
snd Irish-Americans for the resolution
passed at a former meeting. Indorsing
Senator Mason's at Hons in the senate
on behalf of the Boers. The committee
greed to charge an admission of ISO
cents at the Maude C.onne meeting on
March 1, and placed tickets on sale at
various business places.
In rapidly feetming, when-by the miner
who wou.d trade coal for food, must
submit le extortion ejr starve, and tin
farmer who woubl trad:- food fur o:;l,
must submit to extortion or fre-cze.
"Then there- is the majestic steel
trust. Through patents anil tariff in-
Uulgencics and railway discrimination
and the monopolization of some of the
richest mines which bountiful nature
has In stowed with Impartial hand upon
mankind, that trust sweeps the area of
other great depurtmcnts of Industry
and proclaims itself monarch of all It
surveys.
"As a culmination to this aggrega
tion of gigantic trusts, an unscrupu
lous congressional lobby now threatens
to set up an Hll-embrae lng bank trust.
Thin lobby demands that the govern
ment whol'y surrender to private cor
poratlons its sovereign function of issu
ing money Insofar as that function af
fects pajier money. If that were done-,
a banking trust would result which
would regulate the volume of paper
money and dictate commercial dis
counts in the Interests of all the great
trusts, and to which bankers in gen
eral would sustain a similar relation to
that which grocers alieady bear to the
oil and sugar trusts.
"The trend of this trust making pro
cess is unmistakable. If it continues,
a few great trusts, governed by a few
unscrupulous men. will direct the?
course of American industries and ibe
the masters, politically as well asi in
dustrially, of the American people.
Without themselves producing, they
will determine the character and ex
tent of production of others, and will
measure out compensation by their
own arbitrary will. And no power
known to the law will then Ik? strong
enough to shake them on.
"The only remedy for the trust evil Is
the abolition of iegallz-d privilege of
every kind. By legalized privileges we
mean powers derived from law, which
some persons or classes enjoy to the
exclusion of othe rs, and whic h there
fore create private monopolies.
"H Is in such privileges that trusts
live, move and have their being. Wc
must get back to the fundamental prln.
clples of the Ivclaratlon of Independ
ence, the principle that all men are
entitled to equal rights under' the law.
There minst be no legalized discrimina
tion; and such as now exists, whether
by virtue of laws regulating public; pol
fey or of those directly creating privi
leges, must tie abrogated.
"To this conclusion the members of
the National Anti-Trust conference
have come. But they are not unmind
ful of the difficulties that would be
unnecessarily invited were they to
specify all the h-galized privileges that
ought to be abolished. For that reason
this conference recommends three le
galized privileges as objects for the
Initial attack: First, the privilege cre
ated by tariffs for the protection of
goods controlled by (rusts; second, the
privilege created by surrendering the
money-Issuing function to private cor
porations, ail'), third, the privileges
created by telegraph and railway fran
chises. "Th" first of these recommendations
can raise- ix-twccn free traders ami pro
tectiolilKts no practical lsue. Since the
free- trudi-is n Ivoe ate the ubollli'iu of
all lands, or. at any rate, of all pre
tec-tlve! tailffs. they cannot consistently
obj-e-t to the abolition of some protec
tive taillTus, anel as inc obj-ot of pro
tex-lleeiilsts is to promote Arne-rlcan in
dustries they must, cejnsistc-nlly resent
the misuse that i made of protection
by trusts to crush American Industries.
"We declare that the problem ejf
trust is inextricably Interwoven with
the money question. We see today lln-
effort made systematically and It would
seem with fair prospects of success t'
turn over to the banks the control of
the circulating medium of the country.
But the banks In their turn are cm
trolled by those giants of finance who,
in common phrase, we term 'trust
magnate!".' They hold and control
blocks of bank stock. They sit upon
boards of directors. They are In posi
tion to extend or te deny credit, to
ease or tighten the money market, to
make prices of securities rise unci fall,
and te enrich or ruin men engaged In
great enterprises. As trust mugnutes
the-y compel their banks to refuse as
sistance; tei competing concerns; us
bankers they finance the trusts in
which they are interested. Since this
alliance amounts lo a community of In
terests between the trusts and th'
great banks. It Is clearly expedient to
it that the control of the volume of th
circulating medium of the nation shalt
be delivered over to banking or other
corporations.
"As to monopolies created by tele-
leges. The telegraph Is a nntural ad
Junet of the postolDce.
"The privileges cretlej by railway
franchise sre complex In their rami
fications, end when concentrated In pri
vate hands are Incalculably potent
Through discrimination In rates ami
terminal facilities they have furnished
the basis of nearly every great com
mercial trust with which the people art
today cursed. Those privileges must Im
abolished. But they cannot be abol
ished by restrictive laws. The onlj
possible method of abolishing railway
privileges is by abolishing private own
ership of railroads. Believing that
these recommendations for Initial ac
tion against trusts to offer the line ol
least resistance In the right direction
for the union of the largest number ol -persons
sincerely opposed to trusts, we
Invite the co-operatle.n of our fellow clt.
izens In the movement fer the preser
vation of our country from trust control.
Following Is the platform adopted:
Whereas, In the opinion of the na
tional ariti-trust conf'-re-nce, assembled
at. Chicago February it. 13 and 14, 1900,
the Just and true remedy for the com
binations known as trusts, which con
sist of corporations and natural persons
controlling legalized special jfrlvileges;
Btlei
Whereas, The legalized privilege of
telegraph monopoly, the legalized pric.
'.le ge of protection against foreign com-peitl-m
with American goods con
trolled by trusts, the legalized privilege
of monopolizing the Issue of paper mon
ey, and the legalized privileges Incident
to the private ownership of railways,
are potent factors In creating and in
maintaining trusts; therefore, be It
Resolved: First That congress take
immediate steps, under the iower ol
eminent domain or otherwise, as may
be d'emed the most expedient (but In
any event by paying the Just value. Ir
respective of watered slew k or other fic
titious value of any projrty taken or
confiscated), to establish the telegraph
nnet telephone systems of the United
StateH as adjuncts of the postofllce de
partment and subje c t to Its operations;
tweond That congrtss defeat all
measures that have Ix-en, or may be,
proposed and reqieal ull that now havg
the sanction of law, whereby private
corporations may acquire control of the
volume of the circulating medium, and
create a banking trust;
Third That th tariff shall , no longer
be employed to foste-r and buttress- tbc
trusts, but that congress shall place on
the Iree list al (articles, the sale of
which in the United States Is controlled
by a trust;
Fourth That congress, take Immedi
ate steps under the power of eminent
domain, or otherwise, u may be deem
ed the more expedient 'but in any event
by paying the Just value, Irrespective
of watered stoe k or other fictitious val
ues of any property taken or condemn
eeli, to take, own ami operate the In
terstate rail highways now owned and
operated by private? persons or railway
corporations; and
Whereas, The politic al power of the
trusts rise In their frequent representa
tion In and control of the houses of
legislation, we recommend the adoption
of the system known as direc t legisla
tion; to riinke government once more as
of right It. ought to be, and as was
conceive dallke by Thomas Jefferson
and Abraham Lincoln, a "government
of the people, fer the people, and by
the people."
Many startling statements were made
before the committee, among them by
President M. L Ixk kwood. In which lis
said that before the government own
ership was finally secured It would be
necessary to Impeach at least one Jus
tice of the federal supreme court. The
committee also considered n proposi
tion to recommend to the attention of
emgres Senator Petllgrew'st bill for
government ownership ,of rallroads.but
It was voted down.
The night session was In the form
of a mass meeting, whie-h was" held at
the Auditorium and brought out some
of the strongest speakers among the
delegates, including John P. Altgeld,
S. Monnett, Samuel M. Jones, John
S. Crosby, George Fred Williams and
Tom L. Johnson.
President Iockwood of the Antl
Trust league said: "This is a remark
able,' gathering In many respects. Every
de-legate paid his own railroad fare here
and the speakers are all volunteers.
The league has not spent a dollar In
promoting the movement. The dele
gates traveled many miles for a purely
unselfish motive. This is not like a
political convention, as we have n
promises to make or offices to give. We
are heie to fight for a principle. I firm
ly believe that this gathering Is the
beginning of a movement which will
wipe out every malevolent trust from
the country within a few years."
President Iockwood regrets that W.
J. Bryans' name was mentioned In the
discussions and declares it was his in
tention to keep politics out of the conference.
NO HOPE FOR THE CUBANS.
Ludlow Echoes Sentiment of. the
Adm Inlstratlon.
New Tork. fSpecl-il.) In the course
of an interview with a Commercial
Advertiser reporter, P.rigadier Genera!
William Ludlow, military governor ol
Havana, arrived from Cuba last night,
said:
"Afrer the municipal elections, which
are set for May. have been held and
the new elective districts have been or
ganlzeel, I think it quite possible thai
the expense' of maintaining United
Stales troops in the Island can be ma
terisilly reduced."
As to the probable- duration of Amer
ican occupation of Cuba, General Lud
low said:
"I eio not tiling at this time any on,
believes the population of this island,
with Its entlie ine-xix-Hence and a for
midable' percentage of Illiteracy, to bt
capable' efrhatie of maintaining a sta
ble and responsible- government. All, 1
be-II'-ve assent to the present necessity
for the continuance of the American oo.
ciipatlon, but they wont this while II
shall continue to be fundamentally a
military control and met a civil con
trol. "In Havana It Is recognized that some
lime, several years, will be needed tc
organize a complete Insular govern
ment, and I- have heard live years spo
ken of as a reasonable period for this
purpose. It all depends upon the Cu
bans themselves, and upon the aptitude
and conscientiousness they shall ea
hlblt in the untried and perilous field ol
political administration."
Bryan In North Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C (Special.) William J.
Bryan lectured at the state university
lu re at noon today. The proceeds went
to found a fund for the university'!
Is-neflf. His reception was very en
thusiastic:. En route to the university
Mr. Bryan spoke twenty minutes from
the rear of the train at Durham, whr
il large tobacco factory In located. He
devoted the whole of his time to th
trust Issue, declaring that the trust
demands to control not only the time,
but also the vote and conscience ol
Its employes. At 3:40 he left for Co-
grapn inn railway irancmses, u is od- i lumDis. a. c, where he speaks to
vloua that these must be abolished If I morrow. At Charlotte he waa met bs
any step whatever I taken in the dl-lthe committee of the South Carollaa
rectlon of destroying Itgallsed prlvl- legislature. .
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