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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1899)
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Nebraska City Press, Iiattsmouth Nows, Norfolk News, and Editor (leddes of Grand Isl and. The recomiucndatlon was agreed to. Money 'or Nm llnllillriK. The, session Just closed appropriated more monev for new buildings than former sessions, but It Is tho belief of members that buildings wore neeessu rv and that tfiere will bo something to show for tho expenditures In after years. , The following nre theapproprintlons for new buildings: I.tarolu iu)Uiiii, vtIiik Hustings nKvlmn. wlnu ... School for Itlliul, biilldlim feeble mlnuVU. lmllilhur Di'iif uml iliiinh, wins Dent ami iliinil), bollrr house UnstluK" iiKjlmii, holler house ltesldonce forKoicrnor Norinttl chool. stiitulplpe UnUoriltv bulliltUKH... . . ..... . .. . .soldiers boino. Wrunil Ihliiml. Iiospltnl. Soldiers' homo. Mllfottl, hospital ... l'lirehuse of Mllfonl lioine Total. 110.000 : trnu ll,U"l M0o0 S5.HM 7.TIO Ki mo if. ( 0,010 i:i.vw 10000 Mm) l.l MM ,700 Ml'-', Hrnnt i.'oimlilrrutloii (ihfii. Never before in the history of No- bruskti legislatures have apptopriation bills received such scant consideration. Sumo bills hnd to be passed upon in tho senate without consideration or oven without reading. This was be cause the time for llnal adjournment had been agreed to before the legisla ture was fully prepared to adjourn. Owing to tho large number of new buildings and deficiency claims pro vided for the total appropriation will probably be large. It is expected that It will exceed S3,3o5.H4:i, appropriated two years ago. The current expense bill lis it went into tho hands of the conference committee, appropriated over 81,101,000, and the salary bill ap propriated over 8843,001). Tho beet sugar bounty claims amounting to 3133,000 never gota place in any bill, but the bounty for chicory manufacturers, amounting to 814,000, was placed In the miscellaneous claims bill. An item of S 15,000 for unpaid claims for bounty on wild animals and S15.000 for future claims of the same nature was allowed. Serious trouble occurred between the two houses over thu university sal ary appropriation. A compromise was effected and .the senate receded from its amendment and the amount was reduced from S3l3.lOOtoS3.IO,(K0. Current r.ipeiiie.. The amounts carried by the current rxnenso bill as It passed are as follows. the figures of 1807 being given for the sake of comparison: IK7. IW. floiernor I H,IU) J 7,:too 1'ouiuih.sloner of lubor il I.NW Secretary of stnto 2.600 .0M) Auditor.. OIKS rfiJ TmiBiirrr l..'i ,N Slate superintendent ll.ttvi iv.iu Attorney ecu? nil 2.A3 S.30U Lund commissioner U' i.VOU Supremo court H:nfl '.Mix) Stnto library Own) K.ooo Hunklng department I.'JOO 1 ,3)0 Homo for tlio frlendlchs . S0..VM '.UHrtJ Hoard of tnwsporlulton S.V) aw Normal school O.M i 7.KVI 1 Jncoln honplul iionw u:iuoo ihistlnif- ionium MV I7.AM0 Norfolk nsihitn WK70 K,X Hoordof IrrlKutlon itou il.ioo Stato unhrrstly w l.M.ouo ICoarncv huhistrlul school rt?,7.v M..W0 lleneva Industrial school !) Sll3w Inst Ituloileaf and dumb . ai.iUO 1VMI Intltute for feeblo tnlmlisl . iVlum) W.t.V) lustltute for blind W)07S 3M7ti Klsh commission 7.7M) i,M) Industrial homo. Mllfonl. . Il.'i") 12.I0O Soldiers' home, (Irand iKlund . tifl.7:id K.'.I.W Soldiers' homo. Mllford l.t.'.MO I8.J00 llounl of public lands & bullds H.f00 :r,tU I'enttentlury isi.UX) SiHW .Nebraska national Kuurd Ul.uoo 'JTi.KVI Stutebounlof hrnlth '-YO uoo Hourd of rtlucstlonul lands. 4 000 S.SJO Stato historical society 3.MW &.) Mlscollanrous IC..V 0.M0O Hoard purchase utul suppllo .. W0 Coo First Nebrnska volunteer. "Wo acknowledge with gratltudo nnd Joy the debt the stito ow en them by reason of tho honor conferred upon it by their valor." We pledge tho honor of tho state that to the living shall bo no corded worthy distinction and to tho dead all that can be given the dead a fitting memorial of their fame, but we must regret thntclrcutnstanccs have compelled them to give their services nnd sacrifice their lives In a conflict at utter variance to the very fundamental principles of our government anil con trary to the established policy of the nation for more than a century. En listing In a war for humanity, and In the cause of human liberty, complica tions have arisen which has compelled tliem to engage in a conflict against n people w ho have been battling against the oppression of Another nation for nearly four hundred years, tfueh a conillctisnot "defending the principles of our government and adding new glory to our flag," which has been over stooil as the glorious emblem of free dom. I cannot stultify myself nml the calm Judgment of the thinking people of this coiniuoim calth by jrivlng official approval to the statement thatthe wnr of coniptcst now carried on In the far away Philippines Is In defense- of the principles of -our government and i adding new glory to our flng. W. A. l'OVMKIt, (lovcrnor. till rut lent lonn. The legislative committee nppolnted to Invcstlgaie the insurance depart ment of the auditor's oflice, submitted Its repot t to the legislature. The re port was accompanied by 1,'.'47 pages of testimony. The investigation cost In the neighborhood of S'.'.OOO. The report details findings findings of fact, censures both Cornell and I.ltcty and concludes as follows: Yourrommtttw. nftcr carefully InvestlsntlnR tN testimony In tlioeaso. do not find unmnds for lirioiic!iiniMit. usilnlliioil In tho only prece dent In this stato, tho llnstliiHs rase, t'ndnr the law ns enunciated bv Samuel Maxwell, In hN dissenting opinion In that case, an Irnpeuch tnriit of John V. Cornell would bo Juslltlrd. and wo bellci own would lo sustained, t'tuler the law us enunciated bv the majority of tho court In Its Mveupliu- opinion, John l l.'ornoll would not bo roio Ictcd If hnpcui'licil by tho letjlsln turn. With this rondltlon of the law and tho uncer tainty and utter ttntiroimlillliv of com lotion by the supreme court, lnvolvlm; as It would un out luy of sutuI thousand dollars expnsn to thn stnty. -.oiiri'Mmnilttcn has, without recommend ation, nlalnlv set. out tho facts, as disclosed by tliemlilence', nndapilii challoime our atten tion to the uross trreKiilarltles prnctlceil by tho state undltor and hUsiiboidlnates. 'rim iitinii! Iliiclltiis of fact form a ulaln. con i Uo mid unprejudlecsl statement of tliooildonco tuken bv tli" eommlttco and nro rospectfally submlttid for the eonsldcratlon of the loulslu turo of the state of Nebraska and throuuh It to thy cltlMinshlp In tho state, which should at all times know tho conduct of their public son nuts. Eotli houses ordered the report spread upon the records. In regard to the supreme court, two reports were presented. The minority report, signed by Representative Shore, democrat, recommended Impeachment of Justice Norvnl for having accepted payment of interest on a salary war rant, to which he was not entitled. Thu majority report signed by Messrs. Lane and Detweiler, republicans, found there had been no intentional violation of law in Justice Norval's action nor on the part of the other justices. The majority report was adopted by the house, and both reports were or dorcd spread on the records. SOME OF THE NEW LAWS. NEBMSKUEMTE PROCEEDINGS OF UPPER LEG ISLATIVE BRANCH A Rnrrlnct Numiimr- of the Dolii; of Urrk A AIkm of Dill, Ko-otil-lion, Ktc, Acted Upon, Thurmliiy, Mitred DO. 'JJhe most exciting event in the don ate yesterday was n clamor over the house bill providing for the erection Of two state normal schools. The bill was defeated on Its passage, the vote standing 111 to Klafterscveral menibeH had changed their votes back nml forth. s Tho following were among the bilN passed by the senate yesterday An appropriation for thu. purchase of thu soldiers' homo at Mllford. an uppio pritatlon of S'J,(K)i) for tho aid of the sick and wounded soldiers' of the first and Third Nebraska regiments, a com pulsory education law, appropriating 8i!,noo for the state horticultural so ciety, a bill for the foreclosure by the stntc of tax Hens and u bill amending the Irrigation law relating to Irrigation district bonds. The committee on finance, ways and means of the senate reported tho sal ary appropriations bill with an amend ment restoring the university appro priation to Its former igure,'8'.'4'J,000, The bill was taken up In committee of the wholu and the work upon It ex tended Into the night session. During the afternoon the bill appropriating 833,000 for a new building at the state normal school at rent was recommend ed for passage without debate, I'rliluy, .March III. The senate worked all day yesterday .in appropriations. The salary biil was completed nnd increased to a total or S8 in, 530, which Is 838,230 more than was appropriated two years ago and $47,350 more than the bill provided for when It left the house. Of this Increase, S3'.', 000 was in tho university salary appropriation, making the total in crease outside of that Item over the amount fixed by the house only 815.350. The senate passed on several bills for new buildings and recommended them all for passage, except one for a 335.000 building nt tho l'cru normal school, which was killed on its passage. The appropriations recommended by the senate yesterday aggregate S1.0'.'5, 730, and tho general appropriation;. nnd otuer claims hills pending will probably swell the total for the session to 8,350,000. The aomoprlHtions passed upon yesterday by tho senate hard tussle on and approved arc listed as follows: Lincoln hospital, wtnc t 40.000 Hunt I m,'s nsvlum, wing 30000 School for blind, shop Oono Feeble minded, buildings , 4S,uoo introducer of the bill without discus sion or opposition, limine roll No. -'I. rctruratlutr the fees of tho clerk of Hhe supreme court, wns also passed. J In regard to the case of llos. Ham- mono of the rrcmont Tribune, nothing has as yet been done. Scrgcant-at-Arms McLeod went to, Fremont to serve the paper and did not find Mr. Ham mond. When ho returned he did not succeed In locating him till yesterday morning. It is understood that Mr. Hammond will take Ids timo in ap pearing us he did not show up yester day. ltepresentutlvc llevcrly of Douglas has succeeded In having his house roll OS passed by both houses. The bill provides that any male or female child under tho age of ten years shall not bo employed in any manufacturing, me chanical or mercantile establishment and that no child, male or female, shall be employed under the age of fourteen except during the vacations of public schools unless during the year previ ous tho child has for twenty weeks at tended some school. Penalties are pro vided in thu bill for uon-compllauco with the sections and provisions. Vrlilar, Man It Ml. house of representatives mm i FLIPlo The American Commission Has Is sued Its Proclamation. SYNOPSIS OF THE DOCUMENT, Native Told Tlwt Tlmy Ml-nndortooi1 or Wore MUln Torino.! Itegnrrilni Our Intention To Mitko Tlioiu l'ruv poroa anil Happy. Peru normal, stand nine. Deaf and dumb, bulldlliK , Deaf and dumb, ir pairs Hastings asylum, Improi (.'incuts. Total Salary appropriations Tuod commission Tolul MKW :h ooo 7.000 ir,uw . ..I77.a) .$ 8U.V.) . . 5,000 .JI,0-S,7J The L'loiliic Hours. An attempt to place the Totuls. ?73t,';il) tl.lUl.MJ A Ilraolntli.il uml :i Veto, The following resolutions were passed bv the senate and house, being origin ally introduced in the senate by Talbot of Lancaster: ."That the thanks of the state be hereby extended to tho ollleers and men of the First Nebraska regiment United States volunteers, for their gal lant conduct on the Held of battle, their courage In the presence of danger, and their fortitude In the hardships of camp and campaign. Resolved, That we acknowledge with gratltudo and joy, the debt the state owes them by reason of tho honor con ferred upon it by the valor while de fending in the far oil" Philippines, the principles of our government and add ing new glory to our Hag. Wo pledge tho honor of the state that to the living shall be accorded worthy distinction nml to the dead, all that can be given the dead, a fitting memorial of their fame." Governor Poynterreturned the above resolution to tho legislature without his approval, accompanying the same with the following message: To the Members of the Legislature (Jentlemen: I return to your honorable lKdy senate illo No. 21W without my approval. I regret that a misstate inont of what I deem tho facts in the resolution compels mo to take tins course, , 4i . ,v ,.,,. i,,,u n lilrrlipi- rcirnrii for too bmvery'.tnd gallantry rf otir briiyo sol" ', -tfltorXir. blftvfi.wwuj' I'lilHlrtfieV. rJA ' for them Would o.pciwh! '""-;' propriety. The stato of'NebrjHka b ind has a jubt right to be proud of tho Mrumirrn Upon Which the I.rcUlatnre unit lloiernor lime I'imed. Some of the more Important bllla which have or will become laws nre: House roll .1.11, by oilers, appropri ating .il.M)0 fiie mi i'iiiei'1i'iii'V fund to be used by the stato board of" health In I normative, me suppression oi epcoemies mm inu prevention of diseases with the provis ion that tho appropriation shall bo available for expenses already in curred in this manner. House roll 17t, by Clark, providing a one-mill levy for the use of the stato university. House roll No. 18, by Mann, to make plowing on the public highway a misdemeanor. House roll 153 by .lansen, repealing chapter 33, compiled statutes, relating to destruction of grasshoppers. I House roll 55, by Prince, to amend section 10, chapter t4, compiled stat utes, reducing Interest on stato war- Hints from 5 to 4 per cent. House roll S3 by Weaver, an act con cerning tho compensation of receivers providing that they may bo paid by salary or on a percentage on cash te celve'd and properly accounted for by them. House roll 30';, by Weaver to locate the state fair permanently at Lincoln. House roll (is, by llevcrly, to limit and regulato the employment of child ren in manufacturing, mechanical nnd meicantlle establishments, fixing the nee limit at ten years and at fourteen years under certain conditions. House roll 102, by lleverly, regulat ing and limiting the hours of employ ment of females in manufaoturing, me chanical, industrial uml mcrcnutUe es tablishments. House roll '.'05, by Weaver, re-enact-Inir the Insurance laws. House roll -05, by committee on sol diers' home, appropriating S13.500 fu tile purchase of the site of tho soldiers' homo ut Mllford. House roll O'.'.l, by Thompson of Mer rick at request of governor, appropri ating 83,000 as an emergency fund for tho use of the members of tho l'irst regiment nt Manila. Senate tile 137, by Talbot, an amend ment to the Lincoln charter authoris ing repavlug, relating to sidewnlk eon tracts and requiring street railpays to lay center-bearing or "T" rails. Senate llle 103, by Steele, pormlttiug county attorneys to follow county cases Into other counties on change of venue. Senate lllo 1.1.1, by Holbrook, author ising mutual insurance companies to in sure country churches, parsonages ami school houses. A large number of "curative nets" tvero passed. II. II. 431, by .lanscn, creating a food commission nniLprnviding regulations for manufacture and sale of foods and appropriating S.I, 000 annually. 11, It. 31s, by Flynn, providing that fire escapes shall be placed on build ings four or moro stories in height, except such are used for private resi dences exclusively, but Including flats and apartment buildings. II. It. 444, appropriating funds for payments of salaries of stnto ofllcers and heads of state institutions, McCarthy .Uoek yards bill at the head of the sift ing tile in the senate precipitated a furious debate Friday The chair held ILI1UL ,1 lllMJIJlll' 111 illU illi:illllVl, IUI--U-III. and voting could advance bill. The adoption of Mr. Canailay s report to place tho hill at head of general file was up. Tho vote was a tie, being 14 to 14. The chair cast his vote in the Van Duseii demanded a call of tho house. After a couple of hours all members were present. The chair wub sustained by a vote of 17 to 10, and the bill was declared udvnnced. General appropriations occupied thn most of the time of the senate Friday afternoon nnd evening. As In the house tho scnato expunged the resolution censuring Colonel Stotsenburg. At tho night session of tho senate a large crowd of spectators watched tho proceedings with interest. Hills on llnal passage were taken up llrst. it being tho purpose to set enrolling clerks to work. During tho early hours tho senate passed the salary ap propriation bill, house roll 441. The house refused to concur In tho amend ments and Senators Talbot, Currie and Farrell were appointed as a conference committee. A pleasant event wns the presenta tion of a large portrait to Lieutenant Governor Gilbert, a portrait of himself. Senator Noyes of Douglas, the nestor of the senate, made the presentation speech, and tho lieutenant-governor . The house of representatives had a lively session yesterday after thu sergeant-at-arms had made his return on the subpienu which he had served on Hoss Hammond. Ho gave with it somo rensons which the editor gnvo when tho paper was served .is to why lie should not appear. He had de manded his fee, ana also had said as n federal ofllccr, iic could not come. It) addition, he said that the spirit of thu action of the house wns against thu freedom of the press, which lie depre. catcd. Ho also denied the jurisdiction of the house. At this Representative Hums handed in n long explanation of his notion in going on the sifting committee nnd In which he made a sensational statement) that the only mention of money in re gard to legislation had come to hltn from It. It. Schneider. He was very much worked up over the matter and the speeches which he made were among the warmest of the session. A little further along In the session, Representative Fisher introduced a resolution finding Mr. Hammond in contempt for not answering the sub prenn of tho house. After some dlb eusslon this was passed. An effort was made to reconsider tho bouse action on the Lincoln monument bill, but failed. The bill had been postponed. In the debate Cunningham of Harlan, and Taylor of Nance, nearly came to blows over personal remarks. The house in committee of the whole considered all the bills on tho sifting tile reported yesterday and ufter a some of them piaeeu them on their passage. The voting machine bill was recommended for postponement, but was finally, on the report of the committee, recommended for passage. Something of a sensation was sprung by Taylor of Custer, who found that the free attendance high school bill had been added to the re port of the sifting eommlttco after it hud been made tho property of tho house. The bill wns ordered placed again on the sifting tile and was later reported by the sifting committee for advancement with the list of bills mb mlttcd lutcr. Manila, April 5 Tho United States Philippine commission formally is suc.l its proclatnation.to tho peoplo of the Islnnd to-day. Tho preamble re cites the cessation by peace treaty of the Philippine islands to the United States and refers to tho appointment of the commission. The proclamation in part Is as follows: The commission desires to assure tho people of tho Philippine islands of tho cordial good will and fraternal feeling which Is entertained for them by the President of tho United States ind by the Atnorlc.m people. Tho aim and object of the American government, apart from tho fulfill ment of tho solemn obligations it lias assumed toward tho family of nations by its neceptanco of sovereignty over the Philippine islands is tho well being, prosperity and happiness of tho Philippine peoplo and their elevation and advancement to a position among tho most civilized peoples of tho world. responded happily. Saturday morning business was re sumed in the senate and ns on Friday the principal work accomplished was progress on the appropriation bills. The governor's veto of the resolution thanking tho First Nebraska for de fendlntr the principles of our govern ment and ndding new glory to our ling was received. The senate passed the resolution over the veto, ufter consider able debate. A committee appointed to wait on the governor, reported that the execu tive had no further communication to make. Members of the senate showed up from time to time Sunday wnltlng tho signing of bills and finally concluded at G p. m. THE HOUSE. S. J-'..375 en nml nolli u'treec i'AffWay ttn'es: Itti' by Talbot, pcriuittlpg fire- icemen to , rUu . tree., on :i s- .... . .1 , fit. ........ ...u!..t. .-" M..K.. . All "His iiiiiriiriuiiui iimiJL'y lur buildings at statu institutions. Tliiirfulny, Mnrrli no. The house has about completed Its work so far us any rush of business is concerned. Yesterday was a very quiet day with the representatives with many marked evidences that they wore working for time. In the course of tho day tho last of tho house rolls recommended for passage in committee of tho whole were passed and adjourn ment time came just as it would have been necessary to go into committee of the whole to consider senate tiles had tiie members desired to continue their exertions. In the morning tho Lincoln charter amendments and two Omaha charter amendments were passed. A large number of senate euratlvo hills were passed also, consuming a great deal of tltuo in the process. The deficiency nnd claims bills got through on third reading. Tho claims bill failed to pass with the emergency clause, receiving only ilfty-four otcs. House roll 'No. lilt) for the control of buUdlng and loan nrfeouiutloiih was passed iustijircvious o adjournment. The senate amvpv. minus m it ".-iivvr s iiisui xucu win wuru read uad concurred in on motion of the The T.nst Hleffe. Fridny morning the house rcceivco reports from the commltteo appointed to Investigate the supreme court. The minority, Representative Shore. demo, recommended impeachment of Justice Norvnl. The minority report was not adopted. The majority report was adopted on motion of Jansen of .letfcr son. lty .1:30 o'clock Friday nftcrnoon. town time, the house had transacted all the routine business In connection with bills which it was possible to do uniess previous votes were reconsid ered. Just a little while before that nil tho bills on the sifting file and on tho ireneral iilo wero postponed nnd toe last bill ready for third reading was passed. At the evening session the report of tho committee which had been investi gating tho supremo court wns submit ted and the discussion on that coin Mimed a considerable portion of the time till the senate had passed a few house rolls and was ready to submit them for the concurrence of the house. Thu Weaver insurance bill, contrary to tho general belief among insurance men, contains a provision so favorable to the mutual life companies that they can do business and issue guaranteed policies about as well as under a spe cial law prepared in their interest. Harkson of Lancaster introduced a resolution placing tho Tennessee mar ble, formerly known ns John Citrrie's marble, in the possession of the old soldiers to bo used by them ns they de sire for the erection of a monument. The house expunged from the re cords tho resolutions censuring Colonel Stotsenburg. At. tln Fridav evcnlntr session of tho house a largo crayon portrait of Speak er Clark was presented to him by the mpmlierH. Tho house spent the entire day Sat urday trying to agree with the senate on the stnto university snlary appro priation bill. Three conference com mittees were appointed which towards tho last were composed of men against the appropriation of 3343,500. The senate stood firm and a compromise was finally agreed upon at 8330.000. One olll was passeu, a minimi insur ance bill. Heyond this scarcely any thing was done except to listen to a re port on the acts of e.x-Supetintendent J. A. Gillespie of the Omaha deaf and dumb institute. The house refused to pass over the governor's veto the resolution thank- ing un: rirni. .iii A committee appointed to wait upon the governor and notify him the house wns ready to adjourn, reported that tiio governor thanked tho house for courtesies shown, and that ho had no further communication to make. At Saturday evening's session of the house very little wns done except to await action in confidence. A number of ox-members of the legislature, who wm uresent. were called upon to talk. i:-Speakcr Hldcr.Cong-cssmun Strode and others responded. At 3:30 Sunday morning the claims bill was in dispute ami tho members agreed to come back in the morning at 10 o'clock to be pres ent when tho bills wore signed by pre siding oiJle'ers. The business before the houpo, wan Satin day, but the signing or bills Kept it together uutll 0 p. in. Sunday. In the meantime tho nttentlon of tho peoplo of tho Philippine is in vited to certain regulative principles by which the United States will be guided in its relations with them. These nro deemed to bo tho points of cardinal Importance. First The supremacy of the United States must and will bo enforced throughout every part of the archipel ago and those who resist it can ac complish no end other than their own ruin. Second To the Philippine people will bo granted tho mo3t ample liberty and self-government reconcilable with tho maintenance of a wise, just, sta ble, cirectivo and economical adminis tration of public nflalrs ami compat ible with tho sovereign and inter untionnl rights nnd tho obligations of tho United States. Third The civil rights of tho Phil ippine people will be guaranteed and protected to tho fullest, extent; re ligious freedom will bu nssured and all persons shall bo equal and have equal standing In tho eye of tho law. Fourth Honor, justtco and friend ship forbid tho use of tlte Philippine, peoplo or tho Islands they inhabit as an object or means of exploitation. The purpose of tho American government is tho welfare and advancement of tho Phillpplno people. Fifth There shall bo guarantcod tc the Phillpplno peoplo an honott and effective civil sorvlce, in which, to the fullest extent to which It Is practical, natives shall be employed. Sixth Tho collection and applica tion of all taxes and other revenues will be placed upon a sound, econom ical basis, and the publla funds, raised and collected honestly, will bo applied only to defray tho regular nd proper expenses incurred by and for the es tablishment nnd maintenance of the Philippine government and such gen eral Improvements as tho public Inter ests may demand. Local funds col lected will bo used for local purposes and not to be dovotcd to other ends. With such prudent and honest fiscal administration It is believed that the needs of tho government will, In a short time, becomo compatible with n considerable reduction In taxation. Seventh A pure, spcody and effect ive administration of justice will be established whereby may bo eradi cated tho ovlls arising from delay, corruption. nud exploitation. RAILWAYS AND INDUSTRIES. Eighth Tho construction of roads, railroads and similar means of com munication and transportation and of other publlo works, manifestly to the advantage of itio Phillpplno people, will bo promoted. Ninth Domestic and foreign trndc and commerce, agrlculturo and oilier industrial pursuits tending toward tho general development of tho country, in tho interest of the Inhabitants, shall bo objects of constant sollcltudo and fostering care. Tenth Effective provision will be made for tho establishment of ele mentary schools In which the chil dren of tho peoplo may bo o located and appropriate facilities provided for a highereducatlon. Eleventh Reforms in all depart ments of tho government, all branches of tho publlo survlco and all corpora tions closely touching tho common life of tho peoplo will be undertaken without delny and effected conforma bly with right and justice in a way to satisfy tho well founded demands and tho highest sentiments ami aspirations of the peoplo. Such is . tho spirit In which tho Unitetl Stales comes to tho peoplo of tho Phillpplno Islands, nnd the Presi dent has Instructed tho commission to make this publicly known. In obeying his behost, tho commis sioners dcslro to join tho President in expressing their good will toward tho Philippine pjoploaud to extend to tho leading representative men an iuvlta tion to meet them for tho purposo of personal ncqualntancj nnd tho o?: change of vlowt nnd opinions. THAT DREADED WET SEASON American Troop Wltti'tooil Manila ll.ilii list Year. Wasiiisoto.v, April B. - War depart mont ofllclnls look upon tho npproach of the wet season in tho Philippines ns probably a decisive factor In deter mining tho character of tho military movements during tho next six months. This period of rains and storms Is no new and untried danger, for tho Uulto.l States troopj wero In the trenches around Manila through much of tho worst part of tho wet season last summer. Major Simpson, chief of bureau of military Informa tion, was then on the staff of General Grcono and learned from expcrlcnco how far thU wet season offected tho health and comfort of the men and re tarded military operations. Generally speaking, he s.iys, men were up to their knees In mud nud water during July and Augtut, when our trenches wero drawn around Manili. Hut while this was u great personal ineonven icuco it did not causo any material In crease in tho sick rate. About tho worst fcaturo was that tho strctchei of quagmlro mado it next to Impossi ble to execute military improvements on a largo scale. The wet season docs not begin ns n rulo until June, so that it is about three months before its orTecti would bo seriously felt. -The present months, April nnd May, generally como under tho head of tho hot season, which just precedes tho drenching ruins begin ning in June. The hottest weather is in May, al though It never goes abovo 100 de grees. Generally this merges Into the heavy ruins and violent storms of June, the wet season lasting for six months. The season docs not como on abruptly, but it is a gradual transition uutll everything Is in n condition ol soak. Last summer the firU expedition ol United States troops lauded about July 1, and by that time thu wet sea son was well under wny. The men were sent Into the trenches for twenty-four hours and then relieved. In this way two regiments would ba moved up every morning and for Hint day and night would stand In tho kncc-dccp rain and mud. Hut it would have been difficult, if not impossible, to have kept troop? exposed to such conditions for any extended time. Tho Astor battery was one of the bodies serving during part of tho rainy season, t-nptatn March, ono of tho of ficers of tho battery, was hero recently and in speaking of tho sick rato dur ing the wet season, said that it wn ltopt down to 4 per cent. Tills is considered very low, oven under favorablo circumstances, and is taken to offset soma of the serious reports as to tho effect of tho wet season. This low sick rnto is In part attributed ta tho strict sanitation onjoincd on the American force. Malaria and ty poid abound, so that our troops wero mado to drink boiled water. Major Simpson says that at no timo did tho malaria or typhoid as sume tin epidemic form. It is the gen eral belief that General Otis will com plete his present campaign beforo the wet season opens, and confino his ef forts after that to holding tho ground already won, keeping up communica tions, protecting ills flanks and wait ing for tho dry season to glvo him another period of actlvo operation. MORMONS ARE IN POLITICS. Mly 1'ixt Taken IUtIiist to an A-jliim. San FuvxriHco, April 5. Lily Post, the opera singer, lias been adjudged insa.uo anil-taken to.tho.uxylnm at Ag- liews hho was flo violent .thai 'fliW attendants were compelled to bind her limb in order to hcep her from harm ing herself. Vleivi of i MethollU Preacher Who Hal InTMtlcatect. Nkw Youk, April 5. Tho Rev. Dr. Thomns C. Iliff of Salt Lake City ad dressed tho Methodist preachers' weekly meeting In this city yesterday, on "The Present Situation in Utah.' Dr. Iliff has becu tho superinten dent of the Methodist mission in Utah for twenty-flvo years. Ho Is making bis present trip ns tho chairman of a commltteo representing tho evangel ical churches of Utah to prevent thu admission to the next Houso of Repre sentatives of Hrlgham II. Roberts. In thu courso of his nddrcss Dr. Iliff said: "If Iirigham II. Roberts is permit ted to sit in Congress, It will bo Inter preted Inovery Mormon hamlet as tho fulfillment of Iirigham Young's proph ecy, nnd also as nationalizing polyg amy. Tho Mormons will redouble thoir energies. Already tiny may bo said to hold tho balance of power in Idaho and Wyoming, und thoy aro very strong In Novada, Arizona and in Southwest Colorado; Tho other day tho wifo of a Senator from a stnto ad joining Utah, horself a Mothodlst, wus nsked to uso her inlluenco on behalf of our crusade. She replied that sho could not do anything about tho mat ter. That shows tho Mormon inllu unco In politics. "We ask that Congress shall expol Roberts. We at first petitioned that ho bo not tccelvod, but after confer ring with cx-Sonator Edmunds and others, we think that tho proper pro cedure is to oxnel him." Juiljo l'rlnlc lCxonoratod. SiMtlNoi'iKU), Mo, April 5. Probate Judge James A. Frink, who was in dicted immediately after tho election last fall upon the chargo of having failed to turn over unclaimed feos to tho county treasurer, was acquitted lu the criminal court yesterday. CAPT. WATSON IN NO DANGER Fun-ton Cable- That tho Woumlocl Kttu, -au' Comlltlon I tficollent. PiTrsnuita, Kan., April 5. In nn swer to a cablegram to Colonel Fun ston, sent by tho citizens of Pittsburg, inquiring ufter tho condition of Cap tain W, J. Watson of Company K, iwontloth Kansas, who was suvorelv wounicd at tha.hattlo of Mnhilti M... V-Mtsi ,'t ...... w,- ,. v-w !HiMfNWKfr1WiflfftCi.!iMV'IVifc'nlnc: r'M.VMi,A, Annl fy.VAWft4ftCnmp bell, Pittsburg, Kan. Condition' ex cellent. Funston,"