DAVIS WITHDRAWS
THE MINNESOTA SENATOR OUT OF
THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE,
Telegram Read at the Stmts Convention
at Minneapolis -McKinley Qeti tha
Delegation—Platform Deolarlng Foi
Proteotlon and Sound Money Adopted.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 26.—The sensa
tion of the day in political cirolea was
the withdrawal of Senator Davis from
the presidential race. The announce
ment came in the form of a telegram
from Washington to his chief friends
and advisers ant was as follows:
I am bound to, always did, and do
most loyally respect the wishes of the
people of Minnesota for that reason 1
request that my name be not consid
ered in the deliberations of the Minne
apolis convention. Give all my friends
my most enduring and heartfelt thanks.
Minnesota Republicans should, in my
opinion, declare against the United
States undertaking the unlimited coin
age of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.
Should also deolare for a protective
CTSHMAN K. DAVI&
tariff that will encourage, secure and
perpetuate domestic production of
everything agricultural, mining or
manufacturing that we can produce or
make, that will in consequence cause
steady employment to be given to the
American wage earner at wages ade
quate to the American standard of liv
ing that will also pledge the Republic
an party to protect American industry
ana manbood against the competition
now threatening them from the
Orient, particularly Japan that
will also, by provisions for
reciprocity, enlarge our foreign com
merce with nations who produce
what we cannot produce that will also
assert the policy of the United States
as declared by James Monroe and by
every one of our statesmen since that
will also declare that the people of
Cuba ought to be recognized as bellig
erents that will also declare for coast
defenses and such other naval and
military preparation as will surely
make us able to secure peace by our
manifest invincibility in war.
SOLID FOR M'KIN LEY.
Withdrawal of Davis Gives the Ohloan
the Minnesota Delegation.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 26.—The with
drawal of Senator Davis from the pres
idental race was the sensational feature
of the state Republican convention.
The move was not wholly unexpected,
but the reading of the telegram was,
nevertheless, in the nature of a sur
prise to the hundreds of delegates
present. Davis' withdrawal had the
effect of clearing the atmosphere, and
the McKinley men had smooth sailing.
This was noticed when W. P. Roberts
of Hennepin county introduced a rous
ing McKinley resolution and secured
its adoption by arising vote.
Although the convention was the
largest ever held in the state every
thing went along smoothly and har
mony held suprt-me sway. The dele
gates at large—R. G. Evans of Minne
apolis, George Thompson of St. Paul,
L. P. Hunt of Mankato and C. F. Hen
dryx of Sauk Center—were chosen
unanimously.
The platform, declaring for "sound
money" and protection, was adopted
with great enthusiasm, the only fight
on it being made in committee, the
Ohio financial plank being voted down.
After the election of the delegates
each one was called to the platform for
a speech, in which he pledged his sup
port to protection, reciprocity and Mon
roeism.
T. B. Walker of Minneapolis and E.
G. Holmes of Detroit were named for
electors at large.
HUMILIATED PETTIGREW.
Pickerel StateKman Compelled to Givo
a Pledge in Convention.
HuiiON,
S. D., March 26.—The Re
publican convention almost unani
mously instructed for McKinley and
"sound money." There has been a
big fight for two months over both
propositions, Senator Pettigrew vigor
ously opposing both. He has been on
the ground for several days and has
wielded all his power and well known
skill, particularly in favor of silver, but
was beaten before the convention met
and forced to accept the result without
a protest. The opposition formally
threatened, in case he attempted to re
sist either McKinley or "sound
money" on the floor of the convention,
to prevent his going to St. Louis. He
made a vigorous fight in the platform
committee, but was beaten unani
mously. He agreed to accept any* in
structions that might be passed, but the
Convention Compelled Him
before his election to rise in the hall
and pledge himself not only to vote,
but to work for "sound mbney" at St.
Louis. The other seven delegates, who
are all "sound money" and McKinley
men, held a meeting and pledged them
selves not to allow him to be chairman
nor to go upon the platform or creden
tials dommittee, or to have a voice in
choosing the national committeeman.
The delegates elected to attend the
8t. Louis convention are: L. B. French
of Yankton, D. A. Mizner of Mitchell,
W. E. Smead of Lead, W. V. Lucas of
Hot Springs* H. C. Meacham of Gettys
burg, Dave Williams of Webster, C. G.
Sherwood of Clark and R. F. Pettigrew
of Sioux Fills.
CHEERS FOR TOM REED.
Maaaaehnaatta Convention EnthuftHtatla
for the Man Prom Maine.
BOSTON, March
28.—-A
larger and
more enthusiastic body of prominent
Republicans has seldom met at a state
Convention here than was gathered at
THOMAS B. REED.
Musio hall to elect four delegates at
large and their alternates to attend the
national convention at St. Louis in
June.
Of the 3,002 delegates entitled to a
seat in the convention, 1,851 were in
attendance, full of enthusiasm for Hon.
Thomas B. Reed as candidate for presi
dent of the United States. Every dele
gate had in his buttonhole a Reed but
ton, bearing a picture of their favorite
with a background of the national col
ors and every time the name of the
Maine statesman was uttered, cheers
burst from the throats of the vast
crowd that filled the convention hall.
The platform, after pledging Massa
chusetts for the Republican nominee,
declares for reciprocity and protection,
and against silver agitation and state
banks. The financial plank is as
follows:
Opposed to Free Coinage.
We are entirely opposed to the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and to
any change in the existing gold stand
ard except by international agreement.
Each dollar must be kept as good as
every other dollar. The credit of the
United States must be maintained at
the highest point, so that it cannot be
questioned anywhere, either at home
or abroad. Every promise must be
rigidly kept, and every obligation re
deemable in coin must be paid in gold.
After the adoption of the resolutions
the convention proceeded to elect dele
gates to the St. Louis convention with
the following result: Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge of Nahant W. T. Murray
Crane of Dalton Ebon S. Draper of
Hopedale and Curtis Guild. Jr., of Bos
ton. They were chosen by acclamation.
MORTON IS THEIR MAN.
New the
York Republicans Indorse
Governor for President.
NEW YORK, March 25.—The attempt
to secure the New York state delega
tion for McKinley failed, and
the convention instructed its
delegates to work for Morton.
The delegates at large are Thomas C.
Piatt, Warner Miller, Chauncey M.
Depew and Edward Lauterbach. The
electors at large are General Benjamin
F. Tracey of New York and Edward B.
Butler of Buffalo.
The platform declares for protection,
favors reciprocity, denounces the agita
tion in favor of free coinage and de
clares for the gold standard, and in
dorses the presidential candidacy of
Governor Morton.
MATABELE MASSACRES.
Every White Person in Filibasl Killed
and Mutilated.
BULUWAYO, Matabele, March 30.
Captain Gifford, leading a rescue force,
left here on Thursday and succeeded in
rescuing 88 Whites who had gone into
Laager, at Inseza. This was not ef
fected until after repelling an attack
by a force of well armed Matabeles
and inflicting upon them a heavy loss.
The loss suffered by Gilford's forces in
the engagement was one killed and six
wounded.
Captain Spreckley, who repulsed
strong force of Matabeles on Thursday,
inflicting a heavy loss upon them, has
returned to Buluwayo bringing with
him a large number of prisoners. He
brings the disastrous intelligence that
all the whites in the Filibusi district
Have Been Massacred by the Natives,
including Messrs. Bentley. Edkins
Baragwanath and Carpenter. The
corpses of all those killed were horri
bly mutilated and their faces were
burned almost beyond recognition. The
native police, who are known to have
incited the .uprising, have been dis
armed and several Matabele spies have
been arrested.
The enemy is reported to be massing
only thirty miles distant from here and
the keenest anxiety is felt at the out'
look and attack upon the town is now
hourly expected.
BAYARD WILL RESIGN.
Said He Is D.ssatisfled With His Posi
tlon for Several Reasons.
WILMINGTON, Del., March 81.—There
is a strong supposition here that Am
bassador Bayard is contemplating re
signing. While his friends refuse to
give any particulars, they hint that
Mr. Bayard is dissatisfied with the ac
tion of congress, also that the drain on
his private purse necessary to keep up
the dignity of his diplomatic position
has reached suoh a point that he can
no longer maintain it. The story is
not confirmed by his son, Thomas F.
Bayard, Jr., but certain developments
indicate that the ambassador means to
return to this country for at least an
indefinite period.
Quashed the Conviction of Kneebs.
LEIPSIC, March 80.—The imperial
court has quashed the conviction of
Robert F. Kneebs, the American horse
man who was recently on trial on the
charge of trotting his mare Bethel un
der the name of Nellie Kneebs.
NO CONSOLIDATION
SUPREME gOURT 6ITS DOWN
HILL'S SCHEME.
It
ON
Would Mean a Monopoly of Business
and Higher Rates—Healthy Competi
tion the Bast Kecurlty of the Public's
ghts.
WASHINGTON, March 81.—James J.
Hill and his railroad consolidation
scheme have received a baokset in the
United States supreme court. The
court reversed the decision of the Min
nesota court in the Pearsall case and
upheld the statute of Minnesota prohib
iting consolidation. The court says
that it was competent for the state leg
islature to limit the charter and to "de
clare that the power it hafc conferred
upon the Minneapolis tVud St. Cloud
company (now the Great Northern) to
consolidate its interest with other of
similar corporations, should not be
exercised so far as applicable to parallel
competing lines, inasmuch as it is for
the interest of the people that there
should be competition between parallel
railroads.
"The legislature," it continues, "has
the right to assume in this connection,
that neither road would reduce its
tariff to a destructive or unprofitable
figure or to a point where either
road would become valueless to its
stockholders and the object of the act
in question is to prevent such a combi
nation between the two as would con
stitute a monopoly."
"Whether the consolidation of com
peting lines will necessarily result in
an increase of rates, or whether such
consolidation has generally resulted in
a detriment to the public, is beside the
question. Whether it has that effect
or not, it certainly puts it in the power
of the consolidated corporation to give
it that effect—in short, put the public
at the mercy of the corporation."
The consolidation of these two great
corporations would, said the court, un
avoidably result in giving the Great
Northern a monopoly of all traffic in
the northern part of the state of Min
nesota, as well as of all transconti
nental traffic north of the line of the
Union Pacific, against which public
regulations would be but a feeble pro
tection. The act of the legislature of
1874, he concluded, undoubtedly re
flected the general sentiment of the
public, that their best security is in
competition. The decisionjf the cir
cuit court was, therefore, reversed and
the case remanded.
TWO ROUTES POSSIBLE.
Report of the Government Engineer on
the MiSitlHSlppl-Superlor Canal.
WASHINGTON, March 81.—The secre
tary of war sent to the house the re
port of a survey of a canal connecting
Lake Superior with the Mississippi.
The cost of such a canal, the report
says, will range from $7,050,000 to $30,
000,000 according to the different routes
and the size proposed. It was found
advisable to survey two routes, via
Allouez bay and Brule and St. Croix
rivers, and via St. Louis, East Savanna
and Prairie rivers and Sandy lake.. The
cost of a barge canal 89 feet wide at
water surface, 59 feet wide at bottom
and 7 feet deep, along the line via
Allouez bay is estimated to be $7,050,
000, exclusive of cost of compensation
for the vested rights of logging inter
ests, and a canal of similar dimensions
on the other route at $10,575,510. He
says a steamboat canal 100 feet wide at
bottom, 121 feet wide at surface and 7
feet deep, along the latter route, is esti
mated to cost $18,015,112.
If the final objective point for the
waterway be the Mississippi river near
St. Paul, Major Sears adds, it would
necessitate the improvement of that
river from Sandy lake to a point below
St. Anthony Falls. The cost of such
a waterway, having a minimum
depth of seven feet from Lake
Superior to the Mississippi below St.
Paul via the St. Louis river, Sandy lake
and the Upper Mississippi river will
cost at least $19,000,000 for barges, and
for steamboats, if practicable at all,
$80,000,000.
Assuming the total cost to be imme
diately available, the report says, it
would take four years to complete the
first named route and 10 years the
other. The route via Allouez bay is
thought to be the most feasible.
CRUSH OF INSURGENTS.
Thousands or Thein Swarming Over
Havana Province.
KEY WEST, Fla., March 81.—(Sent
from Havana, March 28, to avoid press
censorship)—The 25,000 insurgents un
der General Maceo are swarming over
the provinces of Havana and Pinar del
Rio, destroying property, ripping up
railways and tearing down telograph
lines. Forty-five thousand Spanish
soldiers are in the same territory, and
more are coming. General Gomez is
in immediate command of the center
column of rebels, with about 9,000 men,
General Maceo is in the southern part
of Havana province with about 6,000
men, and General Lacret is hovering
about thte outskirts of Havana with
about 6,000 cavalry. The other 4,000
men are divided into small bands of
pillagers. The insurgents are well
equipped and have plenty of ammuni
tion and are capable of giving the sol
diers a warm reoeption. The activity
noticeable about the palace of General
Weyler leems tq bear out the idea that
a crisis is near at hand.
ESTIMATING THE VOTES.
The Antl-McKlnley Element ConQdant
of Defeating the Ohio Man,
WASHINGTON, March ,81.—The anti
McKinley combine are making big
claims and have given out figures show
ing that the Ohio man cannot get the
'necessary 457 votes. General Gros
venor, McKinley's manager here, has
published a statement giving 255 dele
gates to, his candidate. Joseph
Manley, Reed's manager, concedes Mc
Kinley only 162 delegates thus far
elected, including 18 from Minnesota.
Manley says the anti-McKinley strength
rvill exceed 600 votes at St. Louis,
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Hirsh, for a short time.
—Norm Sutherland commences to
clerk at Tait's this morning, and
Parker W. Kimball takes his place at
Birkett's.
—The pensions of J. C. Kaiser and
L. M. Ober, of this city, have just
been reduced by the pension gang at
Washington.
—Will Stevens, a Milwaukee brake
man, was badly squeezed Monday
morning while coupling freight cars
in the Austin yard.
—J. W. Scott, cashier of the Citi
zens National Bank, is expected home
today from Chicago, where he has
been for the past week.
—Miss Annie Share, of Le Roy, was
in Austin this morning on her way to
visit her sister Lena, who is attending
the St. Ansgar Academy.
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