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VOLUME XLI. NO. 260.'
SATURDAY.
KANSAS CITYr FEBRUARY 25, 1899. TEN PAGES.
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WAS LErT BEHIND
CHAPLAIN STE1
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NOTED NEGF q!,ISTER HERE
HAS SONS WHO ARE GRADUATES OF
HARVARD.
His ReRlment Took Part In the Mag.
. nlOcent Charge at EI Cnncy Six
f of Ills Men Won Commis
sions at That
Battle.
Rev. JIr. T. G. Stewart, chaplain or the
Twenty-fifth United States infantry (col
ored). Is spending a few days In Kansas
City, as the guest of Rev. Mr. F. Jesse
Peck, pastor of Allen chapel, at Tenth
end Charlotte streets. Rev. Mr. Stewart is
one of the foremost colored divines in the
country. He was born In Gouldtown, N. J.,
n 1S13, of a family established there bc-
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CHAPLAIN T. G. STEWART.
foro the revolutionary war. and was ed
ucated at a seminary In Philadelphia. In
1531 President Harrison appointed him
chaplain of the Twenty-fifth, which has
been stationed for the last seven years at
Fort Missoula, Mont
His regiment was ordered to Chicka
znauga at the beginning of the late war
and thence to Cuba, where it distinguished
luelf In the charge at Ban Juan, coming J
out or , that j fierce conflict wiw lorry Kiuea
and .wounded. .Mr.' Stewart whs left be
hind at Tampa.
Iff speaking of his regiment. Mr. Stewart
said: .
"In the charge on El Caney. six men
of the regiment won commissions. After
the war, the regiment returned to Mon
tauk In fair physical condition, although
' much exhausted. I busied myself with
feeding them up and securing food. Know
ing 'their fondness for melons, I secured
400 watermelons In New Jersey near my
home and later a benevolent man In. New
York asked me what he could do for our
regiment, and, at my request, furnished
the regiment with over 500 watermelons.
The regiment Is somewhat scattered
now with headquarters at Fort Logan,
near Denver. Many new recruits nave
been added to our ranks. I am in love
with my position, believe In military dis
cipline and am In spirit a thorough sol
dier. I, wish that we had 50,000 negroes In
the army getting the drill. I don't know
that the drill would hurt even the -women.
It certainly gives the men better form
and perhaps wouldn't hurt the female fig-
"n am now lecturing on the negro soldier,
civlnc bis history as a soldier in this coun
trJWeWest Indies and also showing
his characteristics. I regard the white
America soldier as the best all round
fighting man on earth and the American
negro as a close second. Physlcallj. the
Afro-American has shown in the army that
he is as good a man as the countrj fur
nishes. In form, size, weight and endur
ance he Is the equal of the best. In in
telligence as a soldier he holds his own.
mastering the ceremonial drill and battle
drills with complete success. In marks
manship and all the details of a.soldters
life, he has proven his claim, to a first-class
standing in our army. My hope Is to give
to the world-In a few months a complete
and -reliable history of the negro regular,
especiallr describing his work in the Cuban
campaign. My lectures have some bear
ing In that direction. I am meeting with
success and having full houses. I have not
tried to address white congregations, but
spoke to one very large one in Denver, and
have declined other invitations, as 1 want
to glvo the time I now have to my own
Mr.Stenart will speak In Allen chapel
Tuesday night, at a church In Janas
City. Kas.. Wednesday night, at Topoka.
Thursday night, and at St. Joseph Friday
For" two years Mr. Stewart was pastor of
the Metropolitan African Methodist Episco
pal church In Washington. While there he
made it his especial work to improve the
..htv TnVm t t.nvtnn musical director in
the colored public schools, was the choir
master- Rev. Mr. Hugh Price Hughes, of
the Methodist church In England, on a
visit to his church, said that he had never
heard a liner church choir In his life.
"Spcakirg of music" said Mr. Stewart.
'I have made some investigations in the
line of voices. My wife Is a homeopathic
physician, one of my sons graduates In
Mav from the University of Minnesota as
a doctor, and my brother-in-law is a doc
tor, so I have had a good chance to study
from a doctor's standpoint. I have found
that the nose has a great deal to do with
the voice. One mu.-t be architecturally
constructed to have a good voice. There
arc some New EnslanuVrs- who never will
b able to sing. The formation of the
nasal cavity is such as to give them it
nusal twanir which spoils the volte. So
emit a man as Charles Dudley Warner
has taken the American people to task for
not training their voices. Why. many of
them could not sing if they did train their
voices; they are not Imllt that way."
Two of Mr. Stewart's sons are graduates
of Harvard. One of them is at the Uni
versity of Minnesota and the other Is a
lieutenant in the Eighth United States vol
unteers In camp at Chicknmauga. He In
tends to practice law In Chicago when ho
is mustered out of the army.
Panic In nn Ottawa .School.
OTTAWA. KAS.. Pcb. 21. (Special.) Four
hundred school children here to-da- piled
over c-ich other In a frantic effort "to get
out of one of the ward school buildings
which was on fire. It Is a miracle no one
was hurt, but, aside from a few scratches
and bruises, they all escaped. The lire
caught In the basement and had made good
headway before it was discovered. The
local tire department made quick work of
it.
Sirs. Moore on Trial Acnln.
NEW YORK. Feb. It. The second trial
of Mrs. Fayne Strahan Moore, whose hus
band Is now serving a nineteen years" sen
tence in Sing Sing prison for extorting
money from Martin Mahon. the hotel pro-
Srietor of this city, was begun to-day. Mrs.
loore is charged with complicity with her
husband In the Mahon affair.
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COMING TO KANSAS CITY SOON.
"Embalmed Beef" Court "Will Be Here
Shortly to Inspect Pack
Ins Plants.
"WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. After a session
of little more than two hours, the court of
Inquiry investigating the beef charges ad
journed until Monday, pending the arrival
of witnesses who have been summoned.
Former Commissary General Eagan to-day
concluded his testimony, explaining the
provisions of contracts for beef for sup
plies to the armies In Porto Rico, Cuba and
the Philippines. He vigorously denied any
knowledge of any chemical treatment of
beef to preserve it, and disavowed any con
nection whatever of the government with
any such treatment. He further defended
the canned roast beef, explaining why it
'had been sent to the troops, and wnen Colo
nel Davis, the recorder, asked him if any
food had been used as an experiment or
Srctense of experiment, suggesting General
tiles' famous allegation that precipitated
the Eagan court-martial, the former com
missary general, with great dignity and em
phasis, replied swoepingly In the negative.
General Eagan was followed by Major
General S. B. M. Young and other otlicers
who were In tho Santiago campaign, and by
officers of the subsistence department. The
refrigerated beef was commended, while the
canned roast boef. In the whole, rather suf
fered as a sequence to the day's testimony.
Next week probably fifteen witnesses will
be heard, among them perhaps Governor
Roosevelt, of New York, and it is expected,
that Dr. W. H. Daly will be examined later
In the week, when the beef concerns will
have their representatives here to hear tho
witness repeat charges that the refrigerated
beef was treated chemically.
Some time next week, according to pres
ent expectations, the court will leave for
the "West, going first to Chicago to Inspect
the plants of the concerns that furnished
beef during the war and later to Omaha,
Kansas City, and perhaps to St. Louis.
A MAS0NJC TEMPLE.
Movement on Foot to Occupy Five
Upper Stories of a Projected
Ten Story Building.
There Is a strong probability that this
season will see the 6.000 or more Masons
of Kansas City In a Masonic temple built
especially for them. Negotiations to that
end re now In progress. A handsome
stone office building ten stories l)igh and
about 50x150 feet In ize is to be built on
the East side near the business center this
season, and theyplan Is for the Masonic
bodies to take the five upper stories on a.'
long lease, the rooms being built according
to their plans. Such a sciieme would give
the Masons practically a home of their
own. and would obviate the difficulty other
large cities have experienced where the or
ganization attempted to actually build and
own a Masonic temple.
It Is said that such a plan has never been
successful. Even the famous Masonic tem
ple in Chicago Is not owned by the Masons.
As stated, there are in the neighborhood
of 6,000 Masons in Kansas City, and they
meet In lodgerooms all over the city. They
would certainly prefer a building occupied
hv nn oher civic societies, where every
thing would be thoroughly Masonic. Kan
sas City now has nine blue lodges, two
chapters, one council, two commanderles,
one shrine, four chapters of the Eastern
Star and four bodies of the Scottish Rites.
All these could easily be accommodated in
the proposed building. The plans call for
three large separate halls with all the
necessary ante-rooms, committee rooms,
etc.
Some time ago a similar project was on
foot, and arrangements were all but com
pleted for the Masons to occupy the upper
floors of -the new Corrlgan building. The
plans' were changed, however, and the Ho
tel Baltimore resulted. This time the pros
pects seem good that the proposition will
be carried out. t
INDIANS PASS THROUGH.
Cherokee En Route to Washington
Where They Hope to Revive the
Treaty In the Senate.
Ten Cherokee Indians passed through
yesterday morning on their way to "Wash
ington, D. C. They hope to be able to
revive the treaty In the senate. They
were at the I'nlon depot for an hour yes
terday morning .and found many things
curious and interesting to them about the
place. One member of the party appeared
to weigh 30 pounds, but no amount of
corxlng would induce him to stand on the
weighing machine. Quite a crowd was
attracted by the spectacle of a fat Indian,
and every Inducement was offered to get
him on the scales. He bent over and
scrutlnzled the parts of the machine close
ly several times, but after each examina
tion he would decline to stand on It, du
biously shaking his head and grunting,
much to the amusement of the crowd.
C0LLECTI0NSWERE GOOD.
Bradstreet'a Reports Jobbers and Re
tailers Showing; Considerable
Activity.
J. "W. Swain, manager of Bradstreet's
local office, Kansas City, reports the follow
ing trade conditions for the week:
Jobbers and retailers show considerable
activity in the past week, especially In
hardware and building material. Collec
tions are good.
Financial brokers report good demand for
Investment securities. Local banks have a
largo surplus of money, over the legal re
serve, to loan with light, demand for dis
counts. Indications for business during 1S99 con
tinue good. Implement houses are order
ing .large stocks for supplies and are pre
paring to fill orders promptly, while some
Implement manufacturers claim they havo
more orders than they can supply.
Clearings for the week, JS.5S5.C56.
UNITED STATES PRISON CAR.
Contained Fourteen Prisoners Sen
tenced to Various Terms In the
Federal Penitentiary.
A United States prison car from "Fort
Smith. Ark., arrived over the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railroad yesterday morn
ing and was switched to the Missouri Pa
cific for Leavenworth. While standing on
the Union depot platform It attracted at
tention. bothn account of the bars on the
windows and the faces peering through.
There were fourteen prisoners from the
Indian Territory, sentenced by the United
States courts, who were en route to the
federal prison at Leavenworth. Some of
them, shackled at ankles and wrist, were
allowed to stroll about the depot and
Union avenue. (
BOND STORY DENIED.
Secretary Gace Declares That An
other Issue Is Not in Com
t tcmplntlon.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. Secretary Gage
said to-day that there was no truth what
ever In tho published statement that an
other bond issue was In contemplation. He
pointed out that there is now an avail
able cash balance In the treasury of over
$271,000,009, and. although the expenditures
are now. and for some time are expected to
be. in execs of the receipts, the treasury
situation Is not such as to warrant any
apprehension for the near future.
SUICIDE AT A WEDDING FEAST.
Former Fiancee of the Groom Ends
Her Life With a Dose of
Strychnine.
MOWEAQUA. ILL.. Feb. 21. Miss Grace
Sanner. daughter of a wealthy farmer of
Penn township. Shelby county, committed
suicide by taking a dose of strychnine
while sitting at the wedding feast of her
half-sister, whose marriage -to John P.
Orris had just taken place. Grace was at
one time engaged to Orris, and it is believed
she was disappointed in seel ' him the
husband of another.
NEW ARMY BILL
PROVISION'S OF COMPROMISE MEAS
URE AGREED UPON.
ARMY TO NUMBER 100,000 MEN
35,000 ARE TO BE EX LISTED
PRESIDENT'S DISCRETION.
AT
Volunteers to Be Mustered Out j
Soon as Practicable Democrats
Have Agreed to the I111I
and It Has Been In
troduced. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-The senate
committee on military affairs reported the
compromise army organization bill just be
fore adjournment of the senate at 6:30
o'clock p. m. The bill had been framed. at
the war department last night by the offi
cials of that department and a- number of
senators, and was under consideration by
the senate committee and its sub-committee
during the greater part of the day.
The formulation of the compromise meas
ure was placed in the hands of Senators
Hawley and Carter, of the military com
mittee, on behalf of the Republicans, and
Senator Cockrell, in the Interest of the
Democrats. ' They met at 10 o'clock to-day
and continued quite constantly in session.
Colonel Carter, of the army, sat with them
for the purpose of supplying technical In
formation.
The sub-committee had it in charge until
4:30 o'clock, when the full committee met.
The committee mado a number of changes
and after a sitting of two hours reported
the bill to the senate.
The bill as reported differs in many de
tails from the bill read In the house to-day
by Mr. Hull, but the general framework Is
the same. In the new bill one section cov
ers the entire increase of the army, and it
reads as follows:
"That to meet the present exigencies of
the military service the president is hereby
authorized to maintain the regular army at
a strength of not exceeding 63,000 enlisted
men, to be distributed among the several
branches of the service according to the
needs of each, and raise, a force of not
more than 35,000 volunteer infantry, as he
may determine, from the country at large,
under general law, or from the localities
where their services may be required, with
regard to citizenship or educational quali
fications, and to form the same into not
more than thirty regiments organized as
infantry regiments of war strength in the
regular army.
"Provided, that such Increase in the reg
ular and volunteer force shall continue in
service only during the necessity therefor,
and not later than July. 1, 1801."
The allotment, of major, arid-brigadier gen
erals is as,fQllows:, I ,jr ,
" "That theprealdentjshall have power to
continue In service, or to appoint, by and
with the advice and consent of ;the senate,
brigadier generals of volunteers, who, in
cluding the brigadier generals oi tne regu
lar army, shall not exceed one for every
4,000 enlisted men actually In service, ana
major generals of volunteers who. Includ
ing the major generals of the regular
army, shall not exceed one for every 12,000
.enlisted men,,
..t t.a-.a .i.. ..,. In.. r1Hrara erji.
tlnued or appointed as general officers or
as field or staff officers of volunteers; un
der the provisions of this act, shall not
vacate their regular army commissions."
Section 1 provides that the regular army
"shall consist of three major generals, six
brigadier generals, ten regiments of cav
alry, seven regiments of artillery, twenty
five regiments of infantry.
The adjutant general's and the inspector
general's departments are to consist of the
number of officers now In them, respec
ively, with a provision that captains of the
line who have shown marked aptitude in
the command of troops shall be entitled'
to compete for staff appointments.
The senate amendment to thei HulIJHaw
ley bill Increasing the number of cadets to
the extent of 100 Is retained.
Provision is made that no person other
than an officer of the regular army who
has passed the age of 43 years shall be
appointed as a field officer 'in the volunteer
force, nor as a company or staff officer
therein, if he be past the age of 33 years;
neither shall any person not a regular
army officer be so appointed until he shall
have demonstrated his moral, physical and
professional fitness for the grade in which
he is to be commissioned to the satisfaction
of an examining board; provided, that the
field officers of the force herein author
ized be appointed from officers of the reg
ular army or from persons who served as
officers of volunteers in the war with
Spain.
Tho president is authorized to continue in
service, or appoint, volunteer staff officers
as follows:
Nine assistant adjutant generals, nine as
sistant Inspector generals, five judge ad
vocates, thirty quartermasters and forty
assistant quartermasters; six commissaries
of subsistence and twelve assistant com
missaries, thirty-four surgeons, thirty addi
tional paymasters and thirty-one signal of
ficers. These volunteer staff officers are
given various ranks from colonel to sec
ond lieutenant.
As soon as practicable the officers and
men of the volnnteer army not authorized
In the bill shall be mustered out. provided
that enlisted men of volunteers may be
transferred to and enlisted In such of the
new organizations as may be below the
maximum authorized strength. Provision
is made that the act is not to be construed
to cause the discharge of any commissioned
officer now In the service.
FJVE MENIN PERIL
Imprisoned In a Temporary Water
Works Crlh In Lake Erie at
Cleveland.
CLEVELAND. O.. Feb. 24. Five men are
imprisoned In a temporary water works crib
several miles out in Lake Erie, and there Is
much apprehension felt for their safety.
Enormous piles of Ice cover the crib, al
most hiding It from view. No communica
tion has been had with the men for several
davs, and It is known their supply of pro
visions is short. Attempts to reach the
crib with a tug have proven unsuccessful.
The last supply of food was taken to the
crib three weeks ago. It Is feared the tem
porary structure will collapse 'under the
tons of Ice piled upon It.
Sued for 850,000, and Got 81.
MARYVILLE, MO.. Feb. 24. (Special.)
A few months ago Milton Hunt, of Raven
wood, charged that Mrs. Anna Marsh had
stolen Ice from his Icehouse, and had her
arrested. Mrs. Marsh was tried before
Tiistioo nf the Peace Sims, at Ravenwood.
and acquitted. She immediately brought
suit in the Nodaway county court against
Hunt for $59,000 damages, alleging defama
tion of character. The case was tried to
day and the jury brought in a verdict for
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Broomcorn Put Up to lSO.
MATTOON, ILL., Feb. 24. At a meeting
of the broomcorn buyers of Central Il
linois the price of brush has been advanced
to $150 per ton, an advance of $50 per ton
In the past four months.
WILLIAM FOLEY, ACQUITTED.
Liberty Man Goes Free on Cliaree of
Murdering Ills Mother, but Is
Rearrested.
PLATTE CITY. MO.. Feb. 24.-(Special.)
As has been foreshadowed in theae dis
patches ever since the taking of testimony
began, William S. Foley was acquitted in
the circuit court of Platte county this
morning of the charge of killing his
mother. It was nearly 10 o'clock when tho
sheriff announced to the court that tho
Jury had reached a verdict. The prisoner
and jury were ordered to bo brought In
and after a poll of tho jury the verdict
of not guilty was .read and acknowledged
by each Juror. There was but little demon
stration. The relatives of the prisoner had
just entered, but had not reached their
seats when the decision was read. How
ever much joy it may have caused in their"
hearts, to Jim Morrow it was the saddest
hour of his life. Jie seemed perfectly un
manned and dropped down, on the first
bench end cried aloud. Many noted and
remarked upon the peculiarity of his ac
tions. . -
At 1 o'clock the lawyers for the defense
wished to proceed with tho second case
against Foley, -namely, the murder of his
sister, Fanny. But as the case had not
been docketed for this special term this
was impossible. An cilort was then made
to have the case annulled, bfit that could
not be done for the same reason. He will
have to lie in jail till tho April term, at
which time the case will probably be al
lowed to pass off the docket.
Tne verdict seems to meet with general
approval. Lv-en the strongest believers of
his guilt admit that tho proof Was weak.
The majority think it was Impossible for
him, considering his previous high stand
ing, to have been guilty of a crime so
heinous and so brutally executed, and the
women, who attended the trial In great
numbers, aro almost a unit in believing
him innocent. The caso has made history
for this little city. Only two ballots were
trtiron ttinuirh thA lurv was out nearly
eighteen hours. On"th first" they stood
nine to three for acquittal, bheriii jjii
lingham will have charge of him till the
other case is settled, in April.
The acquittal of Foley yesterday was
the result of a third trliil on the charge of
murdering his mother. J Another indictment
for the murder of hls;Ister still pends.
Tho first trial resulted in a hung jury.
On the second trial, at Liberty, in No
vember. 1S97, he was convicted of murder
in the first degree. ' '
The crime of which Foley -was charged
was committed at the Foley home, six
miles north of Liberty. November 17. 1S9.
Mrs. Foley and her daughter, Fannie, were
found murdered, having been shot while In
bed. The tragedy, was reported by Foley
to a neighbor at 3:30 o'clock; Foley had
been away to the home of a sister, from
which place he had departed to go to the
home of Leonard Ligon. but a short dis
tance from his own home. He left here
between 8 and 9 o'clock. The shots which
killed his mother and sister were heard
between 9:10 and 9:15 o'clock by neigh
bors, but Foley, who was riding home, said
he did not- hear them. t
It was generally believed that Foley had
time to reach his home from. Ligon's before
the shots were fired, and the feeling was
so intense against him in Clay county that
two attempts to lynch him were made,
both of which were neaily Successful. He
was spirited away 1 the nick of time. A
change of venue was, granted for the third
trial. , J
CLAY COUNTY INCENSED.
Great Indlsroatlon 'F'lr Expressed
as to Verdlcttrt Platte
County Jury. s
LIBERTY, MO., Feb. 24. (Special.) The'
Foley sentiment here cannot be expressed
too strongly. The people are very indig
nant over the verdict. It was received with
indignation by the people of Clay county.
Little groups of men congregated on the
square and discussed the case, censuring
the people of Platte county a great deal
because of the outcome of the trial. It
has j been said here for several days that
the defense paid men to go into Platte
county to talk the people there Into the
belief that Foley was innocent. If so, they
succeeded, for the people of Platte county
are under the delusion that ninety-nine out
of every 100 men in Clay county are per
secuting Foley. To-day this was spoken
of freely. Platte county people In general
were criticised freely, as public sentiment
there is thought to have had much to do
with the result of the trial. There is pos
itively no danger of a Clay county mob
going to Platte City after Foley after a
picked jury has returned a verdict of not
guilty. If Foley should ever visit Clay
county in case he Is turned loose, he would
hardly be safe If guarded by the state
militia. Clay county people are lovers of
Justice.- but they do not sanction the let
ting of murderers run at large. One man's
expression on the verdict Is a fair sample
as to the feeling of the majority of the
people:
"My only regret with the verdict Is that,
they didn't turn Foley loose and let him
come back and kill the rest of the family
who have beep protecting him."
EGGS ARE BOOMING.
Famine at Indianapolis Pats Prices
Up to K Cents Each at
Retail.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Feb. 24. An egg
famine Is on In this city. The retail price
to-day Is 60 cents and the wholesalers are
holding out at 53 cents. The retailers hes
itate to meet this price and are hopeful
that shipments from Southern Indiana will
soon bring the price down.
CLEVELAND. O.. Feb.-24. The egg fam
ine has reached this city and the retail
price to-day reached SO cents per dozen.
Many grocers were unable to obtain even
"a small supply and would-be purchasers In
many cases were unable to get their orders
filled. At some of the restaurants eggs
have, been erased from the bill of fare.
Commission dealers express the belief that
there would be no adequate supply for a
week or ten days at least.
AUT0-M0BILEAMBULANCE.
First of Its Kind Presented to a Chi
cago Hospital by Five Bus
iness Men.
CHICAGO. Feb. 21. The first auto-mobile
ambulance ever constructed was pre
sented to-day to the Michael Reese hos
pital, of this city. It was built in Chicago
and is the gift offive prominent business
men of this city, who refuse to allow their
names to be used In connection with the
presentation. The ambulance weighs 1,600
pounds and its speed approximates sixteen
miles an hour. The body of the vehicle
Is set on a separate set of springs, which
reduced the jar and jolting of the occu
pant to a minimum.
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. '
The postofflce at Chanute, Kas., has been
moved to tne building owned by Josie B.
Lapham.
A postofflce has been established at Inglo
ton, D county, O. T., with Vesta A, Ingle
as postmaster.
Mrs. Kate V. Kinney, of Netawaka, Kas.,
has been appointed assistant matron at the
Hooper Valley Indian schooK California.
Sam Light, a switchman, while at work
In the Missouri, Kansas & Texas yards
at Muskogee, was run over by the cars
and instantly killed.
Secretary Alger returned to Washington
yesterday, and when asked concerning re
ports that he Intended to resign from the
cabinet, said that he had never entertained
suclran Idea.
Ex-President Cleveland has signified his
intention of attending the dinner to be
given in New York on March 2 in honor of
Carl Schurz. This will be Mr. Cleveland's
first public appearance In New York poll
tics since 1S96.
L-idy Curzon, wife of Lord Curzon, of
Kedelstone, the viceroy of India, Is suffer
ing from a slight attack of fever, but there
is no cause for anxiety. She will proceed
to Simla, the summer capital of India, in
a week.
LOOSE AGAIN
MR. JOHNSON BREAKS AWAY FROM,
TRADITIONS OF DECENCY.
VICIOUS ATTACK ON M'KINLEY
PRESIDENT SNEERED AT AND
MOTIVES IMPUGNED.
HIS
IS LIKENED TO "PECKSNIFF
ACCUSED OF INSINCERITY AND MIS
REPRESENTATION. President's Boston Speech Made the
Text for a Most Sensational Dia
tribe Republican Leaders
Generally Ignore the
Indlnnlnn'x Vicious
Tirade.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. During the
general debate upon the army appropria
tion bill in the house to-day, Mr. Johnson,
Republican, of Indiana, who made several
notable speeches violently attacking the
policy of the administration during the
consideration of the army reorganization
bill a fortnight ago, returned to the assault
and delivered .against the president and
some of his advisers the most scathing
philllpic heard In the house for months. He
sneered at the president and the influences
which he alleged controlled him. Impugned
his motives, questioned his sincerity and
likened him to" Dickens' most contemptiblo
character; charged his secretary of war
with Incompetency, and predicted that the
president would In the end be engulfed by
adverse public sentiment.
Although his utterances were far more
sensational than those In his "former speech
and dazed sqme of his auditors by the im
petuosity with which they were delivered,
the speech did not raise about him the
storm of his former speeches. t
Mr. Landis, one of his Republican col
leagues from Indiana, briefly stated to tho
house that Mr. Johnson's" constituents had
'repudiated him, and the two members had
a wordy duel. Later in the day Mr. Marsh,
Republican, of Illinois, replied to some of
Mr. Johnson's strictures, but the Republic
an leaders had evidently decided to ignore
the attacks of the Indianlan. and no gen
eral reply was made to his speech to-day.
The army appropriation bill to-day was
lost sight of in the general discussion of
the policy of the government relative to
the Philippines and several notable speech
C3 were made, particularly that'otJU? Bet
tie, Democrat, of Kentucky." The general
debate upon the bill closed to-day, and, to--
morrow the bill will be taken up for amend
ment under the five minute rule.
Mr. Johnson's Assault.
When Mr. Johnson arose for his remarks,
he at once attracted the attention of the
house. "A few evenings ago," he began,
"the Home Market Club, of Boston, gave
a banquet, at which the president was the
principal guest. From the newspaper ac
counts of the affair, it was an exceedingly
elaborate one; the table at which the chief
executive sat being loaded down with rare
and fragrant flowers. Sweetest music lent
its charm to the occasion; an ode to the
president was sung by the banqueters to
the tune of 'America,' and a vast con
course of people looked down from the
galleries upon the festal board. -
"The secretary of war was in attendance,
he whom the Boston populace had hissed
upon the street a few hours before, ere
they turned to greet with rapturous ap
plause the chief who had bestowed upon
him his official character. We can hardly
blame them, though, for this. Mr. Chair
man, for they were only following the
precedent set them by some of the leading
Republican newspapers of the country,
which for months past have been fiercely
attacking the secretary and yet have
lacked the courage to lay their ax to the
root of the evil and censure the gentle
man who, to reward him for his political
services and disbursements In the cam
paign of 1S96, appointed him to his present
position, and has maintained him there
ever since, notwithstanding his incompe
tency and against the righteous complaints
that have been made against him.
Secretary Lonfr Attacked.
"The secretary of the navy also graced
the occasion with his presence, and so far
forgot his usual courtesy, so far belied his
New England training and associations, as
to repeat the stale and untruthful charge
that those who opposed the ratification' of
the infamous treaty of peace with' Spain
were responsible tor the bloodshed that
occurred in the Philippines.
"When the chief magistrate had ceaFed
speaking, another member of his official
family, the gentleman who presides over
tho postolhce department, arose In his place
and proceeded to load his chief down with
an eulogy so fulsome and extravagant, so
absolutely given over to hyperbole, that no
individual not wholly eaten up with vanity
could possibly have endured it without
nausea and disgust.
"The newspapers further inform us that,
amortg the other decorations, there were
suspended over the entrance to the banquet
hall three portraits, one of Washington, one
of Lincoln, and one of the president him
self, and that beneath this was the word:
'Liberators.' Now, George Washington
fought with his sword for eight long and
bloody vears to establish the right of a peo
ple to govern themselves, and in his fare
well address he counseled his countrymen
to live on terms of amity with all nations
and to enter into entangling alliances with
none. Abraham Lincoln's whole political
lifo was a contention for the rights of man,
and it was his kindly hand which penned
tho immortal emancipation proclamation
that struck the shackles from the limbs of
millions of bondsmen.
McKinley's Address Denounced.
"One would think, sir, that the gentle
man who was just .then engaged in the
prosecution of a bloody war against a poor
and defenseless people in the Orient, en
gaged in the unsavory task of christian
izing them with the sword and civilizing
them at the mouths of cannon, would nat
urally have felt some little embarrassment
as he gazed upon these portraits and read
the significant Inscription below. Possibly
his excellency did not see them. He may
have turned his back upon them. Just as he
has turned his back upon the Declaration
of Independence. Be this as it may, sir.
the president does not appear to have been
at all abashed by this incongruous circum
stance but ho arose from his seat and
there within the shadow on the monument
of Bunker hill, where Warren fell, fighting
for liberty and within a stone s throw of
Fancuil hall, where time and again the true
ons of the old Bay state have sent forth
to tho country their messages of freedom,
he delivered perhaps the most remarkable,
certainly the most disingenuous address
that ever fell from the lips of an American
PI"ThIs address, divested of its verbiage,
considered apart from its platitudes and
the ostentatious professions of virtue with
which it was interlarded, was nothing
more or less than a carefully devled and
studious misstatement of the issue between
the chief executive and those of hi? own
party who are opposed to his wretched
policy In the Philippines. It was an ef
fort to befog the subject and to mislead
the public judgment.
McKinley Likened to 'Pei-ksnllT."
"We are told, sir, that this address was
received with an enthusiastic applause by
those who heard it, but we who read it In
cold print in light of the Indefensible trag
edy now being enacted near the shores of
Asia involuntarily think of that creation
of Charles Dickens, who was accustomed
to roll his eyes piously to heaven and ex
claim, with great ostentation, to those
about him, 'My friends, let. us be moral,"
and who was the father of two daughters,
one of whom he named Charity and the
other Mercy.
"His excellency declared upon this occa
sion. If not in so many words, at least in
effect, that he had never entertained any
policy-with respect- to the Philippines up
to the time the trcatv of peace was rati
fied; but that he had simply held them
as commander-in-chief, the questions as to
their disposition and control to be deter
mined thereafter by congress.
"If the chief executive really feels as he
declared at the banquet that he did, that
the disposition of the Philippines is a mat
ter to be determined by congress, why
does he not call a special session of con
gress to settle the matter at once and then
keep his hands off? Heaven knows there
13 need of action. If he is sincere, why
did he permit his supporters in the senate
to vote down the other day the Bacon res
olution, which distinctly declared that the
United States entertained no intention 'of
permanently holding these islands? Why
did he Insist that the McEnery resolution
should be passed; a resolution which is a
fraud, a delusion and a snare, a shameful
evasion, which, like a Christmas tree, has
smoethlng upon It for everybody? That
resolution is intended simply to quiet the
conscience of the American people; to lull
all opposition to sleep while the president
goes ahead waging relentless and merciless
war 'against the Filipinos, and laying deep
and secure the foundations for a permanent
American colny.
Administration's Alleged Blunders.
"Mr. Chairman, I am determined that
tho president shall neither befog the Issue
between himself and those of the Repub
lican party who onnose his Phlllnnine nol-
lcy, nor misiead the public judgment nor
shirk the responsibility for the gross of
ficial blunders which he has committed in
connection with this great problem. I in
sist that the whole policy Is not simply
an error, but that it is a crime, and that
the chief executive of this nation is the
one who has precipitated upon us the em
barrassments and the difficulties by which
wo are now confronted. 1 insist that he
did not simply hold the Philippines as
commander-in-chief, leaving the question
of disposition and control of them to con-i
gress, but that he formulated and put lntor
execution an affirmative and aggressive
policy, that of their permanent annexation
to this country, and forced it to the sen
ate with all power and Influence which his
high office enabled him to employ.
"The president's first impression was to
demand of the people of the Phlliplnes
simply a coaling station, a measure amply
sufficient for all of our legitimate purposes
and the evacuation of the island by Spain
without a compensation by the taxpayers
of the United States. Had he adhered to
this, however, all would have been well.
The whole Union would have followed him
cheerfully, and to-day we would have been
at peace with the Philippine republic; our
army and navy which Is now waging war
against our former friends and allies,
would have been disbanded. No army bill
for a standing army of 100.000 men would
have been pending, and we could now be
getting ready to reduce instead of getting
ready to greatly Increase the burden of
our taxation. But the president committed
a fatal error.
The Treaty of Paris.
"He wrote into that treaty 'the absolute
transfer. oHpanish sovereignty over the
I'PhillppiBes.lof'ourselves, and the paymentr
o $20,000,000 as a consideration .for the
cession. Then he Issued to the people cf
the Philippines that proclamation in which
he informed them that the United States
had succeeded to the title of Spain, de
clared that the government and control cf
their territory belonged to us. ordered thsm
to pay their taxes to the military govern
ment which he established over them, and
blandly made known to them that our mis
sion In their midst was one of 'benevolent
.assimilation.'
"The president drove the treaty through
the senate by the unlimited exercise of
all these powers and Influences which the
great office he holds makes possible.
"What, then, did the chief executive
mean by telling those who gathered around
the banquet board at Boston that, up to
the ratification of the treaty, he had sim
ply held the Philippines as commander-in-chief,
without any policy of his own. leav
ing the whole matter to be determined af
terward by the congress? Was he foolish
enough to believe that his mere statement
would be allowed to pass unchallenged?
Was he vain enough to suppose that his
ipse dixit would conclude the matter, with
the damning proof of Its falsity so near
at hand?
Denounced as Vacillating;.
"Mr. Chairman, why -did the president
change his original intention as to the
terms to be incorporated into the treaty?
"What were the Influences that brought the
change about? I have heard It stated that
the applause of the people who greeted him
just about this juncture of public affairs
while he was on his tour In the "West was
the reason for It. Was It, then, the condi
tion of public sentiment rather than the
right or wrong of the matter which in
fluenced the presidential mind? Does the
rhlpf executive ruirard his irreat nrpro-a-
tlves to be so supinely representative thatv
ne must neeas aDuicate mem at every pop
ular wind that blows? Does he feel that
his high office gives him no latitude for
the exercise of Individual judgment and of
independent action? Did he make no al
lowance for transient ebullitions of public
enthusiasm and excitement, overlook his
opportunity to save the people from them
selves, lose sight of all the sacred traditions
of the countrj" and fear to make his ap
heal to that ultimate tribunal which has
so often In our national history vindicated
those who have fearlessly stood for the
right in public affairs the sober, second
thought of the great American people?
"And is his excellency quite sure that he
properly gauged the condition of the pub
lic mind on the subject of Philippine an
nexation? Is he absolutely certain that
one swallow really makes a whole sum
mer? It would really seem so, for In this
Homo Market address he exultln?ly de
clared that the annexation treiiv had
passed the senate by over two-thirds, and
was sanctioned by the Judgment of nine-i
tenths cf his countrymen. How that treaty
finally got its- two-thirds' majority In the
senate tho tremendous pressure necessary
to secure It there, where its fate hung
doubtful and trembling In the balance un
til the very latest moment and was then
only saved by the votes of senators who
had most of them spoken agalnn It no
man knows better than Mr. McKinley.
The People and the Treaty.
"Adulation has. Indeed, sorely blinded
the chief executive to the truth if he im
agines that even the majority of his coun
trymen approve of this permanent holding
in the Orient. 'Let him not pin his faith
too securely to the sordid Interests which
clamor so loudly In his hearing. If he will
but quiet the noisy throng which surrounds
him long enough to put his ear to the
ground and listen, he will distinguish the
premonitions of the coming storm; he will
hear the steady tread, not of 100.000 men
whom he demands for a crusade agalnn
liberty, but of -a mighty army of free peo
ple who are beginning to move in defense
of their cherished traditions and their vio
lated honor.
'We have been told further that the
president yielded up his first blush im
pressions at tho Importunity of Admiral
Dewev. who urged that the Philippines
should be retained. Mr. Chairman, the
chief executive cannot screen himself be
hind the gold lace of the hero of Mallna.
ISfo one can honor more profoundly than
I do the officers of our regular army and
navy, but their predilections are naturally
for arms. - They have imbibed, or course,
the prejudices and the preferences of their
calling. We cannot blame them for de
siring to magnify the size and importance
of the army and navy, for advocating ex
pansion and taking on of a colonial policy.
"Again, we havo been assured that the
demand of our peace commissioners at
Paris to hold the Philippines is what in
duced the president to yield. So far as
one of 'the commissioners Is concerned, we
know that this Is false. But even if this
statement were true, the constitutional
power to negotiate a treaty was his, not
the commissioners. They were simply his
instruments, appointed to carry out his
will. No. Mr. Chairman, this plea, like all
the others, will not avail. The truth la
that these commi'-sioners got their inspira
tion and their instructions from the Whtte
House. Those .instructions once changed,
the action of the commissioners would have
been different. The wrong was with the
chief executive. He. and he alone, is re-
sponsible.
Mclvluley Accused of Corruption.
"Mr. Chairman, in my humble opinion,
the reason for the change in the; presiden
tial policy was his concession to the selfish
capitalists or the country, his surrender
to their demands. These are the gentle
men who furnished the money for his nom
ination and election, and who, I doubt no:,
have pledged him a renomination and a re
election. These ate the gentlemen who arc
already- seizing upon valuable franchises
in China, in connection with the English,
syndicate, with a member of parliament
from AVales -at its head. These are tho
gentlemen whom Lord Beresford has la
mind In his cordial but not wholly disin
terested invitation to an alliance In China
with Britain, Germany and Japan, against
Russia and France, the old-time enemies
of his country and the old-time friends of
ours. These are the gentlemen who are
already grasping after special privileges la
the Philippines, in Cuba and In Porto Rico.
"It was. 1 imagine, for their special bene
fit that the president created his advisory
board to the war department, composed
of three American citizens, their object be
ing to rarm out valuable privileges ana
immunities which should belong to the
people or those Islands themselves, and la
whose disposition they should have a voice,
if their government is to be free and their
rights maintained. I have no fault to find,
with the spirit o legitimate American
commerce. My contention is against tho
spirit of American greed, which cares noth
ing for the spirit of American liberty. And
what do these gentlemen propose? To
amass colossal fortunes In the Islands by
virtue of their franchises and upon the
cheap labor of the native population, net
one dollar of which, will ever find its lodg
ing place in the pockets of the American
people.
The "Open Door" Policy.
"To enable them to do this, our whole
population is to purchase their field opera
tions for them in- the Philippines from the
ransom of $20,000,000. and is to be taxed in
terminably and excessively in the creatipn
and maintenance of a great army and naVy
which is to conquer and hold the Filipinos
in subjection and defend the islands after
they have been expensively fortified
against the assaults of the great European
nations, with which our new foreign policy
will be certain to bring ms into frequenc
contention.
"What else is upon the programme of
these gentlemen? The open door in the
Philippines, making- if totally Impossible
forever to discriminate In tariff duties there
in' favor of the products of the American
farm and the American shop.
"What is the other sacrifice that Is re
quired? That the annexation of Cuba.
Porto Rico and the Philippines, absolutely
sure to come at an early day, for they
have-registered It In their vows, shall pre
cipitate the sugar, tobacco, hemp and other
cheap products, of these Islands and Ha
waii upon the American market in free and
unrestricted competition with the agricul
tural and laboring elements of our own
country.
"This policy, 'sir. would have been free
ptrade In William Jennings Bryan. What
is it in wuiiam Mclilnley?'"
House Keyed to HlBh Pitch.
The house had been keyed to a high pitch
of excitement during Mr. Johnson's speech!
but throughout its delivery there had been
no interruptions, although members on
both side'listened attentively as the ter
rific arraignment' of the administration
flowed from the Ipsot.tho fiery Jndlanian.
As he took -his seat, Mr- Hamilton,' Kepub-HeawfJMicMgari,-arose
and excitedly
asked for the reading of the 'president's
Boston speech. "
"I am perfectly willing." said, Mr. John- '
son. "I want it read and printed Jn. the
Record." ' ' ,
"The people have already read ihls
speech." shouted Mr. Hamilton.
"Yes, and they will damn him for it," re
torted Mr. Johnson.
Mr. Settle, Democrat, of Kentucky, fol
lowed Mr. Johnson with a speech against
imperialism, the eloquence of which at
tracted attention:
In conclusion, he charged that despite tha
soft evasions of the administration it was
everywhere doing all In its power to fa
miliarize the country with the monstrous
face of imperialism. The sentiments which
received most applause on the Republican
side were: "Hold every particle of terri
tory. Who will haul down the American
flag?" It was in the air. Even the plca
ninnles on the streets were singing, "Hold
them Philippines, McKinley."
Landis Scores Johnson
Mr. Landis, Republican, jit Indiana, re
plying to Mr. Johnson, declared that the
latter did not represent the sentiments of
his district: that he had been repudiated
by the people. Hs read some expressions
from the editors ot Republican newspapers
of the district in support of this state
ment. "Those editors," he said, "are the
men who. thirty-five years ago, uihold the
hands .of. Oliver P. Morton against the
assaults of the copperheads. If the gen
tleman returns to his district." he said,
"he will' be crucified by public 'opinion and
spat upon with indignation,"
Mr. Johnson said it mattered not to htm
whether he were popular. He was only
concerned as to whether he was right. Ho
referred to Mr. Landis as the "diminutive
representative ot trie great Republican
party ot the great commonwealth of In
diana." Mr. Landis' parting shot was that he
commended ,to the house the spectacle of
the man upon the floor of the American
congress who admitted that he was a
giant.
Mr. Rhea, Democrat, of Kentucky, said
he was tired of the vacillating policy of
the president Whenever the opposition
assumed the temerity to Inquire Into the
purpose of the president, they were waved
back with the question:. "Do you not have
confidence in the president?"
"I frankly confess that I have not," said
Mr. Rhea. "He represents nothing Ir stand
for; nothing that entitles me to- a seat
upon this floor."
In the course of his arraignment of tho
president. Mr. Rhea spoke of Secretary
Alger as a man who. "If public, history ba
true, had been cashiered from the army for
cowardice on the eve of battle."
"That Is not true." interposed Mr. Spauld
Ing. Republican, of Michigan.
"Oh. I do not mean cashiered in the lit
eral sense. I mean that he left his com
mand without orders and against orders
and came here where" he was court-martialed."
"He was "never court-martialed."
"Then he resigned."
"That's different." replied Mr. Spauldlnr
amid great Democratic laughter and ap
plause.
Harsh Arouses Applause.
After some further remarks by Messrs.
Hamilton. Republican, of Michigan: Pearce,
Democrat, of Pennsylvania: Sulzer. Demiv
crat. of New York: Talbert Democrat 'of
South Carolina, and Simpson, Populist of
Kansas. Mr. Hull. In charge of the W1L
stated that the compromise bill as read to
the house would show changes in the final
form, and that some of the senators had
regarded it as a discourtesy that the bill
had been read to the house before Its for
mal presentation. Mr. Hull expressed hla
regret, hut said ho thought the house u
entitled to know the details at the earliest
possible moment. earnest
Mr. Marsh. Republican, of IlllnoN n
member of the. military committee, clcied
the debate. He evoked much applause on
the Rcpubilcan side in reply to the presl
Uent's critic by referring to him a the
greatest of living Americans and the first
In the hearts of his countrymen. No Dhllln
pic of the gentlemen from Indiana saw
he. could shake their faith in him Hn
declared it was absolutely untrue that anv
franchises had been granted In the Pbiliri
plne.J. Porto Rico or Cuba. In one year
he predicted the Democrats would b
camping on the ground they (the Repub
licans) occupied to-day. History proved
they were always from one to three years
behind the logic of events. He declared
himself in favor of the retention of every
foot of territory we had conquered. (Re
publican applause.)
This closed the general debate. The com
mittee ros and. at 5:32 p. m.. the hou-e.
recessed until S o'clock, with the under
standing that after the pension session
to-night, the house should adjourn until U
o'clock to-morrow.
Seventy-seven' private bills were passed
at the night session and .at 10:30 p. m. tho
house adjourned.