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VOL. XX.— NO. 363.
BULLETIN OF
Trt^ ST. PrYUI,, G^OBE
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 29, IB9T.
Weather for Today—
Threatening; Warmer.
page: i.
Japan Ready for War.
McKinley'M Sound Money Message.
linK'e HaH Not ReNlKned,
AfridiM Conquered.
How Spain I'aeliies.
PAGE 2.
State Teachers in Sessioin.
Griffin Arrexted in Nebraska.
PAQE 3. v,
Minneapolis Matters.
MutiiN of Students. *
Klondike Conference Delayed.
1 in i U.i ult Man Asphyxiated. \
NrniH of the Northwest.
PAGE 4. t
Editorial.
Catholic Notables in St. Panl.
St. Paul Interest Kate Stand*.
PAGE 5.
General Sporting New*.
FltzHlmmons Heady to Fight.
News of the Jobbers.
PAGE 6.
Markets of the World.
liar Silver, 5« 3-4 c.
Chicago Cash Wheat, OO I-2e«
Stocks Lower.
PAGE 7. '■ *
Mexican Rate Arbitration. *
News of the Railroa<ls.
Slngerly Plan Approved.
Teachers of Three StateH.
WantM of the People.
PAGE 8.
Waters' Memory Defective.
St. Paul Social News.
Commercial Travelers' Ball.
EVENTS TODAY.
Met— Lost, Strayed or Stolen, 2.30, 8.15
Grand— A Hlack Sheep, 2.30, 8.15.
Central Presbyterian —
Teachers' Convention, 10 A. M.
Teachers' Reception, 8.00.
Council Meeting, 7.30.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.
NEW YORK— Arrived : Sictlla, Stet:in;
Obdani, Rotterdam; Georglc, Liverpool;
"Westernland, Antwerp. Sailed: Nomadic,
Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL— SaiIed: Bovic, New York.
BOSTON— Arrived: Catalonia, Liverpool.
PHILADELPHIA — Arrived: Penuland,
Liverpool.
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The senators from Vermont are no
felgger than those from Nevada.
Nsw York is real cruel. So there!
It has abolished kissing on the piers.
Mr. Armour continues to wonder if
young Mr. Leiter has a trump up his
sleeve.
Better go a little Blow, William. You
v^ill pick up something yet that is too
hot to hold.
Chicago may be said to be closing the
year with impromptu fireworks all
alcng the line.
And China isn't Insured against the
ruthless Europeans who are breaking
her to pieces.
It is pleasing to note that many of
the buildings burning nowadays are
"fully insured."
A whole lot of people are able to
epeak extemporaneously who are unable
to say anything.
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The Turks celebrated Christmas by
firing on the Greeks. The Turks are no
Christians anyway.
It is perfectly plain that several peo
ple are not doing all their "bowling on
the green" this week.
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Congress has consented to resume
drawing salary Jan. 5. Nobody expects
it to do anything else.
Manhattan island was bought by the
Dutch for $24. It would be quite cheap
at 240,000 times that now.
Well, Mr. Gage, please pass that rain
bow money. We can place a lot of it
to advantage after Jan. 1.
Pictures of New York taken in 1673
show that town then to have been only
a chromo of its later self.
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It is presumed Mayor Doran will con
fluct municipal affairs during "Mayor"
Griffin's enforced absence in Nebraska.
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An Associated Press dispatch from
Berlin says "Bismarck loses his tem
per." That's nothing new. He lost that
Beveral years ago.
New York city has 391,482 school chil
dren. It has been suspected fgr some
time that there were several people In
that town who were not grown up.
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It is rumored again that Howard
Gould Is to wed Miss Katherine Clem
mons. This item may now be said to
lead the "matrimonial chestnuts."
m
A Denver minister gave 3,000 jack
rabbits to the poor of that city. No
St. Paul minister did that, as none of
them had that many jack rabbits in
stock.
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The government is discussing
whether it would be better to send
rr-indeer or Iceland horses to Alaska.
Before the discussion is over spring will
break.
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An lowa man and a St. Louis girl
were married after knowing each other
four days. As they are jjoing to live in
Chicago, they can find a speedy outlet
for. any regrets they may have at a
later date.
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Warren W. Beckwith, the lowa ath
lete with the great head, doesn't see
anything very serious about elope
ments. His wife, formerly Miss Jessie
Lincoln, put a $1,000 treasury note in
his stocking.
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The uniforms of the police of Greater
New York are to be more gorgeous
than any in the national guard. The
police may not arrest anybody, but the
uniform will arrest the attention of a
lot of pretty girls.
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE.
JAPAN IS READY FOR WAR.
Powerful Fleet Mobilized and Only Waits for
the Signal to Act.
IN OCCORD WITH GREOT BRITfIIN-
Russia Under No Circumstances Will Be Per
mitted to Keep Port Arthur.
John Bull's Grim Sea Dogs Assembled in Force Out-
side Port Hamilton.
LONDON, Dec. 29.— A special dis
patch from Shanghai dated yesterday
(Tuesday) says: It is reported that a
Japanese fleet of twenty warships Is
waiting near Goto island, outside Na
gaski, fully equipped for war and only
awaiting Instructions. This includes
the Yashima and the Fuji, two of the
finest vessels in the Japanese navy, and
the Chen Yuen, that was captured from
China. The Japanese fleet, it is under
stood, Is acting in close touch with the
British squadron under Vice Admiral
Sir Alexander Buller, commander in
chief on the China station. Japan
will certainly oppose a permanent Rus
sian occupation of Port Arthur. The
sudden dissolution of the Japanese diet
was owing to the war spirit. It is ex
pected that the Japanese fleet will at
tempt to prevent the landing of re
inforcements from Odessa for the pro
tection of the Russian Trans-Asiatic
railway in Manchuria.
The Paris correspondent of the Morn
ing Post says: Russia has long been
negotiating to raise a Chinese loan of
£6,000,000 in France to pay the indemn
ity and secure the Japanese evacuation
of Wel-Hai-Wei. The negotiations
were broken off owing to France insist
ing that the Bank of France should
issue the loan, and Russia desiring that
the Russo-Chinese bank should take
the lead. A certain coolness now exists
between France and Russia.
A dispatch to the Times from Kobe,
Japan, says the dissolution of the diet
has greatly angered the political par
ties. It is probable that the Marquis
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1 EASTERN 6£A N
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MAP OF KOREA AND THE COAST CITIES OF CHINA,
"Where Kuropean Powers Are Endeavoring to Obtain Foothold.
Ito, former premier, and Count Okuma,
a former foreign minister, will form a
coalition ministry with a vigorous for
eign policy. The military party is
eager for action; extraoidinary activity
prevails at the military and naval
depots and warships are assembling at
Nagasaki.
According to a letter which the Times
publishes this morning from a corres
pondent at Tokio, a cabinet crisis oc
curred in November, due to the re
fusal of the Progressists to vote an in
crease in the land tax. which is neces
sary owing to the deficits caused by the
late war. Parliament would have ex
pired next June, and the Progressists,
with a general election in sight, did not
desire' to risk unpopularity by voting
to increase taxation.
However, Count Okuma, the leader of
the Progressists, left the foreign office,
says the correspondent, with an en
hanced reputation and, next to Mar
quis Ito, occupies the largest space in
the field of the nation's vision. The
Times, commenting, editorially, upon
AFRIDIS
HUMBLED.
LONDON, Dec. 28.— A dispatch from
Peshawur says: The British columns
have returned from Khyber pass after
punishing, with slight opposition, the
Zakka-Khels in the Bazar valley. Mil
itary operations on the frontier are
now concluded. Every Afridi and
Orakzai valley has^ been visited. It
now appears that the enemy's loss has
been more severe than was at first be
lieved, and out of all proporition to tts
possible fighting strength. Their trade
with our centers for the necessaries of
life has been closed, and their autumn
tillage prevented. The complete sub
mission of the Orakzais is now ac
complished. Many hitherto unknown
strategical frontier routes have been
surveyed and mapped out. The vaunt
ed prestige of the Afridis has been low-
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1897.
this letter and its dispatches, says:
"The advent of a cabinet led by two
such statesmen as Marquis Ito and
Count Okuma, may be regarded as an
event of great significance by the other
powers."
The Constantinople correspondent of
the Times says that at the last meet
ing of the ambassadors of the powers
the Russian representative created sur
prise by proposing Prince George of
Greece as governor of Crete. The pro
posal was coldly received.
VIENNA, Dec. 28.— The Nues Weiner
Tageblatt claims that Count Goluchow
ski, the Austro-Hungarian foreign
minister, foretold everything in the
famous speech appealing to Europe to
unite against America. It adds: "There
is plenty of room for all, and if Eng
land will fight with the European pow
ers against those dangerous rivals, the
United States and Japan, the proof of
what united Europe is capable will be
given in Eastern Asia."
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.— Reports re
ceived at the navy department indicate
that the British government is push
ing the work of modernizing the great
fortifications at the Rock of Gibraltar
with all speed and that no less than
5,000 Spanish workingmen pass daily
over the lines to and from their worK
on the fortifications. A large number
of the heaviest pieces of artillery are
being put in place, a great dock is un
der construction and the plan of de
fense permits of the absolute protec
tion of a vast British fleet under the
guns of the fortress. Contrary to the
policy pursued in some other British
fortifications the soldiers in charge
made no objection to an examination of
the works by American naval officers
and soldiers and seemed rather proud
of the strength of their position.
LONDON, Dec. 28.— The Globe this
afternoon says a private telegram
reached London last evening announ
cing that over twenty British warships
have arrived at Port Hamilton.
PEKIN, Dec. 28.— The German ques
tion is unsettled. China's difficulty is
increased owing to the uncertainty of
the attitude of the powers. Germany's
withdrawal from Kiao Chou bay is
said to be conditional upon her finding
a suitable naval station elsewhere.
China is becoming alarmed at the pres
ent situation. The government appears
to be utterly powerless. No answer has
been received from Russia concerning
the proposed loan. There are calami
tous forebodings connected with th&
sun's eclipse on the Chinese new year's
day.
Campaign on the Frontier
of India Brought to an End
by the English.
ered and their punishment has paved
the way for the permanent settlement
of the country. It is flrmly believed
that cut off from India and threatened
with a re-invasion of their country in
the spring, they will now submit. It is
also expected that the internal friction
resulting from the operations will prove
almost as severe a punishment as the
operations themselves.
LAGOS, West Coast of Africa, Dec.
28. — Ilesha and Berehara, important
Bariba towns, have been occupied by
the Lagos Hausas. The inhabitants
are enthusiastic over the presence of
the British flag as they feared an at
tack from French native troops who
are endeavoring to force themselves on
the Bariba country and are devastat
ing it.
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TXCLE SAM (TO IS97)— YES, YOU BROUGHT HER HERE, BUT PLEASE DON'T TAKE HER AWAY WITH YOU.
PROVINCE
1 PACIFIED.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 28.— A gen
tleman from Cuba who has been in
Manzanilla in one of the so-called paci
fied provinces says that in reality the
war has not begun there, for the coun
try has been abandoned to insurgents
who have built towns which are sup
plied with abundant provisions from
the neighboring estates established by
rebels who even manufacture gun
powder and have arms factories, tan
neries and shoe factories so they can
supply their troops with the most in
dispensable articles, Spanish author
ity is not recognized and the inhabi
tants are comfortably settled under
the authority of the Cuban republic.
Occasionally the Spanish convoys pass
over the roads, but the insurgents go
out and meet them and fighting oc
curs on the roads, the patriots always
taking the offensive. The poorer Span
ish soldiers are in such a condition that
much sympathy is aroused, they being
mostly boys, thin and pale and com
plaining of the wretched quality of
their scanty rations and of not re
ceiving any pay for months. Only very
sick soldiers are admitted to the Span
ish hospitals and others who are really
ill are compelled to sleep in court
yards, exposed to the weather. Their
condition is pitiful In the extreme,
arousing sympathy among the insur
gents, who know that these mere lads
have been conscripted and sent to fight
them under conditions which no vet
eran troops would stand without
mutiny. The Cuban republic, he says,
Is a fact and oven a considerable part
of the island its authority Is felt.
HAVANA, Dec. 28:— According to an-
GAGE DENIES THE STORY.
No Truth in the Rumor That He Has Sent in His
Resignation.
WASHINGTON? Dec. 28.— Secretary
Gage was seen today on his return
from New York And questioned as to
the truth of the published report that
he had tendered his resignation to the
president and that it had been firmly
declined with many .expressions of con
fidence and appreciation of his ability
as shown in his administration of the
treasury department. Mr. Gage was
not inclined to discuss the matter at
lengtn, but said that he had not tend
ered his resignation nor had he any
reason to believe that he and the presi
dent were not in substantial accord on
the great questions now before the
country. The report, he said, prob
ably sprung from a remark he had
made to intimate friends, to the effect
that not for anything would he embar
rass the president, and that if he saw
he was doing this he would resign at
once. He added: "A cabinet officer
ought always to be and is ready to sur
render his office at the call of his chief,
the executive, but I have not the
slightest reason to believe that such
"DEACON" WHITE SETTLES.
Makes Good $500,000 In Debts and
Re-enters Stdcli Exchange.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28.— Stephen V.
White, whom Wall street knows fa
miliarly as "Deacon" White, applied
today "for reinstatement on the stock
exchange. Under the rules of that
institution, when a member fails, he
is suspended, and he cannot be rein
stated until he has discharged all
his obligations. "Deacon" White fail
ed May 5, 1893, for more than $500,000.
-His debts have feow been paid.
UNIFORMITY AGREEMENT
Signed by Fifty Per Cent of the
Plttsiburs Operators.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 2S.— Forty
per cent of the Pittsburg district coal
operators have signed a legal document
binding them to uniformity and expect
to be operating under the new plan by
Jan. 1. The signers will meet on Thurs
day to ratify their signatures and get
matters in shape for the new year.
Enough signatures have been secured
to convince the promoters of the scheme
that it can be pushed to success. Those
in the agreement have the co-operation
of the miners and those without, out
of the fold, will be compelled to pay
10 cents more than the regular district
price for mining until they come to
uniformity or uniformity is proved a
But Only Because It
Has Been Given Over to
Insurgent Control.
nouncements from Spanish sources, the
combined operations undertaken by
Gen. Aguirre, in the province of Santa
Clara, have resulted in the capture of
an insurgent camp, twenty of the
enemy being killed and three captured.
The Spanish loss was two men killed
and seven wounded. It is further re
pcrted -that the Spanish troops have
bten engaged with the insurgents com
manded by Napoleon. In this case the
insurgents are said to have lost sev
eral men killed, and the Spaniards say
that after the engagement an insurgent
captain and seven armed privates sur
rendered. Advices from Manzanillo
say that Spanish troops have left there
to relieve the garrison of Santa Cruz,
which is threatened by the Insurgents.
A report is current here that the son
of Calixto Garcia died recently from
wounds received during the insurgent
attack upon Guamao.
AUTONOMIST MAYORS.
Two Inaugurated In Cnba Amid
Great Km Imsliism.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.— The Span
ish minister has received a dispatch
from Havana stating that the Autono
rrist mayors of Bejuical and Juana
bacoa have been inaugurated amid
great enthusiasm, the people receiving
them with shouts of "Long live Spain."
The dispatch adds that the patriotic
spirit shown at these demonstrations
gives assurance of the speedy realiza
tion of good effects of an autonomous
form of government in Cuba. The au
tonomous mayors in these two cities
are among the first to be named, in
each case succeeding a military ruler
under the martial system hitherto in
force.
action on my part is even remotely de
sired by the president. The desires of
other people in that direction I am
not disposed to consider."
BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 28.—Secre
tary Gage, of the treasury department,
came over from Washington today to
inspect the new revenue cutter, which
is soon to depart for the Pacific coast
by the way of the Suez canal. With
him came Assistant Secretary W. S.
Howell, Capt. C. F. Shoemaker, chief
of the revenue marine service; Maj.
Fred Brackett, chief clerk of the ap
pointing division, and Capt. J. W.
Congdon, inspector of labor and ma
terial. Upon arriving here they wore
taken on board the revenue cutter
Guthrie to Canton, where the McCul
lough lies. Capt. D. B. Hogdon, of the
new cutter, together with his staff, re
ceived the visitors and escorted them
through the boat. There were no
salutes or demonstrations of any kind,
and after an hour's stay the secretary
and his party returned to Washington.
failure. From the present outlook it is
believed about one-half the miners in
the district will be on strike after Jan.
15.
TRADE WITH CANADA.
Balance In Favor of the United
States by Million*.
OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 28.— The trades
and navigation returns shortly to be
issued, will show the total imports en
tered for consumption were $111,294,021,
as against imports of $110,587,480 the
preceding year. The duty collected
amounted to $19,891,997, as against $20,
--219,037, a decrease of $327,040. Exports
amounted to $123,950,838, an increase of
$17,581,086. There were exported to the
United States, Canadian products to
the value of $43,991,485, as against $34,
--460,428 in 1895-6. Great Britain took of
Canada's exports $69,5*5 852. Yet Cana
da's imports from the old country were
but $29,412,188, a decrease of $5,567,554,
as compared with the preceding year,
while from the United States, Canada
imported to the value of $61,649,041, an
ii.crease of $3,075,023 over Imports of
American products of the year before.
Upon the total imports of British good 3
there was collected duty to the amount
of $6,203,347, an average rate of 21 per
cent; upon total imports from the Unit
ed States the sum of $8,147,075, an aver
age rate of but 12 per cent. Even upon
the dutiable portion of Imports the
average duty on American Imports "was
PRJCE TWO CENTS— j&VeSsvK
only about 26 per cent as against 30
per cent on imports from Great Britain.
The balance of trade in 1896-7, as be
tween Canada and Great Britain, is in
Canada's favor by $40,121,664 for thfr
year. As between Canada and the
United States, it is in favor ol the
Americans by $17,657,556.
.
Greeks Again
Fired Upon.
Turkish Apology Followed by a
Repetition of the Offense.
LONDON, Dec. 28.— The Athens cor
respondent of the Daily Chronicle says:
As the Greek gunboats today (Tuesday)
were leaving the Gulf of Ambracia they
were fired on a second time by all the
Prevesa forts. The garrison, which
was outlying the quay, also ftred re
peated volleys, though no damage was
done. This action after Turkey had
St. Paul Banks Strong.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 28.— An abstract given by the comp
troller of the currency today of the condition of the St. Paul national
banks on Dec. 15 shows they are In very good condition. The prin
cipal items are: Loans and discounts, $10,299,191; rcsprve in banks and de
posited with reserve agents, $5,564,2:13, of which $1,937,216 was in gold; total
resources, $21,009,816; deposits, ¥9,638,911; average reserve held, 41.13 per cent.
apologized is supposed to be intended
to create a precedent for closing the
Gulf. The forts of Prevesa fired upon
the Greek gunboat Actium on Satur
day last as she was leaving the Gulf
of Ambracla. The Actium and several
other gunboats that were following her
were compelled to return to their an
chorages. The Greek government in
structed Prince MByorciorado, Greek
minister at Constantinople, to ask the
Turkish government for a friendly ex
planation and the porte replied that
i the incident was due to a mlsunder
] standing.
HANNA'S CAMPAIGN.
Maj. Dick In Coin in bun to Look
After the Senator* InterentM.
COLUMBUS, 0., Dec. 28. — Maj.
| Charles Dick arrived from Cleveland
i tonight to assume charge of Senator
j Hanna's personal interests in the sen
atorial election. Mr. Hanna is not
! expected here before Sunday, and in
i the meantime Maj. Dick will get af
| fairs in shape to combat the opposition
Ito his chief. The rooms at the Neil
| hotel occupied by Senator Sherman as
headquarters in his memorable con
! test with Senator Foraker six years
ago have been secured by Maj. Dick
| for Hanna. Maj. Dick will have a
j corps of lieutenants to assist him, and
i the prospects are for a very lively
skirmish. But few of the members
elect of the general assembly have
! arrived, and the majority will not
come to the capital city until Friday,
the day previous to the caucuses for
the organization of the upper and low
er houses. The list of members claimed
by Charles L. Kurtz in opposition to
Senator Hanna, as given out tonight,
contains the names of two senators
and six representatives, but Maj. Dick
does not concede that any of these
members will vote against Senator
Hanna.
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PIPE ORGAN BURNED.
"Hot Time" the Laat Tone Played
I lion the Instrument.
CHICAGO. Dec. 28.— A fire late this
afternoon destroyed the large pipe or
j gan in the office of the Great North
ern hotel, entailing a loss of $20,000
upon the managers of the hotel. Al
though the fire was confined entirely
to the organ, it sent out such clouds
j of smoke that many of the guests be
i came alarmed, and a serious panic was
! narrowly averted. The Searle & Hart
j company, of this city, was banqueting
I its employes when the fire broke out,
and the feasters were compelled to
adjourn their banquet in a hurry.
Later, when the fire was out, they
resumed their feasting. By a curious
coincidence the last air played by the
organ before its destruction was
"There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight."
WILL
KEEP
|fe FAITH.
McKinley Stands Firmly by
the St. Louis Sound Money
Declaration.
FAIRBANKS
AUTHORITY.
Message From the President
to tfie Republicans of
Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Dec. 28.— Flva
hundred representatives of the Repub
lican party of Indiana, outside of the
city of Indianapolis, attended today's
conference. Th« meeting was for talk
and little else, and was the largest
off-year meeting the party ever held.
The meeting was held a little later
in the year In order that the senators
from the state and the Republican,
representatives might be here, and
they all came. The Influential men in
the party were encouraged by the state
ments of the senators that there Is
hope for currency reform, not radical
legislation, hut such as will tenu" to
set the party right before the people.
The unanimity of the party in the
state on the position that the currency
must be reformed was a surprise to a
good many of the men attending tha
conference. The Democrats, it waa
averred, will declare for free silver In
their next state platform, and the Re
publicans will, of course, take the op
posite ground. In the event q£ tha
failure of congress to take action
looking to the reform of the currency,
members of the party said the party
in this state would go Into the state
campaign embarrassed and on the de
fensive from the start. In the hotel
lobbies there was a great deal of talh
against the civil service law, but It
came largely from men who made ap«
plication for office Immediately after
the nomination of McKlnley, and hay«
been disappointed. The prominent men
of the party agreed that no one need
fear that the Republicans of Indiana
will ever declare against the law.
The chief speakers were United
States Senator Charles W. Fairbanki
and Gov. James A. Mount. Senator
Fairbanks paid a high tribute to the
president. He said: "In my judgment
a more patriotic citizen of the repub
lic never graced the chair of the chief
executive." Senator Fairbanks ex
pressed the belief that the Dingley
law will prove a blessing and bring
prosperity equalled only by the Me-
Kinley law itself.
"Some of our Democratic friends say
it will not raise revenues sufficient for
the government— that it is not raising
sufficient revenue now. This !c true
as to the present. Why? Because
previous to the enactment of the
Dingley law millions and millions of
dollars in products, made by foreign
hand?, were sent into this country.
Foreigners know the best friend to
them was the Wilson bill, and its doom
was sealed by the Republican con
gress. After these products, sent to ua
by the swiftest ships which plough
the seas, are consumed, we shall hava
sufficient revenue from the Dingley
bill. The bill will vindicate Itself. It
will speak more eloquently for itself
than any Republican can speak for it."
On the subject of currency reform
Senator Fairbanks spoke as follow*:
"Our Democratic friends Hay to the
old Democrats, "the Republican party
will not keep faith with us; when th«
Republicans declared In favor ot sound
money at St. Louis they did not mean
it.' The Republican party, with Me-
Kinley as our leader, intends to k*-»p
faith, to preserve the gold standard
unimpaired to the American people.
The currency question is a great ques
tion, and to it the president of the
United States and his advit-ers are ad
divpping themselves with ardor and
intelligence. I saw the president but a
day before coming here. I asked him
if he had any message for the Repub
licans of Indiana. He commissioned
me to say to you that he gratefully
remembers the encouragement and as
sistance which the Republicans of this
splendid state have given him hereto
fore, and he further said: 'I am going
to keep the bond. I am going to vin
dicate the sound money jjlank in the
St. Louis platform.'
"A party which keeps faith with the
American people will, In my Judgment,
be supported and sustained by them.
No party can afford to vary from its
platform pledges the width of a soli
tary hair. At the coming session of
congress the general currency question
will be in debate. I cannot foretell
what will be the result of the Issue, fop
unfortunately we have a majority
only in the hous" of representatives,
In the senate the free silver demo
crats, free silver Republicans amt.Pop
ulists constitute the majority. Whether
we can pass through th>- senate any
measure that will commend Itself to*
the conservative judgment of the
American people I cannot say. Hut
I do believe the American people will
give us credit for an honest, deter
mined effort, and that effort they will
surely witness. If we fail, it will not
be because of any lack of tlotermina-
tion and perseverance In purpose on
the part of the Republicans of tho
United States senate."