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VOL. XXII.— NO. 104. GOV. LEE CAUSTIC ASKS THE PRESIDENT TO RECALL SOITH DAKOTA SOLDIERS AT MANILA THEIR DUTY WELL PERFORMED STATE DOES NOT THINK THEY Midi 1.1) BE KEPT TO EN SLAVE THE NATIVES FOREIGN POLICY DISAPPROVED In War Affalnst Oppression or to Give Freedom, the Governor Would De Content to Risk the Ilrsimeiit. but Not to Force Amer ican Ideas I in: n an I'nwillliiif !',•<. pit- Question One of Right. PIERRE, S. D., April 13.— (Special.)— Gov. Lee today addressed a letter to President McKinley, requesting the early return of the First South Dakota volun teer infantry, now under the command of Gen. Otis, in the Philippines. The gov ernor takes the position that the First South Dakota regiment was enlisted for the war against Spain, which was ended by the signing of the Paris peace treaty. Since the war for which they were en listed is ended, the people feel that the soldiers from this state should be re turned, as they have fulfilled every obli gation which they owe to their country and to their flag under the terms of the enlistment. Gov. Lee holds that present or future re tention of the volunteers in service in the Philippines Is unconstitutional and a vio lation of the law which called the regiment into organization. So far as the people of South Dakota are concerned, Gov. Lee states, they do not know that any war exigencies exist. The fighting which has been done in the Island of Luzon is regarded as an enter prise which lacks the consent of con gress. The course of the constituted authorities is regarded as an effort to subjugate aliens to the authority of the United States, a course which Is repug nant to tke fundamental principles of the government and a violation of the Dec laration of Independence. Continuing, Gov. Lee says: "Our people take great pride in their soldiers. They have viewed their brilliant exploits and their gallant devotion to the tasks assigned them with a pride which is both natural and pardonable, but a fur ther display of their ability and wlling ness to die in obedience to orders of their superiors can neither add to their glory or to their country's honor. "The hundreds of relatives and thou sands of friends of this regiment would willingly bear the loss of the best man hood of the state if they felt that their soldiers were fighting to defend homes and firesides, or to save the union of states, or to expel despotism from any quarter of the earth, but they have reason>»to regard the further sacrifice of our soldiers in a confiict against liberty and In the interest of exploiting Imperialism, as totally in ■ compatible with the spirit of our institu tions and a more grievous hardship than we should be compelled to bear.'.' m OPENING OF CHINA. Must Be Accomplished by Peaceful Measures, Says Lord Beresford. LONDON, April 13.— Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, Conservative mem ber of parliament for the city of York, ' speaking this evening at Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, dealt some what at length with his recent experi ences In China as the representative of the Associated Chambers of Commerce. He remarked that foreign competition had driven England out of many markets which she formerly monopolized, and that Lhinn now alone was open. "There is a great cry today in Eng land," he said, "for the open door, but that would be useless unless the room on the other side was in order. The Amer icans thoroughly agreed with me on this but, naturally, they think that Great Britain, with her preponderance of trade ought to lead the way." China, his experience has shown him, offered unbounded opportunities to tradesmen, whose word was as good as their bond; but he deprecated "spheres of influence" as synonomous with certain War. "England," continued the speaker "still requires 100, 0C0 troops in India' What could they do against the 400,000, --000 of China, all dominated by hatred of „ the foreigner. The prize Is well worth the highest effort, but that effort must be upon peaceful, clear and definite lines." In concluding Lord Charles Beresford reminded his hearers that In Samoa re cently, English and American officers promoting commercial Interests had fallen side by side, and he said he' hoped that in the future the two nations would "always be found working and fighting in unison." DREYFUS TESTIMONY. Figaro Publishes That Given In by Gen. Boisdeffere. PARIS, April 13.-The Figaro, continu ing its publication of testimony offered before the board of cassation in the Drey fus revision inquiry, says that Gen De Potsdeffere, who was chief of the French general staff at the time Dreyfus was condemned, declined to reply to ques tions concerning the communication of the secret dossier to the court martial. He said he was aware that the confes sion of Dreyfus on the day of his degra dation were kept in silence because a foreign power had been mentioned. Re counting Col. Picquart's investigations, aiming to substitute Commandant Ester hazy for Dreyfus, Gen. De Boisdeffere Bald Picquart failed to find proofs of Es teihazys treason, and yet continued his efforts Jn that direction. He was sent abroad. Lieut. Col. Henry's forgery, in view of its origin, was never suspected The witness confirmed the statement of Gen. Gonz that two different versions were given of the cipher telegram from a foreign attache dated Nov. 2, 1894 and that on this account it was ignored' He denied that Col. Sandherr ever employed Esterhasy as an Intermediary. He said also that he had only an* imperfect Knowledge of the doings of Col. Dv Patv de Clam. Due to a WasouT • MOSCOW, Idaho, April 13.-At 9 o'clock this morning the engine, tender and four cars of a freight train on the Lewiston extension of the Northern Pacific went over an embankment. Engineer Mat R n, lß^° n £E d Flrema n Fred Lemon wtrl killed. The wreck waa caused by the recent heavy rains. §be £t Ifcnrt $labc GEN. GOMEZ TO ACT ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY OF AR RANGING FOR DISBANDMENT OF (THAN ARMY WILL BECOME A CIVILIAN Veteran Commander of the Cuban Forces Stipulates Thin After His Tunk Is Completed He Be Permit ted to Retire to Private Life Rolls of the Cuban Forces Finally Delivered to Gen. Brooke. HAVANA, April 18.— The Cuban gener als this afternoon waited upon Gen. Maximo Gomez officially and informed him that they desired him to represent the army In any negotiations with the United States military authorities in Cuba. Gen. Gomez accepted the trust, after which all waited upon Gov. Gen. Brooke to discuss with him the details of disarmament and payment. Gens. Car rillo, Diax Alejandro Roderiguez, Rafael Roderlguez, Carlos Roloff, Nunez, Nod arlso, Boza, Castillo and Vega were pres ent at the official notification, represent ing the fourth, fifth and sixth army corps, which had requested Gomez to accept the representation of the army. Gen Gomez, In his response, said: "Since by the dissolution of the mili tary assembly the Cuban army has been without a representative In a position to serve its interests and the general Inter ests of Cuba as connected with those of the army, I gladly accept the post you offer, for the purposes specified, but I insist upon a council of generals to ad vise and assist me, and that those gen erals shall receive the arms of the sol diers and hold them as trophies and sou venirs of the last glorious Cuban strug gle for liberty. "As soon as this work is completed I de sire full liberty to withdraw to a foreign country, or to any part of Cuba, there to spend the remainder of my days. We must recognize that the only power today in Cuba is the power of those who have intervened, and, therefore, for the pres ent, thoughts of Cuban Independent gov ernment can be no more than dreams." Gen. Gomez also proposed that after the work of disbandment was completed the council of generals should be continued under the chairmanship of Gen. Bartol omo Maso, as head and front of the Cu ban people, a provisional government, as sisting in promoting the Cubans' wel fare under the control of the Americans. The original rolls of the Cuban army were delivered to Gov.*Gen. Brooke at 8 o'clock this evening. Senor Domingo Mendoz Capot, vice president of the re cently disolved military assembly, and long prominent in Cuban affairs, volun teered to attempt to obtain them from the special executive committee that sur vived the assembly. The rolls were de livered to him on his flrat request. The feeling between the police and the American soldiers in Havana growing out of the killing of Patrick John Tighte, Company M, Second artillery, by Police man Ramon Cesar, at El Vedado, Is very much strained and conflicts between groups of soldiers and policemen in that district were narrowly averted several times today. . i«i ■ ST. PAUL WINS. Inspection of Tea, at This Point Or dered by Secretary Gage. WASHINGTON, April 13.-Asslstant> Secretary Spaulding has issued an order designating St. Paul as a port for tea inspection and authorizing the appoint ment of an Inspector. This order revokes and cancels the order issued about five weeks ago which revoked the orignal des ignation of St. Paul. The decision of the treasury depart ment was reached after a long and spir ited contest. After the hearing held here two weeks ago, when representative of St. Paul and Minneapolis tea importers, and the Great Northern and Northern Pa cific railroads were here. New York, Chi cago and San Francisco renewed their efforts to prevent St. Paul from securing inspection, and thereby becoming a dis tributing point for a very large territory. Tea inspection at St. Paul means more for that city than is generally known. In the first place a bonded warehouse will be erected, the cost of which will be $200,000. It means a saving of about $500, --000 to railroads, for under the present system a carload of tea was detained i in Chicago for inspection on an average of eight or ten days, making a great loss to railroads, as cars are worth $70 a day for use. Of the 70,000,000 pounds of tea Imported into the United States, 45,000,000 pounds come through St. Paul. At least 9,000,000 will be distributed from St. Paul. ■ SENSATION CULMINATES. Warrant Issned for Alleged Hast ings, Neb., Poisoner. HASTINGS, Neb., April 13.-The sen sational poisoning mystery wherein Mrs. F. C. Morey and several other prominent women came near meeting their death I by eating candy containing arsenic, ' reached its culmination tonight in the Issue by the county attorney of a war rant for the arrest of Miss Ollie Han locker, a stenographer in the law office of Mr. Morey, husband of the woman to whom the candy was sent. Miss Han locker has not been seen in the city for two days. Her mother and a married sister reside here, and three married sis ters live in New York city, where they stand high in art and musical circles. Miss Hanlocker's defense will be tem porary Insanity. Mrs. Morey is recovering, but Mrs. Gaslin, who also ate of the candy, is in a serious condition and will probably die. -^fc- PRAIRIE FIRES SPREADING. Enormous Damage Don c in Sections of Nebraska. OMAHA, Neb., April 13— Specials from Newport, in Rock county, on the line of the Elkhorn road, say the loss of prop erty from the prairie fires Tuesday was enormous. Henry Habercost, John Mauch, Jonas Conrad, W.Beebesness, E. Sixbarry and the Opp brothers lost their ranch buildings, including big stocks of hay and some cattle. The fire 1b spreading Into Holt and Garfield counties. Reports from Ogallala, the county seat of Keith county, says the entire northern part of that county is being swept by fires. The flames, driven by a stiff wind, reached North Platte at 11 o'clock this morning. The ranches of the Holcomb brothers, Jonathan Smith, and the two Farnstorms, among the head raisers in Western Nebraska, have been destroyed At Loup City, George W. Miner, aii old resident of Washington township, was burned to death in a prairie fire yester day. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1899. THUGS ARECAUGBT MEN WHO ASSAULTED MICHAEL THEACY, OP BROWN, TREACY A CO., LANDED ONE BEING HELD AT A HOTEL IN FACT HAS BEEN IN THE HANDS OF POLICE FOR SOME DAYS HIS ACCOMPLICE JUST CAUGHT Officers Still Reticent About the Matter, lint The Globe Learn* the Robbers Are Young; Men Hid den In the Hall. They Jumped on Their Victim, Using a Hatchet One a Former Employe of Firm. After two weeks hard work the city detectives have completed the best piece of work of Its kind done In the city in many years, la apprehending the two men who made the bold assault and rob bery on Michael Treacy, of the firm of Brown, Treacy & Co., Saturday after noon, April 1, on a Btalrway In his place of business on Third street, as he was gcingr from his office to the floor above to pay off his men. A bag containing $493 was taken, and there was absolutely no clue at first to lead to the arrest and conviction of the men who did the work. Information was gathered last night, however, that one of the men, Edmund Weaver, formerly employed by the firm, has been under arrest for more than a week, and Is confined In a room In a private hotel here In the city. The second man was arrested yesterday, and it Is stoted on reliable authority that he has never been out of reach of the detectives since the Wednesday following the rob bery. For the past week the impression that the detectives had at last secured a re liable clue has been growing stronger, but nothing was given out. Repeated ques tions at police headquarters brought the Invariable answer that there was noth ing new, and for several days it has seem ed that the end of the case had been reached, and that nothing further would ever be heard of the robbers. Careful inquiry on a chance clue last night developed the fact that for a week Edmund Weaver, a former employe of the firm, has been carefully GUARDED IN A ROOM in a private hotel in the city, detectives taking night and day watches over him. During this time it has been lmposssible to find Detective Wells, and there is lit tle doubt but that the newspapers were unsuccessful In finding out what the de tectives knew very well; that the end of the case was in view. The prolonged absence of Detective Wells, who was one of the men at work on the case. Is not regarded as a coincidence, and it is prob able that he Is the man who guards the prisoner. A visit was made to Detective Wells' residence last night, and queries made as to his whereabouts. No information was gained, and the response was that he was out of the city, and might be gone a day, perhaps a month. Detective Murnane was seen late last night, but expressed great surprise at the statement that the men wanted had been captured, and said that he knew nothing of the capture, and still less of the whereabouts of the men. He was greatly astonished that they should be in the city and he not know it. Detective Werrlck, who has devoted his whole time to the case, would neither admit nor deny any statement made, and said that he had nothing for publication A visit was made to Chief Schweitzer's residence, 937 Charles street, early this morning, but the chief was not at home Notwithstanding the avowed innocence of all knowledge on the part of the de tectives, there is every reason to believe that the news of the capture of the two men will soon be made public officially through the detective office. The pro longed absence of several of the mem j bers of the force and the answers re ceived to inquiries tend but to confirm the report received last night. The crime for which Weaver was ar rested a week ago was committed, it Is said, In company with one Charles Ryan on Saturday. The next day both men escaped the vigilance of the officers and soon left town. Only a few days later Weaver returned, and when captured had on his person less than $50, part of which was in the gold pieces used by Brown Treacy & Co. In paying off their men. This alone and a confession which he is reported to have made sufficed to prove beyond doubt that he was the man wanted. Little information can be gathered re garding the capture of Ryan, which la thought to have occurred last night. He was led into the robbery, it Is said, by Weaver, who, being an old employe of the firm, knew of. Mr. Treacys custom of paying his force In coin on Saturday nights, and also knew the character of the building. He planned the robbery, and, with the help of Ryan, carried out his idea successfully. The two entered the building at 5:45 on Saturday after noon and secreted themselves in a dark hallway leading off from the stairway, between the first and second floors. When Mr. Treacy ascended a few min utes later Ryan seized him from behind, clasping his arms to prevent him from struggling, and Weaver dealt him a stunning blow on the side of the head with the blunt SIDE OF A HATCHET. The two then went quietly down the Btaira, taking the money, and walked down the street. The money was divided and the two parted company at once. The next morning both left town, tak ing different directions, and made good their escape. Weaver went towards the southern part of the state, and when the first excitement of the affair had sub sided returned to St. Paul. It is stated that he then took a room and lived quietly for several days, eluding the po lice and detectives until captured by a chance clue furnished by an attempt to pass the sold coins putting the secret service officers on the track. Details regarding the capture of Ryan are lacking. He is supposed to be a young man without a criminal record From the fact that several of the detec tives have been out of town at different times during the week it Is thought that he was captured at some outside point The attitude of the detectives in refusing to give out information prevents a-veri fication of the report of the facts of the capture. Reports from the county jail. Bl'LI-ETIN OF ■ . IMPOBTANT NEWS OP THE DAY "Weather Forecast for Bt. Paul: Fair; Northwesterly Winds. I— G twv. I.cc Caustic Eobben Captured. Jefferson Day Dln*eri, Army Roll* Refttk Brotfke. a— Sale of Smelling Bends. t'tvlc Leacne Tired of Hmoke. St. Paul Social News. Leonbauer Inquiry. Carbolic Acid Suicide. B— The Legislative Be*«loiv Senate Pomm Omnibus BUI. Jangle In the House. 4— Editorial. Victims of Filipino*. 6 — Siiwrtlnpr Nervs. Quay Trial. Fence In Samoa. 6— Markets of the World. Bar Silver, SO 3-Bc. Chicago May Wheat, 74 3-80. Stock* Strong and Active. Serious for Mr*. George. T— Minneapolis Matters-. Northwest News. ' B— ln the Field otf I Rbor. Si-wb Of the Counts. News of the Railroads. ATLANTIC LINERS. NEW YORK— Arrived: Cevlc, from Liv erpool; Teutonic.from Liverpool; Lahn, from Bremen, vfa Southampton; Koenlgen Louise, from Bremen; Pe conic, Inaguara, Port au Prince. Sail ed: American, London. SOUTHAMPTON— Arrived : New York, from New York; Trave, New York, for Bremen. BREMEN— Arrived: Roland, from Bal timore. LIVERPOOL— Arrived: Majestic, from Now York. QTJEENSTOWN- Arrived: New Eng land, Boston, for Liverpool. BALTIMORE— Arrived: Steamer Dres den, Bremen. MONTEVIDEO— Arrived: Aslun, New York, via Newport News. ROTTERDAM— SaiIed: Steamer Spaarn dam, New York. TODAY'S EVENTS. METROPOLITAN — "The Carpetbag ger," 8:15. GRAND— "McFadden's Bow of Flats," 8:15. Palm Garden— Vaudeville, 2 and 8 p. m. Y. M. C. A. entertainment, People's church, 8 p. m. Entertainment, St. Michael's church, 8 p. m. Entertainment for Jefferson school at Central high school, S p. m. Local Buddhists meet; Endicott building, 8 p. m. Entertainment, Mechanic Arts high school, 8 p. m. Entertainment, Gorman school, 8 p. m. central station and substations last night gave no additional information, and he also is thought to be guarded in some place now only "known to the detectives. There is a suspicion that others may have been concerned in> the robbery,, which accounts for the fact that the men" were not imprisoned In the county jail or police stations, as might have been expected. CHIEF GOSS UNCOMMUNICATIVE. Chief Goss was called up early this morning over the telephone. When ask ed what he knew regarding the capture of the men, he said: "I can't give you any news regarding the robbery. I have heard nothing and did not know that the men had been caught." A member of the Brown-Treacy firm said, in the course of a conversation re garding the affair: "The detectives have not taken me into their confidence iri the matter in the least. 1 do not know what they are do ing. They have been hard at work, and we have paid little attention to their movements, trusting that in case it was possible to get the men who did the work they would round them up In time. Detectives Wells, Werriek and Campbell, as well as Chief Schweitzer, have been in from time to time to see me, but they have given me no news regarding the progress of the case. "Yes, I should Bay that the report Is probable ; at least it is very possible that the men have been arrested. In case they are under surveillance I regard the capture as an extraordinarily good piece of detective work." It is expected that the details regard ing the arrests will be made public by Chief Schweitzer today, and that the two men will be taken fo-the county jail for safekeeping. BOMANTIC <QTJJIRTETTE. Another Sensation In the Barnes- Magowan Imbroglio. CLEVELAND, 0., April 13 —John A. Barnes, the former husband of the wife of Frank A. Magowan\ former mayor of Trenton, N. J., was secretly married yes terday afternoon to Miss Anna Minch, of this city. The wedding occurred at War ren, 0., whither the co.uple went with out letting their friends^lnto the secret. They returned in the evening, end are now at home in Clenwood, a suburb of Cleveland. The bride' is twenty-seven years of age. She is the daughter of the late Capt. Minch, who,, with his wife, son, daughter, sister and two nieces were drowned three or four years ago by the sinking of the steamer Western Reserve, of which Capt. Minch was master, in Lake Superior. Barnes and Mis 3 Minch first met about two ' years ago. They had been engaged for some time, but had kept the engagement quiet on account of the Barnes-Magowan troubles. BOTTOM FELL OUT. Startling Volcanic Phenomenon Re ported Front' Honolulu. SAN FRANCISCO, April 13.—Passen gers on the steamer Gl«y of Rio de Jan eiro, from Honolulu, state that on March 23 the bottom of the gt-eat volcano fell out, followed by great clouds of dust and smoke. Some alarm was felt by the guests of the volcano : hbuses, occasioned by the noise and the frequent landslides which followed, but some of the guests became reassured and started to inves tigate the phenomenon. A hole 150 feet in diameter showed the extent of the cave-in. All attempts tp locate the bot tom of the crater were unavailing, and some authorities place it at SOO feet below the mouth of the crater. Further devel opments were awaited; DAKOTAN HAT DIE. Probably Fatal Runaway Accident at San Diego. SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 13.-In a runa way accident today, caused by the driver of a vehicle containing six aien dropping one of the reins, all tjrei* throw.n violent ly to the street an*- John ;C Shannon, of Pittsburg, Pa., formerly United Statea district Judge of t>akota, Teceived In juries which it is f«arftd will result fa tallyr Jf FIMM PRIM IPOUIi Great Gatherings of Democracy in New York and at Milwaukee Addressed by Prominent Leaders Co!. William Jennings Bryan and Carter Harrison at Milwaukee and Judge Van Wyck and Perry Belmont at New York Most Noted Among Speakers. i MILWAUKEE, Wls., April 13. — The Jefferson club, of Milwaukee, celebrated the. natal day of the founder of Democ racy by a banquet at the Planklnton house tonight, which was attended by over 400 guests. Col. William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, was the guest of honor, and delivered the principal ad dress. Delegations of Democrats were in attendance from many towns throughout the state, and nearly all the Democrats from the state legislature were present. Col. Bryan was escorted, on an early train from Chicago, by a large delega tion from that city, and Mayor Harrison came later, also with a. large number of escorts. The banquet hall was beautifully dec orated with the national colors, and back of the guests of honor, above the plat form, hung a large portrait of the third president. DOCTRINES OP DEMOCRACY. Col. Bryan spoke on "Democracy." He said, In part: We are now near enough to the next campaign to be able to form some Idea of the lines along which the contest will be fought, and I am taking no risk when 1 say that those who, in 1896, gave their allegiance to the Chicago platform are united today in the determination that no Htep taken in 1896 shall be retraced. That platform applied to the conditions then existing, which had been Democratio from the beginning of the government. Sug gestions that we abandon the money question sometimes come from those who deserted the party in 1896, but those sug gestions are not supported by evidence tending to show that the position in 1896 was wrong, but are predicted upon the theory that the Issue upon which the party once lost can never be revived, and what seems most strange, this argu ment is made by those who have fol lowed a different course in the past. In 1888 Mr. Cleveland was defeated on the tariff issue, and yet the tariff was made the main issue In 1892, and Mr Cleveland was elected. In 1892 Mr. Har rison was defeated largely on account of the McKinley bill, and four years later the author of the bill was nominat ed upon a platform reaffirming the be lief In protection, and was successful. Thus It is seen that in two instances recently a losing issue in one campaign became a winning issue In the campaign following. MONEY ISSUE. The test ought to be not whether the issue has been presented before, but whether the position taken is right. If the gold standard was unmerited In 1896, It is unmerited now. If its maintenance was a detriment to thft interests of the people of this country then, it is a detri ment now. If in 1896 it was so hurtful that the Republicans promised to put forth their best effort to substitute interna tional bimetallism for It and, after the election, was still so hurtful that the president sent a commission to Europe to secure foreign aid in abandoning it, what has happened since then to make the American people accept it as a bless ing? If an increased discovery of gold in Alaska has been of any interest to the United States, It is but another example that the quantitative theory of money is correct. If a large balance in favor of the United States gives any relief because of the money thus brought into the coun try, it is an additional argument in favor of the quantitative theory of money. Bimetallists have contended that times would be made better by the return of the double standard, and by the in creased supply of standard money thus furnished for the business of the coun try. While it is unnecessary to discuss the question of ratio, until some other ratio Is proposed, it may not be out of place to suggest that, 16 to 1 being the ratio at which gold and silver should circulate, it is the ratio at which the mints should be opened. To Increase the ratio by in creasing the size of the silver dollars would necessitate the coinage of our present standard silver dollars into a lesser number of dollars, and the increas ed ratio made throughout the world would result in a large decrease in the volume of standard money, and, since the value of a dollar depends on the number of dollars, such a change would neces sarily Increase the purchasing pow«r of a dollar and increase the burden of debts It would be equivalent to a transfer by legislation of a vast amount of wealth from the producing classes to the money owning classes. The attempt of the Republican party to retire the greenbacks and substitute for them national bank notes will give to that question a greater prominence than it enjoyed in 1896. During the war the national bank note never became more valuable than the greenback, because It was redeemable in the greenback. The national bank note is good only because the national government stands as an en dorser of the bank. If the value of the bank note Is dependent upon the govern ment, how can it be any better than the government's own paper, and why should the government pay national banks a bonus to induce them to issue bank nates, which are in no respect superior, and in some respects inferior to the greenbacks issued by the government and for which the people pay no bonus* GROWTH OF TRUSTS. The trusts are now absorbing an in creasing share of public attention be cause of their rapid growth during the last two years. We had a sugar trust and an oil trust some years ago. We now have a biscuit trust, and a match trust, and a meat trust— in fact a trust in almost everything that is used. The milk trust reaches the infant as he en ters the world; the ice trust cools him in the summer: the coal trust keeps him warm in the winter, while the coffin trust waits to receive him when life's dream is over. The people are beginning to see what the principle of monopoly really means, and yet the principle of monopoly bo plainly illustrated by the industrial trusts, does not differ at all from the Srtnclple of monopoly which underlies oth the gold standard and the paper money trusts. The Democratic party is prepared to face the future and meet new is sues without abandoning the old one. The Republican party has demanded that the standing army be Increased to 100,000 men. If citizens born in the United States are ignorant of the burdens of a standing army they can receive instructions from those born in European countries. Many Europeans who are now worthy citizens of this great republic left their European 'homes because of the burdens imposed by the enormous military establishments. A great army may be a good thing for the railroad companies, which will carry them from place to place, and for the large contractors, who will furnish food and raiment for the soldiers, but it is a distressing burden upon the plain people of the country, especially upon the labor ing men and the farmers, upon whom an unfair share of the load has fallen. When I was a boy I remember visiting a wheat field which had been attacked by the army worms. It occurs to me that this tendency towards a large army es tablishment—this new army worm— will prove more destructive to the crops of the- farmer than the army worm with which the farmers are now familiar. - QUESTION OF IMPERIALISM. Upon the subject of imperialism, I need only add' a word. The Idea of forcible I conquest and of colonization, after the PRICE TWO CENTSH^y a c^ T9 . plan adopted by European countries, can not receive the support of the people of this country when the principles involved are clearly understood. In 1859 Abraham Lincoln was invited to attend a Jefferson banquet given by Republicans of Boston, inose whose memories run back to ante bellum days remember that the declara tion of independence formed a large part of the speeches of early Republicans. It formed a part of the platform of the con vention that nominated Lincoln. That Lincoln was welded.to the principles set forth in that declaration no one will doubt In expressing regret that he could not attend the Boston banquet, Mr. Lin coln used these words in regard to Thomas Jefferson: • "A 11 nonor t0 Jefferson; to a man who in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence by a single people had the coolness, foresight and capacity to introduce into a mere revolutionary document, an abstract truth applicable to all men and all times, and so to em blalin it there that today and in all com ing days it shall be a rebuke and a stumbling block to the harbingers of tyranny and oppression." And yet the leaders of the Republican party are attempting to deny those truths written for all men and for all time. They are attempting to repudiate the doctrine of equal rights and of self government given to us by the forefath ers. Not only are they imitating th* monarchies of the old world In their policies, but they are copying the lan guage of monarchs in carrying out the policy: In the proclamation recently issued to the Filipinos, we find these words: . The commission desires to assure the people of the Philippine islands of the cordial good will and fraternal feeling Which is entertained for them by the president of the United States and by the American people. The aim and ob jects of American government, as apart from the fulfillment of the solemn ob ligation it has assumed toward the fam ily of nations by its acceptance of sov ereignty over the Philippine Islands, is the well-being, prosperity and protection of the Philippines people, and their ele vation and advancement to a position among the civilized peoples of the world." BROKEN PROMISES. Compare it with the language used by the queen in her proclamation to the people of India in 1856, when she said: "We hold ourselves bound to the na tives of our Indian territory by the same obligations of duty which bind us to our other subjects," and "in their prosper ity will be our Btrength in their content ment, our security and in their gratitude our best reward." It will be noticed that benevolence breathes through both declarations, and I then as to their participation in govern ment, a proclamation to the Filipinos says: "There shall be guaranteed to the Fil ipino people an honest and effective civil service, in which, to the fullest extent to which it is practicable, natives shall be employed." The queen's proclamation reads: "And it is our further will that so far as may be our subjects, of whatever race or creed, be freely and impartially admitted to offices in our service, the duties of which they may be qualified by their education, ability and integrity, duly to discharge." And yet in spite of those promises made to the people of India, forty years ago, the people of India today complain that the offices are filled by the younger sons of English aristocracy, while the taxes are paid by the people of India. The policy of imperialism is always de fended on the eround that it is for the good of the people governed, but we have never recognized the right of any na tion to benevolently assimilate another nation. Ex-Senator John T. Mitchell, of Wis consin, whose theme was "Thomas Jef ferson," devoted his entire address to eulogy of the founder of Democracy. John F. Doherty, of La Crosse, an swered to the sentiment, "The Young Democracy;" Thomas L. Cleary, of Platteville, on "Party Honesty Is Party Duty;" Carter H. Harrison, of Chicago, responded to "Corruption in Politics;" Mayor David S. Rose, of Milwaukee, to "Imperialism;" Judge Sayer, of Hart ford, Wis., on "Shall Trusts and Cor porations Rule?" and George W. Peck, on "If a Soldier Does Not Like His Ra tions—What?" MR. HARRISON'S REMARKS. Mayor Harrison's address was well re ceived. He said, in part: It lies In the power of the young De mocracy of the nation, if it will but set to work in the first trenches, to carry forward the crusade of purity In poli tics until corruption shall have been driven from high places, until honesty shall control In every department of the municipal, the state and the national government. Stalwart young Democracy needs not look far for an incentive. The example is set for it In the person of our national leader. Two years ago the party made Its light under a leader with private life so stainless, with personal character so blameless, the people fol lowed him still with such zeal as the crusaders displayed for the paladins of old. Ours Is the party of the people. Un less we serve the people honestly and fairly we are faithless to our trust. Duty requires us to strike the first blow at corruption within our own party ranks. Let the word go forth, the Democracy will not tolerate a man, no matter how profuse his professed devotion to the party creed, who does not place his ob ligation to the public above any and every personal consideration. If Democ racy means anything, it means the hon est service of the people. No man can be .a Democrat whose integrity is not above suspicion. Ho who seeks public office for private gain is a traitor to ev erything for which Democracy stands, and for him there should bo no place within the party ranks. It should be the duty of every true Democrat to scourge him from the temple of tho party faith. In 1900 a bitter struggle awaits us. The old fight must be made again— a fight along the lines laid down in the platform of tne last convention for the rights of the plain people— a fight against corrup tion and all its awful menace to the re public—a fight against the trusts that seek to make of this nation, founded up on the theory of the absolute equality of all men, a serfdom, submissive to the power and the arrogance of wealth— a fight for everything that will lift the peo ple higher— a fight against everything that will restrain the public on the on ward march of its triumphant destiny. If we remain true to the theory and the practice of what Democracy means and stands for, there is np need to doubt the successful issue of the combat. Dr. Howard S. Taylor, of Chicago, read an original poem on "Jefferson." GOAL COMBINE FORMED. It Will Have the Enormofas Capital of *30,000,000. PITTSBURG, Pa., April IS.— The big combination of all the coal interests on the Monongahela river is now an assured fact. Options have been secured on practically all river mines, mine prop erty, coal boats, tow boats, etc., and ap praisements will begin within ten days. Whitney & Stevenson, brokers of this city, who are engineering the scheme, say the combination will b* capitalized at $30,000,000- NEW YORK, April 13.-The dinner of the Democratic club, In honor of the an niversary of the birth of Thomas Jeffer son, was held tonight at the Metropolitan opera house. Looking from the tiers to tho floor of the vast dining hall the tables seemed like great beds of rosea. The thirty-two tables were on either side of the speakers' table. Each table was piled with a mass of roses and ferns en twined. So abundant were tho flowers that some of the guests were hardly able to see each other over the floral banks. Swans and vases of alabaster held flow ers; there were cornucopias, or horns of plenty, filled with flowers and fruit, and the scene was set off with ribbons of cardinal Bilk. The floor of the auditorium was raised to a level with that of the stage by a tem porary floor, making one rectangular room of immense slse. The tables wero set In rows, parallel with Thirty-ninth and Fortieth streets. The guests of honor were at two tables set about under the proscenium arch, and at right angle* to the other tables. The stage was eft with a gorgeous palace scene of the court of Louis XIV. Pour great electric chan deliers lighted up the picture. Conspicu ously placed at the west end of the din ing hall was the inscription: •. " • "JEFFERSON, « "1748-1899, I "Democratic Club." «... i This was composed of Incandescent liprhts. It surrounded a picture of Thomas Jefferson. Tall silver candelabra with shades har monizing with the floral effect were on all the tables. GUESTS CAME EARLY. Tho guests began to arrive at 6 o'clock, but the dinner did not begin for an hour and a half after that. Capt. Price, of the Tenderloin, and forty- two policemen were in and around the building. A cordon of bicycle police men surrounded the building. A crank letter of a few days ago, in which a threat was made to blow up the build in? during the dinner, wemed to have made the police -unusually vigilant. A number of detectives in evening dress mingled with the guests to see that no unbidden person might enter. There were a number of firemen also on guard to prevent any danger from fire. Inside the building was an army of ushers and attendants. These wore a drab uniform, with silver buttons. Just before the guests were called to order Richard Croker, Perry Belmont, | Commissioner Scannel and Commissioner Sexton entered a box. Mr. Croker was in enthusiastic conversation with the,*.-, about him, and waved his hand to guests all over the. hall. There were fully 3CO more guests -than the 1,600 planned for, but all found seals This is said to be the largest number ever accommodated at a banquet in the his tory of the city. The great dinner to President McKinley at the -Waldorf-As toria was served to only 900. The band struck up "Hall to the Chief" at 7:30 o'clock and Richard Croker, arm in arm with John Stanchfield, marched down the aisle. With them were Frederick Schraub, Robert B. Roosevelt. Gen. J Catlin and Amos H. Cummings. The service of the menu was excellent, but some confusion was caused by some of the diners stripping the tables of flow ers and ribbons, and throwing them to the women in the boxes. Mr. Croker -held a levee Just before the regular speech-making began. Mr. Croker shook hands cordially with everybody, and smiled .as man after man congratu lated him upon the success of the dinner The confusion was very great. As the time grew near for making of the speeches, the orators' were almost discour aged at the prospect of making them selves heard. Perry Belmont began to speak at 10 o'clock. The uproar was so great that he could not be heard a hundred feet away. By degrees more quiet was obtained. Mr. Belmont said: MR. BELMOKTS REMARKS. Synopaia of the Speech of (lie Pres ident of the Democratic (lab. It is fitting that this Democratic club celebrate the birthday of him whoso monument is the Declaration of Inde pendence—the first Democratic president the first secretary of state, the construc tor of the first Democratic platform, the founder of the Democratic party. Thomas Jefferson was a party man of the Democratic type. To him as a Dem ocrat, the world is a debtor for that which was a novelty in political govern ment until his own immortal words pro claimed the doctrine that the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happi ness ' is inalienable, and to secure it gov ernments are instituted, "deriving th-Ir Just powers from the consent of the gov erned." As a lawgiver, the Northwest ern ordinance, framed by him, Is his im perishable record. It has been, under the constitution, a source of the greatness and power and a chief peculiarity of the American Union. It was formulated in 1784, developed In 1787, greatly perfected after the Mexican war for the govern ment of territories theoretically under the absolute control of congress, yet al ways in a condition of self-government in order that they may fit themselves to become American states. As a diplo matist and skillful politician the acquisi tion of Louisiana places him, beyond all present rivalry. To his great achieve ment our country owes the vast domain west of the Mississippi now the seat of eleven prosperous states. May our coun try always have such a president when the wise enlargement of th national do main becomes expedient or necessary! A Democratic president controlled by the teachings of Jefferson and traditions of his party would today have a definite policy perfectly understood by the na tion at large, but modern Republicanism is inopportunlsm— no one knows whither it is going. The opportunist often does what Is most Inopportune. The politi cian Influenced by expediency often does what Is most Inexpedient. The present Republican policy Is thrift and drift. JEFFERSON AND NAPOLEON. This is not the place, or time, to re^ late in detail the history of the negotia tions by Jefferson and Napoleon, begin ' Continued on Seventh Pace.