Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. ges /UBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8.H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. pecans Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building. eet ge oe The Evening Star te served to subscritera im the riers. on their own account, at 10 cents Sr month. Coptes at the inywhere in the prepaid—50 cents per month Saturdat Quintnple Sheet Star, $1 per year, witt mn postage added, $3.0 ed at the P Office at Washington, D. C., vclase, mall matter.) 1 mall subseriptions must be pald In advance. Rites of advertising made known on appi!ution, WOULD PAY OUTRIGHT Administration Not Disposed to As- sume the Philippine Debt. MR. HAY CONFERS WITH THE PRESIDENT Question to Come Up in Paris Next Monday. OUR INITIAL DEMAND Secretary Hay of the State Department was sent for by President McKinley this morning. and they had a short conference, presumably on the outlook before the peace commission in Paris. Whatever the nature of the conference it can be stated on un- Impeachable authority that no propositions on the Philippine question have yet been submitted at Paris, and none have been dered. On the same authority the atement can be made that the final posi- tion of the United States on the Philippine question has not been determined, and will not be determined for some time. No off- cial of the administration in Washington believes that the peace commission Will finish its work in ten days or two weeks. Secretary Hay himself does not think so. The Philippine Bonds. On high authority it is known that the American government will probably con- der no proposition for the assumption of bonded indebtedness of the Philippines. Prominent members of the cabinet and the imself, it ty believed, are op- ernment assuming any lippines pass to the United one now belie e is anything involve nt, this country will pay spot cash The money is in the treasury— gold at that—to pay all promises of the merican commission, and this will be 4 rned by a representa- is something like commissioners left definite instructions final position to assume on the =. The minimem demand, how- the cession of the ate The Ly, us to be » th island wer told that ame a t. of and will be made from » no backing or filling. To Demand the E when ne the e i that the down the events muni © Com The otla- il as- sh if It is found ated tu d to be ni: in detail. n ta United States nO ca | unjust to do so. If President McKinley think s just that Spain shall Tecelve compensation that country will get it, but the President has not yet reached this co usion. On information which this country has received, the sources of which are not given, it is believed that the Spanish com- mi ers will submit a counter propo- sition. That proposition will possibly say that Spain agrees to release the Philip- pines upon payment by the United Stat ofa rtain amount in cash and upon the assumption of the bonded indebtedness of the islands n upon this counter prop- ositt nere will be 1m ions of t ny se: 2 sh proposition will commt be cabied to Washington and will be con- r the President and h » President will want to snow yout th bonded d how » this the ndebtedne: much it is. position of the es will probab! be determined, rican commissioners be nd upon this without ials do not accomplished in a a bare cha it is ted, that Spain has become disheart- at her fa and that she may give every demand made without further ing. She may conclude that this country Will push her to the wall, no matter what position she makes. This situation of rs would be surprising here, neverthe- ure to succeed in the case to up No official in Washington familiar with ease so far expects the Spaniards to give in to our proposition to take the Ph without making a stubborn fight sking for all kinds of con- of these she may get, while PrOPO- tted will be sent to Pro and he will direct the an- is well known that the nmissioners have no idea to- t position they will finally will probably “communicate the President so that he inay dctermine the questions at issue. enerally & position of at We will take ¥ be settled row t SS will be assumed. on a bonded indebtedne: no bond- far-reaching possibilities for ent to consider. He and his ¢ that they need not enter upon ‘ment when the United cash to pay whatever ft wants, z at & cash consideration has no dan- K lurking behind it. It is a rd deal lke a man who does a cash business and hus no fears f£ being dunned on some old unt brought up for him to pa again. sury is well provided with money ay out even $40,000,000 cash. The gold rve hovers aroun 40,000,000, despite fact that gold is being paid out ins! greenbacks. If the needed for anything else «sted in the Secretary of the Treasury t ts " 2 we $20,000,000 moré in bonds. 2 Another Statement of the Caxe. From another source the information comes that administration officials have the same hopeful feeling of ultimate suc- ss of the peace negotiations that was ined yesterday at the cabinet meet- ing and the statement is reiterated that ns are in a fair prospect of a termination. Although the ques- of the Philippines has not been for- ly considered by the peace commission- ers there has been some informal discus- sic tween the American and Spanish entatives with the result that the erican commissioners are able to indi- » to the administration that the settle- at will not be as difficult as was antici- ted some time ago. As stated in yester day's Star, the determimation has been by the United States government i the Philippine Islands and the of controversy will relate solely t ettlement of the debt of the islands. This feature of the case is now being care- fully considered by the administration in treasury cash is authority ts still speedy tie Che Leni ‘Star. No 14,249, WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1898—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. Washington and by missioners in Paris 3 In this matter the American commission- ers will present the conclusion of the Uni- ted States government, which will be based upon what is believed just and proper, and, as in the case of the Cuban article of the protocol, the United States’ position will be an ultimatum. If the American tion fs accepted by the Spanish com- ners, which seems provable, the Ge- s will then remain to be arranged, and no difficulty is anticinated on that s negotiations which have ace in Paris, informel th may have been, leave scarcely for doubt that the Spanish commicsioners will eventually accent the pronosition of control of the Philip hipslago, with full financial indemnity to Spain therefor. It is not likely that there will be any long debate and controv over this point, like tha: which marked the consideration of the questions of Spanish sovereignty in Cuba and the Cuban bonded indebtedness. CUBA WAS THE TOPIC the American com- at the White Two Hours’ Conference House. Many Matters Considered—Troops and Location of Camps — Gen. Lawton Present. A distinguished visitor at the War De- partment today was Major General Henry W. Lawton, who was advanced to the highest grade in the voluntzer army for gallantry and meritorious services in the campaign of Santiago, and who had com- mard of that military department after the departure of Gen. Shafter. He arrived in this country a few days 2go, and has spent the intervening time at his home. He was accompanied te this city by Capt. R. Mendoza and Capt. Edward L. King of aff and by Mr. 2 Maesire, Cuba Lawton say in the pro 4 sfactory at the and it is his belief that try will the new time in consul and Gen. Corbin and ac inied the lat- ter to the White House to pay his respects 0 the President and to give his views re- rding the situation in Cuba. a na- the situation of nee of Santiago wa time of his departure, affairs in that coun- ust themselves to He spent some Alger The White House Conference. There is no disposition to change the s fixed for the assumption of control the United States and the date fixed for taking possession is January J. The ques- tions discussed today related mainly to transportation, ships, equipments, landings and camps. The reports of the Cuban mili- tary commission, as well as the reports of the army board sent to investigate and lo- cate sites, including the reports of Colonel Hecker, were fully considered. General Lawton gave the President infor- mation concerning the conditions in Cuba that have come under his observation. General During his conversation with Lawton the President expre fication at the victorious conclus! campaign In Santiago province, and at the nner in which the officers and men ac- quitted themselves. “The Hecker report save a list of the most desirable places on the northern coast of Cuba near Havana for the lending of Amer- to be sent there to occupy the > beard i will be hment immediately of camps of garrison supplies. rtermester’s department has pre- ertisements inviting proposa jes, and they will be publis! Col. Hecker and Col. who are now in I reen ordeced to come to W: at once to report more in detail and to assist in the preparations for the embarkation and accommodation of the troops which will form the army of occupation. Doex Not Expect to Return, Gen. Lawton afterward declined to dis- cuss the reccmmendations which he will make to Secretary Alger respecting future operations of the army and the government generally in Cuba; nor has it been detinitely determined v. hether he (Lawton) will return to the command at Santiago, but the gen- eral expressed the opinion that he probably would not. lhe department of Santiago is now in command of Gen. Wood. “It is yet too early.” said General Law- ton, in response to questions on the subject, “to express an opinion as to the length time it will be necessary for this govern- ment to maintain military supervision of the Island of Cuba. This will have to be determined entirely by the course of future events. The Cubans are, generaily speak- ing.” Gen. Lawton added, “a quiet, tract- able people, and he did not think there would be any trouble in managing them so far as this might be necessary pending the formation of an independent govern- ment on the island. So far as the cities are concerned, General Lawton @id not be- lieve there would be any difficulty in main- taining discipline and order, 1nd, in the agricultural districts, the formation of a constabulary composed of the native people would bring about the desired results. Many Questions Considered. Secretary Alger and Gen. Corbin were in conference with the President over two hours. Secretary Alger admitted afterward that the conference had determined the questions of when troops will go to Cuba, what troops will go, who will command, and where the camps will be located. These questions, with even the details, were agreed upon and orders will issue in accordance. The Secretary said, how- ever, that it would not be Wise to make the plans public. ‘We could not afford to tell Spain our plans,” he said. The conference went so far as to decide on the number of sol- diers to be stationed on the island and the points st which they are to be stationed. Examination for Promotion. A board of officers, consisting of Maj. Samuel Q. Robinson, surgeon, U.S. A., and Maj. Lawrence C. Curr, brigade surgeon, U. S. V., with Capt. Robert S. Woodsen, assistant surgeon, U. S. A., as recorder, has been appointed to meet at Santiago, Cuba, for the examination of such officers as may be ordered before it, to determine their fitness for promotion. + e+ — lumber The qua the board, To Give Milttary Instruction. First Lieut. David M. Johnson, U. S. A., has been detailed by the Secretary of War for service as professor at St. Louis Uni- versity, St. Louis, Mo, MR. QUAY IS UNEASY/GRANTS A REVISION | TALK OF POLITICIANS Pennsylvania Senator Professes Con- fidence, But Sees Danger Ahead. OPPOSITION FORCES IN ALLIANCE Well-Organized Effort to Overturn the Republican Machine. THOSE WHO WOULD PROFIT Special From a Staff Correspondent. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., October; _ 1898. An insurrection has Lroken out within the ranks of the republican party in Pennsyl- vania which seriously threatens the loss of nine seats in the national House of Rep- resentatives and carries the possible men- ace of the loss of a republican senator. In- volved in the situation is the almost cer- tain reduction of the republican vote for governor as well as a materially lessened majority in the legislature, even if that majority is not wiped out. ‘The cause of this revolt of the voters is Gissatisfaction with the records of the re- publican legislatures and resentment at the course of some of the most conspicuous leaders of the party in this state. Senator Quay, as the most notable member and the recognized leader of the offensive polit- feal organization, is the principal object of attack. Representative Stone of Allegheny, the republican candidate for governor and the protege of the organization, is a target, while the candidates for legislature and Congress 8 in the fire directed against the “machine. Under the claim of reforming and purify- ing republican politics in Pennsy? proportion of the republican v: state, in number ye. unknown, are ally! themselves with hitherto hostile political elements willing to temporarily wrest Penn- slvania from republican control if nec in order to dissolve the organization within their party which now exercises that control. Anything to Beat Quay. Up to this time the movement has taken the shape only of an attempt’ to tear down n existing political structure. No thought been given to what fs to be erected upon ite. Now it ts “anything to beat If he is beaten, it remains for the to decide what manner of man and politically will succeed him and his itenants, fo accomplish the downfall of Senator he promoters of this object aim io “ta legislature composed of demoera' vendent republicans and prohibition’ elected by independent republican votes the Quay iutur men ii ts, and any ement which ean be counted tile to Mr. Quay. In some Jeg- iets practical fusion has been d between these elements. To defeat andidate for governor they ; the prohi- and demo- e republican are as bitionist c Dr. Swallo cratic votes for "the regular democratic nominee, Mr. Jenks. The most bitter of the i-Quay republicans profess to believe t with the perpetuation of Quayism as he inevitable alternative many republicans for the democratic gubernatorial . At stage of the in- but with understanding rmal republican sentiment in Pennsyl- Tam not able to adopt this view un- qualified! However, it stimate the strength of t 0 a opposition to Senator Quay and the ex republican organization. The republ managers appreciate it and fear it. Th acknowledge that the revolt has exten. to every county in the state. ‘They reatize that republicans of prominence and high standing are engaged in it. A powerful and influential section of the republican press of the state Is arrayed against them and dany appeals to the Intelligent read- ing public to overthrow the organization. Yet Mr. Quay and his lieutenants are confident, not “confident for publication only,” but genuinely, that they will weath- er this storm, elect the governor and ‘‘con- trol” the legislature. Causes of the Revolt. To attempt to set forth at this time in detail the specific counts in the arrai ment of and indictment against the ext ing republican organization would be mer2- ly a recital of affairs purely local to the taxpayers and voters of Pennsylvania. The y would include the legislation of state semblies of a decad of municipal foolish to under- movement in ding would be nd government in many cities, conducted, it is alleged, in behalf of machine politicians to the detriment of the taxpayer. The re- formers claim that the present outburst of wrath on the part of republicans ts the outcome of years of rising gorge. Th¢ sentiment of the men taking part in the movement against the organization may be ed in two sentences: D satisfaction with the republican party, but righteous indignation against men who have prostituted the republican party of Pennsylvania to their own ends. “Better to obliterate the present republi- can organization than that it should be permitted to exist to bring reproach upon republicanism and all that the word im- plies to men proud of the principles and jealous of the good name of the party. I have referred to the fact that the move- ment thus far is but an attempt to tear down that which exists, without setting up a definite structure in its place. Yet, ft is a principle to be set up, the principle os- tensibly of honest state and municipal gov- ernment. With this principle established, it is claimed that the men and methods for executing it will be forthcoming. — This is the ideal and sentimental expianation, pos- sibly true enough, but not the only expla- nation. The practical reason and the one which appeals to the politician is that if the per- sonal ambitions of avowed senatorial can- didates should be injected into the legisla- tive campasgn, it would disturb the alli- ance. Mr. John Wanamaker, for instance, a republican among republicans, who has stumped the entire state for the reform movement, advocates overturning the pres- ent order of things republican, but makes no specific recommendations for a new one. His friends sedulously refrain from sug- gesting him as_an available successor to Senator Quay. Neither has any other man come forward to disturb the harmony ex- isting between the allied forces by advanc- ing claims to a share of the fruits of pro- spective victory. Prospects Held Out. The prospect which the present campaign holds out to thé allied political elements may be classified as follows: To the independent republicans, the allur- ing, if yet uncertain, hope of defeating the republican machine and setting up another organization, naming a United States sena- tor and, of course, establishing good gov- ernment. To the democrats, a gain in their repre- sentation in the national House of Repre- sentatives, a share of benefits in the or- ganization of the legislature and satisfac- tion at the discomfiture of the republican leaders, who have harried them for years, ‘To the prohibitionists, a chance remote many politicians believe, of electing a gov- ernor, the certainty of Increasing the osten- sible prohibition vote, possible legislative patronage and the proverbial reward of virtue. Whether or not the democrats are moved by the high motive which actuates the re- formers, chances favor their deriving more of the practical benefits in the shuffie and deal than the others, whoever wins. It is the realization of this fact which has caused the republican national managers to curse the management which has brought the republican party in Pennsylvania to the position where for the democrats it becomes a case of “heads 1 win, tails you lose.” N. O. M. Court of Cassation Decides to Reopen Dreyfus Case, WOULD NOP RELEASE PRISONER Paris Editor Asserts the Secret Documents Were Burned. ARGUMENT OF COUNSEL PARIS, October 20.—The court of cassa- ticn has decided to grant a revision of the Dreyfus case, and will institute a supple- mentary inquiry. The court, however, has declined to order the release of Dreyfus. The court of cassation, according to the newspapers, will accept the conclusions of M. Bard, the reporter in the Dreyfus case, and order a supplementary investigation. M. Yvos Guyot, in the Siecle today, as- serts that the secret documents in the Dreyfus case were burned some days ago. At the opening of the court today M. Mornard resumed his argument in behalf of the Dreyfus family, insisting that the bordereau was not in the handwriting of Dreyfus, or an imitation by him of the writing of Major Esterhazy. ‘The latter hypothesis, counsel continued, was abso- lutely improbable. If it was an imitation the author of it must be a third party. Jf it was no imitation, the author of the bordereau, he asserted, can only be Major Esterhazy himself. Continuing, M. Mornard pointed out that the honor of the army was not involved in the doings of courts-martial, as, like other courts, they can err without their honor sufferir After M. Mornara had closed his argument the court retired to deliberate. ae WILL NOT WRITE Neither Will Gen, Kitchener Go on the Lecture Stage. LONDON, October 20.—General Lord Kitchener has been overwhelmed with social invitations since his return to } ng land, but he is disposed to take a re He has been asked by two English publi: ing firms to write a book and an American agent has been trying to get him to con- sent to a lecturing tour in the United But the commander of the / ptian A BOOK, forces has deelined all these propositions. The statement that Gen. Kitchener served in the French army during the war of 1870-71 was confirmed this week by an interview with his: stepmother Dinan. She said he had just received ¥ commission in British army and went to France on a holiday visit to his father who had settled at Dinan. Young Kitel ener, spite of the opposition cf his father, who feared he would lose his Brit- ish commission, joined the Dinan Mobi'cs, and set out ainst. the Germans. At Laval he ascended in a balloon to reecn- roiter the enemy’s posttion, and caught a severe attack of pleurisy, which compelled him to return to Dinan and cut short his career in the French arm: ——_+- SOLDIERS IN A TRAIN WRECi5. x Members of Ohio Colored §at- talion Badly Shaken Up. CAMP MEADE, Middletown, Pa., Octo- ber 20.—The members of the 9th Ohio (col- ored) Battalion who were injured in che railroad Wreck at Hummelstown last even- ing are said to be doing well, with the ex- ception of Robert Vaughn of Xenia, who is not yet out of danger. The following is a revised list of the injured: Robert Vaughn, Xenia, three ribs broken and badly bruised. Emanuel Mack, Xenia, fractured knee cap and bad bruises. Benjamin Williams, Cleveland, knee badly cut and body bruised. Corp. Travis, Cleveland, internal inju- ri Ben. Whiton, Cleveland, injured inter- nal y Lloyd Stewart, Cleveland, internal inju- s from beirg squeezed between cars. Major Young, the West Point yraduate vko commands the colored battalion, made a report to Gen, Graham, and mands an investigation. He claims tl the accident was caused by sheer carele: ness on the part of those who had charge of the train on which his men were coming to camp. The Pennsylvania railroad has received the contract for transporting the troops south, and will take them away at the rate of two regiments a day. It is expected that all will be in the southern camps by Thanksgiving day. ri REID PITTED AGAINST SMITH. Survivors of Intercollegiate Golf Con- test P = in Finals. ARDSLEY-ON-THE-HUDSON, N. Y¥., October 20.—John Reid, jr., and W. B. Smith, the Yale University golfers, who were the surviving players in the intercol- legiate individual championship struggle, played the final match of thirty holes to- day, in anything but pleasant weather, on the Ardsley links. In driving off Reid had the honor and made a long, low drive, but took three to reach the green. Smith drove to the green on his first and lay dead on his approach put. ‘The Chicagoan holed out in 3 to 4. They were even up at the eighth hole, the score standing, Smith, 39; Reid, 40. At the end of the first reund of 18 holes Reid was 2 up. The scores for the second nine holes were: Smith, 45; Reid, 43. Play for the second and final round be- gan at 2 o'clock. —_-—_— HAD BUBONIC PLAGEE ABOARD. French Bark at ’Friseo: Reports Two Deaths at Sea. SAN FRANCISCO, October 29.—The French bark Duchesse Anne has arrived in port from Hong Kong, ‘flying the yellow flag. Both the federal and state quaran- tine launches put out to the vessel and soon the news came back to port that there had been two deaths on board @uring the voy- age from the bubonic plague. Captain Carvary, master of the ship, was the first to succumb to the dread disease. He was sick only a few days and died on August 20. Nearly a month afterward a sailor namea Meniler was stricken with the plague and on September 9 he died and was buried at sea. The bark was ordered into quarantine. t To Be Sent to Sees Barracks. Hospital Steward Herman) Harbers, sow at Letter General Hospital,jChickamau:za, Ga., will be sent to Washirigton barracks, D. C., and will report.to the attending surgeon for temporary duty. +04 __—_ Wants Quickly Filled. At this season, when Many are seek- ing situations, and, on the other hand, so many seeking employes, it is of interest to know that advertisements under the classifications Wanted Help and Wanted Situations are inserted in The Star at a charge of 15 cents for fifteen words. Democrats Said to Be Indifferent About Congress. WILLING 10 SEE DEFEAT COME Republicans’ Explanation of the Reported Apathy. ge BITS OF CURRENT GOSSIP ——— The republicans are receiving reports which lead them to believe that much of the apithy apparent in the congressional campaign ts due to the fact that many democrats do not want the next House to be democratic. The reascn assigned for this sentiment among democrats is that they fear that possession of the House during the last two years of President Mc- Kinley’s term would operate to diminish the chances of their party being succ! ful in the presidential election of 1900. It is pointed out that many conflicts within the party would result from their getting ecntrol of the House, and new issues would be raised to displace the old ones through the opposition of the House to the adminis- tration. The democrats, having a majority in the House, would at once be confronted with a speakership contest which would have in it many elements of confusion, and the widely divergent opinions of the democrats who would compose the majority would lead to endless troubles, calculated to cause ir- reconcilable divisions in the party in the presidential election The differences on the money que: tween the eastern representations and the rest of the party and the wide divergence of opinion among democrats from various sections on the question of expansion would be a source of trouble. Moreover, it is said that many democrats feel that if it should be said in the next presidential campaign that the McKinley administr vented by a democratic Hou: tion be- ing out a wise policy in the settlement of questions growing out of the war, that would present an {ssue which would in- evitably lead to democratic defeat. According to republican advi many dem throughout the who take this view of the situ that consequently the democratic be light, JERRY and 2 Will MPSON'S PROSPEC Sure of Re-Electio Information from K indicates that Jerry son is pretty sure of re-election to the arly in the campaign the republi wht they were surely going to get scalp. From the opening of the campaign a very hard fight has been put up in that ¢ cently the reput of suce rict, and until very cans have been con dont The fight is still on and being Wased with the g vigor, but later reports lead the republicans to look le hopefully upon th> prospects of Long, th candidat It is said that best canvass he has BURROWS? FIG ir mpson is making the er made. T IN MICHIGAN, Prospects of His Re-Election Greatly Improving. ‘The prospects of Senator Burrows for re- election to the Senate from Michigan are said to be greatly improving with the can- vass. Governor Pingree is making as bitter a personal fight against Mr. Burrows as he can, and the curious spectacle is presented of a republican candidate for governor pub- licly atiacking on the stump a senator of his own party who fs a candidate for re- election. It is said that Burrows has made a very good impression by refraining from making any counter attack upon his ene- mies in his own party and that Pingree is likely to suffer more than he will, Bur- fows, it is said, is now almost certain of Are re-election, and Pingree’s majority for governor will be greatly reduced by reason of the peculiar attitude he has assumed. There are two or three republican districts in the state that the democrats are hoping to car- ry because of the curious mix-up of the re- publicans, but their expectations are not likely to be fully realized. It is said that if after the election of the legislature, which will be republican, Pingree finds he has not strength to defeat Burrows in caucus with his own candidate, Peck, he may at- tempt to accomplish the senator's defeat by a combination with Secretary Alger's friends to elect Alger. It is not believed, however, that this can be successfully ar- ranged. MR. COBB'S EXPECTATION. Looks for Republican Success in the Tenth Massachusetts District. John C. Cobb, who is managing the cam- paign in the tenth congressional district of Massachusetts for the republicans, was in the city today, and called on Chairman Babcock to obtain some literature for use in his district. The tenth Massachusetts district is being claimed by republicans and democrats alike, but Mr. Cobb says he ex- Pects it to be carried for Samuel J. Bur- rows, the republican candidate, against Henry C. Nathan, democrat. Some time ago the republicans were threatened that one or more indeperdent candidates wou.d be placed in the field in the tenth district to the injury of the republican candidate, but no such action has been taken. The democratic candidate has declared for the Chicago platform, end the republi is be- lieve sound money democrats will now unite with them, and it is generally ad- mitted that the latter hold the balance of power in the district. “Apathy is our chief danger,” said Mr. Cobb to a Star reporter today. “The peo- ple in the tenth disirict do not take inter- est in the money question, as they are not inclined to regard it as a live issue. They prefer to talk about the conduct of the war and the question of territorial expansion. As a rule, people in the tenth district are rather opposed to the annexation of the Philippines, as they do not like the idea of taking so many semi-civilized people in our country. This feeling is very evident among the laboring voters. MR. BELDEN’S ASSURANCE. The Republican Candidate in His Dins- trict Will Be Elected. Representative Belden of New York has informed Chairman Babcock that the regu- lar republican congressional candidate in his district will be elected by three or four thousand majority. LEAVE TO GO HOME TO VOTE. Time Will Be Taken Out of the An- nual Leave. Secretary Alger has issued the following memorandum to chiefs of bureaus and of- fices in the War Department bearing on the question @ requests made by employes for permission to go home and vote: “When request is made by employes of the department for leave of absence to enable them to go home to vote, permis- sion, irrespective of party, will be granted, if it can be done without detriment to the public service; the time so absent to be + ~ TWO CENTS. charged against the annual leave author- ized by law, or if leave is exhausted the time absent to be without pay.” RETURNED ENTHUSIASTIC, Gen. Miles and Party Back From Their Trip to Philadelphia. Most cf General Miles’ party to the peace Jubilee in Philadelphia returned to this city late last night. General Miles, accom- panied by Colonel Maus of his staff, went over to New York, however, on a litt! iness and will not return to Washig'ton until tonight or tomorrow. Those who re- turned last night were General Gilmore, Colonels Michler, R Alien, Reber, Black and Whitney of General Miles’ staff, Captain Paget, military attacie of the British embassy, and Major Goodloe of the Marine Corps. They are all most enthy astie over their recention and entertain- ment in the Quaker city. o- STREET RAILWAY MILEAGE hus- Length of the Systems Operated by the Sev- eral Local Companies. Suburban Company's Consolidated Lines Cover Greatest Area—Roads Within the District. In view of the probable consolidation of several street railroads, or rather the bring- ing of them under one management, which will be that of the City and Suburban R road Company, the amount of trackage in the District controlled by the vartous com- panies will be of intere When the con- trol of the Belt and Anacostia street rail- roads passes into the hands uf those who are now managing the City and Suburban, a street railroad system will be formed that will be greater in point of mileage than any other system in tals city ‘The figures are as follows: C tion, 16 mile: pital Trae- ; Metropolitan, 12 miles; City and Suburban, 25 miles; Columbia, 2.56 mil: Brightwood, 5 miles; Washington and Great Falls, 31% miles. The above figures refer to the total mile- age of the roads, or the length of douvle track, and not that of single track. The system of the City and Suburban Company will comprise the following roads within the District: Eckington and Sol diers’ Home, Maryland and Washin Belt, Anacostia and Georgetown and Ten- leytown. In addition, this company will operat* a continuation of the Washington and Maryland road from the bounds of the i wyn, Md., with « possibility of an extension some time in the future <o Laurel and thence on to Baititeore. They also control the continuacion of the Georgetown and Tenleytown road beyond the bounds of the Diszrict to Bethe Md., with a pc ible continuation yet to be built Rockville, Md. This latter point, 2s well s Laurel, is about twenty miles from the center of the city, which gives some idea of the expansion whi going on In the suburbs of the city warrant the pro- posed railroad en 3. —_._—_ MAY LEAVE THE HOSPITAL CORPS. to Transferred Men to Be Mustered Out With Their Former Regiments. Maj. Gen. Miles today issued a circular to the army, which is of general interest to all the regiments of the volunteer establish- ment. It affects particularly all the enlisted men in the various volunteer regiments who were transferred during the Span- ish war to the hospital corps of the regular army. There are a number of men in the District of Columbia regiment in this cate- gory, and, as {t will appear by the circular, they will be mustered out with their regi- ment, a thing which could not have been accomplished without the express order of the War Department. The circular in question is as follows: “Privates of the hospltal corps, U. S. A., who have been transferred from volunteer regimerts which are to be mustered out of the service will be discharged, if they so request, upon the day on which their former regiment is mustered out, provided that their service has been honest and faithful. The names of such men will be forwarded by the surgeons commanding hospitals and ambulance companies through military channels to the adjutant general with as lite delay as practicable. Applications for discharge of men of the hospital corps who enlisted in that corps or were transferred from regiments still in service will not be approved except under extraordinary cir- cumstances. In forwarding all applications for discharge surgeons will see that the date of enlistment or of transfer to the hospital corps is corectly stated, with char- acter of the service of the applicant.” —____+ e+ —____. INJURY TO THE TEXAS, Navy Department Officials Do Not Be- lieve That It is Serious. Word comes from Philadelphia that the battle ship Texas recently sustained some injuries to her stern, the exact nature and extent of which can only be determined by examination in a dry dock. The injury is sald to have been sustained before the ship entered the Delaware last Sunday, and ts believed to have resulted from contact with a submergd log. Divers are at work exam- ning the hull of the warship, and future action with regard to the ship will be de- termined by the character of their report. The officials at the Navy Department have no information on the subject, but are satisfied that the ship has not suffered any serious injury. —_—_—_+ 0+______ Late Naval Orders Commander C. 8. Sperry has been de tached from duty at the New York navy yard and ordered to command the gunboat Yorktown, fitting out at the Mare Island navy yard, presumably for service on the Asiatic station. Commander W. H. Reeder has been or- dered to command the St. Mary’s, school ship, at New York. Lieutenant A. P. Niblack has been de- tached from command of the torpedo boat Winslow when she goes out of commission and ordered to the Olympia, on the Asiatic station. Chaplain J. P. Chidwick, formerly of the Maine, has been granted two months’ leave of absence, with permission to leave the United States. Captain J. R. Bartlett, retired, has been detached from duty in charge of the aux- iliary naval force and ordered home. Lieutenant C. E. Fox has been detached from command of the torpedo boat Morris, when put out of commission, and ordered to the Monadnock. The following named officers have been honorably discharged: Lieutenant J. W. Bostick, Lieutenant J. H. Colwell, Lieuten- ant J. W. Weeks, Lieutenant W. H. Stay- ton, Ensign F. H. Silvers, Assistant Engi- neer R. E. Bruckner and Mate J. O’Brien. Lieutenant Stayton is the commander of the naval militia of New York, and entered the navy as a volunteer at the outbreak of the Spanish war.® + 0+ ______. Redemption of Pacific Railroad Bon. Secretary Gage, who has returned to the city from New York, has again extend2d through November the offer to redecm Pa- cific railroad bonds at the option of the holders. About $14,000,000 of the bonds, with interest, were due January 1. Since th2 offer to redeem was made, $1,190,000 have been-sent in. ‘Dhe offer is to pay the principal and interest to January 1, less a rebate of one-half per cent. Advertisements the Help” and “Wanted Situations” are in- under classification “Wanted serted in The Star at a harge of one cent per word per inser- tion, the minimum charge being 15 cents. —— EFFECT OF HIS TRIP ee * The President Returned From the West an Expansionist. ——+ BROADENING OF HIS FOREIGN POLICY are From a Coaling Station to Controi of the Philippines. POPULARSENTIMENTGAUGED Whether or not the President's western tour has any bearing on politics of this campaign, it is likely to have a very im- portant influence upon the future of this country. The President was not an original expansionist. He was as reluctant to enter upon this new policy as he was to have this country mixed up in the Cuban ques- tion. The conviction that we must have war with Spain was of slow development with him. Even the conviction that he had any right to interfere between Spain and Cuba was of slow growth. Not only does he belong to a conservative school of poll- tics, but personally he shrinks from inno- vations. It is no secret thet the President would have been embarrassed if he t n cal ed upon to decide upon terms of Peace with Spain immediately upon the collapse of Spain's power of resistance. The of the protocol by which Spain r her sovereignty in Cuba and Port leaving the Philippine question for future consideration, was no more in deference to the delicate position in which Spain was placed than it was in consideration of tt uncertainty as to the policy to be follows by this government. At the Ume the prot col was signed there was no purpose deti- nitely formed to go beyond the ition of a coaling station in the Philippines. There was no determination to stop at that, but plans had advanced no turther Whtn the Commission Was Ap The character of the commission finally to meet with the Spanish commis- sioners at Paris had much to do with ex- ret panding the policy of the administrati The strongest men appointed on the com mission w » liberal eapansionists not on actount of that, but becau Were the most capavie men to | serve and because they would be pal agents in Tatitication © treaty by the Senate. lt is known that at the time of tt pointment of the peace commis President was much concerted should be driven to the ypuion of a br er policy than the traditions of this gov- ernment seemed to lhe President to war- rant. It was not unul after the cont: ence With the commissioners before their departure for Paris that it was determi that we must hold the entire island of Lu zon and demand that a saustactory gov- ernment be provided fur the rest of the group, with the agreement on tie part of Spain that none of the isiands should be parted with to any foreign power without the consent of this government. That we Would not assume the Cuban debt and like questions with which the Spanish commis- Sloners have been taking up Ue ume of the commussion was dec ided on al Le out- set, but the question of whether or not we would even be Willing to undertake the re- sponsibility for the Philippmes was not de- termined, Popular Sentiment Gauged. It was only a few weeks ago, atter the political campaign was weli on, that Mr. Hanna, returning to Washington from the west, had a iong talk with Ue President, after which he deciared that the S) flag would not be permic over the Philippines. Laat was the date of the administration's taking that ad- vanced stand. Mr. Hanaa said that ac had found that popular senuiment demanded that this government siould annex the Philippines as an entircty, bur tbat he thought the people would be conteut with the assurance that the islands should be again subjected to Spanisn misrul. was far in advance sf any pi sition vanish agaia to ff M Hanna had before occupied, and still nore in advance of what the F mated as his desire. It ence to public sentimeat 3 Was the ex- treme of the policy contemplated wntil after the President's visit to the west. The President an Expansioniat. The President found hat a!l other ques- tions were considered with coldness by his audiences compared with the tremendous enthusiasm which greeed any remark which suggested the possibility of a policy of expansion being prosecuted. The inilu- ence of this sentiment was apparent upon the President's $, and the more a policy of e the greater was the enthusiasm aroused. It made a decided impsession upon him, and he returned to Washing:on convinced that a policy of expansion was demanded by a great majority of the people of this country. Since then a more aggressive at. titude has been assumed toward the Paris negotiations, and members of the cabinet say that there is no lonzer en in defer- ny doubt and no purpose to conceal the fact that thie government will insist upon the rbsolute relinquishment of Spanish sovereignty ver any part of the Philippines. The President's tour in the we: an expansionist of him. Se see ae TOM JOHNSON STILL AN OHIOAN. has made He Sends Hin Amidavit to Be Registered. Special Dispatch to The Evening Sta CLEVELAND, Ohio, October ter has been received by the Cleveland board of elections from Tom L. John- son of New York, stating that he still con- siders himself a citizen of this city, and asking that he be registered by affidavit, which was inclosed. His name was placed on the registration books. Mr. Johnson formerly represented the twenty-first Ohio district in Congress. For several years pest, however, he has Itved in New York, being jargely interested in street car prop- erty in that city. He became very promi- nent owing to his work in behalf of the te Henry George during the latter's can+ vass for the mayoraity. —_+—_ . S. B. HEGE PROMOTED. Made General Ag Departm BALTIMORE, October 29.—On November 1 Lyman McCarty, who for many years has been general east>rn passenger agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Ratlroad Com- pany in New York city, will receive the title of assistant general passenger agent, and 8S. B. Hege, for seven years division pessenger agent at Washington, will be made general agent of the passenger de- partment in Washington. eee “IF WE WERE ALLIES.” Requests 20.—A let- Recent Utterance of Emperor Wil- Mam at Constantinople. The French papers declare that Emperor William made the following utterance dur- ing his visit to Constantinaple: “The French are an extraordinary peo- ple. When you see them separately they are charming, but, in a mass they are un- bearable. They refuse to understand us, If we two were allies we should rule the world. Never mind. I shall end by forcing my friendship on them.”