The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 12, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO 'CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1896. 3 —_— e WHTSONS AOIST OF DEMOCRACY His Letter of Acceptance! at Last Given to the Public. Its Wording Ample Reason for Its Suppressicn by the Managers. " FLAYS SEWALL AND HIS PARTY Chairman Marion Butler Accused of Playing -Traitor to the Populists. ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 11.—Thomas E. . Watson’s letter accepting the Vice-Presi- dential nomination of the Yeople’s party has at last been made public. It was written on October 14 last to Senator But- ler, chairman ot the notification commit- teeand manager of the Populist campaign. It was suppressed by Senator Butler dur- ing the campaign for reasons that are obvious from a pernsal of its confents. The document would make seven columns in a newspaper. te-morrow. Extracts from the follow: Hon. Marion Butler, Chairman Ez-officio for | * Notification Committec—DEAR SIR: Your letter giving me formal notice of my nomination by the People’s party for the office of Vice-Presi- dent has been received. It is solely because of my promise to do so that I accept the nomina- tion. The unusual conditions confronting us must be my excuse for submitting to the pub- lica fair statement of the facts touching this | campaizn in order that all unprejudiced may reach just conclusions. As the time for beginning the Presidential campaign of 1396 approached the Democratic party found ftself in a dying condiiion and it resorted to a desperate remedy to save itself from ution. It publiely renounced the Xepublican policies which it has aiready en- acted into law and espoussd the Populist creed, which it had bitterly assailed. ed the doors of the mints to sil- sustained Mr. Clevetand in his cfusal to allow the seigniorage coined; hev- ing condoned his i-sue of bonds in violation of law; having acquiesced in his contraction licy of destroying the greenbacks; having 1ped to feed the trusts by the passage of the Wilson-Gorman-Jones tariff biil, the Demo- cratic par spect, the confidence and the patience of the people, determined to anticipate the triumph of Populism by a public confession of politi- cal guilt, an earnest assertion of change of heart and a devout acceptance of Populist principles and a modern demand that the People’s party should vacate its quarters and surrender its political possessions. A very staggering piece of political impu- dence was this. It was nots minority of the Democratic party which murdered silver in 1893. It was & majority that did it—a major- ity in the House,a majority in the Senate. | And the men who committed the deed cannot now promise more solemniy to undo tneir work than they promised in 1892 to do it. Darirg the years of 1892,'93,’94 and '93, when Republicans and Democrats alike were falling over each other in their effort to be first at Wall street's feet and lowest in the dust of political self-abasement to the trusts, the Natiunal barks, the railroads, the bond- holders and gold speculators, the People's party was the one champion of the people. It stood fearlessly against the hungry hoides of class legislation. It proclaimed cou- stantly its undying antagonism to Wall street and its policies. It held aloft the sacred ban- Mr. Waison publishes | the letter in full in his official organ, the | People’'s party paper, which comes out | letier | realizing toet it had lost the re- | exist If it has no valid complaint to. make. Populists cannot denounce the sins of the two olii parties and yet go into political copartner- ship with them. The moment we make treaty the war must cease. And when we cease our war upon the two old parties we have no longer any excuse for living. Whenever right compromises with wrong, it is the rignt whicn suffers. “mie Domocratic managers seem 10 resent as astrapge piece of impertinence the fact that the Populisis dared o nominate a ticket differ- ing at the rear end from theirs. Coming to them with 2,000,000 votes they were begging for and piteously needing, I can say, with & perfect assurance of teiling the unqualified truth, that my arrival on the fleld of batile | has not been welcomed as heartily as Blucher was recelved by Weilington at Wateri They waat my re-enforcements, but they do want me to lead them. They need Blucher's troops, but they draw the line at Blucher. at it hardly fair, either to Blucher or his s, nor s it the best way to defeat Napo- leon. For this attitude on the pact of the Demo- | cratic managers 1 believe that you, Senator, ure largely responsible. You made no effort | tohave me recozn You pubicly stated { that I wouid not be noiified of my nomination. Yon went into the fusion policy, over my written protest, with all the zeal of'a man who wanted (0 elect'the Democratic ticket. In this I think you were wrong. As chair- man of the Populist Committee the party cer- tainly expected you to do all you couid to elect the Populist ticket. Had you demanded Mr. Sewall’s withdrawal from ‘the ticket he would have been withdrawn. I have a letter of yours in which you state that the Demo- cratic Committee expected you to make the demand, but you diu not make it. From the perversity of temper with which Democratic managers have reiused to do the right thing by the Populists it would seem that they prefer McKinleyism to anything which might seem to bea partly Populist triumph. Their double purpose is 1o couple election with the complete destruction of the People’s party. They mean to clect both Bryan or Sewall— both or neither. Thev cannot endure the thought that the victory shall be shared by Populism. They are willing to use the Popu- { list nominee as & lever 1o move popular votes | —but not as an aliy who had any rights they are bound torespect. The St. Lonis com romise ticket should have been insisted upon for 1wo reasons: Firsi, be- cause Mr. Bryan cannot be otherwise elected; | second, because the triumph of silver cannot be otherwise assured. It is hardly neces ry for me to say thatl { heartily indorse the platform upon which I | was nominated. In =peech, in editorial, in pampuilet, I have discu:sed for several years every issue Populism raised, and my position 111550 well known that [ need go ssion of Populist principles here. n teken in this letter will be bit- Would that the pathway o | t The posit y assailed. were always carpeted with flowers. vis. By maxing mysell and the great | party 1 represent & mere footmat for Demo- cratic politicians fo wipe their feet upon, I could win much applause from that quarter. But i I were now lacking in the loyalty which | was expecied of me when chosen 1 would | grieve the men who haye honozed me, trusied me, defended me and 16ved me. In this reform movement to which I have | | devoted eight of the best yearsof my life, I ! have lost mu but my own self-respect has | Dot been lost, nor the respect of the principies | Trepresented and who-e battles I have fought. I did not seck this nomination, nor desire it, | Had I usked the Presidential homination of | the People’s party and zone to St. Louis to claim it, no power of the Democratic emis- | | series could have kept it from me. It was out | of a heartfelt desire to help unite ali the reform forces and at the same time 10 save my. | party and its principles from wreck that I | agreed 10 accept second piace on the com- | promise ticket. I stood readly to join hands | with_Mr. Bryan and to aid him in’ harmoniz- | ing Populists and siiver Democrats and in { uniting South and West, to the end that we might achieve a victory against McKinley and McKinleyism. Fusion with Bryan mennt no | sacrifice of principle. Fusion with Sewall does. | No one regrets more profoundly than 1 do that the Democratic manazers have so shaped | the campaign that the South had again been | | 101d that she must grovel in the dust and let | | dut | rare an l;‘:auem plutocrat put his foot upon herl‘ | neck. Nor does one regret more than I do the t the | Demoeratic maneg re, in shaping their fusiou | deals, have considered those Populists only who were getting loaves and fishes. They have los: sight of the great army of the ! privaies, wnose honest hesrts snd sincere | | souls form the strength of the re-enforceme nt | | Mr. Bryan needs. The Populisis of the ran k | { and file have the spiritof crusaders, and they | would die for a principle 1ar more quickly | than thes would seil. These men will not vote tor Sewall, nor Sewall electers. | If Senators Jones and Gorman really wish | to deteat McKinley, let them lose no time in realizing this truth. Yours &e, THOMAS E Thomson, Ga., October 14, 18 Erm b POOL-SELLING IN ALABAMA. Clergumen Make a United Effortto Break H Up Horse-tacing. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 11.—A Times | special from Birmingham, Ala., says: Alabama clergymen have probaoly | sounded the death knell of racing and | pool-selling in this State. The Birming- | ham Pastors’ Union yesterday, acting as a commitiee for all denominations, sent to . WaTsox, | | Sate Committee is investigating the matter. ALTGELD WANTS NO OFFICE. Talks of the “ Bickerings of Idiotic Newspaper Space- Writers.” SPRINGFIELD, Iri, Nov. 1L—Reply- ing to the rumor that he woilld be a can- didate for Mayor of Chicago or for United gutes Benator, Governor Altgeld said to- ay : “‘There is absolutely nothing in it but the bickerings of idiotic newspaper space- writers seeking sensational stories. The next Legislature will be overwhelmingly Republican an joint ballot, and a Demo- crat would stand no earthly show. Asfor the Mayoralty of Chicago, the idea is equally ridiculous. I want a0 office with- in the gift of man.” QUESILUNING HUHENLOHE, Centrists Put a Few Conundrums (o ths German Chancellor, BERLIN, Germany, Nov. 1l. — The Reichstag to-duy again debated the sub- ject of judicial procedure. The Centrists have tabled an interpe!lation of the Gov- ernment in substance as follows: Is the Chancellor in & position to answer the following: Firstiy—Did a secret convention _exist between Russia and Germany up to 18902 Secondly—If 5o, why was it not prolonged? Thirdly—What' infiuence have the recent disclosures had upon Germany's position in the Dreibund and her relations with the other powers ? D — For Defense of Southern Harbors. TALLAHASSEE, Fra., Nov. 1L.—Gov- ernor Mitchell to-day issued a cail for a Southern States harbor-tefense conven- tion to assemble at Tampa, kla., January 10, 1897. = The call is addressed to the Gov- ernors of all Southern States and all S:ates tributary to the Mississippi River and asks each Governor to attend and also_to appoint delegates to represent the differ- ent commonwesxlths, The object of the convention is to discuss methods for the proper defense of Southern harbors. A S Arkansas Lumbermen Adrancs Prices. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 11.—The lumber manufacturers of Arkansas held a | meeting here to-day and advanced the | price on common lumber 50 cents per thousand feet and upper grades $1 per thousand. Representatives from St. Louis, Chicago, Memphis and other cities were present. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, Trying to Piace the Blame for the Sinking of the Texas. The Cost of the Mishap Will Be in the Neighborhood of $10.000 NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 1L—The battle-ship Texas, which has been in the mud in the Wallabout for over forty- | eight hours, will be floated into the timber drydock three days hence. The court of inquiry into the responsi- bility for the accident convened at 11 o’clock this morning. All the officers who were detailed to take part in the inquiry were present. The court went into executive session and announced that all future hearings of the court would be behind closed doors. An investigation of the injuries to the Texas which caused nersinking on Mon- day morning last was made by the court this afternoon. Nothing will be known in regard to the tindings of the court until Secretary Herbert has passed upon them. The Texas was not placed in the dry- dock to-day, as stated in a previons item. She will be floated into the timber dr; dock. She must be lightened by the re- moval of 300 tons of coal. The injury to the ship from the influx of water is considerable, but is mainly confined to the machinery. Six weeks at least is the estimate of the time it will take to efface all traces of the battleship’s ‘“trip to the pottom of the chanrnel.’’ The cost of the accident is placed in the ner of a people’s rights and called for patriots | the State Legislature at Montgomery a | neighborhood of $10,000. to rise and aefend the Republic. Since the bugle note of Roderick Diu awoke the High- lands, and the fiery cross sped through glen and irom glen to hamlet, there has been no such spontaneous outburst of pooular enthusi- m as marked the growth of the People’s creed, one purpose, one hope, one ved usall, and had we sternly n aside and nominated a straight t ticket at St. Louis, one man from the West and one from the South, we would have swept this land from sea tosea. At Chicego the Democratic managers, hav- ing adopted the leading Populist principles, nominated for the first place on the ticketa candidate who indorses those principles. Mr. Watson reviews the fight in the Populist convention at St. Louis between the Bryan Populists and the middle-of- * the-road men. He proceeds: I was asked to aliow the use of my name to harmonize all the differences which existed inthe convention, and consented upon that express condition. There is no doubt that among the voters of the Democratic party, South and West, there ‘was an earnest desire thai the Populists should be met half way. They wished for union umong the advocates of silver, and they feit that union could not be accomplished hy de- | manding any abject surrender at the hands of . the Populists. The leaders of the Democratic party, how- ever, secured Populist Bryan by direct vote in the convention, de- termined to secure it for Mr. Sewali also, and for this purpose they have resorted to the policy of fusion. Instead of meeting the Pop- ulists half way the Demceratic managers have demanded that we furnish all the patriotism which the occasion requires, and they not only refuse to make any concessions at all, but they treatwith public insult the party whose votesare necessary 10 Democratic success. By listening to the overtures of Democratic man- agers, our party has been torn into factions, our leaders deceived and ensnared and the cause we represented permanently endan- gerea, if not iost. The Jabor of many years is swept away ana tbe hopes of thousands of good people are gone with it. Toe Democratic mubagers, however, not only claim the Popuiist vote for Mr. Bryasn, who is our nominee, but they claim 1 80 for Mr. Sewall, who is not our nominee, and who was overwhelmingly rejected wnen offered to the St. Louis convention. We are now toid . thatwe must Dot say ansthing against Mr. Bewall; we must Dot explain to the people wherein he is an objectionap’e candidate, and we must not mention the fact that he is a National banker, a bondholder, a railroad eguate, & _corporation mijlionaire, an enemy to organized labor, & beneficiary of trusts, a seeker after subsidies of the merchant marine ¥nd a protectionist of the scKinley variety. These things must be kept from the people, I am told. 10 know for whom they are vonus! . Both Kansas and Colorado are Populist States and yet the Populist nominees are not 0 receive s single electgral vote in either State. The Democratic ticket, Bryan and Sewail, willj receive them all. In Kanses the people. have been soothed by the assurance that the Sewall electors wouid vote for Wat- son provided Watson got more votes else- where than Sewall got. Thus the Populists in Kansas and Colorado have been disiracchised; worse than that they have been deliversd to a fusion where noune of their votes count fur the Populist Hcklel. Thiy must }'cle lor Sewsll and thus Violate their principles. In North C':ralinl, where fusion had been arranged with the Kepublieans on the State and county ticket and with the Democrets on tLe National ticket, Mr. Sewall gets a majority *'~orth Caroii ed to be s Populist North Carolina is suppos ° State. Upon that Idgu she was allowed 95 votes in our National convention. The fact that in North Carolina we haye now conceded # majorily of the electors 10 Mr. Sewsall would indicate tnat our vote in North Carolina has nndergone & disastrous shrinkage since our Nailonal convention adjourned, or that the National ticket has been used for mercantile vurposes. Senator, a reform party has no rigat to indorsement of Mr. | Whyso? Haven’t the voters a right | | copy of the bill by which they expect to | kill pool-selling. | The bi!l absolutely prohibits any sale of | poois on horseraces run in or out of the | | State, under a penalty of $500. It con- tains a clause inflicting dissolution upon | corporations disoheving the law, and pro- | | vides for a fine of $1000 for making books | on races or running a poolroom. Each legislator has been urged to work for the | passage of the bill by personal solicita- { tion, The movement was begun by the Pas- | tors’ Union of Birmingham last spring | and was occasioned by the 1ntense excite- | ment attending the Southwest circuit | races here last March. Afterward the ministry of the State gave the movement | @n almost unanimous support. s BRYAN'S FUIURE PLOGRAMME. Will Qutitine His Courss Next Saturday Evening at Lincoln. LINCOLN, Negr., Nov. 11.—In a speech to be delivered before the Lincoin Travel- ing Men’s Bryan Club and otner local or- ganizations favorable to free coinage next Saturday evening Mr. Bryan will in a measure outline his future programme and the next policy of the bimetallists of | thecountry. This will be the first formal utterance of Mr. Bryan from the rostrum since election, and there is much specula- tion as to the trend of his remarks. In the afternoon of the same day Mr. Bryan { will address the ladies of the Bryan Silver Club, which was quite g factor in the late camvpaign. Next week Mr. Bryan intends | to visit Southern Missouri and Northern | Arkansas in company with Governor | Stone and Senator Jones, but the trip is | expected to be more of an outing than a | sveech-making tour. From the Southern | States he will go to Denver, make a few addresses, probably, and spend a_number of days wilfi personal and political friends. oot SENATOR TELLEL’S OPINION. | No Chance for a Zariff BUL in the Pres- ent Congress. i DENVER, Covo., Nov. 11.—When askeil | to-day by a representative of the United | Associated Presses if 1t would be possible ! to pass a tariff bill through the coming | Senate without a silver rider, Senator Teller said : “No; the Republicans will not urge or | push a tariff’ bill when Congress opens. | It would be useless, for in case such a bill ; was passed President Cleveland would veto it. If the Republicans are sincere, however, as they assert they are, a special session will be called ana the Dingley tariff bill or some ether one will be passed, in case such a thing is possible. Ido not care to talk of the plans of the silver forces until I am fully advised.” —_—— WILL DEMAMND A RECOUNT. Friends of Minnesota’s Fusion Candi- date for Gerernor Dissatisflea. MINNEAPOLIS, Mixx., Nov. 11.—It was announced to-day that the iriends of John Lind, fusion candidate for Governor, will demand a recount. Clough’s majoriiy is now about 3000. The basis of the demand is allezed fraucs in the northwestern part of the State, and the fact that a large number of ballots were erroneously marked for both the Bryan and Palmer electors and were thrown out, when they should have been counted as to the rest of the ticks These ballots, it 1s_said, are al- most if not entirely all for Lind. 1n this oo KING MENELIK TU THE POPE, Why He Cannct Kestore the Prisoners to Liberty. ROME, Itany, Nov. 1L.—The vatican official journal prints the text of the letter recently received by the Pope ffom King Menelik of Abyssinia which was brought to his Holiness by Mgr. Macaire. In his lettar King Menelik protests his devotion to the Pope and maintains that since the Italian Government continues in its atzi- tude of hostility toward Abyssinia he is unable to sacrifice the sole guaranty of peace that he holds by restoring to liberty the Italian prisoners he has taken and now holds. Menelik also expresses hope that the Pope will intervene in the inter- ests of peace, and thus accelerate the lib- eration of the prisoners. —_— Wheat-Laden Stenmer Missing. TORONTO, Oxt., Nov. 11.—The pro- peller Arcadia, carrving 20,000 bushels of wheat, feft Fort William last Wednesday for Montreal. Nothing has been since heard of her, The vessel was out in the big storm of Wednesday and Thursday, and grave fears for her safety are enter- tained. Toe vessel and cargo are insured. e e Turkey Gobblex the Reform Pill. CONSTANTINOPLE, TurkEy, Nov.11.— It has been announced officially that the officials of the various Turkish provinces have been 1nstructed by the Government to put into execution the reforms agreed upon in 1895. S The Transvaal's Indemnity Claim. PRETORIA, Soura Arrica, Nov. 1l.— The Transvaal Government has decided to claim £1,000,000 sterling indemnity from the British South Afriea Company to cover 'the damage sus.ained by the Jameson raid. — TALKERS AT CONVENTIONS. Men Who Have a Fieice Longing to Take Some Part, However Small. One of the great troubles of National conventions is the number of individuals who are anxious to hold the floor and’ say a few words, no matter how few, in the cours e of 1he proceedings. Of course, the object of most of these pests, as they are regarded by the presiding officer, is to have some share in the notoriety that at- taches to everytody Italian ) actively par- ticipating 1In the proceedings. They know that if once recognized by the chair, the bullelins that are sent all over the country will at least con- vey the intelligence north, south, east and west that 8o and So of such and such a State spoke or made a wotion, or moved the previous question. Then, too, if the nominating point has been reached they see in their imagination the crowds before bulletin boards reading the announcement that *‘Jones of New York” or “Smith of New Mexico takes tbe platform.” It does not matter a cent that the vast majority of those who actually hear the remarks, as well as of those who read abeut them, never heard of Jonesor Smith betore. The great thing is to be able to say years afterward: “I spoke at the con- vention when 8o and fo was nominated.” As may be imagined these talkers for talk’s sake are detested by the political managers, The pest laid plans are often put in peril by delay, and these are just the delegates who bring business 1o a standstili. ‘The Populist convention has naturally Hennepin) county alone some 500 of these }uuou were discarded. The Democratic exhibited more of this sort of thing than at Chicago or the Re;nbuun gathering.— New York Evening Sun. WEYLER FORCED INTO THE FIELD Guamaro's Capture by the Cubans Left Him No Alternative, An Insurgent Victory of More Importance Than First Reported. CAUSES A PROFOUND SENSATION Hivana's Excitement Over the News Is Intensifi:d by Rumors Frcm ‘Washington. KEY WEST, Fra., Nov. 11.—Passen- gers who arrived from Havana to-night bring intelligence that the capture of Gua- maro was of more importance than first reported. When the news reached Ha- vana it caused great excitement. It was only partially printed, but was wired to Madrid and made a sensation. It is said 1t so stirred the people that they forced the Government to oblige Weyler to take the field. The steamer Julia, which arrived at Havana Sunday from Nuevitas, reports no communication with the city of Puerto Principe since the 27th. Many bridges have been blown up, culverts burned and about seven kilometers of railway track torn up. Great anxiety prevails in Nuevi- tos rezarding the fate of Puerto Principe. The steamer brought letters detailing the attack on Guamaro. It appears that General Calixto Garcia, with a large rebel force and two pieces of artillery, attacked the place on October 17. The next day he captured the trenches and destroved ten jorts surrounding the town. The garrison, 150 soldiers and twenty armed cilizens, surrenaered, but were ordered released, except Quarter- master Miguel Mola, who, vbeing a Cuban, attended the wounded. They were then sent to Puerto Principe under an escort. The officers were patroied. Major Mar- tinez, in command of the detachment, was wounded in the arm and died at the hospital as a result of the amputation. The citizens of the town were forced to aid the rebels destroy the trenches, houses, ete. The church tower was blown up with dynamite. Much war material was cap- tured. All stores were sacked, the owners made prisoners and ransoms asked. The so-called fusion of local political parties is a farce. It was all done by cir- culation. Civil Governor P:cura, acting under instructions of Weyler, forced the leaders of the vparty to accept. Their resolution was taken the same day Wey- ler left for the field, who feared to leave behind troublesome elements. There is a great undercurrent of ill feel- ing against Weyler in Spanish circles. It is known that be has been pushed to take the field. It is expected he will fail in his campaign against Maceo. The latter is reported strongly fortified in the moun- tains. Last night Weyler camped in the Gohernarado hills, and news has arrived that he had an engagement with the rebel parties under Perico Delgado and Perico Diaz. 1t is reported that Weyler was forced to fall back. News has also been received that General Munoz made an- other attack on the Rubi hills, where Maceo is supposed to be strongly en- trenched. A fierce fight is said to have occurred, but no details are known. Great excitement prevails at Havana, not only on account of the above, but also becanse of news received from the United States regarding President Cleveland's future attitude on the Cuban question. SIS ON A WAk FOOTIMNG, Army and Navy of This Country to Be Made Keady for Trowble, NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 11.—A Sun special from Washington says: Appre- hension of trouble with Spain, growing out of the Cuban war, has determineda President Cleveland and bdecretaries Olney and Herbert to put the navy on an effec- tive war footing at the earliest possible moment. ‘ Since August 28 last, when Minister Taylor at Madrid informed the State De- artment of tue defiant attitude assumed Ey Spain toward the United States, vigor- ous steps have been taken to keep the navy up to its full nghting strength. Dur- ing the past few days activity has been renewed, and orders have been issued which show the intention ot the Navy Department to _have all the ships ready by the first of December. On August 28 last Minister Taylor at Madria learned at a dinner given by the British Embassador to the representatives of the foreign powers that two or three days previous the Prime Minister of Spain had sent a note to each Embassador saying that in view of the policy of the United States toward his Government there might follow a resent- ment of its attitude, aud in that event he wished to be informed as to the probable attitude of the European Governments. The note was sent to every legation at Madrid and but for the British represen- tative its existence would not have been known 1o Minister Tay;gr. The morning = alter this dinner Taylor sent to the Spamish Foreign " Office a peremptory bpotification ~ that unless the communication to the Embas- sadors was instantly withdrawn he would demand his passports and return to Wash- ington. This severance of dip.omatic re- lations would have been followed by the recall of the Spanish Minister at Wash- inton. The promptness and vigor of Mr. Taylor’s threat produced its effect, and within twenty-four nours every Embassa- dor had returned his note. The incident became known at Wash- ington, however, at once, through a cable- gram from the Minister, and the London and Paris Foreign Offices no doubt were informed also of the Spanish Govern- ment’s request by their representatives at Madrid. For months the State Department has known that Spainisirritated and annoyed at the manner in which filibustering ex- peditions depart from the southern ports with arms and munitions for the Cuban insurgents. . The President, however, did not realize the extent of Spain’s hostility, or that she was secretly endeavoring to sound other governments as to their feeling toward the Unitea States, but recently Mr, Taylor has forwarded to Washington additional evi- dence that Spain has seriously thought of forcing trouble with the United States in order to escape from the Cuban dilemma From the White House comes the un ofticial stateme:nt that there is to be no reversal of the administration’s policy, and that unless the situation is decidedi changed in Cuba tue President will udy- here strictly to his original coniention of witbbolding recognition of Cuban bel- ligerency until there are stronger evi- dences of the ability of the insurgents to maintain some form of government. There is no reasonable ground to be- lieve that Mr. Clevelund contemplates any change in his attitade between now and March 4 unless Weyler is utterly réuted in his present campaign and the insur- gents are enabled to seize and hoid scme town sufficiently long to set up a govern- ment. . While it is generally accepted in ad- ministraiion circles that the President will not recommend to Congress any action with reference to Cuba, -it is under- stood that he will refsr to the defiance manife-ted by Spain and warn the country of possibilities of serious trouble, if in- deed, it does not oceur before the meeting of Congress. General Miles and the military experts of the army can see no possible way in which Weyler can defeat the insurgents if his campaign as now outlined 1s to be carried out. e Furthey Aid for the Cubans. KINGSTON, Jaxaica, Nov. 1L—An im- portant expedition in aid of the insurgents of Cuba conveying aispatches from New York of vital importance and stores of medicines and clothing. sailed from here last week. The boatson board of which the expedition left here have returned and report the successful landing of the mem- bers of the party and the supplies upon the Cuban coas: GENEKAL MILES REPORT. Requests Liberal ppropriations Coast Defenses. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 1L—Gen- eral Miles to-day transmitted to the Secretary of War the annual reports of department commanders, in connection with his own report, upon the military operations of the past year. Referring to coast defenses, General Miles renews his recommendation of last year for liberal appropriations for hizh power guns, mortars and other artillery necessities, and urges that sufficient appropriations for the work of the ordnance, engineer and quartermasters’ departments be made availeble during the coming year. Among the items recornmended are: San Diego, Cal., $600,225; San Francisco, $962,850: mon'h of the Columbia River, Orezon, $565,325, and Puget Sound, $764,050. BTy Murderer Granted a Reprieve. BISMARCK, N. D, Nov. 1L.—Governor Allen to-day granted Kent, sentenced to hang to-morrow, a reprieve until Novem- ber 19. Thnisis done so that Judge Mc- Connell could appear before the Governor in person. SHTOLLI 10 THE POPE Archbishop Ireland and Bishop Keane Arraigned by the Cardina’. Jfor The St Paul Prelate Is Caustically Spoken Of as the “Apostle ot Heresy,” NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 1L.—A special cable to the Journal from Cardinal Satolli has just presented to the Pope his report on the religious questions in the United States. Although this docu- ment is destined not to be published it is nevertheless perfectly well known what it contains, and Iam thus in a position to give you interesting information with respect to it. Cardinal Satolli makes a veritable ac- cusation against Bishop Keane and the Catholic University of the United States at Washington. He accuses Bishop Keane of having in several public speeches uttered opinions which bordered on heresy, and snys that in accord with Archbishop ireland he endeavored to ac- climatize a Neo-Catholicism (new Catholi- cism) on American soil. Cardinal Satolli declares that the uni- versity at Washingion haa become the heart of these ideas, where the most bola and risky theories were put forward. Fortunately, he says, the removal of Bishop Keane has cut short the evil at its root, but the Bishop left pehind danger- ous disciples in the persons of numerous professors of this university, and the Car- dinal advises the Pope to deprive them, in their turn, of their offices. TR But the Cardinal shows bimself much more severe in his arraignment of Arch- bishop lreland. He declares that this Prelate is the creator of Neo-Catholicism in the United States and he formally accuses him of being the “apostle of heresy.”’ A COAT OF ARMS. How a New Family May Legitimately Acquire One. The practice of granting arms is still in vogne in England, Ireland, Scotland, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, etc., and that at times the Pope, as Sov- ereign Pontiff, exercises the power is wit- nessed by Leo the Thirteenth granting arms to the Catholic See of Westminster by a decree dated the 30th of June, 1894. Indeed, 1t is by patent or grant alone that a new family can legitimately acquire a coat of arms. The modus ofeundi in England, for ex- ample, is as follows: The applicantfora patent of arms (from the crown) may »m- pioy any member he pleases of the Her- alds’ College, and throuch him present a memorial of the Earl Marshal of England (who acts for the crown in these matters), setting forth that he, the memorialist, is not entitled to arms or cannot prove his right to such, and praying that his Grace the Earl Marshal will issue :is warrant to the Kings of Arms, authorizing them to grant and confirm to him due and proper armorial ensigns, to be borne according to the laws of heraldry by nim and his de- scenaants. This memorial is presented, and a war- rant is issued by the Earl Marshal, under which a patent of arms is made out, ex- hibiting a painting of the armorial en- signs granted, the royal arms of Eungland, the arms of the Earl Marshal and thos~ of the college, and describing in official terms the proceedings that have taken 1lace, and a correct blazon of the arms. This patent is regis ered in the books of the Heralds' College, and receives the signatures of the garter, and one or both ot the Provincial Kings of Arms. A grant or patent of arms ismade toa man and his male descendants; this gives him a fee'simple of them, that 1s to say to him and to his male descendants equally and altogether, and to his female descend- ants in a qualified manner, i. e., for life, to bear the arms in a lozenge, or impaled with their nusband’s arms (if the hus- bands have arms, as arms can only be brought in by arms), or, if they be heir- esses or coheiresses, on an escutfcheon of pretense upon their husbands’ shield, and in the last case their descendants in- herit such maternal arms, butonly asa quartering.—Nineteenth Century. ——————— ‘Wanted a Classical Name. A resident of Vandalia, Ill, thus de- scribes the origin of the town’s name: “The owner of the land before the place was laid out did not possess much learn- ing, but wanted to appear cl N Her.ce, when he concluded to start a town he went to a friend and asked him to sug- gest a name of some famous people or city of ancient 1imes. The friend was a wag and replied: ‘Well, the vandals who helped conquer Rome were a noted people. Name it Vandalia, which means the home of the vandals. Hence Vandalia it became.”’— New York Recorder. Incandescent lnmps increase in effect- ivenes during the first eighty or 100 hours of use, after which they slowly fade, HUNTINGTON T0 TRY ONCE MORE Planning a Campaign for the Funding Bill in Congress. Will Attempt to Securz Its Passage at the Short Session. BELIEVES DELAY DANGER(QUS. One of His Friends in the House Al- ready Gathering Data for a Speech. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 11.—The Star says: It is said to be the intention of C. P. Huntington to try to get the Pa- cific railroad funding bill through at the coming session of Congress. One of the leading friends of the funding measure has already sent his private secretary here to secure facts for a speech to be made in the House soon after the session hegins, in favor of passing the bill, which has been reported from the committees of House and Senate. Mr. Huntington’s plans are, of course, not known, but various matters combine to give the impression that he will seex to put the bill on its passage at the Decem- ber session. thought to be favorable to funding. For some reason the Senate is thought to stand the same way. The corx position of the next House will be uncertain. ¥Furthermore, opposition to funding will be more patent in the next House. The deiegation which has been elected to the House from California in the next Congress is unanimously op- posed to the present bill. The present delegation is unanimous, with the excep- tion ¢f Representative Grove L. Johnson. He was de’eated this year solely, it is said, on the ground that he was a friend of Mr. Huntington and of the funding bill. A united opposition in the next Congress f-om California will bave a strong effect, it is urged. Should tariff legislation engross the coming session, there might bedelay for the funding bill. It might have to go over o the next Congress, but should there be no legislation on the Dingley bill ora kindred measure, the House would not be so occupied that 1t could not take up the bill, T0 SAIL FOR VENEZUELA. Admiral Bunce's Squadron Said to Be Under Orders to Leave for Southern Waters Shortly. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 11.—Ad- miral Bunce's squadron will go to Vene- zuela in a few weeks, unless a raaical departure is made in the plans perfected at the Navy Department to-dav, when the admiral came down from New York under suminons from his superiors and devoted the entire day to a discussion of the com- plex conditions that are understood to be inseparable irom the cruise. The object of Admiral Bunce's new orders is de- clared to be without any significance in the foreign affairs of the United States, but relatss altogether to the necessities of effective aaministration. Admiral Buoce, as well as all naval officials, has continually urged the neces- sity of keeping up the drills at sea, but these require a base of operations free irom ice and easy of access, in which the whole fleet can anchor without crowding and where coal is cheap and good food abundant. The Gulf of Mexico offers the most admiratle theater for such winter operations, but the authorities have agreed that on account of its nearness to Cuba the presence of so large a force in the gulf would certainly be misinter- preted at Madiid. When it was finally conceded that the fleet must be held together and evolutions must be had, the only waters where the ships could be always 1n readiness for hurried return to this coast if needed was found in that part of the Atlantic near the mouth of the Orinoco and at the entrance of the Caribbean Sea, well away from Havana. According to the present understanding The present House has been | the flezt will be at Hampton Roads most of December and will start south beiore Chrisimas. gt ni bl The National Grange Convenes. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 11.—The thirtieth sessibn of the National Grange convened this- morning in the National Hotel, thirty States being represented by 150 delezates. Grand Secretary John Trimble of this city and Willlam Saun- ders, superintendent of the Agricultural Department grounds, welcomed the dele- gates. Mr. Saunders, in his speech, advo- cated the erection by the National Grange of a hall of archives in Washington. Worthy Master J. W. Brigham of Ohio responded to the nddress on behalf of the grange. This afternoon the worthy mas- ter deliverea his address. HER TEN-WORD MESSAGE. An Instance Where an Attémpt to Skel~ etonize Was False Economy. Mr. Blodgett twirled the slip of yellow paper thoughtfully around between his thumb and forefinger and when he looked up Mrs. Blodgett saw that he was about to communicate something of considera- ble importance. “Caroline,” he said, “it isn’t often that I find fault with you because of your ex- penditures. I like tosee you dress well and keep the house up in good style and I never begrudge you the necessary funds. Now, do 1?” And Mrs. Blodgett admitted he never did. “But there's one thing I do kick about,” went on Mr. Blodgett, “and that is the literal throwing away of money. Listen to this last telegram yon sent me and tell me what you think of it, viewing it in the light of common-sense: ** *Dear Robert: Come directly up to the house from the depot. I have invited some friends for 7 o’clock dinner. Joey had a tooth extracted vesterday. Your loving wife, CAROLINE. “Of course [ was glad to see our friends at dinner, and it was all right about Joey’s | tooth, but I should have appreciated it just as much if you hadn’t wasted so much money 1 teiling me about it. I don’t mind the money so much, but I do hate to give it to the telegraph company. Hereaiter, Caroline, when you find it necessary to send & telegram, limit your message to ten words. It's a very easy matter to express yourself with that num- ber of words if you ouly think so.” Then Mr. Blodgett went to St. Louis on business. He had been there three days and had pushed his schemes so energezi- | cally that a meeting with several gentle- | men at the Planters’ Hotel on the evening of the fourth day would, in .all prob- ability, bring the deal to asuccessful issue. Several hours before the time of his ap- vointment he received a telegram from Mrs. Blodgett. It read: “Fire Sam trightened Joey badly hurt no one escaped uninjured.’” Mr. Blodgett poured over the unpunc- tuated message for several minutes, It was a decided puzzle. At last his anxious mind evolved this out of the chaos: “‘Fire. Sam frightened. Joey badly hurt. No one escaped uninjured.” Then his fatherly heart was troubled at the thought of his little boy’s lying at death’s door and the wife of his manhood passing into eternity without his being there. He hastily scribbled notes of ex- pianation to his business associates and took the first train for Chicagq. His pulse throbbed wildly and tears coursed down his cheeks as he neared his home, and when he saw that the house, at least externally, was not damaged, a prayer of thankseiving ascended on high and he hoped things were not quite so bad as represented. He let himself in and hurried upstairs. His wife was in her room. He clasped her in his arms and wept aloud. *Thank heaven, you are not badly hurt,” he cried. *“Where are the children?”’ “Qut in the yard playing,’’ she said. “Why, what on earth ails you?” Qut playing so soon?" he said. “What did you mean by this?'’ and he gave her the telegram. “Why, just what it says,” she replied. * ‘Fire. Sam frightened Joey badly. Hurt no one. Escaped uninjured. If I hadn’t wished to confine myself to ten words I should bave said that the fire was around the corner, that Sam frightened Joey with a new faise face, and that all escaved un- injured, but I had to leave out words. I thought you'd understand it all right.”’— Chicago Tribun Whoa ! The word whoa!—used in calling on a horse to stop—is merely a variantand em- phatic form of ho! formerly used in the same sense. This is easily proved; for Chaucer has ho in the sense of ‘‘hait” (“*Cant. Tales,” B 3957). When King Ed- ward IV had to use this exclamation, he actually turned it into whoo! *Then the kyng, perceyvyng the cruell assaile [on- set], cast his staff. and with high voice cried whoo!"” (“Excerpta Historica,”’ p. 211.) Which stopped the tournament; and no wonder.—Notes and Queries. —_—— The yield of wheat in France, owing to the carefui cultivation of the soil and the large quantities of zuano and other fertil- izers employed, is seventeen bushels per acre, BUCKIXGHAH & HECHT'S Nova Scotia Seal Cork Sole Shoes. Kasts Carry a full line of Buckingham Hecht’s Fine Shoes. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. NEW TO-DAY. At Home IN THE WATER. Water never gets into Nova Scotia Seal >hoes, no matter how much they may get into water. You can wade through water alt day without a thought of west firet, colds, coughs or rheumatism. PRICES—WIth Cork Soles. Men’s. Ladies’ 11 to 2, 11102, $175 and §2 50 5 10 734, $1 75 150 and §2 00 Every Genuine Pair Stamped BUCK- INGHAM & HECHT. g 9 Kasts 738-740 Market St. Carry » Full Tine of Buckingham & Hecht’s Fine Shoes. & SEND FOR CATALOGUE, NO MORE SUFFERING. W iian™ a 3z eumatism, Epllepsy an Chronic Blood, Skin, Nervoas'and Special Wasting Diseases of both sexes. Plles; kis:ulas and Stric- tures cored without the knife. Specclal attention given (o all Female iiscases. Only qualified phy confidentlal. CURES GUABAN- CALL OK WRITE. CUNSULTATION Hours—8 A. 3. t0 8 P. M. Address EUREKA DISPENSARY 32 Kearny St., San Francisco. A SPECIALTY OF cuRINg STRONG AGAIN! New Life, New Streagth, New Vigor. THE ANAPHRODISIC! From PROFESSOR DR. RICOKD of Parl: s the only remedy for restoring strength under guaran- tee, &nd wiil bring back your los: powers and stop forever tie dangerous draing on your system. They act quickly, create a heal hy digestion, bure, rich’ blood, firm 'muscies, rugged strength, steady nerves and clear braln.' Imported direct from Parls. Price per box, directios li.closed, §2 50. For sale by ail respectabie draggists. Mail orders from any person shall receive prompt attention. - Agents for Pacific Coast, WALLER BROYN,, 33 Grant Avenue, San Francisco.