The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 9, 1898, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1898 DOING HONOR It Now Remains for Congress to 0000000000000 0ONO00000000O0OD000O0O0OO0OLO TO GALLANT GEORGE DEWEY ‘Carry Out the President’sWishes in Thanking the Admiral. NEW YORK, May 8.—A Washington special to the Herald says: President McKinley and Congress will unite in doing honor to Act- ing R imiral Dewey for his sweeping victory. The President has one all that he can, without th® co-operation of Con- cabling to the gallant officer in command of the Asiatic fleet k appointed him an acting rear admiral, and that he will recommend that he receive the thanks of Congress as a preliminary to further promotion. Section 13560f the Revised Statutes provides that “during war rear admirals shall be selected from those officers on e list not below the grade of commanders, who shall have distinguished themselves by courage, skill and genius in Jfession, but no officer shall be so promoted under this pro- upon recommendation by the President by name, he has received the thanks of Congress.” Section 1308 of the Revised Statutes says that any line officer, the regular navy or volunteers, migy be advanced one i recommendation of the President, by name, he has re- of Congress for highly distinguished conduct in y or for extraordinary heroism. necessary for the President to take the first toward giving any officer the thanks of Congress or of promot- of his regular order. In the case of Acting Rear Ad- , the I jent has already indicated that he will rec- him out omme vote of thanks and will then give him the promotion pro- vide Jaw. Whether he is to have a still higher promotion will de- pend on Congress. At present the highest grade provided for by law he navy is that of rear admiral, the grades of admiral and vice- in t ; expired with the deaths of Admiral Porter and Vice- S 11 legislation would be required to revive probable that one or both of them may be revived war as rewards for officers who have signally That Acting Rear Admiral Dewey will re- wards may be regarded as certain, Acting Rear ooked upon as likely to receive the other. selves, n is 1 0000000000000 000000000000000000O 000000000 OOOOOO0O0O0D0OO00O0O00O0O0O00000000O0 -R-R-2-3-3-F-3-3-F-3-3-3-F -3 WILL FORTIFY for defense found in Manila Bay. jore Dewey’s promptness b=3 | | | inging over his fleet from Mirs prevented them from moving s position. 1]..1;{1).1[ in my previous dis- patch I underestimated the losses niards Sunday’s battle. seon of Castilla tells me that Admiral Montijo was wound- The captain, chaplain and ety others were killed and six > wounded on the Castilla. | hundred and fifty were | nd ninety wounded on the wristina, Admiral Montijo’s in ed. e killed and twenty- nine ed on the Don Juan de Austria. Four werekilled and fifty wound- ed on the Don Antonio de Ulloa. As 1 am leaving the harbor the situat in the city of Manila is very ¢ . The British Consul reports that the city has been en- tirely cut off from the outside worid both by sea and land, and only enough provisions left to last a few days. It is impossible to open commu- nication between the shore and | the fleet, and therefore news about | events ashore very scarce on board the American vessels. The little that has leaked through indicates the probability insurgents will soon attack y. The Spanish residents anila are very bitter against the Governor-General and they are threatening to depose him. Here is a summary of Commo- dore Dewey’s work up to date: Monday, April 25—Received news of the declaration of war. Quitted British waters. Wednesday—Sailed for Manila at fastest speed that could be made with the coal supply of the ships. Saturday night—Passed the bat- teries at the entrance of Manila Bay. Sunday—Sank, burned or cap- tured all the ships of the Spanish squadron, and silenced and de- stroyed three batteries. Monday—Occupied yard. Blew up six batteries at the entrance to the bay. Cut the cable. [Established a blockade at Manila. Drove the Spanish forces out of Ca vite. Tuesday and Wednesday— Swept the lower bay and entrance for torpedoes, and gave the crews a well-earned rest. Prepared the official dispatches. The losses of the Spaniards in- clude ten warships, several tor- pedo-boats, two transports, a navy-yard and nine batteries, Including the losses ashore, about 1200 Spaniards we re killed or wounded. The estimated value of ~the Spanish property destroyed or cap- tured is $6,000,000. On the American side the total loss is eight men wounded and $5000 damage to ships. The British gunboat Linnet en- tered the bay on Monday, but some of her men having the plague she did not come near to our ships. The French armored cruiser Bruix entered the bay to-day. The British cruiser Immortalite is un- derstood to be on her way to Manila. The more I recall the events of is the navy- | it | 500 yards of the landing, when we were ordered Commander Wood to keep his ST. JOHNS. ST. JOHNS, N. F., May 8— Owing to the serious interna- tional complications growing out of the war between the United States and Spain, the British Government is arranging to for- tify St. Johns. The British War Office has cabled the Governor, Sir Herbert Murray, as to the | | General Stewart L. Woodford, United States Minister to Spain, Who Has Returned to Washington. men at the guns, with directions that if | we were not back in one hour he should open fire on the arsenal. On landing we were met by Captain | Sostoa of the Spanish nav next in rank at th station to Admiral Mon- | tijo, who been wounded and con- | veyed to Manila. Commander Lamber- | ton, Lieutenant Wood of the Petrel and | myself went with Sostoa to the arsenal ; headquarters, which were at once sur- | rounded by an armed guard. Comman- der Lamberton told Captain Sostoa that | he was surprised to see his men under arms after they had surrendered the day before. | Captain Sostoa replied that they had | not surrendered, but had merely hoist- ed the white flag in order to enable‘ them to remove the women and chil-| dren to places of safety. I Commander Lamberton said that when the Spanish flag came down and the white flag went up, no other inter- pretation could be placed upon it than condition of the forts and bar- racks belonging to the mperial Government, which were given into the custody of the colonial authorities when the troops were withdrawn from here in 1870. Sir Herbert Murray and the Colonial Ministry are consult- ing with a view of housing im- perial troops, the first contingent of which is likely to arrive from Halifax next week. i | | | | b= =3 p=d b3 p=d p=3 o o o f=3 o o = o o ped b=} o bed o b= b= o b= b o o b= fugegagugegeRagoFuyaFugaFagagugugaFaPageugotagaReRaRafa] ped 408 208 306 308 308 300 00 00 R XOE 06 XOF O R X last Sunday’s battle, the more miraculous it seems that no Ameri- can lost his life. | The shell that entered the Bos- ton’s wardroom was going straight for Paymaster Martin, when it ex- ploded within a few feet of him, yet he was not touched. Aboard the Olympia an operat- ing table was placed in the ward- | room. Chaplain Frazier, who was assisting the surgeon, had his head out of one of the 6-pounder gun ports, when a shell struck the ship’s side, less than a yard away. The chaplain pulled his head in just in time to escape having it blown off, as the shell instantly burst. Three fragments of one shell struck the Olympia within a radius of fifteen feet from Commo- dore Dewey. The armor-piercing projectile that exploded a box of three-pounder ammunition on the Baltimore passed between two groups of men so close to both that is difficult to see how all es- caped. If the Spaniards had properly prepared for our coming they would have killed many of our men, but they had not intended to make their fight at Cavite. Among other official papers cap- tured in Admiral Montijo’s office was his acknowledgment of the receipt of a decision of the Council of War officers to mass his guns and ships at Subig Bay, where much better conditions for defense | existed. This was prevented only by Commodore Dewey’s action. A few days would have sufficed to remove all their guns and ships to Subig Bay, where there 1s a nar- row entrance and the water is shoal, and a plunging fire from shore would have made victory very difficult for us to attain. HORRORS OF THE NAVAL BATTLE DULY DEPICTED Ccpyrighted, 1568, by James Gordon Bennett. HONGKONG, May 8.—Early in the morning of Monday, May 2, the day af- ter the battle in Manila Bay, Comman- der Lamberton and myself were or- dered to go to Cavite Arsenal and take possession. The Petrel took us within surprised to see that the arsenal was still occupied by about 800 seamen, armed with Mauser magazine rifles. As the white flag had been hoisted on the arsenal the day before, Com- mander Lamberton could not under- stand what the Spaniards intended to do, and before leaving the Petrel he | tative, to take possession of the arsenal. | | ficer actually present, that it was an unconditional surrender, and the women and children ought not to have been there anyhow. Captain Sostoa remarked that we came so early in the day they had not had time to remove them. If we had not begun the fight so soon the women | would have been out of the wa Commander Lamberton reminded him that the Spaniards had fired the first | shot. However, he added, he was not there to discuss past events. He had | come, as Commodore Dewey’s represen- | All the Spaniards there, he said, mustf surrender their arms and persons as prisoners of war, otherwise our ships would open fire on them. Then Captain Costoa sald he could da nothing, not being in command, and | would have to consult his superiors. (‘uxpmander Lamberton refused to recognize any one but the senior of- who. he said, must comply with Commodore Dewey’s | conditions. Captain Sostoa asked to have the terms of surrender put down in writ- | ing, which was done, these being the | conditions: “Without further delay all the Spanish officers and men must be withdrawn, and no buildings or stores | must be injured. As Commodore Dewey does not wish further hostility with the Spanish naval forces, the Spanish officers will be paroled, and the forces at the arsenal will deliver all their small arms.” Captain Sostoa th-n pleaded for more time. The talk had all -been in Span- ish, and the time when Commander Wood was to cpen fire was already nearly *up. Consequently, Commander Lamberton gave the Spaniards two hour’s time. If the white flag was not rehoiste . over the arsenal at noon, he said, we should reopen fire. We re- turned to the Petrel just in time and | started back across the bay to report | to the commodore. At 10 5 o’clock the | whit. flag was hoisted, but when we | went to take possession of the arsenal | in the afternoon, we found that every | seaman had marched off to Manila, carrying his Mauser rifle with him. Hearing that evening that the Gov- ernor of Manila had refused to let the cable company transmit our messages, Commodore Dewey sent the merchant steamer Zafiro a short distance down the bay and had her cut the cable. Having no instruments for working the cable, we c-uid not keer up com- munication, and the Governor would not let the cable company send its operators to our ships. No one can complain that Commo- dore Dewey has been slow in finishing off his work, but he would have done it even sooner but for an accident to one of the Raleigh’s pumps, which detained him in Mirs Bay two days, and also the slow speed of which the transport ves- sels are capable. But for these delays the Spanish ships would have been de- stroyed on Thursday instead of Sun- day, as in all other respects Commodore Dewey’s plans were complete. During the passage of the forts at the entrance of Manila Bay on Saturday night Frank B. Randall, chief engineer of the revenue cutter McCulloch, died suddenly from heat and prostration. He was buried at sea the next day. Although the McCulloch was of no value as a fighting machine, Commo- dore Dewey several times made use of her to overhaul sailing craft. She kept at a safe distance from the scene of action on Sunday, but went down the bay to meet the English merchant steamer Esmeralda, which was coming in, and made an excellent record for speed as a dispatch boat while bringing us over to Hongkong on Thursday. There were three civilian spectators of the battle at a distance of ten miles from the fighting line. but that inci- dent hardly warrants the claim of any newspaper that it had a steamer spe- cially chartered to accompany the squadron. As soon as the natives ashore learned that the Spaniards had been driven out of Cavite they began coming in crowds to pillage. Finally they became so bold as to attack the hospital, and it was necessary to send a guard of American | breakfast.” | commodore on Saturday, when the old seamen to protect the wounded or to transfer them to Manila. The latter was done on Wednesday, Commodore | Dewey utilizing the captured steamers | for this duty. All the houses of the Spaniards in the town of San Roque, near Cavite, were absolutely gutted by the natives, who even ventured into the arsenal and carried off many boatloads of furniture and stores before a marine guard was posted at the gates. The Spanish defeat was advertised for miles away by the ships burning in Cavite Bay. The Castilla, which was set on fire in Sunday morning’s battle, was a magnificent mass of flames twelve hours later, and continued to burn all night with brilliant intensity. I boarded the Don Juan de Austria, the Isla de Luzon and the Marquis det | Onero while they were still burning. I found them fitted up with fine Canet rapid-fire guns and modern equipments. I did not discover until we had spent the afternoon in their vicinity that all their large guns had been left loaded with powder and shell, making them peculiarly dangerous to small boats. The guns generally lay level just above the surface of the water. As several of them were pointd at the arsenal their charges were first drawn, and ‘“drowned,” as the fire might reach them at any moment. ‘When our ships drew away for breakfast Sunday morning the temper of the men was well illustrated by the almost tearful appeal of one gun cap- tain to Commander Lamberton. *For God’s sake, captain, don’t stop now, let’s finish them right off. To hell with “0ld Purdy,” a privileged petty offi- cer, because he has served in the navy | or army nearly fifty years, greeted the | man “shifted his quid” and said: *“I hope you won’t fight on the 3d of May, commodore.” “Why not?” asked Commodore Dewey. “Well, you see,” the old man sald. "I} got licked the last time I fought on| that day.” Purdy had been with Hooker Chancellorsville, and he did not that anniversary. All our firemen suffered greatly from the heat during the action, for they were all shut up below, with furnaces blazing and a tropical sunpouringdown its heat rays. Probably several of| them would have succumbed but for the excitement of battle. Eighty Spanish bodies were found unburied on Monday ‘night, and we gave them a burial Tuesday morning, calling in a Roman Catholic priest to read the burial service over. their re- mains. The bodies presented a horrible sight. One had a head almost entirely carried away. Another had been struck in the stomach by a large projectile, cuting everything away to the back- bone. One very large man, apparently | an officer, was not only mangled but burned, and all the bodies were horribly | bloated. To add to the horror of tHe| scene, several lean wolf-like dogs had | discovered the bodles before we had. Probably there were nowhere a more inwerested or more thoroughly harpy set of persons fhan the group of wives of the American naval officers, who have been living in Hongkong in o/der to be near their husbands. Having heard little news, except alarming rum- ors, since the squadron left here, they are now recovering their normal scren- ity, with the certainty that their hus- bands are safe. There are about a dozer of these officers’ wives, forming a little navy colony here. L Atice at like DISPATCH BOAT CAUSES EXCITEMENT AT SAN JUAN Copyrighted, 1538, by James Gordon Bennett. ST. THOMAS, D. W. I, May 8.— When the Harr' '-Call dispatch steamer approached San Juan last aight at dusk her coming was evidently known in the Porto Rican city, though it was evident that her mission was not known. The excitement ashore was intense. As we drew near the harbor, almost under the lighthouse, two L.iles from the entrance, there was a puft of smoke from Morro’s guns, and in a flash the light in the lighthouse was turned. From the Herald-Call steame 1 could see the lights on San Juan Cape ex- tinguished. There were 10 lights in Cul: rita, ana I could see no warship in or near the harbor. Pl§ntation fires are raging ‘rom Arecito td the cape. Consul Hanna told me to-day that he was very anxious to go with the United States attacking fleet to Portu Rico, in order tospo’gt out the new guns and forts at San Juan The British steamer Aldborotsh ar- rived here from Scotland to-day, with 3000 tons of c 2l for San Juan, and sailed a few hours later. The German WOODFORD ON AMERICAN SOIL Return of the Minister and His Party From Madrid. Inclined to Belittle the Danger He Encountered When Leaving. Tourist From France Tells of Petty Insults to Americans in Paris. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, May 8.—General Stew- art L. Woodford, United States Min- ister to Spain, arrived on La Touraine this morning and left for Washington this afternoon. La Touraine had on board also a number of the attaches of the United States Legation at Mad- rid, including George Stanford Sickles, first secretary of the Legation; captain T. H. Bliss, Colonel Kellogg, military attache, and Captain C. L. Dyer, naval attache. Besides these were Shy Ting, secretary of the Chinese Legation at ‘Washington, accompanied by Hon Soo, also of the Legation. A reception committee from the Union League Club and U. 8. Grant Post No 42, G. A. R, met General Woodford at Quarantine and accompa- nied him to this city. General Wood- ford declined to be interviewed by re- porters, saying he was still in the dip- lomatic service of the Government and could say absolutely nothing for pub- lication. Mr. Sickles, when informed that cable dispatches had reported that the train on which the members of the legation had come from Madrid to Paris had been attacked by a mob and that stones had been thrown at the party, said: ““Well, some things were thrown at the train, but the demonstration was not of a serious character. A nuwmber of students—not a large number—had gathered at Valladolid and cried: ‘Long live Spain,’ and a few other patriotic cries. They were not directed against us particularly, I assure you, but were the result of a patriotic feeling on their | part. A few windows in one of the cars next to the party were broken. but none of us were injured. None at all were hurt. While at Madrid we were treated with the utmost cour- tesy.” When asked how it happened that Minister Woodford had received his passport previous to his handing to the Epanish Government the ultimatum of the United States Mr. Sickles said: ‘“We rather expected that; at least we were not surprised when the pass- ports arrived, as we knew that when the Spanish Minister at Washington received his papers the Spanish Cabi- net could probably issue ours to us and thereby sever all diplomatic relations. But any further information I cannot Attache Dyer, when asked about the reception of his passports by Minister Woodford, said that he had not been present at the time, as he had accompanied the wife and daughter of Minister Woodford to Paris and had left on the day previous to that on| which the passports had been handed n. Colonel Kellogg of the Fourth United States Cavalry, the military attach at Paris, said = “I am simply going to Washington to beg to be permitted to take part in the active operations in the army when they take place. Captain Rodgers of the Fourth Cavalry is compelled to re- main abroad, but will make every effort to be transferred to this country as soon as possible.” J. S. Highlands, another American on the steamer, said he had gone abroad to visit his son at Madrid. He had intended staying for about six months, but the anti-American demon- | strations had been so great that he was forced to leave that place within three weeks after his arrival and that his son was forced to flee to Lisbon. Mr. Highlands said that the signs on the offices of the American business houses had been smashed and torn down. | W. G. Cannon of Denver, who had | been traveling abroad, said he was| forced to return to this country, and he could not continue through Spain during the present state of affairs. In Paris, Mr. Cannon said, the feeling was most bitterly anti-American. Every person who was thought to be Ameri- can was elbowed off the sigdewalks, jostled by the crowds and every:hing possible done to show the antipathy Oti the French. Petty annoyances were practiced. For instance, the street cars will not stop to take on American pas- sengers, rates of exchange on money in most cases are exorbitant and small purchases are not encouraged by many of the shop keepers except at figures three or four times the actual value. WASHINGTON, May 8. — General Stewart L. Woodford, United States Minister to Spain, arrived in Washing- ton from New York to-night. He went almost directly to the White House, where he was given a most cor- dial reception by the rresident. He remained in conference with the Presi- dent until a late hour, the entire His- pano-American situation being inform- ally and thoroughly discussed. General Woodtord declined to be interviewed on the subject. It can be said that the President not only gave General Woodford a cordial reception, but warmly congratulated him upon his conduct of American in- terests in Madrid. The President as- sured him that his work in Madrid dur- ing the critical crisis met with his en- tire approval. It was learned to-night that the ad- ministration had a purpose in transmit- ting to General Woodford the ulti- matum of the United States to Spain in open English, instead of in the State Department cipber, which is usually employed in cable correspondence with diplomatic representatives It was ex- pected by the President that the mes- sage to Minister Woodford would be laid before the Sagasta ministry be- fore it was delivered to General Wood- ford, and in this he was not incorreet, as ‘events proved. The message was “delayed many hours in delivery, and Minister Woodford afterward learned that the ultimatum had been In the hands of Sagasta and had been con- sidered by the Cabinet long before he lear.ed that it had arrived. Thus it was that the Spanish Government was enabled to give him his 1 .ssports be- fore he had an opportunity to deliver the ultimatum formally to the Madrid Government. The fact that the ultimatum was not presented to the Spanish Government was entirely satisfactory to the ad- ministration, as it was fn accordance SAMPSON’S Having Acquired VICTORY MAY END Islands, It Will Take Time to Decide Upon Their Future. NEW YORK, May 8.—The Herald's Washington correspondent tele- graphs: Optimistic military and naval men, encouraged by the ease with which Admiral Dewey annihilated the Spanish vessels In Manila harbor, are confident to-day of an early ending of the war. Anticipating that Admiral Sampson will be equally successful when he meets the Spanish Squadron in Porto Rican waters, the consensus of opinion among them is that the war will be over with- in thirty days. These prophecies, however, are predicated on the theory that Admiral Sampson will meet the Spanish fieet, which is overdue at Porto Rlico. With Admiral Dewey’s successes in the Pacific repeated by Ad- miral Sampson in the Atlantic there is little doubt that the back- bone of the war will be effectually broken. With two reverses to her navy like the one she suffered at Manila, Spain must realize that it would be utter folly for her to make any further attempt to prevent the United States from driving her out of Cuba and Porto Rico, and when no further resistance from sea is possible at these two places, it will be comparatively a simple matter for the United States to take possession of both islands and maintain peace and or- der until a satisfactory form of government can be established. As long as Spain keeps what vessels she has left home, and does not molest our commerce, the United States will be satisfied to consider the ‘war ended when the Spaniards are driven from Cuba and Porto Rico. It does not follow that the demolition of the Spanish squadron will bring an end to the military and naval operations of the United States, nor will the evacuation of Cuba and Porto Rico by Spain put an end to active work by our military and naval forces. There is something else to be done besides driving Spain from this hemi- sphere. A new government must be established in Cuba, the starv- ing must be fed, and peace and order must be maintained in Porto Rico. The United States has given notice to the world that it does not want Cuba. Besides driving the Spanish troops out of Cuba, the United States has the task of evolving order out of chaos after the Spaniards .have departed, and this may mean the employment of a large military force for an indefinite perfod. It may also be necessary to keep our vessels in Cuban waters for some time after we have ceased hostilities with Spain. The islands will necessarily have to be under a military form of government, pending an election by the people of the island to determine the form of government they want. This cannot be accomplished in a day or a month, and the probabilities are that the United States army will be engaged in police duty ju *he island of Cuba for months after the Spanish 000000000000 000000000000000O0000000 Porto Rico and the Philippines. Al ippines is still a mooted question, t Porto Rico, there is not the slight flag is once planted it will never c we have been in search of a coal acquired it. 0000000000000 000000V0O0OO0ODONDOO0O00000000O0DO0O0O0000OOOO0DO0000O 0D000C0000000000O0 actual hostilities with Spain have ceased. favor of holding this possession in the Pacific permanently. long and the necessity for such possession is too great to admit of our relinquishing control for a financial consideration after we have The same may be said of though the disposition of the Phil- here is a growing sentiment in As to est doubt that when the American ome down. The feeling here is that ing station in the West Indies too 0000000000000 000000 0000000000 000O0O0O WAR REVENUE BILL DELAYED Many Amendments Un- der Consideration in Committee. Bond Proposition Will Be De- bated at Length in the Senate. Hawaiian Annexation Resolution to Be Introduced in the House. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, May 8. The expectation is that the war rev- enue bill will be received in the Sen- ate from the Committee on Finance about Wednesday, but its report may be delayed for a day or two beyond that date. The fact is that the com- mittee has found so many changes con- sidered desirable from its standpoint that progress has necessarily been slow. This has proved to be true with- out regard to party lines. The Repub- licans have suggested many more amendments to the bill than have the Democratic members, and many of those suggested by them have been of such importance as to require careful attention and much time. There are many matters yet requiring considera- tion and until these shall have been voted upon in committee, it will be im- possible to fix a day for reporting the bill. ‘Whether the bill shall carry a pro- vision for a new Government loan on the bonds depends entirely upon Sen- ator Jones of Nevada. So far as it can be learned he has not yet made known his position in the committee, and the other members profess to be ignorant of the subject. The understanding on the outside is that he will oppose the bond feature, and that, consequently, when the bill is reported this provision will be eliminated and probably an au- thorization for the issuance of green- backs substituted for it. ‘Whatever the verdict of the commit- tee on the bond clause, the bond ques- tion will form the basis of the Sen- ate’s consideration of the bill. This subject will in any event be debated at length in the Senate. It is generally conceded that even though the com- mittee displaces the provision, the friends of the bond policy will be strong enough to restore it in the Senate if 2 vote is taken. The opponents of bonds hold that strength of the bond provi- sion is due to the fact that the state of war exists and they are hopeful that war may come to a close before it will be necessary to vote upon the bill. They do not indicate any purpose of holding the bill in the Senate with this purpose in view, but they now assert it to be their intention to de- bate the bill at length, or at least to the extent necessary to present their views fully to the country. The Republican amendments are directed to the improvement of the details of the bill and to the elimina- tion of many small items and the in- sertion of others which will bring more revenue. The ‘Democratic members of the committee generally are assisting their Republican colleagues in this matter and admit that the bi.l is being improved by the process, but they in- with the expectatiors of the President. Consul General Bow~n, whose head- warship Gier has sailed from here for Ponce, Porto Rico. There is an uncon- firmed report here that the Alfonso XII arrived at San Juan yesterday. quarters were at Barcelona, arrived here to-night in company with General ‘Woodford. He, too, declined to make any statement for pul sist that as tk .y have so far been en- gaged on Republican amendments that party should take the responsibility for the delay that has occurred. . It is said that one or two.days more will be necessary for the perfection of the measure according to the Repub- lican plan. How much more time will be necessary for the Democratic sug- gestions cannot be foretold. 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