The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 5, 1898, Page 1

This Pape! be 1 from AN raken to , ibrary- the SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER PRICE FIVE CENTS. SAMPSON TO BE MA Blame for the Campaign Scandals to Be Fois Admiral. General Corbin Said to orate Report for the Commission With This Object in View. Special Dispatch to The Call. W YORK, Oct. 4—The Washing- | yondent of the Herald senc ywing: There s a merry row over the hcoming zation Commit- h the ha the troo v later upon bl al Corbin t one million orrespor ive to the and nd re Ma- Arono- this nila, Pc was ral of n were here the 1 be ours in forty- | s sent by Ad- \fter could not have walted n he did and that the packing of men in the transports for iveé days miore pending the delay was ault of Shafter's. Department officials have t time from weariness another, and since of General om Porto Rico th whole- jon. It was e too Strong to Zoat and so Sampson together dangerous experi to-day, “but it is to be cer ENERAL WHEELER BEFORE THE COMMITTEE | | G His Testimony Tends to Defend Shaf- ter and Make Light of Scandals. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—The War In- Comr began its ex- | day by plac. er on the edings after the explained that | sick and that ents just prior| with which | first battles i he been repc move had ne were 1 Caney to the battle ‘ e was | “I was I K id, “but I had | been g0 on ti : th. $till, I| had not gone s 1had a| but I appr d situation, | took medicine and came out all right.” | He was in the battle of El Caney and | the opinion that more men | killed in the formation of the rd. He told of the| wading the San Juan that the water was about after for aid the general, In s testimony, “that it was )fficers of high rank magnificent go ashore with their packs on their backs cepting all the fortunes of war with the slept on the ground v None of us were mounted, were without tents fc @ 8. The supplies he considered sufficient except in a few ces, and in those the deficlency ¥ temporary. neral Shafter,” he said, “deserves edit for the zeal he displayed in pect. He devoted himseif to this | re is no doubt that | ed pack trains and | tively little suffering | because of the shortness of quarter- ter's supplies.” scussing the plan of ca paign, he sald he doubted whether any more ef- fective could have been adopted. Speak- ing of the medical departme he said at times there were complaints, but that they were not serious. On a jons there was shortage of surgeons, some of the medical men being sick or wounded. According to General Wheel- er's belief the wounded in battle we: promptly cared for by the surgeon After the fight of July 1 all the wound that ed were carried from the field night. The witness had heard that there was more complaint of the short- age of medicine among the Infantry than in the cavalry service. Going back to Tampa he sald there was at tin.2s some shortage of sup- plies at the camp, “but nothing,” he added, “that a soldier should complain of.” They had comfortable tents and the comm ry supplies were sum-‘ clent. ater supply also was good. [ Returning to the Santiago campalgn, he said that only two regiments had re- ported a shortage of rations, and he | had immediately telephoned to the rear and the shortage, which was due to ac- cident, had becn adjusted. There was suffering when the men were compelled to lie in the breastworks. The meat was poor and they had no bread but hardtack. They were forced to live in | the climate | day or two, but on the other hand | individual c: | " They were put under incompetent com- DE THE SCAPEGOAT ted on the | Have Prepared an Elab- alternately and as much sickness. e full quota of doc- ur hought that 2 more furnished the men would better cared for. As for ra- iays’ supply was generally er the troops went into ould throw their food well as their packs, and they recover them. tions he stated that 1 of any shortage of rdinance supplies at | s were short, yet he | no personal knowledge on this He had teen some wounded men to the rear in the engage- as a r S S00n as & man battle he was carried to the hos- by the medical corps. He said 18 a rule, the qu of the hard- tack was good. Where there was de- terioration it was due to local rains and not to the fact of original in- ferfority. The spirit of the army was such, he said, that there was no disposition to complain. “The men we=e all proud to be there and willing to adergo hardships.” R ing to a guestion from Colonel Gener: . Wheeler said the regu- d shown greater ability to take care of themsel-es than the volunteers. Captain Howell asked to what he at- tributed the development of disease af- ter the capitulation of Santiago. Gen- eral Wheeler : plied that it was due to and to the necessary ex- re. All the men seemed to be more s affected by the conditions. He said, known of no instance of a ing from want of care from the physicians. So far as he knew there w..3 general commenda- tion of the medical corps, except that on one or two .ccasions there had been some grumbling in regard to the gen- eral conditions. He thought there was a deficiency in the number of ambu- lances, but this deficiency was due to the exigencies of the campaign, General Wheeler also said, in reply to Captain Howell, that he knew of no confusion in the securing of supplies from Tampa. After r ss General Wheeler devoted his testimony chiefly to his experience at Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point. The general location and the trans- portation facilities of the camp, he said, were poor. There was but one line of railroad and that a single track and without adequate terminal facilities. | The camp could have been supplied by | water, but unfortunately there was a contract with the railroad company owning the land which gave it the con- trol of all transportation except that on Government transports. This con- tract had been made, he understood, in | return for the use of the land. He did | not know who had made the contract There were good hospitals erected, | but there w y of nurses. | | General Wheeler considered the hos- | pital facilities ample after the erection of the division hospitals. There were times when they were crowded for a 1 there were many times when the buildings How and Why ‘“Papa’” Crothers of the, Bulletin, Late of Canada, Became an ‘“‘Independent” Republican. “A MATTER OF BUSINESS.” 4 4 7% o “STUFF ) JCAN' A NOTICE - TO ALL THOSE WiTn BE BOUGHT S000 ORI EDD R.a C FOR - oo P were not filled. Taking up the charges made by the New York World and by Dr. Jenkins in its columns, General Wheeler said that if the soldiers had not been landed at some fsolated place such as Mon- tauk Point the fear of yellow fever would have caused a general outcry. Montauk Point, he thought in brie; was a necessity for quarantine pu peses—to prevent the spread of fever, if for no other purpose. Replying to other allegations made by the World General Wheeler said he did not think the hospitals were crowd- ed; that if the sick were without blank- ets or adequate shelter he had not known the fact, and if he had known such a want he would have supplied it. “There were,” he said, “undoubtedly ses of suffering and neg- lect, but they were the exception.” He had investigated the charge that the hospitals were overcrowded and he was satisfied that such was not the case. At 4 o'clock the commission ad- Jjourned until to rrow when General Wheeler will resmue his testimony. General Fitzhugh Lee has notified the commission that he will not be able to appear before Thursday. HARD WORDS FROM THE DEMOCRATS Charge the Military Authorities With Full Responsibilities for Army Scandals. WORCESTER, Mass., Oct. 4—In- cluded in the platform adopted to-day by the Democratic State Convention was the following attack on the admin- istration at Washington: The military administration during the recent war has been a stigma on the his- tory of the republic and a disgrace to sivilization. The army which sprang into existence has been made the prey of in- competents and favorites, who have fat- tened on_ the sorrows of American sol- The brave men who fought our in the West Jndles were left with- 1dequate food, medicine or surgical stance. manders and were left to suffer and die with undressed wounds and burning vers. And hundreds of their comrades ho have returned alive have come back emaclated and ghastly, to stagger through the streets as living witnesses agalnst those who were responsible for their sufferings. We demand that'a thor- ough investigation by Congress, mot by an administrative committee organized to acquit, shall expose the gullty and drive them 'mercilessly from the office which they have disgraced. ONE HUNDRED DROWNED. Bhocking Ferry-Boat Disaster Occurs in the East Indies. LONDON, Oct. 4.—A special from Bom- bay says that a ferry-boat was capsized to-day while crossing the Indus at Mittun Kote, a town of the Punfaub, on the west bank of the river. and 100 of the passen- gers were drowned. INDEPENDENCE DEMANDED BY CUB@N LEADERS While America Feeds the Starving Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, % st ok ok %k ok ok ok k ok ok ok sk %k sk ok ok ok ok ok kK ok ok ok ok sk kR ok ko ok ok ok ok R ok They Prepare a Manifesto to the President. by James Gordom Hemmett. MATANZAS, Cuba, Oct. 4—Matanzas reconcentrados are having their hunger satisfied with American provisions from the Comal. The thanks of the people find vent in outbursts of “Viva Americanos,” whenever Major Wiskern or Captain Niles appears on the street. Yet the very men who are loudest in their protestations of grati- tude are busy planning to send to President McKinley the manifesto of the Mutanzas section of the Cuban national party, a document which goes further in its demands for absolute independence as op- posed to annexation than any other that has yet appeared. The manifesto is addressed to “‘Hon. William McKinley, President of the United States,” and says in part: “Now is the moment to define the situation in Cuba in regard to its future government. The honest policy of the American Govern- ment is a firm guarantee to the Cubans in their perfect right to be free and to establish institutions which they consider the most con- venlent. . “The Cuban people have ever had, as they have now, a fixed and well defined idea—that of independence—for the acquisition of which they have shed their blood in the Ten Years' war and in the one ended lately. ¥ “The undersigned aspire to harmony, with the idea that Cuba should form an independent state, ruled by repubiican institutions and in accordance with the constitution proclaimed as the funda- mental law principle of the junta of the Matanzas territory, and res- jdents who subscribe to this document believe that it is our duty to make the following declaration to the Government of the United States: “That Cuba ought to be free and form an independent nation ruled by republican institutions, because the efforts of its children give the right t. liberty. ““That we recognize sald government or any other that legitimate- 1y may succeed it as our real representative, and believe it is one called upon to accomplish restoration of order and especially to gov- ern the country as soon as possible, believing as is natural that in this manner the United States would avoid expenses and sacrifices inherent to military occupation of the island of Cuba.” k% ok k ok ok ok ok ok Kk ok ok %k ok %k %k ok ok sk kK ok ok ok ok k ok ok ok ok ok ok % ok K ok X IR R R R R R T S R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R RS RS SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COUNTIES FOR GAGE Leading Democrat of Visalia Declares the Single~ Tax Views of Maguire Will Kill Him city. eral. ticket this year. his views on the the same. death.” oooco0Oo0O0OCO0O0O0OC00OCO000 With the LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4—Great boasts have been made by Demo- crats as to the enormous vote Judge Maguire Is going to receive in the San Joaquin Valley. From reports received from that section these claims of Maguire are but idle phantasies. Democrats in the San Joaquin Valley is E. A. Miller where he is a prominent attorney. In 1886, when Washington Bartlett was elected Governor, Mr. Miller was a candidate on the Democratic ticket for Surveyor Gen- He it is that asserts with great emphasis that Gage will carry the majority of the San Joaquin Valley counties. self a strong Gage man, and in giving his reasons for supporting the RepubHcan leader he says: “1 have been a Democrat all my life, but this year I shall vote for Henry T. Gage and against James G. Maguire. Democratic farmers,” said Mr. M!ller, “who will They are opposed to Judge Maguire because of Take my county, Tulare. It gave Bryan single tax. two years ago a majority of nearly 1500. be cut to about 600. Yolo and other agricultural The grand old Democratic party Farmers. One of the best-known of Visalia, He is now on a visit to this He is him- I know many not support the This year the figures will counties will do is being fused to 0000000000000 000C0C0000 INTERESTS THE COAST. Patents, Postoffices, Pensions and Regular Army Orders. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—The following patents were issued to-day: ta—William H. Adams, Los Angeles, .-C.:wr?:nmmnma; Hiram T. Bradley. Oak- land, carbureter; John D. ampbell, Magalia, water wheel; Willlam Forsyth, Fresno, prepar- ation of fruft; cycles lock; Cl exterminator; cisco, station Cye H. Melquione, Oakland, bi- harles K. Myers, Stockton, animal George H. Reynolds, San Fran- indicator and advertising device. William Land has been appointed post- master at Meridian, in hc.)n vice Mary e Plerce A. L. Floyd, resigned. ecretary of the Interlor ‘ounty, Wash- has issued an order pltentinfi 360 acres of land to the the Paclfic g%:ri:{“cuflomlm lroad in the Visalia direction of the Assistant Secretary of War, Private Walter C. Lovejoy, of the Hospital Corps, Presidio of jan Fran- cisco, California, will be discharged from the service o f the United States by the commanding officer of his station, to ena- ble him to accept a po; surgeon; Private Paul '‘amp Mer eisco, Californi: The re-gssignment of D, Twenty-third Infantry, f am, Presidio of is_transf Hospital Corps, as prival sition as contract A. Miller, Com- an to the o. e Brigadier General i John B. Babcock, U. 8. Volunteers (Lieu- tenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General U, S. Army), to duty as Adjutant General of the Department of California, with station at San Francisco, to date from_ September 23, 1898, is announced by the Secretary of War. Commander F. N. Dickins of the navy left this afternoon for San Francisco, as reFreaemm the Navy Department in the selection of building sites for the pro- sed new training school at Yerba Buena sland. The following pensions were granted to-day: California—Reissue, Eusebius Miles, Glasfer, Mexican war widows—Mary Ellen Cash, etaluma, 38. Washington—Widows, Lienary Flatter, Spo- kane, §8; Mary A. Pennington, Hartland, $. SR et 2 OREGON SENATORSHIP. Both Houses of the‘I.eghhtm Take a Vote Without Result. SALEM, Or., Oct. 4—Both houses to- day voted for United States Senator in separate session. The vote was as fol- ows: House—Corbett 23, George 10, Willlam: 4, Baken 3, Bennett (D.) I8 2 Senat, orbett 13, Gem's: 6, Williams 1, choice, there was no electl::;.'&' s DENQGRATIC CANDIDATES ARE FAVORED Their Friends Control the Non-Partisans. MEMBERS ARE DISSATISFIED MANY LIVELY TILTS AT THE CONVENTION. Judges Wallace, Seawell, Borden and Troutt Were Indorsed Last Night for the Superior Bench. The Non-Partisan convention met fn Ploneer Hall last night and resumed the work of indorsing a majority of the nom- inees of Boss Phelan’s convention of one hundred job chasers. In order to prove their non-partisanship they kindly con- sented to give the Republicans one of the four Superior Judges. and much against their will they indorsed R. H. Webster for Superintendent of Puolic Schools. Boss Phelan wanted the place to go to James Denman, who has been holding public positions and offices since 1851, but Brother-in-law Sullivan was unable to hold the forces in hand. The greatest dissatisfaction exists among many of the members, owing to the controlling influence that has thus far secured the indorsement of nearly every one of Boss Phelan's pet candidates. The Republican candidates have been turned down on every possible occasion, and as one of the srectators remarked last night, the convention would be more properly named if called ‘“The Demo- cratic Annex.” With but few exceptions the Democrats have carried off all the prizes, and Boss Phelan and his Lieuten- ants are greatly pleased. When the convention was called to or- der last might by Chairman Fitch there were but few absentees. It was rumored during the afternoon that there was a strong possibility of an open revolt among some of the delegates, and Boss Phelan had all his men on hand. When Secretary Milliken proceeded to read the minutes of the preceding indors- ing meeting, Charles Bundschu moved that the reading be dispensed with, as no one was listening to him. Some one suggested that they be read anyhow, as a matter of form. and Secre- tary Milliken proceeded. On motion of C. B. Perkins. the com- { mittee on hali was authorized to secure headquarters, where the campaign com- mittee will hold forth and ‘“‘direct a vig- orous campaign.” E. J. Le Breton next touched upon the matter of finances. He belleved that the nominees of the convention should be called together in order that the cam- paign committee might “‘suggest” to them that contributions would be acceptable. He desired it understood that contribu- tions would not be ““demanded.” but that only a suggestion would be made that they give the committee about 20 per cent of the sum they are allowed by law to spend In making a canvass. Ex-Mayor Ellert objected to any such procedure. “It is getting back to the principles of the old parties,” said he, “and the ‘suggestion’ of contributions we all know is practically a demand for the same. We are supposed to be here in a reform movement. If the public doesn’t want to sustain us by furnishing the needed funds to carry on the campalgn, we might just as well give up the reform 1de: C. B. Perkins thought that it would be better to call the candidates together and have it “intimated” to them that they contribute. Perkins’ idea met with fa- vor, so it will only be “intimated” instead of “suggested” to the candidates that they ‘“‘contribute” to the campaign fund. “I have a communication here from M. C. Haley,” sald Secretary Milliken, “but I don’t suppose that you care to hear it.” The Phelan delegates didn’'t care to hear it, so they had it placed on file in the archives of the convention. The com- munication was as follows: To the members of the Citizens' Non- Partisan Convention—Gentlemen: At the ses- slon of your convention last evening in the discussion growing out of my candidacy before you for the nomination for County Clerk. T feel that a grievous wrong was unintentionally done me by one of ‘he speakers. the chairman of the committee on municipal nominations. I feel that a serlous reflection was cast upon me, both as to the honesty of my candidacy and the character of my support. if at any time in my life in my appearances before nominating conventions or before the peopls as a candidate for office, I have ever recelved any support from cler nts in our community other than the good citizenship’thersof, I am not aware of the fact. I do, however, know that I have never solicited any support for which I owe any apology or explanation, even to myself. My position in always been too defense, and too serfously effected made upon me. As to the good faith of my candidacy, I can only refer to the gentleman to whose remarks 1 find myself compelled to take exception— Mr. Le Breton. He certalnly knows that from the day of my first interview with um upon his own invitation, nearly a month ago, I relied upon being able to make a successful canvass for the office of County Clerk upon your nomi- nation. My judgment may be attacked, but not my good faith. I cheerfully accept the resuit of your good action last night. 1 can afford to lose your nomination and conld afford to lose the election, if nominated. but I cannot afford to have my motives im- pugned and have all I possess in the world— my good name—destroyed. M. C. HALEY. E. J. Le Breton then rose to a question of personal privilege and asked what ac- tion the convention intended taking on the resolution introduced at a, previous meeting requesting Assessor Siebe to ap- pear before that body and explain the charge made that he had shown partiality in the levying of two assessments. “I do not desire,”” said he, in conclusion, “to in any way Injure the candidacy of Mr. Siebe, but I think that some definite actlon should be taken on the resolution.” After Le Breton had spoken his mind on the proposition, L. R. Ellert arose to a point of order and said with his eye on Le Breton: ‘“All the harm that is being done to Mr. Siebe is being done now. Mr. Le Breton has belittled him all that he could on the floor this evening. Mr. Siebe is my friend. I believe that this resolu- tion introduced last night is in very bad taste and that it should be rescinded. I don’t do it to defend Mr. Siebe for any- thing that he has done wrong. for I don't beliave that he has done it. I therefore move that the resolution be withdrawn.” George L. Center, the author of the resolution, explained that the honesty of this respect, I believe, has well defined to require any well known, I hope, to be by any attack that may be