The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 8, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1898. EA NAMES THE MEN WHO GOT BRIBE MONEY Blatantly Describes How He Main- tains His Position as Boss in Matters Political. | Desperate Efforts Made to take the Sting of Slander From the Charges He Made Against Ex-Conncilman Jarman. | | | | | | ort on the pu at he (Jarman) 1 to-day added rable repc You know 1 didn’t get don’t know anything of the | “Do you know M Fay and some of it and M McKen- don’t know anything of the He said, "“You know I didn't.” 1 said, "'lf you want to know what I ) now, 1 will tell you.” sai what do you think 1 sai d, think ou got $450 of ation, how- much excited g numerous ephithets to m I thought, was trying— Mr. Delmas—Never mind what you REY the court—Just the conversation, Mr. | Reay Rea—I thought I would Itk : 1 e to hit Delmas | here, vou see he riled me up to T m«".\! tc VW that we had both t him | come to the Republican party 1 was will | to u | keep in harmony First street, fic Railroad the plaintiff, the purchase am roller. I told him 1 did to Archie McDonald or mery or 10 any other hu k had received $90 or a the ste: Rinehart matter. s in this city and had kept t ty of San foned derision, there Power and the Ele and ‘Catholic h com in my It was carry out iples: ~That have a resi- ns would not e and the vio- He continued: g with d, ci expecte had paid the sur ADVERTISEMENTS. If a woman walked on the sharp of a sword, she wonld tenth of the agony J daily borne by thog- sands of women without Ece'omphint. They suffer rrumr misery and pain than could be in- flicted by all the pro- fessional torturers ('that the world ever knew. Day and night the; suffer from headaches dragging down and burning sensation: pains in the sides an back, hot and cold =, flushes, 2 nervous and trem- bling sen- eations and physical lassitude and mental desgnndency. The whole body is tortured with pain and the entire nervous system is racked. If they consult the average ob- scure physician, he will attribute their bad feelings to stomach, liver; kidney, heart or nervous trouble. If, by accident, he hits upon the right cause, he will insist upon the disgusting examinations and local treat- ment so emparrassing to a sensitive, mod- est woman. g of a fence. not undergo ome- | said a gri ing he could ia: d I w ple and you can't whip Then I will shoot you.” : d, "“Don’t get excited, you are Then he | he would cha aid, w pistols or a id that I was a coward and enge me to a duel go and get a couple of | tol and take a couple of | 1d them over to me if you | time some one came along | se—Now, at that time, ou use these words: “There | chase of the he Councilmen | | $400 of (t2" I did not. | e you told Mr. Jarman | ought he got $450 of it how aid | an_ that he received $4307" Just gave him my thought—my opin- | I did not say that he recelved it; I | ald I thought he did.” Sy u in this conversation with the source @& your bellef?" you r. | | “What did you say to him w: ¥ ¥ as tne | source of your information?” n.The Eentieman who soid the roller to Vhat did you tell him, in that conver- the géntleman who sold the roller yo That he had exhausted the commis ch was $750, in securing a favora upon the purchase of the roller. Vas that all you told him?” _‘That he had informed me where a part | of the money went and that he also in- med me where a part of it did not %o.” Did you tell him, in this conversation, where he told you 'a part of the mon d_gone 0! ou say to him?” he told me that his com- g in the Council had , sir. What did & dt Whose combine?” M, Jarman's | “Did You give the names of thos: - | sons to Mr. Jarman?* rns did. | *Who were they?" { _“I told him it went through Mr. Krelg. | He Is the one the leman told me it went through, and Mr. Dittus. Mr. Dittus | had nothing to_do with ft directly, as I v tood {t. He was in the combine. I ‘Mr. Jarman, he told me your com- through Mr.’ Kreig, had recelved “Did vou tell him anything else at that time that this man had told you.” “I told him that he had offered me the rrfiherv for $2000—for $2750, as a matter of | a d was the agent for the steam acturers.) | 4 1 Nolting and Dittus and Kreig . Koch. I had two conversations Maggard.” whole conversation | d Nolting in coun- Te sald we were all a : that Fay and Nolting 2ot | t proposition—a hundred dol- nd that anted a steam And I sal ‘For argument mit it; but explain why nxious to fnvolve the city debt when its treasury was a ir depleted, to buy a steam roller | to_roll my rock with? " “Now, in this conversation he referred to sométhing that you were supposed to | have said to Mr. Montgomery and Mr. | McDonald?" Yes, sir.” “Will you state what conversation you you had it ani had, where under what circumsta. gomery and Mr. McDonald? | “I was a director of the Hotel Vendome | and met with these directors on nearly | every meeting night. They were all my personal friends and some of them my gouurul friends. We had finished the usiness of the meetings and were dis- cussing different topics. The discussion was about the new charter ticket and the opposition_ticket or the opposition to it. | | The question was propounded to me by Mr. Montgomery, ‘Why are you fighting | Mr. Jarman? We were alweys friends in | Tusiness and otherwise, and you and he were great friends, and you were with him when he ran for the Couneil, and why are you against him? “And I said | that I thought he was crooked; that 1| lost faith in him and his sincerity; that | he was posing for an element in the com- munity which was setting itself up as the embodiment of ali that was pure and | accusing those in opposition to them with,| everything that was vile and corrupt; | that while there were worse men than | My Jarman, I had nothing against him | personaily, yet I did not think he was { was not the case. ideas were still | tnal gomery. | it would ruin him, | place me in a false position. | asked for a thousand dollars, | or different businesses. | them. | the street and & foolish feeling that existed at that time ¢ in the community and would, in other | words, settle all of these questions, which | 8o much fuss was made over; which was, | first, the liquor question. The church | people wanted a residence district—that | is, I agreed to go In with them and give | them a residence district. Not for the purpose of hurting anybody, but that all | people who may have their saloons and | their business inside of this limit were to | be left alone and not blackmailed &s they | had been in the past, and all work to | combine to have decent and respectable | places in that business, and if an indi- vidual went beyond the limit his license was to be removed, but otherwise he was te be unmolested and allowed to feel se- cure in his business. In regard to the A. P. A. proposition, I refused to meet them as A. P. A'’s., but said if they would | ing to recognize them as Republicans and | that they should have a representation in | proportion to thelr strength; that those who voted the Republican ticket were to | be on an equal footing, regardlessof their position or business; that they were not | 10 be ostracised or punished. The School | Department was to be kept out of poli- | tics. It was conceded that the people who belonged to the Catholle church | paid at least one-third of the taxes of this community, and that they also had one-third in the representation in this cityin votes; therefore they were entitied to representation in the School Depart- ment. It was agreed that they were to | have one-third, and that no party in a | school position 'was to be removed except for incompetency, and, in that event, if It | happened to be one of the Catholic faith | that went, one of the same faith was to | be replaced. And upon these lines and | upon this policy we started out. Mr. | Jarman’'s name was mentioned by me.as a candldate. I clatmed that this was a | rock upon which we were all lkely to| split, that it was a dangerous experi- ment. We had to have men we could | trust. T believed Mr. Jarman to be hon- | est, I believed him to be competent, and I believed he would satisfy the taxpayers as well as these various Interests in the | cf It was therefore agreed that Mr. | | Jarman, If he would accept, was to be a candidate, Mr. Jarman belonged organization, and he was a Republ that was the understanding. He belonged to no secret society that was in tue hiat, and he therefore did— | Attorney Delmas—All this Is still the | conversation. | Rea, continuing—With Montgomery & Co., yes, sir. I explained the whole ma:- ter to Mr. Montgomery. | | Delmas—You are referring to the meet- | ing of directors at the Hotel Vendome? s, sir. I went to Mr. Jarman and I| d him my opinion of Mr. Dittus and | ; that I did not think any bodv had | any confidence in them. he ! ! I told him th policy that we had outilned; that I L friends of all descriptions, and that Catholic friends who were friendly to_me would support him, w! they did. That the other element would > | support him and that my idea of him was | this: That he was 1o caucus with the Re- publican members of the board and was : his influence to maintain harmony among these elements, and harmonize and the Kepublican parcy | upon these lines, and that I thought we | would have no further trouble, and that if this harmony was maintained and the | same condition of affairs existed when | the Supervisor matter came up he would | be an available man for Supervisor, and | I wanted him to consider that. it he would, | and that I knew of nobody who was more avallable. He sald he would accept, which | he did, and all of these elements, In fact every element pretty near in town, sup- ported Mr. Jarman in the Fourth Ward. | I told them after he got in the Common Counctl reported to me that he was combining against me; that I weat | to see him, and he assured me that such He assured me his in keeping and in line with the vie e had entertained orig- v, and that he would do as I wished him to; that I had exolained to him that | I had no candidate that I wanted In a public place or in public position: that all [ wanted him to do was to satisfy the leaders whom we had got together to bring these elements together in the in-| terests of the Republican party. Monday evening was the election for policemen. Delmas—All this_you told Montgomery? Rea—Yes, sir; all of this I told Mont- “Proceed.” . “I went to Mr. Jarman's house Sunday morning for the purpose of asking him to meet with the balance of the Council- | men the following Monday and these dif- ferent leaders for the purpose of satisfy- ing them, If it were possible. 1 went to | Mr. Main’s house and was directed over | to his wood yard. I went over there and | to my surprise, I saw them closeted with | Dittus and Krelg. Mr. Martin was there | also. I knew he did not belong there. They were discussing the matter and [ asked Mr. Jarman if he proposed to stand in with that combination, and he said he | would not be dictated to. I told him I had no dictations to make, only I thought | politically, at least; that he would displease everybody and | 1f these peo- | ple would happen to think I was responsi- | le for it it would place me in a false po- | sitfon, and I did not_care to be placed in | such ' a position. Mr. Dittus spoke up | rather exultantly, and T thought I would uncover the situation to them so that they would see where they stood. I said ‘Mr. Martin, you won't | eople, and why don't | They are only making | fools of themselves.” I said: *Martin, | you know that your employer is in direct opposition In feellng and spirit and is a personal enemy of Dittus, and you won't permit him (Dittus) to flll this depart- ment up with his patrons to the detg- ment of your employer. If you do Tue%- | day morning you will lose your job. It | was finally agreed that they shouid go out to my house and that I would try to get Councilman Mangrum and Mayor P. Austin to go out there also, to- my home we gathered about a 1 sat on one side, Austin sat at table. the head., and these gentlemen sat around. As they would suggest a name | I would write it down. Jarman wanted Reed, Main wanted Buckley, Kreig al- ready had Scully slated. They couid not agree. so 1 was taken to one side and and was told that I could make up the slate and ut any name on it I wanted. I came nto the room and s=aid: ‘“‘Gentlemen, [ am opposed to your slate on the ground that it don't represent elther party, fac- tion or anything else, only pure favorit- ism of the paint-shop or the butcher-shop | I am opposed to Kreig’s proposition most emphatically. and you people can’t put up a slate with me under any consideration.” | Jarman, Kreig, Dittus and Maln wentto San Francisco to delay the election. On | the night of the -election, the foliowing Monday night, Mangrum read off the same slate from top to bottom and it was seconded and came to a vote and they were left out. Mr. Jarman then led the | flfht after that and showed a great deal | of bitterness. I told them that C. M. Hatcher had come to me and asked me if | I could help him in reference to the Rein- | hardt houses that had burned down on| Third street. He wanted the fire limits | changed so that he could rebuild; that I said I would, and I went to see Jarman | and he demanded the painting without‘ competition. Maggard came to me and asked for my ! influence to help him get his money for his roller. He stated to me that he had made arrangements with some one. said to him, ‘“What is the situation? I don’t care to touch this matter until I| know what you have done.” He sald | that they had all agreed to vote for the roller. 1 asked him if he had made ar- rangements with them. He said he had, and he wanted me to see Mr. Fay and Noiting. _I told him T would. I saw Mr. Nolting—just spoke to him casually—but he said he was xclng to vote for it. Later Mui ard came back | and told me it had cost him $250 extra, so | he came back her® and offered me the roller for $2750 net to seil to the county. I thought I would investigate the matter a little, and went over the different Coun- | cilmen’s names. He said he had not pald When I came to Mr. Jarman's name he refused to discuss it. Rea said he met S. G. Tompkins on they discussed the Charter Club ticket. Finally Tomp- 183 | mit the Spanish general to leave, to- cussing the roller matter. I think he called my attention to it. We were trying to account for the $450 other than the $300 paid to the Krieg com- ‘bine.” He admitted discussing Jarman with B. Church and E. A. Hayes while plaintiff was running for Supervisor. On cross-examination by Delmas Rea was just getting warmed up when adjournment was taken. He said he had seen Maggard on the train a couple of times since the suit for slan- der had been brought against him. Each time he met Maggard the defen- dant was going to Gilroy. Rea sald he did shot know where Maggard lived and never inquired, but supposed he ived in San Francisco. They discussed the present suit each time. Maggard had made a proposition to Rea to sell the roller to the county, and told him he could have all he got over $2750. The agent had told him Supervisors Roll and Ayer were in favor of pur- chasing the roller, but the other Super- visors were not. Rea saild he told him he did not want anything to do with it, and only questioned him closely to simply deter- mine the facts. “What did you say to that proposi- tion that this man made to you, that he could not sell this roller to the Super- visors because a majority of them were |* against it, only two favorable to Iit, and that he would sell it to you for $2750, which was $250 less than the com- pany had ever accepted for it, and you could take the difference between that and what you could get out of the county ?"” asked Delmas. “I didn’t say anything.” Did you tell him that tnat was not a very fair proposition or a very honest one? 1 did not discuss the matter. I gave him to understand what my purpose was in_questioning. You didn’t consider that as an insuiting and offensive proposition, did you? No. That a man should us through the Board of Superwisors, one of | whom was your brother, a proposition | that he himself could not get through and pay vou for it, you considered that that was perfectly legitimate? He had ed them, I think, $3709 for it. Thenw)"l‘e was wiling to let you have it you to get Yes. And let you make a thousand dollars commission on it if vou could—was that it? It T was disposed to sell. Did you rebuke him for making any such proposition to you? hat was not my business. I had an- other object in view. Well, did you? Well, in a way I did. I said that I never had done such business, and that my only purpose in questioning him was to deter- mine the facts in relation to the jroller that had been sold to the citv. Rea said he asked Maggard: “Did you pay Mayor Koch anything on that?” and Maggard said: *No, sir. He is a dead square man.” The remainder of the cross-examina- tion was in regard to the purchase of the steam-roller and similar to the tes- timony already given. At 2:30 an adjournment was taken until Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. when the cross-examination of Rea wiil be resumed SPANIARDS MUST FVACUATE PORTO RICO FORTHWITH Ordered to Withdraw by October 18. PRESIDENT MKINLEY FIRM EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS WIRED TO COMMISSIONERS. Dons Also Informed That They Must Retire From the Island of Cuba by Decem- ber 1. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTOX Oct. 7.—President McKinley has cabled the United States Military Commission at Porto Rico that the island must be evacuated by the Spanish forces on or before October 18, and that the Spanish Cornmissioners must be so informed. In case of the failure of the Spaniards to complete the evacuation by that date, the United States Commissioners are directed to take possession and exercise all of the functions of government, and in case it is found to be impossible to secure transportation for the Spanish troops by October 18, they may be permitted to go into temporary quarters until transports can be secured to take them to Spain. This fact was developed at to-day’s Cabinet meeting, and it was also stated that, from. this time forward, a more vigorous policy would be pursued with respect to the evacuation of Cuba. The President has notified the United States Evacuation Commission at Ha- vana that the Spaniards would be ex- pected to have evacuated the island by December 1, with a strong intimation that, in case of failure, the United States would brook no further delay, but immediately thereafter take pos- session of the Government. At to-day’s Cabinet meeting tele- grams were read from General Otis, at Manila, stating that the Spanish Gov- ernment has requested that General Jaudenes be permitted to return to Spain, where, it is understood, he will | be called before a court of inquiry to | answer certain charges affecting his management of affairs in connection with the surrender of Manila. General Otis was authorized to per- gether with several other Spanish offi- cers who are on the sick list. Major General Fitzhugh Lee received an order from the War Department to- day directing him to move his com- mand from Jacksonville, Fla., to Sa- vannah, Ga.. and to get it in readiness to embark for Havana the last of this month. General Lee leaves to-night for Savannah to make preliminary ar- r;ngzments to carry the orders into effec NEW ARMY CORPS. Order Designating Points Where | entitled to occupy the position that he | was trying to occupy in politics and the | | public, to my mind; that the new charter {tself had provided for any contracts that | Were let for over $100, and that Mr. Jar- | The real trouble is weakness or disease of the delicate and important organs that bear the burdens of maternity. There is no kins asked, “How do you like our ticket?"” Witness answered, got the crookedest combination of lead- Troops Will Be Stationed. ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—A general order | was issued to-day organizing new army » “Haven’t you necessity for cxamin;tions OfPlocal treat- Je nith Mr. Dittus and Krelg | | corps and designating variou: ints ment. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription | man had v " e — relg | ers in the Charter Club that ever was s pol cures all disorders of this nature in the "”g"fif, clfigfag\a :ncxul:m‘-xl;m&!::e . l:o 1OWI, | got together?” He started in to name | 'Y'gfrd'?e lllg,e“t;m gfi}:";"‘“:‘m’%x The privacy of the home. It acts directly on | &7 bis blll was i 19, pleces s &5 1o tne ticket, which I criticized or dld not, | ynued, and the First, Sccond and Fourth the sensitive organs concerned, making | iinic that that was in harmony with my | 2s the case may be. When it came to | Corps reorganized. They are to be com- them strong and well. It allays inflamma- | fdeas of a Councilman that was repre- | Jarman, I said the gentleman who sold | manded respectively by Major Generals tion, heals ulceration, soothes pain and | sented as he was. I stated that originally | the steam-roller to the city offered it Breckinridge, Grabam and eeler. The tonds and buiids up the nerves, "It stops | M7, Jurioan, wpd myselt, ¥efe riende! | 1o me for $500, and i Jarman was & BRSO Sl i Ve 85t exhausting drains. It banishes the discom- | t e comm! Or- | husiness man, as he claimed he was, | 2 g £ nizations that I had spoken of had con- | pa coyuld explain why he did not get Corps, Augusta, Ga.; Fourth Corps, forts of the expectant months, and makes baby's coming casy and almost painless. It rescores the beauty and vivacity lost through long months or years of pain and suffering. Thousands of women have tes- tified to its marvelous merits. At all med- icine stores. Avoid substitutes. ‘erred with me and that I had agreed to 1 T Seith them with my influence and | this for $3000 instead of $3750." guppqn upon the tollcwl’r’-g policy: That | _In reference to the conversaticn with | the liberal element of the community— | E. P. Main, Rea said Main was ine | there had been a fight between the | Mrs. Goodrich’s house at the time ot the church and the whisky element, as it is | altercation with Jarman. “I just sii.- commonly known—that I was in with the | piy waved my hand,” said the witness, To cover mailing only, send 21 one-cent stamps for paper-covered copy, or 31 for cloth-bound copy, of Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser. Address, Docior R V. Pierce, Buffalo, H. Y. church people and the A.hiaA.'n upon the | “anq gaid ‘T was asking Jack what be- following policy: that I had organized of | .ame of that $450.° I had discussed the = n what "c?n‘gq"v':le :l: eb.: fl.’; matter a day or two befcre and it was our to ments u ht i) hich would remedy in | the continuation of previous con- gmgfim.n:‘flmiwwmy versation. Main and I had been dis- Huntsville, Ala. Carpenter Speaks at Napa. NAPA. Oct, A large and enthustas- t eeting of Republicans at Opera ume tonignt was addressed by AT WELL-MEANING, BUT DANGEROUS An Educator’s Opinion of Maguire. SAYS HE IS NARROW-MINDED THIS VIEW CONFIRMED BY GEN- ERAL BARNES. Addressing a Large Gathering at San Jose, the Orator Discusses the “Little Giant’s” Isms. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, Oct. 7.—Fifteen hundred people, inciuding a generous propor- tion of ladies, heard General Barnes talk this evening upon Maguire and the issues of the State campaign. It was the opening meeting of the State| campdign in Santa Clara County. Professor Duniway of Stanford Uni- versity was chairman of the evening. In an opening address the chairman alluded to Maguire as a well-meaning but dangerous man in politics—danger- ous because he and mistaken, and holding vicious views. He then introduced General Barnes, who proceeded to severely ar- raign James “Holy G.” Maguire, “that consummate juggler of words,” and his “erazy patch” politics. “The “Littie Giants” public career as an office seeker was reviewed. The speaker pald tribute to Magulre’s re- markable memory and granted that he made a good Judge, but told how he had fed at the public crib for twenty | years, and when not in office his tim was spent in running after it, “sweat- ing at every pore.” The present fusion, made without principle, and with noth- ing in common between the factions in it, was declared a disgrace. The Democrats, he said, represented two- thirds of the aggregation, the Populists one-third and the Silver Republicans the rest. The speaker pointed out that there were but two points of difference between the Repubiican and the Demo- cratic platforms; that the latter was silent upon the subject of Hawalian annexation because Maguire had op- posed it, and that it also stood for the immediate foreclosure of the Central Pacific’s debt, instead of the method adop®d by Congress. The Populist platform upon which Maguire stood was scathingly reviewed. His support of a graduated income tax was dismissed with the statement that two United States Supreme Court de- cisfons declared it unconstitutional. His advocacy of Government owner- ship of railways and telegraphs was declared a “‘wild, cranky idea.” The reclamation by the Govern- ment of all lands held in excess of the actual needs of the owner was hastily explained and the single tax fallacy ex- | ploited. Constitutional amendment No. 10 was explained as an out-and-out single tax proposition and a compro- mise between the Democrats and PODU-~ e lists. After aliuding to Maguire's speech in | Congress last winter, where he had de- | clared sympathy with the anarchists of | with a | Europe, the speaker closed strong appeal soliciting the support of honest, conscientious Democrats for | the Republican State ticket, and, in a scathingly de- | nounced Populism, Nihilism, Anarch- | masterful peroration, ism and Maguireism. EATON FOR MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES Outcome of Hepublican Primaries In- dicates His Nomination by Acclamation. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7.—Primaries to elect delegates to the Republican city convention were held throughout the city to-day. There was an extraordi- narily large vote polled, although in most of the precincts the caucus ticket | which previously had been agreed upon was elected. The Republicans manifesting great interest this year in the city contest, which will follow the State election by just thirty days. The result of to-day’'s primaries in- dlcated the nomination of Fred Eaton for Mayor on the first ballot, if not by acclamation. to this hour any avowed candldate against him. Mr. Eaton has resided here for over thirty years, and has al- | ready filled creditably the pasixlonTot‘ he | City Engineer for several terms. primaries also insure the renomination of J. H. Drain for Street Superinten- dent. The Republican city convention will be held next Wednesday. At present the Democrats have the Mayor, City Engineer, City Clerk and City Assessor. The Republicans propose to make a strong fight to reclaim these offices, and the leaders have the utmost confl- dence that the party will succeed if proper nominations are made by Wednesday's convention. o Registration Lists Reopened. SALINAS, Oct. 7.—Acting under the de- cision of Judge Hyland of Santa Cruz County, registration of voters for the coming election was reopened by County Clerk Kalar of Monterey County this af- ternoon. It had been agreed previously by both county committees to bring a test case in the Superior Court here, but this action will stop the suit. tration previous to the former closing was very heavy, there having been nearly 1200 new voters registered. The reopening will add about 250 more. The total vote of the county probably will be about 6200. The new registrations indicate an in- creased Republican vote. - Enthusiasm at Ferndale. EUREKA, Oct. T.—A big Republican rally was held at Ferndale to-night. Ad- dresses were delivered by Congressman J. A. Barham and Judge Oregon Sanders. Four hundred went from this city on a special train, the party comprising the age-Neff Club, escorted by the Barham Drfll Corps and a brass band. There was an {mmense turnout at Ferndale. A dem- onstration will take place in this city to- morrow _night, when essman _Bar- ham and Judge Sanders will again speak. Needham at San Bernardino. ;A.N’ BERNARDINO, Oct. 7.—Needham off Modesto, Republican candidate for Congress in the Seventh District, and Major C. W. Kyle addressed a large gath- ering at the pavilion to-night. The meet- ing was presided over by Judge Damron. eedham made a g« impres- sion. Both speakers held the close atten- tion of the audience. . Democratic Rally at Gilroy. GILROY, Oct. 7.—The Democrats fired the first gun of the campaign here to- night. Reel B. Terry and Burdette Cor- nfll, a Populist, ke in the interest of re and the fusion tick Bonfires blazed fired et. in the streets, -ua‘d“‘t:hn‘“ the speakers were by Case; anvils were e band supplied lively music. At introduced ex-Mayor Y. was narrow-minded | GREEHE TALES OF CANP NERRIT SaysOtisSelectedaVery Poor Site. REPORT OF COLLUSICN DENIED COLONEL LEE AND MAJOR HER- SEY ALSO TESTIFY. All the Witnesses Declare That a Vast Majority of tne Com- plaints Were Exag- gerated. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—Three wit- nesses were before the War Investigat- ing Commission—General Greene, who participated in the battle of Manila; Colonel Lee, chief quartermaster at Camp Thomas, and Major Hersey, who was for a time in command of the Rooseveit Rough Riders. Each ad- mitted the possibility of individual cases of suffering and discomfort, but all said that the vast majority of com- | plaints were exaggerated, if not with- | out foundation. They agreed in saying that no army was ever so abundantly American army in the Spanish war. General Greene said that there was no complaint during the voyage to Ma- nila of scarcity of supplies, but during the first two days out there was some dissatisfaction with the cooking. This was soon improved, and no criticism | was heard afterward. The details of | the ocean trip and of the battle of Ma- | late were related in a manner calling | for the closest attention from the Com- missioners, but covering the same ground as his report to the War De- done. He spoke of the insurgents who lay between his forces and the Spanish lines. It was, the witness said, impos- sbile to give an estimate of their num- ber, but he thought it was about 10,000. | They_were well supplied with Mauser | and Remington rifles, many of which and luxuriously supplied as was the | partment, recently made public, had | 3 made by General Otis, and General Greene felt safe in denying the report that there had been collusion with the r:ulroad authorities in choosing the | site. | The most flagrant evidence of neglect that he had seen during the war was | the case of transperts at New York. | Their condition was of a character that should be remedied. He had also seen green coffee used, both in Flerida and at Manila. Major Henry B. Hersey of Santa Fe, | N. M., of the Roosevelt Rough Riders, | said the camp at Tampa, Fla.,, was low | and flat and toward the close of his stay there in July there was an increase of fever and kindred diseas The troops | were, he said, well supplied from the coemmissary and other departments, | but there were some complaints of the | bearing of the physiclans who were left with the squadron at this point. | He ascribed the sickness of the men in | Cuba to the climate and the hardships of the campaign. Colonel James G. C. Lee, chief quar- termaster at Camp Thomas, said that | all his estimates for supplies had been | met with a remarkable degree of promptitude. He dwelt upen the nat- ural difficuities of supplying an army of 56,000, who seemed to expect to be able to turn a faucet and get every- thing they wanted “on the spur of the moment.” There were some articles of which they were never able to get a sufficient supply, army trousers, for in- stance. HONORABLE DISCHARGE OF MANY GENERALS Officers Promoted From the Regular Army Will Return to Former Duties. WASHINGTON, Oct. T.—The War De- partment to-day issued the long expected order for the honorable discharge from | the volunteer service of the United States | of three major generals and twenty-six | brigadier generals of volunteers. This | heavy reduction was made necessary by | the Pact that the volunteer army ftseif | has already been reduced by fully 5 per | cent, and there is consequently no duty remaining for these officers to ‘discharge. The officers wno were promoted from the regular army will return to their for- | mer duties. The list is as follows: | Major _generals—John Coppinger. Octo- | ber i3, 1fe8; Hamilton S. vkins, No- vember 30, 1898; Jacob F. Kent, November 30, 1898 | “Brigadier generals, to take effect Octo- | | | ber 31—Francis L. Guenther, Alfred E. Bates, George L. Gillespie, Lucius F. Hubbard, James R. Wattles, Charles P. Mattocks, Mark W. Sheafe -James Barkiey, Joseph W. Plume, Thomas Rosser, Joseph Hudson. Brigadier generals, to take effect No- vember ohn I. Rodgers, Andrew S. Burt, Peter C. Haines, Geogge A. Garret- son, Henry A. Duffield, Jacdb B. Babcock, Roy Stons, Wallace F. Randolph. Henr Carroll, Edward P. Pearson. Joha H. Page, Willlam M. Wherry, Charles D! and crazy | are | There has not been up | The regis- | Viele, Aaron S. Daggett, John V. Patter- son. Brigadier Generals Alfred E. Bati Génrrgo 1.. Gillespie, John B. Babecock agk Peter Haines will continue their present duties. | they had captured from the Spanish | and others which they had purchased abroad. | The site of Camp Merritt, San Fran- cisco, was very poor. 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