The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 27, 1899, Page 1

This Paper not from Library.+ ¢+ BRI The all LXXXV—-NO. 58. VOLUME SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1899. PRICE FIVE CENTS, AIN STRUGGLE OF AGONCILLO TO GET RECOGNITION However, the Filipino Envoy Will Make a New Effort to Attract Uncle Sam’s @Attention. Meanwhile the “Congress” at Malolos Empowers Aguinaldo to Declare War o Americans Whenever He May Deem It @Advisable. RONONORINGRORORORORGR S . SPY NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—A special to the Sun from Washington says: st Felipe Agoncillo, the agent sent to Washington by Aguinaldo, has been discovered by the Goyernment. t to-day came into possession of a dispatch filed by Agoncillo yesterday for transmission to the o Junta at Hongkong, which contains the evidence in question. informed his Hongkong compatriots, who act as the official. channel of communication between Iplomatic agents and Aguinaldo, that the Senate had agreed to take a vote on the peace treaty on 6. that the treaty would probably be ratified; that it was the purpose of the President to pursue an in the Philippines when ratification had been obtained; that reinforcements sent to Geneial e in Manila about that time; that if the Filipinos wanted independence they would be obliged , and that now was the time to act before the American lines were strengthened by reinforce- Evidence of a damaging character After a consideration of the subject the Government authorities have de 1 ratified all Filipinos who have not foresworn sovereignty of S e to be coneidered as Spanish subjects. cided that until the treaty of peace s pain for that of some recognized govern- Agoncillo comes within this class and can be arrested and tried & a spy. et DRONONFURORY ?iOSQ?GO%O?ZO?SO%Q?;Q?SD_'Ei RORONOROTO LOROLIN RORORORONG ASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—Hav- | the peace treaty. He said that informa- for the Home Department, was the ing failed to receive from the | tion received by the Minister of For- | principal speaker this evening at the State Department any answer | eign Affairs, Duke Almodovar de Rio, | 8reat Unionist demonstration at | to his latest communication, | had created the impression that Presi- | Blackpool. r Agoncillo, the envoy of | dent McKinley feared the treaty would 2 few days take an- | be defeated in the Senate, and appre- the latter's cause | hended an obstinate resistance on the | the Government. |Part of the Philippine insurgents | 1 this will take and what | against the Americans, who desire to tations it will embody Agen-|deprive them of-independence and: de-x lines at this time to [ base the Spanish Government, which | | are sufficient reasons for the triumph ¥ here is keeping in close 1 of the anti-annexationists in the Sen- ions existing in|ate. Therefore, the Premier insisted said, is using his | that the convocation of the Cortes iinaldo to avoid hos- | should no longer be delayed. e Americans as long as | advice as has been in the direction of | pture so long as this is with Filipino independ- The Cabinet met again this evening, | Senor Sagasta presiding. It appears | that the evidence before the court- martials showed that General Jaudenes had sufficient ammunition to have en- | abled him to resist longer. The court ordered his arrest, whereupon he sur- rendered himself, attired in civilian dress and accompanied by his son and several ministers of state. General Cor- t Otis cabled the War Depart- from Manila as follows: Jan. 26.—The transport for San Fran-| s 164 officers and enlisted | req confirmed the arrest. It is reported X that the court-martial will exonerate soldiers on the Zealandia arc‘ eral Toral on the ground that he i at lescents p ved from General the War Department to be con- | acted under superior instructions, but The dispatch, like the last | that Admiral Montejo, who was de- Otis, was re- | feated by Admiral Dewey at Cavite, will be tried for the incompetent condi- tion of his fleet. | The newspapers assert also that Ad- | miral Cervera is awaiting trial, and | that therefore he will not be able to 1mk his seat as a Senator on the re- assembling of the Cortes, | It is understood that at the Cabinet | | meeting this evening Senor Capedepon, | 5 . | Minister of Interior, proposed that the | nfidence in Auumd{d? !’;": suspension of the constitutional guar- | d him to dcv}:ue :\ald::m {t | @ntees should now cease. s wheneve e may de | T = whenever { LONDON, Jan. 26.—President Mat- | Secretary of Stat d as satisfactory because he made ention of a change in the condi- s at Manila, had there s he would be sure| n any insurgent | via Hongkong, the official or- 0s, announces that s at Malolos has adopted | ine constitution, passed a | thew White Rid y, ting of women at Ca- i ey | event for the Referring to the historical events of | the past year, and particularly to the Spanish-American war, the Home See- retary said that ‘properiy appreciated by ome of the contestants, the English people had | been gratified at the good feeling which has arisen between the United States and Great Britain. The results of the war bad been to make the United States an important factor not only in :_Asiurlc but possibly also in European politics and to bring America face to Tuce with scme of the colossal problems and difficulties which Great Britain had long experienced. “This,” he continued, “is a serious great powers of the world, but it is not likely to be, disad- vantageous to the British empire, which gladly acknowledges the kindly sympathy and the sense of common ob- Jects now animating alike the citizens of Great Britain and the United States, | and which feels that the continuance of the growth of this feeling must tend to the peace and prosperity of world. The growth of such a feeling is far better than the formal alliance suggested by some.” WEST INDIES SHAKEN. Severe Earthquake in Jamaica Inter- rupts Cable Communication. KINGSTON. Jamaica, Jan. 26.—A severe earthquake shock was felt throughout this island on Saturday morning, and was followed by another on Tuesday, the di- rection being from west to ea No dam- age has peen reported. The Northwest Indies are telegraphically cut off. The reason is unknown, but in all probability t is due to an earthquake. while the absolute | neutrality of Great Britain. had . not | been the | NO WHITE % MENTO, Jan. 26.—If the recom- mendations of the Assembly In- vestigating Committee are ac- cepted Speaker Howard E. Wright from his seat in the Assembly. The coat of whitewash that Colonel Burns promised him will not be applied, unless | it is done by a majority vote of Wright's fellow-members. Not only will Speaker Wright lose his | yellow robe and peacock feather, but he is to be given company in his dis- grace. Milton J. Green, U. S. Grant’s | political manager, is on the report for | as warm a scoring as honest men can they believe has re- sorted to dishonest and reprehensible methods to influence and debauch members of the Legislature. Mr. Grant, who provided the money which was | doled out by Green to prospective leg- islators in return for promises that give one whom they would vote for Grant for Senator, | is scored in the report as a person who | has aided and abetted a practice so | repreheny ble-that it deserves the most | severe censure at the hands of the Leg- | islature and all people who have an in. terest in the fair fame of the State. | Having dealt out stern and equal jus- | tice to Wright, Green and Grant, the | committee will, in its report, take up the case of D. M. Burns and William | F. Herrin. The acts of this pair of | politicians in issuing passes and rail- | | road tickets to legislators will be com- | 1 mented on so severely and so plainly‘as | to leave no doubt as to the conclusion ‘ of the committee that the issuance of this transportation was for the pur- pose of influencing the votes of legisla- tors in the Senatorial contest. | The committee report as it will be presented to the Assembly to-morrow | afternoon or Saturday morning is com- plete with the exception of such part | as will relate to the investigation of the accusation that has been made | against Assemblyman Cosper, chair- | man of the committee. Evidence bear- |ing on this charge will be taken to- morrow morning and the conclusfons of the committee regarding it will then | be added to the report as it now stands. | | The report as prepared recites that | Speaker Wright received the sum of | $1650 from Milton J. Green, and that in | | the opinion of the committee the money will be shorn of power and dismissed | WASH IS TO BE - PUT ON HOWARD E. WRIGHT Investigating Commitiee Will Deal Out Stern Justice to the Disgraced Speaker of the Assembly. After Turning the Member From Alameda Over to the Tender Mercies of the House, the Report Will Censure in Severest Terms Grant and His Manager Green for Their lllegal Use of Money. ment. understanding or pledge that ‘Wright should vote for Grant for Sena- tor. Each important detail of the evi- dence pointing to the conclusion that Wright received the money. and that he received it by reason of a pledge given to vote for Grant, will be set | forth, that the Assembly may judge of the justness of the conclusions arrived at by the committee. Having done this, the committee will suggest that the proper course to be pursued should be expulsion of Wright from the As- sembly. It will be stated, however, that inasmuch as Wright is the Speak- | er of the Assembly and that he was given the position by the Assembly, it should rest with that body, and not with the committee, to mete out such punishment to him as may seem to fit the crime. In the case of Green the committee will set forth that he has used the money of his employer in a manner cal- culated to prevent the exercise by cer- tain members of the Legislature of thelr 6wn will and choice in the matter of the election of a United States Sen- | ator. Also that money so used was | glven to present members of the Leg- islature at a time when they were seeking election and that it was given in return for promises given by the members themselves to men who were 0 situated as tc be able to control them, that they would, in case of their election, vote for Grant for United States Senator. The case of Wright will be cited as a proof of this, and that of Jilson of Siskiyou, who admitted | having received $400 from Dan T. Cole, | who in turn admitted having received | it from Green to promote Grant’s can- | | didacy. The report sets forth that while it is probable that in a majority if not all instances where money was paid to legislators or to men who expected to become legislators Mr. Grant may have been ignorant of the details of the ac- tual transactions as well as ALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA-, was paid and received under an agree- | the idea in mind that it would retain ) has not been In his seat in the Assem- The report | bly chamber for three days, though he also sets forth that it is apparent that | has been seen on the streets on several Grant knew that his money was being | 00Casions. Unless he puts in an ap- spent in a manner calculated to in- | be reported to the Assembly as having fluence members of the Legislature | gyojded the process of commiftee. It prior to the assembling of that body | is said that Mr. Dale has not been in relative to the manner in which they | fit condition physically to give testi- should vote for United States Senator. | mony. The committee’s report deals at some \ length with the transaction \\'hereby?BULLA MEN WORK REAK TO GET A BRE William F. Herrin issued two ranroadl tickets from San Francisco to New | CALL HEADQUARTERS. SACRA- The | MENTO, Jan. 26.—The Bulla people are York to a friend of Assemblyman Mer- | rill at the request of Dan Burns. baldness of the excuse given by Burns | of the opinion that Grant’s - solid and Herrin on the witness stand is|twenty-eight have made a mistake in pointed out, as well as the limping ex- | 38reeing to stand by their favorite to planation given of the transaction by | the end of the session, to consider no these two justly celebrated politicians. | Sc0nd cholce, and thereby to insure the defeat of Daniel M. Burns, One detall in particular, that of pay- | : ® { 3 ment for the tickets, is made a subject | Dulla’s men figure that Colonel Burns could get about ten more votes if Grant him in the Grant camp. for comment not particularly compli- mentary to either Burns or Herrin. Still another count is added to the indict- ment of Herrin and raignment of Wright. It is the transac- tion whereby Wright went to Herrin the further ar-| were to withdraw. They also flgure that | If Grant were to declare himself out of the race there would still be encusgh Republican members who would stay out of a caucus to wipe out all possi- { and secured a mileage ticket over the | DIty of Burns winning the toga by a {'Southern Paciic Company’s lines. | finally decided to appoint a committee = | pointed Burnett, Melick and La Baree. el | pledges demanded and received, it is | still true that he provided the funds {and should therefore be held equally guilty with Green. 1In one instance cited—that of the payment to Wright ofy $750—it+is known that Grant knew that the money was for Wright, and, if no | worse, that it was given Wright with The | dictate of King Caucus. The Buila men report sets forth that Herrin testifed | fIEUre that if Grant Is out of the fight that Wright paid for the ticket, but the | 80d his men free to do as they see fit, Assembly is left to judge as to the trutn | tén of them, but not any more at the or falsity of the statement. | outside, might sign a call for a caucus. When the “investigating committee | This Wwould bring the total up to only met to-day a dispatch from Charles G. | thirty-seven, counting all of Burns’ Lamberson was read to account for his | {Wenty-seven votes, which are ungues- failure to appear before the committee | tionably unitedly in favor of a caucus. in response to the subpena that was| Then tke Bulla folks figure that out served on him last Sunday. The tele- | Of the remaining thirty Republican gram stated that Lamberson would be | Votes left there are only five that would in Sacramente by noon to-morrow. | Possibly find their way to a caucus call. The committee agreed that if he did; There can be found no Senator nor not make his appearance at the time | Assemblyman outside of the Burns specified he would be reported to the | column who ys that he favors a Assembly as having disobeyed the |caucus and will boldly come out in the summons of the committee. | open and declare himself to that effect. After some discussion as to the proper | It Will be a sorry day for the eight Re- course to be pursued to secure the tes- | Publican legislators for Los Angeles timony of Milton J. Green in the mat- | County if at the dictates of King ter of the accusation that Assembly- | Caucus they should ever be compelled man Cosper solicited through Lamber- | to vote for Burns for Senator. It would son a $6000 bribe from Green it was | mean political death to every one of | them who, on any account or for any to take Green deposition, he being con- | reason, public or private, financial or fined to his rocm at the Golden Eagle | promise of future political advance- Hotel by {llness. Chairman Cosper ap- | ment, was to go over to Burns. The members from Los Angeles County are well aware of this feeling that exists | against Burns in Los Angeles County, {and in all Southern California this | statement applies with equal force. | Some of the Los Angeles members—one | Senator and one Assmeblyman—would |like to land in the Burns camp. but | they dare not do so in the open. On the | quiet they are urging the caucus all Green'’s physician refused to allow any one to see him this afternoon or this evening, but agreed to permit the com- mittee to take his deposition to-morrow morning. Assemblyman R. C. Dale who, it was said, declined an offer of $3000 to vote for R. N. Bulla as his second choice for Senator, has not yet been found by the | they can, but not openly. sergeant-at-arms of the committee, He | Mr. Bulla has tried to persuade Gen- | eral Barnes to retire and throw his e paper adds, it was| resolved to petition | ssion to take the of independence if necessary. for and, it ap- granted the privilege yminent place in the line t the Americans. an sentry yesterday even- lled a captain of Filipino artillery o outpost. As a result, the excited and de- wardly assassina- urday evening (January determined to have aptain’'s death, at- er our lines. An Ameri- ed one of them, who was ed with a revolver, and after a fur- xchange of shots, the others were The incident has intensified —— 403 5 HOW WORKS WILLIFIND SUPPORY WUEN WIS RiL 'S READ., aking a 1 7 t insisted upon the h prisoners in wration of the proclamation of pino republic and also donated « ve cle decree to s signed. The Spanish | ever, remain prisoners. programm has been r the formal ratification of the constitution to-day. Nothing w ference here accomplished at the con- vesterday, and it is ru- mored that the Filipinos, at their rext g, will give the Americans elght days in which to accede to their de- is for recognition. The rumor is disc ited. MADRID, Jan. 26.—The Cabinet met | afternoon under the presidency of e Queen Regent. The absence of Gen- eral Correa, the Minister of War, was commented upon and is believed | to have been connected with a decision, not yet divulged, reached by the su- preme military tribunal relative to Gen- 1] Jaundenes, the Spanish cemman- r, who capitulated a: Manila and why ! de ASSEMBLYAMAN E. ris yes v | . E USESTO has been in prison since yesterday, and | RODUCES A BILL PROVIDING . WORKD &&F General Toral, who capitulated at San- LRE D! 200 b NAME THF AUTHQR OF tiago de Cuba and who is absant from | FOR & NEW NMOSPITAL Mauadrid. The Premier, Senor Sagasta. outlined the Government’s intentions relative to IN SN FRRANCSCO:: ~£ .- 4M 1IN FAVOR = OF Tue OANT1- CARTOON B ? J-SULLIVAN \THE ANT\-CORTOON (= 1R3S 4 ASSEMBLYAMAN VALENTINE: SPEAKS AT GREAT LENCTH FOR TNE PARID> EXPOSITION BILL.. votes to him. General Barnes treated the propcsal with great lack of cor- diality and suggested the possibility of Bulla withdrawing and throwing his thirteen votes to him, which would then give the general a total of twenty- four votes and make him an important factor in a race in which he might cut a considerable figure. But neither Barnes nor Bulla could agree as to who was the proper man to pack his things and retire from the Golden Eagle Ho- tel and the Senatorial race. Their in- terview came to naught. James Brown, Grant's leading man, when asked as to whether or not the Grant men would, in the event of Colonel Burns dropping out of the con- test, go into a caucus, replied: “The twenty-eight supvnorters of Mr. Grant will go into a caucus when they have a written agreement signed by forty- three Republican members unquali- fiedly pledging themselves to vote for Grant. Then we will go into a caucus, but not till then.” This is the pro- nunciamento of the Grant forces. Walter F. Parker departed for the south to-day to do some hustling in Southern California for Burns. He will endeavor to secure the indorsement of Burns by some of the county Repub- lican committees in that part of the State. E. A. Meserve, who is leading Bulla's fight, went down to watch Mr. Parker, Both will be back Monday. Ex-Attorney General W. F. Fitzger- ald arrived to-day from San Francisco. He says that he has n¢ desire to inter- fere, nor will he mix up in the Sena- torial fight. Major M. T. Owens arrived from Los Angeles and is listed at the Bulla head- quarters. EDITOR DE YOUNG WAS ILL WITH THE GRIP The report that at the time when. ac- cording to a doctor's certificate, Editor de Young was unable to go to Sacra- mento, there to testify before the investi- gating committee, he was well enough to indulge in golf, and did so, is indignantly denied both by himself and the doctor. Mr. de Young recently had a siege of grip, and has not recovered from the ef- fects of it. He is still being treated, and says that he did not dare to undergo a change of climate at this stage of con- valescence, particularly as so many simi- larly Invaiided who have neglected pre- cautions have suffered from relapses, in more than a few instances fatal. MSDONALE OF ¢ ALOAMEDR, "SURE\BOYS! (m GOING ToO SPEAK FOR TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES AGAINST WoRksg?® BiLw..