The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 14, 1899, Page 1

The all The Jews there number 1 total population | , out of ¢ | mostly They Jewish who were rers, numbered 5000. of desecrated aves and killed and cap- irge number. About 500 of the rioters were arrested after ] with hundreds and shops, conflicts several of whom, it is 1 furious eported, were stoned or beaten with heavily weighted slings. with which the rioters at- @ R R O e o STANDARD 0L DEPOT DESTROYED. gy Terrific Explosions Accom- pany a Conflagration at Fresno. Special Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, May 13.—The depot of th Standard Oil Company, near the n ern limits of the city, was destroyed by preceded by a terrific exy which shook the earth for a dist mile in every direction. Tt scattered sheets of flame ove surrounding tanks and buil almost instantly the whole depot, cov- € an acre of ground, was in flames. | Sheets of fire shot high into the air, jlluminating the entire city. Every few minutes explosions occurred which ard miles away. Huge pieces could be h of i the iron tanks were hurled a dis- ce of two blocks. The storage depot consisted of four kerosene tan ch containing 20,000 gallons of refined oil. In addition to hese there was 20,000-gallon tank of gs beside several smaller tanks containir 1 kinds of oil. The fire started in the corner of the depot where the oil was taken from the large tanks and placed in cases for retail use. | The company used a furnace in the | ine, depot, but Frank Hoppeck, the local | declares there had been mo | fire in the furnace for the last two | days. The employes of the company | are not permitted to carry matches when on the grounds, and the origin of | re is therefore a n | tanks T , and it Is Jonsible for tion | including buildings and oil, vill be $17,000. Two fine s were destroyed, and a small tenement house, occupied by a colored family, was burned MRS. OELRICHS’ VILLA COMPLETELY FENCED IN Idle Persons and Excursionists to Newport Prevented From Carry- ing Off Souvenirs. NEW YORK, 3.—A Newport spe- 1 to the Hel Mrs. Oelrichs ng her villa, which is in process of rection, completely fenced in, so as to, prevent idle persons and excursionists from going on her grounds and carrying | off as souvenirs of Newport tlleg and other valuable huilding materials lying | about for use in the house. Another high fence Is being built along the cliff walk to prevent incursions upon the cstate from that direction. ¥ | changes, | meister | port | the subject. done. These facts are boldly related | in the secret report which for the first time- finds publication. Soon after the present Railroad Commissioners were ected Blackstock w4 selected t make a report on the “grain rate cas pending in the Circuit Court. Black- stock was given until M h 13 to fin- ish his report, but he concluded his labors on March 3. He then sent cop- s of his report to William F. Herrin, Laumeister Railroad Commissioner and son. In a few days Commissioners Lau- meister, Blackstock and F n went to the home of Herrin upo: invitation. Blackstock's resolution was read and discussed. Little could be done that | evening,-as Commissioner Edfon re fused to submit to the suggestions of- | fered by Herrin. BEdson was invited to | no more wine suppers at the Herrin | home, but the other Commissioners | were, and night after night considered Blackstock’s report. Herrin made eliminated certain passages. troduced many of his own and prac- tically rewrote the document. This was done, as a matter of course, with the unqualified indorsement of Lau- and Blackstock While these meetings were in prog- ress Laumeister and Edson went to see | M. M. Estee, whose advice they sought | in reference to the grain rate was then that Laumeister t he would not submit to the sug- gestions of Blackstock. A month later the dishonest Commissioner submitted to the dictation of Herrin, which was immeasurably more humiliating and dishonest than were the suggestions of Blackstock, as a comparison between the secret report and the published document ghows. Time after time the Commi oners nt to the Herrin home to accept the nges which Herrin made in Black- stock's report. When the work was d the report, as Herrin wrote it, adopted, and out of the Herrin re- rt grew the scandalous appeal of the Commissioners to the Circuit Court to dismiss the “grain rate cases.” This cret report of Blac ther disgraceful episode in the cam- paign of the Southern Pacific Company to rob the people of the State through a venal Railrcad Commission. Th sion secret report written by Commis- Blackstock and the other report revised, enlarged, changed and prac- tically rewritten by William F. Herrin are almost identical in the opening pages. Blackstock’s report never saw 1 the light of public investigation. Her- rin's report was published and filed over the signature of Blackstock. A comparison between the two demon- strates beyond the slightest doubt how thoroughly the recreant Commission- ers submitted themselves to the will of the Southern Pacific Company. When Blackstock wrote his original ra. it was evident that he still re- tained a sense of truth and was able to present facts as they exist. The Commissioner reviewed the “grain case” in the Circuit Court ang honestly presented its status, with here and there an allusion to what the Southern Pacific Company thinks on If that part of the report, instead of Herrin's revision and ex. pansion, had been published Judge Morrow would not have received the insult dffered to him. In this part of the report Blackstock says: The court, after elaborate arguments by the Attorney General, associate coun- sel on behalf of the commission, and by counsel for the complaint, took the mat- ter of the temperary injunction under advisement, and on November 30, 189, the court delivered an elaborate opinion, cov- ering practically the entire case, and or- dered that the temporary injunction as to the § per cent grain rate should be continued, but refused to continue the in- junciion as to the 2 per cent horizontal rate and passenger rates, it having been made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that the board did not intend to proceed under the 25 per cent laws of the resolution’ without further investigation. 1 deem it to be my duty at this point to call your attention as briefly as possi- ble to some of the main issues pres@ited by the pleadings, issues which are of great importance to the Board of Rail ¢ disposed of, and is court. The fourteenth, ir w before the h bill rel 1 have been made to poli cal pledges by Commiss 1 prior to thelr electio: > finally disposed of hearing for tempora v rate to trouble the commission as sent constituted and the court William F. Herrin studied these opin- | ions very ecarefully. He decided that { under no condttion would they be per- mitted to become public. He therefore eliminated them from the secret report and supplied an argument of his own which is in the published report. rin substituted an elaborate special plea the-Southern Pacific Company. He deliberately misconstrued the de- ® e - e R o S AN .- B e e i and sixteenth averments in the | such issues are | Her- | 4 | tion whatever showing or tending to show thing, so much so that there 1s no allega- how far the S per cent grain rate reduc- | tion, standing alone, wouid have affected | the reverues of the company. There was | no effort, so far as complainant is con- cerned, to treat these resolutions asstand- ing separate from each other. The 8§ per cent grain rate reduction was simply treated as a part of the tion proposed by the entire resolution. Commission inform me that in their opin- ion the per cent horizontal reduction has been by the court finally disposed of, they also state that the complainant, Southern Pacific Company, does not at all admit that the 25 per cent horizontal cut has been disposed of, but it contends that, notwithstanding the court refused to con- | | 25 per cent reduc- | in passing upon these important proposi tions, held that the commission was stopped from raising them, because in its resolution it had recognized the s tem and undertook to fix the rate char which the Pacific Railroad should be per. mitted to enforce as a whole. It was fur- ther held by the court in this regard that while it was the duty of the commission to regulate and fix freights and fares, yet it had no jurisdiction to investigate ques- tions regarding the corporate powers of railroads and transportation companies or contracts made or entered into by them, for purposes of combination or oth- erwise. Thus it will be seen that the sole and | only issue remaining to be tried in the so-called grain case is as to whether or {tinue the temporary injunction as:to thasd notsthe rates proposed to be enforced are | portion of the resolution, yet the same Is {air, just and reasonable. 1if the case is ‘stlll before the court, and must be con- | tried it is the duty of the commission to A / HERRIN-—Well, Here’s to Collis ; the People Be D OO0+ 0404040400090 0080090000040+ 0900000900900040 000 g > DD DeHeDe Woren— d. B S R O B B 46060000060 ebedesstedeisiesisiededeisdeisbesbsdsdetodete cision of the Circuit Court and at one of the secret meetings at his home Blackstock and Laumeister accepted the substitution. Herrin's part is in the published report and is as follows: Tt appears from the arguments of coun- sel and the opinion of the court that the point was hotly contested as to whether or not the 2 per cent resolution was such a final determination of the board as would justify an injunction against its enforcement. Judge McKenna in his opinion seems in- clined to the view that the resolution, ac- cording to its terms, amounted to a final determination of the board to make a 25 per cent reduction in freight rates He say “The language of the resolution is positive as to the necessity of a reduc- tion and as to the amount.” But in view of the statement in the affidavits of Mr. La Rue and Mr. Stanton, that they did not intend the resolution as a final judgment of the board, and that they intended thereafter to make a more definite and particular investiga- tion before final action, Judge McKenna says: "I am disposed to accept this as true and sincere. Indeed, I do not know how not to do so, regarding them, as they must be regarded, as truthful; nor do I care to risk the slightest embarrassment road Commissioners as now constituted. | to them as officers in any proper investi- & | sidered and determined by the court on | final hearing. resolution amounts to nothing and is out of the case, and therefore the litigation must proceed as involving only the 8 per cent grain reduction, the question re- mains as to whether it is for the benefit or to the interest of the people of this State that this litigation should so pro- ceed. ? It may be well here to call attention as briefly as possible to some of the main is- sues presented in the pleadings, other than the direct issue as to the reason- ableness or unreasonableness of the 8 per cent grain rate reduction. In the secret report is the proof that the Railroad Commissioners know that they are, themselves, dishonest in ‘ask- ing Judge Morrow to dismiss the “grain case.” Before Herrin's wine touched the brain of Blackstock and the orig- inal report was yet untouched by Her- rin there was no secret of the fact that the Southern Pacific Company and not the Railroad Commission should ask Judge Morrow for a dismissal of the case. This part of the report. every word of which was eliminated by Wii- liam F. Herrin, is as follows: Another important matter decided by | | show that they are just, fair and reason- able, and, on the contrary, as a conclu- But if it is conceded that the 25 per cent | sion deduced from the averments of the complainant's bill, it is fair to conclude it will undertake to show that, consider- ing the cost of its property, the cost of maintenance, the money required to pay interest on its bonded debts, etc., the rates are unjust and unreasonable. If the court should determine that they are unjust and unreasonable, then the reso- lution would, in my opinion, simply be declared to be void and of no effect, and the commission, as a result, with refer- ence to the same, will be placed exactly in the same position that it was on the date of the adoption thereof, and that it would be its duty to proceed to make a schedule of rates placed upon the condi- tions above set forth which would be deemed by the courts to be just and rea- sonable. T am advised by the Attorney Generai and by counsel retained by the board that it will require enormous labor, a very wide range of investigation by expert wit- nesses and the expenditure of not jess than $30,000 to prepare this case for sub- mission by the respondents for decision to the Circuit Court; that it will take years to try it, one counsel stating that it will require possibly five or six years, and another one that it would not take less than four years to take the case to | credibly | the part of the commis; 8 per cent. The truth is, as I have been informed, that in the San Joa- quin Vallev in some instances grain rates | have been re_uced 50 per cent, and in all | parts of the valley an amount much in excess of 8 per cent. I am also credibly informed that in the Sacramento Valley | grain rates have been reduced voluntarily by the Southern Pacific Railroad Com- pany, in many instances to an amount equal to 33 1-3 per cent. So that you see that if these conditions exist and the: statements are true it would be folly on on to further con- tinue this litigation. I am advised by ex-Raflroad Commis: sioner La Rue, and also by one of the special counsel of the commission, that the Southern Pacific Company made an oral proposal to Mr. La Rue to compro- | The offer, as I under-| mise the case. stand it to have been, was that the South- | ern Pacific Company would dismiss its suit in the Circuit Court, on condition that the Railroad Commission would re- peal that part of the resolutions relat- ing to a 25 per cent reduction of all freight rates, it being understood that the com- pany would submit to the $ per cent r duction of grain rates as of the date of | the resolutions. The objection was made Frrt ettt irrtee by the commission, as 1 understand it, that the d proposal to compromise was | not in writing, and therefore, and for that reason only, no action was taken on sald offer of compromise. I understood | Mr. La Rue and the other members of | the board to say that had said offer been | in writing, they would have accepted | it and settled the case on the terms pro- | posed. The Southern Pacific Company has not | renewed sald oifcr to the present com- mission or any member thereof as rar as I am advised. Neither has the comm sion ever suggested to the Southern Pa- cific Company, or its counsel, that it was willing to compromise the case on the terms proposed to Mr. La Rue. Such a | settlement, as I view the case, since be- | coming familiar with it, and in view of | the changed conditions with relation to | grain rates as above set forth, would | not, in my opinion, be to the best inter- | ests of the grain rate payers in tuis| State. Wherefore, and as a conclusive, | final and effective solution of the whole | question, yrovided the same can be le- | gally done, it seems to me that the whole | resolution covering the § per cent grain rate reduction, as well as the 25 per cent gene1 .| horizontal cut, should be by the commission at once repealed and rescind- | ed, thus leaving the commission free to | adopt rates, based upon present condi- tions, and to adjust, if possible, the nu- merous complaints constantly coming be- fore the board of discriminations of freight and passenger charges. This is to my mind manifestly the only course to pursue so that the hands of the com- | mission may be untied, and it can for it- | self take the responsibility of putting into effect the constitutional and statu- tory provisions of the State, as Judge | McKenna has most clearly defined them to be. Respectfully submitted, N. BLACKSTOCK. It was not to be expected that \vu»} liam F. Herrin would permit such opin- | jons to go before the public. Although | Blackstock had proved himself sub- | servient to the Southern Pacific he had | in this original report, with a desire to | serve his railroad masters, unwittingly | presented their case in the very man- ner they did not wish. Blackstock is| anything but clever, and when the| foregoing part of his report was suh-i mitted to Herrin immediately there was | a slashing and cut of pages and a new | report. Herrin changed words, phrases, opinions. He eliminated that which he did not want and inserted what he | wished. He inserted the vitally impor- | tant proposition, which is palpably un- true, that the hands of the Railroad | Commissgion will be tied as long as the | grain case is in the Circuit Court. Herrin changed in this part of the £ report the whole aspect of the case. He | laid the foundation for the ridiculous proceedings taken before Judge Mor- row. With the craft of his trade he | expatiated on the expense and time which it would cost to continue the case in ccurt. He eliminated every fact | which even his Railroad Commissioner had been forced in common decency to admit. A comparison between what Blackstock originally wrote and what Herrin forced him to sign will show the Southern Pacific Company absclutely trapped in one of the most audacious pieces of villainy yet exposed. The published report, in its conclud- ing passages, which mean the revision of Herrin, reads as follows: 14 2 = YT AT ~ YOLUME LXXXV—NO.: 165. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MAY 14, 1899—THIRTY-TWO PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS. DO SWal fls T [ y { < I\ H | 4 - ° 3 : 1 ! T \ Js § ¥ B} - 4 1 RY i i ) l A e ?82‘88088038032082082682o3803905%03205205203&'032059058089oss0380390390386330820380320820&20&03‘.’03303'."280320’ 1 4 i SR R t ‘? I am advised by ex-Railroad Commissioner La Lue, and also by one of the special counssl_ of the "3 C . 0 l: | ec l'e eDOI' :;8 commission, that the Southern Pacific Company made an oral proposal t; Mr. La Rue to compromise the 2‘3 Onsplracy | 3 | + s 5 | = | g¢ case. The offer, as I understand it to have been, was that the Southern Pacific Company would dismiss its & . Measures Promulgated to Destroyed and suits in the Circuit Court on condition that the Rauroad Commission would repeal that part of the resolu- % the VenalCom- Prominent Men Sorrow at the Keep Them Out Of St | tions relating to a 25 per cent reduction of all freight rates, it being understood that the company would i % Fau Of America tO LBVel S | New One submit to the 8 per cent reduction of grain rates as of the da’z of the resolutions. The objection was made i.% m ission ls Ex_ 57 | a by the commission, as I understand it, that the said proposal to compromise was not in writing,and there- Js Of Mllltar 5 y » 3 Prop & 2 . | fore, and for that reason only, no action was taken on said offer to compromise. I understvod Mr. La Rue ¢ Rt Made and the other members of the board to say that had said offer been in writing they would have accepted it, & posed. s | and settled the case on the terms proposed. P ' T The Southern Pacific Company has not renewed said offer to the present commission or any ‘! T TNIC \T L Ji \ M % ~member thereof so far as I am advised. Neither has the commission ever suggested to the Southern Pa- % k b l M Al 5 i ol S s of the - |& cific Company, or its counsel, that it was willing to compromise the case on the terms proposed to Mr. La % |the Supreme Court of the United States, | HE secret caucus of the clan- | & 24 2 g P 2 £ % P! 0 | destine meetings of Railroad Rue. Such a settlement, as I view the case, since becoming familier with it, and in view of the changed where it would inevitably be taken shouldi ) Commissioners Blackstock and | conditions with relation to grain rates, as above set forth, would not, in my opinion, be to the best inter- ¢ | 'r'"r'x’;er"‘f;}:'?m‘"h‘f“l"“‘“nfl:}":;’;flhel o . S Laumeister and William F. |8 ests of the grain-rate payers in this State.—Excerpt from the secret report of Railroad Commissioner N. & |oras sheer. that s the s e : . oo ) —Ex s _ 58 . ords show, that up to the present time Serious Outbreaks af Nicolaieff, in Herrin = the latter's home are Blackstock, who permitted William F. Herrin to write another for the public. %] thira nas ‘Heen (etnendad: In tha trial ot It Is Not With Industrial Uncle Whi = > now public property. The re- 4 | this case more than $42,000, and that to i hich Laborers Commit Many creant Commissioners met with the | @%e% o202 %5+ % 05020502050 Re%eBeR+ %+ B+ L IRERIRIRoNR+ HeBLRE%e %+ 205+ 0250245 6%5+@ | conciude it and take it througn the courts | Sam She Seeks Alliance, but Outrages. head of the law department of the| mhe first twelve paragraphs of the com- | gation of the complainant or any of its | the Circuit Court. based upon numerous | Of,Jast resort will require a further ex-| With a New Power. | pendi £ 67,0 Southern Pacific Company to discuss | plainant's bill contain averments relat- | constituent roads, the results of which | decisions of the Supreme Conrt of the | " Sranin: e "o o e e with due| 3 report written by Blackstock on the | ing principally to the issues based upon |cannot be put in force, even if it was de- | United States, is that while the commis- it Ll g e e A S grain case” now pending in the United | the resolution reducing grain rates § per | sired to. except in a direct and open way, | sion has the constitutional and statutory quire at least the wmgmdpr' e o taka S tbariti > ik tates Circuit Court. There is on file | Cent. and also the 2 per cent general re- | and the detriment of which, If any, can | authority to regulate and to fix frelghts | {o bring it to & fnal couclucion wan Special Dispateh to The Call l ONDON, M 13.—The | in the office of the Raflroad Commis. | duction on fretght rates. Counsel for the | be arrested before it fall.” and fares, yet the same must be Just| then what would be the result so far as | e i Russian Gover: s de- | sion a published report over the signa- | (AI°4% Commission Inform me that In |y o iqon that out for the afdavits | 2nd Feasonable, and if not so, the ques- | we are concerned? It would be, if we won| NEW YORK, May 13—A cable to _ S = | their opinion the 25 per cent horizontal & | tion as to whether or not they are just as 5 | 7 Sfed = s Seacirec | ture of N. Blackstock. This report w rate has been by the court finally dis-|Of Messrs. Larue and Stanton the 2 per | /4 15 '8 B0 ety oy the case, to have the court declare that | the World from London s Andrew cided upon exceptional MEASUTES | 4t written by Blackstock, but by Wil- | posed of. but counsel als statos that the | cent resolution. was not final so far “s‘gfr“;vr‘;\};«:‘(’l]‘;’u:‘omr::‘:;ir(‘ifx:‘(:r:{r:pf:.::ju(:-]ns-(. an § per cent reduction on grain was just, | Carnegie gave the following signed the Jews, doubtless Ow-|liam F. Herrin. The report which |complainant, the Southern Pacific Com- | thelr action was concerned, the court | qirBFIREC BY © COUTE Of competent JTis- | fair and reasonable and that the schedule | statement to the World to-day on im- J 3 Blackstock Wwrote was submitted to | pany. does not at all admit that the 25 | Would have regarded the resolution ac-| f » L the | Made in pursuance thereof should be en- | perialism and the political outlook of i AZAINSt | o in, changed, revised, emasculated | Per cent horizontal cut has been disposed | COTdIng to its terms. as amounting to | ;:;Irn:lll;:rl{m(])(lzs'xn:(:\m;fi‘i‘:;\ l:‘?zti:k{d T\' foReeq 2= 9t ithe.date bf fts:service upon | the Tnited’ States: 1 n yarts of | and pre ! b of; but it contends tha rithstand | final action, and would have oined the | 7 2 2 At Y | the Southern Pacific Company, which many parts ol | and practically destroyed. It was never | { "ut It contends th 'l‘”;‘(’;fi‘":.l”‘(“h"'"’“;g | enforcement of the 5 per cont resolution | the Legislature shall have justly and | would run back to a period or seven | It gives me pleasure to oblige the World 1t time The filed and never will be, although its - ary injunction as to that “mm“ of | as well as the 8 per cent grain rate reduc- | sonably regulated and fixed !renzht-*. ars prior to the date of judgment. by a statement of the position in which e lient features are presented this morn- | the resolution, vet the same is &l before | tlon. If the board did not intend that this | A9 e o ayommon carrlers, the ame| In view of these undoubted conditions | 1 find the Imperialistic question here. = Measure Was | ing. The original report contains some court and must be considered by the |2 per cent resolution should express their | s SResinediby the LD ,‘, xisting at this date, and to inevitably | A T have seen many of the promi- + Sat when the | startling secret history in reference to | court on final hearing. 1 am, however, | deliberate judgment to reduce freight | o" the contrary, e e fIxed 0¥ the | result in the future, is it our duty, repre-| 4 nent public men now In London, 4 s "~ |the Southern Pacific Company. It |©of the decided opinion that unless the |Tates generally, according to its terms, it | Legislature or a commission unreasona-| senting the State and exercising a sound |+ Wwho T know have been friends of 4 reign—Jews | snowe ootielios toar ate SlBosvd of Hatiroad Chraniisloae in o i; unfortunate that the resolution was | Dl (.r:z‘ieun;:;‘s( anlr;l‘ mnfisv::mr,\_v“xnd‘é;m;;: discretion as the agents of the State, to | 4 the American republic when it has + i85 S R o oo PANTORY ] cuance of said resolution, should issue a | €ver adopted by the cummission, for it is | acter, en e court wi 2 make this extraordinary expenditure | ¢ needed frienc From the highest 4 n Petersburg. | was eager for the opportunity to com- dule of iates in accordance with said | evident that this .itigation has grown } them to be void and of no effect. .| without any compensatory result, which |4 to the low: without exception, + nntion e be Sde | LY ILEE the “grain rate cas 10 £0 | recolution and serve it upon the South- | largely, if not almost entirely, out of the | The respondent, the Railroad Commis- | undoubtedly, in my opinion, would be the | 4 they have met me with expressions < xemption will be mMade | horore Judge Morrow and ask a dismis- | ern Pacific. and attempt to enforce the | 25 per cent resolution: in other words, but | Sioners, ir its answer to complainant’s | case? 4 of deep regret that the republic 4 eve 1 the case of French Jews. sal. The Southern Pacific Company it has been finally determined | for the adoption of che 25 per cent resolu- | Pill, in addition to denying all the allega- | | believe that I am justified in calling |+ founded by Washington and his 4 ; 4 o g hed to submit to the § per cent r as the Circuit Court is concerned, | tion, there would in ail probability have | tions thereof, raised a number of impor-| your attention to the fact that it is com- | 4 colleagues upon plans so much + ¢ been serious out- concind | seq v the same is not now a [been no suit to enjoin the enforcement | tant affirmative defenses, among which | mon report and undoubtedly the fact that | + higher than any other state should 4 m would rescind | i 2 br inst the Jews at Nico- | the general 25 per cent reduction | to trouble the commission. of the 8 per cent grain rate reduction, be- | Was the.alleged unlawful ~~mbination of | in nearly all the great grain raising sec- | 4 have fallen to the level of the mili- 4 = : g Sk The o H it Wt The thirteenth paragraph of complain- | cause it is apparent from the bill in equity | the so-called Pacific system and the ille- | tions of the State of California grain |+ tary states of Europe. + connectio \ the © company was willing to do what | ,ny's pill relates to alleged oral threats by | filed in this case that the complainant | gality of the leases made by the constit- | rates have been reduced since the adop-| 8 s 3 /i i nnection with D | p-| Some of these men stood with Bright i ., | it knew honest men would not do but | the commi to reduce the rates of | treated the § per cent grain rate reduction | Uent railroads composing said system | tion of the resolution in question to an |in his campaten againet the i ) stivities of the (Greek | which subservient Commissioners have This issue was also, in | and the 25 per c resolution as one made to the Southern cific. The court, | amount far exceeding a horizontal cut of party here that longed to strike us down. I repeat that without exception these men lament the lapse from true Americanism to this miserable imperialism. T have met men of the other class who struck us when the republic was down. Let me give them credit for the change in their feelings toward America. I know them now to be the foremost advocates of the race alliance, but T also know that If T were a British statesman there is no price T would not pay for alliance with America—no price too high for securing her entrance into the troubled waters of | the fa t, because the true desire of English-speaking men is that we should | stand together as against men not of our | race. Y % Nature made blood thicker than water, and an alliance with the re- public is now the keynote of the British policy, and wisely so, but not an alliance with our present in- dustrial republic. Our present War Lord only makes himself ridiculous in the eyes of these statesmen, with three battleships at his back, and only 40.000 soldiers, strutting like a peacock, as vain and just as harmless. No: it is not the present industrial republic that England wishes to have as her ally; it is the republic that England sees America must become if she does not soon reverse her policy in regard to the Philippines. We must have a tremendous na huge standing army. for Britain judges truly that into whatever enterprise the republic goes she will not be content very long to play second fiddle. She is now only the catspaw of England. She could not maintain her position for a day in Manila if England withdrew her august protection. This is a humiliating position. Tt makes my blood boil as T speak of the recreant President who is the sole cause of it. He it was who changed his mind and de- manded the Philippines against the ad- vice and wishes of most of his colleagues. WIll the President permit the sacrifice of R R T TPy | the lives of our soldiers much longer in a futile attempt to conquer 1200 islands that would not stay conquered if beaten? Such is the position as viewed from London. You ask my personal views of the future. I answer President McKin- ley will not be allowed by the man- agers of the Republican party to continue his folly—his ecrime. I believe he has already been in- formed by those whose voice he cannot disregard that he must stop and return to American traditions. The country has no stomach for victories over people fighting for the right of self-government. Reading between the lines it is seen that he is now veering around. Had he authorized or directed Otis to grant Agui- naldo the conference the latter asked be- fore the war broke out all that has hap- pened since would have been unneces- gary. To-day we see his commission tak- ing every means in its power to get a conference with Aguinaldo. More, they are not standing on forms. General Otis, it is reported to-day, cables that he still wants to push on military operations, to which President Schurman objects. The contrast between Otis and Dewey is sig- nificant. Dewey always reports only what he has done. Otis has misled the coun- try several times about what he is going to do. His plan of campaign is given out with a great flourish of trumpets. He was going to corral the enemy. So far he has been a complete faflurs He won skir- mishes, as everybody expected, but lost the campaign. The suppiession of news from Manila which our Republican President enforces would not be tolerated by the monarchi- cal Britons. One suppressed cable from Manila comes via Hongkong to-day tell- ing us the Nebraska regiment is reduced to 300 men, with 160 on the sick li The season approaches when milita tions must_cease, and the Pres doubt stands aghast at the gra tion. He is now reported going to call an extra session of “ongress in a vain ef- fort to retrieve himself of responsibility. My forecast is that the President will et out of the Philippines and return to American principles, obtaining a shadowy protectorate of some form that will “save his face,” and that he will then be able to appear before the Republican convention having the Philippine ques- tion settled, having given them the same promise of independence he gave Cuba. _Our arty will then carry the Presidential election. It he approached the country with the war in the Philippines unsettied, and the convention were free, it is impossible that he would get even the nomination. The weight would be too great to carry. The nomination. however, he has prob- ably already secured. But the election would then be another story. If the Democratic party were to drop free silver and come out under the leadership of the World for Americanism—presenting to the people a clean-cut issue between the principles of Washington and those of McKinley—there would be no doubt of the result. Our party would be beaten and deserve to be. D R 4444444444+ into Another important matter decided by Continued on Second Page.: B There; ymé have tebmplted » me —a dangerous_business. DEe ENDREW R