The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 27, 1902, Page 29

F LYY Y | ' % e : : E Pages 20 (040 P el RS aaaasscda s o st s s e g 040 Q@rrrtitees® SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1902 BEEF TRUST IS BACKING THE CATTLE BARONS IN EFFORTS TO SECURE CHEAP CONTROL OF WESTE NOTED MEN PAY TRIBUTE - IN ELOQUENT SPEECHES TO MEMOR Champ Clark Makes a Remarkable . Speech. Gives Interesting-Fig- ureson the Civil War. l !@, | ) f <HAMP CTLARK { Y OF GENERA Secretary Shaw the Chief Orator at Pittsburg. Sees a Great Future for Our Merchant Marine. teresting to note that the most pronounced disciples of State soverelgnty complain not.of this actlon and utter no other criticism than that it should have been commenced earlier, Note the demand for national regulation of raflways, of express companies, of telegraph companies, of insurance and of trusts. Note the demand for uniformity in labor laws, di- interest and taxation laws. The trend of events and the trend of thought seem to be still toward a greater and more cen- tralized government. As after the Civil War the nation entered upon an extensive policy of international im- provements, subsidizing so long as necessary transcontinental lines of rallway and perma- rently continuing the subsidizing of rivers and harbors, so after this later war we appear to vorce la: — - EW YORK, April 2.—The anniversar of General Grant’s Db v was cele- brated to the mem- of the Assocla- tion with a Astoria Champ Clark, of New York, Gen- ajor Gene O. Howard, hur, Colonel James R. Wil- gon, Governor Taft of the Philippine Isl- | ends, Cornellus N. Bliss and Senator M A. Hanns Toasts were responded to as follows “Grant,” R. Wilson; “Victory,” Senator Burrows: he Border States During the Civil War,” Champ Clark, and “Let Us Have Peace,” General Hubbard. Toastmaster Dodge read a letter writ- ten in behalf of Mrs. Grant, in which she regretted her inability to. be present. toast to the President.was then proposed Congressman Clark said in part: CHAMP CLARK’S SPEECH. y y visacres who 1t is generslly assumed by the w write the histories that in the border Etates th old, wealthy, prominent slave-holding famile: i adhered to the Confederacy, and that’only the poor, the obscure native and the immigrants from the North stood by the old flag. This i a merious mistake. The great historic dominant family connect aivided. Prominent people wore the Confederate gray. Others just prominent wore the Union blue. He enumerated the family divisions on e of the Breckinridges, Han- vs and Crittendens, told of the for the Union of John Marshall Lovell H. Rousseau and Benja- istow and continued: It §s safe to say that had mone of the great 1 ers—stood for as families—none of the slave-hold » n, Kentucky, Missouri and Maryland liad gone with ave seceded unanimot: ‘onfederacy would dence. This bring this speech—the mal k without anger + Justice should tory, though the heavens v Population 'con- sidered, Kentucky ssouri sent more sol- diers to the Civil W other State and recetved less Gid soldlers t the Kentucky soldfers cimens of physical man- e F al_armies; and who Jefterson D P sself a renowned sol- Gier. reviewed the ar Corinth, he decjared Cockrell's Missour] B 0 be ghe most ag- nificent soldiers his trained mfiltary eye had ever gazed upon. It ix said_that figures will not Ve, and here they he Unioh armies Missou tributed 109 soid Kentucks, A Maryland, 4 Tennegsee, 31,002, and West Virgint & Er total - of GO, ppome that G H omas had ome with his State, 85 all his brothers in armp from Virginia did, and that when Pickett madk i spectncular charge st Gettysburg Thomas had, in the nick of time, veinforced him with the 204,660 veteran Keptuckiane, Missourians, Marylanders. West and Tennessee- ane then fishting in armies, can any puman being fafl to nd what would Bave been the ress The speaker expressed the conviction Al | of | MISSOURI STATESMAN . WHO SPOKE INTERESTINGLY AT | GRANT DINNER, NEW YORK. v that the declaration of Lincoln in his first inaugural address that he had no inten- tion to interfere with slavery States where it already existed held the berder States faithful to the Union. The | speaker concluded his address by relating # number of instances of daring, heroism and cruelty in the border States. AMERICUS CLUB DINNER. PITTSBURG, April 26.—The sixteenth annual dinner of the Americus Republi- can Club of this city, in commemoration of the birthday of General U. 8. Graxt, was held at the Hotel Henry, and because of the many bright oratorical stars pres- ent was one of the most brilliant of the many banquets given by this well-known organization. P. C. Knox, Attorney Gen- eral of the United States, officlated as toastmaster, and among those seated about him were L. M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury; H. C. Payne, Postmaster General; Congressman Charles E. Little- | field of Maine and John P. Elkin, Attor- ney General of Pennsylvania. Knox, after thanking the members of the club and their guests for their cordial reception, said he was the bearer of a message from President Roosevelt regret- ting his inability. to be present. At the toastmaster’s suggestion a standing toast was drunk to the health of the President of the United States, which was followed by a silent toast to the great general in { commemoration of whose birth the cele- bration was held. Congressman Littlefield responded o the toast “Grant.” Littlefield’s .eulogy | was received with rapt attention, and at its conclusion Knox introduced L. M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury, whose response to the toast “The Government | Evolution” was greeted with applause. GOVERNMENT EVOLUTION. Secretary Shaw traced the development the country from colonial days down to the present.time, to show, as he said, | that *the trend of thought has been ever | towvard a central government.” He con- tinued: : There is now pending in’ the United States a | suit begun by a representative of the executive | department of this country 1o enjoin @ gréat | corperation, organizéd under the laws’of a | certain State, from owning. holding and vot- ing the capital stock and controlling the policy of certaln transportation companies in a tant portion of the country. Without expres ing an opinion as to probable results, it is in- in the | — be entering upon an equally progressive policy of external imorovement. Not as the crow fiies, but as ships sail, it erpool_to San Francisco, from New York to the sa &outhern extremity. t two ships of equal speed from Livernool going to our Pacific Coast, one through the Suez Canal and the other’ by Cape Horn, and two vessels of the same eoeed from New York, one soing west- ward and the other eastward, amM both Eng- lish vessels will reach their destination be- fore either of ours. Cut the isthmian canal and it is nearer from New York to Hongkons, via Nicaragua, than from Liverpool to the same noint via the Suez. Gentlemen, we have the largest merchant ne port, via the same 1) | fleet ever kissed by ocean breezes and these car- e | riers of international commerce must be bullt | of American material, in American yards, by Amerlcan labor. They are to be manned by fired by American coal, or more probably oil, and they are to float the Stars and_Stripes. Whether'.this will be ac- complished through direct aid or by American patriotism and by American energy, 1 cannot eay. Whether this consummation shall be con- tributed to by statesmen or achleved by finan- clers is immaterial compared with the impor- tance of the thing ftself. American wealth, American energy, plus Hawail, which is ours; plus the Philippine Islands, which are ours: plus the fsthmian canal, which we will surely construct; plus a merchant marine, which we will surely build, will transfer the sovereignty of the Pacific Ocean from the Union Jack to the Stars and Stripes. % It was nearly midnight when H. C. Payne, Postmaster General, arose speak on “The Men of Our Times. time having approached so closely to Sunday, Mr. Payne made appropriate excuses, and after singing ‘“America” the banqueters: adjourned. CELEBRATED AT GALENA. GALENA, TIL, April 2.—The eightieth anniversary of the birthday of General Grant was celebrated in this city to-day under the auspices of the Grant Birthday Association of Galena, This marked the terth observance of the day. The orator of the day at the first celebration in 1893 was Willlam McKinley, followed in suc- ceeding years by orators of national rep- utation, including Luther Laflin Mills of Chijcago, Thedore Roosevelt, Charles Em- ory Smith and others. The speaker of the day was Hon. Wil- liam J. Calhoun, who arrived from Chi- cago shortly after noon, accompanied by many distinguished visitors, who Jjoined with thousands from this and adjoining counties In_the celebration with marked enthusiasm. Special trains were run from varjous points, bringing in numerous vis- itors to swell the throng. The commemorative exercises were held in Turner Hall and Mr. Calhoun’s address was warmly received. —_— Irving’s Faust a Big Success. LONDON, April 26—Sir Henry Irving's revival of “Faust” at the Lyceum The- ater to-night attracted an unusual over- flowing audience of _distingulshed per. sons. United States Embassador Choate occupied a box and the usual first-night- ers were scattered about the house. The chief event of the evening centered in the debut of Cecilia Loftus in the character of Marguerite, created by Ellen Terry. The effort of Miss Loftus was most suc- cessful. American_sailors, —_—— Spectal excursion to Santa Cruz Moun- tains Saturday, May 3. Round trip, §1 2. o CHAFFEE MAY GET . L GRANT|, CENSURE Held Responsible for Cruelty in the Philippines. Ueneral Smith’s Bold Defense Arouses President. Futurée Warfare Must Be Conducted More Humanel ; Special Dispatch to The Call, CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, ir. W., WASHINGTON, April 26.—General Chaffee, commanding the military divi- sion of the Philippines, will be made re sponsible for the character of the wa fare conducted on the island of Samar as a result of the frank and sensational line of the defense adopted by Brigadier Gen- eral Jacob H. Smith. This is the conclusion of army officers in Washington, who read to-day the ad- mission by counsel for General Smith that that officer did give orders to “kiil and burn and make Samar a howling wai- derness,” and did specify thatcall males over 10 years of-age should be shot. It is learned that it was because of the possibility that responsibility for General Smith’s orders would be #inally placed at the door of Major General’Chaffee that the President decided-to take the matter out of the hands of the commanding gen- eral in the Philippines and himself order the court which is now trying General Smith. p The effect of the organization of the court by the President will be to make President Roosevelt instead of General Chaffee the reviewing authority. That means that the President will finally de- termine the propriety of General Chaf- fec’s action and the advisability of his re- tention in the: Philippines. Because of the far-reaching effect of General considerable perturbation was displayed at the War Department to-day. Since the publication of the detalls in connection with the methods of warfare observed in the Philippines there has been a disposi- tion -manifested to minimize the jmport- ance of the revelations; . It is admitted that the first ‘mis- take, from an army’ pomt of view; was made when General Chaffee ordered the | court-martial of Major Waller of the United States marine corps. This brought to the notice of the public the fact that the war in Samar had not been conducted in accordance with a humanitarian policy. One army officer, who for obvious reasons would not permit himself to be quoted, predicted that General Smith would be whitewashed. That an acquittal is ex- pected by the department is shown by the statement that there is nothing in the ad- missions _of General Smith's counsel to lay the Officer open to censure. It was pointed out that the court which is trying General Smith is composed of officers who have issued or obeyed the very kind of orders which the accused published and enforced. The department insists that ‘“war is hell” and that the quickest way to bring it to an end is to make the enemy as uncomfortable and sick of hostilities as possible. That General Smith’'s policy accom- plished these results, it is stated, is shown by conditions in Samar, where the insur- rectos have practically all surrendered and where a condition of comparative peace prevails. Though the War Department may at- tempt to condone General Smith's policy the same lenfent view is not taken at the White House. The President believes that the war should be prosecuted with the utmost vigor, but within the bounds of humanity. CRITICIZES ADMINISTRATION. WASHINGTON, April 26.—Carmack of Tennessee In the Senate to-day completed the speech on the Philippine government bill, which he began yesterday. He con- tinued his exceedingly caustic criticism of the administration’s policy and the ul- timate end to which it would lead, con- cluding by expressing the hope that the administration would turn from ‘“the bloody gospel of the strenuous life” to the paths of peace. » By the terms of the pending bill, he said, the islands were for the Filipinos as the pasture was for the sheep—they lived and browsed there in order to raise wool for others to wear and mutton for others to eat. “If the carpet-bag government you pro- pose to establish in the Philippines,” he cried, “is not a thousand times better than that which you established in your own country after the Civil War, Lord God have mercy upon the people of those islands.” Carmack referred to the cable reports from Manila that General Smith had acknowledged he had given orders to make Samar a howling wilderness and to kill all over 10 years as horrible beyond the description of words. The programme, he sald, was to practice unheard of bar- barities in the slaughter of the inhabi- tants and to have the torch complete the werk of slaughter. “When the land is without a home and the country without a people the word “pacified’ Awill be written upon the tomb- stone of the province of Samar.” From the very outbreak of hostilities in the Philippines, he declared, there has been a systematic concealment of ‘the | truth, which is now coming out. ‘The clvil government established by this bill, he predicted, would result in ever-recurring insurrections to be put down by our blood and treasure. What for? In/order that a few rapscallions and carpet-baggers might have unlimited license. to thieve and plunder. In the course of his remarks he ealled attention to a report that an Ameriean corporation which purposed to raise rub- ber trees in Mindanao had arranged with the, dattos for slave labor and he had read an amendment which he proposed- to offer prohibiting-the grant of any fran- chise to persons or corporations which proposed to employ slave labor. He asked Loége if the amendment would be agree- | able to him. i “I cannot speak for the committee,” re. plied Lodge. “For myself. it is perfectly Smith's admissfons yesterday,{ Delegation Is at Work Lobbying to Pass the Bill. Land Commissioner " Enters Protest Against the Scheme. RN GRAZI - o Iy 4 NS ,—-\fi\% 9 \P U 3 DN IS N\ wihy, o NG CHARIES W APOU LANDS Plans to Prosecute the Ringleaders in Great Deal. Much Care Is Taken in Preparing the Actions at Chicago. anoietd s, i & ALL BUREAU, 406 G STREET, N. W., WASHING- TON, April 26.—It is certain Ythe beef trust is backing the cattle barons in. an -effort to obtain from Congress a law . 4 MEMBERS OF THREE OF THE BIG PACKING FIRMS OF CHICAGO WHO ARE ACCUSED OF HAVING VIO- LATED THE ANTI-TRUST LAW IN ENTERING A COMBINATION TO INCREASE AND KEEP UP THE PRICE OF BEEF AND OTHER LEADING MEATS. | xS this bill be returned to the honorable body whence it came and that it be re- ported adversely.” . BOOSTS “BIG FOUR.” The beef trust is oppesing the national irrigation bill because the passage of this bill would mean the breaking up of the providing for the leasing of | great cattle ranges. One of the cattle- public lands in Western States. This bill proposes that a big list of stockmen and speculators shall have the privilege of leasing all of the public ‘grazing lands for' the nominal sum of 2 cents an acre for a period of ten years, with the privi- lege of a renewal of the lease. A delega- tion of range men from Ne, raska arrived in this city yesterday to urge its passage. Last week the Commissioner of the; men now in Washington working in the interests of the leasing bill and against the irrigation bill said to-day: ‘‘Beef is high, thanks be to Providence, and stock men want to see it stay that way. Everybody in Moptana is glad to see them make money for the salvation of the West. Long live the ‘Big Four.” " In supporting the claims of the beef barons to the free grass of the West the General Land Office, Binger He,mam‘[ beef trust.is fighting a vast army of appeared before the House Commiitee on Public Lands and told them that the leas- ing bill favored by the cattle barons was ridiculous, indefensible, unjust and. a huge graft. He concluded his testimony by saying: “I am confident that this bill, if enacted into law, will work incalculable injury to a majority of the people of the Western States, will retard development of public domain and will impose additional priva- tions upon hardy ploneers, will compel the small stock-owner and settler to pay tribute and rental to syndicate owners or drive them from the open’ field, will encourage great landed monopolies upon vacant domain, which should be free to all, and will engender a feeling of hostil- ity and Inequality among those who should be friends and equals. With this conviction I earnestly recommend that hemeseekers and the general development of the country. In the settlement of pub- lic lands lies the only hope of a greater beef supply and cheaper meat. AGAINST BEEF TRUST. CHICAGO, April 26.—William A. Day, assistant to Attorney General Knox and special counsel to the Interstate Com- merce Commission, arrived in Chicago to- day to confer with District Attorney S. H. Bethea relative to taking action against the beef trust. Day said he did not bring with him the appiication for an injunction which the Attorney General has ordered flled against the firms of Armour.& Co., Swift & Co., Nel- Packing Company, the Cudahy Packing Company and the Schwarzschild & Sulz- berger Company. The investigation, he sald, had been placed entirely In the packing | | hands of District Attorney Bethea. “I want to correct,” satd Day, “a mis- conception of my position in this case. I am here merely as the representative of Attorney General Knox. District Attor- ney Bethea is to have sole charge of the prosecution. I have not authority to di- rect his actions, but merely to convey to him certain instructions of his superiors in Washington, as to the outline of the bills. I also have brought some additional evidence, which I secured in New York. This will be sifted by him and will be d to supplement his proof of the ex- istence of a meat trust. GREAT CARE’' TAKEN. “I do not think the bills will be drawn hurriedly, for they must stand the severest scrutiny of some of the best corporation lawyers. For this reason care must be taken to withstand the assaults of a de- murrer. I have no authority to say any- thing concerning the evidence I have se- cured. It is sufficient to state that the Attorney General has approved of the proofs secured by Mr. Bethea and my. self, and unless he was certain that wd had strong evidence to support the ap- plications for injunction under the Sher- man anti-trust law he would not have ordered the prosecution started at this time.” As soon as the bills are ready for flling notice will be sent to the defendants. ; Thirty days will be allowed to file answers son, Morris & Co., the G. H. Hammond | or demurrers. It Is stated authoritatively that the center of the Government's ac- j tion against the packers will be Chicago, and if any bills are to be flled at New York it will be later. a2 2 e e e B R S R R S SRR L agreeable to me.” Carmack also gave notice of another amendment he would offer to prohibit the entry of the Philippines, as stated, inlo the Union, and asked Lodge’'s opinion, but the latter declined to reply categori- cally, saying he would answer In his own time and in his own way. Dolliver of Towa asked Carmack to de- fine his own ‘position, having first in- veighed against holding the islands in “iperpetual - despotism,” - and ' being now solicitous lest they be admitted as States. Carmack responded that his own posi- | tion was clear.. While the carpet-baggers and adventurers were plundering and get- ting' control of the islands, he 'sald, the Government provided in this bill would be just what they whnted. When they had everything ‘they wanted . .he sald they would clamor.for American markets and American 'statehood. . CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, April %6.—It is be- cause of the grave consequences certain to ensue that the administration is em- barking“with such great reluctance upon war with the Moros of the island of Min- danao. Half a million in numbers, noted for their bravery and ferocity and im- bued with the fanaticism and fatalism of the Mohammedan, this people will be a foe, it is sald, should war ensue, that will prove more, difficult to conquer than the natives of Luzon and Samar. Under the policy adopted by the late President McKinley the American author- ities in the Philippines acted in a most conciliatory manner toward the Moros. This policy was fruitful of peace until recently, when Major General Chaffee re- ported to the War Department that the Moros had murdered several American soldiers. Demands for the surrender of the murderers were met by a refusal from dattos or chiefs. In the hope of effecting a settlement General Chaffee himself visited Mindanao, but the dattos declined to meet him. Reports received by the War Depart- ment regarding the armamentsof the Moros are conflicting. Some officers have declared that the people are provided with a large number of guns and consid- erable ammunition and others say they have few rifles. All agree, however, that they have plenty of bolos, made of steel brought from Borneo. Major O. J. Sweet, commanding the Twenty-third Infantry, informed the Mili- tary Governor of the Philippine Islands that Krag rifles in the hands of the Moros on the island of Jolo. And investigation showed that they were all of a model later than any in the hands of the Twenty-third Infantry, and that they were all bought in Mindanao and brought | to Tolo. There are four that I know of and they will all be recovered.” Major Sweet subsequently estMhated that there were 7000 guns in_the island of Jolo alone. The Moros of Mindanao are belleved to be equally well supplied. The Moros are fortunately divided into four different tribes, speaking different dia- lects, and it may be possible to prevent their co-operation. All, however, profess the Mohammedan religion, and this may induce them to act together against “it was reported that there were | { Christian invader. The Koran requires the conversion of the Christian, or, in the event of fallure, his execution. Major General Chaffee, in his report to the War Department, said that he belleved a large majority of the dattos were friendly. The troops, however, will enter the juris- diction of the most powerful datto of Mindanao, 2 man known as Plang. _ Captain Hagadorn, who has visited the lake region, describes the eountry as be- ing exceedingly rich, populous and well cultivated. Some gunboats were taken up and sunk in the lake by the Spaniards. The soldiers have had no trouble witn the natives, but there would be trouble if whites entered the country in any come siderable number, especlally with the Lake Moros. a The- Sultan of Mindanao is one Man- gigin, but all the Mores do not acknowl- edge his sovereignty. The Philippine commission which visited Mindanao in- terrogated a datto named Mandi, pro- fessedly friendly to Americans, in regard to-the Lake Moros. He said the Lake Lanao region was thickiy settled and comparatively well cultivated. In 1396 the Spaniards attempted to invade this ter- ritory. An expedition went from Iligan to Lanao. A railroad was built from Iligan to the lake and three smali gun- boats were transferred to the inland bedy of water. At that time the Moros were indifferently armed, but they fought vig- orously, firing stones as projectiles. The Spaniards killed only a few Moros, while themselves sustaining a aumber of cas- alties. They falled In their efforts to sub- due the natives.