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© THE SAN FRAXNCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1903. SOUTHERRER INSULTS THE PRESIDENT —nn Senator Money of Mis- sissippi Uses Bitter Words. Says That Mr. Roosevelt Represents Only the “Black Belt.” Denounces the Policy of the Admin- ion in the Matter of the Indiancla Postof- losing the Money »f his remarks that explain- if h times F ola. had heen sent he declared, was erference with the ntended to punish the n in his opinion the had gone far enough. The de- had shown to the world its au- nd nobedy had disputed it. He at the Postmaster General uld 10 heal the breach bborn and vindictive. as wmpade the people n,” he said. HE PRESIDENT. remarks to President that in the South it was + Mr. Roosevelt, when he suc- McKinley, would make an instead of a sectional Presiden:. e administ INSULTS T o sal a ge had me over its dream. s not 0 much an American Presi « =aid Mon *as he is the President « black 1t and he added with appointments ¢ had given such made by this ad- been raised the mlity of the negro, ] here never @guld possibly be any = ality bet! the two races ere is a race prefdice in the South,” and 1 thank God that there is.”" e against the negro, he as- local, but was prompted world-wide sentiment. A r. he said that these was n nts had revived the race while the people of the [ »fore tolerated negro ¢ they did iment of the wilderness and not for the r the white man QUESTIONED BY FORAKER. Foraker asked M if his objection o scople holding office extended f all kinds, and also whether 1l nlistment of col- army to defend the flag The reply was that bjection to colored but he de- better if no. col- v official position what- from t but f conquere ns, army, itizenize the negro as ed Foraker, “and if go taken into account in fig- tion in Congress?"” s another question,” said Money. participation of the negro in the of governmer he thought, was demand of the South,” inquired ner tes shall in mo case appoint a colored « n the South?’ that no demand was the feeling in the South DR. PIERCE'S REMEDIES. IT MUST COME. As inevitable as the changing seasons of the vear is the ch which comes to every woman. And just as one antici- pates the changes of other seasous it is wise to anticipate this change of sea- son and prepare for it. In this way the discomforts and disasters suffered ‘many women at the period of change can be avoid or over- come. Dr. Pierce's Fa- wvorite Prescri; b a medicine for every season of woman's life, will entirely meet the nmdlayl women at this per‘iod of i L, t cures and relieves the mental anxiety and % # depression usuail tranquilizes the merves, encoura, the appetite and induces refreshing my , Coffee Co., saved | At this point continues stationary, al- the people of In-| hat the President of the United | THAVELERS | { IMPHISUN[[I 'Head of United Railroads in This City Will Probably Ask for Still More Time to Consider the Demands Made by Employes. Executive Committee to Immediately Consider the Reply e BY FLOODS | i | | |Trains Blocked Near Memphis by Sub- f merged Tracks. | River Rises Rapidly and the Breaking .of Levee Does Great Damage. PR SE S Relief Expedition Preparing to Go to the Rescue of People of | Tennessee and Arkansas Villages. —y. - IMPHIS, Tenn., March 15.—The flood n to-night shows a number of new R developments and there is arcely a ray of hope for improved cen- ditions except in the fact that tributaries of the Mississippi to the north of Mem- phis are reported to be falling. One of the most serious developments of the last twenty-four hours is the washing out of | all lines of rafiroad entering the city | from the west and the complete tying up | of the railroad traffic through the Mem- | phis gateway to that section. There have been mo trains into or out of ‘the city | over the Memphis bridge and there is ev- ery indication that traffic cannot be re- sumed until the flood has subsided to a large degree. | So suddenly did the rise come in the| section of Afrkansas across the river from Memphis after the Si. Francis levee broke es Landing that two passenger trains were caught between washed\ out points and are now surrounded by water on blind tracks in the overflowed territors about three miles west of Bridge Junc- tion, Ark. Aboard each of these trains were about seventy-five passengers and the crew, and to-night over 100 of these persons remain on the trains with no pros- pe. being taken off until to-morrow or later. However, they are not consider- ed to be in any danger and those who have returned from the surrounded trains report that the passengers are being well cared for by the railroad company. PASS NIGHT IN COACHES. | The breaks occurred shortly after 9 sJock last night, just after the west-| bound trains on the Cotton Belt and Friseo had left Memphis. The Cotton Belt train left at 9 o'clock and had proceed- ed but a few miles when it encountered tion of flooded track. In attempting cross the rails spread and the engine | was partly derailed, preventing the train | from moving in either direction. While i s condition the Frisco's Kansas City train approached from Memphis and with assistance the Cotton Belt engine was ed back on the track. In the mean- | time a serious washout had occurred be- | tween the trains and Memphis and retreat | to this was completely cut off. All| passengers were compelled to the coaches while the water ose on every slde and this morning there was not a particle of land in sight within a mile of their position. : | The trains are on the track of the iron Mountain near Altmar, Ark. By taking | risks several handcars succeeded in reach- in ing the water bound trains to-day and | about fifty passengers were brought to | this city. The remainder refused to at- em: the return and are housed in the coaches, being fed by the raiiroad com- panies. Attached to the Frisco train is a dining car and adequate supplies were sent to them to-day on the handca: RIVER RISES RAPIDLY. The river here to-night shows 39.8 feet | on the gauge, the highest stage ever re-| corded, and a rise of two-tenths since last night. The river is about stationary and | | it 1= possible that a fall may set in at any | moment. An effort was made to-day to send a steamboat and barges through the gap at Trices Landing for the rescue of per- song and livestock in that district. On the | way up the river the steamer was dis-| I abled and it returned to Memphis for tepairs. A second effort will be made to- morrow. Some persons were rescued from Marion, Ark., by means of skiffs and the situation | there iz somewhat relieved. Some fami- lies and fully 200 negroes remain there in the second stories of buildings. Memphis lled with travelers who have been de- layed on account of the washouts west of the river, but the railroads have made plans to relieve this congestion. Refugees continue to arrive in large numbers. @ il that mo colored man, no matter what his qualifications may be, should hold Fed- eral office. The whole truth of history, | he declared, showed the utter incompe- | tence of the colored race for self-govern- ment. | Bpooner remarked that a President of the United States who would yield to theforroiiio— demand of any section that the rights of citizenship should be surrendered would show himself unfit to hold the office and quite willing to violate his oath as Presi- dent Money expressed the conviction that the amendment to the constitution which | made negroes voters was a tremendous mistake, and he sald a vast number of the people of the North entertained the same view. He said there had been no | objection in the South to a colored man | working, and none had been killed for s0~doing, as was the case in Illinois. The | feeling which obtained in the South, he | said, was that if a white man did not | think himself socially better than the ne- | gro he was not half as good. | In the matter of appointments, Mone: | said, the President should consider con- | ditions in the Bouth. Appointing negroes to office in the South was most obnoxious and repugnant to that section. It was impossible, he declared, for any one raised north of Mason and Dixon’s line to know anything about the negro. Money concluded by saying that there had been no intention of creating any | disturbance whatever in Indianola, but the idea of holding a public meeting was that it would apprise the Postmistress of | the wishes of the citizens and that it might lead to her resignation. The basis of all the trouble, he said, was the referee.| | system as it prevails in the South. Smme— NO ALARM AT NEW ORLEANS. Railroads Suffer From Breaks in the Levee. NEW ORLEANS, March 18.—The river though a sixteen-mile wind, blowing the wrong way, banked the flood three-tenths of a fool at one time to-day. As the river is not going down and as the Memphis rise is on the way, the Weather Bureau has good grounds for its prediction of 21 feet. The highest point recorded was 19.5 feet in 1897. As to the city there is no alarm. The location of the La Forche crevasses was unfortunate to the Southern Pacific. The Texas and Pacific was equally un- lucky, the Bougere crevasse affecting a part of the new St. Louis line not yet in operation. of —— UNION DENIES BREAKING RULE " OF COMPANY N answer to Manager Chapman's ment, which appeared in yesterday morn ing’s papers, we will say it appears to us o be-a very weak argument and not of much consequence. In the first place, he i< putting up a very poor showing for public sympathy, but we believe he will have to do far better before he gets it He gays that he undegstood that tion of the men being reinstated would bo to arbitration. We do not know. where he got that idea, m the very first ted 1 be reinstated thout being compelled to sign the cards, as wes had never been asked to sign them before. Then after the men were bac at work we would take up that question d decide the ng of it. However, the general nds on this questic as he ha always stood on every question that brought up. That is, he was unwilling to do anything except have his own way and make the union recede from the stand they tock after hearing the business agent's report about his interview with Mr. Chapman. ~We will say no more about the card system, as that is simply one of the conditions in’ the general demands we submitted to Mr. Chapman on Monday morning, and we don’t wish to blend the main iesue and attract the attention of the public to any one condition. However, we deny breaking rule of the company by our/refusal to sign the cards. Now. in regard to the general manager's statement_about our novel character of arb tration. We wish it understood that we never have suggested or insinuated that points that could mot be settled satisfactorily here would be arbitrated by Mr. Mahon and Mr. Calhoun. Mr. Mahon simply made the request that any point that could not be agreed upon here be sent to him and he would take it up with Mr. Calhoun, as the head of the company, and the final decision should then be left with our union. He says in his statement that the United Railroads have many millions of dollars invested in railways here. We will surel that statement and will further say t the company to make good int We will also add that erest on r invested capital. our union contains the men who alone are in a position to find out how much the company can pay and still make interest on their money, Now, we don't propose to make the amount of their receipts public unless it is really necessary make our side of the argument plain and show the public that we are not asking for thing out of reason. We will State, however, that if we did confide our in- formation to the public perhaps the United Railroads would pay considerable more than $1000 per day Into the city treasury. They clat® they are keeping abreast the growth of the citv. We ask the people who live along some of their lines to arbitrate this disputed assertion, for we certainly deny its puthenticity. Take Sutter street, for instance, one of the hest paying lines in the city. 1Is the service as good now as it was a short timse ago? On the Sunday schedule they have now a six-minute headway fnstead of the former three and four minute he: ay in the fore- noon, and this line will compare favorably with them all Now we would like to ha the United Rail- roads explain why It Is that we mever bave any trouble with the independent lines. Our agreements with them are the same. We have had but two or three s to the other lines and when our grievances were laid before their management they rectified at once and our committee never to wait by the hour P)'get an audlence with them either. We are extremely sorry that the United Rallroads do nat show as good courtesy and live up to their ngreements as well as the management of the independent lines. We are sure that if they did the public would have very little trouble concerning the carmen. For exgmple, we wish the pubiic to take notice of ti difference in the treatment of the employes on the Califor- nia-street line and the United Railroads’ em- loyes. The Californin-street men are treated 2 white men and are given liberties that would hock Mr. Chapman, but we don't think a bet- ter qr more accommodating class éf men can be fhund anywhere. ‘The boys will do any favor they can for their employers and it is sbout the same on the other independent lines. But Mr. Chapman says that these roads are not up-to-date. We only wish that we men employed on the United Railroads were treated as_well We will say that if the United Railroads' people will be as ready to do what is right by us as the California Street and other inde- pendent lin are toward their employes there is very lttle danger of a strike. But, on the other hand, if they remain as stubborn as they bhave been tn all of their dealings with us, then we WHI be compelled to stand by our rights and “fight it out on that line if it takes all summer.” We want $3 per day, nine houts’ work, and recognition of the union, and we hope that they will see the reasonableness of our demands, as we believe the public s, and grant m, hey are as amicable and up-to-date as they’p fess 1o be. Should they still persist. howev in their antagonistic feelings toward 'unionism and refuse, then we intend to fight for what we consider our proper, just and overdue rights. The general manager claims he is willing to us arrange our own time cards, We will that the union has svent considerabie making out time cards for’ Mr. Chap- nd the cards we made were within the man headway and pay roll he allowed us, but after the cards were taken to his office they were thrown aside and worse ones were substituted. The union did not wish to spend money need- lessly and therefore ceased —arranging cards that would eventually be transmitted to the general manager's waste basket. We think the United Railroads could arrange cards that would be satisfactory to the men, the same as the independent lines do, If they did not wish to cause dissatisfaction in the ranks of the union Mr. Chapman would have the public believe that the United Railroads Company is the only party to the issue that has the interest of San Francisco at heart, but we think that it is self-evident to any thinking person that the wages received by the employes is the largest interest that could be considered. If we were considering the welfare of the city financially, the greatest money received in wages the bet- ter for the merchant. We do not send all of our money East as the company is doing.— Statement of Executive Committee of Carmen’s Union. CHANGES IN THE LOCAL RAILWAY SYSTEMS New Superintendent and Chief En- gineer Are Named by General Manager Chapman. _ General Manager Chapman of the United Rallroads \yesterday announced the appointment of Augustus Wolff to the positton of chiet engineer of all the power stations, thirteen in all, on the va- rious branches of the local street railway system. Mr. Wolff succeeds C. J. Kaigin, who resigned on March 1. The position in the interim has been filled by S. F. Foster, chief electriclan, who was ap- pointed acting chief engineer. Another appointment made public yes- terday was that of Richard Eick, who succeeds M. D. Stein as superintendent of all the lines running from the Turk and Fillmore and the Oak and Broderick street carhouses. Mr. Stein resigned two weeks ago and the position has been held temporarily by Charles House. —————— Discredit Foul Play Theo: The police and Morgue officials still dis- credit the théory that foul play brought death to Daniel Kearney, the young salesman, whose body was found in the bay off Meiggs wharf on March 10. De- tective Freel has gone over the grouund thoroughly and finds not the slightest mo- tive for murder or the slightest evidence that it was committed. The letters are still in the possession of Captain Martin and will be produced at the inquest which Coroner Leland has ordered. They have no bearing whatever on the case and will throw no light on the mystery of the salesman’s death. ————————— Rev. Dr. Parrish Speaks Rev. Herbert Parrish, rector of «the Church of the Advent, delivered his third sermon of the Lenten season yesterday afternoon. ~ Dr. Parrish’s theme was “‘Queen Mary and the Roman Failure.” The speaker dwelt upor the stormy scenes of the English reformation and gave a graphic description of the unsuccessful struggle of the English Queen establish Catholism in the British state- | the que- | I SITUATION CRITICAL. The union takes the position that three days is ample time in which to master the agreement that it wishes the corpora- tion to sign. It has stated, through its spokesmen, that the only thing it will ac- cept as an answer is the granting of the demands andgthat unless such an answer is given a stfike will be declared. The situation appears critical and the cars may be fied up within a few days. A telegram from President Mahon of the national union, or one from Patrick Cal- houn, the representative of the corpora- tion in the East, might bring about a truce. If the present counsel dominating the Carmen’s Union prevails, however, a strike is almost a certainty. Both sides issued statements again yes- terday. Manager Chapman declared that no man hbelonging to the union had ever been discharged by him without just use. He says the majority of the United Railroads employes are quiet, gentlemanly and sober, but that some are, unfortunately, curt and impudent, to the discomfort of the traveling public and the injury of the company. The committee's statement deals largely with the attitude of the independent lines, with which it declares the unfon never has any trouble, and the declarations heretofore made by Manager Chapman. All sorts of rumors are beginning to gct about ameng the men as to the fight that the company is going to put up. Some excitement was caused among them yes- terday by the statement that a drayload of small boxés, which might have con- tained anything from canned salmon to ports, and a number of pairs of blanke had been taken to the carhouse on Twen- ty-ninth street. RUNS MAY BECOME “VACANT.” It is said the union has decided that none of its members shall “sign up” for the runs of the twenty-two men laid off for refusing to aflix their signatures to “students’ cards.” If such action is taken these twenty-two runs will be “vacant” to-day, which, in itself, will be the inaug- uration of a small strike. An effort was made last night to have Manager Chapman give out his intendpd answer to the carmen’s committee, but he said he would mot make it public be- forehand. He acknowledged that he knew At that time w! the answer would be. Matters were fuiet' among the carmen | yesterday. There were few around the union\headquarters at 927 Market street, it being known' that matters were being held in abeyance until to-day. The executive committee wilt hold a meeting to-night, at which important ac- tlon wili be takenfand it is even pos- sible that a strike will be declared then. MNOTHER DEAL FO SHNTH FE Secures Further Rights of Way Through Tim- ber Belt. Another big deal in Northern California timber lands, in which the Banta Fe is strongly suspected of having a hand, came to light yesterday. As usual in transactions involving rail- road manipulations, denials are made on all sides concerning the latest move of the railway officials to gain a foothold in the territory so long controlled by the Scuthern Pacific. From sources which when made public it will be difficult to refute comes the in- formation that the Atchison, Topeka and ‘Santa Fe road, in furtherance of its plans to eventually extend its lines into North- ern California, has launched another syn- dicate to acquire, in addition to the Eu- reka and Eel River Rallroad, anotrer valuable right of way. To accomplish this it is claimed, and the claim is verified by reports from Los Angeles and New York, that the logging road owned by the Albion Lumber Com- pany of this city, running from the town of Albion on the Mendocino coast inland through the redwood strip on the coast, has been purchased for the Santa Fe. The road, it is stated, will be used as a link in a new line which the Santa Fe is contemplating. \ This syndicate, which -includes several men prominent in Atchison affairs, has acquired in addition to the railroad prop- erty nearly 100,000 acres of timher land. It is understood that A. B. Hamimond of this city, who controls vast sections of redwood timl land, brought about this gurlc‘hna and was interested in the other eals. NEW COMPANY FORMED. - It was common talk about town yester- day that George Wilcox, president, and Miles Standish, secretary, of the Albion Lumber Company, which has its offices in the Crocker building, had already formed a new company through which the last deal is to be made and that the articles of incorporation were taken north by Mr. ‘Wileox to be filed in Mendocino County. Another man who, it is clalmed, is in the deal is Robert H. Swayne of the firm of Swayne, Hoyt & Co. of 476 Battery street. He is a shareholder in the Albion Lumber Company and with his associates in the company some ago projected a road from Fort Bragg south to a point on the California Northwestern Railroad not vet d ted. When asked yesterday about the expected deal Mr. Swayne de- nied all knowledge of it. but admitted that the road from Fort Bragg had been planned and might be carried through “‘some day.” ¥ WILCOX GOES NORTH. At the office of the Albion Lumber Company there was no one authorized to speak in the absence of Mr. Wilcox, who it was explained “had been called north with other members of the company.” to re-| Five days ago The Call was given fa empire. | regarding a road across Anderson Ven'lt Jeaded cartridges, according to the re-.. 'CARMEN ARE AWAITING WITH ANXIETY " ANSWER FROM MANAGER CHAPMAN L HE Carmen’s Union expects that Manager Chapman of the United Railroads will give at 10 o’clock this forenoon his answer to the demands made by it and a comy mittee will call upon Mr. Chapman at the »ur named for the purpose of receiving that answer. Mr. Chapman will give no intimation of what his reply will be, but it is certain that he will tell the committee he has not had time to fully consider the demands and will ask for further time. From'the | start he has told the men who have wait- | ed upon him that three days was not time {enough in which to thoroughly master and clearly understand such a lengthy document as the proposed agreement sub- mitted. It is reasonably certain that the man- ager will grant none of the demands made by the men; neither is he likely to deny any. CORPORATION NOT READY TO MAKE REPLY N the question of the suspended men. the union has not yet accepted arBl- tration. On the question of the general de- mands the company i= not yet pre- pared to make an answer, and the public is. warned not (o gather. the impression that the company has rejected or accepted them. In reference to the harmonious relations existing between the three rallwa and the union, I can only say that poraries, judging from the press rep to be not averse to permitting the United roads to bear-the burden of the controversy, and 1 assume, in the case of a strike, will continue 10 operate their properties with the understand- ing, not that they will concede all of the men's demands, but that they will concede such de- | mands as the United Railroads may yield. i In reference to discharging men for belonging to the union I solemnly declare that no man has ever been discharged by me without just cause | and his union affiliations were not the cause of his discharge. 1 bave no quarrel with unionism as a principle, but I do consider men undesira- ‘le who are impudent, incompetent and reckless and who trade on the union to hold them in place. 1 served my time on the cars and can feel for every man working for this company. My disposition toward the men—the honest, faithful man—is now and ever has been mosi kindly and considerate. 1 believe that the good man ‘should be rewarded and the bad man shouid be punished, and to this principlé I will ever gh'e adherenc It I8 at least peculiar that all efforts to give the public good- service and establish friendly relations with the men have been tortured into attacks upon the union. I realize and appreci- O ate the good service rendered by many excellent and efficient men in the company’s employ. The great body of the carmen, I am pleased to say, are quiet, gentlemanly, sober and industrious are self-respecting and are entitled st credit and consideration; but the viciour, insolent fellow seems, unfortun- to possess the faculty of making himself appear both numerous and much in evidence. Every citizen will testify to meeting conduc- tors. motarmen and gripmen who were scrupu- lously polite and attentive to the wants of the public. They are frequently men of family— upright, contented, honorable citizens who hus- band their earnings and devote their nights to their homes. But these same citizens will al=o testify to the exigtence of the curt, Impudent fellow who exhibifs an open disregard for every one's feelings or requests. This is th who s usually nolsy about his “‘rights” and “would like to hale before himseif for examina- tion the offending citizens who dared to com- plain about nis insolence. T have been assured by friends who have lived here long that this | disregard of the public was never so pro- | nounced as it is now. I have time and again directed Mr. Cornelius’ attention to the treat- ment_some of the nien were giving the public, and have, without avail, sought his co-opera- ton to remedy the wrong.—(Statement issued yesterday by Manager Chapman of the United | i aiiroads.) | CALIFORNIA MINE OWNERS, | i Continued From Page 1, Column 1: | ganize on the defensive. At first it ws | thought the California Miners’ Associa tion, which meets in San Francisco every | year, might be able to take this matter | up, but many opposed the suggestion on | the ground that the association is not a | distinctively - mine owners’ bod and | therefore\ incapable of thoroughly appre- | clating the seriousness of the trouble that | is threatening the owners of California | properties. Thére has been, nevertheless, assurance given the new organization of the co-operation of the association. | WHERE TROUBLE LIES. “Our trotble lies entirely within, the fact that we are not disposed to recog- | nize the Western Miners’ Association as a body. We opposed the demands such as the organization made upon the own- | ers at Keswick and Hayden Hill, and which it is feared the miners will scon | make on other companies throughout the | State. | “Our policy will be a most fair one. We | will insist upon a recognition of eve man’'s right to work, whether he is a | union or non-union man. We will not discredit or discourage a union, but we will not submit to its dictation in oper- ating our properties, “In other words, we purpose to employ and discharge whom we please, according to the man's merit as a miner as we find them. The mine owners will agree to sur- | round their employes with every possitle | safeguard against accident, furnish them best wages possible in return for their services. The mine owners throughout the State, especially in Northern Califor- nia, where the Western Miners' Associa- tion already has made its influence feit, are in accord with the plans to organize, and from the most careful estimates, de- rived from correspondence that has been | exchanged, I believe that within thirty | days the new organization will have a | guaranteed fund of ‘at least $500,000 with which to enforce measures of fair play.” RELIGIOUS GATHERING CASTS OUT A MORMON “I Only Want to Say a Word,” He Said, but the Sexton Escorts Him From Church. ! PHILADELPHIA, March 18.—One, of | the meetings incidental to the annual ses- sion of the Philadelphia Methodist Epis- copal church conference to-day was dis-{ turbed by the appearance of a Mormon elder, who asked the privilege of speaking, but who was ejected amid a storm of hisses, The meeting was the annual gathering of the Woman's Home Missionary Society in the Thirteenth-street Church. Dr. Sa- rah J. Elliott, formerly a medical mission- ary among the Mormons, was in the act of delivering an address denouncing Mor- monism and polygamy when a middle- aged man edged his way to the front and handed Dr. Elliott a card bearing the in- scription “N. F. Simpson, Salt Lake, Utah.” The reverse side bore the Mormon declaration of principles. The card was passed to Mrs. E. W. Bickley, president of the society, who an- nounced the presence of a Mormon elder, who desired to speak. Immediately the church was in an uproar and there were | eries of “Put him out!” “I only want to say a word,” shouted Simpson, but the sexton was called and he escorted the intruder to the street. L e e el ley, but later the informant rang up the reporter to whom he had given the infor- mation and stated that another deal was on, which would stop operations on the road, but that another road would be buflt and that the right of way would be obtained through concessions to be made by the Albion Lumber Company. Last night a gentleman from Chicago now stopping at the Palace, who has been closely connected with the late operations of the SBanta Fe agents, sald that the Santa Fe road will not take over any of the timber lands recently acquired, but ‘will permit them to be operated independ- ently under an arrangement which will guarantee the road the tonnage. 18.— Frederick Higgs, of the Souther: is city, was run by a train at Twenty: is afternoon, e e To Cure a Cold in One Day PBromo with good quarters and pay them the |. NEWLANDS ADVOCATES ANNEXATION Would Invite Cuba to Enter the Union of States. Senator in Maiden Speech Opposes Reciprocity Treaty. IO Agreement Is Reached for a Final Vote on the Measure at | 8 0'Cleck This Aft- ernoon. BESRL NS S ! WASHINGTON, March 18.—Before ad Jjourning to-night the Senate entered int a unanimous agreement to vote on the Cuban Teciprocity treaty at 3 o'clock to- morrow. The hope of seeing a vote to- day was disappolsted by the discovery that there were more speeches to be made | in opposition to the treaty than had been courited upon. Indeed, it was difficult to | obtain an agreement to vote even to morrow, and it was evident that this re- | sult could not have been accomplished but for the anxiety of Senators for a final ad- journment of the session. The executive yession covered six hours and was devoted largely to adverse eri cisms of the treaty. During the day Sen- ator-Newlands made a plea for the an-| nexation of Cuba and presented an amendment to the treaty tendering an in- | vitation to that island to become a State | of the American Union. BLOW AT SUGAR INDUSTRY. ‘When the Cuban treaty w laid before the Senate McEners took e floor and made a speech more than two hours in length in opposttion to it. He contended | that the treaty was in the Interest of the sugar trust, and said that its ratifica tion would be a direct blow at the sugar | interests of the United States. The pres- | ent tariff, McEnery said, had grea stimulated the sugar Industry of this| country, and he predicted that if it should | be permitted to continue in force the time | would come when the United States would | produce not only sufficient sugar to sup- | ply its own wants but that it would ex- | port part of the American product. In this connection he asserted that half of | the States of the Union were capable of | producing beet sugar at a profit under | proper legislative encouragement. The ad- | mission of Cuban sugar at reduced rates, | he said, would prove a severe blow to the | growth of the heet sugar industry, as. it | would to the cane sugar production of | Louisiana and Texas. Speaking of the | effect on his own State, Louisiana, Mc- | ery said that practically the entire pop- | ulation would be affectéd by the approval | of the treaty. NEWLANDS’ MAIDEN SPEECH. When Senator McEnery concluded Sen- | ator Newlands took the floor. His speech | was noticeable not only because it was his maiden speech in the Senate but be- cause he appeared as an open advocate of the annexwtion of Cuba to the United States, and-also as an opponent of the treaty. As a part of his address on the point of annexation ne presented the fol- lowing amendment: The republic of the United States, recognizing | the intimate relationsiip between the republic of Cuba and itseif and being desirous of still further promoting freedom of trade nd strengthening the bonds of amity and friend- ship between the peopie of the two countries, cordially_invites the republic of Cuba to be- come a State of the Union under the constitu- tion and laws of the United States. | | | i } PLMLEY NOMINATI THOR President Finds Charges Too Rerious to Be Ignored. o, i Hamilton IFish 'Is Named as Assistant Treasurer at New York Senate Promptly Confirms the Ap- pointment and Platt and De- pew Are Greatly Pleased With the Selection. DRSS WASHINGTON, March - President Roosevelt to-day withdrew the nomina- tion of Willlam Plimley as Assistant Treasurer at New York, and late to-day sent to the Senate the nomination Hamilton Fish to that office. The nom ination was confirmed promptly by the Senate. Plimiey’s nomination was confirmed & the Senate the day after its transmi n to that body by the President. His com mission was made out and signed by the President but had not been deliver:d, when at the instance of Semator Aldrica, hairman of the Finance Committee, the Senate adopted a resolution recalling the nomination from the President for fur ther consideration. It developed that charges had been made against Plimioy which the Senate desired investigat Protests from impertant financial in' ests In New York subsequently were fi o4 with the President against the appoint- ment of ~ Plimk The protests ' also reached the Tre: ¢y Department, which made an investigation. To-day Assistant Secretary Armstrong of the Treasury De partment had a conference with th® Pres- iGent, at which it was decided that in view of the gravity of the charges against Plimley he could not be commissiored. The President then withdrew the nomina tion from the Senate. Concerning the withdrawal of the appointment the fol- lowing official statement was made at the White House by Secretary Loeb “In view of the investigations made by the Treasury Department the President has felt obliged fo withe tion of Willlam Plimley Treasurer at New York, and been done.” President Roosevelt had a conference with Senator Platt. The Senator sugges ed the name of Hamilton Fish of New York. and the President agreed imme- diately to appoint him. Fish is a son of former Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. He is a prominent lawyer of New York, ex-Speaker of the General Assembly of New York and a friend of President Roosevelt e ap- pointment met the cordial approval mot cnly of Senators Platt and Depew of York, but also of many other Senators who are acquainted with him CACERES THREATENS , TO DESTROY SANTIAGO Govertor of Santo Domingo Province 'Will Resort to Torch if Rev« olution Spread: CAPE HAYTIEN, March 1S.—Word has been received here from La Vega of the death of General Mauel Caceres, Gover- nor of the province of Moca, Santo Do- minge. His brother, General Ramon Ca- In support of this amendment Newlands said that the Democratic party should stand for traditional expansion of the re- public by promoting the voluntary annex- ation of Cuba through the free expression of her people, and it should emphasize | this position at this time by resolution to | that effect. We should, he declared, give Cuba clearly and unequivocally to under- stand that if she wished commercial union with this country and conditions of com- merce with us not enjoyed by other na- | tions she must seek political union with | us in the form of annexation as part of | the republic. DISCUSSES RECIPROCITY. He contended that the theory of recipro- city was wrong, because itgled to fa- Stioes Aot 1t i easin e e | eign natiens and among our own people. Furthermore, he declared, the adoption of | a policy of reciprocity would lead to retal- | fation on the part of the nations that might fail to secure the establishment of | the reciprocal relations. What, for in-| stance, he asked, would France, our tra- ditional friend among nations, think if we should enter upon reciprocal trade rela- tions with Cuba and fail to ratify the | treaty with her looking to the same snd? | He also contended that Cuba was now | prosperous and that it was not necessary | that her industries be enwung;{d by us. | | | Senator Spooner replied briédy to Sen- ator Newlands and sharply crticized his | policy of annexation. He said that under the Teller resolution the political inde- pendence of Cuba had been guaranteed and that under that pledge and in respect to our own obligatons this country could take no step lodking to any other result. He argued that the United States was under moral obligation to assist the people of Cuba and added that on account of the | close relationship existing between the two lands, alse because of their geograph- ical proximity, the,United States should lose no opportunity to strengthen the ties of commerce and friendship. Senator Newlands challenged several of Spooner’s statements and the two engaged for a time in a spirited controversy. TELLER ATTACKS TREATY. eplying to Spooner, Senator Teller re. peated his opinion that the treaty was in- tended to benefit the sugar trust and cal- culated to do incalculable injury to the sugar interests of the United States. But, he urged, the treaty was indefensible even if the trust would not be benefited, for the reason that it would place a bounty upon the sugar products of our compe- titor as a sugar producer. But, bad as it was from this siandpoint, he predicted that every Republican Senator would be found voting for it. What it was that secured their support of such agreements as this and the Panama canal treaty he did not know, but he was sure not even the eloquence of a Demosthenes or the logic of Lord Bacon would move them from their position. Without aunouncing his intentlon th vote for or against the measure, Senator Nelson criticized it sharply. He replied to Spooner’s contention that the United States was under obligation to aid the Cubans and said that this country had certainly done all for that country that «n;e nation could be expected to do for an~ other. Senator Cullom made an effort to secure an agreement to fix a time for a vote. Senator Gorman said that he had no ob- Jeetion, but Senators Carmack and Bailey ?olh declared h:ht they were or ng the hour for taking a ballot. mm:flcm ‘withdrew their objections and 3 o'clock to-morrow was named for s . ————— AMSTERDAM, March 18.—It is announeed .I.:a‘t on the advice of the Ministers | programme. ceres, Governor of Santiago.has left for Moca. He threatens to burn the town of Santiago, if. on his return. he finds that the situation of the Government is des- perat On tionists have the northwest frontier the revolu- captured a big convoy of | provisions on its way to the Government of Dzjabon. The Rafael Rodriguez, in the south. 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