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The San Francisco call., 1895-12-20
LOYALTY OF THE LEGION.
Lew Wallace and Other Veterans
IndOrSe the President.

EVANSVILLE, IND, Dec. 19.-General
Lew Wallace, General McGinnis, Colonel
l. n. Walker and 100 members of the
Indiana. Commandery OF the Loyal Legion
of Indiana banqueted at the St. George in
this city tonight.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing
President Cleveland in his stand on the
Venezuelan question, and declaring In
favor of resisting with force If necessary
all monarchial encroachments on the
Western hemisphere, and it was directed
that copy of the, resolutions be for
warded to the President of the United
States.
General Wallace at the banquet tonight
said regarding President Cleveland's mes
sage on the Venezuelan question:
THE Monroe doctrine is glove of chal-
lenge thrown to all the great powers of
Europe. If one accepts the gage it will in
all likelihood be with most of the others
in alliance. Lord Salisbury took six
months to compose his responses declin-
ing the arbitration, and it is reasonable to
believe that his lordship consumed those
months looking for allies in case he re-
fused TO arbitrate.
IF we must fight 1 wish it could be
with England alone. 1t would go hard
with us at first, but we would not be idle.
Before year there would be no British
commerce, and at the end, as see it, we
would own everything on this side of the
globe from the Gulf of Mexico to the
North Pole. For my part feel that every
man should set about getting ready for the
worst
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JOY OF VENEZUELANS.
CrespO Says Their Enthusiasm is
IndeScribabIe,

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 19.-Colonel
George w. Turner, editor of the New York
Recorder, on Tuesday night sent the fol-
lowing cablegram to President Crespo, of
Venezuela:
"Will your Excellency give to the citi-
zens of the United States the opinion of
your countrymen on President Cleveland s
message ?"
To-day he received this message:
II answer your telegram with satisfac-
ton. Popular enthusiasm here is inde-
scribable. ALI Venezuelans pronounce to-
day with profound respect the name of the
great republic. CREsPo."
A special to the Herald from Caracas,
Venezuela, says:
The excitement caused by President
Cleveland's message to Congress on the
Venezuelan question does not subside in
the least degree so far as the capital of the
southern republic is concerned. Indeed,
it apparently gathers force and intensity
as the significance of the incident as it re-
lates to Venezuela dawns upon the minds
of her citizens. This intensity of feeling,
natural at all times in those nourished
under tropical skies, was manifested in its
fullest extent yesterday.
In the Washington Plaza early in the
morning, great crowd gathered and again
expressed their gratitude to the United
States. From that point the people pro-
ceeded to the house of the Minister from
the United States. There they became un-
and nearly wrecked Mr..
Thomas abode in their eagerness to prove
their loyal friendship to the county which
he represented.
President Crespo's first act yesterday
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And Declare That the Honor
: of the Nation Must Be
Maintained.
MODERATION FINDS SOME FAVOR
In the Event of a Conflict This
Country Would Have Allies
in Europe.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 19.-The
discussion in the Senate to-day on the
House bill appropriating 100000 for the
expenses of the proposed Venezuelan COM
mission was marked by a unanimity OF
sentiment in favor of the position taken by
the President in his recent message, and
was singularly free from passion and ex-
citement. The debate proceeded by unani-
nous consent. as there was really no ques-
ton before the Senate. objection having
been made to the second reading of the
bill to-day and that objection carrying the
bill over till tomorrow.
The debate was opened by Morgan ID. }
OF Alabama, who favored the passage of
the bill just as it came from the House,
and would vote for its reference to the
Committee on Foreign Relations, on the
condition that it would be reported back
and acted on tomorrow
: The only other Senator who favored
immediate action on the bill without It's
being considered by the committee was
VOORHEES, CD of Indiana, and his was the
only speech which breathed war and de-
nance. He declared emphatically that
Great Britain could not go to war with the
United States so long as Canada was
hostage on our northern border.
Speeches were made, moderate in tone
and against hasty action, by Senators
Sherman (R.) of Ohio, Lodge (R.) of Mas
sachusetts, Hawley (R.) of Connecticut
and Teller (R.) OF Colorado.
Teller's speech was remarkable for the
declaration that if war should ensue-
which he deprecated and did not think
probable-the United States would not be
without European allies; and he specified
Russia particularly as waiting to seize the
opportunity of opening the Dardanelles to
her feet, extending her domination over
China and enlarging her possessions in
India.
At the close OF the debate Morgan gave
notice that there would be a meeting of
the Committee on Foreign Relations at
10 o'clock tomorrow, when other resolu-
.tions EN- bodying the principle of the House
bill and which have been heretofore re-
ferred to that com mittee, would be taken
up, so that report could be made and ac-
ton had tomorrow. The House bill will
have its second reading as soon as the
journal is read, and then the motion of
which Sherman gave notice to-day to re-
fer it to the Committee on Foreign ReIa-
tions, may be made. 1t is not at all likely
that that motion will meet any opposition,
but whether the bill can be considered in
committee, reported to the Senate and
there acted upon before adjournment to-
morrow is very problematical. If not, the
joint resolution for the holiday recess may
fail.
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TO STOP ENCROACHMENT.
New Workers Enthusiastic Over the
Prospect of War.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec 19.-The peo-
pie of this city have been prompt and en-
thusiastic in their expressions of praise
for the message of President Cleveland on
Venezuelan affairs. In the talk on the
streets, in the exchanges, in business
offices and in hotels yesterday men ap-
peared to be of one mind in declaring that
Mr.. Cleveland had taken the right course.
Summed up In brief, the opinion of New
Workers appears to be that it is time to
put stop to British bullying and en-
croachment, at least on this side of the
Atlantic, and that this country could
better afford to 60 to war than permit
further agressions by the British Govern
ment against weak republics in America.
Among army and navy officers, National
guardsmen, seafaring men and all with pat
riotic feelings, there was no fear as to the
final outcome of war with England,
should war be necessary. The stars and
stripes. all said, would be again victorious.
James c. Carter, the eminent authority
on international law, was yesterday asked
to state his opinion of the strength of Lord
Salisbury's contention that the Monroe
doctrine may not be applied to the dispute
between Great Britain and Venezuela.
II can add nothing to the remarks I
delivered at the dinner of the Baptist
Social Union at the Savoy Hotel on the
9TH of this month. That speech is the an
swer to your question" said Carter.
During the speech referred to Carter
said: "My opinion on the subject of the
Monroe doctrine is so vague and mislead-
ing that fear might mislead rather than
enlighten. I have not an opinion that I
would not be willing to change tomorrow.
Still think that the Monroe doctrine is
right in so far as it does not go contrary to
international law.
international law is whatever is right
and just. Under it every nation has
right to entire sovereignty in its own do
minion. Each nation has right to deal
with each other nation as it chooses, and
no outsider has right to interfere.
"But there is one important exception.
That is that this and every other nation
has the right to defend itself not only at
the moment of injury, but also against the
possibility of future injury, and this ex-
ception was the justification OF the Monroe
doctrine. II the United States saw real
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DISCUSSED IN DETAIL.
Senators Say the Monroe Doctrine
Must Be Upheld.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 19.-The
dea tn of Captain Bassett, the aged as
sistant doorkeepe of the Senate, was the
theme of the chaplain's opening prayer to-
day.
Cockrell (D.) of Missouri, chairman of
the Committee on Appropriations, re-
ported back favorably the concurrent
resolution for the holiday recess from Fri
day, December 20, until Friday, January
3. 1t went over until tomorrow.
TIE House bill appropriating $100, 900 for
the expenses of the proposed commission
to Venezuela was laid before the Senate,
and Morgan (D.) of Ala aba ma, chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Relations, ad-
dressed the Senate on the subject.
The Senate, he said. in considering a
question of such gravity ought to deIib-
crate as long as was proper and necessary
in order to come to an absolutely correct
Judgment, and he therefore favored the
reference of the bill to the Committee on
Foreign Relations but he should object
10 any such reference unless the Senate
agreed that it would take no recess until
the committee makes its report.
1t was question that was agltating
the people of the United States and of the
world, and delay would give an opportu-
nifty for the formation of incorrect opin-
ions that might become very unfortunate.
Senator Sherman, IN speech following
Morgan, did not agree with him. He ap-
plauded the President for his message. but
thought that the Senate should proceed
cautiously in this matter. The Dill as
passed by the House should be amended,
defined and limited. He indorsed the
Monroe doctrine, but its application by
this country to a specific case was matter
of the gravest Importance to the whole
civilized world.
The controversy was a serious one, but
Sherman said he believed it would end
peaceably. The English people would halt
when they perceived that the doctrine OF
Monroe was also asserted by Canning,
when Prime Minister. Sherman did not
think the question should be postponed or
delayed, but the bill should at least be re-
terred to proper committee.
Morgan said he, for one, would enter
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WAR Is IMPOSSIBLE.
Peruvians Think England Will Soon
Give AWaV.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 19.-The
Herald's Lima (Peru) dispatch says:
President Perola was interviewed upon
the message in regard to the Anglo
Venezuelan question. President Perola
said that he had read with great interest
the important document which had just
been issued in the United States. While
he acknowledged its force he said he did
not care to talk at any length. as in his
capacity as executive of the State an ex-
preston of opinion might be regarded as
indiscreet.
The people here are greatly excited over
the matter, and in the streets, hotels and
at the clubs the message is the only topic
of discussion. The document is regarded
as a forcible exposition of the Monroe
doctrine and diplomatic instrument of
great power.
The Comercio in leading editorial yes
terdcy said that the message is a reminder
of those issued by President Lincoln. The
paper adds that England will be forced to
give way, and that war is impossible.
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PROFESSOR MOORE'S VIEWS.
Thinks American Sentiment B0r.
derS on Insanity.

FLUSHING, L. l., Dec. 19.-Professor
John Bassett Moore of Columbia College,
who was Assistant Secretary of State
under James G. Blaine, who is a recognized
authority on international law, and who
has issued recently several pamphlets on
the Monroe doctrine, said yesterday that
he believed England's position in regard
to the boundary of Venezuela was the
right one.
England, he said, seized the territory in
dispute under the right by which unoccu-
pied land may be claimed, and made it
valuable. There is an unclaimed strip of
land on the other side of Venezuela in
every respect as valuable as that in dis
pute. England, Professor Moore said, has
twice established boundary line, and in
every way attempted to act fairly.
The sentiment aroused in America, he
declared, is an almost insane one. There
seems to be no reason on the part of Eng
land to war with America, he said, yet to
maintain her self-respect she may be forced
to it. Our naval men, he stated, all agree
that we are in no position to cope with
England upon the water. Why America
should forsake alliance with Anglo-Saxons,
her own kindred, and take up with those
of Spanish descent seems to him incom-
prehcnsible. The Spanish are treacher-
Gus race, unsettled and wavering. The
South American republics are continually
changing their position, and if the United
States intends to become their champion
it will keep the country continually in
volved in diplomatic controversy with
European countries.
Professor Moore says he is preparing
paper on the Venezuelan question.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-20
FAVORS THE DOCTRINE.
But President DiaZ Is Not Ready to
five an AnSWar

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 19.-The Her
AIDS dispatch from the City of Mexico
says: The Secretary OF Foreign Affairs,
Senor Mariscal, courteously volunteered
yesterday to obtain the Presidents views
on the Venezuelan question, should he be
disposed to give them.
After visiting President Diaz. Senior
Mariscal, with authority, said that while
President Diaz was of course a partisan of
the Monroe doctrine, properly understood,
he did not think he should give the press
his opinion as to its applicability to the
question pending between Venezuela and
England.
The American and English residents
here who belong to the same clubs and
are united by the common tie of language
are unanimous in the expression of hope
that there will be no war. The Mexican
public approves the American Presidents 8
interpretatio ion of the Monroe doctrine.
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luton instructing the Finance Committee
to inquire whether it would not be expe-
dent and proper for the Government of
the United States at this time, "when the
contingency of war between the British
empire and the United States may sud-
denly arise" to open its mints to the free
and unlimited coinage OF gold and silver at
the ratio of 16 to L; also to issue an ade-
quate volume of greenbacks and to with
draw the National bank power of current
issue. It was referred.
The Presidents message, with accompa-
nying documents on the subject of the out
RACES on Armenians in the Turkish en-
pire, were laid before the Senate and re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions.
At 2:30 P NJ. the Senate went into exec
utive session, and at 2:45 adjourned until
tomorrow.
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was to send cable message to the Vene-
zuelan Minister in Washington, directing
him to call officially on Mr.. Cleveland and
express thanks to him in the name and in
behalf of the people and President of Ven
ezuela. During the day the society formed
here for the protection of Venezuelan ter
ritory dispatched message of thanks to
the President of the United States.
The Pregonero, in leading editorial.
strongly urges Senior H. L. Boulton, who
acts as consul general. for Great Britain
here, and as vice consul in other parts of
the country, to withd raw as such repre-
sentative of the British empire
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CALLED ON OLNEY.
The Venezuelan Minister Thanked
the Secretary.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 19-Senor
Andrade, the Venezuelan Minister, was
among Secretary Olneys callers to-day.
While there was no special significance in
the visit, to-day being diplomatic recep-
ton day at the State Department., the
Minister seized the opportunity to pay his
respects and to thank Secretary Olney for
the interest he had officially taken in the
boundary dispute.
Among other callers at the State Depart
ment this morning were Minister Lazo de
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-20
SIX HEAVY BATILESHIPS.
Hale Introduces a Bill for Their Con.
StructiOn.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec 19.-Hale
(R.) of Maine to-day introduced in the
Senate bill authorizing the President to
have constructed by contract to the lowest
responsible bidder six seagoing coastline
steel battleships, of about IL 600 tons dis
placement, designed TO carry the heaviest
armor and the most powerful ordnance,
and of the highest rate of speed, to cost
$4, 100000 each, and for twenty-five tor
pedo-boats, to cost $175, 900 each.
Not more than two of the battleships
nor more than six of the torpedo-boats are
to be built on the Pacific Coast, nor more
than two of either class built in one yard.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-20
THE REVOLUTION OVER.
CIeveland's Message Soothes the
Venezuelan Junta.

NEW WORK. Dec. 10 A cablegram
was received tonight by the Venezuelan
revolutionary iunta advising that further
hostilities against the Venezuelan Gov
ernment cease.
Carlos c. Bolet, secretary of the junta,
has authorized the statement, in which he
says that this step has been precipitated
by President Cleveland's message, and the
revolution would now be stopped.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-20
TACTICS OF FlNANCIERS.
Englishmen May Call in American
Securities.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 2o.-A special
cablegram to the Sun from London says:
A grave, but inevitable consequence of
President Cleveland's message on the
British Venezuela disputes has arisen per-
haps sooner than might have been ex-
pected. A meeting of prominent financial
leaders who have important interests in
the United States was held in London
banking Office yesterday for the purpose of
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-20

Ariago of Honduras and Senior Dupuy de
LONE. the Spanish Minister.
Senators Lodge and Call and Senator
Morgan also saw Secretary Olney.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-01
CHESS An INTELLECTUAL vi CE
Opinion of Blackburnc the English Cham
pion-Men Ruined by tho Game.

opinion of Blackburnc. the English Cham
pion-Men Ruined by the Game.
Mr.. Blackburne, the English chess
champion, regards the game as a dan
gerous intellectual vice, which is
spreading to rather an alarming extent.
Discussing the matter he said: Il know
q lot of people who hold the view that
chess is an excellent means of training
the mind in logic and shrewd calcula-
ton, provision and caution. But I
don't find these qualities reflected in the
lives of chess players. They are just as
fa1lible and foolish as other folk who
don't know a rock from a pawn. But
even if it We're a form of mental dis
cipline, which l doubt, 1 should still
object to it on the ground of its fatal
fascination. Chess is a kind of mental
alcohol. 1t i~nebriates the man who
| plays it constantly. He lives in a chess
atmosphere, and his dreams are OF
| gambits and the end of games. / have
known many an able man ruined by
chess. The game has charmed him,
and, as a consequence, he has given up
everything to the charmer. No, unless
q man has supreme s~elf-control, it is
better that he should not learn to play
chess. / have ever allowed my chill
dren to learn, for I have seen too much
of its evil results. Draughts is q better
game If you must have a game"
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Children's Rights.

1t is the right of every child to
be talked to in a sensible, intel
ligent manner, instead of being
obliged to listen to the sicken-
ing stuff called ''baby-talk."
1t is the right of every child
that his questions should have
satisfactory answers as far as
possible. Yet, how often are
they snubbed and silenced when
their questions chance to inter
fere with the comfort of older
people? What other way have
they for gaining the information
that is to make them intelligent,
observing, thinking men and
women?
It is the right of every child to
be exempt from teasing in the
home. Why do SO many parents
thoughtlessly allow so much
needless pain to be given to SEN
sitive little ones by those who
do not understand the nature of
a child?.
1t is the right of every child,
as he grows older, to have a
good supply of reading matter,
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-01
LAMP AND CLOCK COMBINED.

1t Was . Common ContrivaDce In tho
Seventeenth Century.
OF the various examples that have
been given of early specimens Of the
clockmaker's art not the least interest
ing are the several types of lamp
clocks. One of these. says Casters
Magazine. was Of a kind quite common
in the seventeenth century, and con-
sisted Of a lamp burner placed at the
base of a glass oil receptacle mounted
vertically on a suitable standard. The
oil reservoir had attached to it a scale,
facing HI burner and showing the
hours, beginning at tour o'clock in the
afternoon at which time the lamp was
to be lighted In winter, and ending at
seven o'clock in the morning. The
lamp being lighted, the gradually de-
scending level of the oil, as combus-
ton proceeded, marked the hours. The
other device, Of later origin, dating
back to the beginning of the present
century, utilized the same principle. It
consisted Of two communicating oil
chambers, superposed by a clock dial.
In one of the chambers was placed a
night lamp to illuminate this dial, and
in the other was suspended a oat from
a ord which passed around a small
pulley. The latter was mounted on q
horizontal axis ending in the center of
the dial. The float OF course descended
as the oil was consumed and carried
the index hand along with it, thus
making the hours precisely as in the
case already cited. At their best, these
timepieces could have had only an in
different degree Of accuracy, yet they
probably served their purpose well, and
certainly are interesting at the present
time IS illustrating some OF the expedi-
ents adopted by mechanicians Of an
earlier period.
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concEIr OF NOTED PEOPLE.
Many. of Them Were Confident That They
HAD Made Their Names Immortal.

Many of Thorn wsro Confident That The
HAD Made Their Names Immortal.
It Is of course pardonable that a
great man should have q high opinion
Of himself, says a recent writer. One
cannot find much fault with Words
worth, even when one reads that he
spoke of himself as writing on, though
fully assured that his poems would be
unpopular, because he knew that they
would also be immortal
Many other poets have laid to their
souls the same 1attering JUNCTION, and
have been content to wait for poster
ity, which, however, has not always
been content to read them. Horace,
speaking Of his odes, said: ST have
erected a monument more durable than
brass and regal than the lofty
heights Of the pyramids" while Shakes.
peare In one Of his sonnets used an ex-
preston SO similar that one suspects II
at once Of being borrowed:
"Not marble, nor the gilded
OF princes shall outlive this lofty rhyme;
But you shall shine more bright In these con-
tents
Than unsweps stone. besmeared with %sluttist
time"
Lord Tennyson, too, is reported to
have said the "Bugle Song" in 1.-THE
Princess" is the finest lyric In the Eng
lish language. Walter Savage Lando1
was OF the opinion that his "Imaginary
Conversations were Of such literary
value that there had not been Ave vol
nmes Of prose to equal them in two
thousand years. Coming to another
sphere of life from that Of the poet
the cricket field, to-wit-we may men
ton old Li1lywhite, who used to say
"Ibowl the best ball in England an6
Nj. Horene bowls the next" It Il
quite true, doubtless; but even its truth
was overshadowed by its beautiful
modesty.
It is related, of Victor Hugo that
when quite unknown, he walked int
the Office Of a certain publisher ant
tried to sell him some poems. Thu
publisher was not in a buying frame o
mind, and Victor, as he went out, said
you have to-day thrown away a for
tune, sir. was about to make an ar
rangement with you whereby 20,
would be able to publish everything
shall write in the future. You hav'
lost the opportunity. 1t is one tina
will lev occur again"