The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


dent Cleveland.
THE branch of the National Reform
Press association, which met in Kansas
City, Mo-, gave up all hope of reconcil-
iation with the "middle-of-the-road-
wing, which met at Memphis, Tenn,
and have decided to go il alone. The
result is the United Reform Press asso-
citation, national in it's scope, which,
while il will not combat the old n. r.
p. A., will have nothing whatever to
do with it. J. r. Sovereign, of Sub
phur Springs, Ark, general master
workman of the Knights of Labor, was
chosen president of the new organiza-
ton.
the cath letter written by Salvador
Cisneros, president of the provisional
government of the Cubans, and coun-
tersigned by Gen. Gomez, the insurgent
commander-in-chief, stating that they
would buy the independence of Cuba
from Spain at a reasonable price and
would accept American Intervention,
provided the sovereignty of Cuba be
not infringed upon,
THE silver republicans in the senate
and house at Washington issued an
address to the silver republicans of the
United States on the esd urging organ
ization to the end that a national con-
vention might be called on the none
tarv question. A provisional national
committee was called to meet at Chi
cago on June s, 1897, and Charles A.
Towne, of Minnesota, was named as
chairman of said provisional com
mittee.
SENATOR WoICoTT started from Lon
don on the cath for Liverpool en- route
to the United States. He informed a
reporter that he was well satisfied with
the results of his visit to Europe and
was very hopeful of being able to or
ganize an international monetary con-
ference.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND issued proc
lamation on the gath calling for an ex
ira session of the senate on March 4.
A RESOLUTION was introduced into
the lower house of the Oklahoma legis-
lature calling for convention of all
| free silver states at Denver Col, on
September 10 to discuss proposition
| to issue state bonds of $40, $50 and $50
and to boycott national bank notes.
| The resolution was referred.
THE supreme court of Indiana de-
cided against Helen NJ. Cougar in
her suit against the election Off
GERS to compel them to receive and
count her ballot. In pronouncing the
opinion of the court, Judge Hackney
said that under the Indiana constitu-
ton women cannot vote, and that this
provision of the constitution is not in
conflict with the constitution of the
| United States.
| Mr.. THURBER, secretary to the presi-
dent, said on the 25th that President
Cleveland had not received the resigna-
ton of Consul-General Lee, nor had he
been advised of any such resignation.
Mr.. Thurber likewise made an unqual-
| fled denial of reports that Gen. Lee
had asked that warships be sent to
| Cuba.
SOUND money men from many cities
recently gathered at New York to at
tend the conference of the National
Sound Money league. 1t was proposed
to have an executive committee of 81
members and to divide the country in
to II districts, at the head of each to
be one of the vice presidents. George
E. Leighton, of St. Louis, was elected
president
REPRESENTATIVE JONES, of the Idaho
legislature, has made an affidavit, set
ting forth that he was bribed to vote
for Henry Heitfeld for United States
senator. 1t was said atfidavits of
similar character have been made by
two other members.
SENIOR DE LONE, the Spanish minister
at Washington, received a ceblegram
on the 25th stating that the queen re-
gent of Spain had signed the pardon of
Julio Sanguilly, the American citizen
imprisoned in Cuba.
ADvICEs from Cuba stated that in a
battle at Ceniza the loss of the Spanish
under Gen. Weyler amounted to 500
killed and wounded. In the battles at
Cabaiguan the Spanish losses were re-
ported to have been equally as large.
RUMORs of a probable war between
Spain and the United States caused
great excitement at jacksonville, Fla,
and the arrival of the cruiser New
York for coal and the hurried depar-
ture of the Newark and Vesuvius to
join Adm. Bunces squadron added
| strength to the war rumors.
SENATOR SHERMAN has given up the
contest in trying to get the Anglo
American arbitration treaty ratified by
the senate at this session and init
mated that the new president would
urge it's ratification at the extra ses-
sion and that he was confident that
the treaty would be agreed to in the
end.
A WASHINGTON dispatch stated that
President Cleveland will not nominate
any more postmasters while he is in
office.
THE New York sun on the Goth said
that Col. John j. McCook had positive
ly declined to enter President Nc Kin
ley's cabinet as secretary of the inte-
rior.