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pines. and his antagonism to the treaty
viii be based upon that section which
deals with the Philippine question.
1.-THE negotiation of the treaty, un-
fortunate as it is said the senator to-
day, by no means insures the actual
annexation of the Philippine islands. 1t
is uncertain when the treaty will be
signed, or when it will be submitted to
the senate. ana still more uncertain
whether i will ever be ratified. The
responsibility is so vast, and the So
licitude of the public is so great that
ample time will be given to its discus
sion and to getting the real facts be-
fore the American people.
Many things will be found out which
are not now known, and the evils of
the proposed annexation will so grow
upon the public mind, and upon con-
gress, and upon the president, that it
is by no means unlikely that within
six months or a year everybody, in
stead of being for annexation of the
islands, will want to get rid of them.
THE people of the United States will
find out that the commerce of the Phil
ippines is very limited in extent; that
they are inhabited by a people whose
habits and wants forbid an increase
of trade and that under the scheme
of annexation presented to us this trade
is to be shared equally with Spain and
all other competing nations. What is
called the open door policy, cuts down
the interest of the United States in the
Philippine trade to point where it
makes no figure in our commerce. The
entire trade of the islands, if we had
it all-not the profit derived from it,
but the whole amount of trade-will
not in any year pay the expenses of tho
army and the navy that the United
States viii be obliged to maintain
there
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ever, when asked concerning a possible
union os the eastern and western fac
tions of Democracy, he was emphatic
in denying his interest in any such ef-
fort Croker and Tammany in the
east, in his opinion, were the cause of
the recent defeat of the Democrats.
1--WE feei," he said, that so far as
the national Democracy is concerned,
it's principles can only be subSerVed by
a negation of things for which Tam
many stands: and we feel that the
cause OF Democracy's decadence since
'92 has been due to the confusion Gre
ated by attempted blending of the So
called Tammany Democracy with the
national Democracy. The Chicago plat
form, in its proper shape, represents
what the west regards as orthodox De-
mocracy. The convention of 1896 has
done more to renew the confidence of
the common people in the Democratic
party and it's purposes and motives
than anything that has been done by
that party since the rebellion. The
purpose of western Democrats, without
exception, is to renew the pledges of
1896, and organize upon that basis,
firmly. convinced that they are bound
ultimately to triumph. So far as the
Rocky Mountain region is concerned,
and the states lying west of it, with
the exception of oregon, they will cast
their votes solid for the candidate who
may be nominated by that party in
1900, upon such a platform.
Speaking for my own state, I think
l can say with perfect proDriety that
it is out of the Republican column so
long as it stands for the st. Louis plat
form, and nothing can change this
condition except a surrender of the
Democrats to the forces which con-
trolled it prior to 1896. Its electoral
vote will be given to- free coinage
candidate for president two years
hence; and at the same time a senator
will be selected, and two representa-
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)AgEw DEMAND FOR SILVER.
sTne Gold Standard Cannot Be Forced
unon the Filipinos.

Washington, Dec. 2.-Mr. Edward W.
Harden. who was appointed in Aug
ust last commissioner OF the United
States to make an investigation of the
financial and industrial conditions in
the Philippines, has made his report
10 the secretary of the treasury, in the
COURSE Of which he says:
Silver is the basis of the currency
in the Philippines. There is no gold IN
general circulation, and has been none
for more than twenty years. The Mex
lean dollar of a date previous to 1877
is current ia the islands and it is prac-
tically the only money in general cir
culation The Spanish government, in
the summer Of 1897. coined S6,0OO,OO0 Of
silver IN a local currency. which was
sent to the islands. These dollars are
lighter in weight than the Mexican
dollars but the scarcity of money in
the Philippine islands caused them tC
be quickly absorbed. There is a loc7l
note-issuing bank, called the Banco EsA
panol Filipino, which has in circula-
ton notes based on silver. of whicll
there was outstanding on Sept. so, 1898
approximately $500, 0GO
.sTne currency of the islands was
originally gold, in pieces Of 81, 81 and
81 with the Mexican silver dollar and
the old Spanish silver dollar. the latter
circulating to a limited extent only
Previous to 1873 the silver was often al
a premium over gold. When silver be-
gan to depreciate in value, the gold
coin was rapidly exported and replaced
by the Mexican dollar, which has for a
long time been in general use through
OUT the orient. Gold became so scarce
through the export Of the gold coin.
and the silver was taking its place SC
RAPIDLY. that the Spanish government
took steps to stop the expectation Of the
one and the import Of the other. In
the spring Of 1873 an edict was issued
from Madrid. prohibiting the import OF
ali silver dollars bearing date subse-
queut TO 1877. This law was maintained
until the control of the islands passed
10 the United States.
THE amount of money needed for the
trade and commerce Of the Philippine
islands fuctuates in the different SEA
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Torpedo Boats Damaged.

Bristol, R. L. Dec. 2.-The torpedo
boats Dupont and Morris came in here
last night under their own steam. but
considerably damaged. Both boats
weathered Saturdays gale of Newport,
but the heavy seas badly twisted the
stem of the Dupont and several steel
plates of both vessels were badly
sprung. 1t will probably be necessary
to haul the Dupont out, as she will
require new stem, and both will have
several new plates put on before pro-
ceeding.
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sons. In the height of the sugar season
say from February to June-when
large amounts of sugar arr. exported.
there is a sharp increase in the demand
for money. For the ordinary needs of
the country little money lis used. as the
credit system is in vogue throughout
the islands, and there is. therefore, no
great amount Of money needed for the
payment of wages to the laboring
classes. In the off season, when exports
are light, the demand for money would
become so small that the circulating
medium would be found to be much
more than sufficient for the needs OF
the country. The fiuctuation in the
demand for money in different seasons
resulted in widely fluctuating rates N
exchange and in the continued flow of
money either to or from the islands.
SILVER SMUGGLING.
''The law which prevented the impor-
tation Of the Mexican dollars of a date
subsequent to 1877 proved a great hard
ship to the business interests. and
would have been a greater evil had il
not been for the laxity of the officials
which permitted and encouraged snug
Cling. 1t was not uncommon for the
dollar TO go to a premium of 10 or II
per cent, and this would immediately
start the flow of silver toward the IS
4 lands, which would be continued until
the demand was met and the rate of
exchange was reduced to a point which
would cause smuggling to cease being
profitable
THE smuggling of silver into the is
lands was recognized industry. 1t
was carried on largely by the rich
mestizos,' or Chinese half-castes. There
was a regular system for the bringing
in Of these coins. The result of the
Spanish law was to make money dear
during the season when there was a
big demand FOR currency, and the pro-
ducers, as wen as the merchants and
bankers. have been robbed from year
to year through the effects Of the law
in force.
After the occupation of Manila by
the American troops permission was
given the banks to import silver freely.
and the result has been to keep ex-
change rates on a, more stable basis.
The Spanish government kept no sta
(Conffnuad nm para
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tives, whose views will be entirely In
accord with those of Henry NJ. Teller.
I'VE have become a great gold min
ing state, Notwithstanding which the
owners of our gold mines, as well as
the miners themselves, are all OF them
free coinage men, staunch and true.
The DrodigiouS resources of the state,
and the character and enterprise of our
people have enabled US to get along
fairly well, Notwithstanding the ad-
verse industrial conditions of the past
five years; and, while we can endure
these conditions, perhaps, with less
suffering than less favored sections OF
the country, nevertheless we are as
anxious for the return of general pros
oerity as any other section of the
country"
The governor-elect left for Grand
Rapids tonight with Mrs. Thomas, and
from there he will go on to New York.
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war On the SUGAR Trust

st. Louis, Dec. 2.-The Republic tomor-
row will say: The Independent wholesale
grocers of st. Louis are making a lively
protest against the aggressions of the
American Sugar Refining company, com
monty known as the Sugar Trust. It is
asserted that the trust is charging a
higher rate of freight for the delivery of
sugar in this city than it is paying to the
railroad companies. and is pocketing a
neat profit thereby
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THE HERALD BULLETIN.
PAGE ONE

9ANTE ONE.
Secretary Alger's Report.
The Deseret News Change.
Hale Opposes the Treaty.
Down With Tammany.
PAGE TWO.
Delay at Paris.
Army Investigation.
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial.
PAGE FIVE.
Mrs. Hutchinson's Trial.
In Railway Circles.
Another Judgment Against John
Beck.
PAGE SIX.
Silver King Acquires New Ground
Financial and Commercial.
PAGE SEVEN.
Condition of Trade.
PAGE EIGHT.
Senator Stewart and Other Politics
Men of the Twenty-fourth Know
Their Fate.
To Tax the Telephones.
In the Social Realm.
Second Ward Polling Places.
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C. Whitney will be the business

ace G. Whitney will be the business
manager.
The church. from its own standpoint
which now has entire control of the
Deseret News, has made a happy Sc
/ lection in procuring the services of
these gentlemen. The ability of c. w.
Penrose as a writer is widely known,
and he is peculiarly fitted for the posi-
ton, while the field in which Bud"
Whitney excels is unquestionably busi-
ness management.
Mr.. Penrose has wide and long ex-
perience in welding the pen. He
edited the Millennial Star in Liverpool
for two years in the early COS. and in
1870 became editor and manager of the
Ogden Junction. senai-weekIy. The pa
per prOspered under his supervision
and became a daily. The reorganfza-
ton of the Deseret News company in
1880 resulted in the selection of Mr.
Penrose as editOr-in-c chief. He fulfilled
the position with satisfaction to his
employers and the News readers, re-
naming until Cannon & Sons leased
the publication. From 1892 until 1885
Mr.. PenrOse was editor of The Herald.
and, since the latter date, has per-
formed the Iabors of assistant church
historian.
H. G. WHITNEY'S CAREER.
n. G. Whitney, at the age of 10, de-
veloped a fondness for writing, which
brought about his connection with The
Herald, and subsequently the develop
ment of his business activity. While
city editor of this paper in 1884 he ere
ated Dramatic and Lyric. the first
theatrical column in Salt Lake City.
and which is still edited by him. His
business tact and energy pushed him
forward to the financial department,
the management Of The Herald devOlv-
ing upon him in 81.
Mr. Whitney is now manager for H.
]. Grant & Co. and the Home Fire In
surance company: he is secretary CT
the Utah Sugar company, manager of
the Salt Lake Opera company, and is
connected more or less with innumer-
able concerns in this and other cities,
in all of which he has met with emf
nent success.
The circumstances under which he
| goes into his new position are not at
all inviting. 1t is said the total in
/ debtedness of the News is in the neigh
borhood of S10O 00O but if it is possible
to eliminate the drawback the same
will be accomplished under the incom-
/ ing management
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c. D. LOONIS' FATHER TALKS
DOESN'T BELIEVE HIS SON Is
SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS.
Has No Idea of His Present Where
abouts-Last Heard From when
In New York.
tsnecial to The HeralaA

Carlinville Ills. Dec. George D.
Loomis, reported missing from Salt
Lake, and as being short in his ac-
counts, is the Oldest son Of ex-County
Judge Thad L. Loomis of this city, who
says, on being interviewed today, that
he knows nothing of the whereabouts
of his son, George L. Loomis, further
than that he left Salt Lake City last
July for New York City, and that a
notice of his safe arrival there was
published in some of the papers of. that
city. He added that if his son had
been short in his accounts the facts
would have been known before now. J.
L. P Lain of this city, who was in Salt
Lake City last July, on inquiring as to
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to undertake the completion of q his
tory of Utah in four volumes. This he
did successfully, notwithstanding nu-
merous reverses and great loss OF time.
Three volumes are on the market and
part " is now in the forms. With
this experience. the recording Of ec-
c1esiastical occurrences will be a natu-
raj continuance of Mr.. Whitney's work
during the past eight years. His ability
as an author will also be of great ad-
vantage to the office.
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RICH STRIKE IN MONTANA.
Jefferson County Bonanza Produces
Some Wonderful Ore.
LSpecial % The Herald.

Butte, Mont, Dec. "A rich strike is
reported having been made in the First
Shot mine, a new property at the head
of Rocker creek, in Jefferson county.
Samples of ore brought to Butte today
assay 20 ounces in gold, 1.194 ounces in
silver and 65 40 per cent lead, the to-
tai value per ton being $1,1469O. The
mine is owned by T. T. Lyons and
Henry Sherlock, county attorney and
sheriff respectively of Jefferson county.
They first discovered that they had a
rich property a few days ago, when
they shipped 700 pounds of ore whiaz
netted them 1,160.
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he had gone to New York City after
closing up successfully his receivership
of a certain railroad. and his relatives
here have no knowledge of the nature
of the business that called him to New
York, since which time he has not been
heard from
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kGUINALDO'S FORCES
NUNfBER SIXTY THOUSAND


he
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BAD JOB, SAYS HALE
"&-
Another Republican Senator Will
Oppose the Treaty.
IT MAY BE DEFEATED
PHILIPPINES A HEAVY LOAD TO
CARRY.
: MAY BE DEFEATED
Within Six Months, Senator Hale
Thinks, Everybody Will Want to
Get Rid of the Islands-Entire
Trade insufficient to Pay Ex-
penses of Occupation.

Washington, Dec. 2-Senator Eugene
Hale of Maine today announced his op-
position to the peace treaty which is
being formulated in Paris. He is op-
posed to the acquisition of the Philip
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The changes in both departments Of
the Deseret Evening News win occur
on Jan. 1, and will be in exact accord
ance with The Herald's announcement
three weeks ago. Charles w. Penrose
will re-assume the editorship. and Hor-
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DOWN WITH TANNANY
*-
An Away With Croker, Says Gov
ernOr-elect Thomas.
NO UNION OF FACTIONS
TOO MUCH TAMMANY CAUSED
DEMOCRATIC DEFEAT.
Chicago Platform Meets the Western
idea of Orthodox Democracy
Colorado Out of the Republican
Column-Western Democrats viii
Renew the Pledges of 1896.

Chicago, Dec 2.-Governor-elect
Charles S. Thomas of Colorado, who
has been in the city the past two days
on his way to New York and Wash
ington, was somewhat reticent as to
the object of his eastern trip. How
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WHAT ALGER SAYS
ABOUT THE WAR
Official Story Of the Santiago
Campaign.
SECRETARY'S REPORT
GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC
-4-
No Comment, Criticism or Refer
ence to Abuses.

The Official Correspondence Indicates
That Miles Was frequently
Turned Down-Shafter Threatened
to Retire From San Juan Hill
New Information Concerning Ne
gotiations For Surrender-Secre-
tary Recommends Railroad.
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ANOTHER CHANGE.
0. F. whitney to succeed Mr.. Psnrose

., Z. Whitney 70 ouccesd I0f. FsnIose
As Assistant Church Historian.
Bishop Orson f. Whitney succeeds
Mr.. Penrose as assistant church his
torian, and this appointment furnishes
again the right man in the right place
In 1880 Bishop Whitney was engaged
by Cannon & Sons Publishing company
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FOURTH INFANTRY
WILL SEE ACTIVE SERVICE
Especial to The Heraido

D. c. not
and however say
of
in
equipped"
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Washington, Dec. 2.-The annual re-
port Of Secretary Alger is a practically
complete official history of the Span
ish-American war. The secretary has
given to the public not only all the Off
cial dispatches that passed directly be-
tween his own office and commanding
officers in the field and camps, but has
supplemented these with short explain
atory notes, setting forth the reasons
for various movements, and then. to
complete the record of events. he has
included in the body of his report, the
report of General Miles, of all the gen
erals who participated in the campaign
in Cuba, Puerto Rico, or the Philip
pines, and finally, the reports of all
of the bureau officers of the war de-
partment. Nowhere is there shown a
disposition to criticise. the official dis
patches being allowed to tell their own
story, and generally, the secretary finds
much to praise and cause for sincere
cOngratulatiOn in the results obtained.
The report proper begins with what
may be described as a chronological
| history of the war, consisting of a num-
Der of short paragraphs, beginning
with the declaration of war on April 81
and setting forth the date upon which
making no comment whatever upon the
facts. The only exception to this rule
is in a reference to the casualties of
Santiago. Some criticism having been
made that there was lack of surgeons
present, the report states that there
were 140 surgeons in attendance and
that of 1.4S1 wounded. only thirteen
died of their wounds.
The secretary, coming down in his
I mi M hon
an order was issued, which is now in
/ execution, to muster out 106, 600 vOlun-
teers, says:
Thus an army of about $50. 900 volun-
teerS and recruits for the regulars was
called into existence from civil life and
including the regular army, the total
force was 274.717 men. 1t was organ
lied, armed and equipped (no supplies
being on hand other than those for the
regulars, save Springfield muskets) and
$4,000 men of this force was trans
ported by land and sea 20 battledelds
in the tropics. 10000 miles apart. where
they won their victories without a sin
gle defeat, and all within the period of
113 days from the declaration of war to
the signing of the protocol
This great achievement can be cred
tied to no individual; it belongs to the
nation. 1t was accomplished through
the intelligence and patriotism of all
who served, from the commander-in-
chief to the private in the ranks 1t
also speaks volumes for the prompt,
patriotic and intelligent assistance OF
the people who furnished, in so short
a period, the supplies necessary to pre-
pare this great army for the field To
the heroic men who served in distant
lands. the country win ever offer a true
need of praise, but the mighty army
in camp, ready and eager TO take the
field. should also be given equal credit.
1t was their presence, ready at an
hours notice for any emergency, that
over-aWed the enemy and proved to
him that further resistance would be
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RAILRoAD ZOE CUBA.

Secretary Alger thinks that the gov
ernment will be greatly taxed to sup
ply food to the destitute. especially in
Cuba. The effort should be made. he
thinks. to give the people. work instead
of allowing them to dwell IN idleness,
living upon charity.
He says Would it not be wise
economy for the government of the
United States to construct a substan-
tiaI railroad practically the whole
length OF the island of Cuba, with
branch roads to the leading cities on
the coast? such a road would, of
course, cost a large sum, perhaps S20.-
000. .00G: but it would give employment
to the people Of Cuba. teach them
habits of industry. be an inducement
for them to cultivate their farms and
thus furnish supplies for the laborers
and for market when the road is con-
structed. This, in my Judgment. is alb
soluteIy essential to the pacification
land development of that great island.
The road would be a good property.
and when it has served its purpose for
the government could be sold for it's
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General Greely intends to prepare a bill
for the reorganization of the signal corps,
which accomplished so much valuable
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work during the war General Greely's
idea IS to enlarge the branch by one
colonel, one lieutenant colonel two
majors. five captains, nine first lieuten-
ants, five first-class sergeants, fifty cor
porals. $50 first-cass privates and fifty
second-class nrivates-
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THREE THOUSAND DEATHS.

"'The deaths in the army from May
/ to Oct l. including killed. died Of
wounds and of disease, were 2,910, the
smallest death rate recorded for any
army in history, a remarkable fact
when it is considered that over $4,000
of our troops, born and reared in the
temperate zone. were campaigning in
tropical climates subject to rain and
heat almost unprecedented"
The secretary says of the volunteers
that to furlOugh them in winter would
be a hardship. so ne recommends that
in lieu Of the fuTlough the officers and
men be given two months pay at the
time of their discharge, thus admitting
of their prompt discharge in their pres
ent camps in the south.
Under the head of increase in the
permanent establishment the secretary
saws: In view of the needs of a mill
tary force in the islands occupied by
the United States, it is earnestly rec
commended that the regular army be
permanently increased to 100000 men
and the requisite officers; that a pOr-
ton of this army be recruited from the
inhabitants of those islands, to be mus
tered into the service of the United
States, commanded by officers of our
army discretion, however, to be given
to the president to make appointments
of officers from the force so recruited
Another suggestion is that there
should be employed in the United
States service d cOEstabulary force for
the cities of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the
Philippines. who have had experience
and can speak the language of the is
lands
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Saved Bv "Effervescence. !,

New York, Dec. "A dispatch to the
Herald from Montevideo, Uruguay says:
Arrendondo. murderer of President Borta,
has been absolved by the court, because
he isf said to have acted under the in
fuence of effervescence. The public prose-
cutor win appeal against the judgment.