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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01
It Is Said That He Has Destroyed the Philippine
 Defense Squadron.
The Governor of the Islands Says That He Will Hold Out, and
 Then the Cable Is

NEW YORK, May IA Washington dis. patch to the Herald, sent at p. M., says: report is in circulation here early this morning that the Spanish and American fleets fought a battle off Manila yester- day, and that all the Spanish ships and two of the American vessels had been sunk.
 No confirmation of it could be obtained, but, on the other hand asserted the highest authority, that no information had been received from the Philip pines.
 Nevertheless, officials of the Navy Department be- ieve that the first naval battle of the with Spain was fought to-day at or Manila between the squadron of Commodore Dewey and the Spanish fleet in the Philippines. possibly supported by land batteries at Manila
 It is believed that the first of this conflict will probably be received but will through Spanish sources the that the Spanish control the cable from the Philippines is expected that the first re- port will be that the American squadron has been defeated
 No credence will be given by officials here to any port of operations off Manila that through Spanish sources and assuming that the expected conflict occurred today it believed that any reliable information cernng it will be received in Washington before Monday Tuesday at the earliest It is believed that Commodore Dewey will be compelled to send vessel back to Hong kong to send his dispatches for if he succeeds in cap turing Manila within the few days it is believed that the Spanards will have the cable to prevent his using it.
 It known that his orders contemplate the destruction of the Spanish fleet his first step This accomplished he will be forced to take Manila in order coal depot and base of supplies
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01
SPANISH TORPEDO
 FLOTILLA STILL
 HEADS DUE WEST
Copyrighted. 1898. by James Gordon Bennett.

ST. VINCENT, Cape Verde Islands, April 3o-The Spanish squadron consisting of the rstcass Vcaya Almirane nanta Maria Theresa Ctoba Coon Furor, Terror Puton the Atlantic and will probably be heard Porto Rico
 When the squadron left this port yesterday mOrn- ing the steamer Avery Hill, engaged by the Herald Call, followed, without giving the fleet any ntmation that it being watched
 As caed yesterday the Admiral received his sailing orders late Thursday night early morning vessels put strategic and active
 The HeraldCalPs special waited until the Spanish well before follow Then the started with u up keep the the Spaniards long possible.
 The Avery Hill followed track Spanish squadron during the entire For the gradually hour by hour behind the swtgong Spaniard whose vessels proceeding full westerly direction did only at last its the Atlantc
 The Herad-Cal still within mariners glass dis the Spanards squadron passed out of sight, with the of the vessels pointing Wardy.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01
THE RATTLE-SHIP
 SAFELY PASSES
 STAINS GUNBOAT
Copyrighted. 1898. by James Gordon Bennett

BUENOS AKRES, Apm 3O-Aduces from he HeruhFs cor respondent Rio Janeio Brazh state that the United States bate-shp Oregon has just arrived ere after uneventtuI hp
 The Argentine Government about to order e Spansh torpedo vessel 7enerauo to eave Argentine wuter when her commander announced fife authorities that he only redmmg here for he purpose Of tag or coal and provisions The 7emerG'O, accordingly sm anchored he port Of Ia fhGta, but she now has steam uo.
 The He'a@s correspondent Montemdeo informs me hat the authorities 0 Uruguay have prohibited meeting that was to have been held by Spanicros and Spanish sOatzer they held that mgh compromise fife position Of neutrality which he Oraguay Government had assumed
 RIO JHREiRO AprH 3O-7he Mareta has anrved Neither the MaTeftd nor the Oregon Knew Of he existence o They wW sal proboby Tuesday 7he Government decad coal not contra6and
 NEW YORK; April alo Washington
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01
GABLE TO MANILA DESTROYED BY THE
 EXPLOSION OF BOMBS
Copyrighted. 1888. by James Gordon Bennett.

Copyright by JamesG MANILA April 3oThe captain or the Philippines says odds Patients in the of buildings orderly We expect hourly the
 
 m dispatch.
 HONGKONG 3o-There been great exodus of Chi Spanish Subg prenu nm to expected
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01

there tomorrow. Although it cannot be learned from officials of the de- partment that they have received confirmation of this information, there is no doubt that, in &C., cordance with navy regulations, Captain Clark commanding the bat tleship and senior officer of the ves- sel has reported the fact of his pres ence at the Brazilian seaport.
 Having knowledge of the safety of the warships in Brazilian waters, the officials have ceased to pay any particular attention to the torpedo gun vessel Temerario, flying the Spanish flag, which is still reported to be at La Plata, Argentina. It is possible, however, thac Spain will now have to concern herself about the Temerario, as there is some dis
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-01
OREGON REACHES RIO
 STAINS FLEET COMING WEST
THREAT FROM
 THE GEAR.

LONDON, May 1.-The Berlin correspondent of the Sunday Special asserts that the Queen Regent of Spain has appealed to the Czar, through Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, to as- sist her in her conflict with the United States.
 Emperor Nicholas replied di- rectly to the Queen Regent, as- surfing her of his deepest sympa- thy with Spain, on which coun- try the United States had forced war, stating, however, that he does not consider matters ripe for Russian diplomatic. or mili- tary intervention, but that he will do whatever is possible at the proper time.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-09

verified, unless all the signs in the heav-
ems are misleading Your associates in
1887 bound the West and the new
South as wage and bond slaves to the
East, and her money lords yet wax fat
at the expense of the yeomanry of the
Mississippi Valley and the land beyond
the Rockies. But the day is at hand
when the withered parchment, drawn
by hands long dead, shall no longer
deny to the producer the fruits of lis
toll or bind a majority to the british
will of a wealth-fortified minority.
James Wilson could not agree that
property WIS the sole or primary object
Of government and society. The cult
walton and Improvement OF the human
mind was the the most noble object
This man Wilson must have been al
awful Socialist.
Mr.. Ellsworth said he observed that
a new set Of ideas seemed to have creDt
in since the articles Of Confederation
were established. Conventions Of the
people, or with power derived from -
people, were not then thought Of" his
remark clearly shows how little head
way democracy had made up to this
time, and how much the constitutional
convention was swayed by regard iol
popular rights.
Madison made good prediction when
he said "in future times a great major
ity of the people will not only be with
out landed, but any other sort of prop
erty." He should be here today and
see how dismally his forecast has come
true. He feared that these penniess
people would combine politically, in
which case the rights of property would
be threatened. Mr.. Gary uttered an
aphorism which Mr. Mckinley should
have framed. He said, coincidence is
the road to tyranny The Mckinley
brand of confidence seems to be the
road to bankruptcy" as well.
Mr.. Randolph refused to sign the con-
stitution. He said it was bold stroke
for a monarchy Or an aristocracy. He
would not support plan which would
surely end in tyranny. Mr.. Mason said
ut would end in a monarchy or a ty-
rannical aristocracy, which, he was i'll
doubt, but one or the other he was sure y
Most of the delegates signed the con-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-09

not detain the senate now, ut this late
hour were it not that this majority
report has come up from the postoftice
committee, Of which l am a member
l am opposed to the bill l do not con-
cur in the report made by a majority
Of the committee. l am preparing a
minority report. If that report were
ready and could so into the record on
the same day with the majority report,
I would be content to wait till this Bill
should be taken up for action. The
minority report will not be ready before
tomorrow. l cannot allow the majority
report to go into the record today
without stating briefly some Of my OBJ
jections to this mischievous measure
The real purposes of this measure do
net appear on it's face. It's real pur-
poses, or at least it's effects, if it should
become law, are far-reachng and
dangerous. The gold-ring, the monopo-
lies, and trusts already control the av-
enues and agencies of rapid communi-
cation and intelligence. They filter and
control the news that appears in the
daily press each morning. They nov
seek through this bill to close up, as
far as possible, the only avenue left
free and open. This bill is seeking to
run the gauntlet of congress under false
pretense
The friends of this bill, known as
the Loud postal bill, comes to congress
under the guise of reform and economy,
and ask you to pass bill. A bill that
will do what? A bill that will cut out
Of the mails larger part of the liter
ature that the people of today receive,
desire to receive through the. mails, as
second-class rates. A bill to do what?
bill to deprive the people who live
along the star routes of one-half of the
privileges which they today receive
from the postal system of this country;
a bill intended-if not intended, that
would be the result-to cut out from
the mails all standard works now pub
lished in cheap form with paper covers:
that is, the works of Dickens, Scott,
Hawthorne, Washington Irving, and
hundreds of others which are now being
published in cheap form and are going
through the mails, as second-class rates.
Even Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-09

stitution, a motion to destroy the Jour-
nails of the session was defeated and
the convention adjourned. | have paid
no attention to the triumph of the
slave-owning delegates over those from
the Northern states, but it was signal
and complete. l have quoted but a few
of the thousand and more denunciations
Of democracy made by delegates during
the convention. One reason for their
bitterness toward the people may be
found in the fact that the masses were
in favor of paper money, while the del
egates, with one CIR two exceptions were
as bitterly opposed to it. There is not
the slightest doubt that the constitution
would have failed Of adoption had the
debates of the convention been made
public, and the friends of the consti-
tuition used good judgment in suppress
ing the journal for two generations.
These quotations are not used for .-.e
purpose of casting any reflections on
the men who framed the constitution.
but for the purpose of throwing a clear
light on the ideas and motives which
actuated them. They lived before ,..e
spirit of modern democracy was born.
They had no sympathy with self-gov-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-09

W 81 - - - and will
s. f.
Carl l. Stewart Lumber Exchange

show better reasons for its passage
than are in it?
Mr.. President, it gcc3 further than
that. This bill will bear hard upon
the country weekly newspapers. The
bill rObs the editor OF the country news
paper OF his only chance today OF ad-
vertising his paper and increasing hI,
circulation. 1t robs the man who wants
10 start paper and c0mpaee with pa
peTs that are already established and
nave plenty of money behind them.
This bill robs them Of the sample
copy privilege, which tclay is the main
resource that the country editor has
to advertise his paper and ex.eHd his
circulation. | dare say that If the bill
passes, your paper, the Silver knight
turning to Senator StcwarD, will be
crippled. You have built up your cir
culation chiefly by sending out sample
copies. The profits from year paper
would not justify you in putting a man
en- the road, to gay railroad fare and
hotel bills to get subscribers for your
paper. You must depand upon sample
copies largely.
Mr.. President, the bill will create a
newspaper trust, as well as rob the
people of half the benefits today that
they get from the postal system.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-09

"Gold and Silver are the money OF the Constitu
OF value Is estabi shed and can not be owe rturne
whole system. Gold and Silver at rates q xsd by q
ard Of value in this country and neithsr Gongres
establish any other standard dispose Of this. -
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-09

perty was certainly the principal Oh
ject of society. If numbers should be
made the rule of representation the
Atlantic states would soon be subjected
to the Western" He wanted represen-
tation based on the taxes paid by .ne
respective states and not on the number
of citizens Or voters. Morris said
there never was, nor never would be
a civilized society without an aristoc-
racy" Later he said that 'if the west
ern people get the power into
hands they would ruin the Atlantic
interests" That reads like an extract
from a modern Republican speech Or an
editorial, from the New York Sun.
Mr. Wilson again threw his weight
against the assembled aristocrats, but
IN vain. He said: THE majority OF
the people, wherever found, ought in
all questions to govern the >1lncrity.
If the interior country should acquire
this majority, it will not only have the
right, but it will avail itself of it,
whether we will or no.
Peace to your ashes, James Wilson,
Democrat from Pennsylvania You
were true prophet, and your prophecy.
though not yet come true, will soon be
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-09

ernment, and aimed to create con-
stitution which would appease the
growing love Of the people for power
and at the same time Withhold it from
them
You can best estimate the character
of the constitutional convention of 1857
by examining the roster Of the great
men who were absent. Thomas Jeffer-
son was not a delegate. He later be-
came the leader Of those who opposed
the uEdemocTatic features Of the con-
stitution. Samuel Adams, the father Of
American democracy, and who inspired
and led the movement which resulted
in revolution and independence, was
not a delegate He bitterly opposed
the adoption of the constitution and
predicted the evils which we today ex
egate. He warned the people against
adopting the constitution and refused
to serve as a member Of Washington's
cabinet Thomas Paine was not a dele
gate. The man whose pen did more for
American freedom than did Washing
toms sword, and who inspired the De-
claration of independence, was not
deemed fit to sit among the drafters CT
our first charter.
jefferson, Adams, Henry, Paine! The
four great public men of that day.
whose hearts beat responsive to the
hopes and ambitions of the people, took
no part in founding the constitution Ct
their country Their places were filed
by bankers and siave-owners.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-09
The E2yptinns.
Coming Nation:-


What does Moses think CT the Egyptian
folks as he treads the streets Of Mem
phis and walks out into the great me-
tropolis?
"Oh, most religious Of people, anxious
for naught but the preparation Of vour
bodies for the resurrection.
Building tombs that will astound the
ages,
pyramids that rival the everlasting hills
Content to paint your marvellous pict-
ures on the sepulchef's inner walls
for the pleasure Of the dead
a whole class devoted to embalming
bodies, pouring in the costliast spices,
binding them up with the choicest
linen, laying them in masni6cently
decorated and inlaid sarcophagi.
Burying with them gold and silver and
gems, and the most beautiful glass
and pottery.
Preserving the body that you may pre-
serve the SOUL
The entire people crying out as one
man, What must l do to be saved,"
The energies which other races turn
toward the present, absorbed by You
in the all-engrossing life to be-
And this religion Of yours, how does
it touch your hearts?''
The workmen on your monuments AMI
temples die like flies in the sumner
sun, and who cares?
You set taskmasters over them to #
flict them with burdens and make
them serve with vigor
You make their lives bitter with hard
bondage in mortar and in brick AID
in all manner of service in the field!
forcing them to make their brick with
out straw;
Your gaze is SO fixed On heaven that
you cannot see the earth,
You are so bent on future hap.;nass
that you have no eyes for the misery
you create about YOU
Your faith is a mockery and yo1r heaven
will be hell"
And when the spirit Of the Lord came
upon Moses, then he gave the law TO
the people.
How he revoited from the narrow
Egyptian creed,
How he directed their minds away from
selfish care for salvation in the world
to come, and turned them t3wards
their duties of today.
Here, Israel, The Lord oar G5I "a
one Lord,
And thou shalt love the Lord thy Gcl
with all thine heart and with all hy
strength and with all thy soll sad
with all thy might;
He doth execute the judgment CT th.
fatherless and widow and loyeth he
stranger, in giving him food and
raiment,
Love We therefore the stranger for ye
were strangers in the Land Of Egypt;
And thou wilt love thy naighbor as
thy SELF
And though he was learned in all the
learning Of the Egyptians. yet not
one word does he utter in all his five
long books regarding the world to
come
Lest the children of Israel should he
enslaved by it as were the people Of
the Nile.
ERNEST II. CROSBY.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-09
AN INFAMOUS MEASURE
Senator Buffers Protest Arafast
the Loud Postal Dill-SOme Of
Its PrOVisfOns.
Enormous Sums Now Being Paid for
Rent of Cars and Hauling
Mail.
WOULD CREATE A NEWSPAPER
TRUST

WOULD CREATE A NEWSPAPER
TRUST.
Last week the senate committee on
postoiiices and post roads, by a ma
jority report made a favorable report on
the Loud postal bill. Senator Butler
opposed the bill in toto, and gave notice
that he would prepare a substitute for
the bill and make a minority report.
The chairman of the committee on post
offices and post roads referred the bill
to the senate, presenting the majority
report favoring the bill, before Senator
Butler could get his minority report
ready. Whereupon Senator Butler rose
in the senate and entered a protest
against the bill as follows:
Mr.. Butler-Mr. President, I would
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-09
MORE MCKINLEY PROSPERITY.
Seven Foreclosures in 1886 and
Nineteen In 1897.

WINONA, Jam 25.-Figures from the
register of deeds office, in this county, in
dicate an increase in money transactions.
In 1896 there were SS4 mortgages given and
in 1897 there were 450. The number of
mortgages satisfied in 1896 was 331, and in
1897 the number satisfied was 40 There
were II mortgage foreclosures in 1894, II in
1895, in 1896, and 10 in 1897.
Such a gittin' up stairs 1 never did
see.' Bring out the brass band and the
hurdy gurdy and the tom-john.
Seven to nineteen in one year. At
that rate how long will it take to wipe
out all the farms in Winona county:
Will Brother Goss tell us? Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-09

The Rings steal hundreds Of MILL
ions annually from the People. One
tenth of the plunder is used to con-
troll the daily press and buy up the
leaders Of the two old parties, to
darken intelligence and make the
voters poor, blind and incapable OF
self-defense. Strike before it is too
late.
The age-herald., 1898-02-21

government by December next. Of the re- maining three battIeships, the Alabama, Wisconsin and Illinois. none is half com pleted; and ordinarily year and a half would lapse under the contract before the government could expect them to be turned over to the navy department, ready for service.
 IN ONE YEAR.
 The Alabama is being constructed at Cramps ship yard near Philadelphia, and Cramp estimates that in an emergency he could have the ship completed in one year. provided he was not delayed waiting for armor and armament.
 The Wisconsin. which is being construct ed at San Francisco. Is also nearly half completed and the United Iron Works. that has the contract, reports that 1t can have the ship completed within a year if they are not delayed for armor plates and armament.
 The Illinois, at Newport News, Is advanc- ed nearly as far as it's sister ships, and the company estimates that 1t can also be com- pleted within year, provided the govern- ment did not direct that especial attention be given to the completion of the Kear- sarge and Kentucky for the reasons out lined above All this, however, is con- tingent upon the delivery of armor plate and armament without delay. It will be seen, therefore, that according to the es- inmates of the contracts the government can have two more battleships in nine months time, or five in twelve or ntteen months if necessity requires.
 The two big Pennsylvania armor plate firms report that they can commece the delivery of armor within three months af- ter the signing of the contracts and could complete the contracts within year.
The age-herald., 1898-02-21
ANGRY PARlSlAN M0B-
Made an Ugly Demonstration as an Editor
 Entered Prison.

Paris Feb. 20.-Two thousand people as- scmbled this afternoon in front of the St. Pelagfe prison, well known as the pris- on for offending journalists, to greet Henri Rochefort, editor of the Intransigeant on entering to serve a sentence of five days Imprisonment for labelling Jose Renach, conservative deputy for the district of Digne and editor of the Republique Fran caise, by charging him with intending to prove the innocence of Alfred Dreyfus by the use of forged documents
 It was o'clock before M- Rechefort ar- rived. The crowd hoeked around his car riage shouting ''viye Rochefort," and 'vive le Cemmune.'' the police being pow erless to restrain them M Rochefort alighted. waving his handkerchief and es- corted by the people. walked te the prison gates. About fifty of his friends, includ- ing Ernest Rechen. one of the deputies for Paris, the editor of Jour. and the assistant editors of the Intransigeant accompanied him inside the building amid continuous shouts from the populace-
 Suddenly Q new gathering of 5000, head ed by MIMI Millevoye and Thiehaud and Regis, marched toward the Pantenon, yell ing Down with zola," and Death to the