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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-11-18
10 QUE DICE Ell CONSEJO
MUMOZ RIVERA

IlCS0ulO hIyCId SOIou, Ad WIZ
brsdo una interviews con los Sc
nores Mufoz Rivera, Hernandez
Lopez Carbonell, sobre la cues
ti6n que provocara ell senior Blan-
co con gu fanaosa caa'to.
Hoy publicamos 10 que dice
Munoz Rivera manana inserta-
remos la opinion de Hernandez
Lopez y Carbonell.
Las francas y terminates de-
claraciones de los senores del Con
sejo no necesitan concentrates
-, Que impression produjo en-
usted la carta del senior Blanco,
que publica La Nueoa Era?
Una impression dc asombro.
En- ningan pats del mundo Sc ha
visto, nj Sc vera nunca, que un
,ninistro ataque d sus compai1eros
de Gabinete. Me repugna con.
testar, nj aun de un modo indirec
to, d esa brusca salido. Pero es
tan extraordinaria la actitud del
sefior Blanco son tan absurdas
sus atirmaclones, que no puedo
prescindir de desmentirlas, y agra
dezco & listed la OCCASION que me
ofrece. La carta del seflor Blan-
oe exige los mas duros calificati-
sos. Mientras asistfa con noso-
tros al Consejo, preparaba este
golpe, que tl, en- su inocencia,
considera mortffero. Y, cuando
menos 10 esperabamos, surge de
Ponce una cart0 s,stina0, que, q
pesar de ssr intima, esta redacta-
da con el estilo y las formas de un
manifesto. Els TN asesinato frus-
trado, con las agravantes de pre-
meditation y ensaiIamiento.
-; No preveia listed ell acto del
se1or Blanco2
-Conieso a usted que no 10
prevefa. listed mismo me advir-
tio, dfas ha, que uno de los hona-
bres quo nee roReaban habfa dicho
en- no Sc c,dl tertuIia que me ace
choba u gue me huadir{a. Yo no
concedf gran valor a su adverten-
cia, como no 10 concedo d la Glen
y cien que recibo a diario. Yea
usted que pronto Sc realizaron gus
tsmores. No importa; nadie me
juzga por las palabras agenas sino
por los actos mfos, y mis- actos
pueden entregarse todos al pueblo
para que los analice d su antojo.
No encontrara sombras nj traicio
nss en- ellos. En- cuanto d los
moviles de la carta, he decir d u.s.
te que ell senior Blanco, por mott
yos que reserve, era incompatible
va con ell Consejo insuiar. Com
prendiendolo, y buscando quiza
una puerta de escape, encnentra la
de las libertades Inunicipales, y
Sc va por allf muy orondo. Sin
duda piensa que ha conseguido
triunfar en- la opinion; pero todo
ell mundo conoce Ell juego y sabe
que ESQ es pura comedia.
-: rs cierto 10 que escribe don
Julian sobre el informe al general
Brooke en- el asunto de Ponce?
Ell informe sc publicara. \
La isla sc enterara de sus funda-
mentos. Ell senor Blanco no loI
ha visto. Lo pedia con apremio
el General: cite d concejillo para
las ocho y media; sc marcho q
Bayam6n ell sei1or BlanUo, Y To-
aprobaron los seilores Carbonell,
Hernandez Lopez y 20. Pero,
desde luego, sobre Las bases 0cor-
dutkus cor. Ell misneo seilor Bl0ncO
In noche anterior. Ell informe es
muy democratico, muy liberal,
muy autonomista y, por serlo tan
to, no admite que un ayuntamlen.
to de ofcio, como el de Ponce,
applique y destruya la autonomfa.
III informe declara que ell Consejo
n
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-11-18
CARTAS CORTAS

C1Ol Id ScL1C uC tSttCf CtCtLO OAsi I
los Secretaries de Despacho )
ell Corresponsal de La DEMO
CRACIA.
Las gentes descubren, al fin,
cosas que parecian inexplicables.
Sc We muy claro que ell senior
don Julian entro en- ell COnseje
con un dOble propositO.
Que fue realizandolo etapa poT
etapa hasta llegar a jugarse,
desde Ponce, sM ultima carta.
Que su intencion SO desenvol-
via POGO d POGO, estorbando pri-
nero al jefe de gobierno y ases-
tandole despues un golpe terri
BILE.
Que Munoz Rivera no podia
cumplir sus compromises, te-
niendo en- Hacienda un hombre
que, prometiendolo todo al prin-
cipio, negaba todo al fin.
Que la situacion de nuestro
amigo debio ser desesperada al
encOntrarse con una resistencla
tan inaudita y tan sistematica.
Que no Sc conocio nunca in
gratitud mas grande, nj conduc-
ia mas siniestra, III prevention
mas injusta ...... nj candideZ
mas paradisiaca.
Que las cOsas habian llegado
al extreme y que es una fortu-
ma la solsdo del senior Blanco,
aunque resulte una salida falsa
| y torpe.
Ell lunes, d las ocho y media
de la noche, Sc reunio el Con
sejo. Asistian Munoz, Herman
dez, CarbOnell y Blaneo.
Dlcese que Munoz, con una
|exquista suavIdad de formas,
pronunci6, mas o menos, pala-
bras como eStas:
~~Usted afirma, senOr Blan-
do, que yo trate de imponerle
Ell nOmbramientO de persOnaS
ineptas para los cargos pablicos.
70 no recuerdo NADIA de este.
|Y como es it'll que ell asunto
quede clarisimO, aqui, en- pre-
sencia de nuestros colegas de
FOmentO y de Justicia, ruego d
usted que retresque mi memoria,
citando los nombres de mis-
recomendados, a Quienes usted
supone que yo deseaba imponer.
En- efecto-respondio ell Sc
nor Blanco -usted solo recemen-
do la cesantia de SAM y ell nom
bramiento de Ruiz Sagredo.
-dY ninguno mas?
-Ninguno mas.
-Muy bien. No Sc liable mas
de I'm incidente tan POGO grato
y conste la yerdad: que nj un
solo Official, nj un solo jefe hay
en- Hacienda, nj siquiera un So
10 escribiente, indicado por ell
Presidente del Consejo. Porque
me abStuve de recOmendar d
nadie, al convencerme de que
usted desatendia mis- recomen-
daciOneS.a
Asi paso ell dialogo. Los Sc
cretariOs de Justicia y de Fo-
mentO callahan. Y en- ell salon
de la presidencia podia oigse ell
vuelo de las moscas.
Aver Sc firIn6 el nombramien
to de don Cayetano Coll y Toste.
Hoy toma possession de la Secre-
taria de Hacienda. Ell arma es-
grimida por don Julian BlancOI
Sc vuelve contra el y Ie anula
y le destruye.
Ez L7.pnsrla1, de Mayagiiez,
trae un articulo de primer or
den bajo este epigrafe: SUICIDE
Alude al suicidio de
don julian Blanco y es una obra
Ell gobierno esti hoy mss flrme
que aver, por 10 que CANA en-
homogeneidad y por la confian
"a del poder moderator, ratifi-
cada sin reservas y sin limites
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-11-18

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que habla la ley; no para los
Ayuntamientos formados en- Con
sejo de guerra verbal. h Gobier
no quiere que del sufragio broten
los Ayuntamientos que vengan a
plantear Ia autonomfa: no la de
Moret; no la del artfculo So; sino
la que ha hecho grandes y lshres
d los Estados Unidos de America;
La autonomfa completa, fntegra,
sin recortes y sin distingos.
-;Y don Julian guerra otra
cosa?
Ell sefior BlancO querfa que
sc convirtiese a los ayuntamientos
actuales en- arbitros de los pueblos.
Hay ayuntamientos en- que aun Sc
impone ell infujo conservador; los
hay del general Marin, del general
Macfas, del general Wilson, del
general Stowe, del general Swan
y hasta de los oficiales y sargen-
tos americanos. Ell sefor Blanco
entiende por mixti6caci6n de la
autonomfa la Interpretation que
permitio al Consejo insular destl-
tuir q los alcaldes incondicionales
ell Enero y en- Febrero de este
ano. Ell senior Blanco estilna, y
asf 10 manifesto en- plsno Consejo,
que Sc procedio NAL eliminando q
los alcaI0es. De suerte que, Sc
gun ese sistema, ailn tendrfaInos
/. los propios alcaldes de don Ale
iandro Viliar. En- fin: esas son
originalidades del seIior Blanco.
- Me permitira usted interro-
garle acerca de las sigaisntes fra
ses del sef1or Blanco: <Yo entire
en- ell Ministerio accediendo a las
reiteradas instancias de Mu7oz,
como hombre completamente &C.
parade independence de todos
los partidos, y bajo la promesa
solemne que aquel me hizo de
zanzibar ra1icalmente de prooedi
mientos, y de qae en- ell gobierno
cumplirfamos extrictamente la
Constitution Autonomica, que
hasta entonces Sc habfa violado
constante y acknowledgements, sin
mixtificaciones nj hipocresfas>?
- Es total y absolutamente fall
so, y al llegar q este punto apelo
al testimonlo de Ia unica persona
qae asistio la eptrevista entire
eli seilor Bianco y yo: apclo don
Jose Benitez Guzman, Conseiero
de administration, capitalista de
Vieques, en- cuya caballerosidad
confio por complete. No snsts al
sefior Blanco.
No Sc insta cuando Sc brindan
cartcras. LIE propuse Ia de Ha-
cienda, y acepto. lie adverti que
necesitaba yo que Sc tuviesen pre-
sentes mis- compromises para la
provision de empleos, y me res
pondi6 que no habfa obstaculos
por su parte, porque Ell saba 10
que es La pol5tsco. FL senor BIan-
co olvido gu palabra y desatendio
mis- indicaciones. Y es claro
yo no pude responder q 10 que de
mf esperaban mis- amigos, porque
en- Hacienda estan casi todos los
destlnos phblioos. De tai manera
empezaba ell senor Blanco 4 mi
mar mi posici6n y d restarme sim
patfas.
IA que alude el sefor BIan-
60, al decir que usted pretendio
Ell ,,onsbr0miento de !
aigsuaos pgotegidos suyos, ssecapd-
ces, fJacoaUense,stes paro los des-
ti'aos, <0 10 qate ht6o de oponerse
enea.gic0mente.
Alude d una reunion del Con
sejo en- que yo expuse mi deseo
de que Sc decretase la cesantfa de |
don Angel Sanz, administrator
de la Aduana de Arecibo. y Sc lie
sustituyese con don Jose Ruiz /
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-21
SIX KILLED IN SNOW SLIDE
CRATER LAKE, CHILKOOT PASS,
 SCENE OF THE DISASTER.
A Woman and Her Two Sons Among the Victims Five Bodies Recovered Not Bruised in the Least-Slfde De- cured on Opposite summit From the One of Last Spring.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 20.-News has just been received of big snow-slde on the Chilkoot Pass in which six peo- pie were killed. Five bodies have been recovered, as follows: Mrs. Darling and two sons of Lake Linderman, Bert Jones of Juneau, Harry Shaw of Skag- uay. The slide occurred December g at Crater Lake, about one mile beyond the summit on the Lake Linderman side. Mrs. Darling's husband was at Lake Lindrman and she had arranged to join him with her two sons, who had almost reached manhood. Shaw was a Skaguay man, who had business at the lake.
 Bert Jones of Juneau was but nine teen years of age and the reason for his taking the trip does not appear. He was friend of the Darling boys. The name of the sixth person has not been ascertained. Contrary to the advice of old timers who realize that the trip was dangerous in view of the recent storms, the party set out with light out fits. It was storming hard when they crossed the summit, but they reached Crater Lake, where the blizzard forced them to camp, although it was but seven miles to their destination. While camped there, tons of ice and snow mixed with rocks and timber swept over them, evidently without warning, and went crashing down the valley, leaving them buried under several hun- dred feet of hard snow. Their bodies were found three days later by search ing parties. The bodies were not bruis- ed in the least.
 The news of the snow-slide is brought by the Alk, the same steamer that brought word of the slide last spring in which nearly seventy people perish ed. The two slides occurred just about the same distance from the summit, ! but on opposite sides. Just before the Alki left Skaguay c. Bald Mills of London, Eng, and F. Smith of Mel bourne. Australia. arrived from Lake Atlin with their feet and hands badly frozen, It is feared that Mills will lose both feet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-21
Ex-QUEEN "LIL" PROTESTS
Against Ownership by America of
 Hawaiian Crown Lands.

Washington, Dec. 20-Ex- Queen Lili- uokalani to-day sent to the senate the following protest against the appropri- ation of the crown lands of Hawaii by the United States:
 To the Senate of the United States--I, Liliuoka1ani, of Hawaii, named heir ap- parent on the tenth day of April, 1877, and proclaimed queen of the Hawaiian Islands on the 20th day of January, 1S9i, do hereby earnestly and respectfully protest against the assertion of owner ship by the United States of America of the so-called Hawaiian crown lands, amounting to about one million acres, and which are my property, and I espe- cially protest against such assertion of ownership as taking of property with out due process of law and without just or other compensation. Therefore, sup plementing my protest of June IT, 1897, I call upon the president and the na- tional legislature and the people of the United States to do justice in this mat ter and to restore to me this property, the enjoyment of which is being with held from me by your government un- der what must be misapprehension of my right and title.
 (Signed) Liliuokalanio
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-21
BLISS DETERMINED TO GO.
Will Not Remain i'm McKinley's Cabinet
 Hopes to Retire January1.

Washington, Dec. 20.-Several western senators, including Wolcott of Colo rado and Spooner of Wisconsin, to day urged Secretary Bliss to remain in the cabinet, but the secretary replied that he would not reconsider his determina- ton and hoped the president would de- termine on his successor very soon, as he hoped to be able to retire on Janu- ary 1. Senator Warren of Wyoming was one of those who importuned Sec retary Bliss to remain in the cabinet. These gentlemen called separately MT. Bliss was very positive in declining to reconsider his action, but stated that if the president should be unable to fix upon his successor in the meantime he might remain a week or so longer, though he was anxious the new year should mark his return to private life. He said his business cares, as we'll as his health, necessitated relief from the strain to which he is subject in admin istering the great department. He in- dicated that no one had yet been deter mined upon to succeed him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-21
SAMUEL GOMPERS SUCCESSFUL. Re-Elected President of the American
 Federation of Labor.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 20.-Detroit was selected as the next place of meet ing of the American Federation of La bor. The following officers were re- elected without opposition: Samuel Gompers, president; P. J. McGuire, Philadelphia, first vice president; James Duncan, Baltimore, second vice president; James O'Connell, Chicago, third vice president; fourth vice presi- dent, John F. Mitchell, Indianapolis Mitchell received 1,469 votes to 7S3 for John F. Tobin. Fifth vice president, Max Morris, Denver, Col. Much of the time of the convention to-day was taken up in amending the constitution and broadening the scope of organiza- tion. Among other amendments to the constitution adopted was that increas- ing the per capita tax of members of organized unions from three-quarters to five cents per month. This increase was opposed by President Gompers, but was upheld by majority of the delegates, the increased funds being needed. they said, in pushing the added work of the federation mapped out for the coming year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-21
FEAR pohYGAmr IN CONGRESS.
The Campaign Against Congressman
 Elect Roberts, Alleged Polygamist.

New York, Dec. 20.-About 200 per sons attended the meeting of the Wo- mans Board of Home missions of the Presbyterian church in this city to- day. The object of the meeting was to inaugurate an aggressive campaign to prevent Brigham H. Roberts, an avow- cd polygamist, in the Fifty-sixth con- gress The Rev. D. Stuart Dodge, sec- retary of the Womans Board, opened the meeting and the Rev. William R. Campbell of Salt Lake City, for several years Presbyterian missionary in Utah. introduced Eugene Young, a grandson of Brigham Young, and Mrs. Fannie Stanhouse. MT. Campbell eX- plained that MT. Young was born in Utah and had to leave that country be- cause of his determination to speak his mind freely on political matters with out the dictation of the Mormon church.
 MT. Young was received with great applause He said among other things: '"There seems to be a disposition in the east, practically among the politicians, but even among the churches, to treat the revival of the Mormon issue as a minor matter. There is an inclination to view the election of Congressman B. H. Roberts-a three or four-ply poly gamist, still living in. polygamy, as an unavoidable outcome of other condi- ,,A tol, o onpn rl1 n personal morality. Some day they will see, as those who know Mormon ambi- tions see now, that MT. Roberts is a mere instrument, the representative Of mighty forces They will learn that through his election a people 100000 strong, have turned from American lib- erty and American morality, and have taken the initial step toward the estab- lishment of hierarchy foreign to our institutions and our special laws, in the midst of our republic MT. Roberts has proved on more than one occasion that the word of the Mormon leaders Is his law and that he is willing to sacrl- flee his American liberty to carry out the demands of the church supervisors. If MT. Roberts were merely a common law breaker, drowned upon by his own people, it would be wasting time to make any effort against him. But if, in dragging poygamy into the house of representatives, he is representing the defiant sentiment of the whole Mormon people, then the people might not rest until congress has cast him out as warning to all convenant breakers and
 
 all polygamists.."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-21
4 PECULI.4R ACCIDENT
Frederick Tanner, of 144 DixwelI Ave-
 nue, Nearly Bled to Death.

About 10:30 last night Frederick Tan her, decorator, whose home is in New York and who boards in New Haven at No, IA Dixwell avenue, met with a se- rious accident while walking on Web- ster street. He was in front of No. 78 Webster street when he slipped on the icy sidewalk and was about to fall when he threw out his arm to save himself from falling. His hand went through window close to the sidewalk and was badly cut by the glass. A deep gash was cut in the palm of his hand and the blood flowed in steam from an artery which had been severed Two citizens who were passing assisted MT. Tanner to the Dixwell avenue police station near by From the station Po- lice Surgeon Kirby was called, but while waiting for him to arrive the po- licemen in the station, at the sugges- tion of Sergeant Orr, put a tight ban dage around the wrist and checked the flow of blood. After Dr. Kirby had dressed the wound MT. Tanner though weak from loss of blood, was able to walk to his room.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-21
HtUKIyS DEFEATS M,PARTL1ND. New Yorker Knocked Out With Left Swing on the Jaw.

New York, Dec. 20.-'tDal' ' Hawkins, the lightweight pugilist from the Pa- cific slope, made short work of Kid Mcfarland of this city, whom he met in the arena of the Lenox Athletic club, tonight. The bout was decided in the third round, the New Yorker being knocked out with a left swing on the jaw. In the first round Mcfarland was forced to his knees with a hard blow in the stomach and he never seem- ed to be able to land a telling blow on Hawkins after that. The second round was rather tame, with Hawkins on the defensive most of the time, When Mcfarland was knocked down in the third round he came up rather groggy, but far from being out and he sue ceeded in getting in one good punch on Dal s jaw. "Dal." was after him like Mcfarland went down with crash. Hawkins opened at 10 to 4, but these odds did not last long and even money was placed when he donned the gloves. This was the third time that Hawkins has fought in New York. He won from Joe Cans in fifteen rounds the first time he appeared here and was knocked out by Spike Sullivan on his second visit.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-21
4 VAR AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS
Prince of Wales Presides at Meeting to
 Promote One.

London, Dec. 20.-The Prince of Wales presided at private meeting at Marlborough House to-day, convened by him to promote war against tu- berculoss. The Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Rosebery and a number of noted scientists and physicians spoke of the urgent necessity of educating the people in the means of preventing consumption and of checking the spread of tuberculosis diseases among cattle. Special street was laid upon the im- portance of erecting open air sanitaria. The Prince of Wales, who promised his heartiest support to the movement, said Great Britain ought to follow the good example set before her in the United States, Germany and elsewhere. in the effrt to stamp out the disease He mentioned the fact that the queen had ordered the destruction of thirty-six of her dairy cows which had been found to have tuberculosis. It was an exam pie, he urged, such as the farmers ought to follow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-21
ENG1NEEE GErcnE11 SENTENCED.
Two Years at Hard Labor--A Warning to Other Engineers.

Dedham, Mass, Dec. 20.-Having first been found primarily responsible for the death of Franklin w. Waters in the railroad accident at sharon last Au- gust, where five persons were killed and many others injured, Daniel w. Getchell, the engineer of the second en- zine, Monday convicted of manslaugh- ter, was sentenced by Judge sherman in the superior court this afternoon to two years at hard labor in the house of correction. Getchell was the engineer of second section of train on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad which on the night of August 21 ran into the front section of the train which was making regular stop at the sharon station. It was shown at the hearing before the railroad commission CTS, at the preliminary hearing in the district court and finally in the trial be- fore jury that Getchell disregarded and ran past a danger signal which was set behind the first section, and at all three of the different hearings Getch- ell's responsibility for the accident was clearly shown.
 Judge sherman, contrary to his GUS tom, made a short address before inn posing sentence, and in this he review ed the indictment and the testimony, and, referring to the general faithful ness and carefulness of engineers, con- cluded by saying: "The jury were here instructed not to find the defendant guilty if they believed his evidence, nor unless they found him guilty of gross negligence. l am informed by the dis trict attorney that the railroad corpor ation took no part in the prosecution. What sentence is to be imposed upon the defendant? He is a man of good character and standing. Probably he has already suffered much from the fact that these lives have been lost on account of his negligence. The import ance of a conviction and sentence where the facts and law require it is more val uable for its effect and warning to oth CTS in like cases not to offend than upon the defendant. The sentence may do him no good, nor make him better cit izen, but it will have a tendency to warn other engineers not to be guilty of criminal negligence"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-21
PUBLIC cURB MARKET.
Union Street Recommended as tn
 Place for It.


 Place for It.
 The committee on squares met last night in rooms 10 and Il, city hall, and decided to recommend to the court of common council that a public curb stone market be established on Union street, between Chapel and Wooster streets. A communication had been re- ceived from the board of police commits sioners recommending that public market place be established. The junc- tion of Congress avenue, Church street and Meadow street had been suggested, but last night Superintendent Wrinn and Councilman Schmidt appeared be- fore the committee and suggested Union street, and their suggestion was favor ably received by the committee. It was also voted to recommend that a layout be made for public park in Westville and that lands between Blake street, Spring street, Mechanic street and west Rock park be converted for the pur- pose The movement was set on foot by the Village Improvement society of Westville.