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The times., 1899-09-29
HOW DEWEY WAS CHOSEN.
Secretary Long Relates the Circum-
stances Attending she Assignment.

stances Attending dhe Assignment.
The story of Dewey's selection for the
command of the Asiatic station was told
yesterday by Secretary Long in response to
questions as to the part played in it by
Senator Proctor of Vermont and others
whose names have been mentioned in con-
nection with the matter.
"It was this way" said the Secretary
There were vacancies in two flag COM
mands-the Asiatic station and the Euro
pean station-and. after making some en-
quiries about the ability of officers avail
able, it became a question whether Dewey
or Howell should go to the Asiatic station
Dewey was finally selected for that COM
mand and Howell was assigned to Europe.
The selection of Dewey was not made, how
ever until / had made enquiries about him
and satisfied myself that he was the right
man. The matter was one of ordinary de-
partmental routine-a command was vacant
and flag officer was needed TO fill it.
made the selection myself. The question
was not referred to anybody outside the
department. 1t is true that l did receive
letter from Senator Proctor telling me
what good man for the place Dewey was,
just as | received letter from Senator
Chandler recommending Howell for a flag
command; but Senator Proctor's letter
came after l had made my choice. That
is all there is to the matter
The Secretary was asked if the posi-
bility of war with Spain had had anything
to do with the decision to send Dewey to
command the squadron which would, in that
event. operate against the Philippines, and
he said that that consideration had doubt
less been taken into account.
The times., 1899-09-29
THE CLOSING SESSIONS.
The international Congregational
Councif sAdjourns in Boston.

BOSTON. Sept 2S.-With final service
this evening, the International Congrega
tional Coupcil came to an end. The clos
ing sessions today were deeply impressive,
the regret of the delegates at the prospect
of parting lending unusual fervor to the de-
yotional exercises and the addresses. The
morning session was given over to discus
sion of Independence and Fellowship,
the speakers being the Rev. A. J. Lyman.
of Brooklyn, and the Rev. DR.. John Brown,
of Bedford, England The Rev, Drs. Mere
dith. Salter, Bryandael, Mackennal, Mac
Fadden and Noble also spoke.
At the afternoon session the speakers
were the Rev. DR.. Alfred Cave. Principal
of Hadsney., College, England, who spoke
on "The Living Christ and the Rev. R.
w Thompson, sr., Foreign Secretary of
the London Missionary Society, whose top
ic was Adaptation of Methods to New
Conditions in Foreign Missions.
At the session this evening the Rev. Dr.
Storrs, of Brooklyn, delivered an address
on "The Permanent Motive in Missionary
Work" The Rev. DR.. William NJ. Bar
bour formerly a Yale professor, but now
of Montreal. was prostrated during the
morning session by sudden illness.
The times., 1899-09-29
CAPITOL IMPROVEMENTS.
The Annual Report of the Archi
tRef


The annual report of the Architect Of
the Capitol was made public yesterday
by the Secretary of the Interior. One
of the many interesting features Of the
document is the result of the investiga-
ton by experts into the cause of the ex-
pIosion in the building November 6, 1898,
by which the Supreme Court room was
damaged. Different theories were ad-
vanced as TO the cause Of the explosion
but none of them was accepted as con-
elusive until experts were employed 20 in
vestigate and report their findings They
reported that it was their opinion, from
the nature of the evidence before them.
that the explosion was caused by the gen
Grafton Of Illuminating gas
The retaining walls OF the terrace next %
the building have been partially recon
stTucted and the baIustrades reset A new
roof was laid over the terrace under which
are situated the committee rooms. uuriux
the past year the painting o. the exter.os
OF the old buildius. portleoss. and dome
has been completed.
The entire ceiling and zits WalIs of tn
Senate chamber have bcsn repalnted an.
decorated The principal cnrritar AZ IL
south % the senate chamber. gallery no1r.
the sisirWays iu the Huuae and Ssnafs
wings. ard iha corridors az tha easf ans
vest % the hau of the House % Repre-
sentatiVes. in the priacipai ana aftk
stories. have an been painted and decor-
atesi a complete change in tnt has b-ea
given 90 the senate ehsuter. 20 the bet
terfnsut af its llehflue
The uourc press gallery rrorsa have Seen
rssrranEsI All thesr rarrus have teen re-
PAINTED and fhr plEub.eg ana urhrsnr
averhauisd There . Ereaf need 1f better
Fsnfilafiaa rf These ruu-ns a1d if ls fhe
purpose to pIuF.te a Eprriaf yenfiiatfrs fan
20 BE- placed "a p-sifiCu during the coming
session. CharEeF taFe also hcen made In
TIA executive and diplomatic gsHerics 81
the House. The conditions existing in rh-
kitchen ~ the House restaurant have hean
much improved ~ 0vcraau.ins me plumb
lnE and drainage 1nd taking uD an ire ola
stone faEsiuE. The room OF the House
Ccmmitteo on Printing has been incor-
poratcd ~ part of The House restaurant.
and he disbursinE officer q The House has
been allotted the room formerly occupied
by the Conmittee on Alcoholic Liquor
Traffic
The times., 1899-09-29
Two Weddings.

Ctrom the Kansas City Star)
In reading the elaborate accounts OF the
marriage of Miss JULIA Grant and Prince
Cantacuzene. many elderly people viii re-
call the simple rites attending the union OF
the grandfather and the grandmother of the
bride The bridegroom was a subaltern in
the United States Army and the bride the
daughter of an old-fsshioHed planter living
near ST. Louis. There was no spIeudor
about that wedding. A single ceremony
suffieed, and the newspaper accounts % the
affair were brief and simple. Yet OF the
two weddings the former csme to possess
greater historical interest than can BE-
hoped for in connection Eith the elaborate
event which began yesterday az AeHporf
The plain infantry captain came 10 ghe
command Of the armies Of fhe t1itei
States and 20 the Chief Msg.strecy Of the
nation ana MS bride 20 BE- tha frst lady in
the land The young bride who vas weed .f
al Newport with so much pomp aad cir-
eumstance bore her Eran3fathef's name
and did not receive added disiircto on by
changing IL 10 that ef a princess. n is tc
be hoped that the parties % me later mar
rage wcre inspired by the same sinrefs
affection which marked TIRE formrr. hut
they can hardly hope for the Sans lis-
tinguishcd career in life. To wed q prince
In these later days is % marry Into q class
which IS losing distinction and influence en-
the world. which seeks. indeed 20 support
itself BY forming alliances with the social
classes il once deemed inferior. and which.
in time will exist only In tradition The
descendants OF the NewpoTt marriage viii
claim their good blood. not from The Russian
nobility. but from the plain young Amsr-
lean soldier who was proud TO marry ths
Missouri planters daughter.
The times., 1899-09-29
MR.. sCHURMAN's VIEWS.
The Country's Mission Not One of OPP
preston or Abandonmenf.

ITHACA, N. Y. Sept. 2S.-President
Schurman, at the opening of Cornell Uni
versity today, delivered an address. in
which he set forth what should be our
colonial policy and especially as applied
to the Philippines. As an explanation of
Mr.. Schurman's views after a study of the
situation as President of the Philippine
Commission, and after several conferences
with President Mckinley on the subject, it
is certainly important and timely. Mr..
Schurman began by saying that the ques-
ton was no longer, ''Shan we take the
Philippines ?" but, Having taken the PciI-
ippines, what shall we do with them?7
This question he answered in the fol owing
conclusion:
I'm the Philippine Islands our own mis-
sion is to educate and elevate the Filipinos
and aid them in governing themselves. We
shall not adopt the policy Of scuttle, nor.
although American sovereignty must be
established even by force, shall We ever
dream of the policy Of determination. Not
oppression, nor yet abandonment and de-
sertion; no. not these. but honest and fra
ternai cooperation with the FiIipinos for
the establishment of Just and stable gov
eminent, in which the natives shall have
ever increasing participation in proportion
to the development of their political ca
pacities, the growth of their political ex-
perience. the progress of the masses IN edu-
cation and civilization, and the evolution
of the idea and sentiment OF nationality,
sentiment and idea which will be nouTished
and developed by the habit OF common ac-
tion, the improvement OF the means OF
communication. the freer intermingling of
the tribes and races, and hearty co-opera-
ton with the Americans whose best po-
litical traditions are but the realization OF
the dearest ideals of the Filipino peoples"
The times., 1899-09-29
THE ..NuEvo PALS, TO RESUME.
An Advocate OF the Principle of an
nexntion.

HAVANA. Sept. 2S-on Monday next the
'Nuevo Pals newspaper which sus-
pended publication recently, will reappear
under its former managers, but backed, it
is alleged, by Spanish merchants. The pa
Per formerly favored an American protec-
torate over Cuba, but it is reported that 1t
will henceforth support the annexation of
the island by the United States.
Senior Sagrario. the Spanish Consul Gen.
eral, has received instructions from his
Government to take the depositions of
Spanish army contractors here for use by
Senior Sagrario is investigating alleged
fraudulent army contracts and he has OBJ
tanned such evidence against several con-
tractors that he wifi probably try to have
them sent to Spain for trial.
Eudaldo Tamayo. Rafael Cruz Perez
and Jose Monies, magistrates of the Su-
preme Court. have resigned alleging that
their retirement is caused by the pressure
of their private affairs II is reported. how
ever, that the real cause OF their resigna-
tion is a disagreement with their COL
leagues, who sentenced notary TO three
months Imprisonment for drawing fraud
uient papers. A despatch from Union de
los Reyes announces the lynching by Gu
bans of former Spanish guerrilla named
Diego Sanchez.
The strike here has completely collapsed
The men have all returned to work The
labor leaders who were arrested have been
released, they having signed a promise to
abandon agitation hereafter.
The times., 1899-09-29
THE CASE OF CAPTAIN CARTER.
Another Delay In It's Final Settle
mcnt Likely to Occur.


Attorney General Griggs is inclined to
thlnK that he will be unable, until after
the Presidential trip through the West, to
complete the consideration of the excep-
tions fled by Wayne MacVeagh in the case
OF Capt Oberlin NJ Carter, who was con-
vlcted more than seventeen months ago
CT conduct anbecoming an officer and a
gentleman, and sentenced to be dismissed
from the Army, to pay fine of $4,000,
ana 10 suffer q five years term of impris-
ohLnent. Mr.. Griggs, it is said, believes
tnat ne Will have to go over the whole
case very carefully once more before he
can prepare his decision. In view of this
IL is remembered that this is not the first
tlme In which delay has seemed necessary
In this remarkable case. The first post
ponement occurred in July, 1898, when the
President felt that he was compelled to
ask former Senator Edmunds to review
the case. Mr.. Edmunds finished the work
in less than six weeks and promptly rem
dered his bill for So 900, which was or
dered paid out of the Treasury.
Then came the second delay which
began in September, 1898, and on account
OF Mr. McKinley's pressing public duties
OF large Importance, continued until late
IN the fall, when the case was handed over
Dy the President to his legal adviser, the
Attorney General, who was then Justice
Mckenna. Another delay ensued on ac-
count of the Attorney Generals engage
ments in the. railroad cases. Then Mr..
Mekenna resigned the Attorney General
ship and the Carter case went back. to the
President in whose hands the papers be-
gan to get moth-eaten until in the early
spring the voluminous records of this re-
markable trial passed into the hands of
Mr.. Griggs. Another delay followed. Mr..
Griggs was unfortunately up to his eyes
in work of all kinds from all the other
departments, as one of his apoiogists ex-
planned When July, 1899, came in-just
one year after the case had reached the
President-protests began sounding all
over the country concerning the unprece-
dented inactivity of Mr.. Mckinley in refer
ence to a subject which touched vitally
the honor Of the United States Army The
fire grew so hot that the Attorney General
explained through the press that really
he could no nothing for the present on
account of the absence OF Captain Carters
counsel, Wayne MacVeagh,' who was in
Europe for his health. After three
months vacation Mr. MacVeagh returned
to press his clients case last Wednesday
before the Attorney General 1t was rea-
sonably expected that a decision would
be promptly announced, but it seems that
after the seventeen months opportunity
for reviewing the case, the decision is
TO be put off yet once more-this time until
Mr.. Griggs can get back from the Presi-
Dental trip, which starts on October 4,
and ends not earlier than October 20.
The times., 1899-09-29
GENERAL ANDERSON CHOSEN.
He VIII Assume the District Attor.
ney's Duties Monday.

Gen. Thomas Fl. Anderson yesterday
he would assume the duties of United
States Attorney for the District of Colum-
bia on next Monday or Tuesday General
Anderson visited the City Hall yesterday
with Judge J. K NJ Norton OF Alexandria,
for the purpose OF calling upon District At
torney Davis, but that gentleman was not
in the building. He then asked for Assist
ant District Attorney Hugh T. Taggart and
conferred with him about half an hour.
What was said at the conference, however,
could not be learned
After leaving the District Attorneys Of
flee General Anderson said that it Is barely
probable that President Mckinley will an
nounce his selections for the positions OF
Justice Of the Supreme Court of the Dis
triet TO succeed Justice Cox and United
States Attorney for the District TO succeed
Mr.. Davis today. In the event however
that he did not do so, there is hardly any
doubt, General Anderson stated. that the
nominations viii be made tomorrow
When asked for his opinion as to which
OF the aspirants for the judicial honor
President Mckinley IS apt to name as the
successor TO Justice Cox on the bench OF
the Supreme Court Of the District. General
Anderson declined to say. further than TO
admit that public opinion is correct in
maintaining that the choice viii be one OF
the three names prominently mentioned
in connection with the justiceship- Those
referred to are Henry e. Davis, Andrew B.
Duyall and Job Barnard. Several OF the
friends of these aspirants for the judicial
honors were seen yesterday They all main
tanned that the chances of each OF their
particular favOrites were excellent. and
= gfls.tr ft1eF rr-1
honor will be conferred upon their indi-
vidual choice for the position
The times., 1899-09-29
NAVAL ORDERS REVOKED.
Rear Admiral Howell VIII Remain
in Washington.

At his own request reannsst; Rear Admiral John
A. Howell's orders to command the Norfolk
navy yard have been revoked by the Navy
Department and he will remain on duty in
Washington as President of the Naval Ex-
amining Board Capt A. s. Barker, who
will become a rear admiral on the retire
ment of Rear Admiral H. A. Howison, on
October 10, was ordered to succeed Ad-
miral Howell as President of the Examin-
ing Board, and the department has not
found new assignment for him. The COM
mand of the Norfolk navy yard will become
vacant when Rear Admiral Farquhar sue
ceeds Rear Admiral Sampson as the COM
mander-in chief of the North Atlantic
naval force.
The transfer of flags has been postponed
until October H. in order to enable Ad-
miral Sampson to so to Morgantown, w.
Va, with Capt. F. E. Chadwick, of the
flagship New York. who is to receive
sword from the State of West Virginia al
that place. Several flag officers are avail
able for assignment TO the command of the
Norfolk navy yard. 1t is reported that the
department will select either Rodgers or
Higginson.
The times., 1899-09-29
Americans for America.
(From the KANSAS city Star

(From the Kansas City Starr
The majority Of Americans are constituted
that, in the time OF war. they are for their own
country. No matter about the beginning of the
trouble, or whether the might have been
avoided cr not, after it is on and the American
soldiers frn in line and the colors are in place
in the front and centre, the sympathes of the
great body OF Americans are with the American
soldiers and thc. flag they uphold. and not with
the parties who are firing at both. This is not
a defence of their position-it is merely state
ment Of fact
The times., 1899-09-29
Snaiu,s FoIIies.

(From the st. Louis Globe -Democrat.)
The persons Immediately responsible for Spain's
disasters in the war Of 1898 were Weyler and the
Sagssta Ministry, but the Ministry merely carried
out policy which was heritage from previous
administrations for a century and more. 1t is
grossly unjust to visit the sins of spain's bar
barous predecessor of Blanco in Cuba and her
corrupt and incapable politicians on cerera,
Montojo, Toral, and the other fighting comman-
ders on the sea and land, who pointed out long
before the war began the disastrous the
Ministry was pursuing, and who did their duty
coursgeously and unquestioningly when the hour
OF trial came. Spain's treatment Of her unfortu-
nate naval and military commanders who did
the actual fighting in the war of ls9s viii be
condemned in history strongly viii her
blindness and wickedness which brought the
about
The times., 1899-09-29
Dewey. the Arch-Expansionist.

(From the Chicago Times HeFaid)
The fact is, the American people viii eanonize
Dewey. not because he destroyed lives and prop
ertv. but because he struck the first decisive
blow at Spanish tyranny and cruelty in war
undertaken in the name of humanity and civiliza-
tion. They viii crown the victor with the gifts
Of national gratitude because he made our flag
triumphant in the far Pacific and blazed the way
for an expansion of American influence and com
merce and opened for a wider and greater
destiny This is what the name Dewey stands
for at this hour and the anti-expansionist who
joins in the laudable endeavor to make glad the
heart of the returning Admiral with a royal
American welcome proclaims his endorsement Of
that policy which is now uppermost in the
minds OF the American people. The anti-ex-
pansionist who believes in Dewey is an arch
expansonist.
The times., 1899-09-29
American Pronunciation.
Trom the Baltimore SUM-


Writing in the Pail Mall Gazette for De-
tober on The American Language or
the difference between English and Ameri-
can modes OF speech. 8Ir. William Archer
falls into error in assuming that the North
ern custom OF pTonouncing Gu as 900
is general in the United States. the fact
being that such pronunciation is not
favored south Of Mason and Dixon's line
Mr.. Archer has found many of his Ameri
can acquaintances pTonouncing Dewey as
DOGGY. and once heard Chief Justice
Fuller pronounce constitutional *eonsti-
toctional," but his Inference that the
liquid yoo is very seldom heard in
America is entirely too wide Through
out the South ''yoo" is deemed the only
correct pronunciation of ''u'' In the class
of words suggested, and the same ia 10
be said of we'll educated people in Massa
chuSetts. In other words, the Southern
people and the better educated peopIe of
Massachusetts, agree that New York IS Hot
moo York union Is not "oopion," drty
is lot 'dooty." No doubt a great MANY
fairly educated people in the North have
fallen in with the popular mispronuneia-
tion of 'u." but even there it is not ac-
cepted generally by careful speakers as ths
correct sound
The times., 1899-09-29
THE LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL,
A Police Justice Passes Upon n Viz
gfnia Statute.

NORFOLK, Va. Sept. 2S.-Police JUS
tice Tomlin today declared unconstitutional
the Virginia statute under which the har-
Dor master of this port has been accus-
toned to exact fee of SO year from
vessels arriving here from United States
ports outside of the State of Virginia. The
Judge held that the statute is in violation of
the interstate commerce act, since under
it vessels hailing from States other than
Virginia are Disseminated against, no fee
being exacted from vessels arriving from
Virginia ports.
The question arose because of the refusal
of Charles Gring, of Philadelphia, barge
owner, to pay the harbor masters fee be-
cause no service had been rendered him
by Harbor Master Duke. An appeal to the
corporation court was noted.
The times., 1899-09-29
Police Tyranny at the Huh.
Froni the Boston Herald.l }

The importance of having discreet men upon
the police force has been strikingly illustrated
in this city the present week. case OF hard
ship which appeals much to public sympathy has
been developed. pure and innocent girl who
was out in the evening in the execution of an
errand for her family. was rudeiy seized by two
police officers, carried to the lookup, and there
confined with rIght walkers and ether criminals
When her trial came on the next day it was
she was arrested and imprisoned only on the sus-
picion OF these men who were set to guard the
public peace, and who outrageousiy abused their
authority The event has its Lesson, and it is
the necessity of placing of intelligence, and
at least ordinarily good Judgment, on the police
force Of the city. The presumption is pretty
strong that il was not done in this instance.