The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-13

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with agents throughout the islands, of
continued activity among the insur
gents, who are endeavoriDg to keep
alive the armed opposition to the
United States and are plan, ing to con
tinue the insurrection with guerrilla
'waretare on a larger scale when the
rainy season begins.
The War Department last week re
ceived a cable dispatch from General
OIs showing that the insurrection in
the Philippines is far from ended and
that the insurgents are still fighting in
southern LuEon, where it was thought
they had been subdued. In a recent
engagement the American loss was
AdjuEent GalIeher, died of wounds;
three enlisted men severely and five
slightly wound ed. The enemy left
sixty four dead on the field.
ARGENT press dispatch says: Officers
in the field unite in saying that
the pac'fcatiOn of the Philippines is
impossible between the present time
and the beginning of the rainy season.
They set the time for this result from
from two to six years. No n who
has been at the front and studied the
situation with honest eyes believes that
the insurgents can be subdued under
two years. A maj0rity Of judges r
more inclined to elk years.
For the first time in the history of
the country the amount OF money in
actual circulation has reached and
passed 50 600 600 600. This makes
$25 SO per capita, on an average, esti-
mating the population at n, OG0, 600.
Nearly half of this two billions is
gold or based on gold; not counting
1918, 6l3. 617 in gold coin and bullion
held by the treasury as part of it's as
sets. The present large circulation ia
owing to the policy Of the treasury
department in making large loans to
the banks in the shape Of revenue in,
come.
Three State Republican Conventions
u ere held last week, OF the Texas con-
vention, after a turbulent contest OF
four hours duration, William Melon
aid, a negro of Kaufman county, was
elected tempo raEy chairman by a ma
jority Of rs votes in a total Of more
than 100 The Georgia r publican
State Convention elected three negroes
and one white man as delegates to the
National Convention. The Wimberley
Republicans of louisiana elected as
delegates at large from louisiana to
the National Republican Convention
4 T. Wimberley and ex Governor w.
P kellogg (Dhigee) and Addison Vance
and Richard Sims (colored).
In Hnds county, Mississippi, there
ia a terrible epidemic Of smallpox.
| Nearly 100 deaths have occurred in
| one secti1r in the l8s5 wix weeks. On
some days the death rate has ben so
large that it was impossible to Sc ura
&C fiji 1s, and rude caskets were made
from rails. Whole families have been
wiped out CT existence and Of several
large families only one or two children
are left. Many OF the patients are now
in a critical condition, are without
medical attention and dying at the rate
Of from three to five per day. The
death rate exceeds 70 per cent, and
the entire lower portlon Of the county
is demoraliz5d.
The Republican joint caucus of the
Kentucky Legislature met last week and
after a long discussion concerning cleo
sion laws in the South and particularly
the Goeoel electlon law il Kentucky,
decided to take the initiative IN a move
ment to brlng the meter before Con-
gress. The purpose is to call a con
~vention of States, in which Kentucky,
Tennessee Alabama, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, Virginia, North and Sonth Caro-
lima shall take part, Congress to amend
the national election law so as to take
out Of the hands of the State govern
ments the details of at least congress
sional and Presidential elections. Sew
erel prominent r publican leaders in
addition to the r ,publican members
of both houses, we're present. National
Committeeman John Yerkes made a
! speech He declared that the election
laws in the S ates mentioned practi
cally amount to disfrarc hisement Of
the Republican voters.
We get this from the American Ag
riculturist: The railroads r doing
their utmost to defeat the bill which
aims to restore to the Interstate Com
merce Commission the powers origi-
na!ly intended for it. but the shippers
OF the Country, represen ting, they say,