The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-02

Will Cease to Feed at the Public
Trough -Ex-CoI. Bryan Much in
Evidence-He Boasts of His Mail
Which Pays Uncle Sam a Good
Revenue.
Especial Correspondence.
Washington, Feb. 1.-The news of
the shooting of William Goebel. Dem
ocratic State Senator and candidate
for Governor and contestant of the
seat against the incumbent, William
Taylor, Republican, was a great
shock to public men of all parties and
shades of opinion in Washington. The
fact that the gubernatorial campaign
had passed without bloodshed had
led men to hope that the pistol had
been eliminated as political factor
even in Kentucky, that dark and
bloody ground where the vendetta
survives in all it's primitive horror
and barbarism. The shooting of
Goebel rudely dispels that illusion.
The State in which argument by as
sassination is resorted to i'll the dying
year of the ninteenth century shows
that it still fingers in the lap of
savagery. 1t seems like mockery to
speculate upon the political effect of
the murderous deed, but that it will
recoil upon the Republican party Of
Kentucky is the fear of all who would
like to see that State remain free
from the grip of the Goebel- Black
pears to be closing upon it. 1t would
be strange indeed if the Republican
party in Kentucky should suffer from
an act made possible only by thirty
years of misrule by the Democratic
Party, yet there is the fear of it.
Little sympathy is felt for the man
Goebel, for his hands are red with
the blood of fellow being deliberate
! ly shed in the course of a political
quarrel, but only horror, deep and
unspeakable horror, is felt at re-
course to murder as method of settl
! ing a political dispute. These refec-
tions force themselves upon thinking
men here i'll the face of this terrible
deed, which seems the more terrible
because it stands without parallel
in our history aud is only conceivable
as possible in one State, that in which
it was conceived and executed
Charles M. Pepper, bookwriter and
newspaper correspondent, who has
spent great deal of time in Cuba
during the past few years, is just back
from that island. He says the Cuban
have settled down quietly to the con-
viction that they are to be given COM
plete independence. Gen. Wood has
satisfied the people of Cuba as to the
Washington Governments intentions
in this respect. In consequence a
sense of calm and satisfaction has
overspread the island. Gen. Wood
has gained the entire confidence of
the islanders and by his utterances
and his actions has succeeded in con-
vincing the people that the United
States is absolutely sincere in its pur-
pose to help them to their feet and to
assist them IN the establishment of
Cuban republic.
stAll thought of annexation has been
abandoned, " said Mr.. Pepper" that
is immediate annexation engineered
by agents and emissaries of the United
States. The people realize that they
are to have complete independence.
If after trial they conclude that they
would like to be annexed to the
United States they themselves can
take the initiative This has taken
. UQ6 l6NeI Oub VI NuDdu SGubll1CnO 1llNA
has created a sense of security based
upon the certainty of a permanently
peaceful future. Business is feeling
the impulse of this tonic and new
enterprises are starting up on every
hand. The people are feeling better
and doing better. Investors are re-
covering courage. In the near future
great amounts of new capital will go
into the island to develop its great
resources.
The House Committee on Insular
Affairs made its first report yesterday.
1t was bill to put Cuban vessels on
the same footing as those of the
"most favored nations. This when
enacted will remove the one dollar
tonnage tax on Cuban owned vessels.
Representative Lands, of Indiana,
who in the discussion of the Roberts
case made an attack all along the line
against the Mormon Church, has re-
ceived word that DR.. Tanner President
of Logan College, Utah, has placed
his resignation in the hands OF
Governor Wells of Utah. Logan
College receives aid from Congress to
the extent of $40, 600 year, it being
an agricultural school. In his speech
Landis directed attention to this in
stitution by the statements that
President Tanner has three wives and
J lives with them; that one cf the pro-
fessors of the college reio ces in four
wives, aud that the chief financial
} officer of the college has seven wives
and thirty nine children. Mr., Lands
has not received word that the latter
two have resigned, but it is probable
these polygamous teachers will yolun-
> tarily walk the plank.
Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota,
who is never iii favor of anything,
but who is opposed to everything,
and who has been making strenuous
and obnoxious efforts for some days
: TO have statement prepared by
; Aguinaldo, chief of the Tagal insur-
gents in Luzon, printed by the Senate
as a public document at tle expense
of the people whom he is fighting to
be circulated free of postage under
, Pettigrew's frank for the purpose OF
, injuring the American and aiding
the Tagal cause, was denounced on
the floor of the Senate yesterday by
Senator Hawley as traitor. inns