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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-18
THE TRANSPORTATION FIGHT.
\ New Plan Adopted Regarding the
Contested DELEGATIONS.

NASHVILLE. April 1.-THE fight be-
tween the Brownlow and Evans men in
the Republican State Executive Committee
for the selection OF delegates from the
State at large to the National Convention
and the party control took an unexpected
turn today. when the committee, by a
vote of Il to adopted a new plan Of &C
tlon regarding the State convention. The
Brownlow adherents voted to leave to the
uncontested delegates for settlement the
contests that had been filed by delegates
from a large number Of counties instead
of deciding them themselves. They also
decided that they would not make up
complete roll for the convention. as had
been agreed upon yesterday.
Two Evans men in the contest voted
against the substitute resolution and
amendment proposing the plan adopted to-
day. while five Evans men did not vote
After the adjournment Of the committee
until tomorrow morning the Evans fac
ton asserted that this was a victory for
their side. while the Brownlow men de-
clared that they had been waiting for such
a proposition to be made. II is very EVIL
dent that the Brownlow men have the
upper hand so far and the action Of the
committee tomorrow will be awaited with
esgerness by the party. Delegates to the
convention which will be called to order
Thursday morning will begin to arrive
tomorrow The indications are still for a
bolt on the part Of the Evans faction.
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CLAIMS OF AMERICANS.
Reports OF Alleged III Treatment in
the Trnnsyani.

Reports OF Alleged III ire"tm eH' IN
tAe IrnnsSnni.
The President yesterday transmitted to
,,..r,r,.s the correspondence between the
- g.. r,,-or+,,,,,t 70, rs,,ar1
U'H'''i9 vi 'i''
TO the treatment oI amer i1"ii D."
the South African Republic from January l.
1859 TO the present time. The only COM
-,.,-. ,-tbi,, .b. meaning Of the House
,.s.-,.,.+i,,.,
resolution gaining i'' inns
which has been NED dlFecuy Win Ine
State Department according 10 MI. nay Is
that Of Z. l.. Brown. en- July To- 1888 VINO
preferred q claim on that date against the
South African Republic for SSl2,2S4, De
cause of an alleged illegal refusal to renew
a mining lease.
Amou.g the correspondence transmitted
is "a LETTER from Consul Macrum to AS
sistant Secretary Hill stating that Dr.
H. A. Soeser. Of johannesburg. called at
the consulate and complained that he could
not get a certificate TO practice medicine.
as the authorities would not take his New
York license under consideration. The
authorities refused to consider the case.
4 cablegram from Macrum to Secretary
Hay. dated August 81, 1893 stated that
,r,orican citizens had protested against
,r,jcIo TXSTV nj the Boer constitution.
which provides that all inhabitants may
he dressed into service to assist in main
tanning the Republic. To this Mr.. Adee,
Ncti1g secretary on August %. 1899. re-
piiad authorizing Macrum to protest to
he Roar Government against the impress
,,,,rt Of American citizens in case il be-
INC necessary against anv civilized DOW
~, ,,,,Ioss tbc citizens exercised politicaI
ei,;,-atio,s tov,,rd tho Covernment i'm
,,-a[5i.,e, ,bcT Mr. Nacrum under date
- -, os eorvr,rded a nublication of
u. - fr,,,, C,ommandaDt General lou
I'M e-''N ,-.- ala oc~,ote
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senator Morgan.

The Democracy Of Alabama are 10 be
heartily congratulated on their good sense
and patriotism in according to the Hon.
John T. Morgan, senior Senator from that
state, the ringing endorsement at the pri-
maries which guarantees his reelection
at the next session Of the Legislature. In
honoring General Morgan the Alabama
Democrats honor themselves. 1t is not
too much to say that for craftsmanship,
greatness as a constitutional and an in
ternational lawyer and for that courage
or his convictions which sometimes causes
a man to ignore party in the presence Of
q higher duty to country. he towers above
rot only his brother Democrats in the
Senate. but all others within it.
Neither party nor nation could well af-
ford to lose Senator Morgan's services in
MS present capacity. He is man Of re-
noun in every civilized land under the
sun. His ability, experience. and achieve
ments as an arbitrator Of grave interna-
tional questions and as a constructive
statesman in the formulation Of govern
mental systems for new American terri
tory and his frank straightforwarduess as
an advocate or opponent Of proposed leg
islation in Congress. have combined to
render him one Of the foremost figures in
the higher political life OF the generation.
Indeed he is one Of the very few men now
in the Senate who would have been at all
conspicuous in that body if he had been a
member Of it in the great days Of Webster.
Clay. Calhoun. Seward. and Cass.
We are not always in exact agreement
with the views and expressions Of Senator
MORGAN: but that is mere incident. It
does not in the least detract from the sin
cere admiration we feel and always have
felt for the sturdy old Roman. who be-
ieyes in and fearlessiy eEpounds the
sound. brave Jcnersonian doctrine Of ma
tional expansion under the Constitution
II hiz. fellow citizens OF Alabama realize
as we DO. that in his person they are rep
resented by not only one Of the greatest
sons their Commonwealth has ever go
duced. but one Of the greatest ever born
to any State, they VIII know that in dis
countenancing untimely and regrettable
opposition TO his reelection they have
done a wise. a manly. and a thoroughly
patriotic thing and one for which the
whole country viii applaud them.
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ism and the Methodist discipline. Leary
was a daspot. but it must be said in ex-
cuse for him that he acted strictly ind T
executive orders. But at length he fell
He forgot about one of them. and di=loy-
ally and wickedly extended the Coastitu-
ton to Guam. Leary is no more.
The spectacular conditions at the splen-
did capital OF Page Page. in the Admins
tration Grown Colony Of Tutuila-an islet OF
the Samoan bunch kindly allowed to us by
England and Germany-have been even
worse King Williams crown governor
came into power without pomp or oircum-
stance. and without even an executive
council to peddle the banana franchises and
the pineapple concessions.
As for unhappy Hawaii. the viceroy has
yet 10 be named We believe that arrange
ments have been made. equivalent to The
creation Of an executive council, for the
distribution OF the incidental poi but not
one that We know Of to mark the advent OF
trust imperialism with aplomb. Hawaii is
forced 20 feel the Modification Of being
startliugiy Differentiated from other Crown
Colonies. She viii not be accorded the
favor Of paying unconstitutional taxes upon
her trade with other parts Of the United
States. but some attempt has been made
to atone for this injury, and in way to
excite admiration from gods and men. II
will be remembered that when Mr.. Payne.
author Of the House Porto Rican bills,
withdrew the one which provided for free
trade and introduced the ether, which de-
voted the island to Dingleysm and starva-
ton. be explained that the Administration
was in violent collision with dilemma, II,
on the one hand. the mandates and prohibit
lions Of the Constitution were to be re-
garded. and free commercial intercourse al
lowed, that course would compel Congress
to impose an intolerable tax upon the poor
and suffering Porto Ricans in the matter
Of the harmless. necessary rum, which
costs only twenty-five cents a gallon free
on board, and which a kind and paternal
President and majority considered a necos-
sary OF life-in Porto Rico. So the islanders
mercifully have free rum. while they are
forbidden to send any of their productions
to the mainland markets in a manufactured
state.
Compare this condition Of things with the
system applied 10 Hawaii. That Crown
Colony has free trade but the Hawaiian
Government bill prohibits the retail sale OF
liquor in any of the Islands. 1t Is the Maine
law and Kansas prohibition encysted in our
new imperial system. II the regulation Is
not more strictly enforced than it is in the
two States mentioned. Hawaii is destined
to become the most wildly hilarious CT our
Crown Colonies, and a happy hunting
ground for verdant monkeys and azure SER
pents. But that is quite beside the ques-
ton. What we wish to impress upon the
public mind is that Emperor William Is
not treating the personal possessions Of the
trusts and himself. nor the governors and
satraps of the same, with equal honor.
Every island alike should have its vice
regal pageant Of Inauguration, its loot
commission, and its garrote.
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as a sacrifice to the offended gods of in

as a sacrifice to the offended gods OF in
tcrnational relations.
But there are some mistakes which are
q little worse than crimes. and this was
one of them. It was simply one more in
stance Of the faculty which Chicago shows
for getting into trouble with both feet at
once 1t is almost incredible that anyone
should not have seen instantaneously the
amazing blunder Of inviting the represent
alive Of Spain in this country to come and
help celebrate the very recent defeat Of
his own nation. and the slaughter Of his
countrymen. The thing is so preposterous
that it ought to be evident to any boy big
enough to indulge in a rOugh-and- tumble
fight with another boy. But If the average
clerk in Chicago is really not capable of
seeing the absuriity of a proposition Of
this kind. some responsible person should
have been entrusted with the task of pre-
pairing the list Of invited guests, especially
those chosen from diplomatic circles. 1t
looks as if somebody besides the clerk had
been careless
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-18
HAVANA POLICE CORRUPT.
The Cuban ConstnbuInry Both In
soIeut and fucoupetcnt.

HAVANA. April I7.--For several months
there have been complaints In the press
that the police Of Havana were not only
becoming corrupt. but we're domiHeerlng
and trampled on the rights OF the people
II was said that no matter what they did
they we're upheld by the police court. which
took this course to strengthen the force
There was tendency on the part Of the
individuals on the force to become insoIent
and to arrest Cubans and Americans on the
slightest provocatlon or for the slightest
offence against their dignity.
Burglaries. especially in the suburb OF La
Vedado. we're of every day occurrence. but
were not followed by arrests. but II a man
accidentally jostled a policeman. he was
Immediately arrested and usually fined on
an exaggerated charge 10 the police court
This was one OF the reasons Cor the opposi-
tion against General Woods order increas-
ing the powers OF this court. The people
began TO believe that too free a hand was
given the police for the public good
Two incidents happened lately which
have deepened this impression. one occut-
ring directly in the court and the other on
the street. showing in the police a defiance
OF law and decency. The day General
Gomez sailed for Santo Domingo there was
a crowd on the wharf Among them was
SpaniaTd. who has been here seven months.
The Cubans cheered and lifted their hate
as the steamer left the harbOr. but the
Spaniard kept his hat on. The Cubans
yelled for him to remove It. but he re-
fused to do So A policeman then ordered
him to take of his hat. and when he again
refused the officer removed il and arrested
the man when he objected Captain Cas-
star. who was acting as Judge in place Of
Captain Pitcher. fined the Spaniard $40 for
disturbing the peace. General Wood Is In
yestigating this case on the theory that
there are no kings In Cuba
The other case is more serious. On Sun
day night John j. Welsh discharged sol
der OF the Tenth Infantry. was shot and
killed by a policeman. The official report
showed that Welsh was shot In self-de-
fence. he having taken the pOliceman's
club away from him. Captain Darlington.
of the First Infantry happened TO be driv-
ing by and saw the whole difficulty He
has made a statement that the shooting
was murder. Welsh was staggering drunk
and did not attack the policeman. The lat
ter could have easily handled him.
Captain Carrington's story Is privately
corroborated by Cubans living opposite the
scene OF the shooting. The Cubans. how
ever. are afraid to testify. as usual. The
case is being officially investigated. The
policeman is only nineteen years old.
There are many others even younger. and
they lack judgment. discretion, and physi-
cal strength.
The total registration Of Spaniards under
the provisions of the Treaty Of Paris is
Sc $50
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Why should Porto Rico be favored over
ali our other Crown Colonies? That is
pertinent question. and an ugly one for
somebody to answer. Why should the
grand army Of the Antilles, in an its gilt
ter.ug panopiy be drawn up in the streets
and on the plaza Of the vice regal capital
Of san Juan. TO salute the first crown
governor Of His Majesty William the Will
ing: and Why should the imperial feet
belch thunderous welcome TO that D--
tentate's terrarch, when no such spec
tacle is youchsafed TO the weary but eA-
pectaut populace OF Hawaii, the Philip
pines Guam, or Tutuila?
We sweep the wide waste CT The vast
Pacific with the eye OF imperial. OF
oil and sugar pride. but fail TO catch a
glimpse Of any such edifying and ennob-
ling scene. Otis slumbers and saws the
gourds OF dreamland in his sumDtucus
ualace at Manila. No serried battalions
Of household troops. Of grenadiers and
fusilecrs. and pioneers and yivand eres,
await his coming when he ventures iato
the front ward clod in his rich and varied
Or!enta! costume Of pyiamas ana carpet
slippers, Yet Otis is viceroy and lieu
tenant general Of his imperial masters
tributary kingdom OF the East Even
DENLY is far away. and his commissionary
cooked hat. gold laced coat, and blood red
brooches are nowhere in evidence. Why
this humilisting discrimination against
our most gorgeous and extensive Grown
Colony
Turn we 10 Guam-beautiful isle Of the
Iadrones. "mirrored in the suulit deep;
where the skies forever smile. and the
blacks forever weep" Is it any better
there? Not ca the face OF the latest re-
turns. Leary. Governor. GeneralissimO,
and high Admiral OF Guam, by the will
OF William /. President Of the United
States and Emperor OF the Islands. rules.
or lately did. stern autocrst; daring TO
overthrow cherished institutions, expell-
ing friars for failing 10 marry the natives.
then marrying them himself. and forcicg
them TO raise pigs and chickens. Did
Leary have any vice regal honors when he
landed? He did not. He merely squatted
down on a mat under the topmost
branches OF the highest cocosnut tree.
and there. amidst the dense and luxuriant
foliage, proceeded 10 introduce imperial
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-18
NEW JERSEY REPUBLICANS.
A Fight Pending between Governor
voorhees, and Barker Cummere.


voorhees, and Barker Gummere.
TRENTON. N. j., April 17.-New J,r-
sey's convention to elect delegates to tie
Republican National Convention will be
held at Taylor Opera House. in this city,
on Thursday. There was apparently PER
feet harmony among the leaders until il
was announced that Barker GummeIe, OF
this city. was a candidate not only for
delegate at-large to the National Conven-
ton, but also for the Republican National
Committee to succeed Vice President Ho-
bart.
This double candidacy Of Gummere
aroused the antagcnlsm Of elements long
unf1iendly to him ard the result Of a
conference in the camp of the enemy was
a declaration that Governor voorhees, vas
candidate for delegate-st-large. and
Franklin Murphy. Of Newark a candi ate
to ill the vacancy In the Republican Ma
tional Committee. This formidable 60 Ebi-
nation to down Gumne was almost at
once partially successful. In less tan
three days the Republican State Commit
tee decided that Murphy should go on the
National Committee. Il was hoped fer
the sake of party harmony that Governor
Voorhees, would then withdraw from his
who are closest to him assert that it was
his purpose to withdraw and that he
would now be entirely out OF the cen
test but for bitter attacks made upon
him during the past few days by friends
OF Gummere.
Col. Samuel Dickinson, of Hudson, one
OF the Governors particular foes, is re-
ported to have made a statement to the
effect that he hoped Governor voorhees,
would stay in the race and be beaten.
Dickinson's alleged remarks were repeated
here today. His declaration that If he
stays in the race he will be badly beaten, >"
and his remark. Il hope voorhees, will not
get cut of the race, as I want to see him
beaten" are characterized by the Gov
errors friends as studied insults. and
they resent the Hudson leaders action in
taking to himself the prerOgative OF speak
ing for the Republican party Of the whole
State.
United States Senators Sewell and Kean
and Franklin Murphy are sure to be three
OF the four delegates-at-large. and Gov
ernCr Voorhees, and Gummere cannot both
get on the ticket unless one or the other
OF the trio mentioned should personally
announce his withdrawal from It. This, it
is conceded on all sides, will not happen
Instead, there will be a sharp conflict be-
tween the Governor and Gummere, with
the chances for success largely in the Gov
ernors favor. His popularity in every
part Of the State is very great, and his
friends say the indignity which his enc
mics propose to put upon him will not be
suffered
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THE GOEBEL ASSASSINATION.
The Franklin County Grand Jury
Refnrns Nine Indictments

FRANKFORT, Ky. April 17.-At p. m.
the Franklin County grand jury returned
the first indictments against parties in
the alleged plot to murder William Goe-
bel. and names the principals in the as
sassination. Berry Howard, former Rep
resentative of Harlan County and his
brother. Jim Howard of Clay County. are
charged with murder. Republican SeCre-
tary of State Caleb Powers. his brother
John L. Powers, superintendent of schools
in Knox County: former Secretary Of State
Charles Finley, Henry E. Youtsey. private
secretary to Republican Auditor Sweeny;
Auditors Clerk W. II. Culton. Harland
Whitaker of Butler County. and Wharton
Golden are charged as accessories.
Golden is the chief witness for the State
and Culton and Youtsey are both under
arrest and are said to have made con-
fessions. and it is believed will be made
State witnesses. Caleb Powers is under
arrest with Whitaker. while John Pow
ers. Finley, Berry. and Jim Howard have
not been arrested.
The grand jury is continuing its SEES
sion and is expected to return a number
Of other indictments against parties con-
nected with the alleged plot before the
last of the week.
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As result OF a small but unfortunate
incident in connection with the Dewey
celebration at Chicago a slight GOODNESS
now exists between the Spanish Legation
and the municipal government Of that
city. The Spanish Minister received one
morning. much to his surprise, an Invita-
tion TO attend this function. He reflected
that IL was intended TO celebrate the de-
struction Of Montojo's feet, the death Of
many brave sailors and officers Of the
Spanish Navy, and practically the defeat
OF Spain in the late war, and the more he
thought about it the more indignant he
was. He finally penned the following let
ter to the Mayor Of Chicago, re-encloslng
the invitation:
s.Sr. I return 90 YOU herein enclosed an iuyi-
fation from tie CITY OF Chicago Tor the Celrbrl-
fiou Of the second anniversary o. The Battle Of
Manila. which . take Tor granted has been sent
TO ne bv mistake, - lf IS the hrst dtscCurtesy /
have met with since I am IN TIE United States.
III Is impossible fHr me 60 believe that yoI
hive sdsisodly asked me, the representative Of
spain. 90 20 10 your city and rejoice with you in
the destruction Of tue spanish ships scd on tue
death Of 20 many brave sailors. my compa.nots.
That would have been sS~piy an insult; and
IS I D. not deserve it. and il cannot have been IN
your intention / am perfectly sure, as say. that
All this is The result OF error. have the honor
60 remain, sir, very respectfully yours,
ARGOS"
1t will be seen that the Duke d'Arcos
generously left a small loophole through
which the mayor could make his exit from
this very embarrassing situation. and with
the liveliest alacrity the mayor took The
hint and earnestly assured the diplomat
that it was all a mistake, for which he
was deeply sorry. or course, there was
nothing else for him TO do. in the cir
cumstances. and unquestionably some I'M
fortunate clerk or other was discharged
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THE NEW sEABoARD MORTGAGE.
An Instrument Involving $4,000
OOG Filed at Richmond.

BALTIMORE. April IA mortgage for
s75. 600. COO from the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad to the Continental Trust Company
of Baltimore, trustee, to secure an issue
Of 4 per cent consolidated bonds, was filed
for record at Richmond. Va. today. The
mortgage was executed by the company on
April Il and il covers the entire system
Provision is made in the mortgage for the
acquisition Of the stocks and bonds OF the
Georgia and Alabama Railway, extending
from Savannah, Ca. to Montgomery, Ala,
with the new terminals at Savannah, Ga
Pending the acquisition Of the railroad
properties themselves the stocks and
bonds of existing companies are pledged
under the mortgage.
The financial plan. so far as arranged,
provides that the Florida Central ana
Peninsula certificates of beneficiary in
te-est in the underwriting OF the secuTi-
ties OF the new company can be exchanged
for the certificates of the Greater Seaboard
organization on the basis CT $1,000 FlcTida
Central and Peninsula for $3.50 Greater
SpabOaTd.
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cUFFEY WILL STAY AWAY.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State
Committee in IA Qunndary.

Committee in IA Qunndary.
HARRISBURG. Pa. April 17.-Col
James NJ. GuTey will not be here for the
meeting of the Democratic State Commit
tee tomorrow. What to do with the How
ley organization in Pittsburg and the Don
neIly-Ryan fellows in Philadelphia is
what is agitating the minds Of the three
probsrs appointed By the State executive
committee to investigate the falling of in
the Democratic vote Of the two cities.
John F. Ancona Of Reading. John Cav
anaugh of West Chester. and William R.
Brinton of Lancaster are the three prObers
appointed few months ago to investigate
the party conditions in Pittsburg and Phil
adelpha determine the cause Of the trou-
BILE and suggest remedy. They have in
yestigated and investigated. but tonight
they are still at sea as to their recon-
mendations. Tomorrow morning they are
due to present their report 10 he eXecu-
tive committee. Somehow the impression
has got abroad tonight that Colonel Gufey
does not want the DOnnelly- Ryan organ
ization in Philadelphia torn up BY the
roots
1t is believed that Mr. Howley. Of Pitts
burg. will be politely but firmly invited to
walk the plank and Thomas b. Alcorn. OF
Pittsburg, his rival. will be given place
al the head of the table MIR. HOwley had
a conference in his rooms at the Common
wealth tonight with Col. Frank Fitzsim-
mons Of Scranton, who was chairman Of
the State convention. and few others. As
to Philadelphia. the politicians have not
yet put in an appearance. but they will be
on hand early IN the morning.
Those who have talked with the probers
believe that the majority report viii favor
a revision OF the party rules in Philadel-
phia. and division Of representation with
equal Justice for all. but Mr. CayaEaugh is
understood to contemplate favoTably the
minority, favoring the cold shoulder for
the Donnelly- Ryan people and a new deal
State Chairman Killing will probably have
no opposition for reelection.