Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-01-19

i tDluk euCu Oshliuko Will uoNO GU VIM
after this year. Mckinley will not
be under obligations to them during his
second term, II elected, and the pres
emit walking bosses of the party in the
south will have to stand back and let
new deal come 10 the 'front.'"
William ]. Bryan arrived here this
morning from Cincinnati. He went
Immediately to the Metropolitan Hotel
where be held conference with sew
ersl of the leading democrats OF the
House. Afterwards accompanied by
Senator Jones he went to the Senate.
"What about the Minneapolis inter
view" Mr.. Bryan was asked. Have
you changed your mind on imperia'-
sm?" "Not in the least" he respond
ed. "That interview contained some
things that did not say. am advo-
eating today exactly what | did in the
interview given out he day after re-
signed from the army. December IL,
1898. am opposed to the retention of
the Philippines. l believe that this
government should at once declare its
purpose to give independence to the
Filipinos, on the same terms that indie
Dendence has been promised to the Gu
bans, and l believe further that We
should protect the Filipinos from out
side interference, while they work out
their destiny Just as we have protected
the South American republics. am
not opposed to all expansion. Each
proposed annexation must be settled
upon its own merits. have tried to
distinguish between the peaceful extern
sion of the limits of republic and the
change of republic into an empire"
Mr.. Bryan will be in the city until to-
morrow night, when he leaves for Balti-
more, Nd, to deliver an address. Mr..
Bryan was in the Marble room of the
Senate today for more than an hour.
Many of the Senators, Representatives
and visitors greeted him cordially.
The Senate committee on pensions
has reported favorsbly in q number of
celebrated pension cases. One Of these
is the case of Mary r Bacon, now 80
years old, widow OF Columbus Bacon,
no served in the Maine militia in the
war OF 1912, Thirty dollars month is
the recommendation in the case OF
Julia M. Johnson, widow of Richard
w. johnson. late brevet major general,
10. s A.; $50 a month for Mrs. Mary
A. Dennis, widow OF Ellis 8. Dennis,
major general Of U. s. volunteers; S5O
a month in the case of Mrs. Louisa M.
Wright, widow of Horatio q. Wright,
brigadier general and chief OF engineers.
The committee also recommends pen
sion OF $27 month for the aged mother
of the late Chief Engineer F. K. b.
Randall, of the q. s. revenue cutter
McCullocb.
Rev. B. E. h. Warren, Chaplain OF
the Montana House OF Representatives,
testified in the Clark investigation
today that he had conversation
with Senator Clark at room in the
Helena Hotel three or four days before
the latter's election to the United
States Senate. The reverend gentle
man according to his own testimony,
told Mr.. Clark that he had friend,
Representative Bonner, who would vote
for him Clark for $4,000. Mr.. Clark
stated that he could not attend to the
matter himself but would see that
it was fixed. The witness stated
that the offer he made was Dot
bona fde, that he only wished to
see if Mr.. Clark was using corrupt
means to secure his election. On cross
examination Rev. Warren was ques
toned as to his past conduct as min
lister of the gospel and admitted that he
once paid fine of S. for thrashiDg
which he administered to a man who
called him an ugly name. Witness
also admitted that he resigned his
charge as pastor of Methodist church
in East Helena because of charges OF
immortality preferred against him by
certain members OF his congregation,
but said the charges were made by
friends of Senator Clarke who were in
censed because of his (witness) testi-
mony against the Senator in the Mon
tans Supreme Court.
The naval appropriation bill will carry
the largest appropriation in the history
of the country for thst purpose. 1t will
aggregate over S70,000,0O0. Last year
the bill carried about 100000.
Dispatches were received at the War
Department today from Gen Otis, bring
ing news that all the different Ameri-
can forces on the island OF Luzon are
meeting with continued success and
that Gen. Hughes is scattering the "reb
els" 10 the island OF Panay. According
to these dispatches the Filipinos are re.
duced to terrible condition and are
being cut, slsshed aud rddled when
ever few OF them show their dimin-
ished heads.
1t is rumored that some western re-
publican Senators, as we'll as Represent
atives, were interested in the PROPOSE
ton that was defeated in the House
yesterday to have some of the census
printing done at other places than the
government printing Office, and that
had it succeeded their bank accounts
would have been increased consider
ably.
In the House today Mr.. Rixey intro
duced bill to have the claim of +. M.
Brabbam, of Loudoun county, Va, re-
ferred to the Court of Claims; also one
to increase the pension of Capt. Gustav
Reinecker, of Alexandria, to $50 a
month.
The talk among democrats here is
becoming more and more in favor of
New York as the place for holding the |
next national democratic convention.
The takers say the accommodations |
and amusements of New York are better
than those of any other city in the |
country, and that people who attend
national democratic conventions want |
the best of everything. and besides. |