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Washington, Jan. 28.--Speaker Hen-
derson has put his foot on pending
legislation to more permanently estab-
lish the gold standard at the present
session of Congress. The rivalry be-
tween the comndttees of the tIouse to
reap eredit for inaugurating such leg-
islation brought the matter to a head
Saturday.
The IIill bill, providing for the ex-
ohdngeability of gold with silver, was
reported from toe eomlnittee on coin-
age, weights and measures several
days ago. The committee on banking
and currency reported the Overstreet
bill to-day, containing, with a change
of verbiage, the same l~'ovisions as tile
Hill bill. Chairman Southard of the
committee on coinage introduced a res-
olution providing for the consideration
of the Hill bill. This resolution was
referred to the committee on rules, o.f
Which Speaker Henderson is ehairman.
Mr. Henderson 'told Mr. Southard
that before his resolution would be con-
sidered by the committee he mast first
bring the assurance of certain senqtors
that the bill would be allowed consider-
ation in the Senate, if the House passed
It. Mr. Southard made a canvass of the
Senate immediately and found that
"too muci] legislation was alreqdy on
foot" was the general sentiment.
'l~.vo Democrats, Driggs of New York
and Thayer of Massachusetts, voted
~,'ith the Republicans in favor of the
Overstreet bill, which is as follows:
"That the secretary of the treasury
is hereby directed to maintain at all
times at parity with gold the stand-
ard silver dollars of the United States:
and to that end he is hereby authorized
and required, at the demand of the
holder, to exchange gold coin for
standard silver dollars when present-
ed to the treasury of the United States
in sums not less than $50.
"Section 2--That for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of this act,
the secretary o£ the treasury, when in
his judgment there is not sufficient gold
coin in the general fund of the treas-
ury to Justify a further use of tt for
exchange for standard silver dollars,
shall be authorized and required to em-
ploy any part of the reserve fund of
gold. coin established by section 2 of
the act of March 14, 1890, and the
standard silver dollars received in the
reserve fund in exchange for gold coin
under the provisions of this act shall
be held in said reserve fund, and not
paid out, except in the manner pro-
vided in regard to United States notes
in said section 2 of the act of March
14, 1800. and all provisions of law for
the maintenance of said reserve fund
relating to United States notes are
hereby made Applicable to standard sil-
ver dollars in said reserve fund. That
this act shall take effect upon its pass-
age."
Mr. Overstreet was authorized to
nmke the report and the n]inority wiB
nmke a dissenting report.
POPE ISSUES ENCYCLICAL
IN RELATION TO SOCIALISM
Rome, Jan 2S.--The Pope'sencyclical
• ,n socialism was issued Saturday. It
is dated January 18th, and says a dis-
tinction must be carefully drawn be-
tween socialism and the movement
among Catholics reviewed in his previ-
ous entyclieals on the socialistic sub-
Ject, and which was called Christian
Democracy.
The Pope commences with recalling
his two previous encyclicals on social
questions, and says that the sequel of
these encyclicals was that theCatholics
devoted all their activity to social works
to help the working classes. The pon-
tiff here reviews all that has been done
in this direction--the foundation of Is-
, her bureaus, funds established for the
benefit of the rural classes and work-
ingmen's associations of all kinds. He
considers the appellation "Christian so-
cialism" incorrect, and says Catholics
Who occupy themselves with social
questions are sometimes also called
"Christian democrats." But even this i
title is attacked by some people as be-
ing ill-sonnding. Divergences have
arisen, therefrom and the Pope ardently
desires to eliminate them.
The careful distinction, must be
drawn'between socialism and Christian
democracy. The first concerns itself
solely with material possessions, al-
Ways seeking to establish perfect
equality and a common holding of
founded'with political I)emocracy, for
tile first can aml ought to subsist,' as
does the ehureh herself, under the luost
v:u'ied politic'll regimes. Christian dem-
ocracy also oeght to respect the laws
of legitimqte civil autimrity. The ap-
pellation "Christian democracy," there-
fore, contains nothing which-might of-
fend any one. These divergences hav-
ing now been dispelled, Catholics
should continue to devote their cares
to social questions and betterment of
the working clqsses. The Pope encour-
ages tile zeal and action of those Cath-
olics who consecrate themselves to this
eminently useful work.
The encyelieal eulogizes giving of
alms, which the socialists wrongly re-
gard as insulting to the poor• Alms, on
the c~ntrary, serve to tighten the ties
of social charity. It matters little
whether this action of Catholics in fa-
vor of the working classes is called the
social action of Catholics or Christian
democracy. The essential ,point ts that
Catholics must act together to preserve
the community of effort and sentiment.
Idle, useless questions ought therefore
never to,be brought up in the press or
public assemblies. Catholics must act
so as not to engage in disputes.
The pontiff concludes with exhorting
Catholics to inspire themselves with
these principles and ~o inculcate them.
They must urge the people and work-
men to shun everything invested with
goods. Christian democracy, on the a seditious or revolutionary clmracter,
contrary, respects the principles of di- I respect the rights of others, be respect-
Vine law, and while seeking material]tiff to their masters, and observe so-
ameliorations, has in view the spiritual I briety and religious practices. TAns
Welfare of the people. Christian deln-/will social peace again become flourish-t~
ocracy, moreover, must not be con-~ ing througlmut the world, l
INDEPENDENT MINES
TO BE CLOSED
Denver, Colo., Jan. 28.--Under date
of January 27th the News prints the
following dispatch from Erie:
The strike in Erie will b~ on again
ia full force to-morrow. A,t a mass
n~eeting to-day it was voted to call all
i~iners out who have been working.
This order will affect over 200 men,
Who will lay down their tools to-mor-
row. The Lister and the Tyson mLues
are the principal mines affected, as
they have been shipping coal, but the
EUreka', the Davis the Whiteho~se a
md
" the :Ely mines at ttlnn are also includ-
ed. These mines have all been paying
the scale, and the Rinn mines have
been supplying, by wagon trade, Gree-
ley, :Fort Collins, Loveland, Berthoud,
Longmom, Lyons and the territory
Surrounding these places. Their com-
,olned output is placed at about 400 or
500 tons per day. The Long s Peak
seine has been taking out coal for cus-
tom trade and is also included in the
Rtlnes now affected.
To-morrow will s~e every mine in the
~orthern district absolutely idle if the
Plans adopted at to-day's meeting do
not miscarry.
There was strong opposition to the
closing of the mines that were paying
the scale, and had the deelsion been left
to Erie alone no such action wouhl
have been taken but the mass meeting
Was controlled by the miners from Lou-
isville, Lafayette, Superior and Mar-
shall, in which camps there are but
few independent mines.
The meeting voted to adjourn with-
OdUt taking actl,on and to wait for Pres-
ent Mitchells representative to ar-
rive to conduct the strike, but when it
Was found that a majority had voted
to adjourn, the mover of the motion
Was requested to withdraw it to'permit
of further discussion. This was done,
and~flnally, after two hours of oratory,
the motion to call out all miners in the
northern district prevailed and the
~aeeting adjourned.
Mira. Nation's [ ruaade.
Topeka, Kans., Jan. 28.--Mrs. Nation
arrived in Topeka at 6:40 Saturday and
l~amediately hunted up a newspaper re-
Porter, with a request that She be
Shown some of the leading Joints of the
City.
~Pwo newspaper men volunteered to
lallot her around. She said she did not
Wish to begin a smashing crusade, but
Wanted to talk to the jointists.
The keepers of the saloons had be-
tOme apprised of her intentions, and
When she arrived at Ed. Myers Joint
She was confronted my Mrs. Myers,
~'no rained blow after blow on her
head with a broomstick, while Myers
Stood by and encouraged the assault.
By Y this time a crowd of a thousand
PeOple ha&~gathered, among whom
~ero numerous sympathizers of Mrs.
Nation. Nobody attempted to interfere
and soon Mrs. Myers stopped her as-
sault. Mrs. Nation said she was not
hurt in the least.
"~Vhat does a broolnstiek amount
to?" she inquired, "to one who has been
used to rawhides, rocks and rotten
eggs? That woman should be immedi-
ately arrested, though. Where is an
officer ?"
Policeman Luster then appeared for
the purpose of protecting Mrs. Nation.
He commanded the mob to stand back,
and started up the street with Mrs.
Nation, followed by a hooting, Jeering
crowd of sympathizers with the joint
keepers.
Mrs. Nation at last found refuge in
the editorial rooms of the Capital,
where the crowd was not allowed to
enter.
Here, surrounded by reporters and
correspondents, she detailed the story
of her experiences and what she ex-
pected to do in the future.
She asked how many Joints there
were in Topeka. On being informed
that there were more than a hundred,
i she threw up her bands in horror and
said the condition must not last any
longer, adding:
"I would go out against these joints
to-night if I had some woman to go
with me. But I will rest fo'r a day or
two. Something will be done here yet,
You may count on that."
In Mourning for Victoria.
London. Jan. 28.--At St. Paul's cathe-
dral yesterday fhere was an unusual
scene. Before nine o'clock in the
morning an enormous crowd, wholly
attired in black, streamed from all di-
rections to tim vast edifice, and by ten
o'clock it was packed. Ttmusands un-
able to obtain admission, stood vainly
waiting on the steps and in the streets
around the edifice listening to the low
organ strains and muffled peal.
The service began at half past ten.
The Most Rev. Frederick Temple, pri-
mate and archbishop of Canterbury,
preached a most touching sermon.
There was a similar scene at West-
minster Abbey, where all the services
throughout the day were attended by
enormous congregations. The large
assemblage in the chapel royal at St.
James palace included Princess Fred-
erick of Hanover, Princess Frances of
Teck, a host of titled people, many
members of the Cabinet and other dis-
tinguished persons.
All the Roman Catholic and foreign
churches In England held special
memorial services•
To Buy Pullman Shop~.
Chicago, Jan. 28.--The Chronicle this
morning says:
"It is rumored that the Haxriman-
Morgan-Vanderbilt railroad syndicate
is planning to buy out the Pullman
Car Company and absorb, so far as
possible, all the prlvatee~reompanisa,~
COLORADO NOTES.
The grip has hit Boulder hard--in
fact, few, if any, places in the state
have escaped.
A company is being organized in
Denver to run electric automobile cabs,
vans and express wagons.
The January pay roll of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company at Pueblo was
~;146,000, which is $16,000 in excess of
any month of last year.
The Golden public schools, and the
School of Mines, which were closed
two weeks on account of the sickness
of many pupils, opened again Monday,
lanuary 28th.
The American Cattle Growers' Asso-
ciation, recently formed during the
stockgrowers' meeting at Salt Lake
~ty, will hold its first convention in
Denver, March 5th.
The agricultural experiment sta-
tion at Fort Collins has a bulletin on
raspberries, blackberries, and other
bush fruits, now in press, which will be
sent to the regular mailing list and to
others who apply.
The Oil Well Supply Company has
announced its decision to build nmnu-
facturing machine shops at Florence.
I'he structure will be made of brick,
~teel and sheet iron, and will cost not
tess than $20,000.
The legislative committee now en-
gnged in investigating the coal strike
Is examining many witnesses and
seems to be inquiring very closely into
all the details of coal production and
the-pay of miners.
Secretary of State Mills h~s ap-
)ointed Miss Florence Ragland of
Denver and Thomas Quinn of Ouray
to be clerks In the brand department,
and Miss Estelle Persueil of Central
City to be stenographer.
Samuel Cobain, an employe of Geddts
& Seerie at Cheesmau lake, near Buf-
falo Park, committed suicide January
25th, at 7 o'clock, by cutting his throat
with a razor, severing the jugular vein,
flying twenty minutes later.
The Pueblo county commissioners aP-
propriated $75 toward the support of
the Pingree gardens, which have been
very successfully operated for two sea-
~ons in Pueblo nnder the philanthropic
branch of the Woman's Club.
The Woman's Club of Grand Junc-
tion has received word from Andrew
Carnegie that he will donate an addi-
tional $3,000 towards the erection of
the new library building in Grand
Iunction. The total sum now on hand
for building purposes alone is $8,000.
The freight depot of the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad at Colorado
Springs was almost totally destroyed
by fire January 26th, before daylight
"in the mornlng. Night Watchman L.
C. Wells was found dead inside the
floor and is supposed to have died from
suffocation.
It was developed in the legislative
coal strike investiga'don committee's
examination of Mr. Barrels, secretary
of the Northern Coal Company, that
the mortgages on the company's prop-
erty aggregate $2,000,000 and tha¢ the
property is valued at between $3,500,-
DO() and $4,000,000.
Frank Wallace who was convicted of
murder in the second degree for the
killing of Night Captain William 0.
Rooney, January 22, 1900, was sen-
tenced by Judge M. S. Bailey in the
District Court at Buena Vis*a to a term
of not less than twenty-fi~ e nor more
than forty-five years.
Every effort is making for the ex-
tension of the city water works of For~
Collins to a point above tim mouth of
the North Poudre, and the city engi-
neer, who has just completed the sur-
vey, has submitted his report, which
gfves an estimated cost of i,~0,281, with
costs of settling reservoii and head
works added.
Farmers' Institutes have been held by
the Colorado State Agricultural Col-
lege at Holly and Rocky Ford, and
others will be held at Longmont, Love-
land, Grand Junction, Glenwood
Springs and Montrose. The experi-
ment station will soon issue a bulletin
on Belgian hares, giving the results of
feeding different kinds of food.
The assessed valuatio~ of Boulder
county is $6,272,220.14. The assess-
ment by towns is as follows: Boulder,
$1,670,372.08; Longmont, $600,893.82;
Lafayette, $107,645.53; Louisville, $61,.
600.04; Ward, $28,704.33, and Elders,
$43,249• The total county tax is $104,-
124.46, and the total tax of all kinds,
state, county, school, etc., is $250,-
705.46.
A Farmers' Institute has been organ-
ized at Montrose. C. A. Redding was
chosen president, T. D. Nichols vice
president and Abe Roberts secretary.
An executive committee consisting of
J. T. Heath, Aaron Waiters, Mrs. Hl-
i ram Dockstader and Mrs. J. A. Fen-
Ion, were selected to act with the offi-
cers and prepare a program to be. sub-
mitted at the n,xt meeting, February
2, 1901.
George Nelson, a (~olorado Springs
contractor; has obtained a contract for
twelve miles of grading and construc-
tion work on the El Paso & Northeast-
ern railroad, now in course of building
to meet the Rock Island, which is being
extended from Liberty, Kansas. The
home office of the company is at El
Paso. Mr. Nelson will require nearly
500 men for this work, and will hire
them from Pueblo and Colorado
Springs.
Walter W. Shemwell, treasurer of
ti~e Northwestern Oil & Coal Company
at Colorado Springs, received a tele-
gram recently stating that the derrick
and surface buildings of the company,
situated in Steamboat Springs, Route
county, had been set on fire by an ex-
plosion of natural gas in their well,
and completely destroyed. This inci-
dent carries with it considerable sig.
inIficance, as it generally heralds the ap-
proach of an oil body.
' The Colorado Agricultural Ex-
pert*Jest Station at Fort Col-
lins will have several hundred
pounds of sugar beet seed for distribu-
tion this spring• This will be distrib-
uted in small quantities for experi-
mental purposes. It will be sent gratis
to those desiring it as far as the sup-
ply will permit. The varieties include
some~seed sent direct by growers in
Austria and Germany, and seed fur-
nished by~ the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture from Utah and
•rance. Some af this is said to be ot
high quality. Those taking seed wiX
be expected'to report the result of the
trial at the close of the season.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Verdi, the composer, is dangerously
Ill at Milan.
Robert J. Gamble ires been elected
Senator from South Dakota to succeed
R. F. Pettigrew.
Tile F]'ench council of state has re-
tected Count Esterhazy's appeal
against the decree cashiering him
from the army.
Kansas has elected J. R. Burton
Senator to succeed Lucien Baker.
Ser, ator W. J. Sewell of New Jer-
sey, has been re-elected..
The first grandson of President Diaz
of Mexico was ~born oh the seven-
teenth inst. The father Is Captain
L~iaz of the Mexican army.
lh'esident Gruger is said to have no
intention of coming to America at pres-
ent, though pressed with invitations.
He may consider the subject later.
Terrific snow storms have been rag-
ing on the South Alaskan coast, and
the White Pass & Yukon railway has
been blockaded for several days.
The bill to amend the constitution
of Nevada to permit the licensing of
a lottery company has been defeated
by the Legislature at Carson City.
The state entry of Queen Wilhelmlna
and the future prince consort, Duke
Itenry of Mecklenberg-Schwerin, into
Amsterdam, has been fixed for March
6th.
The oil from the btg Texas well re-
cently sunk at Beaumont, will be
piped to Port Arthur and stored there
in tanks. Thence it will be shipped
ia tank steamers.
Recent sales of real estate in Gal-
veston show that current property
values are held at only about one-half
the figures prevailing prior to the
storm.
A cable dispatch from Constantin-
ople, ~.~mounces the death on January
17th o~ Rev. Dr. Elias Rlggs, the old-
est missionary of the board, aged
ninety.
Hen. F, M. Simmons, chairman of
the state Democratic committee, has
been elected United States Senator
for North Carolina to succeed Marion
Butler.
The jury in the Jennie Bosschleter
murder case at Paterson, New Jersey,
returned a verdict of murder in the
second degree. This means life impris-
onment.
A party of sixty-five Portuguese ar-
rived at San Francisco from Massa-
clmsetts and Rhode Island and sailed
on the Zealandia for Honolulu, a few
days ago.
MinneSota has re-elected Knute Nel-
son to the United States Senate for
the full term and Moses F. Clapp to
succeed Cushman K. Davis for the
short term.
A royal commission' under the presi-
dency of Lord Kelvln, has been ap-
pointed in England to investigate the
recent widespread outbreak of arsen-
ical beer poisoning.
At Montreal G. F. Little undertook
to throw Louis Cyr, the Canadian
strong man, Graeeo-Roman style in
twenty minutes. IIe accomplished
the task in four minutes. Cyr weighed
340 and Little 160.
Dispatches from various cities in the
South tell of the general observance
of General Robert E. Lee's birthday,
January 19th, by closing of state and
city offices, banks and stores, parades
and public meetings.
A Brussels paper has received in-
formation that bubonic plague is rag-
ing among the tBritish troops at Cape
Colony, and many deaths that are at-
tributed to enteric fever and dysen-
tery are really due to plague.
Samuel H. Warwick, aged seventy,
Inventor of a root beer, and whose
wealth twelve years ago was estimat,
ed at over $1,000,000, died penniless in
the hospital attached ¢o the alms house
in Philadelphia a few days ago.
Some of the students of the Stanford
University are as bigoted as the man-
agement. They seized C. D. Montgom-
ery, a junior from Kansas, who haO
criticised the action of Prdsident Jot.
dan, and threw him into a lake•
Andrew Carnegie has notified the
managers of the Goshen, Ind., library
association, that he will donate $15,-
000 toward the building of a library
building in that city. Goshen is the
smallest city he has ever assisted.
Yale graduates propose that the
bones of Etihu Yale, which axe in-
terred in Wales, be removed to this
country for interment on the Yale
campus, the suggestion is made by
Percy L. Lang, Yale, '85, of Waverly,
N.Y.
William H. Croker of San Francis-
co has offered to defray the expenses
of a solar eclipse expedition to be sent
by the University of California from
the IAck observatory to Sumatra to
observe tbe total eclipse of the sun
on May 17th.
Governor Hunt of Idaho has sent to
the Legislature a message urging in
strong language the adoption of a me-
morial to the United States Senate
asklng fpr an amendment to the con-
stitution providing for the election of
the United States Senate by a direct
vote of the people.
It Is reported the Santa Fe will put
into effect second class rates from
Chicago to Pacific coast points• The
second class rate is now $52.50. Under
the reduction it will be $30. This will
bring the rates from Mlssippi river
points down to $27.50 and from the
Missouri river to $25.
The death of Murray Hail, keeper of
an intelligence office in New York,
member of the Iroquois Club and a
voter for thirty years, brought to light
the fact that Hall, though a woman,
had successfully posed as a man for
more than twenty-five years• Hall
had been the husband of two women
who kept the secret of his (or her) sex.
One hundred and fifty Russian stud-
dents recently arrested at Kieffe for
engaging in political agitation, have
been ordered expatriated to Port Ar-
thur, where they will do military ser-
vice. The same fate awaits scores of
students arrested at the capital on a
similar charge. The ferment continues
among the students throughout the
country DL-,turbances are anticipated.
SENATOR TOWNE ARRAIGNS
OUR POLICY IN THE PHILIPPINES
Washington, Jan. 29.--The Senate mind in whose 'gioomv rece~ses.q ' this
yesterday turned from the grind enterprise of sacrilege and violence
of appropriations to listen to a first gathercd form and pressure. There
speech which partook of the has indeed been evidenced a disposition
character of an oration, by Mr.
Towns of Minnesota. Since he en-
tered the Senate the young Minnesotan
has had little opportunity to display
his talents. As his reputation as an or-
ator had preceded him, there was
much interest in his speech to-day,
which was in advocacy of his resolu-
tion for a cessatlon of hostilities in the
Philippines•
When the Senate convened the fol-
lowing cablegram was read:
"Manila, Jan. 28.--To president of the
Senate and speaker of the House of
Representatives, Washington:
"Accessions to the federal party by
thousands in all parts of the archipela-
go, the attitude of a hitherto irreeon.
cllable press and the general public
opinion show that the labors of this
party to bring peace will soon be
crowned with success. Until now po-
litical parties have attempl~l the for-
mation of plans more or less question-
ing American sovereignty. Our plat-
form makes its main plank the sover-
eignty of the United States, with lib-
erty to each citizen to pursue peaceful-
ly his ,political ideas. The hoar of peace
has sounded. On our platform are
grouped many Filrplnos of hitherto ir-
reconcilable ideas, but some of the
more obstinate decline to join, for
though willing to accept the sovereign-
ty of the United St'~tes. the prospect of
indefinite continuance of military gov-
ermnent makes them distrust the pur-
pose of the United States an0 delays
their submission.
"Adjournment of the present Con-
gress without giving the President au-
thority to establish a purely civil gov-
ernment, with the usual Imwers, and
postponement for at least a year of
such government until a new Congress,
will certainly contirm this distrust.
The directory of the federal party be-
lieves the conferring of such authority
on the President wouhi inspire confi-
dence and hasten acceptance of the sov-
ereignty of the United States and the
coming of peace. The directory there-
fore prays botb houses of Congress to
authorize President McKinley to estab-
lish civil government whenever he be.
lleves it opportune."
This is slgned by Frank H. Bourns,
Dr. Pardo de Tavero, Florentine Tor-
tes, Jose Nar Tomas del Rosario, C. S.
Arellano, directory of federal party.
After the dls.posltion of the routine
business, Mr. Towne was recognized
for a speech which was to be at once
his maiden effort and his valedictory.
He spoke on his resolution of last Fri-
day for the immediate cessation of hos-
tilities in the Philippines.
In opening, Mr. Towne referred to
the petition presented to the Senate a
few days ago by 2,006 Filipinos for a
cessation of hostilities and for the
granting of independence to the people
of the Philippines. He maintained it
would "prove a quickening appeal to
the ancient spirit of the republic, or its
rejection must dedicate the twentieth
century to a reaction' prejudicial, if not
fatal, to free institutions."
While discussing events which led
the United States forces to the Philip-
pines, Mr. Towne referred with partic-
ularity to the charge timt Aguinaldo
had sold his country to the Spaniards
for a bribe. He declared the accusa-
tion was "gratuitous tn its calumny,
when we consider that the official pub-
lications of our own government con-
tradict and destroy it."
TOe senator declared that "we were
in alliance with the Filipinos, an al-
liance sol~ght by ourselves, availed of
by us for our own advantage and final-
ly, to our everlasting shame in the es-
timation of honorable men, repudiated
by us when we found it no longer nec-
essary and when lust of empire had so
blunted our moral sensibilities that we
could monnt from an act of perfidy ¢o
the .grand larceny of a nation,
Referring to Admiral Dewey's de-
nial that lie had ever treated the in-
surgents as allies, Mr. Towne said, sar-
castically: "I fear the honest sailor's
terminology has ~uffered from recent
contact with the nice discriminations
of administration diplomacy."
Discussing the acquisition of the
Philippines, Senator Towne said:
"It is not easy to fix with accuracy
the time when the design was formed
to ta~ke forcible possession of the Phil-
ippine islands, nor to ascertain the
by its most illustrions sponsors, as if
their prophetic souls already trembled
at the inquisition of other ages, to im-
pute the dubious resp(msibility to Prey.
idenee itself. I know not whlch to ad-
mire the store, whether the modesty
which dischlims credit for the policy,
or the collossal presumption wi]ieh
challenges and betrays the vanunted
confidence of the Almighty.
"I devoutly believe that the Republic
is at the gravest crisis of its history,
and I feel that a necessary 1)relimlnary
to its getting safely out is to cause the
people to realize how it came to get in."
Mr. Towne said of the President's
proclamation that "among tile roses ot
its soft rhetoric of love, its fair speech
about our coming 'not as iuvaders or
conquerors, but as friends;' of the
'mild sway of justice' and of 'benevo-
lent assimilation,' the ah'eady justly-
awakened distrust of the ]~lipim)s
clearly beheld the unsimathed and glib
tering steel of despotism.
"If we are bent on sl'u~ghter," said
he, "let it be in open guise. If we lust
for this people's land. let us not glaze
our enterprise with false and sinister
pretense. Rather let us bohlly raise
the sombre flag of international piracy,
whistle scruple down the wind and
then close in upon oar fe~ble victim to
the cry of 'loot and glory.' "
Mr. Towns maintained that the Unit.
ed States was under the obligation of
circumstances, If not actual promise,
¢o grant independence to the Filipinos
and that among nations, the former
was quite as binding as tile latter.
He then argued at length in support
of his eontention that the Filipinos
were perfectly capable of governing
themselves, lx)inting out that eighty
)or cent. of the population of Imzun
can read and write, and holding that
the govermnent established by Agui-
naldo was strong, symmetrical and pro-
gressive, even In the difficult and dis.
turbing conditions whi(~h surround tt.
He deelared that the Filipino states-
men "would creditably meet almost
any emergency of administration in
even the most advanced government
and would have dignified and orna-
mented the early struggles for nation-
ality of any people known to history.
"There is excellent reason to believe
that even at this day the existing Fill.
pine government, low as it is in es-
tats, and migratory to some extent as
to location, exercises a wide and re-
spected authority in'the Philippine is-
lands and is obeyed quite generally by
the local authorities in the interior.
"There is not the slightest ground
for believing that any appreciable im-
pression has been made upon the deter-
mination of the Pi~ihppine people to re-
sist u~ to the end. There is no evi-
dence that any strong native pro-
American element has any existence
whatever. As the result of two years
of wasting war, we occupy about one
five-hundredth part of that archipelago.
No district is really 'ImClfied.' We
hold the ground our troops stand on,
practically nodding more.
"During the campaign of 1900 it was
a false accusation against the oppon-
ents of the administratfon policy that
they were kC~l)ing alive a smouldering
'rebellion' in the Philippines. q-'h~
newspapers and magazines nmde mueb
of this foolish argument, and in many
a pulpit where the gospel of tile bullet
has supplanted the Christianity of the
Bible, the pious anathema of prudent
priesthood rose to heaven on the wings
of prayer."
Mr. Towne then declar(~ that after
the elections the resistance in the Phil-
ippines increas¢~l and that it had been
announced tn the Senate within a week
that 30,000 Ameritm soldiers would
be needed in the islands for an indefi-
nite period.
In closing, Mr. Towne characterized
~he present contest as an "unholy war
for greed and empire, tie said:
"I shall not willingly cease to d~am
of a twentieth century devoted to the
demonstration, the first and only one
in history, that'a governmen~ of the
people, for the people and by the peo-
)le' need not 'perish from the earth.'
There Is an inspiratiola in the thought
that to our beloved conntry may be re.
served toe culminating glory of the
ages in crowning wi~h success the long
experiment of right~ous self-govern-
ment."
FIRST DECISION I se~ting the state of Illinois and the
ST. LOUIS VS. CH[CAG0
Washington, Jan. 29.--The United
States Supreme Court to-day rendered
an opinion in the case of the Chicago
sanitary district, overruling the demur-
rers filed in the case by the state of I1-
linoi,~ and the Chicago sanitary district
board. The proceeding was brought
by the state of Missouri against the
state of Illinois and the drainage
board, the end sought being to prevent
the use of the canal because of its sup-
posed pollution of the drinking water
of St. Louis.
The effect of the decision is to sus-
tain the contention of the state of Mis-
souri. The opinion was handed down
by .lustiee Shires. The chief Justice
and Justices Harlan and White united
In a dissenting opinion.
sanitary district of Chicago, was pres-
ent when the court's opinion was ren-
dered He asked leave to file an an
swer to the bill, and this being granted,
immediately filed the answer, which
was already prepared. In his capacity
as a representtative of the state he ad-
mrs, among other things, that in the
territory of the state of Missouri and
on the banks of the Mississippi river,
and below the mouth of the Illinois,
are many cities and towff~ and many
thousands of persons who rely upon
the waters of the Mississippi river for
their daily necessary supply of water
for drinking and all other purposes.
He also says that it is a matter for
proof whether the people of Missouri
are compelled to use the waters of the
Mississippi as is also the fact as to
whether the waters of the Mississippi
are injured by the drainage canal. He
Chief Justice Fuller read the dissent- contends tlmt the adaptability of the
Ins opinion, holding that the Juri~lic- waters of the Misslssip~l for domestic
tion of the Supreme Court could only ] purposes would be in n~wise impaired •
~e invoked in cases in which it appears I by the canal.
that states are in direct antagonism. ] Judge Springer said.
and that this is not true in this case. I "To da's decision m"'ere
Y ..... ly brings the
He also said that it was diffieult to con- I case to a oint ~ here i .......
P t ~In nave to be
ceive that a decree could be entered In ]~r~] ..... ' ~ '
........... ~ ea on Its merits our contention will
this case, wh~cn woma sine me state,be that instead o ........
" the flow ~ lnnlCtlng aamagess,
of Illinois or control its acthm. He of tease
lake water ..... aas actually
added" , . _
• . . [improxed the conditions in the Illinois
The act eomplalned of ts not a am- and Missi " • -
......... ~ ss]ppi myers, both as ta nav-
sance per se, an~ the injury anege~ ~o ~i ation and - , -
g from a sanitary stan(1
be threatened is contingent. As the l ,~oin+" ': '
channel has been In operation for a tp
year, it is'probable that the supposed
basis of complaint can now be tested. Expect & Settlement.
"But it does not follow that the bill in Omaha, Jan. 29.--Adjutant General
its present sihape should be sustained. Michie received a telegram from Lieu.
In my opinion, both the demurrers tenant Dixon at Henrietta, Indian terri:
should be sttstained and the bill dis-
missed wlthou~prejudlce to a further
application as against,~he sanitary dis-
trict, If authorized by {he state of Mis-
~uri."
Attorney William M. Springer, repre-
tory, this morning, stating that he ex-
pected United States Marshal Bennett • . .......
there t:o-day and lind arranged for a
talk with Crazy Snake. Also that he
anticipated an early settlement ot the
so-called uprlsl~}g.
