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| John Sherman. |
Cortland
Evening Standard, Saturday,
February 29, 1896.
PASSED BY THE SENATE.
Cuban Resolution Wins by a Big
Majority.
ONLY SIX VOTED AGAINST IT.
Senator Sherman Surprised His
Hearers by a Ringing Speech In Favor of Recognizing the Cubans—The House Members Were Jubilant.
WASHINGTON,
Feb. 29.—By the overwhelming vote of 64 to 6, the senate adopted a concurrent
resolution favorable to Cuban belligerency and independence. The resolutions
adopted are as follows:
Resolved,
by the senate (the house of representatives concurring), that, in the opinion of
congress, a condition of public war exists between the government of Spain and
the government proclaimed and for some time maintained by force of arms by the
people of Cuba; and that the United States of America should maintain a strict
neutrality between the contending powers, according to each all the rights of
belligerents in the ports and territory of the United States.
Resolved,
That the friendly offices of the United States should be offered by the
president to the Spanish government for the recognition of the independence of
Cuba.
The
senators who voted in the negative were Caffery, Chilton, George, Hale,
Morrill, Wetmore.
When the
result was announced, the densely packed galleries broke into long continued
applause, which the vice president quieted with difficulty. The result was
reached after a day of fervid speeches, which at times aroused the crowd of
spectators to enthusiastic demonstrations.
The keen
public interest in the subject was evinced by the presence of the largest crowd
since congress assembled. The representatives of foreign powers were numerously
in attendance, the occupants of the diplomatic gallery including Ministers Mendonca
of Brazil, Hatch of Hawaii, Lazzo-Arriaga of Guatemala, Rengifo of Colombia and
Baron von Kettler of the German embassy. Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish
minister, was not present, but two of the attaches of the Spanish legation
occupied seats with the other diplomats.
The main
feature of the debate was the speech of Senator Sherman, chairman of the
committee on foreign relations.
As a rule
the veteran senator from Ohio speaks with reserve and conservatism, so that it
was the more surprising when he arraigned Spain and her governor general, Weyler,
in the most merciless and scathing language. Mr. Sherman read specific
instances in which Weyler was pictured as stripping young girl captives and
making them dance before the Spanish.
Other
speeches were made by Mr. Lindsay of Kentucky, Lodge of Massachusetts, Caffery
of Louisiana and Allen of Nebraska.
The vote
began at 4 o'clock, according to agreement. It was simplified by the withdrawal
of conflicting amendments, so that only three votes were necessary. The first
disposed of the resolution of Mr. White of California, limiting the action of
congress to a request on the president to grant belligerency. This was tabled—67-12.
The
amendment of Mr. Allen, directing the president to recognize the Cuban republic
as independent, met like defeat—62-17. Then came the final vote as above recorded.
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| Charles Boutelle. |
In the House.
There was
an enthusiastic demonstration in the house when Secretary Cox of the senate
appeared and announced the passage by the upper branch of congress of the Cuban
resolutions, but the matter did not come up in any further form during the day.
After the unexpected opposition of Mr. Boutelle the house leaders decided to
postpone taking up the resolution until the legislative bill was disposed of.
The whole day in the house was spent in the consideration of the legislative
appropriation bill and considerable progress was made.
An
agreement was reached whereby the bill to change the compensation of United States
attorneys and marshals from the fee to the salary system is to be offered as an
amendment to this bill.
An
amendment offered by Mr. Tawney, to provide that the members shall have $100
per month for clerk hire throughout the year instead of during the sessions
only, as is now the case, provoked the charge that it was a "salary
grab."
Mr. Payne,
who was in the chair, ruled it out on a point of order.
An attempt
was made to overrule the chair, but he was sustained—102 to 43.
The
provision for senators' clerks was then stricken out with the avowed intention
of effecting an "equitable adjustment" with the senate later.
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| Henry George. |
PEACE AT ANY
PRICE.
Sentiment Voiced by New York Workingmen.
A PROTEST AGAINST MILITARISM.
Massmeeting Held Under the
Auspices of the Central Labor Union to Denounce the Proposed Strengthening of
Our Army and Navy.
NEW YORK,
Feb. 29.—Members of the Central Labor union, sympathizers of organized labor
and others gathered at Cooper Union to protest against the proposed expenditure
of $100,000,000 for coast defenses, as well as many more millions for an
increased navy.
Jerome O.
Neill, secretary of the Central Labor union, acted as chairman. He made a brief
speech explaining the object of the meeting. The first speaker was then
introduced in the person of Charles W. Hoadley, secretary of the Building Trades
section.
Mr. Hoadley
declared that nobody wanted war except, perhaps, the inventor of a new rifle or
smokeless powder, or the maker of the bunting used on land and sea. The common
people did not want war and, as the United States had never provoked war, he
maintained that we were not open to attack from other nations.
John McLuckie
of Homestead, Pa., who was connected prominently with the strike at the
Carnegie works, followed Mr. Hoadley and spoke of the armor plates manufactured
for the navy. He said that belt line armor plate "X8" now located on
the Monterey, had a hole in it as large as the face of an ordinary eight-day clock
and was filled with 40 plugs. What reliance, he asked, could be placed on such
armor? He mentioned as other ships on which fraudulent armor had been placed,
the New York, Oregon, Terror, Amphitrite, Massachusetts and many others.
Ernest
Howard Crosby said he wished to congratulate the Central Labor union on having
inaugurated a struggle against militarism. An appropriation of $88,000,000 for
coast defenses, he said, meant war, whatever some people might say to the contrary.
Henry B.
Salisbury was the next speaker. He said that Benjamin Harrison, lecturing upon
law, had given the best definition extant of capitalist legislation, when he
said that the object of law was to make the rich secure and the poor content.
An appropriation of $88,000,000 for coast defense, he said, was to make the
rich secure and when the poor looked down the muzzle of the guns they would
have to be content.
A letter of
regret from General Master Workman Sovereign of the Knights of Labor was
roundly hissed.
Henry George,
who followed, asked that those in favor of the resolutions and those opposed
should rise in turn. Those opposed amounted to hardly more than two dozen.
The other
speakers were Henry Weissmann, Daniel Harris and James Fitzgerald.
Following
are the most important resolutions adopted:
Whereas the
undisguised purpose of the monopolists and rings who have grasped political power
and are robbing the workers under laws passed at their instance and by their
purchase is to so increase and mass a standing army, that they may rule by
injunctions backed by federal bayonets, and,
Whereas, As
a means to this end bills are pending in the senate and house for the
appropriation of $88,000,000 for coast defense and other millions for more
ironclads, the money to be drawn from a treasury kept from bankruptcy by the
issue of bonds unauthorized by congress and jobbed out to favored capitalists,
ultimately to be repaid with interest by fresh taxes on labor; therefore,
Resolved,
That we protest in the name of the organized workingmen of New York, and call
upon all workingmen's associations through the land to protest against the
appropriation at this time of one cent more for the erection of a fort or the
building of a warship.
Resolved,
That the times call for the organization of a political party that will demand
the abolition of an aristocratically organized standing army and navy and of
the means that have been insidiously taken to put under control of a
centralized government the militia of the states, and that shall devote itself
to the crushing of monopolies that are rapidly bringing on us all the social
evils of the old world that our fathers thought they had escaped.
Resolved,
That we call the attention of preachers of all denominations to the fact that the
working man who was crucified eighteen hundred years ago for his denunciation of
the unjustly rich was a peace-at-any-price man and that a truly Christian
nation would no more have standing armies and standing navies than it would
have soap houses and tramps.
More Men For the Navy.
WASHINGTON,
Feb. 29.—The house committee on naval affairs held its first full meeting to
consider the naval appropriation bill. It was resolved to provide for an
increase of 1,000 in the force of enlisted men to meet the demands of the new
ships to be placed in commission.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
Don't Trade Your Votes.
Reports are
heard on every side of efforts being made by supporters of the fusion ticket to
trade votes for their candidate for police justice. A special and particular
fight is being made against Mr. Bull, the Republican nominee for that office.
Mr. Benton's great strength for president of the village is conceded and his
election is looked forward to as a foregone conclusion. In consequence,
advocates of that ticket are reported to be willing to trade off votes for the
head of the ticket for votes for police justice to secure his election. Friends
of the Republican party should be careful about accepting this offer. The
Republican ticket is all right from top to bottom. It was fairly nominated, it
is a representative ticket, and it deserves the support of every Republican.
This is a presidential year, it is no time to trade.
Aside from
that, it is difficult to see what fault any fair minded man can find with the
way in which Justice Bull has administered the affairs of his office. He has
never been owned or controlled by any party or faction of a party. His one
platform has been the laws of a justice' court. It is believed that he
understands these thoroughly. His decisions have always been eminently fair and
wise. He is possessed of good common sense, a very essential element in a
police justice, and there seems to be no reason whatever why he should not be
returned to the office. Don't cut anybody, don't trade. Vote the straight
ticket.
DEPARTMENT OF GOOD GOVERNMENT.
The Situation.
There is
one issue, and only one, before this community in the present municipal
campaign. At least the one paramount question to be decided by the votes of the
10th of next month is whether the people want the saloon and kindred institutions
protected in their defiance of law or whether they want the work of enforcing
the law to go on. In short it is the saloon question. Party politics are about
lost sight of in the contest over this issue. There is, indeed, one party
ticket in the field—the Republican—but the head of that ticket is a pronounced
good government anti-saloon man. The Republican party would have had no hope of
electing any other kind of a man. But to hold the liquor votes in the party for
some part of the ticket some names were put on it for which no good government
or anti-saloon man can think of voting. We mention no names. The well known
sympathizers of such candidates will sufficiently point them out. The Democrats
have named no party ticket, but in lieu thereof a fusion ticket has been
nominated largely made up of Republicans. This is well known to be the saloon
ticket. We doubt if there is the name of one man on that ticket who has been
known to have the least sympathy with the late effort to enforce the law against
illegal liquor selling. There are but two candidates for president. No one can
doubt for which one every saloonkeeper and all their supporters will vote.
The
Citizens' ticket, with which the Prohibition ticket is almost identical, is emphatically
a Citizens' ticket. It has on it the names of men of all political faiths.
Every man in the citizens' movement wanted Dr. Higgins of splendid abilities
and record, for the head of the ticket and he was nominated, but it soon became
apparent that both he and Mr. Benton would probably be defeated if both ran (a
few doubted this) so to make certain a law and order victory Dr. Higgins gave way,
hundreds of voters deeply regretting this apparent necessity. For this ticket
every good citizen who believes that our local interests should be lifted out
of the strip of party politics ought to vote. This kind of a ticket, which
carried so grandly last year, resulting in a splendid administration, should
carry as grandly this year.
The most
important contest will be for the trusteeship. We bespeak the heartiest interest
in our two candidates. We think Mr. E. J. Warfield's election in the Second
ward is assured. He was not elected two years ago on the present issue, but when
the issue arose he proved true to it and has done the good government cause
royal service in the board.
Our
candidate in the Fourth ward is Mr. H. M. Kellogg, than whom no more worthy or
competent man can be found in this village; railroad commissioner, bank director,
old soldier, business man and public spirited, he will make a splendid run, He
is a lifelong Republican of the radical kind, but he believes that in local
matters party politics should have nothing to do. He stands squarely for good
government and the enforcement of the law against the illegal saloon. It is not
even surmised that either of the other candidates hold such views. So in the
Fourth ward the saloon issue is fairly made. Let every law and order voter,
irrespective of party preference, meet this sole issue and Mr. Kellogg will be
overwhelmingly elected.
We may
safely say that at least three of the trustees and the president will be good
government men, elected solely or largely by the votes for the citizens' ticket
while other officers will be elected in the same way- This certainly will be
another triumph in the name of law and order and against the reign of
saloonism.
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| Lehigh Valley R. R. "Black Diamond Express" 1896. |
Running Against Time.
The Lehigh
Valley propose putting a train on the road between New York and Buffalo to
compete with the Empire State Express on the Central. The distance is eight
miles longer. A trial trip was made westward on Thursday and eastward on
Friday. The time made was within eight minutes of that of the Empire State
Express. It is thought that the Central's time will be beaten.
Another Operator at the Lehigh.
One of the
changes brought about by the purchase of the E., C. & N. R. R. is the introduction of a direct wire from Sayre
into the train dispatcher's office. A direct wire from Auburn will
also be brought in in a few days. This means more work in the office and
another operator is needed. Mr. F. C. King of Sayre has arrived in town
to supply the need. He will be the assistant of Train Dispatcher Clark and
Assistant Train Dispatcher Gould.
AUTHORITY
EXTENDED.
J. R.
Birdlebough Relieved From Duty on Lehigh Valley.
Mr. J. D. Birdlebough, who for the past
thirteen years has been superintendent of bridges and buildings on the E., C.
& N. R. R., and who for several years longer has been connected with that
department of the road, was yesterday afternoon notified that the authority of
Mr. E. F. Swart, who occupies a similar position on the Auburn division of the
Lehigh Valley system had been extended so as to cover the duties of his office
on this division. Mr. Birdlebough was asked to remain for a time in the position
and assist his successor in getting acquainted with this division and agreed to
do so.
Superintendent Titus and Messrs. Swart and
Birdlebough together went over the west end of the road yesterday examining
bridges and buildings.
Mr. Birdlebough's many friends regret exceedingly
that this change was to come about, though of course it was expected in
connection with the change of management. He has been prominently identified
with Cortland in many ways during his residence here and will be missed if he
leaves. He has not yet decided as to his future.
ANOTHER
LARGE HOUSE.
To-night
Closes Engagement of Maude Hillman Co. Here This Season.
Maude Hillman in "A Struggle for
Honor'' was the attraction at the Opera House last evening. This young and
talented actress, who has won sincere appreciation by all theatre-goers, showed
to the full extent of her charming abilities in this, one of the strongest
attractions produced by her company in Cortland. The play is unusually strong and
has many thrilling scenes which make the susceptible beholders gasp for breath
under intense excitement. From the rise of the curtain until the final fall, every
movement was worthy of commendation.
As Lauretta, Miss Hillman has added new
laurels to her reputation. She is very pleasing, displaying true artistic
taste, intermingling with the gay, light-hearted girl, bits of pathos,
thoroughly enjoyable at all times. During her several visits here, Miss Hillman
has proved herself a lady of no little histrionic ability, possessing the happy
faculty of being equally at home in comedy and emotional drama. As Paul Jerome,
Mr. Donavin has a part in which he appears perfectly at home. Miss Chester
played the role of Mrs. DeCoursey in a graceful and dignified manner and Mr.
Reeves played the Frenchman very cleverly. The several other characters were
well impersonated and added greatly to the success of the entertainment.
This evening Miss Hillman will conclude her
present engagement with the presentation of "Nugget Nell."
BREVITIES.
—The Thimble Bee met with Mrs. J. C. Seeger
on Thursday of this week.
—The case of Hitchcock vs. McGuckin was
tried before Justice Dowd this morning and judgment rendered for plaintiff for
$39.
—The funeral of Mrs. Cornelia Robertson will
be held from her late residence, 10 North Church-st. Monday at 2 o'clock P. M.
—There will be a hearing in the committee of
the [state] assembly next Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock on Mr. Saunders' bill
regarding the adulteration of milk.
—Frank Bush's "Girl Wanted," the cast
of which includes the Dillon Brothers, will soon play in Cortland. This company
has been having a long stand in Boston.
—The committee of the citizens' ticket last
night endorsed the nomination of H. F. Benton for president of the village and
E. J. Warfield for trustee in the Second ward.
—Superintendent Allen of the E., C. &
N. R. R. and Superintendent Dunston of the Cortland and Homer Traction Co.
both cease their connection to-night with their respective roads.
—Combination trolley car No. 17, which broke
a truck near McGrawville some time ago, is again running on the crosstown line.
No more smoking will be permitted in either compartment of the car.
—Superintendent Albert Allen is this
afternoon picking up all his personal papers and possessions at his office at
the E., C. & N. station preparatory to turning every thing belonging to the
road over to his successor to-night.
—Mr. John Richards of Virgil died yesterday
at the county alms house at the age of about eighty years. Mr. Richards had a
wife and five children, but all had died and he had no near living relatives.
The arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made, but the burial will
probably be at Virgil.
—The annual meeting of the Young Men's
Christian association will be held at the rooms on Monday evening, March 8, at
8 o'clock for the purpose of electing fifteen directors to preside over the affairs
of the association for the coming year. A full attendance of the members is
desired. An interesting program has been prepared and a general good time it
expected.
OLD
TIME REMINISCENCES.
Mr.
Alvirus Stedman Recalls Early Days of Cortland.
Wednesday, Feb. 26, was the ninetieth
birthday of Mr. Alvirus Stedman of South Cortland. He was invited to spend the
day and play chess with his neighbor and friend, A. P. Rowley, a game they had
played together for nearly forty years, and, although it was stormy and
blustering weather, he showed more courage in venturing out than many younger
men would of the present day.
He is very vigorous, and has good health,
and his mental faculties are as clear as thirty years ago. He enjoys reading the
newspapers and keeping himself informed on all of the topics of the day. He is
able to go about and visit his friends in the vicinity. He has a son, Mr.
Albert Stedman, who has been many years a resident of Homer and two grandchildren
in Pompey, Onondaga county. He has two sons in California; Charles, who has
been there forty years or more, and Seymour nearly as long. Those are all of
the family remaining to him now, his wife and two daughters being dead.
He gave me many reminiscences of his early
life. His father, Joshua Stedman, came here from Massachusetts in 1804 and
settled on the farm now owned by Riley Niles, one half mile north of this place.
He cleared up land and built him a log house and Alvirus was born there in 1806
and has spent nearly all of his life in this immediate neighborhood. At the
time his father came here there were woods nearly all of the way to Cortland.
The first house was a log house on the corner where I now reside, occupied by
Bird Herrick. The next was on the farm at present owned by R. G. Rowley, known
as the Rouse farm, at that time owned by David Jones. It was a large log house,
a sort of tavern.
The wolves at that time were numerous in
this part of the country. Mr. Stedman said they could hear them howl every
night in the swamp back of their house. Mr. Jones who owned the tavern had thirty
sheep and about half of them were destroyed by the wolves. Soon after this the
state offered a bounty on wolves, he thinks $30 per head. His father killed
three. The next house was a log house on the Hatch farm owned at that time by
Daniel [Peck], and the next was a log house on the farm now known as the
Fairchild place near the E., C. & N. R. R. crossing owned by Ransom
Mallory, the next place owned by Mallory brothers.
There was a store where the Keator Block is
now located on the corner of Main and Port Watson-sts. The next house was where
the Cortland National
Bank is now located and
was painted red, owned by Mr. Hubbard and used by him as a tavern. The next house
was a large one on the corner of Main-st. and Clinton-ave., where the Sager block
now stands.
In 1829 Mr. Stedman purchased the farm near
South Cortland, which has been occupied by him ever since. He was married to
Eliza Cogswell, daughter of Solomon Cogswell, who lived on the place now occupied
by George Conable at Port Watson. He had a brewery and made beer. Barley was
worth at that time 40 and 45 cents per bushel and wheat $1.
A. P. ROWLEY.
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