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| William Rufus Day. |
The Cortland Democrat, Friday, August 19, 1898.
WAR WITH SPAIN ENDED.
Protocol Signed and an Armistice Proclaimed.
HOSTILITIES HAVE CEASED.
Orders Sent to the Front to Suspend Operations.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13.—The war which has raged between Spain and the United States for a period of three months and 22 days was quietly terminated when Secretary Day for the United States, and M. Cambon for Spain, in the presence of President McKinley, signed a protocol which will form the basis of a definite treaty of peace. It is but simple justice to our sister republic of France to record the fact that to her good offices this speedy termination of a war that might have run on indefinitely was brought about and the president himself deemed that action on the part of the French government as worthy of his special praise.
Without delay Acting Secretary Allen hastened to the telephone and directed that cable messages be immediately sent to all of the naval commanders, Dewey in the Philippines, Sampson at Guantanamo, and the various commandants at navy yards and stations, to cease hostilities immediately.
Upon emerging from the White House, Secretary Day received the earnest congratulations of the persons present upon the conclusion of the protocol. He stated that the peace commissioners who are to draw up the definitive treaty would not be appointed for several days but declined to indicate who they would be.
TERMS OF PEACE.
Provisions of the Protocol as Signed by Both Governments.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—The following are the provisions of the protocol as signed by Secretary Day and [French] Ambassador Cambon:
First—That Spain will relinquish all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba.
Second—That Porto Rico and other Spanish Islands In the West Indies and an island in the Ladrones to be selected by the United States shall be ceded to the latter.
Third—That the United States will occupy and hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines.
Fourth—That Cuba, Porto Rico and other Spanish Islands in the West Indies shall be immediately evacuated and that commissioners, to be appointed within 10 days, shall within 30 days from the signing of the protocol meet at Havana and San Juan respectively, to arrange and execute the details of the evacuation.
Fifth—That the United States and Spain will each appoint not more than five commissioners to negotiate and conclude a treaty of peace. The commissioners are to meet at Paris no later than the 1st of October.
Sixth--On the signing of the protocol, hostilities will be suspended and notice to that effect will be given as soon as possible by each government to the commander of its military and naval forces.
The above is the official statement of the protocol's contents as prepared and given to the president by Secretary Day. The protocol was signed at 4:23 p. m. by Secretary of State Day, representing the United States, and M. Cambon, the French ambassador, representing the Spanish government.
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| Captain General Ramon Blanco. |
BLANCO RESIGNS.
He Does Not Wish to Superintend the Evacuation of Cuba.
MADRID. Aug. 16.— The government has received from Captain General Blanco a dispatch tendering his resignation. The reason given by General Blanco for resigning is that he does not wish to superintend the evacuation of Cuba. The same dispatch says that the Cuban autonomist government has also resigned. It is believed that the Spanish government will refuse to accept the resignation of Governor General Blanco.
The other Havana telegrams represent the Spanish element of the colony as favoring American annexation as the best means to insure prosperity and avert anarchy.
M. Cambon, the French ambassador to the United States who represented Spain in the peace negotiations at Washington, has been decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 15.—Mr. McKinley is still in doubt as to the policy we should pursue towards the Philippines. It was that doubt that caused the temporary peace agreement, signed by representatives of the two governments, to provide that the Commissioners to negotiate the treaty of peace, which shall determine the final disposition of the Philippines, should meet at Paris not later than Oct. 1, when it would have been easy to have saved a month by having the Commission meet September 1. The Spanish government has been quick to recognize this doubt on the part of Mr. McKinley, and to act upon it; it has issued a statement to the Spanish people saying that they had reason to believe the peace commission would allow Spain to retain the Philippines.
What the policy of the administration is to be towards the Philippines will be plainer after Mr. McKinley names the five American peace commissioners. The only one yet known is Secretary Day, who may be considered as Mr. McKinley's mouthpiece and personal representative. It is daily becoming plainer that a great mistake was made in allowing Spain to have any say as to the disposition of the Philippines. While there are differences of opinion among our people, as to our keeping the islands, the opinion is practically unanimous that Spain should not be allowed to retain them. It will be farcical for us to talk about driving Spain out of Cuba and Porto Rico for the sake of humanity, and then to allow Spain to keep the Philippines after they were practically in our possession. We should not confine our humanity to the Cubans, else foreigners will refuse to believe that it is humanity.
The government is preparing to send food to Cuba, not only for the insurgents but for all that need it, including the Spanish soldiers, but the Red Cross Society is ahead of the government as it is already distributing food and other relief in Cuba.
If the Democrats do not elect a majority of the House this year, it will not be the fault of the Democratic Congressional campaign committee, which is preparing for a vigorous campaign with confident expectations of success. While the committee will, as usual, furnish the candidate with the kind of literature they think will be most effective in their districts, it will also distribute literature criticizing the war revenue law, because of its being harder upon the poor than upon the rich; showing up some of the many evils resulting from Secretary Alger's using the War Department as a Republican partisan machine, and the financial question will not be neglected but will be discussed in accordance with the Chicago platform. Democrats who have visited the Committee headquarters, without exception, regard the close of the war at this time as decidedly advantageous for the Democratic party, because it will enable them to bring other questions to the attention of the voters and because it will prevent the other side going into the campaign with a false plea that a vote against a Republican candidate would be vote against the conduct of the war. It has not yet been determined whether the administration should be attacked tor its action in giving Spain too much to say through the three joint commissions provided for in the terms of peace, when it could just as easily have settled everything in the terms themselves, which Spain would have been bound to accept anyway, although such action is being strongly advocated.
There is some very strong talk among the Senators and Representatives, who have been in Washington since Sampson was advanced eight numbers and promoted to be Rear Admiral, while Schley, who was also promoted to be Rear Admiral, was only advanced six numbers, which makes Sampson one number ahead of him, instead of one number behind him as he was before these promotions were made. While it is not regarded as likely that an attempt will be made to hang up Sampson's promotion in the Senate, it is almost certain that occasion will be taken in both House and Senate, to show that he owes it more to favoritism than to anything he did. It will not be surprising either, should the resolution offered by Representative Berry, extending the thanks of Congress to Schley for destroying Cervera's fleet, be adopted.
It is stated at the War Department that no troops will be discharged until it is known how many will be needed to garrison Porto Rico and Cuba, and it will be sometime before that is known, as military commissions are first to meet at San Juan and Havana, and arrange the terms and time of evacuation of Porto Rico and Cuba. The Spaniards will be hurried out of Porto Rico as fast as possible, but as there are six or eight weeks more of the unhealthy season in Cuba, our representatives on the Commission are not likely to object to the Spaniards taking all the time they want to have there.
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| Main Street, Cortland, N. Y. circa 1899. |
PAVING COMMENCED.
ACTIVE WORK BEGUN LAST MONDAY MORNING.
Over a Hundred Are Excavating at North End—Trouble for Board of Trustees—L. S. Hayes Files a Protest Against Paving—Parkhurst Curb Company Object to Its Use.
Active work was begun on the Main-st. paving job by the contractors, the Warren-Scharff Asphalt Paving company, Monday morning. Engineer Allen had previously given them the grade and some fifty men were put to work. Tuesday the number was increased to over one hundred and many teams.
The board of village trustees are beset with some troubles of their own. There has been much gossip about a big divy for its members from the $71,000, the contract price, and last Friday the objections to the project by Lewis S. Hayes took definite form. At his request, Sheriff Brainard served a protest against the paving with Village Clerk Crombie. The protest was drawn up by Mr. Hayes' attorney, B. T. Wright. The protest alleges much in general and, though Mr. Hayes refuses to divulge his plans, some think it is the forerunner of an injunction. Its general tone is to the effect that the proceedings are not in accordance with the law though the board has followed the advice of their eminent counsel, Messrs. Kellogg & Van Hoesen in every particular.
At Monday evening's board meeting a communication from Bunton, Shryer & McQannon of Indianapolis, owners of the patent on the Parkhurst combined curb and gutter, was read as follows:
GENTLEMEN—We beg to remind the officials of the city of Cortland that the undersigned own and control the patents on the Parkurst combined curb and gutter and that no one has the right to build it but ourselves. The contract of your city proposed to be entered into with the Warren-Scharff Asphalt Paving Co. for paving Main-st. provides for using our Parkhurst combined curb and gutter. We hereby notify you that the said company has no right to construct the same. If any attempt is made by any contractor or agent of the city to construct said curb and gutter without our permission we will be obliged to proceed against the city as the law permits. Permit us to say in explanation of the action that before the bids were offered by the various asphalt bidders we quoted all bidders the same price and the Warren-Scharff Asphalt Paving Co., bid largely under that price quoted and refuse now to contract with us except at the low price at which they bid and which to us is a prohibitive price. We cannot construct it as it should be at the price and you will appreciate our pride in an article that we feel justly proud of, when we refuse to permit our curbing to be brought Into disrepute by such methods.
It was ordered placed on file and the clerk was ordered to notify the senders that the board will give it their attention, though the subject was not again mentioned Monday evening.
Mr. Nodecker again brought up the matter of the surface water from the Railroad-st. pavement and the street commissioner was instructed to look up the advisability of placing an 18 inch pipe under the D. L. & W. tracks. Numerous walks were ordered repaired and bills were audited.
The board discussed the matter of the disposal of the dirt taken from Main-st. paving. The contract requires the paving company to carry it where the village shall direct within 3,000 feet of the work and to properly level it. The first good work of this kind is begun on the south side of North Main-st., this side of the carding mill. Many streets will be improved, but those particularly named by the board were Tompkins-st., east of Owego, Owego-st., Homer-ave. and one other street in the Second ward to be designated by Trustee White, Clinton-ave., Pendleton-st., Railroad-st., and Port Watson-st.
HERE AND THERE.
County fair next week.
Old newspapers for sale at this office.
The public schools will open Tuesday, Sept. 6.
The Frederick H. Wilson company at Cortland opera house all next week at popular prices.
Take something to the County Fair. Be sure and take the family if you don't take anything else.
Granite was struck at the Canasota gas well at a depth of 2,718 feet and boring was at once abandoned.
It is now $10 fine to ride a wheel upon the sidewalk of Cazenovia and $25 fine for destroying the signs.
Don't worry about anything you may place in the exhibition hall during the fair for it has a new fire-proof roof.
Prof. T. J. McEvoy of the Normal [School] gave his lecture on "The Spanish-American War,'' at the Tully [Lake] assembly Monday evening.
Arthur Potter of Blodgett Mills was before Justice Kelley Tuesday and promised to keep the peace. On this promise Gardner Bentley withdrew a complaint which alleged an attempt to shoot complainant.
The board of education have reappointed the following janitors at the usual salary of $175: J. F. Wheeler for Pomeroy-st. school; A. Leroy Cole for Owego-st school and E. E. Price for Schermerhorn-st. school.
One of the Smith Center boys writes to his home paper that when the news came to the Chickamauga hospital of the destruction of Cervera'a fleet one of the nurses commenced to read it aloud. He had read as far as the statement that the Brooklyn had been hit forty-five times, when a fever patient, a little out of his head, shouted: Great heavens! Who pitched for Brooklyn?—Kansas City Journal.
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