LAST END OF JUSTICE AND CORTLAND BASEBALL MANAGER RAMSEY

 

Major General Joseph Wheeler.

Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, February 4, 1899.

LAST END OF JUSTICE.

Congressmen Who Went to War Lose Their Offices.

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE FINDINGS.

The Men Effected Are Wheeler of Alabama, Campbell of Illinois, Colson of Kentucky and Robbins of Pennsylvania—A Minority Report Likely to Be Made.

   WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—The inquiry ordered by the house of representatives as to what members had forfeited their seats by reason of accepting other offices ended with a finding by the judiciary committee that Major General Wheeler, a member from Alabama, Colonel David G. Colson of Kentucky, and Major E. E. Robbins of Pennsylvania had vacated their seats in the house by accepting commissions in the army. At the same time the committee determined that none of the members of congress serving on civil commissions had thereby vacated their seats in the house.

   The judiciary committee has been conducting the inquiry for several days, and after an arduous session the injunction of secrecy was removed and General Henderson, chairman of the committee, made the following statement, summing up what had been done:

   The committee considered in order the cases of members of the house holding offices. First the members of the postal commission (Moody, Catchings and Fleming); second, the members of the industrial commission (Gardner, Lorimer, Otjem, Livingston, Bell); third, the members of the Canadian commission (Payne); fourth, the members of the Hawaiian commission (Hitt); and fifth, officers appointed by the speaker, such as visitors to West Point, regents of the Smithsonian and trustees of other public institutions in which the government has an interest. In all of these foregoing cases the committee find that they are not officers within the meaning of article 1, section 6, of the constitution. The result of this finding is that such officers do not forfeit their seats in congress by virtue of accepting such offices.

   The committee find that "Joseph Wheeler, Edward E. Robbins, David G. Colson and James R. Campbell, after being qualified as members of congress and acting as such having accepted commissions in the United States army and then and thereby vacated their seats in the Fifty-fifth congress."

   General Wheeler was seen after the finding was announced but asked to be excused from commenting on the decision as it was in the nature of a judicial proceeding. It is said General Wheeler and his associates will take no action for the present as the finding of the committee is yet to be passed upon by the house.

   The fact that Mr. Jenkins voted against unseating General Wheeler and the others may lead to a minority report although no notice of such was given.

 

FILIPINO STATEMENT.

Manila News as Given Out by the Filipino Junta at Hong Kong.

   HONG KONG, Feb. 4.—The Filipino Junta here has issued the following statement:

   "Simultaneously with the proclamation of the republic Aguinaldo released the Spanish prisoners, as an act of grace.

   "The Spanish imposition of the poll tax is enforced by the Americans with greater severity. Formerly the poorest paid $2 and the rich $7. Now the lowest pay $5 and the rich $100, which is greatly exasperating the people.

   "Gambling, cock fighting, bribing, squeezing and the American abuses of the customs are causing demoralization. The Spanish corrupt, despotic system seems to be the moral of the American executive.

   "The Manila Filipinos are indignant at the notion of the American journals that they will tamely submit to be experimented with by amateur colonial administration, and hope the decision of the United States senate on Monday will be of a nature to satisfy their aspirations as frequently expressed."

 

LIQUOR TAX LAW.

Rulings With Reference to the Subject of Local Option.

   ALBANY, Feb. 4.—State Commissioner of Excise Lyman, with the approval of the attorney general, has made the following rulings with reference to the subject of local option: No time having been prescribed by section 16 of the liquor tax law for filing with the town clerk the petition for submission of local option questions, Commissioner Lyman has ruled that such petition may be filed as late as will permit the town clerk to prepare the necessary ballots upon which to submit such questions; and that section 32 of the town law prescribing the time for filing other propositions, 20 days before any town meeting, does not apply to petitions relative to local option.

   It has been further ruled that the postponement of regular town meetings from spring to fall also postpones the vote on the local option question, and that such postponement constitutes no ground for a special election at which to submit such local option questions.

   State Commissioner of Excise Lyman has received reports that warrants were served for the arrest of 23 saloon keepers in the city of Rochester who have just been indicted for violations of the liquor tax law.

 

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

The Speculative Excitement.

   An era of unprecedented speculation has begun in New York, and Wall Street now makes itself heard as far up town as the Windsor hotel. As is usual in such cases, an enormous crowd of amateur buyers and operators, seduced by the sudden promise of vast fortunes, is flocking to the street, and the popular illusion is gaining ground that everybody who speculates will become rich. This is a very old hallucination and calls forth from Matthew Marshall, who is an expert, the following admission in The Sun: "The writer of this article is frequently asked by correspondents for advice upon the subject of Wall street investment. An experience of half a century in attempting to arrive at sound rules for his own benefit has, however, convinced him of the impossibility of the task. At the end of the half century he has to acknowledge that he is no wiser than he was at the beginning, and that, so far from being able to instruct others, he needs instruction himself."

 

Thomas C. Platt.

GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT

TAKES THE PUBLIC INTO HIS CONFIDENCE.

Freely Discusses Important Measures and Appointments With the Newspaper Men—Takes Away Food for Gossip—Consults the Leaders on all Important Matters.

   ALBANY, Feb. 4, (Special.)—Seldom during the first month of a legislative session has there been such a lack of political talk about the capitol as there has been so far this winter. In former years it was the custom of legislators and politicians to gather nightly around the corridors of the hotels and the clubs, discuss matters pertaining to their field, speculate on appointment and the outcome of various laws and legislation and compare notes with each other. This winter there is a noticeable lack of all these old customs which in fact, for the past three or four years have been falling into decadence. It is the belief of the older members of the legislature and the veterans of the "third house" as well, that the present session is the dullest in years, although in many ways from a political standpoint it was expected to be the liveliest. The course taken by Governor Roosevelt from the outset in letting the public into his confidence through the newspapers has, in a large measure, accounted for this. He has taken away the food for gossip by dispensing with all mystery concerning his movements, his attitude towards party leaders and his views in regard to public matters of importance.

   Even in the matter of appointments the governor has adopted the custom of discussing them freely in his daily talks with the newspaper correspondents, telling what names have been submitted to him, the influences back of each and in many cases even in these talks, weighing his own objections or ideas in favor of one or more of the candidates. In this way, the correspondents this winter as a whole, for in these talks with the governor they attend in a body, have been thoroughly informed concerning all movements in the executive chamber and have had no reason to indulge in "dream" stories or idle speculation when for the asking they could have adequate and accurate information on these same subjects from the lips of the governor himself. Even in regard to his trips to New York City, where he is to-day, the same attitude is observed and before going he frankly tells when he is going, where he is going and who he expects to see, whether it may be Senator Platt, Chairman Odell or the Republican state committee or Mr. Root or any others.

   It is also useless to speculate freely on the attitude of the governor towards the Republican organization leaders for he has made it very plain that it is his intention to consult these leaders on all matters of importance, receive their advice and act upon it just as far as he thinks he can consistently do so for the good of his party and for the good of his administration. Rumors of threatened war between the governor and leaders have been dispelled and it is absolutely certain that no such war will take place between Governor Roosevelt and Senator Platt if it is in the power of either or both to make proper concessions t o avoid it. One is as anxious to avoid a break that would injure the party and disrupt the administration as the other, and the governor and other party leaders are working in the utmost harmony to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest number.

 

MANAGER RAMSEY

ENGAGED TO HANDLE THE LOCAL BASEBALL TEAM.

Negotiations Were Closed This Morning and Mr. Ramsey Will Report April 15—An Excellent Selection—List of Donations for the Fair to be Held All Next Week.

   Henry D. Ramsey will manage the Cortland State league baseball team during the season of 1899. The officers of the Cortland Baseball association have had their eyes on "Hank," as he is familiarly called, for some time and this morning he was wired acceptance of his terms. He is to report in Cortland April 15.

   This announcement will receive the unanimous approval of the Cortland baseball public. The wisdom of this selection is apparent at the first glance, because it is well-known that it was through the excellent guidance of Henry D. Ramsey that the State league pennant went to Canandaigua in 1897, and in 1898. Mr. Ramsey is acknowledged to be the best manager in the State league. Other towns have been offering him inducements, but it is known that he has had a leaning toward Cortland, and that he will be warmly welcomed is undoubted. Mr. Ramsey has been in the baseball business all his life, and knows the science of the game from A to Z. And as for players, there is not a man on the face of the earth who knows more about them all over the country than this same man Ramsey.

   Mr. Ramsey was manager of the Johnstowns in the old New York State League, and he was also the organizer of the Ironsides of Paterson, N. J., which was the strongest semi-professional team in the country. With Mr. Ramsey in charge of the local team, there is no question but that the team will prove an important factor in the race of 1899. Just who will constitute the team cannot be foretold at this time, but it is safe to say that everything can be left to Mr. Ramsey's judgment with perfect safety. A good list of players is on Cortland's reserve list and some of them will probably be on the team. Mr. Ramsey says that he has several of the champion Canandaiguas who are ready to sign with any club that he manages, and he also has besides, scores of applicants.

   Now that it is definitely settled that Cortland is to have a manager who stands at the head of his profession, it only remains for her public-spirited citizens to support the fair to be held next week each night in Taylor hall. If the fair is well patronized, it will not be necessary to ask for subscriptions of money at the opening of the season. A musical and vaudeville program will be rendered each evening.

   The windows of F. D. Smith's hardware are to-day filled with donations from Cortland, Homer and McGrawville merchants, a partial list of which follows: couch, O'Leary & McEvoy, for the most popular fire company; $50 parlor suit, Beard & Peck, to some attendant during the fair; barrel flour, E. D. Wood; suit of clothes, Bingham & Miller; cloak, J. B. Kellogg; 200 cigars, I. H. Holcomb; hat, Simmons & Grant; toilet set, Sager & Jennings; crackerjar, Reider & McLaughlin; sweater, F. Daehler; shoes, McGraw & Osgood; violin, O. W. Walter; ham, Daniel Reilly; graphophone, G. F. Beaudry; shoes, G. H. Ames; picture, E. H. Hyatt; six pounds coffee, C. F. Thompson; marble shelf, S. M. Benjamin; sofa pillow, M. A. Case; canned corn, Peck's Handy grocery; box cigars, L. D. Garrison; box cigars, Daniel Donohue, Homer; three shirts, Newton Bros., Homer; one oil range, F. D. Smith; Webster's dictionary, Geo. Ripley, Homer; pair of trousers, J. A. Kennedy; suit clothes, Model Clothing Co.; box cigars, J. C. Hullar, Homer; fruit dish, A. M. Jewett; one doz. neckties, T. P. Bristol; shoes, Glann & Clark; coffee, C. W. Stoker; collarette, D. E. Shepard; ham, R. E. Reilly; shoes, Baker & Angell; clock, F. B. Nourse; hat, A. W. Graham; two pairs shoes, M. E. Sarvay; oil painting, McKinney & Doubleday; year's subscription Homer Republican, Stevens & Danes; ton coal, J. C. Seager; ton coal, Maxson & Starin; ton coal, D. E. Call; lady's silk waist, pair gent's shoes, fishing rod, sack flour, sack buckwheat, two lbs. corn starch, two lbs. saleratus, baking powder, Palmer & Co.; gelatine, Boston Gelatine Co.; $50, Messenger House; 200 cigars, Kelly & Quinn; $5, F. E. Brogden; $5, Haberle Brewing Co. of Syracuse; $2, W. J. Perkins; $5, H. M. Whitney Co.; dozen bottles notox, H. M. Hopkins; $5, I. D. Dibble; $10 each, John Barry, F. M. Possell, F. M. Van Hoesen; oil painting, J. W. Slater; Columbian zither, A. Mahan; $50, Dorr C. Smith; $5, Hugh Corcoran; $5, Gillette Skirt Co.; $5, H. Wells; $5, E. C. Alger; Harris, photos; Butler, photos; $2, Davis, Jenkins & Hakes; toilet set, People's Cash Trading Co. of McGrawville; cigars, C. D. Fish of McGrawville; cigars, B. J. Humphries, McGrawville; rug, Maricle & Johnson, McGrawville.

 

BROKE HER LEG.

Mrs. Cornish Fell Down Stairs, but Saved her Baby.

   Mrs. Cornish, wife or Prof. W. A. Cornish of the Normal school, was Thursday morning the victim of a most distressing accident which will probably confine her to her bed for the next two months. She was descending the stairs at her home on Stewart Place at about 11 o'clock in the forenoon having in her arms one of her twin babies, when her foot slipped on the polished steps and she fell forward the full length of the flight of stairs. She could have saved herself in her fall, but for the little one in her arms, whom she was determined to keep from injury. Twice on the way down she changed the baby from one arm to the other and when she struck on the floor at the foot of the stairs the baby was not even bruised, but she herself bad broken her left leg about 2 inches above the ankle, and had sprained the ankle and turned it in. The break which in surgical phraseology is termed a Pott's fracture is a very bad one and coupled with the sprain will, it is believed, prevent her bearing any weight on the foot for at least two months to come, though a perfect recovery is ultimately anticipated.

   Mrs. Cornish was at the time alone in the house with her five little children—four of her own and the fifth a little motherless relative whom they have taken into their home for a time, and the oldest of them is not yet 4 years old. Her servant girl had left the day before and she had not then been able to secure another. She could not send any of them for help, as they couldn't open the outside doors and she could only wait for the return of Prof. Cornish. She succeeded, however, in dragging herself to a lounge which was near by, and when the professor arrived from the school an hour later he found the three oldest of the little family sympathetically grouped about the lounge wiping from Mrs. Cornish's eyes the tears which had been forced there by the pain, and the inability to reach and help her little twins, one of whom was in the cradle and the other on a pile of sofa pillows where she had succeeded in placing him after her fall, and also by the thought of the weeks of confinement which she knew were before her.

   Dr. Sornberger was hastily summoned and he with Dr. Ver Nooy to assist reduced the fracture, so that the patient is doing as well as can be expected, but she has the sympathy of many friends in this time of trouble.

 

BREVITIES.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—W. W. Bennett, Monarch Bicycles, page 6; Pearson Bros., Furniture, page 6.

   —All who have occasion to travel on the Lehigh Valley or the Erie & Central New York railroads Monday should bear in mind the change of time which goes into effect that day.

   —Invitations are out for the wedding of Mr. Patrick Henry McDermott and Miss Jessie Bell Dutcher which will occur at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Dutcher, at McLean on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 14, at 4 o'clock.

   —The meetings of the University Center will be resumed Monday evening. Dr. Cheney will read a paper on "Louis XIV and His Times." It is important that there be a large attendance as some matters are to be presented to the Center for its consideration.

   —The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bates was celebrated last evening. Many friends were present and spent a pleasant evening. Owing to lack of space and time to-day to do full justice to the occasion the report of the event will be delayed till Monday.

   —There will be a temperance rally at the First Methodist church to-morrow evening at the regular hour of service. Dr. Houghton will speak on "Present Opportunities for Temperance Work in Our Town.'' After the address there will be an opportunity for open discussion of the subject free to all.

   —A telegram was received last night from Rev. C. W. Negus, who was expected to occupy the pulpit of the Baptist church to-morrow, saying that he would be unable to come to Cortland on account of illness. In his stead Dr. John Greene of Colgate will preach at that church both morning and evening.

  —Miss Mary Rice of Hamilton has a freak rooster which will be one of the attractions of the poultry show here next month. The rooster's claim to public notice is based on the fact that, although not a veteran of the Spanish-American war, he has but one leg on which he gets around in a very lively manner.—Oneida Dispatch.