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| William McKinley. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, September 22, 1899.
ANTI-IMPERIALIST CARD.
Objects of the Conference to Be Held in Chicago on Oct. 17.
BOSTON, Sept. 22.—The anti-Imperialist league has issued the following, signed by Irving Winslow, secretary of the league:
"Unauthorized statements having been made as to the objects of the anti-imperialist conference in Chicago, Oct. 17, it should be said that there will be no attempt there at negotiations with any political party.
"It is hoped that this conference may plan for a systematic effort to establish anti-imperialist leagues and committees throughout the country with the intention of developing and crystallizing the opposition to the president's policy.
"It is true that in doing this the anti-imperialists must denounce Mr. McKinley individually, because he unlawfully initiated the slaughter in the Philippines by his declaration of war, Dec. 21, 1898, at a time when the United States was solemnly bound to the protocol to preserve the status quo.
"It simplifies our efforts, that because of this impregnable fact, neither the country nor any political party in it is responsible for Mr. McKinley's war, nor is in any way bound to support it. The anti-imperialists hope to arouse their fellow citizens to the gravity of the issue which has been forced upon the people, so that no candidate for the next presidency can expect success; unless he disavows the colonial and imperial acts which have actuated Mr. McKinley and his pernicious advisors."
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| Guglielmo Marconi. |
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
The Outlook Is Bright and the System Is Being Perfected.
NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Guglielmo Marconi, the exponent of wireless telegraphy, arrived here on the Aurania. He has come to report the international yacht races and to make some experiments for the government. In an interview he said:
"The outlook for wireless telegraphy is bright and the system is constantly being perfected. Messages have been flashed 80 miles, but I do not care to say what has been the greatest distance reached. The experiments have proven that the curvature of the earth is overcome. For in sending the message between stations 80 miles apart the earth curvature, which is over 1,000 feet, has been overcome. The station from which the message was sent was 70 feet high."
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
No Designs on South America.
The report that the South American republics contemplate an alliance against what they regard as the aggressive spirit of the United States is said to cause some concern in official circles in Washington. It must be, therefore, that the report has a better foundation than most people have thought. In that event it will be necessary to assure the South American republics that we have no more designs against them than we have against the inhabitants of Timbuctoo. We have tried by conferences and treaties to build up closer commercial relations between North and South America. We have insisted that the European powers should observe with the greatest strictness the Monroe doctrine. Indeed, we came within an [ace] of war with Great Britain on account of the contemplated aggressions of that power on Venezuela. It seems, however, that all of these manifestations of friendship have gone for naught. During the war with Spain, from whose misrule the South American people had suffered quite as much as Cuba, they sympathized with her. Had she been more successful, their sympathy might have taken the form of actual co-operation. As it was they made in some instances generous contributions to funds raised to aid her. Last Spring when the United States gunboat Wilmington went up the Amazon and Orinoco on a pacific and commercial expedition, her movements aroused suspicion. The soundings that she took to guide her in the absence of charts were interpreted as attempts to secure information designed for military purposes. Finally, the preposterous reports have been in circulation that the United States has been employing secret agents in South America to obtain information that might be of use to us in case of war. If, after assurances of our friendly disposition, the people of South America persist in believing that we have designs on them, there will be nothing to do but to leave them in the enjoyment of their delusion.
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| Fireman's Hall, Main Street, Cortland, N. Y. |
SMOOTH AS GREASE.
The Town Democracy in Session Twenty Minutes This Afternoon.
A machine that moves without friction makes little noise. Such was the case at a Democratic town convention which was held in Fireman's hall this afternoon. There were no eulogies of Bryan or any of the other white metal apostles, and the meeting was entirely harmonious. James A. Jayne, the chairman of the [Cortlandville] town committee, called the faithful to order and announced that Charles B. Warren had been agreed upon for chairman. Mr. Warren's election was accomplished without difficulty and he took the chair amid silence, expressing his thanks in a sentence.
James Dougherty moved that C. V. Coon act as secretary and the convention was of one mind on this point. The chairman appointed Maurice Welch and Thomas Farrell to act as tellers and Mr. Dougherty administered the oath.
The delegates handed up their credentials and the convention settled down to business, being made up as follows after substitutions were made:
Dist. No. 1—C. B. Warren, M. C. Bean, H. D. Totman.
Dist. No. 2—O. Riley, W. Dobbins, Edward Fitzgerald.
Dist. No. 3—Patrick Dempsey, Thos. McMann, G. A. Johnson.
Dist. No. 4—Edwin Duffey, G. F. Beaudry, Maurice Welch.
Dist. No. 5—J. A. Jayne, James Grant, Cornelius Hayes.
Dist. No. 6—J. A. Nix, John Lonergan, C. V. Coon.
Dist. No. 7—John F. Dowd, James Gafney, John Scanlon.
Dist. No. 8—Dennis McCarthy, John Corcoran, Thos. Conway.
Dist. No. 9—Harry Vunk, Thomas Farrell, James Dougherty.
Dist. No. 10—John Hubbard, Daniel Burt, W. S. Freer.
James Dougherty said that a conference had been held and the following delegation to the county convention next Friday been agreed upon: Benjamin F. Taylor, Edwin Duffey, Charles B. Warren, Maurice Welch, J. A. Jayne and C. Fred Thompson. They were elected without opposition and the delegates settled back in their seats wondering if anything more was going to be brought out. The silence was broken by M. C. Bean who contributed his testimony in Democracy's favor, and hoped that the delegates would go to the convention as Democrats and act as Democrats. He did not believe in coalition with any wing of any other party and hoped the party would see fit to go it alone in the fall campaign. He thought there was some show of electing a Democratic school commissioner in the second district. Mr. Dougherty followed Mr. Bean with a motion to adjourn, which was carried, the convention having been in session just twenty minutes.
Work on the Pavement.
The last of the concrete for the Port Watson-st. pavement was laid yesterday, and the work is temporarily at a standstill. All that remains is the laying of the binder course and asphalt. It is said that the paving company has transferred its forces from Cortland to Utica where only a few days remain for the completion of a contract. The company has until Oct. 15 to complete the Port Watson-st. contract, and evidently intends to take the limit.
A BUSINESS CHANGE.
McEvoy Bros. Succeed O'Leary & McEvoy in Furniture, Undertaking, Boots, Shoes.
Mr. J. H. O'Leary, the senior member of the firm of O'Leary & McEvoy, has sold his interest in the furniture and undertaking and boot and shoe business at 101 Main-st. to Messrs. Edward C. and Thomas J. McEvoy, and the business will be conducted under the firm name of McEvoy Bros.
Mr. Edward C. McEvoy will have active management of the business. Since moving into their new quarters on Main-st. a little more than a year ago the firm has built up a large and prosperous trade. Mr. O'Leary has not announced his plans for the future, but it is understood that he is not to leave town. For some time he has not been in the best of health and he has decided to retire from active business and take a needed rest.
A Card.
Having retired from the firm O'Leary & McEvoy, I wish publicly to thank all who have patronized us during the past eight years. Mr. Edward C. McEvoy has purchased my interest in the entire business, and I trust my friends will give him as loyal a patronage as they have given the firm.
J. H. O'LEARY.
IMPROVEMENTS ON THE LEHIGH.
Trestles Filled With Gravel—New Fences and New Telegraph Poles.
The Lehigh Valley R. R. has had a large force of men employed all this season making repairs on this division of the road, and it is now up in much finer condition than ever before. A great number of the trestles that were built before the road was opened and which have been repaired from time to time have been filled with gravel, iron pipe being placed at the bottom of sufficient size to carry off the water. In some cases, where it was not desirable to fill completely, the trestles have been shortened by filling from both ends and leaving an open space in the center.
One of the longest fills on the road was that on the Lee farm near Cuyler, about 700 feet long, which was filled last summer. The so-called gulf trestle in the town of Cuyler, 580 feet long, is being filled this year. Another trestle 360 feet long just south of Cuyler is to be filled next summer. These three trestles together will require about 100,000 yards of dirt. The gravel for these comes from an inexhaustible gravel bank in a deep cut just north of Delphi, where the steam shovel is located. Two gravel trains have been constantly at work all summer.
The whole policy of the Lehigh Valley railroad is to devote a large share of its earnings to improving the condition of the road and its property. In the Lehigh division over twenty gravel trains have been at work all the season, and the main line is being ballasted with stone. Train Master Leonard Goodwin has been giving a personal supervision to the filling on this division insuring the basis for the best possible train service.
A unique device is in use for unloading the cars. A plow, so called, which is something in the nature of a scraper as wide as a car, is placed upon a car at one end of the train and held in position by a wire cable. The locomotive then proceeds to draw the cars right out from under the dirt till the whole train is unloaded in a very few minutes and the dirt is shoved off from both sides into the depths below. In this way a trestle can be filled very rapidly.
The old wooden trestles that are not to be filled, and the cattle passes are being replaced with iron ones as rapidly as the work can be accomplished, and it is the plan to replace all the wooden bridges very soon with iron girder bridges.
Thousands of new ties have been put in this year and they are also being laid closer together than formerly. Some time ago the sixty-seven pound rails were almost entirely replaced by sixty-seven pound rails, and now these are to be replaced by seventy-six pound rails from time to time. Some of them have already been laid, and a few miles more of them will be laid this fall.
A fence gang has been at work all summer replacing the old board fences with a strong wire fence, nine or ten strands high. New telegraph poles are also being set the entire length of the division north of Cortland to replace the old ones. New poles were set between Cortland and Elmira last season.
An additional switch is being laid to the factory of Wickwire Brothers in Cortland and a new switch is being put in at the Truxton station. Through all this season the road has been short of section hands, it being impossible to secure them. Patrick Clancy of Cortland who has worked on the road since its opening and who was the roadmaster of the old E., C. & N. R. R., and who since its absorption by the Lehigh Valley has been the representative on the north half of the Elmira and Cortland branch of Roadmaster Swart of the Auburn division told a STANDARD man that they had lacked about twenty men all summer of the number they were authorized by the management to employ, and they were short of them simply because they wouldn't get them.
BREVITIES.
—Jacob Garner has been appointed postmaster at South Cuyler in place of A. D. Barber.
—Rev. J. L. Robertson, D. D., will preach at the Congregational church Sunday, both morning and evening.
—The reception to Normal students which was to have occurred at Homer-ave. M. E. church Saturday evening is postponed one week.
—The entering class at Hamilton college is this year a record breaker for that college. It numbers sixty-five members already and is likely to reach seventy.
—The D., L. & W. station at Marathon has been practically rebuilt and fitted up with every convenience for doing business and for the comfort of the traveling public.
—The Cortland Forging Co. is building a fine large bicycle shelter in front of the factory east of the Lehigh Valley railroad. Upwards of 100 of the employees go to and from their work on wheels and they will now be protected from the weather.
—Between Oneida and Rome yesterday at about 1 o'clock all the grass on a tract of land about a mile square on both sides of the New York Central railroad was on fire and farmers were out fighting the flames to keep them from farm buildings and fences. Just then a heavy shower came up and for a half hour it rained hard. The fires were put out and the residents were thankful.
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