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| Brigham H. Roberts. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, January 26, 1900.
ROBERTS IS REJECTED.
House Declared His Seat Vacant by a Large Majority.
POSES AS A MUCH ABUSED MAN.
Gave Out Statement Justifying His Retention of His Plural Wives—Goes Back Home With a Light Heart—Sharp Colloquy In the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—The case of Brigham H. Roberts, the Mormon representative from Utah, which has occupied so much of the attention of the house since the assembling of congress, was decided yesterday by the adoption of a resolution to exclude him by a vote of 268 to 50.
The act language of the resolution was as follows:
"That under the facts and circumstances of the case, Brigham H. Roberts, representative-elect from the state of Utah, ought not to have or hold a seat in the house of representatives and that the seat to which he was elected is hereby declared vacant."
The amendment to expel Mr. Roberts without seating him, offered by Mr. Lacey, was ruled out on a point of order, and the house only voted upon the resolutions of the majority and minority of the committee. The latter—to seat and then expel Mr. Roberts—were defeated—81 to 244.
An analysis of this vote shows that 170 Republicans. 52 Democrats and 2 Populists voted against it, and 71 Democrats, 7 Republicans, 2 Populists and 2 Silver Republicans for it. The majority resolutions to exclude Mr. Roberts and declare the seat vacant were adopted by 268 to 50.
The affirmative vote was divided as follows: Republicans 168, Democrats 96, Populists 4; and the negative vote, Democrats 47, Sliver Republicans 2, Populists 1.
There were over a score of speakers, and the closing speeches on each side were particularly able. Mr. Lanham of Texas closed for the majority and Mr. Dearmond of Missouri for the minority.
Mr. Roberts was present throughout the day and only left the hall after the result of the last vote had been announced. As he did so he gave out a statement justifying his retention of his plural wives on the ground that his moral obligation was more binding upon his conscience than technical obedience to statutory law and saying…little excuse for the extraordinary efforts to crush a system already abandoned and practically dead. He said he was a "martyr to a spasm of prejudice." He would not, he said, attempt to run for congress again, although he would go back home with a light heart, confident of the future.
IN THE SENATE.
Heated Debate Precipitated Over the Race Question.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—Just at the close of yesterday's session of the senate, a speech delivered by Mr. Money of Mississippi on the race question in the South, precipitated a heated colloquy between him and Mr. Chandler, in which the latter alleged that the Southern senators by intemperate statements were reopening the whole Southern question in the senate after it was supposed to be dead.
The charge which Mr. Chandler particularly present [sic]; but as it had been reiterated substantially, in Mr. Chandler's opinion, by other senators, he declared he did not purpose to permit it to go unrefuted. The charge was that the civil war had been precipitated by designing politicians of the North for the purpose of putting the slaves on a political and social equality with the Southern whites.
Mr. Chandler's refutation of the statement was made with characteristic vehemence and aggressiveness but as no reply was offered the incident ended there.
The urgent deficiency bill carrying about $9,000,000 was passed without division and practically without debate.
Roosevelt Favors Enlarged Canal.
ALBANY, Jan. 26.—Governor Roosevelt sent a long communication to the legislature yesterday in connection with the canal commission's report. The governor heartily favors expending $62,000,000 for enlarging the canal from Buffalo to Troy. He also said that Buffalo was destined to be the largest iron and steel producing city in the country.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
Great Evidence of Prosperity.
It appears from the last official reports of the three National banks and the Cortland Savings bank of this village that there is on deposit in these institutions the sum of $2,744,421, as follows:
Cortland Savings bank, $1,640,077.94
The National bank of Cortland, $379,142.49
First National bank, $556,195.34
Second National bank, $169,005.33
Total: $2,744,421.00
This is an enormous sum to be held by the people of a town no larger than Cortland and shows a state of prosperity never before equaled\during its entire history. And it must not be forgotten that this money is mostly the sur plus earnings of the poor and of persons in moderate circumstances, and that it is not the hoardings of the rich. More than half of it is held by the Sayings bank where no one can keep a deposit of more than $3,000—or rather where no one can draw interest upon a sum greater than $3,000. And there is a large amount on deposit in the National banks represented by certificates in sums as small as $5, and upwards, showing conclusively that this is largely the money of the people and represents an unusual degree of prosperity.
Assuming that there are 10,000 inhabitants in this village—and the number is quite likely to be less—then the money on deposit in the banks of this village would give to each inhabitant—man, woman and child—$274. But it will doubtless be objected that this money does not all belong to the people of this village, or even to the inhabitants of the town of Cortlandville; that much of it has been deposited by persons from other towns of the county. While this is in part true the amount belonging to other towns is not so large as might at first be thought. In Homer are two National banks seeking deposits; Marathon has one National bank; Cincinnatus a state bank; and Truxton a banking house which all together very largely absorbs the money of the outer towns. That this is so the following table of deposits will show:
HOMER.
MARATHON.
First National bank, $81,140.94
CINCINNATUS.
Bank of Cincinnatus, $37,075.87
TRUXTON.
It will from this table be apparent that the money deposited in the Cortland banks belongs quite largely to its own people. But considering the question of prosperity and surplus money in the whole county we find the deposits in all the banks to be as follows:
Considering that this is a rural county we feel warranted in the belief that very few counties in the state without large cities in them can equal this amount of money on deposit, and we do not hesitate to say that at no time in its previous history has Cortland county given such evidence of prosperity,
There were at the time of taking the last census in this county 28,657 inhabitants, and the number probably remains about the same. There is, therefore, on deposit in the banks of this county money belonging to the people of the county amounting to a fraction less than $115 for each man, woman and child.
Definite information is not at hand as to the exact number of depositors, but there are 6,757 individual depositors in the Cortland Savings bank alone. It is doubtless safe to estimate that the number of depositors in the other eight banks would carry this number up to 10,000. That would mean that more than one third of the people in this county, including men, women and children possess money deposited in banks.
About $2,800,000 of the above deposits are drawing interest, and the annual interest going into the pockets of the possessors of this money amounts to about $90,000.
During the presidential campaign of 1896 the Republican newspapers and the Republican speakers upon the platform declared that McKinley was the advance agent of prosperity. We submit that the facts stated above furnish evidence of the most complete fulfillment of the prediction then made.
This enormous amount of surplus money belonging to the people of this county is good money. It is gold, good the world over. Do the owners of this money want Bryan and the Democratic party to come into power and have the value of this money cut in two in the middle? When they draw it out of the banks do they want to receive it in dollars which will be worth only fifty cents each and which will buy only one-half as much as now?
If it be said that The STANDARD only a a few days ago printed Elliot Danforth's predictions' that Mr. Bryan would be nominated with [gold to silver ratio of] 16 to 1 left out of the platform; that he had seen Bryan rainbows and visions and things; and that 16 to 1 was not in it, it is only necessary to turn to Bryan himself, who has made speeches in Omaha, Boston, New York and other places wherein he declares with great solemnity that 16 to 1 will not be left out of the platform, declaring that there is no faction in the Democratic party strong enough to exclude it from that platform, and that were it left out it would make no difference and that it would be the main issue in the campaign all the same. Mr. Bryan's own statements sufficiently dispose of Mr. Danforth's visions and rainbows.
THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.
Red Cross Society Doing Good Work In Hawaii.
VANCOUVER, B.C., Jan. 26.—News from Honolulu per steamer Miowera says: The total number of deaths up to the time the Miowera sailed for this port was twenty-nine out of thirty-nine cases. Two were whites and another was a half caste. The other deaths were about equally divided between Hawaiian natives and the Orientals. Six other whites who caught the disease were believed to be convalescent.
A Red Cross society, formed by some of the most prominent ladies of Honolulu, is said to have done most effective work and the local physicians and clergymen have continually gone among the sick and dying, submitting to voluntary isolation to minister to the physical and spiritual needs of the stricken ones.
THE WAR IS OVER.
Only Remains to Outline a Policy in the Philippines.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—A Manila cable to The Herald says: The war in the Philippines is over. No further surrender can be hoped for. The danger in the present situation is that a bloody feud may arise between the American army and the Filipinos. This danger can be greatly lessened by action by congress which is now imperative, outlining the policy of the government in the Philippines. It le likely that many insurgents are still holding out for the very terms which congress will be willing to give. "The time is ripe for a conciliatory policy, allowing the Filipinos to have some say as to the nature of the government under which they will be obliged to live."
KILLED IN BATTLE.
A Nephew of Irving H. Palmer in the Army in the Philippines.
In the list of casualties recently reported by Gen. Otis appears the name of Irving H. Palmer of Troop A, Third Cavalry, killed in action near Santa Nicholas in the island of Luzon, P. I., Nov. 19, 1899. The deceased was the only son of E. B. Palmer and the only nephew of Irving H. Palmer, Esq., of this place, and was a manly soldier of about 21 years of age, a fine horseman and crack shot. His home was at Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago.
His first military service was as a member of the First regiment, National Guard of Illinois, into which he enlisted about thirty days before the Chicago railroad riot. He served through that campaign, a period of forty-five days, his regiment performing most arduous service in exposed and dangerous positions throughout that riot with great credit. At that time he was a clerk in the principal offices of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Co., at Chicago.
He enlisted in the Third United States cavalry in 1897, served under Shafter in Cuba, was in the fight at San Juan hill near Santiago and was stationed with his battalion at Fort Myers, Va., near Washington, D. C., when two battalions of his regiment were ordered to the Philippines. His battalion was not ordered to the Philippines and he was transferred at his request from Troop I to Troop A, so eager was he for active service.
The death of such young men is a frightful price to pay for the privilege of planting American civilization in the Philippines. But after all, a heroic death is preferable to an ignoble life.
We deeply sympathize with the sorrowing friends and relatives of this heroic young soldier, whose death in the line of his duty and on the post of danger, not only serves to render more impressive the lessons of life, but enables us better to appreciate the cost of war even for a good and glorious cause and country.
Vestibules on a Car.
The Traction company with characteristic zeal to make its employees comfortable has just had new vestibules put on car No. 7, and this car is now making regular trips on the line. No. 7 was the only car not vestibuled and it was never used in the winter time till the destruction of one of the cars in the collision with the D., L. & W. train some months ago made it necessary to have one more car ready to use. Preparations for vestibuling it were made at once and the motormen are more comfortable because of the change.
At the Public Schools.
This afternoon the first half of the school year for the village schools will close and next Monday morning the last half will begin. Parents who wish to start their children in the primary department will see about the matter next Monday. Children will also be received at this time in the Second ward kindergarten department.
The faculty for the last half will remain the same with one exception. Miss Harriet L. Kelly, 30 Madison-st., will fill the position left vacant in the First ward school by the resignation of Miss Mabel L. Graves, who concludes her duties today.
Teachers' Institute at Groton.
A teachers' institute of the second commissioner district of Tompkins county will be held at the Groton High school from Jan. 20 to Feb. 2. The commissioner is Miss Libbie J. Sweetland; the conductor Sherman Williams; and among the assistants are Dr. F. J. Cheney, Prof. J. E. Banta and Miss Ella Gale of the Cortland Normal school. Prof. Banta is on the program for two periods Tuesday morning, speaking on "The Teacher's Equipment," and "The Best Education." Dr. Cheney speaks Wednesday afternoon on "The Secret of a Teacher's Success," and lectures that night on "Good Citizenship." Miss Gale speaks upon Geography Friday morning and afternoon.
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| Rev. Oscar Houghton, PhD., D. D. |
WHO COMMITTED PERJURY?
A Word from Dr. Houghton in Reply to Supervisor Hunt.
To the Editor of the Standard:
SIR—I find in your issue of yesterday a reply to my communication on the credibility of the state agents. It needs but a word in response to Mr. Hunt's letter, and that only for the purpose of keeping clearly before the public the real issue in the case of The People vs. Crane. The agents are not on the defensive. They have not asked me nor any one to defend them. My purpose was to show how utterly unreasonable is the outcry against them by a few liquor sellers and their sympathizers, among whom I am sorry to have to count Mr. Hunt. "State Hirelings," "Perjured Scoundrels," "Spies," "Informers," "Spotters" are the venomous epithets applied to those who are no doubt as honorable men and as honorably appointed to their office as any public servant in Cortland county.
It is true, as Mr. Hunt suggests, that if all officers of the law, especially village officials and policemen would do their sworn duty there would be less need of these state agents, but liquor sellers as a class are so law defying that they have to be pursued by those methods that are necessary in the detection of crime. Violators of the liquor tax law are criminals; so defined by statute, so pronounced by the court, and so proceeded against by the methods prescribed by the law.
Now as to the testimony of that "old gentleman, who had passed the allotted time of man, three score and ten, tottering on the brink of the grave upon borrowed time," I have only to say, I can readily believe his word and that of all the others who swore that they had only peach elder out of that bottle. All of that testimony may have been perfectly true, but it was brought on to obscure the real issue. The agents swore that they had whiskey. Crane swore that what they had was taken from that same little bottle out of which came so many large drinks to slake the thirst of so many citizens, and that it was peach elder. Now, either Crane or the agents committed perjury. So said both attorneys for the defense and that with great emphasis and moving eloquence. So says Mr. Hunt, and so say we all of us. The question for fair-minded men to consider is who was the probable perjurer? Was it the one prisoner at the bar who, humanly speaking, had every motive for falsifying, or the state agents who had no motive whatever for swearing falsely? This "reverend gentleman in the quiet of his own home, in the privacy of his own study," with mind unclouded by tobacco smoke or the fumes of whisky discerns in his own inner consciousness an answer "so clear and convincing" that it would be impossible for him to doubt. Let us keep the issue clear. O. A. HOUGHTON.
BREVITIES.
—Members of Vesta lodge will hold a hop at their lodge rooms to-morrow night.
—T. Edwards, thirty years ago a photographer in Cortland, has just opened a gallery in Dryden.
—The funeral of Mrs. George H. Brooks, whose death occurred yesterday, will be held Monday, Jan. 29, at 10 A. M. at the house, 23 Arthur-ave.
—Let no one fail to read carefully the editorial in this issue upon the state of prosperity in Cortland county. It is based upon figures obtained with great care and some of its facts will doubtless prove a revelation to many.
—The subject of the lecture by Mr. H. L. Smith at the meeting of the Science club to-morrow evening will be "Milk." The chemical and germ content of milk will be shown by milk testing apparatus and by means of the microscopy.
—Electric lights are being put into the operating room at the Cortland hospital. Six sixteen candle power and two thirty-two candle power lights with drop light will be used. This will make it possible to perform operations in the evening with as much ease as in the day time.
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