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| William Jennings Bryan. Photo dated 1902. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, August 23, 1900.
BRYAN IN A COLLOQUY.
Interesting Argument With a Republican Listener.
ANSWERED WITH COMPARISONS.
Democratic Candidate Spent a Busy Day, Making Addresses in Three Counties—Rode in a Freight Caboose to Make Connections.
FALLS CITY, Neb., Aug. 23.—Yesterday was a busy day for Mr. Bryan. It was after 1 o'clock in the morning when he reached Auburn, his first stopping place after leaving Lincoln. At 8 o'clock he made an hour's address there. At Tecumseh, the next stopping place, he spoke briefly and after a hasty dinner started upon a 21 mile drive across country to Pawnee.
The day's meetings were all held in the groves of the court houses of the counties and were all in the first congressional district, Mr. Bryan's old district. He was accompanied throughout the trip by Mr. Berge, the Democratic candidate for congress. At each place Mr. Bryan made an appeal in Mr. Berge's behalf.
The trip from Pawnee to Falls City was made in a freight caboose behind a special engine.
At the Tecumseh meeting the most interesting incident was a colloquy between Mr. Bryan and a gentleman in the audience, evidently a Republican, who propounded several questions to the speaker. This gentleman interrupted Mr. Bryan toward the close of his speech by suggesting that the Filipinos were on a par with our Indians. To this Mr. Bryan responded:
"Now, as I understand you, you think we were right in taking the property of the Indians?
"No, sir."
"Then do you think it right to take the property of the Filipinos?
"No, sir," responded the man in the audience, "and nobody is going to. How does the treatment of the Filipinos differ from the treatment of jail birds? Do you believe in punishing the jail birds?"
Mr. Bryan: "Your face is the face of an intelligent man and you can not fail to see the difference between putting men in the penitentiary for the commission of crime and going over to the Philippines and taking charge of the government of the Filipinos."
"When I see a man like you" was the response of the interlocutor, "who favored the peace treaty, I think that man ought to have some consistency about him."
''I am much obliged for your mentioning that," replied Mr. Bryan, "for I should not feel like bringing it to your attention unless called on to do so. I urged the ratification of the treaty and also urged the passage of the resolution promising independence to the people of the Philippines, and if your Republican administration had passed the resolution there would not have been one drop of blood shed in the Philippines."
''Oh, that is your opinion."
"That is not only my opinion, but if you will stop to think about it and give the public the honest result of your thoughts, it will be your opinion that if we had made the same promise of independence to the Filipinos that we did to the Cubans we would have had no conflict there. Had we treated Cuba as we did the Philippines there would be war in Cuba today, and had we treated the Filipinos as we did the Cubans there would be no war in the Philippines today."
The questioner made an indistinct reference to Mr. Bryan's capacity for the presidency, and asked Mr. Bryan if he believed the Filipinos were capable of self-government. To this Mr. Bryan replied:
"Admiral Dewey stated in a message to the secretary of navy that the Filipinos were better capable of self-government than the Cubans and that he based his judgment after study of both races. Whether you believe as I do or not, you are not able to draw the line between the natural right of the Filipino and the natural right of the Cuban whom you and your party said ought to be free. If it is true of the Cubans it is true of the Filipinos and I want to make it so."
At Pawnee Mr. Bryan spoke upon all the questions at issue, paying somewhat more attention than usual to the financial and trust questions.
At the evening meeting at Falls City he paid his respects to Senator Hanna in the following extract:
"The morning paper states that Mr. Hanna went down into New Jersey, the home of trusts, to make a speech. Did he tell those Republicans down there that the Republican party was going to win and not to worry? Oh, no. He said to them: 'You want to watch out. Don't be overconfident, we have got a great fight on hand. We have got to fight hard.' And then I can imagine I can see him put his hand behind him and say: 'Come down.' Isn't that a good place for a man to go to scare the corporations into contributions? It is possible that a Republican farmer can be deceived as to the attitude of the Republican party on the trust question."
ENCOURAGING SIGNS.
Work Is Being Resumed and Business Flourishing In Cuba.
GUANTANAMO, Aug. 23.—There is a vigorous resumption of work upon the part of the agricultural industries in the Province of Santiago. The Santa Lucia plantation at La Veta has produced 41,000 bags of sugar this season. The United Fruit company at Banes is erecting a $1,500,000 sugar mill, with a capacity of 1,100 bags daily; a large amount of English and American capital is being invested at Baracoa for the exportation of cocoanuts to the number of a million and a half monthly, the provincial cities are becoming self-sustaining and the military government is gradually withdrawing the municipal and direct financial assistance from the island's funds.
Governor General Wood's progress through the island is a continuous reception of gratitude. He will reach Santiago today.
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| Cortland County fairgrounds with oval track and associated building near Wheeler Ave. |
ALL RECORDS BROKEN.
LARGEST ATTENDANCE AT FAIR IN HISTORY OF SOCIETY.
Nearly Twenty-one Thousand People on Grounds To-day—More Season Tickets Sold Yesterday Than All Last Year—A Fine Showing of Cattle—The Poultry and Pet Stock Exhibit—A Gang of Pickpockets—Several Loose Pocketbooks and Money—Beard & Beard & Peck's Contest.
The attendance at the [Cortland County] fair to-day is the largest in the history of the Agricultural society. More season tickets were sold yesterday than all through the fair last year. Up to noon to-day 2,375 season tickets had been sold and the total number last year was only a little over 2,000. The number of single admissions up to this noon was more than 2,100 and a conservative estimate made by the officers of the society, based upon actual ticket sales, passes for employees upon the grounds, places the number of people in attendance at the fair today at nearly 21,000. And this is not guess work. Every part of the grounds is crowded. The grandstand was filled early, and there are people everywhere. Great crowds watched the races this afternoon, the fences and every point for observation being lined with crowds.
In Beard & Peck's driving contest this afternoon a serious accident was caused by the crowd surging upon the track and causing a collision which could easily have been avoided had the crowd been kept where it belonged. Just at the close of the race Mrs. Alvin Haskins of Cuyler ran into Mrs. L. C. Weaver of Cortland and both wagons were overturned and the occupants were thrown to the track. Fortunately neither was seriously hurt.
THE CATTLE.
The cattle exhibit at the fair is the largest and finest on record. It even surpasses that of last year which was ahead of anything in previous years. More than three hundred fifty head of cattle are upon the grounds, including representatives from some of the finest herds in this section of the state. Cattlemen who were upon the grounds yesterday said that there was not another fair in the state, outside the State fair, that could show so many fine cattle as are on exhibition at the Cortland fair this year. Holsteins take the lead in number, and there are some notably fine herds and individuals. Jerseys are also a numerous class and include some remarkably fine specimens. The fine Dotshome herd of Jerseys belonging to F. E. Dawley of Fayetteville attracts all visitors. Superintendent F. A. Blanchard has been one of the busiest men upon the grounds and the task of Henry Van Dreser of Cobleskill, the judge of cattle, has not been an easy one in awarding premiums.
The cattle sheds are all full; all the tent space is occupied and a large number of the later animals are without shelter entirely. Under the first large tent, Hon. O. U. Kellogg of Cortland exhibits a fine herd of thoroughbred Holsteins and Guernseys. There are fifteen head of Holsteins, nine cows, four calves and two 2-year-old bulls. The Guernsey herd comprises five cows and a yearling bull, Among the Holsteins are his two famous cows, Pauline Paul America, registered number 28,392, advanced registry, number 1,121, calved Nov. 26, 1891. Bred by T. G. Yeomans & Sons. Sire—Paul DeKol, number 146,347, H. F. H. B., son of Pauline Paul, holder of the world's butter record of 1,153 pounds, fifteen and three-quarter ounces in one year. Dam—America 2nd, number 10,509, H, F. H. B., advanced registry number 960. Record, fifty-four pounds, two ounces milk one day; 1,441 pounds in one month; thirteen and three-quarter pounds of butter in one week at three years, and Netherland DeKol's Lady DeKol, registered number 41,678, calved Feb. 14, 1896. Bred by H. Stevens & Son. Sire—Dekol 2nd's Butter Boy, number 21,366, whose dam is DeKol 2nd who holds the 4-year-old butter record of the world and the official butter record for a single day. Dam—Netherland DeKol, number 10,605, 2-year-old butter record, twenty pounds, five ounces in one week; eighty-two pounds, seven three-fourth ounces in thirty days; the world's record butter fat test, 4.9 per cent.
Pauline Paul America has a record as a 2-year-old of 10,999 1/2 pounds of milk in a year; forty-five pounds and 6 ounces in one day testing 3.4 per cent of butter fat and of 13.3 pounds of butter in one week. At 5 years of age she gave eighty-two and one quarter pounds of milk in one day; 487 3/4 pounds in one week; 2,121 1/4 pounds in one month; 9,429 3/4 in six months and made 21.325 pounds of butter in a week.
I. J. Foster of East Homer exhibits his Crown herd of Holstein-Friesians including seven cows, one 2-year-old heifer, two heifer calves, one bull calf, which was awarded first premium and which the Judge said would be hard to beat in the state or in the United States, and one 2-year old bull. Mr. Foster also exhibits five large Yorkshire swine.
M. S. Nye of Preble has twenty-one head of Holsteins on exhibition, and they are beauties. There are eight cows, four 2-year-old heifers, four yearling heifers, and his 4-year-old Holstein bull weighing 2,000 pounds. Mr. Nye also exhibits his fine 3-year-old Hambletonian colt which stands 15.3 and weighs 1,100 pounds.
N. E. Smith of Harford Mills has three herds on exhibition, Guernseys, Jerseys and Red Poll cattle. The Guernseys include eight cows, two yearling heifers, two heifer calves and three bulls. He has three Jersey cows, a yearling heifer, a 2-year-old bull and one yearling bull. His Red Poll cattle include four cows, one heifer calf, one bull calf and one 2-year-old bull.
Irving and A. B. Johnson of Marathon have fourteen head of thoroughbred and grade Shorthorn cattle, including five cows, three calves, one 2-year-old bull, two yearling heifers, one 2-year-old heifer, one yearling bull and one grade heifer.
Ernest Barrows of Center Lisle shows Devons. He has seven head of thoroughbreds and one grade.
John Kane of Cortland has both cattle and sheep on exhibition. Mr. Kane has an exceptionally fine herd of grade Jerseys and shows two cows, one 2-year-old heifer, one 3-year-old heifer and two yearlings. His sheep are Oxfords, Leicesters and Shropshires.
The finest herd of thoroughbred Jerseys on exhibition, and without question one of the finest to be found in the country, is the famous Dotshome herd owned by F. E. Dawley of Fayetteville, N. Y. This herd carried off ten first premiums and three seconds. All except two cows were bred by Mr. Dawley on his place and this is the first time they have been exhibited at a fair. They go next week to the State fair at Syracuse and will be shown at various state fairs all through the fall ending at Atlanta, Ga., In November. Mr. Dawley has devoted a large amount of time and given almost unlimited study to the breeding of Jersey cattle and the herd is the result of a line of breeding which he has been following for eighteen years. The herd is now headed by the Czar of River Meadows, a son of Jersey Beau imported by Wm. Rockefeller as the best Jersey bull on the Island of Jersey. This famous bull, Jersey Beau, had been shown twenty two times and [was] never beaten. Mr. Dawley's herd consists of fifteen head, comprising two cows, one 3-year-old heifer, one 2 year-old heifer, three yearlings, four calves, the famous 3-year-old bull, Czar of River Meadows, one 2-year-old bull, one yearling bull and one bull calf.
H. L. N. Dunham of Freeville shows thoroughbred Holsteins and Jerseys, and grade Jerseys and Shorthorns.
Chas. A. Shults of Freeville has twelve head of fine thoroughbred Holsteins. Mr. Shults was awarded first premium on his thoroughbred 3-year-old Holstein bull.
O. Beebe of Hamilton, N. Y., arrived yesterday morning with his herd of thirty-six thoroughbred and grade Ayrshires and Durhams. Mr. Beebe started from Hamilton about 12 o'clock Sunday driving part way each day. He goes from Cortland to the Newark Valley fair next week,
C. E. Millen of Cortland has his grade Jersey cow and calf on exhibition, and also a mare and colt entered.
B. H. Wheeler of Cortland has fifteen head of thoroughbred and grade Jerseys which make a fine showing.
Judging cattle was begun yesterday and is being continued to-day.
In this day of fast horses, bicycles and automobiles traveling with an ox team seems to most people a slow means of locomotion; yet among the cattle exhibits are three yoke of oxen belonging to J. D. Edwards of Texas Valley. They were all broken by Mr. Edwards' son Wellington Edwards, who prefers a good ox team to a span of horses. The large pair are 8 years old, the next are 2 year olds and the third is a pair of yearlings which Wellington took in from the pasture about a week ago and put into the yoke for the first time. The trip from Texas Valley to Cortland occupied about seven hours. The three teams were all hitched to a large covered lumber wagon with low wheels in which provisions enough to last through the fair were brought and which forms a place of shelter and a comfortable place to sleep. The ox teams attracted attention all along the route to Cortland and when it reached the city was much more a source of wonder than an automobile passing through the streets.
THE RACES.
Considerable interest was manifested in the races yesterday and some lively traveling was indulged in despite the heaviness of the track. Wickwire Bros.' Stambold took the first two heats easily in the 2:18 class, but was unable to make it three and was given second money.
POULTRY AND PET STOCK.
There are more than fifteen hundred specimens of poultry and pet stock on exhibition. Mr. W. Eugene Powers, commissioner in charge, has reason to feel proud of this part of the big exhibition and has been on the alert early and late to see that everything is properly taken care of. The exhibit is by far the largest and finest ever shown in Cortland and Superintendent Powers says there has never been anything equal to it in this section of the country. The immense tent, which was supposed to be large enough and with room to spare, proved inadequate and another has been erected and still more is needed.
Such a cackling, crowing, gobbling quacking, cooing, barking and yelping as comes from this department of the big fair gives the visitor an idea of its magnitude even before he reaches it, and when he once enters the tent he does not wonder at the noise. Among the pet stock are found Angora cats, Manx cats, Belgian hares, English lop-eared, Himalayan and Angora rabbits, ferrets, foxes, guinea pigs, white rats and mice, dogs of all varieties, Beagle hounds, St. Bernards, Parker Spaniels, Daschunds, English Pointers, English Setters, fox hounds, bull terriers, Blood hounds, Scotch Collie and many others.
Poultry comes from all parts of the state and local fanciers have fine exhibits and are carrying off a full share of first premiums.
The porcupine is a centre of attraction and the sign "hands off" seems almost superfluous. At one end of the tent the Cyphers incubator and brooder people have incubators and brooders in operation and chicks in various stages of development can be seen through the glass.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Peck Bros. of Cortland have a large tent where they show Brockway, Cortland Wagon Co., and Owasso wagons, harness and carriages and farming tools. The Blizzard ensilage cutter is on exhibition just back of the tent and practical tests were given all through the afternoon. A six-horse power engine was used and the tests prove eminently satisfactory.
J. L. McKee has an Ohio Ensilage cutter in full working order and practical tests were made throughout the afternoon yesterday. The rivalry between these two exhibits and tests is keen and lively, both claiming points of superiority. The contest is continued to-day and corn in bundles is being used.
W. C. T. U. DINING TENT.
The W. C. T. U. dining tent did an immense business at the dinner hour serving regular meals and throughout the afternoon lunches and ice cream. The tent is conveniently arranged for accommodating the large crowd and a force of waiters look after the wants of the hungry. Excellent meals are served and no better place can be found for dinner or lunch. More than 500 regular meals were served yesterday and over one hundred dollars worth of ice cream was served after three o'clock in the afternoon.
PICKPOCKETS ON THE GROUNDS.
A gang of pickpockets has been working on the grounds to-day and many losses were reported to the secretary. Word was sent to the officers early this forenoon that the gang was in town and the officers were on the watch for them. Several suspicious characters were closely watched, but up to 3 o'clock no arrests had been made.
Mrs. W. C. Taylor of 172 Port Watson-st. and her sister, Mrs. L. E. Hill, had their pocket books taken. Mrs. Taylor's pocketbook contained a certificate of deposit on the National bank of Cortland for $100, and about ten dollars in money. Mrs. Hill had $12 or $15 in hers and both pocket books were in a hand bag carried by Mrs. Hill. The hand bag was opened and the pocket books taken while the women were in the crowd in front of the W. C. T. U. dining tent on their way to dinner.
G. L. Reynolds of Sempronius was relieved of his pocketbook containing $20 and Clark H. Sweet of Clay county, Kansas, a former resident of Scott, who is visiting his old home is poorer by about $40 than when he went upon the grounds, due to the light fingered gentry who are attending the fair to-day.
Frank Haskins of Cortland had $51 in his pocketbook, which he usually carried in his inside pocket. To-day it was in his trousers pocket, where the crooks had no difficulty in finding it. Numerous other losses are reported, but names of the losers could not be obtained.
THE DRIVING CONTEST.
Beard & Peck's driving contest occurred this afternoon. There were seven entries, as noted in yesterday's STANDARD, but only six started, a protest having been entered against Mrs. Dell Houser of Groton on the ground that she did not live in the towns named in the conditions governing the race. Miss May B. Mullen of Dryden won first prize—a chamber suit valued at $25; time 4 minutes and 26 seconds. Mrs. Fred Sherman of Como, second, a sideboard valued at $14; Mrs. L. C. Weaver of Cortland, third, a parlor cabinet valued at $7. Full particulars will be given to-morrow.
All the special attractions will be repeated to-morrow and the races will be continued.
A Wonderful Record.
Some weeks ago The STANDARD referred to the record for one week of the 3-year-old Holstein heifer, Katie Spafford Corona, owned by E. H. Knapp of Fabius, brother of B. R. Knapp of Cortland. At that time the record showed nearly the amount of milk produced and the butter fat. Since that time Mr. Knapp has been able to show the following figures which will prove interesting. The official test was made during the week from June 5 to 12.
Total am't of milk, 500.65 pounds
Total am't of fat, 20.823 pounds
Total am't butter 26.03 pounds
Average test, 3.525 per cent
Cost of feed grain—$.642
Cost of pasture, .75
Total $1.392
Worth of butter fat at 26c per pound, $5.206
Worth of by-products @15c per cwt, [.55]
Total, $6.061
Net profit $4.679
It is said that Mr. Knapp has refused $2,000 for this big milker and has an offer of $550 for her next calf.
BURGLARS AT WORK.
Houses Entered While People Are at the Fair.
Yesterday afternoon while people were at the fair burglars entered several houses on the Groton road. The intruders were evidently after money or articles that could be readily turned into money, as no other articles are missing so far as can be ascertained. The house of M. D. Main, Jay Heath and N. P. Walworth were the ones entered. In each case there was no one at home, all the people being at the fair.
At Mr. Main's entrance was gained through a window at the back side of the house, though there are evidences that an attempt was made to get in through the cellar. A wire screen nailed over the window was cut clear off and entrance was easy in as much as the sash had been taken out. The thieves ransacked the house and took a plain solid gold ring belonging to Mr. Main and other jewelry amounting in all to about $30.
At Jay Heath's entrance was affected through a rear window by cutting out part of the sash and removing three panes of glass. So far nothing has been missed though the house had been ransacked up stairs and down.
At Mr. Walworth's a woodshed was found unfastened and here the same conditions were found inside. Bureau drawers had been ransacked, but all that has been missed is 60 cents in change.
Mr. Wheeler, who lives in the Chaffee house between Mr. Heath and Mr. Walworth, saw a man come up to the house about 2 o'clock. He knocked at the door, but getting no response went on around the house and disappeared. Mr. Wheeler thinks he mistrusted some one was in the house and did not try to enter.
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| Cortland City Band. |
BREVITIES.
—There were a little over three hundred excursionists from Moravia this morning who came in on the excursion. They return about 5 o'clock.
—The streets of Cortland looked absolutely deserted between 2 and 3 o'clock this afternoon. Every one had gone to the fair or to the ball game.
—There will be dancing at the park tonight, McDermott's orchestra furnishing the music. Cars from the Messenger House every twenty minutes.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Bosworth & Stillman, Shoes, page 6; C. F. Brown, Pure drugs, page 6; Gas Light Co., Gas ranges, page 5.
—The Ladies' Home Mission society of the First Baptist church will postpone its meeting at the church parlors from Friday afternoon of this week till next Monday afternoon, Aug. 27, at 3 o'clock.
—Invitations are out for the wedding of Mr. John D. Gutches and Miss Effa M. Henry which will occur at the home of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Henry in McGrawville, at 1 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 30.
—On account of thy firemen's excursion to-morrow to the state convention at Syracuse the Cortland City band will this evening between 7:30 and 8:30 o'clock give a promenade concert on Main-st. The band will go with the Cortland department to Syracuse to-morrow.
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