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| William Jennings Bryan. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, October 31, 1900.
BRYAN GOES TO OHIO.
Believes Democrats Have More Than Even Chance of Carrying New York.
DUNKIRK, N. Y., Oct. 31.—W. J. Bryan concluded the final day of his last campaign tour in this city last night. He began the day at the town of Addison, and spoke at the following other places: Hornellsville, Almond, Alfred, Andover, Wellsville, Belmont, Friendship, Cuba, Hinsdale, Olean, Salamanca, Randolph, Jamestown and Dunkirk. All these towns are in the southwestern part of the state and all have been strongly Republican in politics.
The meetings of the day were generally well attended and some of them quite enthusiastic. Mr. Bryan left late last night on the Lake Shore railroad for Ohio, expecting to begin a one day tour of that state with a speech at Toledo. All told, he had made about 110 speeches in this state.
Before leaving here last night Mr. Bryan made a brief statement giving his impressions of the situation in New York. He continued: "If the reports which come from various counties where polls have made can be taken as respecting the general sentiment throughout the state we have more than an even chance of carrying this state."
Roosevelt's Tour in the Rain.
ROCHESTER, Oct. 31.—The Roosevelt train arrived here last night over an hour late, after a most unpleasant day's ride in a drizzling rain. Despite the unpleasant weather and the arrival of the train after 7 o'clock, the party found great crowds both at the depot and the two halls and a splendid greeting was accorded the vice presidential candidate. There was an immense parade of clubs and business men's associations, and both auditoriums where Governor Roosevelt spoke were filled to overflowing.
In addition to a remarkably enthusiastic gathering at Corning, the home of the club that was assaulted at Elmira, the only incident of the day occurred at Geneva, where there was an attempt made to prevent the governor from speaking. When Geneva was reached at 5:50 o'clock the governor was driven to an open stand, a few blocks from the depot, where he had to stand in the rain while the local committee sent word to stop the blowing of the whistles, which had commenced with his arrival and still continued. The people, judging from the applause which came when the governor made a point, was largely with him, but there were a number on the outskirts of the crowd, and especially in the windows of some buildings opposite the stand who, assisted by the usual crowd of small boys, did what they could to interrupt the governor. The only cry that was intelligible from the stand was "Hurrah for Bryan."
"Now, gentlemen," said the governor, raising his voice so as to be heard above the turbulent cries which still continued, "I want to say one thing to you here. There is one thing more important than any difference of policy among Americans, and that is the keeping of our own self-respect. Whenever you see a party that tries to interrupt a public speaker, you may be sure it is because they dare not hear the truth. Mr. Bryan comes to this state and I am proud to see he is listened to with respectful attention wherever he goes, no matter how much people may differ from him in opinion. The worst reflection that can be cast upon the followers of Mr. Bryan is cast upon them by their own action when they try to break up an orderly meeting and try to interrupt free speech, and when they do it they hurt no one but themselves."
Croker Must Obey the Law.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Oct. 31.—Governor Roosevelt was shown Mr. Croker's statement, running as follows:
"My advice to Democratic voters the country over is to congregate about the polling places on the evening of election day, count noses, and then if the election returns for Bryan do not tally with their count, to go into the polling places and throw those fellows in charge of the returns into the street."
Governor Roosevelt said: "Mr. Croker seems not to understand that if this incitement to riot and mob violence at the polls should bear fruit, he would be an accessory before the fact. The election laws like all other laws apply to Mr. Croker and to everyone else and Mr. Croker and everyone else must and will obey them."
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| James K. McGuire. |
Figures Bryan to Carry New York.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—Chairman James K. McGuire of the Democratic state committee, gave out the first estimate from the Democratic state committee on how the state was going last night. He said: "Our canvass of the state gives Bryan 50,000 majority," and it also shows that the Republicans will not come to the Bronx with more than 70,000 majority. I have refrained from making any statements heretofore until our canvass was completed. This estimate, on our canvass is a very conservative one."
JAPAN ACCEPTS
The Anglo-German Agreement Respecting China.
BERLIN, Oct. 31.—It is announced that Japan has accepted unconditionally the Anglo-German agreement respecting China.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Bade Family Goodbye and Drank Laudanum—Small Hope of Recovery.
Mrs. George Hart of Dryden, N. Y., attempted suicide at 12 o'clock to-day by taking laudanum. She prepared dinner as usual, said goodbye to her husband and went up stairs. He mistrusted something and followed her. She was just draining the last of a doss of laudanum from a glass when he snatched it from her hand. Dr. Montgomery was summoned and they are now doing all they can to save the life, though it is thought that there is not much hope of success. No cause for the act is assigned.
DIED AT BLODGETT MILLS.
James M. Potter After Working All Day Passed Away Very Suddenly.
James M. Potter, who lived 2 1/2 miles south of Blodgett Mills, died very suddenly in Blodgett Mills, N. Y., last night at 11:30 o'clock, probably of neuralgia of the heart. Mr. Potter had been at work all day in Blodgett Mills. At about 8 o'clock last evening, while at the home of Mr. Moses Butterfield, he was taken ill and died at that place. Beard & Peck were called this morning and moved the remains to the [Potter] house.
Deceased was 70 years of age and a highly respected citizen of the community in which he lived. He leaves a widow, three sons and one daughter to mourn his loss. Mr. Wm. F. Potter, formerly a barber in Cortland, but now of Homer, is one of these sons, the other two live one in Truxton and the other in Freetown. The daughter referred to is Mrs. Frank Holdridge, 156 Port Watson-st.
The funeral arrangements have not been made as yet, but will be published to-morrow.
Will Move to Yonkers.
Rev. Dr. J. L. Robertson has exchanged his house and lot at 25 Prospect-st., with Mr. George H. Lowerre, a cousin of Mr. W. H. Lowerre of Cortland, for a fine house and lot in Yonkers, N. Y. The family is packing up and expects to go to Yonkers next Wednesday. Dr. and Mrs. Robertson's four sons all live in Yonkers, doing business in New York, and it will be very pleasant for them to be near each other there though many friends will regret to have them leave Cortland which has been their home for so long.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Bryan and Aguinaldo.
Long ago General Otis wrote: "The only hope of the insurgent leaders is in United States aid. They proclaim the near overthrow of the present administration to be followed by their independence and recognition by the United States. This is the influence which enables them to hold out."
Theodore Schwan, brigadier-general of volunteers, in a letter to the adjutant-general said:
In the main, the insurgents rest their hope for a revival of the insurrection and the re-concentration of the insurgent forces upon (1) the supposed necessity American troops will be under of abandoning many of their present positions owing to the impossibility of supplying the latter during the wet season; and (2) upon the success of the Democratic or anti-expansion party in the coming presidential campaign in the United States.
The last message sent from the Philippines by General Lawton before he laid down his life for the flag was this:
If I am shot by a Filipino bullet it might as well come from one of my own men, because I know from observations confirmed by captured prisoners that the continuance of fighting is chiefly due to reports that are sent out from America.
Dean C. Worcester, a member of the United States commission in the Philippines, has written a letter to Regent Dean of the University of Michigan and to that letter Governor Roosevelt referred in his speech in Cortland. In that letter Dean Worcester said:
Conditions were improving here very rapidly up to the time Bryan was nominated and began to talk in public. The result of the announcement of his policy in regard to the Philippines was to put a stop to the important surrenders which were steadily being made under the terms of amnesty and to bring about renewed hostilities through the worst districts in Luzon.
We know absolutely from the captured correspondence that this desperate effort to keep up a show of resistance is being made only in the hope of influencing the election at home, and important insurgent leaders say that unless Bryan is elected or the war in China draws troops from these islands, they will give up their useless efforts in November. I, therefore, don't look for any general improvement in the situation until after the presidential election, but with that out of the way I expect to see a sudden change for the better.
In one of his proclamations recently issued Aguinaldo said: "We ask God that he may grant the triumph of the Democratic party in the United States."
In his recent speech at Canton Secretary Root made public a document of the very highest importance which was captured recently by the American troops. It is general order to the Philippine army, No. 202, and reads as follows:
As I have in previous letters directed that all commanders of guerrillas are free to attack any detachment or post of the enemy, and continually molest the same, I reiterate the order the more strongly, because its fulfillment just now is very necessary for the advantage of the cause of independence of the Philippines in the approaching presidential election in the United States of America, which takes place in the early part of the coming month of November of the present year, on account of which it is imperative that before that day comes, that is to say, during the months of June, July and August, we give such hard knocks to the Americans that they will resound in our favor in all parts, and set in motion the fall of the imperialist party which is trying to enslave us.
Signed by the Captain-General, E. AGUINALDO.
Dated, 27th of June, 1900.
Is it surprising that patriotic Democrats are deserting Mr. Bryan? Is it surprising that they are standing with those who uphold the flag rather than with those who would haul it down? That they array themselves with those who are upholding the honor and glory of the great republic, rather than with those who are giving aid and comfort to the armed enemies of their country?
We find it hard to believe that Mr. Bryan and the leaders of the Democratic party generally realize the utterly untenable and unpatriotic position in which they have placed themselves, but the time will surely come when Democrats will regret their position in 1900 as bitterly as they did their position in 1864 when they declared the war for the Union to be a failure. It is as certain as that the sun will shine to-morrow that no man can be elected president of the United States who advocates hauling down the Stars and Stripes, who urges the surrender of an American army, or who would abandon a foot of American territory.
AN ORGANIZED EFFORT
TO BREAK UP THE REPUBLICAN MASS-MEETINGS
Orders Said to Have Been Issued by Croker and Bryan Manager—Reward for Interrupting—Bigger Reward if Meeting Should be Broken Up.
A special dispatch from New York to the Syracuse Post-Standard says: According to a statement issued at Republican state headquarters to-day, the Democrats have formed a conspiracy to insult, and injure Governor Roosevelt and Senator Depew wherever they speak this week, and to break up their meetings if possible.
"The Republican state committee," says the statement, "has information which indicates a systematic plan by Democratic managers in counties where Governor Roosevelt and Senator Depew will speak this week, to break up the meetings and insult and injure the governor and Mr. Depew. This comes at the time that Mr. Croker advises violence at the polling places. The attacks made upon Governor Roosevelt at Elmira and the outbreak at Cobleskill are in line with this information.
"At Mr. Depew's meeting at Ticonderoga on Saturday evening a person unknown to the residents of that village persisted in interrupting the speakers and propounding questions from a typewritten document. Investigation showed him to be a man from an adjoining county, and he admitted that his mission was to break up the gathering. For this service he received $10 from a leading Democrat of that place, and had the meeting been broken up he was to receive $25.
"This telegram was received to-day: 'The best information indicates that the riot at Cobleskill was instigated by the Democratic managers. A leading Democrat and a gang of roughs rushed through the crowd, urging their followers to renewed efforts.'
"The Democratic party, inspired by the utterances of Mr. Croker and Mr. Bryan, seem determined to prevent Republican meetings and the maintenance of Republican clubs. While the Austro-Hungarian club of 156 Second-ave. was parading last Friday evening in honor of Governor Roosevelt their clubrooms were broken into, the furniture destroyed, banners torn down, and property of the club demolished and carried away."
Straws Show the Wind.
Mr. I. M. Alexander yesterday drove from his home near the south line of the city just off the Virgil road to Homer, going by way of the [Cortland] waterworks pumphouse, Hamlin-st., Fitz-ave. and the west road to Homer. On the way he counted the pictures of political candidates displayed in the windows of the houses which he passed. He reports the houses as follows: Republican sixty, Democratic eight, Prohibition six. Straws show which way the wind blows.
Funeral of Miss Curtin.
The funeral of Miss Mary Elizabeth Cecilia Curtin was held at her home, 24 Delaware-ave., at 9 o'clock this morning and from St. Mary's church at 9:30 o'clock. It was very largely attended. The Young Ladies sodality, Iskoot council, Degree of Pocahontas, and Pecos Tribe, I. O. R. M., attended in a body, Miss Curtin being a member of the first two societies. Requiem high mass was celebrated by Rev. J. J. McLoghlin, who spoke in the highest terms of the beautiful Christian character of the deceased and expressed much sympathy for the bereaved mother and relatives.
The floral offerings were many and beautiful and gave evidence of the universal love and esteem in which Miss Curtin was held by all who knew her. The bearers were Messrs. James Conway, John Hannon, Michael Mellon, John Mellon, John O'Leary and Morris J. Lane.
Those in attendance upon the funeral from out of town were: Misses Mary, Elizabeth and Agnes Ready of Ithaca, aunts of the deceased, Mrs. Mary Quigley and Mrs. Anna Curtin Welch of Syracuse, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quinn and daughter of Moravia, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Ready of Corning, Mr. David Curtin, Mr. John Curtin, Mrs. Mary Curtin DeLaney and Miss Agnes Lane of Sempronius, N. Y.
Stockholders' Meeting,
Notice is hereby given, that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Cortland Wagon company will be held at the office of said company |in the city of Cortland, N. Y., on the 14th day of November, 1900, at 2 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of electing a board of directors, for the management of the affairs of said corporation for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may come before said meeting.
By order of board of directors, L. J. FITZGERALD, Pres. Dated, Cortland, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1900.
BREVITIES.
—To-night is Halloween.
—"The Irish Pawn Brokers" will be the attraction at the Opera House next Monday night, Nov. 5.
—The Y. M. C. A., intermediate football team will play the DeRuyter school team Friday afternoon in DeRuyter, N. Y.
—There will be an open program meeting of the Farther Lights society of the First Baptist church in the church parlors this (Wednesday) evening at 8 o'clock. A general invitation is extended to all. Gentlemen are especially invited.
—Our readers will note that our "Latest News" has been transferred from the fourth to the second page and "Editorial" from the second to the fourth. This change may be permanent and it may not. It will stand till after election at least.
—Negotiations are in progress for the purchase by O. L. Ingraham of the European hotel owned by George McKean. No conclusions had been reached when The STANDARD went to press to-day. Mr. Ingraham owned this hotel a number of years ago.
—On Monday the voters of the village of Marathon, N. Y., voted upon the question of authorizing the trustees of that village to expend a sum not to exceed $8,500 in the establishing of a Municipal system of electric lighting. The result was a large majority for municipal ownership.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Hudson, Gray & Co., Crockery, page 8; W. W. Bennett, Sterling ranges, page 4; Bosworth & Stillman, Shoes, page 6; Cortland Steam Laundry, Satisfactory laundry, page 5; Mitchell & Strowbridge, Turkeys, etc., page 5; Opera House, "The Irish Pawnbrokers," page 5; J. W. Cudworth, Optical talks, page 7.
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