GREAT SCOTT, STRIKE ABOUT OVER, LUNATICS ALL CAUGHT, J. D. RILEY FUNERAL, CAKE WALK IN CORTLAND, AND BRYAN'S PREDICTIONS ON PAGE 8

 

Nathan Lewis Miller.

Semi-Weekly Cortland Standard, Friday, October 26, 1900.

GREAT SCOTT!

SUBURBAN NAMESAKE OF NOVELIST FULL OF ENTHUSIASM.

Stores and Residences Profusely Lighted—Enthusiastic Parade Headed by Rough Riders—Large meeting in Scott House Hall Addressed by Three Eloquent Speakers, Messrs. Geo. E. Green, Thos. H. Dowd, and N. L. Miller.

   The people of the town of Scott turned out in great numbers Wednesday evening to view the general demonstration and attend the Republican mass-meeting held in Scott village. Nor was the big concourse of people that participated confined merely to the residents of that locality, but a large delegation was present from Cortland, including twenty-five Rough Riders, and many representative men from Homer, Virgil, Willet, and in fact, from nearly every town of the county.

   The people of Scott took special pride Wednesday night in their decorations, and stores and residences were profusely trimmed with flags, bunting, pictures and colored lights. Prominent among these were the decorations of Scott’s popular merchant and postmaster, Mr. Henry D. Palmer. Landlord William Roche of the Scott House entertained the visitors at supper, and the way the guests, particularly the Rough Riders, took hold of the tempting viands upon his table attested the merit of Mrs. Roche’s cooking. The Rough Riders were so well pleased with the courtesy of their hostess, who took them under her special care that they took up a shake purse after supper and bought her a fine set of silver forks and spoons. Captain F. M. Stoker presented these in a neat little speech.

   The parade was headed by the drum corps, followed by the Rough Riders and a large number of torch carriers. The parading was kept up for over a half hour.

   The mass-meeting was held in the Scott House hall and the room was packed to its fullest capacity. At least three hundred people were assembled and listened with the closest attention to the three excellent speeches. Nearly as many more people failed to get into the hall.

   At a little past 8 o’clock County Committeeman Ernest W. Childs called the meeting to order and nominated Mr. Mills G. Frisbie as chairman of the meeting. Mr. Frisbie in taking the chair made a few remarks concerning the issues of the campaign and the speakers of the evening. He introduced first Mr. Thomas H. Dowd, Republican candidate for district attorney, who took the floor amid a hearty round of applause.

   Mr. Dowd showed clearly that the Democratic party had been obliged to conceal as best it could the mistakes it had made by putting on a cloak called imperialism, which was proving to be a very thin covering for free trade, free silver and free riot underneath it. He waxed eloquent in speaking of the glory and patriotic sentiment of the nation and his words were listened to with the profoundest interest. From imperialism he turned his attention to trusts and showed his audience that the only anti-trust measures ever enacted in the United States were the fruits of Republican legislative bodies.  He showed that a bill to amend the constitution, giving congress the right to regulate trusts, was presented by a Republican and supported by Republicans in congress, but was defeated by Democrats, because the party wanted to ring trusts into the campaign. Mr. Dowd showed marked ability in the discussion and the power to carry his audience with him. He was frequently interrupted by hearty rounds of applause.

   Hon. George E. Green of Binghamton was next introduced and gave a stirring speech along the line of tariff and showed that, while in 1896 we were the greatest debtor nation of the world, to-day we are the greatest credit nation. He also spoke of the issue of trusts and showed the fallacies of the Democratic platform in respect to them.

   Mr. N. L. Miller, chairman of the Republican county committee, gave a short but interesting discussion of the political situation. Mr. Miller held the close attention of the large audience to the close of an already long meeting. His words came in the form of an appeal to the citizens of Scott to stand by the party that had given them prosperity. The meeting was adjourned by giving three rousing cheers for McKinley and Roosevelt.

   On the return trip, Mr. Frank Cooper, one of the Rough Riders, was thrown from his horse and slightly hurt. The accident was due to a defective saddle girth.

 

John Mitchell, U. M. W.

STRIKE ABOUT OVER.

Belief that the Order to Resume Work Will Come To-day.

   Scranton, Pa., Oct. 25.—It was the general impression here this morning that word will be received from President Mitchell some time to-day declaring the strike ended. A call for a meeting of all the local officers of the union this afternoon was sent out last evening, the supposed object of which is to receive the formal order for the men to return to work. A number of independent operators of this city left for Philadelphia last evening to attend a meeting of the coal carrying companies and operators there this morning. This meeting, it is thought, is called in expectation of the strike being settled to-day.

 

Matteawan State Hospital for Criminally Insane.

LUNATICS ALL CAUGHT.

The Catchers Received Rewards for Their Service.

   NEWBURG, N. Y., Oct. 23.—All of the insane convicts who escaped from the Matteawan state hospital Sunday night have now been recaptured. Foster, McCarthy and Johnson, the last three of the criminals were retaken this morning by Nathaniel Barnes at Middlehope. Barnes is the man who captured Clark, Flynn and Murphy last night. He will receive a reward ranging from $25 to $50 for each man.

 

FUNERAL OF D. J. RILEY.

A. O. H. and Fire Department Attended in Large Numbers.

   The funeral of Daniel J. Riley, who died at noon on Monday-last, was held Wednesday at 9 o’clock at the house, 11 Rickard-st., and at 10 o’clock at St. Mary’s church, it being largely attended by relatives, friends and the members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Cortland Fire department in both of which organizations he was an active member. The funeral was under the charge of the A. O. H., the members of which, with the five fire companies, acted as an escort.

   The line of march was started from Fireman’s hall a little before 9:30 with eighty members of the A. O. H. at the head. Aside from these there were in line twelve members of the order who acted as honorary bearers. These were F. D. Dowd, John Dalton, W. T. Nix, John Lonergan, Joseph Dowd, John O’Connor, Thos. McMahon, P. O. Burns, J. F. Dwyer, Chas. O’Leary, Jas. Fitzgerald and P. F. Quinn. The pall bearers were from the A. O. H. and the Orris Hose company, of which Mr. Riley was a member. These were from the A. O. H., T. J. Murray, F. Burns and Daniel Mahoney; from the Orris Hose Co., M. P. Crane, J. A. Farrell and J. M. Miller. The board of engineers of the fire department was next, made up of First Assistant Daniel Reilly, Second Assistant E. N. Sherwood, Secretary E. M. Eastman, David Waters of the Hook and Ladder Co., M. P. Crane of the Orris Hose Co., Edward Fitzgerald of the Emerald and S. S. Horton of the Hitchcock. Next in line were the Orris boys, and then the members of Water Witch, Hooks, Emeralds and Hitchcocks, making in all about one hundred fifty firemen.

   At the house the remains were viewed, and then the same line of march was formed to go to St. Mary’s. The hearse from the house was followed by about a dozen hacks and many carriages. At the church Rev. J. J. McLoghlin celebrated high mass and spoke a few appropriate words. The procession then advanced to the Catholic cemetery where the interment was made.

   The floral display was very elaborate and included many designs from the orders in which deceased had membership. As the procession started from the house to St. Mary’s, Chief Engineer H. P. Davis, who was stationed at the fire alarm box on Grant-st., tolled off twenty-seven peals from the fire bell, that number being the years of Mr. Riley’s life.

   The A. O. H., of which he was a highly respected member, has been organized in Cortland five years and a half with a membership of 120 and Mr. Riley was the first member that death has taken away. In the fire department of 170 members he is the first active member in nearly eight years who has died.

 

SHOT AN ELEPHANT.

He Got Wild and Became Vicious and They Had to Kill Him.

   WICHITA FALLS, Tex., Oct. 23.—Romeo, the big elephant in Ringling Brothers show, was killed here yesterday afternoon. The animal was wild all day and at noon had become so vicious that the management concluded to kill him. Romeo was shot three times with a Winchester rifle. It is claim that he had killed three keepers during the past fifteen years.

 

Asphalt Laying.

   The Warren-Scharf Asphalt Co. has improved another very fine day for pavement laying by crowding the Groton-ave. job. The asphalt was laid last night past the Homer-ave corner, while the binder has been laid past the Monroe Heights corner. A gang of men was at work yesterday laying concrete where the Traction company took up its tracks at the Cortland House corner.

 

William Jennings Bryan.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.

Bryan and the Philippines.

   The dilemma of William J. Bryan regarding the Philippine Islands and the Constitution of the United States was never better stated than in the following contribution to a recent number of the New York Sun:

   Mr. Bryan, in his Indianapolis speech, declared his purpose, if elected, to assemble congress in extraordinary session immediately after his inauguration, in order to “give independence to the Filipinos.” He admitted in the same speech that he urged the ratification of the treaty—and he must have known its provisions

   One provision is (Article IV.): “The United States will, for the term of ten years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, admit Spanish ships and merchandise to ports of the Philippine Islands on the same terms as ships and merchandise of the United States.” Another provision is (Article X): “The inhabitants of the territories over which Spain relinquishes or cedes her sovereignty shall be secured in the free exercise of their religion.” There are still other things which the United States promise to do for Spain during ten years or more.

   Article VI of the Constitution of the United States (of his reverence for which Mr. Bryan prates so glibly) provides that “all treaties made, or which shall be made, shall be the supreme law of the land.” The treaty of Paris, therefore, becomes the supreme law of the Philippine Islands. The Constitution further provides (Article II, Sec. 3) that the president “shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” His oath of office requires him to do this.

   The duty of the president, then, is to enforce and execute the “supreme law” of the Philippine Islands—the Paris treaty. He is sworn to admit all Spanish shipping and Spanish merchandise into the Philippine ports for ten years on precisely the same terms on which ships and merchandise from the United States may be admitted. He is further required, so long as the treaty is in force, to secure to all the inhabitants of the Philippines “the free exercise of their religion.” These are covenants which entered into the treaty as considerations for the cession of the islands to the United States—they are part of the payments which this country is to make to Spain. They can no more be repudiated nor disowned than the United States could have repudiated or disowned the payment of the $20,000,000 cash.

   It follows, then, that the United States are covenanted with Spain for a term of ten years to hold all the ports of the Philippine Islands, all the custom houses, and all the revenues to be derived therefrom. The surrender of the ports, the custom houses and the administration of the customs would be a gross violation of the terms of the treaty, and in the highest degree dishonorable to our nation.

   To protect this fringe of territory belting every island and including every port for ten years, the United States would be compelled to maintain forces sufficient to enable them to exercise their power. But in addition to this, the United States have pledged their faith, without limit of time, binding so long as the treaty is in force, to guarantee to the people of the Philippines, throughout all the islands, “the free exercise of their religion.” To be able to enforce the covenant with Spain, the United States must have the requisite force, military and civil on every island.

   Mr. Bryan was either familiar with these facts or ignorant of them when he urged the ratification of the treaty. If he was familiar with these covenants and their binding character, his proposal to turn the islands over to the Tagalogs and declare them independent discloses a disregard of national honor, national obligations and national credit, which outrages all sense of manhood. If he was ignorant of these treaty provisions, is it possible that the American people dare entrust their government to one so unfit?

   All promises of Mr. Bryan to the Filipinos, that he will set them up in independency if elected, are fraudulent and false. He will have no more power or authority to sell or to give to them the Philippine Islands than he will have to sell or give the territories of New Mexico, Arizona and Alaska to the inhabitants thereof. If president, he must enforce the Paris treaty, with all its covenants, or violate his solemn oath, the constitution and the laws, or suffer the pains and penalties of impeachment and removal from office.

   If Mr. Bryan’s motives were ever so good, and if his policy were for the best, they would be unavailable to change the course of affairs in the Philippine Islands. Mr. Bryan urged the adoption of the treaty. His influence with Democrats secured enough votes to accomplish the ratification. The treaty became the “supreme law,” the covenants are irrevocably binding, they cannot be escaped. No president is sworn to enforce the law. He must do it or officially perish. There is no escape, there is no alternative. And there you are.

 

Cortland Opera House

THE CAKE WALK.

Plans for the Great Colored Event on November 12.

   The championship cake walk at the [Cortland] Opera House on Monday evening, Nov. 12, will be participated in by Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Williams, champions of Atlantic City, N. J., who will have as their opponents Mr. Joseph and Miss Emily Anderson, champions of Buffalo. There will also be a second cake walk in which local artists will figure, notably [David] Jackson and Miss Lena Reynolds, Mr. Green and lady, Ernest Russell and [Libby], John H. Wallace and lady and others. D. A. Jackson and Wm. H. [Green] will also introduce buck and wing dancing and sing coon songs. There will be solos by Miss Lela Cooper of Syracuse, Miss Edwardena Wallace of Cortland and Mr. H. L. Smith. After the concert there will be a full dress ball in the Garrison building.

 

BREVITIES.

   — “Faust” is the booking for the Opera House next week Saturday night.

   —The Second ward Republicans held an enthusiastic meeting at Taylor hall Wednesday evening.

   —The police force of the city of Cortland has been provided with new clubs. They are made of cocobola.

   —The appearance of the Beaudry block is being improved by a coat of paint. Venetian red and moss green are the colors used.

   —The Republican meeting which was proposed for Texas Valley on Friday night, Oct. 26, has been given up as there is no hall in the place suitable for holding a public gathering.

   —A cake walk under the management of Jack Wallace is on the boards for the Opera House for Monday evening, Nov. 12. The plans call for a more elaborate affair then the one last year.

   —Mrs. Geo. E. Monroe to-day shipped a pen of fowls to P. H. McCormick of Bel Air, Md. The pen are for show purposes and consisted of five pullets and a cockerel valued at seventy-five dollars.—Dryden Herald.

   —A pickpocket, who was following John B. Stanchfield, robbed Morris Slattery at Geneva Saturday night of his pocketbook containing $50, from his trousers pocket. The thief was caught and money secured.

   —Binghamton has thirty-three case of diphtheria and three cases of scarlet fever among the pupils of its public schools. Neither disease is on the increase now and both are expected to die a natural death within a short time.

   —An Idaho girl advertised for a husband and landed him. The total expense for advertising, wedding outfit, etc., was $11. Within a year he died, leaving her a life insurance policy of $11,000. And yet some people still claim that it does not pay to advertise.

   —The concert by the Metropolitan Star quintet at the Opera House Tuesday night was declared off. The rainfall was so heavy that at 8 o’clock only four tickets had been sold. Though doubtless this audience would have been appreciative it was considered too small to sing to, and so the money was refunded.

   —Mrs. Margaret S. Bugby, wife of Grant Bugby formerly of Cortland, died at their home in Binghamton on Sunday, age 40 years. The funeral was held at the home of Mr. Bugby’s father, 58 Groton-ave., in Cortland Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. Dr. Edward Taylor of Binghamton officiated. Burial in Cortland.

   —A good story is told at the expense of one of our local anglers, who recently spent a short trip up North. Having enjoyed an unusual measure of success one day, he wired his wife, “I’ve got one, weighs seven pounds and is a beauty.” In reply came the following, signed by his wife: “So have I, weighs ten pounds. He isn’t a beauty—looks like you.”—Baldwinsville Era.