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| William McKinley. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, November 14, 1900.
WISHES ALL TO REMAIN.
McKinley's Address to Members of His Cabinet.
THANKS FOE SERVICES IN PAST.
Says People Have, by Re-Electing Him, Endorsed His Administration and Therefore the Administration of the Heads of Various Departments.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—President McKinley yesterday announced clearly and forcefully to the members of his cabinet his desire that they should all remain with him during the four years of his coming administration. His wishes were made known in an extended speech at the cabinet meeting in the White House. Responses were made by all of the members present, and while there were no definite pledges from any of them that they would accept the portfolios thus tendered afresh there was, on the other hand, no definite declination.
The proceedings set forth the wishes of the president in the matter, and relieves the members of the cabinet of the customary obligation of tendering their resignations at the end of the term unless they have made an irrevocable decision that it will be impossible for them to continue in office. It also sets at rest all speculation and slate-making of the country's political prophets, for it is understood generally that there is but one doubtful factor in the homogeneity of the present cabinet.
That factor is Attorney General Griggs, as he holds his present position at a great financial sacrifice. Still Mr. Griggs replied in terms of warm appreciation to the complimentary remarks of the president and voiced no intention of retiring from his present position.
This is not the first time that the president has expressed to the members of the cabinet his pleasure at the support they had given him. He said as much in a general way at the last cabinet meeting when the members, several of whom had been scattered by the political campaign, got together for the first time and congratulated him on the outcome of the election. Yesterday the president evidently had prepared for the occasion and in his address reviewed the work of the administration in the past four years—four of the most exciting years the country has known in three decades.
It was rather a surprise even to the cabinet members themselves to note how accurately the president had fixed in his memory the sequence of events and how calmly he relinquished the personal credit for successful strokes of policy or prudence and attributed the honor to the member of his official family in whose immediate department the matter in question has arisen. He said that if the result of the recent election was an endorsement of his administration it was no less an endorsement of the men who had stood by him in the time of stress and necessity. The credit for success, he said, lay with the heads of his various departments and he should shrink from entering upon another four years of office unless he could be assured that he would have with him a majority at least of the men who form his present official household. He said he knew that in asking them to remain with him there was scarcely one who could do so without some sacrifice either of money, leisure or personal inclination. At the same time he said he should feel happier if all of them would gratify his wish.
Secretary Hay was the first to respond. He said that for his part he deeply appreciated the complimentary references made by his chief and that he thought there was not a member of the cabinet who would sever such pleasant official relations without regret, and even then only in case of the most urgent reasons for retirement.
Secretaries Gage, Long, Hitchcock. Wilson, Attorney General Griggs and Postmaster General Smith each spoke in turn and in much the same vein. Secretary Root was the only absent member from the meeting, having left to look over military affairs and to recuperate from his long and serious illness. The list of responses, therefore, was all but complete. It is known that Secretary Root is in much the same position as Attorney General Griggs, holding his position at considerable financial sacrifice, but willing at the same time to sacrifice a good deal to comply with the expressed wishes of the president.
The meeting, which had developed into a real love feast, then returned to the more commonplace affairs of routine business and the discussion of the salient features of the president's coming message to congress, after which the members left with renewed expressions of regard. The meeting stands as one of the most remarkable cabinet sessions on record.
SCHEDULE APPROVED.
Governor Roosevelt Endorses Scale of Wages In Charitable Institutions.
ALBANY, Nov. 14.—Governor Roosevelt yesterday approved of the schedule of salaries and wages in the state charitable and reformatory institutions. These schedules cover and regulate the salaries of upwards of 1,000 officers and employes in the state charitable and reformatory institutions, ranging from superintendents at $4,000 a year to employes receiving but $12 a month with maintenance.
After carefully considering all the suggestions for changes that were made by the various boards of managers and accepting such as seemed desirable, the commission finally on Oct. 15 adopted the schedule as it now stands after securing substantial uniformity in the salaries and wages paid at the various institutions, and making as well some changes which should be productive of good results. Among other changes the commission has provided for an improvement in the scholastic work of some of the institutions by providing more adequate compensation for the teachers. Resident women physicians have been provided for at Craig colony at Sonyea and at the houses of refuge and reformatories for women at Hudson, Albion and Bedford. Women parole agents and women marshals have also been provided for the latter class of institutions.
While some of the larger salaries have been reduced, a number of the smaller ones have been increased with the belief that this would result in better service on the part of those who are brought directly in contact with the inmates of the institutions.
POLICE COURT.
Five Tramps Directed to Leave the City in Double Quick Time.
A colored man, giving his name as William Redrick, and claiming to be a preacher of the Free Methodist denomination, was brought before [Cortland] City Judge Davis in city court this morning, charged with being a vagrant. Redrick said he had been preaching in Onondaga county and that his destination was Binghamton. His mode of travel, however, was by freight cars rather than Pullman coaches and the police took him into their care last night. The judge gave him a limited time to leave the city and declined to accept the tract which the colored prisoner offered him to read.
Four other individuals, who claimed to be looking for work, applied for lodging at the jail last night and were brought before the city judge this morning. They were permitted to continue their search provided they did so outside the limits of the city in short order.
STRUCK BY A CAR.
Covered Express Wagon Obscured Sight of Its Approach.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon Mr. Ira Crandall who was driving on Main-st., Cortland, was struck by a north bound trolley car. Mr. Crandall had just started from the Central market on Court-st. and was driving towards the postoffice. When he reached the pavement the large covered express wagon was just ahead of him and he did not see the trolley car which was approaching. He turned out to drive past the express wagon and found himself directly in front of the approaching car. The motor man reversed the power at once but could not stop the car before it struck the horse. The animal was knocked down and rolled over. The thills of the wagon were broken and the harness somewhat broken. No further damage resulted.
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| Major General Arthur MacArthur, Jr. |
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Energetic Action in the Philippines.
Evidences are abundant that the administration is planning to adopt vigorous measures to crush out the remainder of the revolt in the Philippines. Some one once said that so long as a bit of grease remained upon the candle wicking it would sputter from time to time. The organized opposition in those islands has now broken up into guerilla bands and these at intervals are making their presence felt. On Nov. 2 orders were sent to Major General MacArthur to proceed vigorously against them, giving them no rest till the last of them has been exterminate or forced to surrender. The next step will be the suppression of the revolutionary junta maintained by Aguinaldo at Hong Kong, and perhaps a less lenient course toward other persons who have aided the Tagal cause.
While the above plans were under consideration and were partly perfected before Election day, the people's emphatic rejection at the polls of Bryan's scuttle policy cleared the way for immediate and vigorous action in dealing with the Aguinaldists. Recently small bodies of American soldiers have been ambuscaded in Luzon and its adjacent island, Marinduque. These ambuscades had been carefully arranged, and were part of a general plan prepared by the Aguinaldist leaders The rebels were unquestionably encouraged by information from the United States—or which these leaders pretended to have received from this country—that Bryan would defeat McKinley, and their renewed activity was largely due to this. Our war department is determined that they now shall have all the activity they desire.
With the rainy season practically over the Luzon guerrillas may be tempted to continue for a while their hostile operations. But the ending of the rainy season will permit the return to the ranks of a large percentage of the soldiers from the hospitals who were incapacitated by diseases brought on by the rains and excessive heat of the summer and fall months. Our army will be still further strengthened by the return to the Philippines of the troops sent to China. It is known that a free hand has been given General MacArthur, and he is expected to clean up the insurgents by the end of the open season. No rest is to be given them, and less attention is to be paid to placating them. The volunteer army must be withdrawn from the archipelago and landed in the United States before July 1 next, but it is not now in Luzon a question of the number of American troops so much as one of active campaigning. What with a vigorous campaign by our soldiers, and the knowledge of the defeat of Bryan that, despite the misrepresentations of their leaders, must sooner or later reach the hostile Tagals, the insurrection should soon be entirely put down.
The first step toward overcoming the assistance which the Filipinos have received from outside the archipelago will be directed toward the insurrectionary junta at Hong Kong. The state department will call the attention of the British government to the presence of this committee in British territory and request that it be suppressed. It will be charged by this government that the junta has been guilty of unlawful acts and that its members have violated their privileges in neutral territory. Evidence will be furnished that the junta is directing the campaign of the insurgents and is using Hong Kong as a base of supplies and information. The arrangement between the state and the war departments for carrying out the intention to have the junta suppressed will be perfected very soon, and it is not doubted by officials of the diplomatic branch of the government that they will be successful. Great Britain has recently established a precedent which practically assures her assent to the request of the United States. In April, 1898, Lieutenant Carranza, naval attaché of the Spanish legation in Washington, went to Canada, where he established a system of espionage on American military and naval movements. Complaint was made to the British government that Carranza and those associated with him were violating international law and usage and that Great Britain should not permit them to remain in British territory for the purpose of injuring a friendly nation, the United States. The British government acknowledged that the claims of the United States were just and directed Carranza and his associates to leave Canada. Hong Kong is geographically so near to Manila that the same objections apply to the Filipino junta there.
Meanwhile it behooves the "anti-imperialists" in the United States to be a little more discreet in the future than they have been in the past. There is a limit that approaches the danger line even in a country where the fullest expression of opinion is permitted.
D., L & W. AGENT APPOINTED.
James W. Clark of Scranton Succeeds D. H. Gourley.
James W. Clark of Scranton has been appointed agent of the D., L. & W. R. R. at Cortland to succeed D. H. Gourley and his appointment dates from to-day. Mr. Clark has been for the past year chief clerk in the division freight and passenger offices of the Lackawanna railroad at Scranton, and prior to that time was for four years in the employ of the Lehigh Valley R. R. He comes to Cortland with the full approval of his employers and will endeavor to give them his best service. Mr. Clark says that he did not know a person in Cortland when he came here; but if the patrons of the road will meet him half way in the matter of getting acquainted he will see to it that their interests and requirements are looked after to the best of his ability. He is a young man and has a wife and one child, whom he will bring to Cortland as soon as he can secure a house.
Mr. J. M. Coddington of the auditor's office who has been in Cortland for several weeks in charge of the local office has made many friends while in the city and he may be assured of a cordial greeting in the future whenever be drops into Cortland on his customary periodical business trips.
FOOTBALL CHALLENGE.
George Junior Republic Would Like to Meet Any Aspiring Team.
FREEVILLE, N. Y., NOV. 12, 1900.
To the Editor of The Standard:
SIR—Will you kindly put the following challenge in your paper for us:
The George Junior Republic would like to meet any football teams averaging from 120 to 125 pounds each. The G. J. R. claims championship of all teams [that] average 120 pounds. The open dates are Nov. 17, 24, 29.
CHAS. G. SMITH, Captain.
COMMON COUNCIL.
FULL BOARD PRESENT AT LAST NIGHT'S SESSION.
Long List of Bills Audited—Former Policemen Parker, Nix and Corcoran Present Bills for Services, But no Action Is Taken—A Petition from the W. C. T. U.
The adjourned regular meeting of the common council of the city of Cortland, which was held last evening, proved to be largely a session for auditing bills as almost the entire session was taken with that business. In addition to the regular monthly bills there came up last evening the bills of the election officers in the six wards of the city and bills for the rent of polling places in the various wards.
Ex-Chief of Police Parker and former patrolmen Nix and Corcoran each presented bills for services for the month of October, but no action whatever was taken upon the bills by the common council.
The following are the official minutes of the meeting:
An adjourned regular meeting of the common council of the city of Cortland was held at the office of the clerk of said city on the 13th day of November, 1900, at 7:30 o'clock P. M. Present S. N. Holden, mayor; E. M. Yager, C. F. Thompson, A. E. Buck, E. D. Wood, Wm. G. McKinney and Vern Skeel, aldermen.
The first business brought to the attention of the common council was the matter of auditing the police pay roll for the month of October. The bills were in regular form and attached to each was the certificate of the newly appointed civil service commission, signed by the secretary, Hubert R. Maine, without which no bill for services rendered by any employee of the city who comes under the classified service can hereafter be paid. It was moved by Mr. Buck, seconded by Mr. Wood, that the following Police Pay Roll be audited and paid, for October, 1900.
Maurice Sweeney, 29 days, $51.45
Frank E. Fellows, 29 days, 51.45
Day Baker, 31 days, 55.00
Jas. A. Smith. 29 days, 60.80
Two days as patrolman 3.55
Chas. W. Townsend, 23 days, 41.80
[Total] $261.05
Mr. Thompson objected to the allowance of the bill on the ground that the appointment of Patrolmen Maurice Sweeney, Frank E. Fellows and Chief Jas. A. Smith was unauthorized by law and by the city charter.
Ayes and nays called for with the following result: Mr. Yager voted aye, Mr. Thompson voted no, Mr. Buck voted aye, Mr. Wood voted aye, Mr. McKinney voted aye, Mr. Skeel voted no, declared carried.
The following bills were allowed and ordered paid, without objection, for the items of which reference is made to the financial record:
Police payroll, $11.29
Pearl Miller, 2.50
J. J. Gillet, 4.90
Wickwire Roller Mill Co., 2.85
Frank J. Hackett, 4.75
Geo. J. Mager, 19.50
Sprague & Stearns, 80.00
Empire State Telephone & Telegraph Co., .30
Fay C. Parsons, 41.75
Homer & Cortland Gas Light Co., .90
Homer & Cortland Gas Light Co., 1.35
Homer & Cortland Gas Light Co., 29.03
James F. Costello, salary, 50.00
Baker & Angell, 15.00
M. E. Sarvay, 15.00
Bingham & Miller, 72.00
Glann & Clark, 15.00
Charles D. Remur, 7.95
H. P. Davis, 2.25
Horton & Truman, 7.10
Cortland Standard Printing Co., 80.50
Fred P. Barney, 3.90
H. N. Holden & Co., 5.00
A. E. Brainard, 12.00
H. J. Harrington, 3.30
Cortland & Homer Electric Co., 520.59
POOR FUND.
C. W. Stoker, 4.00
Maxson & Starin, 10.20
Mrs. E. M. Moore, 10.00
M. L. Alexander, 12.00
D. E. Call, 5.50
E. M. Yager, 3.00
S. N. Holden & Co., 22.37
Clark & Angel (G. A. R. fund), 27.89
Cortland hospital, 26.72
C. Fred Thompson, 17.12
E. H. Medes, 19.85
Mrs. E. Durkee 4.70
Empire State Telephone & Telegraph Co., .60
McGraw & Osgood, (balance order A. H. V. Cummings, 9.43
ELECTION BILLS—FIRST WARD.
The official reports of G. J. Maycumber, city chamberlain, and James R. Schermerhorn, commissioner of charities, were presented and read and on motion duly seconded and declared carried, the same were approved and placed on file.
On motion, duly seconded and carried:
Resolved, That the sum of $5.20 be paid to D. G. Corwin for taxes paid by him on double assessment on vacant lots on Prospect-st. in the year 1899 and an order be drawn on the city chamberlain.
On motion duly seconded and carried;.
Resolved, That the assessment and tax of Catherine Barry for $1.90 on 1899 roll for 1896 tax be stricken therefrom as a double assessment and that the assessment and tax of Mary Mehan for $5.71 on 1899 roll for 1896 tax be stricken therefrom as a double assessment.
The resignations of D. C. Johnson, N. J. Peck and Chas. F. Brown as members of the school board were, on motion, accepted and placed on file.
A communication from the W. C. T. U. presented a petition against licensing a dance hall, exhibition or concert hall on Orchard-st. in this city, same placed on file.
On motion, meeting adjourned to Nov. 20, 1900, at 7:30 o'clock P. M. at the office of the clerk of said city.
Approved Nov. 13, 1900.
S. N. HOLDEN, Mayor.
FRED HATCH, Clerk.
A SERIOUS INJURY
Sustained by M. O. Erway of 75 Licoln-ave.
Mr. M. O. Erway of 75 Lincoln-ave., while unloading potatoes from a car into a wagon at the Lehigh Valley station Monday about 6 P. M., received injuries which prove to be of a serious nature. The horse started up and tipped the wagon over into an open ditch near the track. Mr. Erway was thrown out and a crate of potatoes struck him in the back just above the hips. He was picked up and carried to the Arlington hotel. Shaw's cab was summoned and the injured man, who could neither walk nor stand, was taken to his home. Dr. Moore was summoned and found that his lower limbs were paralyzed both as to motion and sensation. To-day there is a little motion and some sensation in the limbs and hopes of complete recovery are entertained.
MARATHON BRIDGE CASE
Settled In Court This Morning—No Evidence of Collusion or Fraud.
The Marathon bridge case, which has been on trial since Monday at the court house at an adjourned term of supreme court, was settled in court this morning. The defendants, The Owego Bridge Co., modified the contract price to $6,500 instead of $7,000 and agreed to pay the plaintiff $125 as expenses, no costs to be taxed. The court found that there was no fraud nor collusion on the part of the bridge company or the town board in making the original contract. Stipulations of settlement were signed at 11 o'clock this forenoon and the trial part of the term was adjourned without date.
The special term was adjourned to the Judge's Chambers at Binghamton until to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
BREVITIES.
—Latest dispatch and local news on second page.
—The L. C. B. A. will hold their regular meeting at their rooms at 7:30 this evening.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Opera House, the Hillman Co., page 5; J . W. Cudworth, Optical talks, page 7.
—The Pastime club will hold a dancing party in Empire hall Friday evening from 8 till 12 o'clock. Music will be furnished by Kane's orchestra.
—The Baltimore Herald of Nov. 12 publishes a column abstract of a sermon the previous day preached by Rev. John Timothy Stone at the Brown Memorial church upon "Working over Against His Own House." The text was Neh. iv:18—''For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded."
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