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| Grover Cleveland. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, January 18, 1901.
CONSERVATISM URGED.
Cleveland Says Country Is Not What It Used to Be.
SAD AND SERIOUS RELAPSE.
Our Campaign In the Philippines Forcing an Untried and Exceedingly Perilous Situation Upon Us—Danger In Perversion of Our National Mission.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—The Holland society held its 16th annual dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria last night. The Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, president of the society, presided. On his right sat ex-President Cleveland. Tunis G. Bergen was at his left, while covers were laid for 300 and all places were taken.
Ex-President Cleveland said:
"It has been my lot to be much on the sober side of life and to feel the pressure of great responsibilities. Besides, I believe it sometimes happens that an excess of light-hearted gaiety creates a condition of popular thought and impulse that may profitably be steadied by sedate suggestions and expression of conservative sentiment—even though it may be called sermonizing. At any rate I am quite willing to take an humble place among the sermonizers, in this time of headlong national heedlessness, and to invoke the cultivation and saving grace of Dutch conservatism. This is the kind of conservatism that counts the cost, but for the sake of principal and freedom will disregard the cost; that lays out a voyage by chart and compass and follows chart and compass to the end; that loves the liberty and national happiness which rest upon tried and sure foundations; that teaches reverence for national traditions and encourages the people's satisfaction with their country's mission. It is the kind of conservatism in which our constitution had its birth and which has thus far been the source of our nation's safety and strength—the conservatism of justice, of honesty, of industry, of frugality and of contented homes.
Conservatism Cast Aside.
"In this assemblage of those who know so well the meaning of these things, the question is suggested whether in present conditions this conservatism characterizes the conduct or guides the sentiment of our people. There can be but one answer to this question. Conservatism has in a great degree been jauntily cast aside, or condemned as opposed to our country's welfare and glory.
"A strange voyage has been entered upon without count of cost and without chart or compass. The tried and sure foundations of our liberty and national traditions have been relaxed and satisfaction with our country's mission has been undermined. The restraints and limitations of our constitution have become galling and irksome under the temptations of national greed and aggrandizement. Our old love of peace, honor and justice has been weakened and frugality and contentment are not now traits inseparable from American character.
"War, even with the world's advanced civilization, may still be sometimes necessary and justifiable; but whether necessary and justifiable or not, the demoralization that follows in its train can never be evaded. It teaches bloody instructions, which in a country whose citizens do the fighting, cannot fail to leave their impress, for a time at least, upon public and private life in time of peace.
"Thirty years after the close of the war for the preservation of the Union, a treaty of arbitration was formulated between the United States and Great Britain which if completed would have gone far towards removing every pretext of war between the two countries. Thus, these two great English speaking nations then assumed leadership in the path of peace and in advocacy of the abolition of war—with the hope and expectation that the example would be followed by other nations, and that a more general adoption of arbitration as a means of settling international disputes would result in a great advance towards the abandonment of war throughout the world. This treaty failed of confirmation in the senate of the United States. Less than five years passed and these English speaking champions of peace and arbitration are still operating in parallel lines—one in the Philippines and the other in South Africa—but no longer for peace and arbitration. Both are killing natives in an effort to possess their lands.
Sad and Serious Relapse.
"This indicates a sad relapse, and in our case it is a most serious one. If England succeeds in her attempt in South Africa, she will but add another to her list of similar acquisitions; a brave people will be subjugated, and because of our engagement in a similar venture in another quarter, they will miss the expressions of American sympathy which we are accustomed to extend to those who struggle for national life and independence. On the other hand, with success in our subjugating effort a new untried and exceedingly perilous situation will be forced upon us. We can conquer the Philippines and, after conquering them, can probably govern there. It is in the strain upon our institutions, the demoralization of our people, the evasion of our constitutional limitations and the perversion of our national mission that our danger lies. As a distinguished bishop has said: 'The question is not what we shall do with the Philippines, but what the Philippines will do with us.'
"Our country will never be the same again. For weal or woe, we have already irrevocably passed beyond the old lines.
"The republic will in some sort be saved. Shall it be only in name and semblance, with fair external appearance but with the germs of decay fastened upon its vitals; or shall it, though changed, still survive in such vigor and strength as to remain the hope and pride of free Americans?
"The problem is u momentous one. Its solution depends upon the extent to which the old patriotism and good sense of our countrymen can be rescued from impending danger. Thus these are sober days for thoughtful citizens—days for preaching—days for sermonizing. If we are to be saved from disaster, it must be through the cultivation and enforcement of that sort of conservatism that should find a congenial home in the Holland society."
Following Mr. Cleveland, Mr. Andrew H. Smith Spoke on "Dutch Discoveries" and the Hon. Charles W. Dayton answered to the toast, "The Dutch Dames."
Murray Hall.
THE HUSBAND A WOMAN.
FOR THIRTY YEARS A MEMBER OF TAMMANY.
Voted With the Boys, Drank with Them—Nearly Thrashed Two Policemen—Twice Married and Her Sex Not Discovered Till She Died—Complicated Questions Concerning Estate.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—It was discovered yesterday that one of Barney Martin's good Tammany men, an old time voter and member of the Iroquois club, was a woman. She was known as Murray H. Hall and was 60 years old.
When ''the boys" of the fifth assembly district heard the news, they were struck dumb. The discovery of Hall's sex was made by her death on Wednesday when a physician laid out the body.
For thirty years Murray H. Hall had lived as a married man, having had two wives. For thirty years she consorted with men as one of them; for thirty years she voted the Democratic ticket in this city. For the last six years she was a member of the Iroquois club, the leading Tammany organization of the fifth assembly district.
She was 4 ft. 7 in. in height and weighed 115 pounds. She was smooth-faced. Her voice was as deep as that of many men. Her actions were masculine. Her gestures, gait, language, were those of men.
She was a fighter, too. Once she tried to thrash two stalwart policemen and gave them a tussle before they subdued her. She was fully able, despite her small stature to take care of herself in a mix-up. She was well known as a professional bondsman in the courts of the city.
At election times "Murray" used to go out with the boys and sometimes get properly tight. The Tammany woman bought cigars and tobacco.
Murray Hall's "wife," the second one, died three years ago. She left some real estate to her "beloved husband Murray H. Hall." She was a large woman and strikingly handsome. The first Mrs. Murray Hall left her "husband" many years ago. She told the neighbors that he stayed out late at night too much, gambled and went with other women. Moreover, there was adopted daughter Minnie Hall, who is 22 years old. It is said she never knew till Wednesday the secret of her foster father's sex.
"Murray Hall" left about $40,000 and a good business, that of an employment agency.
The coroner, who made out the death certificate, decided to leave the sex blank for the present. The question may complicate the settlement of the estate.
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| John D. Rockefeller. |
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
May Buy Back His Old Home in Richford and Build.
The residents of Richford, Tioga county, are much interested in the plans of John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil magnate. His birthplace and boyhood home was upon a farm on Michigan hill in that town. The place is now occupied by a cousin, S. W. Rockefeller, and other cousins near by. Mr. Rockefeller recently paid a visit to his old home, and since that time his representative has been in Richford arranging to repurchase the farm and to secure some land adjoining. It is said that the plan is to build a summer home there. A large tract of woodland is near to the farm and this it is believed will be turned into a game preserve.
HOME TELEPHONE CO.
Holds Its Annual Meeting and Elects Directors and Officers.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Cortland Home Telephone company held at the office of the company in the Wickwire building on Main-st., this forenoon, the following directors were chosen: Dr. C. D. VerNooy, Wm. Martin, C. P. Walrad, G. J. Mager, E. L. Barber, H. L. Smith, J. S. Brailey, Jr., W. H. Foster and R. L. Davis.
Immediately after the shareholders' meeting the following officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President—C. D. VerNooy.
Vice-President—C. P. Walrad.
Secretary—H. L. Smith.
Treasurer—G. J. Mager.
Attorney—R. L. Davis.
Manager—W. H. Jones.
Inspectors of Election—A. S. Burgess and W. H. Foster.
LETTER FROM PHILIPPINES.
Glenn Atwood Tells of Some of His Experiences in the Army.
Mrs. Clara Olds has received a letter from her nephew Glenn Atwood of Cortland, a member of Company K, Forty-first U. S. Vols., now stationed at Bacalor, Philippine Islands. Omitting the personal parts we are permitted to publish some extracts that will interest Mr. Atwood's friends in this vicinity. Mr. Atwood writes:
I have been in one skirmish since we have been on the island and we came out ahead and no one was wounded. We had a very pleasant voyage coming over and we have lost only one man since we have been here, and he died from illness. We have been in this place nine months and have not fired a gun and don't expect to while we are here. We are guarding a prison and have 112 prisoners. We expect more at any time. We expect to start for the States in March or April—the sooner the better. We are all tired of this climate. All the water we drink has to be boiled and we drink it hot. We have fine quarters here. We are in a church that was built in 1777. The walls are six feet thick and there are eight bells in the tower. They are the finest toned bells I ever listened to. These people are not as ignorant as they are represented to be by the papers in the States. We had a very light rainy season here, but it was enough to satisfy me. I don't want any more of it. My enlistment expires June 30, 1901, and I expect to be at home soon after that time.
MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE
Is the Charge That Will be Brought Against Theodore Underwood.
As the result of a coroner's inquest Theodore Underwood of Groton is held to await the action of the grand jury on the charge of murder in the second degree. It is charged that Fayette Teeter and Underwood were drinking cider together at the former's house Sunday night. Teeter wanted more cider but Underwood thought he had had enough. Teeter took the pitcher and went down cellar and when he came up Underwood struck him on the head with a stick. Teeter died Tuesday night without recovering consciousness. Underwood was arrested the same night and a coroner's inquest followed with the above result. Underwood is married and has two children. He is about 35 years old Teeter was 55 years old and unmarried.
BREVITIES.
—The will of the late Robert Purvis has been admitted to probate.
—New display advertisements to-day are—E. M. Mansur, Groceries, page 2; Palmer & Co., Hot liners, page 4.
—The funeral of Mrs. S. A. Childs, who died in Scott Wednesday night, will be held at her late home Saturday at 10:30 A. M. and at the church in Scott at 11 o'clock.
—The supporters of baseball in Cortland will make a final attempt to start a movement for raising funds to support a team next season, to-night at a public meeting to be held in Fireman's hall.
—Mr. S. N. Holden and Mr. W. D. Tisdale, the committee appointed by the board of trade to canvass for funds to aid in securing a canning factory in Cortland, report that the amount asked for such an enterprise is assured.
—The Normal lecture course committee regret to say that on account of the illness of one of the players It is necessary to postpone the play which was to have been given Jan. 21. It is their intention to present this play Saturday evening, Jan. 20. Further notice later.
—Chancellor Day of Syracuse university yesterday announced a gift to the university of $400,000 by John D. Archbold, of the Standard Oil company. A condition of the gift is that the university shall raise $400,000 more to clear it entirely from debt. It is believed that the condition can be complied with.
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