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| John Redmond. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, February 15, 1901.
IRELAND AGAINST KING.
Leader of Irish Party Tells of Its Plans For Future.
INTERFERE IN EVERY QUESTION.
Having a Man to Fight Ireland Will Relinquish Her Chivalrous Attitude and Demand Constitutional Rights. Intense Revival of Feeling In the Emerald Isle.
LONDON, Feb. 15.—John Redmond, in the course of an interview in the lobby of the house of commons last evening, said: "While the peers and commoners were jostling each other this evening in vulgar haste to pay obeisance to Edward VII, every Irish member deliberately abstained from any participation in the pageant, which was only a mockery to our people, poverty stricken and oppressed as they are. At the meeting of the Irish National party today it was unanimously decided that in consideration of Ireland's present condition, deprived of constitutional freedom and overtaxed by English rule, against which we must ever protest, the Irish members would take no part in the ceremonies inaugurating the new reign. The resolution was unanimous.
"So intense is this feeling amongst us that, for the first time in ten years, 80 Irish members met in a united party in Westminster. They determined on a vigorous campaign against the new king. They intend not only to discuss Irish questions but to interfere in every British question which may arise. The king's speech gave the first indication of what the result of a revival of the movement in Ireland means. We demand compulsory sale of estates by Irish landlords. The government now proposes to introduce a bill offering inducements to Irish landlords to sell these estates voluntarily. That will not do; but the proposal is an acknowledgment of the power of our new movement.
"We purpose to expose the iniquity of the Boer war and to make a general assault along the whole line. In other words the accession of the king in no way alters the attitude of Ireland to England. On the contrary, having a man to fight, Ireland will relinquish her chivalrous attitude to the late queen, and we mean to know only whether our constitutional rights are to be awarded to us or not."
Mr. Redmond's amendment to the address in favor of the compulsory sale of Irish estates will be seconded by Thomas Wallace Russell, former parliamentary secretary to the local government board.
It was reported in the lobby last evening that the government intends to raise the civil list of £500,000 and the proposal is likely to meet with considerable opposition.
Goodnow to Succeed Conger at Pekin.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—It is expected that when Minister Conger resigns to become a candidate for governor of Iowa the president will appoint John Goodnow, consul at Shanghai, to be minister to China.
Mr, Goodnow's record at Shanghai during the recent revolution was such as to win this promotion. During all the time Pekin was cut off from the rest of the world Goodnow was practically the American representative. He kept a level head upon his shoulders at all times and dealt with those wily Celestials, Li Hung Chang, Yuan Shi Ki and Sheng, the director of railways and telegraphs, so craftily that he was never taken in by them.
Goodnow got his place as consul without the assistance of much political influence, and if he gets the higher post it will not be by or through the favor of the Minnesota politicians.
SYRACUSE SNOWBOUND.
Same Condition Exists Throughout Central Portion of State.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Feb. 15.—Syracuse and vicinity are snowbound. The blizzard which began Tuesday has abated somewhat, but snow is falling in large quantities and the railroads entering the city are badly paralyzed. The Auburn branch of the Central is the worst sufferer. The first train to reach here over that road yesterday came in at 5 p. m., after a tough experience, and was followed by another three hours later.
Only two trains were sent out from Syracuse over the Auburn road.
Freight traffic on all the roads out of Syracuse is at a standstill and will continue so until the storm is over. Trains from the west on the main lines are from one and a half to two and a half hours late.
A snowplow sent out over the Chenango branch of the West Shore yesterday morning encountered snowdrifts 15 feet high between this city and Cazenovia.
A Cortland dispatch says: All the country roads are blockaded with snow to the depth of nearly 15 feet and as yet have not been opened, although it is understood that the farmers have been shoveling all day.
The Erie and Central New York train which was stalled Wednesday beyond Freetown was not shoveled out until yesterday at 1:30 o'clock.
PROGRESS OF BILLS.
Surface Railroads—State Fair—Marketing In Cities—Lost Certificates.
ALBANY, Feb. 15, (Special.)—Assemblyman Seymour has introduced a bill providing that failure on the part of a street surface road [trolley] to operate any part of its route for two successive days shall be cause for forfeiture of that portion of the route.
A bill of Senator White directs the state agricultural commission to publish before Feb. 15 after the present year the date agreed upon for holding the State fair at Syracuse.
Senator Krum has introduced a bill to permit bank depositors to draw money when their certificates of deposit have been lost. It amends the banking law in relation to the satisfaction and discharge of bonds or undertakings given to secure the payment of such certificates.
A large gathering of farmers appeared yesterday afternoon before the assembly committee on general laws on the Coughtry bill, which aims to prohibit all hostile anti-peddling ordinances of villages or cities so far as they affect the sending of farm products by farmers. J. E. C Scott, who represented the Rensselaer County Farmers' association, said the bill embodied no new question. The farmers were not seeking to escape taxation. The question merely related to the right of a producer to dispose of his products.
C. W. Mayell of Niskayuna in the course of his argument in support of the bill, referred to what he termed "the market troubles in Troy." He declared that the market charges in that city were onerous and an imposition. He wanted the privilege of being able to go into any city to sell his wares without being subjected to interference or tax.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
For Good Roads.
In several of the towns of this county the question will be submitted to the voters at town meeting whether they will adopt the money system of taxation for working the highways, instead of the present system of working out the tax. Wherever the new system has been adopted it has proved eminently satisfactory and it seems only a question of time when it will be universally adopted. Its operation means that roads will really be improved, instead of often being made worse than before by the labor put on them. Any town may change to this system by voting by ballot at an annual town meeting for the change, provided that the written request of twenty-five taxpayers of the town has been received. This is according to the provisions of Chap. 386, laws of 1895. The provision regulating the apportionment of taxes is found in the amended law of 1898, Chap. 351, as follows:
Any town voting in favor of the money system, shall annually raise by tax, to be levied and collected the same as other town taxes, for the repair of highways, an annual sum of money, which shall be equal to at least one-half the value at the commutation rates, of the highway labor which should be assessable under the labor system; but in any town in which there may be an incorporated village, which forms a separate road district and wherein the roads and streets are maintained at the expense of such village, all property within such village shall be exempt from the levy and collection of such tax for the repair of highways of such town; and the assessors of such town are hereby required to indicate on the assessment roll the property included in such incorporated village in a column separate from that containing a list of the property in the town not included in such village and shall also place on the assessment roll the names of all persons liable to poll tax who are not residents of such village, and the board of supervisors are directed to levy a tax of $1 on each person liable to poll tax as thus indicated; but this act shall not apply to assessments made for damages or repairing any bridge in such town. The amount of such tax shall be determined by the commissioners of highways and the town board of supervisors, the same as any other town charge. The clerk of the board of supervisors of each county containing a town which has voted for the money system shall, on or before the first day of January of each year, transmit to the state comptroller a statement certified by him, and signed and verified by the chairman of such board, stating the name of each town so voting and the amount of money tax levied therein for the repair of highway during the preceding year. The comptroller shall draw his warrant upon the state treasurer in favor of the treasurer of the county in which such town is situated, for an amount equal to twenty-five per centum of the amount so levied in each town. The county treasurer shall pay out the amount so paid to him on account of the money tax levied in any such town upon the order of the highway commissioner thereof, to be used by him, for the repair and permanent improvement of such highways therein, and in such manner as the commissioner of highways and town board may determine. The sum paid by the state to any town by virtue of this section shall not exceed, in any one year, one-tenth of one per centum of the taxable property of such town.
There is in this county at present only one town, Preble, that is working its roads under this system, although there has been considerable agitation in regard to the matter. Last year the board of supervisors of the county endorsed the method by passing a resolution, introduced by Mr. Bennett of Homer, which reads as follows:
Resolved, That this board recommends to the several town boards of the county that they take measures to submit at the next town meeting the question known as the money system for the collection of highway taxes in accordance with the provisions of Chap. 380, and laws amendatory thereof.
This system will not only, in the end, be an economy for the towns adopting it, but will show valuable and permanent results in improved highways. The voter who casts his ballot against, acts in hostility to his own interests and the interests of the town. We hope to see the system adopted in every town where it is to come before the people.
TRAIN DOWN A BANK.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT ALERT.
Hose and Ladders Will be Drawn by Team During Heavy Snow.
Chief of the Fire Department H. P. Davis has fitted out the large sleigh belonging to the department with a thousand feet of hose, seventy feet of ladder, and other appliances to be used during the period of extremely deep snow when it would be almost impossible to get through with the hose carts. The sleigh is kept in the engine house on greased tracks, where it can be hitched to very quickly. The hose carts are still kept in the room for use in an emergency. The sleigh is kept loaded all the while and ready to be taken out on quick notice.
THE FIRE DRILL INSTITUTED.
Central School Was Cleared of Pupils in Very Short Order.
A fire alarm was sounded at Central school this morning to test the quickness of clearing the building. In just two minutes and fifteen seconds every child and teacher had left the building. The fire alarm is a continuous ringing of the bells in all the rooms of the building. The test was very satisfactory.
DIDN'T SEE EACH OTHER.
Ethel Stockwell Run Over by Bert Dickinson's Milk Team.
Ethel Stockwell, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Stockwell, 5 Monroe Heights, was run over by a team and milk sleigh while crossing from the Burgess block to Glann & Clark's shoe store at noon to-day. Fortunately she was not seriously hurt, although both the team and the sleigh passed over her.
Ethel was returning from school with her sister when the accident occurred. Both girls had on high collars and had these well up around their heads to keep out the cold. When they started to cross the street, they did not notice that Mr. Bert Dickinson was just turning off Main-st. on Railroad-st. nor did he notice the girls. One of the horses struck Ethel, knocking her to the pavement and frightening the animals so that Mr. Dickinson could not stop them till the horses and sleigh had passed over her. Fortunately neither horse stepped on the little girl and she has only a few skin bruises as a result of the affair. No blame is attributed to Mr. Dickinson in the matter.
BREVITIES.
—On account of the drifted condition of the country roads the funeral of Mrs. Miles Bennett of Taylor will be postponed till Sunday at 12 o'clock at the house.
—The Ladies' Home Missionary society and the choir of the First M. E. church held a meeting yesterday and have decided to have a supper in the near future.
—The concert which was to have been given to-morrow night at Cincinnatus by the Excelsior male quartet has been postponed one week to Saturday evening, Feb. 23.
—Fireman's hall is receiving an overhauling at the hands of Mr. George Peters, new paper is being placed on the walls and ceiling and the woodwork will be redressed.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Palmer & Co., Great avalanche, page 4; E. M. Mansur, 10 cent coffee, page 2; J. W. Cudworth, Optical Talks, page 7; Hudson Crockery Co., Dinner set, page 4.
—A game of basket ball will be played in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium to-morrow night between Dillon's team and the Normal's. The Y. M. C. A. orchestra will be in attendance and furnish music. Price of admission, gentlemen, 10 cents, ladies free.
—Five new applicants for help from the city called upon Commissioner of charities F. F. Price this morning at his office in Fireman's hall. Mr. Price reports that the greater part of the poor money is now being used in the purchase of coal and wood.
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