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| Senator Henry M. Teller. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, January 21, 1903.
DEADLOCK IN COLORADO.
Henry M. Teller Received 50 Votes For Senator.
ONE VOTE SHORT OF ELECTION.
Republican Members of Senate Then Withdrew and Swearing in Eight Contestants Organized in Lieutenant Governor's Room—Two Republicans Returned to the Senate Chamber.
Denver, Jan. 21.—Both houses of the general assembly balloted for United States senator at noon yesterday and Henry M. Teller received 50 votes, only one less than is needed to elect. Senator McGuire, a Democrat, refrained from voting, but he has said he would vote for Teller if it should appear that he could be elected. Only two Republican senators were in the senate chamber when the vote was taken and they did not respond when their names were called.
Soon afterward the nine regular Republican senators with the two who were expelled by the Democratic majority and eight contestants, who were sworn in on the steps of the capitol Monday night, assembled in the lieutenant governor's room and formed a separate organization.
Senator Farwell was elected president pro tem, C. E. Hogan secretary, and Thomas McMahon, sergeant at arms, the senate officers previously chosen being ordered removed.
A ballot was then taken for senator. A resolution was adopted that the senate had reorganized and was ready for business.
Subsequently two of the regularly elected Republican senators, Drake and Cornforth, left the Haggott senate and returned to the senate chamber, where they announced that they would act with the "regular senate" and would no longer participate in a ''farce.''
Under the constitution Lieutenant Governor Haggott is the presiding officer of the joint session which is to meet at noon today to vote for senator. He will insist that the body over which he presided yesterday was the regular senate and that its vote for senator should be accepted. The speaker of the house will then be called upon to decide which senate shall be recognized as regular. Comparison of the journals will show that no one has been elected senator. It will then be necessary for the joint session to proceed with balloting until a senator shall be chosen.
If the Democratic senate shall be recognized and the house remain with its present membership as seems likely, Senator Teller will be re-elected. If the Republican senate shall be recognized there is likely to be no election and the balloting will continue indefinitely,
The senate had been in session all Monday night and up to 10 o'clock yesterday when it immediately reconvened. Monday night's session was so tumultuous that Governor Peabody was requested to call out the militia. Officers and men were held in readiness at an armory to quell trouble if found necessary.
Edward O. Wolcott, the leading Republican candidate for senator, and his followers urged the governor to call out the militia to place Haggott and the Republicans in possession of the chamber. Governor Peabody said he would not interfere. His friends are advising him to keep his hands off, and they declare that if he shall recognize the Haggott senate no legislation can be enacted at this session and the state government must go without funds for two years, as appropriation bills could not be legally enacted.
The Republican leaders in the house refused to carry out the Wolcott program and unseat the 11 Arapahoe Democrats. The senate remains in continuous session but will not remove more Republicans pending further aggression by the house.
All conferences between the rival factions have so far failed to bring about a satisfactory settlement of the senatorial fight and the balloting was resumed today.
STRIKE HEARING CONTINUED.
Interchange of Opinion Between Chairman Gray and Attorney Darrow.
Philadelphia, Jan. 21.—When the anthracite coal strike commission adjourned for the day, the 400th witness summoned before the arbitrators was being examined. Of the 400, 174 were called by the striking mine workers, 155 by the non-union men, 63 by the operators and eight by the commission.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad company concluded its case and the Temple Iron company began the presentation of its side of the controversy.
The companies yet to be heard are the Lehigh Valley Coal company, Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal company, Markle Brothers, and about 60 other independent operators and the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company. After the coal companies end their case the miners will take up some time in examining witnesses in rebuttal.
There was an interchange of opinion between Chairman Gray and Attorney Darrow for the miners on the question of the rights of the union men. Mr. Darrow believed a union man had the right to refuse a non-union man the use of cars in the mines and also had the right to use every power within the law in persuading union men from working with non-union workers. The unionists, he said, have no right to kill, assault and slander any man. Chairman Gray remarked that the employer has his rights too; that is, he has the right to refuse to employ union labor. Mr. Darrow agreed with him.
Thomas Williams, who is a district superintendent for the Lackawanna, testified that the steam men do not work very hard at night and had a chance to sleep. On cross-examination he said the company does not permit its men to sleep while on duty. The day engineers have 15 minutes for lunch and work 10 hours a day, and engineers on duty at night work 14 hours.
A. S. Baker of Scranton, auditor of the mining department of the Lackawanna railroad, presented to the commission a summary of the wages statement of the contract miners for 1901. It showed that some of the men earned less than $100 in the year, while others made amounts ranging from $100 to $900.
A statement giving the wages of all classified company men, that is men who work by the day or week, was also presented. These men have demanded a 25 per cent reduction in the hours of labor with no reduction in pay. The average wages paid these men in 1901 ranged from $154.80 for slate pickers (boys) to $934.04 for boiler inspectors. The dockage in the amounted to 2 per cent and only 3% per cent of the employes of the company live in company houses.
The Lackawanna company here rested its case and the Temple Iron company began calling its witnesses. The attorneys called five men on behalf of the Temple company, all of them mine foremen, who testified to conditions in and about the collieries over which they have charge. Much of their testimony was in contradiction of evidence adduced when the mine workers were presenting their side of the controversy to the commission in Scranton.
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| Guglielmo Marconi. |
TO COVER THE WORLD
With Wireless Telegraph Stations—Ready to Serve Everybody.
New York, Jan 21.—John Bottomley, general manager for the Marconi wireless Telegraph Co. of America, announced today that work would soon be begun for the installation of wireless stations capable of covering pretty much all the world.
"In view of the opposition," said Mr. Bottomley, "it is impossible for me to tell our plans at the present time, but a number of stations will be set up here very soon. There is no reason that I know of why communication cannot be established between here and San Francisco soon. It has been proved to our satisfaction that wireless messages can be sent over the land as well as over the sea.
"We are at present making arrangements to put a number of our stations at points along the Pacific. It is safe to say that New York will be adequately equipped too."
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
A Matrimonial Trust.
The enterprising women of Troy, N. Y., have organized a club which appears to be something in the nature of a matrimonial trust. They have apparently become tired of waiting for the young men of that famous town of collars and cuffs to propose and will take matters into their own hands. The men of Troy—as in the time of Paris, who, not content with Trojan society, went to Sparta for Helen—are evidently an over exacting and unreasonable set, and if they seek wives at all [they] go out of town for them when they could do just as well at home. As one of the leaders of the spinster uprising remarks, "In Troy a woman has got to combine all the virtues, be pretty and have lots of money, and then she only stands half a chance to get a husband."
No wonder that there should be an indignant protest and revolt against this unjust condition, and as this is an era of combination the formation of a matrimonial trust is the most natural thing in the world. The Troy girls have learned that there is a demand for wives in the far west. By combining they are in a position to supply the demand. Such a demand has already come from Tacoma, where the young men are more sensible than those of Troy. They understand that handsome is as handsome does and, being prepared to earn their own living, do not insist that their brides shall bring them a fortune. For young men of this sort the Troy Matrimonial club is fully equipped to furnish wives.
The most violent trust baiter can find little fault with this Trojan combine, and all good people will wish it success.
RECORD FOR MARRIAGES
Held by Rev. J. W. Phillips, D. D., of Binghamton—Great Number.
Rev. J. W. Phillips, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist church of Binghamton, N. Y., undoubtedly holds the record of the United States for marriages performed. He was so informed at the end of 1901 by the authorities at Washington and then he performed 105 marriages. During 1902 he increased the number by ten. During his six years pastorate in Binghamton he has married 654 couples. Many of them come from Pennsylvania where the groom has to be at the bother of securing a license and also has to pay 50 cents for it. A trip to Binghamton has the double effect of avoiding the license and securing a honeymoon journey. Dr. Phillips lives near the railroad stations, and his church is upon the street leading from the stations to the business part of the city. Upon the church is prominently displayed a tablet giving the name and address of the pastor. To this is attributed the fact that he gets many of the out of town marriages. Over 700 marriages were performed in Binghamton during 1902.
CORTLAND COMMON COUNCIL.
Several Amendments to the City Charter to be Drawn.
TO BE SENT TO THE LEGISLATURE.
Paving a Leading Subject for Amendment—City Chamberlain's Accounts for 1902 Correct and His Bond Discharged Satisfied—The City's Funds—City Clerk's Office to be Located With that of City Attorney Hatch.
A regular meeting of the common council was held at the office of the city clerk last evening, at which all the members were present.
Several amendments to the city charter were proposed, and City Attorney Fred Hatch was instructed to draft these and present the same at an adjourned meeting of the council next Friday night. After the city legislators have passed upon them Assemblyman H. A. Dickinson will introduce a bill in the state legislature asking for the changes.
The provisions of the charter that are to be changed are those in reference to paving, the time for making up the city tax budget, the method of calling for ''ayes" and "nays" in the council meetings, the time for completing the assessment roll, the fixing of a building line and the fees of the acting city judge.
There are several changes to be made in the charter in reference to paving, but the principal change is that in relation to the provision that now exists whereby no paving, repairing, asphalting or macadamizing shall be done in any street until the gas and water mains and sewers have been laid therein.
The committee, consisting of Aldermen Skeele, Wright and Ingalls, to examine the report and vouchers of the city Chamberlain for the past year, reported that they had examined such report and the vouchers and found the same correct.
Upon motion of Mr. Skeele, seconded and declared carried:
Resolved, That such report be accepted and the committee discharged.
Upon motion of Mr. Wright, seconded and declared carried:
Resolved, That the common council hereby declares that the official bond of George J. Maycumber as city Chamberlain for the two years ending Dec. 31, 1902, dated March 23, 1900, be released, discharged and satisfied.
Upon motion of Mr. Yager, seconded and declared carried:
Resolved, That the resolution adopted at the regular meeting, Jan. 6, 1903, designating the National bank of Cortland as the regular city depository, etc., etc., be rescinded.
Upon motion of Mr. Yager, seconded and declared carried:
Resolved, That the National bank of Cortland be designated as the depository of city funds; such bank to pay 2 per cent on daily balances and to charge 6 per cent on over drafts and future loans; said bank to carry the loan of funds for the construction of the addition to the Central school building at 4 per cent.
The members of the common council approved of the arrangement that the new city clerk, E. S. Dalton, has made with City Attorney Hatch whereby the clerk's office will be removed to Mr. Hatch's office in the Keator block after the first of February.
Mr. George P. Myers of the U. S. Standard Voting Machine Co. of Rochester, N. Y., submitted a proposition regarding the purchase of voting machines for the city. He offered to sell the city six machines that provide for seven political parties, thirty candidates for each party, for $500 each.
Upon motion of Mr. Wright, seconded and declared carried:
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to investigate the matter and report at a subsequent meeting.
Mayor Brown appointed Alderman Wright, Pettigrew and Ingalls as such committee.
Upon motion the meeting adjourned until Friday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 o'clock, p. m.
TWENTY DAYS IN JAIL
For Taking a Bite at Arthur Fuller's Nose.
Joseph Silver, who was charged with assault by Arthur Fuller, was arraigned in city court this morning. Silver, who bit Fuller's nose at the Oak cafe on the evening of Jan. 13, was allowed by consent of all parties interested to withdraw his former plea of not guilty to the charge of assault in the second degree and to plead guilty to the charge of assault in the third degrees. He was sentenced by Judge Dougherty to twenty days in the county jail.
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| Wickwire factory, South Main Street, Cortland, N. Y. |
A PIONEER FACTORY.
Now Being Taken Down for the Erection of the New Goddard Block.
S. M. Wetherill, who has purchased the front part of the old Wickwire building on the north side of Railroad-st., has begun the work of tearing it down. The portion of the block that was formerly occupied by S. J. Parmiter is first being taken down. C. W. Saunders is tearing down the buildings at the rear of the block on shares for A. J. Goddard, the present owner, who is preparing to build a fine brick block on the site, as stated in these columns several months ago when the property was purchased.
The buildings are to be torn down by the first of April. Both Mr. Wetherill and Mr. Saunders will sell a portion of the lumber that is taken out of the old buildings. Mr. Wetherill will also use a part of the lumber in the construction of three new houses on his lots on Hyatt-st.
History of these Buildings.
In the spring of 1876 Wickwire Brothers sold their hardware store on Main-st., Cortland, and at once put up these buildings that are now being demolished in the open space in the center of the square bounded by Main, Church, Court-sts., and Clinton-ave. and that summer began the weaving of the wire cloth. Railroad-st. [now Central Ave.—CC ed.] between Main-st. and Church-st. was not opened till 1886. On Main-st. where is now the head of Railroad-st., stood a three-story brick block occupied by the wholesale and retail shoe firm of Dickinson & McGraw. An arched driveway one story high under the south part of this block and a narrow alley on its north side and between that block and the dry goods store of S. E. Welch (now the Burgess block) formed the only means of access to the new wire mill, and through these two driveways drays drew in all the material for the wire cloth and drew out the entire output of the mill.
There were also two private dwelling houses in this open court beside the wire mills. As the years rolled round the buildings were added to until almost all the available space was occupied, and the wire business increased so rapidly that it was apparent that the plant would soon be outgrown. The Wickwire Brothers bought the first plot of land next the Lehigh Valley tracks on Main-st. and erected the first brick building there. In 1884 the old mills were abandoned and all the manufacturing was moved to the new plant. Since that time almost every year has seen the plant grow in its new location till it has reached the splendid proportions of the present.
After the opening of Railroad-st. part of the old mill was remodeled to form the block of stores now being taken down and in this capacity this portion of the building has been used since that time. The rest of the old mill has been devoted to a variety of purposes all along the line of manufacturing till the present date.
IT WAS FOOTBALL
Not Basket Ball that Was Exhibited at Taylor Hall.
The Watertown basket ball team defeated the Cortland Athletics last night in Taylor hall in a game in which football tactics predominated and basket ball rules were almost entirely disregarded. Watertown's heavy weights proved the better in roughing it, and the score at the end of the game was 8 and 14 in their favor.
Cortland started the game with a brilliant exhibition of team work and basket throwing, and six points were placed to the credit of the local men before the visitors scored. Watertown then caught on to the position and realized that in good straight playing they were outclassed. Then it was that the football game commenced, and at times all the players were heaped up on the floor with the ball underneath. In all this only one foul was called, and the game was turned into a race and tug for the possession of the ball.
After the change from basket ball to football Watertown threw three baskets, and the first half ended in a tie score, each side having six points.
In the last half Watertown secured the ball several times on downs and landed four baskets. Cortland added only one basket to its list.
A large crowd witnessed the combat and all were well pleased with the work of the local men against the heavier team.
The lineup was:
Expenses at Cornell.
The average cost to Cornell university of educating a student there is $331.30 per year. The tuition is from $100 to $125 each according to the course taken. The university makes up the additional amount of the expense.
BREVITIES.
—The L. O. T. M. will hold a meeting tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock in Vesta lodge rooms.
—The Little York Ice Co. last Saturday loaded forty cars with ice in five hours at Little York lake. This is an average of one car in 7 1/2 minutes and is considered pretty rapid work.
—Lighter "hose carts, "jumpers" so called, are being asked for by the Ithaca fire department for use on the hills of the city, the present ones being too large and heavy to drag to fires expeditiously.
—A change has been decided upon in regard to the funeral of Chester E. Smith. It will be held at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the house, 69 Groton-ave., and at 2 o'clock at the Free Methodist church.
—New display advertisements today are—Hollister Hardware Co., Hardware, etc., page 5; G. H. Wiltsie, January clearance sale, page 6; Perkins & Quick, Violet toilet powder, page 4; C. P. Brown, Guaranteed medicines, etc., page 4; Opera House, "College Boys on a Lark,'' page 5; O. K. George, Transatlantic steamship lines, page 5; J. W. Cudworth, "Optical talks." page 5; M. W. Giles, Saturday sale, page 7; Bingham & Miller, Collars and traveling bags, page 2.
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