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WEEKLY MONTANIAN. VOL. 111. TI I )N FA 1414S, MONTANA, DECEMBER 19, 196. No ii. THE CARNAGE (:ES ON IA HILL: THE I. S. WAITS FOR OE- • ELOPMENTS IN CUBA. TryI ers sit elision Requires or pt tetien to save Thousands, of oven t People. Washington, Dec. 15.—Senator Frye oc- cupied the chair and Rev. T. DeWitt Tal- mage delivered prayer in the senate to- day. The house concurrent resolution for hol- iday adjournment from December 22 to January 5 was agreed to. Senator Morgan presented the creden- teals of E. W. Pettus as senator from Alabama for the term beginning Marcn 4. Senator Allen offered a reselution for a committee of nine senators \on the use of money in the election.\ The resolu- tion requests the committee to inquire whether such expenditures were corrupt, excessive, illegitimate or unlawful, anti ascertain to what extent the owners of silver or gold mines, bankers, corpora- tions and millionaires made contributions. Morgan on Cuba. Senator Mergan then took the floor and made a pro -Cuban speech. He said: \I will confine my remarks to facts stated in the recent annual message of the president and secretary of state. I am not able to discover that the presi- dent made any specific recommendations or indications as to any action he deems proper or expedient for congress to take with reference to Spain or Cuba; nor that he had indicated any course except a still, patient waiting that the executive proposed to make. Congress, left to its own initiative, must assume the respon- sibility on the matter or most serious gravity. \Congress must give to the statements of the president unhesitating acceptance as to matters that were committed by the explanation to his special charges. • When he Undertakes to state the facts that affect our relations with other pow- ers, we must accept these facts unless the disproof is overpowering. \This message, therefore, is one of the most important, as a statement of the leading facts and conclusions that bear upon our duties in rs ,pect to the conflict of arms which has raged for over two years in the island of Cuba. and it has the support of nearly all American belief. I have not heard that Spain controverts any statement of the president in his message. The evidence that comes from private sources relative to the condition of Cuba and the horrors of persecution, rai me and extermination visited upon the people of Cuba, admits of no doubt as to its credibility. Yet it presents pic- tures so incredibly inhuman and so dis- graceful to the civilization of this age that it stunts the mind into the belief that such things can be true.\ As Senator Morgan proceeded the gal- leries filled, and his words were iollowed with close attention by the senators and the large number of spectators. Prompt Action Necessrairy. Senator Morgan went on to speak of the trying situation which required prompt action to save thousands of inno- cent people from cruel and deliberate butchery. The wholesale massacres of Spain were no surprise to the senator, who had anticipated it. \If war with the United States Is neces- sary to reconcile the Spanish people to the loss of Cuba by foreign conquest,\ said Senator Morgan, \we shall be compelled to meet that emergency. If the destruction of Cuba is enough to satisfy the popular sentiment of revenge, we can avoid a war with Spain by remaining inactive while our own people are being ruined or slaugh- tered along with the Cubans. If we mean to take any action towards stopping the war of annihilation and extermination, we have no time to lose.\ Senator Morgan spoke of the resolutien of congress at the last session, which, he said, gave to the president the choice of concurring with the policy of congress or delaying. The president chose delay. 'Pie war has continued until it has reached the final and desperate stage of a war of dev- astation and extermination, with the peo- ple of Cuba aa a prey to those who lave set aside the usual honorable usages of warfare and have become robbers, cat - throats, assassins, ravishers and pirates. All of these crimes, Senator Morgan de- clared, will be found to have been au- thetically stated by our government when the seals of secrecy are broken and ale brought to the knowledge of our people. Forced to War. \We are forced to war to put an end it the saturnalia of blood and lire,\ he -raid. \Congress had reason to regret the inac- tion of the president. A firm declaration that the conflict in Cuba had reached the stage of open, public war would have ad- monished Spain that the United States at least would hold her accountable for the obeervance of the rules of civilized war- fare. The senator complained bitterly of the interference of the supposed business in- terests to prevent the government from ending \the horrid and brutal purpose of int uriated men.\ Senator Morgan spoke of the necessity of protecting our citizens abroad. Re- ferring to Turkey, he expressed the hope that the policy of this government would not be relaxed and that we would not much longer hear of these Turkish of- fenses against humanity. The senator as- serted that our citizens in Cuba have rights under the laws which all nations vi ill force in spite of opposition, even if the president of the United States should oppose them. He would give these laws full force and effect. \Our people were not content,\ said Senator Morgan, \to suffer these wrongs within earshot of our frontier and to pile up claims of petitions and proofs to be brought before Spain in the *endless pal- aver of diplomatic correspondence.' \ While we know that wrongs have been dune to our people and other wrongs are three tened, our government is in the most humiliating state of innocuous de- suetude if it interposes no helping hand to the sufferers and refuses to forbid the further devastation and death that a cruel government is now inflicting upon them. The senator said he foresaw that the time was near at hand when the final stand of the United States must be tak- en. It was foreshadowed by the message and the moment might come at any time that the president would take a definite and final stand. When this came, the senator would fol- low the colors of the president, and if it meant war, would any American hesitate to respond? There was no alternative between fur- ther humiliating situations and war. Duty Is Plain. in conclusion the senator said: \In this condition of affairs to establish per- manent peace in Cuba and permit secur- ity for our own people while the Spanish monarchy is dominant in that island, we have no alternative left us but the single choice between the continuous repetition of evils portrayed in the message of the president or a bad, humiliating and cruel delay on our part, while rapine and de- struction are rampant in Cuba, in the hrpe that some fortunate events may relieve us from a duty that we owe to humanity, to Christian civilization, to the spirit and traditions of our country, our people, to the lives and liberty of our people in Cuba, who are now held try the cruel power of Spain. I go not upon any autnority for what I have said be- yond the president's message and the report of the secretary of state. That is enough; the facts are incontrovertible, and our duty is plain. If we fail to act upon them, we take the responsibility of a delay to perform a plain duty, at the expense of our people whose lives are in constant peril.\ At the close of Senator Morgan's speech he asked for the adoption of the reso- lution presented yesterday requesting the secretary of state for the papers in the Competitor case, and in other cases in- vciving the arrest of American citizens by the Spanish authorities. l'he resolution was adopted without di- vision. Pension of Nancy Allah:tel.. After Senator Morga.n's speech the sen- ate took up the bill pensioning Nancy Allabach, which had been vetoed by the president. Senator Palmer. in charge of the bill, favored a suggestion of Senator Cockrell, that there was a move to override the president; that the duty of a senator was to act according to his information, de- spite the position of the president. While he had the utmost respect for the presi- dent, he was not willing that a precedent shculd be established In which the presi- dent should prescribe the rate at which pensions should be established. Senator Palmer thought the president had acted under a misapprehension in vetoing the bill. After a roll call to determine the pres- ence of a quorum, which demonstrated that there were 57 senators present, the vote was taken, resulting in 41 yeas to 11 noes, after whi , h the chair announced that the bill was passed, notwithstanding the president's objection. The negative votes cast were by Senators Bate, Berry, Bianchard, Chilton, Faulkner, Harris, Mills, Morgan, Pasco, Vest and Walt - hail. On motion of Senator Vest the senate went into executive session, and at 3 p. m. adjourned. TOM SHARKEY WAS ON THE STAND, Peoltoren That leitemininsons Struel: Hint a Foul Illosv, San Francisco, Dec. 15. — The Fitzsim- mons -Sharkey witnesses today gave no sensational testimony, but Fitzsimmons' friends say they are now able to prove that a doctor performed an operation on Sharkey to produce external evidence of an apparent foul and that he was paid $1000 for the service. Dan Lynch, Sharkey's manager, denied all knowledge of a con- spiracy, and said that neither he nor Shar- key was a member of the National club, and declared that Referee Harp had no pecuniary interest in the check for $10,01)9. On cross-examination by Fitzsimmons' counsel, Lynch was asked if he had ver been prohibited from racing at the local tracks, and why. Opposition from Shar- key's attorney saved the witness from the embarrassment of replying. B. Benjamin, a sporting reporter, wit nessed the fight, but saw no foul blew struck by Fitzsimmons. Tom Sharkey's. Attraction. Thomas Sharkey's testimony was sim- ply a denial of the stories told by his train- ers, Billy Smith and George Allen. He never heard of a conspiracy before the fight and had no talk with Harp and had bet no money on the fight. He declared Fitzsimmons struck him a foul blow in the groin. When asked why he screamed, an if in pain, when he was with his phy- sician in the dressing room after the light, Sharkey said that Dr. Lee had pressed his groin hard during the examination after Fitzsimmons' blow and that the pressure caused him great agony. He stated that he still suffered pain from his injured groin. Several amateur sportsmen then testified that the recent meeting was not a prise fight, but a glove contest, so that the court could take cognizance of the present action, 'WATER IS TH, IR HOBBY EAIINEsT eIEN N %Titre eL lit it iI.A'l'iON CONGREse. Co/Imre-1.s hits It in lbs Pov•er to Ite- clnitus TI101111441111144 4.1 Rich %era,. of Land. Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 15.—At the opening session of the irrigation congress E. R. Moses, chairman of the executive com- mittee, submitted his annual report. He says in part: \History will record this as a year dis- astrous to individuals, corporations and to the nation. Perhaps no enterprise suf- fered more disastrously in every way dur- ing this time tnan irrigation. The work of your executive committee laid out for the year was not fully accomplished, nor is it as satisfactory to them as it would have been if they had not been handi- capped in many ways in its advancement. We commenced work upon congress by assisting others in obtaining an appro- priation for hydrographic surveys for de- termining the water semply. We obtained from senators the different bills intro- duced in the Fifty-fourth congress in the interest of irrigation, and found that '17 had been presented. Some were concurrent and local. Several were fer ceding the arid lands to the states and territories. Others were for surveys and determining the water supply, several for building storm reservoirs and one for an irrigation commission. \We have worked upon congress all we could. We turned our attention to this coming irrigation congress and determin- ed to make it the best representative one ever held, so that no question would arise as to its rights in passing upon hills in the interest of arid and semi -arid America. Thousands of letters and circulars and pamphlets and newspaper articles were sent out advertising this meeting. There are many who assisted in this committee outside of the committee and gave valu- able service First among these auxil- iary forces is the press. These articles came principally from the gentlemen wne will take part in the proceedings of this congress, and who, through our impor- tuning, consented to help the cause aloag. The railroads have shown no lack of in- terest in this work. Not isle least inter- ested in this work are the water and land companies, emigrant and provident associations. What should the congress do? Today the 'country generally is de- manding something feasible, practicable and tangible. We can not at first expect what we do will be perfect. Time and experience will reveal the imperfections and give us ample opportunity to correct them.\ The chairman then details at length the work done by the various irrigation congresses held in the past, and continues as follows: We are satisfied that we will never be prepared \to suggest a definite outline in full detail on such nations; legislation es will ultimately be secured.\ At best we can only start in an imperfect way. A bill upon any principal subject connected with the work of this congress and pre- sented for consideration will require close scrutiny, and passed, if passed at all, with amendments, and then, when it leaves this body for the one of final adjudication, will be torn to pieces again, so that we may know that nothing starts in a perfect state, but it may ultimately approach to it through practice and experience. We trust that you will not think I: presump- tious in us if we present for your consid- eration some things that have been evolved from these congresses, but have remained dormant and inactive. A Few Suggestions. First, we would consider it good policy and wise judgment if this congress would pass upon a bill or bills creating a national irrigation commission. Also a national forestry commission. They are twin sis- ters, and should be passed as one or ...we separate bills. It would be better to nave them separate and apart, but if we could not get the one without the other, and con- gress would be opposed to creating two commissions, but might create one if coupled together and the friends of both work for it, of course it would be wise for us to accept it in this shape. It might be well to state in the irrigation commission bill that it is created for the purpose of the examination, conservation and utilize - ti of the waters and lands in arid and serhts - , eld America. The duty of this irri- gation commission would be to look efter Irrigation in its every shape and form in every state and territory in the Union, to take charge of all irrigation works aria property, and report directly to congress or to the interior or agricultural -department the progress of irrigation and make such suggestions as will be for its further ad- vancement, until every irrigable arid acre is subdued and the unemployed and home- less find peace and plenty upon them. The personnel of this comimssion should be composed of men of experience in the work; men of individuality, who will press forward the work to a speedy conclusion without fear or favor. If we can aceern- plish this we will have an advocate at Washington for all the other intricate, abstract and diMcult problems that are now agitating the public mind in the con- gress of irrigation. It is unnecessary for me to comment upon a forestry commission. Its neces- sity is as important to this country as the forests, for without the former we will soon have none of the latter. Committee Recommit -10n lions. The many subjects arising ii the inter- est of irrigation make it difficult to desiele upon what one or ones should be cowed- ered first. The committee recommenied action upon the following subjects!, in the form of bills for presentation to congress at Washington: Arid land policy; Inter- state streams; international streams; the reclamation of arid and semi -arid lands; pastoral lands; irrigation surveys, and ap- propriations for irrigation. Among the prncipal speakers who wilt address the congress are: F. H. Newell, chief of the hydrographic survey at Wash- ington, D. C., who will discuss \Irrigation in Humid America;\ Professor Willis I,. Moore, chief of the weather bureau at Washington, on \Sensible Climate,\ end Professor E. A. Hilgard, professor of ag- riculture, University of California, on \Soils.\ Not the least interesting feat arcs of the congress will be the discussion of \International Irrigation Questions,\ by delegates from Canada, Mexico, and at- taches of the foreign legations at Wash- ington. Not the least prominent among the dole gates will be Elwood Mead of Cheyenne, Wyo., whose work in behalf of irrigation is widely known throughout the country. The southwest will be largely represented, as the Santa Fe road has offered very lib- eral rates. The National Irrigation Congress has brought to Phoenix about 1000 visitors, nearly all men interested in water storage and its distribution, and representing 27 lye and plans are now maturing for the or - WASHINGTON ST., PHOENIX, ARIZ. ganization of the congress on new !irate better suited to the work of legislation. A committee op reorganization was in session, and its report will be presented torn orrcrw. The committee on credentials reported states. The first day's session was effect - delegates present from the states and ter- ritories of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Indi- ana, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Missou- ri, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, New Mexico, North Dakota, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Teeas, Utan. Washington, Wyoming, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. Permansnt organization was effected by the selection of C. B. Booth of California as president, Governor -elect Frank H. Briggs of North Dakota vice president, and James H. McClintock of Arizona. A. L. Kellogg of Colorado and L. S. Howlett of Washington as secretaries. In accepting the chair, President Boeth stated he considered the honor to be one due to the great state of California; that he had been chosen to preside over a con- gress embracing delegates from the ,'alley of the Connecticut, the home of Maek Twain, who vouched for at least nine kinds of weather in a single day, and to the Lends of the golden west, where the sun seemed to forever shine—a conventien meeting in the metropolis of a territe:y Which we hope in the near future will as- sume a place amid the other stars on the flag. National Lecturer J. S. Emory of Kan- sas presented a report showing the sub- stantial progress made during ,the year in the promotion of irrigation. C. M. Heintz of California, national sec- retary, submitted an animal report con- cerning the work of his office. Local Observer Blythe of the weather bureau presented a communieation from Willis H. Moore, chief of the weather bu- reau, transmitting data relative to weath- er conditions on the western plains. Judge Emory F. Best, commissioner of the land office, read a paper in support of his contention that the states should be owners of the arid lands as they are now in control of the water, without which such lands are valueless. For a Permanent Body. O'Neil of Arizona moved a committee on organization to the end that the body take upon itself more than an existence of three or four days in a year. Chairman Moses of the national execu- tive committee appointed C. M. Heintz, W. R. O'Neil, J. A. Dart, J. W. Watson, J. Brainard and C. J. Hudson. The committee is in session this evening and will report in the morning. The convention seems to be in favor of the plan and it is probable the congress will assume many features new to it. Ie. H. Newell, chief of the hydrographic survey, closed the program with a paper on irrigation in humid America. WINSTON WON DUPONT TROPHY. Emblematic of the American Live Bird Championship. Chicago, Dec. 15.—John Winstoa wrest- ed the Dupont trophy, emblematic of the live bird championship of America, from George E. Roll of Blue Island, Ill., in the match held at Watson park. Each man shot at 100 birds. Winston having is total score of 91. leading Roll, whose score was 84, by seven birds, loss to Standard 011. Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 13. --The three-st,ry brick candle Victory of the Standard Oil Com- pany on James street Was destroyed by Are this afternoon. The loss ott the building and stock is about mese an4 the insurance is only MOO. RIVERA IS A FIGHTER M tuiSo' s SUCCESSOR TAKES THE FIELD AGAINST SPAIN. Said to Have railed In Some of the TrI)441/01 Not Stationed Out- side Hessian. Cincinnati, Dec. 15.—A special to the Commercial -Tribune from Key West. Ina., says: Fighting is reported west of the troctia in the Pinar del Rio section, where the insurgents. under Mseseo's successor, Gen- eral Ruis tuvera, have taken the field against the Spanish force left there try General Weyler. No details have been re- ceived yet, but 50 wounded soldiers came In yesterday irons the neighborhood of Anemias.. It is stated in Havana that General Weyler ties c,aiied in some of the troops now stationed outside of the city, fearing an attack by General Gom- ez, who is reported as coming eastward with a large force, well armed and pro- visioned. The insurgents have already occupied several small towns held by the Spaniards in the eastern part of the pro- vince of Havana, and have had hardly any defeats. Two trainloads of provisions and arms were captured by the insurgents on the Matanzas railway Saturday and Sunday, with light loss. It is reported an expedi- then from Honduras landed on the south side of the island Saturday with sup- plies of ammunition and arms, and that the cargo was safely delivered into the possession of General Rivera. PENDLETON CITIZENS AROUSED. Call for Subscriptions to Send Mon- ey to the Cubans. Pendleton, Or., Dee. 15.—A popular sub- scription has been started here to send monetary assistance to the Cubans in their struggle for liberty against General Weyler and Spanish cruelty. C. S. Jack- son, proprietor of the Daily Cast Ore- gonian, published here, has headed the movement, after being urged so to do by prominent citizens of Portland, Pendle- ton and other towns in Oregon. A call appears in this evening's issue of his paper which asks all who sympa- thize with the Cuban insurgents to send cash contributions, which will be remit- ted lzuznediatoly to the !Tim York or Washington headquarters of the Cubans, as directed by contributors. In Pendle- ton prominent citizens have promised to lend the movement hearty support, and hope is entertained that the people of the entire Pacific coast region will take Interest and give aid to the cause of humanity in Cuba. In this locality senti- ment is strongly in favor of the United States doing all in its power to assist the Cubans, and with no exception the citizens are ready to stand by the gov- ernment at Washington if it Interferes in behalf of the insurgents. The reported killing of General Mace° has caused a flood of indignation at the atrocious act. There is talk of offering to send men from here with equipment furnished by local subscriptions. CLEVELAND IS TO INTERVENE. Joint Resolution Introduced in Con- gress by Mr. Woodman. Washington, Dec. 15. — Representative Woodman of Illinois today introduced a joint resolution directing the president to intervene in Cuban affairs. The resolu- tion, after reciting Maceo's aaeassInation and Spanish cruelties in Cuba, says the president failed to carry out the wishes of the people so that the honor of the UnIted States is at stake, and history gives no precedent on which to base the hope that Spanish operations will change in compli- ance with civilized warfare. The president is directed to express his severe condem- nation of Spanish methods of warfare, and especially the murder of Maceo; to reoog- nize the independence of Cuba, and de- rnand of Seel:: the withdrawal of all trooper from Cuban soil. He is also directed to take proper steps to see this demand car- ried out. VIOLATIoN 01 , NEI TittL1T1 LAWS. It Is Unlawful to Enlist in Compan- ies Hound for Cuba. Washington, Dec. le.—The attention of the officials here has been attracted by th- stories coming from all portions of the country indicating that enlistments are going on of parties of men to go to Cuba to join the insurgents. These en- listments are in direct violation of the neutrality laws, and are prohibited un- der severe penalties. For accepting a commission to serve against Spain, a country with which the United States government is now at peace, the penalty proescribed by section No. 5281, revised statutes. is ;2000 tine and three years' im- prisonment, while for enlisting to serve against Spain or hiring anyone to enlist, the penalty is $1000 fine and three years' imprison merit, Kansas City Enlistments. Kansas City. Dec. 15—Already over 20) Cuban recruits have been enrolled in this city. and Colonel D. S. Harriman, head of the local movement, stated today that there are as many more in Kansas City and vicinity ready and willing to go to t 11 , t front. The enrollment is going on In fear- riman's office, and no secrecy of the pur- pose of the movement is made. Made Into Paint. Pruseten 1.1 , 1e pflInt is made frro of the burot.hoots of horses. the ashes Presidential Party Ritgroged Ducks. tleorgetown. S. O.. Dec. 18.—.The presidential panty f-nioyt,1 piplonditt sport off smith island the number of ducks being bagged being a bout 90.
