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THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, lOOf.
(Je .Scranfon rt6une
PuMMiril nalli-, f.xftpt Fund-iy. ly Tli Ttjb.
nut I'ublUhtnK Company, it Filly C'tnU t Jlontj.
I.IVY P. lliniAlttt, IMItor.
O. V. nVXIIKK. llutlnfM Mni(fcr.
New Uik OIBcct ISO Nhsjii St.
8. S. VUr.Kl.tM,
Sole Agfnt lor 1'oicIrii A.Imtlln(r,
Kntctcd t the I'cutofflcc t Scranton, I'i.,
Sfcond CIim Mill Mittfr.
Wlifn npner will pumlt, Tli Tribune l lwa
did to print fhort letter Ironi It friend war
tnsr on nirrrnt toplii, but lt lulo l tint tln
mnl be lj-ne.l, lor piibtlratlon, by tlic writer
rel names am tbe rnmlltlnn pf.nlent lu iir;
eptame l tint all rontrlbutlom thill be mbject
to editorial iellon
TICK H.AT HATH KOU ADVIlltTISlSO.
The lollonlnir table bn the pike per Inch
eifh Inhcrtlcn, epico to be ied wllliln one m:
Uun ol Sldlnir on V till
Paper Iteadlnir Poaltlon
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.lit 17. n
jr. .17 J
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. niSPMY.
lr thTri SOO Iii-Iim
no Inches
inoi
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lorcardi of thitik. teiolutlnm of enndolenee
and tlmllar inntrlbntloni In the njtme of ad
'ttllnc The Tilbunu makes J cluiRe ol i ccnti
line.
Ititr-. for (liMlfk.l Adverlllnic liirnllied on
Pplirallon.
Si'ISANTO.V. SICPTK.MHIIlt 2fi, 1!01.
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
Stnte.
."ipteme I'-mrl-MILIUM P PO'rTfcR.
Ti.1mihi-1 II WK (1. II Millie
County.
ludir.I. . UII'I.STI'II.
'onlroller -I. A. .IiiM'.
I front) -mi. .1. I. Hull!, Ill
Niuejor-lil.dlll.l. i: 1 MI.NMi.
Mutton V' i
"Uhrn ilr li.-niniiji pi,i out nl power in
nr l,ile it lelt to the Rrpublliin pirtj 1 l 1-
j. M ilni'i't n(t,.Kii ol debt. 'Mils tlfl.t, b
l"Je adininUllallon tinder ltepiiblleaii rule, Im
b'en ilmO'l intlnly pild. Wo hue in. rrnul
the aipiopiitllnnx I.. tlie common n Imoh until
ti- Hand al the liit.l ol the Anirlk.ui utfi In
upport of oiilir ciIiio.iIiah I ndrr Itrpubll'Mii
'lnlnltr,ttlon thrie lias been paid raih jcir for
edueitlonal pnrpo-.r-t mote than w.n lpproprnlid
bv tbe l.'inn. tali.- p.ul bi their .vintd of
.enlurv of misrule. Mc luxe incread our ap
pifprlitlnn to rhaiilable and eleenm' narj lnli
lutbtn unill ne nn inAr tin- bmil tint n i.ilo
btfen the two oipnA MipP'Utft thv institu
tion as el j? dors oui own Our J.nnil.ti of
f'ople ai initiKtinii . hone-t. bu abiiliuc mid
hnpp.. Yrl, Milioulidrd as we ,11 n em.v hide
'th piP,peou husln (nuditioiK. with people
happt, emplo. ed aid (onlmird, aid with nnr
awnue of huinos and inil full.' ontipied, ami
Hh the piopeit of the tuliue brlgl teninir and
ciowlni nioie hopeful, the ohl hWoric part of
chlrttfton and negation cs up a hteilml o
ef fibe pielniKi', lupniilu and nulnierity for
the purpose of misleading the people and lecaln
lie lost power." Horn I he Hepublnan -la'a
Plalfonn.
'I'll.' Cm iHindalo Louder botuiyn jioor
tiiMe In ttttriliiK ii illtiR nt tho local
-McKlnlcy lurinuiial jirojeit. LouIiib
nut of onsidetMtlon the polpinnlty of
tlic orravioii Mlcli iiroiupts tho nioo
liipiit lo pay this honor to our niai
tyrotl lupsltlont, nothing done by the
oiR.mlzcis of the local project cuIIh lor
III will In Catboudale. The Leader
liould take a t-econd thought and
upoloRi.o for Its churlinhue!i.
Senator Penrose.
ON'K OK TIIK most dlllKont of
Senators in performanee of
the duties of the senatorial
olllce; obllKluf,' and cour
imiiii tar boiwnd the ordinary, and
ilKhly esteemed for wise counsel and
Mod Judgment, Senator 1'entoi.e has
i(io little ptfiutleed thoso gifts of ora
ory with which he Is Koneiously en
dowed. The speeches made by hlm In
our city the past two d.tjs. though
In dellveiy hampered by a thro.it af
fection, wete. In thought and form,
models of line oratoiy; and II would
tuke but little practice by their author
to bcfonie one of the Hist oiatms of
the United Stales,
This visit of the MMi.itor lo Sci.tntou
Is appteclated and the hope Is genetal
fmong Sci, niton's iiihabitatits that It
Is the beginning of a more Intimate
ncfU,iliilance. While spceeli-inaklng
as ptactlcd at V,shlngton, plays veiy
little part In the framing or chang
ing ot legislation and Is consequently
held In Miinewhat low esteem by those
lamlllar with what goes on behind
tho scenes, theie Is something about It
which yet llngeis lu the atfectlon of
the people and they Justly demand to
see and he.ir and know more about
the men who lepiesent them In high
pl.ues.
In the case of Senator Penioe. In
timacy of aciiuaiut.iuce Is desiiuhle
as an antidote to gros niistepiesen
tullon by piejudlced newspapers and
pintls.ius, lie is a young man of
lu llli. nit endowments, statesmanlike
niliitl ttml keen intuitions. Already
he has assumed n pUico of leadeishlp
anioiig the younger men in the heuato
and signs aie not wanting that if hn
Muill lemaln In th.it body yet morn
conspicuous pi oofs of his quality and
.imhltinii will appear.
If the mayor of Philadelphia is u
blackmailer, there should be pi oof.
Let his acciiseis piovo their chaiges
mid their case against him will be
w.pn. Hut Ileicp accusation without
pt'o'of Injuies most those who habit
ually practice it.
The Union Party Movement.
THR I'LAOi: for Itepunllcans
to con eet defects of party
management Is within tho
party household, and. lo
jo successful, they must conio lo tho
:ask with clean hands and honest pur
poses, Oatsnslble icl'ortnutlou founded
on malice. Intrigue, tho venom of dls
appointment and the chicanery of
vuultlrig ambition will never commend
ItEi'K to the calm consideration of ,t
majority ot voters.
J We ilo not rename the Democratic
jiojltlclans of our commonwealth for cn
tellng Into fcchemes of fusion with ele
ments claiming Identification with na
tional llepubllcanlsm, They have
nothing to lose by ueh fusion, and they
evidently think they havo something
lo gain. AVhenco that gain Is to como
I j not so clear to us as It must bo to
them. Hut In any event It Is their con
cern. If tb.9 gamble attracts them,
thflr's alone Ik tho hazard.
With Republicans, however, the case
Is different. To them acceptanco ot fu
sion, whatever the glittering temporary
alluicments largely fictitious, as tho
("quel will diow can have no other
ultimate meaning than Injury and dlt--'
appointment. Tho history ot Amcil-
can politics tenches no lesion more
clcatly limn Hint fusion ptojeets are
ephemeral. Kven vheu successful at
flood-tide, they tapidly disintegrate,
and those conspicuously Uleutllled with
them nie lett sttanded on tin- bench,
the lone deiellcts of politic.
I'arty oiganlatlons tmtv sustain te
v?rse., may lose elections, but tb"j stn -vlve
and Hunt Mi, t'ontiol of tln-m
does not pass to men whuse partisan
fally Is tilteimii.ly hot and cold.
Men come and go but the petiniiuence
of Republican organization Is as well
assured as J.s the ptecesslon of the
equinoxes. Theie can, thereloie, be no
enduring betterment of oiganl.atlon
mothnds which titles nt enforce Itself
from within.
The so-called Tnlou p.ul is a mong
rel bit th, reptesentlng simply the pass
ing vagaries of political tiniest. Though
It should gain the olllees It seeks. It
has behind it no Lemeiiilng foice to
put Intiieflect the polities It plopoUndH.
There Is today no link of union sti fing
er than a common antagonism. The
si lain of stirics would shatter It be
yond recovers. It has the ability to
denounce but no guarantee of ability
to enat t. At the most It Is only n
spasm, to which have been jokitl am
bitions otherwise hopeless.
We fear It not It Iiiih been shown
more than once that tho people have
taken the measine of Its manipulators
and have found It wanting. Honest
Kcptibllcans who deshe refoim mtixt
llml a way to effect It by oigatii.atlou
and woik within p.uty lines. They
must build It up giatltially and patient
ly thiough the pilmiii les, through tluvlr
support of good anil worthy candi
dates and delegates, through the edu
cation of the people to enct of putty
Itndcis higher standards of p.uty cdn
ti ol. Theie Is no shoit cut.
It Is to the 1 1 edit of the Associated
Ii ess. which distributes the tele
graphic news lend by inoio than nlne
tenths of Ameiltnii newspaper lead
cis, lh.it It Id Into Its Murrain t epulis
nothing which would tend lo bleed
mawKlsh sentimentality oer C.olgosz.
The Beginning of a New Era.
i:ATOIi IlAt'OX Is toned In
nssuilng the KHlpinos that
the Intent of American tule is
lo give lliein fieedom as fue
ls undei stood in tills countiy
clout
thai Is to say. the lieedom to act In
any manner mil destrutthe of the
equal rights of otheis. This Is the goal
tou'iud which they must strive and the
more t npld their piogiess the bettor
pleased will be their Aineilcnn men
tois. lStlt the at lion of the llepubllr an
luenibeis of the (ongiesslonal p.uty
visiting the l'lillljqiliH'H in icfralnlug
fioin making any piomisos. was In bet
ter taste. They weie not clothed with
any ofllclal authoilty to make them.
They weio simply looking over the
ground as visitors. What they might
have said with the best of Intentions
could li.ne been mlscoiisti tied or mis
understood and theiefoie they adopted
the wiser course of saying nothing.
Theie Is need of prudence like this
among our public men. mote now than
foimerly. Questions ot the utmost
delicacy, (omplltatcd by the tact that
they involve dlfteiunces in rate, soi inl
customs, points of view, will ailse In
the government of the new depend
encies nnd they tan be siniplilled or
made difficult accordingly as our lep
lesentatives In olllce exhibit piudencu
or fall Into habits of mental mreless
ne.ss. It is believed that the gloat mass of
lellectlng citizens have been genuinely
sobered by the tragic occilliences of
the letent past and that their futum
attitude towuid the multiplying ie
sponslbilltles of our national life will
bo less flippant, less i ocksure, less off
hand than heietotoie. This luoadeu
Ing ami deepening of our sense of the
solemnity of American government
should lellect itself speedily lu our
legislative assemblies, modeiatlng the
artificialities of paitisau debute, en
coui aging statesmanlike discussion,
culling Into action the substantial 10
serves of American quality and chai
nctei'. We .should 1ji uln a new era dating
fiom the lluffalo .-atrlllte.
J'eople seldom
fake lefoimeis.
stumpodo far
Staggering Humanity.
T"i
i: HLPOItT that foimer
President Kiuger of tho
I'ransvaal lepubllc medi
tates sending tin envoy to
President llooflcvelt Is not continued.
It was considered but, later repoi t
eays, abandoned. An envoy could
bring to bear upon the American exec
utlve no new argument. From the
diplomatic standpoint the situation has
not changed slnco President JIcKln
loy made to llte.'it Hiltaln u lender ot
good ollices and tecelvcil the polite
but decisive reply that that govern
ment would not petmlt Intel ferenee
with Its plans lu Smith Aft lea. Some
time has Intervened; some thousands
of additional lives have been lost; and
many millions of treasure, on the Hrit
Ish side, have been expended; but
that is all.
Paul Kruger has inailo good his
tin eat that England's conquest ot tho
Hoerii would be at a pi Ice to stagger
humanity. Humanity is staggcied nnd
the conquest Is yet to bo llulshetl. Hut
finished it will hnvo to bo unless the
Hiitlsli Hag is to withdraw from South
Aft lea. And its withdrawal from that
territory would put In Jeopardy Its
maintenance In India mid thus shako
the very foundations of tho cmplie.
In splto of tho cost, In splto of tho
ie verses, humiliations and disappoint
ments, the Tirltlsh minister does not
live who would dnre to pioposo such a
feut of abdication, Mmo men must bo
f.eut. Moio money must be spent. The
lemalnlng nrineil Iloeis and their ul
lies must be put down by dint of per
seveiance and superior numbers, bo
the cost what It may. Tho alternative,
1 1 oin the Ilrltlsh standpoint, Is not to
be thought of.
And the future? That Is In the keep
ing ot Ood, From end to end Capo
Colony Is pio-Hoer. Hlood at tho pinch
proved thicker than water and tho te
suit is that a chasm yawsr1 between
South Africans of Kugllsh oilgln mrt
South Africans of Dutch deilvat Ion
which years ot penre mny not lirlrtije,
s
While from the standpoint of Kug
llsh necessity there Is now no tinning
back, the prosp". t, after aimed resist
ance shall have been crushed out. of
fcis little Inducement to perseverance.
n amalgamation of the races may
evolve in ionise of cenltirleK. It has
evolved elsewhere. Hut for this ceii
eiutloii of South Africans there Is noth
ing but tiotible lu sight. Anil we there
fore don't nun vol nt Kngliuid's gath
ering gloom.
Soon It will be noeossuty to appoint
olllilal statisticians of political meet
ings. The estimates of attendance nt
the Union party rally in Philadelphia,
the other night vary nioie widely than
the views of the people on the S.unp-soli-Schley
conti ov ersy.
It will not be the fault ot the t'nlon
patty oigauUcis If theie shall not bo
some mote assassinating of men lu au
thority. Chailes lleber Clark's calling
tho governor an anarchist lllustiatcs
how the Wanaiuaker v litis Minks.
Wo slnteiely hope that New Ytnk
city will bo found to havo u inujority
of voteis good enough to choose and
sustain such u mayor us Seth Low
would ninko,
Seth Low now has his shine of the
nominations. The next thing in order
Is votes.
SHORTER HOURS OF LABOR.
Kditor of 'I he Tribune.
Sti : Hits Minis to be the nw tui uilnc ih'Mffl
f all in. ii v.hu me le.pilied to labor for dally
Milul.timo. Himlei hem and IilRlier wase M
tin: demand ,f ,dm wt .ill nf Hie labor oit.aia1-tioii-4.
V tMiai tin in ..ii. .( the rhnuhes in NeA
i.lk m. f.ii.l llii. e tioiiiri a day vt labor would
be mitIilEi tit if nlatlous wen; propel ly udju-tnl
betwfin I ilmr mid apll.il. 'lo the wilier the
Mlppnsllluli U plepivlllous. In tilt" llnt place
ImUM so t.w, with .u;es as now, would Jmiease
the nvl of eteiy piodutt frnui two to thin,
(iu what I is now, hrt.iu'0 .i wmkiiuiu tmild
do in tin.' hi.tiis only ouitliiid as mil. Ii a, iio
now lines In nine. It mhIi a 111111-; i.ml.l poibly
eNit, tlnee linns die i.umlur of mill tmot bo
ruiplutiil to do tlie woik now done b,t om nun.
Hie ti.-t of (lie work wciilil be tieblul. lira ie
Mitt would be that rvir.i pniihn t tict..ar,v lor
his ii-e or happiness would ituieio in co-t in
like pii.poiliou, and he would bate no moie
miu.v at tlic end of the month.
o
Kor example. It I au.t milium, oi labortn;
man wh is bu own tuiplo.tei, hut Ins own
stoik, maiiuf it-lures it limwlf, and lias all tlic
protlt oer and abote the iol of nnleiial, Willi
tlie elimale be mat put upon his Itbor Rallied
by what he is willinc lo pay anothir working
for Iiiiii, Judi;c wheihti be can Miptioit hime!t
and family on time hourc' work i day. Hue
Is an tppoituiill.t for a eai pi liter, tliorm.ik.1,
tailor or I'laik-inllh to woik out the probleui
for his own nalMaeliou 'the fmifr's woik is
also liborloiH. He would be clad to lie b hilf a
d.i.i, but would ll pa.i hlm to do i-o?
o -
Many l.ilmriiif men seem to hate the hlta that
a man of weattlt obtains ii dishorn Ml;, and
thilil that lie ou-ht to dhide it with Hun,.
They woull become wealth tlicin'oU.-.s if they
had the prudeneo to eionoir.lre their cnniug-i.
Tor eMinple, n init-hami in nnv kind of busi
ness emplots an additional man to woik with
htm. Oil ids labor wy he luikes 10 or 1". jur
tent ptiifit. lie Is liiuly but eradtiallv Intie.u.
im; his capital, lie ad.lti anntber, and f-o on up
lo HI or HHI. His piolit r ii I'icli in. ill's labor, al-thom-li
but little, in a le.t tuis will in ike lilm
i larire tapitalisl Our mi at capitalists, like
V'.iiuli lliill. I ainiiile and lt kiti llei, rnninienretl
ai the botioiu ol tlie luldei, and by Judlt hum
satlncs and invotments, late le.ithtd th. n-.i
lions th.. oiiupi. Ilialns aie nbo an 'tuinr
l.i lit ailjuiit in liclptncr the laboring m ci l i i
warily. We l.nve in our cllv u veiy woithv t-x-Hinple
of wlnt bialns m inuiieitinn with enersv
will do ueutlem in tame to I'arbondalc soni!
tliiilt (lie inn aiso lie Ind a proilui I lo .lis.
pose of It he tould lind a pun liver, lleing nut
li Mill be built a unall inimifuctiirintf plant,
Miuliltnt fui his pii'sent n. rd, wheie not a half
dntti men weic nteded In do 1h woik. He
era. In illy riilareecl his plmt until now betwirn
IV) and 2M men jre imploiid. Tint is the wav
iipUs'irU aie lntdi. lud in ureilir woikw, like
ladieiils, mines, uon and steel woiks. eti., eni
tallsts combine foi tin piupo-e of erettiiu; and
tainiUK tlu.e winks (,n. 'these eomhtuati ns
luiv irir.it iikn, and to larrv on their work Mil.
ii-vfullv lliil-t keip a laiue re'ellc tapital to
k'ep Lrood the wtar and tear, ilcstiuollon of prop
rny, mill ii linages whtnecer Ihey occur. If work
ing men, who bad Mini their earning., would
b io-oper.itlon epi.iblih an Impoitant tn.liu.try,
they would be crjuillv anvioim to nuko all the
jirotlt po-.sihet nnd no doubt would be as iinxlnus
n any other torpontioii to git their laboi done
al the lowot pov!blo n.'ine.
o -faiital
and labor idiouhl be friends. Neither
can prc-por alone. 'Ihey aie nctr-'.-ary to i.uli
othii's iro!-peiily. ( apital can hold out the
lopircst in ci-e of contention, but the public in
Riicral aie initli imoluntarilv to suffer, while
the lilior element lo-.es about threcfourtln of
tho cim's In width tonleutlen is iated
I' V ,liy
fail ..ndalc, Stpt -''
SENATOR PENROSE
1'ioui Ihe -kraiiton Tmtli
Ii Is not oltm ilut tie pruple of 4cranton
hate an oppijitunlty lo hear and mtct .tie 1'nited
"si.ili's Hiiatoia fiom I'onns.ilunli; therefore the
piivente of Vnaiur run ox at the nrmorj Ci
.ines lo be icLoi.l. .1 as an iiitctcstit t; it.iit hi
tlie hl.toiy ot Hie cut.
suator l'i nriv.c is In the prime of h(, a cunt
In Kt.itiitr as well as mcntallt, and 3 splendid
ttu of the manly promise of the Kt.wtoni stite,
IIj has not jet reatlicil "the jmis ll.it llinjf
Ihe philo-opblo tiilud"; but his fiiends aie ius.
t f.ril in lor.l Ii .' hopifnllv in hlm foi the realUa.
I ion of tlic Its Ihcic Is lu t itCfinanship and
luaiihoi d.
His fine tii'nile to President lloosctep, at the
ll...' iiiietiUK lild in the ainiory. was pxtirmely
Kii.t lf in? lo his audiiiKc. It was an avsiirauie
that Smator 1'rnro-e, hlni-elf, Is an adinlier of
llio.e rucsieil ,1.i. k.nulau attnbiitcn whlth com
iiirnd 'Ihfodoie lloo-ctelt to the Amcriian jico
pi' a an American of Americans and a loiuer
x.nitp as w.ll at a loiiia-ienus pie-I'luit
''he address ci See itor Penioe was one of Hie
nio,st inteirsling and impoitant Uehtciid in
stianton lor iiiaut a da It it to be nhitcicly
li'lul tint be miy In heanl f'om acainat an
en dite, and that he will bieak the spill of
i M ii hi ul silence whlih has hunt- so loin; otcr
I'tiin itanla.
I ur t lilted 'tales .euatoii hate Ions enjotrj
a ii'pi'Utlon for wUdom, but their cloqucntc has
riulv cxi r beii .unttd nuaiu-t tlun In Ihe
p. i Miit Bcnei.it Ion. c believe 5enitor Penrose,
wen. In so Ini lined, miclit set the fa.btnu, nr
ri hci, levlte it. In hchilf of toinlmr befoie the
piole and t.iklnc ioumtl with them in j.-it 1 1
nn -hi;
BALLADE OF OLD LOVE LETTERS
Picp In a cedar thiet they He,
I'.ir icmotul fium the light nf day,
The ink en thtlr iat,'it long since ur-,
The oul of their longing llul nwi),
Lines that varj bum urate to ti.ii.
And Maniinin tinged with the bcait'a il'.lip,
And words tint promise nnd plead and pray
Tlieso aie the xtrlngs of l.ove'a lad 1 re.
Manv .1 eai has pu-nl I lit in bv,
Vlau.v u iiioulh fioin Morili li May,
The kiiovva liavo BJIbercil nn hlllod.s high,
Vnd birds have -ung lu the 011 hauls i;a.t,
Minstrels cuoletl .bur iouiwMjv.
And nights crouu blatk o'er the sunset p.vit;
Yit such as these hate amvived ihcn -Theao
ore the ttiliijs of l.ove'a sad Ijic.
All too sacred fur menial eje,
Let them dicim lu the sllcme grat.
l'nr love n mains though the lovcis die,
Slow piling nut (iinn tbelr houso nf clay;
Thc.o slull list whlli) tlni wateia play.
And mi till the sti.uK.i.t vvlnda may lire,
Kor this is the music living u.vc
Thoa aie the ktrltigs of I.om's sad It if,
i:noi.
1'rlr whom ihe lords of raitli ubt.v,
p., (Hi, although thou art daik and Hire,
Here- i. that vvlikli dbpntes thy sw.i)
Tbeee lire the thing of love's tad l)ie.
Fimtl Mtlialfey, In Pall Mall Magazine.
SCHLfcY SELECTS
NEW COUNSEL
((uncliul.d from face 1 I
tint the cnglnci were reversed for nbout two
lulnutet
1h witness bid raid that the engine wax
lopped.
"Wilt m the next change made In the Indi
cator of the port rnnlne of the Texas" he wax
a'kril
"Tiill xp'ed ahead."
"Whitvxiii the next afler 11111'"
"fhiie was no other order ulten for otn lime
afterward,"
"When was futllier slgnsl retfhed by the
lid, later and whit was the nlgnal?"
"Within the flist hour of cniaRemrnf the di
rection wrns chanijed to full .speed astern "
"(an .von not j-lve mi estimate of the Hum
wlen the signal wax given for full speed astern
nnd bow long after Ihe bcglnnlnc of the action t"
' I ixmltl jy within the first hour,"
"V,n there any other signil given durine that
watih within jour knowledge for the port civ
glnea to retcisef"
There wan none to mj knowledge."
"You were on duly lu the poit engine room
throughout that day, were ou noli"
"Off and on, sir."
"Wheie cbc weie joii on duly. If anjwhrie,
at the tlmeS"
"I wax cxiuscd fur a lime on account of the
leaf
"A.x a matter of fait, were the engine) te
vmc.lt" "Ihey wrie for about two minutes"
lavton was not questioned lij Mr. Itsuior.
Hear Admiral Cotton, notv lommandant of tie
Norfolk navy jard, who coininandfil the auiil
larx ciriset llirtaul duiln-f Ihe ispanixh war. w-x
tie next witness, lie told of meeting the flviut;
eiu.aui.n under Commodore Sibley oil Sanlhgo
mi Vht 'J7, lS'i-5. and said that on that date
he had delneied itespalilie-i to the then mm
inciLre fiom Admiral Sampson and the navy rlc
pittnienl. He had, he Mid, boarded tli Biook
11 ohont l( .'HI o'clock. The weather wa.x then
moderate and he had no difficult! In going aboard
the llruokl)ii fiom lu.s boat, lie had worn Ids
itwonl.
"What ronrrilion took plaie between .vour
self and Admiral Schleyr" asked Captain l.einly.
"It will be Impossible for me lo stale the en
lire conversation," Hi" witncs replied. "I wax
on limnl, generally siklng, from about 10 30
to about noon, rh" lonversallon naturally cot
cud a very wild range, the most important put
of vtlilili was, of toinse, rtlalltc to the tins
pad he-. I had delivered."
"Wlul was said about the depatches("
"I li lit. led to toinmodoie Schley the original
tlpher in which the despite he had been received
by mo at M Mcholix Mole, together with tran.x
htlon cf iho-.o deipatthes mule by I.teiitenant
lleall, of tho Hartaid. 1 handed them personally
to hlm In his cabin In the order of their tlitc.
He iccelved them, tcad them and commented (u
a geucial way upon their purpoit, spoke of the
difftuilty he bad had ill geltlnc coal on boaul
blx ships while at Cienfuegos and siibsequcntlv
to the Hate of which I am speaking. May '.'", and
said it had been an almost Impossibility to grt
coal on boanl on account uf the weather.
Regnrding Coaling of Ships.
"lie questioned me iclitivc to the practicabil
ity of coaling ships at St. Meholax Mote and
RfliMlvra t liatinel. M to St. Nicholas Mole, I
aid: There ix no question the itnall thlps can
loal there. s to (lonaivcs Channel, I know off
no reaxni why ou should not bo able to coal
tlun.' Ihe commodore made koine remarks upon
my statement., the language of which I do not
mall, but lip asked me: 'How about the large
ships at St .Nicholas Jlnlef I .-aid; 'You can't
coal sour i!k ships theie' I had special refer
ence in my reply lo the battleships and protected
iiui-cr". of Hie Hiookhn and New Vuik tlaxt. I
said, thinking of the fact that my own ship
bad bcru there and w n of some 12,000 tons
dbpl.it ement, and neatly fcOO feet In length:
'PiMibly under favorable conditions ou might
he able to coal the laige ships there, one at
a time.' Put the area of deep water for the
anchorage of laige ships Is so little there it was
not practicable to loal at the veiy utmost niou
Hun one large ship at .1 time there, and In
i a -a the weather bet une bad she would limn."
diilely hive to go to sea. I was anxious while
I was there with the Han ard on account ot her
elze, and I would hive left at onie In case bad
weather had come 011. As I remember I iciol
Itct no qualification n to flonalves Channel."
Vdmlial Cotton said In response to u question
from Captain Ltinly lhat vessels of the lleet
could hue coaled where they weic on May 07,
"at some time timing thattliy" A indicative
ot the condition ot the M', he slid, he hid used
a cockleshell boat in soinp fiom the Harvard
to the llrooklvn, and had worn a while tinlfoim.
"Wax nnvthing Mhl it this time about going
to hey West for coal '"
"llptuining In what I said with refptpnee to
the tliftitultv vxhltli Commodoie Sibley stated to
me he Ind had in gel ting coal on board of any
of the ships at Cienfuegos, he said hi was very
anxious. The coil supply was getting short; the
wetther wa.x bad, and it had been bad almost
continuously. It via.x a very serious problem as to
how- or whether l.e could poailbly gel coal on
boird ships off Santiago. He Mid if be found
the neither did not improve nnd he found it
impracticable to coal there, he could only see
one resort, and that was ho would be compelled
to n turn to Key West in order to supply his
ships with coil. Hiving that question in view
he was apprehensive, .1r.1t cspechlly a to one
ship, the Texas. He did not even know- at that
moment whether she had on boird sulficicnt coal
to enable her to leiiui. to Key West.
A Signal Order.
"Dining my vi-.il he gave an onhr to make
signal -a geneul signal, ax I remember it, not
limited to the ri.iing squadron alone to report
whether the ships had sufficient coal lo reach
Key West. 'Ihe signal wan made, or at least I
a.sumc it wax made. At all events diirintr my
presence with Commodore Schley Im received a
icpoit to the etlei t that all Ihe ships, including
the Tia, had unfile imt coal to return to Key
Wc-l.
"1 Hunk the commodore was veiy niuili ie
lleved when hu leiclvcd tills information. Shortly
afteivvaid I should siv within a few minutes he
directed a signal to be made preparatory for tie
ships to 1 etui n to Key West. The order was
given In a gencial way. 1 cannot give the
words of the oulcr, but what I hive stated was
their purport.
"While I was still theie I received a lepott
to the effect that the signals were ready, Ilefoie
I lelt ship be oitleied signals to be made for
ships to toini piepaialoiy for Meaning to hey
West.
"I had iufi'iiiitd Commodore Stliley that It was
utterly impossible for Ihe Harvard to get an.v
wheie except to Kingston, I had not sufficient
toal to get to Key West, and bo veibally an
thoiized me to pioceed to Kingston to receive
such amount of coal as I could get then, suf
ficient lo enable nie to return to the neaiest
l'liilcd Stalls poit I lift the Ittookljn about
noon, po-slbly a few minutes befoie. Immediate
ly alter my departure the lliooklvn commenced
steaming ahead, and I noted Ilut many of thu
ships at that moment under Commodore Sebley'n
command weie in motion, picsuniably preparatory
to taking their stations In steaming order to
lelimi to Key W'ct. A soon as I returned to
nix- own ship, after niv boat was hoisted, I
si, .nil to the southwest for Kingston."
"Did jou stita fn speiilic term that jou
,1.1. d with Commodore Schley as to the dllfKul
t, ol toalli'g!"
Judge Advocate Lemly then asked; "After sou
drliicied the older and prior lo the dt.patrli
whlth he th lit ci rd to von to be sent to Kingston,
what cftorts did be mako to locale Cervcra's fleet,
to jour knowledge!"
No Effort to Tind Cervern.
"None, to my knowledge."
"Did be with bis dpudron at that thus ip
pro.ieh Santiago!"
"He did not. I will qualify that to this ex
tent. The veasrla, of cour.e, were not at au
thor! the.' weie moving about and there wcio
110 directions for movement tow aid the haibor
of Sunlltgo.'
"IteferrluB to that phrase Id the despatch, 'The
department looks to ou to aac-eitain the tact
that I ho enemy if therein does net ltv without
a decisive, iittlon,' what, within .vour knowledge,
did (Ximmoilnie St'hov do In obedlencu to thsso
Instiuttlons!"
"Nothing, to my knowledge."
"On the departure nf the flying aquailion, sup.
posing It departed on that day, as Indicated by
Ihe signal, for Key West, and the leavlnj of
jour own vessel for Kingston, what nf the
American force was left off Santiago to pie.ent
the exit of Cervera'a fleet frem that barborl"
"l havo no personal knowledge nf that fact."
Judge Advocate Lemly (hen started to lead
de patches received by Almirr-1 Celton from Ad
mlril Sibley, delivered hv the Scorpion.
:!i, lUjnrr objected to the reading cf thtit
i'eilcliM unless Admlril S."nipi)n' despatch No,
7 to Admltal Schley wax tead.
Captain lluker remarked that this dispatch
would not he found. To this Captain l.einly
took exception, sajlng that It wax out ll pi it
f. r counsel to make such comment. Admit il
Ihwey mslilned the objection,
The order of Admiral Mmpsen, vxhleh Is (he
le'ter lii.i'rn ax the "Pear Schley" Ult'r, was
llien ii. id
"Are ou not mistaken about dst.s?" asVet
Mr. Raner, "and wit not the date of the Sc
llterj ot these dlspxtches May .11 Instead of
May 27? You did deliver the illpateht, there
Ix no doubt "
"All tlie dispatdiex I received at St. Mdio'sx
Jlole were delivered to Commodore Sohlej on the
morning of May J7, 13, Tliere ia no mistake
about tint. Iht despatehex I received at King.
ton for Commodore Schley were deliveied on tho
morning of May ill, 'ihcre l no mistake about
that."
"Then we will to ahead and xe If jou can
find any more. I know you delivered them ax
fast ax )ou got them," said Mr. liavn. r.
"I desire to inform counsel tint I have a
record of tho despatches that were received by
lue or that camn addressed to the Harvard or
aihlrc.-jtcd to tho senior olAcer at St. Nicholas
Mole or Kingston, Jamaica. I have not a record
of the deepatrbex that came, nnd which were
Intended for Commodore Schley, except one."
Mr. ltijner You apoke of four or live dc
patchext "The depatchex to which I have reference am
those that were received en the llaivard by
me."
"Have jou a leiord of those!"
"f have x tecord of the dispatches tint were
Intended for the Ifuvud and were received
by me as the commanding officer of the liar
vaid. I have not a clear recoid of all dl
pilches that weie directed to or intended for
Commodoic Schley or the senior offlorr off
fcjntljjo."
Admiral Schley's Reply.
The witness Identified one dlpatch printed
In the appendix to the report cf the buieaii
of nivlgatlon. .Miy S7, PSM.
The louil at this point adjourned for bin-
slu on.
"Ihe question wax not dieuvscd and 1 ex
pressed no opinion."
"Did this conversation oriur befoie or atfer
the dispatches which jou took aboard hid been
read by the commander In chief!"
"Mlci "
lu iespon.se to fuilher questions, Admiral
I itton said Hut he had the origin il transla
tions of the cipher dispatches addressed to tho
Harvard. The dl'pitcli of May io was then
read to hlm, as follows
"Washington, Mav 2'. 1 ir. Harvard, St.
Nicholas Mole, llatti: 1'ioiced at once and
inform St hie, and al.o tho senior oPticcr pres
ent, off SantUgo, ax follows: All depattment'x
infoimation indicates Spanish division is -dill
at Santiago. The department looks to jou to
ascertain fietx, and that the enemy, If therein,
does not leave without a decisive action. Ca
bins familiar with Santiago say that there aie
landing- places flic or six nautical miles west
lioin ihe mouth of the harbor, and that there
probably insurgent's will be found, and not the
Spanish. From the surrounding heights can sec
cvtry vessel in port. As noon ax ascertained,
notlf.v tho department whether cnimv is there
Could not squadron and aNo the Harvard coal
from Merrimae leeward of Cape Cruz, (ionaivrx
Channel or Mole, Havtlf The department will
end coal immediate), to Mole. Report with
out delay situation at -Miitlago dc Cuba,
"Lons "
Mr. Itawicr called attention to the fact tint
theie weic some Immaterial changes in tho
dispatches as printed in the ofllchl reports by
the navy department.
Dispatch Identified.
Ailmii.il Sehlej's reply to these dispatches,
dated May 20, in which he said be could
not obey the orders of the department, wero
then read, and Mr, Rattier pointed out various
changes in the language of the dispatch as
printed in the ofllclal report. He addressed the
court briefly concerning these change-.
lie slid that Admiral Schley had spoken of
the weather as "boisterous" and that that woul
had been omitted trom the printed copy of
the dispatch. He also asserted that whereas the
idmlral had said that P,.100 tons of coal would
be necessity, the printed copy made it 10,000
ton.. It was also announced in Hie original that
tho Hiivard was going to Port Itoval, whereas
King-don had been lnreited in Ihe printed
topy. Other changes had been made.
When Hie mint convened after luncheon Mr.
llajner lesumed his cross examination of Ad
miral Cotton. Ills llrst effort was to reconcile
teitalu datc-i, sajing that it vvaa most important
that they should be correct. He would admit
the delivery of one dispatch on May 27, but
tho contention wax that the other dispatches
were deliveied on May 31 He called the ad
mlral'4 attention to the fact that one of the
dispatches which be had said ho delivered on
May '.'7 had been dated at Washington as of
that day. This is the dispatch in which Sec
retary Long- had instructed tho cotntnander as
to the importance of determlninsr explicitly
whetterherh tiao'a,,fll mb m nib nib nihmbm
whether Cervcra'a lleet was In Santiago harbor.
The admiral raid that It he had said that this
dlspatih was delivered on May 27 be hid made
a mistake thit it wax delivered on May 31,
after his return from Kingston,
Delivered Two Despatches.
The admiral said, however, that he was ceitaln
that he had delivered nioie than one despatch
to Commodore Sibley on Miy 27. lie said:
"I delivered to Commodore Schlev two despatches
011 the morning of M15 "7. I think it probable
that among the dcsitati lies which I spoke of
having handed hlm on lint date there may have
been some which were addreued to me at 2.26
p. in., and not lo hlm, which contained infor
mation hucIi as I thought he should have. Of
the despatches addressed to hlm one was from
Admlrul Sampson and the other from the navy
department."
Iteferrinsf to hut conveisitlon with Admiral
Schley comerning the coal supply of the fleet on
May 27, Admiral Cotton said that Admiral
Schley had expressed great anxiety on that point,
such as any commander would have felt, he said,
under the circumstances, t this point Mr.
Pajner referred to the picvious remark concern
ing coaling in tho open sea on May 27, Ho said:
"I understood jou to have tald that after read
inc despatches the commodoie made signals in
quiring the amount of coal. Did jou see the
answciing signal !'
"I did not," responded Hie witness.
"You stated ou could have coaled fiom the
Menlmao oil that diy. Why didn't ou do co"
"hi the flist place, I had no authority to toal
In the mi ond place, I was going for coal, which
could receive within ttvintj-four hours: and
in the Ihird place, coal was inuic needed by the
fleet than bj- tho Harvaid."
"Did jou ask the commodore for peimisslon
to coal.'"
"I did not."
Mr Itajner attempted to hive Admiral t otton
ny that blx xnum-sitlon Willi Admiial Schley
concerning Lieutenant DeiU'i proposition to go
obore and communicate with tho Insurgent had
occurred on May 31 Instead of May 27. 'Ihe
wlttiCM said that this might possibly he the
case, but lhat to bis best recollection the con
versation occurred on May 27. Mr. Itajner ex
plained that Admiral Sehley had on May 'il sent
another tnan asboitj to communicate with the
Insurgents, which would explain Admiral
Sehlcj'a declination of Lieutenant PcjII's propo
sition, The witness said that up to VI n 2( he did
not knovT of tho prcecme of ilie .-pauili Oct
within the harbor at Santiago, iku uul he know
ol any oilier ofikcr who bad that liiiotmatlon
at that time. On tedliect examination Admiial
Cotton said ho vi catlsfied that he had told
Admiral Schley of Lieutenant tleall's proposition
nn tho 27th, becitiic he would have considtred
that he was rciuhsx In his duty if he had not
given tho information at tho fir.t oppottunitj.
lie had then had befoio hlm tho order of tlie
depaitment to Commodore Schley lo ascertain
the facts concerning the presence of the Span
lh fleet in the harbor,
Mr. Itanna asked Admiral Cotton concerning
dispatches received by hlm on May 2.V. He
said he hid received a dispatch on that date
from Admiral Sampson telling I1I111 Hut the
SpatiMi squadron was at Santiago and to pru
ned there and communicate with Admiral
Schlej-. Tho witness lead a copy of the dis
patch which he had retained and said that if
he had ever given It to Admiral Schlej, it had
been on Maj 27
Mr. Rayner Criticises Repot ts.
Mr Itajner heio raised the point Hut the
document read was a ropy and not the origi
nal. Ilo also tailed attention to the fact that
the document had not been prlnteel in the oltt.
cltl report of the navy department.
An anlmsted controversy followed. In which
Mr. Itajner commented upon the (in his opin
ion) Inaccuracy of the department teporU lie
demanded the original cf the dljpatcb, fajdugi
This is an Inquiry snd not a pio-ccutlnn,
and jou are here lo protect and vindicate Ad
I mini Schley as much as we arc."
flllnulely the original cipher dispatch
found, and Mr. Hajner thtn said that he would
accept the lopy which Admiral (otton bad
been madn by Lieutenant Ileal.
At 3,'J.t p. m. Admiral Cotton wax exiuseil
and Captain William t. Wise, who was In loin-
mand of the auxiliary trtilcr Yale was called
to the witness stand. He told of his rcconnoltcr
Ing about Stntlago harbor on May '.1 previous
to tho arrival of tlie fltlti-r squadron He said he
had not been able to se.i ti)lhing of the Span
l'i lleet.
Captain Wise ild Hist when on May S7 he
approached the living squidrnn twenl)-one
mllex off Sir.tlago, tho fleet bad started upon
its retrograde movement. He came up with the
TVv.ix ard exchangwl tlgnalx with tiptaln
1'hlllip, telling hlm that he believed Ihe Span
lah sqiinlron to be Inside the harbor there.
Mr. Itayner objected lo this testimony is a
eonversitlon between Captains Wise and 1'hlllip
alTtttliitr Admlr.il Schley. The eouit nustalned
the objection and then put some question of
Its own, which, together with Ihe answers,
were ax follows:
"WTat information hid jou Hut led jou lo
bellave tho Spanish squadron to be at Santiago
May 27!"
"The same Informillon that was received from
the invy drpiitmrnt. I wilt state that if they
were there on the SOtli they did lint leave. I
am perlectly satisfied tliey did not leave while
we wcte there."
JudgeAdvoeate "I am reminded by the court
that this reins particularly to information that
jou nave?"
"I teccived my dispatch from the nivy de
pit Intent on the COtli that the Spanish squadron
had arrived on the 11th at Santiago."
"Had you any personat knowledge'"
"No."
ny the toiirl "Did jou report to Hie senior
n'Mcer the Information upon which ou based
your belief regarding the location of the Span,
tsh squ-ulroti on that date!"
"As I stated first. I wa. Intercepted by Hit
order fiom Commodore Sibley fiom the Vixen
to tako the Marrinui fn -.., Captain bigs
bee. of the St. Paul, Immediately vtcnt on
boaid. The Prookljn was a mile and a half
ahead. I imnietliitrly went to the Merrlmn
and made preparations to lake her In tow, and
so fir as my loinmunliatltig with Commodoie
Sthlt.t, no "
Secretary Long's Dispatch.
The Judge adtocate, at Admiral pewev's in
stance, invited attention to I he Ul'pjttli ax fol
lows. "Washington, May 'jn, 191.-Vale, ..up Ameil
can tonsiil, Cape Iftlten. Inform evetv vcsm-1
off Santiago de Cuba ttlng squadron Is oft ( ten
fuegox and that riders have been i-.pi I tndiv
to proceed with all possible dispatch lor San
tiago de Cuba. Long."
"The court asks why that order was not car
ried out."
Captain Wise m id m iepl :
"I Informed the St Paul, the llaivaul and
the .Minneapolis and I notified Captiln Phillip
the same thing."
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morrow, eaiiiK that It would hold en ses
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afternoon, in older to permit thoe connected
with it to attend the funeral of Judge Wilson,
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