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VOLUME X.
fSIDNBY BUaOS.l
( PHorniirToii J
ENGLAND PREPARING FOR VAR.
House of Commons Sustains Govern-
niant to Enlarge the Army.
London Feb. 2C When the debate
on nookett's proposed anlntulment to
the address In reply to the king's
speech was resumed In the house of
commons today the attack on War
3corotary llroderlck was continued.
Winston Spencer Churchill conserv-
ative declared Roderick's expectations
had only been realised In two direc-
tion i namely In the dporensed mini-
's er of volunteers and In the increase
l oxpondlture.
"There are" said Mr. Churchill
"fowor bayonets and sabres In the
British army in proportion to the mini-
fcor of generals than In any army In
tho world except tho Vonesuelan."
Thn unftnllAr fltrtliAf tlAlarAt1 Mint
fVthn whole army corns scheme Is a
"humbug and a sham and wns only
Introduced with the object of militaris-
ing England."
"Whoro does tho govornmont oxpoct
tho throo army corps Intended for for-
olgn seivlco to operato?" ho said. "It
is not l.i South Africa nnd such a forco
is not u.'oded on tho Indian frontlor.
Tho govornmont certainly cannot con-
tomplato tho thrco army corps oper-
ating In Canada for tho United Statos
Is no moro preparod to lnvado Canada
Uian Great Urltnln Is prepared to in-
uu uiu uaiiuii aiaius.
A Mr. Churchill added' amid cheers:
Y. "And long may that salutary nog-
lllGct continue!"
The houso finally rejected by 2C1
votes to 145 Mr. Beckett's amondmont
to tho addross tho tonus of which
woro tantamount to a consuro of tho
war secretary Urodorlck.
Tho division rovcalod fewer defec
ations from tho unionist ranks than had
been expected only about a dozen
unionists voting against tho govern-
mcnt while tho nationalists abstained
walking out in a body whon tho dlvls-
pon was called.
jA ln tho courso of tho dobato the
VT.lberal loader Mr. Asqulth oxprossod
F 1 W. ....II.. 1 . .
jinn buuuiui muni!!; wnun no romarKOu
that tho dobato was of greater Blgnlfl-
ganco than tho division on it and
inumu hu luiiiBuiuurua long anor mo
Sixth army corps had vaiilshod into
jpijn air.
Bfrjljromlor IJalfour.ln closing his do-
' oato for tho govornmont said that ho
had to consider tho doronso of India.
Ho rogardod a war bbtwoon Croat
Britain nnd Russia as in tho hlghost
jlogree Improbablo but It was Im-
possible to forget that tho Indian fron
tier was tho key to Great nrltnln'n
Military position In tho ovent of such 1
r
war and without being an alarmist
P. ANDERSON
. Proildent.
B. F. FREHSLEY
Ylea President.
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h.- wished to Impress upon the home
that events move rapidly In Central
Asia.
"' had to consider" continued the
premier "how far the strategical po-
sttlon of Ilumtn Improves year by year.
The Indian frontier ls the only part of
the empire adjacent to n flrst-clnsa
military power and In the improlxiule
and unhappy event of a war with
Russia we should require not only all
tho available forces In India but all
the forces that Mr. Uroderlck's scheme
places nt the disposal of the crown."
LADRONES FORCED TO RETREAT.
Government Troops Pursuing Filipinos
..Into the Morong Mountains.
Manila Keb. J6. General San Ml-
quel's force of Insurgent ladrones has
abandoned Montalbar sixteen miles
from hore and probably have fled to
tho Moronp moun-Mns.
Ileports from Uososco Indicate the
presonco of ladrones in that vicinity.
Itelnforcomonts for the govornmont
troops arrived at Mont Alban too lato
and fnlled to overtnko the rotroatlng
ladrones.
San Mlquol haB about 30 mon with
him. It Is bolleved thnt thoy cannot
subsist for any longth of tlmo In tho
mountains. Tho govornmont Is pro-
paring to occupy tho valloys and pass-
es and forco San Miquol to fight or
disband his followors.
Later roports Indicato that only fif-
teen of tho government troops (scouts
and constabulary) wore capttirod Sat-
urday and Sunday when tho ladronos
surrounded the townB of Snllba and
Tay Tay eleven mllos from Mlnlla.
Throo mon woro subsequently roloas-
od by tho ladrones after thoy had
given up tholr arms.
Detachmonts of cnstabulnry nnd
scouts encountered bands of tho on-
omy on Saturday and a sorios of skirm-
ish os ensued. Tho govornmont forces
woro victorious.
San Mlquel has Issued a manifesto
directing his adherents to avoid a
conflict with tho Americans and to con-
tent thomselvos with harassing tho po-
nce. A rollablo quick mothod to oarn
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AIIDM011E INI). TEB... FRIDAY
'ID II
HIS NOMINATION SERIOUSLY DIS-
CUSSED AS A CANDIDATE.
Believed by New York Demoarats
to
Be Stronger Than Any Man Here-
tofore Mentioned and Will Pell
Largest Democratic Vote.
Washington Fl. 16. Several gen-
tlemen prominent in lmth of the great
parties were discussing In nn up town
hotel recently tho approaching polit-
ical campaign nnd Incidentally the
outcome of the mention of .Mr. Cleve-
land's naino as a probable candidate
befuro tho next Democratic national
convention.
Ono of the gentlemen a Northern
sonator was plnylng with a bright
now silver dollar coin fresh from the
mint It accidentally slipped from
his fingers nnd fell to the marble floor
giving forth a loud cloar ring.
"What was that?" domandod ono of
the party whogo back was turned.
"About thirty conts" answered tho
senator a3 ho picked ur tho coin.
"It's a silver dollar" asserted tho
second gontloman a well known New
Tork Democrat of tho gold faith.
"No" insisted the senator "It Is
precisely thirty-six conts or would
havo boon If the man you bolted had
been oloctod."
"And It wns worth fifty conts when
I boltod him" laughed tho gold Dem-
ocrat. "Now liaton a momont you
follows especially you who woro on
tho silver end of tho cart whon wo
fellows up North got out on tho front
scat.
"Tho boat thing that ovor happoncd
to tho Democratic party as proved by
subsequent ovonts was tho falluro of
tho Southern wing to compol Mr.
Clevoland to accept your frco sllvor
liorislos and oxert his cxccutlvo pow-
or along theso linos as you sought to
make him do. Instead Mr. Clovolond
at a heavy cost It is true in moro
ways than ono maintained tho gold
standard of tho currency and In of-
fect. on this ltn . from tho standpoint
of a Southorn Democrat was a Ro-
publlcan. "Mr. Clevoland hbwovor Instead of
asserting Republican principles and
practices as you sSid really assortod
bsound Democratic principles and one
of these is the maintenance of a sound
currency thojahq party thanks to
Mr. JJryan. In. Dnojopoqh and to other
men? TiuiUior" epoch's has bten led
away In the wilderness.
"nut since tlint tlmo there has been
a complete revolution of sentiment up-
on tho great question of the day and
the mnsses of tho people have solld-
lllud upon tho issue that our currency
Is not further to be tinkered with ns
It has heen for generations to cure
all Illh and as In exponent of the so-
lidity of that sontlmont In the Demo-
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0. R. Smith President.
C. M. OAMPBbLL Vice-Pree;"
Lee Cruce Cashier.
Q. W. Young Stockman
J.O. Tuompson Attorney
EVENING FEBRUARY
i rullr raiks. Mr. C
Cleveland Is certainly
pre-eminent.
"There has iin some preliminary
talk About M r. Gorman as a candidate
but Northern Democrats are glad to
see Uml thorn is none about a West
ero ami. Mr Gorman may be from
the start entirely nllmlnntt! from con
sldefnttnn. Tho man who will lend Uie
Democratic forces at the Milling pres
IdeuUnI ejection wilt come from one
of the two Northern states New York
rr New Jersey."
"Judge Iarkcr Is at this time very
largely mentioned mainly from the
fact that ho has a clean record nnd
that lite views upon any public ques-
tion are absolutely unknown to the
public nt large. So shadowy are we
all in Uile connection that It Is pro-
posed after the adjournment of con-
gress that a representative I wily of
Democrat visit hint ascertain his
principles to the end that It shall be
determined whether the party can se-
lect as a standard a mon whose io-
sltlon on public questions Is not pub-
lice proporty."
"Ho will have to" answered tho
New Vbrlrer "nnd It tho UnBtorn men
who propose to run tho next Demo-
cratlo campnlgn And that those prin-
ciples yot to be rovenled are not
such ns will cause thorn to conclude
that ho has a good chnnco of winning
his nnmo will not bo consldorod by
them nor by tho people thoy ropro-
sent." "How can you prevont It?" asked
one of tho gentlemen.
"Wo will not havo to prevont It" do-
clnrod tho gold Domocrat. "His can
dldaoy or any man In similar position
will fall of Its own wolght. Tho Dom-
ocrnoy will follow no moro peorloss
loaders to dofoat nor chlmorns to de-
struction." "You havo boon licked ofton onough
to Instill 4 Httlo horso sonso Into tho
Domocratlc .donkoy" suggested tho
sonator facetiously.
"Precisely." replied tho olhor. "If
Mr. Cloyoland Is nominated tho South
will havo to voto for him and ho can
command tho electoral votes of that?
Boctlon. That section got half of his
last cabinet moro than half of tho
ambassadorial mlnistorial ami consu-
lar positions and was mnd because It
couldn't got thorn all. It will got its
quoto If ho bo elected again as It ro-
coivod them boforo.
"Noto tho namos of tho mon who
are to nssemblo at the Chicago dinner
nnd not that tr. Bryan docllnos. This
Is wise of him. Wo are done with him
They are of mon who havo' kopt qulot
while the Damocracy waB stifled by
Its raise prophets as your thirty-cent
dollar Illustrated."
"Do'you candidly think that Mr.
Cleveland will be nominated?" asked
the senator seriously.
"flie scnttiuont In Now York Js"
replied tho Oothamlte "that it Mr.
Cleveland bo nomlnuted and 1 don't
oven predict that ho will be that ho
will poll the largest Democratic voto
that any man can poll and if this Is
the case thoro will bo a fight on In
the next campaign which will romlnd
old stagers in politics of old times
G. R. Jon KB Wholesalo and Retail
Furniture
Sam Noble Wholesale Hardware
J. R. Pennington " Grocer
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and tho Republican elephant may lx
crowded off the plank."
"And that Is just what tho Ilopub-
llcans wlsh." .snld the sonator "for
tho past two conests have been too
onenided for the pnrty's good Tin
stiffer the light the more freely the
blood will How and It won't be Re-
publican blood despite the fact that
all you fellows who once nldetl us will
drop your ballots In the next box."
STATEHOOD COMPROMISE.
Democrats Suggest Separation of Ari
zona from New Mexico.
Washington Keb. 20. The Demo
cratic members of the senate commit-
tee on post ofllcBs had another meet-
g today with renroaentatlves of the
Republican olement in tho senato fa
vorable to the omnibus statehood bill
for tho purpose of discussing the pos
sibility of yet securing n compromise
hlch may bo nccoptablo to all par
ties. The Democratic membora of tho
conference assured the Ilopubllcans
that tho rojoctlon of tho eottlomont
proposal by tho Ilopubllcnn sldo of
tho sonnto as a wholo Is final.
Thoy woro thon roquostod to sug
gest a basis of ngroomont thoniBolvos.
Replying that thoy could only Bpoak
for thomsolvoB tho Democrats sug-
gostod that Now Moxlco and Arizona
might lio admitted as ono stato with
tho understanding that Arizona may
become a sopnrnto stato on tho attain
ment of a population of 200000 within
the piosont aroa of tho torritory and
on tho voto of tho pooplo of that aroa
alone. Tho Ilonubllcnn ennfnrenn
promised to prosont tho suggostlon to
other Republican sonatora.
Thoso prosont at tho conforonco
woro: Sonntors Clay DubolB and Sim
mons Democrats; and Senators Quay
'orakor Galllnger nnd Mason Repub.
lIcatiB.
Mrs. Hosca Townscnd of Ardmoro
arrived yesterday to Join her husband.
Judge TownBcnd who Is holding court.
Uhlcka8ha Express.
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Mrs. John P. Hrlnck of DalaB Toxas
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INDIAN DILL AGREEMENT.
Conferees Reach Settlement and Sen-
ate Accepts Report.
Washington. Keb. SC. Tho confer-
ence of the snnnte and houso today
reach) an agreement of tho differ-
ences of the two houses on tho In-
dian bill and the sannto accepted tho
reiwrt. There are to be thlrty-thrco
Indian agencies Instead of thirty as
fixed by the senate and thirty-seven.
as fixed by the house.
The amendment for the payment of
Mexican Klekapoos In Oklahoma Is
eltmlnntod.
The provision of the senate for tho
payment of the claims of the loyal
Creeks for damngos In tho civil war
was compromised nnd $000000 In
stead of $1300000 allowed.
The amendment concerning guardi
ans for minors In tho Indian Torrl
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bring suit In the court of claims was
retained.
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