Bellefonte, Pa., Nov. I3, 896.
A Great Trimmph.
It is not quite a year since the President
of the United States called a halt on the
land pirating scheme which England was |
attempting to practice on Venezuela. The |
notice to desist was rather pointed and not
" calculated to please the English fancy, but
it appears to have effected its purpose, as |
Premier SALISBURY has announced that
England has abandoned the scheme of
stealing Venezuelan territory.
It is distinctly remembered what an ex-
citement was created by President CLEVE-
LAND’S Venezuelan message.
declared thas it was a rash step and that
we would be lucky if it didn’t get us into
a war with England.
blustered with its usual truculence, and
denounced the American impudence that
would presume to dictate to England in
the management of her colonial policy.
In the
sprung up on both sides of the Atlantic the
President of the United States coolly pur-
sued the plan he had proposed for deter-
mining the relative rights of the two par- |
ties to this Venezuelan controversy.
land had been bullying the weak South |
American republic for years on the bound-
ary question
claims submitted to arbitration, but acting
upon his determination to have the matter
fairly settled the President appointed a
commission, whose business it should be to
.
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Bejefonte, 1 Stith ward 6 1H TTT 16 wl 18 TT) TTL Id 13) 13 y 191) 164] 160| | 178) Teg| | 163] 201] | 229] 133 | 213 190! | set] sn] coal roel | Tor] Tas Tt] Sou | onl Sag | doz ane
West ward. 541 79] 60; 58) 5 62) 80, 87, 4 3 TT) 58] 78 | 64 ot | 65] “90! | 74] 82 THOTT 69) 64 93 86 il 62] 91) 8611 70! 86! 64 gu
| Centre Hall borough... TH 800 32 uy 8 8) 151 361 75 38 | 73] 43 | 85) 31) 80 33 | 80 76| 41) 33) | 82 82] 33 52 | 85 31]! sy 33
Milesburg borough... 4 92; joy 5 a 6 26 98) 94) 28! 100 29 Joi | 32) 96/4 28 98 | 20| 291 94] 1001 | 29 29 96] 450 | 20 99 | 29 99
Jrathein: Boson gh. Be a 4 3) us 4 = 123] 52 1s 58) | 128 46 | 110] 57 | 125 118] 54| 51) | 125] 127] 50) 46) | 126] 47) | 125 48
Oa Doma ] ol mo 65 78 99 | #9 99 | 47) ou | 35 a7| 105 103 | 37] 37] 104! 105 | 37 103! | 37: 103
ili Pred = 400 173) 85 | 76 128] | 65] 132) | 07) 100] | 69) 130 | 06] 62| 136( 135 | 70] 64 134 132 | 66 137 | of 199
Philipsburg borough, < Second ward. 95! 1] 210 128) | 114 169) | 105] 163/ | 116] 162 | 111) 165/ | 102| 103] 174{ 173] | 111] 100! 171] 167] | 105] 174] | 108 176
: hs Third ward. 76 OT 184, 1150 | 86] 157,] 78] 161] | od] 1511 | 85! 154) | 76 76| 160| 159] | 107 79 138] 150 | 79] 161] | 7s 161
{ South Philipsburg boro........... 24 210 41 39) | 220 40) 23; 39 | 26] 38 23 39! 23] 23] 30| 40/| 27] 23 36 39): 23 40 23 q
State College Borough 0, 59 64] ng ui 120 | 67) 109i | 741 1071 65 117: | 66f 71] 113] 112] | ev] 68 111] 111) | 67] 118 | 70! 116
| Unionville borough.............. i 26 28 54 ly 28 aol 2m a2) 30) 441734 46 | 25! 18! 46] eri) 28] 25) af a1) | 260 a4) | 3) ay
Remer township | Northern precinct. i; 83° 61 83] 83. 69 | 95 57) 84| 65: 83 s2| es] 71) | s6| 85 66! ob | 87) 63! 87 5
2 “MP § Southern precinet..| 62 sy 07 | ofl a3 | es 8 63 ef; 53! os) 70 64) | 6-63) 61 o1 | 8] 58 | cu 61
| _,. | Northern precinet...| 29 55, 27) 8) | 21) O08) 29, 56 | 26) 25 58| 58!) 27 27) ov 46 | 8] 48! om ow
| Boggs tornsing, elas precinct. .. a3 4 a 62/1 60; 59) 60F 58. 56 58 62| 611] 59! 58! 60] 61) a8 a | 53 66
| ; J Western precinc 871 90° 168; 881 172] | 86) 160 { 100) 161) | 89] sol 171) 171) | 86] so; 166] 166] | 92] 164 | 89; 168
{ Burnside township.............ccoue... ; 33 33° 72, 33 72! 33 72! 35) 70| 33 33 72 72] 33] a; 72 721 33 72 am 79
College townshi Eastern precinct... 5! 103 139, 92: 149 | 105 135, | 99) 141; | 93 97] 147] 141 96| 94! 144] 1465 98| 144; | 96] 145
Hi tes} woringe SMD § Western precinct... a 15 13 10 100 1 12 100 10 10 12 12-1) al] 12 12) 10) 100] 12{ 100] 12} 10
1S enemies Curtin township...... Pl ees ff | ot 2 oy 58) 55) 59, ol 60; 5311 570 56) 56) o8! | 58 57) 54) 54) | 62] 50 59 53
sie ‘nship | astern precinet.. 58: GO) 155 76; 153 79, | 159' 74] | 152] 81 | 156 154) 771 79) | 135] 156 6 77 157] 761 158; 75
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Ps Gregg township : Exstern pocinet, om! I 31 1320 20] vl oil i ol a ea a wi | 18 Ale] on
The English press Western precinct... 8 : 145) 75! | 146) 74) | 142 79) 1431 141) 760 78 1 144) 146] 75] 78] | 146] 74) | 144] 77
stlizes township | Eastern precinct....| 119; 36|.... : 291 95! 96 43) | o4i 45) | 91] 46/| 96) 03) 46! 42 | of od] 45 45/| 03 a4! | oal 43
§ Western precinct ..! 3 53! | 168] 56) | 144 80) i 144 79’ | 142) 142] 82! 81) | 142] 144] 81! 80! | 145] 79 145) 81
Halfmoon township................. = y 8 7 a7| { 411 1020 1 55 88 | dol 99 | 44] 42 97] 041 | 431 41] 101] 100, | 43] 101] | 42] 101
Harris township... - : 75 76) | 127) 126! 81) | 134) 73) | 126] 771126 163! 71! 35! | 128 128] 76! el | 127) 70 | 128% Ty
Howard township. 3 90, 119. | 71] 97 | 62 107] | 61] 109) | 65] 104] | 61] e2l 108! 107) | 62] 61] 107] 107] | 62 107) | 62 107
Huston township : ! iy) 68 | 64) 112) 53) 120i | 60] 112 | 55 113! | 53] 43] 103 117] | 73] 42) 117] o6i | 47] 123! | 9al s¢
: Liberty township D1a1l 165 | o7] 163] | 92] 164] | 03 164 | 07] 1600 | 92 91] 164 167) | 92 92) 162] 163] | 05] 161] | oa} 108
midst of the excitement that Marion townshi 54 oi | 851 57 82] 62! | 82 oL| 84 60 | 820 s21 63 58 | 83) 82] ell eo! sil co | 3 61
. is ! 200 200 | 69j 26! | 71} 24 2; : 700 ev! 25 28 | 8 67 26) 28! | eo! 26) | cs] 26
Miles township Middle precine 330 30 | 144) al | 143) 35] | 146 144) 145 34) 33 | 145) 144] 341 320 | 146] 34] | 146] 31
- “J Western precinct. | 18] 18! 71 18| | T0j 19) 7a] 71 18| 181 v3 70] 18] 19 7 18 | mj 1s
Patton township... ie i 2 2. 103, 132} 78, 122 Gl 138 BS 67| 62] 134) 125 63] 60] 135] 133 60{ 137) | 62| 134
Penn township. : | noi. 200 2401206 24 | 2050 23 | 207 207| 202] 24| 23/1 207| 207] 24! 24 | 208] 24 | 208] 24
| Potter township } Yorthern prec PH 2 2. arl ay i125) sl | 122 36 123) 120 120, 40) 33) | 122 122 37) 37) | 123! 36) | 121) ax
| Southern prec | 4 1 G81 TT 10m 0] | 102] 84) | xt 193 1871 79) 82| | 195) 195] 77; 77| | 196| 78! |-196] 7s
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| Sou inet, ..... ! 2 2 76! 781; 92 7 $ 5 3 0 vt 88 8] 81 19
* Snow Shoe Twp) ) Raster preoing. : 2 y = on | sl 119 | 83 13 83 80 104 123] | 84° 82] 121] 120] | 84] 121} | 84! 121
| : 2 * J Western precinet...| : 3. J 21: 46: 73 7, 13 46) 46 73] 731 | 48 47] T2| 73) | 48) 73 | 48 713
| ; 3 Xorthemn broatneh..f 5 : In 104 | 65) 123 59! 126 i 63{ 56 13 115 65, 65 119 116 71 114 64! 121
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. | Spring township ~Southern precinet... hi 58) 146) | 106; 165] | 88| 181! | 123 98) 107{ 193] 140, : 120! 148! | 119] 149
and refusing to have her eo) Western precine a ny 104 | 60’ 114 : 108] 36! 58f 125! 111! 67) 111) | 64 112
{ Eavior township...............cicceco nee einen] SBR [8d : 5 61] 94i| a8; 82,1 30) 88 35 20 To! 93 28! 891 | 28 81
Union township... 128, 10, 8) | 63) 54 ez 12s | a5 134) | 53 131) 9 | 50] 33 hy 136) 56] 131 | 58 138
| Walther township 167} 1 224 107) | 232) 218! 91j 107) | 222) 112) | 221] 115] | 22 9 | 219! 219; 119] 112, 225! 110; | 226) 109
| Worth township... 129] 3] 62) 132) | 06 Gf 124! 111, | 10% 92! | Go| 128 3 | 65 631 127] 131) 06 120] | 66] 126
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Total, 316 4460.4870% 36] 213) 207) 4644 47411 15045 4558/4424 4461] (4772 4756) 145434860] [4933/4518] 4823 4540) | 4705/4737) 146894765
| ar Lown ta Le ay ome ol eal alg ed
give the issues between the two parties a
thorough investigation and report accord-
ingly, at the same time intimating that the
report of that commission should be the’
basis upon which the dispute should be
determined.
The world knows the sequel of President !
CLEVELAND'S action in this matter. The
commission went on with the work assign-
ed it. England got in a better humor in
regard to the matter and acquiesced in the
proceedings, and last week Premier SALIS-
BURY, In the most complacent manner, an-
nounced at the Lord Mayor’s dinner that
the Venezuela difficulty had been satisfac-
torily arranged, and gave President CLEVE-
LAND’S commission the credit for having
done it.
So great a diplomatic triumph was never
achieved by any other American adminis-
tration, and it was a triumph in the inter-
est of international justice and peace.
The Present Outlook in the Electoral
College.
The election is over now and nothing
remains to be done but the balancing up
of the accounts. The following table will
show the strength of the two candidates in
the electoral college. It will be seen that
Mr. Bryan has 23 more votes than Mr.
Harrison had in 1892 and just four less than
Mr. Cleveland had in 1888.
Sure for
Bryan.
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Sure for
McKinley.
STATES.
Alabama.
Cs
Kentucky..
Louisiana
Maine ..
Maryland...
Massachusett:
Michigan...
Minnesota .
Mississippi.
Missouri.
Montana.
Nebraska
Nevada...
New Hampshire.
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina.
Oregon.
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina,
South Dakota
wale
Vermont.
Virginia.....
Washington
West Virgir
Wisconsin.
Wyoming
otal,
McKinley Has Settled It.
Brrrkronte, Nov. 0.—(Special)—It is now defi-
nitely settled, since the election of McKinley, that
the plant of Bellefonte glass company will be put
in operation. Work will be commenced to-morrow
to get everything in readiness for operation by
November 20. “A furnace of six pots will be used.
The above is the kind of slush that is
going the rounds of Republican papers just
now in the effort to have the public believe
that MCKINLEY’S election is the one thing
that insures the starting up of the different
factories that are now being put into ,oper-
ation. So far as this one-—the Bellefonte
Glass Co.—is concerned, Republican suc-
cess had no more to do with its revival than
it has with the brisk business the under-
takers have heen doing since the fall season
set in. The money, $3,000, to start the
glass works here was raised by popular sub-
scription before a single vote had been cast
and while the country was in doubt as to
who would be elected. Not a man whose
name is upon that subscription list will say
that it was put there on the strength of
MCKINLEY’S election, nor will the men
who aie organizing the enterprise and most
of whom areRepublicans,say that his success
has either helped or hindered their under-
taking. It is alittle piece of very little poli-
tics for any one to try to make political
capital out of such a matter, which only
serves to show how hollow the pretense is,
that to the success of the gold bug candi-
date can be attributed the starting up of
various enterprises, many of which were
closed down during the campaign for polit-
ical effect. The Bellefonte glass works
would have been put in operation if Mc-
KINLEY had not carried a single State.
‘The Official Returns for Congress.
The return judges for the 28th Congress-
ional district met in Clearfield, on Tues-
day, and summed up the vote polled for
the various candidates in the district at the
last election. It will be seen that Mr.
ARNOLD carried three of the five counties
in the district and that his majority over
Col. SPANGLER is 1205.
Spangler Arnold Brennan
Centre county 4644 4741 197
Clearfield ** 6063 7385 557
Clarion ** 3923 3305 157
Elk £2 2745 2694 48
Forest * oar 1170 76
18,090 19,295 1035
——There has been considerable talk to
the effect that the warm personal friend-
ship that is said to exist between major
MCKINLEY and president judge JOHN G.
LOVE, of this place, will result in the lat-
ter’s receiving some very nice appointment
under the former. It is hardly probable
that judge LOVE would give up the posi-
tion he now holds, unless it would be for
a seat on the state Supreme bench. If the
judge and Governor HASTINGS were closer
we might name him as a successor of Su-
perior court judge E. N. Willard, of Scran-
ton, who will probably resign before many
months.
W. J. Bryan a Busy Man.
Has 1,000 Letters a Day to Answer Besides Pre-
paring for a Campaign of Speeches.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 11.—W. J. Bry-
an’s first speech since election will be made
in Lincoln Saturday. In the afternoon he
will speak to the Mary Bryan club, num-
bering over 1,000 women, and will advise
| them as to methods by which they best can
| continue their silver educational work.
i One Saturday evening he will speak in one
of the theatres. His plans for the next
i two weeks include an address in Denver on
i November 24, and probably a visit to Mis-
| souri for recreation and consultation with
| Governor Stone.
For more than a week Mr. Bryan has
| been overwhelmed with mail, the average
| being 1,000 letters a day, and it requires
| nearly all his time and that of two secre-
taries to attend to this corresponilence.
Regarding the proposition of the Wash-
{ington Legislature to elect him United
| States Senator, Mr. Bryan has not express-
| ed himself, but it is believed that in view
of his desire to devote himseif exclusively
to the cause of bimetallism, he will hardly
accept the seat if tendered him.
It is stated that the Denver meeting on
| the 24th will be the opening of the cam-
paign of 1900, and will be a monster affair.
It is expected Mr. Bryan will make several
speeches addressing 100,000 or more peo-
ple.
Canuot Last Long.
Henry Labouchere’s Opinion of the Hold the Money
Power Has on the American People.
LoxpoxN, Nov. 10.—Commenting on the
recent election in the United States Henry
Labouchere in Truth says: ‘‘The vic-
tors will do well to realize that apart from
bimetallism there is a strong growing feel-
ing in America against huge accumulations
of capital in the hands of individuals, ob-
tained by means of the trusts, which arc
really monopolies, and gambling With clog-
ged dice in railroads. The greedy plutoc-
racy, unsupported by an armed force, can-
not long hold its own against the rights
and well being of all.
‘‘America’s worst product is its dollar-
ocracy, whose members have literally nosh-
ing to recommend them. The odds are
that either they or their parents acquired
huge fortunes by the most questionable
means. As a rule they are ignorant and
vulgar. If the United States is not to be-
power, these worthies, who have increased
and are increasing, must greatly diminish.”’
——Want of management ruins ten men
Po, Where lack of opportunity holds one
come a mere plutocratic and oligarchic,
| Dark Outiook for Tariff,
Opposition to the Dingley Bill Places the New Ad-
|" ministration in a Dilemma—No Way to Stop the
| Deficit—Republicans Insist on the Highest of High
| Protection—Demand from Northern States.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11th.—The revenue
| and tariff problems set for Republican solu-
| tion grown more perplexingly difficult the
more they are studied. As the situation
develops the tendency is to quit discussing
as to whether or not the Dingley Lill ean
be got through the senate this winter, and
inquire whether the Republican tariff lead-
ers themselves will care, or dare, to pass
that bill. The interview with Ways and
| Means Chairman Dingley, telegraphed
from Maine night before last, has convine-
ed many people here that ex-Governor
i Dingley himself does not now want his
| bill passed. >
Those familiar with Republican feeling
| to the states along the Canadian border
i will not be surprised if it is found that bit:
| ter opposition to the passage of the Dingley
| bill crops out here as soon as the represen-
tatives of those states return to Washing-
ton. These Republican members did not
like the Dingley bill ‘when it was up in the
house. They voted for it under the threat
of Speaker Reed’s displeasure, and, when
they had done so, excused themselves to
their constituents by saying that it was an
emergency measure, which was not to be
taken as at all indicating the policy the
party would pursue if it had full control
of congress and the executive. Some of
them, like Congressman Black, of Troy, N.
Y.. who was last week elected governor of
his state, vigorously denounced the Ding-
ley bill after it went through the house,
and declared that the Republican manag-
ers had got themselves in a bad job by forc-
ing it through.
The secret of this attitude of the Troy
congressman and other Republican con-
gressmen from states along the Canadian
border was that their constituents were
flooding them with letters and telegrams
demanding that that the tariff schedule. be
raised as high as those of the McKinley
bill, if not higher, so as to kill off all pos-
sibility of competition by the Canadians in
the American markets. This demand ‘for
the highest sort of high protection, nothing
short of absolute prohibition, came from
every state from Maine to Washington. .
It came from Mr. Dingley’s own state,
as he has learned, and it explains why he
may now turn eut to be an opponent of
‘the passage of the bill which bears his
name. It is safe to predict that opposition
to the pascage of the Dingley bill will - be
found among cll Republicans from the
northern border states. They will no doubt
prefer that no tariff legislation at all
should be attempted this winter rather than
that the Dingley bill should be passed.
They will prefer to wait until an extra
session can be assembled and a general re-
vision of the tariff made. Then they will
fight for the highest kind of protection for
the industries in which their constituents
are interested, so that the latter may be
saved altogether from Canadian competi-
tion.
If this opposition to the Dingley bill, or
any other moderate protective measure, is
successful this winter, then the Republi-
cans will have to cast about for other
means to raise revenue which will stop ‘the
deficit and avert the danger of bond issues
to maintain the gold reserve during the
early months of McKinley’s administra-
tion. So far not a suggestion has been
heard that promises to get the Republicans
out of this very probably dilemma. They
evidently will have the hardest kind of a
nut to crack at the very beginning of their
new lease of power.
Wanted to Cede Formosa.
Alleged Proof that China Proposed Giving it to Great
Britain.
LoNDON, Nov, 11.—The ‘‘Globe’ this
afternoon confirms on ‘‘undeniable author-
ity’’ the statement recently made that,
toward the close of the war between China
and Japan, China offered to cede the island
of Formosa to Great Britain uncondition-
ally, with the view of excluding the Japa-
nese from that territory, but Lord Rose-
bery, then prime minister, promptly
declined the offer. The ‘‘Globe’’ adds that
the offer was made through the victory of
Hankow.
Castles to Sail Saturday.
LoNDON, Nov. 11.—Walter M. Castle,
of San Francisco, called at the United
States embassy to-day. He will sail for
the United States on Saturday next, ac-
companied by Mrs. Castle.
The figures above have heen verified by the official count on all candidates and can be relied upon as being correct.
*NoTE.—To the Bryan vote, as given in above table, should be added the 71 votes forthe Free Silver electors and the 15 votes cast for the People’s electors—the ¢
ing the total for Bryan in the county 4546 and McKinley's plurality 324. There were 4 Socialist Labor votes polled in Huston township.
General Weyler to the Front.
Has Gone to Take Command Personally Against
Maceo’s Advance.
HAVANA, Nov. 9.—Captain general
Weyler has taken the field in person against
the insurgents under Antonia Maceo in the
province of Pinar del Rio, and reliable
news received from the front indicates that
the Spanish columns are approaching close
to the enemy. General Weyler will go
along the line of the trocha. Strong rein-
forcements are being embarked to support
the captain-general in the operations now
in progress against the insurgents.
The editorials in the local newspapers
are given over to the important act
joining together in support of the
Spanish policy. ‘La Lucha” says that
the act is due to the influence of Gover-
nor Porrua, and adds that it corrects
the error of the Autonomists and Reformists
, in believing in political dealings with the
' rebels and not in energetic means of sup- |
| pressing them. The Separatists, this pa-
| per says, have clearly established that the
| issue is to be settled with arms, and arms
! must be the only response. It points out
! that General Campos at a memorable meet-
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An American Victory.
Opinions of London Papers on the Arbitration of
the Venezuelan Question.
LoNDoN, Nov. 11.—The Westminster Ga-
zetle this afternoon, referring to the practi-
cal settlement of the Venezuelan question
by submitting it to a court of arbitration,
says : !
‘The locus standi of the United States,
which the Marquis of Salisbury at first de-
nied, is now undisputed, and is accepted
even to the length of ruling out Venezuela.
We would much rather settle with the
United States, but we naturally look to the
United States to go bail for Venezuela in
return. To this assertion of the Monroe
doctrine, the most satisfactory point of all,
is appended a general arbitration agree-
ment.”’
The St. James Gazette asks whether the
agreement will not throw into arbitration
‘‘all the sparsely settled region between
the Schomburg line and the settled ter-
ritory of Guiana, which Lord Kimberly
and the Marquis of Salisbury declared they
would never submit to arbitration and
whereupon President Cleveland ahd Secre-
tary Olney declared they should or the
| ing at the palace before his departure said | United States would make them.”
| that nobody could suppose that he possess-
, ed sufficient prestige to change the status
| of the Cuban question, not even by concili-
atory measures.
Havaua volunteers recruited from the
colored firemen to the number of 300 are
leaving Havana for the trocha.
KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. 9.—Advices re-
ceived from Havana last night, per steamer
Olivette, gives details of an outrage on an
American citizen, and the butchery of 19
non-combatant Cubans, including four
women, by Spanish soldiers. The massa-
| cre occurred last Thursday near the town
of San Jose de Las Layas, Havana province.
The Spaniards went to the sugar estate of
Frederick L. Craycroft, who went there
from Indiana about three years ago. Some
of the soldiers seized Mrs. Craycroft, and
when her husband rushed to his wife’s aid,
he was struck down by a sword in the
hands of an officer. The Spaniards looted
the house, took $850 in cash, and then raid-
cd other houses on the estate. They burn-
ed eight buildings and shot and killed 19
inmates, four of whom were women.
Crayeroft, when he recovered sufficiently
wrote to Vice-Consul Springer at Havana.
It is understood that the vice-consul cabled
an account of the outrage to Secretary Ol-
ney.
MADRID, Nov. 9.—The report that Gen-
eral Weyler is to be replaced as captain-
general of the Island of Cuba is untrue.
Their Salaries Went On.
Heads of State Department Back to Work After the
Campaign. Gossip of Coming Appointments.
HARRISBURG, Nov. 9. — After about
three months’ absence, during which their
salaries continued, heads of the state de-
partments have returned from working the
McKinley end of the campaign. Deputy
Attorney-General Elkin started in to-day,
as did Captain James Clark, of the bureau
of industrial statistics, and who expects to
protects, has started a boom for the ap-
burg.
contest for him at a lively rate, and they
claim that Quay will favor him.
is now bank examiner here at $10 a day.
Governor Hastings returned to Harris-
burg this morning from a visit to Wash-
ington over Sunday.
long talk with Senator Quay.
leaders are now working in harmony,
adelphia bench a man in accord with the
Senator and his friends in that city. A
delegation of the Philadelphia attorneys
will be here to-morrow to ask for the ap-
pointment of Alexander Simpson, Jr.,
counsel for the anti.conmbine in its legal
battles during the fight for sheriff. A
movement has been started here to secure
the appointment of Speaker Henry F.
Walton for the vacancy to mollify his
friends for his defeat for the Senate in the
Fifth district hy the anti-combine can-
cidate.
The indications are Governor Hastings
will have a vacancy to fill this fall on the
superior court bench. Judge E. N. Willard,
of Scranton, is tired of his position and has
intimated that he will retire before the
session of the Legislature. ;
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pointment of surveyor of customs at Pitts- |
Harrah’s friends have started the HOt any sacrifices of principle on cither
I side.
It adds: “‘If Great Britain does submit
this issue to arbitration it will be difficult
to disprove the American claim that the
agreement is a square back-down upon the
part of Great Britain. The decision of the
committee not to report relieves President
. Cleveland's government of the most serious
difficulty of its own creation.”
The ‘‘Pall Mall Gazette’? thinks that
hereafter disputes are less likely to occur,
' *‘now that the principle of dealing directly
get a more lucrative job in Washington. .
Joseph R. Harrah, of Beaver, whom Quay |
Harrah |
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The Governor had a | the colonial office C
The two | With one of the under secretaries, C. A.
and | Harris, who had been prominently associ-
as a result of their meeting the executive | ated with the Venezulean question from
will name for the vacancy on the Phil- | the first.
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with the little republic is set aside in favor
of negotiations with their powerful pro-
tector.”
The ‘‘Globe’’ welcomes the agreement
‘‘because it releases the American govern-
ment from a false and dangerous position.’’
Continuing, the ‘‘Globe’’ says : Had the
commission reported adversely to Great
Britain it would have forced President
Cleveland to attempt the coercion of Great
Britain or eat the humblest of humble pie.
The decision of the commission to withhold
its report is an obvious but effective way
out of an awkward situation.”
The ‘‘Globe’’ then proceeds to criticise
the composition of the tribunal, and in this
connection refers to the fact that Venezuela
is not represented, ‘‘in spite of Lord Salis-
bury’s early assertion that the question at
issue only concerned the United Kingdom
and Venezuela,’’ concluding :
‘It must clearly be understood that the
constitution of the new tribunal of arbitra-
tion is not to constitute a precedent for ar-
ranging all future disputes between the
United States and the United Kingdom in
North and South America, and that we are
not ready to recognize Monroeism as inter-
national law.
The statement published in the news-
papers here that the British arbitrators in
the Venezuelan dispute will be appointed
by the lord chief justice, Baron Russell, of
Kilowen, has caused much speculation re-
garding the choise of Lord Russell.
Sir Frank Lockwood, Q. C., who accom-
panied Lord Russel on his recent visit to
America, in an interview with a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press, said :
““The result is one to gratify every English-
man, particularly as if it was reached with-
it is, however, no surprise to me or
no the other members of the party which
recently visited the United States.”
After a cabinet council to-day the attor-
ney general, Sir Richard Webster, went to
and had a conference
Bryan for the Senate.
Pacific Coast Fusionists Start a Boom for the Popular
Leader. Clause of the State Law.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 9.—A boom has
been started here for William J. Bryan for
United States Senator from this State.
The silver fusionists will control the
Senatorship, and as the constitution of
Washington provides that to be eligible the
candidate shall be merely an ‘‘inhabitant’’
of the State at the time of his election, the
fusion majority could elect Mr. Bryan
without any trouble. Richard Windsor,
Sr., the Populist leader in Washington,
and James Hamilton Lewis, Democratic-
fusionist and member-elect for Congress,
are rival candidates for the Senatorship,
and Mr. Bryan has been suggested as a
compromise. :
lectors on the three tickets being the same— mak -
The Senatorial Fight.
It has Narrowed Down to Wanamaker aud Brown—
Hastings is Out of It.
HARRISBURG, Nov. 11.—The agents of
the various candidates for United States
Senator from this State are already in com-
munication with some of the newly elected
members of the Legislature. The Wana-
maker people are particularly active, his
forces are being led by State Senator Chris
Kauffman, of Columbia, Lancaster county.
The Philadelphia politicians all believe that
Wanamaker, Hastings, Hay Brown, of
Lancaster, Senator Boise Penrose and Don
Cameron are all avowed candidates, and it
isa curious fact that among many of these
politicians there is a strong belief, though
it is not their wish, that Cameron will suc-
ceed himself.
Cameron's friends count on receiving all
or most of the votes of the thirty three
Democratic Members and six Democratic
Senators. They declare that in the end
Quay and Chris Magee will both favor the
ex-Senator’s re-election. Only Cameron's
desire to be re-elected prevented him from
taking an active part in the campaign for
free silver, as his inclinings toward the
white metal are well known.
Down in Lancaster is Hay Brown, the
present law partner of ex-Attorney General
Hensel. The fight is between him and John
Wanamaker. It seems to be conceded that
if Wanamaker demands the senatorial seat,
he will get it ; for he has again been liber-
al with his campaign cash. ‘Most of the
Philadelphia politicians admit that Quaye
will not oppose the pious merchant if the
latter insists upon succeeding Cameron.
With Wanamaker out of the fight, how-
ever, the chances for J. Hay Brown are
bright. He is favored by Quay, next to
Wanamaker.
In Lancaster the politicians argue that
Quay believes C. L. Magee will succeed
him in the Senate when he (Quay) dies;
and he considers it for the best interest of
Pennsylvania that the senatorial represen-
tatives at Washington should come from
the extreme ends of the State. Mr. Brown's
refusal to accept a seat on the superior court
bench was because he wanted to be a Unit-
ed States Senator.
Boise Penrose is practically out of the
race, and Governor Hastings more so.
Notwithstanding the election of Crow as
sheriff of Philadelphia—a Quay triumph—
Dave Martin intends to continue his ef-
forts for supremacy there ; and the elec-
tion of Penrose for Senator would intensify
the trouble and make Quay more enemies.
It is asserted Quay has persuaded the young
Senator to go in training for Mayor of Phil-
adelphia.
Governor Hastings is already shelved.
The next Legislature being strongly Repub-
lican, with a majority of Quay’s friends in
it, and with no prospect for much legisla-
tion that the corporations may want, Quay
is not much in need of a Governor, as he
can secure what legislation he wants, and
Lyons will not be needed to step into Has-
tings’ place.
It seems assured Quay will have the au-
thority in the distribution of the McKin-
ley-Hanna favors in Pennsylvania ; and
that is one of the reasons why Quay would
be quite satisfied with the election of
Brown as his colleague at Washington.
Like Cameron, Brown would not interfere
with Quay as the dispenser of the patron-
age.
Pennsylvania’s Vote.
Complete Returns Show That McKinley's Plurali-
ty in the State is 301,606—Costly Election.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov., 8.—Oflicial re-
turns from a majority of the counties in
Pennsylvania, and complete returns from
those in which the official count has not yet
been completed, give McKinley a plurality
301,606, the vote being: Republican, 726,
823 ; Democratic, 425,217. The vote cast
for the Palmer and Buckner ticket foots up
only 10,878. There were 19,000 votes for
the Prohibition ticket and about 10,000 for
the other candidates and ‘‘scattering,’’ mak-
ing a total of 1,191,918 votes in the State for
all parties. .
In this city McKinley’s plurality was
113,774, in a total of 243,731. This ex-
ceeds the vote of 1892 by 40,678. Three
years ago the total vote of the State was
1,003.010, or 198,918, less than that cast
on Tuesday last.
It was learned to-day that the cost of the
election in Philadelphia alone for printing,
rent of polling places, advertising, pay of
election officers and assessors, etc., amount-
ed to $139,500.
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