C m r -n n (!) ui u IT o e w o s : z 0 u u. o tr x a 2 0 h O 2 I V) 3 ui 1 r- -Oil K I ww I'UC I ft J All the World Feels One Day Nearer to the Inauguration 5 of Gen. Harrison. a EVEN OLD PROBS. TYPICAL. rasMngton Plump Pull of : People at the Mercy of the Squeezers. MHABBISOtfS' BUSYDAY. One Continuous Cabinet TYrestle for , "' "the President-Elect and His Gracious Wife " k.10uiTD OP SOCIAL pleasuees. 'Babiesa Whole Show in Themselves, -iiijra Sort of Sovelty in White n' . House' Circles. B OF A DAI FULI, OF ETMTS. snson Annex Still a Center of Interest .11 now tbe Ladles Passed the Day .Ue tbe General w as Bnsy In tbe Cabinet pair Shop Mrs. Harrison Breaklnc own nnd Anxlons for Rest Tbe Presi dentelect Worried and Willing to Chance Places With Sir. Morton Sir. Hnlfcrd Receives a Mascot. Yesterday was a distinctively busy day the "Harrisons. The President-elect ' to bring order out of his . Cabinet and tailed. The ladies were more .sful. Their reception lasted nearly 7; and they were as gracious to ' their nests as to those they greeted early in tfternoon. fFBOX A STAFF COEKESPOSBrCT.l ASHINGTON, February 28. All the J is one day.nearer to the-inauguration, a it begins to be felt in the air. The rather is -what Is called the typical inangu- iien kind. It is too mean even for the in- irnalregions. There is so much slop and tsh and. dampness in the city that even ligiao"nument is soaking tret to the "top, loes not rain, and yet it is just as wet as t did., Thccity is plumb full of people, id they are the oddest, funniest .looking ple that ever gathered anywhere. They e rural Republicans. Halt the men wear lg beards, and the -women ate as homely 0 many Mormons. There is a witty ored barber on Ninth,street whose jokes , .iwaysgo in "Washington, and he declares the women are old maids who helped elect Harrison because they wanted protection. bwever that may be, the streets are al- dy jammed -with holidayerpwds, "and iry trainxbrings in hundrfdV-taoreat-a le. ' 1 Everybody Will be Squeezed. Outside the hotels, which are crowded, 000 persons are provided for in boarding uses and lodgings, and there are accom- tations at the disposal of the Inaugura- n Committee for 20,000 more." These un- ated accommodations are listed at the ices of the'eommittee and at each ot the iroad depots, and a corps of messengers employed to take new comers to the ms. They are going to be unmercifully eezed, for the people of "Washington are it on extortion. There is no need to sym- aizewith the crowds, for they don't ft' sympathy. No philosopher can go General Sarrihn't Bedroom. m place -to place where great events oc- uuUthe crowds gather, always to be J. without concluding that it is done telyt and they have all the fun they ifty. thousand and one hundred dollars been.iSubscribed by the citizens for the aguraKarrangements. There will be 150 reorganizations in line in thebigjam- ee parade, and these will include 20,000 . New York City will send 41 clubs, .uding 4,000 men. Jn the line will be military organizations aggregating 17 - men. Five of these organizations come i New York, and the pet Seventh leads .list, .with 850 men. J Hurrah That Will be Heard. . Jt will be the biggest kind of a hurrah, .cnlated to reach the tympanum of every "DfmocAt, even as far away as .the San pTrancisco Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and the Democracy is kindly requested to look on v 1 see what they missed. y way of postscript there will be 6,000 . aJB. men in line, to say nothing of a "onpe.lof. 2,000 Colorado men, dressed as boyi, and headed by .a genuine .cowboy athe; streets are apparently all the tinHmen of the little towns all over the d States. They are noisy, wear their ooe.ear, drink nothing but chain. pfindl spend money in. a wayibat '.the.colored population of Washing- eitseyes and hang out its tongue. I3PBPB nght with i nhe best hotels, ireate a sen- Ji'e way.they stare at the men, .ipagne and smok cigarettes ic . - oms. - I Fnds of the Ffiklrs. The especialfad of the occasion is -a esne which retails for 25 cents and has a little national flag concealed innder its handle, on a diminutive pole. THe peddlers insist that the.iashiopable thing to do iito wear the canes over one's shoulc err with tlje; flag fly ing". Another feature (6f the street" scenes is the number of men sjblling what appear to be photojraphs of Cteneral and Mrs. Harri-' son. ' They are not photographs, but imita tions madeby lithographic process. The merciless quality of fate and fashion is' seen in the dftpj'ay of photos in tbe store windows. .General Harrison's and "Mrs. Harrison's pictures are everywhere, but President Cleveland's lace has disappeared. Nothing, not even fate, can affect his lovely wife. Her portraits are side by side with Mrs. Harrison's in all the windows. There is'always a joke as well as -a fad for every great-occasion. The joke jusfnowis perpetrated by a patent medicine man, who is cau&ing.great yellow cards to be distrib uted announcing: THIS ENTITIES TOU TO, Z '. A GRAND STASD : ON PENS STIXVASIA AVE. I Grand stand is what' most folks will get It is a question whether the soldier laddies who spend the day tramping over the town will consider themselves much better off, THE PBIVATE for theyare to be stowed away in cots.in the big, bare hallways of the F6stoffice, Interior and jirmy and Navy -buildings. THE SOCIAL STOI. Mrs. Harrison Holds Her First Reception A Crowd o'f Visitors How tbfcLndlcs Were Dressed The New First Lady Pays Mrs. Cleveland' a High Compliment. Mrs. Harrison cave her first public recep--tion this afternoon. It was not meant to be such, but by 2 O'clock there was such a con stant stream of visitors applying for admis sion that Mrs. Harrison gave tip the at tempt to have her own way and instructed Doorkeeper Dinsmore that during the after noon and on each subsequent afternoon this weekshe would be at home to all who called. "With the bars thus let down, figuratively speaking, "Washington social sheep thronged into the field to worship the ,new shepherd of the flock. They came so steadily and so numerously that, although few stayed longer than two or three minutes, there were always at least 50 persons in the parlor, un til the reception had to be ended abruptly on account of the lateness of the hour. Three-quarters of thoie who called were la dies. The gentlemen were chiefly members of Congress, who came generally by delega tions from the different States. Mrs. Harrison was assisted by Mrs. Eussell Harrison, Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Lord, her. sis ter, and Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Lord's daughter, and by Mrs. Saunders, the mother of Mrs. Bussell Harrison. Mr. McKee and Mr. Bussell Harrison were also in the room much of the time, assisting the ladies. The PrcsIdent-JBIect Not Present. General Harrison was not present. It was announced to all inquirers after him that he was keeping an important engage ment, and could not be seen. There was no approach to "party dress," either "on the part pf the ladies receiving or of the callers. Mrs. Harrison wore a be coming costume of brown cloth, with a Y-shaped insertion of white in front ot the basque. Mrs. Bussell Hairison was dressed in a tailor-made gown of heavy blue cloth, with trimming of black embroidery. Mrs. McKee wore a dress of dark cloth, made very plain. Mrs. Lord had on black silk and Mrs. Parker blue cloth. t' There was little formality about the re ception. An attempt was made to have the name of each comer announced to Mrs. Harrison by a doorkeeper, but they came so fast and Mrs. Harrison was so busy at tending to those already in that she could call by name very few of those with whom she was not already acquainted. Mrs. Mc Elroy, who- was the lady of the White House during President Arthur's adminis tration, was a caller who was welcomed with particular warmth by Mrs. Harrison. Compliments for Them AIL Pointing Mrs. McElroy out to another friend, Mrs. Hairison remarked: "She is a beautiful woman. I knew her well when -she was at the "White House, and she was one ot the pleasantest women I ever met Then, when have the "White House ladies been anything jelse but nice?" she added ' with a laugh, and an arch look that turned tbe anticipated compliment that promptly followed. More seriously she remarked: "3hera is Mrs. Cleveland; could there pos sibly be a pleasanter woman than she? and so beautiful, besides. Do you -know, last night I sat and looked at her and thought what a lovely creature she was. I couldn't help it. "Why simply the poise of her head is enough to stampherasaqueenly woman." Asked about the dinner at the "White House, to which she bad referred, Mrs. Harrison said: "We had a very pleasant time indeed. Mrs. Cleveland was most charming, and the President was the soul of courtesy and attention.- I could not have asked to spend a pleasanter evening, than they made for us." Beside Mrs. McElroy, Mrs, Stephen B. Elkins,wasoneof the best known ladies present Her intimacy with Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. McKecplaced her almost on a family footing, and she remained for' some; time, assisting me taaies to entertain tne callers. j these -uimtjhave D! THE BABYSH0W; A Successful Fcatnro of tbe WowTWeime Which Was IJtcUina; In the Cleveland Family Slarthena and I4tUe Ben Already Fast . Frlenek IJttlo MnryaFllrt. The babies,whd have become such a suc cessful featureof the incoming administra tion, were kept pretiy closelyin the nursery dnring the "afternoon, on - account of tba crowd below stairs, bat once or .twice,, for particular friends, they were "brought down into one" of tbe side rooms and exhibited.' Martbena, Eussell, Harrison's little girl, who, although about the age of the, famous Benjamin, has been less heard of, from not having lived with General Harrison in Indianapolis, was particularly admired. She, like the other two children, .is a blonae, but she has more of a golden tinge in her hair than the little McKees. She is a stanch friend of "Benjamin, now that they are living together, and is' apt to make a fuss when separated from him. Mrs. McKee is alarmed at a tendency de veloping at too early an age in little Mary to make love to a gentleman. She will leave her nurse any time to go to the arms of a strange man, and cries when taken" back by the nurse. , . Benjamin made his debut in oflicial political society this morning, when he was taken downstairs and spent; -some time in the office room with Private Secretary Hal ford and the stenographers. He owned the place while he was there, and signalized his dominion by singing his new song,"Xankee Doodle," for the callers. Except for a few hours 8a the nrst night DINING BOQM. after their arrival, when Mary -was threat ened with an attack of the croup, all the children have been in exceUent health ever since they came. Mrs. McKee and her husband, parents of two'of the babies, "took their first outing to day. They both declared that they could not stay in the- house any longer, and started out by themselves for a stroll. They walked down to Pennsylvania avenue ana along in front of -the stores, chatting and laughing, stopping to look in the shop win1 dows or to see the latest photographs of the Presidentelect and his wife, entirely un- The Arlington Annex recognized by the crowd. They might have been taken for a bride and groom passing a sensible little honeymoon in seeing the sights of tbe capital. They went out abo'ut noon and returned in time for lunch. AN AFTERNOON toE. Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. McKee Bnndle Tjp tho Bnbles and Take Their First Real Airing In Wnshlnaton The New First Lady Breaking; Down. After the reception was shut off. this after noon Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. McKee slipped on short sealskin jackets over the gowns in which they' had been receivine, and .order ing a carriage had the babies, Benjamin and Marthena, bundled up for a drive. They Went out of-the house with the babies and one nurse, unrecognized, while a throng of people anxiouSjto see them was still passing in. They drove for an hour about the city, and came back with rosy cheeks and spark ling eyes in spite of the dismal weather. It was tbe first real airing they had had since &eir arrival here. Meantime, Mrs. Bussell ,Harrison and ex-Senator Saunders also took a short walk. It was nearly dinner time when the fam ily caine together again. After that meal the ladies returned to the parlor and re ceived callers all tbe evening. All who called rere admitted, as during the after noon, but the callers were mostly persbnaT friends of the family, and there was no such rush as there had been in the afternoon. Mrs. Harrison ras asked if she was not worn" out by .the labor of continuously reoeiving persons for so many hoars, but she replied cheerfully: "Oh, no; not at all. After eight months . of a campaign this is" not much." As a matter of fact, however, the rest of the family are anxious abont Mrs. Harri son, "They fear that she will overtax herself and break down before she is fairly installed id the' White House. They think they ' de tect in her manner an unaccustomed nerv ousness, which to their mind indicates that her endurance is being unduly strained. She herself Jo.oks forward to her entry to the "White House as an opportunity for relief and rest. She thinks she can .keep people away, there, except upon borne stated occa sion, and have the rest of her time to herself for the first time since she became the wife Of a candidate for the Presidency. FULFILLING TEE t OEMALITIES. President and Presidcnt-Elcct to Exefcang tho Usanl Calls TorMorpow. " President Cleveland arranged withGen eral Harrison at the dinner in the TOhlte House, yefterday, for the perfan'fctfry formalities.of calling and re torsi eg the call - Continued on fftoth Aft, ' """ "-t i r - TrStfVT 'TrTSa p ? IT t" WM 3 , y .- Clump Cottage,!? wteh Jjfc "PZtfTS&tMGr IPKCDAT,:; MAEQH. 1, 1889. BffiSE!iNB0(W0000 P fa'v&Ytaj&jim0vb Guessers Size tp Harrison's Cabinet. TOM PLAITS -NAME IS DENHIS. Blaine is at WorkBut He Is Hot Having " . TbingsHisQwnWay.' A DAI- OF TEUITIiESS C0HFEEENCES Ana Baca JTard Work as to Draw Tears From Ejmpathetlc Eyes. General Harrison is said to be Jn -a bad scrape. The Cabinet is'theroekon which he and his advisers have split. Some who profess to know say that Blaine'is the only certainty. Others fill all the places, how ever, and the public- can only wait for the official announcement A bosom .friend of Benjamin's shed tears . -yesterday over the situation. lEFZCMI. TEXEGBA1I TO TBS DtSPATCn.3 "Washington, February 281 Never in their lives, no matter how old . the oldest one is, did the "Bepublican politicians, now in "Washington spend such a day of -trial,, suspense and. confusion .as this has-been. They all confess it They say that General Harrison does not know any better than they do who is to go in his Cabinet They have all offered to help him, but few of them feel that they have been of much service. Said one famous. Bepublican: "I never spent such a day in my life. Ifiavebeeri on the rack since morning, Z am no use here, and ought not to take any more inter est iu it, but it is so fascinating that I can't let go," Tbe verdict of the. day is that the Cabinet is to consist of James G: Blaine and seven ciphers. Tha issue of the day is that Thomas C. Piatt is finally and unqualifiedly dumped. Nobody will contradict that it is written like the.warning to Nebuchadnezr zar. Mr. Harrison wrote it on thewaU himself. He was asked whether he would appoint Thomas C. Piatt to the Cabinet, and he replied that he did not think he ought to take any part in any factional dif ferences within the party, and therefore, he would not appoint Mr. Piatt. PliATT'S NAME IS DENNIS. Then the General was asked by one who bad .the authority to speak, whether he would appoint Mr, Piatt if Mr. Miller should request him to 'do so, and he said no, he would not Asked why again, he -re plied that the position' would not be altered in any such event, because Mr. Miller's '.friends might not approve of such an action on his (Miller s) part: Thus ends as brave and manly and honor able an effort' of a great wing of the Bepub licans tocure merited recognition as ever was put forth by any set of men in the politi cal history of the country The amateur, politicians who began yes terday to figure so conspicuously at the Arlington, where General Harrison is stopping, were increased in number by many otherUnion League Club men to-day, with increased importance and ability. Ten of th'em spent half an hour with General Harrison in the morning in' reading their names. It is declared to-night by, knowing ones t&'atthe Cabinet is at last'; filled, but even the knowing ones say that- to-day 'i. possi-, bilities may not jibe with to-morrow's realities. The slate which they kindly fix upfej Mr: Harrison is as follows: &retary of State '. ... Blaine Secretary Treatury Windom J'ostofflce , :..Wanamakee uVay .'. Buss Interior Noble Agriculture Palsieb, or Michigan Attorney General W.H.H.MILLEB BLAINE'S HA"NI APPAEENT. They put three possible men in the "War Department Proctor, the marble million aire of Vermont, who says he is sure of something; Busk, who seems to be regarded as knocked out. and James H. "Wilson, of Delaware, for whom a very strong and likely efiort is being niaoe. The hand of James'G. Blaine is very ap parent all through the situation. "Windom is said to be his man, and "Windom, by the way, tells people to-night .that he is sure for the Cabinet. It may not be generally known, bnt it is a fact that in 1887, when Mr. Cleveland was fixing tip the inter-State Commission, Henry G. Davis, of West Vir ginia, who is Steve Elkins' iather-in-law and Mr. Blaine's partner asked Mr. Cleve land, on behalf of Blaine and Elkins, to put Windom in the commission. Plenty of Republicans think that Mr. Blaine has knocked out Thomas C. Piatt, who would not be a cipher in the Cabinet But Mr. Blaine's friends nre betraying the two facts that Mr. Blaine is not having everything his own way, and that Mr. Har rison is about the stnbbornest man that anyone in "Washington ever saw. BUSINESS EOB BEN. A Day of Cabinet Conferences TearaDrawn From a Sympathetic Man's Eyes A Review of the Troubles of the President-EIoct. ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TBI DISPATCK.1 Washington, Eebrnary 28. E,jal busi ness, business that counted for something beside speculation as to whether this man .or the other may hot be good for some office some time, has been pressing upon General Harrison to-day, from early morning until late to-night, as relentlessly as the seconds ticked off by the big clock in his private room crowd upon him the hour when he must be done with doubt' and hesitation and act The net result of it all is that General Harrison is sick of his job anU ready to wish the Presidency had never been invented. The day has been one long conference; but it has borne no fruit but an increase of the perplexities that harrass the. President elect, whichever way he tries to turn. One of his. longest conversations to-day was with a man whose nearness to General Harrison for many years makes the relations of the two as much personal as political. Tears came in this man's eyes this evening as be -told a friend of the plight in which General Harrison had been placed by the contentions of the factions. General Harrison, himself, he said, did notknow what, he' was to. do to complete hit Cabinet ON TJIE VEEGE OF A BLUNDER. "He feels." said the friend of the Pri-dent-elet, "that he is upon the verge ot a stupendous political blunder. It is a mis take t suppose that he is acting ignorantly or blindly. He knows better than any one cantell him the opposition that will be arojpsed by the Cabinet as he now has it. He sew clearly Doth its innate weakness, and tVe strife which it will arouse in the party t the very outset of his administration, and et he believes that' he'is compelled to eo ahead and run his administration upon tne rocks in spite of all that he can do.. He. feels very bitterly toward the leaders of both fac tions' in New Tork for'the position in which be is placed toward that State. He" asserts that be has been abused "and misled by both, sides until,now, there is no path open to him that leads elsewhere than toward disaster. I talked 'with hiai .'for, an hour, and he lm preeed.me as hoaiirtly belkyiag that Awe was no way in .which to seape the fight Which he realises i impending. I have seen, General Harrison i'n'many hard places politically but I never haye seen him in such a hopeless condition as now.' THE TBOCBLE BEGINS EABLY. "When General Harrison and the family breakfasted this morning-he seemed'in good spiritsbutbeforo.he was through the meal, atf) o'clock, the. men of political business began to send up, their 'cards, and from that time Until lateto-night there were but brief intervals when he was not listening to ad vice, petitions and demands from repre sentatives of one" faction or the,other. The first callers' included many who came merely to pay their respects. Among them were William" "Walter Phelps, Senators Stockbridge. PLitt and Farwell and Justice Harlan. Abont the first of the business callers was Stephen B. Elkins, who walked M.far as the hotel with Mr. Blaine, and theajlropping his arm, went into the house, while tbe next Secretary of State continued ai stroll. -Mr. Elkins was with General Harrison for a long time, and he and Mrs. Elkins, after the conference was over, stayed to luncheon with the family. Before that however, General Harrison had seen John F. Flnmmer and several others of the Miller delegation from New York, and had been seen very hard by a delegation of friends of Mr. Piatt from the same State, including "Clint" McDougall ana John M. Knapp. Abont the same time Mr"j Morton and Franklin Woodruff, of Kings county, also called and were with General Harrison for some time. 3Ir. Mor ton" looked worried as he came downstairs after the. conference, and the perpetual smile had neariy faded from the expansive countenance of Mr. "Woodruff. A BRISK TVALK AS A BRACER. At a few minutes alter 1 o'clock General Harrison skipped out of the house alone and almost unnoticed, and strode briskly off np Vermont avenue toward the Iowa circle. i The fresh air seemed to revive his spirits, ' ana he stepped out firmly and almost cheer ily; in spite of the disagreeable weather, which was a depressing influence to -persons with less weighty affairs on their minds than the construction of a Cabinet to please a -lot of people who are bound not to be pleased. He passed around the circle and came back down Thirteenth street, reaching the hotel in time for lunch at 2 o'clock. He was recognized by comparatively few per sons whom he met while upon the street His personality seems, Jess known here in Washington than it would be almost any where else in the country. While the General "was out a number of well-known men, including ex-Secretary Boatelle and ex-Secretary McCullough, called. The fact that they did not see him gave rise to the stories that he had refused ih'eui an audience. The fact was that they declined to wait for his return, buc came again later in the day and had a long chat with General Harrison.- NEW "YORKERS A OHRONIO NUISANCE. Afteriunch Mr. Elkins went away, but Mr Plummer, J. Sloat Fassett and other New Yorkers were in and out frequently, and he was constantly receiving calls from the men with whom he had to talk with reference to the Cabinet To merely social caUers he almost invariably sent out word that he was engaged, except when delega tions of Congressmen or close personal friends asked to see him. A$ 5 o'clock Partner Miller, who had caUejd several times during the day, was in conference with the General, and they ex tended the talk oyer a long walk which theySook together, and which carried them a E09)d distance from the hotel. General Ear-f-json came back fust In time for dinner, looking weary and depressed. There were no gtjests at dinner, and Bussell was ab sentalning with "W. J. .Arkell and a party in t regular .dining room of the hotel. T'wring.the' afternoon engagements were made with several--party leaders, which took up all the time of the President-eleit from dinner until 11 o'clock at. night. The principal conference" of the evening was with Senator Matt Quay, and the gossips were all agog with a story that QUAY HAD BEEN SENT POE, and that there was a cloud upon the horizon of .Wanamaker. This gained strength from a remark made by George W. Childs, who arrived.at tbe hotel early in the day, and when asked whether Mr. Wanamaker was coming to"" Washington had replied that Mr. Wanamaker would not be here until Satur day unless he was telegraphed for. The conference with Quay, gossips al leged, was a preliminary to a telegram for Mr. Wanamaker to come right away and look after his fences. If any such matter was talked of by the President-elect and the President elector, anxiety over it- did not mark any fresh wrinkles on the face of the Pennsylvania Senator, for he came away looking very pleased and happy. BEHIND iWbETUBNS. Governor Wilson, of West Vlrslnin, Issues Certificates or Election tp Two More Democrats Bis Reasons Partly a .Mystery. .SPECIAL TZXEdKAM TO TUX DISrATCH.l Charleston, VT.a., February .28. Governor Wilson to-day issued certificates of. election to John D. Alderson and J. M. Jackson, as Congressmen from the Third and Fourth districts. Both men are Demo crats. The Governor's action has raised a storm of adverse criticism among the Re publicans, as neither had a majority upon the face of the.returns. The vote of Kan awha county' giving over 1,500 Bepnblican majority, was ignored by the Governor, al though it had been certified to him, owing tq proceedings in the courts as to the legali ty of the action of the County Commis sioners in certifying to the returns. The Governor has prepared a rather lengthy document, giving his reason for his action. In the Fourth districtmatter he states that Jackson alleges that at two poll ing places in Putnam county the election was held at places other than those pre scribed by law. He says further that two seta of returns have been received from Bitchie county, one of which was signed by only two of the Commissioners, while the other, with a difference of three votes in favor of Jackson, was (signed by all three of the Commissioners. He quotes the opinion of Jackson, that under .the statutes it is in the power of the Governor to go Debind the returns and inquire into tbe proceedings of the County Commissioners, which view he evidently takes himself. It was Generally understood that there would be-no contest made in the Fourth dis trict matter, Smith's election being gener ally conceded by Democrats and Republi cans alike, and the Governor's action is a surprise .to all except his most confidential advisers. MUEDEE AND SUICIDE. A Traveling Salesman Kill Both His Wife nnd.Himsclf. Boston, February 28. Edward Col burn, a traveling salesman, 23 years of age, shot and killed his wife, Lizzie, to-night at their home iu Boxbnry. He then made an attempt, which will probably prove suc cessful, to take his own life. It was at first thought the murdered woman had com mitted suicide, although no weapon conld be found on the premises with which the deed could haVo been committed.- While her death was being investigated by the police, word was. reserved that a man had attempted suicide- by shooting at the Madison Park Hotel, anil it was soon ascertained that the. would-bfr suicide was. Colburn. The "latter shot hlmsW twice in the faee, and ." can live but a, few hours at most ' " Being "Waged jB'etween thji Parriell ites and the Government. EXCITING SCENES IN PARLIAMENT. A Lack of Confidence in Attorney General Welater. ME. DILLON GIYE& THE ' LIE DIBECT, Tbe Tory Leaders Try. to Explain Matters, Bnt Get Into a Bad Box. The Parnellites are taking advantage, of their victory over the Times and are badger, ing the Government leaders in Parliament. The latter deny and explain, and finally ask for formal specifications. The HomeBnlers are endeavorine to get a partial report from the Commission to Parliament, when an or ganized attack will be made upon the Gov ernment forces. London, Fehrnary 28. Mr. Sexton gave notice in the House of Commons this after noon that he wonld make a motion to com pel Major Sa'underson (Conservative) to disclose the names of the officers pledging to associate themselves with Major Saun derson and violate their oaths of obedience to the Crown in the event of a home rule Parliament being granted Ireland. It reply to questions Et. Hon. "W. H. Smith, the Government leader, declared that nobody on behalf of the Government had intimated-that the Times, would be re couped by a Parliamentary grant for its ex penses in connection, with the Parnell Commission- Mr. Healy asked whether attention had been called to the fact that as far back as Nove'mber Attorney General "Webster, had received a statement from Pigott- to the ef fect that he could not bear n cross-examination before the Commission. Parnell cheers. Having regard for this, he asked,, did the Government retain confidence in Attorney General "Webster. ' NO CONFIDENCE IN 'WEBSTER. Mr. Smith asked that due notice of the question be given if Mr. Healy's refer ence was. to Sir Bichard "Webster's discharge of his duties as Attorney General. Mr. Healy gave notice of a motion that in the opinion of the House the Attorney Gen eral had forfeited confidence. Laughter and cheers. Mr. Shaw Lefevre, resuming the debate on. the address in reply to the speech from the throne, charged the Irish Executive with increasing tha rigors of repression in Ireland during the recess. They were afraid to face discussion in Parliament. Imme diately after. Parliament was prorogued the first step of the Executive was to prosecute 11 Irish members. In resisting the efforts to class them as ordinary prisoners the Parnellites had the opinion of the world on on their side. CHAMBERLAIN TRIES TO EXPLAIN. Mr. Chamberlain held that the speakers of the opposition had made the debate sterile by avoiding the main issue. The .House was asked tocensure the Government Surely so important it step demanded some insight into the "policy of- the Government seeking to'succfedlbe existing Government. Why did not the 'opposition give the coun try reasons for revising the present policy? Let the oppositional it possesses a policy, produce a serieg.oi resolutions expressing it Possibly a large- section of Parliament might agree with it. At least the House and the country would be enabled to grap ple with something definite. Begarding the Bound Table conference he charged that Sir William Vernon Har court was inaccurate in the statement he made yesterday evening. He would remind Sir William how he wrote proposing a pre liminary statement' upon the basis of cer tain facts upon which, each side might com ment, and how Sir William declined cheers because he prefeired to rely upon an ex parte statement "Hear, hear". Bnt resort to mutual repoaches over tbe failure of the Bound Table conference was fntile. He appealed to the opposition to place the discussion on a broad and sound basis by informing the House fully what was its scheme.to content Ireland and bring about a union of hearts with interests. Cheers. GITONG THE LIE. In the course of the debate Mr. T. W. Bussell, a Liberal Unionist, apparently ac cused Mr. Dillon of payingTor the defense of murderers. "It is a foul lie," exclaimed Mr. Dillon, springing excitedly to his feet The Chairman requested that the remark be withdrawn, and Mr. Dillon complied, Mr. Bussell also disclaiming any personal reference to MrDillon. A Jjttle later a squabble between Mr. Thomas O'Hanlon, a Nationalist, and Sir Henry Havelock-Allen, Liberal Unionist, compelled the Speaker to appeal to both sides of the House to set their faces against unseemly interruptions, which, he said, were unworthy the dignity of Parliament Subsequently Mr. Healy, dealing with the'impnsonment of William O'Brien, ac cused Mr. Balfour of misstating the reasons for his delaying action until three months after the delivery of the speech for which O'Brien Was imprisoned. -Mr. Balfour protested, and at the Speaker's request, MrHealy withdrew his accusation. ' -WILL ATTACK THE GOVERNMENT. In the event of the Times' counsel asking to be allowed to proceed with the inquiry Sir Charles Bussell will press the' Judges to adjourn until an interim report on the letters has been presented to Parliament In thedobby of the Honse of Commons it is taken for granted that such a report will be represented, which will enable the oppo sition to attack the Government on the sub ject Mr. Campbell telegraphs from Antwerp that he has found no trace of Pigott A Badical project to give a banqujt to Mr. Parnell has heen taken up with en thusiasm. Mr. Parnell has intimated his acceptance of the honor. Lord Granville or Lord Boseberv will be asked to pre'side. Two,prisoners named Hanlon and McAf fery, who are undergoing life sentences in the Downpatrick prison for connection with the Phcenix Park murders, have started for London under police escort to testify before the Parnell Commission. P0TEETI CAUSES SUICIDE. J. C. Close, a Washington. GInsiblower, Takes Roneb on Rots. rSPXCTAIiTXLEQBAU TO THE DISPATCH. J Columbus, February 281-J. C. Close, of Washington, Pa., -suicided at the St Clair Hotel,, in this city. The body was found in bed. in his room this evening and he had been dead several hours. He had taken half a box qf "Bough on Bats." Tbe Coroner took charge oT tbe remains. The" deceased was a glassblowerj aged abottt 30. He came to the hotel "Wednesday evening and went.direct to bed. He got up at 10 P. M-, when he got the poison. He went from Washington' to1 Pittsburg, where, be visited an aunt Close was married at Washington four months ago, and a letter found ,on his person" indicates thathe aad his wife were very poor, and their household goods had beea. takes from thess. Jf:&frZ & jpSEB CENTSg I V I JI - . Ais upisHsBt PELTED THE, PBINOE, His Kornl Highness of Wales Hit on Cheek. and Face by Baquets Fired With tbe . Tine Aim of Ball Players Healy Knows Now-Ireland Will be Free, BY. CABLE TO TOE DISPATCH.! Nice, February 128. Copyright The. carnival season opened to-day by the famous bataille des fleurs. The baseball party, excepfSpauldlng, who went to Paris this morning, went out this afternoon on tha Promenade des Anglais to see. the line of carriages forming the masqueraders proces sion along the beautiful drive' on the shora of the Mediterranean from which rise the coast-range Alps. Hundreds of carriages were in line, each filled with ladies and eentlemen armed with bouquets which they fired at each other and the multitude that lined the ways. The boys went out in a body, secured a good point of view opposite the Hotel des An glais, armed themselves with an abundance of flowers purchased of gamins on the promenade, and fired a salute at every passing carriage, treating with special liberality the vehicler containing pretty girls, of whom the number was legion. One carriage especially attracted the notice of the boys. It was a handsoue, drag, drawn by four jet black horses. On the rear seat was a little fat man, with a pointed red beard who entered merrily into the spirit of tbe occasion, flnng his bouquets with a lavish hand, and laughed merrily when an expert masker hit him in the face. The little fellow was the Prince of Wales, who came over .from Cannes to par ticipate in the battle Of flowers. In the group of baseball players were two pitchers, Baldwin and' Healy, each of whom became animated with a fervid desire to put in a curved ball which should hit his Boyal Highness on the nose and remind him of the presence of the exponents of the Ameri can game. Each accordingly selected bouquets more for weight and efficacy as projectiles than for beauty, and when the PriDce drove by for the Second time, let fly, Baldwin's shot went straight at the mark and caught His Boyal Highness fairly on the cheek. The Prince turned to acknowl edge the accuracy of the shot, and was caught this time on the nose by Healy's bnqnet. Healy, whose special mission on the trip is the freedom of Ireland, uttered an exultant cry at his success. The Prince frowned at this; bnt speedily recovered his equanimity, lifted his hat and fired a bunch of violets in return.- .The aim was faulty, but the boys secured the violets. Healy still has his, as a token that Ireland will yet be free. , "We will leave for Paris on Friday morn ing, will stop a few hours at Lyons, and wili arrive at Paris on Saturday night THE BACE QUESTION. Governor Fitzhnah Lea Looks at It In tbe North and Concludes the South Is the Negro's Best Friond Why He Thinks So. rSFECIAL TILIGRAM TO TBS DISPATCH. 1 Richmond, Va., February 28. Govern nor Fitzhugh Lee returned home last-night from New York. Talking over it to-day he said: The more I sae or the-North the more I am convinced that tbe. Sonthern 'people are the best friends the negroes have. 1 heard" and saw enough tbe other day to convince -anyone that the Northern people care little for the negro race. The very people who are disposed to grow sentimental about the blacks, and who are really fanatical on the subject, bave nothing whatever to do with them. The car riage drivers and footmen are white,' tha hotel waiters are white, and the servants generally are white. I saw very few negroes fn New York. Tbe people there do not want them. Now the papers that distort my utterances on the race question make It appear that I am hostile to tbe negro race, whereas I am par ticularly friendly, and, the negroes themselves admit that I have done more for them In my official capacity than any other Governor ever did. But for some wise purpose Ood made the races distinct the negro race Inferior to the white race, and thS races must ever remain dlktinct The white race ought to and will ever dominate. While in Newport I met prominent Republi cans as well as Democrats, and I heard a Re publican say that it wonld never do to pat the nccroes in office, no matter how much I may differ with you in politics. He said: "We can agree on this point; this must always be a white man's government." I heard a member of Congress say that he was in favor of the Government appropriating enongh money to fcolooizo the negroes, so as to keep them dis tinct from the whites. I beard many schemes suggested. One was to send them back to Africa, another was for the Government to bay, all tbe lands In three or four Southern States and colonize the negroes there. Another was for the Government to buy Cuba and send all the negroes there. 1 tell you tbe Northern people are very much interested in this matter, and discuss it quite boldly. DEATH PE0SI A P1XCH. A Strnngo Case of Hemorrhage In a New England Town. SPECIAL TTLXGBA1I TO THZ DISrATCH.l South Hadlet, Mass., February 28. George Carpenter, about "22 years of age, while employed last Monday in removing some ice pinched one of his toes so hard as to raise a blood blister. Ax he had often had serious trouble from losses of blood in cases of trivial scratches he was especially careful in this instance not to break the blister. On Thursday, however, with all his care and watchfulness it broke, and the blood flowed from the wound so freely aaio cause himself and his parents such alarm that a doctor was called. After some difficulty, tbe bleeding was stopped, only, however, to begin flowing from the nose. For hours the doctor worked unceasingly to stop the hemorrhage, and finally succeeded, bnt despair seized upon all present when it was' seen a few moments later that from the mouth gushed forth the crimson torrent which was hurrying the sufferer nearer' to his grave. Despite all efforts the young man slowly bled to death. DUDLET MUST A5SWEE. No Getting Oat of Attending to Those I.lltlo Questions. Washington, February 28. Judge James, of the District Court, to-day refused to quash the subpoena to compel Colonel "W. W. Dudley to appear and give testimony for the defense in his libel suit against the New Xork Evening Post. The hearing of the ' case was begun before Examiner Hacket Under" the advice of -his counsel, Colonel Dudley declined to answer all the questions, that were put to him with reference to the "blocks-of.five" letter. A C0STEST SUMMAEILT SETIL1D. The Governor of Arknnsar.WHl Receive His Vindication. ' Little Bock, February 23. The Senate to-day passed over Governor Eagle's veto, tbe resolution, allowing C. M, Norwood to withdraw his contest for' Gubernatorial office. Eagle vetoed thereft&I-aMoa beeaase he either wanted the matter investigated or the charges of fraad withdraws. , ft FIifJ0UIIP0H2m Made by Our J1 Comrnis? -11 sioner of His ..ivass of 'a the State on the v H GREAT ISSUE OF THE DAY. A Gigantic Task Accomplished fa, Forty. Days by Eapid Traveling. . ETEEI COUJfTY IN THE STATE YISITED Will the Amendment Carry? Both Side Preparing for the Battle The SentU stent as It Appears on the flarfaee Wide-Spread Agitation on the Issae -Drummers Oppose Prohibition Temper nncc Literature Scattered Broadcast Liquor Men's Millions ac Stake Tbe lot portance of tbe Issue Appreciated. Joint resolution proposing an amendment '; to the Constitution of this" Commonwealth: Section 1 Be It resolved by the Senate and . Honse of Representatives of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, In General Assembly met that the following amendment Is proposed to the Constitution of the Commonwealth at, Pennsylvania' in accordance with the Eigh teenth Article thereoi: AMENDMENT. There shall be an additional article to said. Constitution to be designated as Article XIX, as follows: ARTICLE XIX. The nanufadure, sale or keeping for sale of intoxicating liquor to be used as a beverage is hereby proMtrtled, and any violation of this prohibition' shall be a misdemeanor punish able as shall le provided by lar. The manufacture, sale or keeping for sale of intoxicating liquor for other purposes than ok a beverage may be allowed in. such manner only as may be prescribed by taw; The General ' Assembly shall, at the first session tucceedihg the adoption of this article of the Constitution, enact laws with adequate penalties for its en forcement. It is yet more than three months until iha special election onthe above amendment' In that length of time both liquor men and1 Prohibitionists will dolsome hard fighting. As the campaign advances important quest Cons will be developed, new bombs ex ploded, ana weak spots attacked with such energy or adroitness that lines of battle now laid out may be considerably changed.'. The shrewdest movements and the most powerful shots on each side will be held , back nntil the last Best cards will then be played. In all probability the decisiva work of the conflict will be accomplished along in the ides of-June. Between now' and then people have ample time to decide how to yote. And there are veiT many who are yet undecided. ' The Dispatches canvass of the State on theissne has just been completed. IV was15 made in the earliest part of the campaign, and faithfully records public sentiment as it now exists in the various counties. What alterations in these counties may be effected in the next quarter by the uncertainties 'of the campaign no man or journal can pre tend to predict. STRAWS, NOT; PROPHECIES. Prophecies on this election are especially difficult, as there is practioally no criterion to go by. Of cqurse, straws show which way the wind blows. And in this canvass our Special Commissioner has given more than mere straws for the information of tha readers of The Dispatch. He has striven to bring out the peculiarities of the differ ent counties, the characteristics of the pec? pie of each county, besides giving valuable statistics about the way they have voted for or enforced all temperance legislation in the past A summary of his letters a re sume of the situation as it at present exist - the expression of the public's first thoughts in every county in the Common wealth, condensed into a single word, is a follows: I ? s & Counties, g. & 3 ' g ! -o'' t o o & ,. i a :fc Adams In favor of 7.243 Defeated t, Allegheny Against 70,950 Defeate4H Armstrong.... In favorof 8.988 AdoptedWH Beaver. In favor of 9,531 Adopted?? Bedford. In favor of 8,191 AdoptedvJ, Berks Against 28.992 Defeaef Blair In favor of 12,838 Adopted Bradford ...... In favor ot I3.9CS Adopted Backs Against 17,479 Defeated Batler ItLfavorof 9,917 Adopted Cambria Againsf 11,702 Defeated Cameron In favor ot 1,345 Adopted Carbon Donbtfnl 7,177 Defeated Center In favor of 9,471 Adopted Chester InfavoroC 19,755 Adopted Clarion Fairly sure 6,945 Adopted Clearfield In favor of 1L9GO Adopted' Clinton Close 8,073 Adopted' Columbia Veryd'btful 7,118 Defeated Crawford Infavorof 13,003 Adopted; Cumberland... Close 10.265 Adopted Danphin Close 18.823 Defeated Delaware Infavorof 14,170 Adopted Elk. Agaipst 3.197 Defeated Erie Veryd'btful 17.231 Adopted Fayette Veryd'btful 4463 Adopted Forest Infavorof 1,601 Defeated Franklin Infavorof 11.044 Adopted Fulton Against 215 Defeated Greene. Infavorof 6,630 Adopted Huntingdon... Infavorof 7,201 Adopted Indiana,..... Infavorof 7,609 Adopted Jefferson. Infavorof 7,525 Adopted Juniata.. ...... Infavorof 3,699 Adopted Lackawinna... Against 21.195 No vote Lancaster. Against 32.987 Defeated Lawrence Infavorof 0,911 Adopted Lebanon Against 9,8.15 Defeated Lehigh Against 18,094 Defeated Luzerne Veryd'btful 3t55S Adopted Lycoming. Against 14,536 Adopted McKean....... Infavorof 7,713 Adopted Mercer. .Hn favor of 11,921 Adopted Mifflin-. Infavorof 4,510 Adopted Monroe Against 4.437 Defeated Montgomery.. Against 28,417 Defeated Montour. Infavorof 3,195 Adopted Northampton.. Against 17,103 Defeated Northumberl'd Fairly sura 12,778 Defeated Perry.... Infavorof 5,973 Adopted Philadelphia .. Against 201,520 No vote Pike Against StOlO Defeated. Potter Infavorof 4,434 No vote Schuylkill. Against 25.960 Defeated Snyder. Against -3,910 Defeated" Somerset Infavorof 7.SS2 Adopted Snlliran.. Against 2310 Defeated' Susquehanna.. Infavorof 9,078 Adopted a 1 Tioga., In favor ot 11,279 Adopted Union Infavorof 4,090 Adopted Venango Infavorof SL567 Adopted? Warren Infavorof 7,64? Adopted. . Washington... Infavorof H22S- Adopted. Wayne. Doubtful 6,4CO Defeated" Westmoreland. Close 19,958 Adapted Wyoming Infavorof 3,986 Attested I York....... Infavorof 21,707; Befeated. ' Actrresata of votes for TT-iiTlnnnTliiiriilsiii and Flsk. ' - 'jgi A. BIO UNDERXAKXSO.. The Dispatch was the oaly paper U the country that was enterprising eaough is' undertake a canvass of the eatire State. lk order to make a strictly noa.partiMa, Continued on SiwtK Aftf. ''tW 4 H F a'. rfi m P' BBBSra&v - - . 4-.'it.;iL'- .. jCt. ' . H