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Governor Campbell Tackled
the Wrong Man When He
Tackled McKinley.
MUST EXPLAIN HIMSELF.
The Major Gives Good Reasons for His
Votes on Silver and Pats Camp
bell in a Hole.
WAGES AND PRICES TOR POTTERY.
A Statement About Linseed Oil Proved
False by a Pemocratic Paper's
Market Eeport.
THAT STORr OP 1,000 GLASS HOLDERS.
trait Jars Cost More Because tie
Crop Has ilaJe the Demand
Than the Supply.
Enormous Frnit
Greater
COXGXESSJIAX MILLS A CALAJIITT SHEIEKEE
IFITCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
CrsrciN-x vrr, Sept. 19. Major McKinley
fpoke to 12.CO0 people in Music Hall to
night, while 10,000 more struggled vainly to
get in. Entire clubs headed by bands had
to content themselves with merely niarch
lHg through the hall, and, toward the last,
even that became impossible.
It was nearly 9.30 o'clock before McKin
ley began his speech. He was slightly
hoarse, but soon regained a good voice and
made a speech that was punctuated by
cheers and accentuated with thunders of ap
plause. He firt, in vigorous sentences and
impassioned words urged the election of a
Republican Legislature, declaring his will
ingness to be sacrificed, if need be, in order
that Ohio should not onlyhae a Repub
lican successor to John Sherman, but that
the gerrymander of last winter should be
undone and the dansrer of electing Presi
dental electors by Congressional districts
under the present boundaries be avoided.
Tltn TACT1 ABOUT SILVER.
He then replied in length to Governor
Campbell's Sidney speech, beginning with
1 lie silver question. At some length and
with great care he stated the positions of
tho two parties on free coinage and said
first that the $4,300,000 provided for under
the present law is slightly more than the
total output of the United States. "For
12 years," said McKinley, "we have
coined silver under the Bland-Allison
MIL The average price paid for the silver
jn each dollar during that time was 79 cents
for each dollar as coined, but it is made-
equal to 100 cents on the dollar through an
ample reserve, the Government profiting by
the difference, while under the free coin
age the difference between the value of sil
ver and the dollar icceivcd in exchange
would go into the pocket of the siher baron
to the disadvantage of all other producers."
The speaker next, at some length, sought
to show that a cheap dollarinvariably drove
out a dear dollar and that free coinage
would drive out of circulation Sj0D,OO0,O00
of gold and ?34Q, 000,000 of greenbacks.
"The poorest nations on the globe," said
lie expressively, "are those that do business
on a siher basis."
CAMPBELL TOLD only HALF.
Then coming to directly Campbell's
charge that he, McKinley, voted for free
diver, he aid: "Mr. Campbell speaks the
trath. but he forgets to add that he voted
against it. I have no apology to offer lor
ryotc In IT?, silver had been demon
etized. Up to 1S78 this Government had
coined but 8,000,000 silver dollars in all its
history. It was then that I voted to restore
silver and for free coinage
"When next I voted on the silver ques
tion it was acjinst free coinage, because we
lad then in circulation 40.",OO0,O00 silver
dollars, and the dancer line had been
reached. I so oted- because I am a double
Standard man, and believe gold and silver
thould be on a parity.
"In 1S7G Governor Campbell voted with
Mseacainst tree coinage. Now let him ex
plain. He says he is willing to chance free
silver; 1 am not. I am opposed to gambling
en a money that measures values."
a nF.i.ron or evidence.
Mr. McKinley then plunged into the
tariff and took up Go crnor Campbell's as
sertion that the firiff had put up the price
of pottery and lowered the wages of pot
tery makers. T5r wav of reply McKinley
read 14 messajes received to-day from 14
pottery firms at East Liverpool. Each
message stated there had been no cut in
wages of any kind since "85, but in some in
stances wages had been advanced and that
too since the McKinley law went into effect,
while the average price of crockery is lower
than in September last.
These telegrams were received with
cheers which became shouts, when handing
them to an Enquirer reporter, he said he
hoped that the Democratic newspaper would
print them.
Governor Campbell's statement that lin
f ecd oil sold here for 69 cents and abroad at
36 cents, was refuted by reference to the
market report of the Enquirer printed on the
dav Campbell delivered his speech, the quo
tations being 39 cents.
FALSE STATEMENTS OX GLASS.
"And now I'll talk on a brittle subject,"
raid the speaker as he took up Governor
Campbell's statements regarding the United
States Glass Company. He first rca'd an in
terview tvith Vice President King of that
company in which it was stated first that
the association was organired long before
the tariff bill went into effect, nnd couldn't if
it would, control the price of frnit
jars because the houses outside the associa
tion were more numerous than those in it
Mr. McKinley branded as preposterous
Campbell's statement that the association
Lad thrown 1,000 tnolders out of work for
the simple reason that all the houses in the
association combined had never had occa
sion to employ over 100 molders, and all
these were now at work.
The increase in prices of fruit jars, Mc
Kinley said, was due solely to the immense
iruit crop, which created a tremendous de
mand. The closing part of the speech was
given up to tin plate, and was the occasion
for much applause.
COST OF CROCKERY WARE.
In concluding his reply to Governor
Campbell, Major McKinley said it is a fact
that we now get for 542 a crate of
crockery ware lor which under a Demo
cratic revenue tariff we paid 590 and 594.
In his remarks on American manufacture
of tin plate the speaker said: "There is
nothing this yankee nation can't make if it
wants, even to an enormous debt piled up
under a Democratic tariff for revenue
only."
One of the most striking hits of the evening
was made during a reply to Governor
Campbell's pleasantries about pearl buttons
and the fact that they are being made by
convict labor in 'New York. The Major
said:
It is true that we did put a tariff on pearl
buttons, and hundreds or men areatwoifc
where before idleness and -want pre
vailed. I had not heard that pearl
buttons wore being made In the
penitentiary at Auburn, X. T., until
Governor Campbell made the charge and so
this very day 1 wired to New York for in
formation. I asked J. S. Tassett, Republi
can candidate for Governor, and ho
referred me to W. B. Winslow, of
Auburn, who replied: "Yes, 130 convicts
are making pearl buttons." The peniten
tmrvis as all our New York State institu
tions arc and have been for four years under
Democratic control and officials.
Pausing a moment
claimed:
Major McKinley
What n spectacle! That tariff bill bars out
forever any convict made goods of foreign
lands but hero in America a Democratic ad
ministration ofa penitentiary kikes advan
tage of a tariff law it pretends to hate and
puts convict labor against free American
labor!
MILLS TALKS CALAMITY.
THE DOCGHTT TEXAN CANT SEE ANT
CO-OB BUT BLACK.
His Dismal Picture of Destitution and
Suffering Favorable to Free Coinage,
but That Isn't Enough Elaborates on
the Tariff Reform Idea.
Mansfield, Sppt 19. Special To
day was Democratic day in this section, the
occasion being Hon.
Roger Q. Mills' initial
address in the State
campaign and a speech
by Hon. & S. Yoder,
of Lima, Commander
n Chjef of the U. V.
L. About 7,000 peo
ple heard them. Mr.
Yoder devoted his time
to the fallacy of at
tempting to make the
silver" question the
R. Q. JIB.
issue.
Mr. Mills spoke two hours and
quently interrupted hv applause.
was
The
fre-fol-
lowing is a resume ot his speech:
In every part of the land, North, East,
South and West there is widespread discon
tent and every manifestation of unrest. Tho
complaint is coming from every quarter
that the life struggle is growing harder and
the way is growing darker. Labor complains
of enforced idleness and, even when
employed, that it does not receive
a just share of tho wealth that
it earns. Millions are in debt, homes
are mortgaged and labor is powerless
to pay-ihe debt or save tho home. Why does
this unhappy condition exist? My Repub
lican friends, the present condition is the
legitimate result of your votes. You have
produced itand you have the power to
change it. The Democratio party has not
been in power for 30 years. During that
time it has not been ablo to mako a new or
unmake an old law. Wo come to you now,
and aslryou to dismiss vonr partisan preju
dices and unite with us in redressing these
wrongs ami restoring the country to the
nathof prosperity.
h-Tbere are many remedies suggested for
the present distress. It Is earnestly con
tended by a large element of our people that
Congress should issue money and lend it on
land or crops as security. This policy is
founded on the principle that the hair of the
dog Is good for this bite. .Another measure
of reform which is pressed by many do
manas the opening of onr mints for the free
coinage ot silver. During my pnblio service
I have spoken, written and voted Tor free
coinage. I have believed and still believe
that tho United States can open her mints
to the fiee coinage of silver at 15 ounces
equal to one of gold, and keep the two
metals at par, not only in the United States
but in tho commercial World, but I do not
believe that the free coinage of silver will
relieve the country from the distress which
it is now suffering. The remedy is in tariff
reform.
Mr. Mills then elaborated on the Demo
cratic tariffidea.
BERKS IS FOR BLAINE.
ITSNATIONAI. DELEGATE INSTRUCTED
FOK THE MAINE MAN.
The Strongest Sort of Resolutions Passed
ITU- a Hurrah Tile Man Elected "Was
a Disappointed Applicant for the Post
office Qnay and Cameron Indorsed.
Reding, Sept 19. Special. The
Berks Republicans held their County Con
vention here to-day, and had the honor of
nominating the first delegate to the Presi
dental Convention of 1892. It was a Blaine
convention all through. A. M. High, was
unanimously nominated and his name put
through with a hurrah. He made a speech
in which he said he would go to the Nation
al Convention to vote for James G. Blaine,
for President, which was received with a
storm of cheers that almost took the roof of
the Court House. Edward M. Luden, was
nominated for delegate to the Constitution
al Convention.
The selection of Mr. High for national
delegate is regarded as a slap at President
Harrison because the latter refused to ap
point him postmaster of Beading, although
he had voted for Harrison in the conven
tion in 1888. The resolutions merely "ap
prove" the administration of PresidentHar
rison, but they have this to say of his Sec
retary of State:
Wo cordially and heartily indorse tho
broad, brilliant nnd statesman-like adminis
tration of tho affairs of State by Pennsyl
vania's most distinguished son, James G.
Blaine, whose very name awakens a thrill
of patriotic pride and proclaims him our
unquestioned leader in 1892. Ave heartily in
dorse him and trnst tnat the will of the peo
ple may be so voiced at other conventions
in his favor that he mav be borno on its re
sistless tide Into the Presidency. And we
hereby instruct the delegate selected by the
Republicans of Berks to the next National
Convention at all times to snpport James G.
Blaine.
Senators Quay and Cameron, and Gregg
and Morrison are indorsed. General Gregg
appeared before the convention and deliv
ered a rousing speech.
ITS HEWS TO BELDBN.
He Hat No Intimation as to His Appoint
ment to the War Portfolio.
Syracuse, Sept. 19. Special The ru
mor that Congressman dames J. Belden had
been pressed for a portfolio in the Presi
dent's Cabinet is received here in Syracuse
among the friends of the Congressman with
incredulity. Congressman Belden is at his
summer seat at Frontcnac, Thousand
Islands, having gone thither after nominat
ing a sheriff lor Onandaga county in opposi
tion to the designs of his factional oppo
nents in the Republican party. When teen
at Frontcnac to-day by a newspaper corre
spondent he said the report connecting his
name with the Secretaryship of War was ab
solutely news to him. He declined to dis
cuss its probability.
There is no doubt that Congressman Bel
den is apathetic toward the State ticket
nominated at Rochester, not because Fassett
is the candidate, but for the reason that the
nomination opened the way to Senator Hen
dricks appointment to the collectorship of
the port ot New York.
vfc I r
POWDERLY DEFEATED
In His Attempt to Carry Ont the
Compact With Eepuhlicans.
HIS PROPOSITIONS VOTED DOWN
By the relegates to the Legislative Conven
tion After a Fight.
BUTLER-WRIGHT REPORT SLAUGHTERED
rsrrciAi. telegram to tiie dispatctm
Philadelphia, Sept. 19. The compact
entered into between the Knights of Labor
leaders and the Republican leaders failed of
ratification to-day at a meeting of the dele
gates to the Legislative Convention of the
order. The fight of the day was over the
adoption of the majority or minority report
of the Legislative Committee, in which the
followers of P. F. Caffrey, the signer of the
minority report, came off victorious.
Throughout the whole of the proceedings
the leaders of the order were most emphat
ically sat upon, being frustrated in every
point they tried to make.
General Master Workman Powderly
made a desperate effort to have himself in
dorsed as a delegate to the proposed Con
stitutional Convention, but this the con
vention refused to do. Powderly and his
adherents also endeavored to force through
a resolution authorising the employment of
speakers by the Knights of Labor to stump
the State in favor of the Constitutional
Convention and in the interests of Gregg
and Morrison, the Republican candidates
for State Treasurer and Auditor General,
but on this point, also, he met with defeat,
and the "Wright-Butler forces were routed
at every point.
OPENIN G OF THE FIGHT.
The meeting of the committee was called
by Captain 31. H. Butler, of Tidioute.
Upon the request of Mr. Powderly, James
A. Wright, of this city, was made Chair
man, and immediately upon the calling of
the convention to order Hugh McGarvey, of
Beaver Meadow, attacked its legality, sus
taining his point with this resolution, which
was passed at the committee's meeting at
Harrisburg at the request of Mr. Powderly
himself:
Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the
Chairman, or in case of his inability to act,
the Secretary of the Lciislative Committee
to issue the call for 'the assembling of the
next convention.
Mr. McGarvey contended that neither the
Chairman nor the Seoretary of the commit
tee had issued the call for to-dav's meeting,
but that Captain BuQer had taken it upon
himself to do so without any authority
whatever. It was admitted bya large ma
jority that Mr. McGarvey was right, but, as
the convention had assembled, it was de
cided not to adjourn without accomplishing
something, so the meeting adjourned to
meet at once at its own call.
THOSE WHO WERE THERE.
The delegates present were: Scranton,
Terence V. Powderly, D. J. Campbell, M.
T. Burke; Lancaster," J. D. Pyatt; Harris
burg, L. F. Kast, Miss Elmira Payne; Car
bon, John F. Dougherty; Luzerne, P. F.
Caffrey; Latrobe, Collis Lovely; Tidioute,
Captain M. H. Butler; Beaver Meadow,
Hugh McGarvey; Oil City, James O'Con
nell; Houtzdale, James" White; Madera,
Daniel Lennon; S6ottdale, Peter AVise;
Lebanon, J. A. H. Bleiskin; Ashland,
Daniel Rohrer; York, Samuel Hibbs; Phila
delphia. James A. Wright, J. H. Carr,
Henry 0Traphagen, J? . K. Dever ,-
Powderly made an effort lo have the con
vention, indorse Chauncey F. Blaok for
deUtraie to the nrobosed Cbnstitutional
invention, thereby hoping to have himself
'indorsed for the same position. This the
invention refused pbint blank to do. See
ing mat. ne was ueaien ai tnis stage 01 lue
game, the Master Workman, in a supreme
effort to fulfill the contract he had made
with Senator Quay, suegested that speakers
be employed by the Knights of Labor to
stump the State in favor of the Constitu
tional Convention and in the interests of
Candidates Gregg and Morrison. Butler
and Wright, it was stated, were the speak
ers Powderly wanted to have employed. '
POWDEELY'S BAD DEFEAT.
Delegate D. J. Campbell, from Pow
derly's own town, hotly contested the sug
gestion of his chief and was ably seconded
bv M. T. Burke, J. D, Pyatt, L. F. Faust,
P". F. Caffrey, Edward Williams, Collis
Lovely, Elmira Payne. Hugh McGarvey,
Daniel Rohrer and Samuel Hibbs. After" a
warm debate the resolution was overwhelm
ingly defeated.
The majority report of the committee.
signed by Butler and Wright, was de
nounced upon thf floor of the convention
as unfair, false and incomplete, and both
Butler and Wright were roundly abused for
sending such a document out before it had
been accepted, thus forcing Caffrey to fol
low their example. The minority report of
P. F. Caffrey was indorsed and Mr. Caffrey
was instructed to have it printed and sent
to all the local assemblies throughout the
State.
Captain Butler was the only delegate who
attempted to make any outright defense of
the majority report, but Powderly attempted,
to smooth the matter over by saying that it
was an error of the head rather tian of the
heart. Messrs. Burke, McGarvey, Caffrey
and others made speeches against the ma
jority report.
CONGRESSMAN SCOTT SINKING.
It Is the General Impression He Will .Not
Ssur Ive 24Honn.
Newport, E, L, Sept. 19. Special
It is by no means impossible that ere these
words reach the - readers Congressman W.
L. Scott will have passed away. His ex
treme prostration has visibly increased and
his condition gives his friends the greatest
possible alarm. Dr. Pepper, of Phila
delphia, and Dr. Rankin, of this city, are
attending him. At C o'clock this evening
Dr. Pepper went to the patient and at near
midnight he had not left him.
There has been no moment when the
patient has not been conscious and though
he suffers greatly he does not complain. It
is the general impression that he cannot
survive 24 hours. Many sympathetic mes
sages have been received daily by his
friends.
PE0BABLY A MITEDEB.
Several Men Seriously Injured in a Riot at
West Tarentum.
TABENTUM, Sept. 19. Special A
drunken row occurred at West Tarentum
among some of the Frenchmen employed at
the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company's works.
One of their countrymen had eloped with a
young lady. The men have been serenading
him for the past four nights for the pur
pose of compelling him to set up the beer.
A fight occurred to-night, in which clubs'
kDives and revolvers were used. One man
had his skull crushed, another taa shot
through the leg, a third was slashed across
the arm with a knife, and the groom was
severely stabbed. The man who had his
skull crushed will probably die.
Couldn't Stand Dortiestlo Woe.
Columbus, O., Sept 19. Special
Henry Goessling, a former business man of
some prominence, committed suicide to-day
by taking laudanum. Domestic trouble was
the cause. He has a brother, a Lutheran
I mimosa. vabi.41.... 1 k 11 t....... w.r. haa
been inclined to aid him all he could, but
the deceased became a heavy drinker on ac
count of his troubles.
TWO TRAINS DEMOLISHED
AND THREE MEN PATAIXTT INJURED
IN A FREIGHT "WRECK.
A Train Breaks on a Down Grade and
'Comes Together Again A Second
Crashes Into tho 'Wreckage The En
gineer Under the Debris.
Geeensbubg, Pa., Sept, 19. Special.
A frightful wreck occurred on the Penn
sylvania Railroad, two miles east of Greens
burg, at 1 o'clock this morning. Engineer
Rogers and Brakeman It. W. Wadsworth
were fatally injured and Fireman R. E.
Stanley lies buried under the wreck, but is
still alive. Forty freight cars are com
pletely demolished.
The wreck was caused by a west
bound freight breaking in two on- a
steep down grade and then coming
together again. At the same time
an east-bound cattle train crashed
into the broken train and twenty car
loads of cattle were killed. The engine
of the cattle train fell over a sixty-foot
embankment, and under this engine lies
Fireman Stanley, still alive and not very
seriously hurt it is thought. The probabil
ities are that he will be taken out safely.
The people about the scene of the wreck are
doing all in their power for him, passing
him down water and other things.
The west-bound train was loaded wjth
New York merchandise for Pittsburg and
other points West. The wreck is one of the
worst ever seen. Forty cars lie piled on
top of each other or strewn about i in frag-,
ments, forming a mass as hight as the
Greensburg Court House.
The news of the wreck brought a score or
two of vandals out, who set about on a
pillaging tour, and the entire Greensburg
police force, who are on the ground, have all
they can do to keep these robbers away
from the wreck and protect the property
that is strewn about in all directions.
PATTIS0N IN PITTSBURG.
HE MAKES AN INSPECTION OF THE
MORGANZA BEFOItM SCHOOL.
The Governor Is Dined at the Doquesne
Clnb and Meet Loeal Democratic Lead
ersSpirited Oat of Town Before His
Presence Became Known.
Governor Pattison drifted into Pittsburg
and floated out again yesterday in a man
ner almost as mysterious as the movements
of Fitrsimmons. He was accompanied by
Colonel Bradley, of Philadelphia. As soon
as he arrived in the city he left
for Morganza and inspected the Reform
school. When, this was finished he.
returned to the city. At the Union station
he was met by Inspector General McKib
Den and before the public had a chance to
get a look at His Excellency he was placed
in a carriage and driven to the Duquesne
Club. There hewas entertained by Jtfx. Mo
Kibbcn. At the dinner the other guests
were Colonel Bradley, Adjutant 'General
McClelland, James B. Scott, J. Pressley
Fleming, ei-Postmaster "Xarkin,' West
Gnffy, J. 3L Guffy and A. T. Keating,
Jt was a quiet .Democratic rally -vf the
leaders in Alleghey county, and from be
hind clouds of higta-tariffcigar smoke they
discussed plansffor tlie present campaign
and made Presidental guesses.
After the dinner Adjutant General Mc
Clelland accompanied the Governor to the
4:30 train for the, East. The Governor was
interviewed. nd said he was merely out to
inspect the reform school. He was much
pleased with "the condition of the house
and the inmates. He also stated that he ex
pected to return in about six weeks and in
spect the Western 'Penitentiary and the
WestPenn Hospital. Regarding Pennsyl
vania politics he did not care to say any
thing, but said he did not believe that
Campbell would bave much trouble about
being re-elected in Ohio.
His visit was entirely unexpected, and a
number of the directors of the Morganza
Reform Sshool did not eqen last night know
that the Governor had been in the city.
FATAL STABBING AFFEAY.
An
Arabian Pedlar Attacked by a Coun
tryman and Badly Used Up.
Asper Carano, an Arabian, fatally stabbed
a fellow countryman named Gabriella Coria
this morning about 1 o'clock in the Arabian
colony on Basin alley. Both men are ped
lars, and were returning to their home at
31J Basin alley, when they got into a
drunken brawl and Carano plunged a large
knife into tho abdomen of his companion.
Seeing the result of his deed he dropped
the weapon and fled, but after a hard chase
was caught by Officer Metzgar and sent to
the Eleventh ward station. Police Surgeon
Mayer was summoned and after an examina
tion of the injured man said that he. would
probably not survive.
TO BEING BAIN IN KANSAS.
Frank Melbourne Hired by a Number of
Farmers to Make Experiments.
Topeka, Sept 19. Prof. Melbourne, of
Australia, has entered into a contract to
make rain at Goodland, Sherman county,
Kas., September 28. He is to receive $500
for causing rain to fall over a territory
within a radius of 50 miles of Goodland,
which is n ithin 15 miles of the Colorado
line.
That part of the State is gTeatly in need
of rain. It has been found impossible to
irrigate and the settlers have raised the
money for making the rain test. Governor
Humphrey has been invited to be present
and will probably go. A delegation from
Topeka will attend.
A Bain Failure at EI Paso.
El Paso, Sept. 19. Special So far as
El Paso and its immediate vicinity is con
cerned the rain-making experiments by the
Government party failed to produce a single
drop of rain. Every one here is disap
pointed, and none more so than the mem
bers of the Government expedition. They
do not believe, however, that the theorjr is
wrong, but that the conditions for making
rain were too unfavorable. But if it did not
rain In EI Paso it certainly did rain to the
east, south and north of the city. The
meteorological experts say that some of
these raihs were undoubtedly caused by the
heavy explosions here yesterday.
A Fortunate Bradford GlrL
Bradford, Sept. 19. Special Misi
Maud Weaver, of this city, has received
word from England that a rich uncle had
died, leaving her all his personal effects,
valued at 550,000. Miss Weaver will leave
the first of the week for England to look
after her fortune.
Some Chambers Property to Be Sold.
TTniontows-, Sept. 19. Special One
hundred and twenty shares, in the North
Jeannette Land and Improvement Com
pany, the property of James A. Chambers,
wilf be sold by the sheriff here 'oh Wednes
day next. The suit is at the instance of
Mr. Chambers' mother.
M
That Package of letters Ee-2
yeals Some Very Pecu
liar Transactions.
PEESENTS EROMBABDSLEY
Jo the Auditor General Not Satis
factorily Explained Away.
A FLAT CHAKaE OP CONSPIRACY
Made by Fow Against Livsey, Incriminating
Dim With Bardslej.
FOW RUTHLESSLY APPLIES THE PROBE
fSPECtAI, TELKOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Harrisburg, Sept. 19. The testimony
of Auditor General McCamant before the
Treasury investigating committee to-day in
explanation of several of the letters written
to John Bardsley created more amusement
than conviction that he was innocent of the
charge that he had received a large portion
of the rebate paid the City Treasurer by
Philadelphia newspaper publishers, .au
thorized to print the mercantile appraisers'
lists.
In view of the statement of District At
torney Graham that the returns of thanks
for favors immediately followed the appar
ent forwarding of remittances by Bardsley
to McCamant, the explanations offered by
the latter were considered very flimsy. It
was thought singular that the neckties,
handkerchiefs and magazines alleged to
have been received were not mentioned the
same as the onyx clock presented to htm by
Bardsley.
LIVSET A CONSPIRATOR.
In the opinion of Mr. Fow, wfco made a
hasty examination of the bunch of letters
loaned to the committee by District Attor
ney Graham, Livsey was a conspirator with
Bardsley in robbing the State, and the pro
tracted absence of the ex-State Treasurer
from his post of duty is regarded as exceed
ingly suspicious.
The letters written by Livsey are not as
numerous as those addressed to Bardsley by
McCamantf. but they are said to be more
self-convicting. One of them Mr. Fow con
siders very damaging. One of the worst in
the lot he says is under date of November
26, in which Livsey tells Bardsley he would
prefer that the latier "would only pay to
the State Treasurer this month $200,000 and
let the rest lemain until December. Also
let the State tax remain until next month.
There will be no necessity to withdraw from
the People's Bank nntil they are through
with their interest payments." This letter
Fow construes to meah that Livsey was in
collusion with the bank.
SOME al'CASIANT LETTERS.
One of McCamant's letters asks Bardsley
,to invest $10,00o for him in good railroad
bonds. Another tells him to see Quay, and
still another tells him tp, see Dave Martin,
and one of these Bardsley was instructed to
burn. A fcentliman who. "hurriedly ..in
spected these letters says they are mystical
and highly suspicious. The McCamant let
ters cover.about 50 type-written pages.
No permission was given persons outside
the members of the committee to examine
the original letters of either McCamant or
Livsey, and the messenger of District At
torney Graham returned with them to
Philadelphia this afternoon. Attorney
General Hensel received copies of the let
ters, but they were promptly sent to Lan
caster by direction of Mr. Hensel. At the
meeting of the Investigating Committee
Monday evening they will probably be
made public.
Auditor General McCamant began his
testimony by giving an outline of the Audi
tor General's office and the methods of con
ducting business there. After he had con
cluded this portion of his testimony Mr.
Fow took him in hand,a and propounded
numerous questions relative to the Auditor
General's connection with the Bardsley
matter.
DEALINGS WITH BARDSLEY.
The first question of importance was:
"Why is it that you permitted John Bards
ley to retain the money received for retail
liquor licenses which had been paid before
June, 1890, and which was due the State on
July'l, 1890?"
Mr. McCamant stated that he called
many .times on Bardsley, and received
promise after promise, both by word of
mouth and in writing.
Mr. Fow again asked: "Why did you
allow one year to elapse before settle
ment?" Mr. McCamant positively stated that he
had done nothing of the sort at alL He
called on Bardsley .again in August, 1890
and again and again at other dates. State
Treasurer Hart also took the matter in
hand, and said that he would see Bardsley.
"When I called on him in August," said
Mr. McCamant, "he became angry, and de
clared that the State's money was entirely
safe; that it was amply secured and in good
banks, and that there was no occasion for
alarm. In October, 1890,'he began to pay,
and in that month and on the 1st of No
vember, 1890, Bardsley did pay between
100,000 and 4600,000.
The Auditor General called attention to
the act of 1811, and the authority; it con
ferred upon him as an official. This allows
the Auditor General and State Treasurer to
grant time to public debtors to effect com
promises,provided all cases, with interests
and costs, be settled within seven years.
This law is still in force. "I acted under
this law," he said, "and granted an exten
sion of time that seemed necessary owing to
the monetary stringency in financial cir
cles." THE PACKAGE OF LETTERS.
The committee called for the package of
letters which District Attorney Graham had
forwarded, and went into executive session
for an hour for the purpose of examining
them. Mr. Fow read a letter to Bardsley
from McCamant, dated September 3, 1889,
"asking for 100,000. due in 1889, as the
Treasurer is a little pressed and this will
help him out." The letter was verified as
correct
Another letter, dated November 28, 1889,
from Livsey, to Bardsley, was read. This
stated that Livsey wonld prefer Bardsley to
send only $200,000, and let the rest remain
until December, and then then there would
be no necessity to withdraw funds from the
People's Bank: until they had finished pay
,ing their interest accounts.
Mr. McCamant did not know at all what,
this letter meant, but said that the penman
ship looked like Livsey 's. Continuing, he
said: "I didn't compel Bardsley then to
make full returns because I couldn't, and
also, primarily, because Captain Hart said
that he would attend to it For 1889 there
was due the Commonwealth $99,000; during
the year only $53,000 was paid by John
Bardsley for liquor license. In November,
1890, he paid $46,000 and this Bettled for.
1889. At the end of 1890 there was due
$95,000, of which $22,131 40 was paid Feb
ruary 27, 1891.
A WAU5UNG TO BARDSLEY.
Representative Skinner read a letter to.
Bardsley, dated December 1, 1890, and
signed by Mr. McCamant, saying that "we
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ing the Keystone Bank: I hope they are
not true, and if true that you have arranged
vour affairs so as to secure yourself and the
State."
Mr. McCamant s id that he had written
this letter, but did not do it because he
thought that Bardsley was withholding
money due the State to support banks, and
especially the Keystone Bank, in a financial
crisis. He merely supposed from current
rumor that some of the State's funds might
be in the Keystone.
A letter was read, dated May 31, 1890,
which said:
Dear Babdsley Please accept my thankaJ
for favors received this moraine. ?
Mr. McCamant explained that he was in
Philadelphia a few days previously, and
wanted to get some neckties of a particular
kind and some silk handkerchiefs. He
could not get such as he wanted in this city.
He neglected to get them, and jnst before
taking his train he remembered them, asked
Bardsley to purchase them, and the Treas
urer did so and forwarded them to Harris
burg. The letter was an acknowledgement
of their receipt.
Other letters of June 4, 1890, and August
30, 1890, were presented, also containing
thanks for favors.
Mr. Fow asked: "What do these refer to?
More neckties?"
PRESENTS PROM BARDSLEY.
Mr. McCamant replied: "No; they were
for special copies of back numbers of the
Korth American Review. About Christmas,
1889. Bardsley sent me a clock. In return I
sent him a copy of Tolstoi and a history of
Russia. I received many triflinc favors
from Mr. Bardsley, but never any'money
gifts of any kind or shape. 1 never received
any money from anyone or through anyone.
The-cldckf probably, a? the most expens
ive present I eVcr received from Bardsley.
I know of no one else who ever received
any money. I do not know that State funds
were ever used for campaign funds and
afterward returned.
"I never got any money from Livsey,"
said Mr. McCamant, "which he had ob
tained from Bardsley. I know nothing of
a check upon the stub of which Bardsley
wrote, 'ForX. & M.' I am letting the
Register of Wills matter wait till the
end of the term, so as to see what his ex
penses will amount to. He has retained 5
per cent I have not .arranged with him to
divide this retention. I do not know that
he has deposited the money in a bank and
receives interest on it When I find that
he is doing this I shall certainly take
prompt' steps o stop it I do not know of
any corporation that is allowed to retain
taxes over the specifio time for payment
No corporations are in arrears for taxes of
any large amounts save those now in pro
cess of collection or which are in the hands
of the Attorney General."
CHARGES OP CONSPIRACY.
Mr. Fow referred to numerous letters
which had passed between Livsey and Bards
ley, and which Mr. Fow emphatically de
clared revealed the full outlines of "a great
conspiracy planned by Livsey and directed
against the State. Mr. McCamant unequiv
ocally declared that he knew nothing at all
of any of these letters.
The committee then adjourned until 7
o'clock Monday evening, September 28,
when tbey will again meet in Harrisburg
and continue in session until the investiga
tion is completed. The Sergeant-at-Arms
was ordered to secure the attendance on that
date of Attorney General Hensel, Auditor
General McCamant, County Clerk Myera
and Corporation Clerk Glenn, the latter be
ing present at the meeting to-day, having
returned from his Canadian trip sooner than
he otherwise would have done had it not been
for tho meeting of the investigating com
mittee. The Sergeant-at-Arms was also requested
to secure from District Attorney Graham
the stubs on which were written notes seem
ing to implicate certain officials.
MERCIEfi'BACKSDOWN.
THE
QUEBEC PBEMIEB GIVES IN TO
THE DEMAND OF ANGEBS.
He Will No ' Have to Stand an Investiga
tion and His Downfall Is Predicted
Quebec at the Mercy of Boodlexa The
Commission Appointed.
Montreal, Sept 19. Special The
grave constitutional conflict, which it was
feared would be caused by the trouble be
tween Lieutenant Governor Angers, the
Representative of the Crown, and Mr.
Mercier, Premier of Quebec, has 'been
averted for the time being, at least, by the
Government making a complete back-down
and accepting the demand of the Lieuten
ant Governor for the appointment of a
royal commission to investigate the recent
scandals. The Lietenant Governor gave
Mr. Mercier until to-day to accept the com
mission or resign.
The Quebec Cabinet has been in session
all day with the result that the Govern
ment has decided to agree to the Governor's
commission, which will be composed of
Judges Bailey, Davidson and Jetter, of
Montreal, three of the most eminent mem
bers of the Quebec bench. The Lieutenant
Governor was requested by Mr. Mercier's
foUowers to summon the Legislature also,
bnt he declined to do so nntil the commis
sion has finished its investigation, which
will be commenced at once. '
The Lieutenant Governor's action, though
It may seem at first somewhat arbitrary, is
generally commended by the respectable
classes. The Province of Quebec Is at
present at the mercy of a gang of boodlers,
who have been holding high carnival with
the publio funds and it is believed that the
investigation will result in the downfall 6f
Mercier and his Government
POPE LEO m LABOR.
Several Hundred French Working
men Make a Visit to Rome.
AN ADDRESS ON THE ENCYCLICAL.
He Advises Them to Stand Together and
Shnn the Socialists.
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ceived in & " 'e of St. Peter's, the
first contingeu r'c v-C"tgrimage of French
workmen, which Jf Jounced recently as
having been anv,ed. The pilgrims
numbered 2,000. The majority of them
looked like workingmen in Sunday attire.
The Pope was borne into the hall
and seated on' the Sedila Gestatoria. He
was received with fervent acclamation by
the pilgrims. He seemed exceptionally
weU. The usual pallor of his face was re
placed by a flush evidently dne to excite
ment. Cardinal Langenieux, who headed the
pilgrims, read an address, in the course of
which it was stated that in all 20,000 work
men were coming to Boine on account of
his recent encyclical. In reply to the ad
dress, the Pope, in a voice which, although
weak, was clear and penetrating, stud:
Great is our joy at witnessing: tbd ardor of
ChrUtian .France. We .are happy that our
encyclical baa assisted Vorkinzraen. SocLil
and labor nnestlon3.'wlll never And their
1 true practlcaLsolutlon In purely civil laws.
SOLUTION OP THE LABOR PROBLEM.
Their solution Is bound up in precepts of
perfect Justice, which demand that the rate
of wages shall adequately correspond with
tbe labor done, and lies, therefore, in the do
main of conscience. A mass of legislation
dealing directly with tho outward acts of
roan cannot comprehend the direction of
consciences. Tho qnestion demands also
tbe aid of charity, ftoing beyond justice.
Religion aione,-with its revealed dormas
nnd divine precepts, possesses the right to
impose on consciences that perfect Justice
and charity. Tho secret of all social prob
lems must therefore be souzht in the action
of the Church, combined with the re
sources and efforts of pnblio powers
and human wisdom. We note with pleasure
that heads of important industries have
already studied the application of onr en
cyclical, and that your Government is not
lnsensioie merqtu. jc is imperative to act
in all directions without losing precious
time in barren discussions. Indisputable
principles must be applied, leaving time
and experience to elucidate obscure points
which are inevitable in problems so
complex.
ADVISES AGAINST SOCIALISM.
In your work be diligent and docile. Avoid
perverse men, especially those coming
under the name "Socialists," whose object la
to overthrow social order to yonr detri
ment Form under the high patronage ot
your bishops associations wherein you will
find as in a second family, honest joy, light in
difficulty strength in conflict, and mainte
nance in infirmities and old age. Giveyour
children moral and Christian education,
that you may receive through them and by
wise thrift a tranquil future. Say on your
retnrn that the heart of the Popo is ever
with the heavy laden nnd suffering.
The Pope spoke for 25 minutes and was
slightly exhausted at the conclusion of his
address. He was strong enough, however,
to receive with dignified urbanity the
leaders of the pilgrims, who knelt in succes
sion before the throne, on which lie sat
and kissed his foot Twelve cardinals at
tended the Pope. After the reception cere
mony the Pope was carried, again seated on
the sedia gestatoria, to his apartments in
the Vatican, raising his hand in benedic
tion as he passed through the crowd of pil
grims. THE DISPATCH LIEECT0EY.
Contents of the lesne Classified for
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Convenience of the Reader.
The issue of This Dispatch to-day consists
of 20 pages, made up In two parts. The news
of the day will be found in tho first part
Special cable news, class news and literary
features occupy the second part, as follows:
Page 9.
Tna News op Europe. Skulls at the Jail.
GbasT's Tiiied tekm John Russell Yonng
Page 10.
Cext-a-Woed Ads. Miscellaneous Notices. '
Page 11.
Want, Fob Sale, to Let and Real Estate
Advertisements.
Page 13.
TnE societt World. News of the Stage.
Page 13.
TiieTeaiuno skirt Besslo Bramble
All Paris Is Sii.lt lua M. Tarbell
Jollv Kris Kfi-sole Margaret 11. Welch
How to Cook Potatoes Elllce Serena
TaE Fashion Column.
Page 14.
The Grand Armv. Gossip op the Guard.
Educational News.
Page IS.
Civiuzed Savages Prank G. Carpenter
Stories op the Skt Dr. Hugging
Fred A Son ADA Y Emma V. Sheridan
Pago 10.
RIVEK BANKS CREEP..1 -. L. E. Stone!
Lincoln in Peril Colonel A. K. JlcClure
Fob Printer's Ink Charles T.Murray
Pictukes op Emperor, William.
Page 17.
Cable's Fortune Paysle
Puzzle Department E. R. Chadbourn
The Katydid Aunt Claro
When A.Max Is Rich Rev. George lloilgt.3
Entebtainino a Visitor. BUI Nye
TnE Latest Rifle Bullets.
Page 18.
Review or Sports Frlngle
GOSSIP OF THE DAT ' Wllklo
Drink From skulls Fannie B. Ward
Latk Electric iews.
Page 10.
The Secret societies. Market Reports.
Pnge 20.
AMUSEMENT ADVEIiTISEMENTS.
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Pittsburg Chmameii Adver
tise in San Francisco for
a Highbinder to
COME ON AND KILL A MAN,
How le Tang's life Was Made Mis
erable for Months, Because
HE WOULD BE A GOOD CHRISTIAN.
Offered Immunity From Persecution if Ha
Should Keturn to
THE WORSHIP OP HIS PAGAX DEITIES
Ye Chin came to grief in the Quarter
Sessions Court, yesterday. His attorney,
"W. H. McGary, however, showed up in
strong style the depravity of the Christian
conspirator, Ye Tang, and the danger in
which Mr. Chin stood of being murdered
and the 510,000 to 580,000 in his safe
belonging to various Celestials being
divided between Ye Tang and his
Christian confederates. Lawyers John M.
Morrison and A. L. Large persisted in
asking puzzling questions until some of the
peculiarities of the pagan were brought oat
with distinctivess.
"SVe Chin or Chin "We, which ever suits
best told how Ye Tang had proposed to him
to tap Ye Chin on the head with a hatchet,
some quiet m'chf and crack the safe. This
was substantially the same story told in
Alderman McMasters' office, bnt Confucius
wasn't.in it when Rev. E. R. Donehoo and
Messrs. Gray and McJunkin related their
stories, and Calvin came oufc on top, Mr.
Chin being thrown out of court and ordered
to pay the costs.
CHINESE CHRISTIANS OF TnE CITT.
Messrs. Gray and McJunkin conduct the
Sunday school of the Second Presbyterian
CJjurch, of which Ye Tang and a numbex of
other Chinese are members. The difference
in appearance between Christianized China
men and their pagan brethren as to dress
and general get-up was quite pronounced.
After the hearing ended Rev. Mr. Done
hoo suggested that an interesting account of
local Chinese troubles might be elicited by
a visit to Mr Edwin T. Gray, at So. 187
First avenue, and he was sought, and some
things learned that were quite out of the
ordinary in Pittsburg life.
Mr. Gray stated that an intimateacquaint
ance of nearly ten years with the Chinese of
Pittsburg had enabled him to understand
them much better than people in this sec
tion ordinarily do, and that these
suits were but a regular con
tinuation of 15 months' persecution of
which Ye Tang had been tho victim. He
said it was astonishing that it could last so
long in a Christian community. After a
year's residence in New York Ye Tang came
back to Pittsburg a Christian, and un'fine
with the Second Presbyterian Church, toolc
great Interest fn tho building up of the
Chinese Sunday school, and by his efforts
its membership was almost doubled, and his
persecution kept pace with his effort In a
series of months tHe character of his enemies
was developed and they were shown to be
desperate.
EACH FAMILY A GOVERNMENT.
Said Mr. Gray: "There is a peculiarity in
the Chinese family system that must be un
derstood in order to fully comprehend tho
present trouble. Each family governs it
self, to a great extent It is somewhat on
the model ot the patriarchal svstem. ana
each member of a family fights for every
other member. There is something in it
like the ancient svstem of family govern
ment provided for in the law of Mose,
where the avenger of blood had a duty to
perform. In this city the Ye Jo and Chin
families predominate", and in the present
controversy the parties both belong to the
same family. There are about 60 Yes in
Pittsburg, and as an injury to one Ye is
considered an injury to all, they coalesce
without dimcnltv.
"Early last winter a noted Chinese
gamblerj Charley King, was prosecuted for
keeping a fan tan establishment on Grant
street. He blamed Ye Tang for giving in
formation to the police, and threatened to
cnt his head open like a watermelon, and
nail the halves to a telegraph pole. Ye
Tang had King arrested for his threats, and
he was put under, bonds to keep the peace
for a solar year but, says Mr.
Gray, that did not prevent King
from putting an advertisement in a
Highbinder paper in San Francisco,
offering a considerable reward to any one
who would put Ye Tang out of the way.
This advertisement made it decidedly uu
confortable for Ye Tang, who was forced to
slip around among his friends, moving
nightly, so that a highbinder could not
locate and murder him.
TWO WATS TO DISPOSE OP A MAN.
"Finally the Ye company took the case
in hand, and held a meeting to consider it,
and the more rabid in the
society voted to put him out of
the way, but the conservatives opposed this
policy and proposed that he be offered any
sum necessary to set him up in some busi
ness, either storckeepine or laundrying,
provided he would recant and turn back to
Paganism. There was another grievance
against Ye Tang he was able to give in
formation against his fellow countrymen
who were gamblers, and this some suppose
to have been the greatest."
"While this was going on Ye Tang con
sulted his friend, Mr. Gray, and said that
$100,000 would not induce him to give up
Jesus. He was next notified that a com
mittee wonld tie him up and beat him with
a rope's end until he recanted his faith in
Christianity, and he answered that he would
die first.
Next in the way of pressure was the issue
of an edict that no Chinaman should
give Ye Tang any work. He was penniTess
bv this time, and apparently at the end of
his tether, but his nature was such that he
would not allow his friends to run any risk
for him, and suffered great privations, in
consequence. The next edict was that
Chinamen were forbidden to allow him to
sleep in their houses at nightt and they
were all threatened with dire conse
quences if they did. One night he
came to the school and said the last refuge
was taken from him and he had been forced
to walk the streets at night The weather
was intensely cold, buthe managed to get
along by spending considerable of his time
in the Union depot, where he could doze a
little while and take a walk when inter
fered with by watchmen who were inquisitive
as to his business. In this way he kept
himself from freezing and got some sleep.
HELPED B CHRISTIAN FRIENDS.
About thistintt Mr. Tang felt that his
cup was overflowing, but some Christian
friends came to his relief, and an opportun
ity presenting itself, they bought for him a
laundry on the Southside, and for a time ha
dwelt in security and worked there diligent
ly until these late troubles arose, and he
does not consider his life safe, even there,
now. It is believed by his friends that his
enemies i ill leave no stone unturned in
their efforts to drive him out ot the city,
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