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POLITICVNOTPARTY
That Is the Plea of the
Southern Leaders of the
Alliance, "Who
OPPOSE SEPARATE ACTIOS.
Tillman Makes a Bitter Attack on
the Billion-Dollar Congress.
FREE COINAGE STILL DEMANDED.
A Formal Protest to Be Entered Against the
Sub-Treasurj Scheme.
FARMERS HATE MAST FIGHTS ON HAND
fFFrCIAI. TTLrOItAM TO THE msrATCIM
Indianapolis, Nov. 1". The Fanners'
Congress is in full bloom, although not a
word has been heard about farming all
day or evening. Almost every other topic
has been discussed more or less, and the alj
struse problems of centuries have been
grappled with the greatest possible display
of courage.
There are all kinds of farmers here.
"Weaver, of Iowa, who cultivated Congress
a few years ago, and runs for some office
regularly every campaign, is a conspicuous
feature. Jerry Simpson and his Kansas
satellites, who were such prominent figures
in last year's election crops, are also mak
ing any quantity of noise. The officers, of
the Alliance, nearly all from the South, are
looking after the peculiar interests of their
section. Among the other delegates tncre
may be and probably are some bona fide
tillers of the soil, but they are as yet un
known to fame and take no active part in
the proceedings.
Divided Into Two Hostile Camps.
The members of the two organizations,
the Farmers' Alliance and the Tanners'
Mutual Benefit Association, are practically
in favof of the agriculturist going into pol
itics, but both are very much divided as to
how he should go about it. It is upon the
third party question that the contest is
most acrimonious, and the final result is
very doubtful.
While the sessions of both the F. M B.
A. and Alliance this afternoon were secret,
it is understood that the issue is squarely
joined in each, and that the result was in
each case a drawn battle. The third party
people are making the most noise and in
dulging the greatest claims, but the antis
arc doing some very effective work, and
nothing but a final vote can determine the
relative strength of the factions.
At the opening meeting Mayor Snllivan
welcomed the delegates to Indianapolis. His
address asof a hospitable character, and
did not tonch upon political subjects or the
particular objects of the gathering. The
response of Secretary J. F. Fullman, how
ever, amply atoned for these deficiencies.
The Southern leader of the Alliance, after a
few introductory remarks, said:
An Attack on Keed's Congress.
It Is the fanning and laboring people who
feed tbe world, who fought the battles of
this country and to whose energy and
patriotism this great and glorious land of
ours is indebted for Its richest blessings of
liberty and peace. It is not our mission to
tear down nor disintegrate our honestly
conducted industries, bnt to preserve them.
Yet ne do mean to strike the death-knell
to all Illegitimate combinations and mon
opolies that tend to destroy the very spirit
and intent of the Constitution.
We are not here as politicians, seeking to
disrupt partisan political parties,nor to pro
mote the lortuno of any political aspirant;
nor,are w e in the interest of any third party,
for by our very organic teachings we have
the right to vote with whatever political
paity we may think will best advance good
government
I desire to call your attention to the last
"billion-dollar Congress." Its expenditures
is nearly two-thirds of all the existing
United States money. More money was
spent by that profligate "billion-dollar Con
gress" than was spent by all the Congresses
during the first".! years of the history of this
Government.
Tillman Has Been Figuring.
It is more than $2,177,000 for every day
from the time that the Fifty-first Congress
met in December, 18S9, till it adjourned
.March 4, 1891. You will find it to be $.0 a
day for every day since the birth of the
Eavior, and $1G a minute for every minute
since tbe Declaration of Independence). It
is more than $5 for every man, woman and
child in the United States, and counting the
families to contain five persons each, it
makes a tax of $40 a family to support the
Government or tho United States alone.
And, remember, this does not include one
cent levied for State, county and municipal
purposes.
What would the people of the United
States think of a tax of $40 upon the head of
every family! Yet this is exactly what we
have. How long would they endure it if
collected directly from them Instead of indi
rectly, as it is now collected, through our
tariff! Say -n hat you please about the tariff,
but it must and shall come down to a reason
able ba?iB of taxation, and these reckless ex
penditures by Congress must be stooped or
we will continue to change the personnel of
every Congress.
We are going to succeed in our efforts to
obtain a large circulating medium. We
must have more curi eney, and will have it.
The farmer of the North, who wore the
blue, has reached South and taken the
Southern farmer, who wore the gray, by the
hand, and the politician who raises sec
tional issues m the future will go like Wade
Hampton and John J. lngalls.
ot in for a Third Tarty.
Mr. Mayor, tho Farmer Alliance means
the greatest good for the greatest number,
and is determined to have exact justice for
all and special favors to none. It numbers
in co-operation nearly 400,000, ana has come
to btay and v. ill be held intact as a non-p.ut-Isan
organization. 3Iembers of all political
parties may Join the organization, and it
never will be a third political party. There
is a big political significance In It, but not
party political significance, because that
would mean hopeless ruin. Wo have already
taken party extremes oat of the United
States Senate, made a fevr Governors, 47
Congressmen, and bid fair for 200 next year.
General J. B. Weaver, of Ion a, was called
for and made a speech on the general situa
tion, which was received with enthusiasm.
He was followed by Congressman Jerry
Simpson, of Kansas, in the same strain.
President Willets, of the Kansas Alliance,
spoke briefly. The attendance at the open
meeting to-night was something less than
1,000. President Folk delivered his annual
address of which the following is a syn
opsis: Asbemblcd hero as the accredited repre
sentatives of the farmers of almost every
State in the Union, you cannot be unmind
ful of the weightv responsibility attaching
to your positions. Upon no body has greater
responsibilities fallen than upon this since
wtne meeting or the Continental Concuss.
The demands of the latter for equal rights
were no more Just than are yours against
the inequalities which threaten to under
line the liberties of the people and destroy
the great agricultural interests of the
country.
The Usual Class Appeal.
Diligent, earnest research as to the causes
which have forced the American farmer to
the verge of bankruptcy have forced upon
imh the conviction that the most sacred
functions of the Government have beon
usurped by n favored few to the detriment
and ruin of the ueglected millions.
What are the alleged grievances of the far
mer? Let the records show. From 1S30 to I860
farm value Increased 101 per cent; from 1S70
to 1830 the increase -was only 9 percent. At
tho same time the aggregate wealth of the
the country Increased from 1870 to 1S80 over
43 per cent. Tho ten staple crops of the
country brought in the year 1834 less than 2
per cent more than the crops in 1SGC The
crops of 18(57, though less than half as large
as those of 1SS7, brought farmers $79,711,000
more.
During last decade agricultural lands
have decreased In value from 20 to 40 per
cent. Two-thirds of the country's wealth Is
not assessed for taxation, yet "the farmor,
who posessess 22 per cent of it, pays the 80
per cent of tho taxes. With all the modern
facilities of transportation and improved
machinery the farmer finds himself com
pelled to sell his produce at prices barely
covering the cost. Again tho furm mort
gages In agricultural States are frightfully
largo. In Iowa tho mortcaeo indebednesa
is $101 per capita; in Kansas, $163; in Illi
nois, $llO, and everywhere the fanner Is
overburdened with debt. Thegross inequal
ities and discriminations against the farmor
has caused a rapid decllno of agriculture.
The Demands That Are Blade.
President Polk then took up the demands
of the farmers, a subject in which he spoke
to great length. He first gave the history
of the reform bill introduced into last Con
gress by members of the Alliance. This
bill received no consideration by the billion
dollar Congress, except in the way of denun
ciation. In the light of history it is the im
perative duty of the people to arrest the
evident and alarming tendenev to centralizs
the money power of the country.
Government control of railroads is one of
the essential demands of the Alliance; also
the retention of the public domain for our
own people; the prohibition of gambling in
futures; the free coinage of silver; that no
class legislation be enacted; that the U J3.
Senators be elected by popular vote; tiiat a
graduated tax on incomes be levied, but the
greatest demand of all is that the National
Banking system be abolished and the
people's money be issued direct by the
government to people.
The supreme question before the people
is that of financial reform. The two great
parties have evidently sounded a truce and
as in the past this question of financial re
form shall continue to be regarded as
"neutral ground" between them. In this
crisis it is the duty of every true member
of the Alliance to stand firmly by our prin
ciples and to demand of all aspirants'of our
suffrages an unequivocal definition of their
position on these great principles.
The Condition of the Order.
President Polk next took up the subject
of the organization, its progress and condi
tion. He said it has steadily enlarged its
territory and was thoroughlv harmonious.
Since the last meeting of the council the
States of New York, Ohio, Iowa, "Wisconsin,
Delaware, Oregon, Washington and New
Jersey have been added to the rolls. It is
the duty of the Alliance to continue its
work of educating the people, and no more
potent agency exists for this purpose than
the dissemination of literature.
The speaker closed with remarks upon
the duty politically of the Alliance. Ho
said the organization must be kept free
from entanglements with anv cartv. and
added: "It woul6rnfteflT?aU liHta-hlgh"
purposes it it snouia degraded in a mere
party machine to be manipulated by de
signing men. When it shall fail to elevate
its membership above the arrogant domina
tion of party mandate, the honr for its de
cay, dissolution and death will have come."
rentnre That May Cause Trouble.
Of the two or three matters that are likely
to make as many sensations in the conven
tion, one relates to jute. Soon after its for
mation, the Alliance went into a commer
cial enterprise, and established stores of its
own in the South and Southwest. A couple
of years ago the Jute trust raised the price
of bagging and binding twine. This did
not suit the farmers, and the Alliance en
tered into a fight with the Trust by estab
lishing factories for cotton bagging and
binding twine. The result was the jute
business of the trust was pretty badly hurt
until it resorted to a very clever game. It
went quietly to work and in various ways
secured control of the commercial establish
ments of the Alliance by purchase, work
ing under the name of the National Union
Companv.
Tiiis organization has offices in New York
and elsewhere, which cannot be distin
guished, except by close observers, from
those of the trust itself. In Missouri the
operation of this scheme was blocked, how
ever, simply because the suspicions of TJ.
S. Hall were aroused, and he guarded the
property of the Alliance. The sell-out was
also blocked in Georgia. It has been widely
but quietly whispered that certain Alliance
leaders were in the deal, and a demand for
investigation will be made before the con
vention is many hours old.
Against the Sub-Treasury Scheme.
W. S. McAllister, of Canton, Miss., Chair
man of the National Executive Committee
of .the Anti-Sub-Treasury Alliance, heads a
committee which arrived In this city to-day,
its mission being to induce the Alliance to
steer clear of the sub-Treasury scheme.and
the Third party ideas. Mr. Allister was
one of the most noted Farmers' Alliance
leaders in this country, and he became more
widely known through his impeachment
for opposition to the sub-Treasury idea
which led to organization of the Anti-Sub-Treasury
Alliance. Mr. McAllister says
that although some persons interested were
trying to make it appear that his coming
for the purpose was a farce, yet it is in per
fect good faith. He said:
We will present a protest before the Al
llnnce to-morrow against the sub-Treasurv
and third p.trtv schemes, and against cer
tain Irregularities within the order. It Is
our intention to adjust this matter within
the Alliance, if possible, but if we do not get
a hearing, or if our giievanccs are not re
spected, tho organization of the anti-snb-Treasury
alliance will be extended to
every 'State. In Texas tho opponents of
these ideas are not awaiting the result of
our mission. They have already organized
and ,tho antl-sub-Treasurv Alliance em
braces CO per cent of total Alliance strength.
This sentiment Is also strong In Iowa,
Kansas, MIchiiran and Illinois.
The "irregularities" alluded to above are
embraced in the resolution adopted at the
Anti-Sub-Treasury Alliance Convention
held in St. Louis in which it was declared:
We denounce C. W. McCune, his hench
men and corrupt practices, as a discrace to
our orderand a stench in the nostrils of all
honest men who know of their corruption
and villainy.
The above resolution had reference to
charges againstMcCnne,of the perversion of
the system of Alliance stores to his own use
and benefit.
DUCK SHOOTING WAS SLOW.
The Birds Do Not Fly for Even the Presi
dent and His Friends.
BENGIES, Ma, Nov. 17. Special
President Harrison spent nearly eight.hours
in the blind to-day waiting for ducks to
fly within range. Early this morning a
canvas back strayed too near, and in a
twinkling the gunner let go both barrels,
and the fowl dropped.
From that time util 5 o'clock Mr. Har
rison and General Sewell waited tor another
chance, but no ducks did they see. This
made the President weary, and he suggested
p hunt lor wild geese. It was then about
dark, and in about an hour he returned to
the club house, having failed to add a goose
to his stria's.
POSSIBLE SPEAKERS.
They Are Already Working Their
Booms on the Quiet.
EESDLTS FIGURED IN ADVANCE.
Good Material to Operate Upon Is Esther
Late in Gathering.
WHY EACH ONE THINKS HE IS THE MAN
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DI6PATCH.1
Washington, Nov. 17. Congress meets
always on the first Monday in December
and as it so happens that this year the
month begins on Tuesday, the first Monday
will come along on the 7,th, which is just
about as late in the month as it well could
be. Generally the speakership fight begins
at least a month in advance of the opening
day, but the opposing forces are backward
this year in getting into position, for the
reason that there are not a dozen Democratic
members of Congress in Washington al
together. The principal candidates are here but they
cannot work with no material, and so they
are doing little else than sending out bluffs
about the size of their vote on the first bal
lot. Mr. Mills is naturally more enthusias
tic and exuberant than his competitors. He
has been in Washington practically all the
time for the past few months, except when
he was in Ohio and elsewhere carrying out
his part of the bargain by which the silver
question was sent to the rear as far as pos
sible during the recent political campaign,
in return for which, the assistance of Grover
Cleveland will be given to the Corsicana
statesman in his contest for the speakership
nomination.
Mr. Springer Is On Deck.
Mr. Springer, ever sanguine, is on deck,
as a matter of course. He came here
straight lrom the IN ew Xork campaign,
where he was on the stump, and can be
found at his hotel every day. Mr. Springer
smiles and the Springer boutoniere are ever
present, and the affable Congressman from
the Sangamon district figures out his own
nomination with the serene complacencv
and assurance that have marked his be
havior on the several occasions in the past
when he has been a speakership candidate
without votes.
Mr. Springer is personally a very popu
lar man who has the good of his party at
heart and who works hard and constantly in
Congress for his country and his district
Unfortunately, however, he has never yet
been able to persuade his colleagues to re
gard his candidacy for the speakership with
seriousness. The Illinois delegation is al
ways ready to vote for him for a ballot or
two and then they attach themselves to the
chariot of the winner. This year it is much
the same as other years with the Illinois
candidate. He is enthusiastic, sanguine
and confiding.
II ow He Figures the Result,
He figures out a good sized vote for him
self on the first ballot and Ihows how easy
it will be for the followers of the other can
didates to join his standard as soon as they
realize that their own favorites cannot
win. In the pleasant pastime Mr. Springer
spends these anti-caucus days, the Illinois
newspaper! publish his figures and predict
his success.
Messrs. McMillan, "of Tennessee, Bynum,
of Indiana, and Hatch, of Missouri, are not
regarded as-being formidable candidates,
although at present they are posing with
all outward signs of hopefulness. The
Tennessee man has been for several years
prominent on the Ways and Means Com
mittee and is a man of considerable ability
and force. He is ambitious as a debater on
the floor, and is always prominent when
there is a lively fight on hand.
He was one of the most bitter assailants
of Speaker Reed in the past Congress, and
one of the many Democrats in the House
who openly defied him. As a debater,
however, Mr. McMillan lacks one essential
element. He is devoid of all sense of
humor and generally the House has been
more amused than impressed by his most
elaborate and vigorous assaults upon his
enemies the, Republicans.
Mills May Capture Tennessee.
Among the politicians here it is thought
that McMillan's speakership canvass is
really in the interest of Mills and that
either before thei caucus meets, or soon
thereafter, the Tennessee yotes will move
over to Texas.
Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, is a candidate
only in the sense that he has a hope of the
farmer vote. As the Chairman of the Com
mittee on Agriculture he was able to formu
late and exact legislation long devised by
the farmers, and he will no doubt be sup
ported more or less loyally by many of
them in his present ambition. His candi
dacy is not apt to be formidable, however,
and he has not yet come to Washington to
advance it
Mr. Bynum, of Indiana, has been in town
up to quite recently, but has returned to
Hoosierdom, and a card of withdrawal from
a contest in which he can hardly be said to
uavc uccu u uuiiipcuLui, la iuujicu lor aauy.
Mr. Bynum was censured by Speaker Seed
for having referred to Congressman Tom
Bayne, of Pittsburg, as "a sewer," which
expression he afterward changed to that of
"a conduit pipe," in order to bring his lan
guage within the bounds of parliamentary
decency and decorum. That censure is the
one prominent feature in Mr. Bynum's can
didacy, and, as it gives promise of proving
insufficient, the Indiana man will no doubt
soon retire from the held. Representative
Crisp has not opened his headquarters or
his campaign yet
Crisp's Heart Is Not in His Work.
He was here for a few hours yesterday on
his way to New York and will return after
consulting his friends there. His heart is
not really in his work for it is heavy with
sorrow caused by the loss of his son, who
died two weeks ago, but he is nevertheless
hopeful and confident Judge Crisp was in
New York State speaking for the Democracy
when advised of his son's illness. He at
once went home to Georgia and remained
at the bedside of his boy until death came.
Mr. Crisp does not say now many supporters
he will have on the first ballot, or how many
promises he has now, but contents himself
with saying that he hopes to win.
He is correct in the statement that he
does not know how many votes he will
have, for it is a fact that none of the can
didates know where they stand. They have
been unable to make a canvass, for the rea
son that a large number of the members
are totally unknown to them and entire
strangers to Congressional life. No writ
ten pledges have been demanded, and until
the Representatives reach Washington and
can be personally canvassed, the candidates
mnst be content to make up their tables of
estimates in a haphazard way, judging
mostly by geographical and sectional con
siderations as to how their colleagues'will
be inclined to vote.
Some Features of the Contest.
There have been but three incidents or
features of the Speakership contest to date.
The first was the discovery by means of
Mr. Mills' speeches in Ohio, and the subse
quent utterances of the friends of Grover
Cleveland in New York, that the Texas
candidate had in view the assistance of the
free trade Democrats in Congress, when, he
ignored tho silver issue in Ohio and disap
pointed his Western friends by regarding
the tariff question as the only one in which
the jliickeye Democrats were interested.
That 'such assistance was promised is shown
by the fact that tho-Cleveland men are all
Mills' men now.
Tnis incident was followed last week by
the charge made by the Mills' organ in New
York that the reason why Congressman
Hemphill, of South Carolina, ona of the
prominent leaders of the Southern Demo
crats, was favorable to Crisp's nomination
was that Hemphill desires to be Chairman,
of the committee of the District of Colum
bia, and knows that Crisp if elected will
confer the honor upon him. There was.no
more sense in such a charge than there was
in the later one made by the same organ to
the effect that Judge Crisp and his friends
were responsible for the publication accus
ing Mr. Mills of having made an agreement
with anti-silver men in New York, that if
elected with their assistance he would
arrange the Committee on Coinage, Weights
and Measures in such a way that it would be
impossible to look to it for the framing of
any silver legislation.
Charges That Mr. Crisp Denies.
Mr. Mills promptly denied the charge
against him, and Judge Crisp as promptly
resented the unfair intimation that he was
responsible, even in the most remote degree,
for its publication. Mr. 'Crisp adds that he
hopes the Speakership campaign will be an
open and honorable one, free from all per
sonalities, and says that if he had been con
sulted as to the policy or propriety of mak
ing charges, such as the above, against his
rival, Mr. Mills, he would most certajnly
have advised against it
The fourth and latest incident of the pre
liminary skirmish of the canvass is the pub
lication this morning by the Washington
Post of a somewhat sensational story to the
efleSt that the Tammany organization of
New York City has formally deoided to sup
port Judge Crisp, and that Representatives
Cochran and Fitch will not obey instruc
tions, and that Messrs. Croker, Martin and
other Tauinfanv leaders will come here in
person to see that their orders are carried
out.
This story is coupled with one regarding
New York's candidate for the doorkeeper-
ship of the House. It is that Thomas A.
Coaklny, a Tammany member who has been
one of the House doorkeepers for several
years, had determined to be a candidate for
the chief doorkeepership, an important
office carrying with it nearly all the House
patronage, when he was compelled to with
draw by the announcement that Tammany
had decided to make ex-Representative
"Iceman" Turner the New York candidate
and that he will arrive to-morrow to make a
campaign, his expenses to be paid by the
Tammany organization.
AFTER THE CONVENTION.
PITTSBURG'S CHANCES ARE BETTER
THAN ITS COMPETITORS'.
The Decision Will Be Made on the Twenty
Third Instant Facts That Favor This
Metropolis In the Contest, Which Waxes
Very Warm.
Washington, Nov. 17. Special
When the Republican National Committee
meets here on the 23d of this month there
will be a lively contest between the rival
cities seeking the honor of being the meet
ing place of the Republican National Con
vention next year. The prospects of Pitts
burg are, on the whole, as good as those of
any other city np to the present time. It is
more centrally located than many of the
other cities suggested, and its excellent
railroad facilities will be a strong argument
in its favor. Most of the people who attend
the National Convention come from the
country east of the Mississippi river, and
for them Pittsburg is more centrally located
than any other city. It is regarded here as
unfortunate for Pittsburg jthat there is at
preeitrnffeiflj.yl-3nir mniaber of Be Na
tional Committee, and no one, therefore, to
specially champion her fight for tho con
vention. Chicago has announced that no fight will
be made by representatives of that city for
the convention, as they already have the
World's Fair, but that they will take care
of the convention if it comes to them un
1 sought A great deal of work is being done
for San Francisco, Omaha, Minneapolis and
Cincinnati, and- it is expected that New
York will come in with a strong bid. The
great disadvantage of San Francisco is the
distance from most of the balance of
the United States and the consequent cost
of transportation. The Californians pro
pose to overcome this objection in part by
paying the transportation of all the dele
gates and all the expenses of the conven
tion. Another consideration, however,
would be the enormous telegraph tolls that
would be involved in sending the news of
the convention from San Francisco.
Omaha and Minneapolis will probably make
the greatest effort to secure the convention,
and the mends oi Detn cities are very hope
ful One of the principal objections to San
Francisco, the cost of telegraph tolls from
the convention, would be one of the strong
est arguments in favor of Pittsburg, for
there is no city perhaps from which the
average telegraph rates would be so low as
from Pittsburg, situated as it is within
easy reach of all the great newspaper pub
lishing centers, except those of the Pacific
eoast If Chicago is really out of the con
test, Pittsburg seems to stand as good
chance of success as any other city.
BHEBMAN THE FAVORITE.
Judge Stevenson Burke Says the People
Want Him In the Senate.
NEW Yobk, Nov. 17. Special "Four-
fifths of the people in Ohio favor the re
election of Senator Sherman to the Senate,"
said Jndge Stevenson Burke to-day at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. "How is the Legis
lature?" he was asked. "I do not know
about that, but I believe the Legislature
will vote with the sentiment of the people
in the Republican party. Senator Sher
man stands so high, has justly achieved
great distinction and has served the Senate
and Nation so faithfully, it would be almost
like ingratitude to retire him now. In
praising Senator Sherman I do not mean to
disparage ex-Governor Foraker, who is a
brilliant man, and fully capable of making
a great Senator. He must bide his time,
and then come to the front.
"I hardly think there is any doubt about
Senator Sherman succeeding himself, al
though ex-Governor Foraker has many
friends. His friends though. I think, feel
as I do that he can afford to wait. There is
no bitterness in the Senatorial canvass that
I have heard of. The idea though of not re
electing Sherman strikes the average Re
publican in Ohio very much like a proposi
tion that might have been made years ago
to remove General Grant from the" head of
the army. Now that shows the sentiment
of the people. But in wanting Sherman to
go back to the Senate, they do not mean to
say that they like ex-Governor" Foraker any
the less."
OUT FOB F0BAKEB.
The Ohio Miners Instruct Their Represent
atives for Him.
COLTTAIBUS, Nov. 17. Special John
Nugent, Vice President of the Ohio Miners,
to-day, in an interview, said the miners of
the State were for Foraker tor United States
Senator. Mr. Nugent is from Perry county,
and says Dr. Axline, the new Represent
ative from that county, will vote for Fora
ker. Reccntlv Mr. Axline declared for Sher
man, and "he was immediately waited upon
bv a delegation of miners who secured from
him a pledge to vote for Foraker, claiming
that that was the understanding upon which
he had been elected. Mr. Nugent says if
necessary a hundred men will come lrom
Perry county to the Legislature to see that
the Representatives vote their sentiments.
Among other prominent miners who de
clared for Foraker are John P. Jones.Presi
dent of the Ohio Miners, and John B. Rae,
President of the United Mine Workers of
America,
THE SPEAKERSHIP SEE-SAW.
POWDERLY INDORSED
By the K. of L. General Assembly,
Which I Adjourned Sine Die.
A PITTSBURG FIRM BOYCOTTED.
The Patting of Morocco on the Free List Is
to Ee Demanded.
TO MEET NEXT TEAR AT HOT SPRINGS
Toledo, Nov. 17. After a prolonged
sesiion, extending late into the evening,
the delegates to the K. of L. General As
sembly were able to complete their work.
The majority of the delegates will leave for
their homes to-morrow morning, but the
members of the Executive Board and the
general officers will remain here for at
least three days to finish np the business of
the assembly.
At the morning session of the assembly
the Committee on Legislation recommended
that the General Executive Board shonld
use every effort in the agitation in favor of
the enforcement of the laws under which, if
carried out, Ihe charter of the New York
Central Railroad would be forfeited.
A Move Against Morocco Makers.
The attention of the General Assembly
was called to the movement of the morocco
manufacturers, an industry that had com
bined to destroy the organization of the
workingmen in their employ and thus pre
vent them from obtaining their fair share of
the benefits of protection. It was resolved
that tho General Assembly petltidn Con
gress to put finished .morocco-on. the free,
list, and the General'Exeoutive Board was
instructed to press for legislation in this
direction.
The following resolutions were adopted at
the meeting this afternoon: To press a boy
cott against the goods of Armstrong Broth
ers & Co., of Pittsburg, cork manufacturers;
'condemning the convict labor system, and
one condemning the Howe Scale Company,
of Rutland, Vt The Executive Board was
instructed to take immediate action in these
matters.
Secret Work in Nine languages.
The-Executive Board was also instructed
to print the constitution and secret work of
the order in the following languages: En
glish, Slavonic, Bohemian, Polish, Hun
garian, Italian, French, German and He
brew. The General Assembly selected the follow
ing places as candidates for the location of
the next meeting, being the three highest:
Rochester, Hot Springs and St. Louis. The
Executive Board will select in which of the
three places the next General Assembly will
bo held; which will probably be Hot
Springs.
Mr. Powderly made a brief address at the
close of the assemblv, and said it was one
of the most beneficial to the order ever held.
A resolution was passed sustaining Mr.
Powderly in all his connections with the
order, against what is termed the unwarran
ted attacks of Mr. Turner. The assembly
closed with "The Song of the Proletaire,"
all rising in their seats and joining in the
chorus. The assembly adjourned sine
die at 8 P. M.
LIVING ON DOG FLESH.
A Fashionable Toung Lady's Novel Remedy
for the Consumption.
SHELBYVIMiE, Ind., Nov. 17. Special
A very strange experiment is in progress
here, and while many people look upon it
skeptically all are eagerly awaiting results.
Miss Maggie Donnagher is one ot the popu
lar girls of the city. Last spring consump
tion seized her, and when October had come
she was very near death. At that time she
was convinced by some of her friends that a
regular diet of dogs' meat would cure her.
She has a will of iron, and resolved to, thor
oughly test the cure. She had a fine 6-months'-old
Newfoundland dog butchered
the middle of October and frozen so as to
keep it fresh.
Regularly three times a day since then
she has eaten dog flesh, sometimes boiled,
sometimes in broth. To-day the second
dog, which has been carefully fed the past
three weeks, was slaughtered. The meat is
very tender, and tastes, so Miss Maggie
says, exactly like fine lamb. It cannot be
denied that the young lady is steadily'gain
ing flesh and strength. So pronounced is
the advance that a number of physicians
believe she will recover, though others be
lieve the improvement is simply a tempor
ary one due to extreme faith and powerful
concentration of strength, which will result
in sudden and utter collapse and death.
HaSD ON THE MUSEUMS.
They Are Refused License Because They
Admitted Minors.
New York, Nov. 17. Special The
museum proprietors are greatly disturbed
by the action of the police in closing four
of the biggest of these places of amuse
ment in the city to-day. Theorder was issued
by SuperintendentMurray, based on a report
from the-Mayor's office to the effect that the
licenses of the four museums in question
had expired on November 1 and had not
been renewed. A week or so ago the agent
of the Gerry Society got ten warrants from
Justice Kelly, at Jefferson Market, for the
arrest of museum proprietors whom he
charged with allowing minors, unaccom
panied by their parents or guaVdians, to
frequenj their places.
The precinct captains make no complaint
against the museums except that of allow
ing minors admission. A man who is rec
ognized as an authority 'said to-day: "The
summary closing of these museums is an
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indirect blow at the whole dime museum
business in America. Perhaps few persons
are aware that in 12 years this 10-cent
amusement business has grown to immense
proportions in this country. By the dosing
of the four places in this city nearly 30O
persons are thrown out of employment, and
none are in a position to stand idleness."
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Arraigned In the Charges.
New York, Nov. 17. Special The
Union Theological Seminary directors held
a long session this afternoon at the residence
of the President, Mr. Charles Butler. It was
6 o'clock before the meeting adjourned, and
then it was stated that the directors had
agreed to impart nothing to the public It
is said, however,that the meeting was called
to formulate the position of directors in re
gard to the compact between the seminary
and the General Assembly. Lawyer Henry
Day presented a paper for adoption, which
he had drawn up, and much of the discus
sion was upon this. It is understood that
the statement which the directors agreed
upon is to be sent to the committee of the
General Assembly appointed to confer with
the Union directors.
The committee of prosecution which drew
up the charges of. heresy against Dr. Briggs,
has prepared its formal appeal from the
Presbytery's dismissal of the charges. In
stead of making the appeal to the Synod Dr.
Birch and Colonel McCook have gone
directly to the General Assembly which
meets in Portland, Ore., next May. These
are tbe grounds of the appeal:
First Irregularity In the proceedings of
the Presbytery of New York.
Second Receiving Impropertestlmony.
Third Declining to receive important
testimony. ,
Fourth Hastening to a decision before the
testlmonv wa9 fully taken.
Fifth Manifestation of prejudice in con
duct of the case.
Sixth Mistake or injustico in the decision.
Some of the specifications in support of
these grounds of appeal are the admission
of a paper by Dr. Briggs, which purported
to be objections to the charges, while it was
styled and really was a "response," the
head of argument's on the merits of the case,
and the irregularity in dismissing the case
on declarations made by Dr. Briggs himself.
The words of Dr. J. H. Mcllvaine, of
president .Hastings, ana several others
affirming Dr. Briggs' orthodoxy,
are quoted under the specifications.
A complaint to the Synod has also been
filed by over 30 of the ministers and ciders
in the Presbyterv, headed by the Rev. Drs.
G. T. Shedd andR. R. Booth. This is sub
stantially the same as the appeal. The
General Assembly refused to hear the ap-
Iieal, this brings the Briggs' case without
oss of time before the Synod. Bv the com
mittee's appeal the whole New York Pres
bytery is arraigned before the General As
sembly. The General Assemblv may de
cide to try Dr. Briggs itself, either in full
body or by commission. It may send the
case to the Synod or it may order the Pres
bytery to try Dr. Briggs.
A GANG OF FABMES THIEVES.
Prominent Citizens Bonnd Over for Steal
ing Wheat on a Big Scale.
St. Maeys, Nov. 17. Special Noth
ing in recent years has created more excite
ment than the arrest of Hiram Baker,. Peter
Table and Thomas Doty, charged with
stealing wheat The former is an ex-convict,
the latter prominent and respected
farmers. Mike Bodkin, another influential
farmer and one of the leaders of the gang,
has fled the country. Several other leading
farmers are implicated, and arrests will
probably be made in a few days which will
create a furore.
The other actions- of this organized gang
were very successfully conducted, it being
claimed over J400 worth of wheat has been
stolen. The operations were carried on at
night, when large wagons were used to con
vey their ill-gotten gains to mills in sur
rounding towns, where it was disposed of
and the plunder divide. The hearing of
Baker, Table and Doty took place to-day
before 'Squire Fritsch, who bound them
over to court in the snm of ?300 each, except
Doty for 5500.
The Ex-Mayor of Philadelphia on Trial.
Philadelphia, Nov. 17. The court
martial constituted to try William B.
Smith, Colon.el of the Third Regiment, Na
tional Guard of Pennsylvania, and ex
Mayor of this city, upon the charge of mis
appropriating money belonging to the regi
ment, convened here to-day and began the
examination of the witnesses. The trial
will probably occupy several days.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Page.
farmer Talk Politics 1
The Speakership Contest 1
Knights Standby Powderly 1
The Allegheny Muddle 1
Pittsburg' first Cold Wave 3
17,000,000 Bushels or Coal in Danger 3
The Police After Slattery...,. 3
Classified Advertisements...; 3
Editorial
The Realm of Society 5
Industrial Intelligence
Warlike Tiding From Brazil - 7
News From Nelcliborinc Towns.., 7
Minister Porter Talksto Blaine 7
Epl'copal Church Congress 8
Sporting Tcatnre nnd Weathor Outlook. 8
Hotel Arrivals and Personals. 8
New York Business Men Banquet ." 8
Below' Zero in the West - O
Fgan Sheltering Kefngees
Failure of Aerial Navigation.. 10
Work m tho Oil Field 10
A Rep.y to Dass , 1
Financial and Commercial Markets i.ll
Court Proceedings, 13
A War Hero Discovered 13
DEFENDING THE HUNS
Max Schamucrg Claims Quiet
Boarding Houses Haye
Been Raided.
HE APPEALED TO WYMAtf.
Allegheny's Troubles May Become,
International.
HUNGARIANS MAKE AFFIDAVITS.
Proof of Charges Discovered in a
Against Mayor Wyman.
Suit
ORDERED TO RETURN HUES iND COSTS
The charge that Mayor Wyman is con
ducting a systematic raid of Hungarian
boarding houses for the purpose of extort
ing witness fees may become an interna
tional question. Max Schamberg, Consul
from Austria-Hungary to Pittsburg, has
become interested in the oppression which
he claims is being carried out against citi
zens of the Government he represents and
yesterday expressed himself in forcible
language.
"I will not say what I think the motive
is for the prosecution of innocent parties,"
he stated. "That is a question to be deter
mined by the people In charge of the Alle
gheny investigation. I do know, however,
and I am not afraid to say that boarding
houses in which there was absolutely no
disorder have been repeatedly raided, and
that when the ocenpants were brought be
fore the Mayor they were fined or sent to
he workhouse withont an interpeter to
state their defense and without being in
formed of the charge against them. Such
summary action is a disgrace. It is worse
than Czarism could be pictured. The
opinion seems to be that there is no sin in
persecuting & foreigner and the police of
Allegheny have shielded themselves by this
public prejudice while they arrest innocent
men on n pretense that they were acting
disorderly.
Schamberg Bad Fines Remitted.
"1 have frequently appealed to Mayor
Wyman, but except in one case it was in
vain. In that case the evidence was so clear
that he recalled the hearing and remitted
the fines. If I had not interfered, however,
the hard-cnrned wages of those innocant
men would have been retained by some one,
I will not say who, and I do not wish to be
understood as asserting that the Moyor
fined them for private gain. I receive com
plaints almost every week from foreigners
who have been arrested. They do not un
derstand what portion of the law they have
violated, and come tome for an explanation
in order that they will not again commit
the offense. In some cases I find
that they have been acting disor
derly, but in the great majority they
prove the assertion that they were
having only a friendly meeting. It may be
said that they tell only their own side of
the story, but I know from experience that
they tell the truth, because they come to
me for advice and look upon me as a friend.
They would, of course, have recourse in a
court of justice, but that costs money,which
they can ill afford to spend. They nsnally
have money, which they are saving to keep
their families in Europe or else bring them
to this country, or with it they pay their
fines- They would be willing to engage an
interpreter if given a chance, but the op
portunity is never offered. In Ohio there
is a State law requiring that there be in
terpreters at police headquarters, and thera
should be a simibr law in every State.
"What do you think of doing about the
matter?"
Austria Might Not Interfere.
"I cannot tell. I have thought of appeal
ing to Austria-Hungary, but that Govern
ment is as much opposed to having its peo
ple leave, as Americans are to receiving
them, so I suppose it would not interfere.
I could bring the outrage to the attention of
the legation at Washington but I cannot
say that I will. I think the trouble will
cure itself when it is brought before the
people. Very few imagine the persecution ,
that is being conducted, and, if it is proven
that such is done for private gain, I be
lieve there will be a change that will give
onr people the right to be heard in their
own defense and will protect peaceable
homes and boarding houses from the inva
sion of police. I will not cite cases where
houses have been raided withont cause, for
by doing so I might be placed in the posi
tion of taking part in politics, bnt every
thing I have told you can be substantiated
with proof."
The'charge made against Mayor Wyman
is that he orders Hungarian boarding houses
to be raided by his ponce olhcers tor tne
purpose oi charging witness fees against
them, which fees he claims the right to re
tain until called for. Included in these are
the fees of the police officers. It is claimed
that each of the persons captured in a raid
is charged 50 cents for every witness that
testifies. There are usually five or six wit
nesses, and in Hungarian raids from 10 to
60 persons. It is also claimed by the sub-Auditing-
Committee that the law allows a
witness only one fee for all the parties
captured in a raid, as the witness is called
bnt once to testify. The charging of fees
against all is considered extortion, and that
wiil probablv be one of the charges brought
against the Mayor in Court.
How the Costs Were tevled.
To prove the charge (he following, as well
as other affidavits, have been procured. It
refers to the raiding of a house at 666 East
Ohio street in which nearly 50 Hungarians
were caotured. The charges entered on the
docket against each were as lolloWS: "t: me,
51; Mavor, ?1 60; officer, 85 cents; five wit
nesses52 50; total, ?5 'Jo." The affidavit is.
from four of the men who paid the fine and
costs. It i3 claimed that it alone is sufficient
to convict the Mayor with extortion. The
affidavit is as follows:
Allegheny Connty, ss:
Before me, thesubscrlber, personally camo
Mike Goweuta, Joe Crelsilck, Steve tTrline,
Michael P.abill, who, having been by me
duly sworn according to law, do severally
depose and say that on the 19th day ofApril,
A. D. 1891, wo and each of us were by the
officer of J. G. Wvman, Mayor of Allegheny, .
Pa., at No. t'6j East Ohio street, in
said city, arrested without any legal
process on warrants of law upon a charge
of dlsordeily conduct, and where by said
offloers taken before said Mayor to answer
said charge and thas each of us did on the
20th dny of April, A. D. 1591. pay In cash to
said Hon. J. G. Wyman, Jlayor of Allegheny
City nroresaid, the sum oi $3 95, alleged to
be due from us by said Mayor on account jf
lino and costs levied by said Mayor against
ns on said charge of disorderly conduct and
that said sum of money and no part or the
samo has ever been by s.iid Mayor refunded
to us. Mike Gowksia,
Joe Crpismck,
Steve Urline,
Michael Kabiix.
Sworn nnd subscribed before me this 20th,
day, of September, A. D. 1S9L ,
Thomas Harvey;
Notary Public.
The auditors have informed the sub-audit-
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