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A STEP FORWARD.
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a gain of 10,508 small advertise
nicnts in live months ending Jan
nary 31, 1892. It pays to advertise
in THE DISPATCII.
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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAH ,
urn nu
CALLED DOWN
For Ordering a State Con
vention On Washing
ton's Birthday.
V
CLEVELAND BOOMERS
Pack Cooper Institute to Protest
Against High-Handedness.
RINGING RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED,
Imploring the Committea to Undo the
Wrong to the Party.
Cleveland Men Not Afraid of Their
Colors They Turn Out In Thousands
to Tell Hill What They Think of Him
and His Methods A Precedent of a
Quarter of a Century Not to Be
Broken "Without an Emphatic Protest
Cleveland's Name at First Beceived
Coolly, tut Later on With Cheers That
Shook the Building- The Biff Demo
cratic Mass Meeting- Comes to the
Conclusion That He's All Eight.
WRCM. TELKGRAM TO THE DIKrATCTM
New Yoek, Feb. 11. The muss meeting
arranged for by Mr. Cleveland's friends to
protest against holding the Democratic
State Convention on February 22, the date
selected by the Democratic State Commit
tee, -was held in the large hall of the Cooper
Institute to-night. Over the platform'hung
long strips of fly netting, evidently placed
there as a precautionary measure, for it
h as far from being ornamental. The nights
when the Socialists meet in the hall and
threaten destruction -were recalled by the
presence of Captain McCullagh and a score
of big policemen.
The seats were all filled, and men choked
rip the entrance to the hall. The platform
was crowded, among others occupying seats
there being Charles J. Cauda, who extended
so warm a welcome to Senator Hill at the
latter's recent reception iu the Manhattan
Club. Near him sat Daniel F. Tremaine,
Henry R. Beekman, C C. Baldwin, ex
Mayor William R. Grace and a score of
others of the County Democracy.
Editor Ottendorfer to the Front.
From 7:30 to 8 o'clock Gilmore's Band
entertained the large audience with musical
selections, and then Oswald Ottendorfer,
editor and proprietor of the "ew York
Staatt-Zeitung, ftepped forward to the
speakers stand and called the meeting to
order. When the hearty applause with
which he was received had subsided suf
ficiently to permit his voice to be heard, he
said in part:
You prove bv your presence here that you
feel deeply tho indignity and insult cast
upon you by the attempt to be represented
in the Democratic National Convention by
delegates nominated throuch maneuvers
and schemes arranged in mid-winter, with
out consulting or Riving an opportunity to
express the views and wishes of the Demo
cratic masses in relation to questions which
influence materially our welfare and the
luture of our common country. It is in
tended to treat jou as a mass of unruly
children, whose opinion is not in orth while
to be listened to, and who have nothing to
do but to comply implicitly with the com
mand of their preceptors.
A Provoking and Cncalled-For Act.
The whole proceeding of the Democratic
State Committee is as provoking as It is un
called for, and its only explanation is that it
io well adapted to promote the schemes of
some Intriguing politicians who have reason
to avoid the open daylight and to try to
secure a snap Judgment by which they can
pretend to represent the Democracy of the
Ktnpire State. It is not for the promotion of
the ambition of this or that man, or for the
nalization of this, or that clique, but for the
triumph of principles in the defense of
which the Democracy of the United States
has achieved their victories during the last
two years that w e enter our protest against
the appointment of delegates from this State
bv the convention to be held at Albany on
February 22.
The members of the Democratic State
Committee have made a fearful mistake,
and a mistake in such a matter is worse
than to retrace their steps and adopt meas
ures in accordance with the requirements of
fairness and Justice. If not, then they have
to take the responsibility for the disastrous
consequences that may follow their unwise
and inconsiderate action.
Mr. Ottenderfer then presented Frederic
It. Coudert as President of the meeting,
and a:, the well-known lawyer advanced to
the desk he was greeted with rousing
cheers. Addressing the great throne, and.
in speaking of the object ot the meeting,
Coudert said it was not to denounce or
glorify any human being, but for something
more important.
An Assertion or Political Rights.
"It is," said he, "the assertion of the
right of which men in authority are seeking
to deprive us. It is the right to express
our opinion and manilest our will upon
every subject ot public and political con
cern. To curtail speech has been in our
catechism the worst offense that could be-
comnutted against authoritv." Then said
:he
The great mass of us are loyal to the party
and faithful to its rules. I, Tor oue, do not
know among the men who have been named
as possible candidates a single man in the
Democratic party whom I would not prefer
to vote for to any man in the Republican
ranks. Tho most dangerous rebellions are
tho-e which are based on rrsentment against
violations of sound prlnRples. Men, good
or bad, pass aw aj , and movements founded
upon an adherence to or a distrust or them
or their methods cannot lite forever. A
tound principle cannot, it is immortal.
In naming objections to the call for a
convention on the 22d instant he said:
In the first place, I would say that every
departure from usage and custom lequires
an explanation on the part of those who
make tho departure to tbose who are inter
ested in tho subject. Custom is the law. To
vioUte the law is a crime. Tho burden is
upon those whose conduct is quetioned,
and not upon thoso who object. We there
fore are in the right, and may insist upon
receiving a valid explanation. With us
custom 1s king. It rule Judges and courts
and parties and comiueice. and we can
scarcely be deemed bold if we jay: "SUotr
your warrant to violate this law." The
precedents of a quaiterofa century have
established a uniform rnle. Why have you
changed it? If you have a good reason,
produce it.
Authority and I'ower Necessary.
Wo do not deny the importance of organi
zation. A largo amount of authority and
power must be allowed to thoso who are in
trusted with the execution of the party's
wishes. These men who are called the
leaders must bear in mind that they are
trustees and agents, not autocrats and prin
cipals; that they cannot substitute their
will to that or the mass of their political
brethren. I am making no objections to so
called "bosses" and so-called "machines."
ir bosses are merely leaders, faithful to
their duties, they are necesmry in politics
at in war, and calling them bad names does
not change the situation or belittle their
power. It mav be said that there was power
enough in the'leaders to fix snch dates as
they might deem expedient for the holding
of the convention. In a certain measure
this is true, but when that power was con
ferred upon them it was with certain reser
vations: the reservation, first, or good faith.
Has this been done in good faith? It was
intended that ordinary usages snould be
followed. It was intended that all Democrats
should have an opportunity to register their
voices. It w as not intended to cut off thou
sands of men, without recard to right, in
order to servo a purpose. It may be that no
pnrpose exists. But there is one thing
which we need not bo politicians to under
stand. That is, that no great party can
afford to place its members in such a strait
that neither party nor self-respect can exist.
Mr. Coudert was interrupted by frequent
applause and laughter, though it was notice
able that nearly all the applause came from
the front section of the hall, containing
about one-half the audience. Those who
applauded did so enthusiastically, but fully
one-half the audience, those in the rear
seats or those standing in the aisles, main
tained the attitude of spectators who
listened.
No Early Cheers for Cleveland.
Some one shouted, "three cheers for
Grover Cleveland." There was a good re
sponse, followed by scattering hisses. The
experiment was not tried again. At the
conclusion of Coudert's speech a listof
vice presidents and secretaries, containing
a selection of about 300 names from those
attached to the call for the meeting, was
read.
Ex-TJnitcd States District Attorn v Walker
offered the following resolutions, which were
warmly applauded:
Besolved, That thisassembly of Democrats
of the city of Kew York now makes its re
spectful protest and appeal against the un-
canea-ior ana ui-auvisea action oi tue eiaie
Committee in designating so carlv a date as
thessdof February for the meeting or the
State Convention, a convention which is to
elect delegates to the National Convention
appointed to be held at Chicago on June 21,
1892. Eesolvcd, That the right of the voters of a
political party to assemble at the call of the
leaders, who are it9 lepresentatives and
servants, to carry out its will in regard to
the details of party management, should not
be curtailed in time, place or circum
stances, in such a way as to limit or embar
rass a genuine expression of popular party
feeling upon the question on band; that sucli
expression should De made in party assem
blies upon subjects to be presently de
cided at as near a time to that where
in h decision is reached as can be
reasonably and conveniently appointed.
Delegates should be fresh from the people.
Ko body of men elected to express the will
orthe voters assembled in party convention
should be for an unreasonable time custo
dians of the voters' rights, or hold their del
egated powers for a period longer than is
ausolutelynecessary for the purpose. The
peopleare justified in resenting any action
on the part of the party leaders whereby
their voices shall bo suppressed or per
verted. History Called on for an Argument.
Kesolved, That the history of contests
upon national issues in the State of New
York since 1S56 shows that too much pru
dence cannot be exercised nor are too
much labor and enthusiasm possible in
the effort to carry the State of Seir York
for tho Democratic party. The reoord of
success is confined to three out of nine
most recent canvasses. We bave met, and
every time must meet, nn arrogant and un
SCXttpuloiULndcersary. The area of oon test
is our wbole imperial domain. In such a
strife success does not go to num.
bers only. It rests upon unity and
fidelity in every county to the interests
and principles of the voters as declared in
party platforms, which have been the
oasis of successful contests; and
it is absolutely necessary in every
campaign that no just grievances
or the people, from the conduct ot the party
managers, should produce lukewarmness, or
hesitation anywhere in the gieat army Of
Democratic voters. They are a body of
volunteers, and not of hired soldiers, and
must be taken into the confidence of their
leaders in the early stages of the fight.
Leadership need not and should not involve
diuesfc.
Danger Foreseen for the Fall.
Kesolved, That the State Committee holds
its functions and political powers in trust
for the welfare of the party. Its action in
calling the State Convention for the 22d of
Febiuary, and thereby forcing the holding
of primaries on brief notice is contrary to
arty usage and irregular. It denies to the
lemocratic electors of this State a full, fair
and effective exercise of their right to be
represented in caucuses, primaries and dis
trict and State conventions. This action is
a grave violation of the political duties of
the committee, which cannot but expose
the party to needless danger in the election
next November
KesoKed, Tliatacopv or these resolutions,
over the hands ortbePiesident or ibis meet
ing, be sent to the members of the State
Committee, and that a Committee of Fifty,
with power to add to its number, be appoint
ed by the Chairman of this meeting to com
municate with the members or the Demo
cratic State Committee, and respectlully
protest against their action in designating
the date already fixed for the State Conven
tion, and that tbey be urged to reconsider
such action and revoke their call; and, if
that is not done, that the committee hereby
created exercise such further powers and
take such other action as may secure a prop
er representation or the people or the State
in the National Convention of the party and
as may seem proper and in accordance with
the spirit of tnee resolutions.
The Sentiments of tho People.
When Chairman Coudert called for the
ayes and noes the resolutions were adopted
practically unanimously, only a few scat
tering noes, less than a' dozen, being heard
when the chairman called for them.
A telegram was then read from W.
Kyan, of the Democratic State Committee
of Richmond, ya., and others. A telegram
of commendation was received from the
State of Alabama, which was as follows:
Moxtgomerv, Ala., Feb. 11.
To -Frederick Coudert, Chairman:
Montgomery Cleveland Democratic Club.
COO members, expresses to mass meeting at
Cooper Union, cordial indorsement of it ob
ject, and protests against action of Xew
York State Committee as unjust, unfair, and
as seriously imperiling the party's interests
throughout the Union.
Gro. W. Ceaik. Chairman Committee.
The next speaker was John G. Milburn,
of Erie county. He declared for sending a
delegation to Chicago to come right from
the heart of the people ("and for Governor
Cleveland") shouted a voice, amid cheers;
strong for genuine tariff reform, for a sound
currency, an administration conducted on
business principles, and for the nomination
of a high-minded Democrat who is such in
deeds and not in words.
The Cheers for Cleveland Come.
' It was during this speech that the latent
enthusiasm for Governor Cleveland burst
forth. Yells went up as from one throat
and cheers upon cheers. Hats were waved
and umbrellas flourished wildly. "Grover
Cleveland!" went up the cry.
"What's the matter with Grover?"
"He's all right!" came the response.
Williim A. Beach, of Syracuse, next
spoke, calling a winter convention "a gross
and damnable outrage."
Emery Anderson, one of the leaders of
the meeting, said that Mr. Cleveland stood
politically for tariff reform and against free
coinage of silver, while Mr. Hill practically
favored silver legislation. He added:
I do not intend to say anything'as to the
merits or the positions taken by these two
citizens of our state to the issues above re
feriedto. I only refer to them to say that
tbey present questions of great gravity,
questions of great moment, questions whicli
Involve almost every industrial interest in
tho land. A committee or 3 gentlemen met
together on the S9(h of January at the Hoff
man House, In the city of New Tork, for tho
purpose of determining the time at which
the State Convention should bo held. In the
face of a protest of unrivaled force
and clearness of expression contained
in the leading Democratic organ of
this city, with the knowledge of all the facts
relating to the issues and the candidates,
with the knowledge that there was, in mat
ter of fact, a wide divergency of opinion
among the people as to tho candidates, the
committee, without deliberate considera
tion, and after a session not ex
ceeding forty minutes in duration,
issued their call for the S2d of Feb
ruary next. It was certainly a
departure from usages and from precedent.
No good reason has been assigned by any
member or the company, or any of its de
fenders, .for this extraordinary action, and
no reason can be assigned for it except that
it was intended to advance the fortunes and
the ambitions of David B. Hill.
Fears for the Fartya Safety.
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Charles S.
Fairchilds: "We who have been active in
this movement, and who will continue to
be active therein until the end thereof,
have only done our simple dnty toward a
party and a cause we love. "W e fear that
our party and our principles, are in peril.
We believe that great numbers of Demo
crats, both in State and' nation,
feel this peril, and therefore we
were cravens and cowards did we not
do our utmost to give an outlet to the deep
feeling which we know exists, and which
has been repressed by every device known
to official power and party machinery. Just
so firm as has been and as will be my de
votion to Democracy, just so firmly will I
stand by this movement to check the usurp
ers, who, while wearing the labels, seek to
bind all true Democrats in chains, and thus
prevent them from defending the principles
of Democracy."
The meeting closed with rattling cheers
for Grover Cleveland.
IN LINE WITH- GROVER.
ME. MEANS SWINGS HIS NEW PARTY
BEHIND CLEVELAND.
He Denies It Is a Cleveland Annex, Though,
While Saying tho Ex-President Is Too
Good for His Party What the Colum
bians Want.
Boston, Feb. 11. Special.' James
Means, the founder of the new Columbian
party, has swung his party into line behind
Grover Cleveland, although he denies that
it was formed for the purpose of booming
the ex-President, He thinks it is now such
a healthy infant that it can safely be
trusted to the care of itself, so he has
thrown it upon the tender mercies of the
public, dressed in its best bib and tucker,
in the hope that it may find favor with the
voters, especially in New York State,
where it is expected to play
a very important role in the
coming Presidental election. In a pub
lished" letter Mr. Means has explained at
length the plans and -purposes of the new
party. In that letter he says:
From paragraphs which have recently
gone the rounds of the press it might be in
ferred that the Columbian party bad been
formed to boom Grover Cleveland. 1
notice that in a recent issue you bave
reprinted one of these from the Milwaukee
Sentinel That paper, in the article which
you quote, says:
Not Many Men Rolled Into One.
Tho Columbians are committed to the be
lief that Mr. Grover Cleveland is Pericles,
Burke, Pitt, and a few other statesmen
rolled into 'one. Looking at the
matter fiom a physical standpoint this
may be true cnougb, but there
aie reasons for doubting whether precisely
these ingredients have gone to the making
of Air. Cleveland's brain. It is this advocacy
of Cleveland which dooms the Columbian
party to a dwarfed and stunted career.
This sort of thing gives the public an er
roneous impression as to the tenor and aims
of the new party. Tbe Columbians believe
tliat Cleveland is a Columbian In mat
ters of -principle," and " tBaf?ra6reTisir-
ne is Qovn now is oecause ne is
altogether too good for his party, and be
cause he is not in sympathy with the spoils
men and Inflationists who control that party.
The Columbians also believe that principles
are of greater importance than men, and
tbey know that if it should appear that a
new party had been foimed simply to ele
vate an individual the spectacle would be
ridiculous. It the new party would pin all
its faith to one man, its life would not be
worth living.
Condition of the Democracy.
What is now the condition of affairs in the
Democratic party? Clevelandisin andDem
ocracy are two distinct things; Cleveland
ism and Columbianism are identical.
The Democratic party is controlled
by a combination of men who aro
well, everybody knows what they are.
These men dislike Cleveland. They have
knifed him once and they probablv would
not hesitate to do it again if they had a
chance. They dislike him chiefly because
they know he Is a better man than
any to be found among themselves.
They dislike to bo told of this,
and when thev are told of it they dislike
Cleveland all the more. That is human
nature. Now, there are some unwise men
who think that if Cleveland is nom
inated by tbe Democrats he will be
elected, and that all will be well as wo
ought to expect. They say that one mustn't
expect too much in these times, and they
seem to forget that when Cleveland was in
office he was so handicapped by his party
that he could not carry civil service re
form anv rurther than he did withont break
ing up his party.
The fact is that neither Cleveland nor any
other one mortal can pull tbe Democratic!
party out of the slough. To state the case
Blainly, we want to see the bad men of the
emocratic party throw their best man
man overboard. We think that such a
separation would be tbe best thing that
could happen. We love Cleveland for the
enemies that he bas made, and we want to
help him all wo can to make a great many
more enemies. We want to do all we can to
emphasize tho fact that between Cleveland
ism and Democracy there is a great gulf
fixed, and that is what is tho matter with
Cleveland now.
THUBST0N FOLLOWS BLAIME.
no Won't Be a Candidate for the Tlce
Presidency Under Another Chief.
Omaha, Feb. 11. Hon. J. M. Thurston,
attorney of the Union Pacific Itailroad, to
day announced, as a result of the Blaine
letter, he would be a candidate for the Vice
Presidency.
Harrison Gets a District Delegation.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 11 The
anti-Carson faction of the Republicans ot the
District of Columbia to-day elected W. C.
Chase and Simon Wolf delegates to the
Minneapolis convention. They were not
instructed, but iavor the nomination ot
Harrison.
ANOTHER BIO DIV0ECE CASE.
A New Bundle of New York Soiled Linen
for the South. Dakota Laundry.
Parker, & D., Feb. 1L The soiled
linen of another very prominent New York
family is soon to be aired in South Dakotx
The plaintiff who asks for divorce is 3Irs.
Charlotte Xicholl Mintou, of Flushing, L.
I. He brother is the famous Delancy
Nicoll, District Attorney for New York
City. The defendant is J. McKim. Min
ton, one of the editors and proprietors of
the Illustrated American. The case is set for
trial here to-morrow before Judge Smith,
bub tho defense will make an effort to get a
Iiostponemeut till next week. Judge Smith
lis already granted the defense its request
lor a jury trial.
The parties to the suit were married at
Bay Si'de, L. I., in October, 1881 Mrs.
Minton arrived in St. Paul about July 1 in
company with Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr.
She registered as "Mrs. McLain" and was
thus known for several months. Mrs. Min
ton charges her husband with willlul neg
lect, non-support, cruelty, drunkenness and
infidelity. The defendant makes counter
charges of immorality.
PITTSBtnEia FRIDAY.
A BIG CHEESE KNIFE
That No One in the House Is
Willing to Wield Him-
self, fat All Are
ANXIOUS TO LET THE JOB,
The Senate Keeping Pace "With the
Lower Branch in Buncombe,
A MOCK BATTLE NOW IN PEOGRESS
That Is Eeing Kept Up by a'Eenator for Bis
Ottii Ee-Slection.
KEED PREPARING TO THROV? A BIG BOMB
rSFXCtAL TXMCQllAJt TO THE DtSPATOTT.t
Washington, D. G, Feb. 1L The
Democrats in the House are experiencing
many of the thorns of a policy of cheese
paring economy. The difficulty is that each,
committee wants some other committee to
do the economizing. One of the first hitches
has come upon the military academy appro-'
priation bilL This bill is prepared by the
Military Committee, and this' year it is a
few thousand dollars in excess of the
amount allowed by the billion Congress,
which, as has been recorded in history,
stinted nobody.
Tha liilitary Committee defends the in
crease by declaring that the sanitary con
dition of the institution is bad, and "that
decency and humanity require that the evil
shall be corrected. A few foul odors, how
ever, are not sufficient to terrorize the body
of economists, many of whom are ac
customed to the high flavors of the barn
yard, and they are fighting to keep the bill
down to the figures of the previous year.
In the absence of Mr. Holman, Mr. Dock
ery is wielding the cheese knife for the
Appropriations Committee. He has threat
ened, if the bill shall pass the House with
out a reduction in the amount, he will move
its recommittal and put every Democrat on
record by demanding a yea and nay vote.
Buncombe Claim of Economy.
There is no one on the floor who has yet
intelligently opposed the recommendations
of the committee, and two-thirds of the talk
has been the purest buncombe. For in
stance, there was one paragraph in the bill
providing for the employment of 20 polioe
men. The hayseeds jumped on this and
argued that as the grounds were constantly
patrolled by the future generals of the
republic, the policemen were certainly all
that would be necessary, and such an
amendment was proposed. After consider
able time had been lost in buncombe dec
larations for economy it was explained
that the policemen were not guardians of
law and order, but were the male servants
who cleaned up the sleeping apartments of
the cadets. This timely explanation cut off
any further objection on the same tcore.
With every appropriation bill reported
by a committee other than tbe Appropria
tions Committee there promises to be a fight
on the fleer of the House. The river and
harbor bill will have to take a good drub
bing, but it is one of the measures that can
always be log-rolled through.
- ..KJ?wje!5fyJ&RLJij-,
The chances are that the Appropriations'
Committee will have to make good the
Democratic declarations of economy by
leaving out some necessary appropriations
altogether, and then squaring the account
with a large deficiency appropriation at the
next session.
All the buncombe cannot be charged to
the House. The Senate produces its share.
One of the gentlemen who is now occupy
ing a delicate position is Senator Faulkner,
of West Virginia. Ex-Senator Camden has
his eye on the Senatorship, and Faulkner
may have a hard time to get back. And he
is preparing for the future, too. The Secre
tary of the Treasury has withheld the pay
ment of the amount of direct tax allowed to
-West Virginia, and the Senator has re
ported a resolution to reverse by Con
gressional action the decision of the Secre
tary. This was called up in the Senate a
few days ago and passed off-hand, without
opposition. However, Faulkner was loaded
with a speech, and his victory was too easy
to attract attention. Accordingly he had
the two Virginia Senators demand a recon
sideration and attack his resolution. The
result is that a mock battle has been going
on for three days, and is still unfinished.
The End of the Play Awaited.
Meanwhile Senator Faulkner has filled
pages ot tne vongrettional Jteconi with
eulogiums of West Virginia, and laid a fine
foundation for his own re-election. There
has been no time that he could not have had
the resolution passed by merely calling for
a votet and the rest of the Senate is won
dering how much longer he will continue
the amusing play.
The chubby face of ex-Speaker Eeed
grows, if possible, more moonlike and gra
cious daily. The overwhelming Demo
cratic majority iurnishes him not only per
fect vindication of his far-famed rules, but
its floundering around in the struggle of
"how not to do it" affords him canstant op
portunities for his characteristic rallies of
sarcastic wit. To-day the House had actu
ally to abandon the field after several hours
of fruitless endeavor to secure a quorum,
though the sufficient number was visible
and present in the flesh. The Chairman of
the committee did not dare imitate the Iteed
method of counting the silent members.
The process of roll call and divisions pro-
ceeaca, wnne tne uecimatea uemocracy
were forced to feel the chagrin ot inability
to deal with the paragraphs of the pending
bill.
Reed Preparing a Great Paper.
Just how the great absenteeism on the
niajoritv side is to be accounted for is be
yond accurate settlement; As long ago pre
dicted, the natural result of so great a pre
ponderance has quieted all feeling of eternal
vigilance, and many wander early down the
avenue. It is known that Heed will make
soon a careiully prepared attack on the new
rules as tried in actual operation. His ex
haustive study of parliamentary procedure
abroad last summer has made the topic al
ways fascinating, and an effort that will
command wide attention may be expected.
3?iGirririri sugab boot-ties.
Scott, of Illinois, introduces a Resolution to
Do Away With Them.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 1L The
Democrats of the West, it appears, are to
make a serious attempt to repeal the pro
visions of the McKinley law providing for
the payment of bounties on sugar. Repre
sentative Scott, of Illinois, -to-day intro
duced a resolution instructing the Ways
and Means Committee to report a bill
providing for such repeal. There is
some dispute as to whether the matter
can be better reached by a repealing bill of
the Ways and Means Committee or by the
Appropriation Committee merely cutting
of! the sugar bounty appropriation, but Mr.
Scott maintains that there is no dispute as
to the position of the Democratic party in
opposing under all circumstances the sugar
bodntv, as well as all of the subsidies and
bounties. Chairman Springer, of the Ways
:PEBRUARY 52. 1892.
and Means Committee, on being asked his
opinion, said:
5 I -think tho parliamentary way to reach
ihe Sugar bounty is through the Appropria
tions Committee, and I have understood
hat Chairman Uolman, of that committee,
also considers that his committee has jnris
tlictlon of the niatter. The sugar bounty is a
question of appropriation alone.
NO BETTER THAN FONSECA.
BRAZILIAN STATES IN REBELLION
AGAINST PEIXOTTO.
.6
The Governors of" Rio Grande do Sal and
J Santa Catharina Deposed Dy the Rebels
f The President Suppressing the News as
j nis Predecessor Did.
j (DY CABLX TO TnB DIsrATCn.l
' London, Feb. 11. The province of Rio
Grande do Sul may again be said to be in a
itate of open rebellion. Viscomte Pelotas
is said to have been made chief of the revo
Intionary party in that province, and to
have proclaimed Corumbaas the capital, de
posing Governor Martinbo, the Piexotto
representative, from power and placing Dr.
lloche in his place.
S -AtSanta Catharina, capitalof the province
pf that name bordering on the Provinces of
Rio Grande do Sul and Parana, there is also
jf aid to be trouble. The Government is re
ported to have been deposed and the revo
lutionists have the upper hand. RiojSrande
uo qui is once more gatnering ner .national
guardsmen together, and the most active
preparations are being made to place the
trtmy in the field before President Peixotto
Succeeds in sending reinforcements to the
south. ' Another dispatch savs that the insurgents
are gaining strength 'in different parts of
Brazil, and that Cuyabs, capital of the
province of Matto Grosso, will soon be in
-the hands of the insurgent troops. The re
bellion is said to have spread much further
and to have many more supporters than the
'Piexotto authortties are willing to admit,
'arid it is added that they are. doing every
thing possible to conceal the really grave
acts in the case. As the matter is nnder
'stood here, the same charges, to all intents
and purposes, are made against Piexotto as
were made against Dictator da Fonseca.
GAEEETT ASKS ABBITEATION.
Being Ont of the Panhandle Deal, He Wants
Good Value for Old Stock.
COLuaiiitrs, Feb. 11. Special Robert
Garrett, the Baltimore railroad magnate
and banker, has gone into court here to get
'the little matter of the value of 1,728 shares
in the old Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St.
-Louis Railroad fixed. The cause of this
move appears to be a controversy between
the railroad king and the owners of the new
consolidated Panhandle system over what
these shares of stock are worth.
When the consolidation took place
Mr. Garrett seems not to have been In it
Since it has taken place he has refused to
accept the new stock of the consolidated
lines because he cpuld not get a suitable
price for the old in exchange for new
stock.
The law of Ohio provides that in such an
event the stockholder may go into the courts
and ask for a Board of Arbitrators, who
shall fix the value of the property. Then
the new road must take the stock at that
figure. Mr. Garrett took this emergency
step and applied for a board of three arbi
trators. The application is made by Mr.
Garrett for the banking firm of Robert
Garrett & Sons, who held the shares when
the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis
went into the consolidation.
SNATCHED FBOM BTJKIAL ALIVE.
A Kan Gets Drank and Thus Just Saves a
Woman's Life. '
yrAES-jCaT-J'r.i-EttKi; 0ptiM$T
Th'is community is still, excited over
the' narrow escape of Mrs. J. Wilson,
residing some miles south of Warsaw,
from being buried alive. Mrs. AVilson
was taken suddenly ill last Saturday and,
to all appearances, died a few hours later.
Ko physician had been called and there was
no person present competent to pronounce
the lady dead. The body was kept until
Tuesday. A neighbor was sent to Warsaw
on Monday for a coffin, but proceeded to get
drunk and did not return with the coffin
until early Tuesday morning.
While the watchers were placing the sup
posed corpse in the coffin the woman threw
up both arms and caught one of
the attendants by the wrists
with a vise-like grip. Ko other
signs of life were visible, but respiration
was detected by use of a mirror. Restora
tives were applied, and in a few hours
Mrs. Wilson was able to talk and will
recover. While too weak at present to talk
much, Mrs. Wilson indicates that she suf
fered untold mental agony while the pre
parations for her burial were being made.
HO ALLIANCE FOB MINEBS.
The Convention at Columbus Declines to
Send Delegates to St. Louis.
Columbus, Feb. 11. Special) Some
feeling was developed in the United Mine
Workers' Convention to-day because Illi
nois did not receive a representation on the
Executive Board. The day was consumed
in the discussion of a resolution for the ap
pointment of delegates to the Industrial
Convention at St Louis February 22. ',
John Costello, of Pittsburg, and others
made arguments in behalf of the selection
of delegates and J. A. Crawford, of Illinois,
and H. P. Donnelly assumed the opposi
tion, explaining how tbe farmers in Illinois
had been worked bv the party and how the
farmers finally worked their constituencies
niter being selected. The result was that
no delegates were selected to St Louis.
HO BACK. BOB SHEEMAN.
Bepublican Legislators Take a Neat Plan
of Killing the Harshbarger Besolutlon.
Columbus, Feb. 1L The Harshbarger
joint resolution, calling on Senator Brice
to take such steps as deemed necessary with
reference to the charges of corruption in
connection with the recent election of Sen
ator Sherman, was disposed of to-day in the
House. Member Daugherty moved it be
referred to a select committee of one with
leave to report at any time, and the propo
sition carried before the Democrats realized
what was being done, the resolution being
referred to theauthor of the motion.
It is understood that he will cither
smother the resolution or load it for other
game than intended by the author.
OVEEMAN'S FATE DECIDED.
Tho Terdlct Probably Beached '.but Not to
Be Known for Several Weeks.
Cleveland, Feb. 11. The Overman
courtmartial practically came to an end to
day. The officers of the court retired, and
from the fact that some of them have
arranged" to leave the city to-morrow it is
reasonably certain that their verdict lias
been reached.
When prepared the verdict will be for
warded to the President through the Judge
Advocate General, and will not be known
by the public for at lert a few weeks.
Major Overman remains in this .city under
orders of the War Department
Only Eight Bodies Unidentified.
New York, February 1L Two identifi
cations were made at the morgue to-day.
This reduces, the number of unidentified to
eight These will be buried in the potter's
field to-morrow, .
GENE
ALGER
TAKES-UP IMG
In Defense of His Military
Record, ofWhich He
Is Very Proud.
HE WIRES MR,' DANA
At Length, in Reply to a Caustic
Editorial of the Latter's.
THE GENERAL'S WAR DISCHARGE
Said to Have Been Caused by Conduct That
Was Unsoldieriy.
His Denial in Full The Wolverine Pres
idental Candidate Claims General
Custer Was His Enemy and Got Even
With Him in an Outrageous Manner
When He Was Sent to the Hospital
He Thought It Was Honorably He
Didn't Learn for Over Twenty Years
That There Was a Suspicion of Any
thing Wrong In the Way He Left the
Army A Peculiar State of Affairs in
the War Department.
rCFXCIAL TELEGRAM TO TBE DtSPATCH.1
New York, Feb. 11. The Sun to-day
printed the following editorial :
What is this about General Russell A.
Alger, Of Michigan, as a Republican candi
date for President on a platform of patriot
ism and pensions 1
The various biographies of General Alger
dwell more in detail upon the beginning of
bis military services than on the end.
He was Major in tbe Second Michigan
Cavalry, General Sheridan's old regiment.
On October 16, 1S62, he was promoted to be
Lieutenant Colonel of the Sixth Michigan
Cavalry, Subsequently he was transferred
to the Fifth Michigan Cavalry and became
its Colonel.
In September, 1864, Colonel Alger and his
regiment were in tbe Sbenandoah Valley
taking part in Sheridan's great campaign
against Jubal Early.
About the first of that month Colonel
Alger applied for ten days' leave of absence.
The application was disapproved and re
turned by his division commander. General
Wesley Merritt, because of the active opera
tions then In progress. Upon the return of
his application for leave disapproved,
Colonel Alger left his regiment and went to
Washington without leave. There he pro"
cured a detail on court martial duty in that
city.
Recommended for Discharge.
This fact was reported to General Merritt,
who reported it in tarn to General Sheridan,
who brought the matter to the attention of
the War Department, recommending that
Colonel Alger bo dishonorably discharged
from the service for being absent withoiitr
WeartKJWSfwtT i11" " V -
In consequence of that recommendation
from Philip. H. Sheridan, Colonel Russell A.
Alger was discharged from. the. service on
September 20, ISM. '
Tbe record does not read that he was
"dishonorably discharged," Tbe punish
ment recommended by General Sheridan
was softened, and he was merely dis
charged. The incident-terminated his mili
tary career. After the war was over he pro
cured in some way the brevet of Brigadier
General and Major General of Volunteers.
These facts are not stated in the current
biographical sketches relating to General
Russell Absent Alger.
General Alger Beplies at Once.
In reply to the above General Alger tele
graphs the following:
DxTBorr, Fob. 1L
To Editor New York Sun, New Yorkt
A friend has telegraphed in full your
to-day's editorial concerning my military
record. Will you kindly publish my answer,
sent herewith? R. A. Alger.
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 11.
Colonel G. H. Hopkins, Arlington Hotel, Wash
ington, D. C:
Your telegram of this date giving editorial
of the New York Sun concerning my mili
tary record is received. I was honorably
discharged from the service, and was not
dismissed, as stated. On the 23th day of
August, 18C4, at She'pberdstown, Va., on the
Potomac,(where we had engaged the enemy
and were driven across tbe river by superior
force, I was ordered to cover the crossing
with my regiment, General Custer having
crossed at the head of the brigade. I effected
the crossing and was tbe last man to ford
the river. For several days I had been ill,
but on dnty.
1 went into camp that night, and not being
able to march the next morning, was sent,
with others who were sick, to tbe hospital at
Annapolis, Md. After remaining there a few
days and recovering sufficiently to be around
tho camp, I was detailed on court martial at
Wasbington, where I reported and served a
little time and resigned, as I was not able to
enter the field and did not like court martial
service. My ordinary weight was ICO pounds,
but I was reduced to 123 pounds.
A Surprise After Many Year.
I had never heard a single word of General
Custer's (not Merrit's) recommendation un
til the Chicago convention, in 1SSS, my
friends telegraphed me there was some
question about my military record. I tele
graphed hack that it was absolutely false. I
had never heard a word directly or indi
rectly up to that date almost 24 years. That
there had been any such recommendation, I
found nfterward, to my surprise, was true.
I never had any suspicion that I was not
regularly sent to the hospital. There was
never a more cruel or unjust act committed
bv man. I served three years: participated in
66 battles and skirmishes; was promoted to
all the grades, from a captaincy to colonel,
and was brevetted brigadier and major gen
eral without my application. I was never
absent from my command a moment, except
on account of wounds or sickness. I never
received a censnre from my superior officer
in any way, snape or manner, during tuo
war.
Had I known of the existence of such a
document during the lives of General
Sheridan.-who was always a warm personal
friend, and General Custer, who always
claimed to be a friend and visited me fre
quently, I could easily bave bad the record
coirccted, but when I first heard of it Gen
eral Mieridan was on his deathbed and un
able to see anyone, and General Custer was
dead.
Why Custer Disliked Alger.
Along in June and Julv, 1SC4, General Cus
ter requested me at several times to have
his brother Thomas appointed a lieutenant
inmy'regiment, as he wished to have him
serve on his staff. As be did not belong to
my regiment I declined, and in a hot con
versation about it one. .day he told me I"
would regret it some day. 1 said to him I
-would rather resign than to have an outsider
promoted into my regiment when I had de
serving men yet in the ranks. He-afterward
prevailed upon Colonel J, H. Kidd, of the
Slxtn Miohigan Cavalry, now of Iona, Mich.,
to do tbe same, which be did, and has always
regretted it. These facts are known to Gen
eral Kidd.
At the battle or Port Royal, on the 16th
day. of August, I charged and captured a
large number of prisoners with my regi
ment. They were sent to the rear as I
pressed forward, and General Custer gave
the credit to another command, and we naa
some hot words over H.Jf you will examine
the records of the War Department and the
recommendations made for my promotion
there, by my superior officers at several
different times, from General Cnster to
General Grant, you will see what was
thought of me.
The Dead Charged With an Outrage.
I never knew or suspected that
there was the slightest question about my
being properly sent w.ith the large number
of sick and wounded men to Annapolis, and,
as I have said. General Cnster's recommen
dation, if he knew the facts, was one of tbe
most cruel outrages that was ever perpe
trated upon a soldier.
I dislike very much to say anything
against a dead soldier, but tbese are facts,
and a reading of the records will prove tbat
one statement made by General Cnster and
concerning myself in that document cannot
be true, lor he states that I tried to absent
myself during tho year, and yet but a few
weeks before I left tbe service, and while
we were in the valley, he recommended me
very strongly for promotion.
I will thankyou to give tuis dispatch tbe
publicity the Sun editorial has received. It
is a great wrong committed upon me and
my family. Please ascertain who gave these
records out from the War Department.
It A. AlOEE.
MILLS VS. SPRINGER.
THEIR IDEAS ON THE TAKIFF ATTACK
GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE.
The Texan Would Make a Bold Assault All
Along the Line Crisp's Lieutenant
Points Oat the Fallacy of Such a Mode or
Warfare.
Washington, Feb. 11. Special It
has been stated within the pa3t few days,
on the authority of one of the leading Dem
ocrats of the House, that Mr.
Mills has decided to prepare a general
tariff reduction measure with which
to antagonize the Springer plan of attack
ing the nley tariff act by separate
bills. 1 k,., -"Jjntemplates the in
troducf Tf0jllo -Mills bill
which1. tO'lftT JO , -the old
Mills bill, Ul ijo,'r,'JairI ; Cor
the first measure--. no-'-J u by
the Ways and Means Co'mJJ f ether
it be a bill for free wool.free bindiftwine,
or free anythlnj else.
This is probably what Mr. Mills meant
when he announced iu his speech before the
Reform Club that the tariff reduction
cause should not be allowed to lan
guish, but that a chance should be
given the 'advocates of free tride
to put their principles into practice. Mr.
Springer thinks that the movement is an
absurd one, and that it will utterly fail. He
said:
The talk about a general tarifl bill as a
substitute for tbe first of our specific bills
Is. I believe, sheer nonsense. In the first
place a substitute, as well as an amend
ment, must be germane to the
subject under consideration. Anyone
can see the absurdity of proposing
to amend a bill removing tbS tariflr on bind
ing twine so as to apply to salt- A general
tariff revision proposition would be even
less germane to any specific bill. If Mr.
Mills wants to get a general tarifl bill be
fore the House he knows that it must come
by the regular coursethrough the commit
tee. DEW ENGLAND SNOWBOUND.
Tot Twelve Hours tbe Beautiful Comes
Down in Blinding Clouds.
Boston, Feb. 11. Special. It began
snowing at 8 o'clock this morning and came
down in blinding clouds for 12 hours.
Trains on the northern railroads are all
delayed, and dispatches state that
the storm was equally severe
in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
The most -serious accident reported in this
vicinity wasjn this city, due to the falling
of a telephone wire? upon a trolley wire.
The wire fell directly in front of a team be
longing to the National Express Company.
The moment a horse stepped upon' the wire
he dropped as if shot, falling upon the
wire. In an instant the wire became a
blaze of light
The moans of the tortured animal were
accompanied by a fierce snapping and
crackling sound as the powerful current
concentrated in the flaming wire burned
into the flesh. A policeman procured a
broomstick, and, protected from injury by
his rubber outfit coat,, boots and gloves,
pushed the burning wire from beneath the
animal, but not in time to save his life. A
horrified crowd watched the spectacle at a
safe distance.
A DUEL BETWEEN SQUAWS.
Armed With BntcherknlvesThey Fight to a
Bloody Finish.
PineCitt, Minn., Feb. 11. There oc
curred last night on tbe banks Of Pokegama
creek, about seven miles from this place,
one of the bloodiest battles ever, waged
among redskins. A group of wigwams on
the creek forms a small colony. From
some unknown source the squaws procured
a large quantity of alcohol and indulged in
a spree. Two of them became quarrelsome.
The dispute terminated by the younger
woman drawing from her waist a butcher
knife and attacking her companion, who
tried to defend herself with a similar
weapon.
The battle was a short and decisive one
resulting in the worsting of the older par
ticipant, whose strength failed. No trace
of either of the combatants can be found.
but it Is supposed they are being cared for
by their friends. "Oct-Wan-Ah" says the
old squaw could not live over an hour.
KILLED FOB A LOT OF LAED.
.Fatal Termination of a Dispute Between
Two Farmers.
Tallahassee, Fla., Feb,ll. Special.
Newton Bloss was murdered on his farm,
near here, this afternoon by O. Sherrell.
Ross and Sherrell farmed last year on
shares. In the settlement a dispute arose
abont a division of 25 pounds of lard.
This afternoon Ross was sitting in his back
yard reading a newspaper. Sherrell came
up with a Winchester rifle in his hands
and asked if Ross was ready to give him
that lard. Ross replied "No." Sherrell
then raised his rifle and plumped five bul
lets into Ross body, killing him instantly.
Immediately after firing Sherrell fled and
has not been captured. Both men are white.
Ross was a well-to-do farmer and owned
considerable property about here and in
Alabama. He has a brother and sister liv
ing near Heflin, Ala.
DEMAND FOB JIMMY BLAINE.
The Dakota Court WanU to Know Why He
Doesn't Come to Time.
DEADWOOD, S. D., Feb. 11. Special
The Blaine divorce case came np again be
fore Judge Thomas to-day on the mo
tion of the plaintiff's attorneys for
an order on the defendant,- James
G. Blaine, Jr., to show cause why his
answer to the complaint should not be
stricken from the files and record made of
the action as for contempt of court for
having ignored and disobeyed orders
of the court heretofore made, and also to
show cause why the case should not be set
down for immediate trial. The orders are
returnable Februarf 16.
Edward M. Fiold Indicted Again.
New York, Feb. 1L The Grand Jury
to-day brought in another indictment
against Edward M. iTield. It is alleged he
forged the name of C Moore, master of the
ship Dolcott, to a bill of lading for 71,282.
06.60 bushels of wheat It was dated No
vember 11, 1891,
THREE OENTa
WYMAN MAY RESIGN,
But Can Yet Make a Long
legal Fight for His Place
If He Desires.
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
ElpMnstone Holda the Office Vacant .,
"When Sentence Is Passed. - -"'
DUTY DEVOLVING ON COUNCILS.
i-3Iayor Pearson Placed on Trial After -
the Verdict Is Announced.
MUCH CONFUSION 05 THE NOETHSIDB '
Wyman has been fonnd guilty. For the
first time in Allegheny county's history a
Mayor of one of her cities has been ar
raigned and convicted of misdemeanor in
office. When the jury filed in, the rumor
that the verdict was for acquittal was plain
ly denied in each face. The verdict wast
"Guilty on the first and second counts; not
guilty on the third and fourth"" The first
two counts were for extorting money from
Hungarians in witness fees, and the- two
last for extortion from Frank Willing, a
gambler.
Ex-Mayor Pearson appeared even more
affected than Mayor Wyman, and ex-Chief
Kirschler was exceedingly crestfallen. It
was stated later that 11 of the 12 jurors had
favored conviction on all of the connti, but
one man had held out until they had agreed
to acquit him on two of the charges:
Matters Mixed on tbe NorUulde.
Allegheny was never before so troubled.
She does not know whether she hag a Mayor,
and it is a case of matching pennies to see
whether Pittsburg's bed chamber has a city
government or only a headless trunk. The
announcement ofMayor Wyman's conviction
has thrown municipal affairs into a state of
chaos and a dozen lawyers are busy fumbling
over musty volumes to find out the exact
status of the law. There never was such a,
case in this county before.
The Constitution of the State- says the
conviction of misdemeanor in office creates '
a vacancy and tbe removal from office is
made a part of tbe sentence, but in this case
there is no way at present of knowing when
the sentence will be imposed- No provis
ion is made in case a new trial is asked for
of an appeal is taken to the Supreme Court
The question now to be decided i3 whether'
the office is vacant or whether Mayor
Wyman can 'hold over until the matter has
been settled in the various courts.
George FJphinstone, City Solicitor of)
Allegheny, said he had not been able to get'
any clear light on the subject He said,
however, that conviction included removal.
Then he quoted a part of article G, section
i, of the Constitution, which reads :
The Wording or the Organic Law.
"All officers shall hold their offices on
condition tbat they behave themselves well
while in office, and shall be removed on con
viction of any misbehavior or of any iu
fattious crime"
-The principal decision on thu section is
found in tne case of Uommonwealth vs
Harris, "First Pennsylvania Legal Ga
zette," in which it was decided : "A con-,
viction for misdemeanor in office reauires-
the removal of ihe officer, and shall be ak
part of the judgment"
John Harris was a County Commissioner
in Cumberland county in 1871. He was
charged with accepting &0 from John
Gracy, a contractor. For this he was to
have a number of unjust claims, which
Gracy had against the county, approved
and so smoothed over as to not excite the
suspicion of the County Auditors. Harris
was found guilty, but refnsed to vacate tho
office and this was the final decision in the
case.
On this case Mr. Elphinstone believes the M
office is not really vacant, but does not
know whether it is formally so until tha
sentence of the court is forwarded. Con
tinuing, he said: "Under the city charter,
as soon as the office is declared vacant,
Councils must assemble at once and appoint
a Mayor protem to act for 30
days. They must also call a spe
cial election to select a man to
serve out the unexpired term. The Mayor
pro tern, chosen by Councils cannot be a
member of that body, but a Councilman, of
course, can run to fill the expired term, but
such person cannot succeed himself any
more than any other Mayor can. It is abo
a mistaken idea that either of the Chairmen
of Councils can act in the Mayor's stead.
Immediate Action Not Probable.
"It is not at all likely that any action can
be taken at once, for a person is not really1
convicted until all the chances of law araj
tried. I suppose there will be a motion fori
a new trial, but it is not likely one will bo''
granted. Then in this case cause would,
have to be shown in order to take it to tha
Supreme Court Iu that case it would -not
be acted on until next October unless th
Court should grant it an earlier hearing,
which, in cases of extreme urgency, it has
the right to do. If the Mayor should re
sign it might simplify matters a little."
Over in Allegheny the verdict nearly.
struck all thecity officials dumb and they had jj
dent of Common Councils, left last night for
Washington and said nothing would bo
done for a few days. The regular meeting
of Councils takes place on Thursday and he-
thought that possibly some action might b 'M
taken tnen, aitnougn ne wasnot certain, iter im
had no idea wno would be appointed tem-j -porarily.
He said affairs were in a bad)
conullion, msuiiy uccausc me appropriation
ordinance had not been signed.
It was intimated that Mayor Wymaa
wnnld hand in his resignation in order to.
simplify the question of the vacancy, but)
wben tne .aiayor was seen yesieraay ne saiou.
ho had not decided on anv move. Ha waaf
in his usual good humor and did not seentv
the least worried over the turn afiairs had.
taken. He said he was now in the hands
of his attorneys and could not make any
statement
A member of the Reform Association
said he thought the -case would soon bo"
disposed of and that the Mayor would likelyv
F T 1 x 1L f A. 1 1- J
resign, iu turn, raw iuc sun, luf cuiucuie-
ment would very likely be dropped. H
stated that in case a resignation is nob
forthcoming a resolution will likely be
presented on Thursday asking the Mayor t
vacate tne omce.
PEARSON NOW UNDER FIRE.
Allegheny's Ex-Mayor Placed on Trial tovi
Embezzlement Clerk Hunneshaxenjj
Gives Some Far-Reaching Testimony Jg
Commitment Fees Were Always Placed!
In a Pool. ;?yt.
Immediately after the announcerae&tTaf 1
the Wyman verdict the case of ex-Mayo3
.tucnaru a. jtrearson was taxen np - Deiorej
Judge Porter. The transactions of tee ex-.
Mayor, upon which the suit' are phased,
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