BfBTnfTl e V -$!?? 6 THE" PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, TUESDAY, " FEBRUARY 23, ' "1892. J U CLEVELMDQREETED "With College Yells and Tin Horns at Michigan's Uni versity Town. A HOMILY ON SENTIMENT. The Ex-President Speaks to Students on Healthy Patriotism. MICHIGAN LOADED WITH BIG MEN. Hore Than One Tresidental Talks at Detroit. Tossibilitj- SPEECHES BI ALGER AND MCKIXLET Axx Aebok, Mich., Feb. 22. This uni versity town was agog to-flar over the pres ence of ex-President Grover Cleveland, ex GoTernor Campbell, of Ohio, and other prominent Democrats. Fully 2,000 stu dents, noisy with tin horns and their col lege yells, greeted the train as it pulled up to the depot. The hill on one side was cov ered with about 10,000 citizens, less noisy, but just as eager as the ttudents. When Mr. Cleveland stepped from the car he was met br Mayor Doty, of Ann Arbor, and the Aldermen of the city. The Mayor bore a leather case inclosing an em bossed silver casket, which contained a document certifying that the freedom of the city was given to Mr. Cleveland. This he presented to the ex-President in a neat lit tle speech. In response Mr. Cleveland ex pressed his thanks. The ex-President was then received by President Angell and the procession pro ceeded to the City Hall and dispersed for lunch. Mr. Cleveland addressed the students in University Hall at 6 r. M. on "Senti ment in Our National Life." The following are characteristic extracts from his speech: His Opening Tribute to Washington. Among the few holidays which the rush and hurry of American life concede to us, eurelynoone of a secular character is so suggestive and impressive as the day we celebrate on this occasion. We not only commemorate the birth of the greatest American who ever lived, but we recall as insepaiaoly connected with his career, all the events and incidents which led up to tho establishment ot free institutions in this land of our?, and culminated in the erection of our wondrous nation. Washington had more to do with the formation or the Constitution than our en thusiasm for other phases of the great work lie did for his country uually makes prom inent. He fought the battles which cleared the way for it. He best knew the need ot consolidating under one government the colonies he had made free, and he best knew without this consolidation, a wasting war, the long and severe privations and suffer lngs his countrymen had undergone and his own devoted labor In the cau-c of freedom, were practically in vain. The beginning of a public sentiment looking to tho for mation of our nation is traceable to his ef foits. The circular letter lie sent to the Governor? of the States, as early as the close of the war of the Ke volution, contained the germ of the Constitution: and all this was recognized by his unanimous choice to pre side over the convention that framed it. His spiiit was In and through it all. Scholarship at tho Expenss or Sentiment. If it be true, as is often claimed, that the Scholar in politics is generally a failure, it may well be due to the fact that during his formative period, when lasting impressions are easily received, his intellect alone has been cultivated at the expense of whole tome and ell-regulatcd seutimeiit. I speak to-day in advocacy of this senti ment. If it is not found in extreme and ex clusive mental culture, neither is it found in the busy malts of trade, nor in the con Tu fusion of bargaining, nor in the mad rush alter weidth. Its home is in the soul and memory of man. It has to do with the moral sense. It reverences traditions, it loves ideas, it cherines the names and the deeds of heroes and it worships at the shrine of patriotiMii. I plead for it because there is a sentiment which in some features is distinctively American, that we should never allow to languish. When we are tola that we aie a practical and common sene people, we are proud of its truth nnd natumllv proud because its truth is attilbutable to the hard work we have had to do ever since our birth as a na tion. There is cause to suspect, however, that another and less creditable icasoulur our gratification, arises from a feeling that there is bomethiug heroically American in treating with indifference or derision all those things which in our view do not di rectly and palpably pertain to what we call with much satisfaction, practical affairs. Not Advocating a Weakness. The elements w Inch make up the senti ment of a people should not be counted as amiable weaknesses became they are not at all times noisy and turbulent. Thegcntlo nessand loveliness of woman do not cause us to forget that she can inspire man to deeds of greatness and heroism; that as wife she often makes man's career nobler and grand, and that as mother she builds and fashions in her sons the stiong pillars of a State. So the sentiment of a people which In peace and contentment decks with flow ers the temple ot their rule may, in raje and fury, thunderat its foundations. Sentiment is the cement which keeps In place the granite blocks of governmental power, or the destructive ageucy whose ex plosion heaps in ruins their cattcred frag ments. None of us can be Ignorant or tho ideas which constitute the sentiment under lying our national structure. Wc know they are a reverent bcller in God, a sincere recog nition of the value and pow cr of moral prln. ciplo and those qualities ot heart which make a noble manhood, devotion to unre served patriotism, love lor nun's cqualltv, unquestioning ti ust in popular rule, the ex action of ci ic virtue and honesty, Jaith in the caving quality of universal education, protection of a nee and unpervei ted ex pression of the popular will, and an insist ence upon a Mnct accountability or public officers as servants or the people. Washington's Lore For Ills Mother. I should be ashamed or my country, if, in further speaking of what Washington has done for the sentiment of his countrymen, it was necessary to make any excuse for a reference to his constant love and loud rev erance, as boy and man, for hi mother. This filial love is an attribute of American manhood, a badue w liich Invites our trust and confidence, and an indispensable elc ment of American greatness. A man may compass important enterprises, he may win the applauu or his rellows, he may even do Buuhc service and deserve a measure of popular appioval. but he Is not right at heart and can never be truly gicat if he for gets his mother. In the latest biography or Washington we find the following statement concerning his mother: .TJiat she w as affectionate and loving cannot be doubted, for she retained to the last a profound hold upon the rerrrentlal devotion ofher ton: and yet as lie roe steadily to Uic pinnacle or l,uman :rcatncss, she cuuM tmly sar that "tleorgc Itad K-cn a good lu and she was bure he w ould do his duty." I cannot believe that the American people will consider theuieles culled upon to share the deprecatory feeling of the biog rapher, when he writes that the mother of Washington could "only" say of her son, that silo believed lie would be faithful to the highest earthly trusts, because he had been good: nor that that they will regard her words merely as an ntmablv tolerated ex pression of a fond mother. If they arc true to American scutininit, they will recognize goodness euch as Washington's, is the best guarantv lor the faithful discharge of public duty. Relieves in the Hatchet Story. I will not plead guilty to tho charge of dwelling upon the little features or a great subject. I hope the day will never come when American boys cannot know of some trait or some condition in which they may feel that they ocght to be or are like Wash ington. I am not afraid to assort that a multitude of men can be loundiu every pait vi our i:inu, respected lor tneir prouiiy and worth, and most Useful to the country and indebtedness to thestory of Washington and Ills ll&tchp.f. nnrl Tnnnv n man lm tern, htc way to honor and fame notwithstanding limited school advantages, because he found hope and incentive in the high mission nasntngton accomplished witn only a com mon school education. These are not little and trivial things. Theyguideandlnfluence the forces which make tho character and sentiment of a great people. I have not assumed to instruct you. I have merely yielded to tho Influence of the occasion and attempted to impress upon you the importance of cultivating and maintain ing true American sentiment, suggesting that as it had been planted and rooted in the moral faculties of our countrymen, it can only flourish in their love of truth and honesty and virtue and goodness. I believe that God has so ordained it for the people he lias selected for his special favor; and I know that the decrees ot God are never ob solete. TIrtne and Honesty Not Dead Yet. You will find plenty of these who will smile at vour profession of faith and tell you that truth and virtua and honesty and goodness were well enough in the old days when Washington lived, lint are not suited to the present size and development of our country and tho progress we have made in the art of political management. Bestead fast. The strong and sturdy oak still needs the support of its native earth, and as it grows in size and spreading branches, its roots must strike deeper in the soil which warmed and fed its first temlor sprout. You will be told that the people have no longer anv desire for the things you profess. They will awaken in good time, and scourge the money changers from their sacred templo. You may bo chosen to public "office. Io" not shrink from it, for holding office Is also a dntv of citizenship. But do not leave your faith behind you. Every public office, small orgic.it, is held in trust foryour lellow-citi-zens. They differ in importance, in respnsl- ouiiyanum tno laoor tuev impose: out inv duties ot noneofthemcan be wellperformed if the mentorship of a good conscience and pure heart to discarded. Of courso other equipment is necessary, lint without this mentorship all else Is insufficient. In times of gravest responsibility It will olve your difficulties; in the most trying hour it will lead you out of perplexitio-, and It will at all times deliver you trom temptation. H'KINLET AT DETROIT, Defends Hit Tariff Act In a Vigorous Speech General Alger 111 aster of Ceremonies Blaine Sends a Letter Full of Good Re publican Cheer. Detroit, Feb. 22. Washincton's Birth day, the presence of three or four Presiden tal possibilities, Republican and Demo cratic, aside from its own Presidental possi bility, General It. A. Alger, and the annual banquet of the crack Republican organiza tion, the Michigan Club, were almost too much for the southeastern corner of this State. There were ex-President Cleveland, ex Governor Campbell, of Ohio, on the one hand, with Governor McKinley and ex Governor Alger on the other, all in the city at once, not to mention others of national lame. The event which brought together the leading Republican politicians from all parts of the State and many from other States was the annual Washington's Birth day banquet to-mtht of the Michigan Club. It was stated that it was not given for the purpose of forwarding the interests of any Presidental candidate, particularly was it denied that there was any intention to boom General Alger. Tno M!chlganlzng to Ke Reversed. It was nearly 7 o'clock when the banquet began, and it was more than an hour later when General Alger introduced Congress man Burrows to deliver the' address of wel come. In doing so. General Alger referred to the Michiganizing of the State by the Democrats, and declared that in November next Michigan would elect a Legislature that would not only restore the.Legislative districts to their proper sphere, but would elect a Republican successor to United States Senator Stockbridge. Tremendous outbursts of applause greeted every mention ot the name ot James G. Blaine by such well-known statesmen pres ent as Congressman Burrows, Senator Per kins, of Kansas; Senator Dolph, of Oregon; J. Sloat Fassett, of New York, and others. Mr. Blaine sent the following letter of re gret: General Alger. Detroit: Mv Sear Sib I regret that I cannot be 8 resent at your club meeting ontho22d. fficial engagements forbid. But I cannot re l rain from sending a word of good cheer on the prospects of the Republican paity on all leading measures relating to the industrial and financial interests of the people. We are stiong and growing strong, er. On the contrary, our opponents aie weak and growing weaker. They are divided; we aro united. It we do not win it is our own fault. We will be justly censura ble If, with such great measures involved, every Republican does not feel that he Is appealed to peisonally and that victory in the election depends on him. Verv sincerely yours, James G. Blaine. McKinley Defends tho Tariff General Alger introduced Governor McKinley as the "Architect, the Builder," and a storm of applause, repeated again and again, greeted the brilliant Ohioan. He began by saying: Whenever anything is to bo done in nnd for the country the Republican party must do it. This has been true for 30 vears. beginning with Abraham Lincoln. M'hen the nation wanted the tariff revised on protection lines in 1SS8 it called the Re publican party into pon er to do it, and that party uia it to stay. ot one page or it can be repealed in 10 years. At the present rate the present Congress cannot repeal it in 25 years. They have started in to lepealit item by item, and there aie 2.000 items in it. Mor rison tried it and disappeared trom Con gi ess: Mills tried it and lost the Speakership: Cleveland started out to shear that sheep and came back shorn, and now Springer is trying it. You cannot make wool free on the sheep's back and tax it on our backs. Protection nmstbu forall ornone. Xo man or woman in Michigan knows of the tariff as a harden, but everyone of them knows it as ji ble6ing. Piotcction is the national policy because when free tinde nnd protection were tho issues before the people, protection always won. It might bo true that without pro tection some things would be cheaper for a time, but in the end it would be at the price or human degradation, and nothing is cheap at that cost. 18 Can't Compete on Europe's Terms. We can compete with tho world on equal terms, but we give the Xatlons notice to night that we do not propose to bring the couditions down to theirs. They tell us they want free raw material; we never had anything except raw materials under Dem ocratic rule. There has never been a line of manufac ture established in this country which the Democratic pirty has not said could not be manufactured. They said wo could not make pearl buttons. I visited a pearl but ton factory in this cltv to-day, employing 200 hands, receiving $l(i per week, against $7 per w eek for tho s-ime work In Europe. Thev told us we could npt make tlnplate; at least they did before the election. We have heard nothing of it since. The onlv way to win is to be courageous. We lost 1890 by listening to the campaign pronhet, but now the campaign piophct is out of a job. Thev told us the last tariff n prohibitive; it has been in operation lor 13 mouths and we have never before had as extensive a trade. .The Democrats do not know what thev want. Cleveland doesn'r.and Hill docsn't.but they may as the outcome of what has taken Iilace to-dav. Itmav help Cleveland when 10 returns here to show him a pearl button factory where we manufacture buttons as cheaply as wo got them before the tariff was placed on them. A Democratic Congress Is trying to repeal the pearl button tariff. Too Tired to Keep Moving. . Mrs. Theresa Beyer, 'of Cincinnaii.created quite an excitement at the Union depot last efening. The lady is here visiting a sister and yesterday started out to walk about the city. During the day, it is al leged, she took too much liquid patriotism and when she reached the depot was unable to walk further. A crowd gathered and the officers tried to make her walk but she insisted on sitting down on the pavement. The patrol wagon was finally called and she was locked up in Central station on a charge of drunkenness. Rhodn Island' Prohibition Ticket. Providence, It. L, Feb. 22. The 'Pro hibitory State Convention to-day nomina ted for Governor, Alexander Gilbert, of Woonsockct. Delegates to the National Prohibition Convention were chosen. Tob5 Pilukskv, a Pole, was committed to Jail yesterday by Alderman Means, for a hearing on a charge of assault and battery, preferred by his wire, who alleges he broke u board over her head. PATCHING.UP A PARTY Political Odds and Ends Begin Their Task at St. Louis. PARLIAMENTARY BOLES DONE UP. Folk, Powderlj and Donnelly iir .Their Kespective Ideas. A DAT DEVOTED TO CONFAB A'D TALK St. Louis, Feb. 22. The aurora borcalis ,was outdone in St. Louis to-day. For brilliant uncertainty no political gathering probably ever surpassed the extraordinary conglomeration, representing nearly a dozen national organizations farmers, laborers, prohibitionists and what-not which begun its conference in Music Hall. It ws 2:25 p. St. when Mr. Terell called the convention itself to order, and caused a smile by announcing that the "congrega tion" would rise while the proceedings were opened wftTi prayer. After this and in troductory exercises, General Master Work man Powderly, who up to this time had been quietly sitting among the Pennsyl vania delegates, was called to the stage by Mr. Terrell. Powderly was given an ova tion as he mounted the platform, and was given a seat of honor. President Polk, of the National Farmers' Alliance, was introduced. He said the farmers had assembled here to perform a solemn and responsible duty. On "Wall street and on the Board of Tiade money was IK per cent. In any of the small towns, on the other hand, money was at from 10 to 20 per cent. That was what had to be righted. A Hit at the w England States. The farmers, he declared, paid over 20 per cent of taxes, and if money can be bor rowed in New York on cotton and wheat at i per cent, whv cannot the same thing be done in the West? He said that the gain of the New Kngland States was 5 to 1 against the South and Wet. The time has come when the great If orthwest, the great South and the great West shall lock their hearts and hands together and take posses sion and run the Government in the interest of the people. Tremendous applause. In conclusion, Mr. Polk said: Wo demand that we have relief: we will have relief, and I repeat now what 1 havo lepcated from Main to California, we mnst have relief if we have to wipe the two old parties from' the face of the earth. This was greeted with rounds of cheers, lasting fully two minutes. Mr. Powderly was now introduced, and a delegate in the Massachusetts quarter called for three cheers for him, which were given with a tiger. Mr. Powderly began by refer rirrg to the big bridge, which" lie termed a big hole through which visitors to St. Louis had to pass, and which was owned by a man to whom everyone who wished to enter St. Louis had to pay a tax. He said that the time had come when the people would sur mount these difficulties. Air. Powderly Speaks on Immigration, It was not a Powderly nor a Polk that would bring this about, but the people would remedy this wheu the proper time came. The speaker took up the question of restricting immigration. Through the gates of Castle Garden, he said, a stream pours into this country and distributes it self, particularly in the coal Tegions. The cream of the manhood was crowded West, and they in the .bast have, instead, the poor unfortunates who they must educate year after year to prevent them from using bombs instead of ballots. He had been and still was firmly against such a state of things. "Years ago," continued Mr. Powderlv. "when we nominated General Weaver, of Iowa." A hurst of cheers'at the mention of the name of the Greenback Presidental can didate stopped Mr. Powderly'short. Gcn crl Weaver on the platform beamed smil ingly upon the cheering multitude but sobered up with suddenness when the Gen eral Master Workman icily but forcibly warned the convention to cheer not the melt but principles. Ignatius Donnelly succeeded Mr.Powder ly on the rostrum. Mr. Donnelly was greeted with stunning applause. He de clared that the coming gatherings of the Democrats and Republicans at Chicago and Minneapolis, compared with this conven tion, would be simply coagulations of un principled politicians to divide the-plunder of the republic. Sir. Donnelly's Far-Fetched Simile. He predicted a wedding soon to occur that ot the Democracy and the Republican party. The ceremony will be performed at the altar of plutocracy. Grover Cleveland and Ben Harrison will act as bridesmaids, the devil himself would give away the bride, and Jay Gould would pronounce the benediction. "We propose," the speaker continued, "to wipe the Mason and Dixon line out of our geography; to wipe the color line out of pontics; id give Americans prosperity; tnai the man who creates shall own what he creates; to take the robber classes from the throat of industry; to take possession of the Government of the United States, and to put our nominee in the White House. Great cheering. Secretary Hayes, of the Knights of Labor, got the convention down to busi ness with a motion that Acting Chairman Terrell appoint a committee of fire from each organization to the convention to act as"a Committee on Credentials. Scarcely had Hayes sat down, when Gen eral Weaver, of Iowa, jumped to his feet, saying the motion was untimely. He moved that the convention effect a tempor ary organization immediately. He nomi nated Marion Cannon, of California, for Temporary Chairman. The motion carried with a whoop. Johu P. Steele, of Illinois, and John W. Hayes, of Pennsylvania, were speedily selected as Temporary Secretaries. A disposition to continue the proceedings through a night session was noticeable, and a motion by Washburne, of Massachusetts, to adjourn until 10 A. Ji. met with prompt defeat. A statement by Powderly that the Knights in the convention were figuring on holding a meeting during the evening altered matters somewhat, and after com promising on 9 A. si. as the hour for reas sembling, the convention adjourned till to morrow. MATIEES OF MINOR MEBTIOIf. THETcnmsters' Union, Knights of Labor, held a ball at Pcnn avenue and Sixteenth stieet lust night. James Maufs and Patrick Downey were arrested for fighting at South Twenty-seventh and Carson streets, last nfgtit, nnd locked up in the Twenty-eighth ward station house. AncnEY PEorLis, a teamster employed by Booth & Flinu, had his right Jiaud crushed yesterday by a lot of bricks tailing on it while engaged loadiug his wagon at one of the kilns. W. Malosev, while dilving over the San dusky street railroad crossing, was thrown off his wagon by the train striking it. His head was badly fractured and ho was other wise seriously injured. Fred Uhl, William Nusser.Michael Grubor and Dick Wendcl were arrested and locked upin the Twenty-eighth ward station house lat night for raising a disturbance in Odd Fellows' Hall, on Eighteenth street. William Lix, about 13 vears old, of Homestead, while attempting to jump on a coal car at the Six Mile ferry -last night, fell undera car and had both legs cut off. He was removed to the Sontbslde Hospital. CnniST Kuctk, the waiter who attempted suicide by shooting himself through the head, at his home on Stevenson street, Satur day afternoon, was reported last night by the physicians of the Mercy Hospital on the road oi recovery, but lip will be blind, as the sight In both eyes is gone. Alexander Jones, an old man, fell from the platform of a Penn avenue cable car at Penn and Frankstown avenues yesterday morning and was seriously injured. His head was badlv cut and his back was so badly injured, that be could not walk. He was removed to his home on Euclid avenue in a carriage. HILL'S HOWLERS DO THEIR DUTY Continued From First rage. tariff reform, and to the whole Semoeratlc faith and tradition as affirmed in our na tional platforms from 1876 to 1688, as well as In our State platforms concurrent with the opening of Governor Tilden's brief, nnd the close of Governor Hill's long, thrice ap proved and alike illustrious service in tho Chief Magistracy of the Empire State. New York State Platform, 1874. First Gold and silver tho only legal ten der; no currency inconvertible with coin. Second Steady steps toward specie pay ments: no step backward. Third Honest pavment of the public debt in coin, sacred preservation of the public faith. Fourth Revenue reform: Federal taxation for revenue pnly; no Government partner ship with protected monopolies. Filth Home nile, to limit and localize most jealously the few powers Intrusted to public servants, municipal and federal; no centralization. Sixth Kqual and exact justice to all men; no partial legislation: no partial taxation. Seventh Tho Presidency a public trust, not a private perquisite: no third term. Eizhth Economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened. New York State riatform, 1891. We now, as then, steadfastly adhere to the principles of a sound finance. We are against the coinage of any silver' dollar which is not of the intrinsic value of every other dollar of tho United States. We therefore denounce the new Sherman silver law, under which one-tenth of our gold stock lias been exported, and all our sil ver output is dammed up at home, as a falso pretense but actual hindrance of return to free bi-metallio coinage, and as tending only to produce a change from one kind of mono metallism to another. We therefore unite with the friends of honest money everywhere in stigmatizing the Sherman progressive stiver basis law as no solution of the gold and silver question, and as a fit appendix to the subsidy and bounty swindle: the McKinley worse than war tariff; the ISlalno reciprocity a humbug; the squandered surplus, tho advancing deficit, the defective census and falsified representation, and tho revolutionary pro cedures of tho Billion Dollar Congress all justly condemned by the people's great up rising In November, ISJW-a verdict which, renewed this year (192), will empower Dem ocratic statesmen to guide tho people's councils and to execute the people's wllL The Example of Governor Tllden. The Democrats of New York recall with proud memory the inflexibly sound finance of Governor Tilden, who not only admin istered the State Government with frugality, but who also, with uncqualed ability and unflagging resolution, demandeda thorough reform of tariff taxation, nnd likewise, with a statesman's energy and foresight, assailed the shameless degradation of our greenback currency, and led the Democratic party in pushing on the compulsory Republican ad vance to a current coinage redemption, if not also to that coin payment of the same where to, as well, "tho laith of the United States is solemnly pledged." The Democrats of New York refer with grateful pride to the Inflexibly sound finance ol Governor Hill, who, bv efficient economy throughout his long administrative career, has accomplished the practical extinction of our State debt, has falthfullv urged, with a powerlul and practiced advocacy, tho nation's release fiom the bondage of un equal, unneccssarv and unjust taxation im posed by the tariff of 16S3 and the reoeal of the superadded Impositions of the two Mc Kinley laws; and likewise, with a stateman's energy and true foresfght of tho 70-cent dol lar pushing for bit th in tho body of the Sherman silver law, has taken np the people's cause, assailed the Republican de gradation of the people's silver money, and led the advance of the Democratic party of New York with unfaltering steps to that bolid ground of high justice and equity upon which they stand to-day, absolutely withon discord or division, in this behalf "demand ing," with htm, "that every dollar coined in these United States shall be the equal of every other dollar so coined and demanding therediessof their present shameless in equality." Delegates Instructed for Hill. The Democrats ofXewYoik, with proud hope, yet with perfect deference to their brethren ot other States and cordial estima tion of their renowned leaders ns worthy standard-beaiers of a people's cause, point to the nomination or David B. Hill-to the office of Piesident as u fit expression of the whole Democratic faith and tradition, and of our settled purpose to rescue this per verted Government from the clutch of auto crats and plutocrats, from spendthrift ad ministration, odious taxes and debased money. In obedience to the mandate of the Demo cratic voters of New York, the delegates selected by this convention aie instructed topiesent to the National Democratic Con vention the mime of David B. Hill as the candidate for Piesidentor the United States, aDemocr.it who has ledlils party from vic tory to victory for seven successive years, anu who has never known defe.it. The said delegates are lurther instructed to act as a unit in all matters intrustea to their charge, said action to be determined by a vote of a majority of delegates. Resolved, That we congratulate the people of the State upon the auspicious opening- of Governor Flower's administration, nnd ex tend to him the assurance of our cordial sup port In his earnest effort to give the people a trugal, honest and efficient government or State affairs. The National delegates at large chosen are Roswell P. Flower, Edward Murphy, Jr., General Daniel E. Sickles and General Henry W. Slocum. Alternates Manton Marble, John Bigelow, Sidney Webster and Alfred C Chapin. ANOTHER CONVENTION CALLED. A Bousing Meeting Held by the Anti-Hill Men Their Address Issued Slay 31 They AVill Meet to Elect Delegates or Their Own to Chicago. In the recess interregum of the State Convention at Bleecker Hall the anti-Winter convention men gathered at Union Hall, on Eagle street, only a block from the Ex ecutive Mansion. At 2:30 o'clock Hon. Charles S. Fairchild, as Chairman of the Committee of Fifty, called the meeting to order and submitted a statement in the nature of a report as Chairman of that com mittee. He said: To the Committee of Fifty: I report that, in pursuance of the instructions given to us bv the mass meeting held in Cooper Union, the Ilth ot this month, the members of the State Committee individually and the State committee ns a whole have been requested to dissolve the convention called bv them for this day, and that they havo declined to comply with that request. In that event jou were instructed to take such measures as you might deem well to secure a piopcr ropiesentation of the Democracy ot this State at the Democratic National Conven tion to bo held in the city of Chicago on the 21st of June next. You will now enterupou thewoikor considering and adopting such measures. Your Executive Committee has thought it Eloper to invite friend and members ot tho cmocratic pnrtv from parts of the State ottier thau New York to meet you hore to day and join with you in the great and patriotic v ork that you are about to under take. They are here In sufficient numbers 10 well represent hundicds or thousands of Domocrats in tho State whoso hearts aio with you. Cheers. They will aldyou with their wise counsel, they will inspire you with their high couragoand their iritmdp. termination born of remembered outrages upon the Democrats of your State, wheieby a fair and free representation of their wishes, both as to principles and candi dates has been denied to them. Cheers. An Invocation on the Work. Your work of to-day will, I believe, be such that you will meet again between March or June, with countless thousands of your fellow Democrats, all inspired with high purpose and high hopes for our beloved party, and then, when we meet again, our trouble will be to find a hall so large that it can hold the hosts of Democrats who will come to wish us godspeed. May a blessing rest upon your wotk. May the result be a Democracy of principle owned by no man a party of honor aud truth and freedom. Mr. Fairchild then presented the name of F. D. Locke, of Buffalo, as Chairman, who said in part: There are times in the history of parties, as in the history of States, when men assert Land maintain their rights. Such an occasion nowconironts mo I'einucninc partym the siuiB ui Atin iuu. 1L3 uruuizaiion, WU1CII was created and intended as the means through which the will of the majority could be made umni.cst and given due effect, has been seized b v unscrupulous rep resentatives of a mere taction and used as an Instrument not to subserve, but to frus trate the will of the maJorltv. It arrozantiv defies the law of the land. It arrogantly de ties those rules of procedure which, irom long and. uniform usage, have received the sanction of party law. It represents not the party, but the few who have received or hope to receive political benefits from one ambitious politician. It Is self-perpetuating, for it begets its own kind. It relies upon the patience of the people, upon tho short statutes of limitation for political of fenses, and upon its outcry against any thing in the way of attack as a menace to party success. Iho Address of the Kicker. Hon. Charles J. Canda and Wallace Mac Farlane were chosen secretaries. The roll of those present was then read by Secretary MacFarlane, 3G counties being represented. E. Ellery Anderson was called upon and made a stirring speech, which was frequent ly interrupted by aoplause. Following this an address to the Democrats of the State was read, as follows: T" the Democratic Electors of the State of New YorK: The "present State Committee was ap pointed by the State Convention of IS9L Its controlling membership was secured at that convention by the admission of numerous irregular contesting delegations and by tho exclusion of delegates regularly elected by the majority of the Democratic voters. The Stato Committee has complete control over the machinery by which delegates may ob tain seats in the convention. It exercises absolute jurisdiction In making up tho pre liminary roll which determines themcinDer slilpof tho Committee on Contested Sears. J. no experience or isai lias taugut you mat no matter how complete and emphatio the vote may be in the caucuses or in the As sembly District Convention, if the result is not satisfactory tho delegates chosen by the Democratic electors will be set nside in favor of a delegation having no shadow of right except subserviency to the State Com mittee, i Issues of the Utmost Gravity. The Issues involved in the coming cam paign aie of the utmost gravity. Theso issues are of tariff reform by which is meant a radical revision of the tariff in ac cordance with the principles of the plat forms of 1870 and 1SSS and honest money, by which is meant the preservation at all times of an equality of the intrinsic values of our gold and silver curiencles. All the Democratic electors of this State are en titled to be fail rj-represented in a conven tion called to declare the sentiment of the State on these issues and its preference as to the standard bearer best qualified to se cure their triumphant vindication at the polls. Tne uniform Semoeratlc usage for tho past 20 years, by which the quadrennial con ventions to elect Presidental delegates have been held not earlier than the middle of the month of April, has become so estab lished as to have the force of party law. It Is the duty of pai ty officials to follow the usagesof the party and to call conventions in the accustomed manner. The action of the State Committee In suddenly calling a convention In midwinter in the intciest of a particular candidate denies to the electors tue muest ana lair representation 10 wnicu they are entitled. For the first time in the history of tho party we find the State Commltteo enlisted in the cause of a favored candidate who shrinks trom submitting his case to the test of a fieo and full vote of the Democracy. It has used its powers for the avowed purpose of serving his personal ambition instead.of affording to all the Democratic electors an eqnnl and fair opportunity to express their pieferences both as to the Issues and candi dates. It has become the instrument ot a faction instead or "being the representative of the wholo party. Equal Representation Demanded. The welfare of the pwrty, both in this State and in the nation, demands that all the Democratic electors be equally heard and represented. It is the right of the voters when this privilege is not affoided them to act for themselves. Pursuant, therefore, to the demands of many thousand Democratic voters in tho city of New York, who gave formal expiession to their wishes at a public. meeting held at Cooper Union, the 11th day of February, an d of a similar expression from many thousand Democrats in Kings county, and of similar demands made by Democrats in the counties of Albany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Dutchess, Erie, Genesee, Greene, Herkimer. Livingston, Madison, Monioe, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida, Onondugo, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Queens, Rockland, Schenectady, Schohaiie, West Chester and Wvoming, Kesolved, That the Democratic electors of each Assembly district in this State are herebv requested to choose three delegates and three alternates, at Assembly district convention", which shall be constituted by primaries, held in no case earlier than the 1st day of Muy, and on not leas than five day's public notice or the time and place of holding the same, to form a State conven tion, to be held on the 31st day of May, at Syracuse, for the puipose of choosing 72 delegates and 11 alternates, to repiesent the Democratic party or this Stato at the Na tional Convention, to be held at Chicago on the 21st day of June. Kesolved, That the Chairman of this moot ing appoints a committee of H members, of which the Chairman shall be one, which shall havo power to fill vacancies and add to its own number so us to constitute and be known as a provisional State committee, consisting of one member for each Congres sional district, accoi ding to the present ap portionment oi the State, to take such action as may be needful to carrv the pur poses of these resolutions Into fufl effect. Enthusiasm of the Unterrifi:d. The din of cheers and the breeze of wav ing hats followed the reading of the ad- dress, and was maintained several minutes dying out aud renewing and rising until it died of sheer weariness. George C. Smith, a farmer from Chau tauqua," next addressed the meeting in favor of its purposes and proposed action. He was followed by a strong rugged-faced farmer from Erie county. His name is Frank M. Thome, and his speech was the oratorical feature of the convention. Mr. Xhorne, in the course of his speaking, said: It is a trite provern that "tho blood of the martvr is the seed of the church." It Is equallv true that the warm blood of an out raged Democracy is tho seed of revolution. 1 congratulute you upon the fact that an important and effective step has been taken iin tho l evolution which alms to restore and re-establish tho rights of the Democratic masses. William A. Beach, who spoke at the Cooper Union meeting in "Sew York, next addressed the meeting. He dealt with the early convention and some lcatures of pri maries described as remarkable for the obscurity of the places where they were held and the littleness of numbers attend ing. Mr. Beach designated the State con vention of to-day as "'the 'outworking of a cold and heartless plan tc advance the polit ico' fortunes of one man." Mr. Clarke, of Otsego, a young farmer, bluntly demanded that the name of Cleve land should be placed squarely at the lront of the movement represented by the anti- Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. A. s&s&gm kO ABSOLUTELY PURE ELEGANCE! COMFOKT! LAI'S $2. $3, $4, $5. BY PAIR -WARRANTED SATISFACTORY. "W. 438 and 435 "Wooa St. CWiiolesaie I I a.ni Retail. early convention. Hon. William A. Poucher followed. Th Provisional Committee Named. The Chairman then named the Provisional Committee, which shall be the nucleus ot the new State Committee. It is made up as follows: Edward M. Shepherd and George Peabody, or kings county; Charles S. Fidrclilld, E. Ellery Anderson. William Curtis and Robert Monroe, of New York; M. N. Kane, of Orange county; M. E. Northrup, of Madison; William A. Poacher, of Oswego: Charles Itoe, of Monroe; Fletcher C. Peck, of Livingston county; O. W. Cutler, of Niagara county; Hudson Ainslev, or Cattaraugus; Franklin B. Locke, of Erie county. The convention then adjourned. The Provisional Committee, which will add to its number until a full State Committee" is formed, will meet at 10 A. m. next Satur day, at the office of E. E'lery Anderson, New York City, for the purpose of organi zation. William E. Curtis, of 58 William street, will meantime act as Secrtary of the committee for the purpose .of correspond ence. . . THE TVKATUEK. For Western Fennsylt ania, West Virginia and Ohio: Fair Weather, Variable Windt, Mostly Easterly: Warmer and Fair Wednes day. TE3IPEHATCIIE ASD RAINFALL. 8A.M W Maximum temp 41 Minimum temp .18 Mean temp 4-1.5 Hainre 11 12 M 44 2 p. st :. 5P.JI 48 8 P. JI 43 Prcc 0 RIVER NEWS AND NOTES. ioniSTllIe Items The stage of Water and the Movements of Boats. rPlTIAI,TELEGBAVS TO THE PISPATCTT.1 Louisville, Feb. 22. Business dull. Weather cloudy and threatening rain. The river Is falling, with 8 feet 10 Inches on the falls, 11 feet 2 inches In the canal and 17 feet 2 inches below. The Grace Morris left for Salt river. Captain .Tohn Moore arrived from Plttsbnrg this morning. The Beaver and Diamond arrived to-day from be low with tows of empties. The New Sonth passed nown for Memphis yeitenlay. The W. W. O'Neill arrived from below with emptv barges. The Beaver will depart for New Orleans to-night with a tow of coal. The John K. Speed passed un for Clnrin ntl. Departures Big amly, for Cincinnati: Tell City, for Evansvllle, and Sherley, for CarroUtou. What Upper Ganges Show. ALLEGnEj.-T Junction Biver 14 feet 1 Inch and falling. Clear and pleasant. No ice. MonoANTOWN Kiver 5 reet 6 Inches and filling. Clear. Thermometer 62 at 4 P. M. BROWNSVILLE-Hlver 5 'feet 6 inches and fall ing. Clear. Thermometer 52 at 4 P. M. tWAKHEX River 3.4 fiet. Cloudy and inlld. The New From Below. WIIEEWNG River 18 feet 6 Inches and falling. Ice enffrcly gone. Departed Ben Hnr. Parkers-, Durg: Aimes. riitsDurg. iv arm anu cionuy. Cincinnati River ai ftet 5 inches. Departed Scotia. I'ltteburg. Clearandwarm. Parkersdurg Ohio 19 feet and rising raptdlv; Little Kanawha rising, Congo down, Hudson up. Courier up for Wheeling. Mild. New Orleans Cloudv and cool. Departed State of Missouri, Cincinnati. MEMPIIIS-Departed Cityof St. Louis. Tor New Orleans: Cherokee, for St. i.ouis; Kate Adams, for Arkansas City. Rlrer2tfret5 inches and falling. Clear and cool. Odds and Ends From tho TTharf. TnE Lizzie Bay came In yesterday from Charles ton with a full cargo. THE river showed 11 feet and 11 inches yesterday and was falling slowly. Tom Dodds WORTH and Little Hornet No. 2 both took coal to Louisville ; esterdav. TnE Keystone State came In from Cincinnati ves terday morning and returned again la the after noon. THE FIEE EEC0ED. At Newark, O., Oliver Conner's residence. Loss $1,500, insurance $300. Origin a defect ive flue. At Parsons, near Wllkesbarre, Nicholas Scoville's millinery store. Loss several thousand dollars, partly insured. Origin unknown. At Cape Town, South Africa, a large block of buildtng, which 'included some of the Government ofllces.and the Masonic Temple theater. Mrs. .Tames Brown Potter, the Amorican actress was a heavy loseg. All the archives In the Office of Native Affairs weie consumed. At Brooklyn the building No. 345 Fulton street was damaged to the extent of $5,C00. All the tenants escaped but Mrs. John Good man, who- became panic-stricken, and. wrapping her child In the bedclothing,thre w it out of the window. The little one was caught by a fireman, but is fatally hurt. At McKeesport, a large double frame dwelling occupied by Mrs. Kate Hester caught fire last night at 10 o'clock, and would have been destroyed but for the hard work of tho firemen. Tho fire was caused bv a lamp exploding. The building was saved with about $1,500 damage by water, and smoke. At Decatur, 111., the Library block, occu pied by the public library. Brown's Business College, a Knights of Pythias lodge, several manufacturing concerns and private offices. Total loss. $100,000. The loss on the build ing was -$50,000: insurance, $17,000. Among the heavier losers were. Smith, Hubbard & Co., manufnetnring chemists, loss, $16,000, In surance, $13 0G0; Public Library, $10,000; in surance, $7,000; half of the books were saved. Ocean Steamship Arrival". Steamer. Where From. Destination, Adriatic New York, ITmbria NewYork Egyptian Monarch,. Loudon... T,n flretagne Havre Werra Ueno.i Schiedam Amserdam, ..Liverpool ..Liverpool .New York .New York . New York .New York Holland Liverpool aw ork Tauric, .Liverpool New York Stocks of Wheat Decreasing. Minneapolis, Feb. 22. The Northcestern Ji'fer. reports the stock of wheat in private elevators of Minneapolis at 1,475,000 bush els, a decrease of C2.000 since last Monday. Bargain Sale Boys' Mar Waists. Cheviot in stripes and plaids fl, formerly 51 50; also Madras and Oxford 51 25, form erly ?2, ages 4 to 13. These are wonderfully cheap. A. G. Campbell & Sons,25 and 27 Fifth ay. DURABILITY! SATISFACTION J O0-O8-1O VIa.rltet St. A ie2&M-TTS in g- .. '2A w9&ff JfciiM 3er NE SHOES, DOES THIS MEAN YOU? Better Read It At Any Rate. Many a man who formerly possessed a powerful physique and strong, steady nerves, wonders at his feeling of weakness, dullness, exhaustion. There is an extremely nervous condition, a dull, cloudy sensation, disagreeable .feeling's in head ana eyes, bad taste in mouth mornings, the vision becomes dim, memory is impaired, and there is fre quent dizziness, despondency and depres sion or mind. The nerves become so weak ened tnat the least shock wilt flush the face orbrlngon a trembling with palpitation. Luckily, there Is the great and wonderful restorative, ir. Greene' Nervura, which will give back to the weakened and ex hausted system the strength it lias lost. Im parts vigor to brain au'l nerves, vitalizes and invigorates-the physical powers, dispels despondency and restores again that grand degree of lusty strength and power which in ignorance or folly we have exhausted. Druggists sell it, $1. Purely vegetable and harmless. Try if and you mill never regret it. "1 deem it my dnty to the public to state the wonderful effects of Dr. Greene' Nerv ura in my case. 3Iy improvement has been most gratifying, and language cannot de scribe the change in my feelings and pros pects. Where all teas gloom and despondency, there is now light and hope. I gained 13 pounds, and am still gaining. Not alone myself, but I know many others who can testify to the merits of Dr. Greene's Nervura. CHARLES IT. HODGDON". 35 Dana st, Soinervllle, Mass." yDr. .Gieeno, the successful specialist, in curing till forms ot nervons and chronic diseases, 33 W. 14th Street, New York, can bo consulted free, personally or by letter. Call or write to him about your case or send for symptom blank to fill out, and a letter fully explaining your disease, giving advice, etc., will bo returned free. tu $$$22 Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs ia taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs ia the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most neaitny and agreeawe substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and SI bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any Eubstitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN. FRANCISCO, CAU UWSV1UE. Kt. HEW rOJUC. AC ARE WE Right or IVrong A Shoe Dressing must restore the bril liancy of a worn shoe, and at the same time pruerv: the softness of the leather. LADIES will the Dressing you are using do, both? Try it! ' Tour a dessert spoonful of your Dressing into a saucer or butter plate, set it aside'for a few days, and it will dry to a substance as hard and brittle as crushed glass. Can such a Dressing be good for leather? Wolff's will stand this test and dry as a thin, oily film which is as flexible as rubber. 25 Dollars north of New Furniture for 25 nts. HOW? By painting 25 square feet of Old Furniture with IK-1 TRY IT". WOLFF 0. RANDOLPH, 027 Korth rroat Stress. HnLADCLraiA. T Pure Old-Fashioned Well-Aged WHISKY For Medicinal or Family Use buy FLEMING'S OLD EXPORT. IT IS GOOD. Full Quarts $1 Each or Six for $5. Mail orders receive prorant and personal attention. Old Export can he obtained only of Jos. Fleming & Son, Druggists, 413 Market t,. Cor. Diamond, Pittsburg, Pa. feJl-rrssu CANCER1 ant TUMORS cared. IT knife. Soul Tor tenttmo. lalj. G.H.MeMlcnML il.n.. XUfari r. Buffalo, x. y. ACME ElaoSing SiiOlM JggJJ Jr a rAtm Jm Cam td. suu-7i-TXMu'Vk SEW ADVEBTISBMSirrs. B. &B. I BLANKET IE THIS WEEK, ' GOHIG THIS MORNING. All of the manufacturer stock of the celebrated "Cold Wave Blankets." Nearly (8oo) eight hundred pairs bought last week, and are now on sale at Blanket Department at prices that will bring buyers of good Pure Wool Blankets to this store this week by scores, if not by hundreds, from Pitts burg, Allegheny and surround ing towns. When you can buy good Pure Wool COUNTRY BLAMETS Big, full sizes, at the prices we offer these you'll buy them though it is late ia the season. They'll keep till you want them next winter if not needed now. ' COLD WAVE 1 1-4, or 72 inches wide and 84 inches long at $4 00, and $4 50 a pair. 12-4, or 76 inches wide and 90 inches long, $5 00 " a pair. Will you come and see about these blankets ? $4 oo, $4 50, $5 00 a Pair. BOGGS & BUHL, ALLEGHENY, PA. reK-33 DESKS. OFFICE OUTFITTEKS; Office Specialty Co, ICiThlrdav. J. O. FLOWER, IDembal Office, Ja7-55-TTS TAILORING. Correct Winter Suitings and Overcoatings II. A a t AHLEKS, Merchant Tailors. 2USmltbfleld st nO'-S-M-TTSS OIL WEIX SUPPLIES. J.W. M'FARLAND, 95TOUKTHAV. - - - PITTSBURG, PA, BROKER IN OIL PROPERTIES. j7-5i-rr HAYS & IREES, Contractors We ma Ire a specialty of building 8ATURAL m LINES AND WATER MAINS. Room 410 Hamilton Building1, PITTSBURG, PA. CoirMpondence solicited. Telephone, 51. nrv23-M-Trs on, ML SUPPLY CO., 91 and 92 Water Street, PITTSBURG, PA. aoMSi After 19 Years of Trial, IE L .A. I IT B, THE FW SAFEGUARD OIL, Is conceded to he the Best and Safest Oil Known. ELAINE NEVER VARIES IX QUALITY. Cannot be Exploded. It is tho very highest grade of refined petroleum, from which, in the process or manufacture, every Impurity has been elim inated. Elafne is free from benzine and parafflne; It will never chill in the coldest temperature known on this continent. In color, Elaine is spring-water white, and its "Arc test" is so high us to make it as abso lutely safo as any illnminant known. Having no disagreeable odor, Elaine is a pleasant oil for family use. Can be Burned in Any Petroleum Lamp. A POSITIVE PROTECTIOX FR03I LAMP EXPLOSIONS. MAKES THE SAFEST AXD BEST LIGHT KXOWX. ELAINE ! The Family Safeguard OIL 100 Million Gallons ELAIXE Sold In 13 Tear From 1S73 to 18!i. Elaine cannot be improved upon. WARDEN & OXNARB, MANUFACTURERS. Iel7-D' ' ' ' PITTSBURG.jPA1- Je2tm """"" ' JT &? r TTVrlfc. SiaiMJiisiA: 'M&mlS't: 'tf f .H JfcjjilL MKJMfKlBtiJafmiiMlttkKiBimm tMmmamMJkSSHSimMmKiM i ' . ' .i -
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