PR fi f-i ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE? Then read the Special Advertise merits in THE DISPATCH T Let Columns to-day. They are most satisfactory. SPECIAL TO LET LISTS Are printed to-day ia TILE DIS. PATCH. If yon are going to hioto yon slionld read them carefally. They will guide home-hunters. ptpmra FORTY-SEVENTH TEAR. PITTSBURG. MONDAY. 1IAROH 14. 1892. THREE CENTS m. PABKHURST ii ike slums. The Bold Preacher Goes After Evidence to Sus tain His Charges AGAINST RING RULE. He Comes Back From the Dives With Hot Shot for Tammany. HIS ACCUSATIONS HE REPEATS. The Municipal Government of New York Ripped Right in Two.., February's Grand Jury Not Spared by the Divine "Whom It Didn't Spare An Excoriation From the Pulpit That Was Listened to by the Largest Congrega tion Ever Assembled in the Church A Force of Detectives Sent Out to See How Many Saloons Are Open on Sun day A Big List of Excise Law Break ers Reported The Authorities Con fronted With tho Evidence Hdw Gambling Is Stopped When Crusades Are Being Waged. 5ew Yokk, JIareh 13. In the Madison Square Presbyterian Church, to-day, Bev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst carried out his announced intention, and delivered a sec ond attack upon the city government, ex ceeding his first effort, both in volume of epithet and in vivid particularizing of vice and crime. Half an hour before the be ginning of the service, a crowd of persons, eager for sensational preaching, was gath ered about, ready to press in and occupy the seats. At 11 o'clock the church was filled, and crowds were standing in the lower ends of the aisles and all around the galleries. Such a crowd had never before gathered in that church. The text was th? 8th verse of the 12th chapter of the Psalms: "The wicked walk on e ery side when the vilest men are exalted." "What Dr Parkhurst Had to Say. "It will be well for us," said the preacher, "to come to a toll and frank understanding with each other, at the ery threshold of our discussion this morning, as to the true scope of the campaign in which we are en gaged, and in which, unless all signs are misleading, the hearts of increasing num bers are day by day becoming enlisted. "What was spoken from this pulpit four weeks ago was spoken with a distinct intent from which we have not in the meantime swerved, and from which we do not in com ing time propose to swerve, whatever in the way of obstrnction, vituperation, or intimidation may be officially orunofEcially launched against us; for the one exclusive aim of the movement is to probe, to charae terire, and to lay bare the iniquity that municipally antagonizes and neutralizes the efforts which a Christian pulpit puts forth to make righteousness the law of human life individually, socially and civilly. So that I apprehend my fnnciion as a preacher of righteousness as giving me no option in the matter. Bound to Co His Duty. "It is not left for me to say whether I ehall do it or will not do It, but to go straightway about my business, without fear or favor. "It is important to recognize just here the purely moral intention of the crusade as security against its becoming complicated with considerations that stand aloof from the main point A great many civic efforts have been made, here and elsewhere, that have resulted in nothing, for the single and sufficient reason that they have been side tracked, switched off onto some collateral issue, mortgaged to some competitive in terest. "Suggestions, insinuations and criticisms that have reached me from various sources, some through the press, some through per sonal correspondence, make it incumbent upon me to declare that what has been said, and what will continue to be said, proceeded in not the slightest degree from sympathy with or any interest in any specific policy, whether political, reformatory or religious, looking to the reconstruction of our muni cipal life. Xothtng Political About It. "I do not speak as a Republican or a Democrat, as Protestant or a Catholic, as an advocate of prohibition or as an advocate of license. I am moved, so help me Almighty God, by the respect which 1 havo for tlio 1 en Commandments and by my anxiety, as a preacher of Jesus Christ, to have the law of God pregnant in individual and social lire: so that I antagon ize onr existing municipal administration, because 1 believe that, with all the individ ual exceptions rrankly conceded four weeks ago, that administration to bo essentially corrupt, interiorly rotten, and in all its com bined tendency and effect to stand in dia metric resistance to all that Christ and a loyally Christian pulpit represent in tho w orld. "Xow, tnero Is another side-tracking de vice that has been operated industriously, I uuu. nitu, ua i sccuis wiiue, nas nau lor us object to confuse the general mind, and so to break the force of the indictment made here four weeks ago. 1 refer, of course, to the presentment made by tho February grand jury. In that presentment the sub etance of the censure passed upon tho offending clergyman was that he uttered charges against an official founded upon newspaper reports. Merely a Hypothetical Charge. "I said at the time that it was founded tipon newspaper report. So far as related to ' the McGlory matter it was a hypothetical accusation, and was exhibited as a hypothe tical accusation. Why was it that an accus ation that lor six weets had been lying un regarded and untouched in the public prints was at once made the subject of judicial in vestigation and carried to the point of pre sentment, when reproduced in the pulpit? -You will remember that the substance of the charge that four weeks ago was brought against a certain official was that he be trayed a languid interest in tho conviction of violators of law and allowed other con s derations to intervene between himself and his official obligations. Sow, that last is exactly what he has done in my own per ron since then. I went to him with business hat pertained to bis own department, and e peremptorily rernscd to hold official com-1 munication with me. Ills feelings toward me personally prevented his fulfilling the obligations due from him officially. Xow there is no newspaper rumor about that. I speak that I do know , and testily that which I havo seen, and tw o itnesscs are ready to bear testimony to the fact. I am a citizen and a taxpayer, and I am refused audience with an officer whose salary I as a taxpayer am helping to pay, and whose services as an attorney lam entitled to avail of. I, as a citizen, conldget nothing from an officer of the Government, because, forsooth, I was not "solid' with him. Mast Ue Solid With Tammany. "Xow, that Is the genius of the entire Tam many business. You cannot get anything from Tammany unles you are solid with Tammany. The fact is that Tammany, taken as a wnole, is not so much a political party as It is a commercial corporation, or ganized in the interest ot making the most possible out of its official opportunities, so that what the rest of us got from Tammany wo havo to get by fighting for it or by pay ing for it. And not only does tho organiza tion Just referred to stand as the organiza tion of crime, bnt it embodies the tyranny of crime. Tnere are citizens in this town abominating the whole system that do not dare to stand up and he counted. "Time and time again during the past week as I nave, between the hours of 12 and 3 in the morning, sat in the company of women of a class almost too disreputable to be even named in this presence, I have heard the same thing said, that 'there is not much doing just now,' for the reason that everybody is scared. Some things have come, and they have a shrewd presentiment that more of the same sort is on the way. Tho scattering feathers and the plaintive peeping indicate that the shots are striking into tbe quick. A Trying Sii rf Affairs. "It i9 a pretty trying state of affairs for such as are trying to improve the moral con dition of our young men in paiticnlar to have officials high in power against whom the most damning andexcoriatingthing that can be done is to publish their history. Awhile ago the treasurer of a certain bans? down town, who was not even suspected of being dishonest, but whose name, through no fault of his own, had become associated with a disreputable firm, was thrown out of his position. The reason stated by tbe directors was that, wnile they cordially and unanimously recognized the integilty of the treasurer, they could not afford to so im peril the inteiests of the bank as to havo as sociated with them a man that nas tainted even to the slight decree of being mentioned In connection with dishonest dealing. Now, that's the way you run a bank. That style of condition you impose upon candidature for positions of financial trust. But when you come to run a city with a million and a half people, with interests that are a zreat deal more pecuniary, and a city, too, that Is put ting mo stamp oi itscunracter,oi its lniamy, upon every other suvller city tho country tuiougn, tnen you Rave not always surunic from putting into positions of trust men that are ex-dive keepers and crooks, and ex-convicts, and me-i whose detailed writton his tory would draw tremblingly near to the veige of obscene literature. Details on Hand When Demanded. "The charge has been brought that the kind of discourse that was given here four weeks ago was entirely general, and was not characterized by that definiteness nor by that sharpness of detail that would commend itto the interest or the confidence of a judic ial mind. Xow, details, I confess, were the last thing I supposed that the virtuous people of this city would need, or that the administration oi the city would want. It was with some surprise, therefore, that I understood that it was officially stated in the Stevenson 'slide' case, that whilo ministers like myself were willing enough to sit in their own house and vituperate the city gov ernment, it was impossible to get them to procure evidence that would help to convict suspects of the la w. "As I say.thls was something ofa surprise, for while I knew that the city government had allowed the ladies to teach them how to sweep the streets, I did not imagine It would bo considered a part of my minister ial duty to go into slums and help-catch the rascals, and especially as the po lice are paid nearly $5,000,000 a year for doing it themselves. But it is H never too late to broaden your diocese. I therefore selected seven names of parties that I imagined might occasionally forget themselves and be guilty of violation of the excise laws, put evidence-takers on their tract, and having secured evidence such as my counsel deemed sufficient, met tbe Dis trict Attorney in the interview above de scribed. One Way to Defeat Justice. "Opportunity of official intercourse being denied ms (I omitted Just now to mention the fact that the seven names selected were of parties w av up in the confidences of Tam many councils), my lawyer pat the names of the parties before the District Attorney, which he politely returned, and said that we could take them before the grand Jury, and that he would secure us the opportunity. I was admitted to tbe grand jury, but upon stating my errand, was courte ously informed that attending to such mat ters was not exactly in their tine, and was invited to move on and first try my luck with the Police Court. Application was, therefore, made to the Police Court, and warrants were obtained. That was the first gleam ot hope that broke upon us, and, down to date, it is tbe last gleam. The case was put over to .hist week Monday. On Mon day we all gathered, only to have the Jndgo tell us that wc could come again this week Tuesday. "I said four weeks ago that onr municipal administration showed a languid interest in the conviction of criminals. I was taunted with dealing in generalities. Xow, here Is a specification seven of them. Go, put them along with the grand jury's present ment. "Well, the work of gathering evidence, thus besun, grew upon mo in Interest and xascination. .Last Sunday, therefore, while we were quietly studying and praying over the matter of foreign missions, I had a force of five detectives out studying up city mis sions and trying to discover whether the Police Department shows any practical re spect to its obligation to eufoice excise laws on tne &aooatn. Saloons That Are Open on Sandjy. "I have here the results of that day's work, sworn to, corroborated, ana subject to the callof tbeDistrict Attorney. There are heie the lists of parties that last Sunday violated tho ordinance of Sunday closing. One of these covers the East Side and the other tbe West side of the town. "Only a little In the way of recapitulation for illustration's sake: Second precinct, 7 saloons open. 55 people present; Fourth precinct, 10 saloons open, 45 people present; Fourteenth precinct. 15 saloons open, 169 people present; Xineteenth precinct (that is our), 18 saloons open. 205 people present. In all (1 do not mean all tbe saloons that were open.but all the open ones that our detectives happened to strike), 254 saloons, 2,433 people present. They don't want 'generalities,' they vi ant particularities. Well, there are 254 of them. X6t pulpit grandiloquence, not ministerial, but hard, cold affidavits. If the concerned guardians of the public peace and the anxious conservators of municipal laws want facts, I will guarantee to glind them out a fresh grist every blessed week. Xow let them take vigorous hold of the material furnished above or quit their hypocritical clamoring after specific charges. It seems to me that there would be a pecmiar propriety in studvinB- a little war into the general trend of things in the Mnetoenth precinct, as that is the one in which our own church is situated. fluctuations In Gambling Circles. A zamblcr who is a dealer in one of the faro banks here told ono of our party that the small games were running pretty quiet now, becauso Dr. Parkhurst's society (the Society for the invention af Crime) had so frightened the police that they had made the gamblers close up for a time, till the thing should blow over. I only mention that that you may get at the true inwardness of the situation. The police can stop the gambling just tbe instant that they con clude that it is unsafe not to. Tbey will go Just as far as the exigencies of the case push them, and, to all appearances, not a step farther. "I must report to yon what was discovered In a region of iniquity that in this presence will have to be dealt with as much caution and delicacy as tbe nature of tbe subject will allow. I havo here a list of 30 houses, names and addresses all specified, that are simply disorderly bouses all of tbem in this precinct. These 30 places were all of tbem visited by my friends or my detective on the 10th, and also on the 11th of March, and solicitations re ceived on both dates. One of these places I spent an hour In mvself. and I know Mr. f eotly well what it all means, and with what entire facility such houses can begotten into. That, honse is only three blocks from this spot where I am standing now. All of this is subject to tbe call of the District At torney. "I never knew till within two weeks how almost impossible it is for a young man to be in the midst of tbe swim of Xew York City life under present conditions and still be temperato and clean. I bad supposed that, of course, bestial vices were ienced off from youthful contact with some show, at least, of police restriction. So far as I have been able to read the symptoms of the caso I don't discover the restrictions. Time Practically Thrown Away. "There is little advantage in preaching the gospel to a young man onSunday,if he is going to be sitting on the edge of a Tammany maintained hades the rest of the week. Don't tell me I don't know what I am talk ing about. Many a long, dismal, heart-sickening night, in company with two trusty friends, have I spent since I spoke on the matter before, golug down into dis gusting depths of this Tammany-debauched town; and it is rotten with a rottenness that is unspeakable and inde scribable, and a rottenness that would be absolutely impossible except by tbe con nivance, not to say the purchased sympathy, of the men whose one obligation before God. men and their own conscience, is to shield virtue and make vice difficult. Xow, that 1 sianu Dy, Because, oeiore Aimignty uou, a know it; and I will stand Dy ft though bulled beneath presentiments us thick as autumn leaves in Tallambrosa, or snow- lmKcs in a aiarcn mizzara. "I am not ignorant of the colossal spasms of indignation into whloh the trustees of Tammany ethics have been thrown by the blunt and Inelegant characterizations of a month ago, and I have a clear as well as a serene anticipation of what I have to expect from the same sources for having deliberately sought out and entered into the very presence of Iniquity in its vilest shape, tor there is nothing in the first obapter or Romans, read this morn ing, that will outdo in fllthiness tbe scenes which my eyes have Just witnessed, and not till I look on the great white throne can the foul traces of it he fully effaced. Stumbled Over a Policeman. "But the grim and desolate part of it all is that these things are all open and perfectly easily accessible. I spent an hour in such a place yesterday morning.aud when we came down the steps I almost tumbled over a po liceman who appeared to be doing picket uuiy on tne curostone. "Ihe obligations of onr police department to enforce the law are distinct, and their failure to do it just as distinct. I am not making the definite charge that this pro ceeds Irom complicity with violators of the laws, but I do make the distinct charge that it proceeds either irom com plicity or incompetency. They can take their choice. I do not believe, though, any considerable number of people in Xew York consider them incompetent. Their ability I am willing to applaud indefinitely, knowing all the time, though, that the more I applaud them for their ability tbe mote I damn them for their delinquency. "In a closing word, voicing the righteous indignation of tbe pure and honest citizen ship of this tyrannized municipality, let me say to Tammanyi 'For four weeks you have been wincing nnder tbe sting of a general indictment, and have been calling for parti culars. Xow, what are yon going to do with tbem!" CURIOSITY IN COURT. SOCIETY TVOMES FLOCKING TO HEAR A MURDER TRIAL. Thev Make a Rcsh to roke Their ringers Into the Ballet Holes ofa Cloak Angry as They Can Be When Ordered From the Court Room. Washington, March IS. The liveliest interest is being manifested in the murder trial of Howard Schneider, now in progress in the Criminal Court The accused is the son ofa wealthy "Washington family, and the crime was of the most sensational char acter. Schneider had quarreled with his young wife and seeing her on the street with her brother, -retnrning.f.rom church,, one Sunday evening, killed both' of them. Every day since the trial commenced the court room has been crowded, the majority of the spectators being ladies belonging to some of the best families in this city. It is snch an unusual slzht to see Washington society ladies mingling with tho crowd of hangers-on aronnd the Criminal Court room as to create more than ordinary commotion. Yesterday there ero several hundred ladies In the court room, and a large number of them outside unable to gain admission. An amusing Incident occurred jnst after ono of the witnesses bad finished testifying as to the coat worn by the young wife when she received the fatal wounds A wire dress form was used to display the coat, so the witness could explain certain details. .The moment tne court crier nau declared a reces a number of the ladles present crowded about this form, on which Mrs. Schneider's coat had been hung, and examined the var ment with the greatest curiosity imaginaule. Not satisfied with a look at tne coat, several of them attempted to poke their fingers into the holes made by the three bullets. In fact, so persistent did they become in this exami nation of the coat that it was necessary to remove the same from their reach. During the recess every one was ordered from the room, when a perfect storm of feminine disapproval met the court offi cers, it being the evident purpose of tbe fair sex to keep their seats. They were put out, however, and when the doors were re opened after recess there ensued a grand rush for desirable seats. HILL'S SPEECHES HEABLY LOST. Left in a Satchel at His Hotel, but Mc Oloskay Saved the Day. WASHnroTox.March 18. Special. Senator Hill's party was to-day aboard the train, which was jnst about to pull ont of the depot, when it was discovered that tbe Senator's handbag, containing speeches and important papers, bad been left behind at the hotel. Consternation and disgust were depicted on the Senator's face as he called Mr. McEwen "sternly- to account. 51c Ewen said he thought Private Secretary Birmingham had looked after tbe baggage. "Telephone at once to the Arlington for the bag," commanded Secretary Hill, "and if it falls to get here, yon stay behind and follow with the bag on a special engine, and never mind what it costs." Meantime,. the trainmaster had agreed to hold the train until 11.30 Anxious friends went out in front of the depot to help the messenger as soon as it should nnlve. The gong sounded for the tram to pull out, and the Senator and his friends stood on tbe rear platfoi m, when n shout was heard at the entrance gate. "Hold on a minute," shouted Felix McCloslcev, as he sprinted across the traeVs. regardless of danger, bearing the coveted handbag and not stopping until he had placed it in the hands of Senator Hill. 'Congratulations were in order as tbe train moved out of the station, McEwen was a happier man and Me Closkey was the hero. TUBNEBS WILL EXHIBIT. They Take Steps to Show the German Flan or Physical Culture at the Fair. Chicago, March 13. Recently, the Chicago district Turnor societies took the initiative in Inducing the National Executive Board of Organization to take an official part in tho World's Fair with a view of exhibiting the German method or physical culture. A Board of Control of 15 was tho result. It is understood that it will appropriate $50,000 toward the erection of a building on the Fair grounds. To-day the commission met to effect a per manent organization. The report of the Com mittee on Site was adopted. The report of the Committee on Permanent Organization Iirovides that the North American Turner tun d dolegate its powers to a local directory of seven. A Crank's Demand for 8100,000. Freeport, lLi.,Marcb 13. Manager Charles D.Knowlton.of thoKnowlton Manufactur ing Company, while alone In his office yes terday, was approached by a crank, who demanded $100,000 in cash. He promised the amount, sent the stranger to another part ot the bulldine for the money, and while he was gone Mr. Knowlton gave tbe alarm, but the lellow escaped and could not be lound. An Iron Palace for the Fair. Dnxtrrt, March 13. In connection with the iron developments oomes tuo plan foran iron palaoe as a feature of the Minnesota building at tbe Columbian Exposition, Com missioner Moore returned, from St. Paul, where he met the State Committee of tbe World's Fair. It is his idea that the iron rjalaee be trimmed wifh the different varieties of building atone found S& the ovate. , MAKING PRESIDENTS' A Favorite Occupation Among the Senators Every Day, Jnst at Present. CANDIDATES UP AND DOWN. Elpyated'to an Election One Day and Defeated the Next. HARRISON'S SPEECHES IN A BOOK. An Excellent Campaign-Document Brought Out Just in Time. HILL STARTS ON HIS SOUTHERN TEIP fSrXCIAI, TELEGRAM TO TBB DISrATCH.l Washington, March 13. Beast orial cloak room convention!, for tbe discussion of Presidents! candidates, are daily occur rences at the Capitol j'mt now. Daring' the morning hour for the consideration of routine business almost every Senator may be found in his seat prepared to introduce petitions, committee reports, bills or reso lutions. This formality being over, a ma jority of the Senators leave the Chamber, some going to their respective committee rooms to work, while others go into the cloak rooms to talk over the political situa tion. The Democrats keep to themselves and the Republicans do likewise during these consultations, where purely informal, oc casionally some interesting and novel propositions in respect to candidates are brought forward, Donbt on the Demoorutlo Side. On the Democratic aids there appears to be considerable doubt as to who can prove a winner, for tbat seems to be the desire of all the Southern Senators, regardless of the personal ambitions or popularity of the candidate. A Senator who has participated in many of the consultations ssva It is astonishing to note how easily candidates are nominated in the cloak room to-day and then defeated by the same men to-morrow. Almost every day a new aspirant for Presidents! honors is tossed into the Senatorial arena for the amusement of the dignified gladiators. They take him up, discuss him in every detail and then elect him on the spot. Next day the discovery is made that the success ful candidate of yesterday has a flaw or two in his political record, so his ele.otion is an nulled and a new Kichmond is brought into the field. Candidates TV'ao Havo Been Boomed. The following Is a list of soma of the candidates vrhp havo passed through this Senatorial oi doal : Cleveland, Hill, Gorman, Palmer. Carlisle, Gray, of Delaware; Mc pherson, Vilas, Boles, of Iowa; Gray, of In diana; Campbell, of Ohio; Pattlson, of Penn sylvania: Mussel!, of Massachusetts; Hoi man, of Indiana; Flower, of Xew York; Don Dickinson, of Michigan; Watterson, of Ken tucky; Stevenson, of Illinois, and others. On the Republican side of the Chamber tbe same condition of affairs exists. Harrison, Blaine. Cullom, Allison, Aleer, Clarkson, John Sherman, Manderson, Reed, Stanford, Uncle Jerry Rusk. Morton and Secietary Tracy, are some of the victims of the Sena torial slatemnkers. In spite of the uncertainty and doubt pre vailing in the minds of Senators on the ques tion, tuey uerive some satisraction and en joyment from this costless method of speculation. It helps to pass the time away, and it is equally as profitable as listening to some of the speeches made in the open Senate. HILL S0UTHWABD BOUND. He Eschews Private Cars and Travels Eike an Ordinary Democrat; Washtxotox, March IS. Senator Hill left Washington on his Southern tour at 11 o'clock to-night over the Baltimore and Ohio and the Norfolk and AVestern Railroads, and will be absent from Washington about a week. Senator Hill announces that he will proceed direct to Jackson, Miss., without any intermediate stops. If he makes any brief speeches en routo it will be contrary to his announced programme. The party .will reach Jackson Tuesday, the 15th, when Senator HilUin response to an invitation of some weeks ago, will address the Legislature of Mississippi in Joint ses sion. From there tho party will proceed to Savannah, with possibly very brief stops ac Birmingham and one or two other inter mediate points. From Savannah the party returns direct to Washington. Senator Hill does not make his Southern trip In a private car, as he prefers to travel, as be expresses it, "like any other ordinary Democrat," and tenders of private cars by the railroad com panies have ail been courteously declined. A BOOK OF HABBISONISKS Ont Just In Time for Use in the Coming Campaign. WASHi2aTOx, March 13. Considerable com ment and conjecture in political circles has been caused by tbe issue atr this time of a volume of President Harrison's speeches and papers, including his extemporaneous addresses made during the Presldental cam paign and on his several tours since his election. The President's friends have based great claims for statesmanship and superior mental scope and resources on these speeohes and certain State papers, and this book con taining them is regarded by anti-Harrison Republicans as a shrewd move to )arade his superiority for an evident purpose. They point to the fact as significant tbat it has been contrlvt d to insert the names of all the distinguished people, not overlooking Demo crats, who participated on the occasions when the speeches were delivered. The compiler, however, says he had tho book in view ever since the last campaign closed, and that its appearance at this, time is without suggestion from others and has no political object. DE. KILLEB EXPLAINS How It Was Ho Leaked About His Letter From. Cleveland. Omaha, Xeb., March 13. Dr. George Miller to-dny returned from Chicago and expressed much surprise that newspaper reports of his reference to ex-Presldont Cleveland's al leged criticisms on Congress had attracted attention. Mr. Miller famishes the follow ing statemont: f Omaha, Neb., March 11. Mv attention his been called to a quotation of President Cleveland's which has been going the rounds of the press. It does Mr. Cleveland and myself inlustlce. 1 was BDesklns to the Democratic , Stale Committee ajralnst free coinage, and to reln- iwce my views i impuisivciy useu me name 01 jnr. Cleveland. I did. undoubtedly, convey to the committee a stronger Impression tbati I Intended to do In the words 1 used. The fault was mine. I spoke with earnestness and freedom on the assurance that tbe discussion was purely private. M remarks were overheard by a reporter in n adjoining hall, and went to th press and the coun try without any knowledge of mine. As a betrayal or confidence, there was none. IT confidence was not enjoined In the letter which was never marked personal. In my discretion I decided when I re ceived it not to publish it. The letter was written to me personally. In answer to an Invitation to the Boyd banquet, explaining the delay at Mr. Cleve land's reply because of hU visit to the South. GZOBGS P. MILLKB. GE0E0IA HOT FOE DAVE, Hill's Success In the Selection of Delegates No Test of His Strength. Macos, Ga March 13. David B. Hill is not the man to lead the Democratic hosts to victory next Xovember. That is the opsn lon of some of the best Democrats in Macon, and they go farther than that hy declaring I and thev ffo further tban tbat bv aeolanna? I mmmI utrfnn.. lint b. 4 nw MnMiw' mawm.. I ne an Slfm.ii vtnar tn vtv a. otimIaI flsrMlt I 1 that to nominate mm -irouiaonng certain iisg. - I fcanauet to Mr. Held, the retiring United! earionsoondition. " 1 -- - -- . - . . . - : .--i r-""v r'ri-Tr? ".r"Fwj.wwi:,i : . .. -- -- -. -.-.-- --. . uv-. m. wuu iuu zaotnoff ist bbsi us a tire i defeat at the hands of the Republicans. Among them is Judge a C Kibbee, who ex presses himself In no uncertain way in re gard to Mr. Hill. "I think," said he. "that Mr. Hill's success in the selection of delegate Is no test of his strength, as there seems to be a growing distrust of both tbe man and his methods. lie. has great skill and energy, and his ability as a wire-puller cannot be doubted; bnt there is a want of confidence in him on the part of the masses. I do not think he is au -available man, and the recent Democratic losses in Xew York, prove that the people there, as elsewhere, are losing confidence in him and are beginning to see that he is too much of a machine politician and not enough of a statesman." PTOIXT IK POLITICS, Ex-minister Phelps Believes That Re action Has Set In, Xew Havex, Cos jr., March 13. Edward J. Phelps, ex-Minister to England, is quoted by the JVewt as saying: "I think tbat a re action has set in since the convention was held in Albany, X. Y.. at which delegates were selected to af tend the Xatlonal Demo cratic Convention at Chicago. I hope and believe tbat when the time comes for nomi nating the candidate for President these persons who are in favor of purity in poli tic will predominate." THE SOUTHERN DEAL IT INCLUDES THE TWO LARGEST OF 1HE IEON COMPANIES. The Sloss Concern Ont of the Combine The Combined Capital Scaled Down From That of the Constituent Com panies, Tennessee and De Bardeleban. New Yohk, March 13. The negotiations pending for the past two weeks for a onion of the Tennessee Coal, Iron .and Railroad Company with the De Bardeleban Goal and Iron Company and the Sloss Iron" and Steel Company, have been successfully con summated, so far as regards the first two cor porations. The terms have been agreed upon 'satisfactorily between these two, which represent more than five-sixths of the entire interests involved. The Sloss Company, which represents less than one sixth of the entire property, has not been inclhded in tbe new arrangement. A general statement of the result of the negotiations was made yesterday by the Presidents of the two companies ex Senator Thomas C. Piatt, of the Ten nessee Company, and Henry F. De Bardeleban , of the De Bardeleban Company. First, it may be said that there will be no change in the organization of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, except increased representation in the Board of Directors and an Increase in the amount ot capitaliza tion. The capital of the De Bardeleban Com pany was $10,000,000 In stock and $3,000,000 In bonds. That of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company were $3,000 000 in bonds, $1,000,000 in preferred stock and $9,000,000 common stock. That is to say, the two companies represented a capitalization of $19,000,000 in common stock, $1,000,000 in preferred stuck and $3,000, 000 of bonded indebtedness. The capital stock of what may be termed tor convenience tbe new company, will De $17,000 030 common stock and $1,000,000 pre ferred stock; $1 000,000 of this $17,000,000 will remain in the treasury. It will be seen from this that tbe joint capital stock has been scaled down, not Increased. The Tennessee Coal and Iron Company at present owns 208,000 acres of coal and iron land, chiefly in Alabama, and has ten blast furnaces and 1,050 coke ovens. Its daily output is about 1,000 tons of pig iron and 6,500 tons of coal. . TheDe Baideleban Company represents the consolidation ofa half dozen cornora- tlonsC It at first absorbed the Bessemer Iron and Steel Company, then tbe Little Bell, and next the Eureka and tbe Henry ellem; All this absorption has taken place within the last four years. This oompany owns 100,000 acres of coal and iron lands in the Wai rior and Cahaba coal basins of Ala bama. It has seven blast furnaces and 1,010 corejorens. Its dally output is 700 tons ot piglrOK said S.0C0 tons of coal. A WOMAN LYNCHED. CI.1.1HX OF LAWLESSXESS REACHED IX LOUISIANA. THE She Was a Colored Victim, and Tried to Foison a Family Intercepted on the Way to Jail and round Hanging to a Tree. B.vv ille, La., March 13. The lireless form of a colored girl was found dangling from a tree on the road leading to this place Saturday morning. It was identified as that of a 15-year-old servant ot W. H. Helmer, who resides on the Greenwell place, 20 miles from here. The girl became offended at the action of a colored man also employed in tuo honse, and in seeking some mode of revenge she decided to pnt rough on rats into his coffee. She put the poison into the coffee intended for the family meal. About nine persons drank the concoction, and all came very near unto death. The girl acknowledged tbat she intended to kill the man and she did 'not care particularly who else suffered. On Friday night some parties started out to bring tbe girl to tbe jail at Kayville, but tbey had not proceeded far before a masked party overtook them and strung the girl np to a tree at the first crossing. All tbe parties poisoned will recover. MACHINISTS GB0WING BESTLESS. Their Wages Smaller and Their Day's Work Longer Than tn Other Trades. Chicago, March 11 An edict has gone, forth from the governing body of tbe Ma chinists' International Union of North America that a closer and more extended organization be effected here preparatory to a demand upon employers for higher wages, a shorter day and improved conditions of labor. The machinists are the only laboring class that is yet held to the ten-hour day, and the average pay is considerably less than that enjoved by bod-carriers, bricklay ers or engine makers. Amass meeting of machinists was held to day nndcr union auspices and the benefits of organization and unionism were urged. At present only 4,000 out of the 7,000 machin ists in the city are members of labor organi zations. HIS WIPE FOB FISH-BAIT. How a Jealous Coolie Husband Fat His Helpmeet Out of the Way. N Port of Spaiit, Trixidad, March 13. On the Dinley estate, near here, a coolie faim hand charged his wife with infidelity. She fled and took up quarters with tho overseer. The next day the husband came into the town and bought a numbor of presents, with which ho persuaded his wife to return to him. In the afternoon thev went up the river in a canoe to fish. At 6 o'clock he returned with a boatload or fish, but minus the woman. Asked where she was, ho exhibited a bloody knife and said he had cut her np for fish-bait. He is now in Jail awaiting trial for murder. A LAE0BEB OWNS A GOLD MINE. He Springs Into Opulence by the Death or His Brother, a Prospector. Philadelphia, March 13. James Cobele, who nntil a few days since was a farm labor er near Merohantville, X. J., left here to-day for tbe West, having fallen heir to $120,000 and the "Wheel of Fortune" gold mine near Cabinet. Mont., left by his brother, Barthol omew Cobele, who died recently. Tho brothers were of English descent, and pros- Jeoted together from 1881 to 1883, when ames returned hero lq disgust. It is his intention to sell the mine, his brother hav ing negotiated with California parties to tbat end Just before his death. George Lnpsr S(ek. HAimiSBUiia, Maroh 13. 6pecfat State Insurance Commissioner Luper was.seized with an attack or vertigo in his offleeryesterp oay. ror a time nis condition was consld- THE DEADLY BO! Is Spreading Terror in the French and Spanish Capitals, Bnt POLICE ARE WIDE.AWAKE. The Tonng Socialists of Berlin Are Tiring of Delay and URGE OLD IEADERS TO ACT. Wilhelm Almost Draws His Sword While Facing the Angry Mob. ANOTHER SOCIALIST EI0T IN YIENNA Pabis, March 13. The recent explosion at M. Benoit's residence, St Germain, is much more serious than was at first sup posed. The staircase was completely de stroyed, tbe windows, mirrors and pictures in several rooms were shattered and one of the servants, named Isidore, was wounded by some broken gloss not by the dynamite itself. Evidently the dynamite was introduced into the house of M. Benoit by Anarchists to avenge one of (h.e tenants. 21. Benoit is the Councilor of ihe Court of Appeal, who presided at the trial in Paris of the Anar chists arrested on Hay 1 last year. He re turned two days ago from Bheims, where he had been presiding at another trial. It seems to be a fact that the Anarchists have opened a campaign against all whom they have special grievances against. They have a considerable quanity of dynamite in theirpossession, although when they searched the residences of the Anarchist leaders the police found none. Expect Trouble on May Day. 11. Loze, Prefect of Police, keeps cool and attributes the explosion to an accident. But the agents of the Prefecture are less at their ease. According to one of these of ficials, the coming 1st of May will be dis quieting. Strict precautionary orders have Deen issueu, ana tne ponce in several coun tries will take steps in common to guard against outbreaks. Spain is the country about which most alarm is felt. It Is more sapped by the Anaicblsts tban people thought and fresh outrages occur dally. At Valencia an at temnt has been made to blow up a church. At Barcelona another attempt has been made to destroy the German Consulate, and the police only arrested the criminals as thev were about t& put the bomb in posl tion. Three bundled and nineteen Anarchists have been unearthed and arrested at Jeiez within the past week. But all the energy of the authorities seems ineffectual. As fast as they are broken up the Anarchists form new societies, under the very noe of the police. So many people are suspected that there would be no end to the nrrestsifall tho supposed malcontents were enptnred. -i.ua Anarcmst propaganuaat vanauoioiu is made public. Anarchist delegates are traveling through the surrounding towns and villages stirring up disorder. Similar events are happening in Malaga. Royalty Alarmed In Germany. The German Socialist movement seems to be taking a new turn-Jn, Berlin, at all events, tbe yoim,'isl3lfpJ5'flr55Ire3kIng away from the mass of the "party, ns they find that Bebel and Lfebknecht are too slow, in their methods. The secessionists are preaching riot and holding meetings every night at which they protest against their leaders and pass motions almost as hostile and injurious to Liebknecht as the support ers of the Government could imagine. It is the secessionist element in the Socialist party which causes the street outbreaks and which is responsible for the riots which gave the Court so much trouble last month. On the second day of tbe Berlin riotinir it seemed the Empress was so much alarmed that preparations for her fllzht with her children were begun at tbe Schloss. These fears have not yet been allayed. At the last state ball in the Schloss the troops which surrounded the building had orders to clear tbe neighborhood by force at the first sign of a rising. The Emperor, who has been more gravely indisposed for the past two days 'than is supposed for be has been unable to do any work: was not alarmed by the riots. But he 'takes a gloomy view of the future and talks constantly of adopting "iron measures." WUhelm's Hand on His Sword. Major Hulsen, the imperial aide de camp who escorted the Emperor in the Thler- garten on the day when he was hooted and insulted by the mob, says that William kept calm and throughout the adventure, but looked deathly pale. Xear the Brandenburg gate the crowd pressed the sovereign so hard that he put his hand to his sword as though he would have drawn it. Major Hulsen at once spurred bis horse forward and exclaimed, "AberMajes taetl" in a warning tone. The Emperor took tbe hint, and his sword was not unsheathed. Had he yielded to his first impulse, the anger of tbe mob might have resulted in serious trouble and caused tremendous mis fortune. In their mood at the time the peo plo would have respected nothing. This in cident has been kept secret till now. Connecting the affair with the explosion in Paris and the disturbances In Spain, all may see symptoms of a disquietinz social situation in Enropo. Some think that as they may lead to' International measures of defense these recent occurrences will pre vent war. Others are of the opinion thct the little Emperor will declare war in order to escape from the dangers which threaten him at home. Anarchists In French nooses. Searches of the houses in Pari3 known to be occupied by . Anarchists in Fussy, Montronge and other suburbs have. resulted in the discovery that a number of trusted servants in large residences are members of Anarchist associations. Scared by tho rumors of a big Anarchist conspiracy, a deputation of loreign resi dents of Passy to-day waited upon the Mayor to obtain information. The Mayor declared that theie was no cause for alarm. A SOCIALIST BI0TIR VIENNA Celebrants of the Rebellion In 1S4S Get Into Trouble With the Police. Vieska, March 13. Thousands or work men to-day joined In the annual procession to the graves of victims of the Rebellion of 1818. Many Socialist symbols were depos ited on the monument. The police lorbade the making of speeches. . Everything was orderly until on the re turn to the city, when the action of tbe police, in breaking tho procession to an est a man, incensed tbe crowd and caused a seri ous collision. Reinforcements were re quired, and tbe polioe made repeated charges before they dispersed the crowd. A Dynamite Fiend in Ireland. Watebford, March 13. A son of Farmer Holligan, living at Templemore, has been re manded for trial on the charge of being con cerned in leaving a quantity of dynamite in a carriage of the night mail from Dublin. Tbe police arc on the truck of several ac complices. 1S3 Belgian Miners Dead. Brussels, March 13- According to a report on the Andorleus Mine disaster. 63 persons were rescued unhurt, 20 injured and 133 killed. Twenty thousand persons attended the funeral of 31 of the victims. Vanderbllt Beats Rothschild. Paris. March 13. The event at the Xice re gatta to-day was a close race between Baron Rothschild's "Eros" and Mr. Vanderbilt's "Alva," the latter winning. Artists Bidding Held Farewell. Paris, March 13. The American artists States Minister. The address to be presented by the American residents pays a high com pliment to Minister Keld'a work, especially that connected with the copyright law and the repeal ofa duty on works of art. A PRINCE'S DEMISE. The Grand Duke of Besse Is Dead and His Son Succeeds Him. Berus," March 13 The Grand Duke or Hesse died yesterday morning. It was seen, at 5 o'clock Saturday evening tbat the end was approaching. The family and minis ters were then summoned to the dylngman's bedside, and all were present at the time of his death. The body is attired in a gener al's uniform. The official Darmstadt Ga zette trnnnces the accession of the de f cease! -st Ludwig, to the grand S&JZ dnke ThLtflAnO in TT-Grand Duke of Hesse UliUT r. "Kroclndsor, where the decea.t'"Cc'o . " J vuribt). abnrgh The Queen will send tne. o tj ! to remresent her at the faneni...' .ay pos- siblv delav her own denartnre for trie se uonti- ncnt as a mark of respeot for the deceased, THE HAH0VEB BECOHCILIATION. High Personages Advise tbe Kaiser to Re store the Gnelph f and. Berlin, March 13. Tbe Forth German Gazette confirms the reports that high per sonages advised Emperor William in favor of the restoration of the Guelph fund, and speaks of tbe satisfaction it will afford the. widowed Queen Marie that she has lived to see a reconciliation. It is not known whether or not the capi tal, about sO.COO.COO marks, will be refunded. It will probably be made an entailed for tune, and only the interest will be paid over. Tbe Hanover estates will remain under Prussian administration until the claims to the throne of Hanover are explicitly re nounced. BATISFIED WITH 0UB P0BK. The French Commissioner Sent to Chicago Pleased With the Result. Paris, March 13. M. Duclos, the French revenue expert sent to the United States to inquire into the system of American inspec tion of pork, said to-day: "Secretary Rusk's system is as perfect as anything can be. There are no weik points in it. .Everything goes like clockwork under tho direction of Mr. Hickman, wno is a real savant. I visited the different pork centers, and I came to the conclusion that it is neither possible nor advantageous for any body to pack or export a single hog that his not undergone a microscopic Inspection." FIRING THE BRITISH HEART. THE COMIKG FLECTION EXPLAIX3 SALISBURY'S JINGOISM. Erastus Wlman Takes the Xew War Scare Seriously Pnrty Reasons Have Caused Blany a Xatlonal Conflict Retaliation Against Canada 'Would Hardly Fay. Chicago, JIarch IX A war between England and the United States, as an out come ot tbe Bering Sea complication, is seriously talked of by Erastus Viman, the well-known economist and financier. Mr. Wiman is visiting friends in Chicago. "The English Government," said he, "is under tremendous pressure now from the Canadian Government, which, being Tory in complexion and strengthened by the recent elections, is in a mood to Insist that Canadian sealers be protected and given equal rights with Americans on the high seas. Besides, the coming contest in- Eng land between tbe Tories and Gladstone Liberals makes it incumbent that a diversion of some kind be created to insure Tory suc- p.aa oft fhn rtllla "Xothmg rlllsaflra the Britis-zheart with enthusiasm as anything calculated to main tain the fiction that Britannia rules tbe wave, and nnder such circumstances it is. not improbable that a vigorous foreign policy will prevail daring the corning sum mer, in which the peace of the world may be threatened. Actual hostilities are doubtful, but many a war has sprung from less serious causes, and It isa fact that party exigencies have caused one-half of Eng land's wars. At anv rate, no party was ever in greater straits than is the Tory party now. "The threat of retaliation." continued Mr. Wiman, "in the shape of the abolition of the bonding privileges, . which allows goods destined lor Canada' to pass through the United States without duties, and vice vers.-t, would be a two-edsed weapon, far more hurtful to Chicago, Detroit, tbe twin cities, Boston and Xew England tban to Canada. ir this is the only retaliatory measure Cana da has to fear, after suffering the terrible exclusion implied by the McKlnley bill, it will bave no effect upon the popular senti ment in Canada except to solidify the ad hesion to British connection and strengthen the determination to keep independent of the United States." CHEWED GBAS3 AHD BAKKED. A Bal Umorean Attacked With Hydrophobia While at Hanover. Haxoveb, Pa., March 13. Special. A large and excited crowd was attracted to Fountain square last night by the peculiar antics of a man, who, crouched on all fours, was Jumping about the lawn surrounding the fountain, biting chunks of grass from the lawn and barking like a. dog. It was surmised that he was suffering from hydro phobia, and a iinmber of those gathered aoout when the man showed signs of ex haustion, seized him, strapped him to a bench and took him to the pollco station. He bad a number of violent spasms dur ing the night; bnt medical administrations finally gave him temporary relief. He gave his name as Henrv Hentz, of Baltimore, and said he had been bitten about seven years a;o by a mastiff. He was sent to his home this afternoon. DIAZ MAKING HIKSELF SOLID. Clubs and newspapers for His Support Cropping Up Everywhere. Cittos Mexico, March 13. fiperfat Po litical clubs are being organized.througbcut the Republic supporting tbe re-election of President Diaz, tho latest organization of the kind being the Aldimo Clnb.'having a membership of 3,000 woikingroen, which has Jnst been formally installed in tho City of Leon, State of Guanajuato. A large number of campaign journals have also been started in tne principal cities oi jiexico witmn tbe past Jew weeks, all supporting Diaz' re election. The indications now are that Diaz will have a comploto walkover in the election in June, although some people here assert that General Trevlno, of Monterey, is making a quiet effort to secure control of the coming conventions and clevato himself to tbe Presidency. STOLE A POISONED DINNEB. Two Chester Factory Boys Die, Probably From the Effects of Arsenic Chester. Pa., March 13. Lewis and Frank Moore, two boys living in Chester township, were taken suddenly sick Friday, and have both died from what seems to have been arsenical poisoning. The boys worked at Crozlers factory in Upland, and as tbey were lp the habit of stealing each other's dinner kettlei, they probaDly got a kettle in which the dinner bad been purposely poisoned. The Coroner's physician is not certain that death was caused by arsenical poisoning, but has commenced an analysis of the stom achs and brains, and until that is completed nothing definite can be learned. Xone of tbe other boys who worked with the Moores are sick. The perpetrators of the supposed crime have not been discovered. DANGEE3 OF UNDONE FOBS. Trichina Carries Ofi a Booster Girl, and Her Mother Is Critically 111. Paoll, Ixd., Maroh 11 A 17-year-old daughter of George Marlett died yesterday of trichina spirals. Some six weeks ago Mr. Marlett killed a hog, and his family ate of the pork not thoroughly cooked. Mrs. Marlett and the deceased rtanirhtar were taken sick, the daughter dying yeater- uu BiowB tsj bcsu us a pre-. A CUT OF MILLIONS Made by the Honse Committee on Ufayal Affairs in Its Estimates. - THE NEED OF A GOOD 1, ATX Admitted, Bat There 13 Sufficient Honey on Hand Already to KEEP UP WITH IMPROVEMENTS. Armor Plate Can't Be Made as Fast as It CanEe Made Use o OLD SHIP3 OFTEN C03IE IN HAND! Washixgtox, ITarch 13. Kepresenta tive Herbert, of Alabama, Chairman of tba House Committee on Kaval Affairs, has prepared an elaborate report to accompany the naval appropriation bill reported to the House. After calling attention to the fact tbat the bill carries an aggregate appropria tion of $23,726,823, and is 18,814,831 less than the amount appropriated at the second session of the Fifty-first Congress for the current fiscal' year, and $3,467,816 less than the amount estimated by the departmental necessary for the year covered by the bill, tbe report says: "We have been enabled to make this re duction without in any manner impairing the progress of our new navy, in great part because of the large surplus that will re main on hand unexpended and to the credit of 'Increase of the Navv at the end of the present fical year. This, however, is not the only direction in which we recommend a reduction of expenditures." Limit to Repairs Reduced. The report sajs that tbe committee re duced the limitation beyond which no re pairs shall be made to wooden ships from 20 to 10 per cent of the original value of the vessels, and fnrther provides that no new boilers shall be made for any wooden ves sels. '"We have excepted, however," savs the report, "from tbe operation ot these limita tjons the KearBarge and the Hartford, be lieving that as the old Constitution has been kept alive, as a receiving ship and other wise, for nearly a century since she was 'built, so, in view of their historic services, tbe Hartford and Kcarsarge should be kept as patriotic memorials of the past." Speaking of tbe refusal of the committee to recommend a considerable number of im provements recommended at navy yards and stations, the report says: "As upon a farm or any private property there ore always betterments tbat can bs made, so in any Government establishment improvements without limit can be sug gested. Your committee have been enabled in deciding upon questions of this kind when presented to follow the rules which ' should guide a prudent business man in tbe management of bis own property, and in no case havo they refused to recommend any expenditure which seemed to them really to be a present necessity." Ins-rpaafl of tlm 7?avir .fJpeaKlng'urihe matter of '1ncfv..virthef' Xavy,"nndeV which uend the bill sppits?-M' ates some millions of dollars less'tharfeuc" act for the current year, the report says: "The appropriations for this purpose in each fiscal year from 1S87 to and including the current year have been greater than tho expenditures, for the reason tbat in- no one of these years has the progress in ship-building or in the manufacture of armor or guns been as rapid as the authorities had reason to hope forand expect. The authorization of ships has not been, in the opinion of your committee, unreasonable, and the results of our efforts to establish plants for building for armor plato ships, gun forgings and tbe assembling of guns havo been, considering the results attained, extremely gratifying. Yet tbe fact remains that the difficulties, though tbey seem all at last to have been triumphantly surmounted, have been so great that work has not progressed as raold ly as appropriations have accumulated. The result is that there will be at the end of the current fiscal year a verv large sum of . money hi the Treasury to the credit of "In crease of tho Xavy," which can and ouzbt to be taken into account in making appropria tions for the coming year. "Your committee are unanimously of opinion that every dollar should be appro priated necessary to complete the vessels heretofore authorized. To this end tbey have recommended, as they believe, all tbe moneys that will be called for during the coming fiscal year. They also believe that it should be tho settled policy of Congress to authorize the construction of one or mora new vessels nt each regular session until we shall have provided a considerably Larger Number of Fighting Ships than we now have, or will have when those authorized are completed. Tho recent " Chilean imbroglio, during which a naval war seemed for a time to be qalte a proba bility, developed the fact that our people at large qnlte approve of the policy in which we are engaged of rehabilitating the navy. By thoughtful people, who appreciate our situation and who understand the policios of the Government as settled many years ago. such a reminder was not needed. "It seems to your committee that every one who considers at all the welfare and , honor of the whole country must recognize, as every President has done from George Washington down to the present day, the necessity or putting ourselves in condition to resist attacks coming from the sea." The report calls attention to the difficul ties enconntered in domesticating In this country the industry of manntacturing heavy steel armor for vessels, and to the fact that although the Bethlehem Iron Com pany's armor plate is said to be unequaled in the world, it has only Just Inlrly began the delivery of armor plates, and is not yet nn tn mnnthlvcontract requirements. There are 12 vessels tor which armor is yet to ba furnished, and it will take until the spring of IBM to complete the delivery of this armor, amounting to 15.000 tons, even if monthly contract requirements be met. "For these reasons," says the report, "tho majority or vour committee have decided that it would not be best now to authorize tho construction or another battleship. Your committee do not believe, however, that our new navy has et reached tho point at which further increase should cease. Xo Expensive Xavy Xeeded. "It may be taken for granted that we do not need to bnild a great and expensive navy like those of Great Britain and France, but certainly the time has come when It would be well to form some distinct and definite Idea of the position we are hereafter to occupv among the naval powers of tho world. 'To regain tho relative position among these navies we occupied prior to our Civil War is certainly not too muob to at tempt, especially as we know now tbat we have no such efficient coast defenses as we then believed ourselves to possess. "To reacn this point it is not disputed that we need more first-class battleships. Wo have now only three authorized. Eight or nine more or these.in addition to our author ized fleet, would give us a respectable navy . sufficient, nerhaps, for our purpose. But if a battleship were authorized now we could not reasonably expect that the heavy armor it would require could be furnished when needed. Certainly, if reasonable progress were made in its construction, either tho new ships or some of those already author ized would be obliged to wait for armor, as several of them are doing now. Some of them have been ready, or in condition to ba speedily made ready for armor for years." The majority of the committee has there fore recommended the authorization of one strong ana swift commerce destroyer or tho type of tbe Xew York, whose armorcan.be manufactured much more easily and with much less delay than can the heavy armor for a battleship. By extending the con struction of tho new vessel needed over a J seriss of years, tiie report says, we avoid mistakes and OTevsmt tharewti in different ships, of the ssiaae error. - 1 ' ,1 i
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