FOR TWO WEEKS. Adlets to March 14 4,629 Lust Year .. ...... 2,660 Increase '. .1,969 Beat Previous Gain la Two Weeks Was 1,778. Me FOR TWO WEEKS. AdletatoJHarch 14. LaatYesr ..4,629 "23TO Increase 1,969 Best Previous Gain In Two Weeks Was 1,778. PBfetttjg IMiratirJ) J FORTY-SEVENTH TEAK. PirTSBUHG. "WEDNESDAY, MARCH- 23, 1892-TWELYE PAGES. THREE CENTS. ONE HUNDRED T HOUSAND MEN From New York State- Will Be Represented at Chicago, and ASK FOR CLEVELAND As the Presidental Nominee of the. Democratic Party. A DIVISION OF JHE DELEGATION From the Empire State Is Anticipated by Ex-Mayor Grace. The Seating of the Entire Hill Delega tion, It Is Confidently Asserted, Will Be Successfully Contested Many Precedents for a Compromise A Be quest Upon the Convention Signed by 100,000 New York Democrats "Wis consin's Gerrymander Knocked Out by the State Supreme Court Boom ing Governor Fattison for President at Hazleton Chester County Instructs 1 Its National Delegate for Grover Cleveland President Black An nounces the Standing Committees of the Democratic Society of Pennsylvania. rtMCTM. TM.XOBAK TO TIM DISrATCIM NetvYobk, March 22. There is e very likelihood that the New York State dele gation to the National Democratic! Conven tion at Chicago will he divided between the Cleveland and Hill factions. The Com mittee of Fifty representing the Cleveland Democrats was vigorously at work to-day, all the time under the direction of ex Mayor William B. Grace, Chairman of the committee, sending and receiving communi cations from leading Democrats all over the State, and preparing for the State Con vention, to be held April 21 at Syracuse, at which a full delegation will be chosen and sent to Chicago, witk instructions to sup port Grover Cleveland as the representative of tariff reform and tho true Democracy of this State and the nation. The committee has sent out many thous ands of blank forms for the signatures of Democrats who desire Mr. Cleveland as the nominee. Mr. Grace,- who was seen to-day, was asked how the committee was' progress ing in its work and what was the outlook. He replied: "I have been giving my whole time and attention to the work of the committee. We have word from leading Democrats in every election district in this city and State. We will send a delegation to Chicago represent ing the brains and the largest business in terests and industries of this State." "You intend, of course, to contest the seating of the Hill men?" was asked. The Delegation to Be 'Divided. "Certainly. And there is but one in stance on record where a contesting delega tion has not succeeded. The New York delegation will be divided, half the Cleve land and half the Hill delegates to be ad mitted, I presume. That is probably what will be done. We are going to Chicago with a fixed purpose in view the nomina tion of Grover Cleveland, because he is the representative of the Democratic principle of tariff reform, the only real issue of the campaign, and one which Mr. Hill does not fairly represent. We will have, besides our delegation to the convention, a large body of the leading commercial, banking and mercantile men of this city and State. Am ple accommodations have been engaged for our party at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chi cago, and we will convince the delegates of the other States that Grover Cleveland, as the embodiment of tariff reform and an in dependent Democrat of fixed ideas, is the man who should be nominated, and who will carry the party to victory in Novem ber. We w contest the seating of the Hill delegation successfully, as has been done in all cases with but a single excep tion. "To convince honest Democrats that we are right we will take to Chicago the bona fide names and addresses of 100,000 Demo crats who desire Mr. Cleveland's nomina tion. Our requests for signatures are in the hands of Democrats only, and our reports show that two Democrats out of every three approached have signed the request Cleveland One Hundred Thousand Strong. "We do not believe the convention will ignore the request of 100,000 Democrats of the Empire State. If it does, it will be a very strange thing indeed. With an array of lacts and figures, and as the representa- ..,.., -. cuuuu cmuuauu principles ana the better elements of the party, we will appeal lor recognition in the greatest ol, democratic councils, and will undoubtedly receive fair play and show the Democracy that the nomination of Mr. Cleveland is desired by the Democrats of this State, and that he will carry New York if he is nom inated. We are not going to submit to snap judgment." "How about free coinage? Suppose Senator Hill should be bold enough to declare in its favor, in order to obtain the support of the Southern and Western Democrats who strongly desire the free coinage of silver, what would your party do?" "We would soon convince the con vention that Hill Tcould not carry this State, .nor Connecticut add New Jersey. I do not anticipate such a course on the part of Hill and his friends. Tariff reform is the only live issue, and I have been giving all my spare time and attention to aiding our movement in its favor." "Have you anything to say about munici pal politics?" ""Nothing. I have not had time to think of it, because I have been so absorbed in the work I am engaged in at present J ahi kept very busy answering inquiries of Demo crats all over the State and completing our plans for the Chicago Convention." A GERRYMANDER FAILS. The Supreme Conrt of Wisconsin Declares the Recent Assembly, Senatorial and Congressional Apportionment Unconstitutional Madison, Wis., March 22. The Su preme Court declares the Assembly, Sena torial and Congressional apportionment made by the last Legislature to be uncon stitutional. The decision of the court was unanimous. It held that the Constitution ordains that Assembly districts shall "be bounded by county, precinct, town or ward lines." The opinion concludes: Since no Assembly district can lawfully be formed which includes territory In two or more counties, unless the whole of such counties are includod therein, so that the district is bounded entirely by county lines, a constitutional Assembly district cannot be formed which includes within its limits fractions of two or more counties or frac tions of two counties, for in either caso the integrity of two county lines would be violated. Chapter 482, laws of 1S91, attempts thus to dismember about SO counties. The Conjtltution provides that legislative dis tricts shall be framed and members of the two branches of the Legislature annortioded according to the number of Inhabitants. Because the county Is the primary terri torial unit in the formation of districts and members of Assembly must first be appor tioned to counties or to single districts con taining two or more counties, the provision of the Constitution as applied to the forma tion of Assembly districts means, primarily, that there must bo substantial equality of representation, in proportion to population, as between all the different counties and districts containing two or more counties. The apportionment of the State Into As sembly districts is an entire process. To a greater or less extent each part of an appor tionuaent act is affeoted by and dependent upph-every other part thereof. For this rea son it is impossible to expunge from chapter 482 the portions which violate the Constitu tional requirements and sustain the balance of the act as valid law. Hence, the whole act Is null and void, and is consequently not a legal basis for the Issue and publication by the Secretary of State of election of members of the elections. Section 5 article I nmTilhlta th rilvuinn nt ssKuiuiyuistnctson tne formation or sen ate district". Thus the Assemblv district is constituted the territorial unit of the Senate aistrict. Hence, until the Assembly districts are formed, no intelligent apportionment of the State into Senate districts can be made. The Court finds in the Constitution no lim itation upon the power of the Legislature to number the Senate districts as it sees fit. - This decision does not Impeach the valid ity of acts otherwise valid of a Legislature elected under an invalid legislative appor tionment statute. Neither is the Jurisdic tion of the court affected, nor the exercise thereof embarrassed by the fact that this decision may leave tho State without a valid legislative apportionment law, and hence without any law for the election of another Legislature. The Governor may convene the present Legislature if he thinks proper, and when so convened there can be no doubt of its power to enact a valid legis lative apportionment law. CHATJHCEY J?. BLACK'S AFP0IHTEE8. He Karnes the Committees of the Demo cratic Society or Pennsylvania. Hakeisbueo, March 22. Special President Chauncey F. Black, of the Demo cratic Society of Pennsylvania,bas appointed committees for the ensuing year, as follows: Executive Committee Henry D. Green, Berks; Adolph Elcholtx, Philadelphia; George IT. Keynolds, Lancaster: W. A. Marr, Schuylkill; James Kerr. Clearfield: A. V. Dlvely, Blair: E. H. liauob, Carbon; John B. GOT THEIR DESERTS, The Huntingdon Beformatory Boys Spoil Osbourn's Cliarges of Cruelty. METHODS- OF PUNISHMENT Proven to Be No More Severe Than Demanded by Circumstances. INMATES PRAISE THE OFFICIALS. Serious Allegations Hade Against the Board of Managers. issued and returned unsatisfied, An action was then begun against Mrs. Peck, her hus band, and their son, Bay L. Peck, to have the judgment declared a lien on the brown stone house, 309 Putnam avenue, in which the Peck fam ily had lived .for several years, and to set aside its conveyance for $1 by Mrs. Peok and her? husband to their son. The conveyance, it' Jras alleged, was made' to defraud the creditors. Yesterday Judge Pratt decided in favOr of the plaintiffs, and the Putnam avenue 'house is to be sold for the benefit of the creditors. Some years ago Mrs. Peck's name was known all over the country in connection with big swindling operations. She whs first brought into notoriety through her victimizing of Soap Manufacturer B. T. Babbitt out of more tnanf30,000,and later she succeeded in swindling the late Diamond JJroKer Grady out ot nearly as large an amount She served two terms in prison, and over 20 indictments were hanging over her head at one time in Brooklyn at the period of her most striking criminal exploits. She was a frail, delicate looking little woman, and she has never weighed more than 90 pounds. Of late years she has lived in com parative retirement in her comfortable Put nam avenue home. SOUNDS SILVER, Opening of the Three Days' Debate in the Halls of Congress on THE PEEE COINAGE BILL. Author Bland Produces Arguments in Support of His Measure. PEOFITJNG BI FURNISHING SUPPLIES MTOCUI. TSOEGRAK TO TB3C DISPATCH, i HttsrorODOir, Pa., March 22. The in vestigation into the charges of alleged brutal treatment of inmates at the Hunting don Beformatory was begun by the State Board of Charities this afternoon. Chair man Scott, Secretary Biddle and Mr. Starr, who were present, will be joined by the other members of the committee to-morrow. The allegations against the reformatory officials were unexpectedly supplemented by charges against the Board of Managers instituted by ex-Senator E. Bruce Setrikin, of this place, and which were recognized by Governor Pattison as justifying a searching investigation by the committee. By these charges it is alleged that the members of the Board of Managers have profited by furnishing supplies, such as lumber, iron, steam boilers, eta, to the institution. The charges specifically refer to Colonel Jen nings, of Harrisburg, and Samuel Mc Camant, of Tyrone, as the principal offend ers in this respect on the board. On the charges being read Colonel Jen nings at once appealed to be heard in his behalf and demanded an immediate inquiry, jvir. JMcuamant was not present The com mittee wiU take up the case of Colonel Jen nings at 9 o'clock to-morrow. On behalf of the Board of Managers ex-District Attorney Orladv, their counsel, stated that the board hoped for no limitation to the investigation, but submitted themselves entirely to the direction ot tne JBoara oi unaruies. Unsatisfactory Interviews With Inmates. Senator Osbourn, who conducted the in quiry, asked to be permitted to personally visit certain designated inmates to show the committee the conditions tfhder which (hey were laboring, to be followed by a formal examination of the boys ingestion under oath before the committee. After the tour of inspection it was found that 80 per cent of the boys whom the Senator desired to in terview had been discharged from the insti tution. In view of the supplementary inqniry by the commission, to be held in Philadelphia, Attorney Orlady asked for a bill of particu lars, the nature of the evidence to be sub mitted against the board and the names of the witness. Tn thlo Knntn O.hniiTn nK. Larkln, Allegheny; D.J.Boyle, AUeguenv: jected. The Senator also denied granting miaui ji. uiennaem, Lawrence: James B. O, 36 hours' notice before the hearing in Phil- CANNOT RECIPROCATE. Cowan, M estmoreland; Charles H. Fisher, adelnhla of the names of Somerset: J. Wood Clarke. Indiana; S. E. !i?i ?Z ti La tr5i Critchlow, Beaver: James M. Beck; Phila- Tik .i ' r i ? delDhJa: Cha.ries Jtoker, Montgomery; J. J., ton. The first nine on the committee of last year are unchanged. The last nine are added under the resolution of the General Assembly, increasing the committee to 18. Finance Committee J. M. Guffev, Alle gheny; William F. Harrity, Philadelphia; Benjamin F. Meyers, Dauphin; A. H. Ladner, Philadelphia; S. M. Wherry, Cumberland: It Bruce Itlcketts. Luzerne; K. E. Wright, Le high; Patrick Foley, Allegheny; George A. Allen, Eiie. BLAIB WILL nrsisi That She Names the Congressman From the Twentieth District. Altoona, March 2Z The Bepublican County Convention here to-day declared for John Dean for Supreme Judge; J. D. Hicks, for Congress and John A. Lemon for State Senator. G. T. Bell was elected National Delegate, and Martin Bell, Sam uel McCamant, W. C. Hall and H. C. Brooks were elected delegates to the State Convention and are instructed, except on .Supreme Judge. J. D. Hicks on accepting the nomination said Scull declared in 1890 he would not again be a candidate, and he and his friends would support Blair county's choice this year. If they stand by their promises Blair county will enjoy the honor of having a Bepublican Congressman, an honor she nas not had since 1862. Blair county is tho; most populous and strongest Bepublican county in the district, and will insist upoD f having the Congressman this year. Besolu- ' tions indorsing Harrison were adopted. witnesses and Harrv Angel. Harrv Albertis. Daniel Dwver and Leo Follett. aliPhiladelphia'irimates, were examined la their cells by Senator Osbourn in' the "pres ence of the commission. Harry Angel, convicted before Judge Biddle for larceny, is serving time in his cell for an attempt at escape, which was in geniously planned. He constructed a dummy in Ins bed, placed on his door a card bearing the simulated indorsement of the jreformatory physician directing the inmate ,of the cell not to be disturbed. Fnnlshed In Making His Escape. Meanwhile he quietly slipped out into the yard and escaped. He was recaptured and has been in his cell for a week. Leo Follett, who came to the reformatory 13 months ago, a wreck from opium eating, is now an invalid in his cell. But he told the committee that he enjoys every liberty, is getting along first rate and is benefiting himself through reading and study. Daniel Dwyer had been in the institution 21 months A - r confined to his cH -!H a," CANADA WILL NOT MAKE A TREATY WITH THE UNITED STATES. It Would Result In' a Heavy stalling Off in the Dominion's Revenue Other Conn tries Blight Ship Goods Through the States to Evade the Payment of Dnties. Ottawa, March 22. Special. One of the most important features of the Minister of Finance's budget speech to-day was his explanation of the failure of the recent visit of himself and his colleagues to Washing ton to arrange a treaty of reciprocity with Secretary Blaine. The delegation had been most cordially met by Mr. Blaine and General Foster, who stated that the Canadians must deal with the United States and with them alone, otherwsse there would be no reciprocal equivilent for any concessions made to Can ada by the United States. The Canadian delegates pointed out to Secretary Blaine that while in placing im- fiorts from the. United States on the free ist there would be a loss of some $8,000,000 per annum to the revenue, there would be a lurther loss in import duties taxed upon goods purchased from other countries, and which would be imported from the United States if the customs barrier were removed. Here Secretary Blaine asked if it would not be possible for Canada to make up this loss ot revenue through other means of taxation, to which the Canadian representatives re plied that the only means by which the de- ncit could be made good was by direct tax ation, which the Canadian people would re volt against Concluding his speech, Minister Foster said with reference to the Washington ne gotiations, that so long as a high protective policy is maintained in the United States, Canada can hope for no fair treaty of re ciprocity on any other lines than will in clude manufactured goods and a consequent discrimination against Great 'Britain and the rest of the world, and if the result of the recent conference in Washington had not turned out "as had been hoped, Canada now knows the only basis upon which a com mercial treaty of reciprocity with the United States can be reached. WILLIAMS FEARS REPUDIATION. Putting Millions in tho Pockets of the Sil ver Producers. DARTER REACHES OUT FOR M'KAIG Washington, March 22. The silver debate of the Fifty-second, Congress opened in the House of Bepresentatives to-day, and from the indications it is to be a battle of the giants. Chairman Bland, of the Com mittee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, whose name is familiar to every commercial nation of the globe as the author of the bill upon which the silver battle Is to be waged, opened the discussion in behalf of the free coinage people, and Bepresentative Will iams, of Massachusetts, an anti-free coinage Democrat, made the opening speech in op position to the bilL For three days the air has been full of rumors of filibustering de signs on the part of the anti-free coinage people to oppose a vote on the bill, but if A SPECIAL REARING For License Applicants Ob jected to hythe Pnhlic Safety Department. PEOSPECTS NOT SO EOSY For a Number of the Would-Be Deal ers Examined Yesterday. HOTELKEEPERS HAVE NO TROUBLE. PATTJS0N FOB PBESIDENl The tho Governor Gets a Little Boom In roarth Legislative District. Hazelton, Pa., March 22. Special! The Democrats of this, the Fourth Legisla tive district, at a convention held here to day for the purpose of electing three dele- gates to the State Convention, adopted the louuwiug resolution: That we note with pride and pleasure the increasing disposition In all portions of the country to turn to Pennsylvania for the Democratic candidate for President, and we voice, as we believe, the hope, wish and praver of more than a majority of the voters of the State when we name as an ideal candi date to stand on the Democratic platform of honest taxation and honest money, the honest and honorable Governor of Pennsvl- vnntn T T TO..,.,... Attll.OVIl. BULLS GOES TO THE SENATE. The Free Trade Leader .Elected With Hard- ly Any Opposition. Austin, March 22. Apart from the bal loting for United States Senator to-day the proceedings of both Houses were of no gen eral interest The ballot for Senator re sulted as follows: In the Senate for B. Q. Mills, 31; Wash. Jones, 1; J. D. Savres, 1. In the House for B, Q. Mills, 93; Horace Chilton, 3; B, B. Culbertson, 21; Barnett Gibbs, 2; J. E. Bailey, 4. There was a good deal of speaking in making and 'seconding the nomination of Mr. Mills. Both Houses adjourned until to-morrow. INSTRUCTED FOB CLEVELAND. WTsSHRJsSESrrow. The reiu.. i j'Mittueipuia inmates wnom uuuge arnoia discharged will be examined by the com mission in Philadelphia on Wednesday. NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BEF0BH. Chester County Democrats Tell Their Na tional Delegate How to Vote. West Chesteb, March 22. The Demo crats of Chester county met in convention to-day. A. McCall Holding, of West Chester, was chosen delegate to the Na tional Democratic Convention. The dele gates to the State .Convention chosen were Michael Murphv, George D. Peters, John & Mullin, H. 'B. Schofield, D. F. Cox, James Greenwood, A. J. Taylor and E. S. Johnson, . . . Besolutions were passed instructing the national delegate to use ail honorable means to secure the -nomination of Cleveland for" IPresident - - Representative Fow Says Hardened Crim inals Are Sent to Huntingdon. Habbisburo, March 22. 5prf. Bepresentative John PT. Fow. of Philadel phia, was in Harrisburg to-day. Speaking of the charges against the management of the Huntingdon Beformatory, Mr. Fow said: The judges of Pennsylvania do not oon form to the law in sentencing prisoners to this institution. The law intends that young men. convicted of their first offense, ahonin be sent to the reformatory, but many pris oners of other Institutions are sentenced to it, and as a consequenoe they are hardened criminals. Many ot them, when they get there, are bard to deal with. A LITTLE CONFIDENCE WOMAN Will Lose the Residence Where She Now Lives In Retirement; -NEW Yobk, March 22. lSpecUl.1 In July, 1886, Sylvester L Mangam and Edgar B. Mangam, as executors 'under the will of William D. Mangam, obtained a judgment in the Snpreme Court in Brooklyn for $6,286 41 against Mrs. , Ellen E.' Peek. the "confidence Woman, anil her husband, Eicharu Peck. Ecuti6n wag' WAITING FOR THE DUELISTS. Toes Cruising off Sandy Hook on theLook ont for the ifyjcitic, Wllelr-Carries as Passensrers Messrs. Drayton" and Bor- rowe. New York March 22. Special. The steamship Majestic, which should reach this port to-morrow afternoon,, brings as passengers J. Coleman Drayton and Hallett Alsop Borrowe, of this city, and Hardy Vane Miibank, who became one of Mr. Bor rowed seconds when Mr. Drayton, in February last, challenged Mr. Borrowe to fight a duel in France. The Dispatch has already related how it happened that the two principals are passengers by the same steamer. It is hardly conceivable that the men should have had a violent encounter aboard ship. It is believed that Mr. Borrowe has brought Mr. Miibank over here to be a witness for him. It is also believed that Mr. Drayton, seeing that the proceedines add conclusions of Mr. Borrowe s seconds have been made public, will take some measures to relieve the published case of the one-sidedness that I has necessarily characterized it thus far. Several tugs are cruising off Sandy Hook, presumably on the lookout for the Majestic. No friends of either Drayton or Borrowe lave obtained permission to take either jasseneerofE The experts at quarantine laythat there is little prospect of seeing the, Majestic off the Hook before noon to morrow. The Cunarder Etruria, which ar rived on Sunday, was behind her usual time, and the French steamship La Bre tagne, which generally gets in early on Sunday morning, did not arrive until Mon lav. High seas and westerly gales have illed the logs of all the steamships that aave arrived within the last several days. ADJOTJHNED BT A MADMAN. The Mississippi Legislature Flees Before a Craiy Man With a Knire. Jackson, Miss., March 22. Special. When the Legislature was assembling this norning a crazv man named Bryant took ossession of the State House and for an lourrau things to suit himself. Ssveral ifficers came to arrest him, but with a big cnife in each hand he defied them and jursed the Legislature for all he was worth. He finally ran down the steps and into the street; hundreds ofpeople, including legis lators and State officials, fleeing before him as if from the wrath to come. After getting out of the crowd three Eolicemen knocked him down and landed im in jail. He was recently discharged r from the asylumn as cured, but will be re turned. Historic Trees to Be Preserved. New York, March 22. Special' The surviving 12 of the 13 trees, symbolic of the 13 original States, planted by Alexander Hamilton, are to be preserved. They stand on property that belonged to the Amos Out ting estate, which was sola to-day at the Eeal Estate Exchange to Orlando R Pot ter for f 140,000. He said he had bought the trees that they might not be destroyed. Senator Hill Is Not Declining. WASHTKOTOir, March 22. 'Special There is nothing at all in the Detroit Tribune story about Hill declining the nomi nation. The Senator said it is a dead fake. THIS MORNING'S NEWS. fc Page. Cleveland's Representation at Chicago. . . . 1 A Reformatory Investigation 1 Debate on Free Coinage 1 The License Court's Grind 1 Doom for Pittsburg Coal 2 Latest West Virginia Outrage S Armory Matter to Go to Conrt 2 Editorial and Miscellany 4 Live Washington Items... 4 The Social Gossip , 4 War on Secret Societies 5 Mews From Nearby Places I..0 Shooters on the Stiver Question .'. T The News From Over the Sea 7 Politics In Allegheny County...: t... 7 Sporting Matters 8 The Bosy World of Commerce O TVorkor the Local Courts...,..'. in Financial and Other Markets 11 The Oil (scout's Report ,...;. ti )KBBlBVKviSBSSSlsW also maintained that equality by providing that when the coin notes should be pre sented for redemption, the Government should be free to redeem'tbem in either gold or silver, as It might prefer. Thus coin notes Issued ou deposit of gold bullion misht be redeemed in silver, or coin notes Issued In deposit of silver might be re deemed In gold, just as the Treasury might prefer. Bland 1TI1I Offer an Amendment. In the course of his argument Mr. Bland stated that-he had acceded to and would propose later an amendment to that portion of tne bill providing that coin notes shall be Issued as rapidly as bullion is deposited. He would move at the proper time to amend by providing that the coin notes shall be issued as rapidly as the Mint found it prac ticable to coin the bullion. In arguing for a greater volume of money, Mr. Bland said: I admit that the reflned system of credits whioU has grown up in the country does to a certain extent economize the use of money, but In the end the day of payment ot these obligations always came and we must have monoT. In 1SSL when we had passed a bill for refunding the national debt the national banks of the United States surrendered $18,000,000 into the national Treasury as a threat made for the purpose' of inducing a veto from the President a threat which eneoted Its purpose, and the result of this withdrawal, of $18,000,000 from circulation put Interest up in New York at the rate of 1 per cent a day. Notes and bonds are not money they are conveniences. The whole fight over this Issue is between the capital ists who demand Interest and the people who demand money instead of Interest. Great applause. The gentleman denounced the periodic at tempts maae ior international conferences and international agreements every time the free coinage of silver is proposed and con tinued: Are we to be shackled hereby the apathy of the Governments of otr nations? Is our financial system to be v d not by our own Ideas of Justice f , "n con ferences, but by the eon' . " V . , ther nations. Applause. tii.o-.tf, 'fyr Is great Government declares" V) V) coinage of silver the other -"'v . .n natlOnS. tOO. Will SOlVe that OUeSt .- Vbto fh.t nna vnman inirTntallv m interest will compel them to discn.. Jf. ' -O', jt.i.ji.vj j i-s. question. The restoration ofsilverV ('?. "V, d she had a husband and a white means the restoration of it everywhere- ' 3 'J id himself as a negro. v Jhristv was on hand as usual and Eome Features Which Indicate the Inten tions of the Court. BBEAKnr G ALL THE EECOEDS ON SPEED The second day of the License Court lottery had not all the exciting features of the opening, but was well patronized all the same. There were 117 names rushed through the fortune wheel, and from the indications more blanks were ground out than on the day before. Still there will be more wet spots on the hill and a very considerable in crease along Fifth and Second avenues. There will be at least one or two negroes! licensed in the Fifth and Seventh wards. Some of the amusing features that turned Congressman R. P. Bland, of Missouri, the Free Coinage Leader. such designs exist they are evidently not to be carried into execution until after the three days' debate and when the hour for a final vote arrives. The galleries were crowded when, at 12:20, the free coinage bill was called up under the resolution of the Committee on Bules and its reading requested by Chair man Bland. Even the foreign diplomats, who are usually the last to display an inter- .estiohe proceedings of Congress, were, on iand in considerable numbers, and their presence in the diplomatic gallery attested that the silver question is, indeed, one of, world-wide interest Considered It an Appropriation Bill. Mr. Tracey, of New York, at once raised a point of order against the bill being con sidered in the whole House, holding that as the preparation of coin in notes by the Treasury for the exchange of bullion in volved expenditure by the Treasury, this bill, like appropriation bills, should be con sidered in the committee of the whole. Th e Speaker, however, held that as the bill did not make a specific appropriation it should not be considered in the committee of the 31. D. Harter, of Ohio, Leader of the Democratic Opposition to the SiUer Bill. whole, and Mr. Tracey acquiesced in the de cision of the Chair. By. unanimous consent on the request of Mr. Bland it was agreed that evening ses sions should be held to-day and to-morrow from 7:30 to 10:30 for the consideration of the bilL Mr. Watson, df the People's party, wanted to know something about the allot ment of time to the People's party. "We will endeavor to accommodate von all," said Mr. Bland. "Yes, but we would like a specific agree ment as to time," persisted Mr. Watson. "We represent a great party here. We stand as an independent party." "We are all independent on this question, " retorted Mr. Bland. Mr. Watson finally desisted on the as surance that the .People's party would be afforded ample opportunity to be heard. Mr. Bland said, in opening the discussion: Started His Speech a Centnry Back. " This bill proposes to go back 100 years In the matter of coinage. It was just 100 years ago that the wise founders of this Govern ment in pursuance adopted what we call "the double standard." They provided for the coinage of gold and silver without limit at the mints of the United states; that silver should be coined the .same as gold, should have the same advantages and the same recognition, and that the silver dollars should consist of 3711-16 grains of silver, precisely the dollar of sliver that is called for In this bilL This bill provides that gold and silver shall be coined at the rati- flted by the act of 1887, which was call d '-the the world over. Applause. Twin Servants of Civilization. Gold and silver have been the servants of civilization since civilization began. They' are twin brothers, and when you sever the ligature both are dead. Before gold can leave this country there must be some other form of money to take its placer It cannot disappear until some other money takes Its placo. Everything will be cheap. The man who holds his gold is simply holding it for silver, for silver will take the channels of circulation. Gold Is a tyrant Gold won't tolerate any competition. He must dom inate or he will have nothing to do with your finances. Let sliver be coined once and see what the result will be then. You bring him to the level of the common pec- I)le of this country. Applause. To the evel of silver, where he ought to be. You may have to pay a little more ir yon have the two metals at par, but let ns remember that, as a rule, when money Is plentiful Ii rices are pood. You may have to pay a ittle more, out labor, after all, is the only money Wall street Is to-day demonetizing labor and wheat and cotton. Now the bill remonetizes them alt Applause. Mr.. Bland then explained the last section of the bill, providing that whenever France opened her mints to free coinage of silver at a ratio of 15 to 1 the United States should adopt that ratio. He called attention to the fact that for 70 years Fraueehad, by her open mints, fixed the price cf both metals and kept them on an unvarying parity of 1CK to 1. To allay any apprehension that might arise because of the French ratio be ing 15 to 1, while ours waslG to 1, it was proposed that the United States should adopt the ratio of 15 tol whenever France did so. Continuing, Mr. Bland said: Extending an Invitation to Europe. -The notion of the Government of the United States on the silver qnestion lias been an invitation to Europe to go upon the gold standard. We began silver demoneti zation in 1873, and in all our efforts to restore silver we hnve been defeated by limitations. When a free coinage bill was passed in the House in. 1878 by a two-thirds majority and sent to the Senate, the same Idea of an inter national agreement was injected into the question, and meanwhile we provided for 'the purchase of from $2,003,003 to $4,000,000 a month. The last Concress passed an act to purchase $4,200,000 of silver monthly, and its friends proclaimed that it was done in the Interest of silver. In the interest of silver. Sarcastically. I opposed that bill. The gentlemen were deceiving themselves and the country, for silver could not be brought to par In any such manner. The law of 1878 compelled the coinage and nse of the silver dollar. The law of the last Congress used the bullion for whatT As mere dead capital in the Treasury, which might as well be at the bottom of the Potomac. Was the United States to be frightened by the action of ot'ier nations? Because they were demone tizing silver and going, to a-gold standard must the United states follow salt? This silver question was one that would not down, because it was one that the American people well understood. Applause. In conclusion Mr. Bland said: "I appeal to gentlemen on this floor to lay aside every idea of party exigency, every idea but that which is right' and just, and to cast their votes according to the dictates of their own consciences and to the pledges they made to the great productive masses of this coun try. If they do that, this bill is safe, this cause is won." Applause. The Opposition Objects to Williams. At the conclusion of Mr. Bland's sneech Mr. Tavlor, of Illinois, of the Bepublican side, objected to Mr. Williams, the Demo cratic opponent' of free coinage, opening the discussion in opposition to the bill. "The majority of the minority of the Coinage got . jis work more than on the day before. The Court even protected him when Josiab. Cohen tried to furnish some amusement at Christy's expense. Both of the judges sat down on him with almost crushing force. There were a number of people who ap peared yesterday without an attorney, and though the ones already licensed had not much trouble the new applicants who were unprotected found pretty tough sledding. In one case the applicant was asked if he had anything to say for himself, and when he said he had not the Court replied: "There is a remonstrance against you and I have nothing to say either." In several other cases, however, some of the men conducted their own cases and fared better than some of those wh had attorneys. In many cases the attorneys forgot to shnt np soon enough and fell into a hole. The men who say the least seem to fare the best Chief Brown Takes a Hand. The Deprtment of Public Safety has given the Court a little list of men with licenses who have not kept proper houses, and in each of these cases the Court has said there will be special hearings later. Another ruling of the Court is that there must be a restaurant with each saloon, and he wants licensed men to understand that 'thev must furnish good, hot meals whenever asked to do so, no matter what the hour, so long as it is between the hours of 5 A. M. and mid night This rule cannot be broken by the excuse that it is not the regular hour for serving meals. Another feature introduced yesterday was that of the aldermen of the various wards appearing for applicants and testify ing to the necessity of saloons. To-day the Court has mapped out another 117 names for hearing. The wards to be heard are the Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth. At the opening of court Captain E. Y. Breck filed a remonstrance against W. E. Lawrence of Braddock. Then J. B. Boyer, of Hotel Boyer, was called. He was re fused last year becanse the billiard room and bar room were together but this has been remedied. Then came Samuel Bing, of the Economy Cafe, Sixth street, who was given such a ripping up the back last year on account of fiolitics. Last year he bought out the icense of J. A. Niver. This year the court seems to be in his favor. The Court smiled when Bobert Berry, ex Deputy Coroner was called. He was" rep resented by W. A. Blakely. Berry held a license last year and was all right Peter S. Huckestein. of 12 Sixth street went through just as easily. Michael May, of 7 Ninth street, came next He formerly ran the Tavistock on Sixth avenue, and 'had a good record. Attorney Christy's First Appearance. Joseph Martin, of 823 Penn avenue, was a new applicant for the old Boehm place at Ninth street The place has been licensed continuously since 1880. From 100 to 160 people a day are fed in the restaurant Mr. Martin is a brother-in-law of the late Mr. Boehm. Christy made his first appearance for the day here and asked questions about the size of the bouse, but he got the worst of it.tfind Martin's chances are good. James M. Maguire, of 301 Penn avenue, was licensed last year, and is all right for this. Henry McKinnie, of -Hotel Anderson, Committee." said he, "desire me to open I just came up, and was told he was all right latio of 16 to 1," or more exactly it is -j.93 to gold fAn order that this equality should be preserved, This bill provides that fold i ... - z .. . . . Biiau oe equal at tne mints. nnd silver Applause. In It is necessary that silver should be put on the same plane in regard to the Issue of cer tificates at the mints us gold. To-day the law provides that gold bullion may be taken to the mints of the United States and cer tificates Issued to the owner, or that he may be paid for It in money. He Is not required to" wait for Its coinage. Mr. Bland here sent to the clerk's desk a letter from the Director of the Mint, dated March 16, 1892, stating that the cost of coining silver would be about 14 cents per dollar, and that 46,000,000 in round figures' could be coined every year. Continuing, Mr. Bland said: While this bill placed gold and sliver on an eonalitv in thn TriAttA-r nf tli a 4ni of Mia 'coin notes on their deposit at the Mints, It the discussion for the onlv party that is op posed to this measure." tDerisive laughter from the Bepublican side. The Speaker held that the views of the minority on the'substitute of the minority having "been presented by Mr. Williams. all precedents gave that gentleman the privilege of opening the discussion in oppo sition to the bill. Mr. Boutelle said he would deprecate any recognition of Mr. Williams representing the majority side of the opponents of silver in the House. In his opening remarks Mr. Williams said he trusted he would be found to repre sent not only the minority of the commit tee, but "the majority of the minority of the committee as well. "I am acting, he said, "in behalf of a cause which, so far as I know, knows no party, but is a mere ques tion of patriotism on both sides. Ap- plause. J A man who now draws the party line upon the merits of this question does not represent his cause He represents himself or his party, but he does not repre sent the interests of the great American Commonwealth." . Applause. Has Faith in an Appreciating Standard. Mr. Williams said that many members of the House womld feel obliged to vote for free coinage', although they did not believe in it, because their constituents have so in structed them. Considerations which now weigh with members would not weigh in. local conventions and local committees. He' believed that an appreciating standard is better than a fluctuating standard, better than a constantly falling standard. It had been argued that as we had the free coinage oi suver oeiore ibij, witnout disastrous re sults, why should disaster now follow this bill? We should remind the American people that the monetary conditions of the worl have entirely changed since 1873, and those conditions are now beyond our control.- Gold is the standord of nearly all the nations of Europe, "and when we declare for the free coinage of silver where will gold go? It will go to a premium and a premium upon gold is a discount upon silver. The restol the world will fix the depreciation upon silver according to the markets of the world, and our 'standard will then be 70 cents to the dollar. That means repudia tion, ii means tee tnrowing oi tms conn try into a dishonestsettlement of every debt .contracted, on our present gold basis. Ap- Continued on Sinth Page. I Owen McCarthy, of Sixth street, got the same treatment Winfield S. Porter wants a license at 716 Penn avenue. His restaurant will be in the rear of the bar. He has a 10-year lease. The Judge said he would much pre fer to have a restaurant that could be gained without going through the bar. Christyalso complained, but the applicant showed up well. Edward Bueckeisen, of 34 Sixth street, who was refused two years ago alter having a license for 35 years, but who has held one since, will hold one again. Edward Beden- bach, of 12 and 14 Seventh street, went through just as easily. John Staley appeared for Hotel Staley, and Dellenbach & Schlosser for the Schlos- ser. They all went through. Thompson & Booth, of the Bed Lion Hotel,were scarcely questioned. George Tann, of 64 and 58 Tenth street, also got through easily. One of the Colored Applicants. David B.. Brown, colored, is after a license at 79 Wvlie avenue. He said he had an experience of six years at hotels here and ten years at Washington. B C. Christy said the place was 'refused before and that it was a pool room now. Judge Collier only objected to the pool room. John J. Dougherty is a barkeeper who wants a place ot his own at 7 Wylie avenue. The place is now a restaurant and the man's chances are good. Patrick C Duffy, of the Old Battery, corner of Grant street and Webster avenue, went through easily, and then Charles Drumm, of 1G5 and 167 Fifth avenue, was called. He has a restaurant now and serves 300 to 400 meals a'day. He was refused last year. This is the second time he applied. Collier Will the barroom and restaurant be separate? Drumm Yes, sir. Collier All right Frank A. Eble is.a new applicant for 233 Fifth avenue. He is a barber now, but his eyesight is failing and he wants to sell whisky. Christy You had a bottling house' In 1890? Eble Yes, sir. Christy You were refused? !ble Yes. sir. Collier The record shows you were con vieted of selling liquor without a license. Continued on Eighth Pag. jjygfejgii - ... ' .. .,. ... ... ,- : , st
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