j'
K5
INCREASE, 18,983. N
THE "'ADLETS HAVE GAINED THIS
MUCH IN SEVEN MONTHS. FIGURES
SHOW:
To March 31, 1892 40,603
To March; 1891 30,620
Try tho Cent-a-Word Columns.
INCREASE, 18C83.
THE ADLETS HAVE GAINED THIS
MUCH IN SEVEN MONTHS. FIGURES
SHOW:
To March 31, 1892 49,603
To March, 1891 i 30,620
Try tho Cent-a-Word Columns.
WRffimi
FORTY SEVENTH YEAR
PITTSBURG, MONDAY, APRIL. 11. 1892.
THREE CENTS.
fjr
era in .
FOR HARRISBURG
When Those Democratic
Factions Gather There
on Wednesday.
THE YOUNG WORKERS
To Be in Control, and the Cleveland
Pattison Combination
SEEMS TO HAVE ITS OWN WAY.
Harrity Declares That the Governor Won't
Go Back on Graver.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth
Admits Wallace Talks In Good Faith,
but Pattison Knows His Business
Best He Sizes Up the Guffey Backing
at Less Than 30 Per Cent of the Dele
grates Assured of His Own Election
as National Committeeman The Op
position's Literary Bureau Given a
Boast An Organ of the Antl-Pattison-lans
Predicts Guffey's Election Har
rison Warns Wanamaksr to Keep
Away From Quay Tho Senator at
Once Sets to Work on a New Boom
for Blaine.
Philadelphia, April 10. A special
dispatch to the Times from Harrisburg, says:
The present prospects and anticipations are
that the Democratic State Convention on
Wednesday will be the most spirited gather
ing of its kind held here since the famous
convention of 1880, when the Tilden-Ean-dall
forces struggled for the mastery with
the Hancock-Wallace organization. That
ended in a truce and drawn battle, and
though one of the rival leaders of that day
is dead and the other measurably withdrawn
from political activity, many of the con
spicuous figures of that fray will be in and
about tlii! week's convention.
The hotels and boarding houses of the
city will be taxed to their utmost capacity,
and besides nearly 500 delegates there will
be thousands of visitors from a distance in
attendance. State Chairman Wright and
Secretary Harrity will have rooms at the
Commonwealth, Attorney General Hensel
and a large share of the regular organiza
tion from Philadelphia will be quartered at
the Lochiel, while Gufley and most of the
recognized anti-Cleveland and anti-Pattison
forea-s - ill muster at the Bolton.
A vonventlon or YontijrrVmcatK.
The vonveution will be largely made up
of the younger-men of the party and of
those who have been conspicuously active
during the period when the State has twice
been carried fora Democratic Gubernatorial
candidate. It is expected that most of the
Democratic Congressmen and State Senators
will be present. Of the former, only Mr.
Beltzhoover is a regular delegate.
The crowning victory of the State admin
istration people in Bedford county yester
day completes the roll of delegates, and
their emphatic control of the convention by
at leat two-thirds, if not three-fourths of
its entire membership. The Pattisori-Har-rity
clement has been mnch strengthened
by the early position it took for Cleveland
and br the consistency and tenacity with
which it has adhered to him. The late
popular ground swell in his favor has Tindi
cated this judgment, and it has practically
identified the Cleveland and Pattison in
terests. Strength of tlio Combination.
To be sure, there ore some pretended
Cleveland supporters who are "agin the
administration," and there are some people
who avow fealty to Pattison and are cold
toward Cleveland, but the union of their
forces is very nearly complete, to their mu
tual advantage.
Hence it is that the recent declarations of
ex-Senator Wallace for Pattison have not
made a very profound impression, other
than to show the weakness and division of
what is termed "the opposition." Gover
nor Pattison's friends will entertain no
suggestion of his candidacy while Cleve
land is in the field, and the small personal
fnction which is so malignant toward the
Governor and his Cabinet do not regard Mr.
Wallace's proposition with friendliness or
favor. The few pronounced Hill delegates
in the convention were elected weeks ago,
when the now crushed boom of the 2sew
York Senator was at its summit.
The convention will meet at noon on
Wednesday, and the preliminaries for the
expeditious dispatch of business are well
nigh completed.
"othin Cut-and-Drled About It.
For the chairmanships nobody in particu
lar has yet been agreed upon or even sug
gested, and the usual committees of cre
dentials, organization and platform will no
doubt pick out their most experienced mem
bers for the respective heads of them.
Patient hearing, it is expected, will be ac
corded all bona fide contestants, but the
bluster and threats of those who have no
cae except a purely personal grievance
will not likely be allowed to disturb the
proceedings of the convention. The plat
form is expected to be short, but in no wise
uncertain in its tone toward Cleveland or
Pattison.
Among those who are forecasting the
action of the convention surprise is ex
pressed that Mr. Gufley is making such
elaborate preparations to contest Mr. Har
rity's seat in the National Committee,
when the drift of the election for State dele
gales has been so overwhelmingly in support
of the Secretary.
Han-it y's Assurance of Snrcest.
Outside of Allegheny, Northampton,
Westmoreland, a few Philadelphia districts
and some scattering smaller connties, Har
rity's election has been practically indorsed
or acquiesced in, and the already well as
sured composition of the delegation to Chi
cago leaves no doubt that more than three
fourths of it will be friendly to him. In
most districts the election of delegates to
the National Convention was involved in
the choice of State delegate', and they can
therefore be predicted with reasonable cer
tainty. From the country districts the represen-
tation of fresh, young, vigorous local lead
ers will be unusually large, numbering
among them O. B. Dickinson, of Delaware;
A. M. Holding, of Chester; John A. Ooyle
and W. B. Given, of Lancaster; J. Heston
Todd, of Montgomery; Robert E. Wright,
of Lehigh: T. T. Lenahan, of Luzerne; S.
P. Light, of Lebanon, and most likely
Mayor John A. Fritchey, of Dauphin: John
Henry Cochran, of Williamsport; Horace
Keesey, of York; E. H. Shearer, of Cum
berland; J. M. Reynolds, of Bedford; S. L.
Mestre2at, of Fayette; S. B. Griffith, of
Mercer; W. W. Clendennin, of Lawrence,
any many others, all of whom are set down
in the Cleveland-Pattison column.
HARRITY HUMPS HIMSELF.
The Secretary ot State Hastens to Talk of
the Declaration of Wallace for Pattison
He Says Pattison Won't Go Back on
Cleveland.
Philadelphia, April 10. When
spoken to in reference to the reported
declaration of Senator Wallace in favor of
having the Democratic State convention
indorse Governor Pattison as a candidate
for President, Secretary of. State William
F. Harrity said:
"I know whereof I speak when I state
that Governor Pattison has not consented to
have his name placed before the coming
Democratic State convention as a candidate
for President either as the first or
second choice of the Democracy of
Pennsylvania, I am sure that any move
ment started for any such purpose would
not meet with his approval. Governor Pat
tison is unquestionably very strong Jn the
affections and confidence of tho people of
this State, and if Mr. Cleveland were not a
candidate, I believe the Governor would re
ceive the united support of the Pennsvl
vania delegation to the Democratic Na
tional Convention, as he would of the dele
gations from somp other States. Bnt the
Democrats of this State favor Grover Cleve
land for President, and tho State Convention
is certain to Indorse him with emphasis and
cordiality. Those who mean to give Mr.
Cleveland their sincere and earnest sunnort
are among tno warmest fiicnds that Gov
ernor Pattison has In Pcnnsvlvanta, and I
can assure you that they will do so with the
unqualified approval of the Governor him
self. Wallace Acting In Good Faith.
"The declaration of Senator Wallace was.
of course, made In good faith, but the effect
of adopting the suggestion that Governor
Pattison should be supported by the Penn
sylvania delegates would be to materially
prejudice Mr. Cleveland's candidacy. Those
who oppose Mr. Cleveland have been indus
triously nt work for some time past In en
couraging other candidates In various
States so as to diminish Mr. Cleveland's
strength. lr they could sneced in removine
him from further consideration they would
then combino upon someone else, and In all
probability it wonld not be upon any of
those who had been used to kill off Mr.
Cleveland.
"At various times during the past three
months," added the Secretary of State, "the
enemies of both Mr. Cleveland and Gover
nor Pattison were engaged in an effort to
confuse and mislead the Democrats of the
State. Their literarv bureau was at work in
some places telling Democrats that some of
ns were not loyal to the Governor because
we tavoied Mr. Cleveland for President: in
other places they were Informed that we
were not for Mr. Cleveland, and that we
were quietly at woik getting delegates
elected to support Governor Pattison; and
In still other parts of the State they were
told that we were not favoraule to either
Mr. Cleveland or Governor Pattison. but
that some of us were trying to get delegates
elected to aid Senator Hill. In their travels
overtheStatetheso stories ovcitook each
other, with tho result that tlio literary
bureau is entirely discredited and has gono
out of business oxrent to indulrre In some
personal abnso. I do not wish to intimate
that Senator Wallace was a party to these
performances, for I am bure he was not. It
wrs the worE of smaller met. -
A Cleveland-Pattison Convention.
"1 think you may depend upon It that It
will ue a Cleveland-Pattison convention
that will assemble at Harrisburg on Wed
nesday next, for Cleveland will be heartily
indorsed as the Democratic candidate for
President, and Governor Pattison's admin
istration will be cordially approved."
"What is likely to be the strength of tho
various element, that will be represented In
the convention?"
"The combined partv will scarcely be able
to muster 130 out of the 463 delegates. As
you know, those In the opposition are
actuated by various motives. '1 hose from
Philadelphia havo personal grievances
against Governor Pattison because of per
sonal and political disappointments. Those
from tho interior of the State and some from
Allegheny county are influenced by their
hostility to Mr. Cleveland. Still others urn
Jn opposition on general principles. Their
chiet aim seems to bo to tear down rather
than build up. They are running on the
anything-to-beat-somebodv principle. As It
looks to me, they will not have one-third of
the convention nor one-third of the Com
mittee on Credentials to which they havo
been giving so much attention."
TALK OF THE OPPOSITION.
Claims of the Anti-PattisonHns Set Forth
by Their Harrisburg Organ It Thinks
Harritj's Grip on the Governor Is Too
Strong for Wallace to Shake It Oft
IIaekisburg, April 10. Special The
Patriot (anti-Patterson) will have the fol
lowing to-morrow:
An interview with ex-Senator Wallace, in
which he Is represented as favoring the
nomination of Governor Pattison for Presi
dent, has ciused some misapprehension of
that gentleman's attitude in State politics
The fact Is that the ex-Senator, having been
very badly treated by the Cleveland ad
ministration, even his recommendations of
candidates lor postmasters in his
owh neighborhood having been ig
nored. Is not at all in love wltii
the candidacy of the ex-President. He is
doubtless, w tiling to support the Governor's
aspirations In prelerenco to tho nomination
of Mr. Cleveland. But It is well understood
by his close friends that he has said to Gov
ernor Pattison that unless the Governor
sends Harrity about his business and con
sents to a fair and Just settlement of the dis
puted seats in the State Con ention for the
county of Philadelphia, the delegation to
Chicago cannot be substantially united upon
Governor Pattison's candidacy.
Mr. Harrity's grip upon the throat of the
Governor is so firm and tenacious that even
the Presidental bees buzzing around it can
not sting it Into relaxation. Ex-Senator
Wallace will find, if he has not already dis
covered, that Mr. Harrity will not permit
the Governor to take any advice or accept
any conditions that Mr. Harrity does not
approve, aud he certainly will not approve
either the advice or the conditions sub
mitted by Mr. Wallace to Governor Pat
tison. What, then, will be the course or the Clear
field statesman at the State Convention? It
is well known that he favors Colonel James
M. Guffey Tor member of the National Com
mittee. Colonel Guffey will be eleoted be
yond a doubt, unless Harrity can rough the
convention and seat all of his counted-ln
and fraudulently elected delegates fiom
Philadelphia. Mr. Wallace, being in favor
of fair play, will be forced tojoin with the
anti-boss element of the convention and to
antagonize the Governor's programme.
That the Governor sent for the ex-Senator
twice and held long consultations with him
only goes to show that he realizes the fact
that the rainbow he Is chasing is not yet
within his grasp. It must have been humili
ating, indeed, to His Excellency, to he
obliged to send for the man whom ho hates
most cordially, and whom he has been pooh
poohing as a "back number" In politics.
But when a whole si arm of Presidentai
bees Is buzzing under one's hat one is likely
to do some very queer things.
CLAIMS OF THE GTJFFETITES.
They Hold a Conference and Now Scent
Victory In the Air.
HAimisnuno, April 10. Special The anti
narrity leaders had a consultation here last
night, and after going over the returns of
delegates elected to tho Democratic State
Convention, they claim outsido of Philadel
phia the resnlt stands 211 against Harrity to
168 for him, showing an anti-Harrlty majori
ty of 63. Their estimate gives solid Relega
tions from 19 connties to Harrity and solid
delegations from an equal number 19 to
his opponents. The remaining 28 counties
have delegations more or less divided on the
Harrity question.
Tho anti-Harrlty leaders claim that they
will certainly prevent any substantial in
dorsement of Governor Pattison's candi
dacy for President, and that if the de
termination of the State -administration to
.force the unit rule upon the party is per
sisted in, they will insist upon instructions
for Cleveland which will bind the delega
tion so that they cannot get away from the
ex-President at all. The anti-Harrlty peo
ple claim that the alleged attitude of Sena
tor Wallace in favor of Governor Pattison's
candidacy, and tho fact that the Governor
sent for the Senator twice has set the
stralghtout Cleveland men to thinking.
HARRISON MAY DECLINE.
He Tells Wanamaker He Wants the. Party
Harmonious The Postmaster General
Warned to Keep Away From Quay Tho
Senator Again Booms Blaine.
Philadelphia, April 10. Special
There will be no reconciliation between
Senator Quay and President Harrison, and
as a result Mr. Harrison may eventually
not be a candidate for renomination. A few
days ago Congressmen Bingham, O'Keill
and Beyburn, accompanied by Postmaster
General Wanamaker, called upon the
President to urge him to forget the past and
receive Quay. This was with the idea
that the Pennsylvania Bepublican Conven
tion, to be held on the 20th, would declare
for Harrison and assure him of the 61 dele
gates or the State. The surprise of the gen
tlemen was great when the President turned
to Mr. Wanamaker and said:
"The less you have to do with Mr. Quay
the better it will be for yourself. He Is not
a lit man to associate with."
Following this up the'President said that
he was not so certain about accepting a re
nomination unless he was assured that the
party was harmonious, and that it would
stana togetner on an questions. He said ho
saw here and there evidences of dissatisfac
tion, and that he preferred to stand aside
ratner than to place himself in the powerof
Mr. Quay and some other men who had at
tempted to dictate the terms for renomina
tion. The President said to the Congressmen
that he would not place the patronage of
Pennsylvania in Quay's hands because tho
men Quay had recommended to him were
no better than himself, and were not fit to
hold positions. The President said that If it
depended upon Quay that he should get the
Pennsylvania ueiegation, men ne wouia not
get it. Mr. Wanamaker talked in his most
persuasive manner, but it was of no avail.
'And the President warned the Postmaster
General, as a good Presbyterian brother, to
keep away from Quay.
When this was told the Senator he was
naturally angered. He immediately.'began
to discuss with his fellow Senators the
availability of Blaine as a Presidental can
didate, and the boom in the interest qt the
Secretary last week is due to Quay's work.
The gentlemen who wero present at the In
terview with President Harrison say that
unless Quay, Piatt, Clarkson and the les:
are solid for him that Mr. Harrison will de
cline the nomination. Up to this time Quay
has refused to tell his most Intimate friends
who is his Presidental choice.
DEMOCBATIC BOLT AT SCBANTON.
A Workingmen's Club Has a Delegation
to Send to Harrisburg.
Eoraktojt, April 10. Special A sensation
has been created in local official circles by
an extravagant set of resolutions promul
gated by an organization called the Work
Ingmen's Democratic Club of this city. Tho
club, at a meeting held to-day, not only
adopted the resolutions referred to, but
elected a full set of delegates from this
county to the Stato Convention at Harris
burg on Wednesday.
in tneir resolutions tno workingmen de
nounce the corrupt praotlce of buying nomi
nations, which they allege Is always resorted
to in Democratic county conventions. They
also declare that the regular Countv Com
mittee of the party Is Illegally constituted,
because the rules provide for but 11 mem
bers and there are now 2i Tho resolutions
also declaie that in the county the wage
workers have no say In party affairs, the
bosses ruling everything with an Iron hand.
The Democratic lcadeis declare that the
Worklngmcn's Club is composed of dis
appointed ward heelers whose palms are
itching for boodle.
JUDGE GBESHAH 70S PBESIDENT.
Illi Same Expecwd to Head the People's
Party Ticket This Pall.
Cikcihpati, April 10. Special In quite a
large sense tnis city, since the great con
ference of all the cranks which gave birth to
the People's party, lias been the head
quarters of that party. This has been
still more the case since the establish
ment here of the Herald, managed by a
son ot Senator Peffer. It Is no secret hero
among the Hshts of the partv that the Presi
dental ticket, at least the head of it, has
been decided on. Judge Walter Q.
Gresham is the man, and a leader high up in
the counsels of Poffer's party says the Judge
has agreed to accept the nomination. A
Southern man will be pnt on 'the ticket with
him.
It is claimed that a vast organized rail
road vote will be cast for him. and that he
will carry Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas and at
least two Southern States, throwing tho
election into the House of Representatives,
where the Alliance claims it will hold tho
balance of power andsecure Gresham's elec
tion. Independents Win In Indiana.
Isdiaha, Pa., April 10. Special. Tester
day's Bepublican primaries proved a victory
for the Independent Republicans and the
old soldier contingent. The contest was not
based on the Quay-Dalzell fight, but itvas
a revolt against the wing of the party led
by Elkln and Huff. Captain Nesblt, the""old
soldier" candidate, triumphed over S. M.
Jack, Huff's candidate, by from 400 to 500
majority. Prothonetary John A. Scott,
leader of the independent movement, will'
probably defeat W. J. Mitchell. Elklh's can
didate, for national delegate. M. C. Watson,
Independent, leads Bell by fcOO for State
Senate, while John M. Leech nulls through
with a slight majority. Seanor and Hosach
also defeat Du Morrow for State Legislatuie
by about 700 majority.
IIcKean Countv Claimed Against Emery.
BnADFORD,April 10. Special. The returns
from the primary elections in McKean
county sent out last night now turn out to
have been inconect. To-day It is claimed
that Colonel W. W. Brown's delegates aro In
the majority, no lost the city proper for
delegate to the National Convention.bnt has
carried the county by 39 delegates to Lewis
Emery's 35. Emery's workers still claim
they are not defeated, and say that in the
convention thpy will develop sufficient
strength to nominate their man.
Quay Snowed Under in Bedford.
Bedford, April 10. Special Eetums from
all but two townships in the county show
that the Quay candidates for the Legislature
have been completely snowed under. Tho
convention, which meets on Tuesday, will
he composed of 77 delegates. Uncle John
Cessna has now 55, and his vote mav reach
61 Editor W. a Smith will also be nomi
nated on the first ballot. The two Quay can
didates will hardly be able to muster 20 votes
by combining, so there is no chance to de
feat Editor Smith.
Anxious to Step Up Higher.
Iitdiasapolis, April 10. Hon. Claude
Matthews, present Secretary of the State,
and heretofore a candidate for re-election.
In a letter to the Sentinel In the morning will
announce'hlmself a candidate for Governor
at the Democratic convention, April 2L
FAINTED AT THE MASS.
The Oldest American Parish Priest Falls to
the Church Floor.
Trot, N. T., April 10. While celebrating
mass at St. Mary's church this morning Bey.
Peter Haverman, the venerable pastor, had
a tainting spell on the altar and fell to the
floor. He was removed to the parochial
residence. Father Haverman is the oldest
parish priest In the United States.
Tbe Argentine Presidental Election.
Btrfisos Atres, April 10. The election for
provincial delegates to elect a President
passed off quietly. The Radicals abstained
from voting. Tho Concllation party was
victorious. After the elections the tsate of
siege was reimjposed.
PIE FOR ENGLAND,
The American-Chinese Mix Is
a Regular Picnic for
Great Britain.
AN AWKWAED PRECEDENT.
Chicagoans Begin to Think They Will
Get Those Millions, bat
THERE WILL BE A FIGHT fOR THEM.
Third Party Men to Start an Organ With
Which They Can Dance.
A SENATOR'S EMBARRASSING BREAK
ISrECML TELEOKAM TO THE SISrjkTca.
"WASHiNorojr, April 10. John Bussell
Young, ex-Minister to China, said to-day:
"The Chinese correspondence In regard to
Mr. Blair shows a series of misconceptions.
The Pekin authorities probably never gave
the matter other than cursory consideration.
The temper in the Chinese dispatches comes
from Li Hung Chang, an imperious, haughty
statesman, and prone to swift and
angry conclusions. It is a surprise
that our legation did not earnestly
resent the tone of these objections to Mr.
Blair, if not the objections themselves. It
was a grave departure from the traditions of
Western diplomacy with China, traditions
which show the courtesy, the patience and
the indifference of the Chinese to have an
American Minister objected to. The pre
cedent is awkward. I cannot conceive a
hint of such an intention coming to the
Legation without a serious protest.
"However.our whole policy toward China
since the Scott exclusion treaty has been
despicable. Instead of aiding to restrain
immigration it has developed antagonism to
American progress.
Playing Into England's Hand.
""We have never gone as far as the Chi
nese would have us in the immigration
business and yet what little we have done
has been exquisitely offensive to the most
polite, the most considerate and. tho most
amiable people in tho world.
"A rude, uneducated, paltry-minded boor
comes Into my diawing room, spreads his
muddy boots over tho chairs, lolls about
reeking with rum and tobacco, and Is aston
ished because I do not deem him a gentle
man. This illustiates the Impression wo
have made in China, and Mr. Blair was re
jected us an expression of resentment not
against that gentleman, but on grand diplo
matic demeanor In recent ycais. I do not
envy Mr. Denby his complications. Wo
have played into tho hand of England with
an ability and consecutive energy which
muse awaken joy in uowning street."
Chicago People Expect Those Millions.
There is great rejoicing among the friends
and promoters of the World's Fair at the
announcement that tho sub-committee on
appropriations, which Congress authorized
to go to Chicago and investigate the con
dition of affairs, will submit a favorable re
port. It appears that tho Windy -City peo
ple captured the Committee upon their ar
rival there and presented tficm crlth a state
ment which estimates that, the total re
ceipts of the Fair will aggregate about $36,
000,000. The expenditures are estimated at
$23,000,000, thus showing a profit of $13,000,000.
Tho sub-committee leturnedto Washington
to-day, and it is expeotcd that they will bo
ready to make their report to the full com
mittee within a few days.
It Is said that the sub-committee was
favorably impressed by the showing made
by the managers of the Fair, but there is
room forciiticism in several particulars.
For instance, the sub-committee was not at
nil pleased with the management of the
bureau of publicity and promotion. Thev
win probably report that branch of the
enterprise as extravagant and of little value
from a business standpoint. They claim, in
fact, that it is a promotion bureau that does
not promote.
A Spirited Fight Bound to Come.
There is going to be a spirited fight over the
proposition to pass the $3,000,000 loan, which
it is understood the Committee on Appro
priations will tcport favorably to the House.
Some of the Southern and Western men,
who havo not forgiven Chicago for stealing
the Democratic National Convention, de
clare they will prolong the session to an in
definite period rather than help the passage
of the pioposed bill.
AlLof tho big men of the Fair are ex
pected to arrive here within the next two
or throe days to try and lobby tho bill
thiongh Congress. Theie is a very decided
opposition In certain directions, and it re
mains to be seen whether the friends of the
measuie aie strong enough to overcome it.
The indications are that It will be tho great
est struggle of the session, and both sides
are preparing for a long and desperato en
gagement. An Organ for the'' Third Party.
Jerry Simpson and his "third party"
friends in Congress have concluded thoy
must have an organ tnat will play the stylo
of music they can dance to. To that end a
meeting was held In this city a few even
ings ago, at which only "third party" men
were present. After a general discussion of
the situation, thoy decldod that the Econ
omist, the Farmers' Alliance paner, is not In
touch with the "third partyV and that
therefore It is necessary to have an author
izedvjrgan of the "third party" at the Capi
tal of tbe nation to foster and encourage the
new movement.
The paper is to bo started on a capital
stock of $10,000, and it was estimated that
the first Issue will have at least 20,000 sub
scribers. There was considerable discussion
over the selection of an appropriate name
for the proposed organ, and this matter was
left to a committee of three. Mr. Stmnson
became quite angry when a facetious anti
Third party man suggested that tho De
moralizer would ho a good name for it.
As an evidence that the new"paper is to be
the "hated rival' of tho Economist, tho
"Third party" men have Induced W.A. Dun
ning, the editor of that journal, to accept
the editorship of the new enterprise. The
date of theflist issue has not yet been de
termined upon. Jerry Simpson and Tom
Watson, the two Third party leaders in the
House, will also assist In the editorial de
partment. Betrayed by a Pocket Pistol.
'There was an amusing unreported inci
dent in the Senate tbe other day about the
time when Kenresentative Funston, of
Kansas, was making his exhibition in the
House in respect to prohibition charges of
tippling nt the Capitol restaurants. Avery
distinguished Senator (one of those, by the
way, enumerated In the list complained of
by Mr. Funston) was making for the clerk's
desk to ask a question. His nearest route
led between the scats of Senators Morgan
and Butler.
Mr. Morgan's desk was overhung with
books and documents relating to his silver
speech, and the Senator, in order not to dis
arrange them, lifted his coat-tails so as to
cut as narrow a swath as possible. As ho
did so a pint flask filled with some brown
liquid fell to the floor and broke with a i e
soundlng crash. The Senator colored up,
but, without turning his head to survey the
damages, or to assume responsibility for the
Incident, went straight on. A nimble page
sprang to the rescue, picked up the pieces
and mopped up the liquid.
The Excitement at Kingfisher Intense.
Washieqtow, April 10. The attention of
Commissioner Carter, of the General Land
Office, was to-night called to the dtspatoh
from Guthrie, Okla., relative to the
excltemeut occasioned at Kingfisher as a re
sult of tbe instructions sent from Washing
ton to land officers at that place and at
Oklakoma City, prescribing rules for the
opening to settlement of Cheyenne and
Arapahoe lands. The Commlssonor said the
telegram as sent to newspapers from Wash:
Ington was strictly coriect. The Cominis-
sloner further said: "For many years the
rule has existed that declaratory statements
could be filled only by the Individual in per
son or through an agent appearing at tno
Land Office."
AN EAR FOR HIS PENSION.
Atrocities on a Helpless Veteran Practiced
by Burglars They Drag a Woman From
Bed and Subject Her to Fatal Tortures
fiendish Ingenuity Exhausted.
Hollidaysbubo, April 10. Special.
Two high-handed outrages occurred here
last night. Three masked burglars entered
the house of John Daly, a soldier aged 65
years, to steal his lately-drawn pension
, money. They bound the hands and feet of
the old man, tied him to a chair, and when
he refused to tell them the whereabouts of
his wealth they tortured him frightfully by
slowly stabbing him in the neck with a
knife and holding a lighted lamp under his
ear, burning that feature to a crisp.
Still, the old man bravely kept his secret.
One of the lobbers then deliberately
knocked him senseless with a blow on the
head with his revolver. They then ran
sacked 'the house, chopped tbe floor open
with a hatchet and tore the plaster off the
walls to And Daly's treasury, but were un
able to discover any booty, and finally de
parted after brutally kicking the uncon
iclons man.
They next went to tho house of Miss Ollva
McDowell, an aged aplnstor. She was
dragged from her bod. bound In a blanket.
gagged and tied to a bed poit. Thov bar
barously tortured tho woman to force her to
tell whet o her money was kopt, A pen
knife was jabbod Into her skull several
times, and her loft eye Is permanently
ruined owing to a blow from tho butt end of
a revolver. J3oth of the old people were
found as described, and the greatest excite
ment ensued. It is feared Miss MoDowell is
fatally injured. There is, as usual, no clew
to the robbers, but several posses have been
organized and are scouring the country,
while several suspected houses in this place
are being closely watched.
DETEBMINED TO DIE.
A Father, Seeing His Child Burning, Tries
Every Means of Suicide.
Wheeling, April 10. Special A horrible
story comes from Midway, 20 miles up the
river. The residence of James Hawley
caught fire in some unexplained way last
night, and was burned to the ground. Mr.
Hawley, his wife and her sister were in tho
the second story asleep, and a 10-year-old
adopted son, Joseph Linton, was asleep in
the attic. The three grown people were
awakened by the crackling of the burnlnz
timbers and escaped through the windows
with difficulty in their night clothes. The
bov was burned to death.
When Mr. Hawley saw that the boy could
not escape, he became for the time a raving
maniac, and, seeing the lad's burning bed,
he ran in among the embers, threw himself
down on his face and sought to cut ills
throat on the pieces of broken glass which
had fallen there. He was removed, and
while being led to a neighbor's ho tried to
break away and sprang again into tho burn
ing building. This being also prevented, he
dashed his head against a post standing
beside the road in an effort to dash out his
brains. He also banged his head against the
wheels of a heavy wagon, and made other
insanely determined efforts to kill himself.
His barn was burned bv an incendiarv Borne
time ago and a lot of his live stock were
poisoned. It Is believed the present fire
was of Incendiary origin.
NEW YORK SMILES AGAIN.
Dr. Parkhnrst's Sunday Closing of Saloons
Has a Sad Relapse.
New Tore, April 10. Special The artifi
cial drought caused by Dr. Parkhurst's ex
traordinary activity has disappeared like
summer warmth before a wintry blast.
Perhaps, like summer, it will call again,
.but with "nods and becks and wreathed
smiles" the barkeepers expressed their
doubts about it to-day. It was not exactly
good drinking weather, but there was no
need of good citizens getting dry, ior half
the saloons in town were open.
Saloonkeepers who kept open took a little
more precaution thamusual, but otherwise
things wero about the same as they wore
before Dr. Parkhnrst went Into the saloon
closing business. Tho big places were open,
and in a great many of them there was not
even a man at the door, and anvbody conld
walk right in. Most of the smaller ones,
however, had a man behind the bolt and
chain who allowed only familiar faces to
pass him.
CHICAGO'S MAY DAT.
If Police Permit, the .Lake Front Will Wit
ness an Eight-Hour Demonstration.
CnicAoo, April 10. A grand international
eight-hour demonstration will take place
Sunday, May 1. It is estimated that mem
bers of trades unions, socialistic societies
and their sympathizers to the number of
20,000 will march through Chicago's streets
on that day. The great crowd will gather at
the Lake Front after it has paraded the city,
and a dozen speakers will speak In English
and German on the wrongs of society In
general and the benefits of the elghtihour
day In particular.
The latter arrangement hinges, however,
on one proviso If Chlor of Police M;:
Claughey will permit speech-making on the
Lake Front. He will also have something to
say about the color of the flags carried on
that day. On neither of theso subjects has
he yet been approached by the labor
leaders.
THE E0BBEE OF TWO BANKS
On His Way to Kaston, Pa., to Answer
There for One of His Crimes.
Eastoit, Pa., April 10. A dispatch received
here to-day states that Detective Johnson
is on his Way from Santa Anna, Ky., with
AVallie Connors.ono of the bank sneaks who
last July robbed the Easton National Sank
of ti.OOO.
Connor was arrested and convicted for the
attempted robbery of a bank there, and
upon his release was taken Into custody on
the charge of robbing iho bank hero Tho
dispatch further states that the prisoner
made an unsuccessful attempt to escape Dy
Jumping Irom a train.
EFFECTS OF THE COLD SNAP.
Fruit Trees and Plants In Bloom Killed,
but Others Safe.
CiyoiKXATi, April 10. Owing to 'cloudy
weather, there was not much white frost
last night, but Ice formod in considerable
quantities. Advices from Ross county, In
Central Southern Ohio, are that peaches in
bloom aie killed, but those not in bloom,
which comprise 20 per cent or more, are not
hurt.
Strawberries, likewise, are safe, except
where in bloom. The moderation of temper
atuie to-day removes apprehension of furth
er danger to-night.
A CROSSING WAS, IN OHIO.
The Mayor and 300 Citizens of Carthage
Disperse a Gang of Workmen.
Cikcixnati, April 10. Last midnight the
Big Four Railroad, with a gang boss and 123
men tried to lay a track across certain
streets In Carthage, 12 miles north of nere.
Tbe Mavor and 300 citizens turned out.
and for a while there was an appearanco of
a riot, bnt the workmen dispersed quietly.
Somo litigation, however, will result.
Tel low Fever Still Pad in Brazil.
New York, April 10. Captain Cowan, of
the steamer Phida, which arrived at this
port to-day from Brazilian ports, reports
that the sanitary condition of Santos aud
Rio Jancria is very bad, yellow fever still
prevailing at those ports to an alarming ex
tent. Tho heat was very Intense, which
greatly aggiavated and spread the disease.
A Crew Decimated by Fever.
New York, April 10. The steamship Phldas,
from 'Santos, arrived at this port to-day
short seven in her crew. While lying at
Santos yellow fever broke out on board, and
thieeof hcrciewweie sent ashore and left.
On the trip to this port three other members
of tho crew died ot the fever,
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A Female Fnry Suppressed.
Berlin, April 10. An eccentrio female
Anaichist, named Wabnltz. who was re
cently operating here, has been arrested at-Franktort.
Spring Up in New York Pul
pits to Call Down the
leap Frog Pastor.
SEEMONS ONPALESMDIY
Devoted lo Rebuking a Minister Who
Drags His Kobes
THROUGH THE SLUMS OP GOTHAM.
Dr. De Costa Thinks Some Reformers. Have
Verjr Queer Ideas.
A DISSENT FEOM IDEALISTS IDEAS
SPECIAL TELIO:
ORj
DISPATCH.
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mon lntneunuren 01 b.. rsTU ,'n-
gelist this morning, discussed (rrt 'T,'-t
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tiuuus visits 10 uisurueriy uuuse, as - j'
augurated by Dr. Parkhurst. Before be
ginning the sermon, Dr. De Costa said he
had the highest regard and respect for Dr.
Parkhurst, and that he agreed with his
principles, but not with some of his con
clusions. Then he proceeded to fire hot
shot at all the so-called municipal reform
ers, including tne ministerial witness of the
"circus."
The text was Numbera xxxii, in the 20th,
21st, 22d and 23d verses, which include
these words:
If ye will do this thing, if you will go
armed before the Lord to war, then after
ward ye shall return and be guiltless before
the Lord. But If you will not do so, behold,
ye have sinned against the Lord, and be sure
your sin will And you out.
The Proper Plan of Campilgn.
Dr. De Costa's sermon was attentively
listened to. He began by saying:
This, then, is the sum of the text, that
men who want' to make a successful cam
paign with lasting results must make it a
clean and righteous campaign: a campaign
into which they tako tho sacred ark; a cam
paign into which thoy carry the Ten Com
mandments; a campaign in which they
march before the Lord; a campaign in which
they refuse to touch idols, absolutely ab
horring the Idea that a good end sanctified
bad means.
To-day tho charge Is that the police are
not content with their wages, and that they
levy additional taxes. The proposed reform
with us is this, that they shall stop levying
such additional taxes. In this tho reformer
has with him every man and woman now
said to be paying such taxes. Those pel sons
said to be paying Illegal taxe3 do not like It,
and will be much obliged to yon ir you will
rise up and mako an end of It; but as for the
vice at the bottom of all this, and which we
know to exist, there Is no proposition to
mane an enu oi tnis. mueea, respectanio
religious teachers and medical men openly
declare that vice ought to be lessened.
Strange Ideas of Some .Reformers.
You search society in vain for any indica
tion of a disposition to undertake moral re
form. Multitudes of people havo strango
ideas about the improvement of society, and
they concern themselves chiefly In repent
ing of other people' sins, notablv the sins of
tno ponco anu osner puDiic oinuais. xna
moral condition, I have no hesitation in
saying, is worso to-day than it was two
months ago.
The great demand of our day is the de
mand for personal religion and higher
moral standards of thought and aotlon. We
should, of course, always -strive to do our
best and put the best men in office. Remem
ber that the good man in office will be power
less unless supported by pure public opinion.
But pure public opinion does not now exist,
and the man who, In tbe face of over
whelming wickedness, undertakes to ad
minister the laws of the municipality in ac
cordance with righteous principles, will bo
overtaken by a storm of Indignation. Public
opinion must first be reclaimed, then puri
fied. Only then shall we be prepared to
deal with this awful wickedness that now
successfully defies the law. I therefore pre
sent to you the religion df Jesus Christ as
tho only clement that can secure the reform,
and the living Christian, cleansed of all
duplicity, tho only reformer.
Another Preacher Criticises Parkhnrst.
Eev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhnrst's recent
visit to and entertainment in Hattio Adams'
East Twenty-seventh street house furnished
the theme for the sermon which Rev. Joseph
H. Rylance, of St. Mark's Protestant Episco
pal Church, delivered this morning. "Tne
Clergy and Social Morals" was the subject,
and be took occasion to not only adveisely
crltlclso Dr. Parkhurst's methods of social
leform, but also to express his dissent from
the position of the Idealists who, ho said,
are attempting to reach the millennium at a
bound. Ho incidentally took occasion to
state it as his opinion that it is not neces
sary to investigate as to the sonrce of money
given to churohes or charity, like Jay
Gould's recent gilt of $10,000.
Dr. Rylance took tor his text Ezeklel
xvii. Si "Son of Man, I have made theo a
watchman unto the House of Israel; there
foio hear the word of my mouth nnd give
them warning from me." His leferenco to
his fellow preacher'3 midnight visit to Mrs.
Adams' was pieceded by an attack on radi
cal leformeis the fanatics of reform. He
said:
"Men of an eager tomnerament are car
ried away by indignation against prevail
ing abominations, saying and doing indis
creet things under such Impulses. That
construction we must put upon a strange
episode in the experience o an eminent
clergyman of our city of late, with accounts
of wuioh tho ears of the people are still ring
ing. Mad at the toleration of foulest vice
by thoso whom wo commission and pay to
stamp it out, this clergyman went and saw
with his own eyes lntamies, too terrible to
tell of, to fortifv himself with evidence to
conyict those guilty of such atrocities.
Better Ways to Beach Besnlts.
"But, suroly, there was a more excellent
way of getting at that end, or, If onr pollco
authorities are so callous to the alleged
enormities as not to De moved to the re
pressing of them but by these sensational
exposures on tho part of clergymen, then
are our municipal morals In a vile condi
tion. But this alternative I, for ono, should
be slow to accept. While It may he feared
that the unsavory exposure has done harm
to natures uninitiated m tne knowledge of
desperate wickedness, wn are told that we
mav hope now that our city will be purged
of its pollutions.
"A serious hindrance to the influence of
the clergy for good In the regulation of Dnb-
11c life is found in the fact, as a class, that
they aie such Impracticable Idealists or sen
timentalists. They will persist In refusing
to see that social or political science has to
do with that which is workable, and that it
must be content to aim at this, dismissing
ideals from tbe circle of its outlook, or post
poning their lealization indefinitely. Not
what Is absolutely or Ideally the best do wise
reformers set themselves to attain, but thnt
which Is attainable, only taking the next
step toward reaching tho ideally perfect
when they are ready for it, or when tho com
munity they are seeking to serve mav bo
leadyforlt. But how vigorously do our re
ligious teachers, ormany of them, resent and
denounce these hnlfmeasuios as cowardly
and treasonable to the truth and righteous
ness?" In this connoctlon Dr. Rylance referred to
the liquor question for an example or the
failure topioceed properly toward reform.
"Until the friends of temperance agree to
prosecute reasonable, practicable measures
for Its suppression," said he, "by indirect
approaches, if It cannot be got at at a bound,
tho dream of Prohibitionists will not be re
alized." SLANTING ANNIE'S BEVENGE.-
The Heroine of Creede's First Serious
Stabbing Affray.
Denver, April 10, Special. A Creede dis
patch says that Slanting Annie, the ac
knowledged belle of the 400, was compelled
to take a fresh young tenderfoot down a few
If. 7x " ,, U""B""""V- J;y ,tnra in the time-honored green goods
notches last night. He danced with her
twice, and the last time refused to buy the
drinks. Annie stabbed him in the left
shoulder as hewa3 fleeing out of the front
door.
Annie is always peaceable and polite, but
she won't stand any nonsenso of this sort.
Tho tenderfoot will now doubtless write
back homo about the toughness of the camp.
Slanting Annie, It might be mentioned. Is
the yonng'woman whose principal vocation
is Jumping lots.
BOGUS LOTTERY CROOKS.
Two of Them in Chicago Were Reaping a
BIch Harvest TThen Detectives Pounced
Upon Them They Gull Their Victims
by a Bemarkablo Circular.
Chicago, April 10. A clever confidence
game has j'ust been broken up here by the
arrest of the two bright young men who
have been working it. A few days ago the
police came in possession of a circular bear
ing this letter head: "H. N. Eoyal & Co.,
New Orleans, New York, Chicago and
Omaha. Financial standing, 51,000,000." It
was dated Chicago, March 28, and oflered to
arrange matters so as to enable the person
to whom the circular was addressed to make
$1,000 without a cent of cost to himself. The
only thing required in return was "absolute
and total secrecy," to insure" which the
sender inclosed two oaths exactly alike, one
of which was to be signed and returned by
express. The Arm agreed to send by express
full particulars, and a check for $1,000 as
soon a3 tho oath, properly signed, was re-
flry " was thought the scheme was a new
-me. Detectives 'visited every express
nice In the cltv and found that a great
number of express packages were being
forwarded to Room 8K at 185 Clark street.
Yesterday Detective McDonald found a
pretty young girl alone in the office. She
was signing an express receipt. She said
she did not know what business was con
ducted in the room, as she had only been
employed there since Thursday.
A well-dressed, good-looking young man
walked in and was promptly arrested.
At the Central Station he said bis name was
L. A. Dumas, but from letters found
on him it was believed that his name is
Frederick G. Bonflls. The man broke down
nnd told the details or his scheme. At Bon
flls' lodging room a bright young man. fash
ionably dresied, was arrested. In the room
were found 30,000 lottery tickets in exact
imitation of tbe ticket of the Louisiana
State Lottery Company for a drawing.
Both men acknowledged the3' had every
thing ready to send out the tickets and reap
the harvest. The prisoners had plenty of
money. Both men camo from New York to
Chicago March S, and are believed to havo
worked their swindling scheme in the East.
Bonflls is said to bo a graduate of West
Point, and to be a member of a prominent
family In Missouri.
A HORSE THIEF TRUST.
The Campaign Against Bustlers Discloses
a Startling State or Aflalrs The Bob
bers Have Sales Agents In the East
Wholesale Slaughter for Revenge.
Miles City, SIoxx, April 10. Montana
men are not anxious to post the general
public concerning the raid against rustlers
in this State and "Wyoming. The news has
been given out, however, that 500 deter
mined cowboys are trailing the thieves, and
the prospects are that reports of bloodshed
will soon come from other places, in addifl
tlon to that which has been received from
Billings, Mont.
"Rustlers" are the cattle and horse thieves
of the Western ranges. It is believed they
were organized this Bpring into a larsre com
bine, and had agents both in tho Western
States and at the Eastern markets. It Is
known that they undertook to rduudnp the
cattle on tho ranges this year without pay
ing much attention to the regular round
ups oi the recognized Live Stock Associa
tion. Last year the thieves were outwitted
to a considerable extent, and when the
beeves whieh they had stolen reached the
,t.aswrn marKets ineywore seizeu uy tut, in
spectors or detectives of tho Western Live
Stock Associations, and the proceeds of
their sales were placed subject to claimants
in the treasuries of the Live Stock Commis
sioners. Thousands of dollars of such money
still lie in the treasury or the Wyoming Live
Stock Association at Cheyenne. .
For this reason, principally, tho thieves
started out on an early round-up this year,
hoping to head on the cattlemen by
early selling of stolen stock. Since tbe raid
began the rustlers have undertaken to re
taliate by an indiscriminate and wastoful
slaughter of cattle and horses belonging to
the cattlemen. The number of cattle they
have stolen and destroyed Is almost beyond
estimate, and their stealings or horses are
estimated to have reachod 10,000 head.
H0BE BOMBS 15 FRANCE.
Bavachol, the Imprisoned Anarchist, Hag
Becelved 2,000 letters.
Paris, April 10. A tin cylinder filled with
gunpowder exploded on a window sill of a
house occupied by a magistrate at Com-
pelgne to-day. The windows were shattered
and the house was otherwise damaged, but
nobody was hurt. The magistrate recently
imposed severe sentences on poachers.
Ravachol, tho Imprisoned Anarchist, had
a long conference to-day with his counsoi.
Ue declares that he will not appeal against
tho decision of the Chamber of Accusation,
and he wants tne other arrested Anarchists
to follow his example, so that the trial may
begin on the 20th Inst. Since Ravachol left
his conclergerie over 2,000 letters have been
addressed him, many congratulatory in
character. One contained a small draft for
money, a medallion of the Tope and an ex
hortation to repent.
L. O. Call, counsel for E. P. Deacon, who
killed his wife's lover, 1s now here. He told
a reporter to-day that Deacon has a per
fectly clear case, and that evidence will be
produced at the trial completely refuting
the calumnies of certain French papers.
A cable dfspatch from Madrid says:
Munoz, the Anarchist, was arrested to-day
and was examined in prison by a Judge,
who ordered a close watch on all the dyna
mite prisoners. A bag containing explosives,
grenades and more formidablo projectiles
was tound Saturday night at the gate of the
Hospital for Army Pensioners. The public
is pleased with tho vigor tho Government is
displaying, bnt alarm has been revived by
news that 110 pounds of dynamite have been
stolen from the mines near Linares.
PBEPABING FOB THE OPENING.
Oklahoma's Governor Busy on County Seat
and Line Problem.
El Reso, O. T., April 10. Governor Seay Is
In Kl Reno making arrangements for the
Cheyenne opening. Tbe selection of offi
cers and the opening of the county seats
are problems. All candidates presented
from Canadian county were required to sign
pledges to become bona fide residents of tho
new counties in case they were appointed.
The selections are practically made, but no
announcements have been made.
Surveyors Brown and McPherson, who
plotted the county seat sites of counties 11
and G, have returned with their corps and
report the survey and plotting completed.
Governor Seay leaves for Kingfisher to
night to receive reports from counties C, D
and E, and to complete the arrangements
for the opening as to the northern counties.
AT LEAST 14 DROWNED.
A Probability of a Mnch Greater Loss of
Life In J Southern Flood.
Bir.vrxonAM, Ala., April 10, Some dis
astrous flood news is coming in from Colum
bus, Miss. The river rose over two feet
higher than over in Its history, and up to to
night has fallen only six feet. The town is
full of people who como from the surround
ing plantations and are being fed by tho
citizens.
The loss of life is great. Fourteen persons
are known to have been drowned. What is
tho loss of life in the wide territory cov
ered by the flood, cannot be told.
Lynched an Iron Negro Dummy.
YocsoSTOws, April 10. Special A tele
gram sent out from Milleisburg the other
day stated that a negro hud been hanged
there Just for fun. Since then tbe item has
appeared in different forms, but it can bo
stated authoritatively ;that the whole thing
was a hoax. Some boys stole a cast iron negro
dummy used as a hitching post, and, knock
ing the arms off, strung it to a shade tree.
A lurid correspondent did the rest. ,
Archbishop Ireland Says leo
Is the Greatest States
man in Enrope
A THOROUGH AMERICAN
And a Firm Believer in Onr Demo
cratic Doctrine Of
UNIVERSAL POLITICAL LIBERTY.
Any Form of Government Good TYIucli
Fulfills Its True Mission.
ADTANCED TIEWS OX SOCIAL TOPICS
ASSOCIATED CTtESS COEBESPOXDZSCE.J
Eosie, March 24 Archbishop Ireland,
of St. Paul, speaks as follows in regard to
Pope Leo XLTX : "The letter of Leo XIII.
to the President of the European Commis
sion of the World's Fair is an unusual doc
ument and has surprised churchmen of the
old school, tenacious of traditions and
forms. The Pope is constantly giving new
proofs that he 13 really the pontiff of his)
age, understanding thoroughly its aspira
tions and methods while reproaching its!
evils, encouraging its healthful throbbiugs,
blessing its achievements, opening new
vistas to its hopes.
"A fevr weeks ago he broke with time
honored customs, which, under plea of
guarding his dignity, confined his power,
and in an interview with a Parisian jour
nalist addressed himself to the public press,
to the people of France, upon the gravest
political and religious questions:
Popo Leo XIIL's Latest Utterance.
"To-day he opens his mind in a most cor
dial letter to a non-Catholic gentleman, and
through him to a nation largely non
Catholic, bidding godspeed to the gigantic
enterprise which on the shore of Lake
Michigan Is to bring together, as never be
fore in the universe, the fruits of the earth
and tho work of tno genins and Industry of
man.
"Leo finds words of soulful greeting for all
men, whether they be without or within the
fold; nor is ho mindful only of the world to
come. All that tends to the betterment of.
tho present life Interests him and wins his
approval. All thU is true religion, of which
Loo is the truest pontiff.
"The letter to the representative of our
exhibition Is another manifestation of his
his high esteem nnd warm love for tho
United States. When promising to give tho
letter, in the audience accorded to Thomas
B. Bryan, be bad said that he wished it to be
taken as a token of his most friendly senti
ments toward our country.
"I could quote numerousipstances,amon:
which are numerous expressions which I
had the honor of listening to myself, as
proofs that there is no other European per
sonage of note so American In his thoughts
and sympathies as X'ope Leo XIII.
The American tho Ideal Bepnbllc
"He see3 In the United States tbe perfect
blossoming of this national liberty which he
so ardently desired for all nations, the full
est stature of thhi jnodsrn democracy, which
he understands so well, and to which ho
knows the future or Christian civilization
must assuredly belong. Indeed, I ventnre
without fear of being mistaken, the asser
tion that tno Popo lias derived from the
United States, if not a good share or tho
democratic inspirations which he has been
sending out over the world from tho
Vatican, at least a solid encouragement for
them.
"In this we will take honor to ourselves.
American influences are reaching out ove
all lands. Whatever be the precise outward
form It may wear, the Government of all
countries henceforth wilt be a government
of the people, by the people and for the peo
ple, and America will have largely contrib
uted to tho transformation. It is no wonder
that the first statesman of Europe studies
us attentively and gives ns lrNJove. May
we be always worthy of our great mission In
the world, and of the deep interest which is
always taken in us.
"The itoman Pontificate to-day is em
bodied in the greatest intellectual figure of
Europe. Ono cannot be long In contact
with the person of Leo. or have perused
with any care his encyclicals, without being
struck with the acutenoss of his mind, the
depth and univorsaity of his knowledge.
Believes In Ideas, Ifot Wor-Is.
no Is impatient ir made to listen to ver
biage or lencthy discourses. Pnt berora
him ideas in a few short and concise sen
tences, and he grasps at once the thought,
and his reply is equally precise and preg
nant with meaning. Ho embraces at aglanca
all the aspects of the case. He knows not in
himself what narrowness of view Is, and he
detests It in others."
"What was the secret of Ledochowskl's
appointment."
'"I appointed.' he said to me, 'Cardinal
LedochowsM Prefect of the Propaganda
becanse'he is a man of large views.' His In
formation Is most extensive. Bishops and
diplomats coming to the Pope from all parts
of tho world, each one speaking in his own
special business go away, each one believ
ing that tho Pope has made a special study
or the matter which had been under discus
sion. A French writer has lately remarked
that Leo knows the social and political
world of to-day as well as does the manager
of a great newspaper In New York, Paris or
London. Ue has all the qualities to be the
Pontiff of hi3 age, and he puts them to
profit.
"His name will go down to history as that
of a Pope who understood bis ago, and hnd
both the intelligence and courage to pat
himself at the helm and guide it amidst its
stormiest seas. Ours Is a remarkable period,
such a one as appears only at rare intervals
in tbe life of humanity.
Old Things Have Passed Away.
"It is the birthtime of a new order of
things, social and political. A now spirit
permeates the world. The world of to-mor
row will be very different from that of yes
terday. During tho years of transition "
clouds hang over tho horizon, and only the
most acute mind foresees what is coming.
The break, too, with the- old traditions Is
gainful to many, and courage is required in
im who with the Master's voice must an
nounce that change.
"It is fortnnate for the Church and for tho
whole world that in this time of crime the
watchman on the tower is Leo. Uesees
across tho darkening ocean spread oat be
fore him, and he speaks. His encyclicals
havo dealt one after tbe other with the
pressing questions of tho age, and each one
comes ont of the Vatican more signfflcant In
tone than tho preceding.
"Leo's historic personality has been from
the beginning of his pontificate constantly
growing In amplitude and In Intellectual
meaning, until to-day he is saluted by all,
whether adherents of the faith ormereob
seryers or thought, as tho first thinker and
teacher in the world. Despoiled or terri
torial domination. Ills physical orbit reduced
to tbe walls of his palace grounds, be Is tho
premier sovereign, reigning by the power ot i
intellect. Ho has lifted the Church high
uuuve uu iit? Hunting scenes oi ma moTDio ;
and the contingent, freed her from all hurt-
iui alliances with political parties and
transitory social formations, and landed
Peter's barque npon the most advanced
waters of all legitimate progress in modern
times.
Pope Leo DIarks a New Era.
"His pontificate will be historic, marking
one of the brightest pages In the annals of
the Church, projecting its luminous rays far
beyond its own years. Indeed, he is tbe
Popo of the future even more than of the
present time in this sense, that his work to
day Is the drawing out of large lines, the
sowing of fruitful germinal ideas, the full' J
growtn ot wnicn cannot ue seen ior years to -come.
The future alone can judge Leo ia.
piennryjustice. i
"His last encyclical, addressed to the
people of France, reveals him most lucidly
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