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THE PJTTSBTJRG DISPATCH. WEDNESDAY. MAT 18. 1892:
SEEKING THE BOYS,
Big
ConyentioE of College Ee-
puulican Clubs at Ann
Arbor Effects
A GBAKD NATIONAL UKION.
Gov. McKinley Throws Hot Shot Into
tho Democratic Fort and
ALGER MADE A GOOD ADDRESS.
The Crowd So Large That an Overflow
Meeting Was Necessary.
THIRTY COLLEGES WERE REPRESENTED
Ass Akboe, Mich., May 17. The first
guns of fhe campaign of 1892 were fired
here to-day by Governor McKinley, Hon.
John M. Thurston, General Alger, Hon. J.
Sloat Fassett and other prominent Repub
lican leaders. The occasion which brought
all these men together in Ann Arbor was
the organization of the National League of
College Republican Clubs, for which dele
gates were present from 30 colleges from
Maine to California.
Those colleges which were represented in
the convention this afternoon by from two
to five delegates are as follows: Amherst
College, Bates College, Maine; Boston Uni
versity, Bowdoin College, Brown Univer
sity, Collegiate University, Hamilton, New
York; Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.; In
diana State University, LaFayette College,
Leland Stanford University, Oberlin Col
lege, Northwestern University, Ohio State
University, Ohio AVesleyan University,
Pennsvlvania State College, Princeton Col
lege, Purdce University, Iowa State Uni
versity, Syracuse, (N. Y.) University,
Trinity College, Conn.; University ot Ne
braska, Univcrsitv of Vermont, University
of Wisconsin, Harvard College and 10
Michigan colleges.
The Convention Goes to Work.
The convention was called to order about
noon by President Burke, of the University
of Michigan Clnb. Delegates from 30 dif
ferent colleges in this country were present.
A. E. Ewing, on behall of the Republicans
of the University of Michigan, welcomed
the delegates. Following the address of
welcome, It P. Draper, of Albion, was
chosen temporary chairman, and J. "W.
Noel, of Purdee University, temporary
secretary. The Chairman appointed the
usual committees and a recess till 2 o'clock
was taken. The mention of Blaine's name
in the address of welcome was the signal
for an ovation.
At 2 this afternoon the convention met
and perfected an organization by adopting
a constitution and electing the following
officers:
President, James F. Burke, of the Uni
versity ot Michigan; First Vice President,
J. C Iregloam, of Leland Stanford; Secre
tary, James M. Perkins, Harvard College;
Treasurer, McAlpin, Princeton.
One of the principal objects of the organ
ization of these college Republican clubs,
as stated in the platform, is to
counteract the general impression that
college men are free traders,and to foster the
development of a healthy study of political
economy from a practical rather than a
theoretical standpoint; to encourage young
men to take a more prominent part in polit
ical work bv encouraging pure methods,
and place politics on a higher plane.
An Overflow Meeting Was .Necessary.
An overflow meeting was held at Uni
versity Hall to accommodate the immense
crowd of people who conld not obtain an
opportunity to hear Governor McKinley
speak at the banquet. The Governor's
speech, which was on the same line as that
made at the banquet later, was frequently
interrupted with hearty applause. The
banquet hall, where the main exercises of
the evening were held, was profssely dee
orated, and presented a splendid scene
when the long tables were occupied by the
1,000 guests for which plates had been
laid. The galleries of the banquet hall were
crowded, and the presence ot many ladies
added greatly to the beauty of the scene,
and inspired the speakers to their best
effort .
The first speaker of the evening was Gen
eral RusBell Alger.who responded to the
sentiment, "Tho Republican Party on
Guard." General Alger congratulate! the
young men on their work. He said:
To Replace tho Old Veterans.
"You have come to take the place of us, who
are now in the sere and yellow. You may not
realize it, but it is a fearful thing to be a
young man. hen you take your parch
ment and leave college you go forth to enter
life's battle. Before you are many tempta
tions, which you can never know until you
meet them. Young men, it will be your
uuiv vu goara tne nentage ot your
fathers, and I hope as you go
forth from college it will be with
strong hearts, ready and willing to fight the
fight of honesty, in political, as well as in
business methods. The laws which guard
the interests of this" country to-day are the
nork of Republicaus,assailed by Democrats
on every possible occasion. It is the dutv
of everv Republican to defend these laws";
ne are bound to guard this nation against
all nations in the world. The Republican
party has a mission and it will never be en
tirely fulfilled until such laws are enforced
as wUl guarantee to every man, no matter
what h his color or his race, perfect equalitr
and liberty to make use of the rights given
him by the Constitution."
Cheer for Ohio's Gallant Governor.
When Governor McKinley rose to speak
he was greeted with applause which lasted
for fully five minutes. The Governor
opened his speech with a recommendation
of the work of the young men who had un
dertaken the organization. He then
proceeded to give a history of the
work of the Republican party and
the predecessors who had outlined the pol-
wuicn ii now ioiiowea. xne llemn-
ask that society protect him in every One
of his undertakings and is not willing to
five anything in return is a drone in the
ive and not fit to be free. Every one of
the rights and liberties which you now en
joy have been bought at the price of pain,
of the blood and the lives of others. Over
and against every privilege or right which
we may enjoy stands the duty of protecting
our neighbor in those same rights."
Hon. John M. Langston, the colored ora
tor of Virginia, responded to the toast,
"Republicanism in the South." He said
he had long ago given up all hopes of using
this priceless heritage of American citizen
ship until assistance came to him from with
out, and that being the case the question is,
"Shall the American ballot live or shall it
die in New Orleans, and if it does in New
Orleans, shall it not die in New York?"
THEFT OR BLACKMAIL.
A Prominent Chleaso Lawjep on Trial for
Making TVay With Fully 810,000 A
Railroad Deal Alleged to Have Seen
Blocked by His Embezzlement.
Chicago, May 17. A sensational case,
in which one of the best-known young law
yers in this city and New Yorkis charged with
the embezzlement ot $10,000 in connection
with a big railroad deal, was opened in
court to-day. Isaac E. Adams, of the legal
firm of Adams & Hamilton, was arraigned
to answer to a charge brought against him
by James H. Wheeler, a real estate dealer
of the firm of Wheeler & Petty.
James H. Wheeler was placed on the
stand and asserted that on the date named
he oaid Adams a check for 10.000 as part
purohase for thePontiac, Oxford and North
ern Railroad. On October 13 a contract for
the purchase of the road had been made by
Henry J. Godrich and signed by Isaac E.
Adams as attorney for the road. Bv
the terms of this contract $10,000
was to be paid down and 740,000 be
fore March 10, 1692, at which time
nil stocks property of the road was to be
transferred to the purchasers in Pontiac,
Mich. In return for the $10,000 Adams
gave a receipt, setting forth the conditions,
namely, that before the contract was closed
the propositions were to be snbmitted to the
stockholders of the company in New York,
and if not accepted within the time stated
money was to be refunded. Said Wheeler:
About the 15th of January Mr. Gregory,
one ot the purchasers, went to .New York to
negotiate tne new bonds. He enoonntered
some difficulty touching Mr. Adams' au
thority to make such a contract. I
told Mr. Adams of this, and went
on to .New York. He was . to follow
me but did not. while there I saw Jlr.
Debevols, the President or the road, and
he was astounded when I told him of the
contraot and the payment of $10,000. I tqld
Adams of this, and ne said he had evidence
to prove his authority. We went on to Now
York, and at the meeting at which Mr.
Porter, mvself and others were present Mr.
Porter said Adams was not and never had
been the attorney of the road with sower to
sign such a contract.
The hearing was continued until Thurs
day. Mr. Wheeler's main contention will
be that some time early in May he de
manded the payment of the $10,000 and that
Adams refused to return the money. On
his part, Mr. Adams declares that the
whole thing is a blackmailing scheme, and
that the $10,000 was forfeited by reason of
the failure of the Chicago men to pay oyer
the $740,000 by the 10th of March.
JUST AS IN POLITICS.
Negroes Get the Resolutions but Not
the Votes of the Methodists.
BOOK CONCERN "AGENTS CHOSEN.
Hunt and Eaton Retain Their Positions, lint
Dr. Stoive Js Beaten.
A BOMB IS PROMPTLY STAMPED OUT
A SPLENDID PRIZE
To Be Competed for by Tonng American
Art Students Money to Go Abroad to
Study A Memorial to Artist Jacob A,
Jzdrns.
New Yoke, May 17. Special. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art has received
a gift of 24,000' as an endowment fund, the
interest of which, about $12,000, is to be
awarded annually to the most proficient
male student in a special class in painting
in the art school to enable him to pursue
his studies abroad.
The gift comes from Mrs. Amelia B.
Lazarus and Miss Emilie Lazarus, the widow
and daughter of the late Jacob Lazarus, a
widely known artist, and is in the nature of
a memorial. The prize is to be known as
"The Jacob A. Lazarus Traveling Scholar
ship." This is by far the most liberal prize
yet offered young American artists. The
famous '(prize of Rome," of the School of
Fine Arts in Paris, is only ?800.
The special class to which competi
tion for the scholarship is open will be
organized this summer by the trustees. A
year's course of instruction will be pursued,
and the most proficient and promising stu
dents will compete each spring for the
prize, under conditions to be arranged by
the trustees, the school committee and the
instructor in charge.
The winner of the prize will go abroad
and study for a year or more, according to
circumstances, sending home his work from
time to time to indicate his progress. The
class will be begun next fall.
THE LOCTOE'S LOVB VALUABLE.
cratic party, lie declared, is a mightv force
m negation, but it is weat and trifling in
practical legislation. It is brave no, no
brave; only blustering after a victory bu
loses all of its courage in the presence
of a great national contest. It
has the statesmanship ot destruc
tion, but lacks everv element
essential to constructive legislation. Its
vast majority in the House, after five
months of trial, is convicted before the
American people as weak and vaccilatlng,
as cowardly and cringing, as wanting both
the capacitv and the courage to carry into
practical legislation what they have
professed for the people and upon
which they allege they won the
victory in 1890. They are the party of
yesterday and day before, not of to-day or
to-morrow. The speaker declared that pro
tection to American industry and American
labor against all the world without is as
essential and fundamental in the code of
Republican principles as it ever was in that
of the old Whig party. Opposition to all
these constitute the armor and arsenal of
the Democratic party.
A Charce to the Young Men.
J. Sloat Fassett, of New York, responded
to the toast "The duty of citizenship," and
after keeping his audience in laughter for
?u".i.te? min.ntes. he finally concluded
With the following charge to the yonng men
in regard to the duties of citizenship:
"It is the duty of every American citizen
to become a practical working politician.
You have no right to participate in the pro
tection offered bv that flag of our nation un
less you are willing to pay the price. You
nave enjoyed tne privileges of an American
citizen in every direction. The man who will
It Was Worth 820,000 to Miss Carslake,
Who Asks That for Its Loss.
Trekton, May 17. 5jda!. Papers
were served to-day in a breach of promise
suit against Dr. Mozart Jenkins, of this
city. The plaintiff is Miss Emma Carslake,
and she demands $20,000 damages. Miss
Carslake has been an invalid for four years.
Her sister, Miss Anna Carslake, told a re
porter that Miss Emma and the doctor had
been engaged a long time, but the doctor
was desirous of casting her off in favor of a
Bordentown lady who, in his estimation, is
more fascinating "than his fiancee. The
marriage, according to Miss Anna Carslake,
has been deferred because of Dr. Jenkins'
close application to business and his desire
to build up a heavy practice.
Dr. Jenkins is one of the leading phvsi
cians of Trenton, and gained considerable
celebrity two years ago through his attend
ance upon Mrs. Delia Stewart Parnell,
when a story was current that she was ill
and poor and being neglected by her illus
trious son, the great Irish leader, now de
ceased. Dr. Jenkins said to-night that it
was true the papers in the breach of
promise case had been served npon him,
but he indignantl y denied the engagement
and other assertions of Miss Carslake.
HO PLACE FOE BEFOEMEES.
Rough Treatment of u Alaska Preacher
by Whisky Smugglers.
Fobt Towksend, "Wash., May 17. Dr.
J. E. Connette, who has charge of Quaker
mission on Douglass Island. Alaska, was
.inveigled from home by unknown parties
and subjected to a coat of tar and
feathers on April 23. This culminated
from trouble between the whisky
smugglers of Alaska and the missionary
element, which originated in the killing
of Charles H. Edwards, a school teacher,
on January 10 by drunken Indians at Kake
Island.
Two whisky smugglers from Juneau City
appeared on the scene and disposed of a
large quantity of liquor. Edwards remon
strated, and some drunken and infuriated
savages killed him and his interpreter.
Connette took up the case and endeavored
to Bring the smugglers to justice. He pub
lished an account of the trnnhl in -Ro.f.
papers, which displeased the liquor element
on Douglas Island. For this he wis troatpH
to a coat of tar and leathers and danger
ously injured.
Pittsburg Well Represented. '
New YOBK,May 17. The twelfth annual
meeting of the American Water Works
Association, which will last five days, was
begun this morning. Among thoBe present
are George M. Riley, of Pittsburg, and v7.
A. Alexander, of Wilkinsburg.
Newfoundland and Cnnada at Peace.
Sx. Johns, N. F., May 17. The Govern
ment has determined to rescind the enforce
ment of the bait act against Canadian fisher
men this searon. This practically ends the
tariff war. between Newfoundland and
Canada.
Omaha, May 17. Bishop Bowman was
presiding officer to-day in the Methodist
Episcopal General Conference. Dr. Moore,
of the Central Christian Advocate, wished to
take up the matter of allowing the Bishops
to select their residences with reference to
their seniority, but the conference would
not depart from the regular order, which
was the calling of committee reports.
The Committee on Itinerary brought in a
report recommending abolishing the five
year limit on the appointment of pastors.
The report favored the idea of permitting
the Bishops to appoint pastors every year
without reference to the place to which the
ministers had been assigned the year pre
vious. The Committee on the State of the Church
brought in a report calling upon the Gov
ernment, the State officials, the Methodist
Episcopal Church and all good citizens "to
arise in their might and abolish the indig
nities and outrages that are put upon the
colored people and all white people who
love to work for the elevation ot the colored
race in the Southern States."
All Tote for the Negro's Rights.
The resolution declared that the colored
people were treated shamefully on the rail
way trains and at hotels. They are shot
down like dogs, and the law of the land is
trampled under footby people who despise
the colored race. The resolution was the
signal for tremendous cheering. Dr.
Queathy, Dr. Payne and others made
vehement speeches, calling upon the Metho
dist Church to stand firmly for the rights of
the colored race.
Dr. Mvlev advised the Conference to be'
moderate in the language employed. "We
are not nerfect ourselves, brethren, except
in words," said Dr. Myley. The report was
adopted by a rising vote, every delegate in
the Conference rising to his feet.
The order of the day was the election of
officers, and the choice of agents .for the
Book Concern at New York were first taken
up. Dr. Myley nominated Dr. Sanford
Hunt and Dr. Homer Eaton as agents for
the New York Book Concern. These gentle
men have been the agents ot that concern
lor some years.
Mr. Fields, of Philadelphia, wanted to
ask some questions. The Chairman decided
he was out of order. He persisted in the
demand that he should be heard on a ques
tion of privilege.
A Bomb That Was Stamped Oat.
He was called to, order by the Chair. If
he had been given the floor he would have
exploded a bomb. It was a business bomb,
touching the management of the New York
Book Concern. Mr. Field had figures in
his possession showing that the great Book
Concern at New York, with a capital of 52,
000,000, had only made a net profit of 540,
000 per annum during the past four years.
Mr. Field wished to ask if that was con
sidered good business ability? Would it
not be better to save some money at 6 per
cent in the West, and make secure an in
come from it af 5120,000 per annum? An
other strange fact in the business of the
Book Concern, Mr. Field holds, is that
while the house did a business of 5900,000
last year, the amount of money on the
books and uncollected was over 5600,000.
In other words, two-thirds of the business
of the year is still outstanding.
Dr. Hunt said he can explain all this
matter to the satisfaction of all reasonable
men if he had a hearing. A large amount
of the capital of the New York Book Con
cern, he says, is locked up in a building
that is used by other departments of the
church and brings in no rent He says that
the whole capital of the concern lias been
made from nothing by the concern, and the
debt does not represent money sunk.
Hnnt and Eaton Are Re-EIected.
The first ballot for election for the New
York Book Concern resulted in the election
of Eaton and Hunt with practically no
opposition. .
The report of the ballot for book agents
of the Cincinnati concern was then brought
in by the tellers. The whole number of
ballots cast was 479. It required 272 to
make a choice. Dr. Earl Cranston received
405 votes.jand was the only man elected on
the first ballot. Mr. Knox, a colored man,
from Kentucky, got one vote. He with
drew from the contest Dr. Hammond was
the other colored man in the race. The
second ballot was taken, and the tellers on
missionary secretaries not being ready to
report, the call of committee reports went
on.
The Committee on Church Architecture
recommended that the churches best suited
for worship were those built nil on. one
floor. The committee recommended that
careful study be given to the best style of
buildings to secure grace and practicability.
oi me structures. j.ney recommenaea that
provisions be made for the kneeling of the
audience in worship.
More Room Needed for Kneeling.
It provides for good light, good ventila
tion and good heating. Dr. Mealv de
clared, in presenting the report, that the
people would kneel if the pews were far
enough apart Churches in these latter
vears'are beingbuilt too much like opera
houses.
Judge Lawrence was given leave to pre
sent the following:
Eesolvert, That the constitution of the ar.
E. Church can onv be altered or changed
by the mode authorized.
Judge Lawrence said that there is but
one -nay to amend or alter a constitution.
Dr. Kynctt, the speaker said, had said
there is two ways, but this is revolutionary.
Dr. Kynett's plan to have the constitution
amended by representative men from the
people of the Church as a legislative act is
not in accordance with the constitution.
The resolution was referred to the Commit
tee on Judiciary.
The second ballot on the election of book
agents for the Cincinnati Book Concern re
sulted in no choice.
The Colored Candidates Not in It.
The result of the ballot for Missionary
Secretaries w as then announced. It stood
as follows: Total number of votes cast,479,
of which Dr. Peck got 381; Dr. Leonard
248; McCabe, 412; Dr. Neelv, 75; Dr. Haral
ilton, 202; Dr. A. T. Palme'r, 73; Dr. Bald
win, 13, and the rest scattering. The colored
men were not "in it." Hammond, the
colored candidate, got bat 2 votes. Mc
Cabe, Peck and Leonard, the Secretaries ior
the past qnadrennium, were declared to be
elected. The conference then took another
ballot on the second agent on the Book
Concern, and adjourned without retting n
result from the tellers.
After conference adjourned, the teller
gave it out that Dr. Curts, of Chicago, had
been elected. This is not official, as the
ballot will not be announced until to-morrow
morning. Dr. Stowe, who's defeated,
if this is true, has been agent of the Book
Concern for a great many years.
A TELLEE IN HIS BECOKD SCEAPE.
Too Fast Living Induced Him lo Embezzle
810,000 From His Bank.
Chicago, May 17. Richard Kyle, teller
of the defunct Western Trust and Savings
Bank was indicted to-day for embezzlement,
his alleged stealings Being 10,000.
Kyle came from Cincinnati, where he is
said to have bad similar trouble. Fastlm
ing is the supposed cause. The offenses
here were committed some time ago, but re
mained undiscovered.- Kyle is somewhere
in the West
A JACK THE STABBER
Terrorizes the Female Portion of Cam
bridge, Mass. Three Women Knifed
and Half a Tozen Assaulted An Un
known Frenchman tho Assailant.
Cambridge, Mass., May 17. Special.
Three women stabbed since Friday last,
and half a dozen assaulted, is the 'record
against an unknown wretch who has, by his
actions, completely terrorized the women in
that section of Cambridgeport known as
Reardon's Village.
His latest victim was Mrs. Annie L.
Young, who is lying dangerously wounded
at her home, at 273 Putman ave
nue. She was stabbed through
the fleshy part of the leg, and so
many arteries were severed that she nearly
bled to death before medical assistance ar
rived. She was attacked on her own door
step. The man looked like a Frenchman,
she says. He made indecent proposals and
her refusal nearly cost her her liie, for the
villain instantly drew a stiletto and
stabbed at her body. The blade passed en
tirely through her leg. Her screams
brought the neighbors.but her assailant had
disappeared as completely as if the ground
had swallowed him.
Mrs. Walsh, another young married
woman, was also attacked bv the same man.
who, foiled in his wickedness, tried to stab
her as he afterward stabbed Mrs. Young.
She was slightly cut in the neck. Mrs. Mc
Kcugh, of Soraerville, was also attacked,
but her brawny muscle saved her from a
like fate. She was seized by the waist and
dragged a short distance toward a marsh,
but broke away and put the fellow to flight
Half a dozen other women have com
plained of similar assaults and the same
man has committed all of them. Thus
far he has escaped arrest The community
is so stirred up over the outrages that it will
go hard with the fellow if he is caught
Many believe the stabber to be an escaped
lunatic, who, learning of the deeds of "Jack
the Ripper," takes it upon himself to imi
tate the Whitechapel fiend.
GEORGIA IS BED HOT.
The Cleveland and Hill Factions Are
Fighting Hard and
BOTH SIDES ARE CONFIDENT.
ach laTorite Gets a Good Eend Off, and
o Far
CHEERS ARE IQUALLT DISTRIBUTED
MEXICO A GOOD PLACE FOE HIM.
The Detroit Embezzler, Released on a Tech
nicality, Thinks It Best to Star.
Eli Paso, Tex., May 17. Randolph
Chandler, formerly cashier of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad at
Detroit, who was arrested by the Mexican
authorities at Juarez at the instance of the
Pinkerton Detective Agency on the charge
of having absconded with 58,000, was re
leased by order of the court to-day. He
has been confined in the soldiers' barracks
since last February, awaiting the hearing of
his case.
The requisition papers were decided to be
technically incorreet by the Mexican court,
and the prisoner was ordered released. He
was seen by a correspondent as he emerged
from the prison a free man, but he would
make no statement further than that he in
tended makingJMexico his future home.
Bargains in Wall Paper.
Great clearance sale of this season's fine
goods. Wit. H. Allen,
517 Wood street, near Fifth avenue.
Atlanta, Ga., May 17. Every promi
nent Democratic politician of Georgia is in
the city to-night, and the breach between
the two divisions of the party in the State
is growing wider and wider. A few far
seeing politicians are on the ground coun
seling moderation and compromise, but
their warnings are unheeded in the mad
rush that is being made by the Cleveland
and anti-Cleveland men to control the
convention. The result of the lew pri
maries held yesterday and to-day was such
as to give encouragement to the Cleveland
men, but the activity of their opponents
has more than counterbalanced this result,
and the Cleveland faction is to-night very
fearful that thev may be outgeneraled by
the astute politicians of the other side.
Hon. Evan P. Howell, Senator Colquitt
and Congressman Livingston, as the leaders
of the anti-Cleveland forces, have been cir
culating among the delegates all day, and
appear to have made considerable progress
in tnelr contest against instructions ior tne
ex-Prtsldent
Cleveland Men Compelled to Sedge.
Indeed, if outward manifestations are to be
relied upon, the Cleveland men have been
to-day compelled to change their programme
and recede from their demand for an in
structed Cleveland delegation. During the
afternoon the anti-Cleveland men issued a
call for a meeting to-night of such delegates
"as lavor an unpledged, uninstructed and
untrammeled delegation to the .National
Convention, who shall favor measures, not
men, who will hold that the party is greater
than any man and with whom Democratic
success shall be the watchword."
Immediately after this, the Cleveland
people came out with a committee call.
Their circular was headed: "Uninstructed
and undisguised." and named the hour for a
caucus of "All delegates who are opposed
to the election of Hill delegates to the
Chicago Convention." The circular con
cluded as follows: "All are invited who favor
an uninstructed delegation in fact as well a3
in name." This seemed to indicate a radi
cal change of position, as the Cleveland
men up to this time had been uncompromis
ing in their fight for an instructed Cleve
land delegation.
Will Fight to a Finish.
The anti-Cleveland men made the most
of this apparent weakening of their oppo
nents but Hon. Hoke Smith, of Atlanta,
the leader of the Cleveland faction, to-night
stated that the fight for a Cleveland dele
gation would be maintained, no matter
whether instructions were demanded or not
"We purpose," said he, "to fight for a pro
nounced Cleveland delegation, but will
probably not ask for instructions. We
will elect such emphatic Cleveland
men that they will not need instructions."
Many of the other prominent Cleveland
men state, however, that if their strength
seems sufficient, a resolution will be to-morrow
introduced intstructing the delegation
ior uieveiana, ana it is proDaoie that the
fight for instructions will be contingent en
tirely upon the outcome of the contest for
delegates at large.
In this State, where the press has always
been such a power in politics, the fight has
become largely a contest between news
papers. The Atlanta Constitution and the
Augusta Chronicle, both of which papers
have always been friendly toDavidxB. Hill,
are the organs of the anti-Cleveland
faction, while the Atlanta Journal and the
Savannah Neva present the Cleveland
forces.
An Editorial Gives Consolation.
Considerable excitement has been created
bv the following editorial which this even
ing appeared in the Atlanta Journal, the
recognized leading Cleveland paper:
There ls'no foundation whatever for the
assertion that the Cleveland men in the
convention are disposed to act in a spirit of
"rule or ruin." They are of course in favor
of electing delegates who are favorable to
Mr. Cleveland's nomination, but tliev do
not desire that they should be bound ud by
instructions.
The anti-Cleveland and Hill people find
great consolation in this editorial, which
thev claim is an evidence that the Cleve
land people have been forced to abandon
tneir hgut lor an instructed Ulevelana dele
gation. The rival meetings to-night were largely
attended, and as about 160 delegates partici
pated in the proceedings of each it could
not be seen that either had an advantage
from a numerical point of view. United
States Senator Colquitt was the principal
speaker at the anti-Cleveland meeting, and
excited much applause by his arguments
for an nninstructed delegation. He said:
I hope that our convention will send an
nninstrucceo. aeiegation to unicafro a dele
gation that will help to select as a Fresi
dental candidate a Domocrat who will be
lieve so strongly in Democracy that he will
believe in relegating the Kepublicans out of
office when ho comes to making the
selection. of his appointees. Ap
plause. AVo believe there are more
men than one in the Democratic
party who combine capability, character
and honesty. Applause. If that be true,
let us select a man who can win. It Is ridicu
lous for men to come to us and say
that we are circumscribed and that there is
but one man in the United States who is
available as a candidate- when, as a matter
of fact, the very man of whom they speak
cannot possibly win. Renewed applause.
A voice "Hurrah for U11L"J
The Cleveland Crowd Entnnsed.
At the Cleveland meeting, Hon. H. F.
Richards, editor of the Atlanta Journal, was
the principal speaker. He made a ringing
speech, in which he contended that the
nomination of Cleveland was the best way
to insure Democratic success. He said that
while his opponents claimed there were
more available men, they could never be
induced .to name them. One day they
would fight Cleveland with one man, and
the next day they would offer a new candi
date against him; but whenever the Demo
cratic masses had a chance to voice their
preference they were found uniformly
for one man Grover Cleveland. Cheers.
He praised Cleveland's courage in
standing up to the professions of
the party on the reform of the tariff and
civil service, and attributed the Democratic
victories since 1888 to the fruits of the seed
which Cleveland had sown. He firmly
believed, if appeal were taken to a plebi
scite, the Democratic masses of Georgia, in
common with those of other States of the
Union, would be a unit for Cleveland.
Great applause. He expressed the con
fident belief that the representatives of the
people to assemble in convention to-morrow,
while holding party success above that
of any man, and disregarding personal
considerations of any kind, would voice the
choice of the people for Grover Cleveland.
The Cleveland meeting selected ex-Senator
Pope Barrow as the Cleveland candi
date for Chairman of the convention, and
decided unanimously to present Dupont
Guerry, F. H. Richardson, Fleming
Dubignon and J. M. Smith a3 the Cleve
land candidates for delegates at large. The
anti-Cleveland meeting selected Hon. J. M.
Robertson, ex-Railroad Commissioner, as
its candidate for Chairman of the conven
tion, but decided to hold another meeting
at 10 o'clock to-morrow to select the candi
dates for delegates at large.
AH ALLIAHCB CONFEEEHCE
Held at Raleigh in Which Harmony Was a
Small Factor.
Raleigh, N. C, May 17. The confer
ence of Alliance men called by President
Marion Butler to meet here to-day, in ad
vance of the State Democratic Conven
tion to-morrow, convened this morn
ing. It wa3 rumored that there
were some stormy scenes in the
conference and that a man named Laugh
inghouse, from Beaufort county, made a
speech denouncing some of the Alliance
leaders and attempts to disorganize the
Democratic party. As a result the
conference was forced to adjourn over till
to-night.
HEW B'HAI B'EIIH 0FFICEB1
The Next Meeting of the Grand Lodge to Be
Held in Dayton.
Cleveland, May 17. District Grand
Lodge No. 2, Order of B'Nai B'Rith, closed
its session to-day after postponing for a
year the question of increasing the endow
ment dues of all members who are over 51
years old. Dayton was chosen as the next
place of meeting. Officers were elected as
follows:
Jacob Frost, of Cincinnati, President;
Gabe Felsenthal, of Louisville, First Vice
President: Philip W. Fry, of Evanston,
III., Second Vice President; M. Boner, of
Cincinnati, Treasurer; A. Abrams, of Cin
cinnati, Secretary; Sol Strauss, of Cincin
nati, Sergeant-at-Arms; Joseph Myer, of
Cincinnati, Messenger; Victor Abraham,
Nathan DuckerandF. S. Spiegel, ot Cin
cinnati; Lewis Newberger, of Indianapolis,
and Peter Zucker, of Cleveland District
Court; and Moses Schwab, Henry Har
mann, L Bloom and B. Frieburg, of Cincin
nati, Isaac Daid of Louisville and L. Levy,
of Columbus, General Committee.
THE DAY
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SATURDAY, MAY 21
-HOR THE-
SECOND PUBLIC SALE
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M Wonderful success attending the first public sale of lots at the new town
of ALIQUIPPA, at which no lots were sold on a dismal, rainy day,
and the great interest of the investing public in the new town which has mani
fested itself in an average sale of ten lots daily for the past four weeks, has
induced the company to hold a second public sale at the grounds on the above
date. Trains Will Leave the P. & L. E. Station at 7, 8, 12:30 and 2:55,
City Time. Excursion Rate Tickets Can Be Secured at the Station
or at the Company's Office, ROOM 30, Westinghouse Building.
THE RECORD OF A MONTH.
The growth of Aliquippa in the past month exceeds all precedents. Almost
one-half of the property has been sold. Five big factories have located there,
whose working population will insure a town of 4,000 people, and new factor
ies coming. The lots average but $300 apiece, affording a splendid invest
ment Purchasers are already holding their lots at an advance of 50 to 80
per cent, while the original prices asked by the company remain the same.
Aliquippa offers a safe investment that will double or even treble present prices
within a year, Aliquippa needs homes. Buy a lot at $300; build a house for
$1,000. It will be a sure renter for $200 a year or more. This means a
$1,300 investment paying over 15 per cent in addition to the enhancement on
the value of the property. Can savings banks or building and loan associations
do as well? Many choice lots are still left, but they are going every day.
Your golden opportunity will be at the sale, SATURDAY, MAY 2 1. Don't
miss it. Call at the office in the meantime for plans and information. We
want you to thoroughly investigate the prospects' and strength of Aliquippa
before investing a dollar.
ALIQUIPPA STEEL CO.,
ROOM 30,
WESTINGHOUSE BUILDING.
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