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PITTSBURG THURSDAY, MAY 26 1892-TWE1.VE PAGES.
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WHEN OUT! CALLS
HEJLL OBEY,
Quay Positively Asserts That
Blaine Is to Bo the Nomi
nee of His Party.
STILL NOT' A CANDIDATE,
Cut a Unanimous Demand for Him
Would Be Acquiesced In.
Tho Ex-Chairman and His Successor
Talk In Exactly the Same Strain Only
tne Secretary's Health to Be Consid
ered A Further Putting: Aside of the
Honor Not Anticipated A Man to
"Win Demanded by the Leaders of the
Party Sentiment of All Kinds Thrust
to One Side All Tongues Wagging;
Alike.
rpFECIAI. IIIEGEJM TO Tnx DISPATCn.l
Philadelphia, May 25. It is Blaine
unless he breaks down in some unforeseen
physical way before the convention. It
Eeems to be a cock-sure thing now that
Philadelphia Republicans have had time to
digest what Senator Quay told his friends
here Tuesday night
To Dave Martin, State Chairman Frank
Reeder and others the Senator spoke in no
uncertain tones. He said to one of these
gentlemen: "I am convinced that Harrison
will not be nominated. I am also con
vinced that Blaine will be nominated. It
is more than unlikely that Blaine will make
any communication to the Republican party
before the convention meets. I do not
think it is his intention to say or do any
thing which will check the current of
opinion which points to him as the man
who can most assuredly win next Novem
ber." Quay Repeats Ills Assertion.
This was repeated in substance to several
of the men in whom Senator Quay has the
most confidence. He said that the nomina
tion of Blaine would come of its own weight
and on its own merits without any boom by
mere politicians. To one of his friends the
Senator is reported to have said that it is
true that Secretary Blaine would not return
to "Washington until after the convention.
"While saving all these things the Senator
did not pretend to say that there was any
understanding between Blaine and those
who are leading the anti-Harrison fight.
Quay was asked if it was not probable that
Alger would be nominated ior Tice Presi
dent, and he replied that it looked that way.
He added that Piatt, Clarkson and the
others were convinced beyond hope of re
call that Harrison could not be re-elected.
'oir AH Blaine In I hlladelphla.
It is understood that Quay will go to
Minneapolis early, and will be joined there
by Senator Cameron, who will co-operate
in getting together the Blaine managers.
It is all Blaine in this city to-day among
the Quay people, and only the administra
tion men like Charles Emory Smith are
saying that it is a cry ot wolf.
This is the first open and direct declara
tion by Senator Quay that Blaine would be
nominated and would not try to prevent it,
and it can be relied upon as absolutely re
liable. ALL TONGUES WAG ALIKE.
Clarkson Talks In "Washington Just as Quay
Does Elsewnere An Authorized Inter
view With the Chairman of the National
Committee Blaine 2?ot to Ketuse a
Spontaneous Call.
"Washington, May 25. Special A
two-column-long "authorized interview"
with Chairman Clarkson, of the Na
tional Committee, published in the
1'ott of this morning on the Presi
dental nomination topic, has set every
tongue wagging at even a livelier rate than
before on that all-absorbing question. Tho
interview was undoubtedly dictated by Mr.
Clarkson.
Coming from a man who is almost as
baffling in response to efTorts to induce him
to talk as is Senator Quay himself, who is
the very embodiment of profound silence
except when he desires some publication,
the pronunciation of Mr. Clarkson, prac
tically written by himself, is indeed ex
traordinary. It was written for a purpose,
and what that purpose is is not hard to dis
cover to those who have followed closely
the movements of Mr. Clarkson's circle
seen at short range.
While the "interview" is spread over
nearly two columns, most of the space is
devoted to generalities and verbiage which
is wholly foreign to Mr. Clarkson, who, as
a newspaper writer of distinguished ability,
has acquired more terseness and directness
of speech, which is a distinctive feature of
the most attractive and successful modern
journalism.
Two Points Made by Clarkson.
Stripped of the verbal ornaments, Mr.
Clarkson makes two points. One is that
the aim of the National Convention must
be to nominate the man who will give great
est promise as a winning candidate. He
has had no personal preference. Were he
to permit his personal feeling to intrude he
would choose neither Blaine nor Harrison,
but another whom he does not name,
but whose idendity may be easily
guessed. Ills second point was in answer
to the question (put to himself): "How
about Blaine?" In answer to this the Chair
man describes, with charminpe naivete,
how "the Chairman ceased whirling an
envelope which he held in his hand,'7 and
turning in his chair hesitated a moment
and then said: "Blaine's all right" And
then, in various ways and with many reiter
ations, he rings the changes on the assertion
that "7,000,000 of Bepublicatt voters"
would rather have Blaine for President
than anyone else. Seven miHions,ai every
body knows, comprises about all the Re
publican voters of the United States. The
plain deduction is that if all the Republi
can voters of the United States want Blaine
he is the one man. to nominate.
Blaine the Man to Be Run.
It is a virtual declaration from the Chair
man of the Republican National Committee
that Blaine is the candidate with whom to
run, and that with Harrison or any other
candidate the chances for success would be
greatly lessened. The interview is un
doubtedly one of the results of the
conferences held between Colonel Clarkson
and Colonel Quay, on Monday evening and
on Tuesday morning. In other words, it is
tha intsired oSsnring of conferences of anti-
Harrison Republicans with the Chairman
ot the National Republican Committee, and
that gentleman was selected as the personal
sponsor of the interview, because it would
come from him with all the force of the
highest official authority of the national
party organization.
In all the history of politics probably
there is no parallel to this, in which the
chief executive of the partv as an organiza
tion declares against the Chief Executive of
the national administration, who is of the
same party and who is a candidate for re
nomination. Praise President Harrison as
he may and does, Chairman Clarkson vir
tually declares war upon him, and announ
ces that Blaine is the candidate with whom
to win success, and that the whole weight of
the national organization will be thrown
against Mr. Harrison and his contingent of
officeholders in the National Convention.
The One Question or the Hour.
The question that agitates the minds of
both theHarrison and the anti-Harrison
men is: "Does Mr. Clarkson mean what he
says?"
There has always been a strong belief
among the most sagacious who are not in
the swim that the anti-Harrison leaders
were merely plaving-Blaine to divert the
popular mind and the State Conventions
from Harrison to secure the election of a
vast body of uninstructed delegates to the
National Convention which might be or
ganized asainst Harrison after they had
reached the ground. If that was the plan,
it certainly succeeded. Harrison has less
than 300 delegates Instructed for him. Of
the remaining COO it is doubtful if any can
be secured by him with Blaine in the field.
If, therefore, Blaine has been used merely
for a stragetic diversion, the tactics have
succeeded admirably.
On the other hand, it is claimed by Mr.
Clarkson's friends that he would have never
used the language he did in his "interview,"
at least at this late day, had he not had as
surances from Mr. Blaine that if the con
vention declared for him with anything like
unanimity he would not refuse.
ot a Candidate, bat Would Accept.
I am told by one who has been in close
conference with the Chairman since his ar
rival here that Mr. Blaine has given this
assurance. He is not a candidate, as he
said in his letter. ' His name will not be
presented to the convention. That is,
neither Maine nor any other State will
iormally present his name. But if, with
out such preliminaries, the convention
with an overwhelming voice should insist
on his nomination, he will accept
This recalls an inoident which I described
to The Dispatch about a year ago, and for
whose truth I can personally vouch A
friend of Mr. Blaine, in a brief conversa
tion with him, abruptly put this ques
tion:
"Mr. Blaine, you know you could have
been nominated in 1888. If yon had been
at home, within touch of the convention
and of the people, would you have rejected
the nomination as you did by cable?"
"I would not,"" was the emphatic re
sponse of the Secretary.
"Well, again yon are not a candidate.
You are probably even less a candidate than
you were at that time. But, suppose the
next convention, not feeling any great con
centration of enthusiasm on any other can-
uiuaie, snouia name you as the candidate
with such unanimity of enthusiasm as no
other name could inspire, would yon again
reluse?"
"I would not," was the response, with
greater emphasis than before.
He Is Never Seeking the Offlci.
In the light of the present conditions
these replies are of great significance." They
show that at the time this conversation oc
curred Mr. Blaine was determined in his
own mind not to be a candidate. That is,
he would not appear as seeking the office.
They show also that he was determined if
the nomination came to him unsought and,
as a result of a general popular feeling, he
would accept Apparently he had the same
plan of action in his mind when he wrote
his letter, and when, instead of positively
saying he would not in any circumstance
accept a nomination, he merely said he was
not a candidate and that Tiis name would
not be presented to the convention.
Has Clarkson, then, full assurance that
Blaine will accept if he be nominated, or is
he using Blaine's great name to hold senti
ment aloof from Harrison that he may se
cure the nomination of Senator Allison,
who is his personal choice? If this latter
view were the fact Blaine would be quick
to recognize it and would certainly at once
in some way put a stop to such use of his
name; unless, indeed, having determined
not to accept, he is yet willing to loin so
far in the movement to defeat Harrison as
a revenge for many slights, one of the chief
est of which was the President's somewhat
shabby attempt to take the credit of origin
ating the scheme of reciprocity.
A Genuine Movement to Kame Blaine.
Does anybody believe that Blaine would
engage in such an indirect fight against his
chief in office? Turn the political mirrbr as
one will, it seems to reflect only a genuine
movement to nominate Blaine, and that not
because he is the only man with whom to
defeat Harrison, but above all because it is
away down in their hearts a firm conviction
of the leaders that Blaine is the only candi
date with whom the Republicans have any
show of success.
Of course, last of all, crops up sarely and
somewhat pathetically tne question of
Blaine's healtlu The Secretary has un
doubtedly said that his health stood in the
way of his acceptance. He could not en
dure the trying duties of the "White House
if elected the constant stream of office
seekers, the strain of official duties, the re
ceptions, the handshaking, the exhausting
social demands. It appears, however, ac
cording to the best authority that of his
doctors that he is in as godu health as he
has been for years, and that he has stopped
worrying on that 6core.
Well, these are the phases of this manv
suled, speculative situation, and upon which
discussion is unceasing. Every day brings
its new grist of speculation, which, it is
very gratifying to sav, will next week be
sent for grinding-to the mill at Minneapo
lis instead of that of Washington.
THE STRONGEST REPUBLICAN.
That's the Reason Quay Xj for Blaine
Hamilton Disston Admits the Secre
tary's Strength Be Will Vote for Har
rison, ThouBh A Republican Tear.
Newt Yokk, May 25. Special Hamil
ton Disston, of Philadelphia, a delegate to
the Republican National Convention, talked
politics with a reporter to-day at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. He intends to vote for
President Harrison at Minneapolis.
"Do you think the President will be
nominated?" he was asked.
"les, it looks so now. A majority of the
Pennsylvania delegation will vote for him.
Senator Quay, I think, is for Mr. Blaine
because he thinks he is the strongest Re
publican. He would be for the President
if he were not for the Secretary of State.
The opposition to the President does not
seem to Be able to concentrate on any one
man. If the opposition could all "agree
upon a candidate thev might stand a better
chance to make a fight in the convention.
Since I have been in New York I hear that
a few of Warner Miller's friends are for
Senator Sherman, who is not a candidate.
In Michigan General Alger has friends,
and in Michigan General Jeremiah Busk ii
considered a possibility. In every conven
tion, as a rule, any number of men are com
plimented by having their names presented
as candidates. At Minneapolis I have no
doubt that some complimentary nomina
tions will be made and seconded in eloquent
speeches. Then, when the strength of the
various names presented is tested by a bal
lot, I think it will be lound that President
Harrison is the strongest of them all."
"What about the talk of nominating Mr.
Blaine?" ,
"We all know Mr. Blaine is popular, and
that if he were a candidate he would cer
tainly have the delegation from his native
State, Pennsylvania. But his letter de
clining to have his name go before the con
vention, it seems to me, was very explicit
In view of that letter, many delegates have
been instructed for the President I have
no right to assume that Blaine is a candi
date, while his letter declining is so fresh
in my memory. As I have said, no one
doubts Mr. Blaine's popularity, and no one
doubts that he could be nominated if he an
nounced himself a candidate. He has done
the very opposite."
"What do you think of the cry raised by
the opposition, that the President cannot
be elected?"
"It is no argument, because I believe anv
good Republican candidate can win. Thfs
is a Republican year, and President Harri
son will certainljtjbe elected. His admin
istration has been one to inspire confidence
in the people. Even his enemies, the Dem
ocrats, cannot criticise his administration.
He's given the country a safe administra
tion, and I think he will get every Repub
lican vote."
ALLISON'S FISH FRY.
The Senator Gives a Dinner to Several
Political Friends Be Denies That
There Is Any Politics in Ir, Though
His Relations With Gorman.
Washington, May 25. Special Sen
ator William "Bee"Allison smiled one of his
regular sweet William smiles, to-day, when
questioned about his boom and the dinner
he gave to-night, in honor of Mr. Clarkson.
"There was no political significance
attached to it," said he, "but simply a
desire on my part to entertain one of my
constituents and a few of my friends.
Quite unexpectedly to me, some one sent
me a large fish, and, as General Clarkson is
fond of good fish, I concluded I would ask
him to help me dispose of it. As it is
larger than the general and myself can con
sume, I asked Senators Aldrich and Hale,
Representatives D. B. Henderson, Doliver,
and two or three other friends to join the
party."
"Is it a Presidental fish that some one has
thrust upon you so unexpectedly, Senator?"
was asked.
"Oh, no," was the reply, with a merry
twinkle. "I believe it is a salmon."
"Was the political situation discussed
during the dinner?"
"Oh, no. It there is any political move
connected with the dinner I am not aware
of it As far as the Presidental race is
concerned, am not in it"
"There is some talk among the political
gossips. Senator, of putting you forward as
the Republican nominee to content for
Presidental honors with Senator Gorman or
some other Democratic nominee.
'Well," said the Senator, "if Gorman
and I should be. the nominees of our respec
tive parties the campaign would be con
ducted on a most amicable basis."
In spite of the light manner in which the
Senator from Iowa alluded to his dinner
party, it is said that something else besides
''fish" was discussed between the clams and
cigars. The Clarkson interview has
naturally caused much interest in political
circles to-day. It proves what probably the
President's friends have known all" along
that the National Republican Committee
members are almost without exception anti
Harrison men. This fact, together with the
further and still more important one, that
the very strongest and shrewdest political
workers of all factions ot the Republican
party are in the anti-Harrison ranks, make
the lriends of the President very uneasy,
indeed. They know they have an unusually
strong convention to beat, whether its
candidate is Blaine or some other man like
Sherman, McKinley, Alger, Rusk, Reed,
Lincoln or Allison.
- HARRISON SHOWS FIGHT.
A Concerted Attack on the Blaine Boom
Not Much Encouragement for Ben In
Washington Significant Admission of a
Shrewd Politician.
Washington, May 25. Special The
advocates of President Harrison's renomina
tionhave begun a systematic and determined
attack upon the Blaine boom of the past
week, and while professing to believe that
"there is nothing in it," they are neverthe
less fighting it with every means at their
command. The President's newspaper or
gans this morning announced in concert
that there was a Harrison tidal wave in
Washington yesterday that fairly over
whelmed the men who are talking about
Blaine, and they quoted at length dozens of
m en of more or less prominence who have
all sorts of reasons for pretending to be
friendly to the administration at this time.
The fact is that there was no Harrison
tidal wave in Washington yesterday or at
any other time.
One of the men whom the Harrison organs
quote this morning as predicting the Presi
dent 8 renomination is tne aged Senator
Sawyer, of Wisconsin, who has long since
relinquished the management of Republican
politics in the Badger State. The man to
whom the Senator gave up the reins of
power a few years ago is his protege, Henry
O. Payne, of Milwaukee, the Wisconsin
member of the Republican National Com
mittee. Simnltaneous with the publication
of Sawyer's prediction that Harrison will be
nominated, Mr. Payne has written to Secre
tary Rusk that in his opinion Harrison wonld
lose Wisconsin and Illinois if nominated,
and that the man whom the people want is
Blaine.
When it was announced in a Washington
dispatch to the Chicago Herald a few days
ago that Mr. Payne had written such a let
ter to Uncle Jerry the statement was at
once denounced as an anti-Harrison canard.
Now Mr. Payne confirms its accuracy and
states further his opinion is based on an
intimate knowledge of the Republican senti
ment in both of the Western States men
tioned. Mr. Payne is one of the shrewdest
and best posted Republicans in the West,
and possesses the confidence of the Repub
lican leaders generally. His prediction of
disaster in case Harrison is nominated has
made a deep impression among politicians
here.
BLAINE IN GOOD HEALTH,
And His Wire Thinks He Conld Stand a
Campaign and an ISIectlon.
New Yobk, May 25. Special Before
7:30 o'clock this morning Secretary Blaine
was up and astir. After reading the morn
ing papers the Secretary slipped out of the
Twenty-third street entrance and drove up
to Central Park, and then to his daughter's
house. Secretary Blaine went down into the
main corridor of the Fifth Avenue Hotel at
12:15 o'clock. He spoke to several acquaint
ances, and drove to where Dr. Noyes, the
oculist, lives. Dr. Noyes told him that
there was no organic trouble, but that he
needed principally a change of glasses, dueto
advancing years and much work. Shortly
after Mr. Blaine returned to the hotel Dr.
Depew called. When he came down he
said: "Mr. Blaine is looking better than I
have seen him for a long time. He is in
very good health. Yes, we had a' pleasant
social chat"
Mr. Blaine left his room at 4:20 o'clock
and walked ont to Fifth avenue. As he
leaned against the pillar and looked over
the trees in the park, people stopped and
stared at him. Then he walked slowlv to
and fro in front of the big doors. A close
friend of Mrs. Blaine's said that Mrs. Blaine
had informed her.friends that her husband
would write no more letters, and that he
would take no more steps to prevent his
nomination at Minneapolis, and, further
more, that Mrs. Blaine believed her hus
band was physically able to go through the
camnaign. and. if elected.-to assume the
'duties t the office.
DUOLEfJENIES IT,
The Wily Old Campaigner
Doesn't Own Up to That
Blocks- of- Five.
SOME LEADING QUESTIONS
Asked During Anna Dickinson's Suit
for a Campaign Balance.
SHE- MADE FIFTEEN SPEECHES,
Bat the Committee, She Claims, Flatly
Kefnsed to Fay Her for
THE SEASON FORWIHCH SHE WAS HIRED
ISrECIAT. TKLEOBAM TO THE DISPATCn.l
New Yobk, May 25. The trial of Miss
Anna Dickinson's suit against the Repub
lican National Committee of 1888 for $1,250,
which, she alleges, is the balance due for
her services as a lecturer in the campaign .of
that year, was begun to-day before Judge
Truax, in Part III. of the Supreme
Court Of the four persons mentioned
particularly as defendants., in Miss
Dickinson's complaint United States
Senator M. S. Quay, J. S. Clarkson, Samuel
Fessenden and Colonel W. W. Dudley
only the last named was present in court
He sat beside Colonel George Bliss, his
counsel, with a grave but non-committal ex
pression on his face.
Miss Dickinson was in cojirt also, with a
large number of letters and about a dozen
sympathizers, mostly women. She sat close
to Lawyer Able Hummel, who, in opening
the case for her, referred to her as "The
Joan of Arc of the Republican party. " She
wore a red chip hat with red and white
ostrich tips, a richly embroidered black
satin dress and a dark mantle. A heavy
lace tie ended in a bow at her throat Her
costume was completed with brown un
dressed kid gloves.
Miss Dickinson's Campaign Contracts.
When Miss Dickinson went on the wit
ness stand she opened her mantle and
threw it back on her shoulders and beean to
tell about the conversation she had had
with Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Fessenden and
Colonel Dudley, in Mr. Clarkson's
room at the Everett House, in
August, 1888, having gone there,
as she explained, because Mr. Clarkson
was confined to his room with a sprained
leg. She soon branched off into an account
of her experiences as a speaker for the Re
publican party in the Molly Magnire
country in 1863. Colonel Bliss objected to
this, whereat Miss Dickinson cast a fiery
glance at him, and said, haughtily:
"I am not trying to exalt myself, gentlp
men of the jury. For this work I was to
get 52,000 a week, or 512,000 for the cam
paign of six weeks. I would have been
cheap, gentlemen, at $100,000., 1 had to
work six hours a day, and was.
sticked, stoned and otherwise abused,
and had the hair cut from my head by a
bullet"
Mr. Hummel Interrupted thi3 time, and
told the witness to 'continue with the) con
versation in Mr. Clarkson's room.
Thanks That Paid No Bills.
"I told Mr. Clarkson this," she replied,
with dignity, "and I told him also that after
I returned home from this visit I was
thanked by .the whole Republican partv,
and Speaker Colfax asked me to address the
House in the hall of the House of Repre
sentatives. I was the only woman in the
world that had that honor.I told Mr.Clarkson,
but I never received the 512,000. I
never received a cent of it It remains un
paid to this day, and not even my traveling
expenses were paid In those days my
party was my country and my country was
my God. But now times have change'd. I
am broken down in health and I need the
money I ask for mv services. I do not
want to go into politics. I have had enough
of it I need this money to keep a roof
over the head of a dying mother."
Miss Dickinson had been pulling at her
handkerchief nervously. She now broke
down and wept She identified some letters
that Mr. Hummel passed up to her as cor
respondence from Mr. Clarkson prior to her
final engagement by the National Commit
tee. She read them all to the jury, slowly
aud with much elocutionary elteci.
Plenty of Money After Success.
In another interview with Mr. Clarkson
Miss Dickinson said he told her that in the
event of success there would be plenty of
money, and she would receive part ot the
512,000 due her from the campaign of 1886.
Colonel Dudley was present when Mr.
Clarksou said they would pay her 5123 a
night for 30 nights and her expenses. He
said: "Since we are very poor, almost
bankrupt, and have no money in the treas
ury, we can do no better. We are endeavor
ing to roast some rich Bostocians and
Pennsylvanians. Then we will have some
money. We will give you what I have
raid, whether we are successful or not If
Mr. Harrison is elected the amount that
you demand in excess of what we offer will
be a mere bagatelle. We will then give
you the additional 51,250."
They pledged their word of honor to this,
Miss Dickinson testified She said to them:
"My old friend. Governor Geary,-told me
once, 'Anna Dickinson, never wait again
for your money on the glory of the Grand
Old Party for 48 hours, and they replied:
'Miss Dickinson, we pledge ourselves as
men ot honor that this debt of honor shall
be paid to the last dollar. Can't you trust
us?"'
Paid for Fifteen of the Speeches.
She did. After she had made 16 speeches
in the West she was notified that her ser
vices were no longer needed They paid
her 53,750 for the lectures and $750 for ex
penses. The morning after election she
sent a request to Mr. Claikson for the 51,250
contingent upon jur. Harrison s election.
She received no reply.
In opening for the defense Colonel Bliss
said the only question for the jury to con
sider was whether the contract between
Miss Dickinson and the defendants had
been correctly stated. He contended that
she was mistaken about the extra 51,250.
He read the minutes of a previous examina
tion of Mr. Clarkson, in which the latter
denied having said anything about an extra
sum. ,
Colonel Dudley then took the stand. He
corroborated Mr. Clarksbn, and identified a
receipt for the 53,750 and expenses signed
by Miss Dickinson. He had never heard
of the 51,250 contingent fee.
Some Leading Qnestlons Ruled Out.
Mr. Hummel cross-examined Colonel
Dudley. "Were you ever charged with the
commission of a crime in Indiana?" he
asked.
Colonel Bliss I object
Mr. Hummel I wish to show the credi
bility of this witness. He has attacked that
of my client.
Judge Truax Objection sustained.
"Did you leave Indiana because of the
indictment found against you?" Lawyer
Hummel asked.
"No," replied Colonel Dudley.
"Were you accused of corrupting Voters
there?" v
An objection to this question was sus
tained and the examination went on,
ENTIPELY
DR. PLATT Yes, Sir; Youb Eyesight Is Perfect and Yotje Fobesight
EXTBAOKDINARr. DBOP IN ABOUT JUNE 10 AND I WILL EXAMINE YOUB HIND
SIGHT. New 7ork World.
"Are vou known by any other name than
that of William Dudley?"
"No."
"Have you not been called 'Blocks-of-Five'
Dudley?"
Objection sustained.
After some minor testimony the defense
rested. The case was adjourned till to
morrow. AN ATTACK ON HARRISON
Made by a Blaine Man From Iowa De
fense of the President by a Booster An
Arraignment Made for Effect on Colored
Delegates From the South.
Washington, May 25. Special A
peculiar incident in the House to-day was
that which occurred during the discussion
of an amendment to the World's Fair sec
tion of the sundry civil bill. General Hen
derson, the one-legged veteran from Iowa,
in speaking to the amendment which ap
propriated 5100,000 for an exhibit showing
the progress of the colored race since the
War, read the President a somewhat severe
lecture for his failure to urge a proper con
sideration of the colored element of the
population in his World's Fair message to
Congress.
It was plainly an arraignment Intended
to prejudice the colored members of South
ern Republican delegations to the National
Convention against the President, and sug
gested anew, what is well understood, that
in case it is found unadvisable to nominate
Blaine, the anti-Harrison leaders will en
deavor to organize the uninstructed dele
gates Tor Senator Allison, who, to-night, is
dining Chairman Clarkson and other Re
publican dignitaries.
General Henderson was replied to by
Henry Underwood Johnson, tne brilliant
but somewhat intrusive member from the
sixth Indiana District, who delivered an
excited harangue in defense of the Presi
dent, the force bill and everything else
offensive to the Democrats. He created a
great uproar, and later In the day, when he
resumed the subject on another amendment,
he went so far beyond the bounds of order
that he had to be seated at the command of
the chairman. He accomplished little more
than to make more conspicuous the attack
of General Henderson on the President
HIGGINS HAS HOLD 07 THE EEI5S.
The Young Delaware Senator in Ills First
Important National Hole.
Washington, May 25. Special Sen
ator Higgins, of Delaware, has been made
Chairman of the Republican Congressional
Campaign Committee,and thus put in charge
of the herculean task of electing a Repub
lican House in the next Congress. This
is "the only" Higgins' first appearance in
national politics, although he has had
things pretty much his own way for several
years in Delaware, where he has been quite
successful, his most conspicuous feat being
the retirement of Uncle Fli Saulsbury from
the United States Senate and the election
of himself as his successor.
Senators Higgins and Walcott, of Colo
rado, were classmates at Yale, and are
young men of brilliant ability. They are
fellow members of the Metropolitan in this
city. Their friends were greatly amused at
a remark dropped by the Delaware
Senator in the smoking room one day
soon after his election. Said he:
"Ed Walcott is a nice fellow
and a smart one, but he seems to want the
earth, and if he don't look out we will
clash." A few days ago Mr. Higgins said
another good thing. He was being bothered
in the Senate chamber about some bill that
he was not much interested in, and turning
suddenly in his chair with a gesture of im
patience, he said: "Well, I don't like legis
lation, anyhow. I am a politician."
A SUIIOa IN HABD LUCK.
After His Priest Forbids His Marriage His
Sweetheart Sues Him.
Shahokin, Pa., May 25. The wedding
of Miss Annie Micha and Joseph Diesch
was to have taken place to-day, but as the
priest was about to begin the ceremony a
sister of the bridegroom came up the aisle
of the church and forbade the marriage on
the ground that the couple were cousins,
and so within the law of consanguinity.
The priest thereupon declined to perform
the ceremony, and Miss Micha and Diesch
left the church.
Miss Micha wished her intended husband
to procure the services of a minister and
Sroceed with the oeremony. He refused to
o so, as the priest had forbidden the mar
riage. Miss Micha grew angry at the re
fusal, and this afternoon had him arrested
for breach of promise. Diesch furnished
bail for court
WINNIHG WOMAN WINS.
The Methodist Protestant Conference
Throws Down the Bars for the ladles.
Westminsteb, Md., May 25. The ab
sorbing question In the Methodist Episco
pal Conference to-day was the seating of
the women delegates from West Virginia,
Indiana, Iowa and Kansas. A vote was
taken by orders and resulted in the admis
sion of the women delegates. The vote
stood: Ministers 41 ayes, 29 nays. Laymen
34 ayes, 20 nays.
The action of the Conference changes no
law of the Church, but interprets the law to
mean that women are eligible to ordination
and to fill the office of delegate to the Gen
eral Conference.
SAM JONES PBEACHES LYNCH LAW.
His Utterances May Besnlt in the Mobbing
of a Tennessee Malefactor.
Chattanooga, May 25. Weems, with
officers, boarded the East Tennessee train at
Coltewa this morning and they are now en
route to Knoxville. The officers and pris
oner walked all night long and must have
covered 30 miles.'
A crowd from this city will go over there
and probably a lynching may occur before
unset, as Rev. Sam Jones has been preach
ing that outragers of women must oe the
anchor of hempen ropes.
SATISFACTORY.
FALSE BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
How a Detroit Census Enumerator Swelled
His Fees New Babies Credited to
Widows and Old Maids Tha Death 1.1st
Fully as Peculiar.
Dktboit, May 25. Special. Under the
State law a county census of births and
deaths is taken ever- year, and about one
half the reports fr . vne county for 1891
are in. The entL-, receive 10 cents
for each birth or u "orted, and as an
unusual number of tt'O. -e turned in,
the county auditors bee. j. Sq icious and
started an investigation. o.
So far only the returns ( '& First
ward, where Charles M. Welch & fyraer
ator, have been examined, but a . ty" Me
state of facts has been disclosed. . a re
ported 1,816 births and 1.270 deaths, hich
would warrant his receiving 5308 60 from the
county. Many of those who are credited with
having received additions to their families
will be astonished to know it Couples who
many years ago gave up hope of any more
children are calmly credited by Mr. Welch
with being among' the luckv ones. Child
births are located at vacant houses, at fur
nace shops, etc.
Mr. Welch has killed offpeople with the
same expedition he used in bringing new
people on earth, and in some instances he
says people died in 1891 for whom their
relatives left off mourning garments years
ago. In many cases widows and old maids
have been credited with children, the births
of which are also located at houses occupied
by bachelors.
The ward is the aristocratic one of the
city, and the publication of the returns
made by Welch has caused no end of joking.
Criminal proceedings will be begun against
Welch for making false returns. It is
supposed that when the investigation has
been completed it will be found that
twice as many births and deaths
have been reported as have actually taken
place. It is also probable that the county
has been swindled ont of thousands of dol
lars since 1869 when the census law was
passed by false returns made by enumera
tors. THE READING IN COURT.
The Examiners In the Combine Salt Begin
Their Task The Companies Admit
Many Points, but Require Proof That
Their Roads Are Parallel.
Habbisbubo, May 25. This afternoon
the examiners in the Reading combine suit,
Charles H. Bergnoer and J. C. McClarney,
of this city, qualified and had a brief sit
ting. Attorney General Hensel, Deputy
Attorney General Stranahan and George
Nauman, of Lancaster, associate counsel
ior the Commonwealth, were present, as
were also M. E. Olmsted, general counsel
for the defendant corporations, and Will
iam B. Lamberton, resident counsel for the
Philadelphia and Reading Company.
Agreements were put in evidence and
maps showing location of the different rail
roads the Attorney General statin? that
he was prepared to prove certain things un
less the defendants admitted them. Mr.
Olmstead agreed to furnish data as soon as
possible showing the amount of coal trans
ported by the various railroads to tide
water, all general orders issued since the
date of the lease by the Philadelphia and
Reading and Lehigh "Valley Railroad Com
panies, the promoters and stockholders of
the Port Reading Railroad, the names of
lessees of the Lehigh Valley Coal Com
pany's lands and the relations of the coal
and railroad companies.
He refused, however, to admit the sug
gestion of the Attorney General that the
Lehigh Valley and Susquehanna Railroads
are parallel and competing, or that thev
have the same termini and extend through
the same towns but on different sides of a
river. On such points.he said.the Common
wealth would have to produce proof. After
replications had been hied by the Attorney
General,joining issue on the matters alleged,
it was decided to have another sitting Wed
nesday, June 1, at 3 p. jl
BULEBS OF GOLDEN EAGLE KNIGHT3.
A Degree for Ladies Instituted at the Su
preme Castle at Atlantic City.
Atlantic City, N. J., May 25. At the
afternoon session ofthe Supreme Castle of
the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the fol
lowing Supreme officers were elected: Su
preme Chief, Ernest H. Koch, Connecticut;
Vice Chief, C. H. Nuchell, Ohio; High
Priest, Lyman P. Lewis, Massachusetts;
Master of Records, W. Culbertson, Penn
sylvania; Keeper of Executor, T. Mc
Carthy, Pennsylvania; Sir Herald, Jacob
H. Aull, Maryland; First Guardsman, F. O.
Krentler, Michigan; Second Guardsman, D.
E. Adams, Indiana; Lieutenant General, L.
F. Stilz, Pennsylvania; Medical Examiner,
Dr. J. E. Whitford, Pennsylvania.
For the next place of meeting Baltimore
was chosen. Other business transacted was
the revision of the code of laws for govern
ing the death benefit fund. A degree for
ladies, the Knights' Wives and Daughters,
was also adopted.
THIS MORNING'S NEWS.
Topic, Page.
Quay Says Blaine Will Accept 1
Anna Dickinson's Sensational Fait 1
Pittsburg Republicans for the Knight.... 1
The Boom Banquet Catching On 2
InterestingMuntcIpalMatter 2
Editorial Comment and Miscellaneous.... 4
The Whipping Post for Murderers....... 4
Methodist Clergy nnd Laymen Unite &
Philadelphia Preachers Not Fanatloil.... O
Some Cleveland and Hill Conventions.... t
Work of tho General Assembly 1
Florida Express Bobbers Killed 7
A Game Won From Cleveland 8
News of tho NearDy Towns 8
The Brewers Furnish Good Beading O
Tax Collector Crier's Defense J
Opening of the V. P. Assembly 10
The Oil Scout's Field News. 10
Work of the County Courts 10
Live Stock and Commercial Markets.... 11
Congress Engages in a Bear Dance 12
Bill Again Dodges the Silver Issue 12
BLAINE'S ALL RIGHT,
Quay Says the Secretary of
State Is in. Good and
Yigorons Health.
THE SEtf ATOK IS FOR HOT.
Pittsburgers Who Think the Maine
Man Should Be Nominated
IF HE IS WELL ENOUGH TO BUN.
Chief EroTvn Says the People "Will Elect tha
Plumed Knight.
HIS NAHE AE0DSES ENTIIUSIAS1I
Among the guests of the Duquesne Hotel
yesterday was not Senator Quay. He had
been duly scheduled to turn up at his Pitts
burg headquarters, but he did not material
ize, and Chief J. O. Brown and a number of
others who were in waiting for him did not
learn that he had gone directly to his
Beaver home until the morning was
well advanced. He left Philadelphia
last night on the 9.20 train and sat up so
late that he was too tired to stay in Pitts
burg. Richard It Quay expected to meet
his lather here and was as much surprised
as anyone when told that he had gone di
rectly home. Richard Quay, "Walter Lyon
and several, others went down to Beaver on
the 2.50 Lake Erie train.
The Senator was seen at his residence in
the afternoon. He was looking brighter
and in better health than he has for many
months. During the day he had a number
of visitors from Beaver and the adjacent
towns. Later in the day State Treasurer
John Morrison put in an appearance and
talked of politics for an hour or two.
Came Purely on Personal Baslness.
Senator Quay said he had come West on
purely personal business wholly discon
nected with politics, althongh he expected
to include politics in his business while
here.
"What of the Presidental conferences we
have been hearing about as likely to take
place in Beaver?"
"I'm afraid I will have to disappoint
anybody who ha3 been looking for that sort
of thing here. I came home on personal
business disconnected with politics, but, of
course, I will see some of my friends whiles
lam here."
"What is the outlook as to the opposition
to Harrison?"
"There seems to be a strong Blaine senti
ment in all parts of the country that I have
heard from. The stories about Mr. Blaine's
ill health are untrue. He is in good, vigor
ous health, or was when I saw him in
Washington a few days ago. Everybody
knows I favor Blaine's nomination."
"There has been no change of front on tho
part of any of the leading anti-Harrison
men, has there, within a day or two, as has
been reported?"
"I have heard of none."
The Senator's Plans for the Fntare.
"When do you go to Minneapolis, Sena
tor?" "I really have not determined the exact
day, but will probably go about the second
or third of June."
"When do you come to Pittsburg?"
"I shall go up on Friday morning to
spend the day there, and will probably not
return to Washington until Monday."
"What about tha outlook on the Legisla
tive fights in Allegheny county?"
"I have full confidence in my friends and
think they will win. Andnow what is new
in politics in Pittsburg?" and the Senator
following his usual custom, fired off a rapid
succession of questions.
It is understood that a large number of
those connected with county politics in
Western Pennsylvania will call on the
Senator. Many" of the delegates to the
National Convention will drop in on him
both in Pittsburg and Beaver.
There will be no attempt to gather the
State delegation together for the trip to
Minneapolis. Some will leave Philadel
phia in special cars, some wilt go in the
private cars of friends, and others will ,
gather in Pittsburg and make up a couple
of carloads.
Senator Quay's family are now all at Bea
ver for the summer, or until such time as
they go to the seashore.
ALL FOR BLAINE.
Local Republicans Who Declaro That ths
Man From Maine Is the Proper Candi
date or the Party Growing Sentiment
Against a Second Term.
A number of prominent local Republic
ans were seen downtown last night and
asked what they thought of the desirability
of Blaine as a candidate, provided he i3
physically qualified. Their replies were
unanimously and strongly for the magnetic
statesman, as the following will show:
J. O. Brown, Chief of the Department of
Pnblic Safety, on the night that Blaine
issued his letter stating that he was not a
candidate, unqualifiedly declared for Blaine
against all comers notwithstanding the let
ter. Last night he reaffirmed his position
in even more emphatic language. Said he:
Thero Is only ono man talked of in either
party big enoagh for the first place in this
Itepubllo. I need not mention his name. It
is known better than that of any man since
Napoleon, and no matter whether you call
him tho Plumed Knight, tho Magnetic Man
from Maine, or James G. Blaine, It is known,
and awakens enthusiasm in every heart
wherever spoken. Seven million voters
want him for President. Thero Is no getting
away from tho wishes of the people, and if
Blaine won't be a candidate the people will
make him a candidate, they will nominate,
they will elect him, and they will triura.
Shantly install him at the head of this great
overnment
Always Enthusiastic for Blaine.
If you want verification for my statements
look back over the newspaper files through
the County and State Conventions in every
State In the Union. Ton will find that in
every Iiepubllcan Convention, no matter
who was indorsed for President, that the)
mention of the name of Blaine created a
sensation. If not that, some equally strong
statement Bhowlng the Maine man's un
bounded popularity. Blaine will sweep the
country In June and he will duplicate tha
performance in November. No man can
stand against him. I don't say he la the
only Republican that could bo elected, but)
he is. the man for the nomination and he
can't be deteated.
A. E. JUcCandless, ex-Sheriff and candidate
for Mayor It don't make any difference
whether Blaine is physically able to stand a
campaign or not, the people will make his
canvass for him. Blaine's record has made
him the candidate, and no one else nas any
claim for consideration now. If there are
any claimants they must stand back and
wait their turn. I am for Blaine.
Ihe Greatest Man In the Country.
Ex Mayor Andrew Fulton There have
been tn the last 30 years two really great
men n this Republic, one not greater than
the ' er, but either greater than any Eo-
t