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FORTY SEVENTH TEAR
NO LETTER YET
FROM, BLAINE
To Cheer the Ilearts of Har
rison's Backers in the
Tresidental Eace.
THE CRISIS SOW AT HAND,
And the General Impression Is the
Maine Entry Will Start,
How the Secretary Put In Sunday
Elklns Talks With Him a Couple of
Hours Anger of Blaine Men at the
Harrison Interview Captain Gavett
Says the Prince of Diplomats Was
Compelled to Write the Clarkson
Letter of Withdrawal No More Mis
elves or That Kind Now Expected
Significant Expressions of Blaine's
Own Org-an.
ISrECIAT. TrLEGllAFIHC LETTEI1.1
Bublac or The Dispatch J
Vasuigtos, D. C. Slav 29. (
On this last Sunday before the departure
of the clans for Minneapolis, and -with the
quiet that always obtains on the threshold
ot Decoration Dav, speculation is at flood
tide. Everyone believes that the crisis of
discussion between the friends of Blaine
and Harrison has been reached, and that to
day must decide whether they are really to
be antagonists before the Kational Conven
tion.or whether Blaine will retire and leave
an apparently clear field for the renomina
tion of the President.
Humors have been flying thick and fast
all day that Blaine would to-night give to
the press a letter absolutely declaring that
he will in no event accept the nomination,
even if it be given to him with the most
tempting and complimentary unanimity.
Where the rumor originated no one can telL
Mr. Blaine has refused to respond to any
inquiry, and since his return has admitted
to his residence only a very lew of his most
trusted friends. I am convinced that the
only basis oi the rumor is the fact that the
Secretary has usually selected Sunday night
as the time when he preferred to give to the
press any important communication affect
ing himself. This, and nothing more, up to
this moment, seems to have prompted the
gossips to start the report of his with
drawal. I
Clarkson Sare Blaine WIUJAccppt.
A friend of Mr. Clarkson assures me that
he has received a letter from that gentle
man, written from New York last evening
alter the writer's conference with Blaine,
and that the Chairman not only writes iua
poeitive way in regard to Blaine's accept
ance, but also seemed to entertain not a
shadow of a doubt that the Secretary will
be the nominee at Minneapolis.
Large numbers of Sunday promenaders
to-day made it a point to stroll by the big
old-fashioned red house on Madison square,
although they could see no signs ol lite
there except an occasional face, not Mr.
Blaine's, at the window. The Secretary of
State is no less inclined than formerly to
see and be een by the public, and so he did
not forego his usual afternoon drive to-day.
He vent out before dinner with Mrs.
Blaine in an open carriage and drove for an
hour or two. This afternoon Mr. Blaine
dined out, and Congressman Boutelle, who
called at 9.30 o'clock, missed seeing him.
Mr. Boutelle says he has changed his mind
about not going to Minneapolis, and, as
Blaine is apt after all to be the candidate,
lie will go.
It is said at Mr. Blaine's house to-night
that there have been no political callers
during the day, but in spite of this state
ment there is a report that Secretary Elkins
spent two hours with Mr. Blaine in his
library this morning.
All Lonkinc for Another Letter.
As soon as'this report got on the streets,
it was followed by a rumor that flew last
about the city, that Mr. Blaine had decided
to issue a card to the Ecpublicau party an
nouncing his intention to stand by the
Clarkson letter, and reiterating the senti
ments expressed therein. The public has
been on the lookout all the afternoon and
evening for such an announcement, but it
lias not been forthcoming. Indeed, the
Blaine men are expreing more confidence
in the willingness of the Secretary to allow
them to work for him than at any time dur
ing the past year.
The Harrison-Miller interviews have
angered Mr. Blaine very much and Mrs.
Blaine still more. A Republican Congress
man, who is friendly with both Harrison
and Blaine, said to-night that there can be
no doubt that Harrison's attack upon Blaine
men as disappointed office seekers and upon
Blaine personally as attempting to take
undeserved credit lor recent achievements
of the administration have greatly embit
tered the Secretary and his friends, and
made the former at least much more deter
mined to allow aflairs at Minneapolis to
shape themselves as they may.
The Itlaine Men Awfully in Karupst.
There can be no doubt of one thing, and
that is that the men who are engineering
the Blaine boom here are deeply in earnest
and thoroughly convinced that Mr. Blaine
will not speak a word to interfere with
their plans. Mr. Clarkson stated to more
than one Republican with whom he talked
while here that he had direct assurances to
this cilect, and that there can be no doubt
that Blaine is entirely willing and even
anxious to allow things to take their own
course.
General Hastings, of Pennsylvania, who
arrived here to-night for the purpose of
making a Decoration Day speech, says that
the Republicans oi Pennsylvania will not
take no for an answer, and that Blaine must
be the candidate. Tins is the way a large
majority of tisiting Republicans talk 'in
Washington.
Notwithstanding all the confidence that
is expressed b v the leaders w ho favor Blaine,
there is evidently an immense amount of
assurance among the adherents of the Presi
dent; positive evidence that their figures
are all nrong in regard to the Southern del
egations, as well as to the hundreds of odd
delegates scattered here and there in the
North which are resolutely asserted to be
owned by the President, the hopeful mood
of the administration men cannot be
changed for a moment. They appear to de
pend on something else than'arithmetic
Attacks From Harrison Hands.
Meantime, with all their confidence, the
friends of Harrison are attacking Blaine in
the njost scandalous manner, retailing all
the exploded scandals that have ever been
invented to plague him. John C. New,
Consul General at London; Land Commis
sioner Carter, of Montana; John Russell
Young, late Minister to China, those who
have been, or are, or expected to be, feed
ing on administration pap, are engaged in
the last throes of vilification of the Secre
tary, who, no matter what may be truth
fully or falsely charged against him, is the
most popular man ot his party and of his
time.
The papers of this morning which will
admit such matter to their columns teem
with scandalous Btuff written by the friends
ot the President. Of course it will do Har
rison's cause more harm than good, but that
does not count with the pap-eaters who,
with a sort of blind frenzy, seem tumbling
over one another to say what they think is
a last good word for the man who doles out
their provender.
Some of these men have gone so far that
it is probable that the next few days will
bring in a large number of complaints at
the Civil Service Commission against offi
cials who are altogether too zealous in their
political work. At least one such report
will be made to-morrow.
Keeping Southern Delec&tes In Line.
Ex-Deputy Second Controller McMahon
will lay betore the Commissioners to-morrow
information in his possession that Post
office Inspector Sharpe, whose official sta
tion is Tennessee, is now in Georgia, charged
with the special mission of keeping the
Harrison men in the Georgia delegation in
line. Inspector Sharpe Is one of Mr. Wan
amaker's confidential agents to whom he
intrusts delicate work of a political charac
ter. He is already known to the Civil
Service Commission, and the last time Com
missioner Boosevelt appeared before the
Civil Service Committee of the House in
connection with the Investigation of the
alleged violations of the civil service law in
the Baltimore postoffice he declared that
Inspector Sharpe ought to be dismissed
from the service. He and Chief Inspector
Wheeler made an investigation of the Balti
more office and exonerated the 21 men whose
dismissal Mr. Roosevelt had recommended.
The Commissioner characterized their re
port as impertinent, and declared that they
were guilty of shielding violators of the law
whom they knew to be guilty. He will,
therefore, be nothing loth to go into an in
vestigation of these charges against In
spector Sharpe, and if they can be sub
stantiated he will make things lively for the
Inspector.
It is not likely that the Postmaster Gen
eral would act on a report recommending
the discharge of Sharpe, but Roosevelt
would not mind that muck It wouid give
him another ground upon which to fight the
Postmaster General, and there is nothing
that the zealous young civil service re
former is so fond of as a fight, and the more
prominent his opponent the better he
likes it,
BLAINE HIS OWN BOSS.
Bis Duty to the President Fulfilled by the
Letter He Wrote A Friend or the Secre
tary's Tells How That Epistle Vat De
manded and Given.
Detroit. May 29. Special Captain
William A. Gavett, for more than 20 years
one of Blaine's most confidential friends
and trusted political advisers, to-night gave
The Dispatch correspondent one of the
most important contributions to political
literature yet made during this campaign.
Of Mr. Gavett's standing with and under
standing of Mr. Blaine's feelings and wishes
there is not the slightest question. During
Mr. Gavett's recent visit to Washington he
saw Mr. Blaine daily, and with him dis
cussed every phase of the political situation.
AVhile Captain Gavett speaks only for
hiiiiB..ir, those who know best his' In
timate personal relations with the "Prince
ot Diplomats" will take the following in
terview as as near a reflection of Mr.
Blaine's own position, ideas and wishes as
will be vouchsafed to his friends before the
convention at Minneapolis. Captain Gavett
said:
Blaine's lVist Withdrawal Letter.
1 have long realized that some one of Mr.
Blaine's trusted friends should put before
the public the inside facts relative to his so
called withdrawal letter. While I do not
propose to quote Mr. Blaine, nor claim to
have his authority so to do, I state upon
my own responsibility. baed upon the
most leliable Information entrusted to
me, that Mr. Blaine only wrote
the letter tnat ho did upon the
tirzent reqnest, in fact, the demand of the
President after mature consideration
While the letter was not what the Presi
dent wanted, it was all Mr. Blaine would
consent to grant. It did not say that the
President ought to bo renominated, or
express a preference for any other candi
date. It did not say anything about Mr.
Blaine's health, and it not say that Mr.
Blaine would decline the nomination pro
vided the convention in its wisdom saw lit
to select him. None of these omissions
from that letter were accidental.
Had Mr. Blaine leftised to stand aside
upon the nrcrent demand of his immediate
supeiior officer, Mr. Blaine's sclf-iespect, if
nothing else, would have forced him to re
tire from the Cabinet a position which he
did not care a rap for. It would then have
heon announced through the press that
there was a split in the Republican party.
Contests would have followed in every Dis
trict and State Convention in the country,
and if a larce majority ot the delegates had
been elected in lavor of Blaine, the Presi
dent and his friends might have claimed
that the President had not been given the
opportunity to which he had been entitled
by reason of his position.
Hlalne's Hands Alone lied.
Now the delegates have all been chosen
without the Interference or Influence of Mr.
Blaine. The President and all other candi
dates have made their strongest efforts,
while Mr. Blaine has made absolutely no
effort to secure even one delegate, so that,
if the convention shall decide that the sure
load to success is through Blaine's nomina
tion, neither the President nor any of his
friends can fail to acquiesce w ithout'a mur
mur, and all candidates and their support
ers must cheerfully wheel into line and give
loyal support to tlio nominee. Hence, it will
be at once realized, when these facts are
considered, that Mr. Blaine's great magnan
imity In consenting to stand aside and let
the President secure the nomination if he
could, has saved the party from possible dis
ruption, and pavea the way to victory, al
though the sacrifice Mr. Blainemade seemed
at the time to have robbed htmself of the
great honor he has so long desired and so
lichly earned.
I know that Mr. Blaine desires to be Presi
dent, and that Mrs. Blaine desires that he
slmll be President. That a creat majority of
the Republicans of this country desire he
should bo President seems evidenced by the
outpouring of sentiment throughout the
whole country, and I give It as my best
judsment that Mr. Blaine will accept the
nomination in the srandest letter ever writ
ten by nny American statesman.
WILL BOLT BEM FOE BLAINE.
A Bedford Delegate Who Is Going to Dis
obey Ills Instructions.
BEDroitD, Pa., May29. Special. John
H. Jordan, one of the delegates from this
district to the Republican National Con
vention, when asked to-day for whom he in
tended to vote, said: "I will vote for
James G. Blaine if his name goes before the
convention."
When attention was called to the fact
that the same convention which had elected
Jordan had instructed him to vote lor Presi
dent Harrison, Mr. Jordan replied that he
believed the Republicans of the county
were for Blaine, and he intended to vote for
him, instructions or no instructions. Mr.
Jordan has always trained under the banner
of Senator Quay.
OVER 200 DOUBTFUL DELEGATES,
From Whom Harrison Mutt Draw 84 to
Secure the Nomination.
New York, Mar 29. The Ilerald, in or
der, as it says, '"to make light the dark
places," has sent to every delegate at large
to the Minneapolis Convention a telegram
as follows:
Will you kindly wire how your delegation
stands for ohoice for President; whethor in
favor of restricted or uurestrlctod coinage,
and high or low tariff?
Replies to the above, printed to-day,
show that Harrison will have 366 delegates,
Blaine 265, Alger 28, with one original Mc
Kinley man from Montana. This leaves in
the doubtful list 238 delegates, and it is
from these that Harrison must get the 81
or Blaine the 185 votes which are necessary
to secure the much-coveted prize. On ques
tions of platform there seems to he an al
most unanimous opinion. Not a delegate
apparently opposes the Republican doc
trine of high taritfj while the unlimited-coinace-of-silver
men are able to muster
only 73 delegates out of the 893, of which
the convention is composed.
WHERE BLAINE STANDS.
The Secretary's Home Organ Publishes an
Authorized Statement on This Import
ant Point Party Duty at Present the
First Consideration Always Loyal to
Harrison.
Portland, Me., May 29. Special
Mr. Blaine's organ, the Ezpreu, prints the
following editorial article, which is said to
be an authorized statement of Mr. Blaine's
position in the Presidentai oontesti
The letter.'of Mr. Blaine announcing that
he was not a candidate for the Presidentai
nomination was clear and explicit. No real
friend of his ever doubted that he meant by
it, without reservation of any kind, to with
draw himself absolutely as a candidate.
They believed that whatever other reasons
may have contributed thereto it also ex
pressed his personal desire "to avoid the ex
cltement and responsibility attending a
candidacy and election." Recent events.
how ever, have placod matters in a different
position. Mr. Blaine's name is again freely
mentioned. There is no ground for the be
lief that he has 'directly or Indirectly pro
cured, or that he has desired this to be, and
many believe that he will be nominated If
he does not add something further to his
declaration of three months since.
But those who affect to believe that Mr.
Blaine ought to speak again, fail, as it seems
to the Express, to comprebend the situation.
Were he at liberty, as no man is, to say that
he would not under any circumstances lead
the party, motives of delicacy might compel
him to withhold the expression of it until
there could be no doubt of the propriety of
his (loins so. Though James G. Blaine may
presume as much as any living American
upon the confidence and devotion of the
people, even he may well hesitate to assume
that his party will force a nomination upon
him which he has already practically de
clined. It is, therefore, unjust to Mr. Blaine, it is
even discourteous to the President, to insist
that anything Is now due from him. He un
derstandsno man better, for they are of his
own making that the circumstances are
such that his nomination, if made, will be
under a stress of party exigency which can
not be Ixnorod, against which no personal
desire should weigh, and with -which no
question of sentiment should be allowed to
interfere.
Loyal to the President in the fullest sense
permissible In the politics of a free people
Mr. Blaine has been and will be. He has no
right to thwart the will of the people once
unmistakably made known, If In his power
to comply with It, nor conld he secure the
Interest of anyone by so doing. Having
done all that any citizen may to avoid a
nomination that he does not desire, Mr.
Blaine may well wait until his duty shall be
made clear beyond all question. The
interest of the party, of whioh he is
the leader of leaders, Is at stake, and
may depend upon his action. The comple
tion of the great measures and policies
with which his name is to be identified in
history, and which are of such Inestimable
value to the country, depend upon the suc
cess or bis party. Like every other good
Republican, it will be his duty to take the
course which may appear best adapted to
serve it. If that is to accept a nomination
he must do so; if to decline, he will. The
country has confidence In his ability to
Isold-Trl-atifor-the best, .inrt either, in tils
hands or those of President Harrison's, its
interests will be the same.
A SHEBMAN-FOBAKEB FIGHT AGAIN
Over the Selection of a Kational Committee
man to Succeed Conger.
Columbus, O., May 29. Special One
of the hardest and closest political fights in
any of the State delegations at the National
Republican Convention at Minneapolis will
take place in the Ohio delegation over the
election of a man to take the place of
Colonel Conger as Ohio's member of the
National Committee. There are two candi
dates, and it is claimed the pledges now
show the vote will stand 24 to 22.
Hon. W. M. Halin, of Mansfield, is the
Harrison - Sherman - McKinley candidate,
while.Ho'n. Charles Kurtz, of this city, late
private secretary for ex-Governor Foraker,
shies his castor in the ring, wearing the
colors of the Blaine-anti-Harrison crowd.
Hahn claims 24 of the 46 votes that Ohio
will have in the National Convention and
says he will win hands down, while Kurtz
remarks that it is not good policy to yell
until you are out of the woods.
Kurtz's friends wonder if Hahn wants the
earth. He is now a member of the Board
of Public Works, Chairman of the Repub
lican Executive Committee, and one of the
four delegates at large to Minneapolis.
There will be a lot of "pap" to dish out by
the lucky man who is elected, and these
two eentlemen are straining every nerve
to win the race. Hahn's followers say that
Kurtz had the best State office in the gift of
the Governor for four years a place that
pays about ?6, 000 a year in fees and $800
salary and they also wonder when he will
get enouh of honors and emoluments of
office. Kurtz is a very sleek politician.
The old Sherman-Foraker fight will now be
transferred to Minneapolis, and the long
suffering Ohio public will be given a rest for
the next two weeks.
CAMPBELL AS CLEVELAND'S MATE.
A Conference on the TIce Presidency Said
to Be Slated for To-Day.
Washington, May 29. Special. The
rost this morning says:
A conference of leading Democrats known
to advocate Cleveland's nomination will be
held in this city to-morrow, If the pro
gramme as at present arranged is not dis
turbed. In the conference will be ex-Post-mster'General
Dickinson, Senator Vilas,
ex-First Assistant Postmaster General
Adlai Stevenson and ex-Govornor Camp
bell, of Ohio. Mr. Dickinson went
over to New York Friday night,
but will letnrn here to-morrow, and
General Stevenson is already here. The ob
ject or the conference is to arrange the Vico
Presidency on the Cleveland ticket. Mr.
Campbell's friends are very anxious that
tho ticket should have his name upon it,
and this is understood to be tho deslie of
Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Stevenson, howovor,
docs not lack advocates, including Senator
Gorman, with whom Mr. Dickinson bad a
lengthy conference last week. The situa
tion n ill be thoroughly discussed to-morrow,
and Mr. Cleveland will be kept informed as
to the developments.
Senator Vilas says to-night that so far as
be knows this statement is entirely without
foundation.
A Drawn Battle In Kansas.
TorEKA, Kan., May 29. Special
People's party conventions were held yes
terday in more than half the counties in
this State. There were hard fights every
where between the factions which oppose
and favor fusion with the Democrats, and
the result is a drawn battle. In the Con
gressional districts the fusionists won a de
cided victory. Jerry Simpson captured all
the conventions in his district.
More Missouri Nominations.
Piedmont, Ma, May 29. The Repub
lican convention of the Thirteenth Con
gressional district yesterday nominated
Thomas "B. Whitledge, of St, Genevieve,
lor Congress, and selected as delegates to
Minneapolis E. A. Rosier and J. H.
itamsey-
HTTSBUR.G. MONDAY, MAT 30. 1892.
AT SEA,
The President's Home Friends
Begin to Fear He Can
not Be Eenominated. ,
NOW GETTING A MOTE ON.
A Circular Froni the Central Commit
tee Urges Them to Action.
SOME SCHOOL DISTRICT WORK
That
lias Made Inroads on Harrison's
Forces Everywhere.
BLAISE BUTTONS WORN BT THOUSANDS
(SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.l
Indianapolis, May 29. The following
peculiar circular, marked "confidential,"
has been sent out to Republicans through
out the State by the State Central Commit
tee: There is anxiety In high circles. An ad
vance delegation should go at once to Min
neapolis. If you cannot go sooner, can you
go by the 2d? Answer.
F. M. MtLLIKSX,
Secretary State Central Committee.
President Harrison has been devoting
himself to the duties of his office in his self-
contained, diligent, earnest way, as if
the Republican National Convention
were not less than ten days
off. He has had no political
managers, no conferences, no workers in
the field, no personal plan of campaign,
and all the generalship, all the scheming
and all the enterprise has been on
the side of his political opponents.
No President ever followed a more digni
fied course, and no President suspected of
wishing a renomination ever entered a Na
tional Convention with a following so dis
organized, so chaotic and so uncertain in
numbers.
Harrison's Friends All at Sea.
Even the President's friends here are all
at sea. They don't pretend to know how
many delegates will support him if there
is a rel contest at Minneapolis. His
friends say: "Mr. Harrison is a great Presi
dent, a genuine statesman, but we fear that
he is not a great politician."
Of course, this kind of talk will make Mr.
Harrison stronger than ever with some peo
ple if he is renominated. Even as he sur
prised everybody by the ability
of his speeches during the
campaign four year? ago, even
as he has surprised many more by his easy
grasp of every problem that has arisen dur
ing his Presidency, even now he is giving
his
'tion of his character in his independence of
the politicians.
A month ago the present Executive was
reasonably certain of the support of a good
majority of the delegates. Now it is ex
tremely difficult to tell where any but the
more prominent men stand.
The Campaign Against the Presldept,
JFprsixweek past .it has beefrttp'arent
to the most casual observer that a very in
genious campaign was being carried out by
the active opponents of the Presi
dent, and it has been a mystery to
the President's friends here why
those who are looking after his
campaign have not observed and countered
it. The result now is a demoralization of
his followers, and unless the President holds
some of his accredited delegates by some
hidden string they are more likely to
jump out than in his net.
Nearly every man who has been a practi
cal and aggressive leader in the Republican
party for the past 20 years, both here and in
the East, is now oppo'sed to the President
In every township, county and State, many
humble, as well as the high, are wearing
Blaine buttons on their coats, and have his
magic name on their tongues all the time.
His is the most dazzling light that could be
turned onto the political canvass.
Every Device Worked for Blaine.
By talk, speeches and every other device
known to political management the heart of
the partv, which is quite naturally with Mr.
Blaine, has ben stirred up and then edu
cated to the belief that he is really
willing to accept the nomination. In writ
ing politics for many, many years, I have
never seen a more subtle and spirited school
district canvass carried on" for any pur
pose than has been in operation in the
western country for the pat four or six
weeks. It has been so well done, and has
found so many volunteers, that nine out
of ten Republicans are firmly convinced
that Mr. Blaine will be nominated
at Minneapolis. The unpledged delegates
are equally impressed, and the longer Mr.
Blaine keeps quiet the greater the momen
tum ofthe Blaineavalanche,fornew converts
are coming in every day to the conviction
that he really intends to" be named. Those
who are merely working, as they think, for
the good of the party, as well as those
who are working from other motives, are
so numerous that it is difficult to classify
them. But they make an army in numbers
and enthusiasm.
Xo Organization nt His Forces.
The President's friends (he has no mana
gers other) have contented them
selves with "claiming everything with
confidence." They really don't know
where they stand. They have
no organization, no field marshal. If there
iiicuus uuu uiu ueiguuors a new reveia-
is to be any change In this political uncer
tainty, which has almost settled into a stub
born" conviction, President Harrison's
friends must act promptly and with spirit
Every day that passes simply makes the
work harder.
Nothing but Mr. Blaine's absolute and
unequivocal refusal to accept the nomina
tion will stop the efforts of his
enthusiastic irlends. This refusal
must be over Mr. Blaine's own
signature. Nothing else will be
accepted. No man's opinion is so high
with these Western people as to convince a
single delegate that he will not have a
chance to help nominate his favorite.
Editorials and interviews are a waste of
labor, and the more of them there are the
more mixed and conflicting the situation,
which is all grist to the mill of those
who don't desire the President's renomina
tion. The number of uninstructed del
egates and of new men that
-will compose the convention at Min
neapolis has been a great help
to the shrewd and able men who have been
conducting a most remarkable canvass
against the strongest man for the nomina
tion after Mr. Blaine's name is dropped.
Weakness That Aids the Opposition.
So well drawn have been these plans that
they have matured without opposition, and
the seemine weakness of the President's
management has only been an aid to the
aggressive opposition to him.
it is next to certain that they
have . made it possible to introduce
combats into the coming convention,
wherein combinations can or are
expected to be made on some
candidate who can command the fruits of
this careful manipulation. So much tem
per npon this subject has been aroused that
it is doubtful whether the few old
leaders in the convention favorable to Gen
eral Harrison trill hare much control over
NDilo
the young men who are just taking
their first lessons id national politics
and are naturally ambitious to assert their
individuality and get in on any new deal.
It now loo'ks as though very few delega
tions would act as a unit The new men
are inclined to think that the old ones have
had their share and that it is about
time for the youths to have a chance. Here
in President Harrison's own State the irri
tation and uncertainty is almost
as great as anywhere else except
perhaps in Ohio", where the com
bat between the Sherman and Foraker
forces reaches the point of bitterness.
These personal rivalries are very intense,
and the intention of Governor Foraker's
followers is to make an aggressive contest
GUARDED BY DETECTIVES.
A New and Bather Unpleasant Experience
for Harrison All Rochester StarinE at a
Real, Live President He Is Compelled
to Forco a Walk.
Rochester, May 29. Special The
two Chief Executives Benjamin Harrison
and Roswell P. Flower have had the call
in Rochester. When they reached town
last night they were escorted to their hotel
with a good deal of pomp and ceremony,
and their arrival was signalized with an
elaborate display of fireworks.
The citizens of Rochester were in a state
of suppressed excitement to-day, due to
their desire to display a vociferous apprecia
tion of the presence of the Chief Magistrate
of the nation, and at the same time observe
the Sabbath. The President had an early
breakfast with Secretary Noble and others,
after which he attended divince service at
the Brick Presbyterian Church. Several
thousand people were gathered along the
route in order to get a glimpse of the Presi
dent Afterward Mr. Harrison went out
for a walk with Colonel Ernest. He went
only a short distance, however, as the peo
ple gathered around him in such numbers
that it was deemed best to return to the
hotel. The President got along better later
in the afternoon, when he went out for a
drive with D. W, Powers.
Detectives engaged by the local commit
tee are in constant attendance on the Presi
dent. It is a novel experience for him to
be guarded in this way, and he is not
altogether pleased at the innovation, as he
does not regard it as necessary.
AN ATTACK ON THE RELIC.
Br. Collyer Preaches a Ssrmon That
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Bonnd to Canse a Religions Sensation.
New York, May 29. Special Rev.
Robert Collyer, pastor ofthe Church ot the
Messiah, at Thirty-fourth street and Park
avenue, preached this morning on "Saints
and St. Anna's Bones." He said:
Sainthood, like charity, begins at home.
The elect fight their way upward, hill by
line, but neither win anything worth the
winning by kissing old bones. No man Is a
saint because he makes htmself a marvel of
misery. The mother in her home with the
children about her will fur outrank any lady
abbess in her convent parlor embroidering
vestments tor the priest, and the father,
laithful to the terms of his fatherhood, will
outrank the whole tribe like him who hus
now gone to Quebec with the old bono
wrapped in two bits of brown paper and tied
with a bit of tuinu to bo cartied in bis
pocket
This that we liavo been watching is an ex
hibition of the grossest superstition that our
city has ever seen. It is the first time, so
far as I know, that such a thing has been
done heic, and the princes of the church
should never let it. bo done again. Quobeo is
600 years behind Now Yoik. Let the relic
stay there. The day must come when those
who do such things in the name of religion
will be piosecuted for obtaining monev un
der false pretenses from the ignorant and
ciedulous.
A BOY DEINKSTfflS OWN BLOOD.'
Betas Lost In a Desert He Couldn't Endure
His Parching Thirst
El Paso, Tex., May 29. News reached
this city late last night that William G.
Bailey and family had been lost on the
plains west of this city. Thirty-eight miles
southwest of El Paso they lost their way
and were without water. A Mexican boy
was sent out with a wagon and horses to
hunt water for them. While searching for
water the horses got away from him.
Wednesday night the boy arrived at Palo
mas. He was almost entirely naked and
had a bullet wound in one of his legs.
He was suffering for water, and to quench
his thirst he shot himself in the leg and
sucked the blood from the wound. A res
cuing party irom among the Mexicans and
soldiers stationed at Palomas started in
search of Mr. Bailey and wife. Friday
evening at dusk the party found Mrs.
Bailey with the wagon at the point where
the horses were taken out and bent off for
water. She stated that her husband left her
yesterday morning to return to Juarez for
horses and water. The rescuing party came
to Juarez but failed to find Mr. Bailey. It
is possible that he lost his way and has
perished in the mountains.
CAREY'S BODY SUBELY FOUND,
A Floater nt Moundsvllle Positively Iden
tified as the Drowned Contractor.
Wheeling, May 29. Special The
body of D. M. Carey, of the firm of Paige,
Carey & Co., the contractor who was
drowned at the Main street bridge here in
February, is again reported found at
Moundsville, 12 miles south, this evening.
The story of finding Carey's body had been
so often reported that but little stock was
taken in the reported finding until to-night
it is stated that Mr. Cleveland, of Ohio,
has positively identified the body, Mr.
Cleveland is Carey's father-in-law.
Carey's watch, diamonds, pocket-book,
money and a large sum in drafts were found
on the body. The body wa terribly
swollen and the face badly disfigured. It
will be taken to Cleveland for burial.
RECEIVED DEPOSITS TOO LATE,
An
Ex-President of a Defunct Nebraska
Bank Arrested for Fraud.
Kearney, Neb., May 29. Ex-President
S. S. St John, ofthe defunct Commer
cial and Savings 'Bank of this city, was ar
rested to-day at the instigation of one of
the depositors. The bank is charged with
receiving deposits when the President and
cashier knew the institution was insolvent.
The case was continued until June 6 to
enable the defense to procure witnesses.
Judge Barnes, the President at the time the
bank failed, is at a sanitarium near Chicago.
LAKE PORTS IN DANGER.
A Scheme for a Ship Railway From Georgian
Bay to Toronto Taking form.
Toronto, May 29. At a public meeting
held here the promoters of the Ontario Ship
Railway explained their scheme for the
building of a railway CC miles long between
Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario.
If this scheme is carried out all the sea
board traffic frdm the Upper Lakes will be
tapped.
Lynched by a Slob of His Own Color.
Huntington, W. Va., May 29. In
formation has just reached here of the
lynching Saturday in Logan county of Jim
Smith, a notorious colored desperado.
Friday evening Charles Soppell, aged 12, a
colored boy, was murdered and robbed by
Smith, who was cau?ht later. The officers
having him were overpowered by a mob
composed of negroes, who took the pris
oner to the nearest tree and swung him up.
Smith bad previously killed three men.
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JAMES G. BLAINE.
JltOJI A PHOTOGRAPH BT SAEOKT, TAKES LAST miDAT.
Copyright, ISM, by N. Sarony.J
HIRSCH'S PLAN FAILS.
Russian Refugees Now Deserting the
Argentine Republic.
THEY CANNOT STAND THE CLIMATE.
Disgusted, They Are Hocking to the United
Etates In Hordes.
MAX! OF TIIEM EXPECTED HERE SOON
Baron Hirsch's colonization scheme in
the Argentine Eepublio is a failure. Thou
sands of the Euasian Hebrew refugees are
leaving South America in disgust and are
working their way toward the land
of the Stars and Stripes as best they
can. They were sent there by ship
loads from the Old World. In the
South American Eepublio great free tracts
of land were given them. Eussia is a cold
climate, and the change has been too much
for thenjIbenJbPj: are notjarmers, but
business men. "TCiUlng the soil does" not
suit them. As a result they are leaving in
dignst,. A number of the refugees are ex
pected here within a few days.
This was the burden of the official infor
mation received by the Eussian Eefugees'
Aid Society, of Pittsburg, which organiza
tion virtually takes in all of Western Penn
sylvania. Yesterday's meeting of the so
ciety was presided over by P. Sandomyer.
The first Work of the meeting, after the an
nouncement of the above statements, was
the reception of S. Green's report. The re
port of collections made by him showed a
snug sum ready for immediate distribution.
It was at once decided that all moneys con
tributed for the relief of the Eussian
refugees should be used for that purpose
alone.
Will Care for Their People.
The sentiment of the meeting was that
the affairs should be so economically man
aged that not a single Hebrew should be
come a charge on public charity, and that
the entire expense should be borne by their
own people.
Although Mr. S. Green has spent very
much of his time and considerable ot his
own money in the work, he followed up
the economic idea by offering a resolution
that all the officers of the organization
should serve without salary, and that the
expenses should be borne "by the members
of the Executive Committee. It was also
decided that no percentase Mould be given
to collectors.
Enthusiastic addresses were made on the
need for immediate action in order to take
care of the refugees that are expected here
from the South. It was decided to prepare
at once and S. Green was appointed Gen
eral Agent ofthe society to collect and dis
burse funds. He was also instructed to no
tify the Hebrew Belief Association that the
aid society would take charge of the actual
work and on this basis an amicable arrange
ment was made by which the combined
force of all the Hebrew charitable organ
izations will be concentrated. a
The members of the Alliance of Israel,
founded for the purpose of colonization,
caught the inspiration, and the funds of
that organization were also turned in, so
that there are sufficient funds now to carry
the society through the month of June.
It is the intention to go to work at once,
and if necessary rent a buildine in order to
find a refuge for the Hebrews who have
been driven out of Eussia. Speaking of
the desertion of the Hirsch colony last
night, one ofthe prominent members ofthe
society said:
Russians Cannot Stand the Cllmatr.
We have received information to that
offect which wo believe is reliable. Tho
cential office In New York will not admit
this, but, of course, that is expected. The
Kussians cannot stand the cllmute of South
America. Then they lo not know much
about farming. Only a few of them under
stand that industry. They do not know the
language or customs of the people, and
have no quick method of learning
them. These conditions have nil
led to the exodus anil now
I am informed they are loavlng in hun
dreds. They are making their way north as
best they can and are all heading for the
United Stuto. Some of them will reach
here soon. We expect thcuiiu large num
bers beloro the end of June.
It is our intention to care for them among
our own people. Tliey are nut pauper, but
everything having beon taken from them,
they must bo taken care ot until they arc
able to take care of themselves. During
the Russian persecution of lf8l wc cared lor
large numbers of them and not one of them
has beoomo a charge on charity. Somo of
them are now among Pittsburgh foremost
business men. We had a house on Colwell
street then and will probably do the same
this time.
Abroad they are doing more for the
refugees than they are hero. In Amster
dam, a city no larger than Pittsburg and
Allegheny, they are distributing S1.C00 a day
to the sufferers. When the test conn's heie,
though, 1 believe the people will respond
and there will be funds in plenty. These
refugees do not like to accept charity, and
some of them we have to hunt out ourselves.
They are dreadfully afraid of being called
fauner,
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IN THE TORNADO'S PATH.
excursion Trains Ponrins Their Bardens
Into Rained Tfellington A Scene or
Kemarkable Devastation Freaks of the
Morm nt llarper, the Other Fallen City.
Wellington, Kan., May 29. Welling
ton's tornado has made the city for the time
the chief object of interest for all Southern
Kansas. No such crowds have visited this
city before as those which since earliest
daylight have been pouring in on every
railroad and highway, pn all its four lines
entering here the Santa Fe has been run
ning excursions, while the Eock Island has
been equally industrious.
It is the common remark of those who
have witnessed similar scenes, that in the
extent and completeness of the destruction
it transcends anything in their experience.
Other like calamities have been attended
with greater loss of life, but rarely has a
picture of such utter desolation been pre
sented than that seen in the devastated dis
trict. The death list remains at the
figures given In the dispatches of yesterday,
with all the injured ones in a fair way to
recover, except Mrs. Murphv, the aged lady
who was taken from the burning ruins of
the Cole-Eobinson block, and Jesse Brown,
acolored barber. The ruins have been dlli
gently searehed. To-morrow the work of
clearing away the wreck will be
vigorously and systematically begun.
Reports from the country around Harper
demonstrate the loss to be greater than at
first reported. The course of the storm, as
indicated by its trail, represents au imper
fect letter "S," and swept in that form at
least 15 miles. In Garden Plains township
two brothers were picked up and carried 200
yards and let down almost side by side. One
of them was badly injured in the fall, while
the other escaped without a scratch. The
storm struck the cemetery at Harper and
swept down fully two-thirds of the tomb
stones and monuments, breaking many of
them.
While the vast crowd of about 15,000
strangers were viewing the ruins at Welling
ton about 4 o'clock this afternoon four or
five men spread the alarm that another
cyclone was approaching. Instantly there
w'as a frightful rush for cellars, in which
several persons were bruised and one woman
fainted. The report was true, for a small
twister passed, but did not strike the town.
Another small tornado was seen about the
same time at Caldwell.
TWZHTT-FIVE IMPORTED BBIDES
Who Cannot Be Prosecnted for Violating
the Contract Labor Law.
New York, May 29. Special Twenty
five robust, redrchceked, flaxen-haired
Swedish and Norwegian girls were among
the 888 immigrants who landed at Ellis
Island to-day from the steamship Norge.
They blushingly confessed that they had
come here under contract to make 25 young
men of their own nationality happy.
Colonel Weber said the contract labor
law was not applicable to this sort of con
tract, and the expectant maidens went on
their way, which will take them to little
farms out in Minnesota and Wisconsin
tilled bv their lovers.
IW0 WEAITHY HOMES WBECXED.
An Elopement Shakes the Cream of Mon
treal Society to IU Foundations.
Montreal, Que., May 29. Two mem
bers of Montreal's best and wealthiest so
ciety have eloped, leaving behind in the
one case a sorrowing wife, in the other a
broken-hearted husband.
John S. Allen, more commonly known as
"Jack" Allen, the eldest son and heir to
Andrew A. Allen, one of the millionaire
partners in the Allen Eoyal Mail bteam
ship line, has gone in company with the
wife of E. Y. Hebden, who is prominently
connected with the Bank of Montreal.
A BATTLE M0BE SEAL THAN SHAM.
Several Bold Militiamen Wounded by Saber
Cnts and Gnn Wads.
Cincinnati, May 29. The First Eegi
ment of the Ohio National Guards gave a
sham battle at Woodsdale Island, 30 miles
north of here, to-day, in which infantry, a
battery of gatling guns and two' pieces of
artillery were used.
In a charge to capture the gatling guns
five men were wounded with sabers. One
had his left eye-lid cut off and the eye seri
ously injured. Three others had more or
less severe saber cuts in one or both hands.
One suffered a 6evere injury by a gun wad
striking his left eye.
A HUOE DEAL AT DAYTON.
The Barney and Smith Car Works Changes
Hands for 94,500,000.
Dayton, May 29. The report that the
Barney & Smith Car Works, of this city,
bad sold the plant to a syndicate, is verified
this evening by an interview with Eugene
J. Barney, President, and J. D. Piatt, Vice
President, of the company.
The consideration is 4,500,000 cash. The
syndicate will take possession of the car
works June 1. The plant covers 20 acres of
buildings and yards,, and employs 1,300
linen. i
THREE CENTS,
ON THEJFIRST VOTE
Senator Quay Claims Blaine
Will Be dominated for
the Presidency.
HOLDING BACK FIGURES.
The Anti-Harrison Men Are Not
Loaning Their Ammnnition.
REED FOR TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN.
McKinley Mistrusted as Too Friendly
the President.
to
ANOTHER DEAL FOR COMJITTTEEHAN
"There will only be one ballot and Blaine
will be the man." This is the emphatic
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in shape c" p c for Minneapolis on the
Senatorial tra.. on Thursday.
Mr. Quay came up from Beaver in the
afternoon and registered at the Duquesne,
where he spent the time in receiving callers
and congratulations for his victory on the
Northside at the Saturday primaries. It is
said by friends that Mr. Quay is banking a
great deal on the desire of Mrs. Blaine to
have her husband run once more for the
Presidency. The Senator said nothing
about it, but it is pretty well established
now that the members of the Secretary's
family are delighted at the prospect of his
receiving the nomination, and for their sake,
if not for the claims of his party and the
country, he will accept. Mr. Quay is sure
now that Blaine will not refuse the proffer
of the crown.
Not Attendinc to National Polltici.
A Dispatch man managed to see the
Senator alone last evening after his visitors
had left and while he was walking to the
depot. It was after a number of questions
concerning important details ofthe conven
tion had been put to him that he dismissed
the subject by making the strong statement
at the head of this interview.
"Have you any statement to make about
the Presidentai outlook?" was asked. "The
time is short, and your preparations are no
doubt complete," was suggested.
"I have nothing to sav," he answered,
with a smile. "I haven't been giving much
attention to national politics for some time.
I have other business to look after, and I
did not talk about the Presidency to-day."
"Have you any figures to giveout about
how the various State delegations will
vote?"
'I have not, and if I had, I certainly
wouldn't have them published in advance.
That wouldn't be good policy, and would
be loaning ammunition to the enemy."
Pennsylvania a Unit for Blaine.
"Is the Pennsylvania delegation a unit
for Blaine?"
"I think so. I believe thev will all vote
for Blaine." ---,
"Aren't there ten delegates for IliVri
son?" "Not 'that I know of. I haven't heard,
either, that the number was cr.t down to
seven. I think you will find that we will
all vote the same way."
"How about C L. Magee? It is reported
he is for Harrison."
"Well, now, I hardly think so. But I
haven't talked with the delegates. You
know the Siate delegation has not had a
caucus. We will meet in Minneapolis on
the Monday before the convention. No, I
don't know who will be the next National
Committeeman from Pennsylvania.
Yes, David Martin, of Philadel
phia, has been suggested, and so
has General Frank Eeeder. As for
the State's representation on the Executive
Committee, I don't know anything abont it.
I am no longer a member of the National
Committee and am not particularly inter
ested. I can't say who will be permanent
or tempoary Chairman of the convention.
These are details that are not of vast im
portance, and the National Committee will
dispose of them.
Beheader lllsglns Oners a Prophecy.
Eugene Higgins, the beheader for the
Cleveland Administration, better known
as the appointment clerk in the Treasury
Department, was in the city last evening,
going home from the Hot Spring. He has
beenMll for five months, and has not been
giving much attention to practical politics,
lie said he hoped to get into the harness in
a short time. He believet Blaine will be
the Eepnblican nominee, and he says he is
glad of it, as the weakest Democrat
in the country can defeat him at
the polls. When Senator Quay was told
what Mr. Higgins had said he replied:
"Ah, was Eugene in tovn. Did he mean
that Harrison is a stronger man than
Blaine?"
"He intimated thai. He would like to
see the Eepublican party in a hole, no
doubt," the reporter answered.
"Yes, that is a fact, but we will win with
Blaine as the nominee."
It is pretty definitely settled that if ex
Speaker Eeed can get into the convention
as a substitute he will be the Temporary
Chairman. He is dead set against Har
rison, and when he came out a few days ago
flat-footed for Blaine, Clarkson and the
other anti-Harrison leaders made a rush lor
him. McKinley is talked of for Permanent
Chairman unless it is discovered that he is
too friendly to the Preiident, when he will
bo turned down.
McKinley May Change Tils Mind.
McKinley has declared a number of timei
for Harrison, but subsequent events may
cause him to change his mind. Colonel it
C. Sherrard, of Steubenville, who is on the
Governor's staff, registered at the Duquesne
last evening. He said the Ohio delegation
to a man would vote for Blaine. He ad
mitted that McKinley was very friendly to
the President, and unless he is tied up to
him for past favors, the Colonel was sure
that the Governor would vote with the
Blaine delegates. He believes that if Har
rison is renominated Ohio will go Demo
cratic. The Buckeye workers are very
much disgusted with Harrison's civil serv
ice ideas.
The deal to put General Frank Eeeder on
the National Committee is side-tracked, and
now it is conceded that ex-Collector David
Martin will be the man. Eeeder wants to
be National Chairman, but Martin doesn't
hanker after the job. Several politicians
remarked yesterday that Martin was worth
a half dozen men like Eeeder, and he is
more acceptable to the delegates in Western
-Pennsylvania. Martin will undoubtedly be
placed on the National Committee to repre
sent the State. Senator Quay claimed he
didn't know who would go on the Ex
ecutive Committee.
A Monument to Chief Hennesssy.
New Orleans, May' 29. The monu
ment erected by the people of this city to
the memory of th late Superintendent of
Police, David C Hennessey, who was as
sassinated btf the Mafia in October, 1890,
was unvelled'v to-day at Metarie cemetery.
Addresses were made by Mayor Fitzpatrick
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