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THE STATEJ.EADERS
Explain Some of the Doubt
ful Provisions of the
Baker Ballot Bill.
DARK POINTS MADE GLEAE.
Chairman Wright Secures New State
Headquarters.
A JOIST TARIFF DEBATE IS OFF
Fecanse Got. McKinley Has Other Engage
ments to Fill, and
COL A. K. M'CIXEE IS DISAPPOINTED
rgrECIAL TELTOIU.W TO THE DtSPA.TCH.1
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 24. Demo
cratic State Chairman James Marshall
"Wright devoted a good portion of to-day
to deciding upon headquarters for the
Democratic State Central Committee and
finally found a suite of five rooms on the
thirdfloor of the McKinlev building, 1432
South Peen square, that filled the bill to
the letter. Secretary Ben Xead and Major
John D. 'Worman assisted in the chase, and
a lease on Jhe place was taken out before the
afternoon was over.
"With new headquarters that are well
lighted and airy, they will be ready for
Chairman Wright's staff September L Mr.
"Wright said he was in the city for the
campaign. "Not that no work has been
done," explained the Chairman, "organi
zation, along with very much routine duty,
has pone on since the State Convention, as
our headquarters at Allentown amply show,
but matters will now be directed from this
city, and made as effective as possible."
Chairman Kceder called at the Girard
House early this evening to meet Chairman
"W right, according to an appointment agreed
upon last Honday, but Mr. "Wright tailed
to appear, and the General left after wait
over an hour.
Questions Abont tba Ballot law.
"Some days ago I sent to Mr. Wright
three questions on the Baker ballot law on
which I expected to come to an understand
ing," said General Reeder, "and after atalk
on the subject myidea was to effect a con
ference with Secretary ol State Harrity and
Attorney General Hensel; on some day
mutually agreeable, to talk over the situa
tion. That is the principal thing I wanted
to see Mr. "Wright about."
General Eeeder's questions were these:
L Is the Harrity form of ballot correct? 2.
Is a mere defect of form one which would
invalidate the ballot cast in that form? &
Is there any method under the law by which
an error in the iorm prepared by the Secre
tary of the Commonwealth can be corrected?
General Seeder pointed out the specimen
ballot clause in section 16 of the Baker bill
as a valuable assistant to the voter.
"The County Commissioners must cause
to be printed 'on tinted paper and without
the facsimile indorsements an equal num
ber of copies of the form of the ballot pro
vided for each voting place," said General
Eeeder, "and by their proper use voters can
hardly go wrong. It is the arrangement of
the ballot, as now proposed, to which ob
jection is made.
"The law is quite clear on the point that
names shall be arranged in groups in the
order ot the vote polled by each political
party at each preceding election, beginning
with the party which secured the highest
vote, and that is the sole object at issue in
the conference Intended between Mr. Har
rity, Mr. Hensel, Chairmen "Wright and
Patton and royselE I have read the law
over carefully a dozen times or more and
cannot see how the existing interpretation
ot its provisions can be sustained.'
Instruction to Voters Sent Out.
Pamphlets containing concisely stated
instructions to voters and Election Board
officers have been prepared and will be sent
out at the proper time by the Republican
State Committee. This is done to cover a
general and growing demand, the cumber
some machinery of the new law being but
little understood.
Secretary "Worman, of the Democratic
Society of Pennsylvania, said to-day that
preparation lor the welcome and entertain
ment on a grand scale to the deputies to the
General Assembly ot the Democratic
Society of Pennsylvania to be held in the
city of Scrnnton, September 20, were begun
Tuesday evening. After consulting with
representative Democratic citizens and
members of the Young Men's Democratic
Club of Scranton and Lackawanna county,
it was decided to send ont notices asking
Cleveland and Stevenson organizations of
that city and county to meet tor the pur
pose of making the General Assembly a
great Democratic jubilee.
It has been decided by the local commit
tee that nil Democrats should be royally
welcomed and entertained, and that this
should be done for the honor and glory of
the city and for the good of the Democratic
cause. ' Ex-Sheriff Charles Bobinson, Prank
M. Vandling, Frank Thompson, Senator
M. E. McDonald "and others have made re
quests upon President Chauncey P. Black
that all Democrats of the State be invited
to be presented. Secretary "Worman trusts
that all organizations will be prompt in
sending to his address at Harrisburg, Pa.,
the names of deputies selected.
A TARIFF DEBATE OFF.
The Demands on Got. McKinley Prevent
Bis Acceptance or Col. BIcClnre's Chal
lenge Onl. Groivenor as a Substitute
The Democratic Editor Disappointed.
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 24. Special
On the 6th of July Mr. McClure addressed
a letter to Governor McKinlev inviting
him to a a joint discussion of the tariff in
the Academy of Music in this city some
stime in September. On the 16th of Julr
Governor McKinlev answered that he could
engage in such a discussion only by advice
of the Bcpublican National Committee, and
saying that he had transmitted the corre
spondence to the chairman for his action.
Mr. McClure nnswered on the 18th, the day
Governor McKinley's letter was received,
expressing regret that tne liovernor dm not
feel tree to discuss a practical business
question like the tariff, except on partisan
lines, and saying that he had necessarily re
ferred the correspondence to Chairman
Harrity, expressing the hope that the two
chairmen would be able to arrange lor the
discussion.
On the 22d Mr. McClure transmitted the
entire correspondence to Chairman Harrity,
asking him to obtain Chairman Carter's jeon
sent for Governor McKinley to join in the
discussion, adding "you are at liberty to
arrange any or all details for the discussion
with Chairman Carter." Chairman Harrity
promptly transmitted the ' letter to Chair
man Carter, saying that he would gladly
unite with him to arrange for the discussion.
Jfo answer was received from Chairman
Carter until the 22d inst, when he sent
the following declining to have Governor
McKinley join in the debate, but proposing
Colonel Grosvenor as substitute:
KEFUBLICAX XiTIOItAL COJOtlTTEK, 1
Xo. 518 Flftn avenue, i
New Yokx. Aug. 22, 1892. )
Hon. WlllUm F. Hsrritr. Chilrman Democratic
National Comraitttc, 13 Fifth avenue, Hew
York:
Deab Sib I beg leave to acknowledge the
receipt of your esteemed favor of recent
date; inclosing copies ox letters referring to
proposition or Colonel McClure, editor or the
Philadelphia Times, to Hon. William McKln-
loy, Jr., of OhloJooklng to a Joint discussion
ortho tariff in the city of Philadelphia dur
ing the month of September next. In reply I
bejr leave to say tliat in view of the urgent
demands made fiom all parts of the country
for the services of Governor 'McKinley, I do
not feel Interested In making the arrange
ment suggested. However, to the end that
a debate may be had, I will be glad to
arrange that Colonel V. M. Grosvenor, of the
New York Tribune, will meet Colonel A. K.
McClure, of the Philadelphia Timet, in the
city of Philadelphia, at any date azreed up
pou by us to disouss the tariff question.
Yours respectfully,
T. H. Carter, Chairman.
Chairman Harrity sent a cony of Chair
man Carter's letter to Colonel McClure,
who answered as follows:
Philadelphia, August 4, 1891-
Hon. William F. Harritv. Chairman Democratic
National Committee, 139 Fifth Avenue, New
York:
Dear Sir I have your favor of -yesterday
inclosing a copy of Chairman Carter's com
munication to you stating that, in view of
the urgent demands for the services of Gov
ernor McKinley, be does not "feel warranted
in making the arrangements suggested,"
andproposing Colonel Grosvenor to take
McKinley's place. I asked Governor Mc
Kinley to come to Philadelphia to discuss
the tariff as a practical business qnestlon.
I did so because he is the responsible,
author of the present tariff, and also be
cause it could here be dlscnssed in the
presence of the men who contributed, scores
of thousands of dollars to secure special
benefits from Increased tariff taxes on the
people whoso contracts Governor McKinley
fniniled in tariff legislation. Governor Mo
Kinloy evidently understands why the dis
cussion n as proposed, and the publlo will
not misunderstand his reasons for declining.
Colonel Grosvenerlsanable disputant and
worthy of one's steel in suoh a combat, bnt
bo could not All Governor McKinley's place
as an impressive, responsible object lesson
in a Philadelphia debate.
I certainly nope that Chairman Carter will
reconsider his decision and rfive Governor
M cKIuloy a permit to discuss the tariff In this
city, where it directly affects more Indus
tries in proportion to the population than in
any other section of the country.
Yours trulr,
A K. McClure.
AFTER PLATT NOW.
The R-pnbllcan Campaigners nave Pat
Themselves in Communication.
Ninv York, Aug. 21 Special. So
pleased were Chairman Carter and General
Clarkson with having brought about the
placation of Senator Quay, it was reported
to-day at Bepublican headquarters that they
went to a picnic. J. Sloat Passett, who is
going to begin his career as a spellbinder
in Maine on September 5, said that they
had gone to a clambake. Later it was as
certained that they mnst have' eaten their
clams in the neighborhood of Long Branch,
for they were seen there. Before they left
they were in communication with Thomas
a Piatt.
"Whitelaw Beid arrived over the Pennsyl
vania Bailroad at 4 o'clock Irom his "West
ern trip. He was accompanied by his wife,
and they left at once for their home at
Ojihir farm. Mr. Beid declared that be had
had a most enjoyable time, and found the
Republicans everywhere actively at work
for the ticket,
There wasno lack of workers on hand at
Democratic "National headquarters to-day.
Chairmen Harrity and Dickinson, Secretary
Sheehan and Treasurer Boosevelt were re
inforced by Campaign Committeeman Calvin
S. Brice and Josiah Quincy and National
Committeeman Arthur Sewell, of Maine.
They were all kept very busy throughout
the day. Mr. Sewell had come to the
city to consult as to the best ways and
means to be adopted by the National Com
mittee to help the Democrats ot Maine in
their task in the coming State election
Chairman Thomas Taggart,of the Democratic
State Committee of Indiana, and Addison
C Smith, chairman of the State Committee
of Alabama, were also in close conference
with the machine managers. The former
had come to enlighten the Campaign Com
mittee as to the situation in the olose State
which he represents, and to advise them as
to what he considers necessary to be done
to insure its electoral vote to the Demo
cratic ticket.
COLOEID VOTERS OEGAHIZE. -
They Irct C fllcrr and Adopt a Series or
ItrcI-ITot Xlesolatlonp.
Oil City, Aug. 24. Spenal At the
fcrenoou session of the Colored People's
Convention it was decided to mako the or
ganization a permanent one, to be known as
the "Colored Voters' League of North
western Pennsylvania," and a committee
was appointed to draft the necessary consti
tution and by-laws. Bradford was decided
upon as the place for the next meeting, a
date to be announced later. This after
noon's business included the indorsement of
the fusion candidates lor Congress in the
Crawford-Erie district.
At the closing sessions to-night resolu
tions were adopted recommending the sup
porting of all candidates pledged to meas
ures for the betterment oi the colored raoe;
calling upon the President and Congress to
inforce the fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments; denouncing the .action of State laws
requiring separate cars for colored and
white people, and indorsing the decision of
the .Louisiana Supreme Court declaring
such leghlation unconstitutional; denounc
ing Southern wrongs; the Congress for not
passing an appropriation of $100,000 for
negro "representation at the "World's Pair;
also denouncing the "World's Fair Commis
sion, and the passage of the State laws tend
ing to disfranchise voters. Permanent offi
cers were elected, J. Simpson Lawson, of
Franklin, being chosen President
LOOKS LIKE A SUltHBB JOB.
Balloting Still Going on at Saltsbnrg and
no End In Sight
Saltsbubg, Aug. 24. Special. The
conference opened here .this evening just in
the old sweet way, and after taking eight
ballots the conferees concluded they were
greatly in need of rest and the result was
an adjournment until to-morrow at 10 A. m.
Two hundred and forty-nine ballots have
been taken and the resnlt is a great loss ot
time and no nomination in sight It is
thought that the conferees will spend the
summer here in balloting, and when Sep
tember 12th arrives, let the State Commit
tee make the nomination.
Notes From the Folltlcal Camp.
The Bepnblican convention to nominate a
candidate for Governor of New Jersey will
be held in Trenton September 13. Tn Rtt
Committee met at Jersey City yesterday
AlbClUUVU UUU ilACU buo uaie.
Colokel J. a Hill, the Chief of the Indian
Division Office, Secretary or Interior, has
resigned to enter the campaign. He will be
under the direction of the National Bepnb
lican Committee at New York.
George L. Yaplb, of Mendon, Mich., was
nominated by acclamation by the Fourth
district Democratic Congressional Conven
tion yesterday. He was also nominated by
the People's .party some days ago.
Cokqressxax W. A. Stoite, or Bedford, was
surprised at his appointment as conferee on
the Greer-Wallace contest in the Butler
Lawrence district. He says he will only
serve If he is free and not handicapped.
Ho. Bellavt Storer and Hon. John A.
Caldwell, representatives in Congress from
the First and Second Ohio districts, respect
ively , were unanimously renominated yes
terday by the Bepublican conventions of
their districts.
A GOOD IDEA,
Llie Now, if dat standin' lamp doaa'
mek de deakin pleased wif our fixia's mah
name's not Lize OooptK Judge.
Oath's comfortably fitting shoes. 608 Mar
ket street. . Ths
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SLEEPINGONDERARMS
Georgia Soldiers Will Give Threaten
ing Miners a Eeceplion. .
UM0E OP AN IMPENDING ATTACK.
Several More of Tennessee's Mob Arrested
b'j the State Troops.
THE CONTICTS WILL BE RETURNED SOON
SPECIAL TELSQRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
.Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 24. Atlanta's
military companies are sleeping under arms
to-night -A special train stands ready to
rush them through to Cole City in three
hours. The Dalton Guards and the Borne
Cadets are already under way.
A rumor reached the city yesterday after
noon that the Tennessee miners were con
templating an attack on the coal mines in
Dade county in order to liberate the Georgia
convicts confined there. The Governor was
not in the city, but he was soon in com
munication with the office here by telegraph,
and since then the wires have been hot
conveying messages to and from the
Governor to the city officials here and in
Cole City. Adjutant General Kell has put
himself in communication with the Dalton
Guards and the Borne Light Infantry, and
has ordered them to be ready to march at a
moment's notice. These are the only com-
Eanies in the northern part of the State,
ut if any more soldiers be needed they can
be obtained in a very short while.
Yesterday evening Mr. Julius Brown,
who is the attorney for the lessees of the
State convicts at Cole City, received a tele
gram from Mr. Conner, the General Super
intendent of the miners at Coal City, saying
that he was informed that the miners at
"Whiteside, Tenn., were preparing to attack
the stockade at Cole City to release the con
victs confined there.
Soldiers Ordered to Get Beady.
He stated further that he thought one
company of soldiers would be able to hold
the miners in check if they made an attack,
and that the presence of the military
might prevent a terrible disaster. Mr.
Brown hastened at once to the capitol and
held a conference with the Governor, Secre
tary and principal keeper Jones of
the penitentiary department The
telegram he had received was repeated to
Governor Northen, who was down at Ham-'
ilton, and the Governor at ocde wired Ad
jutant General Kell to be 'in easy reach
and to put himself in communication with
the military officials, who might be needed,
and order them to be ready to march at a
minute's notice.
Por the first time in the history of the
Capitol there was a light burning through
out the night in the office of Principal
Keeper George H. Jones. He spent the
night there instead of returning to his quiet
home in Norcross, lor the officials at Cole
City had been telegraphed to and the tele
graph office here had instructions to send
any message to the office at any hour of
the night The long night wore away
at last, but no message was received. Gov
ernor Northen wired to the Sheriff of Dade
county to uphold the law at all hazards and
to render all assistance possible to the offi
cials at Cole City in case of an attack. The
officials at both ends of the line have taken
the matter in hand, and if an attack is made
they will be able to drive back the miners
at short notice.
Preparing to Give a Warm Reception.
"When Principal Keeper Jones was asked
what he knew about tne rumored trouble,
he replied that he had received a letter this
morning, written yesterday, saying that
everything was quiet This letter was
written yesterday morning, but the condi
tion of affairs seems to have changed since
then, for this evening Mr. Julius ' Brown
received a telegram lrom Captain Beese,
asking that more arms and ammunition be
sent The telegram was carried at once to
the Executive office by Mr. Brown himself,
and a case containing 24 guns and a supply
of ammunition was sent on to Cole City.
The guards will be all armed, and,
together with the Sheriffs posse, the
miners will find a warm reception waiting
them if they should conclude to attack the
camps. The "Whiteside mine, from which
came the report of the contemplated at
tack, is over in Tennessee, but is only six
miles from the mines at Cole City. It has
all along been believed that the plan
of the Tennessee miners was to
wipe out the convict business in Tennessee
and then they would release the convicts
confined in the mines at Cole City. The
Atlanta battalion was furnished with three
days' rations to-night by Quartermaster
General "West, who says: "If an attack is
really made on Cole City we will show the
Tennessee miners that Georgia is a warm
place for them." The Governor is in olose
communication with Cole City.
MOKE MINERS ARRESTED.
The Troops Still Searching for Arms and
Ammunition as Well ns the Offenders
Prison Inspectors Order the Convlots
Returned to the Various Mines.
Nashville, Aug. 24. Special. The
State Board of Prison Inspectors met to
day and received the answer of the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Bailroad Company to
their notice of Saturday last. The answer
was presented to the Inspectors by Mr.
Nathaniel Baxter, Jr., the Vice President
of the company, H. P. Debardeleben, A.
M. Shook and James Dowson, directors.
After the answer had been handed
to the Inspectors all of the gentle
man proceeded to the residence
of Governor Buchanan, whose illness pre
Tented him irom going to the capitol. The
notice and answer were discussed in all
their details. The discussion occupied sev
eral hours. The inspectors formally ac
cepted the answer and decided that the con
victs should be returned at the earliest pos
sible time to the mines at Tracer City,
Inman and Oliver Springs. The following
resolution was adopted by the Board of-Iu-spectors:
Resolved, First, that the Board has no
authority or power to entertain any proposi
tion from the lessee for the voluntary sur
render of the lease upon the terms sug
gested in said reply, nor upon any terms
other than by a declaration of forfeiture for
non-compliance with its terms by the lessee,
as the law provides.
Second, That, being anxious to have the
laws of the State maintained and .the lease
carried ont and enforced, so long as tne law
authorizing and creating the same remains
in foroe, and inasmuch as the conditions im
posed by the lessee upon its continuance in
the performance of the lease, are
provisional only, and without in
any manner admitting the Justice" or
legality of any of its claims set forth In said
reply, the board accepts said proposition,
and hereby orders that the convicts bo re
turned totbebrancn prisons from which
they were lately removed at the earliest
practicable moment
Third, That this board by and with the
consent of the superintendent of the peni
tentiary, this day given In person, appoints
the following number of guards for said
branch prisons.
Guards to Join the Militia.
The number of guards has not vet been
decided upon. This will' be settled at a
conference to be held here to-morrow by E.
B. "Wade, Superintendent of Prisons, and
Colonel James L. Gaines, Manager'of the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Bailroad Com
pany. Neither the Prison Inspectors nor
officials of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and
Bailroad Company have given any positive
statement as to tne number of guards that
will be employed in taking the convicts
back to the mines and guarding them
there, but the number will be quite large
and a military escort will likely accompany
tlxim.
Local volunteer companies, that were or
ganized here during the trouble; at Coal
Creek, will be made permanent and be
come a part of the National Guard of the
State oi Tennessee. They will -be armed
and equipped by the State and will prompt
ly respond to any call made upon them by
them by the Governor.
Commissioner of Labor Ford returned to
day irom East Tennessee. He went direct
ly to the Capitol and resumed his official
duties, Mr. Alleman returned to Coal
Creek yesterday on an order from General
Carncs. Mr. Ford had little to say, evi
dently considering that his published reply
was sufficient.
Captain John "W. Morton called on Gov
ernor Buchanan and held a conference re
garding the Coal Creek situation. Captain
Morton said that the Governor had already
secured an opinion from his attorneys on
the subject of martial law. The attorneys
said that this authority was not vested In
the Governor. On the subject of the con
gregation of miners in Kentucky Governor
Buchanan said he would open a correspond
ence with the Governor ot Kentucky, and
if the Tennessee troops cannot be allowed
to cross the border he would ask the Gov
ernor of Kentucky to have the miners dis
persed and driven back into Tennessee.
Troops Still Arresting Miners.
The froops at Coal Creek are bringing in
more prisoners and continuing the search
for firearms and ammunition. During the
afternoon Boney Craig, chief guard and
mine instructor to the convicts, came into
camp Nvith D. B. Monroe, who, it is posi
tively asserted, was chief of all the miners.
MonrOe was placed in the guarded
squad and will be tried as soon as his case
can be reached. John Tipton, courier, who
didthemineis valuable service last Thurs
day night before their battle with the
Knoxville volunteers, is also under arrest.
Last night and this forenoon a dozen new
prisoners were brought from the hills,ibut
they are mostly boys and do not include any
of the miners' leaders. ,
Will Edwards, a much-wanted miner at
Coal Creek, Mas arrested to-day at Athens,
where he was visiting relatives. 'Squire
"Wilson and Kincaid are to act upon the
cases of all miners who are tried. The
former is a Bepublican and the latter a
Democrat General Carnes commenced
trying the cases this morning through the
civil process of law, and while no
delay will be made the evi
dence for and against every prisoner
is being carefully examined and recorded.
There are now abont 225 prisoners in cus
tody and the disposal of their cases and
those of others who may be caught will oc
cupy all of this week and part ot next The
military forces are in complete control of
the telegraph office at Coal Creek and ex
amine all messages sent and received.
EMINENT LEGAL LUMINARIES.
"Western Lawyers Representing Labor
Unions of the West Arrive to Aid the
Defense in Homestead Troubles Their
Acceptance Pending President Welhe's
Return.
Bepreienting the labor unions of the
Northwest, Messrs. W. "W. Irwin, of St
Paul, and George Argo, of Sioux City, la.,
have arrived in the city to assist, if neces
sary, in the defense of Homeatead men
charged with various high crimes.
"Upon the coming legal battle between
the sovereign man and the monarchical
association the fate of the laboring
man the country over depends," be
gan the tall attorney from St Paul
nsjie lounged in his room at the Mononga
heTa. His confrere, Mr.- Argo, nodded ap
proval and Mr. Irwin resumed: "There are
two distinct classes represented in this
struggle. The laboring man, the being of
the Declaration of Independence whioh
entitles him to free will, free thought and
free action. The opposing force, the old
English laws which meant peace for the
king and slavery for the subject The man
is the being of independence, the associa
tion the spirit of the ruler. There are, in
this country, in these United States of free
America, but two factions. The master and
the slave. We wish to test the justice of
this. We desire to see whether the man
made sovereign by the Declaration of In
dependence has sovereignty or has bondage.
There is none and can be no intermediate
stage. It is freedom or it is slavery. We,
representing the sovereign man enslaved by
might, are here to test in solemn, awful
courts vof justice- these rights. It is an
awfnl test and we have come to assist in
presenting the man's side of the case."
In speaking of the conferences held with
Attorneys Brennan and Cox, the eminent
Westerners said no plan of action has been
accepted. Mr. Weihe's absence and the
absence of other prominent labor leaders is
the reason the matter was not arranged.
Mr. Brennen has not officially accepted the
proffered assistance, but is awaiting Mr.
Weihe's return. The attorneys are classed
among the ablest and most effective crim
inal lawyers of the great West, and have,
in their long experience, been connected
with some famous criminal cases.
RACING TERMS.
"Coney Island stakes." Lift.
Colonel Stone's Opponent
Hay Walker, of the Allegheny soap man
ufacturing firm, is likely to be the Demo
cratic candidate for Congress against W. A.
Stone in the Twenty-third district Mr.
Walker was a Bepublican, but is now a
Cleveland Democrat He is considered
one of Allegheny's most popular business
men, has a good big bank account, and, it
is believed, would make a strong candidate
if be accepts a nomination.
NOTICE TO ROOM AKD HOARDING
HOTJ3KS.
Mow Is the time to secure good roomers
nnd boarders. Try a small adlrt In the cents-word
columns uf THE DISPATCH and
yon will be pleased with the returns.
150 Head of Dorses at Auction.'
The Arnhelm Live Stock Company, limi
ted, at 61 Second avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.,
will offer at auction Thursday, August 25, at
10 o'clock A. x.
87 head or single driving horses, pacers
nnd trotters, without record, that can beat
2.40.
12 Kentucky saddlers, broke to do all gaits.
9 teams of matched carriage horses.
SO head of horses and maros that weigh
1,100 to 1,700 lbs apiece; suitable for all pur
poses. it Imported Fercheron stallions and one
imported Peioheron mare, registered in the
American and French stud book. Full ped
igree given at the sale.
10 (three) S-year old Percheron colts. Also
consignment SO head of bus horses and
mares.
All stock sold without reserve to the high
est bidder. The Arnhelm Live Stock Com
pany, limited, conduct their sale t on pure
business principles. No by-bidding allowed
at their sales. All stock guaranteed as rep
resented. Sale positive; no postponement
on account of the weather.
ritf sburg and Lake Erie Railroad.
August 27, Cleveland and return $3 00
August 27, Put-In-Bay and return 4 00
August 27, Detroit and return 6 00
Tickets good for return until August 31.
A special train will leave Pittsburg at 6 P.
M.. Central time, arriving in Cleveland in
time to connect with the boat for Detroit.
lie turning, leave Cleveland at .11 p. m., arriv
ing in Pittsburg at 5 A. M. Spend Sunday in
Cleveland or make a trip, to Put-In-Bay with
out loss of time from work. TTS
Dyeing to Live, and laving to Dye.
Pfelfer, the dyer, has been dying for 25
years. Has he dyed for vouT If not, try him.
US Smitnfleld street
100 Federal street, Allegheny.
Telephones 12M and H69. rrsu
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FREE TRADERS TALK.
They Have an Inning at the Farmers'
Ht. Gretna Encampment.
NO ATTEMPT MADE TO DISGUISE
Their Standinjr Upon the Tariff Issues
i'efore the Nation.
SOME STRONG ONE-SIDED ARGUMENTS
rraoit a stait conniSFOTDKirr.i
Mt. Geetna, Aug. 24 Threatening
skies had some effect in de
pressing the attendance at the Fanners'
Encampment to-day, but still an audience
many thousands strong turned out to listen
to the exposition of Democratic doctrine.
Free trade, with no attempt at palliation or
disguise, was the creed announced from the
platform. The calamity cry was not so
prominent as when the new party orators
held forth, but there was a pronounced at
tempt to persuade the assembled grangers
that the cause ot the tariff agriculture was
well nigh ruined because of class discrimin
ation. Hon. John A. Gundy, a Democratic
farmer of Union county, was the first speak
er, and could hardly have stated his posi
tion in favor of unrestricted commerce more
broadly. He demanded the iame freedom
of trade between nations as exists between
individuals of the same community. Even
the radical plank adopted by the Chicago
Convention is hardly up to the plane as
sumed by Mr. Gundy.
Opsn Free Trade Declarations.
In opening his address he said: "The
world is divided into nations and
this nation into States, counties, townships
and down to school districts. Take your
own school district Does every man make
his own hats, his own shoes, wagons and
clothes? Is not one man in your neighbor
hood a blacksmith, another a tailor and so
on through the customary list of occupa
tions? Why don't each of us make all the
things we need for ourselves? Because the
man who makes a specialty of one thing
does it cheaper and better, and we trade
our products for the others that we need
with our neighbors. Bach man should do
that for which he is best adapted, and the
same rule should apply to nations. We
want to buy where we can buy the cheapest
and sell where we can sell the dearest, and
to do this with just as few restrictions as
possible.
"To use a homely illustration," contin
ued the speaker, "I like onions, and unpa
triotic as it may seem, I have a preference
for Bermuda onions. I cannot raise any
that compare in quality with those raised
on the peculiar soil of that island. But I
have to pay a tariff of 40 cents on every
bushel of those onions that I buy. Now,
the Bermuda Islands are not well adapted to
wheat and my farm is.
Wants an Exchange Without Taxation.
"Would it not be better all around for
me to exchange my superior wheat for their
superior onions, without any such obstruc
tion as a tax, and if, as we are told by some
political economists, work is the thing
greatly desired, there will -be plenty ot it
provided by the resulting commerce and
shipbuilding.
"Most of the power of protection lies in
the word itself. It appeals to a popular in
stinct, but it will not bear investigation.
Beware of these arguments based on the in
crease or decrease of prices under certain
rates of tariff. They are largely deceptive.
For instance, reporters are fond of telling
us that the cost of steel rails has been
brought down from 5100 to 28 a ton by the
tariff. As an actual fact, all who have the
slightest acquaintance with the subject
know that the reduction was caused by the
discovery ot the Bessemer process and other
new and improved methods by which steel
is made more cheaply than wrought iron."
In Horror at the Tin Plate Doty.
Mr. Gundy appeared to have a special
horror of the tin plate duty. In referring
to it he said: "I have here a circular from
N. & G. Taylor, f Philadelphia, tin mer
chants, who are defending the new tariff on
that article. In big headlines I read the
I statement that when Amenoa began to
mase tin tne price in ureal .Britain went
down to the lowest point on record, and a
little further on the statement that the
prioe in this country has not increased since
the McKinley bill went into operation.
"That last statement is true, but the
price did go up $2 a box just before the law
was passed and because It was going to be
passed, and it has never gone down since.
If the figures have gone down in Great
Britain it is because the manutacturers
crowded their works there, and supplied
our markets for two years, one year in ad
vance, and are consequently comparatively
idle, but why this protection exultation be
cause the price of tin plate has gone down
abroad? I am not a buyer and user of tin
plate in England. I buy and use it here,
and I want it to go down here.
Trying to Find Inconsistencies.
"You see the inconsistency of the favorite
Bepublican argument of lower prices on
manufactured articles. No wonder they
are lower. The figures on your products
and nearly everything else, except salaries
ot Government officials, have gone down
too. It has been caused by improved
methods of production and new machinery
and not by any tariff high or low. The
Democratic party is no longer altogether
alone in the struggle for tariff reform, al
though it is still the leader and pioneer.
Three of the four parties now before the
country have declared in the platforms lor
such reform.
"Even James G. Blaine, the high priest
of the remaining organization, has declared
for tariff reform. To be sure he calls it
reciprocity, meaning I'll trade with you if
you will trade with me. If a wicked Dem
ocrat said that it would be called free trade.
But we are told that the tariff is the best
and easiest way to raise the revenues nec
essary for the Government It is true that
it is comparatively easy to collect taxes
from a man every time he buys clothes, but
it is a rather mean and unfair way after
all.
Objects to Paying Taxes that Way.
"It certainly is not levied in proportion
to the property possessed. I am a poor
mah with four boys, and every time I buy
a suit of clothes for myself and them I pay
five times as much taxes as my neighbor
without a family who is worth ten times as
much 03 I am. The taiiff is a tax levied on
large families which have always been con
sidered the proudest possession of a nation.
At least that is the way it looks to a plain
faimer."
Hon. Gerard C. Brown, of York, was the
next speaker. He also by a strange coinci
dence, announced himself as a farmer and
made a special appeal to that class. He
said: !The value of our agricultural
land is steadily decreasing. That
was shown by the census of
1890. The official figures of 1890
are not yet obtainable, and I am very much
afraid they will not be In time for nse in
this Preside'ntal campaign By a careful
investigation though the rate of decrease in
value trill be heavier than for the previons
ten years. We larmers all know why this
is so. I am raising more wheat, corn and
other products from my land than I did 20
years ago and making less profit I am do
ing more work and making less money.
My neighbors are all in the same condition.
Many , sacrifices were made by the Union
people during the great Rebellion, but I
think the greatest was the permission ot the
start of class legislation.
Up Thinks the Tariff a Farce.
"A tariff of 25 per cent was placed on
manufactured articles and the people ac
cepted it without a murmur, because of the
exigencies of the hour and with the under
standing that it would be removed when
the emergency had passedj All the other
forms of special taxation) created by the
war have been removed, but this class tar
iff has been doubled and at your expense,
for the farmers receire nolbenefit whatever.
The placing of a duty upon wheat and
otner agricultural products tnat we export
is a farce of the most transparent order.
When the fao of this class discrimination
are thoroughly understood the decreasa in
the value of farm land is no longer a mys
tery." Practically no reference was made to the
Presidental candidates by any of the speak
ers to-day. Protection was the one thing
that worried them, and they devoted'all
the time to its' denunciation. The Bepnb
llcans are making extensive preparations
for the closing session to-morrow. Word
was received to-day that General D. H.
Hastings, whohas lust returned from Europe,
would be present if possible. Congressman
Brosius will accompany him, and Hon.
John Dalzell had been expected, but the
latest Information from him is that he can
not reach here to-morrow. The vindication
of the party of protection, though, will be
in able hands. Bancboix
MAY GO TO COURT.
The Peddlers' Xlcense Ordlnanes to Be
legally Tasted A Prominent Grocery
Firm Is Fined and a Vigorous Protest
Follows.
There is a probability that the peddlers'
license law, and the ordinance framed in
conformity therewith, will be tested in
court shortly for the first time. Hartlett &
Boiler, grocers, at No. 26 Penn avenue,
contemplate such action. Last Saturday
the driver of a delivery wagon from their
store was arrested on West Carson street
for peddling without a peddlers' license.
Ordinance Officer McKenna, who had been
watching the wagon and the driver, caused
the latter 's arrest, and at the hearing be
fore Magistrate Succop the firm was fined
SO and costs.
Eyer since the fine was imposed the
grocery firm and their friends have been
making strenuous efforts to have it re
mitted. The politicians of the First ward
who are generally supposed by the people
down there to have a "pull" with tne au
thorities, were sent to make a play upon
Magistrate Succop. That official told them
he dare not remit the fine without Mayor
Gourley's consent, thus directing
their attentions to His Honor. They came
in upon the Mayor thick and fast
Among others was Mr. Hartlett, one of
the defendants in the case. The explana
tion he gave the Mayor to show the law had
not been violated was that in his business
he had a large number of customers in the
West End, and in filling the orders they
had previously sent in, potatoes, apples
and such goods were packed in barrels and
measured out to them from the wagon.
On Saturday, he said, his driver had been
following this plan and the ordinance
officer, seeing the measure used, supposed
he was peddling.
The explanation was so plausible that
the Mayor promised to have the fine re
mitted 'if he found the statement true.
When Magistrate Succop was called to ac
count by the Mayor, he said no such de
fense had been offered at the hearing. Then
Ordinance Officer McKenna was placed
under oath and told the story. He said the
driver ot the wagon had been selling to
everyone who had offered to buy, had sold
to persons who had not previously ordered
and had even called out his wares as he
drove along the streets.
This evidence settled it The Mayor yes
terday declared finally that not one cent of
the fine should be remitted. The Magis
trate was so notified. Now it is stated
that the law is to be tested in the courts.
The peddlers' license law was passed in
1881. In 1886 an ordinance was passed
carrying into effect It was in response to
the clamor of the retail grocers all over the
city who paid business and other taxes
who were residents of the city and who
claimed they were entitled to protection
from outsiders, from irresponsible persons
and to some extent from each other, that
the law was made. One of the first
acts of the original retail Grocers
Association was to combine and exert its in
fluence for the passage of the ordinance in
this city, and Chairman O'Donnell, ot the
present association, has given his hearty in
dorsement to the suit now under discussion.
The Grocers' Association maintains that no
fierson" should sell Jrom a wagon except the
armer or gardener who produces the goods
he offer, as the act of Assembly provides,
and It is pledged to lend its assistance to
the enforcement of the law.
AT LATIMER'S.
YQUR LUST (MICE.
-POH-
CLEANING UP.
Our Great Clearance Sale will end this week. It goes down in history
as one of the greatest events in our business career. It's made our stores
popular, made hundreds of new customers admit that we sell goods at less
cost than they ever received at their old places of dealing. Here are som
unexampled advantages for the economical buyers this week:
GIRLS'
STAINLESS BLACK HOSE,
15c.
1,000 ALL-WOOL
PLAID FLANNEL SKIRTS,
65c.
The regular price at the factory in large lots for these was $1.00 each.
v 850 BRUSSELS RUGS,
All sizes, 15 styles,
$1.00 Each.
FINEST WILTON RUGS,
20 styles to LM OR
select from, Pl-v- t
$2.50 and $3 FUR RUGS, $1.68.
All 50c and 60c
FRENCH CHALLIES
Go this week at
25c
Ton Bfake Kore Money Tlian Tr"e Do "When Ton Boy at Thes Price.
T. M. LATIMER,
I38-I40 FEDERAL, 45-46 SOUTH DIAMOND,
Trouble Among "Workmen of the Mshonlng'
Valley Iron Company.
The employes of the jobbing mill of the
Mahoning Valley Iron Company, at 'Youngs
town, O., are out on a strike, and refused
to return to work this week when orders -were
issued to light up the mills. The men
remonstrate against this department being
closed as a plate mill, while the company is
equally determined that it shall be. Con
ferences have been held this week, but the
question seems to be as far from a settlement
as ever, and a meeting Tuesday night closed
without either side making any concessions.
An employe of the job mill says there is
not a plate mill in the country at the pres
ent time which in its construction and facil
ities for output can be compared with this
one, which tne company wishes to close as a
plate mill. If this is done it would mean a
48 per cent cut in the wages of the roller
and shearer and a 16 per cent on the heater.
The firm's claim is that they cannot com
pete with other firms on account of having
to go against plate mill prices, while they
are compelled to pay jobbing mill rates.
The crew unanimously refused to allow it
to be closed as a plate mill.
Sr
TO
THE LADIES:
It has been our custom to
offer something "Special"
every weeh, and this week
our specials are unusual
bargains in
FAST BLA CK HOSE.
Bargain i Misses' Rib
bed Hose, all sizes, 25c.
Bargain 2 A lot 0 La
dies' Fast Black Hose, 25c.
Bargain 3 Is ourjc
Cashmere Hose at 50c.
SILK MITTS.
This week only, all our,
25c Mitts ioc.
Misses' Corsets, small
sizes only, worth 65c, go at
25c.
Do you know the Double
V Corset Waist, worth $1?
We sell it at 25c. Come
and see it and you will be
surprised.
435 MARKET ST. 437
u al9-S5-Trsn
OUR LUST WEEK
WHITE AND GREY
BLANKETS,
75c
A
Pair.
Finest Imported
BROCHE SATINES
At 25c
Were sold for double.
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