- r 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 jJU 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 P" 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. Pi ft srSPSM r, i