frS p s F-StWaW - Pfttang r sgpF7? . 24 PAGES. tff3' . j " . . W 24 PAGES. iX" 4 FORTY SEVENTH TEAR PITTSBTTRQ, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 1892. FIYE CENTS. MQBESWEAHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT BALLOTS, "Superintendent Grier Takes a Turn at the Crank of the Affidavit Mill. HIS FLAT DENIAL OF POMEROY'S CLAIM That There Was a Democratic Scheme Afloat to Steal the Great Keystone State. A LETTER HE WROTE TO CHAIRMAN WRIGHT, ind Which Ho Accidentally Showed to Fditor Pomeroj, Caused 111 of the Mfficnlly. Colonel Grier Denies That There Was Even an Intimation That Republican Counties Would Be Frozen Out He Doesn't Deny That He AMstook Pom eroy for a Democratic Officeholder Governor Pattlson Says Secretary Harrity Will Do H's Duty The Size of the Ballot Not Determined by State Officials, but by the Baker Law Itself Attorney General Hensel Talks in a Llore Than Spicy Way About the Muddle. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCH. Hakbisbukg, Oct. 8. Superintendent of Public Printing Grier refutes the statements made by A. Nevin Pomeroy, editor ot the Chambersburg depository, in his affidavit given to the press last night by Chairman Beeder, that he unfolded to him, through mistake, a scheme by which the Democratic party will endeavor to cast Pennsylvania's electoral vote to Cleveland by withholding the ballots from Republican counties until too late to be printed for election day. Colonel Grier first read Pomeroy's affi davit and General Beeder's supplementary statement in thn Philadelphia newspapers it his home in Colombia this morning. He it once went before a notary public and made the following affidavit: Grier's Denial of Several Charges. ' -William Hayes Giier. being duly sworn ao cc ilug to law, deposes and. says: That wbtlo deponent read a letter to Mr. Pome roy, ho did not congratulate htm on the good woik "you are doing In tho State De partment," and while the letter ho read to Mr, romeroy cave the length of the ballot, it did not say a word about air. Harrity, and did not sy that anyone would hold hack. until October 26 or nny other date, betorc certi ying to the County Commissioners. I never rote or said to anyone that anything would ho done to prevent any county from getting the form. Mr..Pomeroy never asked me what effect this would have upon Republican counties and tho conversation he details as having occurred between us diy not occur. 1 have not teen Jir. Hirrity since the middle ot Augn-t, and then in New Toik, and no con Tei sation ever passed between us about the ticket. I have not talked with any State official or with any other persou about at tempting to prevent Republican counties from getting tho ticket. 1 have advlsod prompt action on the part or Democratic counties and think it will require it I did not say to Sir. romeroy: "Keop up the good work in your department and onr scheme will po through all right," and, farther, I did not refer to any department The only semblance or truth in his affidavit is that 1 read him a letter, and U Mr. Wright desires he has my permission to publish It, and it will letute every statement the said Pome roy has made. Wright "Wanted to See Grier. "With the affidavit in his pocket the Sup erintendent ot Printing came to Harrisburg to attend to the duties of his office, after which he went to Philadelphia, having been summoned to the State Democratic head quarters by Chairman Wright When Colonel Grier returned to Harrisburg to night he made pnblic tho sworn denial of Pomeroy's charges. On Thursday afternoon Colonel Grier prepared a long letter to Chairman Wright, calling his attention to the fact that many oi the counties were in danger of not getting ballots printed on account of the scarcity of paper used in printing the blanket ticket. He urged the State Chair man to notify at once the commissioners ot the Democratic connties of the State to arrange for the printing of their ballots .as soon as the nominations were certified to them by the Secretary of the Common wealth. Some time afterward he met Mr. Pomeroy, who was assistant chief clerk of the State Department under the Beaver administration, and mistaking him for Joseph D. Bosgs, a clerk in this department, of Philadelphia, he showed him the letter. A Flat Denial or Conspiracy Charges. Mr. Grier denies that he said anything to Pomeroy about a conspiracy to steal the Slate, and states that he merely allowed Pomeroy to read the letter without mak ing any comments upon it. Boggs and Pomeroy do not look unlike, and the Su perintendent of Public Printing did not discover his mistake until he read Pome roy's sensational affidavit in cold type. Colonel Grier is anxious for Chairman Wright to publish his letter. He says it will substantiate his affidavit and relute that of Pomeroy. Gner lelt Harriiburg to night for his home at Columbia. The Letter From Grier to Wright. The following is the letter written by William H. Grier to J. Marshall Wrigh t. It is furnished The Dispatch by its cor respondent in Philadelphia: Uarbisburg, Oct. C, li Don. J. Manliall "Wright, Chairman Democratic Mate Committee. MtDeaeSie I wanttocall your attention at once to an important matter. It is evident to my mind that the change in the size or the ticket will prevent some counties in the State from having an election. We are now preparing a form. of ticket that will be official, and the Erie J connty ticket is the one used. It will take paper 21 by 63 for the ticket, and colored paper for the speolmen, 31 by 45. Some of the counties may have less ' names than Erie county, bnt I am of the opinion that no county will take a sheet less than 22x50 for the tioket and 21x11 for the speoimen. The time required for printing Is limited by law, and but very few printing offices In the State have a per forating machine. Tou, as Chairman, should notify the Com mtssloners or the Democratic connties to be on the alert and get contracts made wherever they can. There Is not enough paper in the country of sufficient size to print the tioket. Fayette county has oon traded for her tickets (by wire) with E. K. Meyers. He can do the work lor only three or rour counties, and will not go beyond his ability to complete. Our stiong Democratic counties ought first to receive attention, for Philadelphia will by come means get her tickets. Berks, York, Lehigh, Northampton and others, whose statu! you know better than I Qfla tell you, should be given a pointer. Do not think I am an alarmist in this matter. It is a "condition not a theory" that presents itself, and you may do well to remember my ifropnecy now is that some localities In the State will not be able to vote in November for want of tickets. Your truly, William Hates Gbier. The Ballot WIU Not Be Changed. Deputy Secretary Tilden says there is no authority for the statement that the official ballot was to be kept back lrom the coun ties until the 26th inst The department proposed to certify it as speedily as possi ble after the 20th, the lat day on which protests can be filed. It would be impossi ble to get the ballot into some connties be fore the 24th or 23th of October. The clerks in the State Department have been working dav and night to prepare the bal lots lor the several counties. The labor in-, volved has been very great. Mr. Tilden thought it unfair in Chair man Beeder to throw suspicion on the de partment, in view of the incessant work done to meet the requirements of the Baker law. The ballot would not again be changed, as suggested by General Keeder. The ballot as it now stands embodies the former views oi General Beeder. "Secretary Harrity," said Mr. Tilden, "wanted the lour columns ot electors side hv side, which would have made the ballot halt the size it is now, but Mr. Beeder insisted that all of the electors who filed nomina tion papers should go in one column, the names in alphabetical order, no matter to which party they belonged. Four clerks were at work in the State De partment to-day copying nominations by direction of Chairman Beeder in order that County Commissioners can be furnished with material to enable the printing of ballots. WHAT HARRITY HAS TO SAY. The State Secretary-National Chairman Is as Emphatic as Sarcastic He Claims to He Sorry That Mr. Ileeder Is Fearfal Pennsylvania Will Not Go Republican. New-York, Oct a 'pedal. Chairman Beeder's charges that the Democrats of Pennsylvania were golpg to try to steal the State by holding back the official ballots too late to be used in the Republican dis tricts caused a great deal of excitement at Democratic national headquarters to-day. Chairman W. F. Harrity, ot the Demo cratic National Committee, read the charges through as published this morning and he prcfesses to find them ridicnlous through out He prepared an answer to Chairman Beeder, to be sent out of the press. Mr. Harrity told a Dispatch correspondent that the answer covered all he had to say on the subject The' statement oj Mr. Har xity Is'as follows:- " . -. "The ridiculous story that comes from Pennsylvania to the effect that, an effort is being made by the Democratic officials in that State to prevent the use in Republican counties of the official ballots required by law is generally accepted by the Democratic managers as intended to onset the exposure which has bsen made of the methods of Mr. David Martin, of Pennsylvania, who is attached to and working in co-operation with the Republican National Committee, and who has schemes for procuring the presence of Republican colonizers, etc., in New York City and State." Harrity on Reeders Statement. When the attention oT Chairman Harrity was called to the interview with General Frank'Beeder. of the Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania, as to the form of the official ballot to be used in that State, ne saia; "Chairman Beeder, of the Eepublican State Committee of Pennsylvania, is noth ing it not sensational. Hi's interview, with the accompanying affidavit ot Mr. Pomeroy, is intended to arouse the Bepublican voters of Pennsylvania and to take the place of the usual work of organization that is done bv a State Cen tral Committee. Chairman Beeder has probably discovered that there is wide spread apathy among the Republican voters of Pennsylvania as there is among the same class of voters throughout the country, and he is endeavoring, by sensational means, to excite interrst among them, and bring as much of the Bepublican reserve vote of the State to the polls as possible. A Vivid Imagination to Blame. "The statement that there has been any suggestion or effort upon the part of any of the Democratic officials of Pennsylvania to prevent or retard the printing "of the official ballots for use at the coming election is the work of Chairman Beeifer's very vivid imagination. Mr. Beeder ought to know that September 13 was the last dav for filing certificates ot nomi nation in Pennsylvania, and September 30 the last day for filing papers. He ought to know, further, that obiections tnmph .fi ficales oi nomination ami nnmination papers designed for the State at large may be bled at any time within 30 davs after the lastv j u " uiing oi such certifi cates and papers. It is therefore very obvious to even ordinary minds that there can properly be no certification of the exact form of the official ballot to be used in any district of the State .mill oft October 20, 1892, and, if objection be filed as to the nominations in any district, the form of the official ballot in that particular district cannot be certified until after such objections have been considered by the board appointed for that purpose. Chairman Harrity Waxes Sarcastic. "When the proner time arrives," con tinned Mr. Harrity. "the nominations cer tified to the State Department of Pennsyl vania will be duly certified to the County Commissioners and Sheriffs, as required by the act of June 19, 1881; and sensational stories of the character given out by Chair man Beeder and Mr. Pomeroy who is an employe of the Bepublican State Com mittee win neitner expedite nor retard that work. "I am really sorry that Chairman Beeder has become apprehensive of the result in Pennsylvania. In many quarters there has been a disposition to concede Pennsyl vania to the Bepublicans, however, despite the belief that prevails that many States heretofore Bepublican will vote the Demo cratit ticket this year. It has remained for Mr. Beeder, however, to reserve public no tice of the alarm he feels lest Pennsvlvania maybe found in the Democratic'column this year." THE QUESTION OF PAPEE. Prices rVdvance 10 Per Cent flwlnr-1 . Dearth of Old Hogs. Chicago, Oot a According to a local manufacturer the stock of paper is running short, prices have advanced 10 per cent, and the end is not yet This is not due to any J "corner," but to the shortage of supply of rags from abroad. When the raz supply was cut off the mills were found with light stocks on hands. The lack of rags and the increased de mand caused by the campaign brought about the present advance. Another excuse Is found in the fact that bleaching powders have risen greatly. These are made in "England, and were discovered to be a pow erful disinfectant, and tons have been sent to Hamburg and the cholera infected points in Europe- Local dealers say the mills are working double time and cannot fill the present orders. QUAY CAN'T BELIEVE IT. He Thinks a Scheme to Steal the State Would Be Met by a General Uprising Collector Cooper Says He Has Even More Information Than Keeder, hut He Won't Give It Up. Philadelphia, Oct a Spedd Senator Quay, who is still at the Conti nental Hotel, was seen this morning in reference to the Pomeroy affidavit, "I have no information on the subject," the Senator saia, "but there is one thing you can rely on, and that is the strict verity of Mr. Pomeroy's affidavit 'Whether Grier was serious'in what he said is another matter, although I have no doubt that there is some juggling going on in connection with this ballot law, which, in my opinion, is one of the worst botched things X ever saw. It hardly seems reasonable to me to suppose that a con spiracy is in operation to disfranchise the whole Bepublican party of the State. Such a movement as that would be cheeked by an uprising of the whole people. ''So lar as Mr. Harrity is concerned, I don't believe for one moment that he is cognizant of any movement to take advan tage ot the intricacies of this law. He has his hands full in New York, and, further more, occupying the position he does be fore the country, be would not be a party to such a scheme. What his underlings might do is another matter. The Demo cratic Committee may be contemplating some plan tor taking undue advantage of the new ballot laTw; as that is the only way in which it can hope for any success in the State. As I said before, there can be no doubt of the truth of Mr. Pomeroy's affi davit As to any further information bear ing on the subject, I have none." Collector Cooper said he thought the maneuvering at Harrisburg was a political trick a scheme to deprive the Bepublicans of Pennsylvania of their votes. "In my opinion," h said, "Chairman Beeder is periectly justified in making the publica tion he" did, and anyone who knows Mr. Pomeroy will believe his statement without an oath He Is one of the best-known and most reliable men in the State. I have in formationmore than Chairman Beeder has given ant bat it will have to come from him. The "Commissioners of my county (Delaware) were here to see me this morning. Theyhave evidence to bear out the publication, and will take it to Mr. Beeder at once." LEADERS ARE AROUSED. Chairman Beeder Has Numerous Callers Who Are Interested In the Ballot Mud- die The Blanket Ticket Condemned by AU Mr, Beeder Says AU Bepubli cans WIU Vote. Philadelphia, Oct a General Beed er, Chairman ot the State Bepublicau Com mittee, had many callers to-day. Among them were United States Attorney Walter Lyon, of Allegheny; Major McDowell, candidate for Congressman at Large, and State Treasurer Morrison, Ail were anxious to learn particulars relative to the Chair roan 'a allegation of a conspiracy to prevent an .election, in -Republican bounties. The conferences with General Beeder in some instances were long, indicating that 4be party managers are aroused. All con demned the blanket ballot of G2 by 22 inches as unueoessarily large or as being at least open to tbq suspicion that something was wrong. In an interview General Beeder said: "Our people will all vote and their votes will be counted. I have three olerks at Harrisburg at work going over the nomina tions so that I can furnish the County Com missioners such information as will enable them to go on with the work of havinir tickets printed for their counties. "i nave uau the nomination papers filed in the Secretary of the Commonwealth's office gone over once, but I am having it thoroughly done again so that there can be no mistake about any of the nomination papers. By Monday I will have a tioket prepared and regularly set up, but shorter than the one decided upon at Harrisburg, to show that a smaller ballot can be printed and be in form, size and make-up within the provisions of the law. I will have enough ot tbem printed for distribution." A PROHIBITION KICK. Chairman Fatton Protests Against the 52 by 32 Ballot Ho Prefers to Have a Wider and Shorter Form Adopted The Independent Voter Unjustly Treated. Hareisbueg, Oct. 8. ."yena'. Chair man Patton, of the State Prohibition Com mittee, joins with Chairman Beeder in urging Secretary Harrity to change the size of the present form of the official ballot Chairman Patton says the only solution of the ballot problem is his plan, dividing the 105 names in all of the State candidates of the three minor parties Prohibitionists, People's and Labor in three separate col umns, each with its proper designation of office. "This would increase the size of the ticket in width and decrease it in length," said Chairman Patton, this evening, to a Dis patch correspondent "I hare issued a circular to this effect to all the County Commissioners of the Slate. My circular is based on that clause of the act which reads: 'In all other cases of nomination by nomination papers the names ot the can didates for each office shall be arranged nn under the designation of the office in alpha betical order, according to the surname.' I interpret this clause to mean that the ticket may be arranged in separate columns. "The present form is unfair to the Pro hibitionists and the independent voter. He will be required to look over the list and select 32 electors out ot the 96, The Pro. hibitionists have not been dealt with fairly in this matter. We have had to fight for everything we have under the law, and now an effort is made to deprive us ot the rights we are justly entitled to under the act The law is unfair and unjust to the independent voter as it now stands." A CONDITION, NOT A THEORY, Confronts the Printers of Centre County as Well as Others Elsewhere. Bellkfmjte, Oct 8. 8peciaL The Commissioners of Centre county find "a condition, not a theory," confronting them in the matter of getting the ballots for the county printed in time for election pnr. posts. It has been found by a hurried but conclusive canvass of the possibilities that in the time which the law allows fordoing the work the thing simply cannot be done in this county. More than 00.000 of the blanket ballots will be required, and all the printing offices in the countv haven't the facilities for printing, perforating, gumming, dumber ing and binding that many tickets in six: days, and the necessity tor uniformity of the tickets,will confine the work to two, or sit most three, of the 'offioes. It is stated to-night that inasmuch as it will be necei- lary to make the attempt, Senator P. Gray Jiieea will taoKie tuo jou at (ne tratcanan office. HENSEL IS EMPHATIC. He Thinks Any One Who Would Talk aa Beeder Is Quoted Is a Knave or a Tool The Size of the Ballot Determined by Law, Not by Secretary Harrity. Lancaster, Oct 8. Attorney General Hensel said this morning, in reference to the ballot muddle; ''I have little to say-as to the interview with -Chairman Beeder, published in the morning newspaper!, ex cept that I eannot believe he used the lan guage credited to him. Anybody who talks of a conspiracy among the official in the Executive Department of the State to defraud any candidates or any party of n opportunity to vote this year is either knave or a fool. ,. "Mr. Harrity baa no power to fix the length or size of the ballot, and has never attempted to ao so. alter the time snail have expired for filing objections to the nominations certified to his department, whloh I believe will be about October 13, it becomes his duty to transmit an official list to the Commissioners and Sheriffs, substantially in the form of the ballots to be used therein. He has no right to trans mit that list until after the time fixed for the purging or correction of it according to law, and any certificate transmitted by him before that time is invalid and worth less, y "How long the ballot must be will de pend upon and vary with the length of the tickets and number of candidates in the various counties. It must be fixed in eaeh case by the Commissioners, and there printed, supjeot to the requirements of the law as to style of type and title of the office and the appellations of the parties. In some counties it can no doubt be compressed into very much Jess than 50 Inches in length, but if it has to be extended in others beyond that, it is the fault of the law, and is not within the regulation of the Secre tary of the Commonwealth. "As no orders or direction for a 02-ineh ballot bad ever been issued from the de partment of the Secretary of the Common wealth, I do not see that Mr. Chairman Beeder's frantic telegram and still more frantic, interviews are entitled to any notloe or consideration; and I presume that the State Department will keep on as it has be gun, preparing the offieial lists aa rapidly and completely as it can and transmitting them as promptly as the law allows, without regard to any partisan interests." CHAIRMAN WRIGHT TALKS. He Denies the Principal Charge In Pome roy's Affidavit The Democrats, He Says, Have Had No Opportunities That All Parties Haven't Enjoyed to Know AU About the Ballot Philadelphia, Oct 8. J. Marshall Wright, Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, thjs morning gave a verbal denial to the charge made in the affidavit of A. Kevin Pomeroy that W. Hayes Grier, the Superintendent of State Printing, had written that Secretary Harrity would hold back until October 24 the new form of the ballot decided upon and requesting him to notify the Commissioners in Democratic counties to place their orders with State Printer K. K. Meyers, so that thoy could seoure the preference. tie also denied emphatically the sworn statement quoting Mr. Harrity as saying that the Bepublican Commissioners could not haye their ballots prepared before the election and that the State.would be carried for Cleveland, a special election being re quired to choose State and connH' ofneer.- - "We l4..-Jioptunitiei thStithe'Bs pnblicans hW1Vmul, satd Mr. Wright "My first-notification of the change in" the form of the ballot was conveyed in Mr. Grier's letter. We have been sending out right along, with explanations and instruc tions to the connty chairmen, the form of the ballot which has existed up to"this time." "Why don't you give ont the let ter of W. Hayes Grier if you say it con tains no statements such as has been sworn to bv Pomeroy?" was asked. "I won't give it out until I have seen Mr. Grier personally," said Chairman Wright 'After that I intend to give it out" "Then there is no doubt tha' you did re ceive a letter from W. Haves Grier?" "No, there is no doubt about it I re ceived his letter, and have it in my posses sion. I have received a telegram irora Mr. Grier about it Here is his telegram: ConniBiA, Pa., Oct. 8. J. Marshall Wright: Can I see you this afternoon at 3 o'olock. The publication of my letter win disprove Pomeroy's assortion. W. Hatbs Gniint. Chairman Wright telegraphed Mr.' Grier that he could not meet him until Monday. PATTISON ON THE LAW. The Governor Says Secretary Harrity WUI Do HU Whole Duty. Hakeisbuhg, Oot & Governor Pattl son received the following telegram to-day; POTTSVILLE, Oct. 8, To Hon. It. E. Pattlson: Cannot the size of ballot be reduced? Un less pionipt measures bo taken many coun ties win be unable to hold an election. EVKMNO CHEOHICLE. Governor Pattison replied: The ballot law provides that the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall, "ten days at least previous to the day of any election of United States or State officers transit it to the County Commissioners and the Sheriff In each connty in whloh suoh election is to be held, duplicate official lists, stating the names and residences of and pat ties or poli cies represented by all candidates whose nomination oertifloates or papers have been flle'i with him, as herein provided, for such election, and have not been found and de o'aied to t.e Invalid, as urovlded in section 6, and to he voted fur at each voting place in eaoh such county respectively, substantially In the form o. the ballot to be used therein." I havo no doubt- that the Secretary or the Commonwealth will perform hU duties, as sot forth in the above section. EOBEUT B. PAITISOW. COUNrS COWriBSIONEBB' MEETING Wanted 'to Be Held at WHKesharre, to Discuss the Ballot. Wilkesbabbe, Oct 8. The Luzerne County Commissioners to-day decided that they could, not comply with the ballot law. Their ballot will be at least 1 feet long, and they think two weeks will be required to print it A message was sent to the Secretary of the Executive Committee of Oouuty Com missioners of the State, asking that a meet ing be called at Wilkesbarre on Wednes day to discuss the situation. EXCITEMENT IN A CONVENT. The Nans Aroused by m Burglar Whom They Try Fruitlessly to Capture. Dstboit, Oct a Special There was a wild seepe in the convent of the Sacred Heart before daylight this morning. A burglar paid a flying visit to that Institu tion, and alter ransacking every apartment on the lower floor, made a tour to the one above, where the nuns were sleeping. Enter ing one of the rooms he stumbled over a chair and awakened the occupants of the bed, who began screaming. Ever sister in the convent was aroused, and they1 entered into a preconcerted mover ment to captor the burglar. They collected and chased him into a room, but be escaped mrongn a rear aoer woieh they surrposed was locked. I GRDVER GOES $10,000 tin the Eesnlt of the Election Helng in His Party's ' Fayor This Time. HABEITY'S CHECK SMALL, But His Services as Chairman Are Counted Most Valuable, PLENTI OF PLACES FOR MONET, is There An fsaal feyeral More States Than to Be Cared For. BMISE MAI BE 1KDUCED TO SPEAK rWCTAr. TIXKOKAif TO TUB DISPATOTI.1 Uew- York, Oct & In view of the call for lunds by Chairman Harrity and Chair man Dickinson, there has been a natural interest to ascertain the size of the check contributed by ex-President Cleveland. It will be recalled that Tour years ago he sent his check to Chairman Calvin Stewart Brice for fl0,000. The Mugwumps at that time criticised the managers of 3Ir. Cleveland's campaign for letting it be known that he had sent his check for that amount They were not sure whether be ought to have contributed or not, but they were sure that his contri bution should have been kept a secret. To practical politicians these were high falutin notions. At any rate, as Mr. Cleve land is not now the occupant of the White House, and inasmuch as the Mugwumps of New York State, who insisted at Chicago that be should be nominated, promising to raise $500,000 among themselves if he were, have so far contributed little, they can scarcely criticise the announcement made at headquarters to-day that three weeks ago Mr. Cleveland contributed his check for f 10,000. Disposition of Mr. Cleveland's Check. The check was turned over to Treasurer Bobert B.Boosevelt,and by him sent through the Holland Trust Company. It is also re ported that Mr. Cleveland's personal friends, K. C, Benedict, Mr. Whitney and Mr, Dickinson have each contributed 510,000. The amount of Chairman Harritv's check was $25. But in view ot the fact that Mr. Harrity contributes his services as chair man nothing more was expected from him. There were plenty of avenues opened for the expenditure of the contribution of Mr. Cleveland and his three personal friends. The Democratic national campaign of 1881, according to the best authorities, cost about 1400.000. while that of 1888 cost about $1,000,000. The expenses of this campaign will run to higher figures, for the reason that the fight extends orer more States. Money will be needed in'New York, Connecticut, New Jersev, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas, not to speak of .Michigan and other States. -- i- NoOne Willing to Give 2Iuch. ThVjjromises, from 'Mugwumps, haying come to naught, Cnairman Harritv and Chairman Dickinson most now rely' upon the income from the popular ctll. It is true that Henry Villard, Oscar Strauss, O, j. xiaiumu anu omers are naiiy visiting their friends and assung for subscriptions. Bnt subscriptions come slowlr. There is an indisposition to give big amounts. Chairman Harritv reoorted to-dav that good results were had from the appeal to the people. He had on his desk to-day a bundle ot checks ranging from $5 to $100. It was known at headauarters that "MV Harrity has had several conferences with Julius Harburger, President of the Stecklcr Association, with a view to securing the support of that organization for Cleveland. The Stecklers are said to control a good part of tho votes of the Polish Hebrews on the Eastside. Mr. Harrity wants this vote' for Cleveland and there will be farther negoti ations. Up at national Bepubliran headquarters the next important discussion was over tha report of the committee whioh has just re turned from Bar Harbor. The committee visited Blaine and requested that if his health permitted he should make one or two speeches,either in Maine or New York. It does not matter so much where the speeches were made, so long as they were made. Blaine May Speak Once or Twice. The committee reported that Mr. Blaine said that, while his health was greatly im proved, bis domestic affiiotions had caused him great sorrow. He did not like the Idea of appearing on a public platform, but if his health permitted he would waive his personal comfort and do anything reasona ble that the National Committee desired. He Is to answer definitely in a little while. The subject of money also came up at Mr, Carter's bureau. At the beginning of the campaign it was thought necessary that a fund ot SZ,600,000 should be raised. There haye been several disappointments, but it was said to-night, by competent authorities, that before the month was out evervthing i ould be all right Concerning the result of the fight, one of Mr. Carter's associates very frankly said that no man living could tell the result For himself he believed that it would be a mighty tight race,-and that the mere turn ing ot a band would decide the re sult The ' gentleman gave this information because the sporting men of the town are making the most strenuous eflorts to ascertain the drift of the canvass. It was no time to bet, according to this Bepublican national committeeman, and he believed that the campaign would not be decisively determined before the closing days of October. Bv that time possibly there will be underground wires by which the sporting men will be able to learn just what to da The man who gets this information first will make a pot ot money. Uniforms for the College Boys. Minister Phelps, at Berlin, cabled to-day to the President of the Bepublican College League, $1,000 to uniform Yale Col lege Bepublicans. General Clarkson will unilortn Harvard and Columbia College and has ordered GOO uniforms. There Is to be a big college Bepublicau demonstration in New York on October 29. Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Batgers,. the New York Law School and other uni versities will send delegates. The Fifth Avenue Hotel will swarm with Bepublicans Mondar. At the invitation of Chairman William Brookfield. of the Ke- fiublican State Committee, all the county eaders and their associates will assem ble in conference at 12 o'clock. They will hand in their reports of the condition of the Bepublican canvass through the State. Ex-Senator Piatt, Warner, "Miller, Dr. Depew, Senator Hiscock, National Chairman Carter and others are expected to address the county leaders. Never before in the history of the Be. publican party have the countv leaders of the State been summoned to 'appear and give an account of themselves. But this year the Republicans are to put forth every effort to cany New York State, They declared to- j JJAJW HOliK night that they woald contest every inch o f ground, and that fur a royal old battle New York State would take the cake this year, a OFFENSIVE PARTISANSHIP NOT TOU31ATED BY SECRETARY NOBLE, EVEK Df REPUBLICANS. An Official Dismissed for Couching a Pen sion Opinion In Objectionable Language Aspersions on Cleveland's Administra tion Eliminated In the Secretary's Re vision. Washikotok, Oct 8. Some weeks ago a decision was rendered in a pension case by Assistant Secretary Busscy relative to "new" -disabilities and the rules of evidence governing same. Last evening there was sent to Secretary Noble a printed copy of a supplemental de cision in this case. This supplemental decision, which was unsigned, contained language, particularly in the heading and brief syllabus, which the Secretary regard ed as extremely partisan in'cbaracter. The syllabus referred to read as follows: In the arbitrary rule or the Cleveland ad ministration, adjudicating increase claims boned upon alleged "new" dUahllitlog,over ruled by tbe Harrison administration in the interest or meritorious applicants; tho old doctrine or estoppel In pension claims Is set aside by the present administration. The Secretary at once rewrote the de cision, eliminating therefrom theobjection able 'language. This morning the'Secretary made inquiries as to the author of the un signed decision, which resulted in the prompt dismissal of George Baber, a mem ber of the Board of Pension Appeals in the office ot Assistant Secretary" Bussey. In speaking of the-, matter: Secretary 'vm" ! ik bcduicu tu iuui iiiijnjy im proper that there should go into records nn opinion upon a matter oi law and decision of rights dependent unon the statutes of tn United States made by the Government itself in which tha language of this opinion is used. "The administration of the United States," he said, "is conducted at one time under one Chief Magistrate, at another time under another; and injudicial opinions it is not proper to make at each step a criticism of what has been decided under a previous administration." CARNEGIE'S LAST LIBRARY Boycotted by Ayr Presbyterians Because They Weren't Consulted Aboutlt. TBT CABLS TO THE DISPATCH, London, Oct 8. Andrew Carnegie has been engaged this week in his favorite recreation of laying a free library memorial sione, this time at Ayr. An attempt was made to get np a hostile demonstra tion against Mr. Carnezie on account of his connection with the Home stead troubles, but it came to nothing, the good folks of Ayr declining thus ungrate fully to look a gift horse in the mouth. There was some ungracious opposition, however, and it came from an unexpected quarter. It seems that Mr. Carnegie did not consult with the local Presbvterian clergy upon the details of his benevolent scheme, and they resolved to bovcjtt it. ,Upou the day appointed for the librarv ceremony the Presbytery of Ayr happened to be in session, and it was exp'ected an ad journment wonld be taken to allow such members to attend as desired to do so. A letter suggesting this course was sent to tbe Presbytery by the Secretary of the Library Committee, but the Prei dent, Bev. Dr. Sykes, Parish Minis ter of Ayr, remarked that thev had nothing to do with Mr. Carnegie or his library, and ueciinea to cut amotion lor adjournment CRESP0 IN CARACAS. The Finishing Touches Put Upon a Most Successful Revolution. . Netv Yobk, Oct 8, J. B. Garcia, a well-known "Venezuelan merchant and an intimate friend of General Crespo, received dispatch to-day from Curac.ia, confirming the overthrow of the Government and stit ing that General Crespo has entered Caracas at the bead of a victorious arniv. General N. Bolot Pereza, Venezuelan Mini-ter.-saia to-day: "I will send mv resignation t ti e next Government by the ntxi s'cimfr. I do not think the war in Vrmz'ela is .it an end. It Crespo assume ti'f iic .itorship, another war is certain. If Crcs.pi calls Congress to elect a new I.csW:it. all will be quiet; but it he sei himself in power there is sure to be more bloodshed." Ot course it is difficult to qet tull details of all that is now transpiring in the dis turbed Bepnblic, bnt it seems certain tli.it Crespo's trinmph is absolute, that the capl talls at bis mercy, and that the revolution, which has been so prolonged, is now at en end. WIDE8PEEAD EFFECTS OF A LOCEjuT. The Norfolk Navy Yard May Hae to Clone Down Because of the Homestead Affair. NOBFOLK, VA., Oct a Special If the failure or the Carnegie works to deliver material for the new warships undtr con struction at this yard continues much longer it will seriously affect the working men here, as a large number will have to be suspended from the construction depart ment There has been no reduction at all as yet, however, Constructor Bowles having found enough work for the men in completing those parts of the ships for which the ma terial is in hand, but which nnder other circumstances would follow the heavier work. FOR TIIE VOTER. THE CHOLERA SPECTER REFUSES TO DOWN, EVEN WITH DEATH DECREASE. European Experts Declare That There Will Be an Awful Scourge Next Year Ham bnrg Resuming Its Normal Condition Grateful for American ASiistanee. fBT CABtE TO THI DISrATCU.1 London. Oct 8. The cholera specter will not down. The news from the continent the past few days is regarded by medical men as peculiarly ominous of the ' march of the great death into new fields. and although he does not yet demand his victims in great numbers. It portends, it is declared, an awfnl slaughter next year. The cholera expert who has been investi gating the epidemio for the Timet says to day: "It means that we have by no means seen the end of the trouble even this year, and that the seed is bmg sown over a vast area in Central Europe ready for the death harvest next year. To specifv more partic ularly, Grodno means Western Bus- sia right up to the Prussian bor der and beyond; Odessa means the Black Sa, Littoral and the Danubian Provinces; Buda Pesth means that the isolation of Galicia is an utter failure, and that Austria Hungary is involved; Spandau, that the waterways from Berlin to tbe scattered cases in Holland and Belgium tell the same tale for those countries if precedent goes lor anything. All those districts, as well as Poland, will be in a blaze next year, and the same thing may be said of Prance." A message irom a correspondent at Ham burg to day says that the rich old city is almost herself again. The refugees have returned, and tho streets are ones more alive with traffic, theaters and schools are reopened. . Tbe great death rate has left a terrible suffering as well as grief in his track, bnt Hamburg is one of the wealthiest towns in tbe world. It is not the lack of money in the form of outside contributions that she feels so much as the lack of sym pathy. The manner in which New York has heaped coals of fire upon her head is most appreciatively realized. New York has doue more than Berlin, Hamburg's neighbor and next of kin. The work of re form in sanitation will be pushed with tremendous energy in Hamburg in the next few months. HOW MORMONS MANAGE. Must nave but One Wife, but May Sup port Any Number of Women. Salt Lake Cnr.UTAn, Oct. 8. At the Mormon Conference, Apostle John W. Tay lor said the manifesto of President Wood ruff, advising that no more polygamy be en tered into for the present, doesn't prevent a man from supporting more than one woman it he wants to. Apostle Grant was severe on' apostates and those who criticise the Church authorities. Apostle Thatcher warned the congrega tion that wrongs are not to be righted by the people but by the constituted rignt of the Church. President George Q. Cannon exulted in the freedom and prosperity of the Saints and in the change ot pnblio sentiment that has been wrought in their favor a change little short ot miraculous. 1HE DISPATCH DIRECTORY. The issue of The Dispatch to-day consists of 21 pages made up in three parts. Tbe table below shows the contents of the second and third parts: Page O. News op Eubopz. yeteeoavs athletics. Pago 10. Shall advxbtisomexis. Classified. Page 11. f A MATEun Sports noraceJ.mil Latb News is Brief, Page 12. THE cOCIETT DEPAETMEInT. THE GBAKD ABUT, The .music World. Educational Gossip. Page 13. Women as Doctors Bene Bache FASiiioiR ok Paris Mirle Jonreau Gossip orTOETUBP Margaret Welch TimelTTopics KuthHall Page 14. Exr03iTiox News. busctiss Ca rds Page 15. A Fittsburq Astronomer Trlx Exolish PosTorriCE Wages Henry Tackier The Cuoleea Scabs Howard fielding UDD .FACTS ABOUT 1E MAUPASSANT , Page 16. NEWS OP THE COUBTS. , BUSCTISS C'ABDS t . Page 17. Cleveland's Close FBiENDS....Raras E. Wilson How It Feels to Die. Page 18. Churches OP Eussia Frank G. Carpenter PBAYEB AND Plague Kev. George Hodges BOOM1KQ lOWN LT8 BUI Nye Late Electric News. I Page 10. A BEVTEW OP SPORTS. John D. Prlngle Woolen TJndebwear t. Bleyer, II. o, Cabtoons op the Week. Page SO. SULLIVAN ALL RIGHT W. F. Grier. ST. D. A Virginia mystert. stobyopcoluiibus. Page 21. Fbose Adverse Mxon "Waterman Religion or Buddua.., Eli Perkins The Governor's Story Grant Allen Notes and Queries. Page S3. Scientipic News. Secret societies. Gossip op the guard. Page S3. Speeches and Votes Charles T, Murray The JlAniET ItlrOKTS. Page 24. Gossip OP the Stage...'. Hepburn Johns AMUSEMENT NOTICES. WHO MUSIC, I Democrats Open the Localj Campaign With a Mon- . ster Demonstration. - 3,000 VOTERS TUEX OUTa ? Large Deles:atfoii3 Come From Here, Homestead and Wheeling. SPECTATORS THRONG THE ROUTE. They Hade Trouble for tbe JIarchen, bnt Were (Jood-Xalared. TIIE AHEEICDS CLUB ALSO TDRXS 0DT Multiply the customary Saturday night crowds in Pittsburg's circumscribed down town district by 100 and some idea of the Immense mob of sightseers and psraders that for two hours last evening held posses sion of practically every inch of ground on Fifth avenue, between Grant and Market streets, on Grant street, from Fifth avenue to Second street, and left enough people li render locomotion next to impossible on all the intervening thorougbfare.1, can be gained. It looked as if nobody expected such crowds to turn ont to see tbe first political demonstration of the campaign, for the paraders, B -publffcau and Democratic, the latter especially, be cause they came last, found it a mighty difficult job to merely get through the streets and simply out of the question to march in regular order. The crowds were fortunately good natured, and such a thing as political ant- Frank L Jlutledge, Jhief JJarihaL mosity was apparently out of sight. The absence of piliticnl enthusiasm was indeed tho mpsrjy striking lea' of the , t whjols-' aW.-.; ..-there no cries such as punctuateofpoaiTc cessions picturesquely in other years, a. the people who lined the streets while thiy cheered for local names and for good fellow ship rarely alluded to either Harrison or Cleveland. Enthusiastic Spectators of Both Sexes. It kept the sightseer, bent on seeing all there was to be seen, bnsy to follow the various bands and clnbs as they made their way to the rendezvous. Every band a every club as it crossed Fifth avenue cam a rush in the direction it was traveiii This made it exciting for the casual w farer who had no mind forgetting under horses' feet and swallowing fire on the fringe of a r less, boisterous crowd. But notb seemed to daunt the fair sex. In lot places along the route of the parade women actually outnumbered the men. At the old postoffice corner ten women with babies in their arms were counted in a space not SO eet square. The babies perhaps enjoyed the noise, the gay lights ami even the pro fane language, more than some of their ei ders did. About 7:40 the crowd which had gathered in trout of the Americns Club quarters on C. Chase WUpi, Marshal First PUisburg Division Smithfield street had to give way to allow the members in white hats, with their tri colored umbrella?, to start out in single file for their first street outing of tha campaign. The club bad mastered in pretty good strength, and looked remarkably handsome, collectively and individually. They had the good luck to get well under way before the streets became choked, though when they reached tho top of the hump, and looked down Fifth avenue, it was a pretty nearly solid mass of heads in all sorts of hats upon which the fitful electric lights shone as lar as eye could reach. Then another stroke of good fortune' befell them from a Democratic source, too. A party ot Democratsupon General Wiley'a staff, in resplendent uniforms of blue and - i gold, somehow or other happened to come ; prancing up on fiery, untamed Democratiof 1 steeds just in time to head the Bepublicau procession. One Club Got Enough Room. v It may have been a delicate bit ofeonr tesy to' tbe Amencus boys from their friends, the enemy. Anyhow, it assured . the club what no other organization that J came alter them got a wide, clear path 7 down the hillfrom the Cathedral to Smith- r' field street It was a pretty sight as tha Americns umbrellas went up and their bear ers marched down to the venerable air o 5 4 i A&M&M&&&1 V la-sa &
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