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FORTY SEVENTH
BLAINE'S SIZE-UP
OF THEMTIOI,
Digest of tlie Promised Maga
zine Article From the
Statesman's Pen
GIVEN OUT IN ADVANCE.
The Issues of the Hour Discussed in
a Masterly Manner.
A Comparison of the Letters of Ac
ceptance of Both Candidates The
President Prettily Complimented toy
His Ex-Secretary of State Cleve
land's Letter Sharply Criticised The
Ex-President Accused of Making1 a
Platform for Himself The Force Bill
Decried Jeffersonian Democracy a
Thing or the PasW-Llttle National
Difference Between the Leading Par
ties of To-Day Wayne MacVeagh,
Anticipating Egan's Reply, Writes
the Minister to Chile a Caustic Epis
tle. .V'EW Yokk, Oct 23. Mr. Blaine's long
promised utterance on the Presidental elec
tion of 1S92 appears in the November num
ber of the Xorth American Smew, which will
be published to-morrow. It occupies 13
nages of She magazine.
Mr. Blaine notes the lact of excitement
attending the present elections, contrasting
it with the turmoil of interest that char
acterized the campaign of the elder Harri
son. This change in the public interest in
such contests, he suggests, may be ac
counted for by the growth in population
And the consequent absorption in vast com
mercial and financial operations, and it may
possibly indicate a subsidence, in the
future, of extreme partisanship.
Mr. Blaine gives special attention to the
letters ot the Presidental candidates. Of
President Harrison's letter he says, among
other things, that "Perhaps none of his
predecessors has made so exhaustive, and
none a more clear presentation of the ques
tions involved."
Cleveland's Letter Sharply Criticised.
Mr. Cleveland's letter is subjected to
search'ng criticism. Mr. Blaine finds that
in greater measure than Mr. Harrison's it
deports from the platform ot his party; in
Jact, that "Mr.Cleveland has made the plat
form upon which he is now before the peo
ple," and that "Mr. Cleveland's departures
from the positions of his parly's platform
on the question ot tree trade confirm the
impression, which has been general, that a
large proportion of the Democratic party
believe in protection in some form."
Mr. Blaine takes caustic comment upon
Mr. Cleveland's utterance on the currency
and the State bsnVa. He upholds the Re
publican policy of granting liberal pensions
to the veterans of the war. On this point
he says: "The amount we contribute to pen
tions is larger than the amount paid by any
of the European nations lor a standing
army. Surely the binding up of wounds of
a past war is a more merciful and honor
able work than preparing the country lor a
new one."
The Force Bill Issue Decried.
The most remarkable thing in the Presi
dental canvass of 1892 Mr. Blaine regards
as "the manner in which in some sections of
the country all other issues have been put
out of sight, and the force bill alone
brought into prominence." The representa
tions as to the purpose and the effect of a
force bill, however, he declares to be incon
sistent with the spirit of President Har
rison's letter.
Mr. Blaine is full and explicit in his
treatment of the subject of reciprocity,
claiming that a material increase has been
caused in the United States' trade by recip
rocal treaties with the islands and countries
ot America, and particularly by the treaties
made with European countries. Mr. Blaine
quotes interesting figures in relation to the
increase of trade with the Leeward ana
"Windward Islands and Cuba,(and he pre
dicts in relation to Cuba that "we shall con
quer by commerce far better than by force
of arms, and cordially establish inch mutual
interests between Cuba and this country
that commercially the two countries will
be one."
Jefferson Wouldn't Know His Party.
Mr. Blaine, dealing with the claim of the
Democrtic party to be the Jeffersonian
party, says: "It would surprise Jefferson
if he could once more appear in the flesh to
learn that he is held as indorser of all the
principles and measures advocated by the
Democratic party of to-day. It is perhaps
not worth while to enter into any elaborate
argument on the subject,,but the Democracy
owes no little of its success to the persist
enc,with which its adherents have made
their disciples believe this pretension
through all the mutations of the ir party. It
was eqally true, it must be supposed, when
Mr. Buchanan, a confirmed Federalist, was
the President-elect of the Democracy,
though it is well known that the object of
Mr. Jefferson's most intense dislike was the
Federal party.
In vain it is pointed out that the position
of Jefferson on any subject was directly the'
reverse of the Democratic position; he is
duly quoted at the next convention, and a
new oath ot allegiance is taken to his prin
ciples. In 1801, after a severe contest,
Jefferson came to the Presidency as the
founder and head of the Republican party.
The prefix "Democratic" was sometimes,
though seldom, used.
Tho Forties After All Much Alike.
The tenacity which which Jefferson held
to the protective principles was only pro
portioned to the necessities of the country.
His action in 1807, when he declined to
recommend the repeal or alteration of the
revenue law, after a surplus of $14,000,000
bad accumulated, puts him in the sharpest
contrast to Mr. Cleveland, who, in his term
of office, treated the surplus accumulated
as the sum of all villainy.
In conclusion Mr. Blaine calls attention
to the essential agreement of the two parties
on the great majority of issues. "It it in
teresting and suggestive," he says, "to look
over the platforms of the two parties and
see how much alike thev are in several vital
measures after the real and ilivisive issues
htTeJceen stated, IT parties
would aim to discover and define those sub
jects on which there is a vital difference ot
opinion, and would confine discussion to
those issues, it would not only simplify the
contest and be a welcome relief to the can
didates, but would also greatly help in ar
riving at the truth, which is the ultimate
object of popular discussion and popular
election."
M'YEAGH ANTICIPATES EGAN.
The Ex-SecretaryWritcs a Caustic Letter to
the Minister to Chile His Opinion or Mr.
Egan Based on Mr. Keid's Statements
Regarding Him A Challenge to Answer
Three Questions.
Philadelphia, Oct 23. The following
letter was handed to the Associated Press
this evening:
To the Bon. Patrick Egan.
Drib Sir: 1 am glad to see that you in
tend at last, even after nine years, to reply
to tho attaefcs upon your character, but I am
sorry to see that you persist in calling them
my attacks, and this falsehood leads me to
fear that you will repeat the other false
hoodthat my statement that your appoint
ment was an Insult to Chilo was intended as
a reflection upon you Decause you were bom
In Ireland. Now, ir you will abandon these
two sheer and absolute falsehoods, I give
you the fullest liberty to abuse me to any
extent, or say anything about me you may
choose, for what you say of me cannot pos
sibly do me the least harm and would really
be, to my mind, a kind or eulogy or me.
As I furnished In my speech at Cooper
Union the exact datas when Mr. Held and
the Tribune made their very serious and re
peated attacks upon yonr character, you
will, 1 trust, see how necessary it is for you
to treat tliera as his attacks, not mine, and
to answer him and not me. And If you
answer him satisfactorily you need not
bother aoout me, and you must pardon me
for saying I never even heard or you till the
Tribune gave me the information, and I have
neither desire nor reason to think til of you
except what is due to the IVibune's denunci
ation of you.
Tardiness in a Serious Matter.
If you can convict Mr. Keld and the
Tribune of falsehood in making them I will
accept yourjustiflcation with pleasure, but
I must continue to think you were rather
tardy in so grave and serious a matter. And
then do abandon the false pretense that my
objection to you was because you are an
Irishman. You see that pretense Is childish
as well as false, for I am a good deal of an
Irishman myself, as well as a counselor
though I regret to say without pay or the
Hibernian Society of this city, while some of
the best friends of my life have Dcen Irish
men. My objection to you was solely be
cause Mr. Keld and the Tribune said you
were not an honest man, and I don't like a
dishonest man, no matter where he is born.
If that accusation is not true, then I have no
objection whatever to yon.
Whatever you may say now you must con
fess van had Instilled people in forming a
fery unfavorable Judgment of yon. Ton
remained silent, so far as I ever heard, for
nine lonif years under Mr. Beid's statement
In the Iribunr that you were "a sham
patriot," and that you conld give no satis
factory explanation of what you had done
with $120,000 which had been entrusted to
your care lor the Irish cause. And then, so
far as I know, vou remained silent 12 long
months under the additional attacks upon
you in the Tribune saying you were sure to
be recalled and "a new American represen
tative at the Chilean capital was urgently
needed;'" and far worse, that you had once
fled "to avoid arrest and trial on a very
serious criminal charge."
Proof of an Insult to Chile.
Now, all the Irishmen I knew and es
teemand there are very many of them if
so attacked would have called Mr. Held and
the Tribune to prompt and stern acconnt,
requiring them either to prove $helr charges
or retract them. Hat you, alasl did neither.
On the contrary you meekly endured all
these charges, and to my amaseraent, you
appi-ared on Mr. Hold's porch, a week ugo,
advocating his election to the Vloe Freai
dencv. thus to my mind practically con
fessing the truth or his accusation azalnst
you. On the next evening I therefore felt
at perfect liberty to call your appointment
an insult to Chile.
So you see, Mr. Egan, it does not at all
matter how poor an opinion you entertain
of me, or what you say about me. The only
questions which can interest the country
are these: Were the accusations or Mr.
Held, in the Tribune, against you true If
they were not true, whr did you wait so
long before refuting theraT And why do
you divert your attack from the real author
of your troubles to me, whose only offense
is that of believing -what Mr. Held, in the
Tribune, told me about youT
But, I repeat, if abuse of me will relieve,
your mind, aouse me to your heart's con
ent;but don't suppose any dnst can thus be
thrown in the eyes or the public, ir you can
give satisractory answers to the three ques
tions I have asked, you will be completely
vindicated, but nothing else will be, believe
me. of any real service to you.
Wayse MaoVeaqk.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 22, 1692.
A BOYCOTT ON DEMOCRACY
Declared by Knights of Labor Leaders The
nnghes Case to Be Avenged Powderly
and "Wright Denounce Governors
Flower, Fattlson and Buchanan The
Order Declared to Be in Politics
New York, Oct. 23. A large number of
Knights of Labor and their sympathizers,
both men and women, assembled at the
People's Theater to-night at the benefit
performance tendered to James Hughes, the
Knight of labor imprisoned for extortion
at Rochester, in aid of the appeal in his
case.
Addresses were made by General "Work
man T; V. Powderly and the Knights of
Labor General Lecturer, James A. Wright.
The latter, who was the first speaker, gave
a history or the Hushes cae, and ald:
"What are we going to do about itt Well,
the Executive Board or 231 will re
main as in executive session until
after the election. We are going to
issue documents showing how laboring men
have been .treated by the Democratic Gov
ernors of Pennsylvania, Tennessee and
Kew "iork. We will eet 'hunk' with Na
tional Committeeman Harrity and his party.
The Knights or Labor Is a political organiza
tion this year, as the Democratic party will
learn on election day."
General Master Workman Powderly con
cluded the evening programme with a bitter
attack on Governor Flower, Chairman
Harrity and the Democratlo party, "lr
every American worLingmen felt us I do
ovirthls conductor tho Governor of the
State of Kew Yort," said he, "such a man as
Flower would never again sit in the Ex
ecutive chair at Albany.
"Those who were instrumental in putting
Hughes into a felon's cell claim that their
party i the party of the poor, of
the worklngmen, or the common peo
ple. The Democratic party cannot fool
U9 longer. We made flower the Demo
cratic Governor of a Republican
State. If you workmen do your duty here
you will teach the Democratic party that
they must treat you as men and American
citizens when yon ask justice. You will
teach Flower that you, us sovereign
people, must not bo insulted
and scorned; you will teach
men like Harrity that yon are men of Inteli
gence and cannot be deluded Into voting lor
your enemies. I cannot say one good word
of the Democratic party, and I am unable to
understand how any workingman can voto
for its candidates."
Mr. Powderly was frequently and loudly
applauded for his vigorous denunciation of
the Democratic party..
REPUBLICANS FEELING GOOD.
Those at National Headquarters In Almost
a Jubilant Mood They Consider the
Battle Practically Won Their Treasury
in Much. Better Shape Than That of the
Democrats.
New Yoke, Oct. 23. Special' The Re
publicans late to-night seemed to be in a
more confident mood than at any time with
in the last month. Certain very important
conferences bad taken place in the last lew
days.
Mr. Blaine is still at the Fifth Avenue
HoteL Hon. C L, Magee has returned from
Alabama.
One thing is apparent, and that Is that the
Republicans are vertf much better provided
with lands than tud Democrats." runner
more, the Republicans are alwavs better
fighters when they ax scared. That they
have been trightenedfora fortnight is be
yond qnestion. But to-night they recovered
their spirits. They talked more confidently.
Thev said that there had heed a return or
the Harrison wave. .
- Somehow this idea infected some of the
Democrats. Certain or the Republicans be
lieved that they were to have a much better
vote in New York City and Brooklyn than
had been thought of.
With the goal in sight and only two weeks
off, it may be said that the two National
Committees are thoroughly Jaded. It has
been a wearisome campaign and trying to
the nervous system. There has been Utue
hurrah, but a good deal of still hunting. Tho
apathy in many localities has been trying to
those in charge or the battle.
In 1888 it was known two weeks before
election by those on the Inside that Mr.
Cleveland was beaten. The various influ
ences In this campaign, the new territory to
be covered, and the changes in the political
complexion of some sections have all con
tributed to weary Mr. Harrity and Mr. Car
ter and their associates. The money ques
tion has also been in a muddle. The retusal
of Democrats to contribute to Mr. Cleve
land's fund has been the most painfufcbe
cause the obstinacy or those who contributed
in ISSt and 1888 has not been overcome.
The campaign this week will be distin
guished by the holding of several big Dem
ocratic meetings. Mr. Cleveland Is adver
tised to speak at one or two ot them. None
Is expected to be such a demonstration
as that which will be made at Tammany
Hall to-morrow night on the occasion or the
-evat fftonri Tfttifln&tinn tnMtin?. This affair
ought not to be spoken of In the single
number, for ithaabeen necessary to arrange
for the holding ot six different meetings
two in the building and four in the streets.
Senator Hill and ex-Governor Taylor, of
Tennessee, will be the orators at the meet
ing in the big halL
The German-American Cleveland union
will hold a mass meeting in Cooper Union,
Thursday night William Steinway will
preside, and Mr. Cleveland will deliver the
principal address. He is also booked for a
speech at the meeting arranged to be held
by the Democratlo business men in the Mad
ison Square Garden, Saturday night, pro
vided that meeting is held.
Tammany Hall meetings will be held in
? (arts of the city every night, their number
ncreasing the nearer the approaoh of elec
tion day.
SARDINIA'S DISASTER,
Many Tillages Submerged and Hundreds of
Lives Lost Terrible Experiences of Sur
vivors Who Spent a Night on Impro
vised Bafts The Work of XEescue.
London, Oct 22. The latest advices
from Cagliari give an appalling acconnt of
the terrible storm and flood in Sardinia
Thursday and Friday a calamity in which
hundreds of lives were lost and hundreds of
thousands of dollars' worth of property de
stroyed. The first indications of the ap
proaching hurricane were noticed Thursday
afternoon. The heat or the atmosphere be
came oppressive, and cattle and other ani
mals grew restless and hurriedlr sought
shelter. Soon, heavy, black clouds tinged
with red appeared. The peasants working
in the fields became terrified and took
refuge In their homes.
As the darkness of night came on the
cvclone hurst upon the plain in full force.
Incessant flashes of lightning and heavy
peals ot thunder accompanied the shrieking
of the wind, Khile loud subterranean rumb
lings added (Brir terrors to the storm. Bain
fell in torrents, and the lowlands were
flooded in a very short time. The river
Mannu and other streams intersecting the
district soon overflowed their banks.
Scores or dwellings and barns were demol
ished by the rasing flood, and hundreds or
people who bad sought refuge on the roors
or buildings were drowned. In most or the
villages there were many huts built of mud
which collapsed in a few moments, forming
rafts to which many peasants clung during
the ninht until they were rescued.
"On Friday morning the worK of rescue
began in earnest. Dozens or persons were
then found huddled together on elevations
or land and in the upper parts of the houses
that are still standing., .Tim luilUUngs still
standing were found to be seriously dam
aged. Survivors say that the experience of
that night was terrible In the extreme. The
wnole night long the air was filled with the
heart-rending shrieks of drowning human
beings and the terrified cries of sheep and
cattle, mingled with the ceaseless din of
alarm bells in neighboring villages. Dozens
of lives were saved by soldiers. One hun
dred bodies have been recovered at Ban
Sperate alone. The total death roll must
reach several hundreds.
EDITOK GILS0N MAKES A SENSATION.
He
Charges That Many Cambria Public
Schools Are Virtually Parochial.
Washesqtos, Pa., Oct. 28. Special The
proceedings in the Presbyterian Synod are
likely to be given a little color in the closing
sessions over some of the committee reports
involving feuds of varying ages aha degrees
of bitterness. The conferences in committee
are oftener enlivened by a little red-fire
than the discussions before the Gegeral As
sembly, and even in the deliberations of the
latter there is much oratory which, while
scarcely legitimate for the necessarily con
densed routine reports for daily newspaper
pucltcation, is Infinitely more inteiesting to
the mass of lay readers. A matter ot-much
comment Inside and ontside the angust
body is the declarations of the editor of the
Prabyterian Banner in the course of the dis
cussion of the publio school question. One
resolution had been introduced denouncing
the use of the schools for the Inculcation of
any particular church doctrine.
After somo of the usual soft-spoken min
isterial approbation of the resolution.
Editor Gilson unburden e J his mind on tho
subject of what he evidently considers the
namby-pambyism or the ministerial method
of meeting such questions. He said:
"Borne doesn't care a copper for resolu
tions, and they are entirely to sentimental
anyway. While their nuns are teaching in
publio schools, out of Catbolio text books, as
tbey have been doing at Gallitzln and else
where in Cambria county, and while Penn
sylvania School Boards are building $25,000
school houses, which are virtually paioohial
schools, these resolutions fall far short of
being the sort of tools to work with."
Cambria county school boards especially
are tremendously exercised over this dec
laration, and here and elsewhere the good
Catholic people aie being heard from in de
nunciation of such a statement.
RISING TEN FEET AN HOUR,
ABemarkableFlood Bnlnlng Cotton Fields
on the Colorado Biver.
Austin, Tex., Oct 23. A sudden rise, char
acteristic of the Colorado river, took place
last night, the water rising between eight
and ten feet within an hour. It destroyed
three steam launches, and, rising around a
large excursion boat being constructed to
carry 1,200 passengers, swept It from Its
ways, and it has been badly damaged.
The rise is 16 feet above low wator, and
manv cotton fields in the bottoms are inun
dated. A great deal of cotton has been de
stroyed. ALHOST DEV0UBEDBY DOGS.
Two Savage Brutes Attack and Mangle a
Cairo Man Nearly to Death.
Cairo, Oct. 23. Fred Ullrich was almost
devoured by two savage dogs this morning.
He was passing a residence when a savage
brute attacked him. Ullrich made a good
fight and would have come out all right, had
not another dog also attacked him.
His only weapon was a small pocket knife
and before aid could reach him the dogs
had knocked him down. Nearly all the
flesh on one leg and one arm was bitten off,
and he was frightfully torn in other parts of
his body. There is no hope of, his recovery.
FIVE VILLAGES WIPED OUT.
A Transcancaslan Earthquake Besnlts in
, Terrible Loss of Life.
Odessa, Oct. 23. Five villages near Eutais
in Transcaucasia have been destroyed by
an earthquake. Many lives are reported to
have been lost.
So far the bodies of 27 persons have been
recovered from the ruins of dwellings and
other buildings. It is believed that many
more bodies will be found.
Three Bide Thieves Billed.
CLAKB3,NEB.,0ct,22. A Union Paciflcfreigbt
train was derailed at Havens siding. Four,
teen ears of grain and coal were ditched. In
clearing nway the wreck, the bodies of three
men who had been stealing a ride, wpre
mniul. Two ware identified as AdolnFitz-
ver and Joseph Fanfelk, mechanics of
UUMUM. .-s.V-v
THE ENO VERY NEAR.
Mrs. Harrison's Condition Is
So Precarious That the''
Light of life May
GO OUT AT ANY MOMENT.
The Family Circle Around Her Bed
side Expecting the Worst.
DB, GARDNER HOLDS OUT NO HOPE,
And the President Passes a Drorr Daj ia
the Sickroom.
THE INVALID FAE TOO WEAK TO COUGH.
Washington, Oct. 24. At 2:45 a. m.
Mrs. Harrison was slowly sinking, and it
was feared that she would not live out the
night. There were sonfe signs that the end
was getting very near.
rSriCIAL TELEGBAM TO TOB PISPATCH.1
Washington, Oct. 23. Mrs. Harrison
is in a very precarious condition to-night,
and it is extremely doubtful whether she
has sufficient vitality to rally again. When
Dr. Gardner visited the White House this
morning, he instantly observed a change in
his patient's condition. The encouraging
symptoms of yesterday, which' gave the
President and his family so much to be
thankful for, had entirely disappeared, and
Mrs. Harrison is so feeble that she has not
the strength to congh.
The serious manner of the doctor and the
sad expressions upon the faces of the Pres
ident's family showed the gravity of the
situation more plainly than words. All
day the President and his chiTdren have re
mained close by the sickbed, for they now
realize that the end may come at any hour.
They waited for the doctor to give them a
ray of hope when he made his noonday
call, but he could not see any change for
the better, and he so informed the family as
delicately as possible. '
A Dreary Day for the President.
Again they looked anxiously toward Dr.
Gardner when he made his next visit, but
there was no word of encouragement in the
words be spoke. He could not look into the
future and predict how long the spark of lire
may flicker, but he tried to convey to the
grier-striokeft family the fact that they
should be prepared for the worst.
This has ueeu a very utwry uy iui ura
President and his family.
htle the sun
nan Khinlnor brlirhtlv outside the mansion,
-the clouds within continued to grow darker
and darker. Dr. scot was tne oniy memuei
or the household who went out to church in
the morning. Mrs. Senator Dolpb, Airs.
Parker and several other ladies called at the
iinnan nn tbn wav to church to learn the
latest from the sick chamber and extend
tbelr profound sympathy for the afflicted
household.
The President omitted his usual afternoon
exercise in the grounds soutn of the man
sion, but lingered in the sick, room notwith
standing the invitations from bis children
to go out into the fresh air for a little while.
The officials connected witn the mansion
and also the servants seem to feel that a
crisis is near, ror they moved about as noise
lessly as possible and spoke in subdned
tones to those with whom they conversed.
Dr. Gardner's Last Beport for the Day.
There were several newspaper reporters
at the White House this evening -when
Dr. Gardner made his last call. He came
from the house looking less cheerful than
he did 24 hours ago. He swung his pretty lit
tle stiver-mounted medicine chest back and
forth as he briefly informed his hearers that
Mrs. Harrison has again reached a critical
stage, when it is futile to hazard an opinion.
She has become so much weaker
within the past 24 hours as to
occasion the irravest apprehension.
Sho may have sufficient reserve force to
rally again, in view of the fact that she has
heretofore exhibited such a wonderful
amount of vitality. The outlook, however,
is far from encouraging in her present con
dition. She has lost so much flesh that she
Is a mere shadow of the good woman who
stood in the Blue Parlor last New Year's
Day and cordially greeted the hundreds of
callers who came to the White House, wish
ing her and her husband a happy Itew
Year.
The light in the upper rooms are now
burning dimly, and perfect quietude pre
vails throughout the house. At mldnubt
Mrs. Harrison was resting quietly. There
was no change in her condition from the
previous report. The President and family
circle, fearful of the worst, are sitting up
with the invalid.
Conscious of All Around Her.
Dr. Gardner, at his last visit, found no
striking obanges in the patient's condition,
nothing to encourage hope of even a few
days' longer prolongation of life, and
yet nothing to Indicate a prospect
of immediate dissolution within a
few hours. The only nourishment
that flad be6n administered during the
day was a little peptonized beef. The sys
tem was too weak to longer assimilate the
eggs, which had heretofore been given.
Some 'partial sleep had been obtained. At
other times Mrs. Harrison showed that she
was conscious orf what went on around her,
but in her weak condition took no part in
any conversation, nor did she in anyway
indicate any desire or utter a complaint.
The uncomplaining endurance with which
her long illness has been borne has been one
or the most striking and pathetic features in
tbe caBe.
When Dr. Gardner left at 10.30 o'clock he
said he wonld not return unless telephoned
for. The rooms of Pilvate Secretary Hal
ford and other offices in the building will re
main open all nUhr, and Intelligence of any
change for the worse will be promptly coin-
tnnnlMlAll.
The physicians seem of the opinion that
the great change, if it came at all to-night,
would come, as 'so frequently happens in
consumptive case", just Defore dawn, when
vitality is at its lowest ebb.
' 'Whereabouts of the Cabinet.
Attorney General Miller, who is now the
only member of the Cabinet in tbe city,
called at the White House about 10 o'clock;
and was very much pained to learn that
Mrs. Harrison's condition was so much
worse than when be left here for Chicago
Tuesday last. It was stated at the
White Honse that none of tbe Cabinet have
been summoned to th e city in anticipation of
a fatal termination of lirs.Harrison's Illness.
Secretaries Tracy, Noble and Postmaster
General Wanamaker are still in Chicago,
but will leave to-night at 11 o'clook for
Washington. Secretary John W. Foster Is
at Evansville, lnd., and will probably start
for Washington to-morrow. Secretary
Busk is in Wisconsin, Secretary Foster is at
Davenport, la., and Secretary Klkins is in
West Virginia.
FLORIDA'S LATEST BACK WAS.
Negroes "Well Armed and Defiant, bnt the
"Worst Is Probably Over.
Trrcsvnxx, Fla., Oct. 23. A Sheriff's posse
sent out at noon to-day to arrest the ring
leader or the negroes In last night's shoot
ing affray was resisted and fired upon. The
nosse escaped with a few scratches, but the
negro ringleader was killed and four others
wounded. The Governor of Florida has
been telegraphed for military assistance,
and Stanford has offered help, but cool
heads here believe that the crisis has
passed.
The white citizens are armed and watch
ful, bnt the supply of rifles is rather de
ficient. The,-neirroe8 are well armed and
are In eamp about one mile from town. The
Conner's inquest has been held to-day on
thebody of tbe negro tilled last night. Tbe
verdiet was that he "was killed while re
sisting officers by a shot r4 by soaieper,-
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BERLIN'S SENSATION.
It is Tragic, and Furnishes a .Plot for a
Blood-Curdllng Drama How aWoman
"Who Was Forced Into a Distasteful
Marriage SecuredHer Bevenge.
BT CABLE TO TOE DISPATCH,
Berlin, Oct. 23. The arrest of a ser
vant girl named Schemp has resulted in the
revelation of sensational details concerning
the murder of the garden manager, Gerson
Herz. When the murder was first discov
ered Fran Herz and her husband's book
keeper, who had disappeared, were sup
posed to have done the deed with their own
hands. Fran Herz, however, is found to
have been only the instigator of the murder.
Sho had always hated her husband, whom
she had been compelled to marry by her
father because he was rich.
Immediately arter her marriage she re
sumed her Intimacy with her former lover,
bribing the servant girl, Schemp, to keep
the secret and aid her in smuggling the man
Into the house during her husband's ab
sence. When her old lover went to America
Fran Herz became Infatuated with her hus
band's head bookkeeper. Schemp meantime
had left her service. Two weeks ago Frau
Herz went to Ulm, looked up Schemp, and
told her that Herr Herz must be got out of
the way so that she and tlje bookkeeper
might marry. Finally she offered Schemp a
large sum of money to murder Herr Herz.
Schemp accepted the commission and
hired her brother, a coachman in Langenau,
to help her. The brother and sister went to
Billigbeim on the following afternoon. In
the evening they concealed themselves
by the side or the road over wbloh
Herr Herz passed from his factory to
his home. The coachman knocked Herz
down, and he and his sister then stabbed
and strangled Win to aeatn. xney rmeu
bis pookets, so as to give the idea that
robbery was their motive, but they left
Herz's gold watclTin his pocket and a dia
mond ring on his finger, so the police were
convinced as soon as they found the body
that money was not the object of the crime.
Suspicion fell upou the Schemp woman,
who had been seen in the neighborhood
shortly before tho murder, and an
hour after was noticed to be hurrying
off in a state of high excitement.
She was arrested and confessed everything.
When the police arrived at her brother's
house they lound him hanging from the
limb or a tree in the back yaid. He had
been dead several hours.
Frau Herz denies all or Scnemp's accusa
tions, nnd says, tber Is a conspiracy against
her. The bookkeeper denies that be was
intimate with Frau Herz, or knew of any
plot against her husband. The trial of the
prisoners will probably be long and hard
fought, as Frau Herz is rich enough to
engage the most exoensive legal talent in
her defense.
CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP.
A Sad Tragedy at Buffalo A Man Sets a
Snare for Chicken Thieves and Is Shot
by His Own Weapon The Trap "Worked
Only Too "Well.
Buffalo, N. Y., Oct, 2a Special. A
remarkable tragedy occurred here to-day,
in which a would-be thief-faker was caught
in his own trap and died before he could
give an explanation. A careful examina
tion of the 'premises and testimony ot his
family reveal the following story:
Edward Kirk, of "Winslow avenue, has
been raising fine poultry for some time
past. He has had great success, but has
been troubled by thieves. Somebody for
weeks has lifted a fine brace of spring pul
lets almost every night, and Kirk has
laid awake in vain to catch the miscreant.
Winslow avenue is Just beyond the thlcgly
inhnhlted nortion of the town and not viull-
antly patrolled by the police nor very well
lighted. The thief operated so silly as to
leave no trace or clew to his Identity,
Mr. Kirk at last hit on a plan to punish the
rascals. He rlgaed a shotgun just inside the
pen door, so that anyone who trifled with
the lock -would -move a.wire which was at
tached to the" trigger.
Nobody in Kirk's family was allowed to go
near the pen except himself. To-day about
noon he went out to feed his poultry when
his wife was startled by tbe discbarge of a
gun. Itunnlng into the yard she found her
husband lying in front of the coop, with
blood pouring from a ghastly wound in his
throat.
The gunshot wound had torn the arteries
and the trachea so that blood was fast filling
his lungs. Doctors soon arrived, but the
man died within 15 minutes. Ho had planned
his thief tiap to do its work only too well.
BOBBED OF HIS C0TJBT JEWELS.
The Secretary of the Italian Legation
Treated Badly in Chicago.
Washington, Oct. 23. Special. Marquis
Imperialle, Secretary of tbe Italian Lega
tion, has do regrets because Columbus dis
covered America, but the Marquis has good
reason for regretting that he went to Chi
cago to attend the World's Fair celebration.
He returned to Washington to-night with
tbe other members of the diplomatic corps
minus $50 in cash and all or his court Jewels
and decorations, which some light-fingered
"gent" relieved him of while he was a guest
at tue Hotel Lexinzton.
It is unfortunate that such a loss should
fall upon a member of the Italian legation,
in view of the prominence Italy and her
people play in tbe Columbus celebration.
The Maiquls does not mourn over the $50 as
he does over the loss or his Jewels and dec
orations. He delighted to display them at
the White House on state occasions and
other publio demonstrations, and he prob
ably feels that he may not beableto keep up
his social popularity without his decorations.
BANDIT PERRY CAUGHT.
He Enjoyed Only Eight Hours of Limited
Liberty Within Prison Walls.
AuBtntK, N. T., Oot. 23. Oliver Curtis
Perry has been recaptured and is now safe
in a dungeon cell in Auburn prison. He was
found at 1:33 o'clock, after eight hours of
limited liberty, hiding in tho marble shop.
The stowaway at once started in a race for
liberty, closely pursued by several prison
guards. He ran into the tailor shop, where
he was met by one of tbe watchers, who
thrust a bulls-eve lantern and a revolver in
his face. Perry at once withdrew, out m his
precipitate retreat he. rushed directly into
the arms of Keeper Smith.
The desperado did not surrender immedi
ately, but made an attempt to kill the keeper
with a large stone. Smith retaliated by
striking . Perry on the head with a heavy
cane. This ended the scrimmage, and tbe
bold express lobber was carried to a cell
from which it is unlikely he will ever es
cape. N0TRIPE FOR A REPUBLIC.
Monarchists "Win the Portuguese Elections
by a Large Majority.
LiBBOie, Oot. 23. The general elections wera
held in Portugal to-day. Fonr Monarchists
and two Uepublicans have been elected tor
Lisbon, and three Monarchists and one Re
publican for Oporto. The returns so far in
uicate that the Cabinet will have a large ma
jority. Election riots occurred at Clntra and other
? laces, and many persons were injured,
he riots were suppressed by troops.
HO SOCIALISTS HEED AFFL7.
Government Spies In the German Army to
Ferret Out Opinions of Privates.
BEBLIJT, Oct. 28. A Bavarian Socialist
organ publishes a letter and code of secret
correspondence alleged to have been form
ulated by the Government to enable tbe
civil authorities to inform the War Office of
the political opinions of army recruits, with
the special view or enabling the military
authorities to exclude Socialists from the
army as much as possible. v
ITALIANS AGAINST BTJSSIANS.
One Dead and Another Dying After a Na
tionality Eight Near Huntingdon.
HuitTrsQDOif, Oct. 23. Two Italians work
ing in a stone quarry here made at attack on
two Busslan quarrymen named Miobael
Stone and Lawrence Krutika, yesterday,
near Union Furnace. ......
Krutika was shot through tbe heart and
instantly killed, and Stone was stabbed and
Is in a dangerous condition. The murderers
Moaned. - - .' v- . , r h
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CUPID'S 00D CAP!!
Western Lawyer Wins a
Wife While Wooing Her
Sister Through
LONG DISTANCE EFFUSIONS
He Followed His Photo Across the
Continent and
THE MAIDEN DID THE EEST.
She Met Him at the Depot, Identified
Eim, Liked L'im and
ACTIONS TROYE SHE WILL MARRY HIJI
New Yobk, Oct2a Colonel J. Kennedy
Stout, 43 years old, a wealthy lawyer of
Spokane Falls, "Wash., and a member of
Governor Ferry's personal staff, is a princi
pal in a romantic courtship by mail, which
will culminate in his wedding Tuesday even
ing to Miss Ida Homan, of Williamsburg,
whom he has never seen. The link which
will bring about the union was furnished by
Miss Gertie Homan, sister of the prospective
bride.
Colonel Stout became acquainted with
Miss Gertie when she played Little Lard
Fauntleroy in Spokane Falls some time ago.
He wrote her. and some of the letters re
ceived at home were answered by Miss Ida.
In that way a correspondence opened.
There was a conditional proposal by mail
and an acceptance on the same basie.
Colonel Stotft has been in Chicago for sev
eral days at the Columbian celebration.
He left Chicago Friday night and tele
graphed that he would be in New York1 at
2 o'clock this afternoon.. Miss Ida, armed
with his latest photograph, determined to
be the first to meet him.
She Was There on Schedule Time.
Long before the time for 'the train bear
ing Colonel Stgut to arrive at the Jersey
City depot, Miss Ida was there. The
earliest train was due at 1:51 o'clock. Miss
Homsn's especial escort was a siout man,
wearing a silk hat and whiskers. - Then
there was another young woman, wearing a
fawn-colored frock and a nervous expres
sion. She was accompanied by. a second
young man, also with a silk hat and a
slender mustache.
The auartet walked Into the waiting loom
with an air of seeming unconcern. Sllss Ho
man was the oalmest or the four. They
talked, but the conversation was spasmodic
Miss Homan looked up at the big cloclc at
1:49, and at 1:50 the party strolled solemnly
out to the high iron fence. Then Miss Ho
man heaved a nervous sigh and began a
promenade with her escort up and down In
faont of the ticket punchers.
After a ten-minutes' walk the gentle
man with ,the whiskers Interviewed
A. fnnntionarv and found that the
train was half an hour ;late. The party
then filed through the ticket gates and
walked nervously along the platform by
the railway tracks. The specified half hour
passed, and still the Chicago limited had
notappearedi Then-somebody walked up
to tbe bulletln'board and chalked down the
awful fact that the train was "another half
hour late. Miss Homan and party plumped
themselves down on a railway truck and
smiled four pale smiles.
" Hope Deferred for an Hour or So.
It takes grit to loiter seronely when wait,
lngfora train an hour late that bears your
fate In the shape of a man you have never
met. Miss Homan proved that she possessed
enough of that quality to undergo the expe
rience without apparent tremor. Train after
train arrived. The young woman in the
fawn-colored gown had long since collapsed.
Just when hope was at its lowest ebb the
long line or sleepers composing the Western
limited crept around the curve approaching
the station and steamed iuto the big build
ing. Miss Homan sprang up with alaority
and, accompanied by her escort, walked
down to the forward sleeper. Then came
the very worst part or the situation, the
scanning of each masculine face in the en
deavor to recognize that of her future hus
band. A stream of men of high and low degree
rushed by, carrying all sorts of baggage.
Miss Homan's emotions were written in her
countenance. A rather handsome man
Sassed by. He looked at Miss Homan and
iss Homan looked back again with an
optical interrogation. Then another woman
came up and threw her arms around the
stranger, A red nosed man with eye glasses
walked straight toward the waiting pair.
Miss Homan's face said, as plain as words
could have done:
'Horrors! I hope It ain't him." It was not.
The Right Man Turns Up at Last.
Then down in the line Of hurrying passen
gers a big, good-looking chap was seen re-e-ardlnsr
Miss Homan attentively. He was
dressed in a long ulster and carried a travel
ing bag slung over one of his broad shoul
ders. It was Colonel J. Kennedy Stout. He
liad seen bis fiance before she saw him, and
tbe smile on bis lace was one oi uouuiuch
satisfaction. He stepped right out of the
crowd, and then Miss Homan saw him lorthe
first time. She took two quick steps forward
and held out her hand. Mr. Stout grasped it
with true Western frankness.
"I'm so glad to see vou," said Miss Homan.
"And I'm so sorry to have kept you wait
ing," replied Mr. Stout.
Then an introduction to Miss Homan's
escort followed and tbe meeting was over.
The trio strolled down to the truck where
the young woman In the fawn-colored gown
was waiting. More Introductions followed,
and then the entire party walked down to
tho Brooklyn annex boat. Miss Homsn's
friends considerately walked ahead to
give her and Mr. Stout a chance
to get acquainted. There was no difficulty
about that. Before the boat was reached
tney weie walking very close together nnd
laughing at every step. Then they took
seats on the starboard side and ohatted
merrily while tho Kay old gondola wheezed
and puffed and carried them around the
Battery and up the East river to the wharf.
There they took a car for the residence of
Miss Homan's parents.
DEPEW CALLED BY SOCIALI5T3
For Declaring They Are Always Forced to
Leave Their Native Land.
Chicago, Oot 23. Special. At the meet
ing of the Socialists, this afternoon, Tommy
Morgan took upon himself the tusk of criti
cising certain passages or Channcey Depew's
speech. In one part of tho i-peeoli Mr.
Depew speaks of socialism finding a foot
hold in America, and that socialism finds
disciples only among those who are loiced
to fly from their native land.
Morgan was severe in ms criticism. "
claimed that Mr. Depew. as one or the
greatest orators in the United States, should
now better than to make such assertions.
"He either does not know -what socialism
Is," continued Morgan, "or wilfully mis
represents it." Morgan's argument was
finally placed before the gathering in a form
of a resolution in which that portion of Mr.
Depew's speech is denounced.
A Homcstend 3Ian Killed. v
DnBoiS, Pa., Oct. 23. Special. Michael
Devine, a young man employed by the
Drake & Stratton Company on the work of
sinking a coal shaft here for the Berwind
Whlte Coal Company, was killed at the mine
Saturday night by tailing from the top to
'the bottom of tho shaft. He fell out ola
bucket and the drop was a sneor ian oi jiw
feet. Devine came here twu months ago
from Homestead, where the body will be
sent to-morrow for burial.
An Anarchist Riot in Paris.
Paris, Oct. JS. An Anarchist meeting held
in the St. Denis quarter to-day terminated
in a --melee, in whieh knives and revolvers
'were freely used. Several persons, includ
ing nrnnbar of eendarmes. were wounded.
I sour AnarcnisH wore wmra, ...
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A Keeper at the Philadelphia Zoo Attacked
by One of His Pets -Fifty "Wounds
Inflicted by the Antlers or the Enraged
Beast.
Philadelphia, Oct 23. John Ford,
aged E0 years, a keeper at the Zoological
Garden, had a terrible encounter this
afternoon with an infuriated elk
and .received iniuries which resulted
to-night in his death. Ford was
an old keeper at the garden and his busi
ness was to feed the elk and bufialo. Among
the elks was a magnificent specimen of the
race from the Booky Mountains. The ani
mal was of uncertain temper, and at times
gave way to outbursts of furious rage, dur
ing which it was dangerous to enter the
pea.
When Ford came around to-day on his
usual feeding round, the animal was quietly
grazing, and the keeper entered the enclos
use without a thought or danger. Ford
walked to the feeding trough and, turning
his back to the elk, began to pour
the feed Into its receptacle. The first
intimation of danger he had was an
angry snort from the elk, and as he turned
the animal charged upon him, and its heavy,
wide-spreading antlers struck him in the
side. The blow threw the man across the
trough, and while lying on his back unable
to defend blmseir, the furious animal dealt
blow after blow upon his recumbent figure.
The soreams of Ford, tho shrill cries of the
elk and the commotion among the other an
imals attracted tbe attention of the other
keepers. Some half a dozen of them entered
the pen and drove the elk from
his victim. Ford was picked up. cov
ered with blood and only partially
conscious, and borne from the pen. He
was taken to a hospital, where an ex
amination showed over 60 cuts and lacer
ations on bis body that the horns or the elk
had Inflicted on him. Ford had, also, several
ribs broken. He lived several hours, but
died to-night from his injuries.
BEATING THE BIS FOUR,
Spotters Find Out How Conductors Can
Safely Knock Down Cash Fares Even
Printed Keceipt Books With Stubs Can
Be Duplicated and Used.
Columbus, O., Oct. 23. Special. For
some time the passenger department of the
Big Four Eailroad has been cognizant of
the fact that it was being systematically
robbed, as the money received by the sale
of tickets and for cash fares fell far below
what it should have been, considering the
enormous businass it does.
The tickets taken upon the trains tallied
exactly with the report made by tics:et agents
and so the company came to the conclusion
that It was being swindled in some manner
out of its Jnst dues in cash fares received by
conductors on trains, the biggest leakage
being between tblicity and Cleveland, al
though there was a shortage on the Cincin
nati division.
When a passenger pays cash to a con
ductor the latter aives him a receipt, which
shows the points he traveled from and to,
date of trip and the amount of money paid.
The Btub 1b Just like tbe original receipt,and
the cash the conductor turns in must of
course tally with bis cash sheet.
Spotters were put on trains, bnt nothing
developed. Finally the matter was put in
the bands or tbe Mowatt Detective Agency,
or Cleveland, and in a short time the secret
was found out, and was very simple. Dupli
cate receipt books were reprinted by print
ers in the employ otsome of the conductors,
and about half the cash received was re
ceipted for from these books. Arrests will
follow, it is said, in a few days.
HAYXES AN ENGLISH SPY.
Philadelphia Irishmen Think They Know
the Witness Against NelU,
Philadelphia, Oct. 23. Irishmen of Phila
delphia now believe that John .ratncK
Haynes, who figured so conspicuously In the
trial of Thomas Neill, is John Patrick
Hayes, formerly of this city, who, it Is
said, became an English spy a rew years ago
and left this country last spring. At that
time it was reported that he carried with
him important Information relative to the
movements of certain secret Irish associa
tions in this country. Irish leaders declare
as positively as if they bad personal knowl
edge that Haynes is.no other than Hayes,
tbe spy, ana t mo bpvh.uk v .tw
was eitner a lypuKiau"".".
error or had
been done purposely uj
,nnKtl hln irifmtitv.
Jy himself in order to
Hayes' evidence last week, they say,
showed that he was an English spy; that he
had Deen in America during 1890, and that
be was employed bv the Government in
making secret inquiries during the Parnell
trial all facts which go to prove the identity
of the man. Hayes at one time figured con
spicuously in secret Irish organizations. He
was Grand Organizer of the Fenian Broth
hood, and chief superintendent of the dis
tribution or dynamite in England, and,
therefore, knew all the workings of the or
ganization. Some years a?o Irish leaders
were aroused by the fact that their greatest
secrets were known in England and all
movements were nipped in the bud. Hayes
-nMioiisnectedof betraying tho secrets of
the organizations and was watched with
suspicion by many Irisn leaders, and finally
Darrea out iiuux
gether.
the organizations alto-
SINGERS PLENTIFUL.
Frank
Damrosch's Free Class Sumbers
8,500 at the First lesson.
New Yobk, April 23. Soeciat. The old
hall in the basement oi tne wooper union
contained this afternoon fully 3,500 young
men and women, principally the latter,
gathered in the hall in response to the invi
tation extended by Mr. Frank Damrosch to
all who wanted to Join the people's singing
classes organized by htm. It has long been
Mr Dammsoh's intention to form an enor
mous singing class for the benefit of thoe
who are gifted with really good voices
and yet have no opportunity of cultivating
' Heexplained the object of the meeting
and proceeded at once to business. When
the lesson was over the 2,600 girls and young
men were dismissed. That all were delight
ed by their first lesson was evident. As
for Mr. Damrosch, he was greatly pleased
with his pnplls, and says that he expects to
find some great singers among them.
HEJXL OWNS TO THBE2 MTJEDEE3.
He Wants an Interview With His Fiancee
Before He Goes to the Scaffold;
T.03D02T, Oct.'23. The Newt of Hie World de
clares that It is in a position to state that
Neill, the doomed woman-poisoner. In sn in
terview in Jail, confessed that he poisoned
Matilda Clover, Emma Shrivell and Alice
Marsh, but declared that he had not pois
oned Ellen Don worth, and said that no to
the last moment he had had a feeling that
he would be acquitted. Since he was sen
tenced, Neill has been as impassive and cool
as before. When he was taken to Wandworth
iail Friday night, he said:
J "Thank heaven, it is all overt The Judge
was dead against me, but perhaps that was
h'6n Saturday Nelll asked to be allowed bo
fore the day set for his execution to see
Laura Sabbatini. to whom he was engaged to
be married. t
PLEASURE BOATS SUBBED.
The Steamer Jamestown, Chautauqua's
Favorite, Goes Vp in Smoke.
Jamistows.TT.Y.. Oct. 23. The steamers
Jamestown and City of Erie and a private
, Tannrh imnieil to the water's ertsre
to-dav. The Jamestown was the largest
steamer on Chautauqua Lake. Loss, $20,000;
insurace srhaU.
A West Virginia Powder Explosion.
HtrcrrnraTON, W. Va., Oct. 21-The large
powder mill plant at Kellogg, two miles be
low this olty, owned by the Continental
Powder Company of New York, blew up to
oav at o'clock with terrific force, shaking
the ground for miles and demolishing the
entire plant. The loss by the explosion will
reach SiO.uOO. No one was hurt.
A Fleeing Millionaire Traced.
Sajt FBA2tcisco,Oct.23. The policejoave sno
ceeded in tracing Dr. Tynan, the Modesto
millionaire who mysteriously disappeared
two weeks ago. Last Thursday he was seen
In Saoramento and purchased a ticket to
New York, giving his name as Stanley, his
mother's maiden name. The police think
bf U going to jKuropai
LOTS OF NAMES
SUPPORT PECK
In His Statements as to -the
Benefits of Protection
to Worklngmen.
A BEPLY TO DEMOCRATS'
ffho
Haye Been Demanding Par
ticulars of Prosperity;
A Sweeping Broadside From the Be-
publican National Committee Com
missioner Peek's Eeport More Than
Confirmed Hundreds of Firms Found
That Have Increased Their Work
men's Wages Materially Since the)
Passage of the UcKirAey BUI A
Clamor.for Names That Is More Than
Satisfied.
CSFZCIAL TELEGKAM TO THE DISPATCH.J
New York, Oct 23. The Eepub
lican National Committee has issued a cir
cular In reply to a request from Demo
crats for the names of manufacturers from
whom Commissioner Peck obtained his
statistics. It is as follows:
Out of the depths into which the publi
cation of Commissioner Peck's report
plunged them on the qnestion of whether
or no the McKinley tariff had been pro
ductive of good to this country, its iu
dustries, its shippings, its agriculture and
its workingmen, the Democrats have been
crying to all sorts and conditions of men
for rescue. They have lar.ghed, they have
scofied, they have almos shed tears; they
have invoked the aid Ml letter writers, of
orators and of such mAbers ol the party
as, being Democrats nt or nothing, would
consent to lend thebojKien of their condem
nation help bury MrJPecfc and ntae tnose
fatal figures out of
iht.
3Ir. Peck, too,
FiS 3.
Democrat, but he
had the facts befo:
him and was forced by
nature of his offi
al occupation to "noth-
iug extenuated
set down ought to
malice." The latest cries .with wnicn tney
have tried to drive him to a recantation U
the clamor for "names."
Keply to the Demand for Names.
When Mr. Beck said that his report was
founded upon figures furnished by manu
facturers tne dumbfounded Democracy
clutched a the straw and shouted "who are
they? GJ ft us the names."
The Eublican National Committee is
now in a position trtamkh J-names," and
... ... ., .
does so herewith to the number pi auu or
mofer"Tnat number is only a smaljNgPrtioa
of the entire collection which he coramlC'
tee has in keeping, and if the Demo
cratic railers at Mr. Peck and his
work are not satisfied with the explicit
character of those returns, as shown by tho
tables", as citations of this story, they may
upon application see lor themselves in au
tograph letters of manufacturers the pref
sincentro vertible, that everything- con
tained herein "Is just as advertised."
It is not known whether these manufact
urers are those from whom Mr. Peck ob
tained his figures; but inasmuch as the list
comprises leading manufacturers in all
branches, it is safe to assume that they are.
Tbe Bequests for Information.
The Manufacturers' National League,
Thomas C. Piatt, Chairman of the Legisla
tive Committee, James S. Thurston, Secre
tary, undertook, on learning of tne anxiety
on the part of the Democrats for "names'
to supply the want, so they sent out, shortly
alter the "names" cry went up, this circa-
lar:
The National Manufacturers'League again
desires such thorough co-operation of busi
ness men during tbe present campaign in
the circulation of statistical information
and a full discussion of the principle or pro
tection to American industry as will em
phasize and forever settle the policy which
the Republican party has always main
tained. As a preliminary to more efficiens
organization, will you kindly furnish ma
immediately with the names of manu
facturers in your vicinity. If names of
firms or corporations are given, please also
give names of partners or active managers,
with postoffiCB address, and in all cases
indicate the present political attitude, thus:
Mark active Republicans. A. E.
Republicans, but not active, B.
Democrats. D.
Yours respectfully, T. a Platt,
Chairman Legislative Committee.
The Specific Information Obtained.
"When answers were received tbey fol
lowed with this, addressed to persons whose
names had been obtained by means of the
first circular:
Dzab Sra The Manufacturers' National
League again desires such thorough co-operation
of businessmen dnrinsr the campaign
in the circulation of specific information,
and the full discussion of the principles or
protection to American industries as will
emphasize the policy which the Republican
party has always maintalned.and at the same
time rebuke the enemies of American labor,
ir yon approve tho effort please Indicate the
laot ir you will cause documents to be dis
tributed to your employes, state the number
or voters employed. If other than English
speaking voters employed state the nation
ality. They will be furnished free of ex
pense, on blank below kindly give names
and addresses of other manufacturers of
your acquaintance who are known to avor
protection to Industry.
The Basis of the Statistics.
The basis of the work of canvass having
thus been established a third circular was
issued. What it meant to accomplish the
circular itself best tells:
Will you kindly fumlsh us with an im
mediate response to the following; ques-
First How many people do you employt !
Second What do you manufacture?
Third Has your business Increased under
the McKinley tarifflawt
Fourth If so, what is the percentage of
the increase in the amount paid for wagea
in the nine months of 1892. ending with Sep
tember 30, over the amounts paid for the
corresponding periods of 1890 ana 18911
Xbes, In response, iregnu u mu m un
expected volume the evidences, now re
corded and preserved by the League, for
the benefit of the doubtinj? Democratia
voters ot the truthfulness of Mr. Peck's
report. They do not leave the ires traders
a leg to stand upon.
The inquiries cover New York, New Jer
sey and Connecticut, embrace every variety
of manufactures and the results, which have)
been tabulated and duplicates of which, ia
tabulated form, have been handed over to
the National Committee, ought to satisfy,
-the curiosity of Roger Q. Mills himself.
Some of the Negative Replies.
There are some cases in the large number
gathered iu which the correspondents hay
answered "No" to the 'question, "Has your
business increased under the McKinley
tariff law?," A notable one of thou la tWl -,
nrm oi w. a. i'ecc CO.. wholesale sun.
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