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SHEEHAN'S ROAST
He "Wanted to Bead the Riot
Act to Cleveland, but
Was Qnickly Called.
HOW THE TIGER WILTED
At That Memorable Little Dinner at
the Victoria Hotel.
Mr. Cleveland Said He Would Appeal
From the Machine to the People The
Bosses at Once Wilted No Pledges
Dreamed of by the Presldent-Elect
Fresh Facts From the Inside Gor
man Denies the Reports of the Pro
posed Democratic Conference in New
York To-Day A Mistake Out Some
where Former Officeholders Under
Cleveland Expecting' to Be Renamed
Free Silver Advocates Threaten to
Fight to the Last Ditch Vote of- Con
gressmen Elect on a Special Session.
2ew Yobk, Xov. 27. "I will appeal
from the machine to the people. This very
eight I will issue a declaration to the
electors of the State telling them the pro
position you have made to me and the
reasons why I am not able to accept it I
will ask them to choose between us. Such
is my confidence in the people that before
the week ends I believe your machine will
be in revolution against you. I cannot
make the promises you ask."
In the forejoing words, says a Herald
reporter, I am authentically informed,
Grorer Cleveland replied to the proposi
tion made by Lieutenant Governor Sheehan
at the memorable Victoria Hotel dinner of
September8, which has been productive of
so much gossip, speculation and comment
Whether the President-elect did at any
stage of the conference blurt out the exple
tive attributed to him by Mr. Shearman is a
point on which testimony differs, but I
have the assurance of an intimate lriend of
Mr. Cleveland that the words above .quoted
formed the substance of his response to the
demand that he surrender to, or at least
give definite pledges to "the machine."
How Sheehan Bead the Blot Act
It was a momentous meeting, and a trust
worthy report ot what occurred is naturally
interesting to the public. Besides Mr.
Cleveland and Mr. Sheehan, there were
present at the dinner Messrs. Edward Mur
phy, Jr., William a Whitney, Richard
Croker and Don M. Dickinson.
"X am coins to read the riot act to Mm
to-night," Mr. Sheehan said at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon, as he emerged from -Mr. -Murphy's
room at the Hoffman House,
where he and Mr. Murphy had determined
upon the course to be followed at the din
ner. Tha meaning of the "riot act" Mr.
Sheehan was going to read became known
to eight or ten persons in the party before
nightfall, and one of them warned Mr.
Cleveland, who consequently had time to
reflect and prepare his answer .to the de
mand which was to be presented.
My informant states that Mr. Sheehan in
making his communication touched lightly
on the incidents preceding the Rational
Convention, and the friendship which he
and Mr. Murphy, of the regular Demo
cratic State organization, had felt for Sen
ator HilL He brought to Mr. Cleveland's
attention the strength of the organization,
its control of the machinery of the party
and the fact that it embraced working and
influential Democrats in every county of
the State.
A Speech for the Spoils.
"I am not speaking for Mr. Murphy or
myself," he is described as saying. "I am
talking for the hundreds and thousands of
Democrats in this State who are the spine
and vitals of the party. They want to know
the treatment they are to receive from the
new Democratic adminstration. They sus
pect they are not well liked by you, that
their friendship for Senator Hill may have
biased your mind against them and they de
sire assurances that In the event of victory
tliey will receive the rewards which they
fight to win."
Mr.Sheehan's earnest and warm argument
culminated in a blunt proposal that Mr.
Cleveland shonld bind himself to cive the
distribution of an adequate share or the
federal patronage in this State to the regu
lar organization, and that an understanding
in detail should be arranged between the
l'residental nominee, on one hand, and
Messrs. Murphy and Sheehan on tho other.
An intimation was made that without a
promise tbey might not be able to stimulate
their following to an enthusiasm sufficient
for success. They feared the loss of the
State.
A Beply That Was Stnnnlng.
Mr. Cleveland was pictured to me as list
ening attentively to this statement and en
couraging lullness of explanation by ques
'tlonfc and interjected remarks. Messrs.
Whitney, Croker, Dickinson and Murphy
were silent witnesses. When the Lieutenant
Governor ceased speaking Mr. Cleveland's
reply came, clear and hard, as quoted
above.
It had been resolved br Mr. Cleveland to
inlonn the newspapers at once of the de
mands made upon htm. The Democratic
National Committee would have refused
any longer to recognize the Democratic
State Committee, with Sir. Murphy, Its
Chairman, and Mr. Sheehan, its Campaign
Cliaiiman, as representing the Democratic
party. Tbe "anti-snappers" in the city were
prepared to seize that as the opportunity to
Jump out with a second Democratic city and
county ticket Eevolt would have begun
against the chieftains of the State organiza
tion everywhere, and it was not considered
improbable by Mr. Cleveland's advisers that
a majority or the State Committee would
have voted to expel Mr. Murphy and Mr.
Sheehan.
And the Bosses Betreated Rapidly.
How did Mr. Sheehan and Mr. -Murphy
take the leply?
Within ten uftnutes they withdrew their
request for pledges or promises. They ac
cepted the situation as they found it and
before they left the room they pledged to
the ticket a support as vigorous as if their
terms bad been agreed to. Their statements
were taken at their face value. They were
watched, however, at every "tep which they
tooktn the canvass. The managers or the
national campaign became convinced that
thctatc organization under tho direction
or Mr. Murphy and Mr. Sheehan was putting
forth every effort possible to elect the
ticket and they trusted it
Since the Victoria Hotel conference the
directors or "the machine" have solicited
nothing from Mr. Cleveland. They are feel
1
REVERSED
ing their way into his confidence, and' when
the proper timjToomes they Intend to ask
for a liberal share or the Federal patronage,
and they assume they will get It
In speaking or the Incident afterward,
Mr. Cleveland said: "I could not sell my
self out to the organization. I would have
lost the confidence of the independent
Democrats in tho State. I would have been
unworthy to be the candidate or the party
or to be President Cut then I never
dreamed of giving the pledge."
GORMAN ISN'T IN IT.
The Maryland Senator Says He Hasn't
Been Notified of Any Conference of
Democrats in New Tork Several Others
Don't Believe Anything of That Kind
Will Take Place.
Washington, Kov. 27. Special.
Senator Gorman has authorized an emphatic
denial of the report that he has invited a
number of prominent Democrats to join
him at the conference in 2Tew York to-morrow.
He said to-night: "I wish you
would make the announcement on my au
thority that I knew nothing about the re
ported conference. I have not invited any
one to attend such a conference, neither
have I been invited to such a gathering.
The first Intimation I received on the sub
ject was from the morning papers. If a con
ference is to be held in New Tork to-morrow
I certainly will not be there, for I have busi
ness which demands my presence here. I
may run over to New Tork later in the
week, but it will not be to attend a political
conference. The Democrats in the House
ana Senate have heretofore mapped ont
their programme for the session without go
ing to New Tork, and they can do-so again.
So far as I am informed, it will be the policy
of both parties during the coming session to
dispose or the general appropriation bills,
and leave new legislation or importance to
the Fifty-third Congress."
Speaker Crisp saw Senator Gorman to
day before be started for New York, and he
seemed annoyed becauso he had not re
ceived an Invitation, as alleged, to attend
the New Tork conference. The Senator
informed him that sc far as he was con
cerned no invitations were in existence,
and the statements to that effect were er
roneous. Congressman Tracy, of Albany, has taken
np his winter quarters at tne Arlington,
lie is here several days ahead of the session,
to deliver to Senator E. Q. Mills an invita
tion to attend a Democratic love feast in
Albany next Wednesday. Speaking or the
report of the conference in New York,
-General Tracy says he knows nothing about
it except what ho saw In the newspapers.
Ho does not regard himself as a congenial
participant in such a gathering.
On the subject of an extra session General
Tracy is non-committal, and considers a dis
cussion of that question premature. He does
not antlcinate any serious opDOsition to
Crisp's re-ilection in the Fifty-third Con
gress. The Speaker, he said, was heavily
handicapped at the beginning of last session
by a protracted illness, and he may have
been more or less worried by the fight on
silver, but altogether he performed his duty
in the Speaker's chair to the satisfaction of
all who voted lor him.
General Tracy entertains a high opinion
or William L. Wilson's ability and his devo
tion to the Democratic party, bnt in view of
the poor showing he made as Chairman or
the National Convention at Chicago, be does
not regard him a formidable competitor of
Mr. Crisp for Speakership honors.
IT MAY BE POSTPONED.
The Announcement of a Democratio Con
ference To-Day Probably Premature
The News Bureau Secretary Gave Ont
the Information Something In the
Wood Pile, Sure.
New Yobk, Nov. 27. -Special. Evi
dently there is or was a misunderstanding
about the proposed "conference" of Demo
crats to be held in this city to-day. Harry
Walker, who was connected with the news
bureau of the Democratic National Com
mittee, announced as with authority to the
reporters of the New York daily news
papers, last night, that there would be a
conleience oi Democratic leaders at the
Filth Avenue Hotel to-day, and that it had
been called by Senator Gorman. Some of
those to be present were Speaker Crisp, W.
L. Wilson, ot West Virginia, W. C. Whitney
and Bichard Croker, of this city.
Mr. Walker said that the object of
the meeting was to talk over the
situation which confronts the Democracy in
Congress.
Mr. Barrett of the Atlanta Constitution,
private secretary to Speaker Crisp, was in
the city to-day. .He too had heard there was
going to be a conference, though he said tho
number invited, he understood, was not to
be more than a dozen or fifteen.
Senator Charles J. Faulkner, of West Vir
ginia, who is in the city attending the ses
sions of the Committee on Immigration,
said yesterday that he had no invitation to
the alleged conference. Referring to the
statement that Mr. Croker had been invited
to participate in this conference of National
Democratic leaders Mr. Faulkner said:
"Mr. Croker is considered by the Demo
crats oi the country to be the broadest-gauge
leader that the local Democracy of New
Tork ever had. .He has proven himself wise
and sagacious, and they believe be will be a
rare counselor, especially in matters which
would affect the interests of this me
tropolis." A Democrat who had heard talk of a con
ference, bnt had not been invited, said that
he oonsldered any announcement in advance
of such a conference as unwise. Announc
ing it in advance, ha said, might make post
ponement judicious.
AFTER THEIR OLD JOBS.
Former. Officeholders Bxpect to live on
Easy Street Under Cleveland.
Washikotoit, Nov. 27. Special. Almost
every Democrat in this vicinity who held a
Federal office under the former Cleveland
administration expects to be reinstated
after the 1th of March next Some of the
aspirants talk confidently of reappointment
and some of them go eo far as to speculato
upon who shall be their assistants "when I
am restored to my old place."
Good Bishop Oberly, formerly of Illinois,
who was a civil service commissioner under
Mr. Cleveland and afterward Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, is again spoken or in con
nection with the latter office. He and his
friends seem confident that he will again be
requested by Mr. Cleveland to preside over
that office, notwithstanding the controversy
he had with the Catholic missionaries in
connection with the distribution of the In
dian school fund. He has some strong in
dorsements, and his friends will push his
claim for recognition by Mr. Cleveland.
There are a number of other gentlemen who
feel they are as well qualified to preside
over the Indian office as Mr. Obeily, and
consequently there is apt to be a spirited
contest over the office.
SILVER MEN WILL FIGHT.
Senator Mitchell Still Angry With the
Leaders of Both Parties.
Washington, Nov. 27. Special. Senator
Mitchell, of Oregon, has returned to Wash
ington full of determination to continue the
fight for free silver. He says the people of
the West are disgusted with Bepublcans and
Democrats alike for the cowardly manner In
which they treated the ffee silver question
at Minneapolis and Chicago. It Is still a live
issue in Oregon and other Northwestern and
Southern States, and the friends of silver
propose to continue their fight to the bitter
end.
Bad the Bepubllcans come out boldly and
made their contest on a free silver platform
they would, in Mr. Mitchell's opinion, have
carried every Western State and several of
the Southern States. The Senator-does not
look for legislation during the coming short
session, but predicts a renewal or the sliver
coutest in the Fifty-third Congress.
CLEVELAND BESTIR Q WELL.
He Puts in Sunday tt Ithont Attending the
Little Island Church.
Exmohe. Va., Nov. 7. President-elect
Cleveland arose at 5:30 o'clock this morning,
and took a brisk walk in the vicinity ot Mr.
Ferrell's cottage. He afterward breakfasted
and remained Indoors until afternoon.
About 2 o'clock this afternoon Mr. Cleve
land, accompanied by Messrs. Jefferson and
Davis, took a drive along the beach. After,
their . return the regular 8 - o'clock
dinner was served. In the absence ot
I 9-t.t,- CttA rttTiwfa. nf- rlAvAla.nri
attend to his own correspondence-. Almost
every afternoon, when the conditions are un
favorable for shooting, the President-eleot
devotes himself to answering suob letters as
require immediate and personal attention.
Mr. Cleveland sleeps remarkably well,
seldom awakening during the night
The bay to-day was literally alive with
flocks or water fowl. Floating blinds have
been' constructed, and when Mr. Cleveland
again goes gunning he will have better op
portunities for bagging game than hereto
fore. During Mr. Cleveland's residence on
Broadwater Island he has given praotlcally
no attention to the dally papers. Arrange
ments have been made, however, by which
he will to-morrow have an opportunity or
perusing the leading metropolitan sheets.
Although nothing definite has been de
termined regarding the final departure of
Mr. Cleveland for the North, it is under
stood to-night that he will leave about "he
middle of this month for Cape Charles City,
and spend a couple of days upon the estate
of his old friend and spokesman, the late
Congressman William L. 8cott, or Erie,
Pa. If this Intention should be carried out
the party would start homeward on Friday
or Saturday from Cape Charles. The estate
of the late Bepresentatlve Scott contains
about 1,000 acres, is situated one mile from
Cape Charles City, and is known as the
largest and most productive truck patch in
the country.
THAT EXTRA SESSION TALK.
"
A Poll of Half the Members-Elect Doesn't
Favor the Idea.
NbwToms; Nov. 27. There will be pub
lished to-morrow a concensus of opinion of
the members-elect of the Firty-thlrd Con
gress on the question of an extra session and
the repeal or the McKlnley bllL One hun
dred and elghty-etght responded, out or 358
Congressmen. Or that number 72 deolared
themselves in favor or an extra session, 78
were opposed to it and 33 were non-committal.
On tne question or tarlff.75 voted to repeal
the McKlnley hill, 44 ravored it, with modifi
cations, B7 were opposed to any change and
12 were non-committal.
Senator Hills Sure of Be-Electlon.
HorSTOir. Tsx., Nov. 27. Eighty-eight
members-elect of the Legislature have
answered as to their choice for Senator that
they are unqualifiedly for Boger Q. Mills.
This assures tne re-election of Senator Mills,
with eight votes to spare.
TWO SLICK SCHEMES
Worked by a Confidential Clerk and His
Confederate, a Telegrapher One Was
Straightout Embezzlement in Small
Doses The Other False Market Eeports.
DenvEb, Nov. 27. A warrant was sworn
out by A. E. Carlton, President of the Col
orado Commission Company, for the arrest
af J. K. Moore, his confidential clerk, on
the charge of embezzling between 56,000
and 58,000. Later on E. G. Clark, a tele
graph operator, and at one time manager
for the Postal Telegraph Company at Col
orado Springs, was arrested as an accom
plice. Moore left the city in a hurry and
the warrant was not served upon him here.
Mr. Carlton says that Clark had two Irons
in the fire, one.of which reaped a rich har
vest The system of embezzlement was for
Moore to draw checks payable to Clark and
himself and have them cashed. The
amounts were small each time, and the
game had been going on since August. Twb
cheoks for $100 and one for $500 have been
found. They are signed by Moore with the
firm name, and are made payable, and have
beon apparently cashed by Clark. Mr.
Carlton never looked at his office books, so
great was his confidence in Moore. He
thinks now, however, that he will find that
he has lost at least $8,000 by this straightout
embezzlement
Clark and Moore bad a bigger scheme on
foot This was to send false quotations
ovej the wire from KaDsasClty say lor 2
cents less than the proper quotations; then
to send the correct quotations and make. a
profit of 1 cent a share. There would be no
limit to this game if the'swindler could oper
ate it for one day with a large sum of money.
Tbev are said to have had a telegrapher in
Kansas City ready to work the wires. All
quotations sent West are repeated there.
The failure was at this end or the line, only
about $100 being made. Moore Is said to be an
old crook and to have gone under the name
or Jerry Blodget In Chicago. He left there
suddenly and came to Denver with refer
ences which appeared all light. Mr. Carlton
believes now that they were forged. In
Denver Moore led a very fast life and had
been mixed up In several gambling scrapes.
A dispatch irom Kansas City says: J. S.
Blodget alias J. K. Moore, was arrested here
charged with embezzlement to-day. on a
telesrapblo report from the Chief of Police
or Denver. Blodget Is very reticent about
his arrest, and will only say that the charge
or embezzlement grows ont of a partnership
difficulty.
JEALOUS OF AN ADOPTED DATJQHTEE.
A Connecticut Woman Suspected of Kid
naping One of Her Household.
Bridgeport, Coirx, Nov. 27. The police
are investigating a peculiar case. Friday
an adopted daughter of Christian Peppier
disappeared and has not been seen since. At
first Mr. Peppier thought the girl's father
had kidnaped her. He reported to the
Sollce, and a detective was put on .the ease,
r. Peppier Is now fully convinced that the
father is Innocent
Mrs. Peppier was Jealous of her. and often
upbraided her husband lor thinking more of
the girl than of her. The police now Believe
that the woman Is responsible for the girl's
disappearance. She went to New Haven
yesterday, and the girl left the' house to ac
company her to the deDot, but has not been
seen since. Mrs. Peppier refuses to talk on
the subject
A SPECK OP LABOE WAB.
Master Potters Submit a Demand foe a
Bednction of Making Prices.
New Cumberlaot. W. Va., Nov. 27. Spe
cial. There is trouble brewing here In the
Chelsea pottery, which is thought to be the
forerunner of similar strile in the pottery
industries of this section. The Chelsea
Pottery Company has made a demand of the
bosses that there be a reduction of 10 cents
on the making price on some new shapes or
pottery recently gotten out
After conferences with the men, the bosses
refused to make any concessions. The com
pany has called lor a conference on the
question, and, if there is no immediate con.
fllct, it will probably be because the com
pany has too many orders on hand to risk
a strike.
A BUILD0G AT A BUEHIHQ HOUSE
Prevents the Neighbors From Bescnlng a
Child, Who Burned to Death.
Little Book, Nov. 27. The house of David
.Clark, a farmer living near Plummerville,
Ark., burned yesterday, and a child 8 yeara
old perished in the flames. Clark and his
wife left the house in charge of two orphan
children, relatives, aged 8 and S years.
Neighbors hastening to the rescue after
seeing the flames, were met by a ferooious
bulldog wbo prevented them irom entering.
Tbey called to the children to come out. The
elder child obeyed, but the other was too
excited to understand the danger and was
burned to death.
HIS PBAYEE FOB DEATH AHSWEBED.
A Kansas City Merchant Implores for Be
onion With His Bead Child.
Kaxsas Crrr, Nov. 27. Bobert Wneeler, a
coal merchant of a suburb, died very sud
denly' yesterday at his home. Since the
death of hfj little daughter two weeks ago
Mr. Wheeler has been very melancholy and
has prayed every day since that he might
Join her.
Beiore retiring he read a chapter from the
Bible, and, kneeling ft the bedside, prayed
again, expressing a desire to be with the
child. Testerday morning he was found
dead.
A War in Coal Not Improbable.
Columbus, O., Nov. 27. Special. Action
was deferred for one week by the General
Managers of the Ohio coal railroads because
a representative or the Cleveland, Loralne
and Wheeling Ballroad was absent from the
meeting yesterday. The question that is
iftaw tioubllng the gentlemen Is whether
their coal tranto agreement shall be abol
ished or not- ir it were abolished a war In
coal would ensue. . ,
PITTSBURG, MONDAY,
VERY FEWJ1ETE0RS
Could Be Seen Last NigM,
Owing to the Clonds Oyer
the Whole Earth.
THE COMET ALSO VEILED,
And the Astronomers Are All Just
as Much at Sea as Ever. '
PEOPLE CRAZED THROUGH PEAR,
While Expert Star Gazers Contradict Each,
Other Flatly.
COMET PARTIES ARE THE LATEST FAD
fSrzCIAL TELEOBAM TO THS DISFATCH.3
New Yobk, Nov. 27. The thick mist
that covered the sky to-night prevented
any sight of a meteoric display if there
was one, which is extremely doubtful, for
once in awhile the clouds parted and the
bared sky was of its usual aspect. There
was an occasional meteor, faint and lonely,
but nothing worthVlooking at
Garret P. Serviss, the astronomer, was
among the keenly disappointed because of
the clouds. He had intended watching for
the flashing fragments of Biela's comet,
like all the other astronomers.
As it was, he formed what
idea he could on occasional
clear spaces. "I have seen," said he,
"toward midnight, several meteors, bnt not
enough to indicate a shower. If no shower
occurs later on to-night, and if there is none
to-morrow night, it is pretty safe to say
that the shower of Wednesday night was
the main shower itself.
The Shower May Be Bast.
"The great meteoric display from the
fragments of Biela's comet was undoubtedly
due to-night. If it occurred Wednesday
night that may Indicate that the main body
of fragments lias been accelerated since it
was last seen. It may also go to show how
widely the explosion which disintegrated the
comet scattered its fragments. The three me
teoric displays caused by the earth crossing
the path of three distinct collections of me
teors are, as far as we are able to discern,
due to the three separate comets which
have disintegrated. The tendency of these
particles revolving around the sun in the
same orbit is to string out along that orbit
more and more as the years go by. The final
result is that the particles or fragments are
pretty generally distributed throughout
the orbit, and the earth Is less liable to meet
masses of them."
Comet Parties All the Bage.
Cometpartles were out in theBowery dur
ing tho evening. They were composed
chiefly of young men nnd women. Themoon
set at midnight, and a little bit of it was
visible through the clouds about an hour
before. The edges of the clouds around
it were reddish. You wouldn't think every
body could mistake that phenomenon, but
a number of amateur observers of the skies
cshne out to ask if that was the comet.
About the same time north New Jersey
saw a red glow In the heavens and pondered,
on futurity- rmtll it. discovered that iiio
mead .w near Passaic were afire as they
usually are.
Three cases of Jnsinlty through fear of
the destruction of the world by a comet are
reported by file police, and prominent phy
sicians predict that many cases of nervous
prostration and possibly death will result
from the strain upon the nervous systems of
the weak and superstitious.
No Observations at All at Lick.
A special from San Francisco says: Prof.
Barnard, of Ltok Observatory, who has mado
a special study of comets, declares that from
his observation the comet in Andromeda
is really Biela's comet. He says its
orbit is the same its that of Biela's,
and it is natural to assume it is
the same. Barnard saw the comet last on
November 21, when it was four times ns
large as on the 8th, but was fainter. He
adds: "This means that the Holmes comet
is now larger than half the full moon. Be
cause it is fainter, both ns a nnked-eye object
and through the telescope, the opinion seems
generally accepted that the comet has been
moving away from the earth. I say that
this reasoning is lallaeious. The fact that
the comet is increasing so markedly in its
apparent size is proof to me that it is get
ting nearer to us, and the fact that we are
getting fainter is quite natural. When we are
in the midst of a fog cloud It does not seem
half so dense as when that cloud has passed
the mountain and is seen in the noar dis
tance." There were no observations here or at
Lick observatory to-nlght,as the worst kind
ofsoothwester was blowing.
A telegram from Chicago says: Local as
tronomers were much disappointed to-day
at being unable to obtain a view ot the
comet and expected star shower, but the
sky was overcast the entire day with heavy
gray.olouds. The directors or Dearborn Ob
servatory said to-night: "The weather
has been so stormy all day that
there has not been the slightest
ebance of seeing the comet. It is not Biela's
comet, anyway, nor is it at all likely to col
lide with the earth. In fact, it is moving di
rectly away from our planet. It is leaving
us at the rate of 15 miles per second, and as
it is already 150,000,000 miles away I don't
think anybody will be hurt."
Dispatches from many points throughout
the West and Northwest report cloudy
weather and inability to see meteors or the
comet.
THE EARTH STILL MOVES.
The Collision With Biela's Comet Did Not
Occur A Gloomy Night and No Meteors
Even Were in Sight What an Astrono
mer Has to Say.
Many a nervous person that had been
reading the predictions of the learned as
tronomers during the past few days, of a
probable collision of Mother Earth with
Biela's comet or a part of it, must have
drawn an easier breath when the bands of
the clock 'passed the 10 o'clock mark.
For it Aad been stated that at
that Himo there would be a mighty
rumpus and that the earth wonld fly off Into
space, shattered into Insignificant frag
ments. The thought was not cheering, and
many a comment was mado on the possibly
approaching doom as the evening hours flew
rapidly away. But the world moved on, and
there was nothing very unusual in its unin
terrupted course, except that the clouds
dropped down great buckets of water.
As time flew on and nothing unusual hap.
pened, Prof. Keeler sized up the situation
in answer to many anxious inquiries: "The
astronomers have about come to the con
clusion that it Is not Biela's comet that has
been hovering about the earth for the past
few weeks. It is almost certain that this is
the ease, as the latest observations show
that the comet is moving away from the
earth,' and can be put down as only a
wanderer. No observations are taken here
that would lend any light on the subject,
and 1 have to depend on other observers,
who use observatories where such observa
tions are made.. I have never had any ap
prehension as to the earth coming in contact
with tho comet. There would probable have
been a shower of meteors to-night had it not
rained. But nothing oonld be seen with
such a sky. I can also say that these
meteors would hardly be caused by the
comet, as there is usually a fine display of
shooting stars about this time every year.
The display was a fine one Wednesday'
night, and I have no doubt wonld have been
repeated this evening, but the rain spoiled,
everything."
Guarding Offices for the Veterans.
Milwaukee, Nor. 27. Commander-in-Chief
Wessert, of the G. A. B.,, has .appointed a
Committee on Legislation. The chief duty
of.tbe eommittee is.tolookatterthe enforce
ment of statute laws regarding the employ
1 meat or veterans oftue war by the Govern-1
NOVEMBER 28, 1892.
ment. Joseph W.' Kay, chairman of the com
'mlttee, is editor of the Some and Country
Magazine, or New Tork City.
BULLS BREAK LOOSE.
They Break Down the Barricades and
Charge Upon a Mexican Audience The
Amphitheater Seats Collapse, Many
Spectators Are Injured and One Killed.
Saltilxo, Met., Nov. 27.' Hon. Joe
Pancae, the Jefe Politico, or Mayor, of the
town of Arteaga, arrived here this morning
after a ten hours' ride -across the rough
mountains. He relates a thrilling story of
an accident that occurred at Arteaga yes
terday, and the object of his visit was to
secure medical aid for the unfortunate vic
tims. Arteaga is an almost impenetrable mount
ain region. The population Is made up of
cowboys and goat herders. The Fall Fiestas
opened there Tuesday, and were to be kept
up for ten days. A feature of these fiestas
has been the bull lights. The great event
.was postponed until yesteiday afternoon,
when four wild bulls were to be turned into
the ring at one time.
The matador was to lie Manuel Lopez. At
4 r. K. 3,500 spectators sat around the arena.
The fanorilla and matador took their places
and the bulls were turned in. After work
ins up the bulls Into frenzy, Lopez got in to
kill the first bulk He gave the animal a
thrust between the shoulders with the
sword, but the wound was not a fatal one.
The bellowing and wild capers of the
wounded animal stampeded the other bulls,
and they made a rush against the heavy
barricades which are for the protection of
the spectators. The barricade gave way
and the bulls rushed frantically into the
crowd of people, who were thrown right and
lelt by the animals' horns.
In their excitement the spectators rushed
to one side of the amphitheater to escape
the fury of the bulls. This earned the seats
to give way, and fully 50 people sustained
broken limbs and severe Internal Injuries.
The bulls killed one man and wounded ten
others.
AFRAID OF PAXS0N.
Why the K. of L. Are Removing Their Head
quarters From Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Nov. 27. General Secretary
Hayes, of the Knights or Labor, said this
evening in regard to the proposed
sale of the order's building in this
city, "that it was ordered by the
General Assembly for the purpose
of gathering together all the industrial
organizations of the country under one roof
as rapidly as terms could be made wich
them. That could not be done hero because
we are subject to decisions such as was re
cently rendered by Chief Justice Paxson,
when he constituted himself as a Justice of
the Peace in the Homestead cases.
"Ourldeawaseltherto get on the Canadian
line afe Niagara Falls, Ont., or under the
wing or our nation's capitol at Washington,
to avoid Just such decisions. These were
the only reasons for removing the head
quarters from this city. Any other reasons
given for the change, such as lack or sup
port in the East, are not true."
BEER FOR THE WORLD.
The Bothschilds Trying to Corral the Four
Big Export Breweries of America.
St. Louis, Nov. 27. The consolidation or
the four mammoth export breweries of the
United States the Annheuser-Bnschand W.
J. Lemp, of this city, and the Schlltz and
Pabst (tho last with its four auxiliaries),
with a capital stock of $40,000,000 and
bonds to the amount of $200,000,000 to supply
the world with beer Is the gigantic enter-
E rise being fathered by the Bothschilds, of
ngland, the consummation ot which is
among the possibilities.
That it will be ultmately accomplished,
Adolphus'Bnscb,Presldentof theAnnheuser
Bnsch Brewing Company, states there is
reason to believe, and when seen by a re
porter to-night, the millionaire brewer
seemed enthused over the proposition.
CLAY MINERS 'MUST 60.
Machines Being Introduced That Will Take
Their Occupation Away.
Steubeuvillk, Nov. 27. Spectal At New
Cumberland, yesterday, the John Porter
Fire Brick Company gave notice, to their 75
miners that their services were no longer
needed. The men declare that the order
follows the prospective success or the new
clay-digging machines, and that the
maohlnes were Introduced to punish the
men for last fall's strike.
These new maohlnes are destined to dis
place thousands of diggers in more than one
line of mining in Ohio, Pennsylvania and
West Virginia. One machine will do the
work ot from 17 to 20 men. '
D1JED FOR HIS HORSES.
A Bradford Man Loses His Life in His
Neighbor's Burning Stable.
Bbadpobd, Nov. 27. Special. A Are at
tended with death broke out in this city this
afternoon at 3:45 In the barn of M. W. Wag
ner. The blaze communicated to an adjoin
ing stable owned by H. S. Thompson. The
two barns.wlth four valuable horses, wagons,
carriages, etc., were destroyed.
Abbott Arnold made several desperate at
tempts to rescue his horses, and was finally
overcome by flre and smoke and his body
was burned in the stable. Wagner's loss
was $3,000; no Insurance. Thompson's loss
was $700; no insurance.
GOULD'S S0UIHWESTEEN SCHBm
At Work on a Link to Connect His Texas
and Union Pacific Systems. '
El Paso, Tex, Nov. 27. Jay Gould has be
gun the preliminary work for the building
of the White Oak Ballroad, which was pur
chased .. by him last spring from
Receiver Charles Davis for $50,
000. Mr. Gould will come to
1 Paso in January and spend the winter for
his health, but ne will, at the same time,
supervise the construction of this line,
which is to bo a link between the Texas
Pacific and Uniou Pacific systems.
C. P. Huntington is supposed to be in the
deal somewhere, but Just what his Interests
are, aside from the coal fields at White Oaks,
has not developed.
SEALS LEAVING ALASKAH ISLANDS,
The Captain of the Bevenue Steamer Bear
Beposs to Washington.
Wasuihotos, Nov. 27. The Secretary or
the Treasury to-day received another re
port from Captain Healy, commanding the
revenue steamer Bear, in regard to the situ
ation in Bering Sea. It is dated Unalaska, J
Aovenioers.
The seals are rapidly leaving the Bering
Sea Islands, but few remaining on St.
George, the number being Insufficient to
meet the food requirements of the natives
during the winter.
What Bardsley Cost the Quaker City.
Philadelphia, Nov. 27. A deficiency of
nearly $1,000,000 in the estimated receipts of
the city for 1832 is Imminent, caused by the
failure of the State authorities to pay over
to the Treasury its proportion of the State
tax on personal procerty.. Tue trouble over
the payment is due to the complications
arising over the defalcations of ex.Treas
urer Bardsley.
His Name Freely Forged in Pittsburg.
Dubois, Pa., Nov. 27. Special. Sidney
Fuller, who went to Pittsburg yesterday to
nyestigate the report that his name had
been used freely on notes given by a Pitts
burg and Allegheny lumber dealer, has dis
covered that his name appears on lor.ed
paper to the amount of between $8,000 and
7,(AX.
ne Scared the Czar for Money.
Cracow, Nov. 27. The Bussian Pole, Hen
diger, who defrauded the Bussian Govern
ment out of a large sum .of money by re
vealing an alleged dynamite conspiracy
against the Czar, has been convicted on the
charge of deceit and slander, and sentenced
to ten years' Imprisonment at hard labor.
Millionaire Cronse's Will to Be Tested.
Btbaousk, N. Y., Nov. 27. There is a
probability of a legal contest over the will
of the late millionaire, D. Edgar Crouse.
The renorted contestant is a New Z one City
woman known nere-as "Bertha," who claims
to have been bis lawful wife and to be the
mother of his child. -
IMMIGRATION A NUT
Which the Senate Committee Finds
Very Bard to Crack.
A PROPOSED BILL DISCUSSED
And Some Fresa YIews Adduced From
feveral Statesmen.
STRICTER LAWS SURE TO BE PASSEb
New Yobk, Nov. 27 The Senate Com
.mlttee on Immigration will be in session
here this week. Yesterday at the J?ifth
Avenue Hotel au Informal discussion ot
the subject was bad, and before the com
mittee adjourns a report will be agreed
upon to submit to the Senate when it re
convenes in December. Though no formal
vote baa been taken on the question it
seems to be tacitly understood that the
committee will recommend that a trial be
given to the steamship manifest bill, passed
by the Senate a few months ago and favor
ably reported to the House, but too late
to secure its approval before the adjourn
ment of that body.
This bill, which Is entitled "An act to
facilitate the enforcement of the immigra
tion laws of the United States as well as
those having to do with contract labor,"
stipulates that In addition to all the present
requirements of the law it shall.be the duty
of tlie master or commanding officer of the
vessel having immigrants aboard to deliver
on their arrival to the Inspector of the pore
lists of them, together with the name, age,
sex, whether married or single, calling or
ocoupation, whether able to read or write,
nationality, last residence, final destination,
name of person or society paying passage
money, amount of money on the person,
whether convict, once a pauper.under con
tract to labor here, whether polygamist,
cripple, and what the state of health
actually, is.
To land In Blocks of Thirty.
The immigrants are to be landed in blocks
of 80, and each immigrant or bead of a fam
ily is to be furnished a ticket, with his name
and a number, for the purpose of identifica
tion. Each list or manifest must be sworn
to by the commanding officer or the first or
second below him, before a United States
Consul or consular agent at the point or de
parture. And be must show that the immi
grants in his charge in no way are liable to
violate United States laws by landing.
The ships' surgeons are required to take
oath that they have personally examined
the voyagers, and that they have not con
tracted diseases of any character. A fine of
$10 Is fixed for every Immigrant a command
ing officer allows to come ashore In spite of
the law. Inspectors are authorized to detain
any person who they may suspect to have
come here contrary to the provisions oi the
ace No bond or guarantee that an alien im
migrant shall not become a public charge
Is to be received from any person, "company,
corporation or benevolent society unless au
thority is given by the Superintendent of
Immigration, approved by the Secretary of
the Treasury. The act Is not to apply to the
Chinese. Atter January 1 next all exclusive
privileges lor the exchange of money, trans
portation or passengers or baggage, or keep
ing eating houses, at the Ellis Island station
are to be disposed or by public competition.
Senator Chandler Would Be Strict.
This bill and suggestions as to more re
strictive amendments were discussed by the
committee for the better part of two hours
yesterday, and It seemed to be agreed that
so far as It went such a law would be a most
excellent one to keep paupers, criminals
and other undesirable immigrants out of the
country. Senator Chandler argued that in
his opinion the bill did not go far enough.
In debating the principal features of .the
bill, the Senator stated that heretofore re
strictions had been confined to criminals
and panpers. Thus, while the character of
the immigrant was clearly defined, legisla
tion bad not had the cfTeot of decreasing the
number of the new-comers. While he would
not insist that the immigrant should be able
to read and write the English lan
guage before he could be admitted to
an American port, the Senator still thought
that so far as possible this restriction ought
to prevail and ultimately would. He favored
amendments to the Senate bill which would
require that the stranger should nave in his
possession at the time of landing at least
$100. In case he Drought his wil'o he ought
to have, more than the hnndred, and still
more if he was accompanied here by a
ramlly. Though these Ideas were advocated
Informally by the New Hampshire Senator,
it was deemed best not to reach any conclu
sion until the full committee meets.
A very Interesting discussion, in which all
participated, followed, as to the question of
a total suspension or immigration for a cer
tain perirfd. While it was urged that some
method of stopping the arrival of hordes of
people from abroad should be adopted
pretty quickly, tho sentiment appeared to
prevail that a much fuller debate in Con;
gress would render it easier to solvo the
problem.
Consular Inspection Advocated.
After tho committee had adjourned and
its members mingled with the throng in the
lobby Senator Faulkner, of West Virginia,
metex-Conres-man Benjamin lmtterworth,
of Ohio, and Colonel Hooker, jof Vermont.
Tlie tliree'engagndln an animated discussion
of the subject that had been causing such
perplexity upstairs. Colonel (Hooker sug
gested that the very be it motlidd ot keeping
nndeslrabie people out of America was to
establish a thorough system ud consular in
pection. "That might help," replied tho Senator,
"but I doubt ir it would bar tl em all out. 1
couless that I do not see the way clear to a
stoppage oi the entrance of ihlose wo do not
want except by suspending iifnnigrution en
tirely for several years. 1 aili not prepared
to advocate that now nor wllU I say that I
will when the question coifies beiore Con
gress again. I regard it us Very fortunate,
however, that now the Presiileuiai election
is over we can consider the problem without
political prejudice or bias of any kind, but
can, regardless of party, consult together as
to what may secure the greatest benefit to
the whole country. The bill passed by the
Senate is an.exceedlngly good one.' and I do
J. not know but that it would beat well to try
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what effect it will have before we adopt
more restrictive measures.
"There Is naturally some opposition to the
clause which requires that the immigrant
shall be aDle to read and write. Bnt I think
the House bill will, socn after it reconvenes,
place the bill on its final passage, A few
amendments may be offered. It will, of
course, depend upon what they are whether
the Senate concurs with them or not. We
hope to make a report of some sort in De
cember. What it will be, aside from renew
ing our good opinion of the steamship mani
fest bill, I cannot attempt to predict.1'
FOUND DEAD IN THE BIVER.
A Pretty Allegheny School Teacher Com
mits Suicido at Klttannlng While De
lirious From Typhoid Fever She Es
caped From the House Unnoticed and
Went to the Blver.
Kittanning was shocked yesterday by the
occurrence of a lamentable tragedy. Last
Tuesday Miss Maggie Hamilton, a teacher
in the public schools of Allegheny, went
there to spend Thanksgiving. She was a
sister-in-laiv of Bichard Eeynolds, the well
known superintendent of the Pittsburg and
Western Ballroad, residing there, and Hiss
Hamilton was a guest at his place.
Soon after her arrival Jlls- Hamilton was
attacked with typhoid fever, and the disease
developed rapidly. Saturday night she was
delirious at times, and under the circum
stance required close watohing. It has not
yet been satis. actorily, explained bow the
woman could have gotten out of the bouse
unnoticed, but in some mysterious manner
she eluded the vigilance of her nurses, and
at S o'clock yesterday morning she escaped
from the house. Her flight was soon dis
covered, and half-distracted relatives and
frieuds hastened in alt directions in search
or her. An hour after the alarm over her
disappearance was given Judge Bayburn
and C. K- Uiletnan, wbo with many others
had been aroosed to hunt lor her, found ber
'lead body in the river. She bad drowpel
where she bad fallen In "the stream, in about
IS inohes or water. It Is thought that the
burning fever In her delirious condition
caused her to seek the water, aud that when
she had fallen she was unable to arise.
The remains will be taken to New Hamil
ton, Pa., to-day for burial.
11189 Hamilton graduated at the Indiana
Normal School in 1883, and has since taught
in the schools of Altoona and Allegheny.
At the time of ber death she was a teacher
in the Seoond ward school ot Allegheny.
Ills Hamilton was an orphan, and the only
relative she had was Mrs. Beynolds. She
was 28 years of age, and an exceptionally
beautiful girl.
SHOT. HIMSELF IN THE NECK.
Peter Schwartz, a Southside Grocer, Tries
to Take Ills Life lie 1'robably Has
Succeeded The Kefnsal of a license
Made Him Morbid.
Peter Schwartz, a groceryman at the cor
ner of South Seventeenth street and
Larkins alley, attempted to commit suicide
last night by shooting himself in the neck
with a revolver, and as a result he is sure to
die, Air. Schwartz ate supper as usual with,
his family, and his demeanor ot that time
gave no evidence that he meant to take his
lite. The family was seated in the dining
room when the nnsband got up and without
saying a word walked out into the kitchen.
A lew seconds later they were startled to
hear a pistol shot In that direction.
Mrs. Schwartz ran hurriedly into the
kitchen, and was horrified to find her hus
band lying on the floor with a still smoking
revolver in his baud and an ugly looking
wound :n his neck, from which the blood
poured lu a stream. A physician was hastily
summoned,-who sucoeeded in stopping the
flow of blood, after which the man was re
moved to the Southside Hospital, and the
physicians of that Institution state the
wound is such that Schwartz cannot re
cover. -
In 1890 Schwartz was granted a wholesale
liquor license, and in the following year he
was related a retail license for the same
house. This so worked on his mind that be
became unbalanced, and In this condition
he has been since. It was this, according to
the family, that caused the rash act.
Schwartz is about 45 years old and has a
large family.
BLAINE DOING WELL
The Date of His Journey Southward Is Not
Tet Decided Upon.
Washihotok, Nov. 27. "Mr. Blaine Is doing
well, lie Is gaining strength and looking
better every day," was the reply made by
Dr. Johnson to-night, unasked, concerning
the condition of the ex-Secretary of State,
The doctor said, further, that he had seen
Mr. Blaine only once to-day, and that was
this morning. Mr. Blaine was then out of
bed and sitting up, ar.d expected to sit up
during the remainder of the day.
The opinion expressed by the physician
In regard to the improvement in Mr. Blaine's
condition is shared by his family and by
the attendants of the house. The exact
date for hla departure from Washington, it
is said, has not yet been determined upon.
COAL OIL 5 CENTS A GALLON '
As the Besult of a Cut Made by the Standard
Oil Company.
Ft. Dodge, Ia., Nov. 27. Special. Coal
oil Is selling at 5 cents a gallon in Coon
Baplds, as the result or a falling out between
some of the local dealers and the Standard
Oil Company. The comuany has put a
wagon on the streets and is selling all grades
or oil at about one-third its former cost.
This state of affairs was brought about by
the action or the dealers in patronizing the
arftl-monopoly.
Tne local oil dealers do not attempt to
compete with the Standard Company in
price, bnt are asking all their patrons to
stand by them at the old prices.
Extending the Tobacco Area.
Chattahoooa,- November 27. T he keen in
terest which or a long time has been felt In
developing tobacco-growing in this section,
as well as in Northern Georgia and Alabama,
seems in a fair way to materialize iu some
tangible lorm. A number of gentlemen be
longing to the Tobacco Growers Associa
tion mot last evening in this city and agreed
to subscribe sevoral thousand dollars for
defraying expenses Incidental to Introduc
ing tobacco culture among farmers by fur
nlshlns them free seed, giving instructions,
etc. - '
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ajMMi nun.
TOR SUPREMACY,
German Leaders Prepared to
wage a Fierce War of
Words This Winter.
CAPEIVI SETS THE PAGE,.
And the Opposition Won't Be Slow to
Meet Him in Argument
The Chancellor's Speech for the Military
Bill Still tha Talk: of AH Germany
Despite Bis Poor Health the Count
Makes a Masterly Opening No Mora
Vote-Cbanginff, Though, Than Oratory
Usually Accomplishes No Response
to His Allusions to the. Chances of
War Tho Elder Wilhelm Vindicated
at the Expense of Bismarck That
Fatal Ems Dispatch Richters
Speeches Anxiously Awaited.
rBT CABLE TO TOT DISTATCH.J
Bebxin, Nov. 27. Copyright. What
ever may be the fate of the military bill
nobody can say that it has lacked a com
petent advocate to present its claims upon
the support of the Eeichstag. Chancellor
Ton Caprivi's speech before -the Deputies
last Wednesday was an effort that would not
suffer by comparison with the masterpieces
of Bismarck. It was clear, forcible, and in
many respects an unanswerable presenta
tion of the case for the bill, without passion
or bombast. The only approach to the
familiar beating of the big drum was the
peroration, and this was made feelingly,
simply and with a complete absence of
chauvinism or threat.
The appearance of the Reichstag was in
harmony with the dignity of the occasion.
From the solid phalanx of Con
servative nobility on the right to
the heterogenous gTonp of Social
Democratio tradesmen and working
men on the left,hardly a place in the Depu
ties semi-circle was empty. The galleries
on the left of the hall were filled to the last
available space with officers and ladies of
the highest Berlin society, court officials
and men representing the most influential
organizations in Berlin's political and mer
cantile life.
All Byes Turned on the Chancellor.
During the election of tbe President and
Vice President the Deputies gathered in
groups on the floor of tbe House, discussing
the probable features ot the coming speech.
As Herr Von Levetzow, again elected Presi
dent, rang for order all turned to their
places. The President then announced the
Cha ncellor. and tbe last word had. hardly
"left his lips when the Bouse was absolute??
noiseless.
Count Caprlvl stepped forward from his
seat at the President's right, with an
evident effort. He wag pale, and moved
slowly, showing that tbe rumors astohia
suffering from his old enemy, diabetes, were
not unfounded. He wore' the gala uniform
of an infantry general; on bis breast the
iron cross for bravery in the field of battle.
At first his voice was almost InaudlDle in
the galleries, but it gradually gained force
and clearness, until, at the end of ten
mlnntes, it was heard easily in every recess
of the house. Throughout the two hours
which be addressed the House it remained
strong and smooth. It was often persuasive
and always pleasing, although somewhat
too loud for the Deputies in the front rows
when tho Chancellor emphasized especially
noteworthy passages.
Count Capri vi Nearly Overcome.
At the beginning of the second hour the
Chancellor turned ghastly pale, and many
expected to see him fall in a faint. Ha
clasped his hand tightly over his sword hilt
and hesitated a moment. A Deputy reached
him a glass or red wine. The Chancellor
drank It, and after smiling his tbank.3 pro
ceeded without further sign of weakness to
tbe end, calling out with commanding
earnestness and pathos: ''Germany must be
prepared. Only then can we say with truth,
Lleb Vaterland kanust mhlg seln.' "
Most of the Chancellor's speech was de
livered amid oppressive silence among tho
Deputies. Only the Conservatives and
National Liberals applauded, and they did
so very sparinglv. The Social Democrats
and tbe Independents tried to appear indif
ferent or amused. The Clericals were non
committal. Dnrinir the afternoon the
Emperor sent a letter to Count Caorivi,
commending him warmly for the ability dis
played in his speech.
That the speech won many or any votes
for the bill is doubtful. Speeches change
votes in the Heicbstag bardly more often
than in the British Parliament or the United
States Congress. That it was unexpectedly
strong is shown by the virulence ot tne op
position editors wno had previously affected
merely a patronizing attitude toward the
Chancellor. Excepting a lew Conservative
newspapers, the comments of the press aro
hostile, and even the Conservative sheets
are inclined to damn with faint praise.
A Vindication forthe Elder WHhelm.
The Chancellor's allusions to the chances
Of war have evoked no response. They were
far too guarded and too near the truth to
stir the men who have passed through
Prince Bismarok's paper war panics. In
one particular, however, nobody has denied
Caprivi's success. Jn dealing with Bis
marck's story of the fateful Ems dispatch
the Chancellor with tact and eloquence
completely vindicated Emperor William L,
and relieved the German Government ot the
discredit attached to it by Bismarck's re
markable utterance.
"He vindicated the Bismarck of former
days," say. the Eerliner TaaeblaU, "against
the Bismarck of to-dav. While not agreeing
with the Chancellor's opinions on other
matters touohed in bis speech, we cannot
deny that tbe speech bad one merit.namely,
honesty and sincerity, together with sus
tained dignity, free from all bltterness.whea
he replied to Prince Bismarok's attacks."
The TageUatt adds that history will place
Caprlvl in a much higher moral pedestal
than Bismarck. ,
The Kroner Zeitung finds nothing new ia
Caprivi's speech. The KatUmal Zeitung says
that tbe Uhanoellor's arguments do not
remove tbe numerous grave objections to
tbe military bill and other Government bills
related to It.
The most significant comment comes from
tbe semi-official Post,vrMca declares that the
Government's only nope of carrying the
military bill is by means of compromise
with tbe opposition, as nothing can bo
gained by the dissolution of the Belohstag
while the electors are in tneir present
temper.
No Delay Wanted at This Time.
The Part professes to find the Chancellor's
speech a Justification of Its views, and ex
presses the hope that the political parties
whose co-operation Is necessary In such a
compromise will realize that their responsi
bilities as well as that of their sense of
Satriotlsm call for a quick settlement of tha
nanclal and military questions in harmony
with the country's interests.
This declaration or a newspaper having
official connection Is in mysterious contra
diction with the assertions of the official
Norddeuttehe Allgemeine. which has said that
the Government would make no conces
sion j.
Of course Eugen Klchter has already
J nmped into the arena, flourishing his Fresin
ntaa Zeiiunn at the bead ot. the Inderjenden
opposition. He says la. hi newspaper .-th"