Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1881, Page 2

2 in his story. He never misses an opportun!- a ALWAYS AUDACITY 1) ty to assert and heneaeL tis insanity and his : “Inspiration? as the motive of the deed. TODAY Gilitenw again never or a. sacra Mok ihe U = } thrend of his story. is Insolence. im The Assasin s Astonishing Re pertinence were wnbearable. His attempt liance on Danton’s to malntain the blasphomous fiction of his Dogma. inspiration was less successful than yester- day. Judge Porter's marvelous cross-oxam- Anation frequently Involved him In contrae dictions. 11!s rae knew no bounds ag Por- tor involved hin in Inconsistencies, but he kept inthe main thread of his story, and rensoncd logically. ‘hore was no incoher- ence or rambling today. Now that hts dlrect story is ended, tho skillful thrists of the crosy-examiner show that hia mind Is alert, nnd that he has full power of continuous rensoning, 13 MEMORY WAS HXTRAONDINANY. dfe remombered dates and distances exactly, Ile could tell the hour of the day and the month when ho stopped cheating onc poor landiady to attempt to rob another. Ho did not drag the Lord into this robbery of board- ing-house-keepers ns much as he did yester- day, Ie was particularly Irritnted at Judge Porter's questions, as they oxposed the inng- mtude of hls vagabond career. Ho was alarined when Judge Porter brought out the fact that ho had used a large quantity of cartridges in finproving his aim, and that ha was weak in his Inspiration In not trusting to the Lord todo the shooting, nnd to doa better job, Ile struggled hard, as he has from tho outset, to keep in the background THE MOTIVES OF MALICE AND REVENGE which tha crogs-oxamination brought to the front, nud he appenled almost despalringly to the defense which he had planned and, loft in tho nowapaper at the depot. One thing greatly troubled him. lie was neryous. that Porter dwelt upon the fact that, among iis nowspaner strips, were two.whiel: simply stated when tho Presitent was expected to leave Long Brauch. Ife was unable to ox- plain why he was careful to make such plans, and dld not intrust those details to the wont- derful Inspiration that lind guided him, : noTit sine i : luocking, but | aro now about ready to call upon the experts Mis Moral piglet 2 Lo gostei for their professional opinions. On thom, of His Breath. Works ‘wi course, the main issne will rest. If they ablo Accuracy, agree elthor way, thnt will and the case. It cannot bo doubted that Judge Cox would bandon instruct the jury {i gerordance with inele id te andoning | united testimony. joy disngres on mate-. Phe Experts Bull ta Be Eaat oe 8 a points, the Jury will probably find It out. tha Idea of Any Aberration What thelr aggregate opinion ts cunnot now . (nfinit Egotism, Horrible Blas- phemy, and Cold, Log- » °* {eal Cunning, Steady and Persistent Ate tack of the Great Cross+ Examiner. ‘ latermittent Rago of the Wreteh at tho Mention of the Facts of the Murder, A Fury Shown That Would Soon “Tnspire” the “Removal” of Judge Porter, fhe: Feelings of the Hideous Hypcorit Wounded by a “ Recurrence to Sacred Subjects.” Charles Julius Guiteau Is Now Rap- idly Driving Nails in His Coffin. Whatevor. bo told, for they have guarded their opliions with tho greatest secrecy, oxcent so fay a; A DUEL they acknowledge frealy that tho casvis MORE EXCITING ‘THAN A CHAPTER FROM GA- | Very remarkable OMe Gs BORTAN, NKLINGS, née This much, however, is hinted and held Ree crete O Thee, teelirreviowtiig out: It is understootl that yestérday one of tho aay in the’ Guiteat trial otie naturally | theleading medical witnesses for the defense thinks first of the extraordinary character of | notified Mr. Scoville,that’ ho was compallet tho dialog betweon Judge Porter and Gul- | to say that he would have to testify, if called, teau with respect to the manner rather than | that the prisoner was fully responsivie for the matter, Yesterday Guiteau seemed | the act, and today, atthe conclusion of the rather shaken by’ the very solemn umnnner | testimony, two more of tho exports on in- and the plercing logic of his examiner, To- | sunity for the defense formally announced day he eltlier got Imtck his confidence fn | that tho testimony of the prisoner had his “inspiration,” or summoned all his at- | changed their own vlows of the case, os thetr dactty to his aid in the duel between himself | former opinion has beon based upon false and tho lawyer, and was not disposed to | information, and they saw stand meekly, on the defensive. From the NO EVIDENCE OF INSANITY start today he broke out into which would Justify them In declaring him VE CIMTICISMY, NEBURES, AND | notresponsible. ‘Pho Government have hore AOONESE MIMICRY. eight of the most eminent medical men of Mo-was in tttrn viofent and suifen, “One mo- | the country, who nave watched the case ment he would be scolding ducgo Porter for | from Its commencement, and have person his “dishonesty,” as he eulled it, and the | ally examined the prisoner, and heard all his next would settle back im his chatr and flatly | testhnony tending to show Insanity in his refuse, fayo ike, to say more.’ “Lhe purpose } funily, It Is now wnderstouil that there Is of the Government, of course, was to prove | no difference of opinion among them. Thoy acriminal motive, Most of Judge Porter's | will ail testify that ho is sune and'responsi- questions had thatend in view. As to the | ble,. ‘The only,medieal men who will testify main theory of “insptration,” the cro$s-0x- to hls Insanity ore’ a class of specialists who uminer elicited today {ittle that was now. | nro advochtes ‘of. what is known as moral Guitenw atuck to is story that -he naturally | insanity, which is not glveu much welght In shrank from the deed, belng, a8 he himself | courts, and fs repudiated by the medleal men confessed, n coward, and opposed to any | of this country and Europe. . physteal violence, But he was under Divine JUDGE LAWRENCE, pressure, which grow untll 16 bocame irre: | First Coutroller of the ‘Treasury, who occu- sistiple, and he simply executed the com- | pled the bench with Judge Cox In the Guitean. mand of tho Deity, e trial yestorday,: says of the assasin; Ag I FAIVTY TIMES sat looking, down upon him yesterday, 1 Judge Porter would spenk of his crime ns | could not help being struck with the nppenr- murder, and as often would he bo ftignant- | ance his hend presents to one who viows it ly robuked by the prisoner. “It was not. As aphrenologist, Jt is almost flat on top, wnurder,” said Guitenn tine and time agatn.:] fromthe forehead to the crown, which rises “Lshothin as I would shoot a Rebel—vs o prominently and almost perpendloularly from iniiiion men were killed in the War. Ilfs re- | the nape of the neck. This, if L understand moval was necessary, just as thelr suertfice | anything of phrenotogy, Indicates vanity was necessary, to preserve the . Union.” | and self-concelt atrongly developed. Ihave Judge Porter naked If Mason and Jones wers { not studied tha ovidence submitted In the Insplrod; if the delegates to the Kepubllcan | case, but If it shoWa that Guiteau lad a dist Convention and the ‘electors were inspired, | tinct ldéa of the enormity of ils crime, then if the police and soldiers who protected him | {¢ will appear that the only motive for it was were inspired. that he felt aggrieved over hia treatment in “Oh, no,” sald Gulteau, with a character- | the matter of the Paris Consulship. Ilis istic toss of his head, “they only did their | golf-concelt was hurt, and he wanted revenge, duty.? ° and this should not be considered Insanity.” “ And you thought it was your duty to re- move Garfield?” «ff THE TRIAL. “T did” » THE CHOSS-RXAMINATION. “Is inspiration, then, doing your duty?” asked Judge Porter, i “Ohno,” satd the prisoner, agatn, petu- Jantly. You cannot mix me up in that way, I was specially Inspired, “Lt was an extraar- dinary thing.” - APART EROM THE MAIN PURPOSE . of the cross-examinntion Judge Porter led the witness into many. bywnys of teatl- inony, In the design to compel him to reveal his charactor. Some of thesa excursions iny defense, Thoy can send mo $8, $10, $15, would have deen amusing had tho situation | or $1,000 if they wish, If they don't want to eon fess serlous, and nll of thom wore | be known they can send, without’ name, to Ustened to with enger Intoxest by | Scoville,” . : aot * the audience, Whenever Juttge Porter seemed to tho witness to become more dla cursive than the theme warranted, Guitean would sharply rebuke hl, onco declaring that ho was making Ightof aserious matter. At one time lie called him dishonest, and soon after alluded to his whining loose talk and his extraordinary {impudenco, .At thes it seemed as If Judge Porter was at the bar instead of Gulteau, ‘The prisoner's manner ‘was very violent, and his oyes wild and un- easy. Ills testiinony and his mannor of giy- ing it was of course the sole topie of cun- versation about the court-room, : tho desk, ho emphusizod every sontonce nt “INSPIRATION. tered. When pressed for answers, he finally THE THEORY oF Tie HAND OF GoD IN THK | became obstinate and shouted to Judge Pore MIM Ke ter: Spectat Dtswaten ta The Chicago Tribune * Wastttxaron, D.C., Dac, Judge Porter, Wasutnaton, D. C., Dec, 1.—Upon enter. ing the witness-box Gulteau desired, before resuming his ovidence, to make o personal atatement, and addressed himself to the audl- ence, saying: "Two weeks ago I sent out an appual for money. 1 did it on my own ace count, and the day afterward Scoville gu- nounced if was without hls authority. I ngaln Invite my frlends to’ send me money, TUE TEN COMMANDMENTS, Judgo Porter then bogun a rapli fire of In terrogutions, eliciting from: the prisoner in hls, several replics that physically he was a danger. Morally he was brave asa lion, whoti ho thought the Delty was back of hin, In hls opinion, the doctors killed the Presl- dynt, ‘The netsyof Jones and Mason in at- tempting to ki im wore wrong, and they ought to be punished, unless they can show that they wore Inspired by the Delty. Wit- ness soon showed signs of Impatience and excitability, and, striking bis open hand upon “LxNow you wert, 4 und I know bigger men than you are. Pye Jn bls cross-oxamination, Is giving Quitean a | seen you shake your finger at witnesses in sroat deal of annoyance, and 1s playing havoe | Now York, but you van't seara me.” Short- with the theory of “inspiration.” Ie has | jy atier, when: asked if he bolleved In the already made tt appgar conclusively that tho | ‘ten, Commandments, to which he respondeil assnsliy, in iirlug the fatal shot, was more | jn the alliemative, and it he bellaved that the mmoved by vindictiveness and revenge than by any “inspiration.” It has already -been established that the conception of the ken of murder decurred just about the time the Vresident, wearled of Guitenu’s annoying vergiatence, gave him to understand that ho would not listen to him, ‘That the assasin Is of a malignant, vindiecllve dlspusition, has been shown upan several occasions, Hisabuse and no doubt slanderous accusation against: dis former wile because she was called to teallty for the Government, furnished an fl Tustration of the vevengeful spirit: within him, MMe stoutly insisted that : + BOTH MABDN AND JONES should be punished to the fullest extont of the law for attempting the very deed ho Js now sucking to justify in hhuself, The prosecution will probably elleit many facts going to show that Gulteau was “Inspired tocommit murder by his devilish nature, and that heedid it to gratify his ‘malice. It {san accepted theory that «an phagizing his juterrogatories, and again unsound mind cannot dwell rationally | broke out angrily: “You need not polnt and consecutively upon any subject, but that your long finger at ine, Judge Porter, I've it becomes slighty and Incoherent. if this be | seon you do that before; but you can't scare true, then ft {sa point against tho insanity | me,” ot the assusin, Since he hus been on the HOW TO LORKOW MONEY, stand ie has gone over his entire Iife, relat- | Witness declined to ga luto boarding-house {nx jucldents of years ago, glving dates, cir- | matters, as they hud no bearing on the case, Me supposed he owed $150 to various Jandla- eutnstanees, aud detalls with most remark: abl accuracy, ‘Lhere hus been no wavering | divs, and some thuy-or other Cxpected to pay to be rend in his case “hou shalt kill,” he becumo exceedingly ylolent,. He refused to discuss the matter at all. ‘Chore was no tuurder in his case and no Milling, Jt was sluply for the jury to determine whether or not lis act {n removing the Presldont was in- sptred by the Deity or not. It wag all non- sense to split hatra any longer over that word, 1t must be distligtly underatood that the removal of the Prebident was an act of the Delty, AVRAID Tt WAS LOADED, Wituoss proved decidedly obstinate, and after tatly contradicting the testimony of Gen, Logun, Charles Reed, and several other witnesses, he positively refused to answer several questions, his Invariable response being: “1 decline to discuss thts with you.” Witness secited to ba greatly annoyed ut Judge Porter's habit of pointing ils Auger at THE {n the interest of the cnuse of justice and for’ coward and always kept away from personal commundinent “Thou shalt not kill,” ought" him, as he frequently did in the way of em- |° FRIDAY, DECEMBER 188] o Eat | TWELVE PAGES, thom. Judge Cox directed him to reply to estions, ane position to another, till confronted with tho evidence of his own witnesses, when he would unhesitatingly pronounce thelr evi- dence false. Once he emphasized his con- tradiction by saying: “Anything 1 swear to, durdge, is true, You ean put that down ns a fixed fact.” Belng pressed as to how ho proposed to ralso funds, which he said ee Intended to borrow It from somo of my wag expecting to recelyo, witness said: friends’7; and added: “1 will tell you, Judge, how 1 borrow money, It may bo of service te you whbn you want to borrow for 1 don’t Ie, nor sneak, but go sight-up to a man and ask him for what I yourself, sant.” WIS PRRTTY PISTOL. Witness was closely quostlondd about the purehinse of tho pistol, and asked why he bought one with an ivory handle instend of a plain one. He replied: “Bechuse I thought it worth $1 more.” * Judge Portor—" Did you not say it would look better Ln the patent oflica? Witness adinitted he might have belloved or thought the pistol would some thne bo placed in the State Department. Shortly aftarward Guitean became very indignant at J udgo Porter's use of the word *inurder,’ and shouted fiercely: “You seem to delight in the use of the words *kUL and “murder? ‘There’s no use in your whining ‘Cho mere outward fact how 1 removed the President hag nothing what- kn that way. ever to do with this case.” 13 INSUIRATION, Quitenn’s shrowdness In detecting and an- {leipating any point which might bo made against him was tho marked feature ot tho Judge Porter pressed him very closely to fix the day when hoe received his alleged “inspiration” to remove tho President, and Guiteau finally shrieked out: “To remove nil this lousy talk, I want you to know that I would have removed the Presi- dont at any tle between the middle of June and the 2d of July, if E had found oppor I would have done It for the good of Investlgation. tunity, the American people,” SUREWD, AS USUAL. Gulteau was permitted to Indulge hfs pas- sion for talking upon the pending political position atthe tle of the shooting, until, speaking of the Presidont’s ingratitude to Qrantand Conkling, he was led by Judge Lorter to admit that “ingratitude fs the basest of crimes.” Judge Porter—"“Stop there. What would you have thought of your act in killing the President had he given you the Parls Con- suiship, Instead of having refused ito Gulteatt lige previsusly said Girileld was lis (the prisoner's) warm personal and polit- feay' friend; thatno personal motives what- ever were involved in tis act, and fearing, evidently, some trap was ‘being sct for him, he hesitated a momont, and then, with great empi'insis; “i want to just fasten you solid tight here. 1 would not havetaken the Paris Consulship after the Ist of Juno if 1 had been appointed to it and the President and Seoretary Binine had both beseeched’ me on thelr k ness to take it. [had at that time re- solved to remove tho President for the good of the American people.” AFTER RECESS Guiteau resumed the stand, looking very haggard and worn. ‘The cross-examination, ‘howaver, continued as bofore recess. Gul- teau said he had no special purpose tn using some flatverlng words to Blaine. " I simply made a suggestion to him that 1p case ho as- sisted mo in getting the Parls Consulship L should feel bound, In case he was a candl- date at the National Convention, to assist him. ‘That Ig the way thoy do in polities. Judge, understand that is the way politicians geton! You tickle me~L tickle you.” - Question~-Did you write President Gar- field n Iotter marked “ Private,” In which you suld: “.1 Intend to axpress my sympathy for you on account of the presyure that has been on you slnce you came to this city? aAnswer—Yes, I wrote that letter. ‘My Idon wns just this; to express. my personal regard for Gen. Gartleld on aceount of the pressure on him for office, and that Is what I meant by saying I consldored him my personal friend, 1 SYMPATIHIZH WITIL ANY PRESIDENT President, then you nro trying to do what you cannot do, and will not do. - [Banging the railing violently.] Tho prisoner, being asked how many times he had spoken with Cankling on the street, Answered: “1 met him once on the street. He was exceedingly cordial, and ha bowed and said, ‘low do you do, Mr. Guiteau.’ I was ou good relations with all those mon during Merch and April.” Judge Porter (stowly and with great deliveration)—Did Senator Conkling— ‘Tho prisoner (interrupting)— Ol, DON'T LOOK’ 80 FENCE AT ME. Idon’t care a snap of. my finger for you. dudge Porter—But you will answer my questions. i ‘The prisonor—Put your questions in a aulet, sliutpie sort of a way and I will, Judgo Porter—Did Senator Conkling aver promise to ‘support your application for the Paris Consulship ? ‘Tho prisoner—My expectatlon about the Patls Consulship was that I would ‘get it through my personal Influence with the Prealdent, Blaine, and Logan, and that when my nomination went to the Sunate Senator Conkling and that sort of men would see It through; but £ don’t think it necessary to altouss thia matter of the Parls Cousulship, I went ovor it all yesterday, and I decline to discuss It further, There ls no use of wast- “Ing the time of this honorable court on it in going over it agaln. If you do not know the facta about it yet, YOU HAD BETTER NEAD Tis MonNING’s PAPEMG, and you will find them,” ‘Tho prisoher was risked about the inspira- tlon of Ils suggestion to Garficld that ho would succeed hiinself In 1884, - He repiied ing resolute tone: .“"L decting to dlacuss this matter any further.. You have gone over it two or threo thines, and I deellne to discuss it any more, If your Ideas wore correct about my having malice Iu the mutter, Blaind-was tho man for ma to have shot. What possible ill-will could 1 have bad against Garfield? Blaine was the man to havo boon shot, ac cording to your theory, My*yetting or ‘not getting office had nothing to do with it what ever, 1 only shows, how absurd and non- sensical your theory ts. If Gurtield had pald tespoct to those Jettors, It would have been all right, but what did hedo? Je wont and sold himself soul and body to Binine, ie did not apprectate the sentiment and kind- nesy of those tettore, but throw himself {nto Blalno's hands, and allowed Blaine to nse the Presidency to destroy Conkling arid Grant, . Question—Did you say to President Gar- Held that te would have no peace tilt he .got rid of Binine? : ‘The prisoner—Yee, aud that was the way the Stalwart aud Liberal papers all over the country talked, That was the way the Wash. ington Republican, and Gorham, and that klnd of people talked, . § Judge Porter— DID YOU BAY DLAINY WAs A WICKED MAN? ‘The prisoner~Yes, because he was using President Garfield, wno was a good man, and a kind man, byt’ weak politiclan, Gardeld Juss sold bimself body and soul to Blaine, ‘rhat was what Gen Urant himself said in histetter dengunclog Garfield for selling him: self out to Blaine, ’ . Judge Porter—Di dyou say yesterday you aid not desire the removal of Secretary Blaine? . ‘tho prisoner—Z did not; and you cannot Witnoss was readily driven from who has this enormous horde of office seckers at his thront. At tho time thoso letters were written [had not tho slightést conception of removing the President. If you want to bring those letters against mo that were written at tha thne when .I had not the slightest conception of removing the find It In tho record. I insist now upon your finding itin the record. I want to fasten! something on you. cs I AM AB GOOD A MAN AS YOU ANE, Judge Porter—{ know you think so. ‘The prisoner (angrily)—Yes; aud the pub- Ie will think so too. Judge Porter—Wnas your motive for de- manding Blalne'’s resignation because he had sald to you, on the Saturday preceding, never to speak to him again on the Parls Consulship ? . ‘Tho prisoner (excitedty)—I told you that had nothing to do with the Parls Consulate, 1 want to rnin that into you, and put it down deep. [Laughtor.] Inm talking now about National politics, and not about a miserable ofitce, and if you would try toget your bralng to take that in L¢ would bo better. Iam NOV A DIBAPPOINTED OFFICESEEKER. In the courso of Curthor cross-exam{nation, the prisoner sald, in relation to tho time of the nuirder: “The Delty seemed to bo on my slide, and overyoue against mo; but there is a great dent better feelluz towards me now than there was thres or four weeks ago. Sonte of those bitter crank papers have been toning down wonderfully fur tho last threa or four weeks. Whut they want isn change ofhenrt, “Chey want conversion; they want new fdeas about the President’s removal, Nothing but a change of heart will satisty tholr dinbolical thirst for blood, ' It is not Iwely ‘the Dolty will gratify them In their thirst tor blood, ‘They begin’ to see tt, too, and they will seo it moré and more,” £ ‘rhe prisoner having expressed a boltof that the Deity protected him from the day he shot tho President to this day, Judge Porter sald: * It depends more on BETHEL THE JURY NELIEVE You.” ‘Tho prisoner~Exeetly what the jury is here to pass upon—whetller the Deity and L ald the act, or whether I did It on my por- sonal account, And 1 tell you, further, I oxpoct there will bean act of Got to protect me, If it Ia necessary, from any kind of vio- lence, elther hanging or shooting, ‘The prisoner asserted that his acts saved the country from another war. Judge Portor--Thore would have been war now but for you? 5 A PARAGRAVPHFROM THE GREAT BQUELCHED SUEKOI, ‘The prisoner—i do not pretend that war was fmumediate, buc 1 do say emphuticatly {hero he .began to declalm fn a dramatic inanner and in the style of a stump-speaker} that the bitterness In the Republican party was deeponing hour by hour, and that by two or three years at least the Nation would have been Ino daweof war. Inthe presence of death all hearts were fiushed, dissenston ceased. For weeks and weeks the heart and brains of the “Natlon centered on tho sick- room at the White House. At Inst (and hero the assasin fawered his voice so ns to be al- Most unintelligible] he went the way of all flesh, and the Nation was lu mourning. That isa paragraph from the speech I wanted to make two weeks ago. - (Resuming his nnt- tral tone, and apparently well satistied with his effort]~It comes tn very pertinent here; and J aut 5 QUAD 1 MAD A CHANCE TO DELIVER IT, ‘The: counsel usked the prisoner for the necessity of requesting Gen. Sherman to send troops to the jall to protect him for having obeyed the Deity? ‘The prisoner—I would have bean shot and hung a hundred times ff [t had not beon for the troops at the jail. . Question—Any harm fn that? - Answor— ‘That is a matter, for tho law to pass upon, [Intpationtly.] 1 will not have any-more conversation with you on this sacred subject. You aro making Hght of a serlous matter, and I will not talk about it, Going. back to tho ‘letters, Judgo Portor read thatin which the prisoner stated that Garligtd’s nom{naticn, election, and “re- Inoval”” were acts ,of God, and thon asked; “Who nominated hin?” : ‘The prisoner—Tho Chicago Convention. . Judge Porter—Was that inspired? Tho prisoner healéated, and seemed ALOUT TO DUDGE THE QUESTION, whon Porter stopped him with an Impationt “Now! now! now!" Tho prisoner (nockingly)\—Now! now! now! 1thought Grantor Blaine would bo nominated,and when Garfield wasnominnted, on the thirty-sixth ballot, It was an act of God. The facts surrounding his election would sustain the position that it was an actofGod, and the facts surrounding Wis removal would sustain the same position. ‘The prisoner complained of being fatizuea, saying ho was not used to speaking for five hours ata time, and the court adjourned, THD SPorT. . A DIMMORIAL TABLET. Wasurnaron, D, C., Dec. 1.-A marble tablet has been placed in the ladles’ waiting- toom of the Baltimore & Potomac depot to tnark the spot where President Gactiald was shot, ‘The tablet {§ American’ statuary mar- ble, and consists of a sill resting upon two corbels, outaida of which are two pilasters ropresenting an ax and fasces, Two draped fings form a canopy over the inscription In gold letters; “James Abram Garfeld, Presl- dent of the United States, July 3, 1881." Tho whole ls-surmounted by an eagle with out stretched wings, holding in its talons o bundle of arrows and.taurol-tcaves, LABOR AND CAPITAL. A Strike at the Joliet Steol Works, . Speciat Dupateh to The Chteago Tribune. JOLIET, UL, Deo. L~A striko of the laboring mon at the steol workp occurred at noon today in consequence of a notice by Suporintondent Smith that wages of common Jaborors would bo reduced to 12% conts per hour, Tho entire works wore compolled to shut down in canse- quence, Ata oiass-mecting hold at the courte house tonight the skilled oporatives fraternized with the strikers and encouraged them ta ore Raulzeand stand firm. Superiutendont Smith ‘was presont, dnd agreed to recolvo 8 com mittee of tho strikers tamorrow betweon 8 and 4 o'clock, ‘The meeting adjourned until Saturday night, when action will be hud on Smith's ropiy to the committee, Two thousand Avo hundred men aro thrown out of work by thy strike. paceman eeaany A COAL FAMINE, Gpeciat Disvateh ta, The Chicago Troune, Br, Joseri, Mo., Dog, —Thoro is a frightful soft-coul farnine in this clty now, occasioned by tho. strike of tho minora st Kichmond, Key County, from which nearly all oursupply comes, Tno minors woro getting 81x cents per bushel, and wanted geven, ‘There are over 400 miners thero, and over 200 ‘ro idle, ra a compromise was efooted whoraby fully 100 mon aro at work. ‘There ts scarcely any goft and very little hard ooalinthecity, .° 4 Sn SIR CHARLES ASHLEY, THE CRANK. » Kpectat Dispatch te The Chicago Tribune, Curvetann, 0, Dec. 1—tlr Obarica Ashley, who bas boon in jail tre the past four months waiting trial for obtaining monoy undor falso Hrotondes, was noquitted today. Ashley ropro- sented bimsclf-to be Josus Christ before hia ar- Fost, and had soyoral photographs takon of bim- selZin white robes, with & crown of thorns on hishoad. The person who proferrod: the charge ‘was also a crauk, : oo Mow Garfield feard the News of tho Fund for Mls Family, . Dr, D, W. Bliss, in the Century Jor December, Aboutton days aftor the Urat subscription waa mado tothe fund for BMrs. Guriicld, somo ‘one ot the household tatormed hin that a large sum of oney wae being raised for ber in the ent of hisdomise. At ‘this bo was very much prised, und suds, © Whate'—adding with ovident omotion, as he turned bls taco pillow, “How kind and POURRA What a generous pooplo}” He was thon sliont ang abe sorbed fora long time, as if overwhelmed with tha thought. I nover-hoard him allude to the eubject afterward, is ‘ The Popular SO ANA Vd reat bas beou the popular demand for the celetratea remedy, Kiduey- Wort, that it Is bay. Jog ao lmmense sala Scope Mains to Culttornty, Bone bave found it inconvenient to prepare it {rom the dry compound. For such the proprio. tore now prepare it in liquid form. This can be procured ut the druggists. It bas precisely the sane elfoct a4 the dry, Lut is very Concentrated 50 that the dogg 1g much amalier—Lowril Muu, WASHINGTON. Congressmen Never Before Known to Arrive So . Late. Hiscock Likely to Score the Largest Vote on First ‘Ballot. His Followers Understeod to Want to Desert at the First ’ Chance. Robeson, an Enorgotic Worker, - Enlisted Strongly Against Hiscock, Judge Kelley Ready to Vouch for Kas» son as All Right on the Tariff. 'This strength of Kasson in Penn- sylvania an Important De- velopment. Hiscook's Canvass Said to Have Been Made Before the Orime of Quiteau, A Decrease in the Public Debt Durlng Novombor of $7,249,126— Secretary Blaine. Tho Ohiriqui Land-Job Given Its Doath- Blow in the Report of Sacra- tary Hunt, THE SPEAKERSIIP. HOW THE CONTEST LOUKS. Spectat Dispateh.to The Chteago Tridune, Wasninoroys, D.C. Dee. 1.—The Spenk- ership contest -is forming, It can’t be sald that it has formed, The resultdopends upon combinations which have not yet been ninde, What these combinations will be It 4s. proba- ble will not be definitly town until the morning of the meeting ot the ean- cus, on Saturday. ‘The result wil) de- pend upon the fate of eortan move- ments which are now being attempt- ed in the different State delegations, ‘What tho success of theso movements will bevannot be known uuntll those delegations are here and: have had thelr conferences, The delegations have never been so tate {i arriving. Mr. McPherson, for su many years the Clerlt of tho House, and the most promt. nent and capable candidate for that position now, says that, J all his experlence in Washington, he never knew the members at- tho beginuing of Congress é 8U LATE TO ARRIVE, A Congressman standing near, who had just arrived, sald: “And there Is good reason for it. Everybody is staying away as Jong as possible, The contest for the Speakurship is so uncertain, there are so many candidates, and tho mombors hold steht. pleasant relations to all the aspirante, that they desire to. keep Away from the confltet and tumult until the Jast possible moment.” A.meating of THE PENNSYLVANIA DELEATION, only about one-half of which hns arrived here, 1s to be hold tomorrow night, Aneffort will be mado to hold a meoting of the Itlinots delegation tomorrow, and before Saturday morning the other delegations will probably meet and attenpt to came to sonic agreemont. ‘The question to be first decided Is, of course, Whether the votes of the States shalt be cast as Runit, and atter that decision is reached the next matter wilt be, If the decision isin the nflirmative, to determine for whom the votes shali bo cast. - TUE DIFVENENT STATE DELEGATIONS are very much divided, and it will be ox- tremely difllcult to secure an agreement to vote os a unit ln any of the States from which candidates are not presented. ‘Take the, great Stato of IlHnols as an oxatnple The Republican mombers of that State have never been able to agres upon anything, and thelr Influence for that reason 1s evidently less than that of some of the smaller States, cand Its representatives are further from an agreement upon this subject than almost any other, ‘The delegation from Chicugo Is divited upon two candidates, Farwell belng for Kasson, Davis for Hiscock, and Aldrich, it is also aald, for Wisoock, although he has not arrived, Outsids of Chicago Kelfer, Kasson, Qrth, and Dunnell hayo suppastera. Kelfor claims three votes:in Illinois, Orth two, and Dunnell one, There are, besides, oneortwo men in the delegation who hava cominend tiself to the Stalwart lenders, It | hands of Enstern Speakers, Js true, however, that soma of the Stalwarts {n New York are for Tilscock, while others Who are here openty pronounce Aguinst hin, Vhero Isa grent deal of Interest manifested fn the Now Yorx delegation ta knaw what an 2) constituency might justly hog wt Bponsibie.”? te KEIFEN’s FRIENDS, becoming alarmed at the growtn, im n that ho was not recet vine the huang!" he; THE DESIRES OF THE ADMINISTRATION of his own delegation, or, as they hyper are with respect to Mr, Iscock'y candidacy, | to put it, Wishing to put a BLOD to th neg Onv of Mr. Hiscack’s warnicat Western sup- | blo about a possible break in tho, Pale Dorters ‘sald tonight that thera wero some gation,” called a meeting of the Sele Tears that the Presidant was opposed to Its: | members tonight, at which it ito cock, but an Enstern man very enrnestly | formally voted ‘to SU pport i Ly slated that he know that the Pres{dent was | from first to last: ‘The if vroceeding ineetlng wore kept secret, but theme fuctustrlously clreulated. It Ina facl, however, that the full dete tony not presentint the meeting, ‘iy Youn on Cinelunath, who may be sald almost to a . been the sponsor of the Keifer maven, id WS hot present, and velther y MeKinteg! Sull the Ohto men are top cially? everything with confidence, Maj. iy Bick ham, who cameou here to lend his ai ty the election of Keifer, when asked UUs ex ing how. things were going, vad: “Ohk a hend and tall up for Keifer, any we are a to elect him.” When pressed to say when Kelfer expected to draw his xtrength, ie sald: “Le will have the ffteen voles of tis own State to begin with, and, us ‘eons Orth is out of tho taht, will get ge eight votes of Indiana, In addition he will get several votes from Penusylyany, fo from Wisconsin, some from Califaruty at seattoring votes from the other States,” are claiming he will have forty-tye yore the first ballot, and afterwards will he strength whore ‘it Is least expeeted” Maj, Beckham's talk ts ie the dinb ek A SAMPLE of the sort of assertions tmiule by Kotte, frlents—etaiming everything withthe! ures to'Sustaln the clains, Represelitatlyg Bayne, of Pennsylvania, was usked toutzit ff there would be MWY — confereucg of Pennsylvania in advance of the enticus, He said not, twikling: “We Independents do not Teeagnize the unit rule. ‘The majority of the deteratiog will, [ thint, support Iscoek for the Speak. ership, and MePherson for Clerk.” In reply! tom question as tu an alleged bargain by which, In constderation of supporting Ig. cock, the delezution woud Stcure the ay vointment of Judge Kelley to the Chairman. ship of the Committes of Ways and Means, he sald: “hore is no steh batsaln, T have uo doubt but that the delegation wilt urge the appointment of Kelley, beeanse We know ho ts sound on the taritt, and 1 think we ean take the point.” Judge Kelley, Mr, Basng thought, was in favor of Hisvock for Speuker, A CONFIDENTIAL MANAGER OF tiscock tonight says that his ennyass was Inade Jast spring before Congress adjourned: and when Kasson was in Austria; that there atecizhty- elit Republicans in the present House who Were in the lust Congress; that all of these, With possibly threa exceptions, are pledged to Iliscock; and that seventy {s enough to nominate in caucus, ; TUE. DEBT, THE ACTUAL REDUCTION oF INTENESE F UEAIISG DENT, Spectat Dispatch to The Chicuco Tribune, Wasinyatoy, D. C., Dee. 1—Wiilo tha debt statentent for November shows that the reduction of the pubtic debt [esyeash tn the ‘Treasury during the month by round nome bers, was $7,250,000, the netual reduction of the debt was only $3,167,090, the worl “debt” there, Including all classes of obligations, ‘The reduction of the bonded debt Was $3.90), 000, ‘This ineludes tho interest-bearing dedt tor hin, Whatever vlews the Spliltix of the the Gray House inay privately entertain, itseams vrotty certain that hie will not. actively Intere! fere Inthe contest. Indeed, ono whe hus as much right to speak for him as any person anys that tho President has informed: him that lie will not attempt to Mnfuence the Speakershtp contest by word or deed. Mr, ilscovk expects to seo the New York delega- tion stand by nlm, whatever may happen, and, in addition, tonlght clatma fifteén votes IN PENNAYLVANIA, all but three of the delegation, and altof New Jersey save Mr. Robeson. ‘The hatter ts very earnest in his opposition to Mr. Hiscock, and Is not an fullucncs to bi desplsed. Mr. [ls eock eluliis all of Contuctient and {hoto Asland, which fs not much In point of num- bers, and tour in Massachusetts, Mr. Ifis« cock’s claim tu Pennsylvania is very carnest- ly contested by the friends of, Mr. Kasson, and even Kelfer einims to ‘have threo votes in thnt State. ‘the delegation from Pennsyl- vania has uot arrived yet, and these who are here are not cummunteative, but soon dis posed to walt turtistructions. “he Pennsyt- van delegation know but one interest—the arit, Way HOtlceably at THE TARIFF INTERESTS « of the State ure controlled, it seema, by powers behind the Congressmen, and in whichever way the edict snall zo Itis probe ablo that most of the delegation will vote, Kasson ts undoubtedly next to Iliscock in votes upon the fret ballot, and his frlendy are very certain fs tho second choles of n greater number, ‘The sucess of Aly, Kagsun's cate didacy, however, depends in great measure upon the ultimate action of the Pennsylyania delegation, and upon the votes which ho ex- peets to recelve frum New England and from Ailnois, Ho bas some of the most skiltal, men iu pollties working in his interest, and it is learned tonight that Judge Kelley, af Pemnsylvanta, and Congressman Bayne, of tho Pittsburg district, favdr Mr. Kasson. é SULGE KELLEY Is not & man who ean be suspected of any disloyalty to the most insignifivant tarlif fie terests, and for this reason It Is thought Mr. Knsson will secura the very consiterable number of votes from Pennsylvania which he now hopes for. . ° A gontleman who may be considered ono of Mr. Hiscock's closest friends in the Speake ership tight—ag he has been one of the most setive und earnest workers in his cause— satd tonight: “ There is a rensonablo cortaine ty of Mr. Hiscock’s nomination, and 1 think it will como on the second or third ballot, OF course, in this as tn. other puiltienl con- tests, one is pt to meet with divappalit ment, but the character of the men froin whom Mr. Hisenck lias recetved assurance of support almost forbids our ‘coustdering dis- appointment a possibility, Ife gous Into the enucus . = THE STRONGEST OF THK THREE LEADING CANDIDATES, and will gain from tha stirt.” Being asked to state from whence Hiscock expected to derive this strength, ho-replieds “He has twenty votes from his own Stato to beslu with, Thon thore are two from Rhode Isl- and the matured debt on which interest has aud, of which he is certan, and he wilt get ceised. ‘I'he reduction of the Interest- sevon or elght from Massachusetts, three bearing debt was only $2,490,0),, from New Jersey, two from New Hamp- | A compitison of the statemunt issued today shire, and threo from Counectlent, With with thnt fysued on tho Ist of July shows this he wlll have a inajority of the Pennsyl- that since the beginulny of tho fiscal year vanin delegation, and we expect him to eet | the recuetion of the Intorest-bearing debt has on tho first ballot from fifty-five to alxty | been votes.” Boing reminded “that there ‘was 1 Ulvision of opinion ag to how the Petnsyt vania voto would be-eust in this fight, he | month, ‘ho reduction of the total debt, ins sald: “Sam certain of- a majority | cludiie all cinsses of obligations ani tess of the delegation, haying received per- | cash fn the Treasury, has been a little over sonal . assurances from them? Cane | $02,000,000 sinve the beginning of tho fiscat Mnuing, ho sald: “With his Baste year, or gn averaga of over $1,000 rh support Mr. Hiscock will have such | por month. ‘This ts it Unprecedented record support trom the West as will bea matter | in the tinanctal history of the country, and of surprige to some people, Just from whut | it 1s improbable that it Wiil bo repested dure States that Western support will cone Lam | ing the’ remaining months of tho current hotinctined tu say at present, beenuse I do | fiscal yen, with the exception uf that part of not wish to indlyidualize, but L will say that L the, record relutlng to the interest-bearing belleva ho will get a majority of the votes af | bonds, the Iinols delegation.” Spenking of other candidates, this gentleman said ‘REFER ‘ Would be second on the first ballot and Kas- son a bad third, Reed, he thought, might a8 Well begin toclaim the entire New En- depend upon the surplus revenues, tho re gland support as to claim twenty votes trom] demptions will tall far short of 875,000,000, thot section. He Ngured it out that Lliscock | Some thne before tho end of tha fiscal year would lead on the first ballot with from fifty. | there will be an extraordinary expenditure fivo to: sixty votes, that Kelfer would. get | of $80,000,000 for pension «leticiencies, about thirty-seven,’ and Kasson uot more THE DEBE 18 NOW 3L,773,25.810, ~* than seventeen to twenty. To the Western Associated Lrcst, THE TRAINS TODAY : Wasuixaton, D, C., Dec. L—Tho follawe have brought a numper of Republican Rop- | ing fs the statement of the public debt: Tesentatives, and over 100 af the 1d who witt | Pxwnded tay. F nominate tho Republican candidates for ‘the { Fourund onochell’y ofilces of the House ara here, With them | Rule per cont vond: fre at least 200 seekers fur the places of high | ¥svy Pension Fund, and fow degreo which are to bo distributed. “trotal interest-bearing deb: Sonte of then are the veterans who served | piatired debt... # OVER $75,000,000, This isan avernge of over 900,000 per BECRETARY FoLarn can undoubtedly redeem $75,000,000 of bonds between now and next July, provided that lie should adopt the polley of dralnug heavily Upon the ‘Treasury reserve, Butif he should hind aspirations for the Speakership them- selves, but who have abandoned them. “TB BTATE fa asample of the dificulties in attempting to enforce the unit rule in the delegations. Massnchusotts is another illustration, ‘There Mr. Read claims two votes, U}scock three or four, and Kasson looks for at least three. As to second cholue, notwithstanding the situa. ton Is still so Indefinlt and must remain tn- defnit for some hours, the supporters of tho difforent candidates are all very confident of thelr own prospects, although It Is ovident that In some cuses the talk is meroly bluty,. It scems certaln that the contest is nurrowed to three candldates—Kasson, Hiscock, and Kelfer. The other candidates whe have been naned, while by no means out of-the race, are walting for thut break which, thoy hope, pitt bring good fortune tothem. ‘They look sce E f THE THREE LEADING CANDIDATES NAMED Kill each other off, as they term it, ‘and then each one of the other candidates, and doubt. less a few mon who have not been named as candidates at all, expect to come into the ine |° herltance, It still seems ag clear ag It did three days ago that tho man who is to be elected Speaker Is the man who Is the second cholve of the majority of the caucus, If the paramount strength of the candidates is to be determined by the number of votes they will recelya on the first. bnilot there can be no doubt that Mr, Hiscock leads. His sup. porters are extremely enthustastic, and they wo ao far os to say even that he Is certain of & Nomlnation upon tha firet ballot, n state. ment whioh, if true, of course renders any furthor canvass unnecessary, : . MK, HISCOCK’s CLAIMS ra very broad, and hig followers are yery confident and persistent, ‘They certainly pre- sont more votes for the first ballot than any other candidate, from anything now appar: cnt, can claim.» Mr, Hiscock vlaling the votes of New York solld, and whit undoubtedly getthem, The doutful factor in tho New York vate Is how tong It would be cast for Mr. Hiscock if there should be any indica- tions that any other ‘candidate was likely to beat least equally formidable, If, for lu stance, Mr. Kasson, or any other Wostorn candidate, should berecelving a considerable vote east of the Allegheny Mountains, it Is by no means certain that Mr. Miscock's New York strongth would remain « unit for him, IP 18 NOW UNITED IN Fort, Mf itis nota unit atheart, There isa strong. inclination within the delegation to break away {froin Mr. Hiscock, for the TgAson chief ly that hw is a Ralt-Breed, and that his pollt- | ical course in 1874 was ‘not of a churacter to under Reépibilean rule.before the Democrats Corteaton oF spost eame Into bower, ye lo others who, Sf thoy | Fractional curener are to be belleved, havé reudere wreat sery- igos to the Republicah party of tate in thelr Sei eat lasted respective localities, ‘Tho Congressional and outside’ friends of the different candidates have thelr places of rendezvous, ‘The Hiscock inen cdngregate at the Arling- ton, the friends of Kasson aro to bo Curren \es— = found at the Higgs House, Kelfor’s | {ierortdus und unpaid... $ ITA supporters meet at the Ebbitt House, and the raneed eas Duunell mon groom thefr dark horse at wit- | {pierest 0 rut Ge United states notes held for Feder on of cortiticatesor lard’s, At each of these heudquarters thera arg oceans uf talk and rivulets of truth cir- culated, with a profuse use of tobacco and occasional visits to THE RANKOOM When somo ardent admirer of the candidate sulogized offors to “set ’am up,” All acnult TALAl.s seesssegsoes, Ayattable'aasetec? CALAN MORRUEY 0s go0e Bonwy teauod tof 25,002,008 Try its 3 Puntos, tnturaat payable In Pret as Princip) ontatandini.... ce that, had Gen. Garfleld lived, Iiscock would | [Bteront aedruod and no heidi have -been the nominee of the caucus for | - ini seas Speaker, and that, if ho ts defeated, It will | BY whe be by the Conkling influenca exercised | against hin. He Is confident of success, and among his most oarnest workers are Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island, and Representa- a ies, of Mussachusetts. Mr, Reed, of Alne, does not make much sho ts fe tis and Bowman, of Masanehuactts Aan tive Davis snld tonight, with are vote for hini on the first ballot, and he do- | the Clilcago Collectorship fixht, that note clares that he Js In the fight to stay, Was likely to bo definitly settled aan Ine ip 1s veny RvIDENT + | Wook, Although the term of tho present that ® considerable number of Western Con- | cumbent oxplres ot tho 3d, tho oles 1aw gressnen intend to vote for Hiscock, | not necessarily be then apples It hold although they are working very secretly, | Provides that the outgolne ofticla oo and ‘Thoy disregard the argument of ability and | over until Ils successor Is appo a Prcsk fitness—for aj! concede that Kasgon Is pra-'|.qualified, fr, Davis sald he bad toda eminently tho beat man for the place, and Is | dent Arthur and Secretary Euler No vould better equipped In Parliamentary rules and | felt assured that there would be u vk. He Congressional oxporlence than ‘the others, | eration of the matter untll neat Pin thle They Ignore the fact that New York con- | wight be disappointed, he sald, trols the Government, and’ has never Iu the | opinion, but _ past manitested a disposition to bo just to the DID NOT EXNPEOT TO bate the Secres West, Some of those who will ba powerful | He believed tliat the President an hear fro {n the Nutional Administration know little of | tury of the ‘Ereuaury desired to heat Nort anything that ever happened west of the |-the mombors of Congress from t vould ba Allegheny, mountaing, except the fact that4 Chicago before any appolutment to posts the 30d were defeated gt Chicago, Yat u | made, and, to do so, ho would meat ak leas number of Western Congressmen, alerezard- | Done the making of the apo eT git {ng everything but the fact that {t appears to | uutll aftor the assembllug ved here, 8 them that Hiscock may win, aud that thelr | Willlam Penn Nixon has avrly is assisting COMMTTES PLACES companied by Mr, Stone who is Aer nay be better if they ars his frlends, aregn- | hit in his contest, They are en Senator deavoring to win converts among incom Ing | to secure Congressional influence. fdacy Western melubers fn the attempt to put an- Logan docs not favor Nixon’s, an tah other New- Yorker In the second place in the Representative Davis, who {8 ee not yeh Goverumont, A friend of one of the prowl- | the Utluols delegation, says he 8 to nent Western candidates sald tonight: | received any requests from inet ee “These Western gentlemen who are en- | a meeting.of the delegation in wut gaged in thls business are taking a great re- | the Republican caucus, aul does ¥ sponsibility. Uf an Eastern mun should be | ovo will be hei. 'e elected, and the Interests of the Weat should BENATOR LOGAN teat puller as badly ag they often have ut the | referring to we Collectorslp cov CHICAGO, PULLING FOI THE COLLECTONSHIR Special Dupatch to The Chicago Tribune Wasurxaton, D, C., Dec. 1.—Hepresentie