Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1894, Page 14

THE EVENING STAR. —-——— PUCLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDA’ AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, T101 Ponasylvania Avenue, Cor. Lith Street, by The Evoning Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFPMANN, Prest, New York Olle, €3 Potter Building, = ~ ‘The Evening Star is served to subscriben, im the city by carriers, om thelr own account, at 10 cents fer Week, or He. per mouth. Copies at the counter ot each. Ry mail—anywhere in the United Keates or Canada—posiago vents yer . niay Quintople Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; sh ‘oreign postaze added, be D. c. |= Star. elintered at the Post Otiee at = must be paid ip advance.| Vo; 84. No, 20,873. e-ond-class mail mat: EF AN mail enbsert ‘on application. f either side, and the other police continued to fight with the few struggling Coxeyites @ | who were determined not to yield and who on every occasion would slip around behind an officer and deal him a blow or try to pull him from his horse. The immense crowd gave the fight a much more serious aspect than the amount of fighting and number of people engaged in it warranted, and it was over in but a few minutes. Coxcy Alsa Arrested. y_ | Meanwhile Coxey had reached the Senate the Commonweal § | stevs and was there arrested by the police | without resistance, but very vigorously pro- | testing. | Coxey was not kept in custody. He was taken from the grounds and placed in his | carriage, and thereupon drove off to the site of his new camp In South Washington. What Coxey Says. ‘The scene on the Capito! steps itself was one of the most remarkable ever witnessed this or any other city. People were crowded up and down the steps until the only because they were without weapons. Browne was taken out of the grounds by two mounted police, one holding him on EXTRA WITH POLICEMEN CLUB Cart Browne, Marshal, Arrested, EXCITING SCENEAT THE CAPITOL foot, was pushed through the crowd and on to the lower landing of the main east Prevented From Holding a Meet- ing There Browne. | front steps. Here he was met by the cap- | tain of the Capitol police, Capt. Austin, jeut. Amiss, Lieut. Swindelis and a num- ber of other officials of the police depart- ment. M. Coxey was cool and calm, but in a moment his voice became excited as he | addressed the captain of the Capitol police. “Is this the representative of Col, Bright?” he said. ‘Lam the captain of the Capitol police.” “Then,” said Mr. Coxey, “1 demand the | right to deliver an address to the people. I make this demand in the name of the peo- pple of the American nation, and I demand | the assistance and protection of the Capitol police while I do So.” A crowd of more than 10,000 people was standing around watching for the next de- velopments. This conversation was held in a low tone of voice, and audible to a few people only. “You can’t make a address here, the captain of the pol “Then I demand the right to enter and ead a protest,” said Mr. Coxey, and he drew cut of his pocket a typewritten paper of a couple of pages. He offered to read | the paper, but he was told that he must not do so, if it was len COXEY QUIETLY REMOVED Pewee ‘The Coxey army marched out of the camp at Brightwood at 10:17 m, headed by Miss Mamie Coxey, who wore a white dress ite steed. The “army” was ‘a nd rode a w ) strong as it passed Into the Hth street ad on the way to the Capitol. It crossed ¥ la avenue at ten minutes past 12, and received a number of reinforcements. On Mth street about a hundred men, mearshaled by Mr. Sedstone, fell into line at the end the parade. The streets were thronged with people as the “army” moved on. ‘Thousands of people were assembled on Pennsylvania avenue, which the “army” entered about 12 o'clock. In the Cxpitel Grounds. H said The army reached the Capitol Grouads a few minutes before 1 o'clock. When the at- tempt on the part of the Coxey people was made to enter the grounds a small riot « rred, during which a number of heads were severely pounded by the pe Some arfests were made. i e e and When the pro- resembled an address or harangue. “hen I will submit this paper to you,” said Mr. Coxey, and he handed it to the captain. Then Mr. Coxey turned around and was foricbly rather than politely taken in charge by a detachment of police. \A way was cleured for him by mounted officers through the crowd that packed the grounds to the very farthest limit. Again and again the officers raised their clubs, but they did not strike, and no one was hurt, with the ex- ception of those who were thrown down and trampled upon by the mob. There were very few Coxeyites in the crowd, but the people wrested the sticks from those who were in the grounds. Mr. Coxey was hustled out of the growads post haste, though he was not put under arrest. He at once left, saying he was going to the National Hotel. in the press of the Coxey,. ‘cession reached the Peace monument at the foot of the Capitol, instead of turning to ko up the north side, as had been expected, it marched up South B street. Meanwhile {nousands of curious people, seeking a view fof the army, poured into the Capitol srounds from all directions, until the crowd yas almost as large as at an inauguration. The lawns were trampled over, the shrub- bery and flowers disregarded, but this over- riding was entirely by the curious people pn the outside. The army on reaching New Jersey avenue southeast, instead of march- ing directly into the Capitol grounds, marched up to Ist street southeast, the po- ice and guard of the grounds following them. At that poimt a break was made by Browne and Coxey for the Capitol steps. They were followed by a bodyguard of their own men and an immense crowd of people. | ‘Who so swelled the confvsion that people ‘ere trampling over each other and the Fass was so thick that the police could assault an officer who was beck, was beaten over the club. A number of children were kni down and trampled upon, of the casualties fs not known yet. MR. CRISP REFUSED. Would Not Grant Coxey Permission to Hold a Meeting in the Capitol Grounds Mr. Coxey and Mr. Browne called on pushing him ed grounds and speak from the Capitol steps. remember the exact terms of the law, he doubted that he had any authority to grant the permission asked. “But,” he added, “if I have the authority I will not grant the permit. “What reasons have you to offe! | the operation of the law suspended?” Coxey replied that they came here to rep- ith Gticulty move about! ou thelr horses: _ millions of unemployed aud starving Brow: 1 sitet * Trashed for the steps of th } Esa Gene ae api = House} “Then, what 1s your purpose. What do _ fe Senate, f0F | you intend to do?” We purpose of addressing the crowd. Charged by the Police. The pilice eharged the eniered fight of the people to demand legislation for their . Coxeyites as they|relicf, and then entered into a leng he grounds and immediatel? a|barangue about his being the representa- beeat, in which there were not very | tive of the people. pants, but which was very ex- | nt terror through the crowd, 2 “How are you the representatives of the and s licemem used th on vested with authori of our gpvernment.” under the provisions who made any demo tt ho had got the head of | y out of reach of } the shrubbery on to | Coxey objected that Congress did not rep- resent the people. “Then,” said the Speaker, “your remedy Hiately im front of the|{s at the ballot box. Under our system of he are of the House, a° squad goverrment, the government ftself is the f/ four of the who | people, subject to frequent changes when “a m.' the people indicate at the ballot box that they want a change. Y u appear to be a self-constituted representative of the peo- xey replied that the appeal to the ballot box was too slow; that the relief demanded must be had at once. oerce “Cont, i +stk whole line was black. Mr. Coxey, escorted | by a squad of policemen on horse and on | thy or in any way | crowd one colored man, who attempted to | head with a} but the extent | Speaker Crisp last night to request permis- | sion to hold their meeting In the Capitol | The Speaker replied that while he did not | | he said, “im support of your request to have | Coxey replied that they came in the name | people?” the t many ef whom were women. Some of the| authority do you to represent Coxeyites seized the horses of the police by | the 65,000,000 of people of this country. | ] the brSile and struck at the officers with| The people's representatives are the 356 or with anything at hand, and | Representatives elected to Congress and WASHINGTON, D. 0, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. better than the old method, which is being constantly availed of by the people?” Coxey replied that written petitions were never regarded by Congress, and that he thought bis method would compel consid- eration. “Do you expect to intimidate Congress? Do you think that you can frighten any Representative into voting against his con- vietions?” Coxey replied that he did not know, and rambled on about the million of starving peopie who were going to have immediate relief, saying that he belleved it was the duty of the government to appropriate money for the employment of the unem- ployed. He said they covld not wait for the opportunity to elect men to Congress representing “the people,” and that they would have fo have relief, even if it were secured throwgh revolution. “Your proposition,” said the Speaker, “would be, if carried out, subversive of government.’ Our institutions would overthrown and there would be no stability of government." Coxey then rambled off into a discussion be assemble in the Capitol grounds. told that those grounds were set aside by the government for a specific purpose, and the occupancy was regulated by law. The White House and other public buildin were set aside in a similar way, and would certainly not be contended that they could be encroached upon by any one at will. Coxey still persisted and said that his army had a right to assemble in the White House grounds. The Speaker replied that he would not grant the permission sought; that no re son had been given which would warrant it; that if permission were given to Coxey it could not be refused to any one for any purpose; that the proposed method of peti- tion meant an attempt at iutimidation or it meant nothing; and that if the theory of public ownership was to be accepted as leiving any assemblage to take posses or occupy government property, it would apply to the treasury and its vaults as well, This morning Coxey had an with the Vice President somewhat similar jin tenor and with the same result. He was told by both that he would not be permitted to hold a meeting in the Capitol grounds. ————E ATHER ‘TALKS. His Boy Jake Always Was Headstrong d He Has Not Changed ‘Thomas Coxey, father of the renowned general of the commonweal army, is in Philadelphia. He arrived Thursday and will stay two or three days longer. entirely opposed to the “commonweal” idea, ard says that his son was very foolish to leave & good business and start out on such an enterprise. Mr. © senior, 4 fact, so dead set against the “general's scheme that he refused to say anything on | the subject to a Philadelphia reporter, who called koping to earn semething as t the “se had bee Y s reialh a onic: hes) r. Ci to loncuiiweveen eee they t views and incidentally Mr, Coxey's al to the movement of “Death to inter He was it jon interview COXEY'S “ir D a nee bonds,” and eas to its le 7 oral Coxey, or “Jake,” as they call him fa ar ly. The general's sister, with whom Mr. that the general's relatives are not in love suming a man,” one of hi: you wiil find In a seven days’ wali. near the Gulf Mills. “Phe gemenatwas, born in Penneyivania too, but they both finally located near Massillon, and_h: ade a }fair fortune in quarrying, Thomas Coxe! i €emocrat, but cares very little for pol} yut the opposite ard time bringing a suit pig-headed n, d movlest + fatt nd when into his head todrown the | nday, he was very ii | without waiting to get his .* The father, it is understood, opposed to the commonweal movement from the first, and after he four that r t him ¢ to go, he tried to Thortas Coxey’s visit to Philad before me to get s gether for to Visit a after a bus’ OK nd to lo 1 Union, artecly meet of the Sunday Sche fat Miles Tabernacie. progr acted stand hortly. 1 the pur- committee to have a |convention of Sunday school workers to jconsider mission work amen th lored President C ng of the choir of 1, led by i Miles A Japanese on apan, Ing Trip to J “pa delivered at Carr st evening by th be of Tokio, Japa is one of the brightest of the man young Jape wi ne this country latte nish om the cine all painted by Ja torial attractivenc }tions given who has mai } attraétive langu: | seg city, as five d nd. He + ned attentiy »pany Exonerated, i from the 2dju- Seay and his ba ed against them 0: of the constitutional rights of his people to | He is | | Thomas € is ashamed of the She said did not want her name mentioned in connection with the matter. “People who know I his siste ere always usking me nows what 1 | think of ‘Gen Coxey's latest move, and Iam very tired of the whole matter.” ‘The | reporter said that he inf: 1 from that with the commonweal notion. “i certainly {am not,” she replied with considerabi vigor. “We a dof him, but he | always was a headstrong boy, and when he made up his mind to do @ thing he did it.” The general's father ts modest | iran of about sixty-five unas- | was born very near Philadelphia, at a place | was held ports of com- |! al |S i A COXEY SYMPOSIUM Different Views as to the Movement and Its Canses. Sipe s REMEDIES FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS The Arorican Constitution and the Duties of Citizens oeRan SS AS QUsSTIONS OFTH'! TR The coming of Coxey’s army nas turned |the attention of many minds to the eco inomie « ns suggested by the “march to Washington,” as well as to the immedi- ate problem of how to care for and treat ;the men who have assembled in the Dis- | trict and declare their purpose of staying here until Congress acts on Mi Coxey’ | bil, Reade Vhe Star, of course, vary {in their opinions both as to the demonstra- | tion, the conditions procured it and the remedi The Star publi: below some of the views on these matters sent to the editor by correspond- ents © Great Unkn | One correspondent, E.J.'T., writes: |like at this time to make a throug your widely read journal. Except in- ferentially, I do not intend to discuss Gen. Coxey, but wish to say a few words about {the gfeat unknown—not Smith—but the [Constitution of the United States. It is a fact, as sad as it is strange, that after fone hundred years of national existence |the people know but little of the funda- mental law as embodied in the instrument [framed by our fathers. Take our young men as you miy meet them on the streets, all of them with more or less schooling, ‘most of them fairly well educated, and I undertake to say that seven out of ten of them know nothing of “the Constitution.” In our many schools children are taught J would suggestion H sorts of things, some of little or no Im- | ever’ brought into politics, and proposed a portance, and yet that which one would |commission o adjust it. Would he now suppose to be the most important item—a | take hold of ‘this question before it shares = = ate she hgh of Seve is like oe becomes the prey of every snide ic ‘e—is psolut Rg | demagogue? jin the curriculum. Many of these bright |°SqrS0Gery,, samittea that the body poll- jehildren, you will find, can give you the | tic-contains many elements of danger, and austery a0 Hipine, trian tha nie ta eauas | Perhaps the man who cries “Gold bug? and | 5 a my | Seab! to ali more fortunate is not more | nded, and state the number of soldiers | daigerous than the prosperous citizen who in in great battles fought eT aa j Proceeds upon the worn-out theories of the napa — Ee ae Bases poh m2 era of cee production and insists that all Sst question as e ~ & m can find wo y Ww: x “This is straight.” Now, it is fair |e Con Ma work if they want oo = {to presume that were such important | down by the strong arm of the law.’ | Knowledge as largely diffused as tt gould |, 1t.is time, then, for a little sincerity, and a ais, soba a x have been heard « egisiation to movement would eve if Gen. Coxey can inti sult his desires by a the federal capital, then others can do like- wise, and we shall have Gen. Rocksy with his army to advocate cleaning out the river nd lake beds; Gen, High Tariff may as semble his cohorts to demand more pro- |tection for the “infant industries;” G | Low Tariff may marshal his minion jmand the unshackling of the “wings of | commerce,” o on. This Coxey moves ll, prove a good thing in |arousing a knowledge among the people as | to what they can or cannot do lawfully and viy. it ay teach em to study up ir form of government and when once e then to better indicate their & to their indépendent judg- » meesures of legislation tiey de- advice of shallow rather than follow 1es or vote to please bosses, should be taught es tently in our secular as in schools the teacher no more difficult grammar or geography. Besides, it is most elient reading, superior to any of the rs." 204 time to call public attention defect in our educational sys- Siar ought to, and I think will, ject the attention it dese the Constitution to the st let everybody be familiar t with its wis A knowledge of the benefits confer f the obligations psed by tt must of necessity result in purer and better government, and preclude jar idea of legislation by Coxeyism or | mobocraecy Rubbish About Revolution. “Observer” si “Can you inform me {as to the meaning of all this Insane talk ‘indulged in by a few sensation mongers rd to a revolution and dismember- of this great and glorious nation, e infancy of its history? all b “ot, and not worthy of serious consideration. | “it is quite true int and hat many of us (in- cludip er) 2 rried and nerv- J al troubles, and some in wal he necessities of life, but coy | human to death to son that be permitted to starve : this land of pienty and abund- Py t foundation stones of humanity ce and valor, t his are the n intelli most of Ne jo long as men of ny nation have due |recard for the rights ‘and of their possess io discern the re and so long as hood to stand up fo | scientio to be s0 Jong will sper (th occur) ry set- wy world in ified t Net Trve Americans, | S.C. F. re 5 to comments made on Ing; Byrnes’ utterances, writes: “IT would say that I, for one, and I be- lieve in amon with all true Americans, I inderse Inspector 1: in his the Coxey situation—that | would mix up in such T the at the Coxeyites manner born no by n citizen a spoon in one's to the world born into & n citizen, hav- country at heart, the laws whom th vot ly knows w 1 of the netimes » American citiz honesty n knows that, and fair play is it is in true m a (whatever otwithstand abject said to the contrar: ne wholly and sym of th But when te v in e to foree eir pr mbling a crowd at; y |her kin intimate relations with laborers in and out of the trades, know American manhood better than to believe that true Americans would lend their aid or their presence to such a movement.’ What the Movement Suggests. “R. N. B.” says: “In all the articles pub- lished in The Star concerning the common- weal invasion it is remarkable that there has been little or no allusion to what might constitute a greater danger than this in- nocuous promenade and the problem of its dispersion. This lies in the power of poll- ticians to exploit this incident unduly, in aid of the particular theory—fallacy it might be—with which their political fortunes are cast. “Now, it is inconceivable that any member of Congress should not know—for he has the consular reports and foreign statistics fur- nished to our government to inform him— that the present labor displacement is com- mon to al! civilized countries, and under every variety of tariff and fiscal legislation. He must also certainly be aware that the prime cause of this displacement is know- able, and has been settled by the best au- thorities, and that all recent industrial legis- lation in France and Germany has been | based upon the theory that the world ts suffering from Gyerproduction, caused by} the enormous extension of labor-saving de- vices, transportation facilities and opportu- nities for the concentration and employment nductiveness would best describe | this condition, for, so soon as the market | is supplied, production ceases, and the} laborer is discharged. Now, if this theory | be correct, it is no longer a question of density of population, proportion between | the trades and professions, protection and tariff reform, or gold and sliver merely, but one of equitable distribution of the product of all labor. “in other words, if all that the world pro- duces in excess of {ts actual needs must be lost, this loss should not be permitted to fail most heavily upon any class, nor es- pecially to take the form of unemployed} jubor among the poorer class. The question is an intricate one, but entirely separable from the various issues upon which the country is now divided. Would it, then, be Utopian to suggest an organization of our leading public men, withow rd to} party, for a full study and discussion of. this question, in the interest of the public welfare? The mere announcement that such an organization had been formed | would surely ¢o far to allay any discontent following the dispersion of the common- weal, by convincing the workingman that his demands were receiving intelligent at- tention. “One distinguished Senator in a recent speech depiored the fact that the tariff was | this should begin among our legislators, who are jn ® position to understand these questions and who have a perfect right to | j originate legislation upon them within the | |timits of the Constitution. In default of such legisiation, even if no more dangerous jissues than those upon which the country is now divided arise, we may continue to oscillate, as we have done, between the | great parties until the nation racks itself | t0 pieces in search of a remedy which it might be in the power of any Congress, Knowing the causes, to apply.” Don'ts tor Coxey. “M. D. E.”” sums up his ideas in the fol- lowing collection of “lets” and “don’ts:” 1. Let them come. 2. Let ¢ their grievances. %. Let Congress appropriate for anything Teasonable. 4. Let Congress appropriate to make egg for the so-called National Park—the 200. ear thefr pleadings and, TWO CENTS. | MR. JARVIS’ APPOINTMENT bave always insisted that the entmosity toward him 5. Let us see how industrious this com- | mor.weal then ts. 6. st them be sheltered and fea by the United States, as they come to visit Con- Sress—not the District of Columbia. Let the United States send them back from where they came. S. Let there be no cause for trouble from our side. %. Let the navy yard be protected with | two battle ships. 10. Let the arsenal be protected with troop: 11. Let all barracks be filled. . Let the militia of all neighboring states be ready. | 13. Let martial law for the District of | Columbia be enacted on the slightest provo- cation or disturbance. \ 14. Let the District of Columbia National Guard be realy 15. Let the suburbs be protected, 36. Let then everything be amicably set-| a, lest revolution is the outcom date Let this army of peace and Congress lo it. 18. Don’t wait until the last moment. | 19. Don't let this ¥ stay too } pro- | have money and the nited s for ther tet the District of Columbia Na- rd and state militia desert us. Don’t sive toc many leaves of absence. | tes starve to steal Don't leave them tn the hands of the | a — of Columbia—we have enough poor 9 tend to, 24 ont be scared. —————— GOLDEN CROSS ENTERTAINMENT. 21 2. Don't let the Cox Goeawill Last-£ Commandery’s Reception ning to Trinity Commandery. Ri Scottish last evening, ment and am Hall was filled to overflow- th occasion being an en- | jon given by Goodwill ) the oldest com-/ j Mendery in the jurisdiction, to Trinity Com-| munder Past Grand Com- | iway presided. The fol- | ihe order of exercises in the | yer by the worthy . Knight “Let Us Pray prelate of Tor the! the quartets of Na- oodwill commanderics - View of the Star of Hethiehem,” by | gar R. Fris ional Ob- | nda m: ¥; “Languag by Prof. Wilson ‘mithsonian Institution; scending Night,” by the ai Commandery; i smith,” by Miss Beulah Klase; Poem, by Rev. Rankin, D. D., of Good- | will Commandery; closing ode, by the quar; | tet of Goodwill Commandery. At the con- | clusion of the progTam the guests were in- vited to the banquet hall, to a collation pre- pared by the committee of Goodwill Com- mander Miss Adelaide Payne and Mr: Mattie &. Johnson, assisted by the ladies the commandery, After justice had bee | | done to the supper, Knight George Redway |as master of cersmonies, took charge. and | the following responded to toasts: Waldo G. Perry, Dr. G. W. N. Custis, Rev. F. A. Stier and Rev. J. E. Rankin, D.-D. — DEATH OF MR She Was a Sisier of the Late Gen. John A. Dix. Mrs. Katherine Dix Bolles die@ at an {early hour this morning at her residence jin this,city. She had been for thirty years |a resident here and was the widow of the din Janu: died. To t this afflict f late her heaith had be ired. Mrs. Bolles aas of the Iate Gov. John A. Dix. He nains were taken north for burial among dred. Beas EATS Lecture by Prof. Mason, lecture w given by Prof. Witiam gon of Tr Y certain features E : - their; Columbia | | far his authority goes. eorge Red- | 3 His Position in Regard to the Re-election “Senator Ransom. Demo. war. “sa ‘orth Carolina Luke- A Co. plex Condition of (nites in the Correspondence of The Evening Star. RALEIGH, c., April 20, 1894. The appointment of Thomas J. Jarvis as Senator, to succeed Vance, while expected by some persons, was not expected by far more, for it was thought a man from the western part of the state, whence. Vance came, would be selected. Senator Jarvis acted promptly in the matter of his inten- tions by announcing that he would repre- sent the Vance constituency only until the legislature met, and would then contest for Ransom’s seat. There is no shrewder poli- tician in all the state than Jarvis, and he ought certainly to be gratified at the hold he has upon the people—black and white. A compliment wag paid him never befofe paid in the south. A delegation of teading negroes, of both parties, called on Gov. Carr and urged him to appoint Jarvis. He thanked them for what they sald, in- formed them that Jarvis was th= man chosen, and then they hurried to jat- ter's hotel and congratulated him. Senator Jarvis has written a second let- ter, in which he says that the statements that Gov. Carr gave him the appointment 4s a personal reward are entirely untrue and unjust. He denies that he has thrown down the gauntlet to Ransom, yet in the next senience says that the latter has held oftice twenty-two years and that any men has a right to succeed him. Jarvis says he is willing to leave either to the democratic primaries or the convention the matter of whether he shall or shall not be a candi- date for the Senate. Now, all this is unusual and extremely interesting. lt shows how formidable Ran- som's coimpetiter is, The alliance papers claim that the sovernor’s appointment of Jarvis meant the downfall of Ransom. It is alleged that the mas: of the couatry people are for Jarvis. Yet Ransom has wonderful strength and power of recupera- tion. His friends really regard him as in- vincible. Many office holders are under ob- ama to him ‘or his efforts in their be- half. Will Bring Out the Democratic Vote. it ts the belief of many well-informed per- sons that this very contest between these leaders will do more than almost anything else to bring out the democratic vote. The one great bugbear of the democrats this year is not the defection of their peopie; not their desertion to the populists; but absolute inertia; abstention from voting; carelessness as to what happens. And this ; is the real danger to them. One can now hear persons say daily that they do not care how matters go politically; that affairs could not be worse than they are. Cleve- land is abused, Hill is denounced, Congress is cursed One man of large means and | great directness of expression declares that o “Congres: the country It is freely said by democrats hat gress will pass the Wilson bill ar xey and the devil are ruining oat sae in- | come tax measure ali will ve weil; bal if this 1s not done they really do not see what their party can do this year defend itself. During the last campaign many democratic speakers promised to do so and so. They were asked by populists why they had not already done these things, a-d said because they had never control ef the Py a and of both Ufanches of Con- gress. They then asked tfle peopie 10 give them one more trial. Some speakers car- ried themselves so Tar in their earnestness as to say they would vote with the popu- Usts next time if the democrats failed to | carry out their pledges made in 1802, if the democrats are harassed, oue may be sure the two other parties are having | trouble too. The populists are not making gains, It 1s alleged Uhat they reached their high-water mark in 1802, The republicans are also not making gains, Mere is where the danger, insidious as it is, of demo- cratic apathy comes in. Both populists and republicans will ceriainiy poll their full vote. The breach between the northern and southern democrats is wide and widening. The former are distrusted now. This is the | | frank expression of a fact. The change in nent has been brought about by Con- gress, and may be, perhaps, never erad- icated. Hill has come to be regarded as the personification of northern democracy. His | being read out of the party would please | great numbers of earnest democrats in this | section. A ite republican, who read what the S Said on the subject of their vote being this year an unknown quantity, said | that he regarded the negro vote as pur- chasable in 18%. This means that some white republicans have acquired a con- tempt for the very vote which put them in power year after year for nearly a decade Civil Service a Burde: Civil service is a great burden to the dem- ocrats, They feel the pressure, the grip, of it, A postmaster now does not know how Those persons who hold positions under civil service rules are haif fearful, yet half defiant, and talk of what they will do if any democrat attempts to displace them. Some negroes Bay they will watch democrats and see if they dis- place negro ofice holders, and intimate that if this is not done they will not. act in an unkincly way toward the democratic party. | This means that the negro, who never gets many offices, wants to hold on to those eiven his race. It goes to show how easily the color line can be broken by the demo- crats if they care to break it. And this it i the same republican who egro vote to be purchasable further that he expected to see temocratic tickets in a few Jative positions, not those of Of course no democrat has been ard to say such a thing. But this is a | decade full of surprises, and the unexpected often happens. Today is the birthd: was the most influen ot. L. esident the “_- al tional Alliance ever Yad and Whose de re, June, 1892, was the | greatest bl the populists ever suffered. The populist papers are now printing many of the things Polk used to say. It would hardly have been believed in 1890 that the democrats would come in 18 to favor so Mm proved « many things which the alliance was then only beginning to urge, or rather to hint at. An ultra-democratic paper sighs it la- ments over the fact that Itile is left the democratic party these days but its name. The alliances ail over this state and in other states held meetings today im memory ef Polk and raised money with which they propose to rear a monument over his now unmarked grave in a cemetery in this city. Ther is no sign of a truce betwe jons of the republican party. said & the prospects of getting money from the north for campaign pur- poses are rather better than usual. There ome wh¢ that in years past much of the money n or allowed for this pur- pose never was applied properly and that is the true reason why there is so littie dis- position now to send any national commit tee funds here. The Fight on Simm _. Bhe slowness of the confirmation of 'F. MS Simmons as revenue collector of this district has been a cause of much feeling. ator Vance anta as you have been informed, r f Some of Simmons’ friends say they doubly ret Vance’s death at this juncture, as d the question of the so-called against Simmons fully looked mn, if he was confirmed it would a complete vindication. If he were not coniirmed he could go before the people as 2 gong al candidate and thus get their indorsement in a very practical way. It is said that the Vance fight against Sim: is th chair- an vith al friends, com i demvcrais in the democratic state committee. | of @ personal nature. The people are very quiet, politically, in this state. This applies with marked force to the farmers. Of course, nearly every body “talks politics,” but there is no ex- citement. The farmers working + Ty hard. They have plenty eat and gf od crop prospects and are less hampere’ by ; debt than at any time in twenty years. There is no vnemployed labor either in the factories or on the farms, The North Caro- Unian reads of the “Coxey armies,” the closed mines and mills, the strikes, the great number of the hungry very -nuch as if these people and these affairs were mov- ing on in another world. The and quiet here are an object lesson. show the value of a homogeneous population, of # community mainly agricultural and singu- jarly simple in its tastes and inclinations. | The commissioner of agriculture epitomizes the situation when he says: “It does not | have to be pointed out that the condition of | Can hegre & is atate bs waren menace Ov | that of the men North Carolina sires only ‘hom worthiness te It has been negro is an the south, doubt it, the great service in oa. riff yaff, the anarch ‘the vicious inc our beloved country 3)" w, order and re- ligiqus “berty.. THE .0¥T 2 CLINGS “© JE MAN. St. Mary's, Kan. St. Mary’s is a little town of 1,000 inhabitants in Pottawatomie county, and is <ne of the strongest democratic com- munities in the state. The democrats are oi: the Andrew Jackson type, and believe tha: this is a time when only democrats should be put on guard. A year and a half ago J. S. Carpenter, an jwith his bondsmen, he a deputy in charge and left for Council where he bas remained. to of The friends of each have pursued Martin, and made life a burden Dread aecemier eoaeot Carpenter, |who 's a non-resident, holding the office, ar” u. “ng the appointment of this o: that *o dewocra. as his successor. Senator Mactin, however, ‘ells them they must “gei to- jxeter” | core he will act. But there is ne } ope Se~ compromise. ‘ ————_ | ANAS GRRMAN-AMERICANS. [+ Conven.ion of an Important Political j Body at Topeka. | Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. | TOPEKA, Kan. April 2%, 4804, The German-Americans will be an ime portant factor in the campaign in this stare (this year. The state league is arranging for | the call of the convention, to be heid in To- |peka in June. The league claims a member- | Ship of 25,000 in the state. The officers state that they have extended the membership (nearly 5,000 during the past six weeks. | Within the past two months meetings have (been held in all the principal cities of the state, and committees were appoinced and have been at work in the smailer places, where there are not enough German-Amert- cans to form it clubs. The league is purely political, though it te | claimed not to be @ partisan organization. its object now is to defeat the woman suf- | frage amendment to the consticutio’ . w rich jis to be voted <n in November, and hc iec- | tion of a legisiature pledged to es ymit to a vote of the people the prohibition nen i- men. to the constitution. All me ers are | Fequ red to pledge themselves *~ -wpose the jelection of any man, regar¢ 8 Of party. who is not in full sympathy with thom on these que ions. None but native Germans or German ex- | traction can become members of the leacue. | Before the prohibitory amendment to the | constitution was adopted the German- Americans aff'ted with the renublican | parte but as ivon as that party cham- | pionea prohibition the Germans deserted it, |and have since Voted with the opposition in state matters. They intend to nite all ele- ments in sympathy with them tais year an@ throw ther forces to the candidates ane the |party tha. will oppose woman suffrage. | This fact has caused both populists and re- |publicans to discourage the adoption of a | Suffrc j- plank in their platforms, and it ‘s {reasonably certain that neither convention will touch this question. —_—— Relies of the Kearsarge. Mr. Eckford, consul at Kingston, Jamaten, reports to the State Department that he.has | recoverd the union jack and a few other | retics of the Kearsarge. He says that the vessel was a total wreck before it was set on fire and could not possibly have been saved. He mentions, as a curious coinct- | dence, that the man who fired the ship was | named Eldridge Semmes Bodden tn honor of the commander of the confederate cruiser Alabama. ——— Changes the Engincer Corps. Several changes have recently eccurret in the engineer corps of the army. First Lieut. George A. Zinn, who has been assist- ing Maj. C. F 1 R. Davis, in charge of | Tiver and harbor amprovements in this viein- ity, hs oven ordered to St. Louts, Mo., for | duty as secretary and disbursing “iRoer of th Mississippi river commission, relieving F st Lieut. James G. Warren, who *s or- red to Louisvillg, Ky., .0 relieve Maj. | homas H. Handbury of the duties now in | ois charge. Maj. Handbury has been or- Jered to duty at St. Augustine, Fla with / Lieut. Albert M. D'Armit as his assistant.) SO SUE ’ A Board of Engineers. ‘The chief of engineers of the army Ras | appointed Col, Wm. P. Craighill, Lieut. Sol. | Amos Stickney and Maj. Thomas Turtle # board to assemble at Pittsburg to consider and report upon plans proposed for # lock and dam to be constructed in the aleghenY river below Herr’s Island. -— -—_+e-+___ Army Orders. — The following transfers in fhe twenty fourth infantry are ordered: Second Lieut. Charles EB. a company K to company F.) Secom jou. Isaae C. Jenks, from ¢ 7p com petie Is granted Pw. Marcus The leave of absence | P. Miller, fifth artillery, is extesded one | month on’ surgeon's certificate of disability. } Naval Jovements. ‘The U. S 8. Petrel has arrived at Yoho- hama, the Monterey at Redondo, Cal., the Vesuvtus at (BOB restomouth — | at Gibraltar and the Por —. | kinsville, e Fern has sailed from | Washington for northern ports. . al inst Tobacee, Compleints Aza The Stage Department is informed that | complaings#Fe made that American tobac- co sh in hogsheads to Germany is tot equai @ the samples drawn, and the "nites Siateg ¢ousul at Bremen exprerses ti + that unless the shipments cro proved the trade in Ametiean 2o.2-0 «ili ‘be seriously injured, _