Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1894, Page 1

———lllnsSSSeaSaESaoaq—EeSE=S===="! THE EVENING STAR PUELIS AT THE STAR BUII DINGS, 1161 Pennsylvania Ave-ae, Cor. Lith Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMA Sew York > DAILY EXCPPT SUNDAY, The Evening star te ser Per week, of 44 cents p counter euch. 1 SSS — Che Fe ening, DISTRICT OFFICES OX” THRTY-EIGHT TODAY] HILL AND TAMMA A Revival of Interest in the Post- mastershi WR. GARDNER MAY BE PERSUADED - Civil Service Reformers Suggest Mr. Sherwood’s Retention. fe MANY PAPERS ON FILE - The approaching return of President Cleveland to Washington has caused a re- Bewal of interest in the matter of the loc: federal offices the terms of whose incum- bents have expired, and Iistrict democrats are again on the anxious seat regarding 1 distribution. It is well known that the ap- pearance of Chief Clerk Frank Thomas of the Pcst Office Department on the field as a candidate for appointmen: changed the cor plexion of the contest to a very great extent. His campaign for sup- port was conducted with much shrewd wis- dom, and tt was not until he had secured the indorsements of a great many business men and politicians that he made formal application for t The other candi- dates, however, were made aware of the new Richmond with whom they had to con- tend, and exerted extra e1 ce. prts in their own behalf. The consequence is that there is now on file In the Post Office Department awaiting the attention cf Mr. Bisseil and the President such an array of recommenda- tions of the several applicants for the Washington post office that it will be df‘i- cult for them to Gecide which has the strongest becking. Such Ir fluence, however, dees not always count in the result where adn inistration favors are to be distributed, and although Mr. Thomas and Mr. Peachy ere the most formidable candidates so far us their filed force is concerned, the friends of Mr. Robert Beall appear to be confident that he will succeed Mr. Sherwood, while there fs widespreie beltef that Mr. James P. Willett will be slated for the position. Backed by Civil Service Reformers. Other Influences are at work, however, that may upset all present calculations. A very strong effort Is being made by those Interested in the advancement of civil s vice refo! to have Postmaster Sherwood renominated. The individuals interested in this movement say his administration of fhe affairs of the office, and particularly the he has pursued in regard to {ts per- . have won for him the approval of admir rs of the good government which ance of the rules of civil ser- The attention of President n called to the fact that rare opportunity to emphasi favor civil service reform by ing in fli the man who made his riment the model which is pein for imitation by all civil ns. The very large t in Washington, which d appreciated the improve rvice it has enjoyed of late years | favorable to Mr. Sherwood’s ret ton, in order the he may have an oppor- tunity to carry out his ideas to perfect the pestai system in the Dis Mr. Gardner May Be There is a ‘ersunded. another important factor to be taken nsideration in future dis- cussions of the post office matter. It has keen a pretty generally admitted fact that Mr. Lawrence iner could have the ap- pointment of postmaster if he asked for it. Mr. Gardner, however, has never asked f a@ local fed and sieadily declined to do se every one of the innumerabie times urged to. At pi ent b is ued with by of national pr y enzas his friends, ¢ nee, W camp pe whom sn work, leisurt for hii nter th Pe seem to think tha i may eventually lead St offic app TO PROCEED AGAINST MR. MORTON, The Case of the Ex-Vic Coachm President nm. given 1 habe 5 S corpus pr Mr. ¥ { I. Unless the courts inter- |} wand Will be deported on the steam. | . Which salls tomorrow for South- hampten. It ts not likely that the case against Mr. Merton will be ready for trial for several weeks. The treasury oiticiais expre nflden at the habeas corpus proce $ will result, as have similar Other suits, in the rr 1 of the court to overrule th: action of the Treasury Depart. ment. In a recent case against two cear. imakers from © w < ba, & writ of habeas corpus denied on the ground that the court not have jurisdiction. A case very much similar to that of How- ard arose in July, 1891, when the Treasury Department took steps to prosecute Mr. Wilitar Eustis of this city for violation of the alien contract law in importing a for- efgn coachman named Howlett. The papers in this case were investigated by District Attorney Cole, now on the District bench. ‘The case was never brought to trial, tt be- ing the opinion of the legal offi that time that coachmen were exempt from the Operations of the law on the ground that they came within the excepted class as ‘as postmaster | The Number of Men Actually at Work on the Post Ofiice. A Brief rike on Account of Wages— iting the Big Stones in Vlace. There was ancther strike on the post office building yesterday, and for about an hour things Icoked serious indeed. ‘The men laboring on this some-day-to-be-massive pile are the aristocrats of the market that als in brawn and endurance. They are liable to receive the muniticent sum of $1, or perhaps $1.20 for each day they chance to work. Some of them who are particu- larly high priced—the members of the 400, so to speak—get $1.40 a day. It is altogether a wealthy community, Well, six or seven of the men Who are handling the iron on the top of the first story, and who get $1.2) and $1.40 a day, according to their eleva- ove the ground, put their heads to- sterday morning, and when the nistles were blowing the invitation these conspirators went in a body to Foreman Connor, the agent here of the iron contractors, and asked him for an in- crease to $1.5) a dav. The foreman was not jooking through $1.50 spectacles just then and denied their boon. They persisted, and murmured something about quitting work if they dil net get the ruis “Quit if you want to,” was the answer. “I kin git any amocnt of duffers in this | town fer $1.20 a day.” They Quit for Lunch. So they quit, for an hour. While they were eating their lunches they discussed the situation and concladed that quitting was not a paying business. There were signs of activity about the foreman that made them think maybe he was after the “duffers” to whom he had so meaningly re- ferred. So when the hour of 1 o'clock came they went again to him and said that they had decided to go back on the work at the old figures. The strike was over. But under this there ts a great deal of feeling on the part of the men, who do not think they are getting their share cf the contract price. Most of them know that if they say a word about pay they are lable to be laid off, and one of them said this morning to a Star reporter: “I have a wife and two children to take care of, and my rent to pay, and I can't afford to lose a day, even though I think these wages: are rotten bad.”” ‘The laborers, who were unwilling to work in the ditch yesterday morning, because they had not been paid off on Saturday night, were paid this morning by the con- tractor for the brick work, Mr. Cousel. | They were hired by the contractor for the | excavation, and now the accounts of this job are scmewhat complicated. The work’ is done at last, having taken fourteen days to ccmplete. This accounts for the falling joff in the totals there being but thirty eight men e men are not hampe » and are urged best efforts, and kept cunstantly at it, and are not scared by a little rain or ice or freezing weath- er, they ma get the building ready for oc- cupancy on the fourth day of the new cen- tury—that is, on January 4, 1000, ‘ neon wv to rest Raising the Big Stones. Today there is a great deal of both | brawn and brain being expended over the $ Stones that are about to be lifted into place on the caps of the low portico columns. These stones weigh from thirteen to fifteen tons, and are hard to handie. It was thought inadvisable to the ordinary blue lerricks for this work, and so the great “gin” that was s of terday w built. When thi ones have been place it is said at the site, the brick work can bi gin again, 3 the superintendent is quite eager to the trowels flash in the air once more, so he is urging great speed on the large caps that are being hvisted today. The blue derrick on northeast corner is still out of place, not seem a | bit ambitious about up in the world. This is the tifth day since the gen- al Work on the finished, and since th | banc a litte work, while the mat | shifted to the second frame, > APPROPRIATIONS. e or two iron force k to the south. THE An Official Statement of the Specitic Amounts Made by Thix Congress. The annual volume of new offices, &c., required by Jaw to be prepared under the direction of the committees propriations has just been complete | Mr. T. B. Cleaves and Mr. J. C. Courts, rlerks, respectively, of the Senate and House ittees, and shows that the total spe- appropriations made at the first and oud sessions of t Pulty-third Con; amount to. by rsey Clagett, the | veland’s first ad- vugh it ts Mr. Ward n for the pl Permanent appropriations Making a grand total of | Agricuitur | Army... : diplomatic and Dust Col crtitications. . onsul: bia. appropriations. . new offices created a ber, at an annual cost of $654, the offices omitted and abolished a: number, at an annual cost of $1, 40, showing a net reduction in uumber of 449, and in amount, $5S1,1 r The salaries increased are ten m aumber, at an annual cost of 41; and the sal- aries reduced are sixty-ui at an annual cost of $26,800, or a net reduction of fifty- nine in number, and a net increase in cost of $6,941. The offices created and abolished are mainly tn the following departments and bureaus: New offices—Civil service commission, 40; | Navy Department, 1; Depiriment of ‘Jus- tie District of Columbia, 71; diplomatic and consular service, 14; naval ¢-tablish- ment, 11. usehold cr domestic se The re-| Offices abolished—Treasury Department, Port ef District Attorney Cole against legal | 161; independent treasury, 13; War bepart- proceedings in that case was referred to the Interior Department, 5; Post Attorney veral, ond the case has rested Department, 12; Agricultural De- in the Department of Justice ever since. | partment, 18; coast survey, 9; military € The present case against Mr. Morton will | tablishment, 13. be further wmpica <j In the event of the eee leportation of Howard, as in that case the D > Principal witness against him will be be- ‘ en gatas ery ies Yond tie jurisdiction of the courts. ee ee ee eae -e- Peustons Granted. Among the pensions granted today were the following District of Columbia—Original, Fdgar C. De Lander; Thomas Williams, U. 8. Sol. Hugh Gritn, U. 8. Soldicrs’ Home; additional, James M. Page. Mext- €an war survivors—Increase, Wililam B. Johns; widows, Indian wars, Mary E. Por. Giers’ Hom terfleld. quittal and complete exoneration of Capt. P. H. Ray of Point Barrow expedition fame, who is army Indian agent at the Shoshone and Arapahoe Indian agency in Wyoming, and who was arrested on a charge of misbranding cattle, with intent to steal them. The trial took place in the United States court at Lander, aud news reached here yesterday of Capt. Ray’s ac- quittal, and intimated strongly that as a result of evidence given in the trial prose- “WASHINGTON, 5 | friends. } and thi | Star. ——*___ D.C, The Organization May Prove Too Heavy a Weight to Carry. THE SITUATION IN NEW YORK Conditions That Are Pleasing to the Republicans. A POLITICAL PARADOX ee As difficult and complicated as is the sit- uation in New York, there are several fea- tures of the contest picked out plainly from the rest, and upon which some very definite calculations are being based. And the plain est feature of all is Tammany Hall, with its numerical strength, its moral weakness and how its solid support is likely to affect the fortunes of the democracy’s state ticket. ‘The republican managers have been giv- ing this subject most careful attention, and thelr belief is that Tammany will prove a millstone around Senator Hill's neck. The rank and file of the organization will sup- port the reguiar state ticket with loyalty and enthusiasm. They are devoted to Mr. Hill, and some of them, in a burst of con- fidence, when considering the hard lines upon which the organization's fortunes have fallen in the city, have even declared that, If necessary, the city ticket shall be sacrificed the state ticket. They will work for both Hill and Straus with might and main, but the greater stake, in thelr judgment, is involved in Mr. Hill's candidacy, they therefore, if it should prove to be impossible to jand both of them win- ners, will drive hardest at the finish in the interest of Mr. Hill. It Gives Republicans Hope. It 1s upon this declaration that the high- est of the republican hopes are builded. The argument» runs in this wise: Tam- many 1s utterly discredited among thou- sands of good men, who ordinarily vote the democratic ticket, and who, if this race were purely and simply between Mr. Hill and Mr. Morton, would vote for the former. These men admire Mr. Hill, have voted for him for governor, indorse in the main hts public acts while holding that office, and so far as the interests of New York are concerned, believe that they could safe be intrusted to his management again, But the issue this time, as they see it, is Tam- y,and Tammany alone. They hold that that organization must be uprooted, and, if possible, destroyed for all time, and their purpose, as announced, $s to aid {n that effort to the farth tent possible. The Anti-Tammany Democrats, The question, therefore, ari: how far will this purpose, if courageou nd logi- cally followed, Carry these anu-Tammany democrats? The republican ma agers believe that Mr. Hili ust inevitably ire heavily through this revolt against Tairmany, They insisi that Pis fortunes and those of ‘Tammany are so strongly interiaced that they can- not be separated, ‘the success of ‘Tain- Many means the success of Hill, and the success of Hill, with tammany beaten in the city contest, would mean the ultimate rehatjitation of the machine in town, with Tammany again in control, and the oid order of things gradually renewed. u ny m such Circumstances woul stronger clai on Hill tb eve would press them with the contidenc of having made the greatest sacrince known in politics. Greater love hath no political organization than this, that it suspend its lite temporarily for a party leader in peril- ous straits. If Hill Were Governor, Why would Mr. Hill as governor of New York be certain to attempt the rebabilita- tion of Tammany Hall?) The repubican managers answer this in the more or je expressiy ‘ammany sorely in his bus- His eyes would be fixed coniidentiy on the White Iouse, and he would at once | begin bending every energy toward organ- izing to reali his flatiering capectauons. But n strongly intrencied would then by making himself sible at-home the situation would $ much stronger d slate Commicte Th be his, the party organizations in ali of t smaller cities would be his, but he could not feel any sense of security’ until his friends in the metropolis were once more in snug | plac or tully convinced that he was actively engayed trying im sume way to pie them un This, it is he would | obitge hima to tura to Tammany, and to as- ist it in every way to seramvle to an up- cht position again, And not only ‘aim- 1, but Ue old Grooxiyn machine cLaughhin’s fri Delegates to th boom Mr. hill for th then, in turn, delegates to the demucracc national convention to present his naime tively Ub would e lo be selected, uld require © ing ot all the Hill torees in the In New York dyn this puld fali w old party leaders, and in order to command them and to er them in turn to command their old fol- Jowing Mr. Hill would ve obliged to give not only assurances of his distinguished consideratitn, but in some practical way evidences of his hearty good will. Republican Advice. But how could Mr. Hill, simply from the office of governor of New York, rehabilitate ‘ammany Hall and the old McLaughlin ma- chine in Brookl¥n? Brooklyn is uiready in the hands of the reformers, and if ‘Tam- many {s beaten next month New York city will be in possession of an exceedingly strong and capable organization. That or- ganization will have received a detinite command for better local government, and so long as that is supplied a 1air presump- tion is that the people of the city will stand by their public servants. What then couid Mr. Hull do toward putting Tammany and McLadghlin back into power? The republi- can answer to this is that the anti-lam- many democrats should take no chances, and will take none. A man like Mr. Hill— adroit, untiring, the prince of political Strategists and maneuverers—has the havit of springing great surprises on the people. What in the hands of an ordinary man would be but an ordinary opportunity, hedged around with ditficulties and limita: tions, fr his hands would prove capable cf the most wonderful development, with re- sults following taking the breath of plain folks completely away. ‘This, then, is the republican argument and expectation. A Political Paradox. A united Tammany, loyal to the point minon- | First even of temporary self-effacement, willing, if need be, to throw over the city to save the state ticket, is at once Mr. Hill's strength and his greatest weakness. It will insure him a large machine vote, which will save him fron overwhelming defeat, but at the ‘same time !t will aon away from him @ great many anti-lammany democrats who, seetug how strong the claims of Tam- many for succor would be on him in the governor's chair, will, much as they admire and trust him on personal grounds, bracket him with Tammany, and throw their votes cutions were likely to be instituted against Maryland—Additional, Albert ‘Smith, | certain persons on charge of stealing gov- Bewle, Prince George's county; renewal, | ernment cattle. Charles W. Merryman, Tannery, Carroli + 2 county; reissue, Burgess N. Lescal ceased), Pocomoke City, Worcester coufity James H. White, Baltimore. tte (de- ° A College Detail. *| First Lieut. P. M. B. Travis, eleventh in- Virginia—Original, Patrick Scully, Na-|fantry, has been detdlled to duty as pro- tional Military Home, Elizabeth City; in- Roanoke crease, Daniel Horqan, fessor of military science and tactics at @-semetown College, Georgetown, Ky. against both at the polls. The di s’ reply to this makes anoth- er story. + e+ The Craiser Charleston. A cable message was received at the Navy Department today saying thut the cruiser Charleston left Negasaki today for Yoko- hama NY | INSUFFICIENT PROTECTION Slow Output in Supplying the New Maga- zine Gun. What a Foreign Army Could Do in the United States Before ‘e Were Ready to Resist. The work of equipping the troops of the regular army with the new magazine rifle is progressing as rapidly as the limited plant of the Springfield National Armory will permit. The fabrication of the com- plex and accurate machinery necessary to make the new weapon required much time and now that the plant fs in running order the output is about 25,000 arms per year. As fast as the arms are completed they are issued to the troops, and at this rate of will be about a year before our small army is brought up to a modern standard by being supplied with magazine guns. When this work is accomplished the ordnance offi- cers will turn their attention to the militia. A sample weapon has been sent to the Na- tional Guard of each state, so that the men may familiarize themselves with it, but at the present rate of output it will be several years at least before they can all be sup- plied. An Impression on Military Men. This fact has deeply impressed some dis- tinguished military men in Washington, taken in connection with the rather start- ling suggestions made by General Scho- field in his annual report, just published, touching the insufficiency of our army in the point of numerical strength, and his comparison of the United States with China from a military standpoint. It has always been the proud boast of the public men who have resisted the establisiment of a good standing army that in case of a hos- tile attack the government could secure a million volunteers in a day. To this the military experts of today are replying by the question, what are we to do with ihese raw volunteers and how shall they be armed? What Could Be Done. One of the most distinguished tacticlans now living, who is perhaps more familiar with our military resources than any man in the country, has asked this question. Following out his Ine ef reasoning he made @ rather surprising observation. Said ne: “Having in view the incompleteness of our scheme of coast defense, and the absolute insigniticance of our navy when compared with the magnificent navies of Europe, I have no hesitation in saying that it is en- tirely possible for at least two of the na- ticns of Europe to land 230,000 troops on our Atlantic coast. ‘fo these we can op- pose at short notice about 1,000 soldiers, 20,00) being of the regular army and 330,000 militia, tor £ am convinced that this is about our effective milita strength in an emery In the course of ime we could add a great number of raw volunteers. But the latter we cannot arm and equip. Could Occupy $¢. Louis. “It requires, as you.see, much time to do this, and I am of opinion that the foreign invaders would be able te oceupy St. Louis before we could make the arms, for, of course, we would be prevented by the neu- tality acts from purchasing abroad. I be- lieve Uiat Gen, Schofield rather understaced the in comparing the United Staies with China, for tne fact is that we are not nearly su well prepared by 1 id or sea to re aS was China to resist Japan. portion in effective force is even greater, aud for the United States to rely on its latent power and on its vast population and wealth is as fatuous as Was China's re- liance on the same factors.” ~o-<- AT THE MISsISsI¢PYs MOUTH. case ‘The dispro- * Toward Establishing Suit- able Defenses There, Judge Advocate General Lemly of the navy has returned to Washington New Orleans, where he cémpleted the pur- chase of a tract of land adjoining the site tor a drydock at Algiers, opposite the cres- cent city. The price paid was 347,00, If a ali eslimate submitted by the bureau of S and docks is allowed by Congress, tue ground will be cleared up and put in such shape that work can begin on the new duck suum ailer Congress provides ue means, “Lhe prospect ol Une estavusament vl # great dock and Naval Slauen al the meula OL he Aiissussippi has directed the alenuon of the muiuuy aulhoriues to the soily lor extenuing the general scheme ela ase to iaat pon At is teit thal the absence of mouern delenses at the mouth of ihe sreat river is a fatai weakness in We general system, as it would atiord an enemy Une opportunity of cutting the coun- uy in two aud of paralyzing the enormous internal commerce of the valley. —— ur To DAT yar Work of the Auditor for the Navy De- partment. Mr. Morton, auditor fur the Navy De- partment, submitted his annual report to ary Carlisle today covering the oper- ions of his ofiice for the fiscal year ended e 80 last. He says that the work of the Ju bureau is up to date for the first time since is6l. The accounts on hand in the pay- master and claims divisiom are held up temporarily awaiting a decision of the United States Supreme Court on the ques- tion involved. They will be promptly dis- posed of as soon as a decision has been received. Mr, Morton says: ‘The faithful and effi- cient work performed by the chiefs of divi- sion and clerks of the bureau, a much re- duced force, the past year is highly appre- ciated by me, and I desire to commend them for it. The force of the bureau will be still smaller next year, but, in my judgment, amply sufficient to do the work promptly under the new system of accounting, ap- proved July 31, 1894, ‘ —_—-o+—_—__—_. THE WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT. Col. Elliot's Report of Operations During the Month of Septembe: Col, George H. Eliot, corps of engineers, has submitted his report of operations on the Washington aqueduet during tne month ot September to the chief af engineers. He says that the work of excavating the drain- age tunnel through the bill east of Little Falls branch has been suspended until the United States attorney for the district of Maryland stall have eompleted the title to the land required for the remainder of the tunnel, A length of fifty-six feet of the tunnel has been completed. The work of excavating the open channel around the re- ceiving reservoir between Mill creek and this Uinnel was continued throughout the month, with a force of about 100 men, and a length of Maeal feet was excavated. About 600 linéal feet of the open channel between it and Mill creek was also comp! Ix boundary stones were planted to mark boundaries of the iand to be acquired for the tunnel east of Little Falls branch, project has been. approved for repaving bridges Nos. 3 and 4, under @ppropria- tion of $6,000 for that putpose,® st attack from even one European power | from | “TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. |DUNRAVEN’S BOAT! Lines Drawn for the Next America’s Cup Challenger. TO BE 90 FEET ON THE WATER LINE Work on the New Craft Will Begin at Once. RACE ASSURED FOR 1895 ccnp NEW YORK, October 16.—A cablegram from Gourock, Scotland, says: It may now be taken for granted that Designer Watson has the lines all out for ah America’s cup challenger for 1895, and just now Henderson of Patrick Is prepar- ing to see Lord Dunraven and has talked the matter over with him. On moat reliable authority the statement is made that Lord Dunraven decided that his first Valkyrie, which measured 70 feet on the water line, was hardly large enough for his all-around purposes. Consequently his idea was to challenge this year with an 80-footer. He held strongly to this notion until a little more than a month ago, when he learned that Fife had an order for a boat over 90 feet and that James Gordon Bennett's new boat also would turn out to be a -footer. In the latter event he saw but little chance for an 80-footer on the other side to win the cup, and being bound by his own precedent, which allowed all American boats available for the defense of the cup to be counted in again, he wisely decided to go the limit length and build a 90-footer, thus asking no favors of the New York Yacht Club as to the length. In fact, there are many here who believe that Watson himself prefers a 90 to a 70- footer, Work on the boat will commence at once, and the challenge may be sent a little ahead of the official required time. Watson will say nothing about his new order, except that she will no doubt go across and sail for the cup. It goes without question that, as in the case of the Thistle, an attempt will be made to build her in secret. In building a %0-footer Lord Dunraven has gone to the limit of the new deed of gift and consequently need have no fear of existing boats. —— SENATOR LODGE’S ARGUMENTS. He Talks About the Importance of the Elections, Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star, BOSTON, Mass., October 16.—Senator Lodge gave his first speech of the campaign at Cambridge last evening. Some of his telling points were made in the following passuges: “It is difficult to find anything in the way of an attack upon the demotratic party which they themselves have not already used. (Laughter and applause.) It is not an altogether easy campaign on that account to speak in; not that there is not abundance of issues. You can reach out your hand in the dark and pick up the first political issue you come to, I don’t care whether it is foreign policy, or pensions, or civil service, r tariff, or the currency, and you have an sument against the democratic party | daughter); but the fact is that everybody |takes that view and that makes argument on the stump more than usually difficult. | Disa: ment {s the soul of argument But as to the income tax. In the first place, the incOme tax Is a form of direct taxation, and it has been the uniform policy, and, I think, the extremely wise policy, of the government of the United States’ to ve direct taxation to the states and the and the municlpalities of the country. The reason of this return to direct taxation revival of a war tax is to enable m to destroy the indirect taxation, the ing of duties by which we have been not only to raise our money, but to protect our industries, Therefore,’I think that, as a general matter of policy, it is bad for the United States government to take up with any method of taxation. come tax that the and of thi th democratic ects a particular class in the persons having incoines and taxes them. If you to bear the burdens are aiding to bulld the of $4,000 a ye select and make of the government yo up a class, which ‘shall control the gov- ernment, se they pay the taxes. You are running counter to the whole American system The man with a small income, who can afford to pay only a dollar a year, is entitled as of right to have his share in the burdens as well as in the privileges. It is dangerous to exclude any class. It ts ss anywhere and overrment to look to a particular els for its support. “We ought to give that tariff a fair chance for trial, Unless you want a worse tariff thon that you must elect a republi- can House. That is the whole question in- volved in this election. Remedial legisla- tion, of course, is impossible. Remedial leg- islation cannot be had until the republican ty is restored to power in ail three branches, and that under the operation of the Coustitution we cannot reach until 1sv6, ‘Therefore, we are dealing now with the simple question of whether we shall stop further changes and give the country a rest. If what the country jas been through in the last eighteen months has Not taught it what is best for the United States, no speech and no writing can do it. Tha is why this year of all years the election of Congressmen is of such enor- mous importance. We want to eléct every Congressman that Is possible in Massa- chusetts,and I believe thirteen are pdssible. (Applause.) We want the biggest majori- lies that every district can giv —_— > BREAKING THE RECORD. Louis Gimm, the Crack Bicyclist, Pedaling for Fame. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Octcber 16.—Louis Gimm, the crack bicyclist, who started out on the Newburg track at 5 o’clcck last evening to beat the 24-hour bicycle record, will surely accomplish bis purpese if noth- ing happens to him. At the end of the first twelve hours Gimm had made 203 1-2 miles and was 700 yards ahead of Spooner’s fa- n.ous record. At midaigat a heavy rain set in and Gimm was compelled to leave the track for thirty- four minutes. Notwithstanding the lost time and 2 heavy track he is Keeping up a tremendous pace and is still ahead of the best record, with a \ery good prospect of lowering it. —_———_ THREATENED BY OUTLAWS, The Cook Gang Camped Within Two Miles of Muskogee, I. T. October 16.—The Cook gang of outlaws have been in the neighbor- hood of Gibson Station for several days. THE AQUEDUCT BRIDGE PIERS Major Davis’ Report on the Work of Re- ‘The Contract That Has Been Let—The Way the Piers Were Weakened. Maj. Davis of the engineer corps, in a re- port made to the chief of engineers in re- gard to the repairs to the Aqueduct bride, says: On September 1, 1894, the construction of a sounding raft was in progress. This was completed and towed to the Aqueduct bridge, and on September 5 the hydrographic survey of the bed of the river about pier No. 4 was commenced. By means of a carefully graduated sounding rod, the lower part of which was of round iron, accurate sovndings were taken from the raft in suc- cessive carefully located positions at in- tervals of two feet In each direction around the pier and over the entire area which would be occupied by a cofferdam. The soundings show not only the depth to solid rock, but the depth of any overlying mud or sand. The object of this survey was to obtain an accurate delineation of the con- tour of the rock bed of the river in order that the timber cofferdam might be framed before sinking, so that it would fit the rock and thus insure a comparatively tight joint, The survey was finished September 11, ISM, and the soundings, some 4,500 in num- ber, have since been platted. The general depths at low tide to rock were found to be as follows: On the up- stream or west of the pier, thirty feet; on the north side, twenty-five feet; on the south side, twenty-four feet; on the down stream or east end of the pier, twenty- three feet. This survey and the previous examination developed the fact that the stratum of mud formerly overlying the reck and in which the original cofferdam was founded had been practically swept away by the action of the river current, probably during freshets, increasing the difficulties of the work and making it neces- sary to build a cofferdam of cribwork in- stead of one of round and sheet pailing, such as was used in the construction of the bridge. In the meantime circular letters had been issued to contractors engaged in the con- struction of submarine foundations, de- scribing the condition of the piers and the work to be done in detail, accompanied by blue prints, showing the damage to the piers, the depths of water, &c., at pier No. 4, and inviting proposals for repairing the piers. The proposals were received on Sep- tember 22 and submitted to the chief of engineers on the same day. The contract was awarded to the lowest bidder, the Shailer & Schnigiau Company of Chicago, Ill, and was entered into September 29. ‘The total amount of the contract, based upon the estimated amount of masonry to be replaced in the defective piers, is $33,745. The contract provides for the repair of all the defective piers. Pier No. 4 is to be repaired by means of a crib cofferdam, consisting of a heavy timber crib filled with stone, surrounding the entire plier and made water-tight by means of Wakefield triple lap sheet piling driven around the outside of the crib and down to the rock bed of the river. The ends of the two iron trusses resting on pier No. 4 will then be supported by trestle work so as to be in- dependent of the plier, to insure immunity from accident during the progress of the repairs, Before pumping out the dam the overhanging masonry of the ice breaker of the pier will be shored up by a diver to prevent the possibility of the fall of any part of it when the buoyant effect of the water is lacking. The dam will then be pumped out and kept dry and the defec- tive masonry will be removed and replaced by new masonry laid in Portland cement mortar. The contractors took immediate action for the commencement of the work. During October they will place orders for their material, secure a wharf and co! struction yard, and commence the repair of th: plers where the concrete is to be put in place by a diver. A large amount of heavy timber will be required for the crib cofferdam, but a small part of which can be obtained in this market. It wall therefore be necessary to purchase most of the timber in Georgla, and bring it to the work by water, which will require sev- eral weeks. The crib cannot be built until this shipment of timber arrives, although all the work practicable will be ‘done with the timber, which can be obtained here. The approved project provides for the repair of six of the piers of the bridge which have been eroded near their founda- tions by freshets. Piers Nos. 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8, which are not seriously injured, are to be repaired by means of concrete in bags put in place by a diver. Pier No. 4, which is seriously injured, 1s to be repaired by means of a cofferdam, from which the wa- ter is to be pumped, and the eroded mason- ry then replaced. During the progress of this work the spans resting on the pier are to be supported by false work to pre- vent possible danger to the superstruc- ture. ‘The amount appropriated for the work is $51,070; of which, including existing contracts, there is still an available bal- ance of $16,972. ——__—_ 2 THE RIVER FRONT IMPROVEMENT. Progress of the Work — Maj. Monthly Report. Maj. Davis of the engineer corps has made a report to the chief of engineers of operations for the improvement of the Po- tomac river during the month of September. In execution of the project for deepening the Georgetown and Washington channels and improving the flats there has been dredged a channel from 350 to 550 feet wide and twenty feet deep through the bars be- tween Georgetown and Giesboro’ Point. As this channel has filled up above the Long bridge it has been redredged there sev- eral times, and a training dike has been built with a view of reducing the deposit. in the Washington channel the navigation channel was dredged to a width of 300 feet and a depth of twenty feet. The ruling depth, however, was decreased to about eighteen feet by the freshet of June 2, 1ssv. The area between the navigation channel and the wall on section 111 has been dredg- ed to a depth of twelve feet. The redredg- Dav the turn in the channel near the upper end of the arsenal reservation and the Lung bridge. The remainder of this channel from the upper end of the arsenal grounds to its junction with the Virginia channel is still to be widened to 400 feet and made twenty feet deep, the material to be deposited on section 111. The widening and deepening of the Virginia channel below the Long bridge 80 as to facilitate the discharge of freshets and prevent overflow in the city is still in- complete. The material from this = nel is also to be deposited on section The reservoir outlet has been completed except the railing. All material is being de- posited on the flats and practically the Ure area to be reclaimed has 2 i rdceee eiltersiil Rap tit | Ohio, with » note say- sup- | i f I i f The proof of fhe pudding is tn f6e eating. Yesterdar's Sfar contained 54 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 837 separate announce: ments. hese advertisers fougSt pufficitp—nof merefp Space. THE INCOME TAX Hill Receiving No Gratitude for His Fight Against It. Threatened Retribution on Account of the Hilborn-English Case. STRAUS MA BE BEATEN pene ‘When Mr. Hili made his fight against the income tax, he belfeved that he would re- ceive the gratitude of his own people, and that much of the anti-Hill feeling in New York would give way before the feeling of appreciation for his work. When he was antagonizing his own party and mak- ing the most telling fight possible against the income tax he received applause from New York, and it was said then that he was trying to strengthen himself in that state with a view of completely regaining his power, which had diminished under the persistent antagonism of the Cleveland factioa. A Miscalcalation. Tt is said now that if this was his pur- pose he made an entire miscalculation, Through that fight, it is sald, he has gained no strength whatever. The men who ap- Plauded his opposition to the income tax and those who would have been benefited had that fight been successful do not now take it into consideration. Men whom he served in that fight are, for the most part, either opposing him now or are indifferent. Nowhere in the campaign is the fact that he fought the income tax proclaimed as @ reason for his being honored in the state. No money is flowing into the coffers of the campaign committee from the vaults of those men whose income he tried to protect from taxation. That he took this position in the Senate is not made a plea in his behalf in the campaign, but is ignored entirely. Lf he ts benefited at all by his senatorial record, tt is merely because of the ability he dis- played in his speeches, and the appreciation of this comes chiefly from those who were not particularly interested in the income tax question. On the other hand, while the opponents of the income tax give no indl- cation of gratitude, there is danger that among the poorer people, agriculturists and laborers his attitude toward this propo- sition may arouse some antagonism. The men without incomes in New York are not different from the same class else- where, and among them, it is said, are found a great many advocates of the In- come tax. As a political investment, there- fore, Mr. Hill appears to have made a fail- ure on that issue. The fact that he did not succeed in preventing the law being enacted bars him from the gratitude of those whose interests he would have served, while those who favor the measure remember the difi- culties which he threw in the way of the legislation. Officials Going on the Stump. As an evidence that there was a misun- derstanding about the edict prohibiting fed- eral office holders from participating in the campaign, those men who were said to have been called back or delayed in taking part in the campaign by this report are going upon the stump. Within the next six or eight days nearly every official who ts in the habit of campaigning, and in whose state there is a particularly active fight, will be upon the stump, working for the regular democratic ticket. It is intimated tnat there will be some objection to officials from one state taking the stump in another, but every one will be free to participate i the campaign in his own state, provided has the time to do so due him on his holi- day sccount. Threatened Retribution. Retribution is threatened the democrats for their peculiar action in the Hilborn- English contested lection case of Call- fornia, It will be remembered that in this case Hilborn, the republican, was turned out of his seat in the House upon the ground that enough voters in a certain close Precinct to overcome the majority given Hilborn, as shown by the ballots, had sworn that they voted for English. Before this it had always been held in coutesved électicn cases that ballots were themselves the best evidence of the votes and that subsequent testimony by voters could not be permitted to outweigh this equivalent to decumentary evidence. In this case, how- ever, @ recount of the ballots, which had been preserved, confirmed Mr. Hilborn’s election, and it was necessary in order to give the seat to Mr. English that the demo- cratic committee should give preference to Post-election testimony, which they did. It was argued ut the time that if a similar course were followed in connection with the south contested election cases from the nearly every democrat whose seat tested would lose his commission as ® an. Taking the cue from this the republican committees in the doubtful southern districts are having the polis Watched with great care to ascertain fraud, and in some places are taking the testi- mony of voters as to the character of the ballots cast by them. If in these districts democrats are given the certificate and contests are made this evidence will be pre- sented and precedent furnished by the democrats themselves will be foliowed. If the republicans should have a bare ma- jority im the next House a great many democrats from the south will probably find occasion to repent deeply their short- = action in the Hilborn-Engiish con- Cleveland Will Contribute, It is stated here that Mr. Cleveland will soon send a contribution to the New York state campaign fund, accompanied by @ brief letter, in which he will urge the tm- z i Hii i F a is fl nl