Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1894, Page 1

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Bese Bought pubificite—not space, 1 HILL AND MORTON The Majorities That Will Meet at Harlem Bridge. ODDS SAID 0 FAVOR REPUBLICANS Democrats May Put in Effective Work This Week. THE NEW YORK SITUATION Special From a Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, October 51.—There are many rumors of deals and combinations to affect the result of the election. A report which seems to be credited by some of the lead- ers in the fight for Strong is that three corgressional districts and eight assembly districts in New York city are to be traded off in the interest of the Tammany can- didate for mayor. More properly speaking, the idea is that an attempt at such a deal is being made. Whatever foundation there may be for the report, it is unquestionably giving some of the supporters of Strong considerable concern. It is the hour for deals, If this one falls through it may be depended on that others will come to the front almost every hour. Nearly every one agrees, however, that Tammary is more interested in the elec- tion of Hill than in either the municipal or the cong-essional ticket, and that in all atten pts at trading, if there are any, the interests of the democratic state ticket will be regarded. Men who are glaring at each other with drawn knives over the mayoralty are working together for the State Ucket. Grace is working a8 actively for Hili as is Gilroy or Grant. Any deal in the interest of Tammany’: candidate for mayor which left Hill out or endangered his election would be protit- less to Tammary, as a republican legisla- ture and governor would have them shorn of all their power in control of the city. ‘The play of Tammany appears, therefore, to be to secure the election uf the governor anyhow, and to take what comes to them in the municipal fight. With both tickets in danger, they cannot afford to play with the situation much. ‘The indications point so strongly to the defeat of Grant, 10 mat- ter what is done, that it may not be much of a sacrifice for them to devote all their effort to swelling the Hill vote in the city as much as possible. Hill's Vote in the State. ‘There is wonderful concurrence of opin- fon on two points—that Hill will receive an unusually large vote in the siate above the city, and that in New York city he will be cut terribly. Even republicans ex- press privately apprehension that the Hill vote outside the city will be large. On the other hand, the most sanguine democrats among those who are worth con- sidering express the opinion that the ma- jority for tne democratic state ticket below the Harlem will be much less than the normal democratic majority. Besides the general danger to the state democratic ticket, resulting from the fight directed par- ticularly against Tammany, there is evi- dence of a disposition among a consideravle number of democrats of the higher busi; ness class, who do not pretend to know much about polities, to vote against Hill. Some of these will vote directly for Morton, ignoring Mr. Wheeler altogether. A good many say, “Oh, well; Hill is about as bad as Tammany. Let’s clean out the whole lot!” These are the people who are seized with a ‘tired feeling” when they are p- pealed to to differentiate between Tam- many and Hill. The Wheeler campaign is a great deal of a refined comedy, played to a very select audience. It will not count for very much in the battle. The contest Is too close, however, for the loss of votes which it will cost somebody to be entirely dis- regarded. The conclusion {s compelled that the Hill men, who say that the Wheeler vote will be made up of men who would otherwise vote for Morton, are either not well in- formed or are “talking through their hats.” To some extent certainly the Wheeler ticket ces what it was intended to do, affords an escape for some democrats who do not want to vote for Hill, but who would not under any circumstances vote for Mr. Mor- ton. This vote does not promise to be in any way large, but neither does the margin for majorities appear to be broad. One peculiar feature of the contest is that the personality of Mr. Morton is completely sirk. He ts kept in the background, and as far as any enthusiasm is to be taken account of he might as well be Smith, Jones or Robinson. ‘The fight on his side is more against his opponent than for him in its motive. He seems to be a passive quality in the contest. This accounts to a large extent for the very general impression that Hill is going to get a large vote in that part of the state on which the republicans de- pend for their majorities. With the conditions as they appear in New York city Hill will have to get an un- usually large vote in the state to make up for loss in the city and be elected. That he will get a large vote is the almost uni- versa! opinion, but the situation demands that it should be very large to count. Figures are of but little account in try- ing to get at a situation such as fs now presented here. Columns of them that would puzzle a lightning calculator are being made use of by the talkers for the various interests to show that this thing or that thing, which is just the opposite, is going to happen. The trouble of it all is that they have nothing to figure from. If either candidate gets so many votes above the Harlem and so many below the Harlem the result will be so and so, but the figures are all selected arbitrarily to bring out a certain result on paper. Conflicting Estimates. It may be possible to come somewhere near estimating what Hill's majority will be in the democratic strongholds. Impelled by this desire men put the figures vartous- ly, through a very wide range. A conserva- tive estimate by men who are not trying to fool themselves is that Hill's plurality in New York city will be in the neighborhood of 45,000, and that he will go to the bridge with from 55,000 to 58,000, to meet whatever majority Morton has in the rest of the state. The estimates of what this latter majority may be renge all through the pos- sibilities, and get lost in the realms of ab- surdity, both ways. Statistics prove noth- ing; for the range through which the re- publican majorities above the Harlem have run {s very broad. The majority has sunk extremely low on exceptional occasions. It has been below 80,000; it has been wiped out, and yet it ts not uncommon for it to press up toward the 100,000 mark. The only thing that can be said at this time with tolerable certainty is that Mr. Morton will come down to the bridge with a ma- considerably below the normal, and it ple that Hill might be elected even st no more than fifty or fifty-five thousand plurality in the democratic strong- seems to be true from the agreement rts that outside the Tammany bail- iwick, that is, up in the state, the demo- crats are exceptionally free from divisions, In q@rts of the state where the antl-Hili democrats have always figured prominently there is outward indication of unity and harmony. Odds in Favor of Morton. ‘The prospect is that two unusually small antagonistic majorities will meet at the Harlem to fight it out. Morton has not the trauble to contend with in his bailiwick that Hill has in his, and tMs puts the odds in favor of Morton's majority being a ltile the bigger and best for the fight. This is at the present stage of the con- test. ‘The final strokes that are to decide the election may be yet to corhe. The hard- est and best of the fight is that of the last few days before the election. The demo- crats are working upon the assumption that the battle is still against them, and ing that they must not stop for a breathti spell if they want to win. They are ticipating a considerable loss of votes in the city, and counting this in their calculations. They started the campaign with the chances all against them, and they have been somewhat embarrassed for the want of money. ‘They have greatly improved their pros- pects, but apparently this improvement is not yet sufficient, and it is said that they are coming in at the last end of the cam- paign somewhat better off financially. Grace Presented the democratic state committee with a check for $5,000 today, and is in many ways giving evidence of his earnest desire for Hill's election, though he ts fight- Tam -y. He is anxious, too, about the congressional districts. The Cantor, the McClellan and the Sickles districts are all but lost already. This is a serious mat- ter to the democrats of the whole country, as it may involve the organization of the House. Grace sees this, and says It Is aot yet too late for something to be done so as to throw the entire democratic vote to cne candidate in each district. If it is true, however, that there is the intention any- where to sacrifice these districts and cer- tain assembly districts to secure votes for Grant, there will be plenty of obstacles in the way of an adjustment, as there have been all along. Speaker Crisp has accepted an invitation to speak in New York ee IMPORTA! SHELL ‘TESTS. Projectile That Bursts After Pene- trating Armor. A series of interesting tests of shells that will penetrate ships having thin armor and then burst inside was begun at the Indian Head proving ground yesterday. The Navy Department contemplates purchasing several hundred of these shells for the big battleships, and for this purpose invited five firms making shells to submit sam- ples. Two of these, one made by the Wheeler Sterlirg Co. and the other by the Midvale Steel Co., were tried yesterday. Both were fired with a velocity of 975 feet against a seven-inch nickel steel plate, and both went through the plate and backing and into the earth. They were recovered comparatively uninjured. Commodore Samp- son, chief of the ordnance bureau, says the test showed that both were excellent pro- jectiles. The tests will be continued to- morrow. Another charge was fired from the Hurst gun yesterday. The powder charge, 154 pounds, was the largest yet, and the ve- locity the projectile attained was 2,452 feet, and a maximum pressure of 15 8-10 tons. This is about 300 feet greater than the velocity obtained from an ordinary gun of similar caliber, although part of the in- creased velocity, Commodore Sampson says, may have been due to the fact that the tail of the projectile, which weighs about 100 pounds, was broken off. ‘This w: he case with the two projectiles fired from this gun last week, and the department will make some steel projectiles before further tests are conducted. —_—__- e-_____ UNITED STATES BONDS. Some Interesting Facts From Register Tiliman’s Report. Register Tillman has made a very long report of the operations of his office dur- ing the past fiscal year, including a review of all government bond transactions. The money in the treasury July 1, 1894, amount- ed to $763,565,540, of which $25,101,644 were unavailable funds deposited with the states. Tables are given showing that over one- third of the total amount of registered bonds are held by the United States treas- urer in trust for national banks. According to the records of the office, to June 30, 1804, of seven-thirty notes of various acts there are still outstanding $137,000; total issue, $970,087,250. One-year notes, March 8, 1863, $32,435; total issue, $44,520,000; two-year notes, March 8, 1863, $27,650; total issue, $16,480,000. Three-year compound-interest notes, $17! total is- sue, $262,982,000. Gold certificates, March 3, 1863, $248,720; total issue, $931,134,480.46, Certificates of Indebtedness, acts March 1, 17, 1862, and March 8, 1883, $3,000; total is sue, $561,753,241.65. Three per cent certifi gates, acts March 2, 1867, and July 25, 1868, $5,000; total issue, $85,155,000. “Four per cent refunding certiiicates, act Feb- ruary 26, 1879, payable to bearer, $58,020; total issue, $39,954,250; and payable to or- der, $170; total Issue, $58,500. ‘The total number of redeemed securities of the government of every form of in- debtedness on file in the office at the close of the year was 108,444,505 pieces, amount- ing to $6,887,408,322.93 1-2, and total amount of the same destroyed after registration, 36,314,513,610.20. The total number of coupon bonds of the United States, Listrict of Columbia end Louisville and Portland Canal Company, registered and now on file in the office, is 1,914,924, with 54,916,362 coupons attached, and amount to $1,101,493,150; and the total number registered and destroyed, 2,3 with 76,842,128 coupons attached, amount to $1,421,687,450—aggregating in number, on hand and destroyed, 4,278,009 bonds, with 131,758,490 coupons’ atiached, and in amount $2,523,180,600, as the records show have been received and registered. AMERICAN CITIZENS. Law Regarding Alien Sailors Work- ing Well. In his annual report to the Secretary of the Navy, Judge Advocate General Lemly comments mcst favorably upon the excel- lent working of the new law permitting alien sailors in the American navy to be naturalized. The effect of this legislation upon the morale of the enlisted force, he says, cannot be overestimated, and he ex- presses the hope that the time ts not far distant when the records of the department will show that the naval service is com- pesed entirely of American citizens. He renews recommendations that laws be rassed limiting punishments by eourt-mar- tial, establishing an act of limitation for naval offenses, permitting testimony to be taken by depositions and requiring the at- tendance of civillan witnesses. The report reviews the defects in the present system of examinations for promotion and retire- ment, and suggests the adoption of meth- ods similar to those of the army and marine corps. As the use of steel in ship building bas made unnecessary the continuance of the live-oak timber reservations in Florida, , Capt. Lemly sug- ‘ored to the public domain. The report reviews the steps that have been taken for the establishment of a coaling station at Pago Pago Harbor, Sa- moa, in the acquirement of land, etc., but shows that no special change in the situa- tion has occurred during the past year, <a Civil Service Promotions. ‘The following promotions In the office of the United States civil service commission will take effect on November 1: William s. Washburrt of New York and Paul V, Bunn of North Carolina, from $1,600 to $1,300; James A. Stratton of Pennsylvania and George R. Simmons of Colorado, from $1,400 to $1,600; Claude EB. Miller of Penn- sylvania and Edgar W. Crawford of Ke tucky, from $1,200 to $1,400; Walter L. Pe; perman of Alabama and Miss Nettle Peter son of Minnesota, from $1,000 to $1,200; George Risk of Flotida and Frederick Wan- ramaker of South Carolina, from $00 to $1,000; Thomas P, Chapman of Texas, from $840 to $900. ——+- 2+ —__- Fourth-Class Postmasters. Eighteen fourth-class postmasters were appointed today, fifteen of them to fill va- cancies caused by resignations and three to succeed postmasters removed. CLAIMING CONGRESS|ON“Y 4 PRETEXTITHINKS IT A JOKE Both Sides, However, Troubled With Doubts. ESTIMATES NOW MORE CONSERVATIVE Well-Known Members Who May Not Be Re-Elected, CHANCES IN LOUISIANA + The congressional campaigns are virtually over. Speaking and club parading and committee conferences will go on during the week, but the estimates in the doubt- ful districts have in the lurge majority of the cases received their final revision, and it remains now only for the votes to be thrown and counted. Both sides profess to be confident of controlling the next House, but neither is claiming it now by the fig- ures put out a month ago. This in itself argues that much uncertainty really exists, and ‘that as the day draws near for the proving of their work the gifted predicters on both sides of the fence are .becoming smitten with a saving conservatism. The personal talk of prominent leaders shows that either side would jump to close at once with any power that could insure a ma- jority of ten. The Southern Situation. The republicans are nervous about the “south. They feel that they have good pros- pects down there in a number of districts, either on their own account or through combination with the populists, and that if nothing unforeseen occurs they will make some encouraging winnings. But they con- fess that there is always the danger of a race collision during election times, and they realize that they are always the losers by such collisions. Some republican lead- ers in times past have charged that dis- turbances of this nature were precipitated and intensified by the democratic leaders in order to bring wavering democrats back into the fold. The threat of negro control still operates strongly in many localities, and has served to revolutionize and defeat some very clever and potent plans of southern republican leaders. The fear 1s that it may be successfully invoked again. The Danger in Louisiana. This feeling exists especially with regard to the first and second Louisiana distric:s, which includes the city of New Orleans. ‘fhe republicans are making great play for both of those districts, and their combina- tion with the bolting sugar planters makes them very formiduble. The planters ex- pect to bring many voters to the polls on the strength of their contention about sugar; but only on the strength of that. ‘Their appeal to their old democratic asso- cates, and especially to the white men employed by them on their plantations and about their sugar houses, is based upon the old protection proposition that the interest of the employer is the interest of the em- ploye. If the sugar industry in Louisiana is destroyed, the whole community, th planters assert, will suffer. This is ex- pected, if kept separate from other ques- tions, ‘to induce many democrats in those two districts to vote the republican ticket for Congress next Tuesday. But the race question has suddenly arisen there, and New Orleans is threatened with a ‘small war between an association of white labor- ers on the levee and an association of black laborers. The two associations had been getting along amicably for some time, work- ing side by side, and sharing good wages, but they have parted company now, and the white association has notified ship own- ers not to employ the blacks in the work of loading or unloading their crafts. A good deal of bad feeling exists, and serious trouble has, for several days, been imminent. No political question js in the slightest degree involved, and yet the re- publican leaders see the’ possibility of the gravest consequences to their plans if, be- tween now and next Tuesday, this labor dispute should take on the form of a phy- sical fight. A levee riot between whites and blacks, or a bar room brawl over the ques- tion at issue, attended with fatal results, would, the republican leaders believe, great. ly lessen the chances of republican. success in those two districts. The old wounds of the carpet-bag era would all reopen; the old talk and fear of negro domination would all revive, and hundreds of waver- ing democrats not of the capitalistic class would forget all about the dangers of the sugar interests and scurry back to old par- ty affiliations. But no fears of this description are enter- tanied about the doubtful districts in West Virginia and Tennessee. In those two states the negro vote has never been the factor, or created the opprobrium, that it has in ‘the extreme southern states. And another point is that in West Virginia and Tennessee the native white republican leadership has al- ways been strong. The Goffs in the one state, and the Brownlows and the Houks in the other, have always commanded the un- qualified respect of their democratic neigh- bors. The tariff on coal and iron ore alone makes the issue in tHose states, and next Tuesday's decision there is expected to re- fiect local sentiment on that subject. Virginia and the Carolinas, In old Virginia and the Carolinas the old claims and counter-claims continue. The situation is misty. The republican leaders do not look for any material results from the entrance of Gen. Mahone into the con- test. It was too long delayed, they think, and, besides, he has suffered of recent years the loss of a good deal of his former per- sonal prestige and popularity. Some good things are hoped for from the populistic- republican combination in North Carolina, but not confidently, The chances for a re- publican disappointment there are conceded to be good. Four Well-Known Democrats. Some talk has grown out of a recent offer by a visitor here fresh from Ohio and In- diana to bet $50 each against the return of Holman and Bynum, Springer and Outh- waite. The offer was not accepted. The democrats concede the danger of the two Indianians, but they claim to be confident of the return of both Mr. Springer and Mr. Outhwaite. The leaders on both sides com- ment pleasantly on the gap that would be made by the retirement of Mr. Holman and Mr. Springer. Both have been in Congress so long, and each has made such a distinct place for himself, that even the veterans are unable to conceive of how an appropri- ation bill could be thoroughly scrutinized or a point of order thoroughly debated with- out their assistance. 11 Helping Tracey. The latest most interesting news from the congressional contests in New York is that Gen. Tracey, in the Albany district, who at one time was tn danger, is likely to pull through with the aid of Senator Hill. Gen. Tracey is the President's friend, and has never affiliated with Senator Hill, but the Hill enthusiasm around Albany is, by the Senator’s direction, being utilized to assist the Tracey campaign. SERN Splene ATE Acting ian Agents. Capt. Frank D. Baldwin, fifth infantry, has been detailed as acting Indian agent at the Kiowa agency, Oklahoma, and First Lieut. Victor E. Stottler, tenth infantry, as acting Indian ugent at the Mescalero agency, New Mexico. The Reason Offered for Excluding American Beef From Germany. Neither Texas Fever Nor Retaliation Believed to Be the Real Cause— Work of “Agri tural Barons.” It is the tmpression of come of the offi- clals of the State Department,and of others who should be famillar with the subject, that the embargo of United States beef by the German government can be explained in a very different manier than by the as- sumption that it is caused by a serious ap- | prehension of Texas fever, or that it is a movement in retaliation for the new tariff act, which discriminates to some extent against German beet sugar. The ‘influences which have induced the German govern- ment to establish this new embargo are, unquestionably, the game as those which so long and so euccessfully resisted the re- moval of the former embargo. The so- called “agricultural barons” of the German empire are very influential persons. They have powerful representatives in the coun- cils of the emperor and in the reichstag. ‘The information that the embargo has been established vas welcome news to them. They, undoubtedly, have suggested the ‘Texas fever as the pretext for the prohibi- tion of the importation of American beef. Their former campaign against the meat products of this. country was based upon pretended sanitary grounds. It was due mainly to their efforts that the first em- targo was established. ‘The prohibition of American meat products at that time gave to them the practical con- trol of the meat market of Germany, The re-establishment of this prohibitory order will enable them to regain the monopoly which they then enjoyed. It was a matter of no consequence to them then that the immediate result of the exclusion of Ameri- can meat was to increase the price of beef to the German consumer. Indeed, the last embargo was not rescinded until gfter the lower and middle classes of Germiany had made a long and. powerful appeal that American meat products should be again ad- mitted to their market, in order that meat might be made cheaper for the poor and the middle classes. The agricultural barons of Germany, particularly under the rule of Bismarck, were very potential in the affairs of the German empire, It was supposed that they would be less so under the present emperor. But there are intimations that he will also extend this inhibition of importation to pork pro- ducts, and that an t that effect may soon be expected. If that shall be done the old feudal Junker element will demonstrate that it has as much influence under the exclusive rule of the young emperor as it had in the days when that class induced Bismarck to give it the “protectior their beef aod pork which could be s+ by excluding American meats from com- petition. It Jo2s3 not “my more concern them now that the result will be an in- crease in the cost of living to the pour of Germany than it lid then, There are rumors that the same influences which have been successful in Germany may prove effective in France. The rela- tions between the! agricuitural classes of France and Gernvatty_ ave very inthnate. Both are inspired ‘by the same motives, and controlled by the same feasons. When the French embargo was removed under a former republicgnadministration, the most earrest and. strenuous opponents of the United States were the French middle men and producing classes. There are no such extensive feudal baronial landed estates in France as there are in Germany, the agri- cultural land of the French republic being divided into smaller holdings, and owned by small farmers. But, through the influence of the great meat factors of the cities, the French agricultural classes were banded to- gether against the competition of American meat products. The apprehension is that such may be the result now. ‘The officials of the Agricultural Depart- ment point to the fact that the present in- spection system in this country met with the approval of the representatives of the German government to show that the claim that the Texas fever is the real cause of the present embargo is a pretext. MR. DOCKERY’S PROOF, He Produces an Official Record to Confute Ex-Secretary Foster. Ex-Secretary Charles Foster has been placed in an awkward position by the rec- ords of the Treasury Department. He re- cently sent the following teiegram to the Kansas City Journal: “I have your letter in which you say that Mr. Dockery made the statement that near the close of the Harrison administration, I, as Secretary of the Treasury, caused plates for bonds to be engraved and that such plates were prepared and bonds were print- ed, ready for execution. Mr. Dockery is mistaken. No such action was taken. Its absurdity is so apparent that I wonder that a gentleman of Mr. Dockery’s intelli- gence should make himself responsible for such a blunder. The only bonds authorized then, as now, were those authorized by the resumption act.” On being informed of this telegram Rep- resentative Dockery applied to Secretary Carlisle for the facts in the case, and the latter replied last evening by telegraphing a copy of the following order, dated Feb- ruary 20, 1893, two weeks before the close of the Harrison administration: To the chief of the bureau of engraving and printing.—Sir: You are hereby author- ized and directed to prepare designs for the three per cent bonds provided in the Senate amendment to the sundry civil bill now pending. The denominations which should first receive attention are $100 and $1,000 of the coupon bonds, and $100, $1,400 and $10,000 of the registered bonds. This au- thority is given in advance of the enact- ment in view of pressing contingencies, and you are directed to hasten the preparation of the deSigns and plates in every possible manner. I inclose a memorandum for your guidance in preparing :the script for the body of the bond. tfully, yours, CHARLES Ft ‘ER, Secretary. THE NEW POSTMASTER. Overwhelmed “With ‘Congratulations, Acknowledged ‘Through The Star. Mr. James P. Willett may hanile more mail when he enters upon his duties as postmaster than he did today, but it is doubtful. At each delivery the carriers left big piles of letters at bis place of busi- ness, every one of which was full of con- gratulatory expressions. He started in to answer them as they were opened, but bad to give it up. There were too many interruptions from visitors calling to per- sonally express their gratification at his appointment, while the epistles increased too rapidly. - At noon, when a Star reporter called on him, his ‘arm was weak from constant handshaking. “I wish you-Would allow me to say through The Star thatI am“deeply grateful to all the friends wlio have written me such kind and complimeptary thiggs upon my appoint- ment as postmaster,” said Mr. Willett. “I will personally acknowledge them hereafter, but I find it will be absolutely impossible to do so now. I hope they won't think me discourteou! He was assured that his friends knew him too well to charge him with any fault of that character. He sald he would take charge of the office in'a week or ten days, ana Mr. Bede's Successor. The President has appointed William M. Campbell of Minnesota United States mar- shal for Minnesota, in place of J. Adam Bede, resigned. Chairman Babcock Says Wisconsin is Surely Republican. CLAIMS THE NEXT HOUSE Sarcastic Over Mr. Faulkner's Ante- Election Prophecies. IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS —_>—_—. Congressman Babcock, chairman of the reputlican congressional committee, return- ed to the city last night from Wisconsin, where he went about ten days ago to look after his own campaign. On being relieved from his temporary charge of the commit- tee, Vice Chairman Apsley, who has had hold of the reins during Mr. Babcock’s ab- sence, left this afternoon for Massachu- setts. Before going he said that he had no doubt, about carrying his own district by over 5,000 plurality. Mr. Babcock did not express any marked agitation when the statement and claim of Senator Faujkner, chairman of the demo- cratic committee, printed in last evening's Star, with reference to Wisconsin, was given him. On the contrary, the Wisconsia Representative smiled broadly and said: “It is a novelty to come away from home to learn news from there. That is news indeed, that the democrats are going to carry the state ticket and a majority of the celegation. {f Mr, Faulkner's information on general matters is no better than that from Wisconsin upon which he based his claim, then his campaign must indeed be wholly hopeless. If I were not certain that this claim is a great bluff I should think i, a huge joke, directed at me, for my return was anticipated. I cannot understand how Mr. Faulkner should have been so badly misled in his estimate about the state ticket. There is no confidence among the democrats of the state, and even the chair- man of the democratic state committee, “Boss” Wall, who owns the democratic part of Wisconsin, has practically given up the fight. Just before I left I heard that the best he could do toward keeping up a front was to bet $1,000 that the republican state ticket would rot be elected by more than 20,000 majority. Rosy Prophecies. “As to the congressional fight, I cannot say anything stronger than that the fight is in better shape this year than I ever knew it to be before. We shall have more than a majority of the seats from that state. I never saw such activity among the republicans and the anti-administration people. Where there is any activity what- ever among the democrats it is over the burning question of whether to vote at all or to vote the republican ticket. As a matter of fact, there is the most hopeless indifference among the members of that party. There is Kittle or no populist senti- ment in the rural part of the state. Cu- rlously enough, I found it to be concen- trated in the large cities and towns, like Milwaukee and Racine, where the populist tickets are being supported by the old labor voters, the disgruntled people and the greenbackers. They draw four democrats to one republican. The Germans, who are @ great power in my state, are breaking over to the republicans in all quarters. It is almost a stampede. One German club of 165 members, who have hitherto per- sistently voted the democratic ticket, bas declared almost in a body for the republi- can state ticket and the republican Con- gressmen. One hundred and fifty-four of the members so voted the other night, mak- ing a total gain in one quarter alone of over 300 votes. The Germans are advo- cates of honest money, and they are losing no opportunities to declare for the repub- lican party as the best exponent of that principle. Hitherto the German vote hus generally been heavily against us, and the fact that it 1s going to be almost solidly ours this year is another fact to convince me that this will be a republican year in Wisconsin. There is no especial dissatis- faction on the part of the people against Mr. Peck on account of his being a can- didate for a third term, but he is not so popular in some parts as it has been repre- sented that he is. Then, too, there have been some very hard times in the state during the past year or two, and the people want a change. “As an indication of the sentiment, I want to tell you how enthusiastic the voters have been in getting out to listen to the speakers. There was not’ a meeting that I held that was not crowded to the doors.‘ Then, too, they would stay until the last word had been said, standing, many of them, in the aisles, for two hours and sometimes for three, eager for more infor- mation. They would hardly permit us to stop to take breath, but would call out: ‘Go on! Give us more talk like that.’ Congressional Claims, “That is a sample of what Mr. Faulkner claims to be democratic territory. It is cne of the surest republican states in the coun- try, and I hope, for his sake, that he has better information about Indiana and Illin- ois and West Virginia than he has about Wisconsin. When I went away I made an estimate, based upon the most reliable in- formation at hand, that the republicans would have 100 seats in the Fifty-fourth Congress. I have been gone, as you ree, over ten days, and so there has been time for the estimate to have tested itself. I have just got through reading the accumu- lations of mail and reports received during my absence, and hearing what Mr. Apsley has had to tell me of his turn at the wheel, and I can see no reason to change my statement in one particular, with this pos- sible exception: The latest returns show that districts that were considered as hope- lessly democratic when I left Washington are now felt to be probably republican, and districts"where we felt we had a fighting chance are now almost certainly republican. “There Fas been no diminution in the trend toward our success, and the ‘republi- can wave,’ instead of receding, is growing higher every day. There is going to be a big surprise in Virginia. We are sure to make inroads there. As to New York, there is nothing further to say. Mr, Faulkner is ‘simply keeping up his bluff when he says that the democrats are in real danger in pnly one district in Brooklyn and one | in New York, and that they will carry the Elmira district. We have advices this morning from Mr. Gillet, who now repre- sents the Elmira district, to the effect that he will surely be elected. There is going to be a break in the city delegations, and the state is ours.” Seattered Districts, A letter was received at the republican headquarters this morning from Gen. Cogs- well, the representative from, and republi- can nominee in the sixth Massachusetts district, saying that he is now practically recovered from his recent severe illness, which has prevented his active participa- tion in the campaign, and that he hoped to be out on election day in order to cast his vote. Mr. P. H. McCaull, the republican candi- date in the eighth Virginia district, which includes Alexandria, was at headquarters this moraing, full of confidence and hope. He is to address a large meeting at the Opeca House in Alexandria tonight, and if he carries out his promises he will make things very interesting. Mr. Meredith, the democratic cundidate in that district,’ was recently quoted as saying at democratic headquarters that it was pure presumption for McCaull to attempt to come to Con- gress from the district that has been repre- vented by such distinguished men as mem- bers of the Washington and Lee families. Mr. McCaull, it is understood, will take this as a text for an attack upon Mere- dith, charging him with drawing the line of caste in disparagement of the humble voters of the district. He estimates that he has a real majority of less than 1,200 to overcome, and he believes that he will ac- complish this next Tuesday. Mr. Don M. Dickinson, ex-postmaster general, and a close personal friend of the President, has been quietly in town for about a week. He protests to those who call upon him that he is here on purely legal matters, being counsel in a land case before the United States Supreme Court. There is considerable gossip about a speech that Mr. Dickinson has not delivered in New York state in the interest of Mr. Hill. Some time ago he wrote to Hill and offered his services on the stump. No acceptance of this offer was made public, and it is evident now that the democratic arrange- ments do not include a speech from the ex- Postmaster General. Instead, it is published that he has sent a check for about four figures to the demo- cratic headquarters. It is probable that he will spend the remainder of the time be- tween now and election in Washington, at- tending to his law business. It is known that he is in frequent communication with the President and that he and Ambassador snag dined with the latter on Sunday No Letter Expected. There is no longer any doubt that the democrats do not expect an utterance of any kind now from the President. That is one of the past episodes of the campaign, and the issue of a letter now will certainly be regarded by the managers of Mr. Hill's campaign as more of a handicap than an aid. The clerks at both headquarters are kept quite busy just now making out certificates for voters who are going home to vote in their respective states. Of course, there is more of this at the democratic headquarters than at the republican, as there are more democratic voters in Washington who are anxious to vote than republican. The voters are getting half tare generally and are ap- plying daily for certificates from the com- mittees. About twenty of these are being issued daily from the republican headquar- ters, THE TEXAS FEVER. Impossible for Our Cattle to Carry It to Germany. The announcement that the embargo placed upon American cattle by the senate of Hamburg has been extended to the jength of an exclusion of American cattle and dressed meat from every port of Ger- many was received with surprise by de- partmental officials. That the Texas fever was merely a ground which Germany could adopt for enforcing retaliatory measures egainst the United States because of the supposed discrimination against German in- terests in the sugar schedule of the tariff bil) was the prevalent impression. ‘The German ambassador, however, has assured the Secretary of State that the measure of exclusion wus inspired solely by sanitary reasons and had no political motive * be- hind it. Government officials are obliged to take this view of the case, since any other view might seem a reflection upon the am- bassador. Secretary Morton had a consultation with Secretary Gresham about the matter yes- terday before the stringent measures just adopted were known. He assured Secretary Gresham that the exportation of Texas fever into Germany by American cattle was altogether improbable if not impossi- ble, according to the opinions of the patho- logical experts, who have devoted much time to investigating the disease during the past year, and said that he was con- fident that the supposed discovery of Texas fever was a mistake. Dr. D. E. Salmon, chief of the bureau of “Sihaeee a said: “Admitting, for the sake of men’ that the cattle which are landed ‘in Ger: many are infected with Texas fever, there is no danger to the German cattle, because even in this country cattle with this dis- ease do not communicate it to other ani- mals. The disease is not communicated directly from one animal to another, but animals from a certain district in the southern part of the United States are able to infect pastures and pens in which they happen to be placed, within thirty days from the time they leave the infected dis- trict. Animals which contract the disease obtain the infection from these pens and pastures, and not directly from other cat- tle. The cattle which are sick do not in- fect the grounds or pens, and consequently are not dangerous to other animals. This has been proved by many years of experi- ence in the United States. The conveyance of Texas fever in dressed beef is impossi- ble. These animals, thus diseased, do not fall sick at all themselves. They simply carry the ticks. The ticks drop off and lay their eggs and die. Those eggs must lie on the ground a certain length of time be- fore ney ft vat the cattle, and another length of time pses before the; reduce the disease.” oe CAPT. DERBY’S NEW POST. The Change at the District Building Still Causing Comment. ‘The exclusive announcement in yester- day's Star of the order relieving Capt. Derby as assistant to the Engineer Commis- sioner and his detail at New Orleans, to- gether with the detail of Capt. Beach in his place, caused no little comment at the District building today. Several well-known contractors sauntered down to the headquarters of the District triumvirate during the day and discussed the change, evidently with considerable sat- isfaction. One of them was disposed to take the credit of the change upon himself. He seemed to be very willing to have it under- stood that he had had influence in bring- ing about the change. Capt. Powell was somewhat nettled this morning over the affair when a reporter of ‘The Star requested an interview. ; “There is really nothing to say. Capt. Derby has been ordered away, and there is nothing to do but graciously obey orders. I can hardly believe that the order was the result of complaint by certain contractors, although I admit it was rather sudden. If I only knew the names of those who claim to have brought this change about I would go at once to headquarters and if possible have the order revoked. Capt. Derby is an efficient officer and has been of immense service to the District. His loss at this time is especially to be deplored. We are about to make some important improve- ments in the subsurface department, and his intimate knowledge of affairs pertaining thereto will be severely missed. I tell you the District will feel his loss.” Capt. Derby had nothing further to ray upon the subject when a Star reporter in- terrogated him this afternoon. A copy of the official order was received this morning. At the War Department an entirely dif- ferent view is taken of the change. The new post to which Capt. Derby has been as- signed is regarded as one of the most im- portant in the engineer corps, and it is considered as a compliment to Capt. Derby that that officer has been selected for the service. +> --— Awaiting the Chinese Treaty. The Chinese minister is anxiously await- ing the signed official copy of the new treaty between the United States and China. It was forwarded from China some time ago, but has met with inexplicable delays en route, Secretary Gresham shares the minister's desire to get the document, as the treaty provisions cannot be proclaimed by President Cleveland and put Into effect until the official papers have been exchang- ed, There have been several conferences between the minister and Secretary Gresham within the last few days relative to the papers. The Machias’ Gu The inspection board has discovered that the boats of the gunboat Machias are im- properly placed aboard ship, and ‘t wili be necessary to change the cradles and davits, which will delay the sailing of the ship for China about two weeks. PRAY FOR THE CZAR” People Excited at St. Petersburg Over His Condition. CEREMONIES IN THE CATHEDRAL Death May Be Expected at Any Moment. GLEE OF THE NIHILISTS ST. PETERSBURG, October 31.—An offi- cial bulletin issued at 10 o'clock this morn- ing says that the czar slept for a few hours last night, and that the bleeding has some- what subsided. Otherwise the condition of the patient is not changed. The bulletin is signed in the usual man- ner by the phystcians in attendance upon his majesty, The excitement in regard to the czars condition continues. The police engaged in distributing the bulletins regarding the health of the czar are besieged by dense crowds of people, who fall upon their knees and pray for the czar’s recovery as each new bulletin is posted. At 1 o'clock this afternoon the Metro- politan of St. Petersburg, Father Paliadius, president of the holy synod, attended by all his clergy, offered up prayers for the recovery of the czar in the Cathedral of St. Isaac. The ceremony was most im- pressive. The theaters of St. Petersburg and all the large cities were uearly deserted yes- terday evening, and not a singie unitorm was to be seen among the sl a ne lia audiences Story of His Tliness. ST. PETERSBURG, October 31.—The Official Messenger publishes the following account of the czar’s illness: The disquieting symptoms which mant- fested themselves at Spala became marked in the early days of his majesty’ sojourn at Livadia. The czar was able to attend divine service after arriving there, and he was also able to drive about. ‘Then symptoms of weakness appeared, with failing appetite, loss of sleep, weakening of the heert action, increase of albumen and Swelling of the extremities. On October i9 there was a return of the czar’s appetite, ard on October 20 he was able to obtain the necessary rest in sleep, which produced a notatle increas? in his strength and a reduction of the albumen. ‘The same day the Queen of Greece arrived ahd the proto presbyter, Father Ivan of Cronstadt, who offered up prayers for the emperor, also reached Livadia. His maj- esty then received holy communion, which assisted In tranquilizing his mind. On October 22 the emperor wit Father Ivan. Princess’ Alix ag Darmstadt arrived that evening, and by the order of the czar she was received cere- moniously with a guard of honor and with the military band playing. The meeting of the czar with Princess Alix, whom he had long been craving to see, strongiy excited the patient in spite of the joy which the meeting caused him, and his majesty’s physicians feared the effects of this excite- ment. But the night passed favorably. There was continued oedema of the feet on October 26, which hindered free movement. During all this time the czar, in spite of his suffering, did not neglect state business, but at the urgent instance of his physicians he handed over documents relating to cur- rent affairs and reports requiring consider- able examination to the czarewitch. His majesty, however, decided the most im- portant cases and signed the state papers. It is semi-officially announced today that all reports regarding the immediate mar- riage of the czarewitch to Princess Alix are unfounded. It is added that it was never proposed since the illness of the czar, that the should take pl@ce hurriedly. . Said to Be Dying. LONDON, October 31.—A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon from Li- vadia says that the czar is dying. The dis- patch adds that his left lung is so seriously inflamed that all hope has been abandoned and that news of his death may be ex- pected at any moment. Rejoicing of the Anarchists. LONDON, October 31.—A circular shows ing a blood red bomb, revolver and dagger, emanating from the refugee nihilists in Switzerland, is circulating there and in London. It says: “To our brothers, the oppressed in Rus- sia: fhe tyrant Alexander, autocrat, czar, hangman and assassin of Michaeleff, Russa- koff, Kibaltchik, Nelotsoff, Sophia Perow- skaia, Jessie Halfmann and many others; purveyor of the Siberian galleys, perse¢tutor of the Jews, is on the point of expiating his crimes. “He is dying of a mysterious illness, a well-merited punishment. Venal science, his Seacharins, Hirschs and Popoffs can do nothing to prolong a life which has been devoted to violence and oppression, “At length the monster is going to dis- appear. Hurrah! “The day has passed when a man ought to be able by right of birth to dispose of the liberty and lives of a hundred millions of other men. “Let his son, the czarewitch, as well as his ambitious rivals, the Grand Dukes Vladimir and Michael, who are ready to asscssinate, in accordance with the tradi. tions of tae Romanoff family, to get pos. session of the bivody heritage—let all thor- oughly understand that every hour and at every step they will find themselves face to face with the inflexible will of the revolu- tionists, “Let us leave to the hypocritical Mberals the task of covering with flowers the hor- rid corpse of the scoundrel who is leaving this world after having too long dishon- ored it. “So long as the Russian slaves do not possess the land, ac long as an infernal au- tocracy, served by a rapacious and shameless feudality, makes Russia a di grace to the civilized world, we shall al. ways applaud any blow of destiny or pro- voke it. “Long live liberty and the revolution!” Prince Cantacuzene today received ‘the following cable from the Russian minister of foreign affairs: “ST. PETERSBURG, October 31.—Yes- terday the expectoration, with blood, con- tinued. Chills. Temperature, 100. Pulse, 90; rather weak. Breathing difficult; little appetite. Great weakness. Oedema con- siderably increased. * (Signed) GIERS. —__—-.—— ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECKING. the Placed on Obstructions Lake BUFFALO, October 31.—An attempt was made to wreck the Boston and Chicago spe- cial cn the Lake Shore rail y last night near Lake View, ten miles west of Buffalo, by placing a plank and stones on the track just west of a siding. Fortunately, the ob- structions were discovered, and the train was stopped in time. Superintendent Niles does not credit the thecry of train robbers. An investigation is now in progress. CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 31.—The of- ficiais of the Lake Shore road are, very reticert, and have not been fully advis as to the details of the attempted wrecking this morning. The train did not carry money, and if the motive was robbery it does not appear to have been successful, ‘The train passed through this clty at 4 o'clock this morning. None of the passen- gers made any statement of the trouble here