Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1894, Page 12

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HUTCHINSON CO., Millinery, Dress Trimmings, Laces, 1329 F Street N.W. ,., ** Sealskins” == eoece ‘The Kohinoovs of the jacket world— eee 4 specialty with us. 7 eRe Persian Lamb Jackets rank next. eecoee Sealskin Capes, too! eeese All the fine furs in Capes and Trim- eooee Full line of the latest conceits in eeeee Pur Neck Boas. 8. Stimemetz.* H. Son 1237 Pa. AVE. 30d ||Elegant Silver Ware.’ THE RESULT IN OHIO The Congressional Elections as Fore- shadowed in Columbus. OUTHWAITE AND JOHNSON IN DANGER Republicans Claim Fourteen Dis- tricts and Hope for More. THE WAY IT IS FIGURED Correspondence of The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 29, 1894. It now seems very doubtful whether Con- gressman Outhwaite can be re-elected. The entire force of the A. P. A. organisation here seems to be arrayed against him, and if this is true nothing can save him from defeat. Of course Mr. Outhwaite is not a Catholic, but it is charged by the A. P. A. that eight of the dozen federal appoint- ments made in Fairfield county upon his recommendation have gone to Catholics, and that his recommendation of F, M. Seu- ter to be postmaster of Columbus was made at the request of Bishop Watter- son, who is friendly to Mr. Seuter, be- cause he patronizes the parochial instead of the public schools. Several weeks ago the A. P. A. addgessed a letter to Mr. Outhwaite asking him to express himself. upon the A. A. movement. It seems that he did not reply to it at all. These facts have turned the organization pretty solidly agaiust him, it would seem from the way the members openly speak of the matter. Another trouble for Mr. Outhwaite has broken out in the southern part of his district—Fairfield county—where one of the democratic organs—the Lancaster Demo- erat—has come out squarely against him, and advises that the good of the party lies in the defeat of Mr. Outhwaite. Mr. Outh- waite has come out in a card regarding the matter m which he states that the owner of the paper tried to compel him to purchase an interest in the paper for $2,200, and the attack upon him is made in’ consequence of his refusal to be black- mailed into purchasing the newspaper prop- erty at a figure far above its actual value. As to what influence the action of the Dem- ocrat will have upon the democracy of Fairfield county, democrats here are not agreed. In figuring out®Outhwaite’s elec- tion they had counted upon about 700 dem- ocratic plurality in Fairfield. It is gen- erally conceded that it will be a very nar- row plurality that Franklin county will give Mr. Outhwaite, if, indeed, it 1s not carried by the republicans. With the pros- pect of no democratic plurality in Fairfield county, the hope of electing Mr. Outhwaite seems to be without anything substantial to be pinned to. . A Doubt Removed. A decision made by Secretary of State S. M. Taylor, who is also ex-officio state su- pervisor of elections, last week, has re moved the last Goubt about the result of the election in the eighteenth congressional dis- trict—Gov. McKinley’s home—composed of Stark, Columbiana und Mahoning counties. Dr. J. A. Hole of Columbiana county was a candidate for the republicen nomination for Congress there, but was defeated by Robert W. Taylor, Ever since he has cherished the notion that his defeat was rot accomplished by fair means. His friends urged him to become an independent can- €idate. The democrats cultivated this, and two weeks ogo put petitions in circulation asking that nis name be put on the Aus- tralian ballot as a candidate. The dange to the republicans was apparent, for Tay- lor’s vote would be reduced by just the number of votes that Hole would get, and if the populist vote among the miners should prove a big detraction from the re- publican strength, as is feared by some, it might leave the district in doubt. The petitions, as required by law, were pre- sented to the state supervisor, but were re- jected on a technicality. Several of the pe- Utions did not contain the notary’s cer- tificate, as required by law, and these be- ing rejected, the number of petitioners was reduced slightly below the number requir- ed by the statute. In making the ruling, Secretary Taylor made a peculiar biunder. He first decided the case against Hole on the ground that his name was not used in the petitions,“and there was nothing to show what name was to be placed on the ticket. This was in spite of the fact that the rame of Dr. Hole was printed in the petitions in large type. When his atten- tion was called to it, Secretary Taylor held to his decision, but changed the basis of it to the grounds stated above. The district is sure to elect Taylor, republican, by a large plurality. Where the Results Are Certain. Except in a few districts, the result of the congressionz1 elections in Ohio can be pre- dicted now with great certainty. The demo- crats cannot carry more districts than the present gerrymander of the districts was intended to give them—six; they may lose one or two of these. The republicans are at work, apparently .with hope of success, In at least two of these districts. In the first district the republicans will elect Charles P. Taft. This is beyond a reasonable doubt. Gov. McKinley carried the district last fall by 5,002, and, even in the republican Waterloo of 1892,’ Bellamy Storer carried the district by 1,225, The second district is equally sure to elect Jacob H. Bromwell, the republican candidate. It gave a republican plurality last year of 5,281, and the year before of 2,166. The third district will no doubt return Paul J. Sorg, democrat. Though the district was carried by McKinley last fall by 563 votes, Sorg was elected last spring to succeed Con- gressman Houk by twice that many votes, and two years ago Houk had a plurality in the district of 4,316. Though the republi- cans are claiming the fourth district and working as though they really believed there was a good chance to elect their can- didate, the recent election results do not justify it. ‘Two years ago Congressman Layton had a plurality of 7,574, and even last fall it gave a plurality against McKin- ley of 4,55). Congressman Layton is the candidate of his party for re-election there, and it looks as though it will be impossible to defeat him. "The chances for carrying the fifth district are overwhelmingly with the democrats. ‘Their candidate, John J. Snook, is a popu: lar young man and has the united support of his party. The same cannot be said of his opponent, F. B. D2Witt. The district gave Dennis D. Donovan 4,604 democratic plurality two years ago, and under the re- publican tidal wave of last year this was only reduced to 1,160. ‘The sixth district is reliably republican and will return George W. Hulick to Con- gress. The seventh district gave George W. Wilson a republican plurality of 1,826 two years ago, and McKinley a plurality of 4,728 last year. ‘The eighth fs one of the strongest republican districts in the state— 6,658 plurality last year--and there is no doubt about the return of Congressman L. M. Strong. ‘The ninth district will undoubtedly send a republican to succeed Congressman Ritchie, whose slender plurality of 14 votes in 1892 was swallowed up last year in a plurality of 5,661 for McKinley in that district. The tenth district, republican two years ago by 4,361, will elect L. J. fenton, republican, and the eleventh district, 2,651 for Grosv2nor in 1892, is equally sure to send him back this year. The twelfth dis- trict, democratic by a reliable plurality for a long time, is likely to elect D. K. Watson, republican, for reasons stated above. ‘The republicans are making some claims upon the thirteenth district, but they do not seem to be weil founded. Congressman Hare two years ago carried it by 6,249, and last year it held up with a democratic plurality of ovcr 1,200. It will probably elect Boston G. Young, the democratic candidate. The fourteenth district, now represented by M. D. Harter, is pretty sure to send a republi- can, W. 8. Kerr, to take his place. it is a republican district, though Mr. Harter carried {t two years ago by 1,889 votes. McKinley carried it last year by 5,091. The fifteenth district is strongly republican and will undoubtedly return H. C. Van Voorhis, the present Representative, to Congress. The sixteenth district is sure to elect Lorenzo Danford, the republican can- @idate. McKinley carried it last year by 8,857 votes, and Judge Pearson, the pres- ent Representative, two years ago had only the slende= plurality of 41. The seventeenth district is one of the strongest democratic districts, though the republican candidate is making quite an aggressive fight. Congressman Richards, the present democratic Representatjve, who is a candidate for re-election, had a plu- rality two years ago of 6,354, and the demo- erats carried it tage aa by 2,821 votes. The eighteenth distri¢t' is normally repub! can, though Dr. Ikert, the present Repr: sentative, is a denfocrat. Governor Mc- Kinley carried the djstrjct last fall by 5,381, and there is no doubt how but that it will elect R. W. Taylor, io “republican nominee. The nineteenth disfi icf is the banner Te- publican district of ‘the state, if not of the United States. Congressman Northway had two years ago, 7,804 plurality, and the district gave Governor McKinley last fall a plurality of 12,583. ‘The twentieth dis- trict is decidedly républican, and will, no doubt, elect Clifton: R.Beach, the republi- ean candidate. Tom 1. Johnson, the demo- cratic candidate for Congress in the twenty- first district, is making a desperate fight for re-election, but has‘agdinst him a republi- can plurality, as shown at the polis last fall, of 5,973. Besides this, he has a strong candidate against him, and the local demo- cratic organ, the Cleveland Plaindealer, fighting him. The chances are, of cours that Theo. E. Burton, the republican, will be elected there. The New Delegation. The Congressmen regarde4 here as certain to be elected next month are the following: Name. Politics. District. Chas. P, Taft. . Republican. First ... Republican. ....Second .« Democyat. . ; Demoérat. . J. Snook... + Democrat. Geo. W. Hulick. 1.) Republican Geo. W. Wilson... .. Republican. L. M. Strong. : Republican. H. Southard.+...... Republican. L. J. Fenton Republican .. . Cc. H. Gros : Republican. El B, G. Young. 2 Demo2rat.."Thirteenth W. 3. Kerr. + Teep... urteenth H. C. Van Voorhis.... Republican..Fifteenth Lorenzo Danford...... Repti n..Sixteenth J. A. D. Richards..... Dem Seventeenth R. W. Taylor. 2 Reo. Jighteenth Stephen W.Northway leo neteenth Cc. R. Beech.. a. Rep. Total: Fourteen republicans and five dem- ocrats. The twelfth and twenty-first districts are regard-d as doubtful, with the probability now that Outhwaite and Johnson, di crats, will both be defeated. —_ A FORMER WASHINGTONIAN Now the Republican Nominee in the Six- teenth New York Congressional District. He Hopes to Defeat Mr. Ryan Mainly on the Tariff Insue—Mr. G. 0. Beach's Letter. It now develops that one of the various seats in the New York congressional dele- gation that the republicans are anxious to secure is that of Mr. Ryan, who repre- sents the sixteenth district, containing Westchester county and the twenty-ninth and thirtieth assembly districts of New York city. This is the extreme eastern dis- trict in the state, and has normally been demceratic. It was represented, when known as the fourteenth, by William G. StahInecker, in the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty-first and Fitty-second Congresses, he being succeeded in the Fifty-third Congress by Ryan, who has been, renominated. practical:y a New York city district, as a large proportion ofits population is com- posed of people li © in the suburbs, but with business interedts in New York. Stahl- necker’s last majority ‘was over 6,000, and Ryan's was 6,500, ‘These figures would seem to indicate that a fight in this district would be almost hopeless, but, in pursuance of the policy outlined in The Star of Saturday, the republican committee has chosen to throw heavy columns of force against these very strongholds of the democracy. A Washingtininu Nominee. The republican nominee this year is a Washingtonian by many y and by education, Mr. Ben. Fairchild, who graduated in law fromthe Columbian Uni- versity. He has large;jnvestments at Mount Vernon and Pelham, in the sixteenth dis- trict, and has already been given distinc- tion by the republican voters of that se tion, being their candidate last year i the constitutional coavention. Reports that have come from the fight’in this district indicate that Mr. Fairchild is making a vigorous attack upon Ryan on other than local issues, and it is presumed that he is being aided materially by a committee in this city. Phe republicans here are some- what jubilant over the fect that George O. Beach of Mount Vernon has resigned from the democratic city committee of Mount Vernon, and has pledged his vote and in- fluence to the end tnat Mr. Ryan may be defeated. Mr. Beach, who is a prominent citizen of Mount Vernon, has written an open letter, which is printed in the local papers there in full, in which he bases his opposition to the democratic ticket this year solely upon the failure of the party in Congress to enact tariff legislation in accordance with the platform adopted at Chicago. He® complains in this letter that Ryan allied himself with the administra- tion party to pass the bill despite the pro- test and votes of the six New York demo- crats who took a decisive stand against the measure. Mr. Beach's letter concludes as follows: “Having infinitely more respect tor @ ypublican who Is true to his convictions than for a democrat who is false to his party, I shall, in common, as I believe, with hundreds of democrats in this district, ex- ert whatever of influence I possess to de- feat the Hon. William Ryan, and this, too, despite the fact that I have never voted any but the democratic ticket, nor affillat- ed with any but the democratic party, to whose fundamental principles I am 'too uch attached to remain passive when they are wantonly prostituted by those who re- gard them as ‘ropes of sand. Fight on the Tariff I ‘This letter, it is understood, is being cir- culated not only in the sixteenth district of New York, but in others where the tariff issue is being made the basis of the fight for Congress. Westchester county is well filled with manufactories that have been quite seriously affected by. the change of tariff rates, and the republicans are pouring a flood of tariff literature into the district in the hope of winning some of the 6,500 marginal votes that gave Mr. Ryan his seat two years ago. ‘A curious feature of this fight is the fact that the republicans are making a strenu- ous effort to connect Mr. Ryan with the ‘Tammany organization of New York city, hoping thereby to allenate many of his par- ty supporters, in the belief that the recent developments by the Lexow Investigation in the city are going to have a depressing effect upon the democratic ballot on elec- tion day, even as far outside of the metrop- olis as Westchester county. The democrat- fe nominee, it is understood, is relying large- ly upon the size of his majority of 1892 to absorb all the defections that may be caused by such a fight as is being waged against him and by the influence of the letter of Mr. Beach. ‘t ‘The sixteenth district of today is not the same as the sixteenthidistrict of the Fifty- second Congress, owing to the redistricting of 1892, It is now the seme as the old four- teenth (Stahinecker’s), the sixteenth before that time includiitg “Columbia, Dutchess and Putnam counties; the three counties immediately northyof; Westchester border- ing on the eastern, boyndary of the state. ‘This district was Teprpsented in Congress for many years by Gen John H. Ketcham, a republican, who Was:Commissioner of the District of Columbia fom the 3d of July, 1874, to the 30th of June, 1877. —r Chinese Naval. Diset From the Boston Trariseript. The Chinese sailor is not a lover of dis- cipline. He prefers perfect freedom, espe- cially when the question of leave is con- cerned. When Capt. Lang had charge of the Chinese navy he discovered this weak- ness, and it gave him a_ consigerable amount of trouble. He found ordinary methods of enforcing regularity utterly useless. Officers and men alike showed a total indifference to his orders where leave of absence was concerned. Following the example of the Emperor of Germany, he de- termined on a series of surprise visits, and on one of these occasions he found that many of the officers and men were on shore without leave. Determining to en- force discipline at any cost, he ordered all the delinquents to be placed under arrest when they returned. This was too much for the easy-going Chinaman. That night every man jumped overboard and went ne. home, utterly disgusted w th the service. It is) ars of residence | WARMING UP IN ALABAMA Prominent Democrats Working for Party Candidates. Senator Morgan Sanguine of Saccess— Republicans Supporting Rep- resentative Denson, Ccrrespondence of The Evening Star. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., October 28, 1804. The closing days of the congressional campaign in Alabama are witnessing the firing of the big guns, so to speak, in the doubtful districts. The fourth, seventh and ninth districts are still the scene of the real fight, and here the principal artillery of both sides is concentrated. In the fourth and ninth districts the candidates are straight republicans and regular democrats, and in the seventh a populist and a demo- erat. Senator Morgan, Gov.-elect Wm. C. Oates and Congressman Richard H. Clarke of the first district are all now actively at work for the democratic nominee, Oscar W. Undewood, in the ninth district. In fact, this district, which is the Birmingham dis- trict and contains not only many Kolbites and populists, but also many republicans among northern men, who have come here in the development of the coal and fron properties, seems to be the real center of interest just now. Senator Morgan is speak- ing to immense crowds every day. He is even visiting small towns and country pre- cinets, where his voice has never been heard before, and talking to the people. Morgan has a’ larger place in the hearis of Ala- bamians than any other living man, and his influence with the masses is great. Gov. Oates alsp has wide influence, and he, too, is exerting every effort to save the doubtful districts to democracy;-while Congressman Clarke,whose own re-election is a certainty, has left his district to labor for the election of the democratic nominees in districts where the uncertainty is greatest. Con- gressman Turpin, who was defeated for re- nomination, will take the stump in the ninth district for his successful opponent. Senator Morgan San; Senator Morgan is very sanguine of demo- cratic success. He tells the people of Ala- tama that he has just been through the east and stvdied the situation closely, e3- pecially in New York. He says that Hill's election in New York is a certainty, that he is more pepular with the masses in the empire stite than ever before, and that the enthusiasm for him is unbounded. Morgan adds, toc, that the democrats will, accord- ing to his estimate, which he regards as conservative, have a majerity In the next House of Representatives of not less than sixty members. All these words of en- courag*ment have stimivlated the demo- crats of Alabama, and they are working hard for success, as Senator Morgan tells them that she must again send up a solid democratis delegation, which he thinks she will, The anti-democratic forces in the doubtful districts are not inactive. It is given out by the republican lead that ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed has agreed to make a trip south next week, and that his route will be over the Southern railway from Bristol, ‘Tenn., to Selma, Ala, It is said he will make skort speeches from the platform of his car in east Tennessee in the interest of H. Clay Evans, republican candidate for governor of that state, and will come on down into Alabama, passing through the | heart of the fourth congressional district, | here he will speak in the interest of W. | F. Aldrich, republican candidate for Con- gress. It is expected” that he will also speak in Selma, and on his return will take a run through the ninth district, speaking in the interest of T. H. Aldrich, republican nominee for Congress. Stumping for Denson. The situation in Congressman Denson’s district, the seventh, continues very com- plicated. John T. Hlakemore, one of the most prominent republicans in the district, who once ran for Congress on the republi- can ticket in that district, has created a sensation by taking the stump for C Denson, the democratic nominee, His ac tion was followed by several other promi- nent republican leaders, all of w! de- clare that rather than support M. W. How- ard, populist rominee, they will give their aid to Denscn. This is an entirely new feature of the seventh district campaign, and indicates that Denson will get a strong vote from the republicans. The republi- cans practically hold the balance of power in the seventh district, and if Denson gets a majority of the members of that party his re-election is assured, ————— AUTUMN AT THE SEASIDE. The Invigorating Rest and Enjoyment at Atlantic City. Correspondence of The Evening Star: ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., October 27, 1804. To speak of a seaside resort enjoying a successful patronage at this period of the year may seem incredible, but, nevertheless, every hotel now open in the city by the sea, and there are a half dozen or more, is en- tertaining a goodly number. Atlantic City, in these bright October days, impresses the stranger aS one vast sanitarium, in which every visitor is seeking either health or rest, and, to all appearances, happily so. The far-reaching board walk provides such inviting opportunities for enjoying the in- vigorating qualities of the surroundings that every one seems to linger there from morning until Hight. The open-air pavilions and glass-inclosed sun parlors that line the beach are at all times a rendezvous of the guests, while the numerous occupied rolling chairs that are perambulated along the boulevard greatly help to swell the crowd that indulges in the invigorating strolls. Virtually, the resort seems to be in the hands of the carpenter and artisan, the re- sult of whose 1abors is to be noted on all sides. New hotels and cottages are being reared and old ones enlarged or renovated. The immense demand for accommodations during the past spring and summer ts in great part responsible for these improve- ments, and in order to maintain its repu- tation for quartering, and comfortably so, all that may journey oceanward, AUiantic City is bound to meet the anticipaced rush of 1895. Among the proposed improvements con- tempiated for the resort’s betterment by the municipality is the widening end straightening of the board walk, which the past summer's throngs demonstrated to be unable to meet the demand. An ocean driveway, extending as a continuation of Pacitic avenue from the city limits to Long- port, the extreme southern end of the ts- land, a distance of seven miles, is also be- ing planned and under favorable discussion by the city council. The purchasing by the city of all the beach property between the ocean and the Boulevard for the purpose of establishing a public park is also meeting with hearty favor, and as the state legisla- ture has already granted the city the right to condemn for this purpose, an early pro- ceeding is looked for. The colony of cottagers that will remain right on through the winter is larger this year than ever before, and, judging from the representative gathering composing this element, the social features of the cold period will be notable and numerous. ‘The carriage builders of the United States, who are at present holding their annual con- vention in Philadelphia, visited here in a body yesterday and spent the time in a hearty participation in a banquet and in the various pleasures of the resort. This city is now the headquarters of gun- ners, who are indulging in their favorite sport in the various neighboring waterways with highly gratifying results. Fishing ts also providing ample amuse- ment to a larger number of amateur sports- men, and although the ocean breezes may be slightly sharp, yet the catches repay for any exposure that may be necessary, ——— a Additional Hill Horses. The Humane Society has again inter. vened on behalf of the horses of Washing- ton. This time the society has taken a firm stand in the matter of the Metropolitan and Belt line street railways, and has ordered that hill horses be kept constantly at the hill on C street between New Jersey ave- nue and Ist street, to help pull the heavily loaded cars on these two lines up the grades In this neighborhood. Agent Rab- bitt made an investigation on Friday after- noon, and found that each company had but one hill horse, which was not sufficient to handle every car, and a communication was sent to each company asking it to put on additional horses, to which a favor- able response has been received. TAR HEEL DOUBT Not Yet Certain What the Election Will Bring Forth. APATHY IN THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS Populists and Republicans Who Decline to Fuse. Pies WHAT DEMOCRATS RELY ON eS Raa Cerrespondence of The Evening Star. RALEIGH, N. C., October 2, 1804. The general vote in this state remains doubtful, ‘This is as true today as it was two months ago. The effort of the repub- licans and populists has been in the line of making their fusion more thorough. Especially during the past two weeks have they applied themselves to this task. The intolerance of the republicans who are tak- ing part In the fusion movement towards these who are for a straight ticket Is be- coming more marked daily. In a number of cases republican straightouts have been rudely treated, and last Friday a colored republican narrowly escaped mobbing. His friends, to the number of 100 or more, formed an escort, and said they would kill any one who interfered with him. The fact is that the republican and pop- ulist chairmen have issued orders to their followers that there must be fusion in this state, and the republican national com- mittee is backing the fusionists with all its power. A tremendous pressure has been brought to bear upon the colored vote, and the newspaper, the stump speaker, and the preacher have taken part in this effort to make the colored vote solid for fusion, and, by the way, the colored preacher is a power in politics. He preaches it from the pulpit, gives notice of republican meetings, and comments upon opposition candidates with just as much zeal as he handles his text. The colored church is to a much greater extent than most white people know the place of dissemination of politics. Apathy among country democrats is the thing that party was to fear. It was the boas! of Chairman Butler of the populists two months ago that nis party had made great gains in the rural districts, and that these ga'ns were at the expense of the demofats. The populists really cut no figure in the towns, and their work has been done almost entirely in the rural dis- tricts. The alliance has no doubt been made as great a factor in this political work this year as it was two years ago, though far less has been said about the alliance. Chairman Butler, of course, has a powerful leverage, as he is the president of the National Farmers’ Alliance. What Democrats Rely On. ‘The democrats rely for their success upon the lack of completeness of fusion. This is the case in a nutshell. In some counties there are straightout republican clubs, and some counties have indorsed straightout republicans. In no counties have the pop- ulists refused to indorse any persons whom their leaders have ordered them to support. To show that fusion is not complete it is only necessary to mention the fact that ex- Congressman “Buck” Kitchen, who is one of the leading populist campaigners, swears that he will not vote for the republicans on the fusion ticket, and that ex-Congressman John Nichols, republican, swears that he will not vote for the popuiists on it. As soon as any republican sets himself against fusion the cry is immediately raised that he has been purchased by the democrats. It was the frank confession to y respondent three weeks ago of both the re- publican end populist state chairmen that they really did not know exactly who would be on their tickets. The process of putting on and taking off names on those tickets has gone on steadily from that day to this. For instance, ten days ago Thos. C. Milli- ken, republican nominee for Congressman in this district, was said to have with- drawn, He Sadignantly denied this, and said that Republican State Chairman Hol- ton was trying to drag him down, but that he would not come down at the bidding of any one save bis congressional committee. Yet two or three days ago Chairman Hol- ton sent out quite a long circular letter from Milliken, in which the latter said that, after a careful review of the whole situa- he had decided to withdraw, and d his followers to vote for Stroud, the populist nominee. The fusionists pulled Milliken down. They are now trying to make Oscar Spears, republican nominee in the third district, come down from the ticket. Spears has just published a card, in which he swears most solemnly that he will not_re- tire. The republicans of one county—Cra- ven—where they are nearly all colored, on Saturday indorsed Spear’s action. Observ- ant people have come to be very doubtful as to what may be done by the fusionists; for instance, Spears may come down at a moment's notice, Diverting Democratic Votes. The fusioaists are only keeping two can- didates in the field in those congressional districts 1n which they think a double ticket will hurt the demotrats. In the sec- ond district they are thus keeping in Dr. Freeman, populist, in the belief that he will draw votes away which would go to Woodard, democrat, if Cheatham, republi- can, were in the field alone. ‘The leading democratic paper in the state virtually admits that Settle, republican nominee for Congress in the fifth district, will be re-elected. There are good reasons for believing that this is the truth. It seems reasonably sure that the demo- crats will elect their state ticket. by from 5,000 to 10,000 majority, and that they will elect a majority of the legislature, with the senate much cleser than the house. To do these things they will have to work with all their might until the closing of the polls, and they will also have to poll their full vote. ‘The fusion tickets were sent through the mails and by express last Friday and Saturday, about two weeks later than the democrats sent out theirs. The populists have their tickets, and so have the repub- licans, but these bear the same names in nearly all cases—the only exceptions being as to a few congressional candidates, Walter A. Montgomery, who was put on the fusion ticket as a nominee for asso- ciate justice of the supreme court, accepts the nomination in a letter to the public. He was virtually nominated as a democrat, at least he was put on the ticket in place of Henry G. Connor, whd is a democrat, and who positively refused to accept the nomination. Mr. Montgomery was asked the direct question if he was a democrat, and replied that he thought he was, but was disgusted with the leaders of that party. He was spoken of a day or so ago by prominent populists as a “liberal demo- crat.” The democrats deny his democracy. ‘The campaign increases in interest and in effort day by day, yet the fact remains that the amount of apathy is greater than in past campaigns. The populists are in a peculiarly angry and discontented frame of mind. In fact, a prominent democrat terms the populists party “the party of discon- tent.” A day or so ago a populist who had sold his cotton went into a bank to ob- tain the money on a check. He was ten- dered gold, but positively declined to ac- cept 1t. nor would he take silver coined after Cleveland's inauguration, This little incident shows the obstinacy as well as the folly of populism. The populists are more bitter than ever before, and prouder of their bitterness and of their enmity to- ward all not in line with them. This ex- plains why, in this state, the democrats hate them now as much as they ever hated the republicans in reconstruction days. Winding Up the Campaign. Republican Chairman Holton remarked a day or so ago that he would not issue any mere circulars or addresses before the elec- tion, but would confine himself to work. in this direction he declared that every- thing that could be done was being done. He confidently expects the success of fusion. Both he and Populist Chairman Butler care very much more for a majority in the legis- lgture than for any other Consideration. Next to this the republicans value the elec- tion of Congressmen, while the populists place rext in importance to the legislature the supreme court, for which the repub- licans appear relatively to care Itth The republican and populist Pe ge during the past few days have been filled with at- tacks upon what they term democratic ex- travagance in the state administration. The smallest matters of this kind have.been ex- ploited. Both fusionists and democrats indulge in 7 {many personalities, some of these bet very bitter. There have not, however, been many disturbances at the political speaking, A few days ago a republican ex-sheriff in Pasquotank county shot and killed a demo« cratic registrar because the latter refu: to permit him to inspect the registratio books. “This incident is being freely used ta “fire the democratic heart.” As you were informed, about two montht ago, Populist Chairman Butler sent uw a circular letter telling his party to go fcre the commissioners in the various coun< ties and demand that certain populists bé made judges of election. The commission- ers in all cases declined to do any such thing, and this has made the fusionists an- gry. They knew the desired appointments would not be made, and their action was enly taken for effect. —_—>— The Washington Correspondent. E. J. Gibson, in Lirpincott’s. Under this division of labor the head of a Washington bureau finds himself largely confined to national politics, He stands in relation to his newspaper and national pol- itics in much the same light as does the art critic to art, or the dramatic critie to the drama, or the literary editor to Mterature, If he is a successful correspondent he keeps himself well informed on all phases of na- tional politics, and knows personally the shief actors in the drama of which Wash- ington may be said to be the stage. If an important measure is pending before Con. gress or the executive, he will be able with reasonable accuracy to foretell its probable fate and to explain the oftentimes seemingly inexplicable course which cer- tain members of Congress may pursue to- ward that measure. If all public men acted from disinterested and eonscientious motives the work of the correspondent would be greatly curtailed; but, unhappily, such is not the case, though there has been an improvement in’ thut respect In recent years. The lobbyist is no such familar figure in Washington now as formerly, and the bills in behalf of which money or other valuable considerations are used to facili- tate their passage are comparatively few. But still, personal, social and other consid- erations besides those of the public good often govern the action of some members of Congress. REGARD IT AS A FAILURE People of Kansas Do Not Think Much of Prohibition. One Reason is That There Are So Many Ways of Violating the Law. Ccrrespogdence of The Evening Star. TOPEKA, Kan.. October 27, 1894. Until recent years the campaign cry which always solidified the democratic vote of Kansas was “down with prohibition.” In 1888, when the democratic party reached high-water mark and cast 107,000 votes for United States Senator John Martin for gov- ernor, prohibition was the chief issue of the campaign. In the campaigns following, the farmers’ alliance movement, which drifted into the people's party, placed this question in the background, and the result is that Kansas is honeycombed with clubs, joints, “speak-easies” and holes in the wall, where the bibber can quench his thirst as often as he desires. Until recently, the venders of intoxicating liquors concealed their busi- ness in back rooms, which could cnly be ached through long and dark hallways, or cellars and basements, with openings lito the alleys or side streets. Within the past few years tho viclators of the prohibitory law have become more beld and open and have moved their former joints down stairs into ground-floor rooms on the principal strects of the towns and cities of ihe state, where fine bars have been fitted up, which are adorned witn the most costly cut-gless and all the paraphernalia necessary in the conduct of « tirst-class saloon. In many of the towns the club is yet a very popular resort. This is particularly true of Topeka. It would make a metropoli- tan club man stare to see the combination of material ihat goes to make up the club roonrs of Topeka. Some of these clubs are located upstairs, with the stairways leading unostentatiously into the rear of an office, or store, or billiard room. Others wre recog- nized among the institutions of the city, the membership being made up of the best citi- zers of the town. In the majority of clubs an extensive locker system obtains, and along one side of the room are ranged square boxes, each with a numbe:, and be- longing to a member, theoretically his per- sonal property. The locker is always well stocked with choice liquors. When he wants a drink, say of beer, he takes out a bottle from his locker, deposits it with the bar- keeper, and receives in exchange coo) beer from the faucet. That is, he does this in theory, and if put on the witness stand, is sure that he did so. The fact is, he simply exchanges a dime for the beverage, and leaves the supply in his locker, to grow cobwebbed with rich old age. In some of these clubs persons do not get beer. They call for hop tea, and they get a decoction that smells like becr, tastes like beer, but, as an old rounder put it, “It won't make drunk come.” Just what hop tea is no ene has been able to tell. The average drinker confesses that he cannot detect any differ- erce between it and beer, and then when he comes to the witness stand he cannot swear that the liquor was other than the most innocuous of beverages. ‘The dispen- ser of this stuff is thus protected in the courts, because hop tea is not considered intoxicating, and for this reason he catches his victims both going and coming. Easy of Access. Club membership is not difficult to obtain, nor is there any chance of black-balling. ‘There is no committee on credentials, no balloting, no formality. The candidate is introduced by the club manager to a coarse, blank beok, in which is written the con- stitution of the club, This merely sets forth the name and specifies that the or- genization is for mutual improvement, Gives the object as being to “elevate” the club members, and declares that none shall be responsible for debts or obligations. A fairly respectable club has no trouble in -getting several hundred names on its roll, and as no one is bound to anything, nor can testify to having purchased an; | thing not theoretically his own, being a part of the club belongings, there is a bomb-proof stability that satisfies the Kan- sas conscience, and makes the hot winds and drouth seem less severe by furnishing an antidote for dusty throats, Thus the Kansas thirst continues to be quenched, and the Kansan does not have to go beyond the state line to do it. In ad- dition to clubs, joints and bootleggers, the festive “pony” or “eighth” keg is shipped in by the carload, stored in ice houses and tapped with exceeding frequency by the boys. It is not very difficult to secure party of eight or ten to officiate on such occasions—indeed, no failure has ever been recorded. In addition to the clubs and other places where liquors are sold by the drink, the multiplicity of drug stores in Kansas in- dicates that prohibition does not prohibit, and that the longer the law remains on the statute books the more it is violated. People have lost respect for the prohibition question in this state, and seem to regard it as a failure, and the sentiment for legal ception and high license ts growing in all of the larger towns and cities. However, the woman suffrage question, if the women of Kansas are given the right to vote, may chenge this sentiment, and ft may be that through their Influence the prohibitory law will be more generally en- forced than ever before. In fact, some of the speakers on the stump declare that if the men will entrust the ballot to the wo- men of this state they will show to the world, a few years hence, one of the most intelligent, sober, enterprising and enlight- ened commonwealths of the Union. kasi eRe pe Advices From Minister Denby, Two important and significant Japanese victories are recorded by United States Minister Denby In a cable to the State De- partment from Pekin yesterday. He says that the Chinese forces have been defeated at Chin Lien Cheng and have retreated to Moukden. Also he reports that the Japan- ese have taken one of the Chinese forts at Port Arthur, The scene of the first engagement is just across the Yalu river In Manchuria, and it marks the first real aggressive movement by the Japanese on Chinese soll, for it is believed here that the preceding movements on the west side of the Yalu river by the Japanese have been in the nature of skir~ mises to develop the real strength of the Chinese forces.