Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1894, Page 1

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Bese advertisers foug$t pufficifp—not merefp Space, UNDER NO PLEDGES How Mr. Reed Will Organize the Next House. ON NATIONAL, NOP SECTIONAL, LINES Cleveland’s Veto Will Prevent Any Radical Legislation. BUSINESS WILL BE PROMPT It does not seem to admit of a doubt that Thomas B. Reed will be next Speaker of the House of Representatives. Assum- ing that this is true he will go into the office under most advantageous conditions. He will be under pledges to no man in the organization cf the House. He2 will not even be hampered by the question of pre- cedence involving the selection of the member of his party senior on each com- mittee to be its chairman. There will be in the Fifty-fourth Congress hardly any republicans who were chairmen under Mr. Reed during the Fifty-first Congress. He will have the whcle wide range of the country within which te make his selec- tions. He will have 237 and possibly more republicans to select his leaders from and will not even be embarrassed to find good republicans from the south whom he may honer with chairmanships. . Heretofore Speakers have found themselves unable to properly apportion the committee chairman- ships among the several states for the rea- son that iong time of service entitled cer- tain men, sometimes several in the same state, to leading chairmanships, and the absence of party representation from cer- tain sections barred them from representa- jon. Can Put in Practice His Own Theories Reed will be relieved from all this and be at Mberiy to put in practice different theories he may have as to the proper man- ner of orgamzing the House of Representa- tives. He nas some very pronounced views on this subject, more so than when he was Speaker of the Fifty-first Congress. He then tried to avoid sectionalism and to dis- tribute nis favors as widely as consistent with the situation, but now his views are expanded and his opportunity freer. It is believed that if chosen Speaker he will en- tirely ignore the organization of every other House and make up the committees as if he were dealing with the first Con- gress of the nation. There are a few men, such as Hitt, D. B. Henderson, Dingley, Cannon, Bingham, Dalzell and’ Burrows, should Burrows not be elected to the Sen- ate, whose prominence in the House during @ term of years will insure first recogni- tion, but ther are so few of these that there will be an abundant opportunity to recognize new men of character and to distribute the committee honors equitably between the several sections of the coun- ry. Broad-Minded and Not Sectio Reed is broad-minded and not given to sectionalism. He believes that every state in the Union is interested in the legislation of the nation, and that, as far as the char- acter of the men elected permits it, each state should be given fair representation in the organization. There will be so many new men in the next House that it will re- quire very careful study of the personnel to determine what men should be selected for the high honors; but the Speaker will be assisted in this by the state delegations, who will themselves give recognition to their leaders and so indicate to the Speake! the master minds of the assemblage. A big responsibility, without full power to ac- complish legislation, falls upon the repub- licans on their taking possession of the Senate and House of Representutives at the beginning of the next Congress. It will be easy for them to make hurtful mistakes, and, in the enthusiasm of success and nu- merical strength, to forget that in the ab- sence of a two-third majority in the Senate they will, during the whole Congress, be subject to the veto of Mr. Cleveland. What- ever they do in direct antagonism to Mr. Cleveland's views can amount to no more than a declaration of their purposes, and all aggressive republican legislation must necessarily fail. It will be important for the republicans, therefore, to te: the public understand at the start, and to keep con- stantly before them the fact, that the Fifty- fourth Congress, though overwhehningly re- publican in the House and ‘n republican control in the Senate, must be a “do-noth- ing” Congress. This has already occurréd to many republicans who, from their prom- imence, will have a directing hand in the party policy. No Repeal of the Gorman Tariff. Mr. Reed ts said to be fully impressed with the gravity of the situation and the necessity for calmness and caution and of promptness in whatever action that is to be taken. Many republicans throughout the country—business men without legislative experience—may expect it to follow prompt- ly upon the republican success that the Gorman tariff bill be repealed and a busi- nesslike protection measure put in its place. it is said “hat Mr. Reed holds to the opinion that it would be unwise to have «ny general agitation of the question so long as no actual legislation can be accom- plished. ‘fhe republican position does not need to be defined. No general tariff bill is necessary merely as an evidence that the republican party is the party of protection. It is believed, therefore, that the Fifty- fourth Congress will do no more on the tariff than to pick out of the present law features which are obviously bad from every point of view not involving the ques- tion of protection and free trade, but of common sense and good business principles without reference to any theories, and at- tempt the correction and adjustment of these items so as to make the law under which the country must operate until the power lies somewhere to repeal it as good as it can be made. Agitation Will Accomplish Nothing. ‘The argument is presented that agitation of the tariff question beyoud this point will &ccomplish nothing, would keep up the feel- ing of unrest, and possibly bring criticism upon Congress, though that body would be helpless in the matter. The same situa- tion involves radical legislation of any other sort as well as the tariff. No finan- cial measure nor propositions relating to federal elections, and indeed nothing else but appropriation bills can be enacted into jaws. it is regarded as probable, therefore, and believed to consist with the ideas of Mr. Reed and other republican leaders, that the Fifty-fourth Congress will have but brief sessions. An opportunity will be given to show the country what business Congress can do in a short time. Mr. Reed likes to give the country object lessons, and here wi!l be furnished his opportunity. All the records necessary to be made as an evidence of good faith to the. public can be spread where all may read without con- suming much time. Mr. Reed's parliamen- tary hand book will furnish the rules for the House to operate under, and, being thus freed from the annoyance of filibuster- ing and the consumption of time in talking, it will be easy to speedily dispose of the appropriation bills, and to pass any other measures which the threats of the prest- dential veto will not render it desirable to refrain from. It ts believed that probably the most venturesome thing to be expected from the Fifty-fourth Congress is some financial proposition which will serve to clearly define the attitude of the party and to exemplify their capacity for dealing with that problem. THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE Permanent Headquarters May Be Estab- lished in Washington, National Committeemen Surprise of at the Success of the Young Man- agers of the Campaign. Chairman Babcock was engaged today In finishing the work of the republican con- gressional committee. The headquarters will be kept open during the month at leas! and the suggestion has been made that the national republican committee, which will now take charge of republican politics, may decide to keep headquarters open in this eity until after the close of the next presi- dential campaign. Such a proposition is now under consideration, and has been very favorably recelved by the republican lead- ers, The experience of all campaigns has shown that It would be wise for both great parties to keep a national campaign head- quarters permanently at the national capl- “al, which should serve as a bureau of po- litical information, always accessible to the party leaders. Under the present system, at the beginning of each congressional and national campaign, the work of each com- mittee must commence anew. Importance of a Central Organtizatio: The accumulations of former campaigns have then been scattered, and the party is deprived of the documents and the expe- rience which have cost so much time and money, and are no longer available. It has been suggested that there is no reason why so much labor and experience and so much infurmation should be allowed to go to wasie, and that, by the expenditure of a very small fraction of the amount which is required to organize new campaign bureaus every two yea:s, a skeleton organization could be maintained, a valuable permanegt political library kept and weil indexed, and @ competent political statistician and libra- rian employed, who, acting as an editor for the committee, would be of great advan- tage to the party to which he belongs, and result In the saving in the aggregate of a vast smount of morey. Such a pian is now under consideration by the republican lead- ers, many of whom consider Washington as the proper place for the establishment of such a permanent political bureau. It is known that scme of those who have been in ckarge of the republican congression- al campaign earnestly favor this pian. It will be decided upon after a consultation with the managers of the national republi- can committee. People Who Were Surprised. Incidentally, it has been ascertained that the members of the national republican committee were never as enthusiastic as the men who managed the congressional com- mittee for the republicans were of the chances of republican success. The mana- gers of the congressional committee, on the other hand, Mr. Babcock; chairman, and Mr. Apsley, vice chairman, never for a mu- ment doubted that the republicans would be successful. And it is certain that they inspired with conhdence those who worked with them. But it was not until late in the campaign that the members of the repubii- cap national committee began to publicly express confidence ia the claims of the man- agers of the congressional committee. Indeed, if the secrets of the campaign shall ever be told, it will probably be dis- covered that the congressional committee conducted its campatgn without that hearty support from the national republican com- mittee that was expected, and that the members of the national committee, most of whom are old politicians, were rather in- clined to privately criticise the managers of the republican congressional committee, as men new to public life, with little exper- ience in national affairs, who were misied by their zeal. The results have, howeve-, justified the enthusiasm of the young mana- gers of the republican congressional com- mittee, and they are receiving those tributes whicn human nature is always eager to ac- cord to success. Pk Dana toe NE AE 2 PEs Oe THE NEW POSTMASTER. Mr. W ett Will Tuke Charge of the Office This Afternoon. Postmaster James P. Willett will enter upon the duties of his new position tonight. He has decided to keep the outgoing post- master, Mr. Henry Sherwood, as assistant postmaster for the time being at least, and the only changes in the personnel, there- fore, will be the retirement from office of Assistant ostmaster Merrill, who will go out with a splendid record for faithfulness to duty and ability. To Tanke Charge Today. Mr. Willett decided to take charge of the office at this time because a change could be more easily accomplished on Sat- urday, the business of the office being set- tled up for the week on that day. At 4 o'clock today, therefore, the post office in- spectors will take charge of the ofiice and examine into Its condition, This examination will be merely held in accordance with the rules and custoin of the department, as ex-Postmaster Sher- wood's method of directing the office has been so thorough that he bas been ready at any time during his incumbency to turn over a clean balance sheet to his successor at ten minutes’ notice—a faci that has deen proven by every report of the post oflice inspectors after their reguiar official visits to the local office. Little Patronage to Bestow. Mr. Willett will have very little patron- age to distribute, as the civil service law embraces all carriers, clerks and nearly all the other employes in its classification. What he has to bestow will not be given until he has become thoroughly acquainted with his new position and the personnel of the force under his direction. His action in securing Mr, Sherwood’s services as his assistant is being generaily commended by citizens today, as the retiring postmasier has made a splendid officer and is enurely familiar with all the details of tne office. neo sa CHINA’S FALL NEAR. Manchurians Welcome the Japanese as Friends and Deliverers. The New York Herald publishes the fol- lowing from its correspondent: SHANGHAI, November 9, 1804.—The stampede of the Chinese throughout Man- churia continues. Since the advance of Gen. Nodsu’s force to Feng-Huang-Cheng and the dispersal of the Chinese there the Japanese troops have searched in vain for an organized body of the enemy. The Japanese are now marching westward and southward unopposed. ‘They are every- where welcomed with enthusiasm by the en- tire population. In the province of Chi-Li there will be no stand made by the Chinese against the Japanese until Pekin is reached, which Col. Hanneken is fortifying with all haste. ‘At a meeting of the grand council yester- day, it was determined that the court and the personnel of the government shall leave the capital before it falls into the hands of the Japanese. It is said that Li-Hung-Chang has gone to Port Arthur to watch operations there, instead of following the command of the emperor to proceed to Pekin. —_—__+e-+____ To Be Court-Martialed. John D. Smyser, second leutenant United States marine ccrps, who was retired in 1878, and lives at Perth Amboy, New York, is to be tried by court-martial on a charge of failing to meet his debts. THE PEOPLE’S PARTY Views of Three of the Leaders on the Elections. THEY HAVE DOUBLED THEIR VOTE Have Effected a Break-Up in the Solid South. THEIR HOPES FOR 1896 Washington 1s the headquarters of the national people's party, the executive com- mittee having rooms in the Colonization building on Pennsylvania avenue northwest. The telegraphic reports of the election have very clearly indicated that the populists had been lost in the political avalanche cf Tues- day, but Mr. H. EB. Taubeneck, chairman of their national committee, does not look at it that way. To a Star reporter who visited him at his office this morning Mr. Taubeneck said: “The result of this elec- tion is the greatest victory the people's party has ever received. In all the states west of the Mississippi river, which have formerly been repubiican, except Iowa and California, our party is second in the race, and the democratic party is wiped out of existence. This leaves but two parties in that entire section. But the greatest vic- tory of all is the fact that we have broken the solid south. North Carolina and Texas are in the populist column to stay. We would have met with the same result in Georgia, uma and in snany congres- sional districts in other southern states if we could ve secured a fair election and an honest count. “The silver element in the democratic party is dead, and will have no voice in its councils in the future. It leaves the peo- ple’s party as the only friend of silver in name as well as in fact. The success of the republican ticket in all the western states is due to the goldbug element in the democratic party voting with the republi- cans, while the silver element in that party coming from the laboring and agricultural classes voted their straight dummy ticket, nominated for them by the goldbugs, thus dividing the friends of silver. . The Next Congress Will Be a Dinap- pointment. “The Fifty-fourth Congress will be a great disappointment to the people. Less can be expected from the next Congress, so far as financial legislation in the in- terest of the people is concerned, than from the last. The people's party from now on will be the second party in the nation. It is only a question of time vntil the democratic party of the south will be compelled to merge into our organization in that section, as well as in the west, where they have already taken that step. his election has made one thing plain above everything else, and that is that the south and west must unite; and in order to do that the west must step out of the re- publican party and meet the south half way, and the south must step out of the democratic party and meet the west half way, which will bring both into the people's as the only common ground which n occupy. We shall go to work Ii tely and organize for the conflict of It is more than likely that our na- "96. tional committee, together with the repre- sentatives of our party press and leaders in our party, will hold a conference and map out a policy for an educational campaign up to the meeting of the next national con- vention. We shall, more than likely, con- fine ourselves to the meney question ia the future, and make that the test of party fealty.” Mr. Turner's Views. In reply to a request for his views as to the effect of the elections on the people, Mr. J. H. Turner of Georgia, secr: the national committee, said: has settled nothing. The conditions that have impoverished the nation and made tramps and beggars of millions of our peo- ple are yet with us, and are no nearer a settlement than they would have been the democrats retained control. However, there is great consolation to the true re- former in the fact that the break-up has come, and the American peop!e nave shown themselves capable of punishing treachery and treason, It is not so mucn cf a re- publican victory, for they have increased their total vote but very little, as it is an uprising of the people, with an avowed de- termination to hit the democracic party the hardest blow possible, and thereby empha- size their preterence for decency above in- decency, honesty above dishonesty and patriotism above treason. “When the retysns are all ju, and the whole matter is summed up, it will be found that, taking the results as a whole, the populists have won a greater anil more permanent victory than have the re- publicans. The daily papers have made every eifort to make it appear that the pop- uilsts have been compietely wiped off the political checker board, and for the first two days would only concede the election of one lone populist member of Congress. Now they admit we have elected fourteen, and there are several doubtful districts yet to hear from. We shall also have not less than seven United States Senators. Increased Their Vote 100 Per Cent. ‘Our defeat in Kansas and Colorado was due to a combination of the democratic and republican forces against us. In both those states we formerly had the assistance of the democrats. The returns show that while we have lost both those states, our party has not lost a single vote in either state. The democrats simply transferred their assistance to the republicans this time. We have lost some good men from the west, but others equally as guod and true will take their places in Congress from the south. We have taken North Carolina and Texas from the democratic column, and | have no doubt carried both Georgia and Alabema, but by frauds at the ballot box and the most pernicious corruption the victory in those two states has been stolen from us. Our total vote has in- creased something over 100 per cent over that cast in 1892, reaching this year a litle more than 2,000,000. There are one hun- dred congressional districts in which w lack only from 5 to 20 per cent of a ma- jority of the votes cast, and 1896 will find them in the populist column. In North Carolina, with the ald of the republicens, we have secured five populist Congressmen, ejected the legislature, and will have from there two United States Senators. In Texas, that stronghold of democracy, we have elected the governor and legislature and four members of Congress. Our other members, so far as positively known, are one from Alabama, one from Colorado, one from Kansas, one from Nebraska, and one from Minnesota, making fourteen in all. ‘This number may be increased to twenty, We are certain of holding the balance of power in the Senate, and will thus be able to secure some needed legislation. “It was a great victory for the popullsts, We now have a secure foundation laid for the building of a great national party. God and the right are on our side, and we are sure of an ultimate triumphant succeas."" What N. A. Dunning Thinks, Mr. N. A. Dunning of Michigan, editor of the people's party national organ, The N: tional Watchman, published in this city, was found busily preparing copy for his peper. . ‘What do I think of the result?” he re- peated as The Star man asked the question. “lt is just what was to have been expected, only it was rubbed in a little deeper than I thought it would be. The American people are not fools. They were hoodwinked into giving the party of organized ignorance power two years ago, and they have been sorry for it ever since. The democrats had no sooner obtained absolute control of the government than they began to show their utter inability to administer the affairs of a civilized nation. The expositten of gross in- competency was noticeable from the Presi- dent down to the smallest public official. The crowning climax of official imbecility was the action of Secretary Carlisle in at- tempting to deport Mr. Morton's coachman. The administration has been a farce from the beginning. They have mistaken fault- finding with their predecessors for states- manship, and from the hauling down of the American flag !n Hawaii to, the abolition of the free mail delivery in small towns the conduct of national affair$ has been such as to cause an American citizen to blush for his nation’s rulers. Our victory in the south should not be underestimated, We have ac- complished what the republicans have been unable to do for thirty years, This has not been entirely a republican victory; but it is certainly a democratic defeat. The news- papers and politicians now trying to wipe the populists off the face of the earth don’t appear to understand the situation. We have doubled our total vote over that of two years ago. We possess a party, press of such a character that we cannot be eliminated as a political factor. We have over 1,800 week- ly and 84 daily papers, with an aggre- gate circulation of over 3,000,000 copies. ‘This means at least three times that num- ber of readers. We have polled this year nearly a3 many votes as the democrats, and will easily pass them in the next general election. We also have behind our move- ment two of the great monthly magazines, while four large publishing houses are kept busy turning out populist literature. All this means education for the masses on economic questions. We have never made any brass band campaigns, Every vote for our ticket on Tuesday last was founded on research and investigation, We have had no money with which to bay votes, and no positions to offer as an inducement to any one to influence their action, In all of that 1,000,000 votes cast for Gen. Weaver in 1802 I know of but one—Ben. Clover of Kansas— who became dissatisfied and went back to the republicans, from whence he came. And his going was hastened by disappointment at failing to receive a renomination for Con- gress, Been Treated Fairly by the Repub- Means, ~ “As between the republican and demo- ctatic partieg there can be but one choice; the republican party always was and still is in favor of a fair electign and an honest count, and where we have come In compe- tition with them in the north and west we have been treated honorably, ag political op- ponents. But that cannot be said of the democracy in the south. There we have been swindled out of our elections, and our members have been intimidated and brow- beaten as were the negroes in the years immediately following the war. But we said we weuld break their backs, and we have done it. The negro is no longer a political factor in that country. His vote is now divided, and it will"¢ertainly result in advantage to the black = Yo I favor fusion? No, sir, not much. I am a middie of the rea populist. We cannot afford to barter our principles for offices, and that is what it amounts to when we fuse either in the north or west. In the south it is different. Our combina: tion with the republicans tp. Bort Caro- lina, for instance, was not fusion of prin- ciples. We simply joined forces at the ballot box to dislodge the common enemy. We still remained republicans and populists as before. But we broke other: fellow down, and we will settle the other matters later on. You can say for me that the populists can only b2 defeated by the en- actment of fair and just laws in the in- terest of the pevple. Five-cent cotton, 33- cent wheat, 1l-cent wool and 8-cent sugar will make populist votes faster than they can be won over to either of the cid par- ties. Talking over-production in hard times to men whose families are starving in sight of elevators filled witn wheat is an incongruity too absurd for considera- tion. What the pepulists are contending for may be summed up in one short sen- tence: Cheaper money and a dearer day's work. Not the single gold standard of the Wall street money broker, but the dollor of the masses—the dollar which can be had for less of toil and sweat, less of backache and worry than now. For, after all, labor buys money, and not the reverse, as many suppose.” ———————~+-2-—___—_ LAWYERS ON THE LOOKOUT. Shrewd Attorneys Watching North Carolina Returning Boards, Chairman Babcock took immediate action in the matter of the application of the chairman of the North Carolina state com- mittee for aid to employ democratic law- yers to be present at the counting of the votes by the returning board in each coun- ty of the state. Mr. Babcock informed the chairman of the North Carolina committee that he could employ as many lawyers as were necessary to see that justice was done and the votes honestly counted and fairly returned, and that the republican committee would render ~ whatever aid might be necessary. sald Mr. Babcock, “there will be a competent lawyer at every returning board meeting in the state to see to it that there is no juggling with the returns, Our information “as to North Carolina is. defi- nite that the democrats have absolutely lost the legislature, and that there will be two United States Senators elected from that state to take their seats next March who will not vote with the democratic party, and one of them will be a republican. ‘The republican party dees not need any votes to add to Its majority in the House, but it does intend to see to it, so far as it has the power, ‘that the votes deposited in baliot boxes shall be honestly counted anf returned, and thet 10 one who has re- ceived a certificate from the governor of any state who js not entitled to it shall have a seat in the next House. The com- mittee on elections in the next House will be organized, not to put any one out or to put any one in, but to see to it that exact and impartial justice shall be done. It will not follow the precedents of the present House, from which the fepublicans have been excluded without the shadow of right, justice or law. If the precedents estab- lished by the overwhelming democratic ma- jority: .of the present House shall be fol- lowed by the next House -the democratic minority in the next Hoyse would be re- duced still nearer to the vanishing point.” + 2 + PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. He is Said to He Already at Work on It. The President remained at his country retreat today, and will probably not come into the city again until the cabinet meets on Tuesday next. He is sald to be en- gaged in the preparation of hig annual mes- sage to Congress. If that is a fact the message will break all records in the mat- ter of length, as Congress does not assem- ble for three weeks, and the President can write a great deal in that space of time. It is his practice to carry his report of the condition of the country up to the latest possible date, and has never before com- pleted his report more than two or three days in advance of the time for its sub- mission to the Congress. These facts have given rise to an im- pression that it is an entirely different mat- ter that has engrossed so much of the Pres- ident's time since his return to the capital and has practically secluded him from the view of public men outside of his own offi- cial family. It is understood that the President and Mrs. Cleveland will visit the naval observa- tory, which is not far from Woodley, this afternoon, for the purpose %f observing the transit of Mercury with the best scientific advantages. Secretary Herbert and Miss Herbert went out to the observatory this afternoon in order to extend official courte- sies to their distinguished visitors. DEATH AT THE POLLS Indignation in Chicago Over an Election Watcher's Murder. WORK OF THE OMALLEY GANG Indications That City Officials Are Involved. A GREAT SCANDAL eS: CHICAGO, IIL, Nov. 10.—The mumer of Gus Coliander, the young Swede, who was taurdered by a gang of toughs while watch- ing the counting of baliots in the ninth precinct of the twenty-third ward last Tuesday, promises to develop into a cele- brated case. Indignation meetings were held in nearly every ward on the north side last night to protest against the election day out- rages, and to pledge united action in aveng- ing the death of the man, who died in @ fense of the ballot. At each meeting reso- jutions condemning the brutal murders and assaults and the men in office who are responsible for them were adopted. Fervid speeches demanding retribution, both in the courts and at the polls, were made and applauded by democrats and republicans alike. The facts brought to light by the police drag net indicate more conclusively than ever that the Market street gang, other- wise Known as the “O'Malley Gang,” had formed a @eliberate plot not only to seize the ballot boxes of several precincts by main force, but to kill the judges and clerks if necessary. City Officials Implicated. The Record (Ind.) today says: “There are indications that men of influence and city oflice holders were in communication, if not in direct collusion with the ganj that they had promised its members im- munity from police interference, and that they had paid the bills for the carriages that were used both before and after the murder of Coliander. “If the facts which were hinted at can be proven the case will furnish most sensa- tional developments, and the names of per- scns high in office will be dragged into it, “It is also evident that the bravado of the ‘gang’ is not yet broken. Its members who are still at large and relying on the promised protection have shown their hands several Umes by appearing to threaten the lives of men who are supposed to have in- side information as to their doings. A Witness Confined, The Record continues: “E. M. Dickson, the repubiican challenger at the polling place, 113 Illinois street, who was beaten almost to death, was approached by two men on’ Thursday as he lay in his room, 11 Clark street, and was ordered to keep silent as to his knowledge of the ‘gang’ under pain of death. Shortly afterward he was taken away by his friends and the report that he was dead was subsequently pub- lished to throw his persecutors off the track. He lies at the home of his physician, where he is being closely watched. Fears are entertained that bruises which he re- ceived will ultimately cause his death. ‘With this in view the Civic Federation visited Mr. Dickson and took a full state- ment as to his knowledge of the gang and the facts which led up to the attack on the polling place where he was stationed, “The men captured Thursday, with the exception of Jack Dougherty, whose con- nection with the case could not be estab- lished, are still locked up at the station. So far they have refused to say a word which will show that they were concerned in the gang's raid. “The. men the polic? most want are John Santry, ‘Major’ Sampson, ‘Uncle’ Lynch and Frank Conley. Inspector Schaack is certain that Santry was the man who was shot through the body, and that he must be in a very bad condition if he is still liv- ing, but the police thus far do not s have lccated him. gg The Alleged Murderer. “Eddie” O'Brien, who is asserted to have fired the fatal shot, was arrested last night. The Civic Federation has al- ready gone vigorously into the work of prosecuting the gang. It began to. collect evidence yesterday, and no effort will be spared to convict those who are guilty. No warrants will be sworn out, however, until the police have done what they can to find the men wanted. Inspector Schaack says he ts perfectly willing to catch such of the men a3 he can, and to turn them over for prosecution, He thinks the great difficulty will be in getting the necessary identifica- tion for the men who were implicated in the murder of Coliarnder, although it wiil be a comparatively easy matter to pick out the ones who were concerned in the riots at the other polling places. “They are all slippery criminals, he said; they have been all over the country, and served their time in a number of peniten- tlaries, and it is correspondingly difficult to locate them.” Need for a Lexow Committee. The Evening Post says that owing to the lawlessness of the police in certain dis- tricts of the city during the election a strong movement is on foot to secure an investigation of the Chicago police force by state authorilies, The Civic Federation and tue Civil Service Reform League, backed by the powerful Union League Club, and other prominent organizations, will, ‘upon convening of the state legislature, ‘secure the appointment of an investigating board and its work is expected to rival for sensa- tional revelations that of the Lexow com- mittee of New York, Saha Se HAS PORT ARTHUR FALLEN? Its Capture by the Japanese Again Reported. LONDON, November 10..~A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Chefoo says that the Japunese have captured Port Arthur. HIROSHIMA, Japan, November 10.—The cabinet ministers, at their meeting yester- day, discussed impertant matters, includ- ing great diplomatic questions. No official report of the occupation of Kinchow has yet been received here, al- though it is supposed that the town is in possession of the second Japanese army. The Chinese telegraph line from Port Arthur to Tsin Tsin via Kinchow has been cut by order of the Japanese commander. The British steamskip Gaelic, from San Frareisco for Yokchama and Hong Kong, which was seized by the Japanese author- ities on the ground that she was carrying contrabands of war, has been searched at Nagasaki. ——~>_— GHERARDI RETIRES, The Admirnal’s Flag Hauled Down at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. BROOKLYN, N. Y., November 10.—Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, the senior ofh- cer on the active Hst of the United States navy, hauled down his flag today at the Brooklyn navy yard, of which he tas been in commard for the past six months. The ceremonies were n.crely those officially pre- scribed for such occasions. : As the command vas turned over to Capt. Rogers, the forr alities were less imposing than if the new commandant, Commodore Montgomery Sicard, had been present to re- ceive the command from the retiring officer. Commodore Sicard is expected to take charge of the yard in about a week. THE SENATOR WAS SINCERE Chairman Faulkner Believed the House Would Be Democratic. Next He Outlines the From Various States Upon Which He Based His Confidence, Misleading Reports Chairman Faulkner, before leaving for his home, said to a friend who asked him whether he really believed before election that the democrats would organize the House, or whether his declarations upon tLat subject were of the perfunctory cam- paign order, said: “I really expected that we should organize the House, but by a great- ly reduced majority. It never occurred to me that the persons upon whom we relied for information could be so terribly mis- taken. They were, in every instance, men who were upon the ground in the different States, who were familiar with the local- ities, who were old campaigners, and who certainly ought to have been able to form a judgment upon which the committee could rely. Take the two states of Illinois and Wisconsin, for instance. Morrison Sure of Mlinois. “I was never more amazed than I was at the result from Illinois, My expectations that the democrats would be successful there, and would gain a Senator to suc- ceed Cullom, were based largely upon the opinions of Mr. W. R. Morrison of the inter- state commerce commission, which were communicated to me. Mr. Morrison has been a democratic politician in that state since his early manhood. He has always kept in touch with political movements there. He represerted for many years an Iiinois district in Congress, and was chair- man of the ways and means committee in the national House of Kepresentatives. He has been for some weeks in Illinois, and has been active upon the stump there. He informed the committee that there would certainly be twelve democratic Congress- men from that state and that there possi- bly might be fourteen; that the democrats were sure to retain all of the Chicago con- gressional districts which they had, and had good reason to believe that they might win some of thos? now represented by re- publicans, and that the state would cer- tainly go democratic, and that the demo- crats would elect a United States Senator to succeed Cullom.” “That was Ove of the scurces of informa- tion which the committee had as to its ex- pectations in Mimois. And probably Mr. Morrison is as much surprised as the com- iittce is at the resvlt, Wall Mistaken About Wisconsin. “Take the state of Wirconsin. Chairman Wall of that state is a man of large ex- perience in campaign matters, and of great resources. His success in making predic- tions as to the political result in that state twe years ago was extraordinary, The committee might be pardoned if it attach- ed as much importance to his opinions now. He informed the committee that the state was certain to go democratic, and that all of the Congressmen which we now have would be retained, and that there would be gains in the republican districts. He was anistaken, as all the rest were. ‘The demo- crats did not carry the state. They lost it by more thousands than it is necessary to mention, 4t is said that one solitary demo- cratiz Congressman survives the wreck io Wisconsin; but it may be well not to at- tach too much importance to that until the oficial returns are known, are perilous times, “As for Hinois, it is row said th not only have not cairied the state, but that the reputlicans have secured the en- tire congressional delegation of 22. “The democratic rational committee was entirely sincere in its claim that the demo- crats would crganize the next Hovse, al- though we were corfident that we should have a greatly reduced majority. The re- sult has shewn that sincerity and infaili- bility are not convertible terms, ‘The demo- cratic congressional committee did the beet that it could. It adda rot have the gift of prophecy, but it should be accorded tne credit of sincerity.” —" TEXAS AND NORTH CAROLINA, Dispatches From Those States Re- ceived at Republican Headquarters, Chairman Babcock of the republican con- gressional committee today received a tele- gram from John Grant, chairman of the Texas state republican committee, as fol- low “George H. Noonan, republican, has posi- tively been elected to Congress from the twelfth district by 1,500 majority.” This is a district which in 1892 gave 13,830 democratic votes, 7,290 republican and 6,574 populist. A telegram was received from Mr. Settle in North Carolina last night as follows: “Fight about over, democrats surrendered this evening. Number of canvassing boards ‘still in session, but not enough to change the result shouvid all decide .agatast u: Counted us out in four or five counties. We still have clear working majority in both senate and house.” The republican managers think they will have control of the United States Senate for an indefinite number of years to come and say there is no contingency which can alter this prospect. Increasing the Senate Majority. “The Senators whose terms expire in 1895," said Chairman Babcock to a Star reporter today, “are for the greater part republicans who were elected on the boom that elected President Harrisson in 1888. All that we hoped to do was to maintain cur own in the legislatures which would elect their successors. We have done that, of course, and more. Those Senators whose terms expire in 1897 are mostly democrats who were elected in the democratic land- slide of 1890, They are Messrs. Brice, Hill, Kyle, Palmer, Peffer, Vilas and Voorhees. Their successors will surely be republican, because “those states are now republican and their legislatures will reapportion the states. In 1809 other democrats will go out, those who were elected by the democratic victory of 1802, and we will elect republi- cans to succeed them. So that, starting in the next Congress with a fair working majority, we will increase it year by year, fixing ourselves more solidly in the Senate.” ————_____—. HE KNEW THE CZAR, Ex-Secretary of State Foster the Only Unofficial Guest. Ex-Secretary of State Foster was the only unofficial guest at the memorial services te the late czar at the Russian legation here yesterday, the honor being accorded to him because he had personally known Alexander III, having met him often while serving as United States minister to Russia in 1881- It was at that time that Alexander II was assassinated, and Gen. Foster witnessed the exciting scenes on that occasion and the subsequent pomp and ceremony with which the new czar assumed power. As the representative of this country Gen. Foster took part in the funeral rites of the dead czar and the festivities incident to the ac- cession of the new ruler. — An Appointment. Secretary Morton has appointed Dr. W. G. Brown, professor of chemistry in Wash- ington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. first assistant chemist of the division of chemistry, Department of Agriculture, vice Dr, Spencer, resigned, CHINA WANTS PEACE The United States Looked to as an Arbitrator. NEGOTIATIONS BY GREAT BRITAIN An Appeal Made to Minister Denby by China. FEELING ON BOTH SIDES Events of the last few days in which officials and diplomats of Washington have participated lead them to believe that a peace between China and Japan will be concluded at an early day. China has at last rejuctantly, but very fully, admitted that she has found herself wholly un- prepared for war. Japan, on the other hand, smilingly accepts this acknowledg- ment of her progress and awaits a detatied proposition as to how much China will concede as a basis of peace. It remains to be seen whether Japan will demand too much or China will yield too little, but the inclination of both powers is so strongly toward getting together that it is believed the peace will be effected on the basis of Corea's independence and a cash indemnity for Japan’s war expenditures. If, however, Japan urges her demands to the extent of a cession of part of China's territory the present prospect is that China wil! not humble her pride to this extent, but will continue to prosecute the War as best she can, relying on the bitter winter now at hand to give her a temperary respite and defense. Great Britain's Negotiations. The foregoing briefly summarizes the sit- uation as it is viewed by officials here who have recently had most to do with the sub-" ject. At the outset Great Britain sought to have the United States and the great Powers of Europe intervene. The facts as to these negotiations at Washington have not until now been made known. Cable directions from the London foreign office first came to Mr. Goschen, the British charge d'affaires in the absence of Sir Julian Pauncefote. Mr, Goschen was at the time at hig sum- mer home at New London, Conn. The sub- ject was too important to be commiited to the mail, so that Mr. Goschen took the first train for Wasnington. He arrived Septem- ber 25 and remained two days. He raw Secretary Gresham in person and present- ed Great ritain’s proposition that the United States co-operate with other foreign powers towaré peace. A reply was culy given that this country would not co- operate, on the ground, it is said, that the pelicy of the United States was to avoid entangling foreign alliances on questicns in which it had no immediate concern, Since that time no efforis on the part cf Great Britain to urge the negotiationg have been made, so far as Is known. Under these cir- cumstances the present negotiations do not involve foreign intervention, but a mutual arrengement between China and Jupan, to which foreign powers will give their moral support. It makes little difference, there- fore, what the Un'ted States or other pow- ers may do, so long as China and Japan come together, although voth powers seem to be anxious to have the co-operation of aed couatry and others in their negotia- ions. To what extent the Chinese minister here has directed the negotiations is pot exactly known, as the legation officials are very secretive. It is known, however, that the Chinese minister nud 2 long conference with Secretary Greshain yesterday morning. This was one of several con(erences held within the last ten days. It is said, however, that the main proposition on the part of ina came direct from United States Minister Denby at Pekin. ts the United States to Arbitra’ From the very beginning of hostilities the Chinese have been anxious to have the United Stites arbitrate the differences be- tween themselves and the Japanese which led to the war, but of course there could be no arbitration except upon the request of both parties, and that was lacking. But after the battle of Kiu-lien-chang, on Octo- ber 25 last, when the Chinese suffered their severe defeat at the hands of the Japanese troops who had crossed the Yalu river, and were obliged to retreat toward Moukden, they became thoroughly alarmed and con- vinced that something must be done to ter- minate the war. They could not, however, so humble their pride as to sue for peace directly to Japan, but, casting about for some means of opening peace negotiations, hit upon the treaty with the United States of 1848. The very first article of this treaty pledges the United States, in case China is oppressively 0. unjustly treated by another power, to use its good offices to arrange the difficulty, It is similar in scope to the first article In our treaty with Corea, which led Secretary Gresham at the beginning of the trouble to write jhe note to United States Minister Dun at Tokio relative to the Japanese occupation of Corea, which has excited so much comment. An Appenl to Minister Denby. Encouraged by the attitude of the United States at that time, the Chinese govern- ment, as indicated by the cable dispatches from China at the time, appealed to United States Minister Denby at Peking to cause his government to intervene, and Mr. Denby transmitted the application to Washington, where it was laid before the President, who has had it under consideration for a week or more. As our representations in the case of the occupation of Corea had little effect, there was no reason to suppose that a dif- ferent result would follow an attempt to use our good offices in favor of China, As already indicated, our government was in- disposed to co-operate directly with Euro- pean nations in any effort to coerce either party to the war, and for this very reason we were in a better place than any other power to act as an independent intermediary in bringtng about peace. Both China and Japan were assured that we were free from any of the suspicion of a desire to secure accessions of territory in Asia which hung cover the great European powers, and their confidence in our fairness and impartiality was strikingly manifested by the selection of the United States by both nations to care for their subjects in the other's ter- ritory. Looked to by Both a: nm Arbitrator. So the United States is at present placed in a position where she would naturally be lcoked to by both China and Japan to serve as an arbitrator in case of a diffl- culty in arranging terms of peace, and it 1s, therefore, very improbable that we will forfeit this pesition by yielding now to China’s request to Intervene. Arbitrate we ray, but intervene we cannot, is the man~ ner in which the situation is summarized in official circles here. If the Chinese gov- ernment desires the United States to pre- | Sent peace proposals to Japan this may be done through Minister Denby, but it is felt here that the better way would be for China to submit her proposals directly to Japan, when it would be entirely within the bounds of propriety for the United States to express the gratification it would teel, a nation friendly to both com. batants, to see peace restored on honorable terms. What State Department Officials Say. An official of the State Department con- versant with the Chinese attitude says: “China no longer conceals her inability to prosecute a war. She recognizes that she was caught unprepared, and that it is the part of wisdom for her to make the most of a bad situation by getting peace on the