Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN Pres't. Shale Rew York Office, 49 Potter Building. saci a er 2 ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers In the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents Der week, or 44 cents month. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. y mail—a here the Hoosen ae or Canada—postuge prepaid—50 cents Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 le ho $1 per year, with “ientered at the Post Of ington, fered at the Post Office at Washi 5 as second-class wail matter.) | Lahey £7 All mall subacriptions oust be paid fo advance. ites of edvertising made known on application. Proposed Control of the Presbyterian Seminaries. IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TODAY Effort to Limit Time of Debate Defeated. LANE SEMINARY’S CHARTER PITTSBURG, Pa., March 18.—The church where the general assembly is meeting rapidly filled after the devotional service of the morning in anticipation of the re- sumption of the debate on the proposed assembly control of theological seminaries eonnected with the denomination. The popular interest in the subject appeared to have waned, if the vacant seats in the gallery were any indication. The first quarter of an hour was given to miscellaneons business, end at that point the floor was again accorded to Dr. Mc- Kinney, whose speech last night was inter- rupted by adjournment. His argument con- cerned the objection that the plan proposed to safeguard the property of the church in these institutions by allowing the assembly to step in where heresy is taught will act as a barrier to union with the Southern Presbyterian Church, and he claimed that the action of that church had taken more extreme action than that now under con- sideration. It was also claimed that the plan was fully in_accord with the polity and policy of the Presbyterian Church,and those who object to having recourse to the civil courts were characterized as “‘super- Spiritual advocates.” The speaker proceed- ed to consider the attitude of the semin- aries, and regretted their unwillingness or Indisposition to do what the last assembly suggested and urged by an overwhelmipg vote. He closed with a plea for the large majority In favor, of the committee's recommendation. Mr: E. E. White of Columbus, the new resident of the board of directors of Lane seminary, was granted the floor, but before ie began ar attempt was made to Itmit the time of debate. It was briefly discussed, but overwhelm- ingly defeated. The moderator arnounced plenty of time, ro favor and a clear field. Judge White began in a cool and deliber- ate way to set forth the position of the parties to the question. He asked that the assembly come to a clear understand- ing of the condition of affairs. The last assembly had sent down overtures to the seminary directors, and the answers that came back he regarded as final and. con- clusive, and should be treated with respect. On the contrary, the committee has asked the assembly to accept its judgment and diction in place of the mature judgment of the directors of the seminaries, under advice of counsel, and acquainted with the facts. After reviewing the position of the semi- naries, and showing that the plan was im- practicable in regard to some of them, Judge White urged that the matter be dropped. He asked what the cause of the distrust in the church has been, and a voice from the audience called out “Union Seminary.” “Yes,” replied the speaker, “and because Union did it, therefore Princeton must give bonds; but for this reason discredit should not be thrown upon the other seminary boards.” Lane Seminary. When mention was made of the reports that had gone cut from Cincinnati with 1egard to the Lane Seminary directors, a ccmmiysioner jumped to his feet and made a point of order against such mention. The moderator refused to rule on the question, but requested the speaker to ex- ercise care in the line of his discourse. The remainder of Dr. White's address had reference to the history of Lane Sem- inary, showing that its original endow- ments had been made on a liberal basis and charter, and stating that there have been changes in the constitution of Ohio, which make alterations of the seminary charter impcssible without affecting all the educational institutions of the state. g objection was made to the ap- plauded statement of Dr. Young made yes- terday, that no seminary is a Presbyterian institution which cannot make the changes proposed by the committee. Such state- ment was characterized as a new test of loyaity, which has been at no time author- ized by the church. Judge White spoke for an hour and a quarter, and after a brief introduction by Dr. S. A. Mutchmore, who replaced Dr. Young as chairman of the committee, Mr. Themas MacDougal of Cincinnati was in- treduced as a member of the committee, advocating the recommendations of the committee's report. He said that the funds of Union Seminary in New York are held under a charter, which is as free from the control of the courts of the Presbyterian church as the Standard Oil Company is, and that any type of theology can be taught there which is not repugnant to the laws of the state of New York. The seminaries were said to be civil cor- porations, and, therefore, creatures of Caesar, which may jigtly be brought be- fore Caesar for judgment. The general assembly is not a legal entity and cannot have any standing in the courts of the country unless the right is given by the omnes through changes in their char- ers. The time of the session was extended fifteen minutes to allow Mr. McDougal to fin'sh his remarks, and at the close the floor was given to Dr. W. 0. Thompson, ident of Miami University at Oxford, Just at the time of adjournment a tele- gram of greeting was read from Presby- terian theological students in the Moody school in Chicago, and it was referred to the committee on correspondence for snita- ble reply. OBEYED THEIR TEACHER. School Children at Seattle Entered the Building With a Rush. SEATTLE, Wash., May 18.—The digpute nm the boards of health and educa- tion in regard to the closing of the Ranier and South schools as a precaution against searlet fever reached a crisis today. Act- ing under orders from the health board, th Officer Palmer and Officer Corning red the closing of the two schools. neipal G rd of the former school re- fused compliance and told the pupils to enter. A wild scene fcllowed, the four or five ildren entering at the and hundred ¢ windows, ome of them throv and getting out The office intercept them, and it wa that order was restored by the arrest of Mr. Gerard and the removal of the chil- m the building, less exciting scene occurred at the h School, Principal Taylor being ar- ted for resistance to the order. Ga., May 18.—At Athens, Ga., mith has been spending the hter was last night born spring, a da Secretary of the Interior. to the Dendl Over a Calf. MIDDL May 18.—Ned and Wi! Rose, sons of a prominent farmer, quarre! over a calf, whtn Ned drew a pistol and shot Will dead. Che Fvening Star. No. 13,168. TO PREVENT HERESY|PAUL BRaY'S CLAIMIDEBA He is a Nephew of Mr. Waller and Was De- ported From Madagascar. The Charges Agninst Him Were Simi- lar to Those Against Waller—Am- bassador Eustis to Examine. It is probable now that, in addition to the case of ex-Consu! Waller, Mr. Eustis, our ambassador to France, will be called upon to press upon the attention of the French government the claim of Paul Bray, a nephew of Mr. Waller’s, who was also forcibly deported from Madagascar. Mr. Bray has written from Paris to Mr. Langs- ton, his attorney in Washington, a state- ment of his case, which has been laid by the latter before the State Department. Bray was Interested with Waller in the valuable concession of lands obtained from the Hova government. This concession was formally recorded in the Hoya govern- ment office and a copy was registered at the American. consulate at Tamatave. Official Records Furnished. Mr. Wetter, the present United States consul there, has already furnished the State Department with the official records in the case. The French resident consul in Madagascar, probably influenced by rival French concesstonaires, insisted that Mr. Waller should submit his concession to him for approval and registry. Mr. Waller refused to do this, apprehending that the French officials would promptly reject his concession and deny him justice. He cla'med that the French protectorate being coi®.ned by treaty to jurisdiction over for- eign relations only, could not be held to give the French officials the right to pass upon the validity of his concession. Arrested and Tried. Accerding to Mr. Bray's statement, mat- ters were in this condition when he and Waller projected a trip from Tamatave to the concesston,where the French were mak- ing depredations upon their valuable rub- ber trees. As soon as the French became aware of this move they promptly arrest- ed both men, and tried them by court- martial on charges of aiding the Hovas and writing seditious letters to them. They were convicted, though Mr. Bray solemnly protests that the charges were absolutely baseless. It is certain that as the trial progressed the charges were amended from time te time so as to humor the prosecu- tion, and that the men were convicted ipun charges entirely different from those upon which they were originally arraigned, a most irregular proceeding. Put Ashore Without Means. Waller was sent to France under a twenty years‘ sentence, ani is now in jail. Bray writes that he was put ashore in Zanzibar, without means, and is helpless. Mr. Eustis has, by instruction of the State Depart- ment, put aimself in communication with Waller, and is prosecuting his case, and now Bray seeks to have the State Depart- ment secure reparation for himself, and meanwhile protect both of their rights in their concession. + «+—______ CATHOLIC CHURCH AFFAIRS. Little Expectation of Mgr. Satolli's Elevation to a Cardinalate. Bishop Montesdeoca of the Mexican dio- cese of St. Louis de Potosi, who has been visiting Mgr. Satolli, has departed for Rome. It is stated that Cardinal Gibbons’ visit to Rome, which will follow his pres- ent visit to Boston, wiil have no sig- nificance on any of the pending ecclesias- tical questions, although it is expected that he will discuss with the pope the entire range of church affairs as developed since the cardinal’s last visit ten years ago. Mgr. Satolli will remain in Washington through the summer, although he has made several engagements to attend church cele- brations. The opening of the Northwest- ern Educational Institution, in which Arch- bishop Ireland has been foremost, has been postponed from June until Septem- ber, at which time Mgr. Satolli will be present. The speculation concerning Mgr. Satolli’s elevation to the cardinalate has brought out the fact that it is an invariable rule of the vatican not to advance a delegate to a car- dinalate. The latter office may be filled by a nuncio, and this fact has been the basis of reports that Mgr. Satoili would be made nuncio at Lisbon. There has been no inti- mation, direct or indirect, from the vatican that this would be done, and there is less reason for the mention of Lisbon than other posts, as the present nuncio there has sev- eral years to serve, and is himself likely to be advanced to a cardinalate. ——$—_—$_-o—____—__ CHILE’S CURRENCY CONVENTION. Payment Provided For and Both Metals to Be Used. The text of Chile’s currency convention bill, as passed by both houses of congress, has been received here. It provides for specie payment from June 1, 1895—two weeks hence—and as both metals are to be utilized, the change promises to have an important effect upon the worid’s supply of the metals. The president of Chile is empowered for the term of three years to coin $10,000,000 of silver. All of the pro- ceeds from the sale of nitrate beds sha] be devoted exclusiveiy to the purchase”and coinage of silver. Three gold coins of $20, $10 and $5 are also previded for. The silver dollar is to weigh twenty grams, and is to be fine. Silver fs not a legal above $50, except to the government, ved as goid. The provi- sion is as follows: “The government treasuries shall receive in payment islver money, whatever may be the value of the obligations it is desired to cancel with it.” The government mint is also directed to exchange for gold the sil- ver dollar presented to it with that object. The act also provides a system of bank eurrency, guaranteed by the government and redeemable by the government if the bank fails. —_—_-2-+—___ Decisions About Attorneys’ Fees. Assistant Secretary Reynolds of the In- terior Department has decided that when an attorney neglects to explain within a year his client's failure to appeal for medi- cal examination on his application for a pension, the attorney forfeits all claim in the case; also that a declaration not exe- cuted before some person entitled to ad- minister oaths in pension cases is void. If a later valid declaration is made it does not entitle the claimant to receive a pen- sion dating back to the filing of the void application. The assistant secretary has also decided that where a pension has been granted to eral minor children, the pen- sion of each is chargeable with a propor- tionate part of the fee to the attorney by whom the claim wis prosecuted. If pen- sion to one of the minors should be with- there is no fund available for the ment of that portion of the fee. SS ee Gen, Bingham's Son Appointed. The President has appointed First Lieut. Gonzalez S. Bingham, ninth cavalry, to be captain and quartermaster, to fill a va- cancy caused by promotions in that branch of the service, resulting from the retire- ment of his father, Col. J. D. Bingham, as- gistant quartermaster general, a few days ago. The new quartermaster is a native of Ficrida, and was appointed a second lieu tenant, seventh infantry, from Indiana, October 10, 1883. He was promoted first lieutenant of the sixth cavalry July 1, 1891, and was transferrei to the ninth cavalry a few days later. He stood 98 in lineal rank in hfs late grade. Specie WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. THe proof of te pudding is in the cating. Yesterday's Star contained 53 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 714 separate announces ments. hese advertisers fought pubficite—not merefp Space, Voters Who Will Decide the Gov- ernment’s Policy. THE PUBLIC EYE FOCUSED ON ILLINOIS Current Gossip Regarding the Coming Convention. ALLEGED FRAUD IN CHICAGO Special From a Staff Correspondent. CHICAGO, Ill, May 18.—That belt of country from Lake Michigan to the gulf and lying between the Mississippi and the Alleghenies, is the debatable ground for which the silver coinage and anti-free sil- ver forces are contending. It is in this sec- tion that the votes of the people will tip the balance in the settlement of the gov- ernment’s financial policy. It is upon Illi- nois that the public attention is now fo- cused. The best information indicates that the coming state convention of democrats at the Illinois capital will make an un- equivocal and vigorous declaration in fa- vor of the free coinage of silver at a ra- tlo of 16 to 1 by this government, irre- spective of international agreement or the position of other governments. The effect of that declaration will depend somewhat upon the weight and standing of the con- vention. It is a hotly debated question whether the delegates already named are the chosen representatives of a majority of the democrats of Illinois. This doubt has arisen, it is claimed, as a result of the methods adopted at the primaries. This controversy is probably more acute in Chi- cago than elsewhere. Why the Convention Was Called. “Why did the democratic leaders consider it necessary to call a convention in favor of free silver?” asked the writer of one of the leading ‘ree silver men in Chicago. The person addressed was Judge S. P. Mc- Connell. He is well known in state politics, having recently thrown off the judicial ermine, and is prominent in Chicago demp- cratic affairs. “Tt was called to meet an exigency,” re- plied Judge McConnell, “‘and to put the democratic party of this state squarely on record. It was a move in politics which required courage and honesty. It was made necessary largely by the action of our President, who had done nothing to further the party’s advocacy of bimetal- lism, but on the contrary, had more thor- oughly endeavored to fasten the gold stand- ard on the country. I: became necessary that democrats should take a stand.” The Free Coinnge Sentiment. It is likely as terse and accurate an ex- planation as will be given, and contains more than may appear at first reading. Circumstances multiply to show that the movement is for the purpose of meeting a pclitical exigency. This will not qualify the effect, however, or mitigate the con- sequences, whether they ultimately prove to be for good or harm. It is doubtless true that the free coinage sentiment was latent ameng a great many Illinois democrats. The fire was there, but smoldering. It required this “political exigency” to fan it into flames, and scatter the embers. As a consequerce the fire will spread, and has spread already, affecting an ever-widening territory. The serious- ness of the matter, as regarded by men of anti-silver sentiment, it is that the furore which has been raised for free silver by the precipitation of the question at this time, and the calling of the convention, will extend to classes that in the absence of any great general flame of public feeling would act more deliberately upon a ques- tion of this kind. Now, however, there is probability of their being carried away in the rush of what seems to be popular senti- ment. Attitude of the Leaders. There is a well-grounded suspicion in many quarters that the rank and file of the silver democrats of Illinois are far more in earnest about this free silver movement than scme of the leaders who are figuring mcst conspicuously in it. It is thought that in the country districts a great deal of the sentiment for an enlarged silver ccinage is sincere, the outcome of sober conviction on the part of those who entertain ii. This cless of people have been brought to be- lieve that the abridgment of the use of sil- ver in the national fiscal policy is responsi- ble for the hard times and low prices. It is said that some of the democratic leaders have taken advantage of the prev- alence of this sentiment to launch the present movement, and to encourage and increase the existing feeling until they make it representative of the democracy of the state. They have tuned the silver barp, and while the leaders thrum the air of more silver coinage, they are singing a song of their own make, and the burden of it is opposition to President Cleveland, with Gov. Altgeld leading the chorus. This is putting it somewhat delicately, but there will be many who grasp the implication. There are many democrats of prominence in Illinois who are not in sympathy with the oppcsition to the national administra- tion, but who welcome the free silver move- ment as a diversion from the fatal contem- plation of the existing condition of democ- racy in the state. A series of heart-break- irg republican victories has prepared them to accept almost anything that will give the democrat: common ground for an- other rally. Chances of Disruption. This brings up the question whether tkere is common ground for coming to- gether again or whether this movement is not more likely to further disrupt the party: Subsequent events alone can give an accurate answer to the question, but it is a fact that the free silver leaders believe that the result will be beneficial to the party rather than detrimental. One of the men who is managing the free silver movement in Chicago said today he be- Neved 95 per cent of the Illinois democrats are for the free coinage of silver and that if any votes are lost they will be more than compensated by the gains from re- publican ranks of those republicans who may not be satisfied with their party’s stand on silver. Ugly Charges Afiont. Some unpleesant things are being said about the way the delegates to the state convention were selected in Chicago. The opposition claims that out of thirty-four wards only nine held primaries, and that these were controlled entirely by the “ma- chine” in favor of free silver delegates. It is asserted that in these nine wards the del- egates were appointed, not elected. As an instance, one case is cited where the judges certified that 406 voted for free silver and 400 against it, while the agent of the Hon- est Money League, who was present, makes oath that only five men voted. It is claimed that only 477 votes were cast out of a vot- ing population of 112,000 democrats. It is asserted that a similar state of things ex- isted in other counties. The free silver managers, when ques- tioned upon these statements today, denied them as calumnies. They admitted that the vot> at the primaries was not large, but clafmed that it was.not necessary to put forth much strength, as the opposition was not making a fight. They claimed that the sentiment of the democrats of Chicago is so strongly tn favor of free silver they did not deem it even necessary to go to the primaries, and that to all in- tents and purposes the votes which were polled represent the full voting strength of the party. N. O. M. The Election in Delaware of Mr. Dupont Believed to Bs Legal. Constitutfonal Lawyers Are Saia to Be Almost Unanimous in Hold- ing This View. ———— Senator Higgins is confident that Mr. Dupont has been elected a United States Senator from Delaware. Senator Higgins arrived in this city to- day. To a Star reporter he said he had received opinions on the question of the legality of Mr. Dupont’s election from many leading constitutional lawyers throughout tae country, and the almost unanimous belief is that the speaker of the Senate of Delaware, upon succeeding to the office of governor through constitu- tional provisions, ceased to have the right to exercise the office of speaker, and with- out his vote Mr. Dupont was elected. Annlogous C: He remarked that the succession provid- ed by the constitution of, the state of Dela- ware was analogous to that of the United States, as referring to the presidency, be- fore the passage of the new law placing the succession in the cabinet after the Vice President. The law was tested in this re- spect in the case of the impeachment trial of President Johnson. The question was then brought up whether Mr. Johnson should be tried as, Vice President or as President, as in the latter case only the chief justice would preside. As is well known, Mr. Johnson was tried as President. Mr. Higgins remarked that the common law and general practice since the forma- tion of the government has been to divorce the legislative and executive branches of the government. Arguments of the Oppositon. It was argued by those opposed to Mr. Dupont’s election, continued the Senator, that the speaker of the senate being ele- vated to the gubernatorial office, a speaker pro tem. was chosen and was never known except as speaker pro tem. That, they claimed, gaye the speaker, although filling the office of governor, right to relieve the presiding officer when. he pleased and to assume those duties. But, on the other hand, it was argued that the officer elected: to fill the place of speaker was known 4s “speaker pro tem.,” rather than “speaker,”-beeause such elec tion did not carry with it the right of suc- cession to the governorship, Points in Mr. Dupomt’s Favor. A similar case, Mr. Higgins says, would be presented were the President and Vice President of the United States to be re- moved from office by death. The President pro tem. of the Senate: would not succeed to the office of President. In a similar way, the Vice President, when called to be Pres- ident of the United States, could not pre- sume to act as President of the Senate on some important océasion. The constitutional proviston of the state of Delaware that no person holding any other ‘public office sh: be governor was the keynote to the situatian. Mr. Higgins feels confident that the ,centroversy over Dupont's’ election is practically“at an end and that he will be seated in the United States Senate in-due time. Senator Mitchell's Views. Senator Mitchell of Oregon has written a letter to Senator Higgins explaining more fully and modifying somewhat the views expressed by him in a récent letter on the Dupont senatorial election contest in Dela- ware. He declares that the governor had no right to act as senator. Mr. Mitchell says: 5 -“Since writing you on the 14th instant, I have given to the various provisions of the constitution of Delaware which bear in part upon the question as tp whether or not there was an election of United States Senator by your late legislature, a very careful consideration, and am now strongly of the opinion that when the speaker of your state senate entered upon the duties of governor of the state he not only ceased to have any power to further exercise the functions of both speaker of the senate and of senator, as intimated in my former letter, but that the offices of both speaker of the senate and of senator held by him became vacant, and the right upon the part of the county, whose senator he was, to fill such vacancy immediately attached. Had No Rights as Senator.” “After careful consideration, then, with the light before me, I am, as at present advised, strongly of the opinion that Speak- er Watson, when he entered upon the du- ties of executive, then held the office within the meaning of the provisions of your con- stitution, and in virtue of those same pro- visions he ceased to be a senator, the office of senator became vacant; could have been filled by election on proper writ issued, and, as q result, the governor had no right to exercise longer the office of senator, either in the election of United States ‘Senator or otherwise. This is my present view, reserv- ing the right, should I be convinced to the contrary, after full’ argument, -to change my opinion, “On one question, however, permit me to say in conelusion, I am fully convinced, and never expect to change my mind, and that is that the governor of a state has no power under the Constitution to appoint a Serator where the legislature whose duty it was to elect to a full term has failed in such election.” —— EELING IN TEXA: Cleveland and Sound Money Popular in the Lone Star State. W. L. Crawford, a leading lawyer of Dallas, Texas, and one, of the best-in- formed men of that state on the political situation, arrived in this city today. Mr. Crawfcrd is not a politician in any active sense, but he keeps in touch with .public cpinion. : “If the silver men sucgeed in- capturing the democratic national convention,” said Mr. Crawford to a Star reporter ‘today, “the democratic party of Texas will be split to pieces. “So far as Texas is concerned, Cleveland is exceedingly popular, by far the most popular mau in the pay for the office he fills. His ideas on the financial question just suit the sound mopey men of that state.” 4 Personal Mention. Mr. R. B. Nixon, financial clerk of the U. S. Senate, has gone on a business trip to Chattanooga, Tenn., and will be absent about a weck. =] Capt. Charles B. Hall, nineteenth in- fantry, is in the city on a visit. He is stopping at 1728 Q street. Miss Bessie Tyree, to the regtet of her friends, owing to her going abroad for her vacation, will not appear with the Lyceum stock company that appears next week. Capt. Wadleigh, commanding the Minne- apolis, flagship of the North Atlantic sta- tion, is on a short visit to this'city from Norfolk, whete his vessel is being pre- pared for her-new duties. 5 ‘The Earl of: Westmeath, the néw attache to the British embassy, is at the’Everett. Presidential Appointments. The President has appointed Elmer B. Adams of St. Louis United States judge for the eastern district of Missouri, vice Judge Priest, resigned, and he has also appointed F. A. Hammond judge of probate for the county of San Juan, Utah. TABLE LAND/SURELY 4 SENATORICOL, MICHENER HERE What He Says About Ex-President Harrison's Candidacy. AUTHORIZED 10 SPEAK NO ONE McKinley's Weakness in His Own State Delegation. ; AN ACCIDENTAL CONFERENCE Col. Michener of Indiana, one of ex-Presi- dent Harrison’s lieutenants in his former campaign, is in the city. He is an astute and shrewd political manager. Just now he is as innocent of politics as is apparent- ly his former chief. He is devoting himself, he says, exclusively to the practice of law, and knows little of the wiles of the poli- ticians. To a friend who asked him today whether ex-Pres‘dent Harrison was a candi-- date for the presidency or not, Col. Mtche- ner discreetly answered: “He says that he is not.” Harrison’s Business in New York. When it was suggested that what has been termed a conference, in which Benja- min Harrison has taken part, has been held in New York city, Col. Michener replied: “General Harrison has been to New Jersey to receive a medal, as the press has stated. He went also to New York city to give a sitting to Mr. Eastman Johnson for a por- trait, which is to be hung in the White House’in the gallery of ex-Presidents. That is his real business in New York city just now, although he may have some rather important law business also. The portrait is to be painted at the government's ex- pense, according to the custom of having the portraits of all of the ex-Presidents in the White House.” “But they say,” it was suggested, “that some of the candidates in the field believe that Benjamin Harrison is aiso a candi- date, and that they do not like it.” “I know that they do not like it,” said Col. Michener. “The fact is the leading men, I might call them the managers of, I think, all of the republican presidential candidates who have been named, have been to me, and in the course of social chat have said that the man whom they most fear is Benjamin Harrison.” “And why should they be afraid of Gen. Horrison if he is not a candidate?” McKinle. Weakness. The only answer which Gen. Michener would make to this inquiry was to turn the conversation to the political prospects of Gov. McKinley. “The greatest weakness of Gov. McKinley, in my judgment,” said he, “is that he is not certain to hold his delegation for any considerable number of ballots in the national convention. In fact, it is not altogether certain that he will be able to obtain the solid vote of his delega- tion to the convention on the first ballot, even as a matter of state pride. “A prominent Cincinnati republican told me the other day that it was very doubt- ful, indeed, whether Gov. McKinley could be certain of the full strength of the Ohio delegation on the first ballot. There is a great deal of factional republican trouble in Ohio just now, which may injure Gov. McKinley before the convention shall be called, and which will be noticeable in the convention. The Foraker and the Sherman and the other factions are not at all har- monious, ard Mr. McKinley certainly will not be benefited by any such contentions. Gov. McKinley and Mr. Reed may, in fact, destroy each other as candidates before the convention shall meet.” No One Authorized to Spenk. Still Gen. Michener says that Gen. Harri- son is not a candidate for nomination. Col. Michener in Washington talks as guarded- ly as Benjamin Harrison does in New York city, and his language very much resem- bles that of his former chief. It is not many weeks since Col. Michener stated absolutely that ex-President Harri- son would not be a candidate fer renomina- tion. But Dan. Ransdell of Indiana, the old United States marshal of the District here, who was then in the city, and who is perhaps nearer to Benjamin Harrison than any one else, said that Col. Michener had no authority to speak for President Harri- son on that subject, and that no authority, for that matter, to express the position of Gen. Harrison before the rext nominating convertion had been given to any one. Col. Dan, Ransdell is evidently discreet enough to think that it will not be wise for Ben- jamin Harrison to permit any authoritative statements to go out that he is not a can- didate for the presidency. The leading pol- iticlans who come to Washington are grow- ing more and more outspoken in the decla- ration of their opinion that the ex-Presi- dent is a candidate for the nomination in the sense that, while he may not seek to secure an organization, as he did of the office holders before, he will permit his name to be presented, and would accept if nominated. Ca An Accidental Gathering. It undoubtedly is a fact that the gather- ing of republicans just now at New York, said to have been summoned Yhere to con- fer with ex-President Harrison, is in a great measure accidental. It certainly is a fact that Senator Proctor of Vermont, who was Secretary of War under President Har- rison, did not go from here to New York to confer with the ex-President. Senator Proctor was here to make inquiries as to the misfortunes which have overcome Sen- eca Hazelton of Burlington, Vt., who still holds the commission as United States min- ister to Nicaragua. Senator Proctor, _to- gether with the legislature of the sfate and all of the supreme court judges and most of the other prominent men, had in- dorsed Mr. Hazelton as a matter of state pride for this office, and he came on here from Vermont especially to see if he could render any service to a Vermonter in trou- ble. And in returning to his home from here he simply stopped over in New York and did not know that the ex-President was there. Senator Morrill was not in New York city to consult with ex-President Harrison or with anybody else. He has been in New York for several days on his way home to Vermont. Senator Morrill was in most ex- cellent health when he left here. The re- port that the venerable Senator would not accept a renomination to the Senate is said by his friends to be incorrect. —-2- Treasury Department Changes. ‘The follewing changes have been made in the classified service in the Treasury De- partment: Appointments—Secretary’s Of- fice, James A. Edwards, New York, $00; Arthur I. Clark, Pennsylvania, $900; Julian G. Moore, North Carolina, $720. Promo- tions—Secretary’s office, Charles H. Her- ney, Kansas, from $1,200 to $1,400, Mint bureau, Miss M. E. Kelly, New Hangpshire, from $0 to $1,200. Office of internal reve- nue, W. B. Gregory, Kansas, from $000 to $1,200; John A. Moore, Indiana, from $900 to $1200. Auditor for Treasury Depart- ment, Mrs. Arabella Suit, Maryland, from $900 to 31,200. The Executive Horses. ’ Three of the President’s horses were yes- terday taken to Meadow View Stock and Grazing Farm, near Cheltenham, Prince George's county, Md., to be kept over the summer months. As soon as Mrs. Cleve- lard leaves for Gray Gables, next month, the remaining stock belonging to the ex- ecutive stables will be transferred to the farm, with the exception of a team to be kept for the President's use. CASE OF ADMIRAL MEADE His Application for Retirement Not Acted Upon. Many Rumors as to the Action of the Administration—The Ad- - miral’s Leave. According to Secretary Herbert, no ac- tion has been taken in the case of Admiral Meade since last Saturday, when the de- partment revoked so much of his leave of absence as authorized him to leave the United States. The Secretary told a Star reporter today that Admiral Meade’s ap- plication to be retired on the 20th instant had not been acted upon one way or the other. He positively declined, however, to give the slightest intimation as to what would probably be done in the matter. All sorts of speculation is meanwhile be- ing indulged in with regard to the case. Rumors of All Sorts Are Rife. One rumor is that the President has de- cided to retire the Admiral on Monday. Another is that Secretary Herbert has rec- ommended that this be done, but that the President is still undecided in the matter. The theory for this line of action is that it Would render the admiral powerless for further harm, and would in no wise relieve him from full responsibility for alleged misdeeds while he was on the active list. Another rumor is that the idea of order- ing him before a court-martial to answer the charge of having violated raval regu- lations has not been abar:dored. It is said that Secretary Herbert regards the offense of Admiral Meade as a grave one, which should not be passed over. He is of the opinion, so it is said, that if the words of the admiral are overlooked discipline will be at an end in the senior grades, for a precedent will be established under which the rear admirals can freely criticise their superiors without fear of punishment. What Will Probably Occur. The President is now reported to agree with Secretary Herbert, and to beleve that for the sake of naval discipline Admiral Meade must, if possible, be held to a strict accountability. It is also asserted that the naval authorities will not order a court for the reason that conviction was unlikely, but that a severe rebuke to Admiral Meade will be written, and that an order for his retirement would follow. Meanwhile, Admiral Meade 1s still in this city observing a policy of masterly inac- tivity and silence. He is on leave pay. Apparently he is not disturbed at the pros- pects in his cese. He declines to discuss the situation, publicly or privately, or to refer to the incidents that preceded or followed his detachment from the command of the North Atlantic station. Secretary Herbert had an interview with the President at the White House today, presumably in regard to the Meade case. At its conclusion he said he had nothing to say about the case one way or the other. Until the Meade matter is finally settled it is not probable that an admiral will be selected to command the North Atlantic fleet. Admiral Ramsay says that he has applied for the detail and expects to secure it. The only obstacle, in his view, is the possibility of the Secretary declining to part with his services. ——____-e-—____. FOR A THIRD TERM. Ex-Representative Pendleton Would Support Mr. Cleveland Again. Ex-Representative Pendleton of West Vir- ginia was in Washington during the past week, and was accorded an interview with the President. Mr. Pendleton gained a wide reputation during the last session of Congress as an ardent advocate of admin- istration measures. He did not permit his name to come before the nominating con- vention when his successor was to be chos- en because, as he now explatns, he saw a landslide coming and preferred to take a vacation on solid land. It is understood that Mr. Pendleton also argued with Mr. Wilson, the chairman of the ways and means committee, against running for re- election, believing it would be best for that gentleman to avoid the danger of defeat. Mr. Pendleton remarked whiie here that he was ready to support Mr. Cleveland for the presidency for a third term. He be- lieved Mr. Cleveland was by far the strong- est candidate in the democratic party, in spite of any weakness that might be de- veloped by the “third term” feature of such a candidacy. Mr. Pendleton had just made a_ trip through Virginia and a portion of North Carolina, and said he believed the free sil- ver movement had been crushed through- out that section. The farmers were still inclined to want free silver, he said, but the business men, almost without exception, were loud in their demands for “sound money.” ee DR. KERSHNER’S CASE. Proceedings in the Court-Martial Sub- mitted to Secretary Herbert. The case of Medical Inspector Kershner is now before the Navy Department for action. The record of the proceedings of the court-martial, including its findings, was brought over from New York this morning by Lieut. Lauchheimer, the judge advocate. The proceedings will be revised by the judge advocate general in order to establish their regularity as to form and law, and being’all correct in those particu- lars, the cafe will be submitted to Secre- tary Herbert for his action. Dr. Kershner was tried on two charges, one of giving official information to the press in violation of regulations and the other of perjury in having testified under oath that he had not done so. It is conceded that the ac- cused was not acquitted of both charges. Circumstances tend to show that the court found him guilty of some violation of the regulations as embodied in one of the two charges, but to what extent has not been disclosed. If he was found guilty of im- properly publishing official matters his sentence was undoubtedly influenced by a prior offense of the same general character during the war, referred to in yesterday's Star. Official information as to the result of the court-martial proceedings will be withheld until after the Secretary of the Navy has acted upon the case. ee INVALIDS OF NOTE. “Gail Hamilton” Reported as Worse— The Other Patients. Miss Mary Abigail Dodge (Gail Hamil- ton) is worse today. Her condition is regarded as critical and made more se- ios in view of advanced age. Mr. McCulloch did not rest very well last night. There is no marked change today in his condition, which is critical. Gen. Cogswell did not pass a comfortable nght. Today his condition gives no evi- dence of improving, and his friends fear the end is drawing near. Secretary Gresham is better. He passed a very comfortable night and is resting easily today. é Representative Hitt is also better, though his improvement is very slight. <BR PAY SS Perici BA The Montgomery at Greytown. The Secretury of the Navy today received a brief telegram from Capt. Davis, com- minding the Montgomery, announcing the arrival of that vessel at Greytown yester- day with the Nicaraguan canal commission. sais PES Maj. Gen. McCook Here. Major General McCook, retired, is on a visit to this city. He had an interview with the Secretary of War today. He is stcpping at the Richmond. NEW AND OLD SOUTH That Section Under the Reconstruc- tion Era and Later, TRANSFORMED BY NEW AGENCIES The Coming Sound -Money Cone vention at Memphis. A BUSINESS MEN’S GATHERING In the opinion of many prominent men the sound money convention to assemble in Memphis on Wednesday next will be th most important public meeting held in the south since the close of the civil war. It is expected to mark not only certain changes in sentiment in the south on the one over- shadowing issue of the day, but a certain disenthrallment of the business men of that section from the old political leadership that has had its way and laid down the law there for a quarter of a century. What ‘he practical points of the meeting may be —what may be expected from it at the polls next year—nobody at this time will undertake to predict. Reference’ is repeatedly made to the new south. What does the term signify? What is the real basis of the comparison that hag rotient the term into existence? and what! the scope and t mng_Scobe and true complexion of the later The Old South. By the old south is understood at this day, the south of the reconstructicn era and later, when the orly aim of the peop! seemed to be to restore the prosperity of the ante-bellum planting days. Cotton wag . not only again to be made king, but was tO have no rival near the throne. Old lines of thought and action were again pursued, and the old political leadership, after brief period of stormy exclusicn, cence mong! came torward. Thus was established thé’ solid south. There was a singular unanim-| ity of opinion on-all leading public ques;| tions throughout the whole section. ‘The, south became solid not only for white sus! Premacy, but for tariff reform and i coinage as well. She carried the banner ig) the fight that resulted in placing Mr. | lisle in the Speaker’s chair of the national! House of Representatives, which was the! first effective blow struck for tariff reformj’ and she has labored as earnestly in the ef forts to open the mints to the unlimited coinage of silver. Her accepted leaders have had but one voice on either of those subjects, and they have lifted it eloquently and earnestly every time an occasion of; fered. Their campaigns at home have all been made without the slightest reserv: tion or justification on either subject, an the results at the polls have all been ace cepted as having but one significance. They showed that the south was in favor of free trade and free coinage, and het representatives in Congress, with but one or two exceptions, have in their 5) and votes governed themselves accordingly, New Agencies at Work. But within the past few years new agens cies have been showing themselves in the south. Capital has been coming in from the north, and enterprises new to that quarter have been set on foot. No assault has been made on cotton, except as to the kingship of the plant. That has been oby jected to. The proposition has been to ess tablish a republican rule in business. Let all of the industrics have a chance. Down with the kingship of cotton, but un with cotton as a sovereign among the other sov+ ereicns. Why keep the south one vas¢ field for planting, when so many other en¢ terprises could be established: to advans tage? Why isolate the south and make her a seller in the markets of but one com- modity, when she might appear there with almost a peddler’s variety of valuable things? This movement has been makin, headway, and now, it is claimed, so mucl has been accomplished that the south has been transformed. She !s enjoyins a new growth. She has important connections with all the business centers of the north, and she is anxious to keep in cicse touch. with generally accepted business prin« ciples. The diversification of her indi tries has made her more national in spiri and more alive to the necessity of guiding by ney lights. She once was lost, but now, is fouhd; was blind, but now can see. A Business Men’s Meeting. © Well, the country soon will sce. The Memphis meeting will be strictly a busig ness men’s meeting. The politicians, in thé language of the street, will not be in ty They have not been rigorously excluded by, the committee on invitations, but the pure pose being to get at the business sense of a business question the presence of busl« ness men was naturally prepared. The ree sponses show that the attendance will be g00d. The commercial bodies in 2!) of th principal southern cities. have. appointed delegates, and the men selected truly representative in the best business view o} the case. They stand for home as well as for imported capital, and while they are southern men in all of their sympathies, they look at this money question through natioral instead of through sectional spec- tacles. They are not defending any past views they may have entertained on the silver question. Théy are not aspiring to public office. As they state their own case} they are merely men of business, anxious, to see a business question settled accordy ing to business lirhts, and without regar to records made ten or twenty years ago by either political party, when conditions, both political and commercial, were sq very different from what they are today, It matters not to them what political plats | forms have called for, or how this man oF that man has voted in Congress. They, have in view only the state of business to- day, and what seems necessary to maintein the public credit. Politicians Not Convinced. But the politicians of the south were not convinced by this argument or attitude, | They have their views of things and aré not disposed to yield leadership on silves | or any other question. They have thei eyes on the gun. They will note with in: terest, too, how a question, which they, held is a political question, ‘can be dealt with in a southern convention with not @ single one of the most famous of the south- ern men present. Secretary Carlisle is classed as a middle state man. But Sena- tors Harris and Bate, Morgan and Pug! Jones- and Berry, George and .Walthall, Call and Pasco, Daniel and Martin, Till+ man and Irby, Vest and Cockrell and Faulkner, all holding sen@torial commis- sions from the south, will not only be con- spicuous by their absence, but wherever they are, will not be in agreement eithep : with the views uttered at, or the actiol taken by, the convention. The clash, therg-", fore, will be distinctly between the Dual ness organizations of the south and thé | men into whose hands those organizations have assisted in placing political responsi bilities. What the Convention Will Do. Very little. if any doubt, exists as ta what the convention will do. First of all it will accord to Secretary Carlisle an ova tion, and it will greet the mention of thd President's name with uproarious applausé, Then, coming down to business, it wil pass resolutions that will please the gol men and anger the silver men. But theré is no expectation that gold monometallism will be declared for. Bimetallism,-and keeps ing all money issued by the feo ang at a parity, with a reference to standard! money of the world, will be thi gist of the deliverance. Will the movement go further than this? Will the democratia party of the south be disrupted?