Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1895, Page 1

} THE EVENING STAR. Se PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, ay The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. = Societe Lhe Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building. polleeerins ihvgs tener ‘The Eveni'y Star is served to subserfners In th city by carriers, on thetr owa account, at 19 ce Per Wem, cr $4 cents per month. inter 2 cents each. iy. my ited States or Canada—postage p bev month. Sheet Star, $1 per year, with St at Washington, D. C., All ail suhseriptions must be pald in advance. Kates of advertising made knewn on application. ee | Che £Zvening Star. No.13,313. WASHINGTON D. C., MONDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. Look on page 12 for the twenty-fifth installment of “When the War Was Over.” $500 for the cor- rect solution of the mystery by a woman reader. ADIVIDED HOUSEHOLD a Unprecedented Condition of Affuirs | in Kentucky. WHAT CL®-TIHE POLITICIANS ASSERT Never Such a Complete Over-| turning of Party Lines. LAST CAMPAIGN RALLIES + ———— Special From a Staff Correspondent. LOUISVILLE, Ky., November 4.—Old- line politicians say they have never known such an itvolved condition of affairs in Kentucky as now exists. Democrats and republicans of thirty years’ standing say there has never been such imminence of complete overturning of party lines. These dispatches have heretofore represented the general condition of affairs in the state at large. It has been shown that the demo- cratic party censists of two sets of men, one section holding to sound money and the platform and the other to free silver and the party candidates. This would not be so bad if it were on the eve of a state cony.ntion, where the difference might be reconciled, but en the day before an elec- tion it presents the state of a house divided against itself The only question there- fore is whether one of the sections of the divided household, the one favoring the candidates, is stronger than the united ranks of the common enemy. In the face of confliciing and perplexing claims, it is a@ question which can only be answered by tomorrow's ballots. Situation in Louisville. In Louisville the situation is more per- plexing than elsewhere. Here is a district with a normal democratic majority of about 6,000 wiped out last fall by a repub- Hean majority of 4,500, but presenting this year conditions so abnormal and unusual as to make almost any kind of result pos- sible. There are the dernocrats divided on state and national Behe 3 by a difference absolutely bitter and reconcilable, the money question. The believers in sound money hate the democratic candidate for governor with a passion that is intense. Until you hear them talk it would seem impossible that there could be such feeling on the part of a politician toward the head of the ticket. ‘They are firmly convinced that a vote for Mr. Hardin means a vote directly against their financial and material welfare. Furthermore, the democrats of Louisville are divided on municipal issues. There is an independent, or citizens’, ticket in the field, having for its object the purification ot munic}pal government. While it contains republican candidates, and will draw some republicat votes, the main strength of the support of that ticket wil! be drained from the democrats. With a realization of this fact, the democratic managers are bending every effort to drawing back their voters. ‘There seems to be a sentiment abroad, how- ever, among the better class of democrats that while they are scratching Mr. Hardin and killing the free silver snake, they will gO the whole hog and vote for reform in every way. The danger that confronts the republicans in Louisville grows out of the part which the A.P.A. has taken local politics. It has been demonstrated beyond a doubt that the local republican management has been duped into indorsing the A.P.A., and it is a recognized feature of the campaign. There is a very large Catholic element in Louis- ville, influential and important, and the last few days have witnessed its arousal to a thorough realization of the situation. Cath- olic republicans of prominence have come out In cards, calling upon their colleagues to drop politics for the time and stand united against this attack upon religious and civil liberty. Both Sides Making Claims. Both state central committees are claim- ing the state for the respective parties by Majorities ranging from 15,000 to 20,00, but that, of course, is merely pro forma. ‘The sound money democrats and the reg- ular organization are agreed that there is likelihood of safely carrying the state ticket outside of the governorship. The regular organization thinks that even the governor will be elected by a reduced and clos majority, but the sound money men think the governor will be defeated. It : no exaggeration to say that the sound money democrats would prefer to see Mr. Harlin defeated if they can carry the leg- islature and the remainder of the state ticket. They take the ground that a publican goveraor, controlled by a dem cratic legislature, could do very little karm, at least, not as much harm as a free silver governor, with a triumphant legislature of the same kind, could accom- plish. They tink that the defeat of Mr. Hardin by the people of Kentucky would put an effectual damper upon the enthu- siasm of the free silver legislators elected. Perhaps it may be remarked as a tribute to their patriotism that the business men and prosperous farmers of Kentucky would rather see a republican sound money Sena- tor in the United States Senate than a democrat with free silver propensities. Senator Lindsny’s Argument. Whether there ere enough of them to over- come the free silver cohorts, together with the democrats who look upon democratic domination as the first essential, is the ques- tion. The latter class are not lacking for en- couragement from great democratic leaders. Senator Lindsay, the idol of the high-class democracy of Kentucky, set the pace for such encouragement. He has made speech after speech tn the interest of a united de- mocracy. His argument, and I quote literal- ly from a speech made in Louisville Satur- day night, is thi he sum of our leader's sinning is that he differs with many of you on the currency question. True it is that he has not accepted the platform in the spirit in which it was adopted. I myself am dis- appointed in the position that he has seen fit to take. I thought that when the plat- form was adopted by such an overwhelming vote that the currency question was settled in faver of a sound currency; I thought that we would have no more of it during the state campaign, especially as it was essen- tlally a national issue; I thought that the platform was an unequivocal statement of Kentucky's position on the currency ques- tion, and that a had been laid for a campaign to be fought out next year, but I was disappointed ‘All of my expectations have not rnd will not be fully realized in this direction, but if I don’t get all that I want or have Treason to expect, am I to refuse that which I can get? Am I, because Ha ought to be rabuked, to rebuke Grover Cleveland and John G. Carlisle and take Kentucky out of the democratic and dump her into the republican column? If I were to do this, in my judgement, I would do more to @ striking down the cause of sound Money than any other thing that I could do. My views on the currency question are well Known. It is unnecessary to enter discussion of them now, but I say you, as a sound money democrat, : fous to preserve the integrity of my and to prepare a way for a glorious victory in 18% that you cannot afford to rebuke Hardin at the expense of the party.” It can be readily seen that this doctrine i from a man of his standing end position -in the party may have weight. Upen the extent to whick his advice is fellowed will depend the result of tomor- rew’s balloting. It is a doctrine which has been extensively preached throughout the disaffected districts, and no man can gauze the extent of its effect. Senator Lindsay's Complaint. In a talk which I had with him at Frank- Senator Lindsay fort Saturday morning, gave it as his opinion, and I am convinced he expressed his honest convictions, that the democrats will carry the state. He said he was in recsipt of information within the week which put a much brighter light upon the situation and removed many of the dis- couraging features heretofore existing. N. O. M. What Candidates Say. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky. November 4.—The campa‘gn in Kentucky closes today with a rally in Mercer county, Gov. Hardin’s home, by the democrats, and in Garrad county by the republicans of Col. W. D. Bradley’s na- tive county. Col. Bradley this morning said to The Star representative that his majority would be probably 20,000, and certainly not less than 10,000. Mr, Hardin only says the state will go democratic. B. G. B. SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY That is the Opinion of Ex-Congressman Holman. He Thinks Appropriations for Rivers and Harbors Should Be Cut Down— No Third Term Talk in Indiana. Ex-Congressman Holman of Indiana—tt is his first appearance on the ex list in many years—is in the city on a short visit. Al- though out of office his interest in public affairs still keeps up, and his voice, as of yore, is still for economy. In conversation with a _ representative of The Star Judge Holman said: Spending Too Much Money. “We are spending too much money—a great deal too much money. We have been doing so now for some years. The figures were raised out of all reason by the Fifty-first’ Congress, and they have been kept high ever since. What the coming Congress will do there are, of course, no Means of telling. Presumably, however, the appropriations will again be large. It was suggested that Senator Quay had already put out an ambitious scheme, call- ing for a large sum for rivers and harbors alone. “So I see,” replied Judge Holman. “And T am not surprised to see it. That, for a long time, has been a favorite channel for spending the public money. One year re- cently, you will remember, the amount reached the enormous figure of $39,000,000. But socner or later the thing must stop. It is not justified at all. There is really no justification for using $50,000,000 per annum for the support of this government. Three hundred and fifty millions at the outside ought to be made to answer any legitimate purpose, and could be made to do so if Congress would take hold of the matter in the proper spirit.” Apply the Praning Knife. “Where should the pruning knife be ap- plied?” “Oh, In a number of places. There'd be no difficulty about: pointing them out if Congress could only be brought to take up the knife.”* ‘ut not to pensions?” was asked. ‘9; not to pensions. That money is well expended. ‘The people have no cause to complain, and do not complain, about that. The amount anyhew is now at its maxi- mum. It will constantly, and presently rap- idly diminish by the passing away of the old soldiers, and this will be true even if the law is amended to include a service pension. I expect to see a service pension paid by the government.” What is the general outlook for the country Times Are Improving. “It is encouraging. The times are im- proving, are bound to improve. “A great country like ours cannot be kept down for any gsreat- length of time. Of course we should meet this upward tendency with wise legislation. Not only should we stop our extravagant expenditures, but we should give very careful attention to our currency question. That is a very great question, and is likely to give both parties considerable trouble next year.’” “Is there any third term talk in Indiana?” Judge Holman looked amused. “No, and somehow I can't persuade myself that there is any serious talk of that kind anywhere. Surely the democratic party wiil “have enough on its hands next year without taking that up.” o— Perronal Mention. Thomas Q. Seabrooke, the comedian, is a Buest at.the Arlington. Mr. Warren F. Leland, the proprietor of the Windsor, at Jacksonville, Fla., and of the Windsor, New York, arrived at the Ar- Mngton this’ morning. Mr. Vernon H, Brown, the New York agent of the Cunard line of steamers, Mrs. Brown, ‘3 Vernon Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Brown and Mrs. Stephen H. Brown are at the Shorelam on a s:ghtsee- ing visit to the capital. H. Shugio, a Japanese resident of New York, who Came on to see Minister Kurino on business, is at the Shoreham. He was accompanied by G. agasaki and K. Mi- yagawa, who returned to Gotham this morning. Mr. Digby Bell and Mrs. Laura Joyce Bell, the comic cpera artists, are at the gs House. Mr. R. G. Burke, who has been at the Ocean House, Newport, all the summer, has returned to his post at the Riggs House. Misses Ffollintt Paget and Miss Lelia y, the actresses, are at the Riggs Admiral Fegiber arrived at the Ebbitt this morning from Easton, Md. Major J. B. Quinn, U. S. A., is a late ar- rival at the Ebbitt from New Orleans, where Major H. B. Mellen of the army ts also stopping. Capt. Wortman Gibson has recovered from a severe attack of fever and is again able to be out. Capt. W. P. Atwell, U. S. A., retired, is iting friends at 14t0 Q street. ‘ Lieut. R. S. Welsh, fourth cavalry, is at the Ebbitt House. vi Lieut. H. B, Mellen is at 1009 New Hampshire avenue. Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont, with his son, is stopping at Page's. Senator Marion Butler of North Carolina is a guest at the Shoreham. At a meeting of the woman’s educa- tional congress at Atlanta, Thursday last, Mrs. W. D. Cabell read a paper on “'So- cial Distinctions in the United States.”” Assistant Commissioner Wilson of the in- ternal revenue bureau is Il with gastric fever, but Is expected to be able to resume his official duties next week. Mr. Richard Watson Gilder, who has been the President's guest at Woodley, left for his home in Nesy York this morning. — State Department Changes. The following changes have been made in the Department of State as a result of the recent resignations of Mr. F. J. Ki hoefer, chief of the bureau of accounts Mr. Edward Haywood, Clerk of class four in that bureau: Edward L. Whitehouse of Maine, promoted from clerkship of class one to class four; Miss Caroline Lawrence of the District of Columbia, from class 31,000 to class one; Mrs. Louisa A. Pratt of Massachusetts, from class $900 to class $1,000; Robert B. Mosher of Kentucky, from class one to class three; Miss Minnie W. Goss of New York, from class $1,000 to class one; Mrs. Stella A. Gale of New Yerk, from class $H0 to class $1,000; Geo. Bartle of Virginia, reduced from class four to class one; Gaillard Hunt of Louisiana, from class three to class four: Charles H. Campbell of the District of Columbia, from class two to class three; Thomas T. Keiler of Pennsylvania, from class one to class two. ‘SOME BETS ON HURST Baltimore Democrats Express Them- selves More Hope‘ul. LOWNDES SUCTESS ALSO PREDICTED Believed That Williams Will Be Elected Mayor. SS NEWS FROM OTHER STATES —— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., November 4.—If the sanguine expressions and prophecies of success emanating from both republican and democratic headquarters today are to be regarded as sincere, then never were two political parties on the eve of a po- tical battle more confident of success. Both sfdes° are claiming everything in sight, and both Chairman Wellington of the republican committee and Chairman Talbott of the democratic state com- mittee assure all inquirers that they ex- ect to see their respective tickets elected. Neither chairman was willing to give out an estimate, but each claimed the election for his le by “ However sincere tne may be, there !s no question of the sincerit; of Chairman Wellington's belief that Lowndes will be elected, and the trend of popular opinion is unquestionably in that direc All the indications point to the election of the head of the republican state ticket, and a canvass cf the various clubs, banks, commercial and industria! establish- ments shows a tremendous deflection from rks of the democracy. Whether the landslide upon which the republicans are nding for the election of Lowndes will 1" majorities. democratic claims romp the democratic city ticket is an epen question, but the general belief is that the mayoralty will go to Williams, the democratic nominee, and that to insure his the demoeratic jieaders will, if ¥, Sacrifice Hurst. end iS, hstand- ing the demoe elect ion they v their entire ticket. They say that they can easily overcome a defection cf 10,000 or lemoy votes and win out. They are strongl: ed with money, and know how to use it to good purpose. Eoth committees were hard at work terday, and arrangements are being m teday to s voters who cast their ball in the counties to their hoi others to the city. ard county is causing the sigeratle anxiety, and it is row believed thet Senator Gorman w feated in his own county The Star corresponcent called on I. Free- man Ragin, Congr man H. W. Rusk, Jobn J. Mahon, Sheriff John Quinn and other demecratic leaders at neon toda and found all bus: the city headyuar- ters. Mr, Rusk 1 be de- d that he felt very contident that Mr. Hur: would carry the city by a antial majority, and that the demo- dd elect the entire city ticket i said Mr. Rasin, who is bette the “Boss of Baltimore.” phatically that he that the entire democ elected by a good major wn pressed similar views. Saturday and yesterday no democrats or otlers would put up any money on Hurst, but today the sporting men are taking all the Lowndes money Observers the part of the democrat: ed on the fact that the town is full of strangers, who, thcy allege, have been breught here for repeating tomorrow. One large lcdging house has fifry new Icdgers, who arrived this morning fro Philadelphia and New ‘k, and ev saloon along Market pace and lower timore street seems to be crowded with strange men. The ward headqu , 100, are crowded, and t leaders of these men seem to be in se. precinct subbosses. MEINERS SUPPORT LOWNDES. t conference with the What the Republican Candidate Says of the Fight Special Dispatch to Even CUMBERLAND, Ma., Lloyd Lowndes arrived yesterday rr. November 4.— in this city earls morning, after having practically closed his campaign with a rousing meet- ing at Hagerstown Saturday night. Mr Lowndes was seen this morning by a Star reporter and said that he was feeling very well after his long and hard campaign. “The work,” said Mr. Lowndes, “which would otherwise have been tedious, has been greatly lightened by the kind manner with which I have been received at all the places I have vis “I went into this campaign to win on the merits of the party's platform and feel confident that we will win. “I have tried to make the campaign a clean one, and fcel that I have done so. The result will be known,” said Mr. Lowndes, “on next Wednesday, when it will be seen that the republicans and many independent democrats have become tired of the rule of ringsters aud bosses, and the old state will be free once more. Mr. Lowndes has resumed his duties at the bank of which he is president, and is clearing away the work which has accu- mulated during his absence from this city. The political pot is boiling merrily here today, and the candidates on both local Uuck=ts are making a door-to-door canva The democrats do not concede this county but that Lowndes will about 700 ma- jor’ vhile the republicans are confident of giving him at 1 double that number. Sentiment for Mr. Lowndes !s growing each hour throughout the county. J. B. Wrieht of Philadelphia is touring this ccunty, sent here, it is said, by democrats to raise dissension among the miners and labor organizations. Th's iour has been anything but satisfactory to Mr. Wright, as the miners and labor organizations of the George's creek region met at Frost- burg Saturday night and decided to sup- port Mr. Lownd, The Frostburg Mining Journal, which has taken no part in the campaign up to this time, came out for Mr. Lowndes today. IN NORTHERN OHIO. Some Reasons Why the Republican Vote Will Decline. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 4.—It has been many years since there has been such interest shown in a political campaign in this section of the state as in the one which ends tomorrow night. There are elements of uncertainty in this contest, which are keep- ing every one guessing as to the result. It is generally conceded that Gen. Bushnell will carry the state, but by a greatly reduced majority. The democrats have been making a: still hunt today. They are making a bold claim of the legislature, many declaring that they will also capture the entire state ticket, but their claim fs regarded merely as a political boast, which means nothing. The forces which have entered into the campaign, and which are making the results much a puzzle today, are that there is considerable repub- lican disaffection in this and in Lucas coun- ties. In Lucas county the party dissensions may be sufficient to cause the defeat of the republican legislative ticket, and in this ed. ’ ounty they will doubtless cause the defeat of at least two on the county ticket. ‘To complicate conditions, the saloon keep- ers of the state have been making a still hunt. All will vote largely with the demo- cfatic party, on account of their objection to the Haskell local option law. Both parties have made brilliant cam- paigns in northern Ohio. The democrats hope to reduce the republican majority cf a year ago and to capture the legislature, thereby securing the re-election of Senator Brice. If Gov. Campbell makes a brilliant run he will doubtless be a strong presi- dential possibility. Republicans claim today that the only question which interests them is whether the majority of Gen. Bushnell will be 20,000 or 70,000, They admit that the legislature Will be close. Hugo Pryor, the chairman of the populist state committee, claims that Gen. Coxey wiil be elected. Tne populists may poll 60,000 votes. ALL ONE WAY. Close of a Brief and Unevenifal Cam- paign in Massachusetts, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BOSTON, Mass., November 4.—With the republican rally in Faneull Hall at noon to- day the Massachusetts campaign practical- ly closed. It has been a relatively brief campaign and not an eventful one. There has never been a question as to the re-elec- ticn of Governor Greenhalge, and the only point to be decided on electfon day is the size of his plurality. But this {s important in the light it will throw on the prospects in the state next year when presidential, congressional and state tickets will all be in the fi The uncertain factor in bay state politics this year is the A. P. A. organization. No one has yet been able to determine its strength in the state, but from the anti Greenhalge ghowing ‘n the state -onven- tion, it would seem that about one-third of ican party will be in sympathy the order. They had influence enongh in the conven- tion to secure a platform which they all in- aorsed, and wili undoubtedly prefer Green- halge running as its exponent to Williams, who is personally as hostile to them as Greenhalge, and stands on a platform which denounces their order by name. Greenhalge, therefore, can count on the full republican vote. It is quite certain, moreover, that he will get many Irish-American yotes, not only as : offset to any possible A.P.A. defection, use Williams, when running for against General Draper, made a speech severely scoring Patrick Egan, their minister to Chile. Repnblicans put Greenhalge’s probable plurality at 75,000 or $0,000, amd democrats give him 40,00 to 50,000. There is certainly no reason to believe he will fall below his last year’s plurality of 65,000, but will he ry Boston, with its normal 10,000 demo- tic majority Republicans claim that he will, but demo- crats, with more show of. probability, say that no disaster fs likely to sweep the classic hub from their control. —_. GORMAN Is CONFIDENT. , the repus w) He Expects to Carry .;the State of Maryland Tomorrow. Senator Gorman of Maryland walked down 15th street this morning, the picture of a man who has something good in store for himself in the near furure. The dig- nity, almost amounting to taciturnity, of the Maryland Senator is known to every cre. Whether the politicit cards are turn- ing up trumps or spote, as a fule, there is no movement of a musele onsthe face of Gorman. He is unreadable and his words are in acccrd with his outWard appearance, for they civulge nothing of the sentiments of the Senator except thase which it is his desire that every one should know, and which are calculated to advance his cause. For this reason the Seflator’s appearance on the street this morning, which was one of confidence, may be significant. He was, met by a Star reporter, who remarked that tomorrow would be an impyrtant day for Maryland. “Why, ves,” replied Senator Gorman, as if recalling the affairs of nis native state to mind, as a lawyer might the facts of one of his legal cases, “we have an election cver in Maryland tomorrow.” Then the Senator smiled, and when asked if he had made up his mind what the fig- ures would be, again replied: “Oh, I never give figures untikafter the election. That is the best way to do it. But we will carry the state. ‘There is no doubt about that. We have had a pretty lively and interesting campaign; hut we always have that in Maryland. loth sides have been heard, and, having presented the it goes to the people.” are not feeling uneasy about the re- sul “Oh, no; not in the least." And tRe Sen- ator gave a smile of confident satisfaction as he turned up H street going toward the Arlington Hotel. ELECTION GHT BULLETINS. ‘The Star's Complete Arrangements for Quick and Accurate Service. The Star has made preparations for a prompt and complete display of election returns tomorrow night, and has provided facilitics that should give the most com- plete information regarding the battle of the ballots to every citizen of the District. A giant screen has been erected on the curb opposite the main building on the avenue side, where the displayed returns can be viewed by many thousands of peo- ple gathered in the open space in front of the post office site. The display of re- turns will begin as soon as there is suffi- cient darkness to enable the letters on the sereen to be seen from. the street, and will be continued until decisive intelligence has been received from the several points of interest throughout thé country. Realiz- ing that the success of an election night bulletin depends upon the frequency and freshness of its Items, The Star has made arrangements for the receipt of returns from several reliable sources. It is expected that with this complete service The Star will be able to provide the people with election news of the latest deseription and the most reliable character, while cartoon- ists and poets will be on hand to enliven such moments of waiting as may intervene between dispatches. a The Star’s mechanical equipment in this di ion is unsurpassed and owing to the use of improved devices it is able to throw the clearest possible characters upon the screen without the least delay, giving black letters upon a white ground, which is a departure from the old-time methods in stereopticon work. The sun sefs tomorrow at 5:37 o’clock and darkness intervenes a very few minutes from that hour, so that in all probability the Arst returms displayed on the screen will be flashed at about 6 o'clock, which will give the people a chance to get dinner and to return early to the vicinity of The Star office to get good places from which the bulletins can be seen. > — Notice to Smbacribers. : Subscribers are earnestly requested to report any irregularity in the @e- livery of The Star and also apy failure on the part of the carrier"to ring the door bell. A proper service can only be main- tained through the courtesy of sub- scribers in reporting shortcomings. EIGHT CANDIDATES That Many Presidential Aspirants Anxious About Tomorrow. THEIR FORTUNES AFFECTED BY RESULTS Harrison, Reed and Allison Not in the Storm’s Track. GUESSING AS TO CLEVELAND —_+—____ Tomorrow's figures are awaited with all the greater interest and impatience for the reason that the fortunes of at least eight presidential candidates will in some meas- ure, it is thought, Be affected by the results of the day. The field is wide, the uncertainty and the possibilities great, the line of speculation somewhat involved, and out of these conditions has grown a perfect forest of interrogation points. You pick your favorite, and you answer the gues- tion or questions apply:ng to him in a way to suit either your prejudices or your own information. Take New York. Take New York. If the democrats lose, to what extent will Mr. Hill be injured? If they win, to what extent will he be bene- fited? If Mr. Hill is knocked owt®will there be anything left for Mr. Whitney? Will another republican triumph in the state make Gov. Morton a more positive auan- tity In the national field than he now is? If the republicans lose the state, will that take him out of the field? And if he goes out, will the state, under Mr. Platt’s leader- ship, be transferred to Mr. Reed's column? bi About Ohio? Take Ohio. If Mr. Campbell wins, will that inevitably make him the national democratic leader next year? If Mr. Campbell loses the governorship and Mr. Brice carries the legislature and is re- elected to the Senate, will that carry with it the party’s presidential nomination? And how would the nomination of an Ohio man for the presidency by the democrats affect the case of Gov. McKinley? Would the republicans go there also for their can- didate in an effort to save the state next year? If Gov. McKinley is injured by to- morrow’s result, who will benefit? Gen. Harrison, a near neighbor on one side, or ae Allison, a near neighbor on another side? Carlisle in Kentacky. Take Kentucky. Can Mr. Carlisle secure the state's instructions next year for the presidency? Can he benefit either by the success or the defeat of the Hardin-Black- burn combination? If the combination wins, will it not fight him with all the prestige of office? If it loses, will not the individuals composing it fight him with all the bitterness of personal soreness and the energy of men seeking. seveng2? And, w:th Mr. Carlisle out of it, to whom would | the wate of the state be Mkely to go? Maryland and Gorman. Then Maryland. If Mr. Hurst is defeat- ed, of how much of his power at home will Mr. Gorman be shorn? If Mr. Hurst wins, how much stronger will Mr. Gorman be- eeme? Strong enough to ask for presiden- tial instructicns next year for himself? And strong enough to get them? Or will he content kimeclf merely with heading a delegation selected to obey his slightest red, and with which he may figure as a king-maker in the national convention? And if he plays so prominent a part in next year’s convention, will he undertake the Management of the campaign to follow? And if Mr. Gorman goes at the head of the democratic committee, will the republicans match him with Mr. Platt or Mr. Quay? Speculation as to Cleveland. Shall Mr. Cleveland be considered in this line cf spezulation? Some democrats insist upon it. If the democratic loss is heavy and general tomorrow, will not that alone put an end vo all third term talk? Will he not be charged with having brought the perty t> so hopeless and helpless a state? Will it not ke urged to shake itself clear of his influence as con as possible? Or may it not at once be urged that it ls only when Mr. Cleveland is its leader before the peo- ple that the party is able to win? Besides, with Hill, Campbell, Brice, Gorman and Carlisle all winged at one shot, to whom else can the party turn with any hope at all? Will not Mr. Cleveland in that event be the democracy’s only refuge? Will not its helpless soul hang on him? Three Not Directly Affected. General Harrison, Mr. Reed and Mr. Alli- son are not directly in the track of tomor- row's storm. There is an election in Iowa, but the republicans feel absolutely certain of success, and hence Mr. Allison is not at all anxious about the roof over his head. He can well afford to join General Harrison and Mr. Reed, and unexcitedly wait to hear the news from the storm centers, and fru- gally pick up and put by anything gf value that the winds from a distance may deposit in his bailiwick. The eyes of those three gentlemen are thought to be fixed on New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. As matters now stand, Mr. Reed and Governor McKin- ley divide that territory. The Ohio candi- date has his own state and the bulk of Penn- sylvania, while Mr. Reed, with Governor Morton out of the way, has the Platt influ- ence in New York and is Mr. Quay’s second ckoice in Pennsylvania. Will tomorrow's blow change this situation? And, if so, in whose favor? Harrison's? Reed’s? or Alli- son’s? And, if to any, to what extent? Permission to Hunt. In order to secure uniformity on the sub- ject at all army posts, Maj. Gen. Miles has decided that department and post com- manders may grant permission to hunt for periods not exceeding those for which they are authorized to grant ordinary leaves of absence. o—___ THANKSGIVING DAY. The President’s Proclamation Dens- ignating November 2s. President Cleveland today issued a procla- mation designating Thursday, November 28, as Thanksgiving day. The proclama- tion follows: “The constant goodness and forbearance of Almighty God, which have been vouch- safed to the American people during the year which is just past, call for their sin- cere acknowledgment and devout gratitude. To the end, therefore, that we may with thankful hearts unite in extolling the lov- ing care of our Heavenly Father, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby appoint and set apart Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of the present month of November, as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer, to be kept and observed by all our people. On that day let us forego our usual occupations, and in our accus- tomed places of worship join in rendering thanks to the Giver of every good and per- fect gift for the bounteous returns that have rewarded our labors in the fields and in the busy marts of trade, for the peace and order that have prevailed throughout the land, for our protection from pestilence and dire calamity, and for the other bless- ings that have been showered upon us from an open hand. And with our thanksgiving, let us humbly beseech the Lord to so in- cline the hearts of our people unto Him that He will not leave us nor forsake u®as a nation, but will continue to us His mercy and protecting care, guiding us in the path of naticnal prosperity and happiness, en- duing us with rectitude and virtue and keeping alive within us a patriotic love for the free institutions, which have been given to us as our national heritage. And let us also on the day of our thanksgiving es- pecially remember the poor and needy, and by deeds of charity let us show the sin- cerity of our gratitude. in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city fourth day of Nov of Washington this mber, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nienty-five, and in the one hundred and twentiett vear of the independence of the United States. (Signed) GROVER CLEVELAND. By the President: EICHARD OLNEY, Secretary of State. '§ PLACE CHAIRMAN CARTER Gomment on the Reported War Upon Him by General Harrison's Friends. The Move Considered to Be Bad Politics, as It Would Alienate the Silver Men. ® The information that comes from Indian- applis to the effect that ex-Attorney Gen- eral Michener, Gen. Harrison's old and con- fidential friend, had declared war against Chairman Tom Carter of the national re- publican committee because of the latter's supposed antagonism to Gen. Harrison’s candidacy for another term in the White House and also because of his views on the silver question, caused considerable discus- sion among politicians in this city today. _ A good many friends of Me. Carter do not credit this information with being altogether accurate. Within the last’week, it is stated on good authcrity, Mr. Carter remarked to an intimate friend here that he would favor the nomination of Mr. Harrison, whom he believed to be a very safe man to head the republican ticket. It will be remembered that when Mr. Carter came east last sum- mer and made a special visit to Gen. Hare rison that he was quoted as saying that he would favor Mr. Harrigen’s candidacy if the latter would merely promise not to veto any silver legislation that Congress might enact. It was generally understood that Mr. Carter failed to get such a promise, and that, while he was disappointed, he proposed merely to wait for future developments. What Silver Men Say. The prominent silver men argue that if republican managers and friends of Gen. Harrison open war on everybody who is not if accord with them on the money question they will tend to drive the silver men out of the party. They say that Mr. Carter is a republican, with a strong at- tachment for his party organization, and many believe that if he finds himself un- able to secure the nomination of a silver jan at the national convention he wiil bow to the will of the majority and do the text best thirg. He-has been looked upon as a Harrison man, whose only objection to the ‘President ‘s the latter’s views cn the s'lver question. If he is driven from he cha’rmanship of the national commit- tee by Harrison's friends this act may not cause him to leave his party, but it is thought very likely it vill weaken him as a friend of Harrison, so that if he makes up his mind that no silver man can be chosen, and that a sound money republi- can must be nominated, he will be more apt to cast his influénce for some cne else. For these reasons it is thought that it would be very bad politics for Harrison's friends to open war on Chairman Carter. Mr. Carter comes from a strong silver state, and his hold on <he senatorship could hardly be possthle f he were any- thing but a free silver man. He haa talked free silver liberally, and has declared time and again that_the free silver men meant to be recognized. But no one could reason- spect him to take any other position. Mr. Harrison Has Enemies. It is thought, too, that Mr. Harrison's friends will not fail to recognize the fact that their favorite has enemies. Ex-Sena- tor Warner Miller became indignant last summer over what he regarded on the part of General Harrison's friends as an at- tempt to secure a snap judgmenf on the republican nomination, and he then said that no such action would be tolerated in the republican party and that the nomina- tional would have to be made at the na- tional convention and not before. Thomas Cc. Platt of New York is generally credited with being anxious to keep Harrison in the background, and Matthew Stanley Quay of Pennsylvania, Sam Fessenden of Connecti- cut, General James S. Clarkson of Iowa are also ranged in supposed unending hos tility to the ex-President’s renomination. This is no small array of opposition, and if a fight is opened on Mr. Carter it will doubtless tend to excite a more hostile feeling on the part of the silver men, and this feeling, it is thought, will do greater harm than could possibly result from al- lowing a silver man to remain at the head of the national committee. But General Harrison’s friends are deeply in earnest and in Senator Stephen B. El- kins of West Virginia they have a leader who fs generally acknowledged to be one of the most sagacious politicians of the coun- try, and it is likely that if Mr. Elkins wants Mr. Carter's place the effort to de- pese him will be made. THE RAM KATAHDIN. Indications That It May Not Be Re- jected. The Indications are that the ram Katah- din will not be rejected, notwithstanding her failure to accomplish all that was re- quired of her in the matter of speed. As the vessel, which is otherwise perfect, mace several hundred horsepower more than she was criginally designed for, it is now quite apparent that the difficulty lies in the pe- culiar model of the ship, which the Bath iron works did not design or alter in ary way. They are not pressing for another trial, believing that all that is possible has been gotten out of the boat. As the law under which the Katahdin was built im- pcsed no requirement as to speed, and the only stipulation on that point is contained in the contract, it is probable that Secre- tary Herbert may decide, in view of the fact that there was ro bid in competition with that of the Bath iron works, to ar- range for the acceptance of the’ vessel, with perhaps a slight deduction from the cortract price. The vessel has been ordered to proceed to the r: vy yard, New York, to await fur- ther action. Mr. C. E. Hyde, president of the Path iron works, does not believe the gcvernment will reject the vessel. Her off'- cial speed was 16.11 knots, whereas her re- avired speed .was seventeen knota. See ARRESTED IN HONDURA: That Government Has Offered to Sur- render Embezzler A. K. Ward. News has reached here of the arrest in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, of A. K. Ward, the Memphis, Tenn., embezzler. Although this government has no extradi- tion treaty with Honduras, the officials of that country have voluntarily offered to surrender the prisoner to the officers who will be sent from Tennessee to bring him to the United States. ++ —___ Governments Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $473,200. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $875,083; customs, $424,715, miscellaneous, $85,365. DISTRICT MATTERS Topics Discussed Before the Com- missioners Today. MESSRS, BIBNEY AND WOLF IN A TILT An Incident of a Hearing Given the Fire Underwriters. MARKET COMPANY’S CLAIM ———— Three important hearings occupied the attention of the Commissioners this morn- ing. First of all was an application from the laborers employed in the county for an increase of pay from $1.25 per day to $1.50 per day, and be relieved of the burden of purchasing their tools. Next came Gen- eral William Bi . Yepresenting the Washington Market Company, to protest against the recent order of the Commis- sioners clearing the north side of B street. A delegation from the fire underwriters of the city were heard last in support of its proposition to increase the number ef com- panies in the fire department, and provide an inspector whose duty it shall be to reg- ularly inspect all cellars and other places where inflammable material is kept. Gen. Birney was given a supplemental hearing, in which he took occasion to roundly score the fire underwriters. Mr. Simon Wolf responded with cutting sar- casm, and the morning session of the board was brought to a close after an exchunge of compliments between the two. Lawyer Jones, according to previous ar- rangement, appeared before the Commis- sioners at 11 o'clock and presented the petition from the laborers engaged in the county on District work, praying for an increase of pay. He read the petition, which he said was signed by forty-two la- borers in behalf of 130. Many of them had been in the service of the District for years, Before Congress passed the eight-hour law he said these men received $1.50 per day for their work. The Commissioners prom- ised to consider the matter. The fire underwriters were then ready to be heard, but the chairman gave way to Gen. William Birney, who stated he desired only a few moments’ conversation with the Commissioners upon an important subject. B Street and the Market. Gen. Birney called attention to the order recently given to the police to clear the sidewalk of B street, and read the order to Major Mocre, which said: “The Commis- sioners direct me to instruct you to prevent the occupancy by market wagons or stands of produce dealers of any portion of the sidewalk or rozdway on the north side of B street ncrth between 7th and {th streets north, except for so long as such occupan- cy may be necessary for ordinary uses.” This order, said Gen. Birney, was evident- ly issued under a misapprehension of the facts. The charter of the Market Com- pany, he held, runs to the middle of B street. The Market Company, he said, had nothing to say avout the street, but the stands outside of the market were ap- purtenant thereto, and without the jurisdic- tion of the Commissioners. They were lo- cated on the sidewalk, it is true, but with- in the line controlled by the Market Com- pany under its charter. Maj. Powell sa he did not think the sidewalks were included in the order, al- though he was free to admit that he be- lieved the sidewalk on the north side of B street was the property of the District. The District laid the sidewalk and set the curb, said Commissioner Truesdell. “Exactly; but you cannot acqfiire a right to property by simply laying a sidewaik or setting a few feet of curb,” replied General Birney. “Now, as a matter of fact, the market company has been in undisputed possession of this street—I mean to the middie of B sireet, which fs supposed to be the bank of the old canal—for over twenty years. “If there is anything that you do not un- derstand, examine the charter, but do not proceed so abruptly, without even serving notice upon the Market Company, and or- der the immedjate abandonment of the street and sidewaik Let's go into court. the Market Company is ready and willing. and settle this matter in a legal and proper wa: Commissioner Powell thought the Market Company should go into cours, if it desired the matter settled legaily. Surely it was Not the District’s place to institute pro- c-elings. Comm.ss!oner Truesdeli somewhat s General Birney by stating that the District had caused an official survey of B street to be made, and the result justified the state- ment that the sidewalk belongs to the public, and he thought it was the duty of the Com- m'ss‘oners to take charge of it. General Birney asked if it was the purpose of the Commissioners to include the side- walk on the north side of the mark: but the Commissioners answered that it was not a parallel case. General Birney sa‘d he could not believe that the Commiss‘oners really proposed to use force to compel the execution of an order of which the market company had never been given notice. Commissioner Truesdell said that was the way the Commissioners have to settle all such cases. When they found people in iliegal occupancy they were moved off. After further discussion General Birney intimated that an Injunction would be taken out preventing the District from en- forcing the order until the case had been judicially determined. The Fire Underwriters. Mr. Simon Wolf, representing the fire un- derwriters, was next recognized. He said at a recent meeting of the board several questions of much importance to the as- scciaticn as well as the public generally had arisen, and a committee composed cf Messrs. H. K. Simpson, Henry Burge, W. Riley Deeble and himself had been appoint- ed to lay the matter before the Commis- sioners. First of all it was the desire of the asso- ciation to co-operate with the District Com- missioners to have the fire department en- larged. The present depattment was thor- oughly efilcient, but it was not large enough for the city. Then there was the matter of a more eflicient fire alarm service. The present one was not reliable. But perhaps the most important matter the committee had to invite attention to was that of the appointment cf an Inspector, whose duty it should be to inspect the various business houses of the city, and to prevent by re- porting to the proper authorities the ac- cumulation of waste, from which fires so often originate. In every large city of the country there is, he said, a public inspector and he inspects the risks, especially the cellars conducive to contlagrations. If the Commissioners have no appropria- tion to pay such a man, ‘t was recommend- ed that an amendatory estimate be sub- mitted to Congress covering the expense. For the present the board of underwriters was willing to pay the salary of an inspec- tor if the Commissicners would only clothe him with proper official authority. The Commissioners questioned their au- thority to cover the matter by a police reg- ulation, stating the courts were very strict in their interpretation of the Commission- ers’ powers, limiting them to those matters covered by Congress. Mr. Wolf suggested that it the Commis- sicners had the right to appoint additional policemen and give them authority to make arrests, they certainly had the power to appoint a fire inspector. After Mr. W. Riley Deeble had set forth his belief that the Commissioners could make a regulation under the same law that gave them the right to make health regula-