Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1895, Page 8

8 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. ee = A . , and th > PELL LL GOP I THE EM PIRE STATE Me en aOs ae eat Ss el f=h el uickens 3 was not enforced before. But it is com- = Ww. AND Cloths for Cloaks— Q z plained that the expenditures of the “hon- E wae The A tite é est” administration have far exceeded those a Ore Sa eee —AT— foo Thre Things Involved in the Eleo- | sensive personal sumovaticrs have been ine | YOu are weak, “run-down,” apa ee Y 9 S =| Makes the’ tion Result Tomorrow. the extreme reformer and the anti-fusion i health is frail,strength gone. Corer Eleventh. 22d near M. I ° z Weak Strong. ~ | Rot reformed as he should ae that there Doctor! — your Sek an- 4 q are many thousand Tammany men still in |! gomia—there, is a -fam- a = : $ ee 5 WHAT THE OUTLOOK IS AT PRESENT | been dismizsed toneazo, and cha: avcursis- | ine in your blood. Scote’s J of the c Sa { Overstocked Sale The best shopping place in town is where the $ yf = R S into the poskets of “rammansicen, with a | Emulsion of cod-liver oil; Of Furniture began this morning extremes are brought closest together—the best £ T ~ . Mr. Foster Coates, who is very active in| With hy popk hites, is ti u a : F ‘ammany May Win in the City, | « so Me xb with hypophosphites, is the and will last onfy till Satordayaight jues and the lowest prices. We don’t know } The'Oply Gold Medal oe Ye eres oie cncoes a ee | Lest ed aaeaneae path The big list of values we published | Wetca ee Se owcst pee 3 : but Democrats Lose the State. York city, said to your correspondent today § & in the Saturday and Sunday pa- |$ Where there is better or cheaper than here. 3 S ‘ all | that he did not see. how it was possible for | YOUT strength back—your pers have crowded every floor | K 9 arsapari a among others, that, the reform a nistra~ doctor will tell you that. ei hla ay ee = PS = - Proven a disappointment. and was of ee ee We try hard to gather a stock of Wraps—ready made—that $| Has Cured ee el Seite cee eeeers qo aes will suit everybody. But that is impossible. We equip ourselves $ Rireng. faniulions of money still expended | the digestion is weak it is ture in the house is reduced— for every contingency. +/ Others lerity of the administration of the excise bargains for every one who has a furniture need. Judge all reductions by these few: Bed Room Suites. : $30 Uak Bed Koom Suite. $24 Onk-Finish Suite. $16 Solid Oak Suite.. Chiffoniers. $14 White Enamel Chiffonier. Library and Parlor Chairs. $15 Arm Chair, mahogany finish. $10 Library Chair, corduroy... $10 Overstuffed Corner Chair, fringed... .$5.00 $6.50 Gold Corner Chair, damask. India ‘Seat Parlor and Bed Room Tables. $6.75 Table, 3 woods. $6.00 Brass and Onyx Table. $3.00 Tabourette, 2 woods. $1.75 Solid Oak Table. . Pad Aftique French Table. ee E Day a Red Letter Day. Honest money. values for the Look over our offerings. See them for yourself. Prices can give you no conception of the sterling values in every line. Men’s Overcoats, $7.50 Up. Blue, black, brown, gray and tan— kersey, beaver, cassimere, cheviot, serge urd Thibet cloths. Prices start at $7.00. Men’s Suits, $4 Up. In every conceivable style, shade and design. Cassimeres, cheviots, shetlands, $5.50, $6, $8.75, $9.50, $10, $16.50, $17.50, “Men’s Pants, $1.25 Up. A line that comprises everything neut and “dressy.” Such tempting styles. Such amazing prices. $1.25, $1.60, $1.87, $2, $2.50, $2.78, $3, $3.50, $3.75, $4. Boys’ Suits. LONG PANTS. Sizes 14 to 18 years. $4.75, 95, $6, $7.50. SHORT PANTS. Sizes 4 to 15 years. $1, $1.25, $2, 2.50, $3, $3.50, $4, $4.50. Victor E. Adler’s 10 Per Cent Clothing House, e772 7th St. Cor Mass. ave. Open ‘til 7 p.m. Meltona and worsteds. $4, $6.45, $7.50, $15, $13.75, $2.98, $3.50, SATURDAYS "TIL 11 P.M. * oc29-100d Isa fair and square flat-footed fact that we have re« duced the price of alfthe Furniture, Carpets, Mattings, Draperies, Stoves, Crockeryware, Bedding, Fancy Lamps, Bric-a-Brac, we've got in stock. There are no excep- tions and no half-way work —but Every cut is to the very quick. House & Herrmann, ‘The Leading Hovsefurnishers, 917, 919, 921 AND 923 TTH ST. no2-84d. 636 MASS. AVE. % Se a se a Whiskey. We have all the BEST whiskies in America. All your favorites are here. Can’t help but suit you. Will you call or shall we send a bottle up to the house? POO $1 hot. h at 31.25 bot. E CO., 614 14th. *Phone’ 098. el4-3mn.20 Cold, Bleak DaysWiil Come. ger 8. B.SEXTON & SON'S Latrobes, Furnaces and Ranges. They Are the Best. For sale by the PRINCIPAL STOVE DEALERS IN ezssm WASHINGTON, D. ©. For the disappointed ones—those who have ideas they want to give shape—we provide an assortment of Wrap Cloths that sure- ly leave nothing to be wished for. We know just where to go to get the best. And the best weavers know us and our trade—and give us the most exclusive they create. We have never seen the fabrics more attractive-—or the novel- ties more numerous—or the prices more reasonable. Within the week we have added several new effect* The Latest Arrivals. . Black Cheviot—$1.50 a yd. Black Poucle—$2, $2.50, $2.75 and $3 a yd. Black Basket Cloth—$2.75 Black Diagonal—$3.25 a a yd. : 56-inch Black Diagonal— 3 yd. ' All these are favorites: 50-inch Black Novelties, Wool-$2.50 a yd. Mohair—$3.00 a yd. 54-inch Black Beaver—$3 Rough—$3.00 a yd. Smooth—$3.50 a yd. §2-inch Black and Brown Zibeline—$3.50 a yd. 54-inch Black Irish Frieze— $3.50 a yd. 56-inch Black Vicunas— $3.50 a yd. 54-inch Black Kersey— $3.50 a yd. 50-inch Boucle Novelties— Green and Black, Tts'and ack @ a Black, Gry’ and Black 91.85 a yd. 58-inch Scotch Cheviots— ‘Tam Cneces’ $1.75 a yd. 52-inch Mohair Novelties— Green with Black, = Navy Blue with Black—$2.50 a yd. PERRY’S, “Ninth and the Avenue.” Established 1840, Telephone 995. ot And Will Cire You. AYER'S CHERRY LECTORAL FOR COUGHS. lf ‘THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SURE and use that ok] and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for ehildren seething. It soothes the child. noftens the = in, cures wind colic and is the rei for larrhoea. 25 cents a bottle. aeld-ly RECAMIER CREAM. Sample post" paid On receipt of 25 cts. mh20-m 131 West Siet_st. LADIES ARE GREATLY BENEFITED BY THE ets use of Dr. Sicgert’s ura Bitters, the re- tiowned South American tonic. CHARGES AGAINST HEALY Sete 54-inch Boucle Novelties— Seegestosdondontontontbateetentententendentontonsensorseod¥ate tote Brown. Navy Blue, ray. Red ‘and Black, Green— eg A General Oomplaint Made by Officers $2.50, $2.75 and $3 a yd. Who Served Under Hina, 52-inch Brown Cheviot— s : sescaea He is Now in a Serious Condition == Result of a Fall From s4-inch Navy Boucles—$2 ee, and $3 a yd. 56-inch Rough Navy Bou- Charges have been filed at the Navy De- cles partment against Capt. A. M. Healy, com- Pretty Plaid d. manding the revenue cutter Bear, flagshi; : ayd. 3 , flagship ___ Back Plt $4 a} of the Bering-sea patrol last summer. They * ES J are general rather than specific. They oo English Covert are made by officers of the revenue cutter loths— service who have served under Capt. Hea- ly. Among the number are Chief Engineer E. L. Swartz, First Lieut. George E. Mc- Connell, First Lieut. Worth E. Ross and Chef Engineer George R. Daily. of tan $3.75 a yd. 58-inch Eng! sh Tweeds— Bre Caen $2.60 a yd. Some of the Allegations. ened A general complaint is that Capt. Healy so-inch Black Astrachans— conducted himself in a discreditable manner on the last cruise of the Bear, and there = $375 tS $5, $6.50 and are eight specifications. One of the charges 7.50 a yd. is that he placed one of his subordinates eee under arrest and then ordered that no rec- ord of the action be made in the official log book. Another charge is that, in violation of the regulations of the service, Capt. Healy re- Leved the navigating officer of the Bear and $5.50 a yd. 50-inch Brown Astrachans —$5 a yd. F piaced anether officer in that position. The 3 pence substitute must have given offense to the I i captain, for he, too, was relieved before the 50-inch Black Dogskin— cruise ended and, still another officer was $7.50 a yd ordere! o navigate the Lear. ‘The language 27. yd. an¢ manner of Capt. Healy in his inter- course with his officers is the basis of a count in the general;indictmert. What the officers wko have signed the paper evidently regard as one of the n-ost serious of the of- fenses charged against the captain is that, on the quarter deek.of the cutter Grant, he told another officer that he did not con- sider a second engineer as a fit person to introduce that officer, to him (Healy). Capt. Healy was.on board the British warship Pheasant om the night of Septem- ber 16, and, aceerding to the officers whe nyw oppose him,-he ordered an officer not under his immediate command to “get out of his cabin under pain of arrest.” Has Beer ip, frouble Before. Capt. Healy is one of the oldest officers in the service, and Has an excellent record. He has been.in trouble before on account of disagreements. with his ‘brother officers, 32-inch Seal Plushes—$4 a yd. 48-inch Seal Plushes—$6.50, $8 and $8.50 a yd. Lop lp Roepe ctostectostontonte eerste de cortodtontoslo de hep sd Losep odio lolol See teeter eter ete NGe ASH Reese eHe MAN ene but was invariably -Sustamed by the de- 20 OFF DIAMONDS. Notwithstanding the fact that there is every indication that the diamond cutters’ strike will cause diamonds to advance 20 to 25 per cent, we shall continue to sell our entire stock of Diamonds (with everything else in our establishment) during this “Re- tiring Sale” at a discount of 20 per cent. J. Karr, 045 Penna. Ave. nol-40e0 _ Your Nerve —need not necessarily ho of steel-like strength to undergo a dental operation here. Our absolutely painless methods of dentistry enable us to treat the most sensitive teeth without the least discom- fort to our patients. Painless extraction, 50 cents. Other charges proportional. Evans Dental Parlors, 1217 Penna. Ave. N. W. no2-24d IMPORTING JEWELER, Get the Best— “THE CONCORD HARNESS," Horse Blankets and Lap Robes in great variety and at lowest prices. LUTZ & BRO., 497 Pa. Ave. N.W. n2-164 _ (Adjoining National Hotel.) You’ll Relish a Holmes Pie== ‘The most delicious, appetizing pastry that ever left an oven. Home made—of purest materials. 20 CENTS BACH. Delivered anywhere. Order by postal. HOLMES’ LANDOVER MET., Ist and E sts. n2-16 Moran sends men to fix Latrobes **> Furnaces Who know their business from A to Z. Clever, trustworthy workmen, whose work bears the stamp of thoroughness. Reasonable charges. ‘hone 5 bet ‘Then for something new In the way of ** heaters there's a big storeful kere of different * * kinds for you to choose from. Jno. Moran, 2126 Pa. Ave. n2-140. 75 Bulbs, $i. Here's the rssortment: 12 Hyacinths, 25 Crocusses, 25 Tulips, 13 Narcissus. If you plant these now they'll bloom early in the sprirg? F. W. Bolgiano, rvonist, 1339 147TH st. 0 23-3m,12 ed 1961. FRANKLIN & CO., = Opticians, 1227 Fenn. ave., Will Remove TO THEIR NEW STORE, | No. 1203 F Street, ABOUT NOVEMEER 10. ocl8-8m YES, J. JAY GOULD (421 oth st.) has | PAFtment. He is in “Serious condition at everything for paper fancy work.| Present as a result of an accident he met Such gay things you can make for the | With at Ounalaska on ni3 last visit to that Christmas tree! ‘Tinsel, “snow, pert. He fell from a wharf @ distance of bossed scrap book paper interns, etc. fifteen feet into the water, his back striking a floating log.’ For severa? days he was in a precarious condftiof; and he is not yet entirely out of danger. : —_ MILITIA ON THE FRONTIER, dolls, paper napkins, not-Im?* Canadians Fortifying Points of Strat- GOLD-SILVER Ga { d B egy Along Alaska’s Boundary. ee A special dispatch to the Philadelphia eee: ro. Press ‘rom Port Townsend, Wash., says: A party of miners from the head waters of the Yukon river has arrived on the schooner Mary Ruhne, from Unalaska and reports that the Canadian government is establish- ing well-equipped fortifications on com- manding bluffs overlooking the strategic points on Forty-mile creek and elsewhere along the supposed international boundary line. : A large company of Canadian military police is busily engaged in exploring the country for mountain passes both in Alaska and in Canadian territcry. The loop of Forty-mile creek runs into British terri- tory, and to reach the mest valuable mines it is necessary for American miners to pass through a small portion of foreign terri- RepairiMSsrccarny. 1107 Penn. Ave. Established 1802. 0c26-tf Gray Hair A thing of the past when Nattans’ Crystal Dis- covery. use juaranteed to restore gray or feded bair to its natural color in 3 to 10 days— Positively not a dye. Stops the hair from falling out, arrests dandruff and makes the nicest dressing for’ the hair one can use. No poison No sedi ment. No stiins. Price, $1. ‘Trial size, 50e. | thre Sane piv See . c 3 tory. The river is very narrow, and the BEUN.W. Seat, express prepaid te any sare at | police have erected on overtowering cliffs express pre} to al rt of Teceipt of piles s3b-ee 25 off to days more. Many customers have informed us that they were unable to avail themselves of our 25 per cent discount sale during October, on account of being a little short of funds. They now want the discount. To accommo- date them we have concluded to extend the To November I We thank our patrons for their liberal patronage during sale. nt. Goldsmith 274, Jewelers, gu Pa. Ave. The “swellest”’ of Parisian tailors : turn out no more perfect-fitting rments—-no more exquisite creations for * Indies than we. We now have Redfern's * best cutter in our employ. You will rot & more select stock of fabri this city than are here. == ‘OWEN,” The Tailor, 423 11th Street N. W. no2-20d 106 Best Mainspring, 75c. Crystal, 10c. ¢ We have’ inereased our force of watchmakers, a re de: the country on impenetrable fortresses which completely guard travel on the river. At several other points breastworks of substantially-built stune have been erected. On the whole the actions of the police would indicate that preparations are be- ing made to accommodate large squads of militia at various points along the boundary and particularly in the vicinity of the placer mines. However, the police are very kind toward American miners, rendering them every assistance possible, and in many other ways they bestow small favors and endeavor to allay suspicion or unpleasant inquiries as to the objects of such warlike preparations. In the entire area of country in the British territory small detachments attired in citizens’ clothes have visited all important mining camps, reconnoitering the surrounding country. What their object was they would not state. On the British side are stationed customs and judicial officers, and a good system of municipal government is main- tained. The miners bring. the news that the country last spring was flooded with fully a thousand inexperienced men, who rushed into the mines and were bitterly disappoint- ed, and now they prophesy that before the approaching winter is over much suffering will be experienced. There is not enough food in the mines.to last through the win- ter. Last winter provisions ran short and hundreds of mimers became afflicted with scurvy and three-died_ eee. ROCKEFBLLER'S DONATION. Chicago University Trustees Not De- cided How to Lay It Out. Mr: John D, Rockfeller’s munificent gift of $3,000,008 to the, University of Chicago, as announced Saturday, was almost the wm fees MR. ory of work All werk warranted for one year, | Sole topic of cofivetsation yesterday at the oc28-im,6* A. KAHN, Watchmaker, 935 B a.w. | university. The trustees ;were not prepared for the gift, and accordiigly had made no plans for the outlay %f"such a sum. Dr. Good- speed, secretary of the board of trustees, said that nothing definite could now be said concerning the matter. He thought that a school of medicine and a school of law might be the outcome of Mr. Rocke- feller’s latest endowment, assuming that all of his conditions would be met by the trustees of the university. There are cther uses to which the money might be put, in- cluding the building of a new gymnasium, a woman's dormitory, or a biological lab- Grateful—Comforting Epps’s Cocoa. BREAKFAST- SUPPER. a thorough knowledge of the natural laws xcvera the cperations of digestion and nutri- and by a careful application of the fine prop- erties of well-sclected Cocoa Mr. Epps. has provided for our breakfest aud supper a delicately flavored Weverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ Uills. Tt ts by the jedicicus use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up util strong encugh to resist every tendency of di “B, yricl t! ease. Hundretls of subtle maladies are floating | oratory. Dr. Goodspeed stated that in the around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak | event of the establishment of a professional int. We may cscape many a fatal shaft school there would be no affiliation with eeping curselves well fortified with po frame."’"—Civil Service Ga- a cperly nourish any other scnook Fete. Made simply with boiling water or milk, SS fold ‘only’ tn Laif-pound tins, by grocers, labeled | The Duke of Cambridge, upon his retire. [AMES EPPS ment from the post of commander-in-chief $ © Ondon ‘Englands He Chemists, | Cr the forces, has been gazetted chief per- oc5-s,m,tu,9m NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE. Gepenter’s stan. 1920 N st. n.w. EN scnal aid-de-camp to the queen and hon- orary colonel-in-chief to the forces. nd purest {8 sought by all. Be si order Huyler’s Cocoa and Chocolates from Bfocer. Jobbing by ex- rf and reliable men. SSuN tT. WALKER, Bullder. Residence, 2021 N. 03-8m° ‘The best Special From a Staff Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, November 4, 1895, Three things are involved in the election in New York tomorrow. They are whether the municipal reform, which was started last year in New York city with the approval of an overwhelming popular vote, shall be per- manent; whether Mr. Hill’s successor in the Senate shall be Hill himself or a republi- can, and whether the democrats may have any hope of carrying the empire state at the next presidential election, The immediate issues are varied, but these are the things of consquence involved. It is curious, too, for neither of these questions is nominally at issue. If Tammany should win all there is in sight, the reform government would stiil be in control of the city’s affairs; the legis- lature now elected does not choose Mr. Hill's successor, and the presidential contest is a@ year away, with inconceivable possibilities between. But it is the remote consecuence of the election which renders the result of the se- lection of an otherwise comparatively un- important set of officers a matter of con- cern, not only locally, but to the two national parties. ‘The Most General Opinion. Obviously the most general opinion among those who make a business of watching politics is that Tammany will win in New York city; that the republicans will surely have the legislature and prob- ably carry the state by a majority very greatly reduced from last year's, and that in Brooklyn the result is extremely doubt- ful, but somewhat in favor of the repub- licans. This is beyond question the pre- vailing opinion among “experts,” but it does aot necessarily follow that it is cor- rect. One fact not to be lost sight of in form- ing a judgment is that the reaction, both in the city and in the state, is favorable to the democrats. The question is how far the impetus will carry it. For the past two or three years the politicians of both Parties have lost their reckoning, and their calculations are not to be relied on to even a small extent. The independent spirit, which is so manifest in the cities of New York and Brooklyn, is slowly spreading into the country. ‘There are enough entirely free from “boss” control, whether the “boss” be Tam- many, Platt or one who speaks ex cathedra for reforms, to turn the election either way when there is a controlling motive to hold them together. Platt cannot account for all the republicans. Sheehan cannot ac- count for all of Tammany. Neither Strong nor Parkhurst can account for all reform- ers. The reformers do not recognize au- thority in their own organization, any more than they recognize that of the party lead- ers when they belonged to the democratic or the republican party. Last Year and This. Last year the reformers of all the pris- matic shades united in the rainbow of hope which arched over the city of New York. The fabled pot of gold was at each end of the rainbow, and that has, in a way, been their undoing. Last year the reformers and the republicans were united in the city, and the independent voters throughout ihe state, dissatisfied with the condition of af- fairs, voted with the republicans, _ This year the republicans have a part on- ly of this vote. The ticket in New York city is a fusion ticket, republicans and -re- formers; but there is also a good govern- ment ticket. The reformers are divided, most of them, perhaps, joining with Platt people as a matter of expediency; many of them standing to their original proposition of reform as a matter of principle. No man on earth can tell where this dividing line will fall. It is perfectly plain that votes cast for the good government ticket will be so many drawn from the fusion ticket, and thereby aid Tammany. Therefore, it is presumable that only the most stubborn and fanatical of the reformers will vote that way. 5 The republican state ticket—secretary of state, controller, treasurer, attorney gen- eral, state engineer and surveyor, associate judge court of appeals—stands alone. The democratic state ticket (for the same of- fices) is the same for Tammany, the demo- cratic party reform organization and the independent citizens’ organization, and is indorsed by the state democracy. The Tam- many ticket for New York city stands alone, against all the rest, except the inde- pendent citizens’ ticket. The good govern- ment ticket coincides only to a small ex- tent with the fusion ticket. The condition is, therefore: First, as af- fecting the state ticket, that all the demo- crats are united and all the republicans are united; and, second, as to the local ticket and the legislature in New York city and Brooklyn, there is a partial fusion of the anti-Tammany forces with the republicans. The Opponents to Fusion. ‘The anti-Tammeny men who refuse to support the fusion ticket do so, not because they are not sincere in their opposition to Tammany, but because they think that a reform or good government ticket if sup- ported by all the good government clubs would be strong enough to win alone, and they refuse to make choice between what they consider two evils when they might have what they regard as unqualifiedly good. The difference of opinion on this sub- ject divided them and thereby destroyed all hope of electing their ticket, but the firm among them still hold out, with the idea that the only way to get lasting reform Is te be uncompromising, taking temporary defeat if necessary. Last year the reformers were all harmony and enthusiasm; they did marvelous work. Now they are divided, rot as to their desired end, but as to the method of attaining it, and there is a cor- responding lack of systematic work and concentration of effort. Dr. Parkhurst, somewhat slowly, but probably not less earnestly, comes to the support of the fusion ticket as better than allowing the tiger to grab something to feed on to keep It alive to attack reform at a more critical time. In deciding upon this course his good politi- cal judgment (measured by the purpose he has in view) has turned the scale. On the other hand, Bishop Potter spurns the fusion, declaring that a base alliance is not justifi- able even for the accomplishment of a good end. ‘There may be enough of the good govern- ment advocates supporting the fusion ticket to defeat Tammany, but if it takes all their votes and their united effort to accomplish that result (as seems to be the case), Tam- many will win. It is argued, of course, that Tammany is disintegrating, and that the organization will be defeated by desertions from its own ranks, but this is no more than a theory which it will take the ciection to test. Undoubtedly many who have long been connected with Tammany would abandon it if convinced that its power was permanently gone. The indications are, however, that it will take another defeat to make this con- viction general enough to cause scrious de- fections. Tammany has found too much en- couragement in the situation during the past few months for any considerable number to abandon hope. Dissatisfaction, apathy and even antagonism has sprung up among those whose united efforts elected Mr. Strong and put the reform administration in power. Too much was expected of the new administra- tion, and many will not tolerate that which does not come up to the full measure of their expectations. What Will Help Tammany. It is not only the excise question which promises a benefit to Tammany. This may prove less beneficial to them than they ex- pected, though it will give them some votes that they would not otherwise have got. The thing that may help them most Is the amount of dissatisfaction and moping on the other side. There were zepublicans as well as reform democrats who did not want a fusion ticket. Among those who are re- sponsible for the present administration there are some who got too much reform and some who did not get enough. The streets are cleaner, as every one can law, he said, gave sustenance to Tammany, and caused dissatisfaction among republi- cans. He said that he would not be sur- a if the democrats carried the state and Mr. Dorman Enton’s iVews. Mr. Dorman B. Eaton, formerly United States civil service commissioner, republ!- can independent and a typical reformer, spoke in a different strain, but also found reason for anxiety in the local dissatisfac- tion. Still, retaining his faith that zeform had come to stay, he admitted that there were certain things in the situation he did not like the looks of. The things which alarmed him were the weaknesses peculiar to human nature. He said that he had dis- covered that many men of standing, good citizens and advocates of good government, were influenced by the effect the enforce- ment of the laws had on them. There e some he found who would rather Teeuce to the payment of blackmail to secure certain privileges not allowable under the law than to have the privileges taken from them en- tirely. There were others, also highly re- spected citizens, who were dissatisfied be- cause the inaugurated reforms took from the Profits of men who were in one way and an- other the!r customers and so indirectly cur- tailed their own business and profits. In other words, those who in the most indirect way, not appreciated at the time by them- selves, derived a personal benefit from Tam- many’s methods, which they had persistent- ly denounced, were now dissatisfied with the reform administration. Mr. Eaton hoped and believed that this would not amount to enough to defeat the republicans and re- formers, but he saw in it a reason for alarm. He also repeated in a less direct way what Mr. Coates.had said, that Tam- many was still getting too much out of the municipal government, but he did not say this as a criticism on Mr. Strong. These two expressions of opinion are given as striking on account of the radical entl-Tammany sentiments of the men quoted. Of course, the declarations of the committee officials on both sides are full of expressions of confidence, and no admis- sions of weakness are made. But the private declarations of the demo- crats do not imply the degree of confidence that might be expected from what is said above. It is generally admitted by them that the republicans will probably have the legislature, and that the state ticket is in doubt. For instance, Amos J. Cummings, who was defeated for re-election to the House last fall, but will probably be elected Tues- day to fill a vacancy, a Tammany officer and a careful politician, puts his claim for a Tammany majority in New York city at only about 15,000, and says he will not be surprised if the republicans carry the state and the legislature. Hill, on the other hand, who is known not to have been very sanguine after the state convention, is expressing the utmost confi- oes that the democrats will carry every- ing. Platt says to his confidants, when he is not talking for effect, that he is sure of the state and legislature, but he says nothing as to the result in New York city. These are samples of how the talk is go- ing when it is “unofficial.” The general drift of it is Tammany for New York city, and the republicans seem to have a little better reason to hope for the state. What May Defeat Tammany. But there is another side to it as to the municipal contest. Nowhere among those whose present attitude gives encourage- ment to Tammany 1s there any love for that organization. Therefore any or all of them are liable at any minute, wifen they realize that their course might finally result in the permanent restoration of Tammany, to wheel suddenly around and vote for the fusion ticket. Tammany may suffer defeat, too, through its defiance. Very little respect has been shown for the criticisms of the “better element” in con- structing the city ticket. The candidates very largely are accused of being of the very worst element of the organization. They seem to have counted so confidently upon success that they gratified a feeling of defiant bravado in selecting for candidates in some instances men who had been most talked about as Tammany toughs. Of course this does not apply to the whole ticket, but two or three instances of the sort may be enough to give a bad name to the whole ticket and hurt their chances of success, Another doubt,is thrown upon their prospects by the falling off in the registration in their strongholds. In Brooklyn there are two democratic local tickets, both strong, to divide the party, while the republicans have but one. The republicans have that much the best of the situation there. The State Ticket. As to the state ticket and the legislature, the republicans start out with the presti of their tremendous majority of last year, and with very little of the confusion and differencé of opinion in the country that is so conspicuous In New York city. They can- not hope.to hold such a majority now, but they can lose a great many votes without affecting the result. The indications are that the excise question is not attracting much interest outside New York city and Buffalo, but as far as it is an issue in the country it is expected to operate to the ad- vantage of the republicans. The thing the democrats count on to carry the state is the fact that there has been an increase of state taxation during the republican administra- tion, which is supposed to be very unpopular among the farmers. They argue that this increase of 50 per cent has cagised so much dissatisfaction that all the democi will vote for the democratic state ticket, and that many republicans will not vote at all. The very heavy falling off of the registra- tion in the country districts they consider an evidence that their expectations are go- ing to be fulfilled. Calculating on this and on a large majority in New York city, they figure out the suc- cess of their state ticket. They admit that there fs an unknown quantity involved In the question of how mad were the demo- crats in the country who deserted their party at the last election. If these were per- manent desertions it will be impossible for the democratic ticket to,be elected. For them practically all to come back to their old party love would insure success. The reports of the local democratic workers scattered through the state say that these rebellious democrats have repented and will vote the straight ticket, and this is, of course, very ercouraging to democratic hopes. It is said tha. Cleveland’s letter to General Tracey, while !t will not help his party in the city any, will goa long way toward bring- ing back those rural wanderers. In front of all calculations, however, stands that tremendous majority of last year to check any impetuous enthusiasm of hope. It may not melt away enough, but the democrats might elect their state ticket and Tammany might win in New York, and still the repub- licans hold the legislature, and this is a mat- ter of much personal interest to Mr. Hill. While this legislature does not elect a Sen- ator, the senate holds over and forms a part of the legislature which will choose Mr. Hill's successor. The democrats are, therefore, making no effort for the lower branch, but are putting forth their whole strength to get the senate. Yet, the most they can figure out of it is that it is doubt- ful, and as a fact it does seem as if the republicans would surely have both branches of the legislature. Of course, Mr. Platt is greatly interested that this should be so. Much more £0, perhaps, than that the fusion ticket should win in New York city. The Situation Summed Up. To sum it up it looks favorable to Tam- many’s municipal ticket. The state ticket seems "to be elose, with the indications slightly favoring the republicans, but the result depending on things that there is no approximately accurate means of ascer- taining, and that the republicans will con- trolgboth branches of the legislature is more strongly indicated even than that the dem- ocrats will win in New York ce! A peculiar thing about the situ seeming lack of interest among the a ih’. better to break up cod-liver oil out of the body than to burden your tired digestion with it. Scott’s Emulsion does that. Scorr & Bowne, Chemists, New York. soc. and $1.08 = citizens in the contest. There is very little poHtical discussion in the principal hotel corridors, and the average business man will dismiss the subject with a statement that he can't tell anything about it. ‘The only congressional seat involved in the election is to fill a vacancy in the tenth dis- trict, in New York city, and the general be- lief seems to be that Amos Cummings will be elected. -—so—_ STREET RAILWAY . P. M. MAILS The System is a Good One and is Here to Btay. Proposed Improvements in Handling Inbound Steamer Mails to Save Time. Charles Neilson, second assistant post- master general, submitted his annual re- port today. The most important part of the report is that referring to mail ser- vice on street railways. He says: “The experiments were tried first in St. Louis, next in Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and New York. We have estab- lished the fact that it is consistent, eco- nomical end almost necessary to establish, exactly the same three branches of the service under the impreved methods of street-car service that are already success- fully established on the steam roads. “It is hoped this service will increase, so that the regulation wagon service will be almost eliminated, so far as the mail sia- tion and suburban post office are concern- ed, with a possible future of supplying let- ter carriers direct from the cars, or an in- crease in sub-offices to such an extent as to greatly improve the service. The total expense, as near as it can now be estima’ ed, will be much less than the wagon ser- vice. The electric lines will double the ser- vice rendered by the wagdns, with a very slight increase over the present cost of wagon service.” Mr. Neilson recommends an appropriation of $200,000 for the street railway service. He also recommends a law to authorize the Postmaster General to adjust the compen- sation to be paid the lines; also for street railway postal cars and a method of oper- ating them. He reports improvement in the railway mail service during the year, and recommends an increase in the number of railway postal clerks. All estimates in the report are increases over the current year. Of the foreign mail service Mr. Neilson says: “A further im- provement is being arranged for in con- nection with the foreign mail service, We hope to relieve the steamships of all in- bound mail at quarantine, and transport it on a special vessel, on which the pouches will be sorted and then delivered at each one of the docks at Jersey City, and do away with rehandling, as at present, with a delay of from twelve to twenty-four hours.” Four new divisions of the railway mai} service are recommended. —————-2-+____ Make the Electric Cars Safe. ‘To the Ed'tor of The Evening Star: There is one matter in connection with the change of motive power on our tram- ways that demands immediate attention, viz.: More effective and safer brakes, es- pecially on the electric lines. On electric roads having steep grades, this is of the utmost importance. At Pittsburg and various other places, numerous persons heve been killed and injured, and twice, re- cently, cars on our electric roads have run away because of defective brakes. Now that the Metropolitan road is being cianged to the electric system, it is highly important that this matter be attended to. The grade on C street coming down Capitol Hill is such that when the -rails are wet, and more especially when frosty or covered with snow, there will be great danger of serious accidents, and this danger is great- ly increased by the sharp curve at the Bal- timore and Ohio depot, where there is at all times a large number of persons and teams, It is clearly the duty and for the interest of the company and the public to see that the cars to be run on that line are equipped with the most effective appliances known, I am informed that an electric brake has been devised, and now in use, which is evea more effective than the air brake, and that it is cheaper. I do not know what power he Commissioners have in the premises, but if they have any, it seems to me that they ought to exercise it now before the cars are put on, and that it is clearly to the interest of the company to investigate this matter at once, if they have not already done so, in order to save future trouble and expense. One great advantage of the new brake is that it is a part of the electric equipment of the car, operated by the motorman by @ mere turn of the crank, and is entirely inde- pendent of the current which propels the car, so that if by any means the current from the station fails or is cut off, it does not affect the brake, and the faster the cat runs the stronger is the power applied te brake. ue have no interest in the brake. and my sole object is to get the attention of the company, the authorities and the public to the existence of this new means for safety, and more eae a Fact: Accor! re and self ride con! Me ODE. Hall Caine’s Way of Stating it. At a dinner given the other night by the Aldine Club of New York to Hall Caine that gentleman said regarding the relations be+ tween Canada and the United States: “The relations between Canada os oe United States may sometimes be a little Strained, but there seems, to an Englishman, to be no sufficient reason why two great ra- tions should not live in friendly rivalry cn this great continent. I came here, sir, by way of Niagara, where the river that divides your country from Canada looks angry and impassable enough. But I dare say you have noticed that in that watery horseshoe angle, where the breach between the two countries is widest and wildest, the sun can never = hine on the clouds of vapor which rise out of those troubled waters without making & beautiful rainbow, which bridges ‘and to lan d. “Gentlemen and brother authors, in the most troubled moment between Canada and the United States it only needs the sunshine of good faith and good fellowship to bridge over the differences between you.” To Assist Archbishop Corrigan. ‘The Right Rev. Mgr. John M. Farley, vicar general of the diocese of New York, and rece tor of St. Gabriel’s Church, has received word from Archbishop Corrigan that the archbishop’s letter to the pope of September 14, asking for the election of Mar. Farley to the episcopate as auxiliary bishop of New York, has been graciously and promptly ao« ceded, to. “SThe'letter of appointment is dated Romi October 9, and the nomination was made official papal audience on October 6. ‘As vicar general, Mgr. Farley assisted Archbishop Corrigan in the government of the diocese. As auxillary bishop he will be er aid, espectally In the performanc® ‘opal functions, fg of en