Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1896, Page 1

i — THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT ‘SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvanja Aveaue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star N ar Co: A ° OS HL KAUFFMAN, Prest. S Few York Oiice, 29 Potter Building The Evening Star {s served to subscribers tn the eity by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 ecnts Der week, or 44 cents fo mouth. Copies at the ectnter 2 cents each. mail—ony re ta the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per sear, with fereign postaze added. $3.00. (Evtered at the Post Office at Washington, D.C, as second-class mail matter.) ~ TAN mail subscriptions must be pald In advaace. Retes of advertisin: de known on ap BUT THREE SAVED Scant News of the Fate of the Drum- mond Castle. SEE STRUCK A RCCK IN THE NIGHT There Was No Tim2 to Lower the Boats. NEARLY ALL SANK by the Associated Pre ‘T, France, June 18—The details slowly being obtained of the loss of the Casue liner Drummond Castle, bound from and 10% officers and men (ex an- nounced by the Associated Rress early yesterday afternoon). The steamer w going at full speed, shortly before mid- ht on Tuesday, June 16, heading around nesterre, from the Bay of Bis« making for the chops of the Britis! Of Finesterre ts the Island ‘shant, about twenty-six miles north- of this port, one of a group of some islands, the largest of which ar Ushant, Molene, Le Conquet and Michel. The Drummond Castle, to steer a safe course, shovld have been away outside of Ushant, upon which island is a light- hovse and signal station. But, for some mn not satisfactorily explained, the team=hip headed inside of Ushant. Be- t point and the mainland of ance {s a line of islands, including } «© and Le Conquet, and connected t ridges of rock with each other. At differ- ent places there are rifts through which versels can pass with safety, but, be- tween Ushant and Mole the latter island being about half way to the main- land, unken reef of rocks with deep r on both sides of it and covered in on at the lowest tides. It was ridge that the Drummond Castle on struck while going at full speed. Broke in Her Bottom. thi As intimated in these dispatches yester- the steamer must have struck so as da te tear a great rent in her bottom from stem to stern, tight and oth thus filling all her water- compartments almost immediately send'ng her to the bottcm, on the r side of the reef, in ut three min- The British cruiser Sybelle, which was off Ushant at the time of the dis- aster, heard the signals of distress and sent boats to the rescue of those on board the sinking vessel, but without avail. Ot the saved, t ked up floating on wreckage fishermen trem the mainlanc named Marquardt, sueceeded in reaching Molene Island. ‘About ten bodies have already been recovered off Ushant. At the time the Drummond Castle struck the reef a high southwest wind was blow- ing, and it was raining and foggy, about the worst conditions possible for approach- ing that part of the coast. Stat nt of a Survivor. one of the survivors, has a statement, in which he says that Pierce had just gone to his cabin for brief rest, when there was a_ terrible . which caused the Drummond Castle to quiver as if shaken by a dynamite ex- plozion. Tnis was followed by a horrible grating, rasping sound, the noise of inrush- ing waters, the cries of the passengers, who sprang from their berths in terror, and the sharp words of command from the officers on deck, who ordered all hands out to clear away the boats for lowering. But, the rents in the stricken steamer were so wide and deep that but few of the passen- gers had time to scramble up on deck be- fore she gave two or three heavy rolls, and then an awful lurch, accompanied by some interior ¢ and she sank. Time for Boats. by and the third, a man some Marquardt, made Capt a lo: N Marquardt, -ontrary to the reports of the two seamen of the Drummond Castle who were rescued, said that the steamship went down so suddenly that there was no time even to launch one boat, much le: and that even if a boat had b d, the seas were running so h and in such rapid succession, a peculiarity of the son on that part of the French coast, that she would have been promptly Of the passengers, ceeded in fastening life bel and some of the bodies washed ashore we vided. All hope of finding any more ivors of the Drummond Castle has been abandone a however, suc- around them, A tuz w s just returned from Mo- lene Island s that the bodies of twenty- five of the victims of the wreck of the mmond ha been washed ‘They will most likely y. Much wreckage from the lest mship is washing ashore at Ushant and Molene Island. Sailed Over the Scene. SOUTHAMPTON, June 18.—The French steamship Hirondell, from Bordeaux, ar- rived here today and reports that she tra- versed the scene of the wreck of the Castle lirer Drummond Castle shortly after the disaster. The captain of the Hirondelle d that the weather Tuesday night was thick and heavy, accompanied by rain and He made Ushant at 8 o'clock Wed- morning. The sea was then very and fog prevented him trom obiain- ing a good view of the surroundings. He saw nothing of any boats, wreckage cr bodies; but he did see a life beit floating on e waves about twenty-five miles norch of Ushant. As life belts are not infrequent sights at sea, the ceptain paid no further attention to the matter. The French cap- tain further stated that in the weather which prevailed when the Drummond Ca: tle was wrecked, it was very easy for an: to deviate from her course. The wa- ter immediately around Ushant avera; fifty fathoms in depth. Heartrending Scencs. LONDON, June 18—The scenes about the offices of the Castle line of steamships, In Fenchurch street today, were most heart- rending, and the excitement increased this afternoon when the passenger list of the Drummond Castle was posted up. The list shows that there was an unusual propor- tion of women and children on board the sunken vessel. ‘Throughout the day there has been a con- stant stream of inquirers, commencing early in the morning and promising to last until the Castle line's offices are closed Every {tem of news is eagerly seized upoi ‘The posting of a dispatch received from Brest, saying, in substance, that one of the survivors, a man named Marquardt, Stated that no boats had been launched, and that there was no hope of finding any more survivors of the ill-fated passenger vessel, was productive of many agonizing scenes. There was also excitement, though to a lesser extent, at the admiralty and co- lonial offices, where many people thronged in the hope of obtaining news in some way tinged with hope. At the colonial office it is not believed that any of the discharged Johannesburg reformers were on board, although it is ad- mitted that it is probable that some of the persons connected with recent events in the Transvaal are among the drowned pas- angers. Efforts are being made by the admiralty department to obtain from Marquardt, the only surviving passenger of the Drummoad Castle, a detailed story of the disaster. Differing Accounts. The seamen who escaped frora the wreck of the Drummond Castle are named Wood and Goodbolt. They say that the weather was not foggy when the steamship struck, but that a drizziing rain was falling, and they attribute the disaster to the hazy weather,which prevented Capt. Pierce from seeing any lights. They claim that the Drummond Castle struck before 11 o’clock, and not shortly Lefore midnight, as Mar- quardt, the saved passenger, says. The seamen also assert that Capt. Pierce and the third officer of the steamship were on the bridge at the time of the disaster, while Marquardt states that the captain had just gone into his cabin when tae steamship struck. The survivors of the Drummond Castle are being cared for by the British consul here, who is taking their formal depositions. Wood and Good- bolt say that the last time soundings were taken on board the Drummond Castle was stout two hours before she ran on the reef. SILVER MEN’S PLANS What They Will Doas to the Unit Rule at Chicago, peal It Unless Forced by the Minority’s Delny—Long Convention Expected. It is the purpose of the silver men at Chicago, it is ascertained on the highest authority, not to push the repeal of the two-thirds rule until it is seen that nothing cam be done in the way of making nomina- tions without a majority rule being adopted. As the adoption of a platform requires simply & majority vote, the program of the silver men is first to put through a plat- form that will suit them, and on which no- body but a white metal man can stand. When this has been done, balloting for tne nominee will probably begin, without any reference to the two-thirds rule. It will continue tor two, maybe three, days, with- out the silver men making any effort to change the rule. If the nomination has been delayed at that time by the gold standard men, the silver majority will then tell the minority that it does not propose that the will of the majority shall be thwarted, and that unless the minority sees fit to help bring about a nomination at once, the famous rule will be abrogated and a majority rule substituted for it. Rensons for the Decision. ‘This decision of the silver men, it is said, has been reached owing to several reasons. The chief one is the veneration in which the historic rule is held, and the other ts because the majority does not want to be accused of running rough-shod over the minority. It desires to give the minority all the play it wants, and a fair show to accomplish something, if it can. 3 hen we see for certain that nothing can be done without abolishing the two- thirds rule, we will proceed to do it,” said the informant of the Star reporter, who is a delegate-at-large from his state, and whose word is followed by many ‘silver men. “Would your plan give the gold standard men opportunity to work division in your ranks? that is impossible. We are solid, and cannot be separated. Then the adop- tion of a silver plank would not leave the goid men much to work on.” “According to this, then, the session of the convention is likely to be a prolonged think so; and it would not surprise me to see the rominations deferred until the second week of the convention. We have no desire to force any of these gold men out of the party, unless they want to go, and that is why we are not going to run things with a rush at Chicago.” Opinion as to a Gold Bolt. The opinion on all sides is that the con- vention will be a lengthy and exciting one Since the adoption of a gold plank at St. Louis, it is not thought there will be any bolt of the gold men. Had there been a straddie at St. Louis, however, the shrewd- iticians believe that Secretary Car- d the gold men would have left the as constituted, and put out a ticket with Cleveland or some other gold standard man at the head of it, on an out-and-out gold platform. They would have done this on the supposition that they could carry New York and some of the eastern states. The feeling now is that while they will not bolt, they will “lay down” on the demo- ic nominees, either by not voting or by voting the republican ticket. Of course, a large number of them are expected to sup- port the ticket under protest. The Tammany leaders in New York de- clare that they will support the ticket, no matter who is the nominee. Amos Cum- mings, Sulzer and Walsh, Tammany Con- gressmen in the House, repeatedly stated to their silver colleagues that Tammany would line up for the nominees, and would do it heartily and without reservation. “We would rather support a silver dem crat than a republican,” said Representa- tive Sulzer. Whitney at the Convention. Following clcse upon the announcement of William C. Whitney that he will attend the Chicago convention is a report today, wEich cannot be verified, that Mr. Whit- ney is expected in the city in a few days for a.conference with leaders of the ad- ministration on the fight to be made at Chicago. A wonderful amount of interest has been excited here by Mr. Whitney’s announce- ment and also the announcement that Sen- ator Gorman has changed his mind and will go to the convention. The determination of these gentlemen and the interview of Pres- ident Cleveland were so near each other in point of time that it is not to be wonder- ed that there is a good deal of comment. The general opinion es to the President's interview 1s extended to the presence f Whitncv and Gorman at Chicagy. “It’s too late,” said a distinguished democrat today, and the remark, he said, covered all the movements of ‘the gold standard democrats. The idea which prevails is that Whitney and Gorman believe that the silver men will not have enough votes to nominaie their candidate under the two-thirds rule, and that they will be able to accomplish something by being on hand. ree GOING TO BOSTON. Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson Will Leave This City Tomorrow. Vice President Stevenson returned this merning from Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he delivered an address before the students of the University of Alabama. He says that his trip was a pleasant one. Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson will leave tomorrow afternoon for Boston to be present, by invitation, at the dedication of the monument to John Beyle O'Reilly. The ceremonies will take place on Satur- day afternoon. Mr. Stevenson 1s not the crator of the occasion, but will probably make a speech. In reply to a question the Vice President sa‘d that he would be in Washington sev- eral weeks before he left for his home in IMincis. It is thought that he will stay here during the Chicago convention. ——<—_—_—_e—_ For Divorce. Frances Willers has petitioned for di- vorce from William Willers, the papers in the case being withheld from publication. WASHINGTON, D. TELLER’S POSITION Mr. Skinner Thinks He Should Be Nominated at Chicago. ee ELECTORAL VOTES HE COULD POLL Result of the Failure of the Demo- crats to Do This. THE PRESIDENT’S — APPEAL The position taken by Mr. Teller at St. Louis develops to the full the populist en- thusiasm for him for President. Promi- nent members of that party declare with- cut reservation now that the game is in the hands of the silver men, and that they have but to unite on the Colorado Senator to put a sincere friend of silver in the White House. Mr. Skinner's Views. This view of the case was stated with emphasis and some detail to a representa- tive of The Star today by Congressman Skinner of North Carolina. “Mr. Teller's strength is so very great,” said Mr. Skinner, “and he is so conspicu- ovsly the man for this emergency, that it will @most amount to a crime if the op- portunity is permitted to pass untmproved. The democrats must, of course, take the initiative. They meet before the populists, if they will nominate Mr. Teller on a free coinage platform the populists will in- dorse him, and bring their full vote to the polls in his support. Would Mr. Teller be a stronger candi- Gate than a silver democrat?” Mr. Teller’s Strength ery much stronger. He would poll nearly the whole of silver’s strength in the republican party, and absolutely the whole of it in the democratic and populist parti I consider, indeed, using round numbe: that he is seventy electoral votes stronger than any democratic bimetallist in the coun- try. Let us consider the matter by states. A democratic bimetallist could, under favor- able circumstances, hope to carry only these states: Alabama, 11; Arkansas, 8: Florida, 4; Georgia, 13; Kentucky, 13: North Carolin Mississipp! Carolina, ginia, 12: Montana, Colorado, 4; Nevada, 3: Utah, Missouri, and Ilinoi: Now, Mr. Teller weuld carry all those states, these in addition: California, 9; Kansas. 10; Nebraska, 8; North Dakota, 3; South Da- keta, 4; Oregon, 4; Washington, 4: Wyom- Michigan, 14, and Minnesota, 9. 68. Total Teller strength in electoral college, 265. In the face of these figures— and I think they'll stand the most thorough examination—I cannot for my life sce how the silver men in the democratic party, who will undoubtedly control the Chicago con- vention, can fail to give us Mr. Teller as the silver candidate.” If Teller ix Not Taken. But suppose they do fail in that? Sup- pose they put up a silver man of their own?” : “If they do,” replied Mr. Skinner, “it will cost them dearly. I have said that their strongest man—but I don’t care to express an opinion as to who he ts—could not, under the most favorable circumstances, poll more than 197 electoral votes. But favor- able circumstances will nowhere exist for the democracy, if the opportunity to nom- inate Mr. Teller is not improved. If a bi- metallic democrat is put up at Chicago a third ticket will be forced into the field, and that will mean the destruction of the democratic party. In a three-cornered con- test it would lose Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia, and be left with little else but a name. The President's Appeal. “How do you view the President's ap- peal to the souud money democrats? see It characterized as a ‘warning.’ That is a good name for it, and I hope the silver men will accept it as a warning. It is a warning to them to strengthen their lines and keep a vigilant watch on the situation. They must corral their forces; and if they do, and are properly alive to the demands of the hour, they'll sweep this country in November.” ———_. FLORIDA'S DELEGATES. What the Defent of Senators Call and Pasco May Foreshadow. The election of three silver men and five gold standard men by the Florida state convention yesterday, as delegates to Chi- cago, will occasion no surprise in either fection of the party. Florida had prac- tically been given over to the gold men by their opponents up to the time of the Ken- tucky convention, as was stated in inter- views in The Star. After that convention the silver men “won out" in a number of counties, with the result that the conven- tion yesterday was close as between the factions. Congressman Sparkman is one of the dclegates-at-large. He is for a gold standard, but wants to see peace in the cemorratic ranks. He hes all along urged conservative action in his state, just such as characterized the convention, which seems to have been dominated by him and his friends. ‘The defeat of Senators Call and Pasco for delegates-at-large is thought here to foreshadow the possible defeat of Senator Call for re-election. If he could not control the state convention, with the full power of the silver movement behind him, doubts are expressed whether he can secure re- election without that full power behind him. There are a number of persons who want to get the Senator's place. Represen- tatives Sparkman and Cooper are among the number, and Governor Mitchell is an- other aspirant. —__-o-___ GOING TO CHICAGO. The Headquarters of the Democratic Silver Committee to Be Removed. The removal of the headquarters of the democratic silver committee from here to Chicago has been contemplated for some time, and the fact has been mentioned in The Star. The rooms of the commit- tee in this city, at the home of Senator Harris, No. 13 1st street northeast, will be closed the last of this week, and quar- ters will then be opened in the Sherman House at Chicago. After the national convention the committee will no longer exist, but the work will be taken up by the national democratic committee, of which Senator Jones of Arkansas’ will probably be chairman. Number 18 seems to have lost its ill- cmened propensities in the metter of politics. When the democratic _ silver committee was selected last year and quar- ters taken at Senator Harris’ home there was a good deal of sport in the newspapers over the “No. 18.” The object of the cummittee was to win in the national dem- ocratic convention, and it appears to have had considerable success in bringing about the condition of affairs existing in the party. g a MOVEMENT OF TROOPS. Mostly Confined to Two Regiments This Year for Lack of Funds. The program for the annual movement of troops, which has been under considera- tion for several months at the War De- partment, has at last been definitely ar- ranged, and the necessary orders will go ‘THUR | SDAY. forward at once to the.department com- manders. There will be much disappoint- ment at the fact that with the exception of two companies of the 11th Infantry the movements are confined to two regiments. It is understood that the lack of funds is the cause of the limited changes ordered. Tne 22d Infantry has been directed to change station with the 2d Infantry. The former is now distributed among Fort Keogh, Montana; Fort ¥ates, North Da- kota, and Fort Harrison, Montana. In- stead of taking up their gtation at Omaha, where the 2d Infantry ts now located, these releving troops will be placed at the new post, Fort Crook. Nebraska. The 2d Infantry upon being relieved at Omaha will be divided among the posts in the department of Dakota, to whtch they may be assigned by order of the com- manding general. The only other change that will be made this fiscal year is the sending of two companies of the 11th In- fantry, now at Fort Whipple, Arizona, to the new post at Little Roek, Ark., the lucky companies to be designated by the commanding general, department of Colv- rado. VENEZUELANS Their Troops Invade the Disputed Terri- tory. INTERFERE A Party of British Sarveyors Molest- ed and Ask Protection From the Colo Authorities, LONDON, June 18.—In the house of com- mens today the secretary of state for the colonies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, con- firmed the report that Venezuelan troops had entered the territory In dispute be- tween Venezuela and British Gulana, and had interfered with a party of British surveyors, who had asked for the support of the colonial authorities. Mr. Cham- berlain said that the colonial office had received a telegram announcing that Ven- ezuelans had crossed the boundary and had interfered with British officials who were engaged in the work of surveying. Replying to a question as to whether, in view of the extreme importance of reach- ing a basis for the settlement of the Venez- uelan question before the presidential elec- tion in the United States, the government would take steps to expedite a settlement by adopting some form of arbitration, the parliamentary secretary for the foreign office, Mr. Morgan Curzon, said that the government had taken and. was still tak- ing steps in tkat direction, and it hoped ere long to be able to lay ‘upon the table papers showing the nature of these steps. he Marquis of Salisbury this afternoon received a deputation from the Interna- tional Arbitration League, that brought him a nemorial signed by 5,357 officers of trade and friendly societies, favoring a treaty of arbitration between Great Britain and ‘the United States. The premier, in accepting the memorial, expressed cordial sympathy with the object of the signers, and raid that the government of Great Britain had for months been in negotiation with the government of the United States on the subject cf arkjtrating disputes whenever practicable. It was sald at the State Department and at the Venezuglan legation today that no information had “yeen reevtwet- at elther ce in regard to the entrance of Venezue- troops into the terfltor¥ in dispute be- tween Verezuela agd British Guiana, and in view of the remetenesa of the territory and the meagerness of telegraphic facilities there, it is not éonsidered surprising that no news of the affair has reached this city from official sour So far as is known here the Venezuelan force near the disputed boundary is com- posed of police and not of soldiers. It is therefore believed in official circles that this incident, like the one wnich occurred in Uruan more than a year ago, will not in itself lead to a hostile clash. It serves, however, to recall attention to the ever present danger of a serious outbreak in that quarter and the necessity for the plac- ing of relations between Venezuela and Gui- ana on a more stabie and satisfactory b: At present, notwithstanding the negotia- tions that have run on fitfully between the two countries for half 4 century, there is practically nothing ta preveni the forces of either side from entering the disputed ter- itor: Th Department has brought its good offices to bear on Venezuela to pre- vent hostile demonstrations pending the an- nouncement of the decision of the Venezue- lan boundary commission, but, after all, the main restraining influence has been a tacit understanding between the countries involved that no fresh issues should be raised just now. It is presumed that per- haps the Venezuelans regarded the opera- tions of the Bri surveyors in the dis- puted territory as an infringement of that understanding justifymg their attitude in ing the survey. They may have this conclusion because of their un- fortunate experience with the old Schom- burgk line, which, being run tentatively at first, was afterward sought to be forced upon Venezuela as binding. SSS CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL. Order Extending the Time for the Sale Affirmed. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., June 18.—A tele- gram has just been received here, stating that the order of Judge Stake in the lower court had been affirmed by the court of ap- peals, extending the sale of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. This decision caused con- siderable excitement here, as there are many holding claims ugainst the canal in this city. The attorneys, Messrs. Benj. Richmond and W. C. Devecmond, left at noon for Annapolis, so as to get the exact ruling in the’case. THE BANKS GAVE WAY. An Artificial Lake Causex a Flood and Loss of Property. CAMDEN, N. J., June 18—The banks of Alycon lake, an’ artificial. ppnd at Mantua creek, a pleasure resort in GHoucester coun- ty, fifteen miles from here, gave way this morning, flooding the surrounding country and causing a loss of not less than $20,000. The banks were nosed to be in a danger- ous condition by two farm laborers a short time before the break oceurred. They mounted horses and gave the alarm, ahd the people living on the banks of the creek fled to places of safety. The buildings, boats and amusement boaths in a pleasure park on the banks of the lake were washed away. —-—— MR. WILSON’S PEOPLE FOR SILVER. They Are of the Free and Unlimited 16 to 1 Sert. Special Dispatch to The Rrening Btar. CUMBERLAND, Md., June 18—The sec- ond district democratle convention, which met at Davis, W. Va., yesterday, lected E. D. Talbott of Randolph county and Ino. J. Cornwell, editor of the Hampshire Review, Romney, ag delegates to the Chi- cago convention. Jno. T. McGraw of Grafton, Wm. L. Wilson’s chairman two years ago, defeated Daniel B. Lucas of Charlestown for delegate-at-large by the vote of 114 to 404. The platform calls for the free and unlimited coinage of silver on the basis of 16 to 1, and denounces the sale of bonds igf time of peace. The gold men were very few in the convention. Cleveland’s ‘riame was received with groans and hisses. The delégates were instructed for free silver, but notwith- standing this Delegate McGraw Is said to reflect the views of John K. Cowen, who is an uncompromising gold bug. TWO CENTS THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any period can have The Star mailed to them to any address in the United States or Canada, by ordering it at this office, in person or by letter, or card. Terms: 13 cents per 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably In ad- vance. Subscribers changing their address from one Post-office to another should give the last address as well as the new one. GULD BY A LARGE MAJORITY Money Plank Adopted by the Republican Convention, . Senator Teller Delivers an Earnest Speech of Protest Against It. FORMAL MANIFESTO READ BY S&NATOR CANNON icertainty Still Prevails Regarding the Vice Pre dential Candidate. TRYING TO PREVENT THE BOLT OF THE SILVER MEN ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 18.—The Conven- tion Hall promised to be very warm tod: ivery arrangement had been made to keep the building as cool as possible, but with the boiling sun beating down with intensity there was every prospect of a sweltering time. The spectators and dele; es pro- vided themselves with fans, which were freely used. ‘The program today was to adopt the plat- form at the morning sion, nominate the candidates for President in the afternoon and the Vice President in the evening, and then there will be a final adjournment. The day broke bright and clear for the third and probably last day of the conven- tion. Today there was an unobstructed path to the vital work of the party chieftains The report of the committee on resolutions and the nomination of candidates lay di- rectly ahead. The McKiniey leaders had arranged to push things through, preparations had been made to adopt ‘the platform and nominate McKinley before taking a reces: There was much in the program to appezl to the imaginations of the advertised bolt of the silver men, and the multitudes came with buoyant step to enjoy the proceedings hoarse when occasion demanded. and | Nebraska, and they had the temerity to attempt a campaign song without accomp: niment. Their voices could no more pe trate the sullen roar that filled the hall strring words of a campaign song moving away in cadenzic sound from the platform, Besides the discordant clamor of a dozen bands playing different tunes helped to drown what chance the am- bitious quartet had of making itself heard. Just before the convention was called to order a photographer reared his cameras cn the edge of the platform, and during the prayer which followed, while the galleries and delegates were comparatively quiet, he managed to secure a photograph. Called to Order. The third and probably the last day of the convention began at 10:30 o'clock, when, in response to the gavel’s rap, the delegaies arose for prayer. The officiating minister was Dr. John R. Scott ef Jack- sonville, Fla., the second colored pastor who has conducted the devotional pre- jude. Although Dr. Scott's voice was a nd yell themselves | streng ene, s9 great was the confusion of entering delegates and spectators it could WILLIAM McKINLEY, JR. Before the hour for calling the convention to order arrived the wilderness of seats in the galleries was black with the same dense crowd of people, and the vast hall roared with the dull, indescribable murmur of thousands of human voices. St. Louis, which has, until last night, given the visitors magnificent convention weather, had her stokers hard at work this morning, and the heat in the Convention Hall even before 10 o'clock became almost unbearable, and the hall promised, as the day advanced, to become like the torrid room of a Turkish bath. The humidity in the atmosphere made the sweltering heat even more intolerable. ‘The delegates took their places this morn- ing without ostentation. Conferring With Teller, Senator Teller end his associates formed an interesting group as they stcod confer- ring with set faces. Governor Foraker, chairman of the committee on resolutions, censulted with Senator Lodge, Governor Alger, ex-Governor Merriam and others about the program at the head of the main aisle immediately in front of the speaker's stand, The lieutenants of Hubart and ans, the vice presidential candidates, who are pooling their issues against Mor- ton, moved about among the delegates. Their astute and active allies in the New York delegation aided them materially. Warner Miller openly informed the dele- gates that if Morton's name was presented for Vice President he should take the plat- form and speak against it. The utmost bitterness existed among the friends and foes of the New York governor, and a battle royal was promised over the nomination. Platt, Lodge, Quay and the anti-McKinley generals are at the head of the Morton movement, and about the result clung the only remaining uncertainty of th: convention. . At 10:20 the band struck up a lively num- ber. Mark Hanna, with his hand on the staff of the Ohio delegation, just below the platform held a final, hurried and animated consultation with his chief lieutenants in the various delegations. When the band ceased some one on the platform intro- duced a quartet from the McKinley Club of be told only from the movement of the minister's lips that he was praying. Then the first opportunity for delegates to use their voices fresh after a night's rest was afforded when Chairman Thurs- ton, without any preliminaries, plunged into business by announcing that the first thing on the program was the report of the committee on resolutions. Senator-elect Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio crowded ‘o the front and climbed the steps to the stage, while the crowds sent up a shrill yell. The platform, which he be- gan to read ,was with a few immaterial amendments in its verbiage the one tele- graphed throughout the country by the Assouated Press Tuesday night. Senator Foraker adjusted a pair of spec- tacles upon his soldierly face and furnish- ed for a moment the same dumb show of a man talking which the colored minister had given, until cries of “Louder” and “Order” from the galleries impelled him to a stronger vocal effort. There was no opportunity in reading the platform for the strenuous fiery oratory with which the Ohio man has often stirred the con- ventions of the past. He wore a short black alpaca jacket, and a black string tle, and was a much less fashionable look- ing man than the delegates from New York and Massachusetts, who sat below bim. The Platform. The platform was as follows: The republicans of the United States, as- sembled by their representatives in na- tional convention, appealing for the popu- lar and historical justification of their claims to the matchless achievements of the thirty years of republican rule, earn- estly and confidently address themselves to the awskened intelligence, experience and conscience of their countrymen in the following declaration of facts and princi- ples: For the first time since the civil war the American people have witnessed the ca- lamitous consequences of fuli and unre- stricted democratic control of the govern- ment. It has been a record of unparalleled incapacity, dishonor and disaster. In ad- ministrative management it has ruthlessly an it could have carried against a tor- do howling along at the rate of 100 miles an hour. The people in the galleries were absolutely oblivious of the fact that the were waves sacrificed indispensable revenue, Hed an unceasing defic't, ek.d out ordinary current expenses with borrowed money, piled up the public debt by 90,000 An time of peace, forced an adverse balance cf trade, kept a p: over the redemption fund, pawned Ameri can credit to aliea syndicates and sed all the measures and resulis of su ful republican rule. In the broad effect of its I it has precivitated panic, blighted industry and t with prolonge pres- sion, closed factor reduced work and wages, halted enterprise and crippled American production while stimulating for- eign produciion for the American markel Senator Teller. Ev ery consideration of public safety and ir dividual interest demands that the gov- ernment shall be rescued from the hands of these who have shown thems¢ in- Capable to conduct it without at home and dishonor abroad, an: rall be restored to the party which ‘Ss administ dit with un cess and prosperity, and in this connection We heartily indorse the wisdom, patriotism and the success of the adminisiration of President Harrison. Tarit, We renew and emphasize our to the policy of prote of American industrial the foundation d prosperity. legiance Hlwark lopment American police! taxes foreign produc’ and encourages home industry; it puts the burden of re nue on foreign goods; it secures the Ameri- can market for the American producer; at upholds the American standard of wages for the American workingnan; it puts the factory by the side of the farm and makes the American farmer less Gependent on fereign demand and price; it diffuses gen- cral thrift and founds the strength of all on the strength of each. In its reasonable application it is just, fair and impartial equally oppo 2 to foreign control and do- mestic monopoly, to sectional discrimina- tion and individual favoritism. We denounce the present democratic tar- iff as sectional, injurious to the px lic cred- it and destructive to business enterprise. We demand such an equitable tariff cn imports, which come Into competicion with American products, as will not only furnish adequate revenue for the ne: ex- es of the government, tect can labor from degr: to the level of other lands. not ed to any particular The onestion of rates is a pra tion, to be governed by the conditions of the time and of production; the ruling and un- compromising principle is the protection and develc nent ef American labor and industry. ~The country demands a right settlement and then it wants te: Reciprocity. We believe the repeal of the reciprocity arrangements negotiated by the last re- publican administration was a national ca- lamity and we demand their renewal and extension cn such terms as will equalize our trade with other nations, remove the restrictions which row obstruct the sale of American products in the ports of other countries, and secure enlarged markets for the products of our farms, forests and fac- tori Protection and reciprocity are twin measures of republican policy and co hand in hand. Democratic rule has kles struck down both, and both must be re- established. Protection for what we produce; free ad- mission for the necessaries of which we do not produce; reciprocity ments of mutual interests which gain open mar- kets for us in return for our open market to others. Protection builds up domestic industry and trade and secures our own market for ourselves; reciprocity builds up foreign trade and finds an outlet for our surplus. Sugar. We condemn the present administration for not keeping faith with the sugar ducers of this count The perty favcrs such protection as will to the production en American soil © the sugar which the Americs ve and for which they pay other countries more than $100,000,000 annually. Wool and Woe To all market products—to those of the mine and the field, as well as to those of the shop and the f to hemp, to wool, the product of the great industry of sheep busbandry, as well as to the finished wool- ens of the mill—we promise the most ample protection. Merchant Murine. We favor restoring the early pelicy of discriminating duties for building of our merchant marine and the protection of our shipping in the foreign carrying trade, so that American ships—the product of American labor, employed in American ship yards, sailing under the stars and stripes, and manned, officered and owned by Americans—may regain the carrying of our fcreign commerce. Mm lead American the up- Money. The republican party ts unreservedly for sound money. It caused the enactment of the law providing for the resumption of specie payments in 1879; since then every dolar has been as good as gold. We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country. We are therefore opposed to the free coinage of silver, except by internatioral agree- ment with the leading commercial nations of the world, which we pledge c Ives to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained, the existing goid standard must be preserved. All our silver and paper currency must be maintained at parity with gold, and we favor all measures de- signed to maintain inviclably the obliga- tions of the United States and al! our mon- ey, whether coin or paper, at the present standard, the standard of the most enlight- ened nations of the earth. Pensions. The veterans of the Union army deserve and should receive fair treatment and gen