Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1896, Page 1

———— THE EVENING STAR. ee PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St by EB Ne Com; 5 Se New York Office; 49 Potter Building. ‘The Fvening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on thetr own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month. les at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Cansda—postage prepald—60 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foretgn postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. Che pe as second-elass mail matter.) [7 All mail subscriptions must be paid tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. No. 13,568. WASHINGTON, D..0., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1896-TWELVE PAGES FIRED ON ZANZIBAR oo The Pretender Forced to Flee From the Sultan’s Palace. BOMBARDED — BY BRITISH SHIPS Insurgents Were Speedily Put to Flight. ORDER SOON TO BE RESTORED (Copyright, 1896, by the Associ: NZIBAR, August 27.—The palace of the Sultan of Zanzibar was bombarded this morning, and at noon was a mass of blaz- ing ruins. The usurping chieftain, Said Khalid, and the commander of his forces, Said Sales, succeeded tn escaping to the German consulate, where they have sought refuge, and remain under the protection of the German flag. As cabled exclusively ed Press.) to the Associated Press, Rear Admiral Henry Rawson, C. B., in command of the British Cape of Good Ho and west c itish ec ast of Africa station, and . Mr. A. HT ing a conference erday, communicated by cable to the rnment of Great outline of ting forth ized the palace and | sultan on the death, of Sultan Hamed had been strongly and positively refused to sur- Said Khalid had with him at that about 2,500 well-armed and well-dis- men, ing 900 Askaris, who been trained under British officers: of ammunition and a number of field guns and other pieces of artillery. Were trained on the British warships. Tat with the reinforcements wh rived yesterday, were the flagship St. se, the third-cl cruiser Philomel, the third-class cruiser Racoon, the first- class gunboats Sparrow and Thrush. Ultimatum Sent. ar- | Bri Britat s here, s pre vater in the day cable instructions were 1 from London, and another confer- held between the admiral and the general, end eventually an ulti- matum was sent to Said Khalid, ordering | Racoon, Thrush and Sparrow to begin firing, and a moment later the cruisers mentioned and the two gunboats referred to opened fire with their heavier guns, and ten minutes later they had sent a storm of shell and shot into the palace, tearing big gaps in it, scattering death and confusion among its defenders, while dismounting some of the guns ashore and putting to flight the gunners handling the pieces. The fire of the warships was admirably di- rected, and smoke was soon seen to be is- suing from several parts of the palace. During this time the St. George and the Philomel were held in reserve, although they occasionally pumped a shell into the enemy's camp, adding to the dismay of its defenders. The Racoon, Thrush and Sparrow kept up the bombardment until 9:50, when the palace was tumbling in ruins and large rents had been made in the barricaies of Said’s followers. The latter, however, an- swered the fire of the warships with great persistency and gallantry, and did not stop firing until, in response to the flagship’s signal of “cease firin; the guns of the warships stopped showering shot and shell’ ashore. The losses of the enemy are not known, but must have been heavy, espe- cially among the defenders of the palace proper. Sultan’s Stenmer Sunk. During the bombardment the sultan’s armed steamer Glasgow opened fire on the British warships, but a few well-aimed shells from the heavy guns of the Racoon and a shot or two from the six-inch guns of the Sparrow crashed through and through her, silenced her fire in short or- der and ultimately sank her at her moor- ings. Soon after the palace caught fire, and the walls and* roof were sent flying here and there by the shells of the warships. Said Khalid and Said Sales, the latter beiug the ecmmander of the usurping sultan’s army, escaped with a number of their leading fol- lowers through the back part of the pal- ace, and hurriedly made their way to the German consulate, where they asked for protection, which was accorded them. Admiral Rawson, in order to prevent the escape of Said Khalid and his followers to the mainland of Africa, where their pres- ence would undoubtedly have caused trou- ble with the slave dealers and their ad- herents, sent detachments of marines, blue jackets and local Zanzibaris to occupy all the roads and avenues of escape, thus hem- ming in the enemy pretty effectually, al- though many escaped to the mainland and neighboring islands in dhows. As this dispatch 1s sent firing is still pro- ceeding in the outskirts of this place, but all resistance has ceased. VIEW OF THE HARD OR OF ZANZIBAR. him to haul down his flag and surrender, with his forces, no later than 9 o'clock this morning. At the same time the Eritish residents of Zanzibar were notified to be on board Admiral Rawson's ships by $ o'clock. During the past night there were a num- ber of disturbances among the natives in the outskirts of the town, but they were promptly suppressed by the 250 British Marines and sailors, who had been landed to protect property and guard the vonsui- | ate of Great Britain. It is understood, how- ever, that Said Khalid received further re- orceme from the slave dealers, who flocked to his support, as the formal hoist- ing of the British flag over Zanzibar would mean the liberation of about 250,000 slaves and a deathblow part of East Afri By § o'clock the British subjects, numver- ing about 100 persons, and a number of other foreigners had embarked on board the warships, the Italians going on board the Italian gunboat Volturno and the Ger- mans seeking safety at the German con- a to sulate. Shortly before 9 o'clock a naval officer was seht to the palace square with another message for Said Khalid, asking him if he was prepared to surrender in accordance » terms of the ultimatum, and again ing him that the palace in which he barricaded himself would be box barded promptly at 9 o'clock if he failed to hau! down his flag before that time. As before, Said replied that he would oner die than surrender. His answer was conveyed to Admirai Rawson and the Brit- ish consul general, and the crews of the ships, which had been prepared for action the day before, were sent to quarters. Opened Fire on the Palace. 9 o'clock the flagship signaied At the Forces Sent Ashore. Shortly after 10 o'clock, in response to another signal from the flagship St. George, reinforcements of marines and sailors were sent ashore from the British ships, and the work of capturing the insurgents, col- lecting the dead and attending to the wounded was commenced. During this time desultory firing could be heard on the outskirts of the town, from where Capt. Raikes, at the head of 400 loyal Zanzibaris and a detachment of Brit- ish marines, notified Admiral Rawson that he was holding all the main roads. When the insurgents had been compelled to lay down their arms and were securely corralled by the marines and blue jackets, the latter were ordered to try to extinguish the flames in the palace and in the old cus- tem house, which had also been shelled and set on fire, as the insurgents had fortified it and had to be driven from the building. But at noon, in spite of the efforts of the sailors to extinguish the flames, the palace was a mass of blazing ruins, the old cus- tom house was in ashes and a number of other buildings demolished or set on fire by exploding shells were in ruins. Order Soon to Be Restored. No casualties are reported among the british ashore, and though all business, raturally, is at a standstill, order will be completely restored before nightfall, and the fere.gn residents will be able to re- turn to their residences ashore. All the warships did some good target practice with their guns, the six-inch guns of the Racoon proving particularly ef- fective. ‘Temporary hospitals for the care of the native wounded have been established ashore and they are receiving as much care (Ccntinued on Third Page.) TO NOTIFY MR. BRYAN |ECKINGTON RAPID. TRANSIT! VIEWS ON THE LETTER Sd A Formal Announcement of His Pop- ulistic Nomination. IT MAY BE SENT BY MAIL Leadets Are Yielding to the Rank and File. ee NO LIMIT TO BE SET The Star can state positively this after- noon that Bryan is to be formally and officially notified of the populist nomina- tion made at St. Louis. His running mate on the populist ticket, Tom Watson, will be notified at the same time. This may sound strange in view of the statement of Chairman Butler thet Weaver and Field were not notified four years ago, with the inference that went with it that, despite the protests of Populist Bateman and others, Bryan would not be notified. At no time, however, did Chairman Butler say in positive words that there would be no notification. It seems, from what was gathered by a Star reporter, that the pressure for the notification of the populist nominees has been too heavy for those opposed to such a course to resist, and that the managers of the populist campaign have finally come to the conclusion that the avinination raust be made. Just exactly the time for the notification has not been fixed upon, but it is prob- able that the manner has beea decided on. There will be no big meeting like that in New York, but Senator Allen of Nebraska will write a letter to each of the candida officially informing them of the .nomins tion. This course will likely be adopted for several reasons. One is that it will avoid the calling together of the entire notitica- tion committee. Another !3 that it will Prevent a number of complications which might arise from the other and usual method. To Satisfy Watson and Others. ‘The populists who have been clamoring for the notification to be made, and among them ts Watson himself, will probably be satisfied when they hear of the determina- tion that has been reached, but the objects they have in view in forcing the notifica- tion may not be realized. The letter process of notification will be favorable to Candidate Bryan. Senator Allen“®s chairman of the ccmmittee, would hardly think of fixing a limit of time in which Mr. Bryan should answer the notifi- cation. This will give the candidate plenty of time to confer with the democratic, sil- ver and populist leaders and to decide upon the course he wil: pursue. It is believed that Mr. Bryan has been sounded on the question and that he has siccumbed to what seems to be the inev- itable. He probably knows now what is coming and is already groping his way along. From a political standpoint he can- not refuse the nomination. He must do scmething about the matter, and the only thing he can do, and retain the populist vote, is to accept the nomination. As stat- ed, however, he will be in a much more fortunate position if notification is by letter and if no ttm2 for answering it is fixed. The actions of Populist Bateman of Maine, followed by a multitude of letters which have been pouring headquarters declaring that the notifica- ticn must.be made, have had effect. It is thought if the matter had been left en- tirely to Chairman Butler he would not Eave bothered about the notification, al- though his pride in his party is about as great as any of the other leaders. They have all along felt some humiliation, it is said, in the idea going to the world that they would not notify Mr. Bryan for fear he would decline the nomination. Notwith- standing they are for silver, they place the perpetuation of their party ahead of that. They have argued that if Mr. Bryan was ashamed of their support and of thetr nom- ination he ought to be forced to say so, and they would make another nomination. Chairman Butler has probably not agreed with the views of many of the extreme men in his party. He no doubt thinks they are doing damage, but he may not be so awfully disappointed that the notification must be made. Watson's Letter. The published letter of Watson this morn- ing had nothing to do with the new atti- tude about the nomination. The matter was decided on before Mr. Watson's article made its appearance. He may have wired his views to Senator Allen and Chairman Butler, but nothing he has said in the newspapers has had anything to do with what looks e a change in the program of the populist managers. Another question is whether Senator Al- len will make the notification against his wishes. His position has been that notifi- cation was not necessary, and during the St. Louis convention he said that the noti- fication committee would never be called together. Senetor Allen will have to make the notification, however. The time for the notification, as stated, has not been selected. Mr. Bryan will hardly receive the letter before he reaches Lincoln, and not until after he has been notified by the silver party of their nomi- nation. In fact, Senator Allen has not yet given much thought to what he will say in the letter, but he can be depended on to word the letter as diplomatically as pos- sibie, for the sake of the nominee. ~—+ e+ Kate Field's Effects. ‘lhe effects of the late Miss Kate Ficid are In the possession of the United States corsul general at Honolulu. Therefore, a demand was recently made on the Secre- tary of State for the will of the deceased, believed to be among her effects. The department ruled, however, that the con- sul general shall orly be ordered to make search, and if a will is found to furnish a copy of it, but this being insufficient in ad- ministration Judge Cox, in the Probate Court today, appointed George Riddle of Beston, Mass., collector of the estate. into populist | Within Three Weeks Compressed Air Caro May Run. Active Work Being Done on the In- stallation of the Power Plant. Unless something entirely unforeseen oc- curs to cause the present arrangements of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Ccmpany to miscarry, cars operated by ecmpressed air will be running on the New York avenue division of their system within three weeks. The work of install- ing the plant necessary to operate the va- rious lines of the company, all of which are to be equipped with compressed air cars in the near future, is being pushed ahead as rapidly as possible, and inside of two weeks the machinery necessary to com- press the air for the motive power will be ready, it is expected, to put In opration. The compressing plant, which will be Iccated on the east side of the present power house, at Eckington, and immedi- ately alongside cf the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks, will comprise a 300-horse power Corliss compound condensing en- gine, large boilers, and what is termed a 8-stage compressor direct, connected and capable of compressing to a pressure of 2,000 pounds to the square inch, though the receivers on the cars have been made to withstand a ure of nearly 5,000 pounds to the s e inch. Active Work Being Done. The engine and compressor are expected daily to arrive from Norwalk, Conn., and the templets, huge bolts and other ma- chinery necessary to make them perform their parts are already on the ground. The well from which the water for the boilers is to be supplied has already reached a cepth of 150 feet, and in the course of a day or two will, it is calculated, have been driven to the depth of 225 feet, when the work of boring will be stopped, and the foundations for the ponderous machinery, which are nearly ready, will be pushed to completicn. An official of the railway company today told a Star reporter that the motor cars of the new system are expected to reach here by September 10, at the latest, which was the date named in the contract and in the act of Congre: The bodies of these were, he said, built by the Barney & Smith Car Company of Dayton, Ohio, and were delivered to H. K. Potter & Com- pany of Pittsburg July 15 for equipment with the necessary compressed-air ma- chinery. In the construction of the latter, also in the former, only the finest ma- ials were used, and the receivers for the air were made in Germany out of the finest Damascus steel, tested to stand a ure of more than two and one-half greater than it is expected they will ever be called upon to perform. es McKINLEY EN FOWA. Representative Hull Says He Get a Big Majority. Representative Hull of Iowa, one of the members of the executiye committee at headquarters, said today ‘o @ Star reporter that he thought he world Nave to raise his figures as to the majority which McKinle weuld get in that state. He said he kad re- ceived many letters from the state In the last few days, leaving no doubt as to how the state would go. One of these was from Capt. James L. Lorirg, editor of a paper in Dallas county, which is in Mr, Hull's district. Referring to the situation in that ecunty and elsewhere, the letter says “The silver men claim to have a of 110 Sugar Grove Township silver republi- cans. At a meeting Saturday night in Min- , that township, 113 names went on the McKinley and Hobart Club roll. Theory and fact, claiming and getting, don’t ap- pear to gibe, as the republican vote of Su- gar Grove last year was 111. The pull seems to be the other way, and that is the way it is panning out all through Iowa. Silver is an irridescent dream. I see by the Register you say the battle ground will be in Iowa, Hlinois and Indiana. If there is any battle in Iowa it will be a Jug-han- die affair—all on one side. There is a devil of a lot of noise, but it is like a Dakota blizzard—ail wind.” wih — e+ IAL AT THE BARRACKS Enlisted Men Charged With Various Infractions. A general court-martial is in session at Washington barracks engaged in the trial of several enlisted men charged with va- ricus infractions of the regulations. The detail for the court fs as follows: Captains James M. Lancaster, 3d Artillery; William Ernis, 4th Artillery, and Constantine Chase, 4th Artillery; Lieutenants George L. Anderson, 4th Artillery; Walter S. Alex- ander, 4th Artillery; William P. Stone, 4th Artillery; Archibald Campbell, 3d Ar- tillery, and Adrian S. Fleming, 4th Artil- lery, judge advocate. MR. PICKLER CONFIDENT. He Says That McKinley Will Carry South Dakota. Representative Pickler of South Dakota arrived in Washington today on depart- mental business for his constituents. He said that the silver sentiment was on the wane in his state, and that there was no doubt that McKinley would carry the state. Maj. Pickler also said that the united op- position was making a fight on Congress- men and the legislature without apparent regard to the national ticket. For that reason McKinley and Hobart,he said, would run ahead of the state ticket. Mr. Pickler will remain here several days and then return to South Dakota to fulfill his numerous campaign engagements. —____-«.-— Permit to Make Repairs. The Commissioners this afternoon signed an order granting permission to the United States Eleciric Lighting Company to make general repairs to its existing’ plant. From the New York Herald. ‘THE THRUSH (805) THE SPARKOW (805). THE PHILOMEL (2,575). THE RACOON (1,770). THE ST. GEORGE (7,700 TONS). ENGLISH WARSHIPS NOW ASSEMBLED FOR DUTY AT ZANZIBAR. McKinley's Acceptance Inspires Va- .Tying Sentiments. NATURAL DIFFERENCE OF OPINION Interviews With Leaders of the Several Parties. DEMOCRATIC CRITICI M Naturally the McKinley letter of accept- ance was the chief topic of discussion among the politicians at the various head- quarters today. As might be expected, it was received with complacent approval by the republicans and by expressions of criti cism by the demccrats and their allies, the silver men and the populists. Representative Babeuck, chairman of the republicas congressional committee, said: “Major McKinley's letter of acceptance is the clecrest presentation of the pending issues that has been made by any pubite Tan since the inauguration of the present campaign, and proves the republican cand date to be a master of political science. 11 letter must commend itself to the good sense of all men who abhor cant and dem- agogism in the treatment of great prob- lems of government on which depend the business prosperity of the country and the welfare of millions of industrious peopi It is a document that Inspires contide carries conviction with it in every para sraph and gives assurance to the countr; that if Major McKinley is selected the nu- tional government will be in safe hand: it means that with a restoration of tne lican party to power our financ: will be maintained, our indust placed upon a firm foundation perity will again take the place of want and idleness. It stamps McKinley as the leading statesman of the day, and in my opinion assures his election beyond any rea- sorabie doubt.” Secretary Mercer. Secretary Mercer of the republican con- gressional committee said: “Major McKin- ley has written a magnificent letter. It ex- presses the political situation exactly. In it he sounds the keynotes of the cam- paign and every line is an unanswera‘le argument in favor of his election. It Is full of Americanism, patriotism, state manship and horse sense, and gives assur ances that if he is elected the affairs of this nation will not be in the hands of a tyro. His advice is wisdom and to heed it is the duty of every citizen who has at heart the welfare of this repubiic. He gives the tariff quest.on the position it de- serves, for if we setile that right, which is along republican lines, we will not have much trouble with the money question. The people need employment and that cir- culates money. The republican party knows how to furnish the employment and does it, It 4s a party always able and willing to protect both labor and the dollar, and that means business. Plenty of business means prosperity.” nd pros- Representative Richardson. Representative Richardson of Tennessee was the leading democrat at democratic headqvarters to comment on the letter. He was in Congress with Major McKinley, and is well acquainted with the republican nominee. He said: - “I have read with care the letter of ac- ceptance of Mr. McKinley, and, while I haven't the time to make anything like a full review of it, there are a few thoughts that occur to me. The letter was devoid of a single new argument or idea on the money question, and his pet hobby is the tari question. His effort to make the tariff issue one of the leading questions of the campaign is almost ridiculous. His dis- cussion of the money issue makes no new contribution to the arguments which the gold standard monometallists have been giving for several years past. He does not even clothe old ideas in new or original garments. He says that the effect of the free coinage of silver ‘would not make labor easier, the hours of labor shorter, or che pay better. It would make farming less laborious or more protii::bie. It would not start a factory or make a demand for an additional day's labor. It would creaie no new occupations, etc.’ These are mere assertions, based upon no argument what- ever. “He repeats the stale statement, uni- versally made by the gold monometallic advocates, that bimetallism is a thing to be desired, if we can just get somebody else help us get it. It must be humiliating to his friends who have listened to him heretofore on the floor of Congress in hi: earnest advocacy of protection for pro- tection’s sake, when his grandest climax was ‘America for Americans.’ This was his leading contention when advocating the McKinley tariff bill, in the Fifty-third Con. gress. Now it is not ‘America for Amer: cans,’ but exactly the opposite, that ‘Great Britain and her policies for Ameri and Americans “In reading the letter we cannot fai be impressed with the earnestness of his appeal ‘to the intelligence, conscience and patriotism of the people, irrespective of party,’ for support. It is supposed that th is meant to reach all who believe in gol monometallism, and particularly those of the present democratic administration who are of that way of thinking. “He wishes their support, but if they give it to him he doesn’t fail to tell them they must take him with the whole platform which he stands upon, and that includes all there is of McKinley’ protectionism. They niust take him with the charge in his let- ter that all the troubles and disasters of 1893-94 were caused by the election of this administration. He says that it was a sud- den and startling change within a period of eight months, from December, 1892, to Au- gust, 1898, and that within the period of one year the high plain of prosperity reach- ed under the McKinley law and protection was succeeded by disappointment and dis- aster, and that 4il was chargeable to this administration. Do our administration friends indorse that? He says he stands upon the platform adopted at St. Louis. One plank of that platform says: This adminis- tration has ruthlessly sacrificed indispensa- ble revenue, entailed an unceasing deficit, eked out ordinary current expenses with borrowed money, piled up the public debt by $262,000,000 in time of peace, forced an adverse balance of trade, kept a perpetual menace hanging over the redemption fund, pawned American credit to alien syndicates und reversed all the measures and results of successful republican rule. By its policy it has precipitated panic, blighted industry and trade with prolonged depression, closed factories, reduced work and wages, halted enterprise and crippled American produc- tion, &c. It has been a record of unparal- leled incapacity, dishonor and disaster.’ “They must indorse that, as Mr. McKin- ley says in his letter that it is true and that he stands on it. Now, if they can take that dose they can have it. We wonder if our friends indorse that. They must do so if they support “McKinley or contribute to the defeat of Bryan. “He says ‘protection has lost none of its virtues or importance.’ Do they indorse that? He says ‘our farmers have been burt by the changes in vur tariff legisla- tion as severely as our laborers and manu- facturers, badly as they have suffered.’ Do they indorse that? se declares for the protection of sugar. Do they indorse that? fie declares fer the ‘most ample protec- ticn’ to our wool and woolen interests. Do they indorse that? He says ‘the repub- lean party can be relied upon to correct these great wrongs if again intrusted with the control of Congress.’ Do they indorse that? He says ‘the great army of Ameri- ing Star. THE STAR BY MAIL, The Star will be mailed to any address in the United States or Canada if ordered at this office in person or by letter or postal csrd. Persons leaving the city for any period should remember this. Terms: 18 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, on 50 cents per month. Invariably in advance Subscribers changing their address from one Post-office to another should give the last address as well as the new one. can wage earners are without the wages they formerly had.’ He says that if they can earn wages they can buy products. Ard he continues, saysing, “They cannot earn if they have no employment, and when they do not earn the farmer’s home market is lessened and impaired.’ Do they indorse that? “He says, ‘Not open mints for the unlim- ited colnage of the silver of the world, but open mills for the full and unrestricted labor of American workmen,’ is needed, and that protection will supply this want. Do they indorse that? He says, ‘Our un- rivaled American market has greatly suf- fered because of the changes by this ad- ministration in the tariff.’ Do they indorse that? He says, ‘It is not an increase in the volume of money which is the need of the time, but an increase in the volume of Not an increase of coin, but an increase of confidence.’ “But we are informed by the papers of teday and yesterday of the great business failure in New York of Hilton, Hughes & Co. Mr Gillam, a member of the tirm, made the statement yesterday to New York reporters that the firm had been do- ing a good business, ‘but,’ he said, ‘if one had $1,000,000 in government bonds he could not raise $200,000 or $300,000 on them at this time, owing to the stringency in the money market.’ And this comes from the headquarters of gold monometallism in the United States, where all is happine prosperity and contentment, and where they don’t need more money, but need more confidence. Senator Stewart, in the absence of Vice Chairman Stevens, gave the silver party view of the letter. He said “McKinley's letter of ac bungling restatement of the those who are opposed to an financial policy for the United States and in favor of the English gold siandard and the benign bank rule we now enjoy “If it be true that the silver dollars under free coinage will be worth no more than silver bullion now is, how will the miner be benefited by exchanging of silver for a 53-cent do! surdity has been explod times, but the candidate reiterate because it his managers. eptance ts a titudes of ependent “It is humiliating that candid. should be compelled to'make a false state- ment with regard to the stat of the United S I call attention to the fol- lowing asertion of Mr. McKinley to show the necessity under which he labors to | ster up a false theory. He says: “The gov- ernment having issued and circulated the silver dollar, it must honor and protect the holder from lo This obligation it has so far ly kept. Not only is there a moral obiigation, but there is a legal ob- ligation expressed in public statutes to maintain the parity.’ “According to the statute every silver dollar coined by the United States is a le- gal tender dellar redeemable in debis and taxes, nothing else. The sil tes on the deposit of silver dollars ar eemable in silver dollars, nothing 2 is no cbligation, expressed o: , to protect the holder of silver cer- or silver dollars other than by sil- ver dollars any more than there is to pro- tect the holder of gold certiticaies or gold Collars other than by gold dollars. The statutes of the United States and the ci tract with government creditors make all government obligations, except gola cer- t es, payable in either gold or silver at the option of the government and there is no sacred obligation on the part of any government officer to surrender that option to the debtor and swindle the people. A candidate who holds it to be a sacred @ut to discriminate between the legal tender coins of the United States for the purpos of aiding gold gamblers to get up bon] deals and rob the government must be blinded by partisan zeal or bound by par- uisan or financial obligations. “Mr. McKinley says: ‘It (free coinage) would drive at least five hundred millions of gold dollars, which we now have, per- marently from the trade of the country and greatly decrease our per capita circu- lation.” Such a statement w id be too ab- rd for 1otice if it did not come from a candidate for the presidercy. There is not more than five hundred millions of gold in the country, and we doubt very much 1f the amount exceeds four hundred millions, but, according to Mr. McKinley, it would all be driven out of the country and con- tract the volume of our circulation neariy five hundred millions. If that should tak place, dces anybody doubt that moncy would be very scarce and very dear, and that any kind of dollars in this couniry would be worth more than dollars in any other country, because the people would still be compelled to have money to pay debts and taxes or go into bankruptcy Still, Mr. McKinley insists that free coin age would make money cheap. He con- tends that it would drive gold out of the country and contract the currency five hundred millions, and contends that it would ruin the producers with cheap mon- ey. He says that no one suffers as much from cheap money as the farmers and la- borers. They are the first to feel its bad effects and the last to recover from it. “How could the farmers and laborers suf- fer from cheap money if free coinage pro- duced five hundred millions of contraction and made money so dear they couldn't ge Perhaps the candidate has had no ob- et lesson In his own case which reveals im the fact that when money is scare dear business men suffer and some- times become bankrupts, and that it is not always cheap money that ruins the debtor. “It is only when the candidate reacho the realm of force bills and imperial power | that he shines out in all the splendor of despotic glory. He says: ‘We meet the sudden, dangerous and revolutionary as- | sault upon law and order and upon those | to whom is confided by the Constitution, | the la the avthority to uphold and | mainiain them, which our opponents have made, with the same courage that we h faced every cmergency since our organiza- | tion as a party, more than forty years azo. | Government by law must first be assured: everything else can wait. The spirit of lawlessness must be extinguished by the | fires of an unselfish and lofty patriotism.” | “The assumption by the republican can- didate that the country Is In a state of anarchy which must be suppressed ts a slander upon the American people, but it is in harmony with the force bill which he advocated and the use of the federal army to do police duty in the states, which is the pet idea of every goldite who would submit the financia’ government of this country to the monarchs of the old world and the mandates of the gold powers by bayoret here as in the despotic govern- ments on The people of the United States lov: government and are loyal to it. Thi not anarchists, but patriots, and th struggle to rescue the administration the government from the grasp the other side of the Atlantic. their of of gold monopoly is proof of patriotism, and not of anarchy. Mr. McKinley forgets that he represents the anarchists of wealth, who have robbed the people of the United States of the equal and just laws framed by the fathers cf the republic for the benefit of M.! = The Letter to Be Printed. At republican headquarters today the let- ter of acceptance of Maj. McKinley a source of congratulation on all sides. Re- publicans of high and low position, attach- ed to the place were intensely satisfied with the document and expressed pride in it and in the man who wrote it. The letter will become a document in the campaign. It will probably not be printed and sent out directly from here, but wil! be printed by millions by the national com- mittee in New York. The committee here will assist largely in the work of dis: tion, Babeock to McKinley. Chairman Babcock sent the following telegram to Maj. McKinley, and many other | republicans in the city sent telegrams “Accept my hearty congratulations upon your letter of acceptance. Your ciear and concise statement of the facts and your own views so ably and patriotical! pressed will bring to your support large number who have heretofore undecide ex- e+ + Appraisers’ Repor Smith Thompson, jr., and R. V. Larry, having appraised the goods, chattels and personal estate of the late Caroline W. Morgan, today reported the value of the same to the Probate Court as $362.70. BRYAN’S VOICE HUSKY It Shows the Effect of Incessant Speech-Making. MORNING RECEPTION AT ERIE, PA. Spoke a Good Word for Candidate Sibley. HOTEL BALCONY SS ee ON THE ERIE, Pa., August 27._Notwithstanding the three long addresses and the half-dozen short speeches which he had made yester- day, Presidential Candidate Bryan plunged into the battle again and this morning spoke from the balcony of the Reed House to two thousand persons, assembled in the street and the opposite park. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan had been entertained at residence of Otto Germer, jr, @ prominent stove manufacturer, and a dem- cerat, and at 10.30 they drove to the hotel, where it had been announced they would hold a reception. announcement had been made also that Mr. Bryan would speak for the benefit of those who had unable to get into either of the three s on the night before. He was escort- ed to tne balcony overlooking the street, where Mr. Theodore P. Ryder and Rev. ank S$. Heath had been making prelim- inary sp in and re ved an ovation from the crowd, in which workingmen » ped to be in a majority in this speech he touched upon the ques- ticn cf paironage, declaring that none had yet approached him with requests for Mices in c of his tion, and that he had made no promi He also dwelt upon the nece: of electing a friendly Congress as well as a President to in sure the victory of free silver, aud cl with an exhortation to the district to elect Joseph C. Sibley to Congress for a second term. Mr. Bryan's voice began to show the ef- fects of the hard work of this wi pailgn and was decidedly husky, for the first time since his week's rest at Red Jicok. Mr. Sibley followed with a brief speech and then the lines were formed for the re- - and Mrs. Bryan and Mr. and y stood in the main parlor of the hictel on the second floor and the line push- ed up the main stairway, filed through the purlor, each one receiving a word and @ handshake from the members of the party and passing rapidly out to a side stairway. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan each wore the big blue badge of the Randall Clcb and the candi date’s wife held an enormous bouquet of Jacqueminots. Ex-Congressman Kerr pre- sented the people to Mr. and Mrs. Bryan. The reception consumed three-quarters of an hour, beginning at 11 o'clock, and probe ably 2.5 persons were hustled through in that time, most of them ladle: What Mr. Bryan Said. Mr. Bryan in his speech said: “I think I had oppcrtunity enough on last evening to speak to you upon the ts- sues of this campaign, and this morning L simply desire to leave one parting word. This is a pecullar campaign. The people are engaged in this fight because they be- Keve that the triumph @F the principles represented by the Chicago platform 1s ab- solutely essential to the welfare of our na- ticn. This is not merely an attempt to se- cure the presidency in order to divide the offices among the few of the people. Offices cut no figure in this campaign. (Applause) “I believe my experience has been rather an unusual one. The people who have come to :ne have come with suggestions to what cn be done to help the cause, and no one has yet to ask me for an office in case I am elected. I have not discussed patronage with anybody. I shall not dis- cuss patronage with anybody during this campaign. A man who in the midst of @ great battle stops to negotiate as to what position he shall assume when this battle is closed is unworthy to hold any position fter this fight. Nor are we satisfied with curing the presidency. The President alone is powerless to secure legislation. He does not express his approval until the Senate and House have jcined in a meas- ure; and I appeal to yo® if you are inter- ested in the success of our cause, to use your efforts to ure @ and @ House, as well as President, who are in favor of these reforms. The Senate is prac- tically secured. We have no fear but what the Senate which convenes on the 4th of March next year will be in or of the free and -nlimited coinage of gold and ell- ver at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without wailing for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth. “But it is necessary that we should have the Horse also. The House today is in the hands of the enemy, and we must take possession In the Hc o put any good measure it 1 beg you in every congr this na- tion to see to it that no man shell receive @ majority of votes, if you can help it, unless | he goes there to fight for the money of the Constitunon frem the first day he takes his seat rntil the last day he occupies a place in the House. You have in this district a candidate. You have in this district the man who has been tried and not found wanting. You have in this district one of the ablest, one of the most fearless, one of the most élo- quent advocates of thi: ause, His voice has been land, and you will be guilty of a en of this cause unle: u make Joseph your mber of Congress at this election. ‘Now, reme r that this upon you. The candidates can do but it- tle. They cannot all the people. They have not time to address the regiments of voter, but commission each one of s aids in this great fight to come out support this gospel from now until election Cay. We have faith, not only in the alle have faith In that honesty among the people that enkindles an enthu- siasm which all the contributions of all the trusts and all the syndicates cannot extinguish in this campaign.” (Great ap- plause and cheering, ee oe SILVER PARTY HEADQUARTERS. The Literary Bureau is Now Rui I Blaxt. The document and litersry rooms of the silver party headquarters were opered to- day for hard work, and a good-sized force was put to work. The orders which Vice Chairman Stevens placed for printing are being rapidly filled. The managers are pushing the organiza- tion of clubs. A large number of char- ters for formation of clubs weré sent out today. - Richard Mackintosh, one of ghe largest miners of U was written to by the silver party people for a list of the silver ing men cf that stat», and ia reply to the let- ter writes: “I will say that it is not pos- sible for me to s' pu a list of the silver men in Utah, for the reason that, with a few exception very men is a silver man. There is no need of sending siiver Htera~ ture to this state, for the people are well informed on the subject, and will certainly roll up a_la’ Bryan and Price of Hard PHILADELPHIA, Pa., —The veading Company has issued a circular ade vaneing the price of anthraci coal 25 per ton at tidewater points. It is d that prices of coal for delivery in this city and vicinity will also be advanced,