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' OUTCOME UNCERTAIN Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. TOPEKA, Kan., August 25, 1896. There ts a young lady in this city, daugh- ter of a prominent democrat, who is noted in state musical circles for her sweet voice, which she readily lends for the amusement of her friends. She was ameng some young society people who went for a “straw ride’ Monday evening, and concluded to serenade a lady friend, who, because of illness, was unable to join them in their merrymaking. “We will sing ‘Siiine On, Silver Moon.’ Miss Bessie, you start it,” said one of the: men of the party, who 1s president of a recently organized “young voters’” Bryan ard Sewall Club. “Indeed, but I won’t,” returned the young lady, very promptly. “Papa would turn me cut of the house if he caught me sing- ing the praises of ‘silver’ anything.” Of course, there was immediate remon- strance, and remarks that “Bessie was a silly goose,” and from others that she was “pure gold,” but the proposer of the song said to her somewhat gravely that he con- sidered her remarks almost an insu!t to him. Whereupon she pulled off his ring and returned it, with the remark that she couldn't think of marrying a man who was disloyal to his flag, and dishonest in his financial theories, anyhow! The straw ride broke up in confusion, half the girls crying, and the men fiercely prodding each other with campaign pikes and worn-out shafts of argument, and now that par- ticular rtrata of society is in daily erup- Ucn, and the end not in sight. Populists and Grasshoppers. Such is the political situation in Kansas. It may be bad in other states; it is worse here. Every political ism of the country for half a century has sprouted in Kansas. The greenback party found a strong for- tress frora which to fight in Kansas, when Senator Plumb for a time gave the issue his earnest attention. The union labor peo- ple once had their grip on Kansas, but the reign was brief and unproductive of re- sults, save the spirit of unrest it left be- hind. The prophet of the prohibition party, Gov. St. John, sowed that seed on Kansas soil while he yet occupied the gubernatorial chair, and the few thousand votes that party yet casts is only a thorn in the flesh of the republican party. When the populist party hatched out with the grasshoppers six years ago and ravaged Kansas, along with the drouth and hot winds, the last straw seemed to be laid upon the long-suffering citizens of the sunflower state. The fall in Kansas securi- ties, the distrust in her financial stability, the withdrawal of eastern capital, laid the pride of the state low, and when the in- -candescent Ingalls was retired from public life to make way for Peffer and populism it seemed, as one old pioneer remarked, ‘“‘as though Kansas was ready to curse God and die.” It is more than probable that she would have given up the struggle and gone back to primitive ways—abdicated ut- terly—if the Constitution of the United States had only recognized a contingency wherein a state might like to quit house- keeping to get rid of undesirable servants. Republican Gold Cure. There is something, however, that seems to somewhat stir the blood more than pop- ulism or the Pefferian reign, and that is the silver madness. There is now but one party in this state. The republicans are doing a rushing business at the old stand, administering the gold cure to all who will take it, and though it is a nauseous dose to many of their own party, they have swallowed it, and, recanting since the “barn storming” play in Madison Square Theater, when Mr. Bryan so unctuously indorsed populistic theories of finance, hun- dreds have come back to the party, declar- ing that Iscariot’s itch for silver led him a dance tney do rot care to imitate, and that the view from the top of the high mountain {!s not as pleasing a prospect as they had anticipated. Since taking the gold cure they are happy. The other parties, prohibition, democratic and populist, have fused. That is, they call it fusion, but sometimes it doesn't fuse. ‘The pepulists demanded the gocds and the democrats delivered them, but they are so riddled and ragged, where counties, sena- torial districts, representative districts and congressional districts have refused to “fuse” that fusion is as raw as a flea-bit- ten horse, and worth about as much. The democratic party in the state split on the money question. The silver wing, in state convention assembled, representing only about half the counties in the state,met and waited a week for the populists In a town on the cther side of the state to get through their wrangling and put a ticket in the field, and then the democratic con- vention, by that time dwindled to a fourth of the counties, nominated the same ticket. For this sell out the democrats got the Bryan and Sewall electors and the popu- sts gave the lie to Jerry Simpson's as- surance at St. Louls that “Kansas would nobly support the young Patrick Henry of the South, Tom Watson.” Simpson's Grip. The “holy alliance of the west and the south” got a black eye also, whereat Mr. Watson wrote a spicy letter to Mr. Simp- son, it is reported, asking the sage of Rock- ville if he had lost his grip, and'it he was going to let the republicans take. the state by default. The reply'of Mr. Simpson has not yet been made public. Just how Mr. Simpson himself will vote is not made pub- lic, either. In his speeches he refers to “Mr. B: n and the others on the ticket.” A vague evasion of the question, because it is well known to those who associate with him that Mr. Simpson 1s a populist for revenue, in a state where the demo- cratic vote in its palmiest days was never over 60,000, but that he is a democrat in principles. While fusion that does not fuse is the order of the hour, even the fusionists are turbulent and dissatisfied. In several of the cengressional districts democrats have put up tickets, with no earthly show of elect- ing a single man. Not half the counties in the state have fusion tickets, the demo- crats, populists, prohibitionists, the two wings of each party, have tickets in the field for the legislature, and it is so in the senaterial districts. All Split Except Republicans. In party convention each of the old parties has split in the state, just as they did in the national conventions, except the republican party. A few hundred silver republicans went off to the populists after the St. Louis convention, but many of them have returned to the party. The dem- ocrats no longer have a party to return to, consequently those who can’t endure the populistic utterances of r. Bryan are lying low, and propese to vote the republican ticket. This is the method the “straight-out democrats” have adopted. While they are for goid they believe that ft is futile to look for it in the democratic party this year, and fearing the awful menace of the free-silver craze prefer not to waste their strength. The gold democrats of Kansas wili meet with the gold democrats in na- tional convention, but they will put up no state ticket. The prohibiticnists, led by ex-Governor St. John, held their state convention yes- terday, and nominated a full ticket. That makes four state tickéts in the field, two of them the demo-pop and the national pro- hibition for silver, the republican and straight prohibition for gold. Gold Men Hope. While this splitting up of parties and confused fusion of all against the repub- icans would seem to make the situation somewhat doubtful, the gold people are quite confident of winning. The total pro- hibition vote of the state never reached over 6,000, and will be far less this year because hundreds of honest a TO- hibitionists have determined to leave Prat party and come back into the fold. The straight-out democrats will vote with the republicans, so they are declaring. by hun- Then comes the question of the populist vote. Will it be as large mie rear as it was two years ago, even? If it is, then fusion, badly mixed as it looks to be, will carry the day, and Kansas will undoubted- ly send a populist delegation to Congress and elect the state ticket. Those who ought to know, however, say that popullsm has had its day in this state, and that the Populists will not carry a congressional district, and will fall far short of electing the state officers and the legislature. The claim, while colored by desire, perhaps, is not altogether wild. The populists of Kan- sas are quarreling among themselves. The first populist governor of the state wanted to be re-elected, and the convention re- fused to nominate him, and refused to “point with pride” to his administration. at made bad blood, and but for the sil- ver issue’ there would have been a split in the populist party. Going Back to the Fold. Then, again, the democratic electors forced on the populists angered the mid- die-of-the-road populists, and scores of them have gone back to their own old partics—largely the republican—in this state. They declare emphatically that they joined the populist party because they wanted a “purer ballot,” and failing to get a ticket of their own, will not vote the mongrel one put up. The campaign that the populists are put- ting up is weak. It lacks the snap and fervor of the vld-time kicker. It has no new grievances, and the old ones are worn threadbare. Jerry Simpson has been re- nominated, but he got it by a compromise of some kind, a3 a majority of the dele- gates to the convention, if not actually instructed against him, were there to fight him. All differences were healed, however, and he was nominated by acclamation—in spots. There was none of the hearty en- thusiasm of his former triumphs, and his canvass, which has been going vigorously on, does not please him or the populist party. He is the big gun of ‘the state, and when he misses fire chaos ensues. His meetings are thinly attended, while the republicans are obliged to camp out doors to entertain the crowds that come to hear his opponent, Mr. Long. This was about the case two years ago, when Ches- ter I. Long defeated Jerry by a handsome majority. Republican Congressmen Likely. It is not thought now by well-informed politicians that there is a ghost of a show for any of the other populist nominees for Congress. Even the nominees them- selves are claiming nothing, except “that things are looking up” and that “there seems to be more enthusiasm.” They ut- terly refuse to be quoted on the political situation. The republicans, on the other hend, are full of hope, and are rushing things at state headquarters. They have called to their aid “The Patrioiic League of Veterans,” an organization of old sol- Glers, and ere adding to its ranks hun- dreds each day. Special speakers will be provided for this organization, which has a camp in every city and hamlet, and it 1s the irtention to appeal to the old fel- Icws along patriotic lines to stand with the “old union party.” It is a well-un- derstood fact that the populist ranks have been appreciably swelled by old soldiers, and this is a direct move to draw them back. The idea emanated from the brain of that gold democrat, General Sickles, and eo taking like wild fire all over the coun- Ty. Ingalls to the Front. Arother thing that has solidified the re- publican vote In the state is the long-de- layed declaration of ex-Senator Ingalls that he desires to go back to the Senate. He never said in so many words that he desired to do this until the state repub- lican convention met last week. After the convention had howled itself hoarse for him he appeared, and was greeted as men usually greet great’ men, with every expression of enthusiasm, which lasted for five minutes, although the mercury was nearly at the 100 limtt. Quickly and qulet- ly, as though {t was a matter of small importance to him, he stated that the time had arrived, and he was standing in the place where it was eminently proper for him to announce that he wished to be returned to the United States Senate. Then the convention wert wild again. Odd as it may seem, Mr. Ingalls, the born aristo- crat, Is the god of the common people of the ‘state, and they, not the politicians, Gesire his return. "The politicians feel that Mr. Ingalls has not treated them quite henestly, and that he has held himself aloof from the party machine too much, but with the people of the state he is sin- gularly strong, and since his honest avowal @ great many voters have declared their intention to vote for republican Tepresenta- tives, so that he may be returned to the Senate, although they voted to send Peff there in the first flush of populistic pro: perity. If there is anything more than another that the populists of this state do not want it ts another six years of Mr. Pefter. ed THE CAMPAIGN IN GEORGIA. Democratic Committee Embarrassed for Want of Funds. Special Correspondence of ‘The Evening Star. ATLANTA, August 25, 1896. The prohibitionists are meeting with considerable success in raising a cam- paign fund to be applied to the elec- 4ion of Seaborn Wright, the fusion nominee for governor. Dr. J. B. Gam- brell, the prohibition campaign mana- ger, says that the indications are favorable for a liberal subscription. The canvass is being made quietly through the churches. On the other hand, the democrats have not been able to get much cash thus far. They opened their campaign without a dollar in sight, and Chairman Clay went down tn his pocket for the office expenses. Later the executive committee met and raised a small fund by voluntary subscriptions among themselves. Then, after the popu- lists and the prohibitionists fused, and de- cle.ed against bar rooms, it was thought by the democratic leaders that the brewers and distillers would contribute cheerfully, but they have not put up anything so far. Some Rich Populists. Chairman Clay admitted today that the democratic treasury was running low, and he was not light-hearted over the prospect, either. The dermbecrativ: Horhingés ard men of small means, while the populists have ‘put tp some men of large wealth. Mr. Wright, who heads the ticket, and Maj. Sibley, the nominee for state treasurer, are both rich men. It fs reported that they have contributed to the campaign fund. The black voters believe that Chairman Buck of the state republican executive committee has $26,000 to spend for the ben- efit of the populists. If he has any such gmount it was put up by the populists. The national republican campaign commit- tee has not given a cent to Georgia. Populist Senator Possible. A politician from one of the adjacent counties came to democratic headquarters yesterday and said that he had been of- fered $500 to organize the negroes of his county and vote them for the populist ticket. He. was advised to organize his forces, take the $500 and call later. The $500 will pay the back taxes of the negroes and allow a small margin for the mana- ger’s work. If he can get more from some other party or some individual candidate, it will be velvet. The motto of the demo- erats this year is, “The man who buys buys best.” eee The populists have decided to make a strong fight to capture about fifty counties. Instead of spending their energies over the eptire state, they will concentrate their fire on about half the counties. They have Frobably twenty safe. All they need is to get a majority so that they can control the general assembly. Then they will elect the judges and solicitors, as well as the United States Senator. F. w. ——__ Thefts Reported. Bicycle thieves are getting quite daring of late. Last Tuesday morning a Keating bicycle was stolen from the hall in the house of G. H. Chandler, 1223 Vermont avenue. Six woolen undershirts were stolen Tues- day morning from the clothes line in the rear of Edward Hodges’ house, 2139 K street northwest. H. Douglas of 1225 C street southwest reports to the police the theft of a monkey wrench, two-foot rule and a twenty-five- foot tape line from a building at Louisiana avenue and 6th street. ———_—_ Consul Recognized. The President has recognized Franz Hin- derman as consul of Austria-Hungary at ‘New Orleans. Naval Movements. The training ship Alliance sailed from Southampton today for Lisbon. The Alert arrived at San Francisco today. - BOSTON’S BIG LIBRARY. oo Municipal Organization’ and Private Manificence Cémbined. HOW THE “INSTITUTION: WAS ‘BUILT Its Work and the’Manner of Its Working. A GREAT AND GOOD THING From City Government. ‘The story of the Public Library of the City of Boston (for such is the incorporated title) is one fruitful to the student of American in- stitutions, because it sprang into being and maintained its existence through the felicitous union of public generosity, dis- tributed through municipal organization, and of private munificence continually be- stowed from the start. Fifty years ago the earliest movements were making toward a public library for Boston. From 1843 to 1847 gifts from the city of Paris to the city of Boston, secured through the friendly offices of M. Vattemare, awoke the citizens to the fact that books accepted must be cared for. Accordingly, in 1848, the legislature of Mas- sachusetts authorized the establishment of @ public Mbrary. Scattering gifts came along gradually, until, in 1852, the first board of trustees was constituted, with Edward Everett as president, and institutional life fairly began. In the same year Joshua Bates of the Barings in London gave $50,000, which was funded. From 3855 to 1858, while the first library building was under construction on Boylston street, a reading room and small library were already in operation on Mason street. When the library was dedi- cated, on January 1, 1863, its cost, with vaiue of land inciuded, was about $365,000. The empty building and the land (about 23,000 feet) are now held by the trustees at a valuation of not less that $1,000,000. In 1858 came the second gift of $50,000 from Mr. Bates. From this time for about twenty- five years was the period of experiment and development. During this time came the important gifts of special libraries—the Ticknor, the Parker, the Bowditch, the Prince (in trust) and the Barton (by pur- chase), all of them giving renown to the institution in some particular direction, and all the outcome of that prompting which continually urges Americans who have made a successful matter of life to render some acknowledgment to the city of their birth or adoption, instead of aggrandizing their fumily names or fortunes. In 1880, when it was a certainty that the library would soon be overcrowded, the state of Massachusetts, by act of the gen- eral court, granted a parcel of land on thé “Back Bay,” on which now stands the com- pleted new building. The first appropriation by the city council for the new structure was $180,000 for more land, with $450,000 for the buildings. Up to 1887 many plans for the building were examined by the trustees, who finally, with no small courage, went be- yond sectional limits and chose Messrs. Mc- Kim, Mead and White of New York as architects for design and construction. In 1888 the corner stone was laid; by January, 1895, the building was finished and occupied; in March it was opened ‘to the public. During the process of building it became necessary to secure two additional appro- priations of $1,000,000 each, which sums were raised by issue of 4 per cent bonds, the proceeds of the galt of the old building (when so'd) to go to the board of commis- sloners of the sinking’ funds toward dis- charging the indebtedné: The total cost of the new building on Copley square was about $2,410,000, including the purchase of furniture and fittings. — * Has Paid for Itnclf Already. The trustees did not escape public crit- ictem for calling twice, for fresh appropria- tions secured by tour de force and an obst!- nate courage. .By ong, of, those, acts of, courtesy creditably displayed in public life, the board which planned the,building was allowed to carry it forward to completion intact through the various changes of ad- ministration. Their labors had been stren- uous, and it was not surprising that soon after the task was done changes in the board occurred. No charge of mismanage- ment was ever made, and no scandal as to commissions cr contracts has ever arisen. The city of Boston may be said to have secured more for its money than is often the fortune of an American city. The ideal of the trustees and of the architects seems to have been fully realized in one partic- ular. The costly construction—costly, in- deed, for a small city—has already paid for itself. It is recognized as a genuine work of art, not merely a show building, but a thing of perpetual beauty, to which citi- zens and’ strangers alike turn with affez- tionate eyes. Although only an earnest of a general movement in Boston toward the highest standard of civic art it has exer- cised a dominating influence on the coun- try at large. The tranquilizing influence of this building as a corredtive of the fierce vulgarity still thrust forward by art huck- sters among municipal politicians cannot be fairly estimated. So much for its history in outline as an institution and for the aesthetic results of generous expenditure for its new building. Something should be said regarding the work in which it is now engaged, the methods of finance and the organization by which its costly machinery is equipped and run. The Trunk and the Branches. The library os it stands consists of the central library on Copley Square, of ten branch libraries and sixteen delivery sta- tlons. In the certral library there were on February 1 of this year 469,874 vol- umes; in the auxiliaries, 158,423; making a total of 628,207. Each branch is main- tained gs a separate Nbrary, answerable, of course, to the Hbrarian, but supplying the wants of its community. Books, how- ever, can be sent for at least once a day from the central library to any branch and to any of the delivery stations, which are irstituted for the express purpose of sup- plying books from the central to localities arranged, so far as possible, to square with the demand of population. A few of these stations have small collections of books, four of them and all of the branches main- tain reading rooms, in which are kept from 50 to 100 magazines and other periodi- cals, according to the size of the constitu- ercy. The branches are open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., but the delivery stations are not uniform as to hours, being established gen- erally in apothecary shops or other places of business. Less interesting as these remifications of the larger institution un- doubtedly are from a literary and schol- arly attitude, they are of great import- ance as viewed in the lght of library economy. During 1895, ‘while the circula- tion of the central library was 279,000, the circulation of the combined subsidiary libraries was 568,000, of more than twice as much as the total cineulation of the certral library. Yet theilatter contains three times as many booksias all the aux- iliaries combined. Altheugh, of course, the circulation is forced un by the fact that many of the most popular books are bought for the branches, still this encour- agement of a use of the library is within normal limits a legitimate:and necessary policy to an institution dependent upon the good will of the citizens taxed for its support. y fv Cost. 4 To maintain the Bostori' public library cost, during 1895, alittle more than $219,000, and for the present year $225,000 have been appropriated by! the city coun- cil, Of these $219,000 about $103,000 went for salaries, $27,000 for new books, $14,000 for bookbinding, $5,300 for periodical; ever $6,000 for coal and $3,300 for trai portation between ‘the central library and auxiliaries. It will be evident that the ex- penditure for books does not represent the thue condition of things as to the yearly increment tn this direction, now amount- ing to between 25,000 and 40,000 volumes. Many of this immense number of acqu'si- tions came as gifts from friendly disposed Persons and institutions. In 1805 1,433 Persons gave 15,600 volumes, besides 12,363 numbers 6f magazines and parts of larger works. Without sufficient resources at hand to care for these gifts it is fair to say they would not have been given with such liberality. It is evident that the large force of workers and the high equipment. help to induce people wishing to give where their good offices will not fail to be appreciated. ‘Where the Money Comes From. A few words should be said as to the source whence the library derives its rev- venues. It must depend primarily upon the city appropriations. Each year the special budget 1s made up by the trus- tees, and is based upon the actual expen- ditures of the previous year, to which added a reasonable allowance for fres! expenses and improvements. The caicula- tion is, of necessity, close, for the mayor, whose approval must be secured for each separate item of the total city appropria~ tion, is obliged to pare down in many di- rections in order to bring the sum total within the limits affixed for the tax rate of $9 per $1,000 for municipal expenses. The appropriation jumped at once from $175,000 in the old building to $225,000, made necessary by increased cost of maintaining the new structure. It is to the credit of the city that it has seldom been niggardly in its apportionment to the library, which has proved in return, perhaps, the best possible investment to the city. This ap- ropriation, then, is an item in the total udget of the city, raised by taxation, there being no special tax for a library furd, as ig the method in some places. In addition the library has the use of cer- tain invested funds, amounting in all last year to $201,213.09, the income of which Was $10,328.19. These trust funds were given in almost every case for such speci- filed purposes as the purchase of works in mathematics, political economy, Spanish and Portuguese literature, etc. In some cases no close restrictions have beea placed. As a rule, however, only works of a permanent value and serious char- acter are purchased with these funds. It will be seen, therefore, that the city of Boston is willing to spend about $350,000 per annum upon its library, if we reckon, as is proper, the interest on the loan for the new building. If some splendid giver of the future should bestow a sum 50 large that its income should amount to $250,000, and should condition this gift on the city’s assuring an annual appropria- tion of equal amount, the library would have a perpetual guarantee against the uncerteinty of polities and might hope to rival even the British Museum. How the Library ix Governed. The governing power is a board of five trustees, each appointed by the mayor for a term of five years; each year the term of one trustee expires, and he may then be reappointed or replaced by another. They serve without pay, and their office is one of the highest honorary positions within the gift of the city. These trustees are representative of the best and ablest in the citizenship of Boston. They were incorpo- rated by act of the legislature, April 4, 187: and have among other powers the “autho: ity to take ard hold real and personal e: tate to an amount not exceeding $1,000,000, which may be given, granted, bequeathed or Gevised.” oney is to be invested by the city treas- urer, under direction of the finance com- mittee of the city. Aside from these funds, they have a responsible charge in the name of the city over the buildings, valued in the neighborhood of $2,540,000. and over books, manuscripts and works of art of at least an equal worth, making a total valuation of about $5,000,000. Their annual meeting is held: in May, when a president, vice president, a clerk, are chosen by ballot, three trustees constituting a quorum. Un- der them are the officers of the institutien, the chief of whom is the librarian, who is appointed by the trustees, and who has general charge and management and con- trol of the Mbrary and its branches, as well as the custody of the property owned by the corporation. To all grades of the service, excepting the positions of the officers above men- toned, appointments are made through examinations either for entrance or promo- tion, by the trustees, upon nomination by the librarian. Other considerations of tit- ness enter into the selection of a candi- date, who must, however, have first passed an examination. The librarian’s salary is $6,000, the next highest is $3,000, and from this point the salaries are carefully graded aown to $3.50 a week, which is the lowest point. ——__+e+______ SITUATION ILLINOIS. Possible Action of the Dunkards, Who Usually Do Not Vote. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. CHICAGO, August 24, 1896. ‘The opening of democratic national head- quarters here has stimulated interest in the local canvass, an interest that lagged just a trifle after Mr, Bryan's departure for the east. The “local” canvass in- cludes all of Illinois, for it is now generally conceded that on the county of Cook hangs the hope of democracy. From the corre- spondent’s view potnt things are very much mixed. The showing g2ld democrats will make is an unknown quantity. Just now it seems that they are on the aggres- sive, or perhaps it would be more proper to say, they are whistling a lively graveyard air, and threatening all sort of mischief to their former associates. It is but the truth to say, however, that the men behind the democratic bolt in Il- lirois_are not men who have led the peo- ple. Franklin MacVeagh is known princi- rally for Mis wealih; Gen. Black for his scars, and his penchant for disagreeing with nearly everybody; Forman for his un- swerving devotion to President Cleveland, and Senator Palmer for his absolute post. election independence of the voter. The general, it will be remembered, owes his seat in the United States Senate now a fusion of democrats and populists. They are all strong men of conceded abili but here, where they are best known, they are not regarded as in very great sympathy th the masses. Gen. Paimer, himself a sincere patriot and an honest man, ts of the old school, who loves his country and his countrymen in the mass, but who se- lects bis own personal associates very carefuily. He realizes that his official life is drawing to a close—that in the nature of things, he cannot be a participant in af- fairs for many years longer, and he can therefore afford to do just as he pleases. Black is an annuitant, Forman a country lawyer and MacVeagh a financier. They may be called the Big Four among Illinois belters, and as has been said, the extent of their influence is altogether protlemat- ical. Some assert that they will poll as high as 30,000 votes in the state, while others declare they will not receive more than 2,000 and that 90 per cent of these 2,000 will be cast in Cook county. The point made by this latter class of guessers is that in the city it is net eus- tomary for men, a few ardent reformers excepted, to throw away their voces, and that those who do not support Bryan will go to McKinley. Active Republicans, The republican leaders undoubtedly be- lieve this, and are carrying on a very act- ive propanganda among the well-to-do classes, realizing that:a vote for the gold standard democrat means only a half vote for McKinley. Many of the leaflets sent out by the republican literary bureau dwell strongly on the one point that a democrat may still be a democrat and consistently vote for the republican candidate in order to rebuke “repudiation.” There seems to be no doubt now that the republicans in Cook county, as in the state of Illinois, will have to meet the allied forces of the democrats, the populists and the silverites. Gen. Black for Governor. The nomination of Gen. Black for gov- ernor has been agreed on for weeks. A committee of three well-known hard money democrats has been appointed to wait upon him and ask him to accept the nomination. Nothing remains to insure the nomination of Gen. Black except that gentleman's con- sent to make the race, and it is confidently asserted that the general is willing. Gen. Black is at present out of the city, but the committee appointed to wait upon him will go to Carling, Canada, where he is spend- ing his summer vacation, to make the ten- der to him. The committee consists of Adams A. Goodrich, Jacob H. Hopkins and James Sheehan of Galena. It was ap- pointed after a caucus of the gold demo- cratic leaders, which was participated in by men of prominence in sound money democratic circles from various parts of the state. Influence of Dunkards. A good deal of interest is being taken here in the probable course of the Dunkard Church this fall. The announcement has been made by a~leader of that religious bedy that the Dunkards would break their usual rule this year and vote. It is not customary for them to go to the polls at all except in what they consider a crisis in the affairs of the nation. The elder inter- viewed said he cast his last vote for Abra- ham Lincoln in 1864, but that now he and his people thought it their duty to express themselves in favor of gold and the integri- ty of private contracts. Of course this in- terview was printed in a McKinley paper, and your correspondent gives it merely for what it is worth without undertaking to vouch for its authenticity. The Dunkard Church is very in Tilinois, West Virginia and Ohio, and if it should vote as a body its influence would undoubtedly be felt. strong THE: EVENING STAR; THURSDAY; AUGUST 27, 1896—TWELVE PAGES, OVER IN TENNESSEE But Two Congressional Districts Sure for Democrats. REPUBLICANS GREATLY ENCOURAGED A Remarkable Year for Party Dis- sensions. PATTERSON’S FIGHT Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. MEMPHIS, August 24, 1896. The democratic leaders are getting se- riously alarmed over the dissensions in the party concerning congressional nomina- tions. The first and second districts are conceded to the republicans. In the third the democrats selected a candidate with- out any friction, but that was probably due to the fact that there is very little Probability of a democrat winning out in that district in November. In the fourth and fifth districts, Benton McMillin and James D. Richardson are virtually assured of a re-election to Congress, and they are the only democratic nominees who have a certainty. In the sixth district the chances are in favor of John Wesley Gain the democratic nominee, because the Nashville republicans don’t’ seem to know what they want. But-in the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth districts the condition of affairs bus grown steadily more unpromising for the democrats. In the seventh district the row between N. N. Cox and State Senator W. J. Whitthorne has not been settled by the convention. It seems th. the convention assembled the Whitthorne men nominated a chairman and deciared him | elected before the Cox m their trance, and this chairm to be “hot stuff.” He declined to recog- nize Cox men, and d ed all the mo- tions made by the Whitthorne men car- ried. The result was another convention, which nominated Cox, while the original convention, in its amputated form, put out Whitthorne. The feeling between the two factions is intense, and as both candi- dates propose to rum 1: out the rej cans, if smart, can gather in the sev district, Whitthorne is the game of the present state senate. He !s regurd- ed as a fighter from way back, and during | the last session of ihe legisiature hard, a day passed without his getting involved in some kind of a row. Indeed, some of the newspapers took to chronicling the fact that “the senate met yesterday without Senetor Whitthorne denouncing enybody as a liar,” whenever that happened to be the case. He Is a thoroughly honest man, but if he ever gets into Congrese it will not be very pleasant to tread on the tail of his coat. In the eighth district the sores are not by seny means healed up. Mr. B. A. Enloe, who failed to receive the democratic nom- ination, was in Memphis the other day and Le was very bitter about the way he had been treated. He desired to contest the election, but the committee would give him no chance whatever. Mr. Enloe claims to have been the victim of the activity cf the Louisville and Nashville railroad, a cerporation which has had its hand on the throat of the state for a good many years. He has been an active advocate of a con- stitutional convention, and the Louisville end Nashville people think that the people of Tennessee don’t kncw what they want on this subject. Enloe says the railroad agents gave it to him “where Katie wore the beads Among other things they did was to put out a candidate by the name of Trout, who went among the people of the moonshine districts and told them that if they would elect him to Congress he would repeal the revenue laws and confer other amazing and impossible benefits upon them. The thousand votes this rainbow chaser got would probably have gone to Enloe had not such alluring promises been made to them. The friends of Enloe will fight Sims, the nominee, at the polls, and a republican is almost sure to represent the district. In tha ninth district the eld fight be- tween Rice Pierce and J. C. McDearmon is in active eruption again. In 1892 Pierce withdrew from the democratic party and Joined the populists. He ran against Me- Dearmon, the democratic nominee, and was defeated. Now he is back in the part and, of course, fas brought his row i with him. He and McDearmon will in all probability both run as the nominees of the democracy and the outsider can come in. The chances are that in this district the opposition nominee will be a populist indorsed by the republicans, for if there is any fusion in Tennessee it is more apt to be a fusion between republicans and popu lists than between democrats and po lists. In this state the democrats hav rubbed too much mud in the nose of po; lism for the members of that party to tu kindly to the democrats bringing can Gacies for them to indorse. The row in the tenth district has blo: somed like the magnolia in the last f days. Saturday night mass meetings w held throughout the district by those w are opposed to Josiah Patte: gates were selected for the district con vention. Where instructions for E. W. Carmack, but is a strong undercurrent even among the nlimited that it would be safer e some one else, as Carmack has antagonized nearly all ciasses in turn Memphis. The populisits held their con- vention Saturday, and the effort to have them indorse Carmack for Congress failed utterly. If any other democrat had had a certainty of receiving the free silver nomination, the pops would have or hi but as it was they put out B. West as their candidate. T! ive commitiee of this has added to the general livelin In ail those who partic Saturday’s mass meetings as bo! the nominee of the convention will prol ably be treated by the county committee a@5.a balter. Among the delegates elected to the convention ts Senator Isham G. Harris. Alchough General George B. Pe- ters and Thomas Turley are mentioned for the free silver nomination, the chances are that Carmack will win. The primaries ordered by the regul: congressional committee will be held S tember 3 throughout the district. Thy siah Patte.son clubs formed have already a membership of 3,0vu. He will, of course, be nominated in the primaries, and the chances now are that he will be elected. The failure of the silver democrats to se- cure the co-operation of the popuiis: means the defeat of the silver candid: ‘All these democratic rows are very en- couraging to the republicans. It is safe to say that the republicans will elect five— and it may be six—of the ten Congressmen this year, owing to democratic dissensions, and, of course, these dissensions will have some effect on democratic chances of car- rying the state for Bryan.and Sewall, an Eob Taylor. Already, it is claimed, the free silver tide is not running quite so free. “Free silver,” remarked an astute poiltical observer today, “is like cotton. It grows best in hot weather. Wait till the frosts come, aid you will see how the and unlimited will check up and with There may be something in this. in Ss POLICEMAN AND FIREMEN, Two of the Guardians at The fire department trial board is en- gaged In conducting an investigation of charges of profanity preferred against the members of Engine Company No. 1 on K street by Policeman McDanicls. Testimony was taken yesterday afternoon and last evening, end is now being written up for presentation to the Commissioners. The story is that Fireman Seitz and Polizenan MeDaniels have been having a series of personal disag:eements, culminating in the policeman hauling the fireman before the Police Court for profanity, where he wis fined $2. The fireman then accused the policeman of “hoodling” on his beat. it is said, and the latter retorted by charging the whole engine company with profanity. ——- The Patriotic League: The ex-Union soldiers have organized in this city a branch of the Union Veterans’ Patriotic League and elected the follow- irg officers: Colonel Jacob H. Dewees, pres- ident; Colonel Chas. P. Lincoln, vice presi- dent; J. W. F. Williams, secretary; H. E. Weaver, corresponding secretary; Alva 8. Tabor, treasurer; Theophilus itzgerald, sergeant-at-arms. The headquarters cf the eis in New York city, General Daniel B. Sickles, president. j furnished Important To Some People! DR. SHADE, 1232 14th at., Lung and Throat Specialist, Is the only physician in this country who claims the ability to cure Consumption (Tuberculosis), and Who has proven the same by living witnesses re- siding in the District of Columbia—physiclans, merchants, afpaicians and other citizens, who are willing to be?interviewed. Why spend your timo 4nd money with doctors who do not even claim that they have cur d one case, or even believe the dis- ease curable? Dr. Shade’s Chioridum Discovery for Consump- tion, Lung, Throat and Catarrhal Diseases has been tested, and no other plan of treatment has ac- complished such results. Send or call for booklet, fymptom blank, &c., for those desiring home treat- ment. Office hours—Monday, Wednesday and Fri from 9 to 12, and 2 to 6 sharp. Coasultation free. Dr. Shade in charge. au25-tf NAMED AS CO-RESPONDENT caly Harry B. Bradstreet Begins Sensational Divorce Proceedings, Ex-Congressman Archie Bliss Gave Awny a Bride and Gave Her a House on Capitol Till. Harry R. Bradstreet has commenced di- edings in the suprem of against his wife, Mrs. May BradSireet. He charges infide! and names ex-Congressman Archibald Bliss of Brookixg and this city a . Bradstree lares the suit is an attempt to blackmail Mr. Bliss pioyed € Solicitor Allen B, ie is now she weet Is a southern ¢ the ter of Capt. Murphy, who an rin the confederate army. Her father 1 her mother Cunni dicd whe © was a child, became the wife of Dr. H Indi, from whom shi . Ts ago, and a married Mr. Bradstreet. In the absen her parents at the ceremony Mr. L s ate tended and gave her aw: at the same time presenting her with a handsome, brown-stone house on ( Hill, which is now her residence. street was then the Washington rep tative of a Philadelphia bus’ ss house. He afterward went 1 business for him- self as a merchant tailor, but gave it up last June. According to Mrs. Bradstreet, Bliss has known her and her family since her childhood—when they lived in Y., and has always been ver to her. Besides Mr. Bliss Bradstreet nam W. K. Fulierton, a Philadelphia merchant, and George Meyers as co-respondents. In an interview in the New York Herald Mrs. Bradstreet says: “I can see no other motive in my band’s conduct but blackmail. T) Me; I never even heard of. I have met husband's fast frien He is a ver man, and has always der a very gentlemanly man’ has been a dear friend, and has o! : PoC on assisted my husband financially. It seems to me that he is the main object of my husban as the latter knows him'to be a wealthy man. “After our marriage Mr. Bliss was a frequent caller at my house, and often took my husband and myself out driving and i us at his magnificent hus%aad nily applied and he more never refused. that, having everything in July my h me and secured a cottage c avenue, to which we moved to s summer. I last saw Mr. Bliss at that cot tage. He has been v and while we were Mr. Bliss came meyer of New Windsor for a couple of da One » ing he drove up to the cottage wh ill fer some tme, we were cating breakfast and took me out driving, I leaving him at his hotel, whence he returned to New York with Mr. Havemeyer. That is the last I have seen of him. My hustand weeks ago and I Shortly after his letter, which con went away have not s about two somewhere informs cks legal re me us that he has no ca: dence, As soon as I rec ed Mr, Biiss and rec him in rep! go to New ¥ Jeave for Wasi morning and see him. be coerced ‘band has 202 TIMENT IN MAINE. Senator Garcelo * vac Special Cor ence of The LEWISTON, Me., August 24, 1596. The convention the gold democrats of held in Poi y and the men who we movement are not those with them. been se q ses i the” movetient was a compe é , the regular nomines is in the contest for the cific ; of the port ef Portland. these genticmen were succe 5 plum feli to John W. Decring, who, by the way, is a gold democrat aud a 3 Z sup- porcer of the Cleveland administration, There probably is more gold sentiment among the Portland democrats th any other place in the prominent organized ac power Sewail. ‘The ¢ taken by ex-Unit Senator James W. Gradbur; member of the Senate now li doubs, had iis influence upon m democrats. Mr. bradbury of the famous class of 1 lege, of which Hawthorne, Longte Jonathan Cilley were members. lus college friends was President Franklin Pierce, whoggradua 24. Mr. Brad- bury was in ot th States from '47 to "53, closing his sen career the year that his friend I vlected President. Mr. Bradbury many changes in party prin policies, but has always re fast democrat. Now, at ninety Bradbury has refused to support State, though and He the tes. ¢ the convention of ¢ s at Portland, in which bh democrats to support the platform nominees of the Indianapolis cou On the other hand, ex-governor Alonzo Garcelon of Lewiston, another old and fa- mous graduate of Bowdoin, enthd- silastic on the subject of free Mr. Bradbury tor the gold standard. . Garceion was graduated from Bowdoin in 1836, and during the war became famous as a surgeon in the army. He has been prominent in business and political life in Maine, and was governor of the state in 1s7¥. He will take the stump this week, and will deliver speeches every afternoon and evening until the state election. Dr, Garcelon has made an exhaustive study of the financial question, and in his speeches will lay particular stress upon the burdens placed upon the people by the national nks. one week will commence the real, ag- gressive work of the campaign for both parties. The republican speakers are as the sands of the sea in number, and will be sent to every nock and corner of the state. The aemocrats will not have so many speakers of national reputation, but have a large number of local speakers enlisted in the cause. The three weeks that now remain before the state election will be the liveliest ever known in the state of Maine