Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1896, Page 1

————— THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISEED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Oor. 11th 8t., by Oo: . he Deng Se ETP, ony ‘New York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Frening Star ts served to subscribers tn the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month. les at the ounter 2 cents each. By mail—unywhere in the Cnited States or Cusada—postaze prepald—S0 cents r mont PSSaturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per sear, with foreign postage added, $3.00. : Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. O., econd-class ma‘l matter.) ©All mail subscriptions must be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known om application. — Ohe Lvening Star. — No. 13,578. WASHINGTON, D. ©. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1896—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. ——=s ‘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 cera. ‘Persons leaving the city for any, period should remember this. Terms: 18 ccnts per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably in advance, Subscribers changing their address from one Post-office to another should give the lost address as well as the new one. GOLD DEMOCRATS They May All Eventually Vote for Mr. McKinley. LEADERS RESOLVED 10 DEFEAT BRYAN ———s Watson's Aggressiveness Causinga Good Deal of Uneasiness. STEMMING THE SILVER TIDE a age OR The democrats who were figuring on the Palmer-Buckner ticket drawing gold dem- «cratic votes which would have been cast for McKinley if no new ticket had been nemed are likely to find that they are m:staken in their calculations. The gold democ party intend te make a vigorous campaign for Palmer and Buckner right up to elect‘on time. Their course when It comes to voting will be determined by cir- s, but the present exp fon of ighted leaders 1s that as far as possible the fcrces assembled under the met-Buckner banner will be thrown over to McKinley at the last minute. Their anticipatien is that during the course of the campaien the antagonism cf the Palmer-Buckner democrats toward the Bryan ticket will become so great as to preclude the possibility of any considera- ble number of their voters declining to suppert McKinley duectly if the ieaders determine that to be the only sate course ecure the defeat of Bryan. an of the promoters of the atic movement before it had the shape of a national convention unize themselves into a party » the stump against Bryan with- oui presenting cancidates of their own. It fs known that Mr. Palmer was in sympa- thy with tn:s idea in the first instance, and that t is gold democratic organiza- tion w organized merely for stump- ing pur This being true, it is not doub’ that if before the c s over it ii yote can be thrown to Mc Paimer will very being done. It ts aces warrant the gold democrati ional committee may, just prior to the election, withdraw the Palmer-Buckner ticket, or, if they do not do tms, they in some formal manner w:il recommend their followers to vote the McKinley ticket. Watson's Aggressiveness. The cggressiveness of Candidate Watson in his demands that Sewall shall withdraw froia the democratic ticket and in predict- ing the defeat of Eryan if this ts not done is causing a great deal of irritation among the demvcrats and the Bryan and Sewall popuiists. It gives color to an impression whi ha been growing that many, if Sewati is rot witharawn, if not mest of the middle-cf-the-road populists in the souti: will cast their votes for McKinley. It is very strongly intimated that in some parts of the south the middie-of-the-road popu- lists will, with the approval of Watson, make e A open or a secret fusion with the republicans, by which their vote will be thrown aimost solidly for McKinley and Watson. Goverument Clerks Keeping Quiet. The disfavor with which the administra- tion lecks upon any assistance being given the democratic committces by employes of the government 1s having an effect. The man who is engaged In sending off a great quantity of documents for the Bryan cam- paign said today that a large number of ent cerks who had volunteered to tance in addressing envelopes, notified him in the last few days thai they will not be able to render the service volunteered, for the reason that it crious offense to their superiors i probably cause dismissals. They rep- resent that such a display of partisanship on the part of clerks under the civil ser- vice classification will be regarded as a particularly grave offense, and that they will be more liable to punishment for it than are those guvernment employes who owe their positions entirely to political in- yence. minor government offictals who are actively participating in the Bryan cam- paign say that they have had no intima- tion that thelr course endangers the loss of their positions. They are prepared, how- ever, to believe that that may be true, and those who are thus displaying their parti- sanship appear to be ready to play the role of martyr. The authority for the state- ment that Mr. Cleveland will not tolerate the active support of Bryan by his officials is such as to preclude the idea that what has been satd on the subject is merely idle zossip. ces? Stemming the Silver Tide. Private information from various sections of the country gives indication that the im- Mmense work that is being done by the re- publican national committee is having a de- cided effect in stemming the silver tide where it was supposed to be strongest. The abundant supply of literature which they have been able to distribute, and which they have distributed with much sagacity, has educated in many commu- nities a class of men to the point where they are able to get the best of an argu- ment against silver agitators of local repu- tation, who have heretofore been the cock of the walk in the community. In a great many communities there have, during the past few years, sprung up silver agitators who are not very well informed, but who, knowing more on the question than most of those to whom they talk, have been able to beat down antagonists in argument, and have thus held the crowd with them.’ The Uberal distribution by the republicans of campaign literature has furnished the gold Men with information and arguments which i hgye been able to use with great effect, while the local silver agitators have not been as well supptag, and have mot been able to keep up with the enighten- ing progress of the discussion. In every case where a stlver agitator whom nobody has dared to dispute with in a small com- munity has been worsted by his new an- tagonists it has had a marked effect upon those who heretofore had been accepting his word as law on all financial questions. cee ae Personal Mention. Mr. John Joy Edson has returned from a visit of several weeks to the coast of Maine and Moosehead Lake. Mr. Morgan Ross, for several years past one of the pepular clerks at the Arlington, and who has been during this summer in the office at Bedford Springs, left Wash- ington Saturday for Philadeiphia, where he has become a member of the clerical staff of the Hotel Walton. Secretary Carlisle was sixty-one years old Saturday. Admiral Walker has returned to the city from a month's vacation spent in the east. Assisiant Secretary Hamlin has returned from Boston. Secretary Carlisle has gone to Bar Har- bor with his family, to remain about three weeks. Assistant Engineer H. O. Stickney, at- tached to the Naval Academy, ts in the city on leave of absence. — Execution tn Nova Scotia. DIGBY, N. » September 8&—Peter Wheeler was hanged at the jail here at 2:31 o'clock this morning for the murder of Arnie Kempton, at Beer River last Jan- wary. 3:2 Kempion, who was sixteen years of age, was Klled in defending her honor at her father's hothe, where she had been left alone. Wheeler, afist hits conviction, confessed his crime, TAXABLE PROPERTY The List to Be Augmented by the Addition of Pieces Heretofore Exempt. Opinion of the Attorney of the Dis- trict to Be the Basis of the Assessors’ Action. When the board of permanent assessors makes its final retura of the assessment of the county, and thereby corcludes the new assessment of the District of Columbia, it will present 2 recommendation to the Com- missioners to include In the list of taxable property a number of pieces of property that are at the present time exempt from taxation by law and common consent. Two years ago Assessor Trimble prepared @ statement showing the taxable property in the District, together with a lst of the property exempt from taxation by law. The list cf property exempted from taxa- tion amounted to the immense sum in ag- gregate value of $211,157,988. Of this amount the United States was entitled to exemption on $198,058,139. | The District owned property valued at $3,653,820, upon which it paid no taxes, and all other*ex- empt property in the District amounted to $9,446,029. A recapitulation based on the percentage of taxable property in the Dis- trict showed these remarkable figures. The taxable property was pleced at 47.55 per cent; the United States preperty went near- ly two percentage roints higher, and was placed at 41.20 per cent; the District of Co- lun.bia property was placed at .91 per cent, and ail other exempt property figured per cent of the whole. Of course the assessors have no idea of compelling the general government to pay taxes on its property, ror does the board wish to impose the burdens of taxation upon the District. What it hopes to co, and what the board will recommend, is that there be taken off the list of exempt prop- erty certain parcels of ground, with their improvements, which are now in no wise public Institctions, and more especially those inst:tutions which are operated by corporaticns for gain. There are in the city of Washington 137 churches, whose total valuation is $4,252,679. The board has never considered placing them on the tax- able st, but many of them have on the property occupied by the church building other structures that are not used for church purposes. These, the board be- lieves, should pay taxes. In Georgetown there sre fourteen churches, valued at $207,227; ir_the county thirty-two churche 287, or a grand total of ee valued at 317. 5 churches in the District, valued at $4,61 192. The number of charitable institutions in the District is forty, and the value of the ground and improvements occupied by them is placed at $2,371,125. More particularly there are twenty-nine private educational institutions, whose to- tal assessed value is $2,072,169. And these, although they are run for private gain, do not contribute one cent in taxes. This matter has been kept a secret—that 1s, the proposed action of the board of as- sessors. It leaked out, however, today when a written opinion was received from the attorney for the District based upon a trial question. It appears the board of assessors in its tour about the city discov- ered that the ground and house in which the teachers of the School of the Immacu- late Conception lived, in the rear of the school building, were not included in the property listed for taxation. The question was at once raised how many of such in- stances existed in the District. Before pro- ceeding with the investigation the attorney for the District was appealed to for an opinion upon the legality of exempting such Property from taxation. His opinion was that the property in question, not being used for school purposes, could not be con- sidered exempt. This opinion opened the way for the assessors, and it is understood that the list of taxable property in the District will be considerably augmented this year by the addition of a number of pieces of property that have heretofore en- jeyed exemption from taxation. —— SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION. Some Suggestions Made by Col. Haw- kins, the Commanding Officer. In his report upon the operations of the Infantry and cavalry school the command- ing officer, Colonel Hawkins, 20th Infantry, suggests that if only bachelor officers were allcwed to attend that school there would be room enough for two from each regi- ment, and says there will be a lack of room as long as married men are sent there for instruction. Colonel Hawkins also sug- gests as an incentive to work that a diplo- ma of the school should be equivalent for examination for promotion in any branches that the school covers. Captain Wagner, one of the instructors, suggests that the school suffers because some colonels send officers for instruction when they are not properly prepared to take the courses given there. He says it should be borne in mind that the school {s for bright officers who have become good students; that its ef- ficiency is much reduced by having any other kind detailed there for duty. For this reason he recommends having officers who fail in their examinations returned to their regiments if reported deficient by the school staff. —_—_—___-+e—______ SECRETARY HERBERT'S OPINIO: ‘Thinks the Bryan Movement Has Be- gun to Decline. LONDON, September 8.—The Daily News tis n.orning publishes a column interview with Hillary A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy of the United States. Mr. Herbert ridicules the idea that there is any real dissensions between the north and south or between the east and west. The threats of western secession were hardly worth denying, and rothing was heard of them in America. “No doubt,” said Mr. Herbert, “some of the gold democrats will feel obliged to vote for the Bryan ticket, because Bryan car- ried the Chicagé céfivenugn;. but many will not do so. In my opinion, the Szyan movement has reached its height and is now declining. “I should be sorry to say,” Mr. Herbert continued, “that the silverites are fanatics and fools. Many of them are good men. But I think the silver party is mistaken in its aims and policy. Mr. Herbert said to the Daily News rep- resentative that his official position pre- vented him from speaking more freely. a Printing Office Improvements, The report of Col. John M. Wilson of the cperations for the month of August in making the repairs and enlargement of the government printing office and the con- struction of a fireproof building upon the site of the printing office stables, states that no further work is anticipated- until the public printer thinks it can be un- dertaken without interfering with the im- —— work of the office now under way. ‘he remainder of the iron hangers for the stables will be delivered in September and work upon tha new building will be finally closed, so far as Col. Wilson's office is con- cerned. ss ——__---—______ Little Hope for Senator Payne. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 8—Ex- United States Senator Payne, who was stricken with paralysis last Wednesday, was sald to be resting more comfortably this morning, but his condition 4s still very critical. On account of his advanced age— eighty-six years—the physicians have very little hope for the recovery. of tie patient. AGAIN IN NEBRASKA Candidate Bryan Returns to His Home at Lincoln. WELCOMED BY HIS OLD NEIGHBORS He Began His Speech-Making Early This Morning. CURRENT POLITICAL NOTES —_+—___ OMAHA, Neb., September 8.—William Jennings Bryan began his speechmaking today at 6:45, at the little town of Pacific Junction, Iowa. He had retired late, but at nearly every station which the train passed crowds gathered, and the nomince was reused from his bed many times to speak and shake hands with the crowds. At Pacific Junction the residents had gone to the depot before breakfasting to see and hear the democratic nominee. A baggage truck was placed beside the car, and Mr. Bryan mounted it and said: ‘Ladies and Gentlemen: When I started east I knew our people out here were all right, but I did not know how they might be down there. I found, however, they were about as much stirred up down there as you are oft here. All over this country those who toil and are engaged in the productive industries are interested in having enough money to do business with, and those who have money instead of property and want to make dollars rise in value are opposed to it. I believe we have more people on our side than we have against us. I have the greatest respect for financiers, but I be- lieve the best financier fs the man who at- tends to his own business and lets the peo- ple have something to say in the running of the government. If the financier has the eyes to see iow the question concerns him, he has the right to use his vote as he sees fit, and you have just as much right to see how it affects you. “The gold standard means that the dol- lar will buy more and more all the time and the prices will fall, and falling prices mean hard times. Debts do not fall, how- ever, and consequently the living expenses must be decreased, and as the living ex- penses decrease, so is the prosperity of the merchant dec-eased, and I know of no way to restore prosperity except by increasing the power of the people to consume, and the only way you can do that fs to enable them to get more for what they produce than they have been getting. (Applause. ‘Here is one republican silver vote.’) I am much obliged. I will just put you down in the place of one deserter. As long as we get sixteen silver votes to every one deserter we cannot complain.” (Applause.) The first crowd to greet the nominee in his own state was at Plattsmouth, where 500 Nebraskans welcomed him with hearty cheers and tooting of horns. A gaily dec- crated platform had been erected south of the depot ani the country band added its noise to the din. Mr. Bryan was intro- duced to the assemblage. Bryan Welcomed Home. LINCOLN, Neb., September 8.—The sec- ond home-coming of Mr. Bryan after his ncmination was marked with enthusiasm, end a large crowd of his fellow citizens ficcked about the depot to shake his hand and cheer for him. There were about 5,000 people in atterdance at the train, and two bands of music headed as many democrats and free silver clubs, Prominent citizens were there, and as the nominee showed himself from the car they took him in tow to his carriage. Cheer after cheer went up, and the bands came in with their share of noise. The two silver clubs and the citi- zens in carriages, headed by. the bands, fcrmed a procession which escorted Mr. Bryan from the Burlington depot to his home. There another crowd had gathered, and it was some time before the candidate could get inside his house, on account of the delay occasioned by the shaking of hands with those present. This afternoon Mr. Bryan will address the citizens from a platform erected in the state house square, and this evening he will be notified of his nomination by the silver party. THE ALABAMA CAMPAIGN. Terms on Which the Populists Agree to Fase. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., September 8.—The democratic state campaign committee re- cently appointed by Chairman John B. Knox, held its first session here yesterday and organized by electing ex-Congressman Charles M. Shelly chairman and N. L. Mil- ler secretary. The committee held a prolonged session werkirg out the plans of campaign. As yet nothing has been given out with re- gard to the report that National Chairman Jones has advised the offer of three or four places on the electoral ticket to the Pcpulists. Leading populists say their com- mittee has received no such offer, and if they do that their only terms of’ accept- ance would be the displacement of Sewall by Watson on the entire ticket. DISCUSSED THE MONEY QUESTION. Large Political Meetings Held at St. Louis, ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 8.—Senator J. C. Burrows of Michigan spoke for two hours last night to 5,000 republican yoters at the exposition building. His speech was confined for the most part to a discussion of the money question from a republican point of view. The audience honored him with the closest attention and applauded at frequent intervals. Representative Charles Joy presided at the meeting. Ex-Gov. Hogg of ‘Texas addressed 2,5 democrats at Uhrig's cave last evening. His remarks were fo- the most part con- fined to the money question. . GOV. OATES’ ASSURANCE. The Cotton States, He Says, Are for Bryan. SAN FRANCISCO, September 8,—Gov. ‘W. G, Oates of Alabama, who has been visiting his broiner, d. ‘¥- Oates of Santa Rosa, for a number of days past, returned j to his home in Montgomery on today’s Southern overland train. He was in Con- gress fourteen years, and knows both Bryan and McKinley. “Alabama will give her electoral vote to Bryan,” said Gov. Oates, last night. “The gold democrats and republicans, however, fuse on Congressmen and give the regular democrats a third vote. The cotton states will go for Bryan. The border states are doubtful, Kentucky in particular, where the Palmer-Buckner ticket will pull a great many votes from the regular Bryan ticket and give the republicans a good chance to win the state.” GOV. RICHARDS’ VIEW. He Thinks That McKinley Can Carry Wryoming. OAKLAND, Cal. September 8—Gov, Wm. A. Richards of Wyoming is in Oak- land on a visit to his brother, A. ©. Rich- ards, deputy county assessor. He is ac- companied by his wife and will remain for two or threc weeks. . He said yesterday: “I believe we can carry the state for McKinley. We are not @ large state, having only about 21,000 votes and three electoral votes, but things might so happen that these three votes would be necessary, and we shall do every- thing to place them in the McKinley col- umn. Wyoming is not the only state in which the supporters of Bryan may re- ceive a surprise. In Coiorado, although it will go for Bryan, there ts going to be a much larger vote for McKinley than the newspapers would like to admit, and I think the republicans may choose the state officers. Of course, Senator Teller has been told by the silver men that he will be re- turned to the Senate, but there are others who have been scheming for many years to capture the senatorship, and it is with- in the bounds of possibility that Teller will find himself deceived. The upshot of it all will be that Senator Wolcott will emerge from the confusion as master of the situa- tion. There are some women who would make themselves disagreeably prominent in politics, but they are held in check by the others, who say, ‘These women do not represent us, and we will not help to elect them.’ ” WAITE NOMINATED, Colorado’s Former Governor Selected by the Populists. DENVER, Col., September 8.—The ‘“mid- dle-of-the-road” populists’ state convention at an early hour this morning adjourned, after nominating ex-Gov, Waite for gov- ernor, John McAndrew for attorney general and appointing a conference committee to fill in the rest of the ticket. CONNECTICUT PROHBBITIONISTS. The Convention Addressed by Can- didate Levering. NEW HAVEN, Conn., September 8.—Con- necticut prohibitionists to the number of 400 assembled in Warner Hall, this city, today as delegates to the state convention of the party. The convention was called for the purpose of nominating a full state ticket and members of the electoral col- lege. Allen B. LincoIn of Willimantic, who was urged to take the nomination for gov- ernor, announced that he preferred that an older man should head the ticket, and said that he would be satisfied with the honor of being the temporary chairman of the convention, The delegates are unanimous in the ex- Pression of the opinion that they can do nothing more than to show an increase in numbers at the polls, and they add that they are satisfied withthe effort to keep the movement before the public. Joshua Levering, Baltimore, presidential candidate, acdressed the convention this afternoon in an informal manner, and to- night will deliver a prepared speech. The convention effected temporary _or- ganization by the selection of Allen B. Lin- coln as chairman and Rey. H. M. Wolffe of Waterford as secretary. Chairman LincoIn began the delivery of a long speech, during which the various committees which had been appointed retired to deliberate. The speech of Mr. Lincoln created great enthu- slasm and occupied over an hour in its de- livery. The temporary officers of the convention were mate permanent. It was voted to increase the numter of members on the state ceniral committee to twenty-four, one from each senatorial district, instead of one from each county, as the rule has previously stood. The committee made its own additional appointments. The com- mittee on resolutions announced that the report of the committee would be ready at 2 o'clock, and at 12:15 the convention ad- journed until that hou: = i AN APPEAL FOR* FUNDS Chairman Butler Calls for Help for the Popu- list Committe. — An address, coupled with an appeal for funds, was Issued from populist headquar- ters today, signed by Chairman Butler and Secretary Edgerton. The address sets forth the purpose for which the party was organized, and says that to the efforts of that party is due the revolt of the masses of the democratic par- ty which turned down the gold element in Chicago. The “plutocratic elements” are touched upon in true populist fashion, and the address goes on to say that the contin- ued existence and growth of the people's party is necessary to secure reforms and to keep an eye on the plutocrats. There- fore it is the duty of every good citizen to upbuild and strengthen this new organiza- tion which has made reform and relief possible in this country. The Appeal for Funds. Then, touching upon the matter of funds, the appeal continues: “To have a government of the people, the People must have a party that is true to them through which to govern. This they cannot have if the national committee of such party draws its campaign funds from bankers and corporations. ‘The national committee of a party exercises great in- fluence in the selection of national officers, from President of the United States down to the village postmaster. A_ poiitical party cannot in the nature of things re- main true to any other source than that from which it receives its support. When- ever a national committee, through some secret and unseen agency, collects large sums of campaign funds, then It is sure that that party is mortgaged to those who contribute such funds, “In fact, such a party ts sure to pass laws giving to the monopolists and trusts who furnish these campaign funds such special privileges as will enable them to levy trib- ute upon the people. When contributions to campaign funds come from such sources they do not come as a gift, but as an in- vestment, upon which they expect a re- turn an hundredfold. Hf this were not so the trusts and monopolists. would not throw away their money in campaigns. Won’t Take Monopolists’ Money. “Therefcre, the people must contribute the necessary funds for some political par- ty during the campaign in order to have that party to guard their interests after election. If the people’s party is placed in power it will serve the people; and to be left free to do this your national commit- tee cannot and will not accept contribu- tions from the mcnopolists, who seek spe- cial laws to enable them to prey upon the people. “Small contributions from the individual voters of any polltical party would furnish an abundant campaign fund for all legiti- mate purpose, and enable the party re- cetving it to successfully compete with any corrupt organization of bankers, corpora- tions aria veual politicians 1 x “Therefore, the people's party “national committee appeals to all who are able and willing to do so, to contribute the sum of $1 to our national campaign fund. A prompt response is urgently requested to enable us to prosecute a vigorous campaign in defense of our homes and liberties that are menaced by a combined plutocracy—the Rothschild-Morgan-Hanna-McKinley _com- bination fighting us in front and the Rothschild-Morgan-Cleveland-Palmer com- bination fighting us in the rear. “In short, take up a subscription in-your community at once and forward the amount with the names of the contributors to Mr. M. C. Rankin, Terra Haute, Ind., our national treasurer. Also at the same time notify your national chairman at Washington, D. C., of the amount thus forwarded,’ —+ e+ ___ A Kangaroo Hunt. SAN RAFAEL, Cal., September 8.—Eng- land has her fox hunts, southern California coyote hunts and San Rafael hitherto her Paper chases, but hereafter she will lead the world with nothing more or less than a kangaroo hunt. A young kangaroo has been secured by thé Hote] Rafael manage- nent from Austratia. All the experienced r:ders who have participated in the paper chases will take stations near the Hotel Rafael, the kangaroo will be turned loose and will be pursued across the country un- til recaptured. DATE DECIDED ON|KN!GHTS IN POLITICS Candidate Bryan Will Be in Wash- ington September 19, HE WILL ADDRESS A BIG MEETING It Will Probably Be Held at the National Base Ball Park. ea ct CONVENTION HALLTOOSMALL Candidate William Jennings Bryan will be in Washington on the evening of Sep- tember 19, which will be a week from next Saturday, a telegram having been re- ceived this morning by Mr. William Dick- scn announcing that fact. The message was sent by Mr. D. McConville, who has charge of Mr. Bryan’s itinerary during the campaign, and stated that the hour of Mr. Bryan's arrival here could not be fixed with certainty, as it would depend upon the time of his departure from Richmond, The committee representing the various democratic organizations in the District which has in charge the arrangements for the ratification meeting which Mr. Bryan is to address will meet tomorrow night at the Metropolitan Hotel, which has been selected as headquarters by the District central committee, and in front of which a banner will be hung across the avenue in a few days. Quarters have also been secured at the Metropolitan for the ac- commodation of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and their party during their visit here. Applications for Admission. It is highly probable now that the meet- Ing will not be held in Convention Hall. Cept. John P. Miller, the chairman of the subcommittee on hall of the joint commit- tee, has been so overwhelmed with re- quests for tickets of admission to Conven- tion Hall that he is convinced that the vast auditorium above the Northern Liberty Market could not begin to hold the crowd. For the past ten days his mail has been heavy with requests for seats trom organi- zations in Maryland und Virg.nia, as well as individuals from these states, while the demands of Washingtonians have been en- ormous in number. In conversation with a Star reporter today, Capt. Miller said that he bel.eved he had received 10,000 applica- tions for admission to the meeting. Convention Hall will hoid only 8,000 or ¥.- 000, its inadequacy for the purpose is evi- dent. Will Probably Spenk Outdoors. Mr. Bryan was wired last night to ascer- tain whether he preferred to speak in a hall or outdoors, and replied that either arrangement the committee chose to make would suit hin. It is probable, therefore, that the joint committee at the meeting tomorrow night will decide to hold the meeting at the National Base Ball Park, which has seating accommodations for 500 people and unlimited space for a crowd on foot. If this change is decided on it is probable that a stand will be erected in the center of the diamond, over the pitcher’s box, and that Mr. Bryan will make his address from this place. It is, also prebable that under this new order ‘of thin; if it is adopted, there will be a torchi:ght procession, participat- ed in by all the democratic organizations in the District, as well as those in nearby Maryland and Virginia, which will serve as an escort to Mr. Bryan from the hotel to the base ball park, ———_+-w . AT DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS, Encouraging Reports Given Visitors and by Mail. Senator Harris, ex-Mayor James G. Ber- ret of this city and others were among the visitors who called upoa Chairman Faulkner of the democratic congressional committee today. Col. Berret is in splen- did health, and is as enthusiastic in the cause of silver as the youngest of demo- crats. Col. Berret said that in all his ex- perience he has never known greater en- thvsiasm in a campaign. He said that commercial travelers from the west with whom he has talked. said that nightly meetings of the people in every little town and hamlet in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana ere being held, at which many republicans join with the demecrats in talking and werking for Bryan and Sewall. Representative Bankhead of Alabama, who has been in the city some time con- ferring with the democratic managers, is gcing to his home to take part in the There is no doubt about said. “Put her down for 50,000 majority for Bryan. There is. no strength whatever in the Indianapotis tick- et there. We will also send a solid dele- gation of good democrats to the fifty-fifth Congress.” icnal Committeeman Clark Howell has errived, and is in charge of the literary headquarters of the national committee ere. Talking teday about the fact that his committee had not dong much in the con- gressicral fights, Chairman Faulkner said: “ is is so largely a national campaign, ard all the work of publishing and dis- tributing literature having been devolved upon the congressional committee, as yet we have only received partial reports from congressional districts. They are be- ginning to come in now, and are very fa- ‘able. ‘he demand for Iterature has been un- precedented. overtaxing the capacity cf printers, folders and distributors to supply it. We have been for some time past dis- tributing an average of over 350,000 docu- ments daily; more, of course, each suc- ceeding day, so that we have not yet reach- ed our maximum of daily distribution. One thing in this campaign, so far as literature is concerned, gives us great satisfaction, and that is that none of the documents are wasted. They are all disiributed by local committees as soon as received, and in many individual cases the first reader hands them over to his neighbors.” ———__+e+____ The Most Novel Het on Recoré, MILWAUKEE, Wis., September 8.—There is an election bet here which for originality surpasses anything which has been madc thus far. Fred. W. Burke and Albert W. Donaldson are the parties to the wager. The former agrees to leave this country forever on or before January 1, 1897, if William McKinley ts elacted President, and the latter will do likewise if William J. Bryan is elected. They drew up a con- tract to this effect, which they had for- mally attested by a notary. ee Declined by Gen. Harrison. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., September 8.—It came to light at a meeting of the board of trustees of the new University of In- dianapolis held yesterday afternoon that the presidency of the university has been offered to ex-President Harrison, but he has refused to be prevailed upon to accept. —.__ ‘Wil Succeed Lobanoff. LONDON, September 8.—A’ Vienna dis- patch to the Chronicle says: “It 1s stated that Peter, Count Kapnist, by Russian ambessador here, will succeed Prince Lobaaoff-Rostovsky as Russian minister of foreign affairs. Count Kap- nist goes to Paris to meet the czar,” General Foreman Bishop Issues a Statement Concerning Powderly. He Claims That the Order Has Been for Free Silver for Years—Edi- tor Martin's Observation: A conference of the leaders of the Knights of Labor will, it is understood, be held this week, either in this city or New York, as may be determined within a day or two, for the purpose, it is said, of discussing the political situation. It is asserted that the fact that T. V. Powderly has offered his services to Chair- man Hanna as a speaker for McKinley and the gold standard has aroused his former associates, and it is thought probable that steps will be taken to oppose him on the stump. As a starter in the fight against Mr. Pow- aerly, General Worthy Foreman M. J. Bishop has sent a notice to each member of the order, as follows: “Terence Vincent *owderly, who for fourteen years prior to November, 1893, the chfef officer of the Knights of Labor, has been recentiy quoted 4s stating authoritatively that the free coinage of silver is no portion of the pre- amble or creed of the Knights of Labor. I have claimed now for three years that Mr. Powderly was a monomaniac upon the one subject of T. V. Powderly, however sane he might be considered upon matters not af- fecting his personality, and I cannot at this ume retrain from entering into a short re- trospect of the career of the man whose un- exampled egotism was one of the chief causes that brought strife and dissension for a time into our sanctuaries. “The free and unlimited coinage of silver has been one of the main demands of the Knights of Labor since the Atlanta session of the General Assembly in ISS9. It has been re-enforced speciticalty since that time at Denver in 1890, at Toledo in 1891 and at St. Louis in 1802, and our legislative com- mittees have been instructed to make tha With the land and transportation plank: their chief care. 2 “MrgPowderly, as chairman of a delega- tion representing this order, attended con- ferences and conventions of the Farmers Alliance and the people's party at Ocala, Omaha, Washington and St. Louis, w! the Knights of Labor were again pledg: to the support of this measure, with hi active co-operation and consent. He is on record in more than one of his official speeches as being personally a warm ad- herent of these doctrines, and his present attitude is simply a discarding of the mask. “All he has and knows he owes to the Knights of Labor; all he is he 1s responsible for. Let us permit T. V. Powderly to pass quietly into deserved oblivion.” Editor Martin on the Situation. Mr. Henry B. Martin, editor of the Jour- nal ofahe Knights of Labor, which is pub- lished in Washington, has just returned from an extended tour through the western and New England states, and in conversa- tion on the political outlock he sald: “I think Bryan's election sure. There appears to b> no doubt of his triumphal success in November. There is no signifi- cance in the election returns from Ver- mont. Both parties there declared for the gold standard in their state platforms. The stone trust of Vermont, of which Senator Proctor,the republican national committec- man of that state, is the president, and the banks, hotding the farmers’ mortgages, left nothing undone to increase the republican majority. “The quarry owners compelled their workmen to vote the republican ticket by threatening them with dismissal, and the banks forced many of the farmers to sup- port Grout, the republican candidate for governor, under threats to foreclose thelr joans. “In all the stone quarries of Ohio the men are wearing Bryan buttons, in defi- ance of their employers. The city of Cleve- land is a hotbed of democracy, and labor- ing men there are for Bryan to a man. “The Knights of Labor are fighting Han- na tooth and nail because the first organ- ization that he destroyed was the Knights of Labor organization of seamen in the lower lake regions. The Central Labor Union of Cleveland has repeatedly denoune- ed Hanna as a labor crusher. Hanna has several times attempted to open negotia- tions with the leaders of the union, but our people will have nothing to do ‘with him. “It is a fact worth recalling in connec- ticn with the republican claim that this government cannot maintain a bimetallic system of currency, that in 1892 the repub- lican party published a text book, showing that the purchase of 4,240,000 ounces of silver under the Sherman law had raised the bullion value of silver to $1.21 an ounce and averted a panic through the failure of Baring Bros. of London. eee, SENATOR VOORHE! GOOD HEALTH. He in Going to Return to the C; paign in Indiana. The statement sent out from Terre Haute, Ind., that Senator Voorhees is rapidly fail- ing in health and would be unable to take any part in the present campaign is re- ceived with doubt by his friends in Wash- ington, His son James, who Is here, speak- ing of the report, said toda: “The statement that the Senator is ‘rap- idly failing’ is untrue. I cannot conceive how so startling and totally unreliable a statement could gain currency. The Sena- tor’s heaith has returned to him, and he is reported by his physician at Mackinac to be prepared to resume his political cam- paign in Indiana this fall. My father has been a devoted slave to duty all his iife, and should his silence during a protracted season of rest and recuperation be imputed to withdrawal from or failure in political life, it would be a grave injustice to per- mit such an understanding of the case to stand.” ———_-e-______ ARMENIAN REFUGEES. It is Proposed to Give Conduets. CONSTANTINOPLE, September §.—The sultan has appointeg a commission to deal with the Armenian refugees. It is pro- posed to furnish safe conducts to those cesizing to leave and to insure the safety of thcse wid remain. The Dragomans of the differen: embas- sies are attending the meetings of the com- missicn. Them Safe ——————— Vacancies in the Medical Bonrd. Five vacancies in the medical board of the army are to be filled. It is expected that during the latter part of the present month a board will meet to examine can- didates to fill these vacancies. Judging from the notifications the medical depart- ment has received, there will be a large number of candidates to fill these places. Applicants must be between twenty-two and twenty-nine years of age, must be American citizens and graduates of a med- ical school. oe Appointments to West Point. Congressmen are using their privilege of making appointments to the Military Academy quite early this year, although the examinations for admission to West Point are not held until next spring. The list is being filled up very rapidly. The authorities at the Military Academy are much pleased over having these appoint- ments made early, as it allows the appii- cants ample time to prepare for the ex- aminations, RESULT IN ARKANSAS eee teenies As Viewed by Some of the Demccratic Leaders Here, THOUGHT 10 BALANCE VERMONT Chairman Faulkner Says He Expects the Republicans Will Carry Maine. — POPULIST ie A VIEW Hereafter when a republican says any- thing about Vermont, a democrat will bring up Arkansas, and the two will get all the consolation they want out of the argument from their respective standpoints. That the cemccrats are pleased with the result in Arkansas goes without saying. They wanted something to put on the track to collide with that terrible Vermont mon- ster, and they think they have it. They talked that way this morning, anyway, and they vowed that the republicans would not have much more to say about the gicen mountain state hereafter. man Jones of the democratic 1 committee is not in the c a- . but it ased s, his own state. If he and mna should meet, and any thing should be sa‘d about Vermont, the lacmocratic chainman's first word would probally commence w.th A, and each would smile in his own peculiar political way. ‘The repubheans, from the way they talk- ed today, won't acknowledge that the siS result means half as much as Vermont. They throw to the demo-rats that little story about a democrat ma- jcrity in some of the southern states bemg ted by the number of votes the au- '$ want. Chairman Faw! “The result of the election in Arkansas was not a surprise,” said Chair ‘aulk- ner, “nor will 1 claim, as my friends did of Vermont, that t had great significance on the pri ners Views. contest. The significance of the result in Arkansas consists in this: It is a demon= stration to the country that the candidates and principles nominated and promulgated at Chicago meet the full and enthusiastic indorsement of the great masses of the democratic party. This is shown by the large increase of our vote In a state that Was as certainly democratic as Vermont that was .epublican. It is demonstrat: the large amount of literature se Arkansas by the republican commi had no effect, nor have the former crats who have bolted given any evidence of strength. He Gives Up Maine. “We expect our republican fri to carry Maine next Monday, and wouid not be surprised at all to see an incre: publican majority, the republicans having plastered the state with Mterature and em- ployed a large number of able speakers to increase the republican vote, wh party, recognizing the state as « within the Fepublican column, hav no special effort whatever as a organization, but left the contes exclusively to local authorities to Mr. Howell's Views. “The result in Arkansas ts a gratifying surprise,” said Clark Howell, democratic national committeeman, in charge of lit- erary work here. “We had no idea that the majority would even approximate the figure it has reached. We counted on an increase over the last democratic majority, but wo.ld have been perfectly <ati had this year's majority reached and would have felt that even crease was indicative of the gro’ sentiment in the trans-Mississippi states. The fact that the majority will reach emphasizes more than ever the earie of the masses of the people inf: s or of the restoration of silver to its former coin- age conditions. Arkansas is a typical agricultural state, and the same causes that led to such overwhelming increase in the democratic majority there will con- tribute in a like degree to this y s dem- ocratic majorities in nearly every southern and far western state, and in the states of the middle west. The same conditions which have impoverished the people of Arkansas prevail everywhere else, and they will be condemned in Indiana, Mlinvis and Michigan, just as they have already been condemned in Arkansas, Alabama and ‘Tennessee. “The democratic majority In the recent state clection in Tennessee was inore than 25,000 over that of two years ago. In Arkansas the same increase is shown, and at the August election in Alabama, the in- crease in the demccratic m: was ly 15,000. Here, in three ‘states, we have an aggregate increase of about 65, 000 over the vote of the same years ago—a significant contra meager increase which have obtained in Ver , Which was ate tributable entirely to the fact that the democratic platform in that state d differ from that of the republican on the money question. “The returns from Arkansas are Late the most significant development of the cam- paign, and they point the way to an overe whelming silver landslide in all of the far western states and to a tremendous in= crease in the democratic majorities in the southern ard midcle western state: The Populists Pleased. Secretary Edgerton of the populist na- tional committee was almost as well pleased with the Arkansas result as if the populist candidate for governor had been elected. He said: “The issue was squarely drawn in Arkansas between the democratic party and silver and the republican party and gold. In Vermont both of the candi- rd ad- vocates, sue was not clearly drawn ansas the republicans tried to make a showing. Literature was sent them and help was given them. No ef- fcrt was made by the silver men in Vere mont. The populists held their own in Ar- kansas.’ dates for governor were gold stan: and the THE CZAR AT KIEL. ~ German Ships in the Harbor Gay With. Bunting. KIEL, September %-Jhe czar and czarina arived here this morning ano were met by Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Emperor William, in the uniform of the Russian dragoons. He was accom- paried by Princess Henry of Prussia, the naval and military authorities and the municipal and provincial officials. After the czar had inspected the cuard of honor the imperial party drove to the palace, the streets being crowded with people and profusely decorated. All tne German warships in the harbor were bright with bunting and the Russian flag, was flying from their main tops. COREITZ, September 8&—The Empress of Germany went to Carisruhe today in order to congratulate the Grand Duke of Baden upon his birthday, which occurs tomorrow. The grand duke, who is seventy years of age, married the Grand Duchess Louise, daughter of Emperor William 1 of Ger- many. . Emperor William this’ morning rode to the scene of the army maneuvers, which opened with a strategical march.