Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 jlvania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8t., by The Star Ne Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building. ee ‘The Evening Star 1s served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents we or cents © month. jlea at the Daa Ce Untted States or per month. Saturday Quintaple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, . (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter.) TF-AU mail subscriptions must be paid tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Che Fvening Star. No, 13,584. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1896—TWELVE PAGES THE MAINE ELECTION Everybody at Republican Headquar- ters Pleased. WHAT CHAIRMAN BABCOCK SAYS The Result Shows Which Way the Tide is Setting. VIEWS OF SILVER MEN If something of congressional dignity did not hover around republican headquarters, there would be an old-fashioned camp meeting, with the exception that political fervor would take the place of religious, for the occasion. And it would all come about over the Maine election. Everybody, from the office boys to Chairman Babcock, is in a state of deep delight, and this feel- ing fs not likely to be replaced by any oth- er for some time to come. “How about Maine?” is as familfar on all sides around headquarters as the barome- ter which hangs In a conspicuous place. It is charged that the question is not confined to republicans. It is whipsered that around democratic headquarters some of the man- agers get behind the doors and ask th! question of passers-by, just to see how they will answer It. That, however, may be a slander on the democrats, as, to hear them talk, Maine went like they all ex- pected. For instance, Chairman Faulkner declared that he had predicted the result a week ago in The Star, and he did not, see anything to alarm him now. “Then,” he said, “why all this talk about Vermont and Maine? Nothing was said about Alabama when she voted and rolled up a big majori- ty. Little was said about Arkansas. It looks to me like a stand-off now. The dem- ocratic gain of 3,00) votes in Maine is really encouraging. “The Key to the Situation.’ “The result of the election in Maine will be of very great value to all business and financial interests at this time,” said Chair- man Babeock. “It will restore confidence in financial circles, not only in this country, but throughout the world. We looked for a large majority in Maine, but hardly ex- pected ft to equal the plurality given in 1894, when so many democrats refused to vote; but it has exceeded that plurality by about 30 per cent, and no one can for a moment doubt that this vote in Maine indi- cates the sentiment of the great north- eastern states. The states where there are large manufacturing and agricultural in- terests, the states whose people read and have an intelligent voting population, will, in my opinion, join the procession and fol- low the lead set by Vermont and Maine. “The key of the situation in a campaign is to determine which way the tide is set- ting. This it fs often extremely difficult to do. Two years ago, at this time, after the Oregon, Vermont and Maine elections, I recognized and claimed that they were in- dicative of the sentiment of the whole country, and stated that I believed that that practically settled the contest; and my opinion and predictions were "fully borne out by the result in November. This year the majorities in Vermont and Maine are much more pronounced and larger than they were two years ago, and from this I can draw only one conclusion, as I have said before, and that is that the great manufacturing and agricultural states will follow the example set by Vermont and Maine, and give such a pronounced ma- jority against free silver and repudiation that ft settle the question for all time to come. The Silver View. The following are Senator Butler’s views of the Maine election: “It is surprising that the republican majority was not jarger in view of the complications which existed among the democrats, arising out of two state conventions and two nomina- tions for governor. This naturally pro- duced friction.” Secretary Edgerton said he did not re- gard the election as at all significant, and its results had been predicted by all silver leaders. Senator Teller, who is in the city, said to a Star reporter, who asked him for his opinion: “I am not at all surprised. The result is what all of us have expected, and it has nothing to do with the prospects of silver.” ————-_e+____ KILLING OF CHAS. GOVIN. Thorough f tigation of All the Circumstances to Be Made. The State Department has taken steps to have a thorough investigation of the circumstances surrounding the killing of Charles Govin, a young American, who was in Cuba accompanying the revolutionary army in the capacity of correspondent for a Florida newspaper. Affidavits that have been procured by counsel for the family of Govin go to show that while he was with a force of rebels, under Major Valen- cia, ut Corredas, near Havana, last July a strong force of Spanish troops was en- countered, and Govin, who was unarmed, and, it is asserted, was a non-combatan' surrendered to the Spanish colonel. Al though he was, it is alleged, supplied with an American passport and papers to es- tablish his newspaper connection, he was executed the day following his capture without an opportunity to claim and ex- ereise his rights under treaty as an Amer- ican citizen. Consul General Lee will endeavor to as- certain all of the facts as the basis for further action by the State Department directly through Minister Taylor, but the work is necessarily slow, as is the case in many of such affairs, because of the great difficulty experienced in securing «reports of the facts when the killing occurs outside of the larger towns. ——————o—__. Improvements at the Navy Yard. Various improvements are in progress at the Washington navy yard as a conse- quence of the favorable legislation of the last Congress. There was appropriated for this purpose $77,900, in addition to which sum there is available an unexpended bal- ance of $33,000 from last year’s appropria- tions. Under the approved project the walls of the foundry are to be raised twen- ty-five feet, and_a new tron roof will be placed upon it. In addition, a large crane will be placed in the building, which wili traverse it from one end to the other. A new roof of iron and slate will be placed upon a portion of the quadrangie building and a crane will be erected. The com- mandant’s office and house have been thoroughly repaired. A new building, to be used as a paint shop, will also be erected. ——_.--e-_____ Silver Clubs Organising. W. F. Fedderman, secretary of the state gommittee of the silver party in Kansas, $cday sent to silver headquarters a list of @early two hundred silver clubs just organ- ized in that state. Assistant Secretary Tay- tor says that he has {ssued, including the clubs received today, something like 600 ebarters for clubs in Kansas. Mr. Fedder- man says in his letter that Bryan wiil carry the state by from 20,000 to 50,000. Mr. Taylor recetved a large list of clubs from Michigan today. He says there are from three to thirty silver clubs in every county in Michigan, with the number grow- ing every day. The claim is made that the clubs in both states are made up of repub- licans. REPUBLICANS ENCOURAGED Letters Received From Many States Showing a Good Outlook. Oregon Said to Be Safe for McKinley, Missouri 0. K. and Bryan Not in It in Nebraska, Republican managers say they do not Blve to the public the contents of many letters received by them, regarding it bad policy, but that they have all the encour- agement they want in hundreds of letters daily. These letters cover every state. Among those today was one from A. Soren- son, editor of the Evening Telegram of Portland, Ore., who writes: Oregon for McKinley. “The outlook for McKinley in Oregon is improving daily, and I feel confident that the repubiicans will carry the state by a safe majority. Many men have been con- verted from the silver ranks. I know per- sonally at least twenty-five. That is a good straw. The sound money democrats will, as a rule, as I believe, vote for the Mc- Kinley and Hobart electors. Republican League clubs, Patriotic League clubs, ete., are being organized everywhere throughout the state and great enthusiasm prevails. Senator Mitchell has taken off his coat and is doing great work for McKinley, and no doubt his services will prove very valu- able. The campaign is being well conducted in Oregon. Nothing ‘s being left undone. You can bet that Oregon will be placed in the McKinley column.” Missouri 0. K. A. D. Grant writes from St. Louls: “Things are looking brighter here day by day, but it fs to be hoped that some of our reat orators will be sent out here to help us. This city is crazy to hear Thomas B. Reed. Tonight we are to have Bryan with us. The crowd will go, of course, as they vould go to any other circus, but the un- cercurrent here Is not for that gentleman by any manner of means, and his speech will cost him several thousand votes. The state is all O. K. for McKinley.” J. E. Beard of Broadway, Va., writes “The republicans of this precinct have or- ganized a McKinley and Hobart club and started off with 13S names.” From Nebraska. Samuel C. Sample, a well-known republi- can of Butte, Boyd county, Neb., writés: “Bey cocnty 1s situated in ‘darkest Ne- braska,’ politically speaking, and always gives populist majorities. With Holt county it is the paradise of pops. A careful can- vass of the county warrants me in saying that it is probable that our people will cerry it. The great majority of populists are old-time republicans, and they do not relish being delivered into the democratic camp. If this is an indication of the feel- ing in the state at large, Bryan surely isn’t 1¢ at. In South Carolina. E. A. Webster, the republican leader of South Carolina, talked today with Chair- man Babcock over the situation in that state. Mr. Webster does not predict the election of McKinley electors, but he says that the republicans will make the fight in several congressional districts Interesting to the democrats. Mr. Webster's policy, so far, has been to have well-known busi- ness or professional men nominated by the republicans. He hopes by this to secure the aid of gold democrats. The republicans will make their hardest fight in the first, second and fifth districts. The first district convention is in session at Charleston today, and Mr. Webster thinks that it may put up a@ gold standard democrat of Charleston and support him, Brownlow Denies a Story. The congressional committee is in receipt of a letter from Representative "W. P. Brownlow, republican candidate for Con- gress in the first district of Tennessee, in which he states that the rumor that he indorsed the free coinage of silver or that he had given any interviews to the press expressing himself as favoring free silver 1s untrue and without any foundation what- ever. He says: “I indorse and stand with my party on the platform of principles adopted by our last convention at St. Louis, and am an ardent supporter of Hon. William McKinley for President, Hon. George N. Tillman for governor and of all other nominees of the republican party.” The information is entirely satisfactory to the congressional committee, and the candi- dacy of Mr. Brownlow has received its full indorsement. ———_+e+__ THE GOLD RESERVE. = The Current From Europe Has Brought It Up to §114,217,129, Treasury officials are very much encour- aged by the steady increase of the gold reserve as a natural consequence of the recent strong current of the yellow metal from Europe to these shores. On the Ist instant the reserve was dangerously near the legal tender limit of $100,000,000, and for a time it was feared that the government, much against its inclination, would have to again resort to the issue of bonds for the rehabilitation of its gold balance. At that time, however, there occurred a favor- able turn in the financial tide, due, it is asserted, to the natural course of business, and the gold reserve has shown a most en- couraging increase, averaging nearly a million dollars a day, until it reached the amount of $114,217,129, which is its present condition, according to the statement is- sued by the treasurer of the United Staies today. This statement includes only the actval deposits at the different offices ac- cording to the returns received at the de- partment today, and consequently does not include, for instance, any gold which may have been deposited at New York since yesterday morning or that received at other more distant subtreasuries for even a more remote period. The department has received advices of the proposed importation of at least $10,- 000,000 in gold with the view to its transfer to the government in exchange for legal tender notes. The deposit of this addi- tional amount will swell the gold reserve to about $125,000,000, and practically as- sures its stability, without further out- side assistance during the remaining months of the present administration, con- tingent, however, upon the result of the coming presidential election. —_—___<_-o.___ To Libel the Tug Dauntless. It is said that the federal authorities at Brunswick, Ga., have been instructed by the Department of Justice to libel the tug Dauntless, now at that port, for the part she is alleged to have taken in landing the Cuban filibustering party from the steamer Laurada. It is_also probable that the steemer Three Friends, which has just ar- rived at Fernandina, Fla., will also be de- tained, pending an investigation of the le- gality of her recent movements. ——_-e-______ Military Leaves, Leaves of absence have been granted as follows: Lieut. E. W. Hubbard, 3d Artillery, for one month; Lieut. Frederick Wooley, 10th Infantry, three months’ extension: Lieut. Robert L. Hamilton, 22d Infantry, for one month. —_—_—_—__e.____. A Ten-Dollar Conscience. “A poor young man” of New York has sent $10 to the conscience fynd of the Treasury Department, with the statement that he does not expect te live much longer and wants to pay all his debts before he dies. 2 GREAT GAINS SHOWN Republican Majorities Throughout the State of Maine. PLURALITY PLACED AT 50,000 Candidate Bateman Says Free Silver Was Not Beaten. M’KINLEY ISCONGRATULATED a Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LEWISTON, Me., September 15.—Repre- sentative Dingley was scen last evening by The Star correspondent, and he gave his views on the election. Mr. Dingley said: “I estimate that the republican plurality will reach 45,000, and that my plurality for Congress will exceed 11,000, while each of the other republican candidates for Con- gress will have not far from the same plu- rality. It Is the greatest republican victory ever achieved in Maine. Not even in war times was there ever anything like it, and even the exceptional-plurality of two years ago, when 30,0) democrats refused to £0 to the polls, is exceeded by that of today. This great Victory is not merely a part triumph; it is a triumph for patriotism, for thousands of sound money democrats aided Governor-Elect Powers. in achieving it. It was a victory secured after a most thorough discussion of the money question by both sides, and the ver- dict of the Maine farmers, workingmen and business men is that they want noth- ing of the kind. The silver croze 1s dead in Maine. So great and unexpectedly sweep- ing a victory must exert a great influence in favor of sound money throughout th country. It shows clearly the trend of pub- lic opinion In the rural districts, where it was expected free silver would win sup- port. : RETURNS COME IN SLOWLY. Two-Thirds of the State Indteate Nearly 50,000 Republican Plurality. PORTLAND, Me., September 15.—The re- turns from the small towns and plantations in distant parts of the state are, as us:al, coming in very slowly, and it fs not prob- able that all of the will be heard from before tomorrow. The vote from cities and towns which poll more than two-thirds of the entire vote of the state indicate, however, that the republican plurality will be between 48,000 and 50,000, the largest in the history of the state. In every county in the state the republi- can ticket was successful and almost every town showed a republican gain. The demo- cratic vote is about 40 per cent less than in 1892; about 20 per cent of this has gone to the republican ticket and the stay-at- homes are responsible for the other half The vote of the populists and prohibi- tlonists throughout the state shows a loss from "92 of about 26 per cent. The vote from 360 out of 519 cities, towns and plantations is 66,921 for Powers, repub- lican, and 27,143 for Frank, democrat. In the last election in 1804, when Cleves was elected by the then unprecedented majority of 40,000, these towns gave the republican ticket 56,409, and the democrats, 24,230, a republican gain in plurality of 2,913 this year. Considering the vote of the missing towns two years ago, if this proportion of gain is kept up, the total vote is estimated at 124,000 in round numbers; republican, 83,160; democratic, 34,340; scattering, 6,500: republican plurality, 44,820. Anything more than a rough estimate of the plurality, based on the figures of last year in the missing towns, is impossible. In the first congressional district Reed's plurality ts 10, Dingley about 11,000 plu- rality in the second district, and Milliken nearer 12,000 in the third. There are more missing towns in the fourth district than in any other, but from the figures at hand it is estimated that Boutelle’s plurality will be almost 15,000. In the representative districts heard from, the election of but five democrats in the house is shown, and in one of these there is doubt. All of the thirty-five senators are repub- ligans. The complete returns from Cumberland county give Powers, republican, 10,91 Frank, democrat, 5,107; republican plurality, 11. In 1892 this county gave republican Ket 9,987; democrat, 8; republican gain in plurality, 4,812. ‘Twenty-six of sixty-nine towns in Aroos- took county give Power 3,805 and Frank 1,097. The vote for Boutelle and Chase for Congress is about the same. On the basis cf the vote in the missing towns four years ago, the republican plurality in the county Is estimated at 3,500. The complete returns from twenty-six out of twenty-seven towns in York county give Powers, republican, 7,88); Frank, demo- crat, ,35008; republican plurality, 4,372. In 1892 the missing town of Limington gave the republican candidate for governor 128 to 123 for the democratic candidate. The republicans have gained in plurality this year 3,200. The vote in Somerset county, reported up to noon today, gives Power 4,505; Frank, 1,962. The republican majority in the county will be nearly 2,500. In 1892 the re- publican plurality was 3 Tepublican gain plurality, 2,125. Retur from seventcen towns out of twenty-three in Piscataquis county give Power (rep.) 2,193; Frank (dem.), 821. The missing towns in the last election gave the republican ticket a plurality of fifty-six, and it is estimated that the corrected vote will make this year’s republican plurality 1,450. Boutelle’s plurality for Congress in the county will be 1,550. In thirty-one out of thirty-five towns in Oxford county Powers’ vote is 4,640; Frank 1,340. Tle missing towns in the last elec- tion gave a republican plurality of 5 On this basis it 1s estimated that the coun- ty will show a republican plurality of 3,909, a republican gain. of 2,973 in plurality. The complete vote of Androscoggin coun- ty gives Powers 5,611; Frank, Repub- lican plurality, 3,318. Republican g; in plurality over 1892, 2,715. The congression- al vote is practically the same. ‘Twenty-five out of thirty towns in Wash. ington county give 3,124 votes for Powers and 1,822 for Frank. In the last election the missing towns gave the republica: ticket a plurality of 773, and it ig esti- mated that the complete vote this year will make the plurality 2,000. In 1892 it was but 900. ‘The corrected vote has been received freni all of the towns in Kennebec county. It shows a republican plurality of 4,243, the largest ever given in the county. Powers has 6,697 and Frank 2,404. Milliken’s vote is about sixty more than that of Power. The republican plurality in the county in 1892 was 1,522, a gain yesterday of 2,711. ‘The vote from twelve out of seventeen towns in Knox county gives Powers 2,745; Frank 1,309. The missing towns in the last election gave a republican plurality of 460, and it is belleved-that the final returns will show yesterday's plurality to be over 1,800, In 1892 it was 204. BATEMAN NOT CAST DOWN. Claims Maine for Free Silver and Wants Sewall Ousted. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LEWISTON, Me., September 15.—L. C. Bateman, the populist candidate for gov- ernor, was seen by The Star correspondent last evening and asked his opinion as to the causes which brought about the great republican landslide. Mr. Bateman gave the following signed statement: “The tremendous and overwhelming de- feat that the democratic party has just sustained in this state fs no surprise to me. In fact, it is exactly what I have steadily predicted in nearly every inter- view that I have had in The Star. Up to this hour it seemed to be difficult to find any one but myself that could see the coming storm. I deny most emphatically, however, that this democratic catastrophe was caused by a disbelief in the free coi age of silver. On the centrary, I firmly believe that two-thirds of the ‘voters of this state would gladly vote for free sil- ver if they could only do so without pla: ing into the hands of the pie counter pau- pers who lead the democratic part “A more disreputable gang never brought a great party and a noble principle into disgrace. They aro perfectly willing to blow either hot or celd on any public ques- tion ff it will only bring the offices. For years I have been trying to convince the people that nothing can ever be done toward breaking down republican rule in this state as long as the democratic party is in exister Democracy is a stench in the nostrils of Maine voters. This does not mean that they despise the doctrin of Jackson and Jefferson. Far from it. But the people here know only too well the cheap gang that lead the democratic party to ruin every two years. They care nothing whatever for principle. It is sim- ply bocdle with them. They are ready to adept any kind of a platform if it will catch the Voters and the offices. Free trade or protection, free rum or prohibi- tion,. gold or silver is all the same with them. They can adopt a platform of so- called principles one week and the next week call a convention and reverse their position, adopting exactly the opposite without even a blush of shame.” Comanche Indian would be ashamed to do things which the democratic leaders will do withont moving a muscle. The great mass of the people have learned this fa and they absolutely re’ e to have thing to do th them. Never in our his- tory was this tact better illustrated than today. “Twenty thousand republicans would have bolted the ticket had It not been for fear of the di ats getting the benefit. But they had rather be loaded down with one power than with a score of this plum-trust democratic gang. There can never be any material change in Maine until these men are ov_rthrown. This thing kas now been going on for tw years, and it will go on for a hundred years to come, unless the national leaders turn them down. Once tet it be known that these men are not to reap the benefit and we eould overthrow the republican party at once. “If a allot could be taken in Maine to- morrow without the nightmare of democ- Tacy to interfere, I ha not the shadow of a doubt that free cotnmage would triumph two to one. But it is useless to talk about that matter any more. The republicans are fortunate, mighty fortunate, in the char- acter of their opponents in this state. “A still greater cause of this democratic defeat is the presence of Arthur Sewall on the national ticket. I reneatedly predicted this result, and has come. ‘The disaster le it complete, and the national ders can thank Sewail. pave stood by him when the popu protested. They heed They ists have not our warning p of the whole state convince them? If not, then by all means let them cling to their idol, and ft will simply result in the complete annihilation of the democracy in November. Bryan will be dragged down in the general ruin, and the cause of reform set back by a score ot years. The democrats can do just what- ever they please, but the populists will con- tinue the fight against them to the bitter end. Not only that, but we absolutely re- fuse to even vote for any ticket that bears his name. We have a perfect right to think just as much of our self-respect as we do of Mr. Bryan, - “The populists of Maine have made a handsome gain, in spite of the predictions that Bateman would lose half of his votes on account of his warfare against Sewall. He laughs best who laughs last.” TRIUMPH FOR McKINLEY. Chairman Manley Congratulates the Republican Candidate. CANTON, Ohio, September 15.—Major McKinley has received the following tele- gram from Augusta, Me.: “I offer you my hearty congratulations. ‘This is your triumph. The republican party has achieved this day the most sweeping and magnificent victory ever accorded any party in the history of Maine. We have car- ried every county in the state, elected every state senator and at least 140 out of 155 members of the house of representatives; secured every county official; given each member of our magnificent delegation in the national House of Representatives the largest majority ever recorded; elected our candidate for governor by the greatest ma- jority ever given a candidate for that high office; indorsed the St. Louts platform, and declared for McKinley and Hobart by 50,000 The republican vote exceeds by several thousand the largest republican vote here- tofore given, and the vote for the demo- cratic candidate for governor is the small- est ever cast, with one exception, the vote 4, which was only 3,000 less.’ We have kept pace with Vermont and proven to the country that the democratic platform adopted in Chicago cannot prevail when met by argument and reason. We have been aided in this great contest by many democrats, who placed country above party, and who believe that you cannot divide the people into parts upon a question of simpie morals and common honesty. ‘They share our victory with us. What more could Maine have done for the cause of good gov- ernment, honest money and protectio! “J. H. MANL SENATOR ALLEN’S OPINION. Thinks the Silver Vote im the West Will Be Increased. MADISON, Neb. September 15.—Senator W. V. Allen, who was temporary chairman of the St. Louis convention, and later chairman of the populist notification com- mittee, sald today: “The result in Maine was anticipated, as that state was believed to be under the complete fomination of the moncy power. It will hi ve the effect of largely increasing the silver vote in the West and uniting all discofdant elements.” ——_-_4— . Indian Mob Beaten Of. DEMING, N. M.. September 15.—Fifty Tomochie Indians yesterday surrounded the custem house at Palomas, Mexico, thirty miles south of this city. The offi- cers repulse@ them. Three of the Indians started for this town, two of whom were wounded. One was caught just south of town, and is now under arrest in this city. lt is said there are 8u) Tomochie Indians in the Florida mountains, fifteen miles south of here. ‘Ihe town is greatly excited. Denth Sentence Commuted. FRANKFORT, Ky., September 15.—Act- irg Governor Worthington has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence of W. McLain to be hanged September 25. TWO CENTS 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 card. Persons leaving the city for any period should remember this. Terms: 13 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 adiress as well as the new one. THAT CONFERENCE It Has Not Produced Any More Con- fidence at Headquarters, FAIS IN THE PLACE OF FACTS The Democratic Committee Don’t Know Whom to Trust. NO CLOSE CO-OPERATION The conference between Senator Jones and members of his advisory committee has not produced any additional evidence of confidence among the democrats at headquarters. While both Teller and Du- bois say in a general way that the Pa- cific coast and the middle west Is strong for Bryan, and Chairman Jones professes confidence, there is no indication that the committee have any reliable information from any quarter. The gentlemen in con- ference yesterday had not been together Lefere, and it is not expected that the ad- visory committee will be all together at ary time again during the campaign. Yet as nearly as can be learned the discussion did not disclose any clear view of the situ- ation, nor did it result in any agreement cr a plan of campaign, beyond the mere understanding that Dubois end Teller are to make some speeches. The general indi- cation, as far as the most careful inquiry can develop, is that whatever confidence the democrat! the only e support of the bread cl going to sweep the entir then a letter from some i ing the opinion t will go tremendou: lividual expres county and state iy fi Bryan. d that there is any sub- of the claims, any sort of nor that the grasp on the situation. Don’t Know Whom to ‘Trast. One thing quite evident is that the com- mittee do not know whom to trust, and that reserve and s ion mark the rela- tions between the comiittee and former leadet In the discussion of the New York situation it was demonstrated that no one s yet informed as to the attitude Mr. Hill is going to assume after t Buffalo coavention. Some believed that he wouid support the ticket and others expected him to openly oppose {t. The only thing in this connection that is made clear is that all the managers fear that any active partic- ipation in the campaign by Hill would weaken the Ucket, and is that some members of the pmbination hope that Hill will oppose the ticket. These are such as place their whole reliance in radicalism, and think that any conserva- tive clement would prove a weakness. There is no reason to doubt the sincerity of Chairman Jones’ declaration that Bryan has a good chance to carry New York. He bas undoubtedly become convinced that this is true. Th familiar with the sit- vation in the empire state may judge from this What importance may be attached to his confidence as to the western situation. No Ciose Co-Operation, No evidence is furnished of any close co- cperation between the three divisions of silver men in the south and west, and no substantial foundation is shown for the expectation that the combination can op-r- ate effectively. Apparently the committee are as much in the dark as to which way the drift is tending y one else. If arything was accomplished at conference here it was probably with tion to the Idaho situation, but those pr. ent carefully refrain from Saying what was sald and done as to that matter. The com- mittee must have de led to do something to upset the combination against Dubois otherwise it would not have been an- neunced that Dubois was to e charge largely of the coast campaign, nor 1s it Vkely that Teller would have remained east. Another Conference Today. The western Senators and Jones had an- other brief conference with Butler this morning, and it is understood that he is ¢6-operating in whatever they are trying to do. The result in Maine led to the start- ing of a story that the withdrawal of Sew- all was discussed last night and this morn- ing. This assumption is not warranted. The question of the withdrawal of Sewall was not discussed between them. Senator Butler said this morning that he had not written to any one that it was agreed that Sewall should be taken from the ticket, and that he did not believe that any such declaration as that alleged to be made in a letter to Representative Howard had been written by any one at the populi-t headquarters. He said that no such letter had heen written by him or with his au- thority. “I had no warrant to make such a statement as alleged,” he said. “Mr. Sewall is the only man who can act in that matter. I know nothing about his inten- tions and have no authority to make sug- gestions to him. I might deem it a pa- triotic act for him to withdraw from the teket but he has to decide that for him- self.” Mr. Butler also denied that he had ever said that it was 2 mistake to have nom- irated Bryan at the populist convention. “I believed in the wisdom of the nomina- tion at the time, ard my belief in it has in- creased since then. Bryan will get the vote of every patriotic man in the country op- posed to the British gold standard. Bryan's Populist Notification. ‘The peculiar tone of the letter of nétifica- tion sent to Bryan by Senator Allen is gen- erally commented on, but Senator Butler resents the criticism that it is apologetic for populism. He says that the letter was entirely suitable and dignified. It naturally differed in tone from his, because he was addressing a populist, while Allen was ad- dressing a democrat, who is not expected to indorse populism in its entirety, but only to the extent that the issues are involved in this campaign on which both parties agree. Personal Mention, Lieut. Col. Guy V. Henry, formerly in command of the cavalry post at Fort Myer, and now commanding the 3d Cavalry at Jefferson Larracks, Missouri, is in this city on leave of absence. Mr. Nestitt, appointment clerk of the treasury, has returned from his vacation, which he spent on his farm near Warren- ton, Va. Paymaster D. A. Smith, attached to the Norfolk navy yard, has reported at the Navy Department for temporary duty. Col. M. A. Cochran, Gth Infantry, is in the city on leave of absence. Maj. F. h. Phipps, ordnance department, is at the Army and Navy Club, Lieut. G. N. Whistler, 5th Artillery, is on a visit to the city on leave of absence. The San Francisco. The cruiser San Francisco, which is moy- ing about in Turkish waters for the pro- tection of American interests, left Mersine this morning for Alexandretta. SS Detailed as Professor. Lieut. Warren R. Dunton, retired, has been detailed for service as professor at the New York Military Academy, Cornwall- on-Hudson. { Kansas is never ineluded among the Mc- GOSSIP ABOUT GORMAN Need of the Services of Such a Man in New York. Why He Will Probably Not Accept the Direction of Affairs in That State. The abundant gossip about Mr. Gorman testifies to his prominence in the silver councils. He is regarded, indeed, as the ablest man of the lot. Aggressive, but dis- creet; a good listener, but very uncommuni- cative for publication; a hard worker and a good organizer, he is a valuable hand for committee work in all the details of a po- litical campaign. Need of His Services. Just now there is pressing need for the services of such a man in New York, and Mr. Gorman is being urged to go over and take the helm. It is understood that if he will undertake the task every assistance possible will be rendered him. The pros- pect of his accepting, however, is not re- garded as bright. One thing, at least, ts considered certain, and that is that he will not risk anything. He is not the man to do that. He watches over his personal pres- Uge like a mother does over the health of her child, Until last year he had never suffered a political defeat on a field where he was commanding in person, and since then he has increased his stock of caution. No Cordial Relations With Hill. Another reason advanced is that the per- sona! relations existing between Mr. Gor- man and Mr. Hill are not particularly cor- dial, and the latter might resent the intru- sion, The two men have never been on terms of intimacy since the passage of the Wilson tariff bil When that measure was brought into the Senate Mr. Hill promptly tackled the features that he thought were undemocratic, and thought for a time that he had Mr. Gorman for a ccadjutor. They united in a particularly energetic protest against the income tax. But, after a while, Mr, Gorman fell away from his New York friend, agreed to swallow the income tax, and did swallow it, while Mr. Hill remaine out in the open and fought the tax to th end, and finally voted against the bill be- cause it contained that populistic provision. That circumstance, it has ever since been common report, shook Mr. Hill's faith in the Maryland Senator. Will Again Be in the Ring. In some quarters the remark is made that Mr, Hill is now a dead duck; that he s spread his wings and uttered his cry to the New York flock for the last time. But some people regard this as a very hasty judgment. They expect to see Mr. Hill on the wing again, and at the head of the sailing procession. They admit that he is crippled now, but to no greater extent than the party’ itself is, As they recall his warning words in the Senate, the party is just where he predicted it would be when it first, against not only his warning, but his most earnest pleading, took the popu- Ustic path. He said then t sooner or later, it would land in the populist camp, and there, as he and his friends believe, it is today. Murphy Not a Leader The idea advanced that Mr. Murphy will take Mr. Hill’s place as leader only amuses Mr. Hill's friends. The two men are utterly unlike in equipment. Mr. Murphy is a dumb orator, without profes nal training or parliamentary taste or practice. He has el head abcut matters of business, and nukes a good chairman of committee. But Mr. Hill, as his friends point out, is at once an excellent lawyer, a strong speaker, a ready and most effective debater, and so pe in an eminert degree all the gifts and qualities that are demanded of a New York leader heving to do with nations affairs. Ard to emphasize their point, the ask, where would New York have been ‘n the Senate these past few years but for Mr. Huu Who has known alone from his part in the proceedings that Mr. Murphy was even a member of the body? A mun like that, Mr. Hill’s friends assert, can never take Mr. Hill’s place. —_—— +2 -_____ OTHER KANSAS VIEW. What National Committeeman John- som Says of the Situation. J. G. Johnson of Kansas, member of the democratic national campaign committee, who came to the city yesterday to confer with the other party managers, read with considerable interest the Topeka corre- spondence of The Star as to the situation in that state. Mr. Johnson found some things in the correspondence, he says, which do not meet his views of the situa- ton, and he talked to a Star reporter this morning. This is what he said: “Surely one must go away from home in order to learn the news. Here is a story about democratic chicanery, populist fury and republican cheerfulness in Kansas, which weuld seem to indicate confygion to the fusionists and a glorious triumph for Major McKinley, but which really indicates to one acquainted with the situation a lamentable ignorance of the facts. The truth is that in all the election estimat Kinley states. It is well understood in the west that Mr. Bryan will carry it. The fusion there against the gold standard can- didate is completely satisfactory and har- monious and comprises three organized parties—democrats, populists and free silver republicans—all conducting a harmonious campaign from a joint headquarters at the state capitol. The terms of the fusion do not bind the electors to vote for Sewall in any event, but provide that, in a certain continger Mr. Watson will get the en- tire vet2, and the arrangement was ratified unanimously by both the populists and democratic state conventions. It is true a call has been issued for a new populist state convention. This call was prepared by Mr. Rightmire, and issued over the signatures of himself and Mr. Willet, but the day it appeared Mr. Willet publicly re- pudiated it and no one in Kansas regards it as in any sense a serious matter. “The cold fact is that such a satisfactory combination against the gold bugs has been arranged that Major McKinley has about the same chance in Kansas that he had in Arkansas. There is talk about 20,000 Palmer votes in Kansas. Why, no sane Kansan thinks that ticket will get 1,000 votes in the state. The democrats and populists alono combined could carry the state agaivst McKinley, even if there was no free silver defection from the re- publicans, but in this campaign there is added to their strength 25,140 free silver republicans, the most enthusiastic and well- organized division of the Bryan army, and such a combine is bound to bury the gold bugs under from 25,000 to 40,000 majority.” ————-e-+—____ FATAL FIRE AT MILWAUKEE. Two Men Lost Their Lives Early This Mor z- MILWAUKEE, Wis., September 15.—Two men and twenty-five horses lost their lives this morring in a fire. which partially de- stroyed Albert Manger’s livery stable. The fire was discovered shortly after 1 o'clock. The flames spread so rapidly that only three men and a few horses were able to get out of the building. Fifteen min- utes after the firemen reached the scene an urknown man, burned so badly he cannot recover, was taken out. At 2 a.m. the body of a man was taken from the ruins. His name and that of the man who was fatally burned are not known, as they were employed but a few days ago. It is reported that still other employes may have lost their lives In the fire. DISCUSSION OF PLOTS The Dynamiters Refuse to Make Any Statement. HOPING 10 INFLUENCE THE CZAR Developing the Russian Features of the Case. TYNAN’S BROTHER DOUBTS eS ee LONDON, September 15.—A_ representa- tive of the Associated Press was informed today that none of the men captured by the police on the charge of taking part in a dynamite conspirac has applied to the United States embassies for pro 1, @ step which might be expected were they naturalized American citizens A dispatch received by the Press from Rotterdam today says thi John F. Kearney, alias J. Wallace, and Haines, the two men arrested there in pos- session of a number of infernal machines and a quantity of incriminating corre- spondence, refuse to answer the questions put to them by the authorities. Among the articles found in the of the two Rotterlam prisonecs was a bill from a chemist at Antwerp, where, in the suburb of Berchem, a complete 1. ry for the manufacture of bombs was dis- Associated pockets covered, for large quantitics of chemicals end a letter dated Boulogne, Saturday, Sep- tember 12, addressed to “J. Wallace,” in which occurs the following passa “If you dare not to go to Scotland, come to Boulogne, where we can talk the matter over. “Cowardice cannot be tolerated among cur brothers.”” Dispatches to the Associated Press from Glasgow today say t city have obtained ac agai Edward Bell, the custody there on the charg cerned in the dynamite the police of t Mitional evidence n taken into of be con- The Exchang “raph Company this afternoon announces that Sir Matthew White Ridley, the secretary of state for home affairs, has ordered the release of Joseph Bell, one of the Carl dynamiters, trom Fortland prison, Tynan, according to the latest advices from Boulogne, is now much calmer 1 has been taking steps looking to his defense when brought up on extradition proceedings at that place. To Influence the Czar. Friends of the prisoners here everything possible is being don= potice to develop che Russian fea the conspiracy, in order that the intluer of the czar may be brought to bear upon the French gover: ent with the view of obtaining Tynan’s extradition It is belleved that Chief Inspector Mel- ville of Scotland Yard has lefi London for the continent in order to conduct fur- ther investigations into the alleged con- spiracy. “One| who writes to th assert that by the of House or 4. jamily. 1 Tyn ide of prom ing that he mus’ he Clan blowing up Marlboro stroying members of writer de belleve ed the ocean with th b throwing, a @riven to ac: and must have 1 indice him to leave he always felt that if he in Ergland he would be One of Tyna In conclusion the Pall Mall Gazette's cor- respondent says that Tynan ¢ divulged a plan to buy or lease a building opposite Marlborough House, dig a tunnel from it to the center of Marlborough } e and blow the latter up when it was occupied by the Prince of Wales. A dispatch to the Pall Mall Brusscis that cards f Un sh hanged Plaus. zette from in the he of the conspirators at Berchem, n werp. are inscrii F. ke the Irish Nation: New Yor It is believed that the crown off Scotland Bave decided to try Kearney In ccnnection with the blowing up of the Tardeston gasometer in Isxt. The cards also set forth that Mr. Kearney is a notary public. The Globe this afternoon Says that among the letters found by the police of upon Edward Bell are two from Kea introducing Bell to a couple of Irish dents of Glasgow. stating that | was about to establish a branch of hi York business in Glasgow, and « the hope that they (the persons will lend him every assistance, What Tyn Brother Says. SAN FRANCISCO, September 1 T. Tynan, a brother of the man arrest Beulogne on Surday for Dr. Tynan, the famous “No. 1” of the Phoenix Park trage- dy in Dublin in May, 1882, was greatly sur- prised when he revd in the morning papers sing ddressed) yesterday of the arrest of his brother. He had supposed that he was in New York where his last letter was 1 some months ago. Tynan is at present employed as a bar- tender. He has resided in the city for about six yea‘ He left Ireland in 1866 or Is and went to South America locating in Chile. He was santiago and Valparaiso. On being interviewed last night to the reported arrest of #N Scotland Yard detectives, thought the report incorrect. “It was not above six weeks azo,” he said, “that I received a letter from my brother, who was then Vashington Heights, near Brooklyn. He outlir d some of his plans to me then, and I am confident that he cannot have been implicated in any the such plot. The Scotland Yard people have circulated dozens of false reports about my brother. Whenever any such scl: as this is brought to light, my brother is sure to be implicated fy the British detectives, I believe he is innocent, been pounced upon by the make a showing.” A Fund for the Defense. NEW YORK, September 15.—The follows ing statement is printed here to: “The Irish National Alliance, which has its headquarters in the Potter building, held a secret meeting at the home of one of its members last night, and arrange- ments were made to provide counsel to de fend Tynan and Kearney, the dynamite suspects, and prevent them from being taken to England for trial. “It is said that $20,000 was subscribed at this meeting, and that the fund will be in= creased to $0,000 today.” —__ The Ohio Southern Road. LIMA, Ohio, September 15.—The sale of the Ohio Southern railroad, which is in receivers’ hands, has been ordered by the court here, subject to the first mortgage bonds. The sale will occur seme time this fall. ‘The road extends from Waliston to this city, a distance of about 20) miles. A Bank Wrecker Caught. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., September 15— Lawrence A. Culver, who was indicted at Logan, Ohio, June 30, 1892, charged with wrecking the People’s Bank, of which he was president, and converting to his own use $30,000 of its funds, has been captured here by the local police. and has simply Police so as to