Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1896, Page 12

12 LASSITER’S RESIGNATION Believed to Have Resulted From an Effort to Have Honest Elections, Growth of the Sound Money Demo- eratic Movement—Free Silver- ites Greatly Exercised. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., October 5, 1896. The resignation of F. R. Lassiter as dis- trict attorney for this district has created widespread comment here, and the action of President Cieveland, through Mr. Har- mon, is regarded as a significant movement. It is understood that the removal of Mr. Lassiter was the result of a concerted ef- fort on the part of the sound money demo- erats, who are making a desperate effort to have honest elections throughout the district in November. Mr. Lassiter was an active worker for the cause of the free silverites in this district, and he was giving some of his time to the vancement of the of Bryan and Sewall. The opinion among the sound money democrats here is siter ought to have kept out J that he should have either position he held with the free democratic committee, or given voluntarily, if he ex- i to continue to work for Bryan and Ml. An example in this respect was set Mr. W Cullingworth, who is post- er of the city of Richmond. Mr. Cul- lingwerth called all his men together and reminded the of the civil service rules, and warned them ali not to take any active part in 7 s. He then resigned his posi- tion dent of the Union Democratic Cub, round that he could not take any active part in the campaign, according to the civil service regulations. Sffert for Honest Elections. It is thought here that the removal of Mr. Lassiter gives conclusive evidence of the cause silver stat up his f pe rong effort here for honest elections. It is generally conceded that the wholesale stuffing of ballot boxes at the last gub- ernatorial and congressional elections, and especially the crcckedness in the trird and fourth congressional districts, where it was clearly proven that the irregularities were of the most brazen sort, has ed the eyes of the sound and that they have kepi r noved from officer who do; against th > of Thorpe t out the most flagrant election practically ing was done to the men who proved to have tin this. A similar state of s was that which was xposed at precinet, in Henri’ county. claimed that it was Mr. Lassiter and to prosecute the election ‘ks who were proven to have MeKenny con- hers, but that thi Ity parties ed to go unpunished. The sound mocrats have determined to get count in November election, is possible, and the removal of Lassiter i ght to be significant of their plans in the matter. Free Silverites Exercised. The free silverites have grown very much exer d over the recent conference among th leaders of the sound money movement In the state to devise plans to get an honest count in November. At this conference some « Vi a were cons stood that the whole fully watched as to enable the sound money People, through their attorneys, to prose- cute to the full extent of the law all elec- tion judges and clerks who are found to be guilty of tampering with the returns. ‘The efforts on the part of the sound mone people to have a fair count are determined, and no labor or expense will be spared to have their plans carried out. Much comment has been indulged in throughout the states as to alleged efforts he part of the free silverites in many of the state to prevent the sound speakers from getting a fair hear- before the people. The sound money which started from a mere bubble of discontentment by reason of the Chi- cago platform, has grown to such an ex- tent as to worry the free silver democrats no Hittle the ablest lawyers In ted, and {t fs under- tate will be so care Efforts at Fusion. conference between the free silver democratic and populist leaders with a ¥ y to fusion in the state has been wide- ly discussed here. The last meeting, Sat- urday night, was a decided gain for the free silver democrats. They submitted a ‘oposition to the populist special commit- to give the populists two electors on they would support of Watson. The populists as to accepting this proposi- W. McGavock and Senator vor of it, while Col. J. Has- airman of the populist and J. M. Gregory op- ‘ral hours’ conference adjourned without reaching It was agre however, that Gaveck and Senator Hale would so on the stump for the free silver rats point gained equisitions nong the The J were tn fi the state. It is for fusion between S and the populists ion of the Cana- Fishery Service. of sin American fishing nee Edward Island are pro- he action of the Canadian in issuir ies protective sh inside this dd ordered not to wtains reported the sul Kane at C others have States Consul C. it is understood i th reporis to - Cerieton at that Mr. Kane 1 at Halifax Washington. ns insist have a ri the strait 1g as they keep of the three-mile limit. The best are now being made by Cana- dian ohibited waters, John Wonson & Co. of Gloucester, were not msul Car ion of t out G ‘erthumberland stra: sterday by United uris, P. E. L., lian authorities fishermen from Great indigi Ma tion is expressed and the board of trade has been called upon to ask the govern- ment to inquire Into the Valuab! fisheries on the Georges banks lie in t proktbited waters, and their exclusion means a heavy loss to Gloucester men, a lee Appeal to New The York demeeratic state commit- tee, through James C. Truman, chairman of the executive committee, has !ssued an appeal to the voters of the state. It is a leng document, and after declaring that the present contest is the people's fight, say: “It is the hour for those who love free In- stitutions to come to the front. Victory can only be won by education, and there is need of ators. Your committee calls rk Democrats. f ed rvice of all who are to labor with- It asks the service of all who are to so forth to speak against the ad- vocates of the great trusts.” It then enumerates various forces which, are arrayed against the Chicago m and ticket, among them the press, and adds, among other things: “What a tremendous array of the power- ful! Let no one miscalculate its strength. And on the other side a single intrepid leader, followed by those who are willing to sacrifice time, reputation and worldly advantage In behalf of the republic. If the trusts and their legions fail of thelr purpose, it will only be because the Intelli- gence of the people is superior to the end- less deception attempted to be practiced upon them.” THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, 0 een ee EE ee —SoaoaoaaRx—y7xkRT]»DBDBDADDDAADAD)ADA)A)))U)D)EHNUBEU9NSEE=Sa OOOO ~ LGEORGIA'S STATE ELECTION/NEW JERSEY POLITICS|LIMITING THE SUFFRAGE CASES_TO BE TRIED: Court Convenes for October Term at Upper Marlboro’. Correspondence of The Evening Star. UPPER MARLBORO’, Md., Oct. 5, 1896. The regular October jury term of the circuit court for Prince George's county met here today. This will be an unusually long session of court, owing to the large number of criminal cases to be investigated by the grand jury and tried by the courts and petit jury; also the cases on the civil dock- ets are more numerous than is customary. Chief Judge John Briscoe and Associate Judge John B. Brooke were on the bench. After the grand jury were sworn and Mr. Joseph M. Kendrick was appointed fore- man, Judge Briscoe delivered the charge to the grand jury. The judge in his charge referred to the number and atroctousness of the crimes recently committed in this county, and in speaking of the raping and murder of Miss Marguérite Drown at Seat Pleasant, near Benning, D. C., in this county, said that the court had no ap- prehension that the trial of the culprit would not be as speedy as possible, and also that there would not be any mob violence, “as there was no necessity for it.” The judge then called the attention of the jury to the crimes that would be brought be- fore them, consisting of murder, infanti- cide, burglary, larceny, resisting an officer, robbery, petit larceny, and so on. After the grand jury retired the court began the call of the dockets and assigning dates in eases during the session. The dockets show: Criminal appeals, criminal trials, 12; recogmzances, 27; petizions, 2; appeals, 20; trials, 73, and appearances, 73. ‘There are three murder cases to de tried at this term of the court. The most atro- cious of these offenses to be tried will be the case of James T. Smith, colored, for the raping and murder of Miss Marzuel Drown, at Seat Pleasant, near Bennin, D. C., Tuesday, July 28, 1896. Smith is now in the Baltimore city jail, where he was taken from Washington after his cap- ture to save him from a lynchiag—which would have occurred if he had been brought here after he was captured in Washington. Mr. Mordecai Plummer’s case will be tried here at this term of the court. He :s charged with cutting the throat of Dr. Wm. W. Waring here on the evening cf August 6, 1896, In a row in Plummer’s loon. Dr. Waring only lived two hours after and died unconscious at his home here. Mr. Plummer was arrested, but af- terward released on bail of $6,000. He claims that he committed the act in self- defense. There are eighteen prisoaers jail, and four out on bail. Among the lawyers in attendance at today’s session of the court were Messrs. George C. Mer- rick. Chas. H. Stanley, Richard E. Brandt, Jos. Robert Marion Duckett, C. C. Magruder, Joseph S. Wilson, Elbert Dent, Fillmore Beall, E. D. Graves, Judge R. B. B. Chew, R. B. B. Chew, Jr., lis and F, Snowden Hill. The grand jury drawn to Investigate the crimes are: Je: Smallwood, Joseph M. Kendrick, Josep Walker, Milton J. Pay Lemuel F. Lusby, Scott Armstrong, Samuel P. Hook, Benjamin H. Brown, George M. Thomas, John P. Hurd, Edward D. Boteler, Roger FE. jr., William E. Seager, W. St. Clair Heiskell, ab M. Bunnell, Egbert LD. Rute, George L. Gibbons, Columbus Pumphrey, Richard H. Sansbury, Richard Hardesty, s Richard E. Marlow, William H. Yoe, Anthony L. Ray, Theodore F. King. With the assistance of the court the fol- lowing petit jurors will dispose of the cases, criminal and civil: First week's jury —Henry L. Taylor, Joseph H. Young of John, Adam Wischter, George W. Hopkins, William E. Swann, John P. Hopkins, James c. arr, Eugene A. Fowler, Edward F. r, Alfred Griffith, colored; Edward E. Duvall, John L. Barnes, John W. F. Hat- ton, William H. Grimes, Arthur Snowden, colored; R. Irving Bowie, John R. Brooks, colored; Albert F. Jenkins, Trueman C. Slingluff, Logan Green, colored; William P. Bryan, Charles W. Randall, Thomas E. Rawlings, Joshua T. Clarke, Richard B. Perrie. Second week’s jury—John Hyde, John W. Bowle, Mazzini Duckett, William D. Pyles, Thomas M. Keech, James Brown, Robert H. Robinson, William Berry, Thom- as B. Gwynn, William Barron, Isaac Ball, Sprigg O. Beall, William Stewart, John M. Bowie, William H. Shuler, Monroe S. Ship- 1 Thomas H. Houston, Edward L. Beall, John A. Dixon, Ernest A. Brooke, Albert H. S. Connick, Allen P. Bowle, Joseph L. Martin, Michael Smith, William H. Hamil- ton, —_ REPRESENTATIVE TOWNE. He is Liable to Be Defeated in His Fight for Re-Electio: Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. MINNEAPOLIS, October 3, 1896. In perhaps no other congressional district in the country is so fierce a battle raging as that now devastating the sixth Minne- sota, which has Duluth for its metropolis, and Charles A. Towne, the brilliant young silver apostate, for its Congressman. Elected in 1804, as a republican who had given no hint to the electors of his silver predilections, Towne last summer made a cramatic exit from the republican camp, simultaneously with Senator Teller. A young man of brilliant intellectual at- ta'nments, and with a gift of oratory not less entertaining and vasily more logical than that of Bryan, he has found no difii- culty in giving the widest publicity to the aim that his district is back of him in the step he has taken, and ready to send him back to Congress for another term. So certain has Mr. Towne been of success that has been touring through the country making Bryan speeches and giving oni attention to the canvass at home hile he has been thus engaged, his fermer republican friends have not ‘heen They have put in such . enthusiastic work for Judge Paj Morris, the no less brilliant young Vir- nian who is the nominee in opposition to ‘Towne, that the district which was suppos- ed to be safe for the fustonists is now con- ceded by the more conservative of them to doubt. No stronger proof of this 1 outside engagements. He down to business. A Personal Element in the Fight. There is a personal element which enters mto the fight that makes it more earnest and possibly more bitter than the ordinary iver vs. gold controversy. As has been ted, Towne’s former political friends 1 that he did not deal fairly by them, and they have made it a personal purpose to encompass his defeat. They are work- ing early and late to accomplish that pur- The vortex of the whirlpool is fn Duluth and St. Louts county. The silver men claim that if they can go out of that county with 3,000 majority, they will the district, while the gold men say must have at least 4,000. It is for that margin that both sides are contending. Two years ago Towne carried the district by ov, which is rather more than its normal Tepublican majority. But the men who were fighting him then are opposing him row, and with a few notable exceptions, his friends of '94 are his enemies of '6. In the west end of the d‘strict Morris bids fair to get many more than the average number of republican votes. There is a heavy German vote in Stearns and Benton counties which will go to him, and in Sher- burne, Mille Lacs, Wright and Anoka he is leading strongly. So that Towne’s hope lies in his own home county and those adja- cent, containing the big iron ranges and mines. The range vote usually swings one way quite heavily, and it is an open secret that the republicans claim to have cor- ralled it. The rris men expect to leave St. Louis county with as many votes as Towne receives. If they do, their candidate will surely win. Towne must prove strong- er than the Bryan electoral ticket to win, and unless there is a radical change in con- ditions, it now seems probable that he will lose his seat. ———— HYPNOTISTS RESPONSIBLE. Must Pay for Damage Thetr Subjects. If the ruling of Judge Foute of Atlanta. Ga., holds, hypnotists will have to be very careful what they order their subjects to do. The judge holds that the hypnotist is Caer respor sible for the acts of his sub- jects. During a performance at a local theater the subject of a hypnotist imagined he was a monkey. He grabbed a hat from a man in the audience and bit a piece out of it. The professor and his business manager declined to make good the cost of the hat, and the hypnotist was prosecuted before Judge Foute upon a charge of malicious mischief. The judge sustained the charge and bound the hypnotist over to a higher court. Caused by alizes the necessity for getting | CTOBER 6, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. Claim That, Democrats Will Be Routed if There is a Fair Gount. May Have an Important Bearing on the November Contest—Popu- Hats Will Obey Watson. What is thought to be trustworthy infor- mation received here from Georgia is to the effect that the democrats will be con- tented with almost any kind of a ma- jority over the populists in the election to be held tomorrow. It is even said that if a fair election is held the democrats will be routed. Georgians in the city say that the demo- cratic managers are already beginning to claim that a majority of 15,000 for Atkin- son will really be a great democratic vic- tory in view of the opposition which the party is experiencing. Two years ago Gov. Atkinson had a majority cver the populist nominee of something like 40,000. This year the populists are strengthened in many ways. They have strong nominees and strong men speaking for them and man- aging their campaign. The populist party in that state is composed of wealthy ant brainy men, unlike the followers of the party in some other states. Many of the heretofore brightest democrats in the state have joined with the populists and are fighting their old friends. Outside of the large cities of Atlanta, Savannah and Augusta it is said the popu- lists have a clear majority in the state. ‘The charge is made that the majoritic: turned in for the democrats from those cities are manufactured to suit the demand: of the democratic state chairman, Stev Clay, who has managed the democratic end of campaigns for a rumber of years. What May Result. The result of ‘the election may have no particular bearing on the national elec- tion unless it “is to show that Tom Wat- son has strength in his own state, and tnat he has been badiy treated by the democratic national managers, although there can come out of the election a state of affairs possible in no other state in the Union. The constitution of the state pro- vides that if the electors of a party do not receive a majority of all the votes cast the election of electors shall be by the legislature. This, it is thought, would not lose the state to Bryan, as the democrats and populists are each supposed to be for him, but no one knows what might hap- pen. In case the populists win the legis- lature in Wednesday's election they would have it in their power to select the electors of the state. They might stand firm by Bryan, but Tom Watson, if he gets it in his head by that time that Bryan was against him, might make serious trouble. He ab- solutely dominates the populists of the state. As much as the populists believe in silver, it is belleved that they would, if they control the legislature, do exactly what Watson sald. If he wanted them to elect electors against Bryan and in favor of some other silver man they would do so. Watson is said to be getting more sour each day. Democrats Will Have the Legislature. While the populists may carry the state they will hardly get the legislature. The democrats have a large majority of hold- over senators, and this may save them. It will save them the senatorship as well as the electoral vote of the state. All chances point to the legislature having to elect the electors unless there is fusion after the state election, which 1s not prob- able. ‘Ths democrats canrot get a majority over the populists, republicans and goid democrats, who have an electoral ticket in the field. ‘Prominent gold democrats est!- mate that they will cast 30,000 votes in November. This means that number taken away from the democratic ranks, and leaves the democrats and populists about evenly matched in numbers. —______-e-_____ Currency or Tariff? To the Editor of The Evening Star: A claim has been made in certain quar- ters, and is quoted in your valuable paper of September 28, that the outflow of gold in the past three years was due to some mystericus phase of the currency question, and not to the tariff. The whole state- ment is somewhat involved, but the alleged “proof” of it does not appear to be tenable; that proof is sald to le in the present im-~ portation of gold. We have learned from several sources that our general exports have lately ex- ceeded the imports; and certainly if out- going steamers are “doing a good business in eastward freight,” we may expect gold from Europe to pay a favorable balance. ‘That is one good tariff explanation for the present importation of gold, while its con- verse abundantly explains the previous drain of the precious metal. A few of your readers may need to be reminded, besides, that gold may be taken in or paid out for other reasons than those of ordinary trad. as one instance, at the beginning of th’s year the Eritish jingo resolved to fight us about Venezuela; timid European holders of our securities at once launched them on the market, and their demand for gold brought about a special drain; but now the times have changed. There Is, first, reason for believing that England is not going to war with us immediately, and, second, there is the best reason for anticipating improved times in this country very soon; therefore European money holders have re- sumed (as your “Finance and Trade” col- umn has lately shown) the purchase of American securities, paying for them in gold, as usual; that is another explanation for the present importation of gold, but it has nothing to do with the currency ques- tion per_se. The two explanations given seem sufficient to indicate that the present movement In gold does not depend on cur- rency, while one of them is consistent with tariff experience. It is further claimed that a “difference of 30,009,000 In favor of the present year” Is due to the contraction of the currency which kas followed the bond sales and the accumulation of legal tender notes in the treasury.” Apart from the risky claim that “contraction” is “favorable,” and the im- plied possibility that by indefinite contrac- tion we might get indefinite gold without excessive premium—it Is known that there have been several sales of bonds, and the others were not followed by a gain of in- terest-free gold; moreover, ‘several months had elapsed between the last sale of bonds and the present influx, so that this can hardly be credited even to the whole of said sales. The “accumulation of legal tender notes in the treasury” is important from a tariff point of view. With a “tariff for de- ficiency,” whatever money happens to be in a half-depleted treasury must be paid out in answer to certain demands, so that cer- tain notes bring about the “endless chain,” which we have heard so much of, but only in the past three years. That is not the case, however, with a tariff which keeps the treasury so full that gold is not de- manded in excess for imports or for hoard- Ing; therefore discrimination can be made in the money paid out, so that accumula- tion of endless chain notes could be carried on, if necessary, until Congress settled that detail. The wail that there is a deficit for Sep- tember is a natural consequence of the Wilson-Gorman “‘tariff’”’ bill, and the degree of the deficit is the only change in that de- plorable measure. “Custom receipts * * * have fallen,” but, conceding this to be true in the face of statements from other sources that the eastward ocean freight now exceeds the westward, why should they not, while business is dull, and people may be less able even than they were last year to pay for imported goods and lux- uries. But again, might this not be tem- porarily due to waiting for the result of the election? The suggestion in the “annual message, last December, that the void in the circula- tion caused by the retirement of the green- ‘backs, could be filled by the importation of gold,” is interesting; but people of little faith will not believe that the miracle (from the point of view of last December) of the present inflow of gold was prophesied in those words. We have yearned for prosperity in the past four years, and experience shows that it can be obtained by a return to the policy which gave us a surplus for as many years as we chose. It may be moderate or tem- porarily large according to the needs of the country. Withdrawal of certain notes or completion of national defenses would be trifles to us, and after those trifles we could resume the decrease of the national debt instead of adding to it, as became necessary under the present policy. McK. Men as Congressional Candidates. Mr. Landi’ Coming Out for McKinley @ Serious Blow—Situation in the Different Districts. Speclal Correspondence of The Evening Star. CAPE MAY, N. J, October 5, 1896. Within the past elght;days many of the Bryan democrats have!named their con- gressional candidates, and in almost every instance they have been men little known outside of their own voting precinct. One candidate has refused to run, and declares that he is going on the stump for sound m:oney during the remainder of the cam- paign. The republicans in the state are keeping at their work with a will, and every doubtful voter tn the state 18 re- ceivirg convincing lterature from the re- publican state committee. On the other hand the democrats are doing nothing, which is a very positive proof of the pub- lished statements of their feaders that they have given up New Jersey to McKin- ley. Early in the campaign the democrats worked hard and began a house-to-house secret canvass, and were getting many promises to support Bryan from the old line democrats, because of his being the regular nominee. But this quiet but ef- fective work was all in valn as soon as Palmer and Buckner were named. The people seized the excuse and declared for them. When once broken away from their old love, they are now finding it very easy to announce themselves for McKinley and Hobart outright. Mr. Landis for McKinley. One serious blow to the democrats of the state was the announcement Sunday even- ing by Charles K. Landis of Vineland that he would support McKinley. He 1s a prom- inent man, having founded Vincland, where all the populists in the state live, and Sea Isle City, a resort which has been a strong rival of Cape May in the past decade. He is the author of some silver literature, too, which the democrats had been sending out to state voters. He thereby repudiates his own work, and says that the country can best secure political confidence by electing McKinley. Postmaster Henry B. Paul of Camden, and a member of democratic sta committee, said to your correspondent y: terday that his committee were only going through motions, and were doing no work, because they could not until the local offi- cers are nominated, which in most cases will not be for a fortnight yet. He accom- panied Bryan through New Jer: and would shout success if there was any The national democratic committee to put any money into New Jersey, Senator James Smith has given $3,000 only, which is to pay off debts of the former state committee. The federal officeholders are not giving anything, and there remain but a few democrats in petiy state offices. Left Without a Candidate. In Jersey City the democrats have been left without a congressional candidate. Allen Langdon McDermott, who was nomi- nated, refused to take the place on Satur- day, although he did accept a dummy national democrat nomination the other day. He was named by the Bryan demo- crats, and when a petition was presented to him with national democrats at its head he accepted. It was filed, however, by the ringsters to prevent a genuine county Palmer and Buckner ticket from going in the field. He “caught on,” as the slang user talks, and refused to run, and now says he will stump for sound money until election. State Senator William D. Daly will be put in his place. A candidate will be put up by the Paltnerites. Congressman Thomas McEwan was re- nominated today by the-tepublicans in the district, and there is. now no doubt but that he will get a seat in the next Con- gress. In the eighth district the democrats have named Edward N. Wiillg for Congress. He was never heard of outside his own county until the papers printed the news of his nomination. f It was generally éxpeécted until three days ago that Congressman Charles’ N. Fowler would be again the republican can- didate, but consternation ,has come to the political leaders of the .state in the an- nouncement that ex-Congressman John Kean will contest the -honination. The convention meeis tomorrow, and many be- lieve {ta mistake of Kean to: attempt ‘to come in now. Fowler ‘has been a good ieriber: and can'more easily defeat Wil- ig. Congressman B. F. Howell of the third district will probably have as his demo- cratic opponent ex-Senator William) J. Keyes of Somerset. He was one of the “old gang” of race track senators who was repudiated at the polls by the people last year and the year hefore. As the contest proceeds the only chance the democrats seem to have is of getting Former Congressman Augustus Cutter elected in the fourth district, where there is a strong democratic sentiment. Young Mahlon Pitney, the present republican member, is his opponent. In the second district the democrats have named Dr. Arthur E. Conroy, who has teen before a defeated candidate for the state legislature. He Is trying for the seat now held by Congressman Gardner. In the sixth district Joseph A. Beecher has been named to contest for the seat held by Rich- ard Wayne Parker. —— Two Sets of Brynn Electors. A sensation developed yesterday in Bos- ton at the meeting of the committee ap- pointed by the Faneull Hall democratic convention on September 26 to nominate the balance of the state ticket after the nomination of George Fred Williams to be candidate for governor had been accom- plished. This committee met at democratic state headquarters. ‘They had not been in ssion long when Mr. Boardman Hall, rep- resenting Mr. Williams, appeared’ and asked that the committee substitute for the electors-at-large nominated at Faneuil Hall those nominated by the Music Hall con- vention, in order that the vote for Bryan and Sewall might not be divided. After the proposition had been r -eived John H. Sul- livan, for the committ+~, sald that the com- mittee had no right to withdraw any can- didates nominated by the convention. “If the nominees see fit to withdraw they can do so, and if any vacanc‘es should be found we shall see that they are filled. “I cannot see what the committee to fill the vacancies would do about substituting the electors-at-large of the Music Hall con- vention in the vacancies if the electors-at- large on the Faneuil Hall ticket should re- sign.” The ticket of the Faneuil Hall con- vention was filed with the secretary of state yesterday. ‘After the ticket is filed there are seventy- two hours given under the law for the withdrawal of candidates from the ticket, and if the candidates desire to do so, they can have their names withdrawn from the ticket. +. Hobart and the Coul Trast. Republican headquarters in New York gave out the following last night: “A report has recently~been circulated in the west to the effect'that Mr. Hobart, the republican candidate’ for Vice President, is president of the herd;,coal trust, which it 1s alleged has advanced the price of coal. When Mr. Hobart’s attention was called to this report,‘he Said that while he did not make it a nfactice to deny cam- paign rumors he felt that inasmuch as this matter had been cftculdted through the west it was proper tp tilake a statement, the substance of which js as follows: “Last December the trunk line railroads located east of the Mississippi were called upon under an agregment known as the Joint Traffic Associgtion to select three arbitrators to arbitrate the differences which might arlse betwean these railroads. Only trunk lines were included in this ar- bitration. Coal roads, were not included, and the matters submitted to arbitration had nothing to do with coal, coal produc- tion, coal tonnage or the price of coal in any manner, form or shane whatever, either directiy or indirectly. The selection of Mr. Hobart as a judge between these railroads was made because he had no In- terest therein in any form. “Mr. Hobart also distinctly stated that he has no connection, direct or indirect, with any such coal trust. He does not know of the existence of any such trust except as he has seen statements in the TWO OHIO COUNTIES. Strong Sound Money Sentiment in Belmont and Guernsey. pecia. Correspondence of The Evening Star. CAMBRIDGE, Ohio, October 4, 1896. I have just finished a careful canvass of Belmont and Guernsey counties, Ohio, dur- ing which I have interviewed a number of farmers in the country stores and have talked with the tradesmen in the smaller towns, with a view of getting an impartial view of the political situation in this sec- tion of the state. Both of these counties are republican by from 1,500 to 1,800 plurality, and; while tney comprise a rich agricultural country, they depend largely on manufac- turing industries attracted here by the proximity of coal mines. In Belmont county there is one of the oldest and largest settle- ments of Quakers in the country, and while they are divided on the tariff issue, they are almost unanimously for the gold stand- ard. They are holding their annual confer- ence at Barnesville, and I had an oppor- tunity to get an expression from many of them on the subject. ‘The only appreciable defection from the republican ranks is among the farmers, and the movement is not as extensive with them as I expected to find it from the re- ports in circulaticn. On the other hand, the local bank offi- cials and the managers of the manufactu ing concerns, many of whom have hereto- fcre been democrats, are now almost solic for sound money, and, in some instance: are doing the most effective work. In Guernse the pre! the Central Bank and two promi- nent attorn all of whom have been lif long democrats, are doing active work on the mp for McKinley and “sound mone; In this city is one of the me successful tin plate mills in the country It employs about 250 men, and has be in continuous operation since started. steel and iron plate mill, ying about 400 men, is another pro: a this city. The influen Effect of the Constitutional Qlause in South Carolina. The Gold Sentiment Making Progress Among the Democrats—Their Op- ponents Have a Straight Ticket. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. COLUMBIA, S. C., October 3, 1896. The new constitution of South Carolina, adopted over a year ago, eliminates all the chances of the republicans carrying this state, but the election, it is thought, will leave the democratic party worse crippled than ever before in its history. It will ieave it with some of its best men in the ranks of another party, and will put it in such shape that it will be only a question of years when the old party will be able to hold its own. The new constitution is the work of Sen- ator Tillman, and has a suffrage qualifica- tion which is one of the most easily worked in the country—by the party which is in power. The constitution provides that a man shall be able to read and write or be able to construe a clause of the instrument before he is eligible to vote. Under the usual provision that a man shall be able to read and write before he is capable of vo! ing, thousands of negroes and illitera white men would be unable to vote South Carolina, but Senator Tillman after disfranchising the negroes and sa ing the ignorant whites, and he succeeded, so long as the democrats are in powe! Just a few words in the constit saves the illiterate whit They are that if a man can properly c in of these Industri nstrue a section | has been to convince the people of. thi of the constitution when read to him ne | section of the advantages of a protectiv« shall be entitled to a certificate. The | policy. The farmers about here have been judges of a man’s ability to construe the section are the boards of election super- visors appointed by democratic adminis- trations. The negro, according to these 0 ficials, Is never able to properly construe what is read him, and he fails to get vote. The illiterate white man has a keen- er sense of penetration, and the result is that ail of them get to vote. It is a cute thing, and, for the present and maybe years to come, will perpetuate the democratic party. It will forever shut the colored man out of controlling the af+ wool growers until the price of wool went below a point at which any profit could be made in the business, and U: clined to hold the Wilson tariff bill r » for the Grop in wool. In Belmont county car wheel and glass works give employment to a small army of voters, who are more ion Ui Gene! advor s section of Ohio, and has a large pe 1 following, that accepts his cpinions without questic He has don fairs of the state. The time may come | snore for Mr. Bryan than any lo: Mr. Bry a wen other when he will hold the balance of power, | Silver men, but from ail indivatie gath- but never when he will be able to cast a | ered from the impartial sources to which majority of the votes and run tnings to suit himself. Democratic Defections. The new danger threatening the democ- racy 1s from within its own ranks. Many men have left the party and attached them- selves to one or the other of the republi- can wings. Many others, and among them the ablest men in the state, have joined the I have appli Ss labors will be in vain, so far as the national ticket is concerned. ).000 Majority Next Mont elections were McKinley ‘Town held all over state of Connecticut yesterday, the excepting gold democracy. There 1s no overwheim- | t Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, An- ing number of these men, but they are | Sonia, Derby and Naugatuck, and the re- quietly dropping out and forming clubs | sults show a decided gain in republican strength, and it is believed to pe an index to the greater political battle which will he waged at the polls four weeks from to- day, and the extreme satisfaction with zhe result expressed by Lieutenant Cooke, the republican guber 4 inee, found a reiteration at the h ters of the republican state ¢ mittee, where it was stated 1 McKinley and Hobart would get u: of 30,000 majority at the November elec Though yesterday's many local issues, w efforts to arrive at an intelligent idea of the leading parties’ strength, in the few towns that had both gold and silver de ocratic tickets in the field the gold men were greatly in the majority. The weath- er conditions were decidediy unfavorable for a large vote, but the leaders of both parties realized that upon the result of the elections an estimate for the probable majority in Connecticut In November would be formed, and an effort was male in mest every town to get out the fullest pos- sible vote. here and there. In this city, in Greenvi and in Charleston there are either clubs or an understanding of how many men will support the Palmer ticket. Mersnants and manufacturers are the leaders in this quiet movement. Hundreds of merchants are returning from New York and the eastern markeis. They have imbibed the gold feeling shared in business circles the country over, and they come back here advocates of the gold standard, having been converted by their eastern friends. As can be understood, they are quiet in their talk. Their cus- timers are silver people, and they cannot afford to make themselves obnoxious. They are, however, planting a wedge, which will in Ume, it is’ feared, split the democracy. Col. James L. Orr, president of the Pied- mont Manufacturing Company, is a promi- nent leader In the new party.’ He has for years been a factor in the politics of the state. He is a son of ex-Gov. Orr, minister to Russia at one time. The cotton mills of which he is at the head are among the largest in the south. All over the up- per part of the state the cotton mill presi. dents are throwing their weight against Bryan. They know they cannot accomplish anything now, but they believe they are beginning an education of the people that will be beneficial. In Greenville, a clty of about 1,100 democratic voters,’ one-tenth have joined a sound money club. In this campaign they will vote for the McKinle electors. Outside the cities and towns there is no gold sentiment worth men- tioning. The Voters are solidly for silver. vernor nom- al com- night that Georgetown Universit The graduate department of the opened on Thursday, with a large number of students in attendance. The opening ex- ercises took place in the graduates’ new if- brary, where the several professors ad- Republican Prospects. dressed the students. The republicans are this year running] Several important improvements have @ straight republican ticket, the first in years. They have heretofore supported independent democrats. State Chairman Webster of the regular republicans is hopeful of capturing a few Congressmen, but has no hope of carrying the state. The Lily White republicans are holding off from the regulars, but acknowledge that they cannot do anything. The election of Judge Earle to the United been made in the graduate dep the ensuing year. For students the room formerly known us the music room has been well equipped as a biologic: laboratory. A special feature will be course in ethics and political e formerly the regular prof. also lectured in ethics; th the course will be conduc! Brucker, S. J., who has devoted States Senate in the recent primaries has | life to the teaching of moral philosophy and prevented a much larger bolt from the| Political economy in th try and in democratic ranks than would have been | France. Another inno school the case had he been defeated. Many | !8 the department of music, the direction of Anton Goetzn The fres for the year a: Murrin of Pennsy . English of Illinois democrats opposed to Bryan took part in the primaries by voting for Judge Earle and consider themselves bound to vote for all nominees in the general electio His selection also appeased an element which has been preparing for years to jump out of democratic traces. 7 thought Tillman had such a grip on the state they would never get a showing and had about concluded to leave the party. The chance for some satisfaction presented itself in Judge Earle case and they went in and won. There are >tion, Nen of Rhode Island v.as etary and tre beadle, chosen pr 0. P. Johnson; fornia. At the first meeting of Paul Society of the co J. Tobin of Cali- ”) white voters in the state and about 130,000 colored. ‘The demo- | Were made to t cratic natior.al ticket will poll about 75,000, ore the eee ; while the republican ticket will not be | te poor in the i officers for the co fore the m able to poll over 30,600, centage of these will be ca era! The republican national committee is ting no money in the state and the repub- licans are maintaining their organization to be able to control the federal patronag: in case of McKinley's election. ee MONEY OF ALL KINDS. nd a small pei ing clos t by gold demo- : put Timothy Welsh. Catholic U The regular § versity. began yes- terday with ma: nd vespers Results of the Controller of the Cur- | 2"4 benedictio o'clock in the after- reney’s Investigation, noon. The controller of the currency has issued | Class work began in the Law School CeoSienin aie ine Sesh Gon he at 9:30 o'clock this morning; the junior tigation made by him of the amount of all | cl take up the subject of ele- kinds of mon mentary law, and the d year junior: y held by the banking insti- tutions of the country on July 1. The num- ber of banking houses and trust companies inquired of were 12, and of 77 clearing houses, covering all of such institutions In every state and territory and the District of Columbia. will study pleading and contrac tation hours in the law department a to 11:30 a.m. and lectures at 5-p.m. Howard University, The theologi department of Howard University was opened Thursday, with an du i y. Sterling N. : The totel cash andthe part therest of | UTS Om Boy. Stang N Poem. at gold and gold certificates held by report. | the professors of the department have re- ing banks in each geographical division is | turned, and regular work will begin on as follows: Monday. Amount of g aud xold tifieate The Medical School held its opening excr- cises also Thursday night in the Hood am- phitheater. An addresss of welcome was made by President Rankin, followed by an address from Prof. Hodgkins, dean of the dental department. New appointments have w England States Eastern states Southern sta Western states. Pacific states and territories been made in the Dental School in the per- sean sons of Dr, A. J. Brown, who will conduct Totals ... +++, $418,124,519 a course of prosthetic dentistry, and Dr? J. A comparison of the money holdings of | H. Perry, professor of pharmacy these geographical districts shows that the Four 0! the Coreans who have been sup- ported at the university since last May have started on their own motion to make thelr way to Europe; another left Septor ber 30 for Roanoke College, Va., and only three now remain at the university. The Alpha Phi Literary Society met last week and elected William J. Whitsett pres- ident and Peter R. Lee vice president. Columbian University. Though all departments of the universit opened on Wednesday, the regular class work did not begin until yesterday. The registration shows a iarger enr ment of students than ever before, and for- tunately the tendency of the college dents is to enter for the full course. A pleasant fact is that the college is draw most of its students from the Washingion High Schools. 4 The faculty of Columbian Academy has been greatly strengthened by the additioas of Prof. F. B. Hobgood, jr., who will teach atural science and history; Prof. Oscar W. Anthony, who will teach mathematics, and Paul A. Steci, who will conduct a of bookkeeping, business law and penmanship. ‘The class of '96 have endowed a medal in memory of their late fellow-student and classmate, James Macbride Sterrett, 3r. parties, Mrs. Schermerhorn. Are you hus- | The medal is to be given in the department banding your time here?’ of physics, and to be known as the “Class “No; but I'm husbanding my three daugh- | "6, James Macbride Sterrett, jr., Memorial ters.” Medal.” 820 reporting banks in the New Engiand states held but $6,602,671 more total cash and $5,845,585 more of gold and gold cer- tificates than the 676 reporting banks in the southern states; the 1,275 banks in the eastern states, $103,544,924 more total cash and $32,169,706 more of gold and gold cer- tificates than the 2,444 banks in the west- ern states; the 676 banks in the southern states, $3,451,841 more total cash and $10,- 047,617 less gold and gold certificates than the 509 banks in the Pacific states and territories; the 829 banks in the New Eng- land states, $10,054,510 more cash and $4,- 202,062 less gold and gold certificates than the 509 banks in the Pacific states and ter- ritories. ‘The controller says that the total gold and gold certificate holdings of the banks of the country on July 1 was $%« Including the free gold in the tre: a that time, he finds that the available gold and gold certificates in the banks and the free gold in the treasury on or about July 1 was $44,441,470. Today, the controler adds, it is larger, as the free gold in the treasury stands at $123, 8. _Husbanding Daughters. From Town Topics. “You do not join us in any of our little CELEBRATING GERMAN DAY Patriotic Teutons of Washington Meet in Commemoration. Two Hundred and Thirtecnth An versary of the Founding of the First German Colony. The eighteen German-American societies of this city—and not only the members, but their wives and children, and in some cases their sweethearts—joined in the celebration at Masonic Hall last evening of the 213th anniversary of the establishment of the first German colony on these hospitable shores at Germantown, Pa. Last night's celebration of “German day,” as the occa- sion is called, worked a decided departure in the character of the exercises, inasmuch as it was the first time that the wives and children of the members of the different or- ganizations which annually unite, until for this occas‘on only,were invited to part’cipate in the festivities. Heretofore the celebra tion has taken the form of the well-known “commers,” in which the gentlemen took part, but this year a more liberal spirit prevailed, The result was gratifying to every one Interesied in the affair, and the same plan will undoubtedly be followed in . Every German. society, and nearly every German family, in the na- tional capital was represented at last night’s celebration, and the occasion was profitable and enjoyable in every respect. The committee in charge was Messrs. Ru- ucceeding y dolph Saur, chairman; B. F. Schubert, sec- retary; Capt. Gecrge Bessler, treasurer, and L. Kettler and W. Ruckdeschel, vice presidents, An Interesting Program. The program was an interesting one. It comprised patriotic adcresses and music, vocal and instrumental. With the single exception of the address of Mr. B. F. Schu- bert, all the exe were conducted # the language of fatherland. An ad- dress of welcome Mr. Ru- jolph ur, pre of the United rT n-American ies. Mr. William El- terich gave a fe recitation; the Wash- ington under the leadership the was made by lent of Prof. Henry rendered two 5 lections in fine sty German Maenner- chor, under the « om of Prof. Chris- vciety, under t tian, and the Ari le. hip of Prof. Holer, sang seve with excellent effect; Mr. August Niebel recited the monologue from the third act of William Tell; Mr. Christian 1 a poem ‘by Uhland: Mr. sident of the Washington § “dan original poem appro- sion; Mr. B. Schubert nd an excelient orche Prof. Louis overture from ‘Lo- sical selections, hier erbund, priate to the o made an address tra, under the Naeckers, play hengrin” and ot A Portra the clo ren At of the r program @ regul: surprise was sprung upon the audience by the presentation of a life-sized painting of Mr. Rudolph Saur, president of the United German-American Societies, to that gen- tleman, It was the work of Mr. nand Klemt of this city, and all agreed that i was an excellent likeness. The presenta tion speech was made by Mr. William El- terich, and although very much surprised, the recipient managed to make a fitting re- sponse. The formal exerct over, the floor was cleared, and the remainder of the evening was pleasantly spent in dancing and in the interchange of neighborly civili- ties and courtesies, such as usually charac- terize all social daughters of * A Patriotic In his address, Mr. Schubert, the only speaker in English, made several proud references to the important part taken by the German-Americans in the upbuilding of American institutic He alluded to the famous protest of the German colo- nists in 1688S against negro slavery, one hundred and seventy-six years before the declaration of emancipation by Abraham Lincoln, as indicative of the tnnate spirit of liberty and fraternity of the Germans, In closing Mr. Schubert, referring to the loyalty of the German-Afhericans to their adopted country ke as follows: “We can weli be proud of the prominent part taken and the efficient when thi herings of the sons and aderland.”” Addrens. ger. man birth enlisted # war of the rebellic whether citizens they were at soldiers of Ger- fought in the late . on the Unton side, and or not citizens, whether to read the Constitution in English or nut, they gave their life blood for the defense of the stars and stripes, that this most beautiful emblem of liberty might float uninterruptedly from lakes to the gulf, from the most eastern pomt on the Hue Atlantic to the golden gate on the majestic Paci Did Not Wat “They did not wait until the mair ger had been ayerted, but they the beginning the hostilities, them even enlisti eral da first shot fell on Fort Sumter. I m body of German ns who o1 11, 1861, enlisted the Dist lumbia and form: jon of District them it a friend, leed has fought on th t emerz found on the campaign. “Tt fi mem! an that April victoric t will tory in t preserve nd of our r, ho’ > and Mteratu who holds oy he is to for r dear old ne country hildhood day nspiring sta 1 bride, the ther, where but and country of land of our chile all ever be our early with the ever our select: » the native though we mother, our best int nal at all tim White and Blue.’ > A DEMOCRATIC OHIO COUNTY, spent ‘olum! strip Farmers Who Times to devine The Evening 5 Ohie, October the largest Oh but It gave Mr. Cleveland rity of 1,500, and thus for the present con- From a woo! product Licking county i county in rapidly de; and free trade a maj: wool-pro- lory is dition of its of 405 pounds has come down to less than haif of that amount and wortt half per pound, making a reduction in dollars As ea of corn 3 of 3 per cent in the ns a like shrinkage in the consump- of corn. As the sheep raiser usually bought this corn 0: neighbor farmer, and cents of 75 per eats a bushel and a ¢ reductio the effect on the corn planter is noticeable. The experience of the past four years has taught the farmers of Licking county something about protection to home in- dustries, and I found several of them who were willing to return to the McKinley tariff. But I found others who the low price of wool to * gold,” and they will try s bring gold down and put wool up. are 3) populists in to There Licking couniy who voted for the man who scared the citizens of Washington into a spasm two years ago, I mean Mr. Coxey. These reformers will vote for Mr. Bryan for President, and there are ”) more of them in Ohio who will do the same thing. It {s this populist vote that makes. the situation in Ohio interesting this year. Jt relieves it of that one-sidedness which it woul otier- wise have. The a 1 value of property in Licking county is about $30,000,000, more than half of which is on farm lands. The county was origina settled by people from North and South Carolina, Maryland and Virginia and to this is probably due its uniformly demo- cratic sentiments. There is not likely to be any change in its vote this rear. Some nt democrats are working for Mc- and others are for Palmer, but flops” ow be offset oy the silver publicans. If some one coull convince the farmers of Licking that the price of wool is due to the effects of foreizn com- petition rather than to the high pr! ot gold, the county could be male safely re publican.