Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. I AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. re In the cents any wh prepaid Sheet Star, $1 per year, with B08 Office at Washington, D. C., riptions must be p i id in advance. Rates of advertising je_ known n applicn tion, ——== Che Evening Star. No 14,219, WASHINGTON, D. @, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1898—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, TWO CENTS, THE FIRST MEETING — Assembly of the War Inquiry Com- missioners. ae NINE GENTLEMEN READY 10 SERVE —_-—_—_. General G. M. Dodge Was Elected President. THE WORK TO BE DONE pee es f the military inve reported at the White Bat 10 o'clo They Granville Conference When the At the War Department. vestigators will es and then in- ssion will Secretary's > and The President's Desire. 1 that the Pre given to the in- as ever ly and er this rs a IS sECR & Special Com d to Adee by Mr s te, the Pre mmis- tate ad In- e incumbency that in t as- f Me it wa: Secretary the new Seer who recently arrived in N. m London, has sent word t » to Washington to assume his new 8 before the middle of next weel arliest. It is supposed that he will visit his old home in Cleveland in the meantime for the purpose of seeing his mother, who is reported to be seriously ill. ——————0+—___ Plenty of Rations in Hawalti. A report bas been received from General Merriam, who recently returned from Hon- olulu, in which he says there Is no truth in the report that the troops in Hawali are without sufficient food supply. ANOTHER PARIS COUNCIL Approaching Meeting of the Anglo-Vene- zuelan Arbitrators. Preliminary Meeting in January, When Adjournment Will Probably Be Taken Until May. The approaching meeting at Paris of the British-Venezuela court of arbitration, of which Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer are arbitrators tn behalf of the republic, will be hardly second in import- aris of the isis which the the in during the the extent is involved. to th ing at commission, owing to the ¢ zestion raised between ireat Brit ministration, Monroe an me peace doctr The pre re for the court to hold a preliminary session in January, at which time Justice Brewer will go to Paris. But FPuiler ett us urt will t . and two me t the nol likely to go to the United very ers ¢ time. Chief Justic sam 1 post- both Ma h_ time chief justice will be free to join the other arbitrators and take up the seri- ous business of the commission. c counter cases between Great ritain and Venezuela have been com- pleted. Andrade of Venezuela r to the British emba: of the republic, and with this the British counter Ven- to Dr. the Paris. was handed n agent i Rojas, ners Make one of the most volu- «tional controversies to arbitration. The Briti nter case fill eleven large volume: las and a number of detached maps, ne V ezuelan cas Is six volumes three atla: Thus the court will have before it a record comprising seven teen volumes, four allases and some addt- ticnal ma With the record all made up, it remeins y for the counsel for the two parties to mit their briefs: The Venezueian bj sideut Harri Mr, Maiet-Pri ented by pre including ebster. It cted that nd General Tracey will be al argumer Thu , AS well an umpir t and internatic The latter 1s > to the ume the papers +2 THE IVEN Officers Promot to Be Brigadier Generals by the President. The President has promoted the followi rers to be brigadier nerals of volu teers for cons us services in the Santi- ago campaig Lieut. Col. Charles D, Viele, Ist U. 8. William M. Wherry, 16th U. S. In- fantry. Col. John H. F U. S. Infantry. Lieut. Col. G. S. Carpenter, 7th U. 8. In- fantry. Lieut. Col. J. H. Patterson, 224 U. S. In- fantry. ut. Col. A. S. Daggett, 25th U. 8. In- ntry Lieut. Col. C. F. Humphrey, quarter- ter’s department. 1. J. F. Weston, subsistence depart- ngs, 16th Pennsylvania » been appointed briga- for distinguished an campaign expec of these officers re thus rewarded f rd service in ieid, will soon b d out of the er rvice, t of course, not regular 1 positions and FOR DISCHARGE. They Will Be Entertained Only When Received Through Military Channels. APPLICATION ant Adjt. Gen. Ward, who Is direct- e of the enlisting service at the -tment, has dispatched the fol- gram to the commanding officers ary camps and departments vartment {s overrtin with appli- cations for discharges of enlisted men from members of Corgre overnors of states, moyors of cities, friends, relatives and ethers. Acting secretary of war desires that you issue gereral order today to your calling atte to paragraphs 4 to th ot en- e excepting h it through military channels.” rd hi so found it necessary to following Instructton by telegraph sten action under that order: partment is advised that command g officers are holding back applications of listed harge. Acting se p t you instruct all troop, battery and re anders of your command, by tele- that such cases must be forwarded liately. approved or disapproved, as rmy Regulations 765, through r milltary channels, for action of Department. Acknowledge receipt 2 report action It is probable that the War Department s inspired to hasten the action of the de- commenders in these cases, of the numerous inquiries sived 2 department of late from prominent ‘luding senators and representa- information as to its intention re- oplications of soldiers for dis- h have not yet been received at w — TO WASHING Surgeon Huidekoper Has Not Yet Been Honorably Discharged. ‘ON. ORDERED The formal orders to Lieut. Col. Rush Huidekoper, who was chief surgeon at Camp Thomas, under Brooke, and afterward at Porto Rico with that officer, were issued at the War Department today. They show merely that the officer has been ached from duty in Porto Rico and or- dered to Washington to report to the sur- gecn general, making no mention of his resignation. It seems prol le that if the surgeon contemplates any action of that d he will now defer the execution of purpese until the conclusion of the in- gation into the conduct of the medi- department during the war, which ts one of the matters to be undertaken by th dential commission to Investigate the conduct of the war. The statement that Surgeon Huidekoper has been hon- orebly discharged is premature. +4 Took the First Spantsh Flag. The President has appointed Corp. John Ashton Boyle of the 224 Infaniry a second Meutenant in the regular army for dia- Unguished bravery in the Cuban campaign. Licut. Boyle captured the first Spanish flag in that campaign. He {s a grandson of Commodore Boyle of the United States navy and a nephew of Mr. John Boyle of this clu. ro HA Har OME AGaiy FALL HOUSE CLEANING. MINISTER LOOMIS REPORTS. Busy During the War Seeing That Neutrality Law Was Observed. Mr. Frank Loomis, U. S. minister to Ven- ezuela, has arrived in Washington, and r ported at the State Department this morn- ing Minister Loomis 1s accompanied by Mrs. Loomis, and is on leave from his post, to which he proposes to return within the six- ty days allowed by law. He has planned a voyage of 2,000 miles up the Orinoco river, to be undertaken during the coming winter, when the climatic conditions are favorable. He will be accompanied by Lieut. Col. Col- lins, 11th Infantry, the military attache of the legation at Caracas. ‘This voyage has never before been made by an Amer- ican, it 1s said, and Minister Loomis ex pects to obtain’ from it much information of value to the world’s commerce. A scien- tist will accompany the party ‘The minister was very bus war with Spain in securing the enforcement of the neutrality law in our favor in Ven- ezuela. He succeeded in stopping no less than seven expeditions, consisting of su! phes of food for the blockaded Spaniards in Cuba, and in three c he secured Mbels. ‘The government of Venezuela, cording to Minister Loomis, acted with the greatest uprightness in the application of the neutrality laws throughout the war, though naturally the large Spanish element in the country, agitated by cleverly con- cocted and sensational stories published by nish legation, at trouble for the paid emissaries of the times threatened legation. to make Personal Mention. Col. Geo, H. Harries, commanding the 1s: District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry, and Lieut. Leroy W. Herron of Company G are at the Battery Park Hotel, Asheville, C. They will be joined this evening by t Lieut. C. Fred Cook, adjutant of the td Battalion, and in a few days by First Lieut. D. V. Chisholm, adjutant of the 1st Battalion. These officers are suffering more 3 with fever and are in quest of health gth. Mr. J. Whit Herron is also or les ond stren, of the pa Rey. Dr. Blliott of Ascension Church has returned to the cit Dr. L. H. French, late ranking major, 34 United States Volunteer Cavalry (Grigsby's cowboys), hag returned to Washington, his regiment having been mustered out of the service. Detective Frank Helan of police head- quarters has returned from his annual leave, during which he visited a number of friends in Maryland. Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis, having re- turned from a trip to New England, Long Branch and the Catskills, will occupy his pulpit tomorrow. Mrs. Ennis, having gone to visit friends at Albany, will not return immediately. Rev. Mr. Stakely has returned with his family from a pleasant vacation spent in the mountains of Fauquier county, Va., and will occupy the pulpit of the First Baptist Church tomorrow morning and evening. Dr. D. W. Prentiss has returned from his summer vacation. ‘The following Washingtonians are passen- gers on the steamship Friesland, which safl- ed from Antwerp September 17 and is due in New York Monday evening, September 26: Mrs. John Cassels, Miss Margaret Cas- sels, Miss Elsie Cassels, Mr. Donald Cas- 1s, Mr. Philip Mauro, Mrs. Philip Mauro, the Misses Mauro, Mr. Frederick W. Pil- ling, Mrs, Pilling, Miss Pilling, Mr. Joseph Pilling, Mrs. C. F. Chaffin and infant, Miss Francine Rousseau. Mr. William V. Cox, the executive offcer of the board of centrol of the government exhibit at the expcsition in Omaha, has been in the city for a few days. He left today for Omaha to resume his duties. Secretary Bliss returned to the city last evening, and was at the Interlor Depart- ment today. Lieut. Col. J. V. R. Hoff of the medical cepartment is at the Richmond. Capt. H. F. Aspinwall of the quarter- master’s department {s at the Shoreham on leave of absence. Dr. Macpherson Crichton of this city and Rey. H. W. Jones, chaplain of the U. 8. 8. Texas, will sail for Europe on the Noord. land, which will leave New York next Wed- nesday. Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Colgrove of 1700 15th street northwest received a telegram last night from the agents of the Columbia Steamship Company, at Seattle, announc- ing the safe arrival of Mr. Russell Col- grove, general manager of the company, in company with his brother, at Honolulu, Hawalian Islands. + 0+ ___ Florida Men Mustered Out. Eight companies of the 1st Florida Vol- unteers have been ordered mustered out. ‘They ere now at Jacksonville. during the} OCCUPATION OF CUBA Troops, It is Said, Will Be Sent About Octo- ber 15. - No Delany in Evacuation by the Spanish Will Be Permitted—Pre- paring the Barracks. No delay in the evacuation of Cuba by the Spaniards will be permitted beyond the time that the heaith of the United Stetes troops will permit their occupation of the island. Meanwhile the United States forces are being put in readiness for occupation and every bureau of the War Department will have {ts supplies and equipments ready | when the time for movement comes No | time nas yet been definitely fixed, and will not be until the department is advised by the military commission that the heal:h of the troops will not be en@angered by the Cuban climate. It was stated by on: of- ficial In the War Department today that troops will go to Cuba about the middle of October, and another said about the 25th of October, and certainly not later than the Ist of November. The matter of barracks, for troops has already been considered by the departraent, d Acting Secretary Meiklejohn said today that the Spanish barracks in Cuba would be thoroughly cleansed and fumigated be- fore being occupied by United States troops. No barracks that are not pro- nounced in @ satisfactory and healthy con- dition will be used. If barrack accommo- dations already built by the Spanish are rot sufficient, this government will provide its own barracks for the troops. More care 1s being given to the matter of sani- tation and health of the proposed Cuban expedition than has attended former ex- peditions of the army. The department has had plenty of time to make these ar- ments, and is utiliaing it for making arrangement necessary for the suc- ceseful occupation of Cuba. —————— COMMODORE KAUTZ HERE. On His Way to Take Command of the Pacific Station, Commodore Albert Kautz, lately in com- mand of the training station at Newport, called at the Navy Department today, on his way west to San Francisco ‘to assume his new command of the naval forces on the Pacific station. The commodore’s pur- pose in calling at the department was to receive any verbal instruetions which it might care to give regarding his command, and particularly touching the maintenance of a naval force at Haweil, which falls within the limits of his station. It is like- ly that the commodore will-soon visit Hon- olulu personally to give attention to the establishment of such naval forees at that port or at Pearl harbor as may be needed to make that western extfemity of the station more useful to our maval cruisers. PRODUCTION OF LBAD. Returns to the Geological Sur the Past Six Months, Returns to the geological survey show that the total production of lead in the United States from all sources, during the past six months of 1898, was 156,113 net tons, as compared With 289,698 tons during the year 1897 and 264,994 tons in 1896. This includes soft lead, hard lead and the metal obtained by smelting foreign base bullion and ores in bond. During fhe first half of 1898 there were exported. tons of lead from foreign base bullion tefined in bond, and 7,808 short tons of lea@ from foreign ores smelted in bond. ‘Reports from nearly all the important producers show a decline in stocks from 17,608 tons on January 1 to 16,760 tons on July 1, The estimate of consumption for the first halt of 1898 is 118,767 short tons. The fig- ures presented indicate an increased pro- duction in this country, balanced fully by a notable growth in the consumption, which is at the rate of 237,000 tons per annum. y for PROVOST MARSHAL OF HAVANA. It is Said at Jacksonville That Maj. Harrison Haw Bcen Selected. A letter from a non-commissioned officer in the 4th United States Volunteers, now at Jacksonville, Fla., In General Lee's ccrps, One of the immune regiments, re- ceived in this city today, states that that regiment was inspected Thursday by Liecu- tenant Colonel M. P. Maus, inspector gen- eral or. the staff of General Miles, with the view of determining whether the com- mand should be mustered out or retained in the service. It is believed by the writer that the inspection was really for the pur- pese of deciding whether the regiment was in condition to go to Cuba at an carly date, and he states that the impression made by the men on Colonel Maus was an ex- tremely gocd one, in that the officers and several of the men were individually com- plimented by him on the fine showing made. Tho regiment has been furnished with the Krag-Jorgenson rifle, and is in fine condition, both with regard to the health of the men and in the matter of thorough equipment. The writer states that the camp of the regiment is the model one of the entire camp, and that the fact that Colonel Pettit, commanding the regi- ment, is a regular army »man and nearly all his officers graduates of West Point has operated to bring about its high state of efficiency. The letter also states that Major Russell B. Harrison, now provost marshal of Jack- scnville, has been selected for the position of provost marshal of Havana, and that he ts now engaged in making up his pro- vost guard. One corporal and four privates have been detailed from the 4th United States Volunteers to form this guard, and it is expected by the regiment that the command will join them in Havana before many days elapse. It is also stated that Colonel Pettit has been offered the rank of major in the regular army, but hes declined the posi- tion In order to serve with his regiment in Cuba. + ¢ + —_____- DETACHED AND ASSIGNED. Naval Orders Interes: Capt. F. Rodgers has been detached from command of the Puritan and ordered to the Navy Department as president of the board of inspection and surveys. Capt. R. D. Evans has been ordered to duty at the Navy Department as a mem- ber of the same board. Commander C. J. Train has been detach- ed from command of the Terror and or- dered to the Puritan. Lieutenant Commander J. R. Selfridge, from the Puritan to command of the Sterl- ing, as the relief of Commander R. P. Im- pey. *Tieut. H. O. Dunn, from the Terror to the branch hydrographic office, Baltimore. Lieut. C. N. Atwater, from the Amphi- trite to the Naval Academy. Lieut. G. A. Merriam, from the Dixie to the Puritan. Lieut. J. Gray, home. Lieut. R. C. Hooker, from the Brutus and home. Lieut. W. L. Beers to the Terror. Lieut. N. Sargent to special duty at the Navy Departmen Lieut. H. J. H. George, from the Vermont Recent of General from the Yankton and -to the Naval Academy. The following-named officers have been honorably discharged: Ensigns H. F. Cuntz, 8. D. Baker and W. B. Edgar, Naval Cadet ‘W. H. Allen and Assistant Engineer M. L. Cooke. t+ 0+ _____ ENGLAND’S FRIENDSHIP. The American Fiag Signally Honored at Military Maneuvers. An instance of the notable desire of the British government to cultivate friendly re- lations with the United States is given the course of some mail reports recently reaching the State Department from the United States embassy at London. This Tefers to the great military maneuvers which were recently conducted at the “march past” on Salisbury Plain in the first week of the present month, These maneu- vers took place in the presence of the com- mander-in-chief of the British army, the Secretary of state for war, several mem- bers of the royal family, the foreign mil- itary attaches and a vast crowd of people, and the national flag of the United States was placed side by side with the British royal standard, the Union Jack and the white naval ens! upon the principal ™arquo at the saluting point. There were no other fiags on the tent in question but the four mentioned. TO SHIP SILVER BY FREIGHT Government About to Transfer 10,000,000 Ounces to Frisco Mint. Its Shipment by Express Would Be Too Expensive—Mr. Vanderlip Arranging Detat CHICAGO, September ays: A train bearing 10,000,000 ounces of silver bullion from Philadelphia to Francisco is soon to mark a new era in the federal government's method of trans- 24.—The Tribune porting the precious metals between its mints. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip of the Treasury Department has been in Chi- cago for the purpose of making the definite arrangements. The shipment is to be ma on a special fast freight train, guar federal soldiers and detectives. It posed that hereafter freight, and not ex hipment. ing run to its d—both fe n pourin: eign domestie—whi surprising rate, and the intentior nafer 10,000,000 ounces of silver cific eoa: or charges on any such quantity like schedule rates would be an Item which even the United States treasury could af- 1 to figure on saving. The movement of the silver by freight instead of express is considered altogether feasible. The danger of robbery, it is be- lieved, could be pr ally elim having the silver by the em diers to accomp wreck could ¢ a ounce bars. About the only contingency which the officials think could aris: be that in we a bridge » is too remote ald f the train going through o a river, but that chance to be seriously considered. “I do not care to talk about the silver shipment proposition,” Mr. Vanderlip said. “It is known that shipment is - templated, and it is aiso true that I have been in consvitation with some western railroad fr ht people. I do not care to ay whether or not the feastbility of ship- nt by freight was discussed My mission here, the enjoy- ment of a few m, has to do with looking into Central fic ratlroad a and with investigation of sume un- dec nd allotmerts. The Central Pa- cific settlement, of course, is ing, and there is certain necessary information which can be secured here better than anywhere els —_—» ___— TATES PEACE Its Members Land at Liverpool Re- frexhed by the Voyage. LIVERPOOL, September 24.—The Waited UNITED COMMISSION States peace ccmmissic landed he: this morning from the Cu: line steamer Campania, which reached her landing stas before daylight They are all in good health and refreshed by the voyage for the work in store for them. The physical betterment was most mark- ed in th ze of Judge Day, whe 1 last evening to Senator Davis: am get well accustomed to this sea travel. I lik« it, and could well enjoy another week of it before gotag ashore.” This points to the fact that the ch: of the peace cor:mission is a much ¢ man, for the better, by the re: week at sea, salt water baths and the bracing air on the deck of the steamer. His face is ruddy and nis eyes are brightened by added vigor. The commissior ers v.ere received by the United States consul, Mr. James Boyi The mayor of Liverpcol extended to the cemmissioners an invitation to attend a function to be held this evening in honor of the British warships now here. The in- vitation, however, was declined, the com- missioners deeming it unwise to accept it. Commissioners Keach London. LONDON, September 24.—The train with the American peace commission on board arrived here at 12:30 p.m. today. The com- missioners are staying at the Hotel Cecil, where they will remain until Monday. Monday they will leave « morning and will arriv o’clock the same evening. INTERESTED IN B. & 0. airman anged Paris at 7 MR. GAT Head of Illinois Steel Compa: Assist in Reorganization. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., September 24.—It is authoritatively announced here today that Mr. John Gates of Chicago, president of the illinois Steel Company, has acquired a large interest in the Baltimore and Ohio railway, nd will co-operate with the other Chicago apitalists who have obtained large inter- ests in that property in the complete re- organization of the Baltimore and Onio system. lt is also announced that the Pittsburg and Western railway, of which the Balti- more and Ohio controls 51 per cent of the holdings, will hereafter be operated as a part of the Baltimore and Ohio system. A part of the change in the Pittsburg and Western contempiates the building of an additional track between Pittsburg and Ak- ron, Ohio, and the change in maay of the grades, the whole to cost about $3,000,000, for which bonds will be issued, guaranteed by the Baltimore and Ohio. ——— B. & OU. OFFICES TO GO TO CHICAGO. Executive and Financial Departments to Be Quartered There. CHICAGO, September 24.—The Chronicle says: Executive offices of the reorganized Baltimore and Ohio read are to be estab- lished in Chicago. As soon as the affairs of the company are out of the courts the main office of the financial end of the corpora- tion will be transferred to this city. Just who will occupy these offices official- y is still an unsettled question, but it is te likely that James J. Hill and Norman b. Ream, or whoever of the several securi- ty holders goes on the new board of direc- tors, will put in their time here. It is gen- erally belleved that President Hill, who will necessarily have to be in clase touch with the financial backers, and who will be the directing hand of the new company, will operate things from the Chicagooffices, —_ y Win THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any period can have The Star mailed to them to ary address in the United States or Canada, by ordering it at this office, in person or by Terms: 13 cents per week for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably tn advanc B8ub- scribers changing thelr address fro: one Post-cftice to another should give the last address as well as ihe new one PLENTY OF WHEAY Secretary Wilson Scoffs at Professor Crooke’s Prediction, letter 5 ce ONLY LET THE PRICE BE RAISEL Possible Production in This Coun: try Practically Unlimite THE PROSPECTS ABROAI had read the onal th Wilzon, “and here of the s ignor ace returne ist the armers in Ww wheat to si at will mak ushel of w but should s : cattle poultry, t ‘ There's where the t prices for the farmers H what the countries ai t supply ving ric once in t and pe © Land Productive Agricultural Depast ment’s chicf work is in instructing farmers ‘In this country the how to make their land doubly and fu'iy preductive. The chief element in growth of fcod products is nitrogen. ‘1 is supplied in two ways—on through le plants 1 the other by re from the atmosphere AS latter, nitra formed by bolts ng pas throuch s0 the fall directly i an acre of clover furnist rogen than atmosphere over of lowa, as an illustration. ” more nitrogen in the oil, the richer more proéuctive rapa Tieortes bk that of Sir William Crooke amount to noth ing. Raise price of wheat so that worth the f it and t amount the Un cou grow. Why, Russia ot w that grows forty bu re with the ja now get >.— TO GO TROOPS Quartermaster Ge ter Quarters HICAGO, will be m OO tr f quart ops ment Lakes, at gram from Quartermaster General Lud ton requesting information as to avai quarters for that number of men. tain Palmer, assistant quartermaster, sa it was understood the government would quarter troops in New York, Phil a San Fran and other large cities ing the w Con ering Winter Ca The subject of winter camps for th trcops that are rot used in the ocupatic of the lat nis! lands is being const ered by the War Department. Officers ot the army have been investigating variou sites which can be used, and though not! ing has been definitely de southern tion utt sorts might be selection of such places not cor ed by the War Departum It was y that examinations ng with a view to the selection amps near popular winter resorts in the Carolinas, Alabama, and Flor- ida. It is not the intention of the depart- ment to have any very large camps at any of these plac If they are found satis- factory it is probable that there will. be @ movement of troops to the hin a @ month. Such action would _ p: y BRAVE E. E, KELLY. He Carried the Signal Wires Into the Spanish Line. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., S»ptember 24. A lette™ from Manila tells of the brave conduct of B. E. Kelly of the Signal Corps, during the engagement before the Philip- pine capital. In the heat of the conflict he carried a wir2 a mile and a half right into the Spanish entrenchments, while the bul- lets fell around him like hail. Two com- rades fell alongside of him, one fatally wounded. For his bravery he was made a first sergeant. Gan. Merritt hes sent bis name to President McKinley for “gallant and meritorious conduct during the cap2ure of Manila,” and it is expected that he wiil at least get @ congressional medal. Want the Philippines Retained. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., September 24. —The board of directors of tha Manufac- turers’ and Producers’ Arsoctation have passed resolutions favoring the retention of the Philippine Islands as a part of the United States. A copy of the resolutions will be forwarded to the Prasident, sena- tors and representatives, mean the abandonment of Camp Meade in Pennsylvania. AT INDIANAPOLIS. Democratic Leader Opens the Cam- paign in Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., September 24 The democrats of this city opened the cam- paign here last night. Congressman Baticy of Texas was the drawing card. He opened his speech with a reference to the demo cratic attitude toward the war with Spain saying the democrats had voted every ¢ lar asked for, had voted to suspend the law requiring the government to purchase supplies for the army by advertising for bids, and had provided for the purchase of the best in an open market, and whatever might result from the present investigation into methods adopted by the administra tion the democratic party would be found to have done its whole duty. Referring to the gold democrats, he ex they would be gladly admitted to fellew- ship with the party and no questions asked. The democrats will formally open the state campeign today. BAILEY 4