The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 17, 1896, Page 2

(] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1896. MOST UNWISE A DAKGEROLS, Senator Sewell Condemns the Course of the President. A POINTED RESOLUTION. Original Scope of the Monroe Doctrine Has Been Ex- ceeded. AGAINST TIME-HONORED POLICY Protest Against This Country Estab- lishing a Protectorate Over Central America. Jan. 16.—A enate by Sewell h now lies on of tiie Presi- Venezuelan boundary dispute the limits of the Monroe doc- decla; that the Monroe doc- meant to prevent F ym acquiring the then re- It h colonies when their ac- would by reason of propiniquity rous to the safety of this Govern- 'd that we have never given any at binds us to act merely for the these coun- n of ity ed. It as pressed ond what was originally d and that the result would be s Government to a protec- xico and the Central and f avoid- th foreign pow- » in view of the iul condition of this ature. res that neither Co ntry is committed by her decl gress this or co! aiter the repor been made such action mission has for taki nation regarding y the Turkish Gov- ed citizens of the spoke on his bill to d maintenance Hawaiian ton the d that ect give notice to nterests of the two s had become so nected that all attempts at interference would cen Allen (Pop.) of ion to the the world t Ge led atten- e vester- from the Nebraska adversze r 2 the acceptance en of a title or degree foreign Government, and ate that instead of its being by an Ame asked t ¥y, & was ordered vlaced on the calendar. s made and Allen’s re- with. brough (R.) of North Dakota, from Committee on Agriculture and For- reported a joint resolution directing ¢ of Agriculture to carry into ions of ihe law in relation 1 of seeds and of farmers’ .ot I1 ch was ag offered a resolu- liing upon the information as to zens of Armenian uralized citizens residing in permitted to leave that country usual protection. D.) of Florida offered a resolution g on the Secretary of State for copies tates Consuls in g carried on in on was laid on , upon objections and Platt (R.) of Connec A resolution w. as offered by Sewell (R.) d Jaid on the table tem- porarily, declaring that the Monroe doc- trine was never intended to be applied in the manner and for the purpose now pro- posed by the President of the United States, and that the President’s action was premature (looking to the history of the controversy) and inopportune in view of the business and financial conditions of the country. The bill offered by Hale (R.) of Maine, on the 3d of January, “to facilitate the construction and maintenance of tele- graph cables in the Pacific Ocean for the use of the Government in its foreign inter- course,” was, at his request, laid before the Senate, and Hale made a speech in ex- planation and advocacy of it. The bill, he said, committed the Government of the United States to a subvention of about $250,000 per annum: It embodied a plain business enterprise that would bring the Hawaiian Islandas close to the United States, enabling the latter to act wisely on the happening of any significant event. After reviewing the attempts of Great Britain and other countries to obtain a foothold in the Hawaiian Islands for a telegraph cable across the Pacific Ocean, Hale referred to the enabling act of the Hawaiian Legislature authorizing a sub- sidy and a concession to F. 8. Spalding, formerly United States Consul at Hono- lulo. He could not say—and did not care —whether the project would accelerate the annexation movement. He looked upon annexation as an event sure to come in the near future, and he did not want to precipitate it. In conclu- sicn he quoted from President Cleveland’s message to Congress on the subject, that the way was now clear for the United States to accomplish that great purpose, and that if the United States abandoned the project or was languid in prosecuting it the British would occupy the ground and, by hook or crook, get a resting place in the Hawaiian Islands for a great mili- tary and commercial British oceanic cable. Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska made an argu- ment favor of the Government owner | ship of the proposed cable and of the Pa- cific Railroads, and Hale's bill was then referred to the Committee on Foreign Re- lations. At 3 o’clock the bond bill, with the free- coinage substitute, was taken up and Peffer resumed the speech begun yester- | day. Peffer spoke one hourand forty minutes, during which time bhe denounced the | issue of the bonds, favored the use of silver and condemned the use money of such articles as could ea: be cornered by bankers. Resolutions on the death of the late Representative Cogswell of Massachusetts were laid before the Senate and adopted, and at 4:30 as a further mark of respect the Senzte adjourned until Monday. - SESSION OF THE HOUSE. Grow Denounced a Publication Concern- ing Sealing Seizures. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—At the beginning of the proceedings of the House Grow (R.) of Pennsylvania sent to the clerk’s desk to be read as the basis of a statement upon a question of privilege an xtract from a pamphlet published by the New York Chamber of Commerce to the effect that Congress had refused to pay | $400,000 for the seizure of Canadian sealers | and found to be due by the Paris tribunal of arbitration, thereby preventing the Government from settling a debt which it was in honor bound to p | On a pomntmade by Crisp (D.) of Georgia i Speaker Reed ruled that it presented no | question of privilege, but Grow succeeded in denouncing the publication as false. Bills were passed on motion of Perkins (R.) of Towa to print 3000 copies of a com- pilation of the customs laws, and on motion of Murphy (R.) of Arizona | authorizing the leasing of school and edu- | cational lands in the Territory of Arizona. | The House then concluded the general debate on the pension appropriation bill, speeches being made by: Clark (R.) of | Towa, Griffin (R.) of Wisconsin, Hutch’ (R.) of Indiana, Brumm (R.) of Penn- BARHAR TALKS WITH CLEVELAND, Explains the Provisions of His Bill for the Canal. THE NICARAGUA ROUTE. Many Reasons Urged to Show That the Enterprise Would Pay. PAYING BUSINESS ASSURED. Estimates as to the Cost of Construc- tion Have Been Greatly Exaggerated. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—Repre- sentative Barham had a talk with Presi- dent Cleveland to-day ' concerning the Nicaragua canal. He talked with the | President for fifteen or twenty minutes. Barham said to him that he believed the people of the United States without re- spect to party affiliations were in favor of | the construction of the canal. | The President said, “Yes, I believe that is so.” Barham explained the provisions of his MRS. MARY to receive the lady. - [This picture is reproduced from the New York Journal.] { LORD DIMMICK. The nicce by marriage of Benjamin Harrison, whom the ex-President is going East to wed at anearly day. Preparations are now being made in the Harrison household sylvania, Dovenor (R.) of West Vir | ginia, Linney (R.) of North Carolina, | Bartlett (D.) of New York and Blue (R.)| of Kansas. Sherman (R.) of New York favorably | reported a resolution offered by Cannon | (R.) of Utah, asking the Secretary of the Interior the probable time that certai lands within the Uncompahgre reser tion in Utah, known as thne Asphalt| lands, will be restored to the public do- | main. The resolution was agreed to. | Stone (R.) of Pennsylvania called up the | general pension appropriation bill for | farther consideration in the committee of the whole. Speeches were made, the prin- | cipal topics of which were the honorand | valor of the soldiers of the latewaranda | denunciation of the statement made by Bartlett (D.) of New York in his speech on | Monday to the effect that the efforts to | secure further pension legislation had for | their object the looting of the treasury, by Clark (R.) of Iowa, Griffin (R.) of Wiscon- sin, Hatch (R.) of Indiana, Drum (R.) of Pennsylvania and Dovenor (R.) of West Virginia. Blue (R.) of Kansas, who reported the bill, said that before the House entered into a discussion of it under the five- minute rule there should bea full state- ment of the provisions of the bill. The committee, he said, cut down the esti- mates of the Secretary of the Interior by $58,750. The other provisions, Blue said, were inserted by the committee asa rebuke to the inhospitable and unfriendly action of the Pension Bureau, not as new legis- lation, but as an expression of what the law was and what the proper construction should be. The committee then rose. Moody (R.) of Massachusetts announced the death of his predecessor, General Wil- liam Coggswell, on May 22 last, and the usual resoiutions were adopted, and as a further mark of respect the House at 3:50 adjourned until to-morrow. DID A BIG BUSINESS. But the Standard Company Was Com- pelied to Assign. CHICAGO, ILL., Jan. 16.—The Standard Electric Company made a voluntary as- signment in the County Court this after- noon for the benefit of all creditors. George M. Stone, one of the attorneys for the company, was named as assignee. The business was established in 1891 with a capital of $1,000,000, but all the stock was not paid up. D.P. Perry, vice-presi- dent and manager of the company, said to-night that the assignment was made because of inability to make collections with which to meet pressing liabilities. The company did & pusiness of $250,000 ayear and was one of the largest in the city in dynamo making and arc and in- candescent lighting. Inaugurated Governor of Iowa. DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 16.—Francis Marion Drake was inaugurated Governor of Iowa in the capitol building this after- noon in the presence of thousands of spec- tatogs and both branches of the General Assembly, Lill, by which bonds were to be issued by the Government and the canal con- structed by it, and that it was to be strictly an enterprise of the United | States—to be constructed, paid for, owned and controlled by the Government. | “But Senator Morgan’s bill proposes to construct the canal by our guaranteeing | | bonds of a company. o it will not cost our Government anything,’ Cleveland. In reply Barham called his attention to the decision in the case of the United States against the Stanford estate, holding that individual stockholders were not | liable for the debts of a corporation. Bar- bam said that if the United States guar- anteed these bonds under Semator Mor- gan’s bill, the same difficulty might be experienced as in the case of the Pacific roads. He thought it far better that the Govern- ment should issue its own bonds and con- struct its own canal. He estimated that | the canal could be constracted for con- siderably less than reported by the Nic- aragua Commission, and did not think it would cost more than $100,000,000, and verhaps not more than $75,000,000. He quoted Captain Merry and other experts, who say that probably 8,000,000 tons of freight would pass through the canal yearly, and at $2 a ton the gross income would be $16,000,000. The cperation of the canal would not cost more than $1,500,000 annually, leaving a net profit of about $14,500,000 a year. If these estimates were correct or ap- proximately so the canal would pay for itself in ten years even if it should cost $150,000,000 to construct it, and if it should cost no more than $75,000,000 it would be paid for in five years. p Barham was well pleased with his in- terview with the President. He is prepar- ing a speech which will demolish the argu- ments put forth by Joseph Nimmo Jr., the alleged statistical expert. Nimmo de- clared that the Nicaragua route would be difficult of approach by sailing vessels be- cause it is in the ‘“equatorial calm belt.’’ He quoted Lieutenant Matry as saying in his book that the Nicaragua canal was in the equatorial calm. Barham shows that Maury was mis- quoted, and that he referred to the Panama route as being within the calm belt, while Nicaragua, according to Maury, is outside of it. Barham accuses Nimmo of deliberately and willfully seek- 1ng to misrepresent the facts, ““There are only three calm belts,” said he, “Capricorn, Cancer and the equatorial. Maury says distinctly that Nicaragua is outside of the equatorial belt, while Panama is within it, and that, conse- quently, Nicaragua is by far the best route for sailing vessels. Nimmo well knew that Maury had reference to Panama, and deliberately sought to deceive Con- gress. Therefore I shall seck to impeach his testimony; forit is a maxim of the law, ‘Falsus in unum, falsus in om- nibus,” " said President ent of Police Badenoch and Mrs. Baden- och left here last night for Los Angeles, Cal., for_a fortnight’s visit on the Pacific Coast. Most of their time wiil be spent in Santa Cruz visiting their 19-year-old son, John J. Badenoch J1., who is there recu- perating his heaith. The young man, in the midst of his senior work ai the high school, was seized with malaria during December and was sent to the coast. To see him is the chief purpose of his parents. The Chief will be at home again Feb- ruary 1. gl TO CURB GREAT BRITAIN. Germany Urged to Form an Aggressive Policy. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia,’Jan. 16.— The leading Russian newspapers are unan- imously protesting against the establish- ment of an entente between England and Russia in regard to the Transvaal or upon any other question. The Moscow Gazette urges Germany to curb Great Britain’s ageressive policy in Africa. LONDON, Exg., Jan. 16.—The Admiralty has asked for tenders from Clyde ship- vards for the construction of ten British cruisers of the type of the Pelorus, which isin the course of construction at the Gov- ernment dockyard at Sheerness. The Pelorus is rated as a third-class eruiser of 2135 tons and 7000 horsepower, which will carry eight guns, Al THE MEKONG DISPUTE. Terms of the New Treaty Between France and Great Britain. PARIS, Fraxcg, Jan. 16.—A. treaty was signed yesterday by representatives of Great Britain and France settling the Mekong dispute, each power agreeing upon the Mekong River as the boundary of British and French territory from the north of Siam to the frontier of China, and that the upper Mekong in Siam shall be the sole buffer between the territories of the two powers. The question of a buffer state was eliminated from the con- troversy. AN REPULSED AT MAKALE, Fruitless Attempts of Abyssinians to Talke the Stronghold. ROME, Iravy, Jan. 16.—The Govern- ment has received advices from Abyssinia that another attack was made by the Abyssinians upon the Italian stronghold at Makale, on January 13, with the result that the natives were repulsed with greater loss than that which they sustained 1n their assault upon the place on January 11. When the enemy fell back the Italians pursued them, and taking advantage of the state of things the troops remaining within the fortifications were enabled to obtain for the fortress a new supply of water of which the Italians were greatly in need. ELIOT A RCH TRATOR Harvard’s President Roundly Scored by Miss Susan B. Anthony. Suffrage, She Says, Is Decidedly One of the Bulwarks of This Government. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 16.—Miss Susan B. Anthony, the great leader of the woman suffragists, was very much agi- tated when she read Charles W. Eliot's reply to her criticism of him in her annual call for the convention of the National Woman's Suffrage Association as made public through a letter to Bishop Doane of Albany, an enemy of suffrage to women, In the call the following extract &ppears: *‘As the president of Harvard University ‘The exercise of suffrage stimulates all citizens to reflect on problems ontside the narrow circle of their private interests and occupations.” ” “The first and only time I ever saw President Eliot,” said Miss Anthony, ‘“‘was ataconvention of all the superin- tendents of schools of the United States. Before a great audience he arose and de- clared that it wasnot in the interest of American patriotism or loyalty to have women teachers in the schools. He said that the system of employing women teachers should be done away with and that only men be employed. There 1 formed my idea of the man, and I have not changed it. For bim to say, as he does in his letter, that suffrage is not one of the bulwarks of this Nation is idle talk, and shows up the man. It is one of the greatest of her bulwalks, and our country could not exist as it does without this bul- wark. ‘““Regarding the criticism that I have in auy way distorted his letter, it is not true. The word ‘the’ instead of ‘these’ was sim- ply an ervor of the printer. It is harmful to the Nation 1o have such a man as Mr. Eliot at the head of such a great institu- tion as Harvard University. In my mind Mr. Eliot is not an American of whom a true patriot should be proud. He isan arch traitor, and has by this letter alone committed treason.” Speaking further, Miss Anthony said; “If, as President Eliot says, he did not regard suffrage as one of the bulwarks of this Government, then surely he left out the underpinning of the whole structure. If he did not mean to include that, he ought to have meant to do so.” Miss An- thony hoped her views would be rightly stated before the public. —_———— AMERICANS NOT HEARD FROM. But It Is Thought That Hammond and Others Are Safe. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—Noth- ing further bearing on the arrest of John Hays Hammond and other Americans in the South African republic has been re- ceived by Secretary Olney except a cable dispatch from Mr. Mannion, United States Consular Agent at Johannes- burg, saying that Mr. Olney’s instruc- tions relative to securing protection for American citizens had been received and would be attended to. British con- sular officers in the Transvaal are pre- sumably caring for the interests of citi- zens of this country in accordance with the request of Secretary Olney and the in- struction of Colonial Secretary Chamber- lain with diligence equal to that pursued in the case of British subjects. e 4s to Undervaluations. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—Assist- ant Secretary Hamlin has instructed col- lectors of customs that in any case where an undervaluation of 40 per cent or more has been found on imported merchandise seizure should be made at once under the presumption of fraud, unless the circum- stances are such as to positively relieve the importer from any suspicion of fraudulent intention. LR ERAE S b Broker Chapmanw’s Trial. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—In the trial of Broker Chapman of New York for refusing to answer certain questions put by a Senate investigating committee the day was consumed with arguments. The case will probably go to the jury to-mor- ToW. LSS Coming to See Their Son. CHICAGO, ILy., Jan. 16.—Superintend- Treasury Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—The treasury lost $114,000 in gold to-day, leav- ing the treasury gold reserve at $54,745,600. ~ BANKS ASKED 10 CO-OPERATE, Comptroller of Currency Eckles Issues a Circular. DISTRIBUTION OF BONDS. National Banks Asked to Explain the Advantages of the Investment. CAN ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT. Subscriptions Could Be Secured by Calling Patrons’ Attention to the Loan. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 16.—James H. Eckles, Comptroller of the Currency, to-day issued the following circular to the 3800 National banks of the United States: ‘‘Some days since, at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury, I caused to be forwarded to you circulars inviting pro- Pposals for the 4 per cent bonds soon to be issued by the Government. In order that offers for the same may be made more in- tellizently by those desiring to bid there has been prepared by the Treasury De- partment the inclosed statement exhibit- ing the prices to be paid for the bonds in order to return to the investor certain rates of interest in said statement men- tioned. “It is the desire of the Government that these bonds be distributed as widely as possible, and as they are of a character which affords to National banks especially desiring to obtain circulation thereon a long-lime investment, your attention is called to them, both as to this particular feature and that of the general character of the investment. It is suggested that the National banks can materially aid the Government in popularizing this loan by calling the at- tention of their patrons to the desirability of it as an investment or in stimulating subseriptions thereto. It is earnestly re- quested that you explain to your patrons in detail the manner of making bids and the terms thereof, thus giving them the fullest information upon the subject. In this matter it is believed that many of our people who might otherwise feel indiffer- ent to the investment would see the advantage attached to it and wish to par- ticipate therein.” —_— CHICAGD WINS - BY TWO VOTES, [Continued from First Page.] fluenced in his remarks with malice toward none and charity for all. There were two points involved in the question, he said. One was the business point as to whether Cincinnati counld take care of the convention and the other was the political point, whether it was advisable for the Democracy to hold their convention in that city. Cincinnati had had no conven- tion since 1880, and in the meantime a new city has grown up on the banks of the Ohio and her people, without regard to present creed, age, sex or condition, had decided to invite the Democratic conven- tion there. They had wanted to invite the Republican convention there, but the price had been a little high. [Laughter.] Cincinanati, he said, had the best hall in the worla for political conventions. It could seat 6000 persons as comfortably as the audience was seated in this hall to- day. Cincinnati had also got the trans- portation. As to hotel accommodations Mr. Follett told the story of the Cincinnati hotel- keeper who was asked how many people he could accommodate. *“Well,” gaid he, *'if they come from New England or New York I can accommodate about 100 people, but if they come from Kentucky and the barroom is large enough I can take care of 1000.” [Laughter.] “We will entertain you so well,” Mr. Follett continued, “that you will not like to lose an hour in sleep. You will wait till you get home for that.” [Laughter.] Speaking of the Republican convention to be held in 8t. Louis Mr. Follett said that he would not undertake to fish in waters muddled by the Republicans, [Laughter.] As to New York, he said that that was one of the finest places he had ever seen, but if Democratic delegates went there they would never have money enough to go there again. [Laughter.] In conclusion he said: ‘‘Cowme to Cin- cinnati and we will take such good care of you that your stay will be one pleasant day .and you will be loath to return and will be sorry when the day comes to do it.”” [Laughter.] J. Waldo Smith, president of the New York Grocers’ Association, was the first gentleman selected to present the ciaims of that caty. His remarks were very humorous and kept his audience in a con- tinuous roar of laughter. He would not, he said, indulge in any pyrotechnics, but he would state a few plain factsin a few plain, terse sentences. He spoke of New York as the greatest city in America, and said that it was impossible to have a crowd there, although they have had throngs. Among its advantages he mentioned the pure, sparkling water, so that it would not be necessary for any gentleman to indulge even in a milk shake. [Laughter.) “Politicians have nothing to do with this' invitation from New York,” he declared. “Bankers will have nothing to do with it. They will not give us a cent, and they do not want you to go there. Come to New York, then, and we will do you good.” - [Loud applause.] Simeon Ford, proprietor of the Grand Union Hotel, made the next speech, and he also kept his audieace in a continuous rcar of laughter. He said that, being a hotel man, he was not intellectual, Hotel men don’t need to be. All that they had to do was to open their hotels and the boarders would run them. [Laughter.] The hotel-keepers of New York hoped o have the convention in that city; first, be- cause they thought it was the best place for it; second, because it would be an honor for the great metropolis, and third, because it was to be beld at a time of year when the great hotels of the city were well nigh empty, and the convention would g1ve them a chance to make an honest dol- lar. [Laughter.] X It would also give them an opportunity to care for the delegates and visitors in a way to redound to the honor of New York and of her hotel-keepers. He promises that no one would have tospend his nights ‘‘feverishly tossing on a Filliard table or slumbering within the narrow confines of a bath tub.” [Laughter.] It was said, he added, that Mr. Depew had spent two nights in a bath tub at Minneapolis, :§nd he presumed that it was a beneflt to him. [Laughter.] The ordinary delegate, how- ever, preferred naturally to ‘‘wrap nge drapery of his couch around him and lie down to pleasant slumber.” [Laughter.] It might be too much to say that New York was the only city that could offer to the delegates a comiortable bed at night. [Laughter.] Excelsior was the motto of the State, but the y would find they did not force the motto into their hair mat- tresses. [Laughter.] There were hoz‘els there, he said, for all classes of people—fine hotels for fine people, plain hotels for plain people and ‘“‘bum’’ hotels for “bum” people, but he did not expect many of the latter class to attend the convention. The hotel accommodations exceeded the combined accommodations of St. Louis, Cincinnati and Chicago, and were the finest in the world. In this con- nection Mr. Ford spoke humorously of “most of the delegates having gone through Chicago and of Chicago having gone through most of the delegates,” and he closed by saying that the New York hotels would not increase their rates one iota. The claims of New York were further urged by Colonel John R. Fellows, who said that more than 20.000 guests could be accommodated in the hotels which he named within five minutes’ easy walk of Madison-square Garden. New York could at any time, he said, supply 150,000 visitors with separate rooms and separate beds. He extended a liberal invitation to the committee, but said it was an auction bid. As to railroad fares, he promised that they would be as low from the extreme South to the city of New York as to any central city, ana it would cost the dele- gates from Oregon, California and Wash- ington, or from the extreme points of the South, 2o more to go to New,York than it would cost them to go to the central city nearest to their residences. This New York was prepared to do, because it was only meritorious and proper to do it. New York pledged herself to extend a welcome which no other city was capable of extend- ing. New York Lad never given her vote for any but a Democratic candidate, and she now pledged to the Democratic candi- date a majority of 25,000. In conclusion Colonel Fellows said: “Come to New York; come to a Demo- cratic city; come to the welcome which her citizens will extend vou, irrespective of party. And baving come, and having once experienced the courtesies and generosity of her attention, I am sure that every delegate will thank this committee for a deed most graciously and gratefully performed.” [Loud applause.] Ex-Governor Francis of] Missouri was put forward as the first advocate for the city of St. Louis. That city, he said, asked nothing but the honor of the pres- ence of the convention. St. Louis would open tothe Democratic delegates the doors of her residences and the hearts of her citizens. She had & public hall that would accommodate 12,000 people; not a tempo- rary ‘structure, but a substantial brick building of modern architecture. 8St. Louis, he said, had the largest railroad station in the world, the largest hardware- house, the largest drugstore, the largest woodenware-house, the largest tobacco factories and tne largest brewery in the United Sfates. [Laughter.] Time, he said, would not admit of his recounting all the advantages of St. Louis. She had been tried as a convention city and had proved equal to the task. He assumed that the National Demo- cratic Committee believed in civil service reform, and therefore he said *‘give us an- other Democratic convention.” But if the committee did not believe in civil service reform they appealed to its members as the followers of the immortal Jackson and asked: ‘“Who has done more for the Dem- ocratic party than Missouri? For twenty- five years the electoral vote had been always cast for the Democratic nominee. ‘What other State aspiring for the conven- tion could say as much? And just as surely would her vote be cast for the Dem- ocratic nominee in 1896. “If, therefore,’”” he continued, “you want to reward party service, and that is the only way in which a party can hold to- gether, give to Missouri this convention of | 1896. It has been charged that as the Republican convention is to be beld there the Democratic conven- tion would only be picking up the crumbs left by the Republicans. The Republican convention, it is true, will be held in that city on June 16, but the middle of June is the only hot weather we ever have in St. Louis. [Laughter.] July is always cooler than June, and the weather statistics will bear out that state- ment. Are you going to let us return home and say to the Democrats of our city and State that you have refused us what the Republican National Committee gave to the Republicans of Missouri? They are claiming that State. We, do not de- spair of carrying it. We did not despair of carrying it in 1894. And we never be- lieved that we had failed to carry it until the returns were counted a second time. [Laughter.] We are confident that we will carry the State by a majority of 40,000. Come to St. Louis, and as you did not regret it in 1888 you will not regret it in 1896.” Mayer Walbridge of St. Louis was the next speaker for that city. He spoke of St. Louis as a financial Gibraltar where financial measures were always safe. It was the metropolis of a State which stood above all other States except four and which was now passing through a period of development and prosperity which was likely in the near future to put her at the head of the column. St. Louis was the focal point where merged the waves of sentiment from every part of the Union. It was the only city of which it could be truly said that she knew no sections, nothing but the broad domain of the nation. &Asvln\}le.} It was a city mnot controlled by “isms” except American- isms. [Louiavglause.] The next speaker for St. Louis was Go Grand Results follow the faithful use of Hood’s Sarsaparilla.. It does expel every trace of scrofula, cures rheumatism, neuralgia and catarrh, creates an appetite and makes the weak strong. Hood's Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. $1; six for$s. | ‘,I-umn"n Hood's Pills gLitaein o | == w=gs ernor Stone of Missouri,who said that they wanted the Democratic National Conven- tion in St. Louis; they wanted it in Mis- souri not because they needed it there to carry Missouri for the Democracy, ove; cvuse they would carry it anyhos (Cheers.] There was not a particle of donbt about that. The oratory of the afternoon was closed by a fervent speech in favorof St. Lu‘ms by Senator Vest, one of whose remarks, “That the claws of the Tammany tigers are red with the blood of the Republican party,” brought out tumultuous ‘applnufe. Speaking of the climatic cond}thns ol}.\z. Louis he ridiculed the de!(‘rl,p(mn that people there were *‘parched, fried, roasted and fricasseed and that the water was muddy.” And he brought = down z.);e house again by exclaiming, “Who ever be- fore heard in a Democratic cu!;vex)\,l'mn of nybody complaining about water? 5 'YI‘;O y}ou suppose,” he ns)_(exl, “ that the delegates would be made either out of ice or wax? We want no icy or waxy Demo- crats—no political dudes, but political heroes with manly iron in their blood and with nerves of steel, who can carry the flag of the Democratic party in all lati- tudes and in all dangers.” Referring to the speech of Chauncey L Filley of St. Louis before the .\M..mnnl Re- publican Convention, Senator Vest said: “I accept the gace of battle thrown down in this hall by Mr. Filley, who with stri- dent voice delared: ‘We've got 'em, we've got 'em, but if you will give us this con- vention, I will be personally responsible for 20,000 Republican majority in Mis- souri.” “Yes,” Mr. Vest declared in scornful tones, *‘he has got them. He has gonhe_m as the boy got the hornets, and he will scream to his mother, ‘Come and take the blamed thing away.’” [Loud laughter and applause.] Continuing, Mr. Vest said: “Do you know what it is to lose Missouri? You expect to lose lllinois, you expect to lose Ohio; you may lose New York, but if you lose Missour: you break that solid pha- lanx of Democratic votes which has stood like a granite wall before the attacks of tl.e Republican horde, and you will be in the hands of the Republican enemy for an in- definite time to come.” Talking of the silver question and its in- fluence on the selection of a convention city, Mr. Vest said: “‘Governor Francis believes in a gold standard, and I in the free coinage of sil- ver, but when the political fight comes we will stand together. Normans and Suxons and Danes are we, But Democrats all in our love for thee. [Cheers.] “The Democracy of Missouri will do their duty well in 1806, as in the past, and we will scatter Filley and his gang before us as the cyclone scatters the dustand leaves the water.” This closed the oratorical display, which lasted for nearly three hours, and which was throughout of an usually high and entertaining character, and as such was enthusiastically applauded. The audience- room was then closed to all but the mem- bers and officers of the National Commit- tee, and the balloting for the choice of the convention city began. e REJOICING AT CHICAGO. Already Plans Are Being Formed for the Convention. CHICAGO, ILwL., Jan.16.—The lateness of the hour at which the decision of the Democratic National Committee was reached to hold the convention in Chicago precluded any celebration of the news at Democratic clubs, hotels or auywhere else, but the committeemen who remained be- hind, Adlai T. Ewing, Potter Palmer and J. Trving Pearce, were elated to hear their efforts had been crowned with success and began to evolve plans regarding hall and other arrangements for tae big gathering. The members of the Iroquois Club, which got up the funds and enthusi for Chicago, take the credit for success. The committeemen here telegraphed to Washington that the $40,000 was guaran- teed and that the National Committee should have full charge of the expenditure, the convention hall and all the arrange- ments in connection with the convention, including the troublesome ticket question. This unusually generous offer, it is be- lieved here, secured the convention. e The Maryland Senatorship. ANNAPOLIS, Mp., Jan. 16.—There was no material change 1n to-day’s vote in the Legislature for a United States Senator to cceed Gibson, “What, giving away those elegant ‘Writing Portfolios that you got from Paris? Eh?—oh—with every $10 pur- chase? Well, say—just save one for me. I'll be down directly for one of those fine overcoats. 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