The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 6, 1896, Page 1

Call "VOLUME LXXX.—NO. 6. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MCKINLEY MEN ARE ALARMED Platt’s Influence Feared by the Backers of the Ohioan. COLONEL HEATH UNEASY Claims That Schemes Are Being Arranged to Shut Out Certain Pledged Delegates. PLANS FOR THE CONVENTION. Leaders Daily Arriving at St. Louis and Preparing for the Great Battle. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 5.—Colonel Perry h, ex-journalist of Cincinnati and just now avant courier of the McKinley in- vasion of St. Louis, is in deep anxiety to- | night over what he forcibly denominates | underhand attempt to defeat the Ohiosn’s nomimation. He names Hon. Thomas C. Platt of New York as director of the anti-McKinley movement. Heusays Platt has given out the information pub- licly that he will not be in St. Lows until next Wednesday, when all the other big- wigs are expected here, but that privately he has notifiea all those members of the committee who are supposed to be opposed to McKinley that he will be here Monday orning and “‘would like to meet them in ate conference for the discussion of business of very vital importance to the party.” One of the committeemen thus written to has communicated with Heath, who does not know exactly which of the com- mitteemen are now so set against Mc- Kinley, but he names among the prob- | abilities Clarkson, Manley and certain members from New England, with Wright | Cuney of Texas and A. H. Leonard of | iana. The method to be used to defeat the | dhioan,” said Colonel Heath, *is a despar- ate one, but will be tried. As iswell | known, the National Committee is to meet | thern Hotel at noon Wednes- the work of making up the temporary roll of the convention, which assembles the following Tuesday. ““Ever since the opposition to Major Mec- Ki has realized that the Ohioan’s boom | could not be checked by ordinary wmeth- ods it has schemed to nse the advantage given it in the control of the National Committee to defeat McKinley if pessible, by reco ng all the anti-McKinley con- { testing legates who could show the shghtest claim, and giving them the seats | in the convention with the expectation | that they would force men of their own | select on the credentials committee, and thus secure a firm footing in the per- manent organization of the convention. “This taik about Governor McKinley | having ruthlessly invaded the States of favorite sons and on which allegations the | opposition to bim bases its strongest ground is the utmost folly. Why, from the inception of his campaign Governor McKinley has stubbornly refused to en- courage any movement for him in States that have or were liable to have candi- dates of their own.” Colonel Heath will be joined Monday by Judge A. C. Thompson of Gallipolis, a leading member of the Ohio delegation and one of the McKinley managers. Gen- eral Grosvenor will also come on that date if Congress adjourns Saturday. S PEOCTOR, AND NOT REED. McKinley Belects the Ex-Seoretary War for His Running Mate. CLEVELAND, Omro, June 5.—It is an n secret here to-night that Major Mc- ey had given up all idea of persuading Thomas B. Reed to be his running mate, and as a result of several conferences with M. A. Hanna and others, he has decided to use his best efforts to prevail upon Red- | field Proctor, Harnson'’s Secretary of War and at present United States Senator from Vermont, to accept that position. Nego- tiations with that gentleman have been pending for some time, and as the result Mark Hanna gave out to-night that Sena- tor Proctor would arrive in Cleveland to- morrow morning and o with him at once to Canton to talk over matters concerning | the campaign with McKinley. While Mr. Hanna would not admit that it was for the purpose of talking over the Vice-Presidential nomination, he did not deny it, and it is certain when he starts | for St. Louis next Tuesday to open the McKinley headquarters that Proctor's | name will also be on his slate. As to the declination of Reed it is learned here from sources close to the McKinléy managers that he said to those Who urged him to | join fortunes with McKinley: It is impossible for me to consider the matter. I have served this country to the best of my ability. My friends think I should be nominated for the Presidency. Iam a candidate for that office and for no other. If the people do not want me I shall retire from public life and in the practic of my profession try to earn a living.” There has been some talk here and at Canton of Henry Clay Evans of Tennessee for the Vice-Presidency, but the outlook to-night is that if Proctor says ‘‘yes” the McKinley managers will drop all other candidates and urge Proctor asthe best man to bring the united support of New “ngland to the Republican party. - A N TO GATHER. of K CLANS BEG Inere Is Already ialk as to Who Will £ Be Chairnan. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 5.—Among the arrivals to-day was Colonel Fred Brackett of Baltimore. Colonel Brackett is a well- known Republican from Maryland and will be at the convention in the capacity of assistant sergeant-at-arms. “Some friends of Governor Lloyd Lowndes of Maryland,” said Colonel Brackett, “have been booming him for Vice-President. While he is not an avowed candidate he will be an excellent choice. He is an able wan, and under his leadership Maryland went Republican for the first time in twenty-five years.” On Wednesday the National Committee will meet at the Southern Hotel and will decide upon the temporary organization and go over the 170 contests. For tem- porary chairman Mark Hanna of Ohio, Governor Merriam of Minnesota, Major Wamer of Missouri and Warner Miller of New York have been mentioned. Most of the members of the National Committee, including Chairman Carter of Montana, Secretary Joseph Manley of Maine, M. H. de Young of California, General J. 8. Clarkson of Iowa, Senator Thurston of Nebraska and ex-Governor Fifer of Illinois, are expected here Mon- day or Tuesday next. Ex-Governor Merriam of Minnesota, who has a considerable backing for chair- man of the convention, has written that he will be here next Tuesday. He is at the head of the Minnesota delegation and a pronounced McKinley man. The hall decorations are of the most elaborate character ever attemoted at any convention and are almost complete. S DISTRIBUTION OF TICKETS. Will Be Occupied at the 5t Louis Convention. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 5.—Sergeant-ai- Arms Byrnes has been busy all day trying to get in order the deluge of mail and tele- graphic applications for doorkeeper, ushers, assistants and messengers under his control. Mr: Byrnes has a provisional list made up of the 600°'to be appointed, but the final selections will be made after the committee meets here. Each National Committeeman will receive twenty-five tickets, the delegates three and the alter- nates two. The Grand Army of. the Re- public will also receive several hundred tickets. The seating capacity of the hall is about 14,000 and there will be a ticket for every seat. Arrangements have been made for the seating of the press representatives, the 418 seats in the press stand being alloted United States. The United Press and the among the metropolitan newspapers of the Chicago Associated Press have been alloted six seats each on either side of the chair- man’s desk. The papers of New York, Chicago and 8t. Louis will get the greatest number of seats each. The papers of the principal interior cities are also taken care of on the basis of one to two seats accord- ing to the size of the city and importance of the paper. Each St. Louis paper will be allowed six seats in the press stand, but as a matter of courtesy they will occupy the seats farthest removed from the chairman’s table. Country papers will not find room in the press stand, owing to the great demand made upon accommo- dations by the metzopolitan papers. S8 AR PATTERSON MEETS McKINLEX. How Seats The Newspaper Man Says Reed Is the Coming Vice-President. CANTON, Omro, June 5.—Among the distinguished callers upon *ajor McKin- ley to-day was Hon. Robert W. Patterson of the Chicago Tribune. Mr. Patterson, who is delegate-at-large to the St. Louis Republican Convention, said to a United Press representative: ‘‘There is but one man in the minds of the American people for President. Illinois is for that man. ‘I'here has hitherto been some doubt as to how many Illinois delegates will support McKinley. Every one of the forty-sight will be found in line on the first ballot.” “Who is your choice for Vice-President 2’ “Thomas B. Reed. He will be named as the choice of the convention unless he does something in the meantime that will actu- ally prevent it. This seems to be the feel- ing in the East and West.” — WILL FAVOR “SOUND” MONEY. Gossip Concerning the Proposed Repub- lican Platform. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 5.—The Her- ald says this morning: The Herald has information from the most trustworthy | source, which it cannot at this time dis- close, that the efforts of the McKinley | managers at St. Louis, so far as the plat- | form is concerned, will be exerted in the direction of having the financial plank of the Indiana State Convention adopted. | That is the best that can be hoped for. banks, and was approved by Harrison, so it is « Harrison rather than a McKinley utterance. The plank reads as follows: “We are firm in our demand for honest money. We believe that our money should not be inferior to the money of the most enlightened nations of the earth. We are unalterably opposed to every scheme that threatens to debase or de- preciate our currency. We favor the use of silver as currency, but to the extent only and under such regulations that its parity with gold can be maintained, and in consequence are opposed to the free, unlimited and independent coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.” The Herald correspondent at Cleveland was told on Tuesday that there would be a | strong movement to have the financial declaration at St. Louis follow closely the lines of the Indiana plank. The informa- tion came from friends of McKinley. That same day a movement to have it adopted in sound-money centers was begun, and yesterday it was actively under way in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Bos- ton, Pittsburg and other cities. The barker in this city wao 1s engaged in passing around the Indiana plank is well known. The plank has been shown to at least twenty prominent busi- ness men of this city who are engaged in the struggle to maintain the gold standard. Bach men has been told somet hing like this: “The Republicans who will control the convention are determined to give some sort of sound-money plank which will satisfy the business men of the East. Now the question is, “‘What is a sound- money plank?’ Can the Indiana plank be called such? We want something which will give the maximum of confidence in the East and the minimum of offense in the West. We naturally incline toward sound money, but the free-silver men are developing such strength that they must not be smashed too hard.” This statement has not been laid before the New York business men yer, however. Of the twenty men who were seen 1n this city all but one first suggested an amend- ment which would declare against the free coinage of silver at any l'l'tiO. They either wanted the plank to terminate at the word “gilyer’” in the last sentence or to have added at the end “Or any other ratio.” This plank was drawn by C. W. Fair-' S S UL W jtes ) . ~— VETOING CLEVELAND’S | VETOES. COLONEL HOOKER CALLED TO REST, Death of the Veteran Stage Manager at a Ripe 0ld Age. TOOK GREELEY’S ADVICE And Followed the Westward March of Progress to the Pacific Coast. CONDUCTED VARIOUS -LINES. But He Resisted the Encroachment of Railrcads and Predicted Their Failure. OMAK A, NEBR., June 5.—Colonel E. F. Hooker aied this morning in his rooms at the Paxton Hotel, at an advanced age. Colone! Hooker was, years ago, the su- perintendent of theold National Stage line, with headquarters at Columbus, Ohio. He followed the stages west and became superintendent of the Western Stage line, with headquarters in Iowa City and Des Moines., He went to Iowa City in the fall of 1855. Colonel Hooker left there and went to the Pacific Coast, where he be- came the superintendent of the Shasta stage line from Sacramento and San Francisco to Portland, and with a dozen branch lines. He left California, going to Salt Lake, thence to Cheyernne, and later came to Omaha as the livestock agent of the Rock Island Railroad. There was no man in the West betier known among stockmen than he. His adyanced age, coupled with his service, earned for him a retirement about seven years ago. The rémains were taken on the after- noon Rock Island train to Des Moines, where the interment will take place to- mOTTow. : Colonel Hooker was known to many of the old-timers in California, but his posi- tion on this coast was not so conspicuous as it had been in the Middle West. George T. Bromley and *‘Baldy” Hamilton knew him at Sacramento when he was connected with the Shasta stages. At Council Bluffs D. W, Hitchcock, now of the Union Pacific, knew Colonel Hooker for seven years prior to 1860. Hooker was then the general superintendent of the Western Stage Company, with the terminal station at the Missouri River. Colonel Hitchcock was at that time the agent of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Rail- road and the connecting line of Missouri River steamers. He offered to the'public a route to the East which involved no rid- ing in the stagecoach, and of course took many of the passengers from Hooker’s stagecoaches. Colonel Hooker's retreat before the iron horse was not agreeable to his ruzgea na- ture. He wasa firm believer in the des- tiny of the four-legged horse, and regarded the stagecoach as a sacred institution which in the end could not be aisplaced by the new-fangled notion of rail and steam. When the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was opened to Wheeling, on the Ohio, in 1852, thus connecting directly the Chesapeake with one of the great tribu- taries of the Mississippi, Colonel Hooker regarded with mingled feelings of surprise | and remonstrance the vast demonstration | of the populace in honor of the event. ile was not, however, convinced that the duy of the stagecoach was passing, but on tke contrary deciared toa nmumber of his old friends that the day would come wher every rall would be torn up and made into. horseshoes. The advance of the railrcad pusied him further and further west until he reached Iowa City. For a season activity in railway exten- sion was suspended. The railroad which was in operation to Iowa City in 1856 was not extended to Des Moines until aiter the war closed, so Colonel Hooker had some years of peace and influence. It isrelated of Colonel Hooker that he kept a fairly good watch on the drivers who would collect fares between stations and frequently ‘‘knock down’” a dollar. Once he overheard a driver behind the barn at Council Bluffs counting out money. The man was saying, ‘‘This dollar is for the company; this dollar is mine.” Finally, after an equal division of §6 was made, there remained $1. The colonel was particularly anxious to see how the driver. would dispose of it, and when the latter appropriated it to himself the veteran manager discharged the employe for not giving the company a fair deal. HUNGARY'S EXPOSITION, Francis Joseph to Don Relics Worn by St Stephen. LONDON, E~e., June 5—A dispatch from Buda-Pest says: The grounds of the Hungarian Millennial Exposition were to- day thronged with yisitors from all parts of Austro-Hungary, and many from other European countries and the United States, attracted by the inanguration of the cere- monies in celebration of the anniversary of the coronation of King Franeis Joseph. The anniversary occurs on Monday next, but the crown of St. Stephen, the purple mantle and the sword and scepter were placed upon exhibition in the coronation chapel this morning. 6 These ancient relics were used upon the occasion of the crowning of St. Stephen in the year 1000. When King Francis Joseph presides over the ceremoniés on Monday next he will wear the identical ¢rown, meantle and shoes in which the first King was crowned. Following the ceremonies the new Par- liament buildings will be opened in the resence of both houses of the Hungarian {ezi!lnture and Government and the Austrian Legislature, which bodies have been summoned to Buda-Pest for the occa- sion. A feature of the celebration will be agrand historic pageant, in which 25,000 people will take part and which will por- tray the life history of Hungary during 1000 years. 5 The exposition will continue throughout the summer, and its close in September will be marked by the opening of the iron gate Vaskapu by King Francis Joseph, on which oggasion” Europe’s rovalty will be present in force. The iron F“e is of great importance to the world of commerce, as by its means the largest ships will be enabled to pass up the Danube. To the American trade, particularly in cotton, this is of great importance, because ships will thus be enabled to sail directly to Buda-Pest and Vienna. LI, It Proved a Failure. UTICA, N. Y., June 5.—The tests of the Justin projectile, which contains a charge of dynamite designed not to exvlode until striking, took place at West Vienna to-day and proved a failure. It is claimea that slow-burning powder had been ordered and quick-burning powder was received. This is too powerful for the shells. Another test is to be made at a date fixed by the Ordnance Board. pzatiooel SIS Consul-General to Samoa. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 5.—The Senate has confirmed the nomination of ‘William Churchill of New York 10 be Con- sul-General at Apia, Samoa. (AN, Zreasury Gold Reserve. [NSURGENTS NOW HAVE FULL SWAY Diseases Again Aid in the Extermination of the Spanish. SMALLPOX AND FEVER. Regular Troops Cooped Up in Towns in the Interior of Cuba. THE TROCHA IS OVERFLOWED. Patriots Who Fight Desperately for Freedom Are Surely in Crontrol of the Island. HAVANA, Cusa, June 3 (via Tampa, Fla., June 5).—The dry season of the year can be considered practically closed by this time. Ever since the last fifteen days it has been raining fearfully. In Havana the rains have been periodical for the last week, beginning at about 3». M. and lasting until 6 or 7 2. M. In the coun- try, from reports received all around, the rainfall has been considerable. It is sala that the Majana swamp forming the southern section of the trocha line from Mariel has overflowed and that the trenches and ditches which had been made have all disappeared. In consequence of this state of things the military opcrations at the east on the Spanish side have come to a standstill. All the troops are cooped up in the towns in the interior untouched by the rebels and the fortified cities on the coast. Not so with the insurgents, for this is the appropriate season for them, as it permits them to rove unmolested through the country, thus justifving their boast that they are masters of the field. As aresult of the climatic change that terrible scourge, yellow fever, has madeits appearance and, it is said, is playing havoc to an alarming extent, particularly with the troops. The Government tries to hide the truth, but somehow it manages to leak out, al- though no accurate data can be obtained, for no statistics are allowed to be pub- lished, still it is known that the malady has extended all over the island, and the death rate is very great. In some places as, for instance. the military line, it is known that there are hundreds attacked with this terrible disease, and that it is in- creasing daily in alarming proportions. Smallpox has also made its appearance in many towns and cities, especially in Sancti Spiritus and Cienfuegos, in which latter place ninety-six deaths occurred last month, there being 136 cases now on record. That Weyler has failed in his Cuban campaign is admitted by everybody, even by the rabid Spaniards. His unfitness to cope with the insurgents is manifested daily. Nooutward demonstrations have been made yet, but in private conversa- tions denunciations are made of his ina- WASHINGTON, D. C., June 5.—Tho treasury gold reserve at the ciose of busi- ness to-day stood at $106,416,727, The day’s withdrawals were $104,500. bility to quell the revolution. . Spaniards are getting despondent, an the emigration of their prominent leaders, including Santos Guzman, is significant, T as tending to show the loss of faith in their cause, which they now consider doomed. The Madrid papers have already ini- tiated a campaign against Weyler. Al are very bitter in their attacks, as, for instance, La Paz recently started to defend the autonomist solution for Cuba. Gl CUNSUL LEE VISITS WEXLER. Now There Is a Chance of Dawley Being Released. HAVANA, Cusa, June 5.—Consul- General Fitzhugh Lee visited Captain- General Weyler to-day. The meeting was cordial. In the course of the conversation General Lee touched upon the case of Dawley, the correspondent of Harper's ‘Weekly, who was arresied two days ago and is now confined in Morro Castle. General Weyler, it is said, promised that a prompt investigation would be made into the matter. It is believed that Daw- ley will be soon released on condition that he leave the island. Two dynamite cartridges have been ex- ploded under the Canas bridge, province of Matanzas. The damage done the struc- ture was slight. Calixto Garcia, the rebel leader, who was last reported to be near Jiguani, is now at Victoria de las Lunas. Engagements at Corral, Falso and Limonar, province of Matanzas, have re- sulted in rebel defeats. The insurgents lost forty-eight killed. The troopslostone killed and fourteen wounded. The flotilla sent to the assistance of the troops at Baracoa have succeeded in cap- turing the port of Maravi, which was in possession of the rebels. MADIGISCR CONERSIO Questions Relating to the New French Colony Asked in the Commons. Views of the Unitec States Are Awaited by the English Statesmen. LONDON, Exg., June 5.—In the House of Commons to-day Sir Charles Dilke asked if her Msajesty’s Government ana the Government of the United States would give their assent to the view that the nrere conversion of the island of Mada- gascar from a French protectorate into a French colony puts an end to commercial and other engagements between Great Britain and the United States and Mada- gascar. Right Hon. George N. Curzon, Parlia- mentary Secretary to the Foreign Office, replied that Great Britain would give at- tentive consideration to the question. ‘“We are not informed of the Government of the United States,” he said, “‘since the annexation of Madagascar by France.” Thomas G. Bowles, Conservative, asked | some three months ago. JAPAN AN ENEMY -~ TOOUR PRODUCTS, Such Is the Verdict of the Hon. Robert P. Porter. HER ENORMOUS EXPORTS Japanese Syndicate to Run a New Line of Steamships to America. NO AGE LIMIT FOR CHILDREN, Comparison of the Expenses of Living in This Country and in Japan. Ex-Superintendent of Census Hon. Rob= ert P. Porter returned from Japan on the steamer Peru yesterday. Mr. Porter was in San Francisco on his way to Japan He is aclose friend of Major McKinley, and came to San Frauncisco in the interest of his can- didacy for the Republican Presidential nomination as McKinley’s personal repre- sentative. His tiip to the coast at that time had great cffect in encouraging the McKinley workers here and crystallizing the move- ‘ment in behalf of Major McKinley throughout the Pacific Coast. Porter’s fame as & statistician and an advocate of the American protective tariff system is worldwide. He was one of Blaine's closest friends during his litetime. To him is largely due the credit for the organization of the American Protective Tariff League, he being the chief ori nator of the idea and the most a worker in perfecting that association. Perter’s trip to England prior to the Plaine campaign and his personal investi- gation of the condition of the iron and steel workers of England and other Eng- lith industries w!th relation to their bear- iny upon the condition of American labor and American industries gave him a more intimate practical knowledge of the opera- tions of the tariff system than any other tariff writer in this coun'try. His recent trip to Japan to investigate the industrial conditions of that country | with regard to the effect of Japanese com« ROBERT P. - [Sketched from life PORTER. by a “Call” artist.] if the Government' would communicate with the Government of the United States in relation to the change in the status of Madagascar, through the annexation of that island by France. Mr. Curzon replied: “I think it is not unlikely that we shall shortly be in posses- sion of the views of the United States Gov- ernment upon this subject.” M. Labouchere moved that the House adjourn in order to force the Government to explain its policy in the Soudan. The entire opposition, with, the exception of those who were members of the late Rose- bery Cabinet, stood by and supported M. Labouchere and a spirited debate ensued. M. Labouchere’s motion was defeated without a division being taken. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treas- ury and Governmeat leader in the House, denied that there had been any conceal- ment of the reasons for the Soudan expe- dition. On the contrary, the Government, he said, had been very frank in the mat- .ter of disclosing their motives. The suppression of dispatches in regard to the expedition in the Italian green book wag exceptional, but no doubt an excuse for it could be found in the special circum- stances with which the recent Italian ad- ministration .was confronted. No confi- dential communications could proceed be- tween the powers, he declared, unless a greater degree of discretion was observed than that shown by the Itahan Govern- ment. Certainly, he said, her Majesty’s Government would not follow their ex- ample. AT e Radical Silver Demoorats. INDIANAPOLIS, Inp., June 5.—The free silver Democrats held a mass-meeting here this evening, attended by about 500 people, considerably more than attended the sound-money meciiny 8 week ago. The principal speakers weze J. G. Shank- lin oF Evansville and_ex-Congressman B. F. Shievely of South Bend. The speeches were very radical. Resolutions were adopted indorsing the Presidential candi- dacy of Governor Matthews on a silver platform. petition upon American prosperity was a continuation of the trips he has made to various countries of the world in the study of labor problems and tariff systems. In an interview at the Palace Hotel last evening, together with Attorney-General Fitzgerald and ex-Judge Waymire, Porter discoursed fluently and pleasantly of his journey and experiences in Japan. 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