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2 FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1896. is the opinion of almost every Ohio silver] man who comes to Washington, many of them Governor Campbell’s warmest friends and some of them his supporters. ‘é:h estimated that he caunot poll more*than one-third of the delegation at any time. It bas been reported here for some time that John R. McLean offered his support to Campbell some time ago, and that it was accepted. Later it was stated that some of the same men who had induced Gov- ernor Campbell to remain in the race weat 10 Mr. McLean and asked him to allow the use of his name jor first place. Mr. McLean declined and announced that he would support Campbell. The story is given on the authority of a number of re- sponsible men, but may be one of the idle rumers floating around. Mr, McLean will be a power in the Ohio delegation, and if be is supporting Campbeil the latter will be fortunate. The Vice-Presidential nowination is also going to be eagerly sought after. Mr. McLean’s friends are pushing him with vigor. Many of the Presidential possibili- < named will be available for second place when they have been knocked out for tirst. Senator Daniels, Senator Bacon of Georgia, Representative Bailey, Senator- elect Money, Governor Stone of Missouri and a host of others are in line. C. C. CArvLTON. M Pty REPLIES TO WHITNEY. Wharton Barker Says the Ex-Sec- retary’'s Statement Is Misleading and Fallacious. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 23.—Wharton Barker has written a reply to the state- i along witha rush. In an interview to- day, Judge Washburn said: ‘It is no detriment to any other man to affirm that in the variety and grasp of Mr. Barker’s mind and qualification he would |@make a President that would honor the Republic, return to the first principles of the constitution and administer the Gov- ernment in the interests of liberty and of the people of the Government, as has not been done for a long time. “Nominated and sustained by the bi- metallists of the country, rejecting the novel heresy of gold morometallism and the delusive catch words of ‘sound money’ and advocating the return to the money of the constitution for eight years, Mr. Barker will surely be elected. I do not hesitate to affirm that Mr. Barker is the very man that answers to the peculiar exigencies of the greatest crisis of the Nation, in which is again before the peo- ple the great struggle of independence from the domination of English feudalism in the form of money and aristocracy.’” SO gl GROVER NOT A CANDIDATE Attorney-General Harnon Declares the President Would Not Run for Another Term. CINCINNATI, Ouro, June 23,—Attor- ney-General Harmon left for Washington this afternoon. He was asked if President Cleveland would run for another term. *Certainly not,” he replied. “There never was a time, so I believe, since his present term as President that he ever bad the least idea of being a candidate again, and I am confident that under no circum- stances would be accept a renomination.” ment of the Hon. William C. Whitney which was published Monday. Mr. Bar- ker claims that: g Whitney’s statements are so mis- and faliacious that they realiy should not go unchallenged. It is fortu- nate that he represents so few of the | members of the Democratic party who en- the belief to which he gives ex- pr n. The people have been misled and deceived too long. They have be- liev hoped and doubted, the conditio growing gradually from bad to worse, | until the conviction has settled upon them that they have been used by such men as | Mr. Whitney, not in the advancement of | nterests of the people at large, but | merely as a part of a great piece of ma- chinery to further their own selfish ends. | His appeal will be of no avail. Cleveland | not stem the tide with ail the power | of office at hiscommand; Whitney cannot do it, even though backed by the combined | wealth of England. 2 “Mr. Whitney declares that we must re- main subservient to Great Britain; that we must not think of restoring bimetal- | lism until the British Government, con- | ed by the creditor classes, expresses a villingness to co-operate with us to that nd. No steps must be taken to restore bimetallism until we have the consent and approval of those who, prompted by self- ish motives and by the hope of enrich- ment and self-aggandisement at the ex- pense of the producing classes, have | advocated the gold standard with the | avowed purpose of doubling the burden of | debts.” | Continuing, Mr. Barker says: ! “‘Sur it1s folly to wait for those who | benefit from an appreciating dollar to co- | operate with us in restoring bimetallism. It is true that in the longrun the im- | moral is often the expedient, and that! gold monometaliism, if persisted in, will eadi a end in the inability of debtors to pay | either interest or principal. But the | creditor classes of Great Britain will never | advocate bimetallism until they have suc- ceeded in confiscating the property of all | their debtors. Then, as owners of prop- | their interests will be in restoring | bimetallism and raising prices, but not | before. “1f we wait upon Great Britain we will wait until the property of our industrial | classes has been confiscated by foreign money lenders, until cur producing | classes have become bankrupt and reduced | to poverty, misery and despair and until | the foreign bondholders who lay tribute | upon them have given place to foreign landloras ready to lay tribute upon usin a new role. “Mr. Whitney tells us that any move on | our part to lift the yoke of vassalage to ! Great Britain ana free our producing classes from the owner’s tribute that now Tests upon them must end in disaster; | that any attempton our part to do away | with the 200 cent dollar that is sapping our vitality must end in disaster. “The truth 1s disaster can only be averted by doingaway with this 200 cent | dollar. The alternative that confronts usis | not sound money or disaster, but free coin- | age or bankruptcy. Unless we open our mints to silver, check the appreciation of eold and free our producing classes from the owner’s tribute to the creditor classes of Great Britain which the appre- ciating gold standard lays upon them, | bankruptcy is inevitable. “We pay the interest on our foreign debt to our British creditors by exports of commodities sold in England. The higher the prices we get the lighter will be the burdens of ourindebtedness, and the open- ing of our mints to silver will enable our | producers to get higher prices. How? | Simply because the increased demand for | silver caused by opening our mints to sil- | ver and the decreased demand for gold, due to the throwing upon silver equally with gold the burden of effecting our ex- changes and supporting our credirt fabric, would cause the gold price of silver to rise | until the parity between gold and silver at the old ratio would be restored, And just as silver rose, the cost to all gold-using | peoples buying in silver-using countries, and paying with silver, would rise with the gold price in silver or silver exchange, which they have to buy and send in settle- ment for purchases made in said coun- tries. “So, just as silver rose, the Brit‘sh trader would turn to us to make the pur- chases of cotton and wheat and other produce he has bought in ever-enlarging volume since the demonetization of silver from countries in which gold is at a pre- mium as measured in their currencies. Consequently, the price our producers could demand for their products would | increase, and just as the prices received for our exports rose, the burden of our indebtedness would be lightened.” el odereps BARKER’S LITTLE BOOM. It Will Be Launched by Judge Washburn at a Siiver Meeting in New York. PHILADELPHIA, PA., June 23.—The boom of Wharton Barker, the Phila- delphia banker and editor of the Ameri- can, was started this afternoon by Judge J. M. Washburn of Colorado, a prominent member of the Denver bar and one of the Jeaders of the silver forces in the West. Judge Washburn is stopping in the city. He came East a few days ago to open a silver Presidential campaign, and intends to fight side by side with Mr. Barker until the laster is made a Presidential candidate. The Judge is making arrangements with «“Joe'’ Blackburn of Kentucky for a big silver meeting of young men to take place in New York, pessibly within a week, | great hall. *Who will be the Democratic candidate and what will the Democrats do?” “I have not the least idea, have you? Idon't think the silver men will stand much chance.” “Who would be a desirable candidate on the silver platform 2" *Well, I ain not much of a politician and haven’t paid much attention to these matters, but I suppose Boies or Bland couid stand consistently.” “General, do you anticipate an early so- lution of the Cuban questidn ?” “We have exverienced great difficulty in obtaining accurate information from that country, with which we have no good communication. That is the reason the President sent General Fitzhugh Lee to the island. Iam not acquainted with any developments that may have been made since I left home.” DESPERATICN OF DEMOCRACY, Continued from First Puge. section of the Union, declared for a single gold standard. The great States of the West, under the leadership of Henry M. Teller, withdrew from the convention. What will our National Convention do? Will the East control its action and write its platform? Rest assured that 1t will ex- haust every effort to do so. If they fail in effort, will they remain loyal to party or will they bolt? I don’t know, but I wouid have our National Convention declare its purpose fearlessly and explicitly and let those bolt who will.” When the temporary chairman asked who should lead the people out of bondage there were great shouts of ‘“‘Boies,” fol- lowed by cries of “Bland.” Somebody yelled “Teller,” at whick there was great confusion, with cries of “No.” The great- est demonstration came when the speaker proceeded to express hope that God would forgive them for their share in the last election of Grover Cleveland. A hurricane of cheers came from every vart of the When it subsided there were yells of “'Say it over again!” “Hit him again!” “Tell the reporters to put that down,” followed by another round of ap- plause. Altogether the demonstration of antagonism to the President was very pro- nounced. Coats, vests, collars and suspenders were discarded by most of the delegates when the convention reassembled at 3 o’clock, and for neariy five hours thereafter 7000 people contributed toward making the tabernacle a seething furnace. Hon. Charles K. Ladd was presented as perma- nent chairman, and made a fierce address, in which he said the West was ready to ilght the torch of liberty that would shine over the continent and to swear by the Goddess of Liberty that present conditions | should exist no longer. The committee on resolutions not being | ready to report, two hours of speech muk- ing were in order. Ex-Congressman N. E. Worthington of Peoria declared the East- ern golabues were responsible for 40-cent wheat and $10 horses, but there was a sen- i timent brewing in the West that would { paralyze them. | Just as the speaker was concluding Gov- | ernor Altgeld made his appearance on the | platform and was given a tremendous | ovation. On being presented he spoke at length. i “Four years ago,” the Governor began, “‘our people met under brighter skies. The country was tired of that governmental policy which made the few mighty and the many poor. In Illinois the people re- belied at the interference of the State in the personal affairs of the individual. ‘We promised democratic government in National affairs and a business adminis- tration in State affairs. The people took | us at our word and they gave us their con- tidence and we swept the country by such & majority that fidelity to Democratic principles would have insured supremacy for a quarter of a century. “But, before the inaugural festivities had ceased at Washington, the head of the new administration sought strange gods and espoused alien principles. He called into his councils prophets who knew not Democracy or the tenets of its fathers. Our peopie were asked to bow to altars which they had been taught to abhor. The interests of money were placed above those of humanity. Organized greed was fed with golden spoons while the cry of the husbandman was unheeded and the sweat of the toiler brought him no bread. “It soon became apparent,” he con- tinued, *‘that the new administration was trying to displace the Republicans in their principles and place its feet on their ground. Then came defeat to the Demo- cratic party. Some reaction was to be ex- pected after 1892 because of the necessary disappointments in office seeking and be- cause of the hard times. But this reac- tion would bave been short in durauon if any sympathy had been shown for the suffering masses. All might bave been well if the administration bad respected republicaa institutions and not used its great powers to increase the burdens of our people for the benefit of foreign and Eastern Shylocks. “‘But,” the Governor asserted, *‘the peo- ple are beginning to gain new courage. First one and then another repudiated the golden calf which ‘the sons of Mammon’ bad set up in the Eust and which all men had been ordered to bow to on penalty of sucial and political death.” when the Barker boom will be pushed He said that if all the men who thought alike on the great questions of the day would stand together the hirelings of plutocracy would be routed. Tne Governor then turned his attention to some of those influential party leaders whose advice had been followea, with the result that the Democratic party was neuatral on almost every subject, and every great issue had to be straddled for fear of losing votes. In order to win tiie party musttake a decided stand on tbe great questions. The people must be shown with distinctness what they are to expect for their votes. “If we once do this,”” the speaker con- tinued, “and once show the people that we are in earnest, no powerin this land can prevent our shaping the policy and guiding the destinies of the republic; for there are more men who believe in Demo- cratic doctrines to-day than ever before in the history of this country. The harvest is ours if we will only show that we are honest husbandmen.” Reserving a discussion of the monetary question for a later stage of his address, the Governor next devoted his attention to the tariff question. He said the subject was an old one and one with which the people could no longer be deceived. The probabilities were that neither party would make any radical change in the present tariff. A high tariif, he claimed, always contributed to build up the few at the expense of the many. It protects the proprietor, but not the laborer, for while it checks the importation of goods it cannot prevent the importation of cheap labor from all over the earth. The cegredation and poverty of the European laborer, he said, were in exact proportion to the height of the tariff or import duties. The speaker went into the history of the question to some extent to support his views and pointed to the McKinley law as a com- plete illustration “of the supreme folly of an exceedingly high tariff.”” The money question was next referred to. Between 1873 and 1880 this country and all of the nations of Europe by law destroyed one-balf of the redemption money of the world and reduced by fully one-half the annual addition to the stock of money of the world. Silver when used at all was put on the basis of paper money. The effect of this was to double the work which gold had todo and by doubing its importance its purchasing power was doubled. It made 200 cent dollars; so that on the average it took twice as much of commodities and of property to get $100 as it formerly did. As the debts, in- terest, taxes and other fixed charges were not reduced, it took nearly everything which the farmer and the producing classes generally could scrape together to meet the fixed charges. They had no money left to purchase the comforts of life. Their purchasding power was gone. This destroyed the trade of the merchant and soon forced the factories to shut down; there being no markets for what | the laborer made he had to go idle, so that the producer, the merchant and the laborer were all in distress. “The conditions,” he coniinued, *“4are getting worse and worse every day and there can be no great prosperity in Europe and this country until the wrong that pro- duced this distress has been righted. As it was done by the arbitrary act of the Government, so it must be undone by the Government. As the Democratic party represents the great toiling and proaucing masses it must take the lead in the undo- ing of the wrong. The Democratic party must speak with no uncertain sound on this subject. Hedging renders a party impotent, reduces it to a mere office-get- ting machine and makes it contemptible. Our country has gone through a period of political straddling on all questions. He was considered the best politician who could fool the most people; but «ll things come to an end and this practice has reached its limit. The people are in earn- estand demand plaintalk. We must state our positioun clearly and live up to it. We are at once confronted with the question of ratio. Theoretically bimetallism does not depend on any particular ratio and if this question could be considered by Congress on its merits alone and free from outside pressure it is probable the subject of ratio would not be discussed by the public at all. “But tne bimetallic system was destroyed by corrupt outside influence, and Wall street has repeatedly shown its ability to shape legislation at Washington. The menfwho make vast fortunes out of existing conditions will do all they can to prevent achange. The men who a year ago made about 10,000,000 of dollars out of the Gov- ernment in a small bond transaction, car- ried out through a secret contract with the President and the Secretary of the Treas- ury, will do all 1n their power to preventa change in policy. These men will try to capture the Chicago convention, and fail- ing in that will move heaven and earth to control the new administration in case we succeed. Bitter experience has taught our people that their interests are always in danger at Washington and that if we succeed in this campaign the victory may be thrown away there, consequently it is felt to be necessary to leave no room for quibbling.” The speaker characterized the late Re- publican convention as the most brazen effort on the part of organized greed ever attempted to control the destinies of the country. It adopted a platform, he as- serted, in the interests of England; its principles stand for paralysis, poverty and distress, and it put in nomination for President a man who will only be a ser- vant to carry out the mandates of his managers, The remainder of the Governor’s speech dealt with State matters. All of the de- partments at the capital were in admirable condition. But he condemned the pres- ent revenue system as a monster of injus- tice. The Republican Legislature came in for a severe criticism for its alleged cor- ruption.. The establishment of the State account system in the penitentiaries he credited to the Democratic party mainly, but recommended a still further reform which will take the prisoners entirely cut of comapetition with other labor. In conclusion tbe Governor said that he appreciated the approval of his friends, as shown by their desire for his renomina- tion, but claimed he was not in a condi- tion to stand for re-election. His health was broken by his attention to public duties and his property interests were suf- fering. He had no ambition to be a party leader and asked that he be permitted to retire from public life. His closing words were: “Let the world know that we re- gard our party platform sacred as holy writ and that any pledge made to the peo- ple will be carried out and long before the ides of November the cohorts of plutocracy and corruption and all their hirelings and hangers-on will be driven from the great temple of the people.” The Governor’s allusions to President Cleveland were received with tumultuous applause. When the Governor announced that his physical and financial condition would prevent him entering a canvass for a re-election there was a depressing silence. The next moment with a mighty shout of ““No” the convention rTose en masse and repeated the ovation that greated his entrance. Ex-Congressman Champ Clark of Mis- souri “jollied” the audience with a humor- ous speech, in which he named Baies Bland, Bryan, Matthews and Bleckburn ‘a8 acceptable nominees of the Chicago convention. The Iowa ex-Governor was accorded the bulk of applause. General Stubbs of Iowa spoke briefly.” ‘When the report of the committee on credentials was submitted ex-Congress- men Williams and Fithian protested against the unit-rule plank, but they were howled down and the rule indorsed. The platform was adopted with a few voices in the negative. Governor Altgeld was renominated by acclamation amid a scene of wild enthu- siasm. The balance of the ticket was speedily completed, and at 7:35 o'clock the convention adjourned sine die. I FREE SILVER WILL WIN. Governor Matthews and White~ Metal Men to Control the In- diana Convention. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., June 23.—The Democratic State Convention meets here to-morrow. Governor Matthews will con- trol the organization, and it is altogether probable that free silver will win. There will be a fight, however, as a minority re- port will be introduced. District conventions were held through- out the State to-day, some of them being attended with considerable excitement. To the surprise of everybody, the sound- money people were able to control the Tenth District and put a sound-money man on theresolutions committee, as well as two sound-money men on the Chicago delegation. J. F. Gallagher of Michigan City will bring in the minority report favoring a gold-standard plank and it will be sup- ported by W. D. Bynum and other leaders on the floor. The delegates to the Chicago convention were elected in this (the Seventh) district to-night. The sound-money meh elected two in the Tenth and two in the Seventh, but one of these latter is contested by the silver men. The vlan of Governor Matthews to-day to control the Seyenth District conven- tion failed because the credentials com- mittee did not get through its work in time to seat the silver delegates before the meeting of the district. One other gold delegate was elected 1n the Third District, but he was tied up with silver instruc- tions. " Judge Shanklin declined to stand as a candidate for Governor, and the nomina- | tion will thus go to ex-Congressman B. F. Shiveley of South Bend, Ina., by acclama- tion. He is a radical silver man. The financial plank in the platform reads: We maintain the time-honored Democratic principle of bimetallism and reiterate our allegiance to that soundest and most honest monetary system, and demand the immediate and independent restoration of silver by ihe free and unlimited coinage of both gold and | silver as primary money at the ratio of 16 to 1, without awaiting the sction of any other nation, such change to be full legal tender for all debts, public and private, The other planks in the platform declare in favor of the present tariff law on the theory that thelack of free coinage is the sole cause of the present depressed finan- cial conditions; gives Governor Matthews a strong indorsement for the Presidential nomination; declares strongly in favor of | the independence of Cuba; aemands the election of the United States Senators by popular vote and reaflirms the *“time- honored’’ doctrine of personal rights with- out specifically mentioning the Nicholson bill, L e DEMOCRATS OF TEXAS. ‘““Regulars” and:* Sound Money” | Men Hold Separate State Conventions at Austin, | AUSTIN, Tex., June 23.—The regular State Democratic Convention to elect dele- gates to the Chicago convention met here this morping with about 1000 delezaes present. After effecting temporary or- | ganization the convention adjourned until 3p. M. At that hour, the committee not being able to report, adjournment was taken until 8 o’clock. The convention, at 11 o’clock, declared for free coinage. A minority report by the sound-money wing was voted down by | over two-thirds majority. Theconvention | will probably elect eight delegates from the State at large to the Chicago conven- tion, among them ex-Governor Hogg, Governor Culberson and Congressman Bailey. It is the concensus of opinion that Bland will bz instructed for. The “‘Sound-money” Democratic Con- vention, with about 400 delegates present, met to-day and in a harmonious session adopted a platform repudiating the meth- ods and actions of the Btate Democratic executive committee in calling the regular convention and fixing the mode of elect- ing district delegates. They declare the action of the committee necessitates the reorganization of the Democratic party in Texas. They congratulate the country that thus far the credit and honor of the Nation has | been maintained by President Cleveland and Treasurer Carlisle. They elected fif- teen Democratic electors and called a State convention to meetin Waco August 25 to nominate State officers. A full delegation was elected to attend the Chicago conven- tion with discretion to act in such manner as in their judgement will best promote the integrity and honorof the Democratic party of the State and Nation, and they are instructed to act in concert with all true Democrats for the advancement of sound Democratic principles. Adjourned sine die. L OHIO IS FOR SILVER. General Warner Wiil Be Made Chair- man of the Democratic State Conventlon. COLUMBUS, Onro, June 23.—The dis- trict meetings selected the committees for the Democratic State Convention this even- ing. The committee gn resolutions stands eleven for free silver and four for gold. This leaves no further doubt that the con- vention will adopt a free-silver resolution. The delegates from this district selected twe free-silver delegates to the Chicago convention, as did those from the Nine- teenth. The committee on permanent organiza- tion has decided to make A. J. Warner, president of the Bimetallic League, the permanent chairman of the convention. This is to emphasize the victory of the free-silver faction. S NEW YORK'S STRUGGLE. Gold Men, Headed by William C, Whitney, Expect to Easlly Carry the Day. SARATOGA, N. Y., June 23.—To-mor- row’s Democratic State Convention prom- ises to be one of the quietest and most harmonious in the history of the Democ- racy of the Empire State during recent years. But for the squad of decorators hanging bunting in Convention Hall and an occasional politician on the streets or in the hotel lobbies, one would hardly suspect that a convention was on the eve of assembling. The absence of prelimi- nary skirmishing and wire pulling by the clans betokeus harmony, and so far as can be learned to-morrow’s convention will be lacking in exciting features. William C. Whitney, State Chairman James W. Hinckley, Senator Hill and ex-Governor Flower arrived this evening. All of the delegates who are here agree that practically no opposition will be made to a declaration for sound money and the gold standard. John Boyd Thacher, Mayor of Albany and an aspir- ant for the gubernatorial nomination, will be temporary chairman, and the delegates at large to Chicago will probably be Sen- ators Hill and Murphy, Roswell P, Flower and Frederick R. Coudert. Mr. Whitney, who was urged to take the fourth place, prefers to work at Chicago from the out- side. S S UNDER OLD-TIME LEADERS Gold Democrats of Wisconsin Carry the Day, and the Yellow-Metal Plank Causes Cheers. MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, June 23. — The Democratic State Convention met here this morning. Bijou Opera-house were gathered the old- time leaders—Senator Vilas,General Bragg, ‘W. C. Silverthorn, Thomas Barton and other notables, who were cheered as tbey took their seats. At 11 o’ciock ex-Gov- ernor Peck, chairman of the State Central Committee, read the call and introduced Thomas F. Frawley of Eau Claire, who acted as temporary chairman. After Mr. Frawley’s address the usual committees were appointed, their person- nel indicating clearly that the gold men had full control of the.convention. The chief interestin the committees was centered in that on resolutions. The only enthusiasm manifested was when the silver coinare at a ratio of 16 to 1 was when' the name of W. C. Silverthorn of Wausau was announced to represent the Ninth District. After a recess the conven- tion reassembled at 8:55. The temporary officers were made permanent, and Mr. Usher read the report of the committee on resolutions. The names of Cleveland, Vilas and Mitchell were cheered to the echo and there were loud cheers for the gold piack. Mr. Silverthorn submitted a minority report in favor of free coinage. He called the leaders of both parties protoplastic prevaricators, Senator Vilas made a stirring appeal for the gold standard, and after numerous speeches the minority report was rejected. The delegates at large are: Senator Vilas, General Edwerd 8. Bragg, James G. Flan- ders of Milwaukee and James J. Hogan of La Crosse. PR Favor a Silver Union. BUTTE, Moxst., June 23.—The Populist State Convention at Boulder to-day elected | delegates to the St. Louis conventions. The resolutions declare for free silver at the ratio of 16 to 1; for the initiative and referendum; denounce the Cleveland ad- ministration for its acuon in Chicago dur- ing the American Railway Union_ strike and the imprisonment of Eugene V. Debs as an outrage. The question of fusion on the silver question with some other Na- the delezates. but a majority personally favor a union of | silver forces. Officials to Go to Chicago. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 23.—Quite a large number of prominent officials con- nected with the various departments are | preparing to attend the Chicago conven- tion. Most of them will leave here on July 3, so as to be in Chicago with the ad- vance guard. A FATAL I0WA STORM. Several People Are Killed by Lightning and One Is Fatally In- Jured. SIOUX CITY, Iowa, June 23.—This city was visited by a heavy rain and thunder storm this morning and water rushed through the streets, doing much damage. During the storm lightning struck and instantly killed Mrs. Mary Paulson, who lived in the eastern part of the city. She ‘was standing talking to her three-year-ola child whea stricken. The electric fluid left a small blue mark on her neck, but no other sign of its deadly work. The child was not injured. Reports from Storm Lake show that the disturbance was very severe there, several houses being struck by lightning, but no great damage done. At Newell the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richardson was struck and they were killed together on a lounge. Near Lorah Isaac Stonking was struck by lightning and will probably die. el Wreck of the Capilet. ST. JOHNS, N. F., June 23.—The British steamer Capulet, which sailed Sunday from Halifax to Liverpool, has gone ashore in St. Mary’s Bay, Newfoundland. She is a total wreck. The passengers, crew and a portion of the mails were saved. Further details are unobtainable. Seage Belasco Wins the Suit. NEW YORK, N, Y., June 23.—The trial of the suit of David Belasco against N. K. Fairbank for $65,000, as remuneration for instructing Mrs, Leslie Carter in dramatic art, ended to-night, the jury bringing in a verdict for the plaintiff for §16.000. Fury of a Cyclone. ST. PAUL, Mins~., June 23.—This after- noon a cyclone struck about four mailes south of Clayton. Wis. A number of houses and barns were blown down and one man fatally injured, Further infor- mation has not been obtained. Upon the stage in the | name of some well-known advocate of free- | reached. Especially was this the case | tional party was left to the judgment of | They will go uninstructed, | | | over'to the wage-earners. PLATT PREDICTS A BIG VICTORY, Talks at the Ratificfition Meeting of New York Republicans. ' PRIDE IN THE PARTY. Devotion to the Candidates Promised by the State Leader. AN INTERESTING CAMPAIGN. Wty tte Country Must Be Rescued From the Eviis of Demo- cratic Rule. | | Eldredge on the other. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 23.—The first | big ratification meeting of the approach- | ing campaign was held to-night at the | Carnegie Music Hall. The meeting was | held under the auspices of the Republican | County Committee to indorse the nominees | of the St. Louis convention. Thomas C. Platt was the principal speaker. He was | wildly cheered. He said: | “I greet you, ladies and gentiemen, as a Republican whose pride in his party, | whose respect for its courage, whose faith for its principles, whose confidence in its | success and whose devotion to its candi- | dates were never greater than they are this ‘ minute. | “We are entering upon the most inter- | esting campaign in which the Republican party has engaged since the issues of the Civil War were determined. The contrasts afforded in the history of the iast three years between Republican and Democratic rule are fully convincing, and we go for- | ward to rescue the country from the evils of free trade and to save it from the evils of free silver. “Under the pretense, Mr. Chairman, of protecting the people against the power and greed of capital, the Democratic party | is always proposing measures, the surest | and speediest effect of which is to render | the people more than ever incapable of | self-protection. The Democratic party ob- | tained power upon the assurance that free | trade would take the profits then going to the employing classes and hand them | But the result | was there were no longer any profits for | anybody. And now the Democrats are | singing the siren song of ‘Cheap Money.’ | They sey if you will make a law declaring | that 50 cents’ worth of silver shall be as | competent for all purposes as 100 cents’ | worth of gold the creditor class will lose its advantage over the debtor class, and | everybody will have enough. My friends, | there's nothing in it. When vou can | legislate sense into the heads of fools; | virtue into the hearts of knaves, and peace into the souls of the restless and unhappy, then and not until then will you be able | to equalize the conditions in which the | human family lives. Pending that time, | I want the dollar that my employer gives | me for my labor to be as good as the dol- \ lar he extracts from me for rent and food | and clothes. | “We cannot lose on the issne of protec- tion and horest money. The forty-five | votes of New England protest that we shall win. The thirty-six votes of New York protest that we shaill win. The “ thirty-two votes of Pennsylvania, the ten of New Jersey, the twenty-three of Ohio, | the twenty-four of Illinois, the thirteen of lowa, the ten of Kansas, the fourteen of Michigan, the nine of Minnesota, the i twelve of Wisconsin, the eight of Ne- braska, all sure Republican States, are the | assurances that we shall win, and back of | all else is the convincing fact that we are | practical people, and with the Democratic folly to decide our judgment we know when we bhave bad enough of a bad thing. *“The Repuplicans of New York are united in bebalt of the candidates that were nominated and the platform that was adopted at St. Louis. I hope they will be no less united in all matters that | aftect the welfare of the party and the honor of their State. 1am always ready to set the example of cheerful acquiesenes in the wiliof the majority.” FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. | ceived here denit of the Nebraska: Lumber Compan, Urant Hammerly, éngineer; Charles Wal- forth, 'section foreman; Charles Smith, .gection hand; Wylié Sargent, a mill hana’i a man known about the mill as “Frenchy, put whose righ could not be ascer tained; anether unknown man. - .Dutfi'A. Harman, fireman, was terribly lacerated about the arms and Eamfully scalded about the face and neck. D.O. Sultivan, a sectton man, and a man named Bowling were badly scalded. ¥ The water which supplied the engine had been low and muddy, and the sedi- ment is supposed to have caked inthe bot- tom of the boiler until it became danger- ous. - — Bloody Battle in Kentuoky. LONDON DEPOT, Ky., June 23.—On Clover Fork, in Harlan Courthouse, one of the bloodiest battles of modern years took place yesterday with John Pace, Irvin Cor- nell and Harrison Cornell on one side and George Dean, William Stewart and Dave o Dean and El- dredge were killed. The survivors have all been arrested and are in jail. The fight was the resultof an old feud of longstand- ing. — MATABELES ARE DEFEATED. Friendly Natives Take a Hand in Fighting the Rebellious Blacks Near Buluwayo. CAPE TOWN, Sourn AFRrICA, June 23.— A dispatch received here from Buluwayo, under to-day’s date, says a force of friendly | natives Lave had an engagement with and defeated the Matabeles on the Maziani River, securing a large number of catile and sheep. Many of the Matabeles were killed in the fight. Reports from Fort Victoria say the na- iives in that vicinity are in a state of inde- cision as to whether or not they shall sup- port the uprising. Commandant Weals, with fifty volunteers, has started oat from Fort Vicloria for the purpose of inducing the waverersa not to join the enemy. The column under command of Captain | Spreckley has returned to Buluwayo after having made a successful foraging expedi- tion. Captain Spreckley reports having found the bodies of four white men, who had evidently been xilled by the natives. The bodies were buried by his command. e To Check Encroachments. COLON, CoromBia, June 23.—Advices re- from Georgetown, British Guiana, areto the effect that the Demarara Official Gazette publishes an ordinance ap- pointing certain Indians in tbe interior captains and constables, with a uniform, commission and salary. The object is to check the encroachments of neighbors. The new artillery that was mounted for the defense of Georgetown has been tried in the presence of the Governor, Sir Augustus Hemming. NEW TO-DAY. 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