The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1896, Page 1

iy VOLUME LXXX.—N PRICE FIVE CENTS. STAYS 0 THE STUMP, Major McKinley Will Not Make any Pyrotechnic Displays. BRIGHT OUTLOOK IN THE FAR WEST. Mark Hanna Tells of the Great Campaign Work Directed From Chicago. LEADERS OF THE PARTY ARE CERTAIN OF SUCCESS. From Many Sections Come Reports That the Republicans Will Carry the Country. CLEVELAND, Omio, Aug. 17.—Masjor McKinley and M. A. Hanna were in con- ference at Mr. Hanna’s home all day Sun- Said Mr. Hanna this morning: The outlook throughout the Western States is more promising than two weeks ago, and I construe it as eveidence that the campaign of education is beginning to te! I have the Chicago headquarters shly organized and up to Satur- last had scattered fifteen thou- d campaign documents in every ion of the country. This is a mere ful compared to what will be seat There is a healthy and growing nd for Republican literature, which, y opinion, demonsirates that the people want reliable information and are to Chicago headguarters to get it. thin a week or ten days we will begin to shoot off our oratorical artillery. It will come in good season, as the people will have then had time to digest some of the campaign literature. “It has been given out that McKinley will not take the stump, and nothing has occurred to cause him to deviate from the original decision. To settle the mat- ter, once and for all, McKinley will not take the stump. Neither will he address the G. A. R. gathering at Milwaukee. At present I cannot justly size up the Eastern situation. I will be on the ground Tues- day. All that I will say of Mr. Bryan’s speech is that it was a skimmer. The last member of the executive committee has not yet been appointed, and the matter is still 1n abeyance. “It is all twaddle about my going to Newport for the summer. I want the press to state emphatically that L am not going to Newport. It will take all of my time to look after the campaign. I do not see why the public should be interested in the doings of my iamily.” day. ALL LEADEERS CONFIDENT. Reports From Many Sections Indicate Republican Success. NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 17.—Mayor H. E. Pingree of Detroit, Mich., who has been nominated for the governorship, ar- rived in New York to-day and is a guest at the Murray Hill Hotel. He expressed himself as confident that both the National and State Republican tickets would be successful in Michigan. Senator J. B. Foraker arrived at the Fifth-avenue Hotel to-day. He will sail for Europe next Wednesday to meet his daughters, who are now in London. He expects to return by the middle of Sep- tember and to make speeches before the campaign closes. To a reporter he said he bad no fears about Ohio. *‘The people in Ohio are not silver crazy and they will stand by the Republican party and sound money,” he said. ‘“Where one Republican is converted to free silver at least a hundred Democrats declare for McKinley and sound money. Thatshows the drift out West."”” “How about the silver feeiing outside of Ohio 1n the so-called doubtful Middle States?” “‘I believe there is no doubt about their going for McKinley and sound money.” General John W. Foster, ex-Secreta ry of Btate, also arrived to-day. He went out early and was in conierence with promi- next Republicans. Ex-Congressman F. G. Niedringhaus of Missouri, who was at the Waldorf Hotel, said a great many Democrats in 8t. Louis had openly repudiated the Bryan ticket. As to the State he thought it debatable ground and that the Republicans stood a splendid chance to win. S ALLISON I5 SANGUINE. Iowa Will Certainly Swing Into the Re- publican Column. CHICAGO, Irn.,, Aug. 17.—Senator Al- lison came to Republican headquarters to-day from the seashore prepared to take an active part in the campaign in his home State and elsewhere. Senator Bur- rows arrived from his Michigan home on & similar mission, having been assigned to speak al the opening of the Illinois campaign in. Jacksonville this week. He has already made one speech in Indiana, and after this week he will devote two weeks to addressing the electors of his State. The. regular opening of the Michi- gan campaign by the State committee will be about Saptember 10. Senator Allison said he would not do much campaign work outside of Towa and added: “I shall be very much surprised if we fuil to carry Iowa. The general sitnation is favorable, but there is hard work abead to make sure of vietory. Ido not antici- pate much difficulty on account of fusion in Iowa. Fusion between Democrats and Populists is no novelty with us, but their united strength has not been enough to wrest the Siate from the Republicans. There have been some Republicans led astray by free silver, but there are also many lowa Democrats who will vote for for McKinley against the fusion ticket. Harad work will convert these backsliders and Tam going to help to do it.” Benator Burrows said the free-silver strength in Michigan was concentrated in the places where greenbackism reigned, and he had much difficnlty in getting an admission from prominent Republicans that free silver was gaining ground in any locality. He wus always referred to some other place, and that other place denied the allegation. He predicted that there would be 50,000 majority for McKinley. Mr. Hepburn of Iowa came in to tell the committeemen that their literature and speakers were driving t e silver sentiment among Republicans to small proportions. e Gy SURE TO CARRY NEW YORK. General Woodford Carries Good News to Major MeKinley. CANTON, Onro, August 17.—Major Me- Kinley returned from Cleveland at 1 o'clock this afternoon. To-morrow at 11 o'clock several hundred colored citizens of Cleveland will call on Major McKinley. They will come from the Forest City by special train with a band, and the Major is expected to make a speeth. More telegrams were received to-day announcing the formation of McKinley clubs. General and Mrs. Stuart L. Woodford arrived in Canton to-night and spent the evening at the McKinley residence. Gen- eral Woodford discussed at length the sit- uation in New York with Mr. McKinley. General Woodtord said that the Republi- cans are certain to carry New York, and he thinks the Republican National ticket will have between 100,000 and and 200,000 plurality. He estimates the sound-money vote at 750,000, FOUR KILLED, FIFTEEN WOUNDED. An 0ld Feud Leads to a Furious and Fatal Battie at a Kentucky Baptist Meeting. LOUISVILLE, Kv., Aug. 17.—Four men were killed and about fiiteen wounded in an encounter in a remote settlement of Elliott County on Sunday. The fight was between the Whites and Herefords, be- tween whom an old feud existed. It oc- curred at a Baptist association which a number of each family were attending, and it said the affair was premeditated. The fight was started by one party striking another one of the other side across the back with a light switch. The latter declared that a repetition of the act would cost the former his life. He was struck azain with the switch and the fight began. Pistols, knives, rocks and clubs were used with terrible eftect. Two of those killed were shot and the other two killed with knives. Several of the wounded are fatally hurt. ‘While these were lying on the ground writhing the uninjured members of the victorious gang kept quiet and prevented aid being rendered. All this time they were riding around swearing that the wounded must be allowed to die and that the sooner they died the better looking corpses they would make. The Whites are a numerous and fighting family, and it is expected that they will attempt to annihilate the Herefords. : DYNAMITE'S FATAL WORK Three Men Killed and Three Mortally Wouuded by an Explosion. Telephone Workmen Starting on a Blasting Expedition Were the Victims. LANCASTER, Pa., Aug. 17.—A fright- ful accident took place this morning in the borough of New Holland, thirteen miles east of this city, by which three per- sons were killed, three fatally injured, fully a score of persons badly hurt and much damage done to property. A party of men employed by the Penn- sylvania Telephone Company was on the point of starting out to do some work in the neighborhood of the town. For blast- ing purposes they had taken out 100 pounds of dynamite, which had been placed in a wagon with the tools they ex- pected to use. The wagon was standing in the yard of Miller’s Hotel preparatory tothe start. Several of the men were en- gaged in loading it and other members of the party, together with a number of idlers, stood around looking at the work in progress. All of a sudden, and wholly without warning, a terrific explosion took place. The men working around the wagon and those who were near by looking on were thrown in all directions. C. Cannon of Reading, one of the men at the wagon,was blown to pieces, and fragments of his body were afterward found far from the scene of the explosion. F. Hammond of Harris- burg, another of the employes of the tele- phone company, was instantly killed. He leaves a wife and two children. George Crossman of Steelton, a water boy, was frightfully hurt. He died while being taken to the hospital. Of the other men three were so badly injured that there is little, if any, hope oi saving them. Fully a score of the onlookers received injuries more or less serious. The explosion was so violent that the whole town was shaken and considerable damage done to plass. Miller's Hotel was Pndly wrecked. The loss in that building is estimated to be over $5000. How the explosion occurred is mnot known, as the only ones who could throw any light on the subject were instantly killed. BURGLARS RAID A HOTEL. Five Masked Men Blow Up the Safe and Intimidate the Guests of the Resort, BRIDGEPORT, Coxx., Aug. 17.=~The Beach Side Inn, a fashionable hotel at Green’s farms, was robbed by five masked burglars early this morning. The thieves secured about $1800 in cash ana $1000 in checks, which had been left in the office safe. Patrick Hartigan, the watchman, tells a story not very satisfactory to uu; police. He says he was surrounded by five or six men on the beach infront of the hotel about 12 o'clock. They bound and gagged him and carried him to the veranda. There they procured from him the key to the office and entered. A neavy charge of dynamite was placed in a hole drilled in the safe, and the ex- plosion which followed shook thie house. ‘The 102 guests, nearly all from New York, sprang from their beds, but Mrs. Harry B, None So Blind as Those Who Won't See. Smith of New York, the first to appear, was met by a masked robber, who pointed a pistol at her head and told her to return to her room. She did so. The other guests were met with a similar command, and they also obeyed. The robbers cut the telephone wires leading from the place and were nowhere to be found when the police of this city were put on their track. WHY THE WORKS CLOSED. Unsettled Business Caused Employes of the Colorado Iron Gompany to Lose Employment. DENVER, Coro., Aug. 17.—President J. C. Osgood of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, in a card to the local press rela- tive to the closing of the Bessemer Steel Works at Pueblo, says: “All railroad orders are filled, and the present unsettled business and financial business of the country prevents us from buying rails for renewals, and all new en- terprises are held in abeyance. All the other departments of the company’s works at Bessemer are in operation and will be continued so long as we can find a market for the products. Whenever new rail orders can be had work will be resumed at the iron mines and blast furnaces. This action was taken without consultation with or suggestion from the directors or stockholders.” Mr. Osgood places the number of men thrown out at the mine at 150 and 146 at the blast furnaces. Caved in on Workmen. EAU CLAIRE, Wis., Aug. 17.—For the past two weeks the Music Hall block, the vrincipal business block in this city, has been undergoing aremodeling. This after- noon at 4:30 o’clock the building caved in while a large num ber of men were at work. One man, Halvor Oleson, was taken from the ruins dead and fifteen others seriously injured. William Dean, an officer of the Phenix Manufacturing Company, and Nicholas Roach, an employe, are buried in the ruins and are uupposeo{ to be dead, aswell asa number of other employes of contracting firms. . H Trankenhetmer.’ ; APPEAL T0 ALL TRUE DEMOCRATS, AR An Address Issued by the Gold Men of the Party. FIGHT FOR PRINCIPLE. The Faithful Asked to Rally to the Historic Banner and Re- form Broken Lines. DENUNCIATION OF SILVERITES Fatal Brrors in the Chicago Platform Pointed Out and Bryanites Roundly Scored. CHICAGO, IrL., Aug. 17.—A meeting of the National Executive Committee of the gold Democratic party was heid at the Palmer House to-day. Chairman Bynum presided, and all the members were pres- ent except Charles E. Tracey, who was detained by party work in New York. The principal business which called the committee together was the preparation ana adoption of an address to the Demo- cratic voters of the country. A sub-com- mittee was chosen to draft the address. W Neumeller. A K 11Noble Members of the General Committee Who The sub-committees on transportation and hall arrangements reported a one-fare rate and ample accommodations being pro- vided for by the Indianapolis Civic Com- mittee in Tomlinson Hall. Three hun- dred tickets were allotted to the citizens' committee. Assurances have been received by the committee that the organizations in the following States, which were not repre- '| sented at Indianapelis, are sufficiently ad- vanced to make it certain they will have full delegates at the convention: Louis- iana, North Dakota, Georgia, Mississippi, Colorado, Wyoming, South Carolina. Nothing has been done in Idaho, Utah or Nevada towards organizing, and Mr. Bynum said he did not expecs to see those Siates represented at Indianapolis. The expectation is there will be forty-two. States to answer to the rollcall SBeptember 20. The committee appointed Walter Kes- sler of Indiana sergeant-at-arms for the convention. He isa graduate of Yale and read law, and is now in the stone quarry business. Hugh Wallace, who recently resigned his membership in the National Demo- cratic Committee from Washington be- cause of the silver plank, called when the committee was in session and was invited inside. Chairman Bynum said to a re- porter for the United Associated Press: “New York is the best city for the Na- tional campaign headquarters, and I shall work and vote for it. Our campaign of education can be best carried on from New York. The committee could command more assistance in New York than in Chicago. There are to be so many head- quarters here that we will get mixed up.” The committee went into session on the address as drafted by the sub-committee and four hours later gave out the follow- ing: To the Democrats of the United States: The Democratic party is the only political party with a history dating back to the history of the Republic. Party after party has had its overthrow. Some have achieved temporary triumphs. With each triumph was heard the prophecy that the Democratic party would surely die. It has survived all defeats. By J-H. Sharon.. i Geo. F Wilhol k. Are Energetically Preparing for the Native Sons’ Celebration at Stockton, virtue of its indestructible principles it has witnessed the birth and death of every rival save one, and this, its present great antago- nist, with & history of not more than forty years, has no part in laying the foundations of constitutional popular government. For more than a century men of high posi- tion, of noble ambition, of unselfish and pa- triotic aims, have adhered to the Democratic party with a constancy of devotion unparal- leled in the history of polities. For more than & century, through good and evil report, in times of prosperity and days of adversity, it has kept its faith, “Without variableness or shadow of turning,” it has held fast to the fundamental principles of free government, formulated by its founders, and subsequently enforced by its great leaders, from Jefferson to Cleveland. For more ihan a century no man was ever in doubt as to what constituted Democracy. He who proclaimed himself a Democrat defined his principles. He believed, and this was the cardinal article of his politi- cal faith, in the ability of every individual, unassisted, if unfettered by law, to achieve his own happiness; and therefore, that to every citizen there should be secured the right and opportunity peaceably to pursue whatever course of conduct he would, provided such conduct deprived no other individual of the equal enjoyment of the same right and oppor- tunity. He stood for freedom of speech, iree- dom of conscience, freedom of trade and free- dom of contract, all of which are implied by the century-old battle cry of the Democratic party, “Individual Liberty.” As a conse- quence, every Democrat believed in the rule of the law and the rule of an impartial law, in the unhesitating protection not only of the lives of citizens, but of private rights and prop- erty and in the enforcement of obedience to duly constituted aothority. Every true Democrat insisted upon a strict observance of the mandates of the Federal constitution and of the limitations therein pre- scribed, as well as upon & loyal support of all the institutions thereby created to be guar- antees of the liberty itsought to perpetuate. He profoundly disbelieved in the ability of the Government, through paternal legislation or supervision, to increase the happiness of the Nation. He was opposed to all attempts to conjure comfort into the homes of its citi- zens or wealth into their pockets. He believed that it is the function of the Government to provide the people with an honest and stable medium of exchange, thus enabling them to transact their business safely and conveniently in every martand market of the world. He repudiated e¢very attempt to supply to money by means of legislation that value which it car possess only by reason of those qualities that render it accepiable to the world when unsupported by legisiative fiat. He believed in the greatest measure of free- dom of tradeand industry compatible with the necessity to obtein by constitutional means an adequate revenue for the support of the Government. He believed in a simple, economical, honest and efficient administra- tion of the affairs of the Nation, to the end that the prime object of government atd lib- erty of the people should be preserved with the least possible burden and the greafest possible certainty. With such a record and such a creed, the President, moreover, being & Democrat re- elected on a platform reafirming the sound principles of Democracy, the Democratic party was calied upon to select delegates to a Na- tional Convention. The Gelegates to the con- vention held at Chicago were authorized and had tne power to proclaim a platform embedy- ing their views of the true solution of the particular problems of government now agi- tating the Nation, but upon the condition that such platform should be consisient with the cardinal principles held by the party through- out its existence. These principles constitute the essential element of the party’s life. They distinguish it from all other political organi- zations. If they are abandoned the party ceases to exist. It was, therefore, not within the power of any majority of the delegates as- sembled at Chicago to bind the Democrats of the United States to a platform inconsistent with the party’s principles or to any action that should rosult in their surrender. In violation of the trust committed to them a majority of the delegetes assembled in that convention, ignoring the rights of the minor- ity, unseated regularly elected delegates to make places for others in sympathy with themselves. They proclaimed a sectional combination of the South and West against the North and East. They impeached the honesty and patriotism of President Cleve- 1and, who, under exceptional embarrassments produced by past errors of legislation, has heroically maintained the honor and integrity of the Republic. Against the protest of one- third of the delegates they promulgated a platform at variance with the essential princi- ples of the Democratic party. This platform is in its policies dangerous to the welfare and life of free government. Itis mischievous in its tendencies. But even more threatening and mischievous was the spirit of the convention that adopted it, & spirit mani- fested not alone by its affirmative action, but as well by its reckless rejection of every propo- sition tending to temper the declaration of the convention with conservatism and justice. The platform proposes to degrade the coin of the United States by means of the free, un- limited and independent coinage of silver by our Government, and by the exercise of the power of the Nation to compel the acceptance of depreciated coins at their nominal value, thereby working an injustice to creditors, de- frauding the laborer of a large partof his earn- ings and savingy, robbing pensioned soldiers of a part of their pensions, contracting the currency by the expulsion of gold coin from Continued on Second Page. D w 7. Burres_ ADMISSION DAY FETE, Preparations for a Grand! Entertainment at Stockton. FORMER EFFORTS TO BE ECLIPSED. Native Sons and Daughters Will Turth Out in Great Numbers. LIST OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE SCHEDULED, Those Who Have Arrangements in Charge and What They Have Accomplished. STOCKTON, CAn., Aug. 17.—Stockton is making every preparation for the coming Admission day celebration. Last year Sacramento entertained the Native Sons royally, but the Mill City is not to be outdone by her friendly rival, and no pains will be spared to make the three days’ festivities, on September 8, 9 and 10, the greatest ever held in the interior. For weeks past committees bave been hard at work arranging details of the entertainment to be provided for the visiting natives, and if varied amuse. ments count for anything the crowds that come here next month caunnot fail to go awny with a higk opinion of the enter« prise of the Stocktonians and of the en« thusiasm with which the representatives of the local parlor have entered into the work of arranging for the celebration. ‘When telegrams were received here an« nouncing that Stockton had been selected as the place for holding the annual exers cises the members of Stockton Parlor ree joiced greatly. The joy felt that night has in no wise abated and has made itseif felt in the work of arranging for the three days’ fes« tivities. The finance committee of the parlor madea canvass of the city to insure the success of the celebration and met with liberal offers of aid from all the people of the city. Merchants and me« chanics were equally liberal as their means permitted, and it was not long be« fore the committee received enough prom- ises of assistance to make its members sure of the success of the enterprise. Btockton Parlor is composed of some of the best known young men in the country and there are few parlors in the State that can boast of having so many representas tive members. W. B. Nutter who was selected at the last Grand Parlor held in San Luis Obispo, as the grand marshal this year, is District Attorney of San Joaquin County, and one of the coming men in political and legal circles in Calie fornia. For two terms he has been District Attorney of this county, and in this office his record is such that every member of the order of Native Sons may well be proud of him. He is the probable Demo-« cratic nominee for Superior Judge, and can secure the nomination for the asking. He has taken first rank among the atter- neys of this section, and is a seli-made man. Nutter has appointed Frank Lane of this city as his chief aid. Lane is almost as well known in San Francisco as he is here, for he is one of the largest dealers in grain in this section. He is also one of the leaders in society’s Four Hundred here. Other assistants who have alread accepted the appointment are Richard Henderson of Sacramento, the grand mar- shal of last year, Charles Beishaw of Sac- ramento, and Eugene Bert, the San Fran« cisco attorney. One of the first things that Stockton Parlor did after it was known that the Ac¢mission day celebration had been se« cured was to place the entire affair in the hands of a general committee composed of the representative young business men who are members of the parlor. The com- mitteemen are: Orrin 8. Henderson, W, T. Burres, Henry E. Adams, E. L. Carey, L. H. Frankenheimer, Gus G. Grant, Otta Grunsky, J. Marsh Ladd, C. E. Manthey, H. R. McNoble, W. C Neumiller, R. A. Reid, J. H. 8haron, Gecrge E. Wilhoit and J. W. Willy. . The chief work of preparing for the cel« ebration was, however, put in charge of an executive committee comvosed of Catts, Adams, Frankenheimer, Grunsky, Neumiller, Henderson and Turner. Catts was made chairman of the executive com- mittee, and Henderson, who is the young- est Republican member of the Board of Supervisors of this county, was made chairman of the general committee. J, W. Willy, the deputy County Assessor, was elected secretary of both committees, and A. J. Turner made tveasurer. Will H. Kuowles of the Fire Department was elected assistant secretary, and ever since has aided Willy, who has been the busi est man in the parior. The chief aim of the general ¢ ommit« tee has been 1o provide entertain ment for the thousands of visitors who will be here next month., To insure this, the work was divided, and anumber of sab-committees have charge of it. Fea« tures were the main things, and features the Natives have succeeded in arranging. There will be no lack of amusement for the crowds of visitors. There will be 2 regatta on Stockton Channel, such as has never been seen in the State. This part of the programme is in charge of Ofto Grunsky, County Clerk of San Joeaquin County. The events will be as follows: Senior and junior single sculls; senior and junior barge races; senior and junior out-rigger skiifs and a launch race. The last event is rathex novel, inasmuch as it has not been at« tempted heretofore. Governor Budd has assured THE CALL correspondent that he will offer a golden tropby of some kind fog