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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1896. GROVER S NOT AL Under No Conditions Would He Head the Third Ticket. INDIANAPOLIS INVADED BY DELEGATES. Sound Morey Democrats Will in All Probability Nominate Bragg and Buckner. LEADERS IN MANY STATES SAY MEINLEY WILL WIN. Peculiar Spectacie of Prominent Bour- bons Rejoicing in the Probable Success of a Republican. UNITED ASSOCIATED PREsSES, InpraxNapoLss, INp., Sept, 1. It is avthoritatively stated to-might by a personal ifriend of President Cleveland that he would not accept the nomination of the sound-money conven- tion under any circumstances, and should his name be presented he will probably be heard from. It is intimated that a promi- nent member of the New York delegation has a letter to be read should the occasion arise. Itisnotto be presumed, however, that Mr. Cleveland is lacking in interest in the work of the convention. The gen- tleman above referred to stated that while he was not authorized to speak for Mr. Cleveland he would venture the prediction that if the proper kind of a platform should be adopted the President would probably make known his approval. As to the opening of the convention it can be said that crowded hotels, enthusi- astic workers and brass bands—three ac- companiments of a National convention— which were not visible in the Indianapolis sound-money gathering till to-day, were all supplied this afternoon. The rush of delegates was so great as to fairly swamp the leading hotels, which, though admir- ably managed, are not capacious. McKinley demonstrations and free-sil- ver shouters aided to block the streets in numbers almost as great as those of the sound-money men. Every fresh arrival seemed to bring news which added to the enthusiasm of the opponents of the Chicago ticket. Sen- ator Vilas began it by stating that Wis- consin would be carried for McKinley. Benator Caffery followed, declaring that many old-time Democrats in Louisiana haa gone so far in the McKinley direction that it was impossible to call them back. Governor Stockley of Delaware asserted that if tbe Republicans of that State would unite they could carry it for McKinley. Governor Jones of Alabama did not hesi- tate to express his belief that Bryan could be defeated in his State, and Judge Euclid Martin of Nebraska said that the nominee of the Chicago convention would fail to carry even his own State. From Tennes- see and Oregon and other States came similar assurances. The spectacle thus presented of promi- nent Democrats rejoicing over the prob- able success of a Republican candidate forms one of the most remarkable anoma- lies of the situation. Another unusual feature is the entire absence of any ageressive competition for the nomination. The trend of sentiment favors Bragg and Buckner, but there iss strong undercurrent for Vilas, The conferences held by the several delegations to-day have strengthened a movement to put up sound-money Demo- cratic State tickets in all the Central States that are considered fighting ground. Iili- nois, Michigan and Missouri have led the way. Wisconsin and Minnesota are sure to follow, and there is a feeling that In- na should do lLikewise and make the fight all along-the line. SR ARRIVAL OF DELEGATIONS. Prominent Leaders Tell of the Steady Growth of the Sound- Money Sentiment. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., Sept. L—The early morning trains brought many dele- gates to the National Democratic Conven- tion. General Bragg and Senator Vilas of ‘Wisconsin were among the first arrivals. John P. Irish, formerly of the Burean of Engraving and Printing at the Nationai capital, now a residentof California, came on as an avant courier of the California delegation. He reported that members from the southern part of the State were shut off by the washout and would not be able to reach Indianapolis in time. The California delegates, Mr. Irish ex- plained, had held no meeting since their appointment, and therefore it was im- possible to say whom they favored to head the ticket. The delegates were, however, for a platform, a ticket and a red-hot fight, Mr. Irish added that Oregon and Wash- ington will be represented in the conven- tion. “We have been enrolling voters,” said Mr. Irish, ‘“in the sound-money move- ment in California for the last month, and we now have 25000 Democrats with us. The Bryan Popnlists propose resorting to the courts to prevent us getting a Demo- cratic electoral ticket printed on the offi- cial ballot. If they get the matter into the courts at this late day the delay of a decision may keep us off the official bal- lot, owing to the peculiar election law of California. If the Populists resort to this technicality to prevent an expression of our opirion, we will express our opinion in a way that will Jeave them with a very admonitory memory. Benator Vilas told a representative of the United Associated Presses that the in- dications were that McKinley would carry ‘Wisconsin, and that at least 20 or 25 per cent of the Democrats of the State would fall in line for the nominees of the Indian- apolis canvention. The Senator was informed that there was considerable talk of making him the nominee of the convention, but he de- clined to discuss the matter. Perry Belmont of New York said to-day: ‘i hope to vote for an electoral ticket io be nominated here, presenting as the Democratic candidate for President a man in whose loyalty to Democratic principles HEADQUARTERS OF THE } ” their entirety will be of incalculable value to the country in the future. “The fact is,”” Mr. Belmont continued, ‘‘the root of our financial troubles lies in the continuance of Government paper money which needs constant redemption. The sounder our currency the better will be our credit, the greater our financial in- dependence, and the less need there will be of borrowing or resorting to the unde- sirable aid of bond syndicates. No one can be more desirous of avoiding this ne- cessity than I am. Threats of repudia- tion, advocacy of unsound and depre- ciated currency, render doubly difficult the protection of the public credit. Those who talk about a dearer and scarcer dollar themselves create what they consider to be a contraction in the volume of the cur- rency, which is in reality the withdrawal of contidence and capital from our indus- tries proiuced by agitators of financial heresies, who would wreck prosperity alto- gether in an attempt to uphold their theo- ries of coinage and currency.” A delegation of eighteen all the way from Florida arrived at noon and were escorted to their quarters by a brass band. The delegation displayed a gilded alliga- tor labeled *‘Florida gold bug,” and each man carried a large waving palm leaf The Florida delegation came in occupying a coach, on the side of which was a streamer running its full length inscribed *Florida’s sound money Democracy.”” At their head, following the banner, constructed here by their order, was a picture of President Grover Cleveland, surrounded by the words: “Our candidate for President.” Following the Florida delegation came the Louisiana delegation in a special car over the Big Four line from Cincinnati, headed by Senator Caffery. Their car carried a streamer similar to that on the car of the Florida delegation. Senator Caffery, who is to be the permanent chair- man of the convention, said to a reporter for the United Associated Presses that his delegation haa not agreed to support any particuiar candidate, but were for the ticket which the convention might decide to be the strongest. “No man conversant with the condition of affairs in the South,” said Senator Caf- fery, ‘‘can deny that there is a very pro- nounced feeling in favor of sound money, and that the men who advocate that sen- timent will vote their convictions. This is the case not only in my State of Louisi- ana, but in other parts of the South. The fact is that a great many old-time Demo- crats immediately after the Chicago con- vention renounced the ticket and the vlatform and declared themselves for Mc- Kinley as the lesser of the two evils. While they did not agree with the Repub- lican candidate on the tariff question and other tenets of the Republican faith for which he stands they did approve of his financial views. These men have, many of them, gone so far that it is now impos- sible to get them back, even for the third ticket which we will here nominate.” Several Tennessee delegates came in with the Florida delegation. One of them, Theodore Coole of Nashville, said: “Peo- ple down our way think Bragg and Buck- ner the logical candidates of the conven- tion. There is, however, a strong sentiment for Grover Cleveland.” Joseph Bryan, the head of the sound- money movement in Virginia, reached In- dianapolis to-day at the head of a delega- tion of fifteen men. *I am more than pleased with the outlook,” said Mr. Bryan to a representative of the United Associated Presses. *“It has long been considered treason in Virginia for a Demo- crat to say a word in condemnation of the ticket named by the party, but I wish to say that this year the woods of the old commonwealth, if that be treason, are full ot traitors.” The New York State delegation, seventy- two strong, arrived here on a special train at 2:30 this afternoon with ex-Governor Flower at their head. DeWitt Warner told a representative of the United Asso- ciated Presses that the delegates had no choice for first or second place on the ticket. Z The Pennsylvania delegation reached Indianapolis late this evening over the Pennsylvania Railroad. There were severty men in the party. The delegates discussed the situation on the train and de- cided not to advocate the candidacy of any one individual, but to vote for the best man, showing the strongest follow- ing, when the proper time arrives. The Indiana delegation met at State headquarters this morning and elected delegates. The delegates did not discuss preferences for the Presidential nomina- tion. What expressions were given by members of the delegation point toward a vote for Brage and Buckner. Governor Stockley of Delaware said his State had no intention of presenting the name of Senator Gray to the convention. “We realize,” said he, *“that this sound- money movement requires a Western man to lead it. The Westis our battle- ground. According to the sound-money delegates from Nebraska who arrived this after- noon the nomination of a strong ticket here will draw from 18.000 to 20,000 votes from Bryan in his own State and assure the electoral vote for McKinley. Judge Euclid Martin, the chairman of the dele- gation, said that Nebraska bas had a sound-money Democratic organization for four years and that every district in the State is represented here. He did not care to make predictions which would not be substantiated later, and vpreferred to underestimate rather than exaggerate the chances for the defeat of Bryan in his own State, but that while the result will be close he believed that McKinley would win. Other members of the delegation were more positive in their claims. All doubt about Arkansas being repre- sented in the convention was dissipated at 3P. ., when twenty substantial looking citizens arrived. They were headed by Colonel Fordyce, the chairman of the dele- gation. They brought no boom jor candi- dates with them, but were enthusiastic in the demand for the nomination of a strong ticket and for a permanent organization of the sound-money Democracy. The Oregon delegation arrived this after- noon. They say the silver sentiment in their State is dying out. Judge McCarthy, one of the leading members of the delega- tion, declared that McKinley will certainly carry Oregon. The Massachusetts delegation said: “‘Let the West and South settle it. All we ask is that good sound-money Democrats be named. We have no candidates to present.” Although the committee on resolutions has not yet been appointed the proposed financial plank of the platform has been discussed during the day by the leaders. There will be no scarcity of planks from which to make a choice. They differ in langnage, but thereis a unanimous de- mand for an unequivocal and severe arraignment of the free coinage of silver. The following plank has been under care- ful consideration, and many of the most prominent men in the party have ex- pressed their entire satistaction with jts text: We adhere with unwavering faith to the teachings and to the warnings of Jefferson, Jackson, Benton, Tilden and Cleveland, implicit confidence can be staked. The vreservation of Democratic principles in | d therefore we demand the best, the most stable and the most honest of money for the people for this greatest of nations; which money, by the wisdom, experience and usage of this and other enlightened Countries, mustunder ex- isting circumstances, be bimetallic, but must be measured by the existing standard of gold and should consist of gold, with a bank cur- rency well secured and redeemable in gold, and with the use of silver and other metals within the reasonable limits prescribed by convenience and safety, and to be keptata par with gold. We believe it is undemocratic and unwise for the Government to debase our money or to issue paper currency, or by adopting the silver standard to set tnis Nation pack from its financial place among enlightened peoples, to a monetary fellowship with the silver mono- metallists of Asis. ‘We deem it folly and rashness on the part of this country to discard the long existing gold standard of the United States, of England, of Germany, of Austria, of Denmark, of Norway, of Sweden, of Greece, of Holland, of Spain, of Italy, of Brazil, of Chile, of Belgium, of Francé and the other enlightened nations of the world and to adopt the outgrown and discred- ited silver standard of Mexico, of Peru, China and of the other half-civilized and pauper nations. We believe the unlimited free coin- age of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, when in the markets of the worid its ratio is only 32 to 1, would bring disaster upon our people and threaten the stability of our institutions. ‘While it is the intextion to incorporate a tariff plank in the platform, relatively little attention has thus far been given to that subject. Itappdars to be the desire to make this plank short and thoroughly Democratic. Of several such pianks sub- mitted to-day, the one which meets with most favor reads as follows: We adhere to the Democratic doctrines of the tariff reform and for a tariff for revenue only, under which the taxes exacted and the burdens imposed shall not be increased to give special emoluments to the few, but shall be limited to the necessities of the Government economically aaministered. Toe Wisconsin delegation met this after- noon und organized by electing General E. 8. Bragg chairman, and George W. Dyer secretary. It was decided that ex-Repre- sentative Jones of Madison present the name of General Bragg as candidate for the Presidential nomination. Men.bers of the delegation stated that assurances of support for General Bragg had been made by delegates from Southern and Eastern States, and that the West was practically solid for him, A large contingent of sound-money men arrived from Alabama and Georgia at 6 o’clock this evening, accompanied by a brass band. About 300 men comprised the party. They were met at the depot by delegates from Iowa and New York, who escorted them to their headquarters. The men formed in line at the depot and marched through the principal streets, and were enthusiastically received. Gov- ernor Jones expressed himself as being proud of the fine showing made by the Alabama delegation. ““We have m our State,” said the Gov- ernor, ‘‘the opportunity of a lifetime, and we intend to profit by it. I believe that we can deliver the electoral vote of that State to the nominee of this convention. I say this in all seriousness, because I know the temper of the people. Of course, there is a division in the old Democratic parly, but there are sufficient sound- money Democrats in the State, added to the straight Republican vote, to throw the State to McKinley if we can do nothing else. The Populists are making claims that cannot be worked out.” —_————— LEADERS IN CONFERENCE Agree Upon a Plan of Procedure In the Convention and Tem- porary Organization. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., Sept. L.—A con- ference was held to-night in the room of Senator Vilas, attended by the Senator, Chairman Bynum of the executive com- mittee, Cnairman Palmer of the National Committee, Hugh Wallace and other lead- ers. It was the intention to formally talk over the platform, but there were so many interruptions that the conference confined itself to arranging a programme for to- morrow’s convention. The following ar- rangement was agreed upon: The convention will be called to order by General Palmer at 12 o’clock. General Palmer will makea brief speech and in- troduce the temporary chairman, ex- Governor Flower. Secretary Wilson of the National Committee will be made temporary secretary of the convention. After the address of Governor Flower a resolution will be prepared providing for the committees. The roll of States will then be called in order that the members of these committees may be reported to the convention. A resolution will be offered referring all resolutions to the committee until read and an adjournment will be taken until 4 o’clock. Upon reconvening the permanent or- ganization, with Senator Caffery in the chair, will be installed, and the conven- tion will listen to Senator Caffery’s speech, Thus all the preliminaries will be getten out of the way to-morrow, and when the convention meets again at 11 o’clock on Thursday the platform can be taken up at once and the nominations made immedi- ately thereafter. . The Oregon delegation organized to-day and adopted the following resolutions, which it is their purpose to offer in the convention: Resolved, That it is the sense of the conven- tion that permanent organization of the party in convention now assembled is gecessary and desirable; that & National co ittee be se- lected agreeable to the usages of the Demo- cratic party, whose duty shall be to call future conventions of the party from time to time, apportion delegates thereto and provide the time and place for the holding thereof ana perform the duties which usually devolve upon the committee of a political party. Com- plete organization throughout the States is earnestly recommended. We favor the use of gold and silver as money, but insist upon the maintenance of the present gold standard and that silver shall only be used so far as it safely may be and consistently with such gold standard. We oppose the use of fiat money in any form, and believe that the retirement of all sich money as recommended by the pres- ent administration is necessary 1o preserve a sound and stable currency. MRS. HENDRICKS OBJECTS. Protests Against the Display of a Picture of Her Deceased Husband. INDIANAPOLIS, Inp, Sept. 1.—The convention will be held in Tomlinson Hall, which has a seating capacity about equal to the Mechanics’ Pavilion in San Fran- cisco, but it is not anticipated that it will be more than comfortably filled. A picture of Thomas A. Hendricks adorns one of the walls, and the widow of the deceased statesman was much in- censed to-night when she discoverea it. She visited the committee of arrange- ments and declared excitedly that while her deceased husband may have been a believer in good money he “never bolted’" a Democratic ticket in his life. Politics is being discussed by men, women and children in Indiana, on the streets and hotel lobbies of the cities and the corner groceries of small hoosier towns are scenes of animated debates which frequently terminate in fisticuffs. On a Pennsylvania railroad train from Washingtoa ,uhis morning a free-for-all fight took place over a discussion of the “money question and two participants were seriously injured. The financial problem is the all-absorbing topic, and even the teachers in the public schools of Indian- apolis are undertaking to enlighten the young idea on the subject. ——— APPARENT INDIFFERENCE. Politiclans at Washington Head- quarters Pretend Not to Be Interested In the Convention. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 1.—A won- derful amount of apparent indifference is manifested around political headquarters here as to the convention of National Democrats which assembles at Indianapo- lis to-morrow. If anything the Repub- licans are watching the movements of the gold Democrats with more real interest than the allied silver forces, a block be- low on the same street. The leaders of the silver forces claim to have discounted the defection of the gold Democrats long ago. They say that when the Chicago conven- tion declared for silver and nominated Bryan they knew there would be a bolt. They took all that into consideration when they acted. They allege that move- ment has not been any larger or of any more importance or power than they an- ticipated. It matters little to them, they assert, what is done. No action that is taken will affect their confidence in the result of the election. f The position of .the Republicans is that they cannot pe hurt by the convention, and they do not know whether they can be helped to anv great extent—that is, its beneficial results will not be general. The hope of the Republicans is that some man will be nominated who will be ac- ceptable to the large element of Southern Democrats believed to be backing up the movement. There is a feeling among Republican leaders that tbe right kind of ticket at In- dianapolis might play havoc with the Democratic party in 4 number of Southern States. In Louisiana there is a wealthy and influential faction of the Democratic party who will support a strong nominee. In Florida there is almost the same kind of an element. If gold Democratic electors could be put out in these Statesand in- dorsed by Republicans and other anti- silver elements, it is expected the result might be changed. There are floating hints that in several States where gold Democrats have made a good showing Chairman Hanna would be willing to advise the Republicans to with- draw and support gold Democratic elec- tors or fuse with them. It is hinted that he mignt do this in two States named, as well as in Texas, and probably in Ala- bama. Chairman Hanna is well aware that conditions are such that those States would not permit Republican electors to be elected. Looking at it this way, he might agree to let gold Democrats run the whole thing, hoping that they would suc- ceed. If such a plan could be putinto operation and should be successful it would be 1n line with the belief of some of the silver leaders that the hope of the gold Democrats is to hold the balance of power in the electoral college. The silver men look upon this as a remote possibulity. STOLEN FAOM HER HOWE After Thirteen Years of Mystery a Strange Story Comes to Light. The Central Figure a Washington Gjr: Who Has Been Raised in San Francisco. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. .—A gen- uine Charley Ross story came to light here a few days ago—only the stolen one was discovered, but not until after an absence of thirteen years. In this case Lillie Zeno- bia Daley, a good-looking colored girl, is the central figure. She is now eighteen years old, and was taken from here by a colored woman named Emma Cooper, or Butler, who has since died. When the woman died in San Francisco notlong ago the girl made anxious inquiry about herrel- atives, and succeeded in interesting A. Lucas, head of a private detective agency, in her case, and ke made inquiries about her. Mr. Lucassent to Washington detectives a letter written by the girl in which she claimed that she was born in Washington, her mother having been a white woman, while her father was a mulatto. One day a neighbor named Mrs. Butler took her to the railroad-cars and then suddenly boarded the train, taking the girl along with her. When they reached Chicago her abductor told her that she must say she was Mrs. Butler’s danghter. One day the girl found in Mrs. Butler’s trunk a letter, from which she learned that her own mother was paying her board. When Mrs. Butler died, one of her relatives tola the girl that ‘“Walter Butler, who works as a clerk in the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company’s office at 422 California street, San Francisco, would tell her something when she reached her majority.” When she becamé of age she calied on Mr. Butler, but there being a codlness between them he did not divulge anything he may have known. The Washington police made inquiries and bave succeeded in finding the girl’s relatives. It developed that the girl, Zenobia Daley, was actually stolen from here by the woman, Emma Cooper or Butler. Mrs. Cooper it seems had formed an attachment for Lillie and bhad expressed a desire to adopt her, but she could not do 80, for the child’s parents were prosperous and even on the death of her father the mother got along well. One day, however, Mrs. Cooper said she was going to the train to see her husband off and took the child along for company, and that was the last seen of her. Mrs. Daley, almost heart-broken, made every eifort to discover the whereabouts of her chila. Local authorities succeeded in accomplishing nothing, and then she asked the assistance of pastors in many States. She traveled considerably in her efforts to iocate the child, but in vain, for she never succeeded in finding the slight- est clew to her whereabouts and died with- out seeing hLer again. The girl’s grand- mother, Mrs. Rachael Moore, and her two sisters live here. The news of the where- abouts of the missing one caused joy in the family, and the sisters as well as the grandmother are hoping that they wili be again united. Mrs. Moore is financially unable to render assistance to ber grandchild be- cause of the expensive railroad trip, butit is possible thai she may receive the aid of sorie charituble people. —— Daniel Spraker's Death, ® FONDA, N. Y., Sept. L—Daniel Spraker, president of the Mohawk River Bank, died from pneumonia nrl{e: is morning, aged 88. Mr, Spraker had N president of the bank since its establishment, over forty years ago, and was probably the oldest bank president in the United States. He was the last of six brothers of the old his- toric Spraker family of Sprakers, N, Y. P e Wonderful Colombian Gold Mine. PANAMA, Corowsis, Aug. 24.—The Panama Star and Heraid says: The Es- piritu Santo gold mine, in _the Darien, is giving wonderful results. With only five rammers 480 tons of mineral were mined in one month which produced 1200 ocunces of gold, valued at £5000. Twenty more rammers are about to be put in operation, which will produce some 6000 ounces of gold & year, the value of which is esti- mated at £300,000. CHEERED BY {E EDITORS, Major McKinley Receives a Visit From Writers of West Virginia. IMPORT OF THE CAUSE CHAMPIONED. Labor and Capital Must Be Given Constant Employment With Fair Returns. AN HONEST DOLLAR THAT CAR CHEAT NOB)DY. “Let Us Have Neither Free Trade Nor Free Silver,” Says the Great Protectionist. CANTON, Omro, Sept. 1.—The advent of aatumn was notable in Canton by the ar- rival of a delegation of the- Republican editors of West Virginia, 95 per cent of the Republican newspapers of the State being represented by their editors or owners in the delegation, and every man as well as woman and child who accompanied came to see Major McKinley. The editors after dinner marched to the McKinley residence. The appearance of the major was the signal for an outburst of applause. He was introduced by Hon. P. W. Morris, editor of the Ritchie Ga- zette and president of the Republican Press Association of West Virginia. Major McKinley was heartily and re- peatedly cheered by the men when he stepped forth to make answer to the ad- dress of Mr. Morris, The ladies waved their handkerchiefs and clapped their hands. Major McKinley said: The cause in which you are engaged this year is one commanding both conscience and interest. The Republican cause was never more just and righteous than this year, and the triumph of its principles was never more essential to the general welfare of the Ameri- can people than now. We have had great po- litical contests in the past, but I aoubt if any was ever waged which involved higher inter- ests to the people and to the country at large than those presented in this campaign. [Ap- plause and cries of “That's rignt.”] Nothing is more vital to the standing and progress of a country than the preservation_of its credit and financial honor. [Applause and cries of “That’s right, t0o.”’] Nothing is more indis- pensible to business and prosperity than that the currency of the country shall be so honest that it can cheat nobody. [Great cheering.] Nothing is of greater moment to the welfare of the country than the adoption of a policy which will give to labor and capital constant employment with fair returns. [Applause and cries of “Good.”] But, gentlemen, lying be- neath all these, and more important than all tirese, is the preservation of law and order— the reign of domestic quiet. [Cheers.] All these are embraced in the contention which is upon us this year. In connection with the questions as editors and publishers you have the gravest responsi- bilities. You help to make public sentiment and aright public sentiment is what is most necded at this juncture of our Natioual affairs. Never was the press of the country more aroused to these issues than now. Never dia the Republican cause have such mighty sup- port from the newspapers of the United States as it has to-day. This help is not confined to the Republican press alone, but includes many ot the greatest newspapers which have hither- toadvocated the Democratic cause. [Applause.] All this is an eyidence that the people appre- ciate that a great crisis is upon them and that the way to avoid that crisis is for patriotic men of every section of the country to unite and act together in the common cause of coun- try. [Great applause.] It is no selfish con- cern, therefore, that prompts me to express the hope that West Virgima may be- come permanently & Republsern State [Cheers and cries of “It will go Republican this fall all right”], and that what she grined so gloriously in 1894 will not be lost in 1896. [Great applause.] The Repub- ligan party aims higher than that. It is not merely the success of individuals or party, but the good of the country it seeks, and it is in that spirit, animated only by patriotic senti- ment, that I wish always to constantly speak and act. [Applause.] The major then made a rapid review of the natural resources of West Virginia, her mabufactures, mines, agriculture, wool-raising, etc., and continued: How much these several industries have suf- fered in the last three years you know better than I could tell you. How much the wooi- growers have lost, those who have sheep and raise wool know accurately. They know what the experience of the last three years has cost them to the very cent. All these interests are directly affected; all are directly benefited or injured by our industrial legislation. You know, and the people know, that every one of them were advanced by Republican legisla- tion [applause] and that ali of them have been more or less injured by Democratic legislation. [Applause and cries of “Yon are right!”] With such almost inexhaustible wealth in your midst, with such possibilities of development and growth; with so excellent a foundation for increased business and greater general prosperity, I bid you newspapermen to lose no opportunity to arouse your people to the real- ization of the true interests and to the im- mense importance to them of the issues of the present campaign, as they affect their mate- rial welfare in every business calling or occu- pation that can be named. Your interests as & people no longer run on sectional lines. [Cheers.] Thank God, the last lingering es- trangements between the North and the South are being forever effaced. [Great applause.] And the appeal for the restoration of the American system of protection and the con- tinuance of & sound system of finance is infinitely more important to West Virginia than any other political question that could engage their attention. [Applause.] Patriot- ism is paramount, and the people’s welfare and their country’s honot are the supreme and overmastering issues commanding the atten- tion of both North and South. [Great ap- plause.] It you continue to advance in the next twenty years as you advanced from 1870 10 1890, you can only hope to do it under a system which encourages home industry and t remunerative wages. [Tremendous cheering and cries of “Hurrah for McKinley!”] Strive for a fuller development of your industries; build up a greater and more profitable home market for the products of your farms; advance always that prosperity which enables the employer to pay the highest scale of wages to the workingmen of America—not the lowest. [Cheers.] Exalt the character of your labor. Never degrade it. Promote that comfort wnd contentment at home which con- duces to good citizenship, good morals and good order. Stand up for America and America will stand up for you. [Great ap- plause and cries of ‘‘Hurrah for McKinley!"] Restore the principle in our constitution which gave us prosperity. [Cries of “That's right.”] Keep the creditof the Government uutarnished above all else. [Applause.] Keep the currency up to the highest standard of civilized nations. [Renewed applause.] No nation of the world must have better money than we haye, and no nation of tne world has better money than we have. [Great cheering.] And it is no reflection either upon our honor or indepencence that we refuse to adopt the financial policy of China or Mexico. [Re- newed cheering.] Let us have neither free trade nor free silver. [Cries of “We won't.”"] Work and wages have been cut in two, end we spurn the same experiment on the money in which they are paid. [Loud applause and cries of “Hurrah for McKinley!”] ‘We want the same good money in the future that we have had since Jannary 1, 1879, and that we intend to have. [Cries of “That's right!”] We want nonest dollars, and intend, like honest people, to pay our honest debts with them—Government and people. [Cheers.] Our great need now is a chance to earn these honest dollars by honest work at home, and let us do our work in the United States. [Re- newed apolause.] And then there will not be an idle man beneath our flag. [Continued ap- plause and cries of “Hurrah for McKinley!”] Such is the policy, newspaper men and friends, that I bid you most zealously urge for the great good of the people of West Virginia and the ul- timate good of all the people. [Cheers.] Major McKinley was charmed with the isit and was most cordial in his personal meetings with his West Virginia guests. “Major McKinley’s speech,” said Hon. A. B. White, secretary of the Republican committee of West Virginia, *‘will be of untold service to the Republicans in our State. It is a message freighted with in- formation and wisdom. It will add to our strength in every community. It shows our people how great is their interest in protection and makes clear to them that their material prosperity depends upon the success of the Republican party. We ning ground every day in West Virginia and we are working and fighting hard every day.”” The editors returnéd to Wheeling this evening, there to separate and go to their respective homes. Some of them traveled nearly 400 miles to call on Major McKinley to-day. —_——- CHAIRMAN HANN4 COMING. So AUl Reports of the Work Will Be Ready for Inspection. CHICAGO, IrL, Sept. 1.—Chairman Hanna is expected to arrive in Chicago on Friaay and a general rounding-up is gommg on in the different States and counties with the idea of having as close estimates and reports of the progress of the work as can be obtained ready for his inspection. These reports will begin to arrive at_headquarters in a day or two. Meanwhile the National headquarters is bei flooded with requests for sound- money aud tariff literature and the work of filling these requests and preparing editorial and other matter for the country press keeps the immense force in the Auditorium busily engaged. A letter from Hon. R. C. Kerens, Na- tional Committeeman from Missouri, who has just returned to New York irom a visit to West Virginia, where he has large proverty interests, brought cheering news. Mr. Kerens writes that the Republican organization in West Virzinia is in per- fect order and that everything looks bright for the success of the Republican ticket. NEBRASKA BANKS FAIL, The Collapse of One Causes the Closing of Another. BEATREICE, NEeBr., Sept. 1.—The First National Bank, the oldest institution of the kind in the city and supposedly one of the strongest in the State, voluntarily closed its doors this afternoon immedi- ately following a meeting of the board of directors. Its closing caused much sur- prise. The capital stock of the bank is $100,000 and surplus and undivided profits $59,000. It is officered by J. E. Smith as president and 8. C. Smith as cashier, and these gentlemen own over $65,000 of the stock: The liability of the Bank is $110,- 000 and the assets are placed at: $250,000. The closing of the bank carries with it the Beatrice Savings Bank, a State institu- tion, with a paid up capital of $25,000 and a surplus of $1¢,000. Its deposits amount t0 $260,000. The failure is due to a variety of causes, largely the result of the prevail- ing financial stringency and three succes- sive crop failures. The Smith brothers stand high as business men and an at- tempt will be made to reorganize. Thus far the other banks have not been affected. RIS Death of a Newspaper Owner, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.,, Sept. 1.— Charles E. Warburton, proprietor of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, was found dead in bed in his room at the Gar- den Hotel this morning. Mr. Warburton was 61 years of age and had been afflicted with heart trouble for some time. A son, Bafclay H. Warburfon, the publisher of the Telegraph, and a daughter, Mrs. W. Howard Pancoast, survive him. Bl GAINS IN VERMONT Republicans Secure Greater Victories Than Were Expected. THE MAJORITY FIGURED AT 37,000. Grout Chosen Governor by an Overwhelming Majority, to Say the Least. DEMOCRATS BADLY ROUTED IN ALL SECTIONS. . This Election Considered an Indication of How the Country Will Go in November. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vr., Sept. 1L—The State election in Vermont to-day was favored with excellent weather, and as a result the total vote was largely in excess of that cast four years ago, and the Republican majority is increased beyond the hopes of the most sangnine claims of that party, being figured on a percentage basis as something like 37,000 against 17,- 956 in 1892 The latest returns show increased gains in the Legislature, although the raturns are not yet complete. The indications are that in a total of 244 members of the lower House not more than a dozen will be Democrats. The Senate will be com- posed entirely of Republicans. Returns from 150 towns give Grout (R.) 86,833; Jackson (D.), 10,214; Battell (Pop. 498; Whittemore(Pro.), 462. Grout’s plu- rality, 26,669; majority over all, 25,709. The same towns in 1892 gave Fuller (R.) 26,964, Smalley (D.) 13,623; all others, 1123. The Republican gain in these towns is 9919 or 33 per cent, whereas the Demo- cratic vote shows a loss of 3049 or 25 per cent. The combined Populist, Prohib scattering vote is less than in 1892. ST. ALBANS, Vr., Sept. 1.—Chairman Morrill of the Republican State Commit- tee has issued a final bulletin for 230 out of 245 towns, claiming a Republican ma- jority of 37,82 The remaining towns in 1894 gave a Re- publican majority of 1101, and with this majority added Mr. Morrill figures a majority of 39,000 for the head of the ticket. COLUMBUS (Onro), Sept. 1.—Mr. Bryan was shown the latest bulleting from Ver- mont giving the election returns, just be- fore he retired. He declined to talk. ion and TO UNITE 1RI>SH FACTIONS, 4 Great Convention of Representative Men Opens at Dublin. DUBLIN, IRELAND, Sept. 1.—The great convention of representatives of the Irish race, summoned with a view to affording an opportunity to all who desire to see unity restored among the Irish National- ists, to come together and formulate a platform in support of which Irish Nation- ists throughout the world may act to- gether, was openea in Teinster Hall at . noon to-day. Fully 2000 delegates were present, including representatives from | Great Britain and Ireland, the Unitea States, Africa. Right Rev. Patrick O’Donnell, Bishop of Raphoe, was elected permanent chair- man. The Healeyites and Parnellites took no part in the convention, bolding themselves entirely aloof irom the gather- ing. Resolutions were passed favoring the reconstruction of a united Irish party. bound together in home rule ranks and Canada, Australia and South | disciplined under the rule of the majority. NEW TO-DAY. Our $9.95 Men’s Suit is at the head of the procession; and it carries its honors well. A Native" Son celebrating Admission Day in one of our California-made suits is a worthy example of State pride and a fit tribute to the progress and prosperity of the Golden West. Made in the latest style of the best Cheviots, Cassimeres and Scotch Tweeds, always the equal and generally the superior of suits sold in retail stores for $15 and $18. . But our price is the wholesale factory price— nine ninety-five. GllLllMBl( AN WooLen MiLes S. N. WOOD & CO.), MARKET 54| STREET.