Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 August 1896 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 0, 1896.

LEADERS' IS A FEVER

GORMAN AXD FAULKNER FEAR nRY AN IS TALKING TOO MICH. Jones Resins II1 Campaign with a Mouth Blander, and the Month In Heady to Revolt. UNIQUE CAMPAIGN FEATURES nEiauLicAXS will use phono GRAPHS ON Til K BIG SPEAKERS.' ? Democrat Contemplate Sending Out a Circus with Clown to Make Free-Silver Talks. Cpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Aug. 8. Chairman Faulkner, of the congressional committee, is again venting his displeasure at Mr. Bryan's talkativeness. Indeed, both he and Mr. Gorman And fresh annoyance every day at the garrulousness In their own ranks. Senator Jones, is ho has himself Just given a lesson of the evil results of talking too much, declines to discuss In public Mr. Bryan's purpose to make flvexnlnute speeches from the back of his railroad car. The Arkansas Senator would much prefer to have Mr. Bryan confine himself to a speech at Chicago, perhaps at Pittsburg, and thu3 save himself for New York. But 'as Mr, Jones himself is just now trying t to explain away some things which may prove far more dangerous to the Democratic managers than anything Mr. Bryan has said, he feels that he is in no position for public reproach. Mr. Faulker is more frank, however. He has maintained all along that Mr. Bryan talks entirely too much. Mr. Bryan's oratory and rhetoric, cays Mr. Fauikner, have given him, a reputation for eloquence and power which he is sure to Injure by such brief efforts as are possible at five-minute stops. 2Ur. Bryan obtained his nomination bj his eloquence, and Senator Faulkner fears that these rear platform talks will produce a feeling of bitter disappointment among the people who bear them, which will act very disastrously on the silver enthusiasm that 3Ur. ; Bryan has aroused. Mr. Faulkner, like Mr. Gorman, does not believe in "offhand" talking in a candidate. If Mr. Faulkner and Mr. Gorman had their way, Mr. "Bryan would not utter a word which had 'not first been carefully submitted to these two Democratic Senators for their approbation. "With the dreadful blunder of Mr.' Jones before th-ilr eyes, tney are in constant fear that Mr. Bryan will say something which will be as impossible to explain away as has been Mr. Jones's statement that Mr. Bryan will not accept the Populist nomination, and the 'unvarnished expressions of contempt for Watson and his followers. Senator Jones has started off his management of the campaign by a blunder the llnal effects of which are still impossible of detection. Mr.. Jones, in spite of the fact that he has been in Congress a generation, has never learned to talk for publication, lie talks too much at one time, and then, when he realizes the effect of his language, he plays the baby a-.t and seeks to fasten a lie upon his interviewer. When Senator Gorman saw the statement in the papers the-next morning he immediately realized the frightful -blunder of his colleague, and it is little wonder that the silent Maryland Senator turned a deaf car to all Senator Jones's entreaties to become chairman of the executive committee. Mr. Gorman, like Mr. Quay, believes that silence is ninetynine one-hundredths of the successful management of a campaign. The Maryland Senator has never yet been tripped Into any statement that would not look well in print. Senator Jones, on the con- ' trary has an unhappy way of blurting out all he knows, and all he thinks, that Is constantly getting him in trouble. He was the putative manager of the Democratic forces in the Senate during the tariff, tight In 1S4, though Senator Gorman, of course, was the manager behind the scenes. Nothing was ever learned from Mr. Gorman, but the Republican Senators were never at a loss to know just what the Democratic plan of campaign was, for Mr. Jones has never learned to combine diplomacy or evasion with his frank garrulousness. It was very quiet at both the Republican and Democratic headquarters to-day. The Jack of visitors is attributed to the extreme heat. The mall, however, continues heavy and the demand for literature from both committees is enormous. Letters received at the Republican headquarters to-day from Nebraska say that Mr. Bryan's State is safe for McKinley. and from South Dakota the ' information received indicates that the Republican majority will be increased rather than diminished. Secretary Mercer, of the Republican congressional campaign committee, went to Atlantic City to-day to spend Sunday with his family. Chairman Jones, of the Democratic national committee, has gone to Frostburg, 2Id., to remain with his family over Sunday. He will go to New York on Monday. At the silver headquarters the secretary says that about one thousand letters are received datly fully one-fourth of thm from former Republicans, who say they cannot support the gold declaration in the Bt. Louis platform. A visitor there to-day predicted that much of the soldier vote will go for the stiver candidate. He said he had a letter from Thomas Spaulding. . ex-post commander of Springville Post. Erie county. New York, saying that a majority of the members would vote for Bryan as the sliver candidate. This gentleman said the ' post was composed of 1C4 members, of whom but four wero Democrats. Vice Chairman Apsley. of the. Republican committee, left for his home in Massachusetts to-day.--He -will go West on a tour of Inspection about Aug. 13. Chairman 'Babcock. who will return on Monday, will assume charge. Chairman Faulkner, of the Democratic commitee. went to West Virginia to-day to spend Sunday with his family. AtNQUn CAMPAIGN IDCAS. IXepnblirann Will Use Phonographs and Democrat a Circa. Epecial to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. , Aug. 8. The men In charge of the headquarters of both the Democratic and 'Republican presidential campaigns have - some queer experiences .every day In the way of curious propositions that are made to them to rouse the 1 voters. Attention has already been called to the suggestion' made to Colonel Perry Heath, who Is In charge of tho literary bureau of the Republican campaign, to tart out a political salvation army, which was to Inaugurate a series of street-corner discussions on currency and on the tariff. Another - proposition, it will be rememoered. was to start out a vaudeville company, which was to do songs and dances and "black-face" addresses to the Reubens throughout the - Western country who would never come Into the cities to hear rpeeches. Absurd as this suggestion may appear at first sight, it has in it much to commend it. The men and women who compose or sing the so-called "topical songs" are of far higher order of intelligence than might be assumed from their surroundings. These people are remarkably quick to catch the current sentiments, and are wonderfully happy In expressing principal topics of the day in a striking way. They keep up with the times, too, always. Visitors to the Republican convention in St. Louis will recall the roof garden where some man sang a song or two, and then on the evening when Joe lianley's famous interview became public, came to the footlinghts and in response to the Applause announced with great gravity. "Ladies and gentlemen. I will now sing you my -latest song. 'Did Tom Reed J-U1. or did Joe Manley Throw Him Down?' " ' Senator Gorman, who certainly Is no tyro at management of campaigns, national or State, was favorably ttruck by the suggestion made him a few days ago to organize a series of "camp meetings," at which

due gratitude to Providence for past blessings and prayers for future prosperity were to be sandwiched in between short, pithy addresses setting forth that a vote for, Bryan and Sewall would be in the nature of a great assistance to this same benlflcent Providence. The Republican committee is distributing broadcast little gummed pasters with the words: "The Republican party stands for honest money and the chance to earn it by honest toll." The Democrats are sending out everywhere dodgers picturing 'The cross and the crown." and bearing the words which made candidate Bryan famous until his literary dishonesty had been exposed. Another proposition has just been made with commendable impartiality to both committees whereby the phonograph may play an Important part in the coming campaign. A suggestion has been made to Senator Jones, chairman of the Democratic national committee, that he consider tho matter of buying or renting graphophones and putting them to work for the Democratic ticket. Such a suggestion has in part already been acted upon by the Republicans, and it remains to le seen. what Chairman Jones will do about the matter. If he does not care to make the national committee the official managers of such a unique campaign, other persons may put the idea Into operation. It is said that the Republicans have put the phonograph to work in larger cities, supplying campaign songs for the amusement and edification of enthusiastia Republicans. The suggestion to Chairman Jones, however, is of a different, nature. It is that himself, candidate Bryan and other noted silver speakers make ten or fifteen-minute speeches for enrollment on the cylinders of the graphophone. These will be taken and put in machines, which will be sent all over the country. They will prove doible attractions, and. it is believed, would draw large crowds. The graphophone itself would prove interesting in all the smaller cities and towns of tho country, but, containing the speeches of eminent men of the Democratic party, it would be sure to draw large crowds. The scheme is that Democrats be sent through the country with these machines, advertising, like a show, when they would be at a certain place. When they had their audience in good shape they would put on the big brass tubes, and the speech would be almost the same as if delivered by the man himself. Nb charge would be made, although the belief is expressed that if there was a charge sufficient to pay the expenses of the operator there would be b!g crowds everywhere. It is said that the Republican campaign machines are made to pay their own expenses, just like all the machines in use for the public in general. If the Idea mentioned should be carried out it would prove the most novel scheme in the history of American politics, and there is no telling what influence it would have on the campaign. This Idea has already been tried with success. Hon. William Walden Smith, a Congressman from Michigan, during the last session of Congress had promised to address his constituents in his home town. He found it impossible at the last moment to be present. The occasion was too important, however, for him to send merely a telegram of regret, so he betook himself to the office of a phonograph company inthis town and discoursed a clerical oration calculated to fire the Grand Rapids Republican hearts, and shipped the wax cylinders to his friends. That night the delighted audience at Grand Rapids heard Mr. Smith discourse powerfully on protection, the Cuban question and all the vital Issues of the hour. Mr. Smith himself was absent In body, but there was a very pretty girl working the phonograph. The experiment was a great success, and there is reason to believe that the suggestion made for the use of the phonograph will be very widely adopted. Colonel Jones In New York. NEW, YORK, Aug. 8. Among the early visitors at Democratic headquarters to-day was Colonel Charles H. Jones, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and author of the financial plank embodied in the Chicago platform. The Colonel epoke encouragingly of the outlook in the Western States, where, he said, the sentiment in favor of Bryan and Sewall is growing with the speed of a prairie fire. Colonel Jones was silent on the subject of the "national Democratic party" convention, which It Is proposed to hold in Indianapolis on Sept. 2. The Sheriff Helped Nominate. DALLAS. Tex., Aug. 8. The Sixth district Democratic congressional convention, in session at, Waxahachie yesterday nominated Judge R. K. Burke, of Dallas county, on the slxtysvcnth ballot. The proceedings were very disorderly and .at one time the presence of the sheriff was necessary to restore order. The nominee has been a district judge for the last twelve years. He served in the Confederate army, and is a strong silverlte.

BRYAN'S LUCKY CITY. (Concluded from First Page.) Bureau, headed by Henry Hellmib and John J. McClusky. At Pepue fifty or more people were in waiting, and at Marquette there were twice that number, many of them being miners. Some of them climbed on the car and clung there until Mr. Bryan came out and shook their hands. At Spring Valley a crowd in which miners and laborers were the prominent factors greeted the candidate. There were 300 or 400 at the train. At Peru there were about the same number, and Mr. Bryan manifested his first disinclination to shake hands, remarking: "I cannot shake hands with all of you. All of you hold up your hands with me," and when they did so he added, "Now shake," and he waved his hands. The crowd did the same and cheered. At La Salle a thousand people gathered about the train and cheered repeatedly. After shaking hands for a while, in which Mrs. Bryan aided with the evident Intent of lightening the candidate's work, Mr. Bryan said: -"Ladles and Gentlemen I believe this is one of the strong Democratic counties of the State. Will you go back on your record this fall? I want to say to you tqat I do not believe that we have ever adopted in this country a more thoroughly Democratic platform than that which was adopted at Chicago by the Democratic convention. It sets forth the policies of the Democratic party, and I believe these policies will commend themselves to the judgment of the great common people of the United States. And I beg you who believe In these policies to recognize that this battle rests on you as well as on those who bear the standard. It is your fight, and you are more interested in who shall be elected than the candidates themselves arc. We must leave you to fight the battle, and we hope that not one of you will fail to do your duty. Gentlemen, if you in this county will give the electoral ticket as large a vote as I know vou will give vour candidate for Governor, John P. Altgeld. we shall be satisfied." At Utica a crowd of on 3 hundred men bore a triangular banner. "Vote for your own interest," "16 to 1 makes the 100-eent dollar" and "Let us declare our freedom once more." A score of those present carried large flags. At Utica a committee from Ottawa, headed by Mayor Louis W. Heas. got aboard, and when that city was readied 3.000 people were surging around the platform in an effort to get near the candidate. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were escorted by a cordon of police through the crowd to a platform, where Mr. Bryan spoke. He touched upon the issues as he presents them with more 'reedom than he has exercised in his utterances since he left home, and was frequently applauded. Mr. Bryan said: A SLAP AT REPUBLICANS. "Ladies and Gentleman We are entering upon a campaign In which it seems that all of the people are going to take part. Sometimes campaigns are left to be managed by politicians, but this campaign is bringing forth' In every county and city and precinct new persons to lead in the cause. Where old leaders have gone back upon their records, and have deserted the cause in which the people believe, new leaders have come to the front, and It Illustrates, I think, as well as any experience we have had. the capacity of our people for self-government. Our Nation does not now depend upon a few; it does not rest upon the great; it rests upon the integrity, the Intelligence and the patriotism of the great peeople of the United States. "In this campaign there Is going to le one permanent issue an issue which shall, more than any other issue, ceiermine the action of Individuals, and that issue 1 the money question. The Republican platform declares in favor of the maintenance of the gold standard until foreign nations take pity upon our conditions and come to our rescue. The Democratic platform declares Its unalterable opposition to the gold standard and declares in favor of tho immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at the present legal ratio of lt to 1. without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. It Is not difficult for you to ceiermme on which side you stand. Remember that the Republicans do not say that the gold standard Is a good thing. They dared not say It. The misery that has cursed every country where it has been tried proclaims that it Is not good, and no party in this country has ever defended It. . The Republican party, 'vlthout daring to say that It is good, dp res to say that the American people must suffer from it until some other governments will help us to Kt rid of It. We nppcal to a people capable of governing themselves, and ask them to say whether they will determine their own financial policy for their own benefit or submit to a

policy which other nations think we ought to endure. I am willing to rest the question there." At Marseilles more flags were shown by the 300 or 400 people at the train, and tnere was an abundance of vociferous enthusiasm. This scene was repeated at Seneca by a somewhat smaller crowd, ard at Morris there were 700 or SO0 screaming and scrambling for a view of the candidate or a grasp of his tired hands. At Morris there wsre several hundred heard Mr. Bryan's remarks as follows: "Ladies and Gentlemen I thank you for the Interest that you manifest. It gratifies lis vry much to know that the people are taking an Interest In this campaign. I have always lelt that when an issue came before the people it was the duty of every citizen who loves his country to study the question and find out what is right. When you find it cut do what you think ought to be done. That is all we can ask of you, and if you do that we will .be satisfied, whatever may be the result." Minooka was represented at the train by some 3u0 people, and when Joliet was reached at 6:13 there were 6.O0O or 7.000 people shouting and cheering like madmen. Mr. Bryan spoke to them as follows: "Ladies and Gentlemen You will have time during the campaign to listen to a discussion of the issues. At this time I simply want to thank you for this magnificent outpouring, and for the interest which you manifest. Our opponents sometimes say that we do not know what 16 to 1 means, but I want you to let them understand that it has one meaning, and that Is that every one silver man' is to get sixteen others to vote with him In November. That Is one meaning of 16 to 1 that they will bo interested in learning during the progress of the campaign. Now, I want you to go ,out and get to work, and remember that this cause is a cause in which you are interested, and every one of you should prove your gratitude to the convention at Chicago for adopting the platform it did by presenting that platform to all your associates and securing votes in November as much as possible." At Joilet the Chicago reception committee of 103 members, and occupying three coaches, had their cars coupled on to the train. At Mokena the train made a short stop, and one hundred people were gratified. At Tinley Park there was a small crovd. Blue Island and the suburban stations of Chicago each had its quota of citizens at the depot, who were merely heard cheering as the train glided past, except at the former station, where a short stop was made. At Englewood there was also a momentary stop. Urrnu'n Editorial Sacceor. OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 8. The paper cf which W. J. Bryan has been editor prints this to-day: "Two years ago I had the pleasure of announcing that W. J. Bryan had accepted the position of editor of the World-Herald and that thenceforth this newspaper would bo dedicated to the cause of free silver coinage. Success beyond the most sanguine expectations has been achieved. Two years have witnessed a political revolution which culminated at Chicago in the. triumph of silver and the selection of Mr. Bryan as Democracy's candidate for President. "To-day Mr. Bryan is on his way to New York, where he will formally accept the greatest honor and highest responsibility which can be tendered any man. This, then, is an appropriate time to announce that Mr. Bryan's work as editor has been finished. He will be succeeded by Mr. R. L. Metcalfe, who has been Mr. Bryan's associate and who for several years has held the laboring oar in the editorial work upon the World-Herald. J. M. HILDECOCK."

INDOOR BIKE RECORDS PARSONS, TUB AUSTRALIAN, DOES A SMASHING MILE IN liS4 1-4. Johnson Rides a Half Paced in iTA -T Over 1J50 Cracks Now Entered nt Fountain Ferry. CHICAGO, Aug. 8. At the bicycle races at the Coliseum this afternoon Parsons! the Australian .champion, made a paced mile, flying start, in 1:514. the fastest mile ever made in the State, and breaking the world's record for the one-mile indoor, which was 2:C3U. Professional Two-mile Handicap J. P. Eaton (scratch) won; V.. E. Kenyon (85 yards) second. J. T. Starbuck (scratch) third. Time, 4:23. Breaks world Indoor record for two miles. John S. Johnson, paced by Parsons, the Australian, and Ryan, on a tandem, rode an exhibition half mile In :54 4-3. John S. Johnson went a quarter mile; unpaced, flying start, in :2J 3-3. Attendance, about 5,0iK). Gathering nt Fountain Ferry. LOUISVILLE. Ky., Aug. 8. Racing men are still arriving at Fountain Ferry track, and now the number Is 100. Walter Sanger got in late yesterday. John S. Johnson and party will arrive in the morning. To-day's mail brought enough entries to run the list over 130. The headquarters of the meet club will be opened for business at f o'clock Monday morning. Committees will be on hand all day to-mcrrow to receive tourists who may come In. A committee leaves this afternoon for Indianapolis to escort the big tour to Louisville. It is the desire to cover the distance. 113 miles, to-morrow. A feature just added to the programme will be a "freak" parade Wednesday afternoon. Everything in the way of a bicycle freak J will be admitted.Butler Defeats Cooper. BUFFALO. X. Y., Aug. 8. At the bike races on the Buffalo athletic field in the mile Invitation race to-day Tom Butler won the second and third heats. Time 2:06 1-5, 2:03 3-3. Cooper was second in all heats. Butler won the second heat. Jenny won the one mile professional handicap. Time, 2:07 3-3. Mrs. Rlnehnrt's Lntest Fcnt. DENVER. Aug. 8. Mrs. A. E. Rinehart. an enthusiastic bicyclist of this city, who recently rode ten centuries in ten consecutive days, has just finished a ride of 201 miles in seventeen hours and thirty-five minutes. FLED FROM CUBA. Gen. Lucret Family Forced lo Abandon Their Home Spanish Defeat. NEW YORK, Aug. 8. Among the passengers on board the Ward line steamer Niagara, which reached thi3 port to-day from Santiago de Cuba. 'were the sister and son of General Lucret, of the Cuban Insurgent army. They were obliged to leave the island for their own safety, and with the greatest difficulty managed to reach the steamer at Santiago from a small boat. They went on board with a number of persons who were bidding adieu to friends and were secreted in one of the state rooms until affer the steamer left the harbor. General Lucret, with a force of Insurgents, had Inflicted considerable damage to the Spanish lines of transportation. In which the use of dynamite played a very important part. Much railway property and bridges have been destroyed in this manner. In consequence Captain General Weyler warned Lucret that unless he ceasetl that mode of warfare the government would retaliate by blowing up the residence of his family near Santiago. The family, being duly warned, immediately abandoned their home. Other passengers arriving by the Niagara report that the Spanish troops suffered a crushing defeat in the battle fought near Santiago on Tuesday. July 28. The Spaniards were ordered to attack the insurgents, and three bodies of troops were ordered to leave Manzanlllo, Guantanamo and Santiago, respectively, and to march on the insurgents, who were supposed to be a short distance from the city of Santiago. On the approach of the first Spanish column the news was brought to the Insurgents Oat the enemy was approaching. General Gomez and Garcia Immediately gathered their troens and succeeded in engaging each column before they could effort u Juncture. The Spaniards met a crushing defeat, leaving numerous dead and wounded on the battlefield. The hospitals and private houses at Santiago were reported filled with wounded Spanish troops. - Klre In Clarke City Mine. KANKAKEE, 111.. Aug. S.-In regard to the fire In Clarke City mine, the coroner reports that while 3XJ men were in the shaft at the time of the fire, all but forty escaped easily. Of the forty fifteen were nearly suffocated, but nil recovered. Nearly all of the information received here touching the disaster came througji officials of the Illinois Central railroad, which has a branch running to Clarke City from this place. The mine will resume work in four or five days.

TO DEFEAT M'KINLEY

NEW YORK LEAGUE WARNS HANNA AGAINST PLATT'S 3IAN GIBBS. Charge Hint ihe New York Man Is DoIn a- All In Ills Power Aaralnst the Republican Candidate. VETERANS CALLED TO ARMS THIS TIME FOR SOLDIERS TO SAVE THE COUNTRY'S HONOR. Address Issued hy the Union Veterans' Patriotic Lea cue, with Gen. Sickles at the Head. NEW YORK, Aug. 8. - The McKinley League State executive committee has written a long letter to lion. Mark Hanna, chairman of the Republican committee, in which it warns him against Frederick S. Gibbs, the Republican national committeeman from New York, and the regular organization of the Republican party in this city and State. It reviews with much detail the alleged wrongdoings of tho organization, discusses the political character of Mr. Gibbs, who is the personal representative of Thomas C. Piatt, touches on the methods adopted by the organization in the last election, and declares: "We are convinced that Mr. Gibbs has not only been exceedingly active in his opposition to the interests of Major McKinley, but Is deliberately and constantly using his official position and Influence to bring about the disruption of the party in the county of New York, and to impair, if not prevent, the election of the Republican ticket in that county." It then instances wherein the organization ha3 deprived members of the league and other Republicans of their party rights, and declares: 4 "We believe that in a majority of States the party is thoroughly and highly desirous of the election of 'McKinley and Hobart, but in many cases the machinery of the party is undr the absolute control of discredited and unscrupulous traitors, men who did not hesitate to vilify the candidates before nomination and who will not hesitate to betray them after it." Attention Is called. in the letter to the small plurality by which Mr. Blaine was defeated in New York city, and a suggestion of the possibilities of the change of one vote in each voting precinct is made. This afternoon tho Union Veterans Patriotic League, of which Major Daniel E. Sickles is president and Major General William B. Franklin and Major General Horace Porter vice presidents, issued an address to the surviving soldiers and sailors who served in the Union army and navy during the. war of the re-' bellion. The address in part follows: "Comrades Your country is again .n peril. In the present " presidential campaign dangerous combinations again threaten the lntegrhy of the government. Misguided men conspire to bring repudiation, dishonor and financial ruin upon this Nation, once saved by your valor. "Many of our great leaders have been mustered out and,.havQ gone to their reward. "Were they Jiving,. they would be united with us in this crisis as they wero In the days of the war. It remains for us, their comrades, who followed where they led, to guard the good work they upheld while living and to pre se rve 'all they helped us to gain for our country. Should this dangerous and revolutionary conspiracy against the financial honor and Integrity of the government meet with success, every pensioner, every depositor in a savings bank, every policy holder In an insurance company, etc., would lose one-half of what Is due him by being paid in 50-cent dollars. The price of everything the workingman buys would be doubled; but he would have to struggle and wait long befeorc he secured, any substantial ' increase in his wages. . "We appeal to you torlay aside all partisan differences, to prefer country to party now, as you did In the dark days of the civil war, and rally to the support of our gallant comrade.' Major McKinley, the first private soldier who has ever been nominated to the high office of President of the United States; who stood shoulder to shoulder with you In many memorable battles, and for two long years carried his musket and shared the dangers which fell to the lot of the men in the ranks who defended the Union: and who to-day stands for the maintenance of the good namo and honor of the country. "Therefore we urge you to form yourselves into an association to be known as 'The Union Veteran Patriotic League,' and to do all In your power as Individuals and members of the league to secure the triumph of the right." - The address urges every veteran and son of veteran to send his address to the secreary of the league. Colonel L. Edwin Dudley. No. 1 East Ninth street, New York city. . M'DOEL, OF THE MONOX, Repudiate the Democratic Party and Given IHh Reasonn. CHICAGO, Aug. S.-W. II. McDoel, vice president and general manager of the Monon railway, a lifelong Democrat, has repudiated ids party and its financial heresy. "I have always been a Democrat," said Mr. McDoel yesterday, "but this year I have laid aside party politics and shall vote for what I consider the best interests of my country, our railroad and our employes. In other words, I shall vote to maintain the existing gold standard. I not only believe that the financial plank of the Chicago platform means repudiation and national dishonor, but that it also, if it should become a law, would mean national disaster and distress. This disaster would reach to all classes, except possibly those having a large quantity of silver bullion and those banks which have prudently laid avay gold for this threatened rainy day. "There is no class of men who would suffer more under free coinage than railroad employes, from the general manager to the flagman at the crossing. This is a fact not hard to demonstrate. The railroads are the largest debtors, outside of the banks, in the country. They owe many millions of dollars for which they have given their mortgage bonds. When they borrowed this money they got it in gold or Its equivalent. Seventy-five per cent, of these bonds are in terms payable, principal and interest, in gold. "Now. the leaders of the free-silver movement admit that should they be successful gold will go to a premium. In consequence of this. then, the railroads would be compelled to lay aside annually In their sinking fund for the redemption of their bonds just the amount of that premium in excess of what they lay aside at present. They would be compelled to pay In Interest just the amount of that premium In excess of what they pay at present. 'The rate which railroad charge are largely fixed by State and United. States laws. They cannot exceed a certain amount. As a result of this we would b compelled to accent from passengers and shippers the same rates as now, but in 30cent dollars. In short, the railroads fixed charges would be doubled and their earnings would not increase. Now. what would be the result of all this? All improvements would be stopped, the track and operating forces would be cut down, retrenchment would be carried into all departments, wsges would be paid in the depreciated dollar, many roads could not stand the strain and would be forced Into the hands of receivers, thousands of men would be thrown out of employment altogether. And all this would be without any fault on the part of railroad management. "I am thoroughly convinced, however, that the good s-?nse of the wage earner is roing to defeat Mr. Bryan in the coming

election, and that when the capital of the country understands that the free-silver bugaboo is buried it will come out of its hiding and. confidence being restored, we will have good times." LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.

McKinley Too Busy to Have It Ready Ilcfore September. CANTON, O.. Aug. 8. Governor McKinley continues to be so busily engaged with the callers who flock in on him every day that it has been almost impossible for him to find any time to give to the formal letter of acceptance. It is not now considered probable that it will be issued before the 1st of September. This evening he had an hour or two of rest after a drive with his wife, and took dinner with his mother at Mrs. McKinley's home, together with other members of the family and private secretary James Boyle. Hon. Joseph P. Smith. ex-State Librarian of Ohio, who was making his home with Major McKinley during the campaign, left to-night for Chicago, whero he will be the guest of the national committeeman, Charles G. Dawes, over Sunday. Major Charles Dick, ex-chairman of the Ohio State Republican committee, who will be located at the Chicago headquarters during the campaign, came to Canton tonight, and at 10 o'clock was at the McKinley residence. He will leave for Chicago Monday evening with Chairman Hanna. Other callers to-day were the members of the Ohio Canal Commission. James D. Rowen. chief clerk of the House of Representatives of Ohio, and Guy V. Henry, of the United States army. An Invitation to Subscribe. PITTSBURG, Aug. S. A notice soliciting donations for use in the presidential campaign by the Republican national committee has been posted in Jones & Laughlin's mills on the South Side. The firm employs three thousand men. The notice reads: "All those In favor of sound money and desirous of" getting an honest dollar for their day's work, will, of their own free will and accord, subscribe one dollar ($1) to the campaign fund of the Republican national committee." There is no name signed to the request and the company said it would not be compulsory for any of the men to subscribe. Canada Discounts Onr Silver. TORONTO. Ont., Aug. 8. The Standard Bank has given notice that after to-day American one-dollar bills or silver certificates will be discounted at the rate of 10 per cent. The other city banks will adopt the Standard's rule. The regulation will be a great inconvenience In Toronto, especially where there is a large amount of United States money. Other parts of Canada will also suffer. ELECTORS FOR M'KINLEY. Texas Populists Willing: to Fuse with the Republicans. GALVESTON. Aug. 8. The Populist State convention remained in session until 3 o'clock this morning, and then adjourned until 8 o'clock. The following nominations have been made: Railroad Commissioners W. W. Nelm. of Williamson county: John Jones, of Erath, and E. Palsbury, of Harris county. Associate Justice Supreme Court T. J. McMinn, of Bexar county. Justice Court of Criminal Appeals R. V. Bell, of Cooke county. Elector at Large E. O. Call, of Navarre county. The convention adjourned this afternoon after nominating a full State ticket and putting out electors. Three campaign managers were named, and it is understood the plans for the campaign will be directed on the line of fusion with the Republicans, giving McKinley the electoral vote and the Republicans in turn assisting in electing the Populist State ticket. There were no open overtures in this direction, and no plan of campaign was mapped along that line as far as the rank and tile know, but the leaders are known to favor the Idea of fusion. The action of the Texas delegation at St. Louis was neither commended ncr condemned. There Mas no expression regarding the action at St. Louis beyond Indorsing the platform. Jerrc Simpson Nominated. EARNED. Kan., Aug. 8. Both congressional conventions, Populist and Democratic, which met in this city to-day, made Jerry Simpson their candidate for Congressman from this, the big Seventh district. In both Instances the nomination was made by acclamation. Both conventions also declared for free silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. Mr. Simpson was elected from this district in 1SC0 on a fusion ticket, defeating Colonel E. H. Hallowell, of Wichita; was re-elected in 1SP2. defeating Chester I. Long, and in turn was defeated by Long in 1S94. Long is again the Republican nominee. Both candidates are from the same town, Medicine Lodge. Tlie Vermont Call. RRATTLEBORO, Vt., Aug. 8.-A call was issued to-day for a convention of goldstandard Democrats at Bellows Falls Aug. IS to select eight delegates to the national Democratic convention at Indianapolis and to select four presidential electors In support of the ticket nominated. Pops Nominate an Eacrle. HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 8.-Joseph II. Eagle, of this city, was to-day nominated for Congress from the First district by the Populists. STEEL STORAGE TANKS. They Are Rapidly Taking the Place of Wooden Elevators. Washington Times. Steel storage tanks for grain are rapidly taking the place throughout the country of the old wooden elevator, and pneumatic tubes are used to convey the grain from the place of storage to the mill, whereas formerly It was wheeled in barrows over bridges between the buildings or through undeground tunnels. The proper storage of grain for milling purposes has for many years been a question of the first importance to millers and mill owners. Fire was the one destroying element most dreaded, ard the erection of wooden elevators for storage purposes near the mills greatly increased the fire risks, and In consequence the item of insurance was by no means a "small one. The erection of air-tight steel storage tanks or bins for grain, in place of the old wooden structures, not only does away with the danger from fire, but It is claimed that it preserves the grain for an indefinite period of time, and also makes impossible the presence of weevils or other vermin so destructive to grain in storage. There being no inflammable material used In the construction of these steel tanks, there is no need for insurance, and millmen claim that within six or seven years the savin? on Insurance alone will more than pav for my nrsi cost or construction. Two of these steel storage tanks are now in operation at Toledo. O.. where they have proved even a greater success than was anticipated. With the air-tight -steel tank taking the placo of the oM-fashlonod elevator comes he new method of handling the grain. The steel bins are connected with the mill by immense steel tubes, and air pressure moves the grain as it Is needed from the storage tank to the mill. The system could not be put in operation with the old-style elevator, but the tubes are now in practical operation at Connersvills, Ind. The machinery used in this pneumatic system is extremely simple in construction and requires very little power to operate it. By a system of air currents the grain is taken from the storage tanks on a current of air exactly us a chip of wood is carried by a stream of water. The air current is changed by manipulating two valves, one causing a blast, the other a suction. The valve In tho tank is onened. allowing the grain to enter the pipe or tube. When that valve is closed another at the end of the tube within the mill is opened, and the grain fails into a receiver. Exactly the reverse operation ! gone through in putting the grain into the airtight storage tanks. It is first taken into the mill, then put into the receiving bins, and by pneumatic pressure forced through the tubes into the tanks. The introduction of air-tight storage tanks and the pneumatic system of transferring the grain practically revolutionizes the manner of storage and milling, and before long will probably be introduced into the big grain depots throughout the country. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK. Aug. 8. Sailed: Mobile, for London: Veendam. for Rotterdam, via Boulogne; La Bourgogne. for Havre: Saale, for Bremen, via Cherbourg: Werra. for Genoa, via Gibraltar: Edam, for Amsterdam; Etruria. for Liverpool: Anehoria, for Glasgow; Hekla, for Stettin; Patria, for Hamburg. BOSTON, Aug. S. Arrived: Gallia, from Liverpool. Sailed: Servia, for Liverpool, via Queenstown. AMSTERDAM. Aug. S.-Arrlved: Scheidam. from New York. SOUTHAMPTON. Aug. 8. Sailed: St. Paul, for New York. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. S.-Sailed: Rhynland, for. Liverpool. HAVRE. Aug. 8. Sailed: La. Gascogne, for New York, '

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THAT THE GOVERNMENT RESENTS THE VOTE ON THE LAND BILL. The Lords Intimate that They 3!ar Refuse to Lay Aitide Their Killing: Amendments. CHINA APPEALS TO ENGLAND SIGNIFICANT REMARK IN LI HUNG CHANG'S BANQUET SPEECH. Britain Favor Dismemberment of Turkey to See All Europe Scramble for the Spoils. (Copyrighted, ISO, by the Associated Press.) LONDON. Aug. S. The conflict . in the House of Lords over the Irish land bill has been the political sensation of the week. The newspapers are full of the subject, and there is much speculation as to the outcome. It is a long time since a government has received such a slap in the face from the peers, and the ministerialists have taken a very serious view of the situation. However, on Friday the situation somewhat Improved, as a result of the Cabinet council, which considered the critical state of affairs and decided to practically restore the measure to its original condition on its return to the House of Commons, and it is now hoped that the landlord people have been pursuaded to refrain from further contest. All the newspapers to-day take a more hepeful view of the case, and it is expected that a compromise will be arranged which will yet admit of proroguing Parliament on Saturday. Aug. 15. The peers seem somewhat amazed at the position in which they find themselves, and one of them who voted against the government said to-night: "I did not imagine that so much chagrin would follow the government defeat or that so much stress would be laid upon the Unionist alliance requiring the peers to sink their individual opinion in a matter touching their pockets for the sake of Unonist prestige, and it may therefore happen that when the bill returns from the Commons the peer landlords will find that they cannot give way in their private interests In favor of the greater party needs." ' In reference to the debates in the House of Lords on tho Irish land bill there is the curious fact that the Marquis of Salisbury completely resigned his functions as leader of the House to the Secretary of State for War, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and this, says the St. James Gazette. "Iend3 force to the impression that Lord Lansdowne is in training for the leadership of the House of Lords, if not for the premiership." Friction regarding the inquiry Jnto the affairs of the British Chartered South Africa Company has arisen by the appointment of Mr. Ward Blake, member of Parliament for the South division of Longford, to membership of the commission, as he Is unsatisfactory to the Healyltes, who want their own nominee. Much amusement has been caused by an Incident in connection with Li Hung Chang's visit to the House of Commons. The Chinese statesman's gaze, it appears, wandered over the leading commoners, the speaker, Sir William Harcourt, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain and others until it rested upon the unassuming person of Mr. William McEwan, member for the central division of Edinbu rgh and a member of the firm of McEwan & Co., the well-known brewers of that city. Li Hung's eyes immediately brightened and he asked eagerly for information as to the Identity of Mr. McEwan, and was somewhat disappointed to learn that he was only a humble member of the House. It appears that the Chinese envoy was deceievd by Mr. McEwan's brilliant waistcoat, now the fashion, and Imagined that he must be a personage of high rank. A phrase which LI Hung used in his speech before the China Association at the banquet tendered him at the Hotel Metropole last night Is commented upon to-day. He is looked upon as having pleaded for the assistance of England in case the independence of China is threatened from within or without, when he said: "Our Interests run parallel. We should be able to reckon upon the support of the commercial powers, should our Independence ever be threatened from any quarter." This la Interpreted here as referring to Russia and to the French from the direction of Tonquin and the Dally Chronicle says: "His words have a political significance which cannot be missed. That LI Hung Chans, after enjoying the unstinted and even overdone hospitality of these two nations, should appeal to Great Britain in a thinly veiled phrase for help ngalnst them if necessary, is the most striking fact of his tour." Advices received here from Abyssinia indicate that there Is a prospect of a recpenlng of the Italian war in the autumn. King Menelek Is apparently preparing for hostilities and has recently received large quantities of arms and ammunition. Consequently, the Italian commander. General Baldlssera. is conferring with the government at Rome, with the view of the adoption of the necessary counter measures. . Intense interest is being manifested in Europe over the developments of the insurrection in Crete, where general fighting is expected at any moment. After denouncing the Marquis of Salisbury for breaking away from the European cone-ert by refusing to join In a blockade of the Island, foreign opinion seems to be changing, and now even the French press admits that the British Premier stopped Euroje from committing a gross mistake and stifling the legitimate struggle for Cretan liberty. In England the whole country sides with the Marquis of Salisbury, and would willingly see Crete detached from the Turkish empire. Telegrams received here to-day declare that Harakllon. which Is filled with Mohammedan refugees, only needs a spark In order to set a general massacre going, although the. presence of the British and French warships in the harbo Is apparently having a salutary effect. But Turkey Is certainly in a very bad way just now. for, in addition to the insurrection in Crete, there Is a sort of revolution aided bv the Greeks and Bulgarians proceeding in Macedonia, where the Turkish troop have been repeatedly repulsed, and the Drusts uprising Is engaging the attention of the Turkish government in another dire-ctlon. Under the circumstances it is not astonishing that there are people who reallv believe that the dismemberment of the Turkish empire Is again contemplated, and that Great Britain may now be willing to see this take place, even if it is only in order to set her continual enemies fighting over the spoils. The conflict in the House of Lords almost sinks Into insignificance by the side of the professional cricketers. For next Monday's "rubber" match between the English and Australian players Lohmannla, Grunn and Hay ward demanJed J1W Instead of the usual J50. and the Surrry Cricket Club, as organizers of the match, engaged other professionals to replace the strikers. Fears are expressed that the English team will te defeated if its best professionals do not play. The professionals claim-that the Surrey club will probably make $73.0"0 out of the match, and that the plavers deserve a higher share of the profits. They also point out that many amateurs receive more money in expenses than the professionals receive in wages, anel It is claimed that Dr. Grace is receiving expenses more than the wages of all the professionals put together. Moreover. It is added, the . oldtime professionals received $100.- which sum was only reduced during recent years. . The House of Commons to-day was in committee on tho expiring laws continuance bill. Mr. T. M. Healy, member for North Louth, asked whether, if the state of Ireland continued peaceable, the government would drop the arms act in XSSI. Mr.

Gerald Balfour. Chief Secretary, frr Ireland, replied that tr.e government was unable to promise to do so. Mr. Healy further protested against the" insulting searching of American passengers at Qucenston and the Imprisoning of them for a month or more if they did not declare their revolvers, while no search was made at other ports. Professor E. D. Elliot, who conducted the Chicago Field's Museum expedition Into East Africa, returned on July 7 to Adealah. having been southward toward Ogaden anrl the Bolbohoutl country. The expedition has been extremely successful and has obtained many rare and valuable animals, such as hartebest. lion, gazellefi spekf gazelle, striped hyena, wart hog and many others. The professor goes across the. Hano to Layserrfa. Ho will cross the Stubeyion river and go into Anlihon, in Gallaland. for giraffe. He also expects to get elephants and rhlnocerous. Laaker Klnjr of Chens Masters. NUREMBERG, Aug. 8. The last but on round in the international chess tournament was played In this city to-day. when Lasker, by beating Tarrasch. secured the first prize, to the value of $730. and a silver cup and salver, as donated by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Bavaria. Nothing can be said about the probabla winners of the remaining prizes, as there are too many candidates left in the field. The nineteenth and final round will bo played on Monday.. To-day's results are as follows: Winawer and Teischmann drew a king' gambit declined after fortv-one moves. Blackburne defeated Schallopp tn a Faulkber gambit after twenty-one moves. Marocy beat Charousek in a king's gambit declined after fifty-six moves. Marco and Tschigorln drew a Ruy Lopez ater thirty-tdx moves. Steinitz beat Schlechter in a Ruy Lopez after twenty-nine moves. JanowskI beat Schiffers in a Ruy Lopez after thirty-five moves. Walbrodt beat Pillsbury in a Ruy Lopez after sixty-one moves. Albin and Porges drew a Gluoco plan'j after twenty-five moves. Showalter had a bye. The Porges-Showalter game in. the seventeenth round was drawn and not won by Torges, as previously reported. Garden Party for LI. LONDON. Aug. 8. At Lord Salisbury's garden party, held In honor of LI Hung Chang, the Chinese statesman, at Hatfield, this afternoon, 2.000 Invited guests wero present. Among the guests were hundreds of Lords, niembers of the House of Commons and diplomats, the latter including all of the members of the Japanese legation. Secretary of the United States Legation Roosevelt, th-? Crowr. Princess of Austria and all the prominent members of London society. LI Hung Chang toured the grounds In his bath chair, afterward holding a reception. Ilohenlohe Met lr the Kalsee WILHELMSHOE. Aug. S.-Prinee Ilohenlohe arrived here to-day and was met at the railroad station by the Emperor, who drov with him to the Castle.

rail: jad men angry LEARN ,V THE GREAT WESTER HAS BEEN HEATING THEM. Truesdale, of the Rock Island, Says It Is a Violation of Gpod Faith Commission Adjourns. CHICAGO. Aug. 8 Referring to ths hearing which has been In progress during the past week before tho Interstate-commerce Commission, Mr. W. H. Truesdale, vice president and general manager of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway. Fays that the evidence developed at this hearing Is In many respects the most remarkable and unique of any that has been brought out at any hearing of the board since Its existence. "The transactions testified to by President Stickney showed the grossest bad faith on the part of his road," said Truesdale, "and the most utter disregard of agreements between the officials of his line and those of other Western railways that has come to my knowledge in my railway experience. The officials of tho Western railways, as well as the owners thereof, will be greatly interested to learn what position the Interstate-commerce Commission, the courts and authorities of 4 the State of Illinois will take with respect to the question of whether it Is legal and within the chartered powers of a railway corporation to organize companies for- the purpose of enabling a railway to carry on a grain business. If it shall be determined that the railway companies can lawfully engage in merchandising in this manner, and it is going to be necessary for the large transportation companies of this country. In order to secure for shipments over their respective lines a share of those commodities which form the bulk of the tonnage of , these lines, to organize outside companies that fchall huf and sell for account of the railway companies, grain, flour, dressed meats, packing-house products, coal, etc.. a condition of affairs Is going to be speedily brought about In this country with respect to methods of transacting railway and other business the effects of which can be readily Imagined if not very accurately foretold. Such a condition of affairs would sooner or later so result as would make all previous discriminations in freight rates appear Insignificant indeed and open up opportunities for speculation, fraud and mismanagement In the handling of the railway interests of this country, such as have never been afforded or taken advantage of in the history of this country. "I believe it would be to the Interest of the puollc at large, the investors in railway securities and in the Interest of honest and fair dealings between man and man to put a stop to such transactions as well as to the other Irregularities testllied to at this hearing." Commission Inquiry Closes. CHICAGO, Aug. 8. The Interstate-commerce Commission finished its labors in Chicago to-day. The Investigation of tho Western pool may be taken up on an enlarged scale later on. which w:il be determined at Washington when the documentary evidence called for has been received. The inquiry into the reconslgning grain practice at the Missouri river may be continued at Kansas City next we-ek. At to-day's hearing the attorney for the Great Western made Vice President Morton, of the Santa Fe. acknowledge that the true rate from Missouri river points to New Y'ork on export shipments was pc lower on the Chicago haul than the balance rate to Chicago. Mr. Morten clso acknowledged that his road brought a shipment of grain from Kansas City to Chicago at the low export rate, but that the grain went Into an elevator, where it remained. Alex. Nlchol. of Stickney's Iowa Development Company, denied having received a!y rebate for his firm. Nichol roasted the Joint Traffic Association. Other witnesses at to-day's seston were C. L. WelllnKton, Wisconsin Central, and W. H. Newman, vice president of the Chicago & Northwestern. The North German Lloyd and HamburgAmerican steamship companies have resolved to make Galveston. Tox.. one of their ports, but In so doing hey have agreed with the Western railroads not to ticket Immigrants fer points west of Louisiana and Texas. The transatlantic steamship lines have atked the Western road to withdraw their immigrant agents from Europe, abolish their immigrant clearing house at Ntw York and allow the steamship companies to handle and divide this traffic in Europe and at New York. The Western ro;ds are agreeable to this proposition, providing the steamship lln-s withdraw their immigrant agents from the territory west of Chicago. The whole matter will te considered at a meeting of the l.tilroad and steamship agents in New Yorlc next month. Carrier Without Coat. The letter carriers appeared on the streets yesterday without coats, and while they did not look very tidy under the broiling sun, no one doubted the wisdom cf such a careless street toilet on a day like yesterday. Postmaster Shm received nn order from Washington permltlng the men to travel over their route tn thtlr shirt sleeves during the extreme warm weather. -

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