Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 1 September 1896 — Page 2
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I0SW YORK GOLD MEN.
g§UND HONKX DEMOCRATS IN STATE CONVKJIIIOS.
fbeeoh By Daniel O. Griffia—Sonnd Money 'platform Adopted—Chicago Platform Bitterly Denounced.
Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 31-—The state Convention of gold Democrats met here today. fDanlel G. Griffin of Watertown .was chosen temporary chairman. He spoke, in part, -as follows "When a citizen has to choose between a duty to Ms country and an opposite demand of his party, if he hesitates, or attempts to .minimize, or palMate the extent of this defiance of his (party organization, under «uoh circumstances, he thereby publishes his own jpuaiiilanlmity. For a party is but an instrument selected toy a patriotic citizen as the "best means for effecting puibito welfare, and when it ceases to perform that ."function, and becomes, instead, the exponent of dangerous doctrine, 4»e Js bound to attempt its purifioatloa and ...failing 4n that, then to select tftie ,next best means to accomplish: Ms duty, Wek)reoognize as well as aoy on§ tixat when a voter has aHied (himself with a political party, to the course of events, he is 'likely to find much in its management, in the views of the candidates nominated, and in the conduct of the official selected by lit, to awaken his distrust and to discredit his party. And still, these things are mot always so essential as to justify his withdrawal tfrom the party, of his aiding in the establishment of an independent or irregular organization, and thus, dn a measure, postpone or defeat imore important and essential objects. "But I see before me too -many, who, •in years past, and' in 'hard fought po•Ktioal campaigns, (have 'loyally supported the candidates and the platforms of Democrat 16 conventions, when their own grievances and their disgust with the management of their party was calculated to drive loyal men into open revolt, to believe that you have .met today merely to utter a complaint about an unessential act of the Chicago convention,
Threatened Public Welfare.
"Andi what are our grievances, and iWhat is the cause of conventions like th'i'S to every state in the Union? Why, the Chicago oonvention threatened public welfare and dishonored Democracy in its own household and if we, in order to combat that danger and avenge the insult, are compelled to aot •independently of our party organization, tihen we glory in our irregularity. "To those who ask us why we do not support McKinley, our answer is: 'We are Democrats, and not protectionists.' .To those who ask us why we do not support CBryan, our answer still Is: 'We sire Democrats and not revolutionists.' "The chief change we make against the Chicago platform and which so far standls undisputed!• by its adherents and the candidates nominated thereon, is that it proposes .the free and independent coinage of silver at a ratio far In excess of its commercial value, and that such coin shall be a legal tender tn payment of debts. No matter haw skillfully such doctrine may !be advocated: nor how its results may be obscured by the arguments of the demagogues or doctrinaires, its practical result can only "be a debasement of the currency and the repudiation of obligations, the worst results which can befall a commercial people. And furthermore the doctrine alluded to has hitherto ibeen repeatedly spurned Iby the founders of the Democratic party and all others qualified to understand its principles." air. Gfiffin then referred to Mr. Bryan's speeches through this state, com•bating his arguments and continued as follows:
Boad to Prosperity.
'"No, the road to prosperity is not in following .wild cats .nor over broken promises, as proposed by Bryan, nor •through an increase of taxation alone of a people already overburdened, as proposed iby iMdKimley, but rather Iby a preservation of our credit and a reduction of expenditures. This is a homely maxim, hut it has stood the test of experience, a better guide than dishonor, a surer relief than the relentless pursuit of a discredited hobby." iNCr. trHlfin closed toy speaking of President Cleveland as follows: "Since Ms entry in'to pulbiic life he has never bee.n recreanlt to a sound princ-iple oi broken a pnoimise to hiiis' countrymen. Beseit during his last terim by difficulties. wihiclh Would have appalled the Stoutest, desert fed by a majority of his parity in congress and Vi'l'licfied for his worthiest acts, he hlas nevertheless atood Immovable for sound principles, maintained our saifoty at hoime and our dignity alb road and finally, in 'the midst of an illustrious career achieved the high«»t
coawpl
iunent w'Mch couldi be
pavid to a public man, in tlhe refusal of the majority of t'he Chicago oonvention to Indorse his adminttetration. Well may his fniendB point to that event as th« beat vindication of hi's courage and of h«B -worthiness, as of t'he reputation
already
accorded hvm by b'is contem
poraries—'the bravest president, and 'loved for the enetm'iefc he made.' The committee on permanent organisation met during the recees and decided, on Clhaxles S. Palishilid for permanent cha'inmtin. The following were selected as delega'tes-at-large to the Indto napolls oomvc-ntdon: Rcswell P. Flower of New York, CiharJes Tracy of Albany, George Ma gee of Corning and Edward M. Sheppdrd of Brooklyn.
Chicago Platform Denounced, The plafttCoirim declares for the "imaintanance of the constitution in its integrity preservation of the national credit uniimsp&.'i'red and the national honor unsnnUied, tlhe freedom of the individual Oo engage dn all the pursuits of life unhampered by the interference of paternal government, and the rigfeut of every cWtlzen to receive the reward of his labor unduimiin'itsihed by a dertasement of the standard of Value, are fundaananftal and eesen'tial principles of the Democratic party.
The platform then denounces that adopted at Chicago and repudiates dtts nomlnfeeis, saving: "More than all we dejxSore tfhe outhuret of seasonal hate which attended'the a3opCJon of t'he Cliiioago pXaftfftwm, and d-ete&taible a.li em\pt to duv'fede the Democratio people, standing wtit-h eq'ual righi's and opportunity tefbre t'he law, into rich and poor ar.d, under sttonuiuis of the oJia,ss prejudices thus arowsed, to treat with v-edkteiSB conlt-emipt the views of the forge and earnest minority in the convention who. souttlhit to confine Wis utterance® to a ded&ration of Democratic prtncSipfles."
On the financial question the platform says: "In proposing to open the mints of the "United States to free coinage of silver at ratio of 16 to 1, when i(2t« relative market value of silver and «re XXOW-HD. t'he proportion of about
32 «bo 1, the Ohioago platform threatens a partial repudiation of the public debt, the validity of whfcsh the constitution declares 'shall not be questioned.' "It Teaches a cMmai of arbitrary
policy
ln_
erferenoe with the individual rights when it seeks to force Its debased money upon the public by forbidding contracts which provide for payment in any medium more valuable than the depreciated1 legal tender which it proposes to establish.
Further Reasons For Repudiation. "We repudiate the Chicago platform because it proposes to substitute for our present standard of value, which is equal to the best in the world, an unstable and depreciated standard which has been rejected by every civilized- and prosperous nation. The Chicago platform declares against gold monometallism it advocates a monetary system which would offer an unlimited field of speculation to the capitalist, but would materially reduce the purchasing 'power of €very dollar paid to the wage earners and punish honest thrift by depreciating the value of every saving .bank deposit and every life insurance
and) impair the value
of every pension paid by t'he government It condemns the only method provided' for keeping inviolate the national credit disapproves of the issue of national bank
notes
secured by the pledge
of government bonds and suggests no substitute therefor except unlimited paper money redeemable In debased and fluctuating cota-"
The pilaitffiorrm heartily commends the adtniinistration of Gnover Cleveland. flavors the retirement of greenbacks and calls for t'he enactment of legislation penmllttf ng' the estafbEshmemt of a banking currency asmple in- volume for the meed's of business, readily adj.usting itself to such needls, aJbsohi'tely secure In every conttngiewoy and at all tftmes redeemable to gofld oipjposes RepuibMoam (protedtdon as the "imains'tay of trust, the parent of .monopoly, t'he frtui trfiul source of tlhe ipresenit political danger WhSdh threatens the naitUon," and says in coroeliustan "As Democrats loyal to .t'he maintenance of tlhe consttfiltutiion and zealous 1n our support of the oredtt and honor Of our country we cainmot endorse the jcanidiidlates momfrnalted at CShicago, or (the chiaanipion of ReipulbBiJcan prohiiib'itory (protection nominated at St. Louis. We detalare, fcherefflore, tthiat the approaicfhling ooaiventtf-oni) at Tndilanaipolis should1 rnotmimate on a Deimooraitic jlartform D&mocnaitlto aandBdMes to wham we pledge our he&iPty suipport."
REPUBLICAN CLUB.
The Illinois X,eagne Will Meet at Peoria Today. (Peo-rfa, HI., A"ug. 31.—tPli^eipanatlon© have been ootmipUeted for the state oonvenltiJon of the Illimo'is Deaigue at RepulbMiaants Oluibs to be hteld in thiis city tomornow and sietveml Ifhoiuisiajid visitors are exipeioted. Governor Hastings oif FecmnisylvfanSia, w(ho wlil'l deliver the .pi'ind)pail adidness amiveid "bomiig'hlt, and was met by the local comml'tltee. A te'egriaim from Ooongresamlan McCleary annouruoefs that he will arrive tomorrow filOternoon. The mornung session of the oonrvenltlon wiil'l be devoted to routine bonshieas ,t!he afternoon session to the electtdon of offiioers and t'he addirees ctf Governor Hjas/Hings. I'n the evening there wiH be a pa.rad'e, flollotwed by an eventing meeting. Quite a fi©ht is on for the staite prefeidemcy, the only office over wftiddh there is at .present any contest. Ora Clhapln, of Clhdica-go Ira C. Copley, of Elgin, arodl Judge C. W. Rayfnond, of Wlaiteeka, the present preistdenit, are all after ifhe place. A deleigtatiotn dt fl/flty amived tonight from Kane county to bfaoim Mr. Cbpley, and other Emalller deleiglatiions amjvedi. Telegramts tonlghtt announce big delegations coming in the morning from Chicago, Robk iBlamd, Mbline, Pekin, Bloomington and other places. Several of .tihem wlill be aiaoamrpanied by bands.
G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
Crowds Pouring Into St. Paul to Attend the Annual Event. &t. Paut, Aug. Bl.—Th number of visitors to t'he G. A. R. encampment seems nowise reduced from most of the previous encampments, although the veterans in line dn Wednsday's parade will be much smaller than for some years. High water martc was reached at Washington, and the number of marching veterans has graduallygone down. This year there will '.be not to exteeed SO,000 men in line.
At the end of the Selby .avenue cable line, at Camp Mason, 2,000 old soldiers tonight sleep under canvass roofs again and renew the feeling of old days when there was no other roof and sometimes not even one of canvas. Besides the tents for the veterans there were a large number of tents that had been assigned to those who came wi'th their families and wanted to live in tents.
All over town the houses have been thrown open and the hotels are filled with those who have come to witness the big gathering of old soldiers. All day 'long the sound of martial music heralded the arrival of new posts. Columbia Post of Chicago and Detroit Post came in late In the afternoon and attracted much attention. General R. A. Alger, past commander-in-chief, was marching in line with his comrades.
Fight Didn't Come Oft.
Special to The Express.
Brazil, Xnd., Aug. 31.—The fight for the middleweight championship of the state between Harry Gates of this city and Miike Kelly of Lebanon, which was looked to occur for $200 a side near Bridgeton, failed to materialize. A special train over the Chicago & Southeastern line had been chartered in this city and 300 tickets sold, but the Kelly party failed to raise money sufficient to pay for the train at that end, hence the .fight was declared off for the present.
Pieil on Hpt Husband's Uri»v«. Chicago, Aug. 31.—While weeping over the grave of her husband in St. Boniflace cemetery SuncBay s^ternoon,. Aire. FnankXisie Alko'hieser, an aged woman, whose 'home wias at 5122 Bishop street, fell dead a/cnoss the mound. Heart disease, aggrajvwited Iby great grief, was the cause of her death.
The J&ttle tragedy whtch moved deriply t'he scores off peojpie who saw ,ts climax, Jhapjpened. while the cemetery was filled with its usual crowd of visitors.
Conrt Refused the Injunction. Special to
thA
KxDress.
Brazil, Ind„ Aug. 31.—The much talked of fight between the base ball enthusiasts and the religious element was opened here again today when the latter endeavored to stop Sunday playing by an injunction, which the courts refused to grant. They next swore out affidavits for the arrest of the members of the club, and 'the case will go to the Circuit Court.
GEMS FROM A SPEECH.
KXTKACTp flOli GKIOtBAt liEfr SON'S BBCKirr ADDRB8S.
To bolt from any iarty is n-oiw and then a most reassuring -imddent, and was never more reassurdng andi never had a better cause than now.
That ipar'ty ('the Dttmocratljc) "has onk» more exlhrjbited its capacity to be ruptured. and a party tihat can aot be sipdffit is a' pulbiic menace.
When it becomes the rule t'hfeut violem.ee carries its end, we have amaHchy— a condiflon as deatrcrcstiive to honest labor and Sitis rewind as death Ls to t'he tissues of the human b&dy.
Neot'her conventions nor oomtaifctteeQ can create iseuies, nor assign tfheim to t'helir places as to their imporltamoe. That is the leading issue of a oamipalgm wlhloh most agitates and most toteiresits the peoptie.
There is only one rule by wihtoh we can live useiflu'lly as a nation or peaoeI fully as citizens. Jit is tlhe rtule of the laws const/fetiultflonalJly enacted and final!ly tatenpreted toy the Judfflafal tritmnal I appi'.ontedi by the oonstiiitutlon.
When the house is on fire—and' ma-py 'of our Democratic friends believe fhat jto be the /present. dome©t'ic situation— the tenant on the to-i floor ouight not to aisik tihe Item/ant in tlhe (basement to bury hiis opinions before he jolinis the fire brigade.
Whenever our people aipprove t'he Choice oif a presfdent who beiltieves he must aislk povernor Adtgeld' or any ofher governor of any other state iperm/ission no enifoiioe tihe flaws of t'he United (Stiates, we have surrendered the victory the boy® won in 1861.
I do. not believe that there 'has1 ever Ibeen a tilme, except.perhiajps in t'he very hetalt of some -active panic, When universal tfuainefes feiar and anxfieity and wa'tidhfful'n^es, even tc the poiint of desperation, ha»s Chanacterized this greait metropolis as it does today.
Comrades' of the gireat war iflor the Uinion, sons df those wiho went out to battle that the flag might not lose its luster, wtiU we con&ent afiter these year® that that doctrine the it wias shot to death in t'he great war SWa'Hl be revived and made victorious in a Civil campaign
My fd'.enfds, the people who advocate t'hfs otese legislation, tihiis le.gisliation favorable to ..the mi-ne owners to douible the price of the produots of their miines Bind offer t'hiis tem'pii'atiion of reipudi.atton to the delfcttor class, "is the parr.y that hias for twenty years been .proclaiimiinig against class legJislation.
When we have a president wtht fears to use our ancient and fainriIf.'ar poiwer to resitnain and punish laiwbreaikers, free trade aind free Silver will, be appropriate acooimipa nlim ents of sudh an admiiiniistraltion, and can not add aippiraciialbly to t'he national diatress or the national dishonor.
The defense Of the constitution and of the initegrtty pf the Supreme Coutft of the United States, and of the preisiident's poiwer arid diuty to enforce all the laws of the UTiljted States, wX'houit aiwaiting the call or consent of the governor off any stiate, is an imiporttamt and living issue in this camjpaii'gn.
Beclaiise they (Jeffsrison and Hlaimlilton) fully understood unless these dollars were of itihe same inherent, inJtri'n-s'-C vallue that both off fahern could not Ibe standards of value and both of them couM not circulate. Why, everybody knoiwis that it is essential that the length, of has stilt® belo.w the tread ehall be the same.
Do you know that as the law is now, without the passage o'f any free coinage of silver law at all it is in the power of the president of the United States to bring the business of thia country to a silver basis? All he has to do is to let the gold reserve go—to pay out silver when men, ask for gc$d, and we are there already.
Free silver would put more gold out of circulation than the mints of the United States could possilbly put in in years of silver, and' that, Instead of having more money, we would have less. With our six hundred and odd millions of gold driven out of circulation we will reduce the per capita money of this country between eight and nine dollars, not every Instinct of self interest, does not every instinct of self iterest, does not every thoughtful, affectionate interest in others, does not our sense of justice and does not our honor rise up to rebuke the infamous proposition that this government and its people shall become a nation and a people of repudiation?
I have believed, and I believe today, that any system that maintains the prices of labor in this country, that brings hope into the life of the labor'ng man, that enables him to share in the prosperity of the country, is the policy that should be our American rol cy. I have resisted in many campaigns th idea that debased currency could help the workingman.
No sooner had the war ended than the great conscience of this people declared the nation that had crushed this great rebellion, that had lifted itself in its pride and its constitutional glory to a fearless position among the nations of the earth should not continue to have a depreciated and debased currency, and we walked up to resumption and we made the greenback dollar a par dollar in gold.
You may make me take a silver dollar for a debt, but if I have Ibought my goods at gold prices you can not make me give a-s many yards pf cloth for a silver dollar a® I have 'been i.n the ha.bit of giving for a gold dollar. If I have a gold dollar i.n this hand and a silver one in that and you declare they are equal, and I can take he gold dollar to a bullion broker and get ?2 for ft, I know it is a lie.
As things are now, the silver dollars that we have are supported by the government. and the government that supports this silver bunion has Issued these dollars on Its own account—not for the mine owner—and it has pledged its sacred honor 4t would make every one of these silver dollars as .good as a gold ^dollar. And that Is a powerful etlpjwrt,.
TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAf 'MORNING, 8KK1KMBER1,189&.
VttMHCM of the Kx-FvmI
dent—Co iqcnti Upon Doctrines of the Free SUtw iem«K*«ts.
The first dfiifty errand that a diitty dollar does is to cheat tihe wortoimgman. IMy Interest tn my country no* cease wthen my last salary chedk wias cashed.
Tlhe attmoatptoere of tihe Chicago convention was tf?yjtch4iriged' wtitli tlhe fltpCMPt if
Tlaniff and ootoiag® wHi "be off Mttfte moment iff our consttJtsu tiona.1 soverm/ment is avextfhttwn.
It (the Retpufbaiican party) will fight, wiitihwxt cxweiiing any of t'he glorious cnottoee amd Inscariiptkms 'tihatt are upon Its bbnner.
They cam. say tJhat fen mnJskra/t slcins are equal to one 'beaver oJcin, but that doesn't make it ^so. The 'fur trader fixes thait qiueation.
TOItjwjwyl ttsp*i*ty tfetwMn tb«e met'«li -would at once throw ttaetf In the jn*r1cet&
Thi^SccHHrt^tutioztal (TMetton, this division -between \the~"^eil»rai and local authortti«8, ita plain and easy one. A disturbance which i* purely local in a state JL» a state affair. The president cannot «end troops or tend any aid unless the legislature catt» apon Ma for help, or the governor, If the legislature Is notlfn session. But when a law of the United States Is invaded and broken tt la rthe sworn duty of the president to execute U, and this oonvention arraigns the president for doing what his oath compelled him to do.
Wfeat can the deSpoitors in our 6avimga ibrftmks, this «r»a)t company of widows a»ad. orphans, the people of small means, who are putting! by a few pennies against a hard time in Tife—-what can they do when this change comes? Can they take their bank pass and wih'ere ft ®ays WO wrtte $20? Not at all. Take the men who have life insurance. A man* has providently taken a policy that his widow and children might not come to want when the bread •winuSng hand was stricken in death. Can they, where the pottcy reads $5,000. maike it *10,000? Can the managers of 'these institutions make it irigfot with them? No. This policy coerces integrity. I
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A DEVILISH PLOT.
4 Now Kpowa
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Turkish Authorities
PlannM th® RftWt MiiwcrM* ConstanKlntoipte, Aug. SO.—(De4^ayed to tr a mairJls ere te no longer any doutlt thait the massacres were organized by the TurtQish awlthoriitles and 1* Ka« been ascertained that orders were only given to the Buchflbsizoufcs to cease massacre*ntg the Armenians after the btoody work had been going on for thiatty hours.
It is also a flact that hundred* of TuiHas were bivmghit over from the Asiatic side of the Boejphorus in order to take part i.n the massacres and many Armenians were put in the Woats, which werfe tthen taken out to sea. Their flate is' unknown, bu/t there is not the sliigHrfreeC douiblt buit that ttoey have been dro-wined.
A»tttoc%th lit may be true that the arttack ot»' the Ofdtomtan Bank orlg'ln'ated with1 the Armenian revodnnWonatry commttiteeV It Is admiiitted on ail sides hiaJt the nSassaiores which followed were not Juisttfl^d' &rid thiat from 3,000 to 4,000 people TOsIt thefiif lives In the streets of thiis ctty or in those of the sulHntw during '"he piasit week. The Atnmniariis also' intended to aititaok tihe pailace, t'he brandh office of the Credit Lyonanise and other places, tiheir avowed objacft being to force the powers to intervene in t'he Anmenian quest'ton. The Jolnlt note of the amfWa'ssadons. of the power®, asking th£ Turkish government to suppress the disorders in "fhis ViClnifty, wtas racedveld like the slmtilar notes of t'he powers regarding the ma's&acres in Armenia. Even the hint that the sultan ls endangering the Turkish empire by penmriEltiing a contlniianioe of the state of anandhy Whldh. has preVajiled is not looked upon as Pikeiiy to ha/ve mote than paisisi.ng effect upon tlhe eniltan. The American College at Htesar and the Bible House at Stamlboul are srt'ilft guarded! by troop®. United Staite® in4,siter Terrell hfes done everything poesl/ble under the circuimEltances to pfcsect the lives and the property of American's and has made a fetrong retpretsentalf.iO'tt on the subject to TewifiBc Pash*a.
MAINE AND VERMONT.
Both Will go Overwhelmingly Republican at the Coming Elections. Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Washington, Aug. 29.—The coming elections in Maine and Vermont are expected to be strik.ng proof of the subsidence of the free-silver enthusiasm. Mr. Bryan and his friends laid much stress on tihe existence of a free-s.Hver sent.ment among 9he flanmere of the itost, and it wlas because of t'he free-silver feeling which he believed, lay donmanit on Une Atlantic ooa^t, and needed only a Ibugle call -to arouse :t to Afe and activity, that Mr. Bryan insisted jn selecting the Madison Square (ilarden. as the scene -of his notiti'caitlon. Mr. Bryan and h's .n'timates ihave noW abandoned whatever 'hope thty may have ever felt of a free silver uprising in li ie,£kst as tlhe "enemy's country." Not t'he flas as the "enemy's country. Not even 'vice tpresident'Jafl candidate Sewall claifens that he can carry his own state, taiwl.-liofi utmost that he ihoipes for is a rereduction of the old- time Republican majorities in Maine.
Maine elects her state ticket on Tuesday, Seflteiiriber 8th. while Vermont holds her election one week earlier. As these will be the first elections s.nce Che nomination of .presidential candidates by t'he conventltons of the three parties, the resiAt in .^[enmont and Maine will be awaited wit'h great interest. Of course bo'Mh, o* these a ates are expected to elect Repufblitoian candidates, 'but this does not lessen 'Ihe general interest in the outcome, as "Che general divisk^ins of't'he 'two sta/tes will (be carefully examined to ascertain What Changes, if any, have been wrought by the agitation of the silver, question. The total vote of Vermont Is about is about 60.000, although iit Was been more frequenfliy below tiWan above those figures._l_n 1892 tlhe total vote for president was 55,732. of wh'Lch tihe R£5»ubl!ican.3 polled 37,992, tine Democrats 16.325 and the Prohibitionists 1 415. The Republican majority was over 20,000. In 1S94, for governor and state officers, the total vote was 58,015, of wh'.Ca the Republican candidate for governor received 42,083. the Democratic 14,1-12. with 740 scaitfering. That year the Repuvl.can irtajority reached 28,000.. The two Republican candidates for Congress had 14,w9 and 13,£79 majority, respectively. The legislature to be cfhosen September 1st, will assernible in October and elect a United States senator to succeed Senator Morn.i whose itenm will exipire March 4, 1R97. As tlhe legisHature is certain to be overwhe.mingjy ReipufbUcan, tihe reburn of Senator Morrill for the sixth ttonttaay be con'Hden'tly expected.
In 1802 the total vote of M&ine fv»r presMenfial candidates was M6,442 and the cuajority for Harrison 9,440. About o.BOO votes were cast for Prohvl/.'tion and Populist. candidates. In 1894. Kie tofal \-Cte wtis 10S,271, of which tihe RepeubSlcan candidate for governor had 69.699 and the IXimocratlc 30.G31. Over S.000 votes were cast for Prohibition and PoPUJ-St candit^t'es The Republican majority over an .was 5B.S27. In tlhe four congressional! districts the Republicans weres.ucca?sfu. by entajor.'ties ranffirn? from 7.000 t-o 0,000. Mr. Reed was elected In ihe first district by 2SS Mr. Dingley In the second- by 9.TO1, Mr. Milken in the th'.rM bv ..712^and Mr. Bonjteile in fhe fourth by 8,148. These fouT gentleman are again tihe candidates of t/he Rcpuih' ica s. niB Wlf#. Then Shot Himself.
DetTOilt, Aug. 31.—Frank R^suMon-,. agad
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dhot and mortally wounded his th-6 morning, attempted to kill his two Children and then btlew his own brains out. iReaubio®, who is a member of an oM French flaimily, was left contsSd^ralble money sometiime ago and has be^n ditnteing heavily ever dnce. This mcrntnig he went home drunk and when Ms wtUPe rennonstcrated, drew a revolver and s'hot her in the back as she nam* He also aitttemnpt-ed to shoot his two cSfifkiren, tout both escaped injury. He then placed the revolver to his own heaid and blew his braBos tnii. -,
LJ Huny Chang prepared Tor an emergencies Of Mfe atlj dccith When he Icift Pekji.. He took wKh h.'an. not only a d-cctor and
seven-t.y-nine
otSier at'tenxJants,
tout alo a coffin ready to receive the body of a man off -hts birth and rtarric, in case he die during hto nria«.on. The coffin is of t'he most elaborate CWnese workhnai»sh1p, amd is dcooTated wH#» gold figures and rfust«»»» "^S-Ous stones. Ut ooat £13,000.,
THE CUBAlf BEBEL8.
irmnMniTaixATinB MOST BlflAtW A*
own.
WritM to MCm OfTWWil IM IHtafh Du(erau—forbid* th* O finding of Sagar.
New York. Aug. Sl.—A dtepatoh from Havana says: "Hie reael* must be defeated before the year ends or we are ioet," Premier Canova» cabled to Captain Oenerad Weyler. (The despairing di^?atoh explained that the Spanish government 'has taken atarm at the development? of a recent interview between United States Minister Taylor and the XHtite of Tetuan, Spain's intoister of foreigtn affairs. General "Weyler calbled -hack to 'Madrid that in that case he must resort to extreme methods. "Do as you please," replied Sen or Q&novas.
Thereupon General Weyler determled to Issue shortly an edict forbidding the grinding of the season's sugar crop. When that edict appears war will ibegm in earnest. The Cubans will occupy hills and woods, the Spanish troops Mil be to towns and villages. Sugar mills wfll be destroyed *by both sides, ifor Weyler will adopt Gomes' tactics and enter upon a campaign of extermination. Cuba will be made desolate by Are and sword. The torch will be applied iby regulars and Insurgents alike to everything which might give aid and comfort to the enemy. (Everybody outside the military lines will be shot without ohallenge.
There was a panic in political and .financial quarters when General Weyler's intention leaked out. The Marquis of A'peztegula, the.chief of the Conservative party, was Immediately summoned to Havana by wire and arrived yesterday, from -the iConstancla sugar plantation, where he was making extensive preparations for mext year's crop. A meeting of the Conservative leaders was held. PftflMrteps and politicians of great influence were present. After a long, hot discussion, In which General Weyler's exp«wted edlot was denounced without stimt, resolutions •were adopted to this purport: "First, that a committee oomposed of the Marquis of Apeztegula. Pascual Golgochefa and Pattaceo Sanchez visit Weyler and try *o prevail upon him not to issue the edict. "Second, if he persists tn his determination to Issue the edict that the government at Madrid be urged to recall Weyler to gpa-tai.
Cause Much Talk.
These audattious resolutions are the tauJk of the city, as iit Is well known that Spanish rule In Ouibia h!as always been uip-heM by and In control of the Oon©ervutM.ve EUH -y. especdally -in times of war, and that the party's resolutions are In effec't teuw. "I* ,iii not be the firsit case of a captain general being vintuialy dUsm'issed by the Cuibun Conservatives. In tne laei4! war Captain General Du3ce wias sent mdk to Spa'in by the volunteeraOonservisltiveB. and vtolumteers are t3ie same people. Clapton General Cam-pos was also sent to S-pain by thesn. The Ooneerviaitiveis. wiamt. Ge.nera-1 (Polaviiej'a in Weyler*s place.
The work'intgimen in a Spanish c.-g!ar factory oiperat'ed by an (Englishman, naimed Bock, made a public demon-sit-na'l'ion Fridlay n'ig'ht in favor of Spain, at which the favtortte cry was: "Deia'th to the Americans!"
General Quinitin Bandera, after defelating the Spanish forces under Oajptoin 'Bkitoueno alt Bacunagrua, Hniar del Rio province, wrecking a tra'in and seizing the booty, marched eastward wilth 300 men, crci£lsin\g the trochcu unmolested thTough t'he Piragua hiHs. He casnnped at Aguirre, souXlhiwes't of Alqudar, Havana province, and is repented to be at the rufineid sugar mill Mirosta, near QuiY^-can.
The NanigKHSZ, an African secret association, corresponding to the Italian Mafl't, has taken a hand in politics. Pianfisans of the .Evien gang aocused those beion.giing to the Eicoria Bfo of dteitoyality, in having joined t'he company of fipa'niish negro volunteers, formed by a-negro called Pastor Veitfta, to escort General Wey.ler. The Ecoria Dfo gang resented this charge and attacked t'he EVlen men in t'he Nanigo, quarter. SeveriaJ-person® are reported kfiiied, mtore (wtounded. fonty negroes have been arretted and the district Is held by the police.
General Weyler's Threat.
The M'aitanza-s court of justice refuses to obey General Weyler'6 order to remove the Segnia judge. General Weyler th.re«atens t:o abolish the tcourt if it disregards his auitocrait'io order. Lawyers here, Stpaniards included, resent General Weyler'3 interfering with t'he civil courts.
The Sipanis'h liner. City of Cadiz, has arrived with reiintforcemenita. Captain Tomasi reiponts that 500 soldiers, mostly Andaluisian® of the worst character, mutinied on the voyage. Their leaders had to be put In irons. Nothing serious resulted, however, as .precautions against j-uat such a thing had been taken previous to their embarking. They were noit allowed to have tiheir armis while on t'he ship.
General Weyler has ordered that all relatives of rebels must register at the palace. All Centers, telegnaqns and paroes ser.lt to thom are to be opened and examined before delivery. Visitors are to be sWadowed'. The sheriff? have begun visiting private residences to carry out tlhe order.
Alrt From Mnnrle Sytritwithl*»r'i.
Ohicago, Aug. 31.—A special to the Times-Herald from Muncie, Ind., says: The meeting heSd at Salem for the purpose of raising of funds to assist Truman ©tervrart in detfraytng expenses of landring 1,000 colored troops dn Cuba to asisis't the inisaingemfts was attended by 1,000 people and a satisfactory sum Hvas the result from the sale of refreshments and soiibscrrtpttions. Another man is colomizing troops in Georgia and they will be Bhiipped from Key West aibout Ootober l»t. air. Stewart is a fearless young iman, once a aamdidate for the ietglsQatture and is the chief promoter. Since his p)a.ns have been mode public he has received hundreds of letlters from military men and others anxious to aooamjpany him and many donations.
Mrs. JUaybrick Mopel«Mly III. London, Aug. 81.—Baroness De Roques, the mother of (Mrs. Ma.vbrick, had an interview wHh the prisoner last week. She says that she found her daughter very ifl In the infirmary and thinks her condition hopeless. The baroness adds that Mrs. iMaybrick is not likely to survive the winter. Mrs. Maybrick, aooording to her mother, Is absolutely orushed with despair.
1 Flowers For a 1 Bog. DaJtiiroore. Aug. 31 .—Dr. Ajmetle V. Fienttje of 1108 Orie»ns etreeti buries# a 9kye terrier Satouirtay: w5tsh grea ceremony. The dog died two days a«o and
Be. llfrndtj« bad It erofceftneH, and "lay ia «taM att day yewtwnday uni« tha crtawd beoacne «o large awl taomly thait
Ir. Bleutj« c&ased Che door. She made Mb aoAn wWh her own- handb. St waa a box two feet long1 by one wide, covered wirth wlhite gootSs and trianmekl^ W»Th ilWblooB. Bt rosteU on a large pede«tH and at the toot of It was a vase flfijed wirtfo roeeB. The head reeled Vlton a jflSow of whtte creffion, ed«wt wUA Itce aitfd aurrounded by Oowem. The bunted was In the rear of Bait1awoi»ceeoeKecy, where jitttle tom»bolt»n« wtil-l be erected to the faithful pet.
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GOLD-PREMIUM LIE.
West Baden Springs Landlord Denies Ftm-SUtw Story. Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
Witodheater, lad., Au«. 31.—The extern to wMch tree silver BemooraKttr nowiipatpers are going tlMs campaign la oader to btoOsliieir up a ehaky cause W acftonMhiaic to okd settlers. EJven tho. unrelikible Senitlnei & no matjbh Cor the dnoinna/ta EJnqoliirer when it ooensa t»| tnatvfaiotufring polltttoa4 capital, trndaf^
P-rern'ruim," the iDnquirer on AwgueJi|| 24th conhkilned a special dtepatctx frota/fe-. Orleans, Ind., alleging that L*Lnaio»»4^ E. B. Rhodes, of West Badeo. Springs,™/ bad to pay premium at a bank ftxr gojj wiith wthSch to d«istt6*arg« a debfc tmoted in gold. fWUowApg is the ajiti-^ cle, under date of August 23d: E. B. Rhodes, one of the proprietors off Weeb Baden Siprlnge, is a new convert to the^ free silver cause. Mr. Rhodes hks always been a Repuixtiofn, dyed th»J*r wlooi, and believed ttoat not'hd-ng could come from the Democratic paTty. Albtotrt. six years ago be borrowed $300 l& gokl frqro Lyman Pluonimer, of West Baden, agreeing to pay'hiim back in goldt AJ.. feiw cbays since Mr. iPlusnimer called on
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M-r. Rhodes "JS one of -the proprletbm oi West Baden Mineral Spning» anld a sure enouglh Refpufbl'i-cam, as his own leitlter to Mr. Nichols indicates.
A WRECK ON PIKE'S PEAK.
The Safety Brake* Saved the Passengers From Death. Colorado Springe, Colo., Aug. 31.—Th« first accident on the Pike's Peak wheel railroad srince it wus opened, five years ago. occurred yesterday, anid but for the saifeity brakes uised on all the cars of this line a train load of passengers wouild have^ been hurled down tha moumtain to dieeltrudtlon. Coming down the mou'nliaiin, the 3i'de bans oa the d'riviing wtheels on bolth sides of ttha engine broke part, rendering thie ccimpreeeed air brakes on the engine use-, lea*. Conductor Giuyman a'pfplied the! EIU'ioim'at'i'O brakes in the passengert coacih and soon shopped theim.
The engineer anld fireiman were ootmpeiiitd to a'bandlon the engine, wMc'h was beyond conit'iol, a-nd. it wenii down, t'he 25 per cent grade ait' a terrific sipeed Cor nearty half a mile, where struck a curve, jumjped the track and shdtr. through the air for fully 150 feet, goingj cJear over albout fliPiieen feet hlg'h upon the mountain cside above the track. Tt pilO'wed imimenee holes in the mountaiia and Hhe tender and engine separated just as the boiler exploded, hurling iron and sitet'l in all dlrecit'lonis. The train1 was a speci'al. carrying Manager Frrfd erictk H'arrison and party, of tbe London & Nort'hiwetiitern Railroad, and Major S. K. H'ooper of the Denver & Rio Grande Road.
l.l's Visit to Washiuffton.
Washington, Aug. 31.—At the Chinese legation it is said that it had been determined that Lit Hung Chang will v!»lt this city next Thursday, arriving here at night. He will ibe met by all the members of the legation, who will escort him and his suite to the Arlington^ Hotel, where he will stop during the two days that 'he remains in this city. It is expected that General Ruger. AsststantSecretaryof State Rockhill, Colonel \Fred Grant, ex-Oovernor John W. Foster, John RusseM Young, 'the Chinese minister, the Chinese consul at New York and other prominent men will be in Hung Chang's party when it arrives. At the legation i/t 1s believed that no public official display will take place, but that LI Hu-ng Chang will on Friday be quietly esoorted to the capltol and other public (buildings.
Th» New Hl|Sh HHt Law.
New Orleans, Aug. 31.—The high hat bill paeeesd by the last legislature went into pnaotiical operation ia«t night with the otfenin»g of the St. Charles Theater. The manage«neiw has prepared for the occasion, having a room and attendant ready to take charge of the haitls anld check the sa-me. TheriS were a large mjmiber of ladies present. Most of these, on reading t'he sign at the entrance, took off their -headgear and carried it in their hands. Others wanted until reaching their s«a.ts be.tore removing their has. The com® lie nee with fhe laiw wa» general, the us-hera having only to request two or three ladies to uncover. —f*
Pension# Tor InrtlHiiian*.'
rAfrnong the pensions granted to cltik ceine off Indttiaa are the fc!1orw5ng: Increase—Henryi McClein. Tefr« Haute Tlrtwnas F. iFulfforxl. Kiletrevllle.
Ortffiwal—3*erry Hare, NtMe&\<l e.
The Express i» the only Sunday paper Id Terre Haute, IS cents a week.
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Mr. Rhodes fior his mcney. All th«! banks for mUles around were applied txx tor the 'necessary gold, but all reffuisedi Afiter several days of worry Mr. Rhodes finally found a bank that would let hi have $300 at a premium of 15 per cent Thus he was forced, to accept, and pai a premium of $46 Dor his gold. Thl was enough
him, and he Is now tajik
lrng free silver, li. W. Sinclair, th*. otiher owner off West Baden Springe, l«« an avowed sttver miatn. and 4lhe influJ ence of these popular genWtemen wVl( be felt."
PopuIMs anldr Democrats here haJV«'! been weairfng ith-is valuable "Ollnchieir" in their halts and producing It on all ocsaisionsv decftanlng that here is an un« answeralble insitance of the methods oil tihe 'WWber gold 'bugs." Finally Mr.' Fred G. NtohOls, agent of the Granid Rapids & Ind'ianai Railroad alt this place, wrote to Mt. E. B. Rhodes, Bend* Ing total a copy of the Enquirer's article. Here Is Mir. Rtoodes' reply verbattoi: "We^t Baden, Ind., August 26. "Pred G. Nl-cihols, Winchester, Ind.: "Dear Sir—ODn repfly to yours of 24thi inst.. as-kflhg If 1"he sltaiteimenit in t'h« Enquirer of the 24th was correct on •not, that I had toipay a premium of $4S for $30 In goM, will say that th-is is ai ba.se falsehood, alt has no tfoundatlonj I never asked a ban-li or IndividuaH any goOdi. As to my declaring mariseilfi•• for Derooanaoy and ifree siiUver, -will sa.yithat thr.s is a lie, made out of whOleK cloth. I heive always been a Republican and am and never feil/t mora like working fbr Reipublioai^ success than I do now. You wlfl do me a faivor by stamping the wlhole story a dirty lie. Tours truly, E. B. Rhodes. «p. s.—I could get $300 in goBd i-n myl owm vllJage a't even exichange If I wamt« ed it."