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PROHIBITION SPLIT.
Thr Nt lonul Convention Name Candidate!
, l'rrildout and loe Prosldcnt A
llolt.
riTTsiit QH. Pa.. May 20. The pro
hibition national convention yestorday
sowlnatcJ the following tloltot: For
president. Joshua 1". Levering, of
Marvland; for vlco prosldent, Halo
Johnson, of Illinois. The freo silver
laul as 1 ejected and tho candidates
Ivere phicvd upon tho thinnest kind of
marrow gauge platform, embodying
mereh tnc priuuipiu ui tiruuiuiuuu,
an.l eien omitting tho woman suffrage
riink. which has been a feature of Its
platform for years past. Ex-Gov.
John 1' St. John mado a gnllant fight
or the frce eoinapo of silvor, and
Helen M (jougnr, of Indiana, and Mrs.
I A l'ool. of Now Yorh, strugglod in
vain for woman suffrage, but the nar
row carfiro people controlled tho con
vention and took everything1. When
the nominations for president were
reached, the uamo of Charles E. Dent
lev, of Nebraska, tho broad gauge can
didate, was not presented, his boom
hai in? been burst by the overwholm
inj: defeat of the silver forces at the
tfternoon session.
The broad gaugo clement left the
romeiition hall late last night and or
ganized a rump convention In another
hall. Eicton stato chairmen woro
araoni; the bolters and 24 states wero
represented. Among the prominent
bolters wero Helen M. Goutrar, of In
diana; e.vlJov. John P. St. John; R. S.
Thompson, of Ohio, editor of the Jsew
E-a; John Lloyd Thomas, of New
York, and L. II. Logan, of Ohio. Ex
tiov John P. St. John was called on
for a speech. In tho course of his re
marks he said: '"Our object is to de
termine 'where wo aro at.' Tho crucial
moment has eoine and wo must decide
whether wo aro to bo ruled by tho
standard Oil Co. and Wall street or
Dot. Liquor is a great question; so is
monetary onpresslon, I would rather
godoun with tho minority than stand
Iv tho part which will sacrifice tho
womanhood of tho nation. Wo have
the women and tho worklngmcn of tho
west with us."
It was decided to organize a new
party, which will bo known as tho na
tional party. Its motto will bo "Homo
Protection." Tho stato dolegates wcro
authorized to appoint two members
from each stato to form a national cen
tral committee.
It was decided to appoint a commit
tee of five to visit the national demo
cratic, lepublican and populist conven
tions and invite all dissatisfied persons
to unite with tho national party. The
platform will be practically tho broad
puajfe platform reported at the prohi
bition convention, with less of the pro
hibition feature. It declares for tho
election of president and senators by a
popular vote. It is generally conceded
that the nominees of tho new party
will bo tho broad gauge candidates,
Charles E. Uently, of Nebraska, for
president, and J. II. Southgate, of
orth Carolina, for vice president.
J. II. Levering, tho rcgnlar prohibi
tionist nominee for prosldent, Is a
prominent coffee morchant of Balti
more, Md. Ho is 55 years of age, re
puted to be very wealthy and is presi
dent of the Y. M. C. A. He was for
merly a democrat, but has been con
nected with the prohibition party since
IsSl. and has for some years past acted
as vice chairman of the stato execu
tive committee. He ran on the prohi
bition ticket last fall for governor, re
ceiving tho highest vote ever cast In
the stato for tho party. Mr. Levering
was pronounced in his views on the
questions at issue, and previous to the
convention stated positively that he
would not accept tho nomination upon
a free silver or broad gunge platform.
Halo Johnson, tho nominee for vice
president, is 49 years of age. Ho was
born in Indiana and served through
the war. Ho is a past commander in
the 0. A. II. and a colonel in tho Vet
eran Legion. In 1834 ho was a delo
jate to tho national republican con
vention, but shortly afterward became
a prohibitionist and has been promi
nent in its councils ever since.
The National Junior Prohibition
League of America hold Its first annual
convention this morning. About 150
representatives wero present. The fol
lowing oflicers wero elected: President,
D. C. Hopkins, Now York city; vice
president, A. M. Coffin, Hop
kins, Mo.; secretary, H. D. Drlesbach,
rindlay, 0.; treasurer, Myrton T.
hmith, Hartford, Conn. The National
Junior Prohibition Leaguo of America
has a membership of 20,000 young men
and women who aro pursuing a sys
tematic course of study of the underly
ing elements of civil government
Hied In a Drunken Stnpor.
hANns Citv, Ma, May 2a -James
lianncry. a brakeman for tho Maple
Leaf road, living in Kansas City, Kan.,
was found in an unconscious condition
from overindulgence in liquor by an
officer earlv yesterday morning, at
-Mnthand Mulberry streets. He was
sent to Central nnlli-n ntntlnn In n
ambulanco, whore ho died throo hours
"ter without recovering conscious
ness. Mentnrr Three Friends.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 20. A re
Port has reached Miami, but is yet to
e confirmed hero, that the filibuster
's? steamer Three Friends, which loft
re recently with a cargo of armsand
Qmunition, ostensibly for Key West,
ut rca"y for Cuba, was chased by a
"venue cutter and ran ashore ou a
reef off Upper Matecumbe, one of the
rlorida keys.
Informed Presbyterians.
UNcivvvr,, May 29.-Kev. J.G Smith,
' Cincinnati, was elocted moderator
'Cr Lev. T. P. Robb, of Linton, la., of
lc trencral synod of tho Reformed
'"oytenan church known
as the
orcniintcrs.
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' A- ISlock, of Iowa, assistant. It was
"ciued to hold the next synod in llos-
'"ndltlnn of the Trvnsurr.
"askinotox, May 29. Yesterday's
ytcment of the condition of the treas
rJ shous available cash balance, 8207,-
JJj; (.'old reserve, S10t),G24,533.
CONGRESS.
Condensed Report of the Fait Week Pro.
cfiedlocs.
In tho senate on tho ZCth Mr. Sherman got
the tilled cheoso bill taken up and Mr. Dubois
(Ida ) mado an amendment adding 7.1 cents per
barrol to tho tax on beer, but alter a general
debate the bill and pending uineodmont were
dtsplacod bv tho bond bill, which was odvo
catod by Mr. Prltchard (N. C.) and opposed
by Mr. Lindsay (Ky.). A bill was passed to
pension tho widow of Gen. George Sponcer at
tJS a month. Mr. Vest presented a resolution
from Kansas City Typographical union favor
ing tho nationalization of telegraph linos, and
Senator Cockrcll presented one ugalnst tho
repeal of tho Imprisonment clause In the Inter
state commerce livr for Uolatlons of Its pro
visions..., Tho houso passed the bill for the
repeal of soctlon 61 of tho prosent tariff law,
providing for a robite on alcohol usod In tho
arts or for medicinal compounds and olso
agreed to tho sennto amendments to tho bill
authorizing the construction of a brldgo across
tho Missouri rhor at St. Charles, Mo.
Tho senato on the 27th defeated the proposi
tion to Inorciwo the boer tax 7 cents per bar
rol by tho vote of 31 to if. Tho voto was taken
ns soon as tho tilled cheoso bill was taken up,
tho beer tax proposition being submlttod ns an
amendment: with tho amondment disposed of
the choeso bill was further debated, but r"-t
disposed of. Tho dcb.no on the bond bill pro
ceeded after two o'clock' Mr. lUnsbrougu. of
North Dakota, and Mr Daniel, of Virginia.
spcahing for and Mr. Elltlns against tho bill.
A partial conference roport on tho naval ap
propriation bill was agreed to. ...Tho houso
spent almost the cntlro day discussing tho son
oto amondment to tho general deficiency bill
appropriating 1,'J27.0J( for tho payment of
about 700 French spoliation claims, $M8,'i0fl for
SJS war claims, found to be due under tho Bow
man act, and several other claims. Tho amend
ment was Unilly agreed to. Tho remainder of
tho session was t iltert up in considering tho
conference report on tho sundry civil bill.
Wnn.N thosonatomct on thoSSth tho house
resolution directing the secretary of war to
provide tents for tho St. Louis and East St.
Louis storm Uctlms passed and was immedi
ately signed by the president. The bond bill
was then further discussed, Senators Daniel
nnd Peffcr speaking In favor of It... ..As soon
as tho Journal was read in the house Mr. Bur
tholdt (Mo.) offered n resolution that 'he sec
retary of war furnish tents to tho St. Louis
storm victims, which was unanimously adopt
ed The conference report on tho civil son ice
mil was then considered
The nntl-bond bill was further debated In
tho senato on tho '.9th, nnd tho body then ad
journed until Monday Tho houso spent tho
entire day In debating tho Johnson-Stokes
election contost from tho Soventh South Caro
lina district. Tho ictn mossagoof Iho presi
dent disapproving of tho river and harbor bill
uus received and referred and tho naval ap
propriation bill sent to further conference.
Pension bills .oro considered at tho night ses
sion and tho house adjourned until Monday.
A CAR JUMPS THE RAIL.
Seventeen Peoplo Narrowly Kscupe Death
nt Pittsburgh, Pa.
PlTTSBimoii, Pa., June 1. Car No. 50,
of tho Second avenue traction line,
jumped the track yesterday afternoon
and tho 17 passengers on board were
all more or less hurt, two of them seri
ously. Tho car with its load loft Thir-ty-Fonrth
street at about three o'clock
for Calhoun park, whore a concert was
to bo given. On approaching Six Mile
ferry the speed being mado was that
of a railroad train. Suddenly the car
took a flying leap and, after turning1
completely over, landed at the bottom
of tho ditch, 12 feet below, with the
wheels In the air. Tho struggling pas
sengers, jammed in a heap under the
wreckage, wero screaming and fight
ing lor release. They were finally ex
tricated and taken to their homes.
some nioro scared than hurt, but ull
bruised und worse for their shaking
up. The car is a complete wreck.
BAKER TURNED DOWN.
Sixth Kansas I'npallsta Nominate a Lawyer
for Congress.
Colbv, Kan., May 29. N. B. Mc
Cormick, of Phillips county, was nomi
nated last nipht on the 27th ballot by the
Sixth district populist congressional
convention, after a spirited contest
From the first tho fight was against
the re-nomination of William lfalter
for a fourth term, with the field repre
sented by nine candidates. Although
Maker's friends succeeded in capturing
the organization, the fourth term is
suo was too much for them, and after
an adjournment ills delegates dividod
among the other candidates.
INSANITY'S
DESPERATION.
Mrs. Mnrrl, Aged 83, Prevented
Committing an Awful Deed.
from
Kokomo, Ind., Juno 1. Mrs. Mary
Morris, of Center, this county, at
tempted to kill her daughter, son-in-law
and children, stealthily approach
ing their bcdsldo with a knife to
butcher them whilo they slept. She
then tried to cut her own throat. Mrs.
Morris, who is 83 years old, was after
wards adjudged insane, and will be
taken to the stato asylum. She was
injured by a fall 23 years ago, but de
veloped no symptons of Insanity untl
now. Her youngest child Is 47 years
old.
RE-ELECTED MRS. HENROTIN.
Ihe Federation of Women's Clubs Chooses
Onlccrs for the Knsulni; Year.
Louisvillk, Ky., May 30. The Fcd
aratiou of Women's clubs to-day re
elected Mrs. Hcnrotin, of Chicago,
president. Other officers chosen are:
Vice president, Mrs. Alice Ives Dreed,
of Massachusetts; recording secretary,
Mrs. C P. Barnes, of Louisville; corre
sponding secretary, Mrs. P. N. Moore,
of St Louis; treasurer, Mrs. Frank
Trumbull, of Colorado; auditor, Miss
E. Laws, of Cincinnati.
SET-BACK FOR ENGLAND.
Cannot Make MTnr with Egyptian Money
Without HoiidliolilerV Consent.
London, June 1. A Cairo dispatch
to the Times says: Tho decision of the
mixed tribunal is an open secret,
although it will not be delivered until
Monday. It will support the French
contention, and thus virtually decKle
that the Egyptian government cannot
make war against the Khalifa, or even
resist a Soudaneso Invasion, without
tho consent of each member of the
debt commission.
Stricken Dead on a Mrect.
Sr.DALlA, Mo., May 29. Russell Jon
nings, an old citizen of Sedalia, and
tho i ersonal friend and schoolmate of
P. T. Barnum in his younger days In
Connecticut, died suddenly of heart
failuro on the sidewalk in front of his
houso this morning. IIo was the in
ventor of au improved vehicle tiro
shrinker.
Sovon Killed nt Mexico, Mo,
Mexico, Mo., May 28. A terrible cy
clone visited this county yesterday
afternoon at three o'clock. From pres
ent reports about seven wero killed
and 23 wounded.
THE METHODISTS.
the Bishops Select 1'helr Places of Jtesl
denee. Cleveland, O., May 28. A surprise
was sprung. upon the Methodist Epis
copal general conference yesterday
when a motion was mado and carried
to refer tho report of the committee
on constitution to a commission to re
port four years hence. This .report
has been under consideration for three
days and has aroused much bitterness.
Tho reason for yesterday's action is
bellovcd to bo a desire for a constitu
tion which will depart moro from
old lines than did the report of
tho committee. There is a feelinir
that tho lnymon should bo given more
equal representation, and it is hoped
that it may be granted in the consti
tution which the commission will pre
pare. After the report of tho commit
tee on Epworth league, which recom
mends that tho Epworth leaguo, in ex
tending tho spirit of national co-opera'
tion to the other young people's soci
sties, should never become affiliated
n any manner with any other socioty
jvhlch was not distinctly Methodist,
ihe conference adjourned until three
o'olock.
The bishops hovo selected their
places of residence as follows: Malla
lleu, from Buffalo to Boston; Fowler,
from Minneapolis to Buffalo; Fitzger
ald, from Now Orleans to St Louis;
Joyce, from Chattanooga to Minneap
olis; Newman, from Omaha, to San
Francisco: Ooodscll, from San Fran
cisco to Chattanooga; McCabo, to Fort
Worth, Tex.; Cranston, to Portland,
Ore. Foss remains in Philadelphia;
Merrill, in Chicago; Andrews, in New
York; Ninde, in Detroit; Waldon, in
Cincinnati; Warren in Denver; Hurst.in
Washington, and Vincent, in Topeko.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS WIN.
In the Majority In the Presbyterian Assem
blyArbitration Favored.
Saratoga, N. Y., May 2S. In the
Presbyterian general assembly the
report of tho board of aid for col
leges was prcsontcd. It showed re
ceipts of 889,138 and expenditures of
03,787, with a total balance on hand
of 311,149. The receipts for the year
decreased 530,480. During 13 years of
existenco tho board had aided 50 insti
tutions and expended 1,143,301. It
holds mortgages of 8173,383 on prop
erty valued at 8942,429. The report
commended the board and called for
150,000 during tho next year.
A plan of co-operation in the work
of homo missions. botween the Presby
terian and Reformed churches in North
America was unanimously adopted.
The plan has been approved by the
Reformed, German Reformed, United
Presbyterian and Canadian Presbyte
rian churches. The roport of the com
mittee on foreign missions was pre
sented. It showed that the board of
foreign missions received 8379,749, ex
pended 8029,239 and reported a dobt of
876,770. The reunion fund brought in
892,377. One hundred and eleven lega
cies havo been received and 155 are on
the files. Tho cost of administration
was 851,310. The board has 654 mis
sionaries In commission. Tho dobt of
the board was due to a reduction of
8100,000 in appropriations.
AN AWFUL DEED.
Family Troubles Cause the Murder of a
Whole Family at San .lose, Cal.
San Jose, Cal., May 28. About mid
night last night a neighbor named
Page heard the report of shots in the
direction of the home of Col. R. P. Mc
(Jlincy, one of California's commis
sioners of the world's fair, and almost
Immediately thereafter there came
the sound of galloping hoofs on
tho county road. Hurriedly dress
ing, Page ran to tho house and found
the body of McGlincy lying in an
outhouse in a pool of blood. Entering
the houso he found the bodies of James
Well, a son of Mrs. McGlincy by a
former marriage, who had been shot,
and Mrs. McGlincy and her daughter,
Mrs. James Dunham, who had been
stabbed to death by the assassin, and
the hired man, James Briscoe, and tha
servant, Minnio Schesler, who had been
hacked to death with a hatchet The
rooms where the bodies lay wero be
spattered with blood and there was
every evidence to show that the dead
had made a desperato struggle for
their lives. James Dunham, husband
of one of tho victims and son-in-law of
the McGllncys, was undoubtedly the
murderer. When last seen ho was rid
ing rapidly away on horsoback. Fam
ily troubles are said to have caused tha
murders.
PROHIBITIONISTS IN SESSION.
The First Day's Session of the Convention
Uproarious free Sliver Victory.
Pittsburgh, Pa., May 28. Uproar
ious and caustic in the extreme was
tho first day's session of tho soventh
national prohibition convention. At
least one-half tho time tho delegates
wcro in a bedlam of confusion, and on
several occasions tho presiding officer
had to call upon tho band to play in
order to quiet tho disorder. It was
a fight between tho broad gauge or
free silver faction and tho single
issuo or gold standard delegates
from the east The fight
was precipitated a few moments
after tho convention was called to
order and at both tho morning and
afternoon sessions things in general
ran riot Tho free silver faction car
ried the day, however, and at six
o'clock yesterday evening elected C
W. Stewart, of Illinois, permanent
chairman over A. A. Stephons, of
Pennsylvania, who was backed by thp
gold standard delegates.
J. E. ItldRBly Nominated for Congress.
Independence, Kan,, May 38. The
populists of the Third congressional
uistrict hold tholr convention at Cher
ry valo yesterday. J. E. Ridgely, a
merchant of Girard, was nominated
for congress. Every county in the dis
trict was represented.
Mclnerney Kouilnnted for Senator.
Baton Kouois. La., May 28. The
democratic caucus, which lasted until
midnight, nominated S. D. Mclnerney
to be United States sonator.Blauchttrd,
Price and Blackwell withdrawing in
his favor, thus leaving the contest bo
tween juc inerney and lAaegre. I
"' FOURTEEN LOST.-
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rerryboat Caoght in a Bnrrleane at Cairo
JIL, and the Patsensers Drowned,
CAtno, 111., May 87. The steamer
Katherine, used as a ferry boat, was
caught at the mouth of the Ohio river
by a sudden hurricane at 8:30 o'clock
yesterday morning and capsized, and
all on board, except the captain, engi
neer and clerk, were drowned. The
dead, as far as can be learned, number
14, among them Cant Rittenhouse. su
perintendent of tho Cairo City Ferry
Co.; Dr. Orr's two daughters, Mr. and
Miss Stanley, of Wickliffe; Mrs. Wil
liam Shannon and baby, of Bird's
Point, Mo.; Mrs. ilary Jones, of Jack
son, Tenn.; Richard Thurman, of
Wickliffe, and Charles Gilhofler, a
merchant of this city. Only three
bodies those of Thurman, Miss Orr
and a deck hand havo been recovered.
The opera house and Union depot
were unroofed, a number of trees de
stroyed and signs blown down, but no
houses wero destroyed or lives lost in
tho city. Five miles of telegraph
poles were blown down on the Mobile
& Ohio railway. It is impossible to
tell the extent of tho damage south of
here, but it is believed to bo very
great. The storm came up very sud
denly from the northwest, just as the
ferry boat had started from Cairo and
whilo it was still in the Ohio river near
tho Illinois shore. The rain was very
heavy and the people were all In the
cabin with the door shut The boat
turned over when the squall first
struck It The captain and tho clerk
wero at the pilot wheel and were
thrown out of the pilot houso into the
water and tho boat turned over on
them. They happened to be so far
away that they caught tho guard and
pulled out from beneath her. Of those
in tho cabin only Dr. Orr and JosoDh
Curry got out
At Bird s Point, Mo., a church and
ten other buildings wcro partly
wrecked.
WORK OF DEATH.
The Cyclone Victims In Michigan Number
44, and There May Be Others.
Dethoit, Mich., May 27. Full re
ports of the cyclono which swept over
Michigan havo not yet been received.
First reports of the disaster were over
drawn, but 44 persons aro known to
have been killed nnd nearly as many
more have received injuries which may
prove fatal. From reports that con
tinue to como in from adjacent points
the full force of tho fierce wind that
swept Oakland county is beginning to
be appreciated. Everywhere is devas
tation. Villages that were Monday
tho homes of contented citizens are to
day desolato sites, and maimed and
bruised fathers, mothers, brothers and
sisters mourn for those who met death
in the twisting, grinding, resistless
wind.
Tho death roll in the vicinity of Ox
ford moy run up to the hundred mark,
for many homes that wero on tho edge
of the cyclone suffered from its fury.
At Oakwood, a hamlet a few miles
from Oxford, having a population of
about 209, not a house is left standing.
The path of tho storm was between
half and three-fourths of a mile wide,
and it extended in a nearly straight
bourse eastward for a distance of over
30 miles. A remarkable circumstance
is that tho buildings in close proximity
to each other were blown in opposito
directions, some being swept north
westward and others southward.
WENT INTO THE RIVER.
Awf nl Accident to a Loaded Tram Car at
Victoria, B. f.
Victoria, B. Q, May 27. The Point
Ellice bridge over Victoria arm col
lapsed yesterday afternoon precipitat
ing a tram car heavily loaded with
human freight into tho water 100 feet
below. All tho passengers In tho car,
probably 50, were drowned. A sham
fight and review was to take place at
Macauley Point near Esquimait, in
the afternoon and crowds were making
their way by every route. All the
tram cars were packed. Two cars left
Government street with moro than 100
people. Tho first .gat over Point Ellice
bridge, which crosses Victoria arm,
safely, but when the other was about
half way over the middle span of the
bridge, about 150 feet in length,
gave way and the car plunged into the
water some 100 feot below. The car
was completely submerged and all on
board wero drowned, with the excep
tion of some of thoso who were stand
ing on tho platforms, and who, escap
ing injury from the falling timbers,
managed to save themselves by using
the floating ruins of tho bridge and
thus got ashore. Numbers of the
bodies have already been recovered,
and the work of identification is pro
ceeding, but it is a difficult matter as
a great many of tho bodies are those
of visitors.
FIGHT WITH CIRCUS MEN.
Five Iteported Killed and Several Mortally
Wounded In an Indiana Village.
Vincennes, Ind., May 27. At Fort
Branch, a small village south of here,
last night a circus steamboat landed.
Liquor was sold on the vessel and all
were drunic and disorderly. The sale
was ordered stopped, but.Httle atten
tion was paid to the orders of tho town
marshal. A posse of citizens was
'deputized and marched to where the
boat was moored and made an attempt
to arrest tho circus men. A prolonged
fight ensued, in which it is reported
that several wero mortally wounded
and five killed.
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM."
Texas Convicts Make Bold Attempts to
Kscapn from Prison.
Huntsville, Tex., May 27. "Jim"
Morton, a convict serving a 13 year
term at the state penitentiary for safe
robbery, managed to unlock his cell
and to releaso Convicts Wllkerson,
Stevens, Brunson and Tullls. They
attached a dynamito cartridge which
had been made in prison to 'an iron bar
in a window leading to tho outside and
tried to explode It but is fallal to
work. Wllkerson was shot and killed
by G Alexander, a guard, and his com
panicM forced back to their cells.
M'KINLEY LIKE
LINCOLN."
Tha nhlonn Is Pnrsnlnir the Same Coors
Under Similar Circumstances. T
Those who are old enough to remem
ber the campaign of 1860 will recall tie
fact that previous to the Chicago con
vention the political interrogators
were after Lincoln just ns tlicy are now
after McKlnlcy. They insisted that he
6hould define his position on the fugi
tive edave law and tell what lie woula
do in tho event of the secession of the
fcouth. Their pretended anxiety about,
his views in those respects was simply
a trick, of coursej-to draw expressions
froin him that could be used to his dis
advantage. But. .the device did not
work. .He, w;os a politician of too much
sense and .qxpyjtance to be caught In
such a trap. ' In answer to all inquiries
of that sort, he pointed to his record,
nnd said he'must be judged by it as to
his opinions and purposes, lie under
stood very well that tho persons who
thus questioned him were not honestly
seeking information or striving to scre
the party or tho country, but only try
ing to prevent his nomination. They
called him a strcddler and accused him
of cownidico and insincerity, but he
preserved nn amiable silence, neverthe
less, nnd left hLs case to the people. The
result proved that there had not been
any necessity for him to speak; and
certainly there was never any cause for
regret that he was nominated and
elected.'
The fact that McKinley is now pursu
ing the same course under similar cir
cumstances only goes to show that he is
like Lincoln in tho way of detecting the
object of his interrogators and declin
ing to aFsist them in accomplishing it.
He has been a conspicuous figure in
public life for many ypars, and there is
no lack of testimony in his numerous
speeches as to his views upon nil im
portant issues. The people know all
about him nnd are entirely willing to
trust him. There is nothing for him to
say that would be likely to make the
country any surer that he is a man of
ability, integrity and patriotism; and
his sclf-res)ectlng refusal to gratify
hia opponents by answering their im
pertinent question:? will confirm and
increase the public feeling in his favor.
He has a perfect right to "hold his
breath," as it is flippantly called by a
democratic organ, und as a matter of
propriety, ho cannot do otherwise. It
would be decidedly In bad taste for him
to assume the function of outlining a
platform for his party. That is the
business of tho convention, and he has
nothing 1o do with it. There Is not the
least danger that he will fall to abide in
good faith by the action of that body on
ail pending questions; and there is just
ns little reason to doubt that the St.
Louis platform will be perfectly satis
factory in every way to the voters who
tiro going to elect the next president.
TJmt is the appropriate and conclusive
answer to all inquiries that arc obvious
ly intended to serve a dishonest and
mischievous purpose. St. Louis Glbbe
Pemocrat. INDUSTRIAL STAGNATION.
Eastern Concerns Crippled by the Demo
cratic Tariff.
The depression in the great industrial
interests continues, and ill do so until
ndequate relief is obtained by the enact
ment of a properly protective tariff law.
Reports from the great manufacturing
centers of tho east show an enormous
aggregate suspension of work, or of re
duction in. the number of hands em
ployed, and also of the amount of wages
paid.
These facts once more demonstrate
the fallacy of the democratic promise
that free raw materials would gh e pros
perity to the manufacturing interests.
The Wilson law allows wool to come In
free, but the woolen industry is not prosperous-.
Below is given a few sample
cases from among a large number of
reports recently received at New York,
and among them will be found a number
of establishments whose raw material
'.s wool:
Tho mill of the Waterloo Woolen com
pany, Waterloo, N. T., manufacturers
pi fine kerseys, flannels, carriage cloths
and suitings, Is running- only three days a
week.
Tobias H. Walters, hosiery manufactur
er, trading as the Myra Hose company, 117
North Front street, Philadelphia, has as
signed for the benefit of his creditors.
The Cutter Silk Manufacturing company,
West Bethlehem, Pa., has assigned. The
company la capitalized at $000,000, and In
May of last year Issued bonds for $100,000.
The Tremont Worsted company, of
Mcthucn, Mass., has reduced Us running
tlmo three days a week from lack of or
ders. English competition gluts the mar
ket. Tho Sterrlmac Manufacturing company
haii lately closed Its doors at Lowell, Mass.
This curtailment of production, with that
of other factories lately closed, gives a
total of at least 012 silent spindles in New
England.
Tho works of the Blgelow Carpet com
pany Clinton, Mass., have closed for an ln
dcf'nlte period.
Tho Merino Manufacturing company, of
Olneyvllle, R. I., and all the mills In tho
Woonasquatuckct valley havo decided to
reduce the running time or cut the wages at
Tho Mcrrlmac Manufacturing company,
of Lowell, Mass., will shut down their cot
ton and print works, throwing out 2.S00 em
ployes and stopping a. weekly pay roll of
mooa.
The Wilton (N. II.) Woolen company has
shut dowa for.an Indefinite time, throwing
about D00 peopl&oiUof work.
The plunt of tho Halifax hosiery mills
at Lakeport,.jN. H., was knocked down at
the racent auction to Hiram Leonard, of
Boston, lor $10,700. The property cost over
$100,000.
With reference to the grand transporta
tion scene now. going on at the Lawrence
'mills; Lowell, Mass., an official of tho
comparry'says tho change from cloth to
hosiery manufacturing will cause a reduce
tlon of from 1,600 to 2,000 names on thelpay
rolls 'of the company. Toledo Blade.
ETThc republicans have a wny of
looking out for the fanner's markets
and the artisan's pocketbook as well.
It is to protect tho country against low
wages and the low-priced productions'
of competing nations. A protective
tarjit will do it. nnd it is sure to come
w-ith the r.c.st republican administra
tion, commencing March 4, 1G07.-A1-bafiy
Journal.
. CA large number of dempornts must
cither bolt the Chicago contention or
ooit unlimited quantities of crow.-rKan-so
City Journal.
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ONLY A STRAW. "
Bfctrsrlag Which Way tha xraae muss,
I :. .. th west.
A hundred salesmen traveling for on
of the largest mercantile establish
ments in Chicago report that Fince the
nomination of McKinley at St. Louis
became almost a certainty their sale
havo been larger than in any two wecka
for several years. Those sales have been
in goods for the fall trade and they in
dicate the almost universal belief In.
the western states that the nomina
tion of a man like McKinley will be the
beginning of good times. This feeling
is not confined to merchants and deal
ers who are republicans, but extend
to those who are democrats. This is
one case of many, and just at a time
when one class of eastern business men
is intriguing to prejudice the case of
McKinley, all such cases become sig
nificant, nnd they carry with their rec
ord of confidence on tho part of the
people a warning to eastern men who
are indifferent to or hostile to western
sentiment.
With good crops nnd commercial ac
tivity and confidence in tho future the
current in the west will turn toward
prosperity. Those who have advised
that certain moneyed men combine to
precipitate a panic to influence the
choice of the St. Louis convention may
find in the tone of business sentiment
in the west, as well as in the tone of po
litical sentiment, food for reflection.
The country cannot be prosperous with
the interests of only one section pro
moted. The east depends as much upon
the west as the west depends upon the
cast. The true policy is one that con
siders the interests of both and that
contemplates the least possible hostil
ity between the two sections.
Tho republican party is strongest In
the great middle, western and north
western states. These states are too
strong to be flouted at or antagonized
in any special interest. The republic
ans of these states are of the stalwart
but conservative spirit. They can be
reasoned with and influenced, but they
cannot bo browbeaten or influenced by
threats or arbitrary conditions. They
believe thoroughly in the principles of
the republican party. They believe
that with the candidate thoroughly rep
resentative of these principles the rri
publican party will win a great victory
and the country will be restored to
prosperity.
The report of the 100 salesmen is v
straw showing which way the wind
is blowing in the west. They are nearer
the people than are the men of Wall
street, and there is no artificiality of
sentiment nnd no color of prejudice or
animosity about their business transac
tions. Chicago Inter Ocean.
ANOTHER EOND SALE.
Cleveland May Add to the Nation' In
debtedness Before lie Units.
Itisnot unlikely thatGrover Cleveland
will bid his country an affectionate
good-by as president by another bond
issue. The outward movement of gold
is causing some uneasiness. The gold
reserve lias been falling steadily and it
is estimated that by the 1st of July,
the commencement of the new fiscal
year, it will be at least 513,000,000 below
the $100,000,000 mark. Under the most
favorable circumstances a betterment
can hardly be looked for before next
fall. That the president would have
the courage to sell more bonds, if in his
judgment they are required, no one
need doubt. Up to date $202,500,000 in
bonds hate been sold $300,000,000
might look well in Wall street. If the
administration should decide to pay up
all debts, all payments staed off and
expenditures deferred, before going
out of office, leaving a clear field for the
republican administration sure to suc
ceed, at least another $100,000,000 would
have to be borrowed, by selling bonds.
The political effect of another bond is
sue during the present campaign would
bo bad. It would give the populists and
other inflationists and depredationists
renewed courage and would greatly aug
ment their following nnd whatever
augments that following is dangerous
to the pence and prosperity of the coun
try. Under the circumstances, especial
ly, it is to be hoped that the necessity
of another bond issue may be averted.
Iowa State Register.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
PA general democratic tumble is
predicted for this fall, and the party is
having difficulty in finding a man to
take the leading roll. Chicago Trib
une. crThat treasury gold reserve is slow
ly but surely slipping away, and the
domocrats maintain that there is no
necessity of tariff legislation. Cleve
land Leader.
CIn 1S92 democrats loudly pro
claimed "protection for revenue only,r
and then set about to make a tariff fox
"deficit only," and raised "the revenue"
by issuing $202,000,000 of bonds. Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
CTThe democratic papers are now
busily engaged in discussing the point
of danger in McKinley's nomination.
If the Ohio man shall be nominated the
only point of real danger will be the
democratic camp. Iowa State Register.
CTho present demoemtic adminis
tration has increased the public debt
more than it was decreased by the pre
ceding republican administration; and
there you hao a conclusive argument
In favor of a change. SI. Louis Glob
Democrat.
E7Democrat!c editors who can find
time to discuss the probable action oi
the republican convention nt St. Louis,,
In the face of the certain division of their
own. party which is coming ut Chicago,
lire capable of showing great coolness
under try ing circumstances. Ciet eland
Leader.
CThe howl against McKinley over
the currency question is from men who
believe that "the currency" is the great
question nt issue. The republican party
doesn't believe that. It is protection to
"American industries and American Ia-
bor. The currency is good cnougn a
'it Is. No country In the world has a bel
'Iter. Chicago Inter Ocean,. '
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