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t. len Ywowe VOL. XXXIII.-NO. 20 H ELENA, IVONTANA, FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 1O, 1892. PRIC&E FIVF OBNT" XXXI|I..-NO.~~~~-- -I" ' i .. _....... GANS & NLEIN To-DAY at Philadelphia, will begin the series of cricket matches between the Cricket Ass'n of the U. S. and Canada. The date had originally been fixed for July, and the new ar rangement as to time was made in compliance with the request of the Canadian players. The games will be warmly contested to-day and to-morrow as there is a strong rivalry between the contending teams We Do as We Advertise. FACTS! Which should be considered be. fore purchasing. Fact No. i. That we are the LARGEST establishment in our line in Helena. Fact No. 2. That we can afford to meet and undersell our competitors. Fact No. 3. That we DO UNDERSELL our competitors. Fact No. 4. That our reputation has been obtained by 25 YEARS -OF FAIR AND SQUARE DEALING. c'Watch for some more inter esting facts. GANS & IiLEIN Notable Lack of Enthusiasm at the Republioan League of Clubs Meeting. Slim Attendance of Delegates Credited to the Cholera by > Clarkeon. He Attempts to Distract Attention From This Campaign by Talking About the Next One. BUFrrALO Sept. 18.-The fifth annual con vention of the national league of republl ean clubs was held here to-day, J. N. Sorriteherd presiding. After prayer and welcome by Judge Height, President Clark sm lrose amid applause. He acknowl edged the welcome. In explaining the fall rma off in the exlpeeted attendance he said it was largely due to the cholera scare keep ing away many delegates. It was found that thirty-two states and three territories we.e represented, On motion the college club delegates were seated. President Burke was loudly called for. In respond ing he assured the convention that on the eighth day of November they would be found doing valiant work for the republi can ticket. [Cheers.] President Clarkson's annual address was largely devoted to the organization and progress of the league and its work as a new element inpolitics. In the course of his remarks he said the rising question of the time, the one on which the next na tional campaign is surely to be fought, ls the labor question. By that time the Mo Kinley bill will have fully demonstrated the wisdom of the American policy and will have gained the approval of a majority of American homes as the permanent policy of the republic. Next November workine men and farmers and business men and all elements will join in striking down the de clnration of the demooratic platform of 1892 in favor of free trade as the American rule, and free trade wages for American workingmen. "The same elements, I am sure, will also strike down with equal emphasis of disap proval the democratic declaration in favor of destroying our present system of our rency and finance, for a return to the wretched and disestrous form of state banks and unsound cunrrency." Music hall was filled in the evening when Mr, Clarkeon introduced the first speaker, Hon. J. P. Dollivar, of Iowa, Dollivar spoke on the issues of the day and on the careers of the republican andt democratio presidential candidates. The astbuishing feature of our ent politics was that the re publican party had permitted itself to throw aside its past record of great achieve ments and fight it out on the history of the past month. If the past had noinspirations he would freely confess he could bring neither interest nor eunthusinasc into the present campaign. "Let us as republickne keep alive the memories of past years," he cried. "Let not the history of the United Mtates become obsolete to suit the demand of the democratic party." Major McKinley was next introduced and for some time the hall was in "a perfect up roar, the audience rising on masse and greeting the governor with waving hats and handkerchiefs. He spoke at some length on the "two striking questions raised by the platform of our political adversaries; first, its adherence to free trade, and. seo ond, its declaring for the abolition of the tax on state banks of issue." McKinley outlined the evils which would result from a step backward in the currency matter, and said the democratic p, oposal for the abolition of the tax on state banks ought to be saufiient of itself to defeat the demo oratic party. He then turned his attention to the evils of free trade, etc., and said the new tariff law has vindicated itself. Ore gon's election in June spoke for it and has been followed by Vermout and Maine. As to tin plate, he told what he saw at Ellwood, Ind., Tuesday. In that factory all machinery used was made in the United States and the shot steel used in the manu facture of tin plate was also made in this country. "The democrats said we couldn't make steel rails, nor pottery, nor china, nor olate glass, but we are making them as good as anywhere in the world, and so it is with tin plate. The American people can makoe anything they want, and with ade quate protection they will." The speaker in closing warmly eulogized Gezn. Clalkson ias a matchless leader. Hon. John M. Thurston, of Nebraska, requested every young man present to vote for the narty of protection. He said every leader of the so-called independent narty has been a failure in some other party. Hon. J. Sloat Faesett and others also spoke. CUT IN 'WAGES. Tin-Plate Workers Take IReduced Pay McKinley's Broken Pledges. STrIr.IaNvrILs, 0., Sept. 15.-Just one year ago Major McKinley delivered his fa. mons tin-plate speech to the steel-workers at Mingo Junction. The speech was deliv ered frrm a platform built of steel bieletu, which were afterwards rolled into tin-plate at Irondale, this county, and was heralded far slid wide in thi republican press. He denounced pauper labor and spoke of the benefits of a hirh tariff, promising higher wages to the workmen who stood about him in their shirt sleeves and cheered him to the echo. His words ht the time seemed like mock ery, as almost within a stone's throw of the crowd listening to his speech were scores of Hungerians londine and unllonding cars of ore. These Hungarians had displaced Amerloan workmuen. On the first anniversary of that speech the Irondale wa'o kmen received their first pay after a lockout, lind this pay wae under a reduction. T'ihese steel workers have been voting the republioan tickrt, but will vote for Cleveland this year. Major McKlinley, on the afternoon of his Minugo Junction speech, spoke in Steuben ville, and some time afterward an immense coffeepot made of Irondale tin was pre sented to him by Mayor foott, a promilent republican of this oity. Since then Mc. Kiniley has meddled in the location of the Eastern Ohio insane asylum, lauding it in ftnrk ounty and angering 8teubenville people. t)n the anniversary day of that speech Mayor Booto, at the suggestion of repub licean bnusiness men, turned a fine pioture of McKialey to the wall, writing on the back: "Di)ed in Steubenville, tiept. 7, 18t2." (ionv. tlesl Os pens the (amUpaign. ('Annor.,, liowa, ntept. 16.-G-(ov. Horacs Boles opened the campaign by a stirring speech in this city to-day toin the presence of thousands of enthusiastic democr.ats, Ia his speeceh he declared this to be the muot important campaign of rocent years,. '1'he taliff question was the great issue, and that the time for the fartuesr trI demand sreeae from the unjust, unequal and ex hessive taxation had arrived. He nirde sar elhanustive tariff argument, produoiung eta. tistieenl proof of ilris remarkable statement of two years ago that, estimating farm wages at the same rate as city wages, Iowa crope had sold for 67 cents per more less than it cost to produce them. Gov. oles also denouneed the force bill currency and other planks lr the nationa platfbrm. as well as denounclng the present prohibition law in Iowa. W~oold Potllow a Fore. till, AenVILLb, N. C., Sept. 15.-Hon. A. E. Stevenson bjoke in the presenee of thoue ands of people here to-day. His speech was entirely devoted to the force bill, which be denounced as a scheme of the republican party and the administration to perpetuate themselves in power. HIe reviewed hy states the carpet. bag rule in the south after the war, and showed how it had bankrupted the country, stating that the same result would follow the enactment of a repub. lican force bill. Heavy IRepeiubliran Losses. RUTLAND, Vt., Sept. 16.-Full returns show that Fuller, republican, hs been elected governor over Smalley, democrat, by a plurality of 19,064. Compared with 1888 the returns show a republican lose of 9,262, a democratic loas of one, and a pro hibition gain of 2571 The McKIntey District, OLEVrLAND, Sept. 15.-The democrats of the famous Eighteenth Ohio district to day nominated L. D. Ohlger, of Wayne county, to succeed late Congressman War wick. CONFRONTING 'TiHE SCOURGE. Health Officers Everywhere Making the Most Careful Preparateons. Nxw You., Sept. 15.-After a conferense this afternoon with President Wilson, of the health department, and President Por ter, of the department of charities and cor rections, on the outbreak of cholera in this city. Mayor Grant gave out a proclamation to the public, ieoting the appearance of cholera in the city and the means taken to combat it. The mayor calls for confidence in the provisions taken, and says excessive fear on the part of the public is not justified. The cholera, says the proclamation, is neither infectiouns nor contagious within the common meaning of the word, nor is it, in the language of emi nent authority. as dange:ous as diphtheria. The public will be intelligently advised as as to the progress of the disease. The paper closes: "'Rest assured that all will be done by the authorities to meet every emergenoy, and with the confidence of the publiho, and aid in enfooing sanitary regu lations, the cholera will be mastered, health restored, and peace, good order and happi ness maintained." It is authoritatively stated that nine steamships, carrying 5,000 immigrants, are en route to this country. The board of health this morning issned a bulletin stating that there were no new cases of cholera in the city. The Normania's cabin passengers will be released from quarantine to-morrow. Cus tom officers to-day examined their baggage and the passengers are making their deola rations. A boat will to-morrow morning convey the passengers from here to the company's dock at Hoboken. It is reported that several passengers have succeeded in making their escape from quarantine here. The health inspectors late this afternoon reported another ease of cholera. The victim is Mary Connity, aged 19 years, re siding at 092 Second avenue tShe has been removed to the floating hospital. Precautions at Chicago. Cnrcooo. Sept. 15.---Secretary Riley, of the state board of health, had a lengthy conference with the city health commis sioner to-day. Plaps have been made to meet any emergency and everything possi ble is being done to ward of the epidemie of cholera. The authorities are proceed ing on the theory that the cholera will, in all probability, reach Chicago. Dr. Riley, however, does not believe it will become epidemic. A municipal cholera hospital was established near the Bridewell and 300 patients can be eared for there alone. The most rigid inspection of all incoming trains is made by inspectors, who board them beyond the state line. If a case is found on any train that train will be run on a branch line as once to the state refuge camp, which has already been established near the state line, Five hundred tents are already there and everything is in read iness for the reception of patients. The railway companies have notified the health department that no foreign passen gers will be accepted at eastern points for the west unless each bears a clean bill of health. No Immigrants Allowed. CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 15.-The mayor and board of control of this eity, have decided to notify the officials of railways entering this place, that no more immigrants from iniected ports will be received in Cleveland. Dr. Miller, of the state board of health, has established a military medical quarantine at the eastern state line, at Lawrenceburg, where all immigrants will be inspected. He has also established a camp hospital at Ashtabula, with accommodations for 200 immigrants. There is talk of establishing at quarantine just outside the city limits. A hospital has been erected on the infirmary grounds and preparations made to meet cholera should it come. Demand a Clean Bill of Health. OTTAWA, Out., Sept. 15.-The cabinet to day decided to establish rigid quarantine inspection at all points on the interna tional border where trains enter from the United States. The same inspection will be carried on at lake and ocean ports where reaseela enter from American ports. Should the situation become more serious the gove:nment will earnestly consider the advisability of preventing trains from en tering Canada. Where ('holerra Is Epidemnic. BlAN ANToNIO. 'l'ex., ept. 15.-J. W. Roth, a mining superintendent, alrived here from Monolavia, Mex., yesterday. He says 'th telegraph operator there died fromn cholora Tuesday, that the town was immediately quarantined and now no one is permitted to enter or leave. tlie reported thet others have been attacked by the disease there, and further reported that cholera is epi demic in San Lu Is Potosi and Vera Crux. Ntrlet IMeasures III Cuela. HIAVANA. Sept. 15t.--The board of health of this city has resolved to declare all ves sels arrivinmg from New York sine the 11th instant anolean, and all arriving from other United States torts since that date sus picious, to observe a strict quarantine against the iUnited States and not admit to port any vessel on which suspiions deaths ave occurredl, unless it is fully proved that such deaths were not due to cholera. War onu a Trtr. (fImOA(O, Sept. 15,-The Inter-OIeean will to-morrow make an attack on the P'hiladel phia& lleeding coual deal, known as the anthracite trust, ealling upon the attorney general of llinois to biring suit at onuse, under the lllinoi statutes, both oriminally and civilly, and allegiorg that not one of the firms repeseating the trust here Asn legally ollest Oma cet In the state of 1111 ois, and each one is liable clivily and crlminally. Tih. Italltas Not (ught.l Er PAso, Texas, Sept. 15--The report sent by a speelat correspondent to ,the effest that the Dalton gsang had bssn aOp tared at Ileminug, N. M., is denied by Gov. lose, who stato. that the robbers have not been seen in the territory. BY FOUR EYE-WITN[SSES. John Burns Is Positively Identified as the Murderer of Maurice Higgins. Very Weak Attemyt Made by the Prisoner to Prove an AllbL Lameants the Abseneseota Companion Who Could Clear Him of the Charge of Murder. MIRROULA, Sept. 15.-[-pecial.]-The case of John Burns, charged with the murder of Maurice Higgins, was before the court again to-day. Several eye-witnesses testi ied as to the identity of the prisoner. Baurns wasee put on the stand in his own de fense. His testimony was to the effect, that he was on the street several hundred feet away at the time of the shooting; that he was with another man, who, if he could be found, would prove an alabi. During his examination he was taken through the town handcuffed, by the sheriff, with the jury, to the bridge, where the defense en deavored to show that it was impossible for a person standing on the north end of the bridge to see a man on the south end. as leitfied by Sheriff Houston yesterday. A large crowd collected as the prisoner was led through the streets. The line of the de fense is an endeavor to prove a ease of mis taken identity, despite the positive identi fication of the prisoner by four eye-wit. nesseS of the shooting. He gave his teeti. mony in a remarkably cool and collected manner. Lyons, the man who was pointed out to Offeer Biindour by Goldenbogen as the thief who took the jewelry, and was ar rested just before the shooting, was also placed on the stand by the defense. He stated that he had only met Burns at Arlee a day before the shooting and that he had never seen him before that. Both men claim to have had partners who cannot be found now. Lyons admitted having been in Missoula a year ago, and to have been in jail while here. The ease will probably go to the jury to-morrow evening. UHOTEAU DEMOCRATS. eandidates Relented for the Various Of flees of the County. FonT BENToN, Sept. 15-[Speeial.]-A full attendance of delegates were present at the meeting of the democratic county conven tion at the court house to-day noon. The meeting was called to order by D. G. Browne, who read the call, announced the purpose of the meeting, and suggested the selection of temporary officers. W. R. Ral. ston, of Choteau, was chosen temporar] ohltman and W. C. Broadwater, of Havre, temporary seeretary. The various com mittees were then appointed: Credentials, Geo..T. Sanderson, Joe. Sullivan, It. M. Steele; permanent organization, John Many. T. E. Delaney, Chas. Devlin; resolutions, Dr. Wamaley, C. E. Duer. W. R. Early. The convention then adjourned until three p. m. A request was made prior to ad journment asking that a caucus be held at two p. m. At three p. m. the convention again assembled, but a further adjournment was made until seven p. m. and another caucus called for. At this caucus it was unanim ously decided when the convention met this evening to nominate the followinA ticket: For the legislature, Dr. J. E. Wamesley, of Choteau, Geo. T. Sanderson, of Havre; sheriff, B. F. O'Neal, of Fort Benton; assessor, C. B. Toole, of Swee" Grass; county clerk; A. J. Broadwater. of Havre; clerk of the district court, T. F. Healy, of Fort Benton; county surveyor, G. H. Day, of Choteau; public administrator, C. . E. Dur, of Fort Benton; superintendent of publie schools, Miss M. E. Finnigan, ol Fort Benton; county attorney, J. W. Tat tan, of Fort Benton; county commission ers, Thos. Clary, of Fort Benton; Fred Prosser, of Chinook. The third man was not decided upon. Important Deal in Missonula. MrsasoSLe, Sept. 15.-[Special.]-The sale of the Missoula Electric Light cnmpany' plant and franchises to the representative of the Thompson-Jouston company foe $75,000 promises to be an important deal for Missoula. It is now stated that the new company will immediately commence the erection of a large power plant on the rives two miles above the city. The negotiations are now nearly completed by which the new company acquire the tracks and fran chise of the Missoula street railway, and an electric street ear line will be put in. Mr. Solomon stated to-day that the work of laying the tracks across the bridge to bouth •issoula will commence to-morrow. Congratulatrd by iHIs Neighbors. D)r.Lonr, Sept. 15.-[8pecial.]--Hon. H. 1. Maelton, democratio nominee for lieuten ant-governor, returned from Great Falls on the seven o'clock train to-night. He was met at the depot by a brass band, and oiti zone, irrespective of polities, turned out en masse to weleome him. Hle made a brief address, thanking his townsmen for the honor shown tinr. In the lerlllg hrea VC'roja. , .C., Sept. 15.-A large ship ment of sealakinse left for London by the Canadian Pacifo this morning, valued at S200.000, and filled six large eare. l'he skins will be offered for sale at the Londont fall sales. The sealing schooner Aurora left the other night quietly, it is supposed, to raid the seal rookeries in ]earing sea. P'rivate advices state that Amneri.o. BIering sea cruisers have o ders on the way from Waahington that will keep the Bear and Adams in the sea until Doee. 1, by which time the seal rookeries will have little need ,f guarding. Other cruisers will leave the let prox. and will make direct for San Francilsoo, except the cutler bruiser ('orwin, which has beet oldere.t to Sitke. 51ar 5 Hair ioit's at,,,litii,.,n. lroiN Iahr, N. Y., Mout. lI,.--l)r. I)ouoh arty, a New York specialslat, made uanother call on Mrs. Herrisoun this afternoon., lie was joined by Dr. (lardner, attending phy siolan. Tha two phyllsiciasa made an er aruenation tii the Invalid. l)ougherty agreed entirely with tIr. (ardner's diag nesis of the ease and subsequently in formed thei family that he saw no appre Ilable difoference in Mrs. llarrison'e condi tion since former observations yesterday. He said she was as comfortable as she could be made, and it was encouragling to know that the disease had made no progress ithin the last twntly-four hoars. MONTANA STATI FAIR. The Secretary Reports That There Was a Deficit and not a Profit. At a meeting of the directors of the Mon tana state fair, held Wednesday afternoon, there were present Messre. Davidson, Hand ley, Tatem. Chessman, Ilershfield, l'archen, Moth, Kleineshmldt and the secretary. The bseretary's report showed that the last fair, like the one preceding it, had been held at a loss, that the receipts ran behind the expenses some thirty-eight hundred dollare. A resolution was passed anthorizing the president and secretary to borrow on the best posslble terms, and for a term of years, the sum of $8,()00 to cover such indebted neas, and for contingent expenses likely to be incurred in earing for the property. The directors expressed themsselves as feeling quite discouraged by the results of their labors of the last few years, and suggestions were freely offered that the fair grounds be locked up for a year or two, or until such time as all exhibition could be held without incurring a loss. For five or six years the gate receipts have shown a gradual decrease. 'Ihis is accounted for in a measure by the fact that there is more racing now than formerly in towns adjacent to Helena, and also from the fact that liel ens;people do not patronize the gate as liberally as they might. This was particn larly noticeable this year. The attendance from all parts of the state was quite large and very satisfactory to the management, the registers of hotels during fair week showing a large number of visitors were in town; but the gate receipts fell off notwithstandtnr. The expense of maintaining the track and grounds is considerable. To this mast be added the premiums awarded and the ex pense of running the meeting, no small item. The raseing rogramme may be said to almost take care of itself. There are three sources of revenue that help to do this, the entrance money received from owners, 10 per cent of the putse for each horse, the profits arising from the pool selling, and the sale of the bar privileges. These three items lacked about $2,(000 of paying the racing programme. The board, ably seconded by their secretary, has tried very hard this season to incur no extra ex pense with a view of cutting down last year's deficit, but did not succeed. The board adjourned without taking any defi nite action as to next year. ARE SAFE IN BERLIN. Helena People There Have No Fear of the Cholera. The following is an extract from a letter dated Aug. 27, 1892, written by Miss Mollie Lookey from Berlin to her brother R:chard at Ogden: "Well, the terrible heat contin ued until night before last, when we had a thunder storm, and since then it has been comparatively cool. I don't know what we should have done if it had not moder ated soon, for it was hardly safe to venture out in the sun as it was a common eight to see men and horses fall on the pavement, overcome by the heat. "I fear that you have all been very much frightened by the cholera reports. Of course at present it is raging in Hamburg, but there has not been a case of the real Asiatio cholera in Berlin. Every presan tion has been and will be taken to keep it out of the city. The police seep the strictest watch over the sanitary condition of the place and disinfectants assail one in every court and from every open door and window; even the streets are sprinkled with a sort of carbqlio powder, and they say Bear Un is the safest city in Europe, and that there is really no danger of the disease here." WATER FOR BELKNAP AGENCY. All Bids Rejected for Supplying the Point With Aqua Pura. WAasnmoToN. Sept. 15.-[Speolal.]-The Indian office some time eago advertised fo: the construction for a water main for the supply of Fort Belknap Indian agency in Montana and also bids for boring an arte sian well at that point. The estimated cost of piping the water a distance of seven miles was $8,000, but the lowest bid re ceieved was $18,000. The bid for the arte sian well was $9,400 for a well 1,000 feet deep. The Indian office decided to reject all of these bids and unless some method can be devised for the water supply of this point nothing will be done. The Milk river is very close to the agency building, but the water cannot be used. The agency buildings were located at that point during the last administration. Irrigation in the West. WASnImoToN, Sept. 15.--The census bureau has issued a bulletin upon the general sub ject of irrigation in western states. It is shown that of 124,808 farms enumerated in the arid region in June, 1890, 62,1584, or 42.12 per cent, contained land on which crops were raised in 1819 by the artificial appli cation of water, the entire area of land it. rigated being 3,564,416 acres, 20.72 per cent. iof the total area of 52,,584 irrigated farms, '9.66 per cent, of the total area of the whole number of farms enumerated, and about .05 per cent. of the total land area of the arid region,. Quieting Doewn in the Territory. WVAsucThToN, Sept. 15.-The Indian bu reau to-day received the following tele gram from Indian Arent Dennett, at South McAllister, Indian Territory, Sept. it: "As per conference agreement yesterday thir teen surrendered to-day. Armed bodies are disbandmng, and thlere is every prospect of a termination of hostilities." T'o Look Oul. lour A merlern Interests. WVAnlsooroN, Sept. 15.--Secretary Foster, of the state department, was in consulta tion with Secretary Traey this afternoon, and said they had discussed the advisa bllity of sending a naval vessel to ('ota itica to look after American interests there, pending a settlehment of the civil troubles. Molagazne mall Arnn. WtsliNoron, Sept. 1i--The rerort of the army board examining mnagazineo small arms asleote the oun knowna as lirug-Jor benson No. ,, The war departmient will not receive and test new inventions and arms. If a better one is fonundl it will be subumtted to another board for trial. WORST WIE:li IN YEARS. Oceurred TIhTur'ila ,il liith Nirthwesaerlt at ttaraahllitown, Ilow IAntnirAlr.ToW. la., ep1t. 15.-A bad head-end collision occurred at noon on the Chicago & Northwestern roadl, about three miles west f Mlarshalltown, butween a freight and an accommodation train, both running at hivh speed. Etugineere Ashton and 1iowes, one fremanu and an immigrant. nanmes not learned, are dlead and still bur ied undef the wreck, and the other lireemn fatally Injured. It Is the worst wreck known in this part of the state for many years. litii enguines are completely demol ished and the ocars are piled into a raudgt mass neerly fifty deep. A Midullghl t reek. NiW BaUINWIiK.a, N. J., hiatt. 1I.--A col lislon occurred at midnight last night be tween two freight trains on the l Pennsyl vania railroad near P'lansboroagh. About a dozen freight care were wrecked and the road blockaded about three hours. No one was sealonly injured. HIAD BAD NEWS IN PLENTY Political Events That Have Diseon. certed and Made Mr. Carter Very Unhappy. Preliminary Elections a Most Bore Disappointment to the Repub lican Leaders. No Joy for Them In the 8ltuatonu-Herrl son and Blaine Letters Diverge-Dem-. eeratls Enthusiasm. Nrw Your, SBet. 15.--In an analysis of the political events that have taken placee in this city and elsewhere during the last week neither Chairman Carter of the re publican national committee nor Chairman Hackett of the republican state committee's executive committee can find anything to be joyful over. In fact, they see in these events much to occasion fear and appre hension, much to destroy the delusive dreams of a week ago. It has been a bad week for the republic ans. In the great political tug-of-war now in progress they have lost several inches of the rope, and there seems to be no prospect that they can regain it, no matter how hard they pull and strain their muscles. It is not pleasant for them to contemplate this. Bad news they have had in plenty. Some days ago they were jubilant. Plate, they said, had been placated, which was another way of expressing the fact that Platt had come down off his high horse and climbed in at the ,eat end of the ice wagon. Moreover, they "jollied" themselves into the truly delightful belief that nothing in the direction of energetic activity was go ing on in the state democratic camp. Fur ther than that, Mr. Carter and the other republican managers had confidently ex cected to deliver a stunning blow to the democratic cause by carrying Vermont by an increased republican majority and by the reception of news from Arkansas that there would be a marked falling off in the democracy's strength there. These two elections, if they went in the way that was figured on by the renublican managers, were to be heralded and hurrahed all over the country as sure signs that the drift and trend of all things political was in the di rection of republican success. It was with these thoughts and with these bright hopes in reference to state and nation that Chairman Carter and Chairman Hack ett entered upon last week. They were as confident of a sueoessful week of eampaign ing as a certain muscular Bostonian was of winning a little contest down south, and their knockout was qiite as complete and exasperating. That terrific richt-hander. which Chairman Carter was going to de liver on the democratic jugular by way of Vermont elections wasn't delivered at all. There is no joy for republicans over the Vermont situation. It is all sorrow. Re publican Vermont has a habit of giving very nearly 27,000 plun ality in the guberna torial election just preceding the presiden tial contest. While the magnates of the Union League club and the republican L:eadquarters resorted to the old trick of saying that it wasn't likely that the full vote tin Vermont woald get out in this stats election, they bent all their energies toward seeuming an increased majority in Vermont and put their best speakers up there to stif up the people. McKinley went there and talked tar iff; other leaders went there and tried to arouse the people. The result is interesting. Insteadof hav ing about 30,000 or more, as they confi dently expected, their plurality has dropped down to a little over 17.,000. a loss of about 10,000 from four years ago. The result in Arkansas, where the people's party was ds pended on to make such Inroads into the usual democratic plurality, is also exasper ating to the republican national manage ment. The democratic majority in the state will exceed 80.000. Not much of a falling off about that! Another source of sorrow to the gentlemen who were so happy only a few days ago is the manner in which President Harrison's letter of acceptance was received and the flat fashion in which Iit fell upon the people. This was bad enough in its way, but the letter appears to have received an addi tional wet blanket from the letter of ex Secretary Blaine to Joe Manley. Mr. Har rison sent his letter out on Sept. b. Mr. Blaine sent his letter out on Sept. 6. Mr. Harrison sought to push several iseues to the front in the tight, including the force bill In a disguised form and the fed eral control of elections. Mr. Blaine pushed only three issues to the front, mak ing no mention of legislation of the force bill character at all. These things do not and to the merrioreut of their party's man agers. Mr. liarrison pushes the elections question in as isaue: Mr. Blaine practically pushes it out-Ire will have none of it. The democratic orators will not be slow to take advantage of this little discrepancy between the two presidential candidates at the Min neapolis convention. It does not show a harmony of opinion. To sonme mindsril it indicates that the Blaine morn cud the Hlarrison umen are altogether astray as to what is the proper course to pursue in this light. At this stage of the chmplairn such uifferences of opinions are known to be extnemely dangerous. 'iThe abore shows some of the thinqs that have happened in the republican camp and eave annoyed Mr. Carter. But there are things that have happened in the dtemoeratic camp that have annoyed Chairman Hiakett. as well as Mr. Carter. quite as much. and they all go to form a eombination of events that has made the week veryr unhapiy for Mr. Harrison's party chieftains. The democratic state conmittee slowed markeld activity early in tire week. Lieut.-Gov. tiheehan and El ward Murphy, Jr., saw the lenders in every county and every durtrrct and got the sac tire work of the canvass started in gooi shape. Mr. Hlackett lheard from this action froiu all over the starte, and he began to realtre that things were working in a very different direction from that from that which he had anticipated and confidently expected. It was found that the repulrlican sugges tion that there was a lack of energy and a daungerous lethargy in the democratic stats catun was somewhat askew. lollowing upon this, much to the surprise of Mr. llackett, Mr. Bruookteld, and the other republicans in charge of Mr. klstt's headquarters in the Fifth avenue hotel, came the arrival in the city of ex-President Cleveland. I here was no tffort to disguise what Mr. Cleveland came here fo. iHe came here to talk over the situation with the managers of the national campaign and with the rranagers rf the cainiaign here in the state of New York. lie did both of these things, and wicti back to his mummer homrn at l.iuza.id's tiey thuroughly satisfied thalrt ttls o nvasnu in srtt. and tiation was mlatliitg elileurld i,rilrtrre. lhe dinner at which Edward Murlhy, Jr., chairman of the demoUratIe state commit ti-; Lirut. Gov. William I. Shehaen, choir mran of thre state commlttse'a campaigt comnlittee; Itichard Croker, the leader of 'tuammaiy liall; az-?eoretary William c. Whitney and Dlon M. dI)icknson, of the national campaign committe were present Tharsday night at the Viotoria hotel with Mr. Cleveland was not a refrehhin *eal for the republicans. TLhesy have been trrlag to aeoent gg the