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NEW-YORK, RIDAY, MARCH 30, 1888.
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TORIES GLAD: LIBERALS SAD.
victory for the government all along
THE LIN1E.
ENGLAND CONVINCED THAT HKR RULERS HAVE
BOTH OAPACITY AND OOURAGE-THE TORIES
WIN BY TLATINO THE LIBERAL OAMM
-NIL CHAMBERLAIN DECLINES
PROFFERED HONORS-GLOWING
TRIBUTES TO AMERICA
MR. BRIGHTS IDEAS
ON DIVERS
TOPICS.
TUT CAB Ll TO TUB TUB OX*.'
Conyrtpkt, 5 SSS.- Uv Th* New.Tirk Trikun*.
London". March 28.? Parliament having ad?
journed OTer the Easter holidays, both sides as
usual are taking stock of tho Ant half of the sea*
si un. Tho Tories depart jubilant. They point
not only to what they have done, but to their
adversaries' admission*. Certain it is that th*
last two months have completely disappointed
tilaiLstonian hopes. The Ministry has been win?
ning \U along the line. Mr. Balfour's policy ia
Ireland is from their point of view a success.
Not tiie least remarkable evidenoe of it occurs this
morning. An Irish jury has been found willing
to convict on clear evidence th* murderers of
Fitzmaurice. This was a purely agrarian arlme.
The old man had been condemned by the National
League for land grabbing, and was killed by two
men, strangers to him and to the district. Tbe con?
dition of Ireland from many other points of view
is dreary enough, bit Mr. Balfour's recent speeches
st Stalybridge and in the House of Commons
express none too strongly the content of his party
with the results of coercion.
Their other triumphs are fresh in all memories:
the new Rules of Procedure, enabling the House
once more to legislate; National Debt conversion.
Local Government, and Mr. Goschen'* Budget
Ths effect of them all is to convince the country
perhaps for the first time, that this Ministry pos?
sesses in an eminent degree both legislative ca?
pacity and legislative oourag*- No doubt the
Ministers have flung to the winds those preju?
dices whioh used to serve the Tory party as prin?
ciples. No doubt they have borrowed much from
the Liberals. No doubt they are indebted to
the Opposition for singular forbearance. But
the country caree for none of these things. Peo?
ple judge broadly. They see that this Ministry
gets its work done, frames great measures, con?
ceives and carries through vast schemes, finan?
cial and other. Success is the test; and thus far
this Government has succeeded. There are those
in America to whom it would be more agreeable
to be told that all this means not success but i
failure. But there are the facts. They must deal i
with them as they can.
When every Gladstonian you meet throws up !
the sponge, it is no use being more Gladstonian
than the Gladstonians themselves. Their faith, j
of course, lies in the future. They still hope that :
the next few months may bring confusion and j
calamity to this prosperous Government. They
will attack the weak points of the Budget. They i
cannot oppose the new Local Government bill,
which is more radical that the Liberals thetn
w-lves would have ventured to introduce. But ,
they hope that the more stubborn of the Tories |
will oppose it. Tbey trust to Mr. Parnell and
a chapter of accidents, and find consolation In
prophecy. There I will n?t fullow them
I should have thought the result of the Gower
election due chiefly to the split in the Glad?
stonian milks. The labor candidate insisted on
standing, regardless of ths decision of the caucus.
'Ihe caucus gave way, and iho whole constitu?
ency was demoralized. The Liberal majority fell
.."in nearly 3,500 to just over 600. But the Radi?
cal* profess themselvets dismayed that, for what?
ever cause, there should be any falling off in
" gallant little Wales."
Mr. Chamberlain has declined all tbe honorr.
offered him by a grateful Government, Grand
Cross of the Bath, baronetcy, or whatever they
may have been. The approval of Birmingliam, ,
which yesterday made him an honorary freeman
of the borough and gave him a banquet, is enough
lur him. The compliment is a remarkable one. i
Mr. Bright's presence and speech make it more ]
remarkable still. What Mr. Chamberlain him- j
_elf said in his various speeches?he made three, ;
all brief?is here thought to have been well said.
He conflnod himself to generalities. He most
KTacefully and cordially acknowledged the friend?
liness of his reception in America. The eulogy
he pronounces on America and Americans is not ;
the les_ complete because kept within the limits
cf good taste. He refrains from discussion of i
the Fisheries Treaty, but quotes Mr. Bayard's
approval of it as decisive. There were eloquent
passage* ? The Americans," said this English
envoy, ? claim as of right?and who shall deny
it to them ??an eternal share in our inheritance,
in our past history and traditions. I do not
think that they will grudge us our part In the
klory of their unequalled future."
This note ls taken np by Jhe press. Tory
vies with Liberal tlis morning in civilities to
America. Their recognition of Mr. Chamber?
lain's BBrtiSEB is unstinted. They well kni.w
that he comes back triumphant. Mr. Bright's
tribute to him is one in which he for various
reasons takes perhaps more pride. It is need?
less to. say that Mr. Bright could not get through
the evening without explaining how stupid and
foolish our tariff is. But even our tariff does
not, chill his affectionate regard for those whom
he delights to call his kinsmen in America
Mr. Bright describes Lord Rosebery's reoent
speech on reform of tho House of Lords as one
cf singular ability, with eloquent passages that
led nowhere. If that spoech had really led the
ItMtSM to nowhere lt would have pleased Mr.
Bright better. Lord Rosebery is for mending
the House of Lords: Mr. Bright is for ending it.
Mr. Curzon, one of the rising lights in the
younger Tory party in the Commons, has another
mending scheme. Lord Dunraven has a third.
All are doomed for the present to come to naught.
Iiord Dunraven has been warned by Lord Salis?
bury that no serious consideration will be given
to his proposed bUL Th* truth is that Lord
Salisbury considers the present House of Lords
a most useful instrument for his purpose, and
will consent to no reform which, while strength?
ening ths Chamber with the country, should
weaken the present Tory ascendancy.
Imperial federation came in for another swash?
ing blow from Mr. Bright. It is only a dream,
bays the greater roe Trader. His ideal England
is an England which shall make and sell tbe
greatest possible number of iron, cotton and
woollsu fabrics to thc ideal America which shall
grow wheat enough to feed the English workmen.
What Mr. Bright said of the common interests
and affections between ths English-speaking
races was nobly said, and Ls echoed by multi?
tudes of Englishmen who hold Mane-ester notions
of foreign poncy in abhorrence. G. W. S.
INFLUENTIAL MEN IMPLICATED.
Dublin, March -jo ?Tbe lovMiigstino Into the chargo*
of (rand perpetrated upon ths EqulUbl* Uf* Iunranc*
Company ot New York, um resumed st BeliMt to
lay- Tb* solicitor for Mr. Orr, who ls aroused of
forging medical certificate., declared that ol hers were
implicated In the silaged fraud- aad scked If these
geutlcmen, tome ot whom we:* very Influential, would
** proeerufed. Countel for th* pro***utlon r*j_lled
\nu tho Nsw-York Company was resolved to sift the
*>**** to th* bottom.
THB EMPEROR OCT DRIVING.
Berlin, M*t*h aa.-Tbe Emperor w*nt for a Orfr* at
noon to-dsr fa th* Emt End.
BLY1NO Opp THE CANADIAN PACIFIC.
(Mawa, Marts. ?.-Th* negotiation*, between th*
Dominion Gev*,*,*,* ^ u, Mu Pmtitu. w,.
UL?*??**' ****"** IU surrender by th* com
.e^.tort? .,_0n0P0,, IB "****>?> ?*"*<* ?? Hor-hw-t
rerritori*t w*r* troo^ le sa cud to-da. lt It au
atm ? lt ttS i^a SST-. tbmlnX
ready eash th* company agrees to the cancellation ot
the monopoly elans*
OFFENSIVE PARTISAN SI UP OF FLOURENS.
A COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE ANNULMENT OE
BIS FLECTION*.
Paris, Maroh 29.-A tub-oommlttee ot the committee
of th* Chamber of Deputies which hts been considering
the recent election of M. l'lourens, Minuter ot loreign
Affairs, ss D*puty for the Department of Hatcs-Alpes,
hss made a report to the full committee, recommending
thst th* election be annulled, on th* ground that lt was
secured by the ute of undue official influence.
A FEDERAL OFFICIAL INDICTED.
EMBEZZLEMENT AND ILLEGAL FEES IN MARSHAL
BANKS'S CPFICK?CHAR6EX GROWING OCT OE
AN OLD CDSTOM.
Boston, March 20.-WMlain D. Poole lataly
Chief Deputy United State, Marshal, wss Indicted by
th* Grand Jury this morning ou a charge of cmbe.ile
m*nt and rendering false accounts. Tho Indictment ls
the result of an Investigation by the Grand Jury which
waa asked for by ex-Deputy Marshals Galloupe and
Snow Into th* charges made against them of mal?
feasance tn office. Messrs. Galloupc and 6now are
exonerated from the charges niaelo against them, while
two indictments are found against Poole. The amount
?aid to hav* been embezzled ts about $3,-'CO. Vim'."
resides In Lynn, where he Is prominent In church
oircla*. A warrant has been issued for his arrest.
These findings also fully exonerate Oeaeral Hanks,
marshal of this district, against whom several vague
itatetnant* hav* been made as to his allowance of tho
collection of illegal fe*s.
Th* matter of collecting excessive and Illegal fees
In th* ii a rs hal's office has been the subject of public
discussion for teverai weeks. Deputies Galloupe
and Snow were removed by the marshal on instruc?
tions from Washington. The result of the ?;rand
Jurv't investigation ls to show that In the matter
ot charging f**t, they acted solely on the In. (ructions
of their superiors. On General Banfcs's behalf, lt
wa* urged that he was ignorant of illegal charges
being made, and that h* delegated all such matters
to Mr. Poole, who was his chief deputy. Mr. Poole,
on th* other hand, simply followed the custom ot
tb* offlce, as lt bas existed for many years.
Tb* Indictment against Mr. Poole for embezzlement
ls Independent of the matter of fees, ani relates to
certain charges of malfeasance, which hsve been
rumored for a long time. The chief mallet of dls
?>ut* regarding Illegal tees relates to rbaiges mado
or so-called ? conttrtictlve mileage." The same
custom, tt lt said, has long existed In the State Courts.
On* of the Items of Illegal charges alleged against
Mr. Poole lt that on July 7, 1880, he charged *5
for fifty miles travel In the service of an order at
Fitchburg, and that on the same day he chaired
$10 tor travel if himself and a prisoner between
Boston and Fitchburg Jail.
THE CHINESE CONSPIRACY CONFESSED.
WHOLESALE CORRrFTION REVEALED IN TnE SIN
FRANCISCO CC8TOM HOITSE
?an Francisco, March 20.?A sensation was created
In the United States Circuit Court to-day In the trial
of Ferdinand Ctpiico, and E. A. McLean, ex-customs
Inspectors, who were recently Indicted with W. A.
Boyd, also an inspector, on charges of fraud and con?
spiracy In dealing In Chinese return certificates. lloyd
who has been confined in Jail several months, carno
Into court and made a full confession of the con?
spiracy In which Clprloo, McLean, the interpreter, J.
E. Kipp and himself were engaged. Boyd staled that
In January, 1889, the conspirators made an agreement
with A. Ilanse that the latter should take the return
certificates to China and sell them. Boyd had chargo
ot the registration department in the Custom BOSM
and the certificates were obtained by procuring tho
services ot a large number of Chinese who had no in
t*ntlon ot going to China, but who would present
themselves at the Custom Ilofle for registration anil
be ftirnitbsd with a white tag which entitled them to
a certificate which, of course, they never procured.
The conspirators would then collect these whito tags
whieh were evidence of the Chinamen's departure aud
then issn* certificates which they retained In their own
possession. Boyd stated that about one hundred
certificate* would t.e obtained lu this manner on tho de?
part ur* of every steamer.
When Hana* first tailed for China he carried with
him about 500 certificates obtained In this way and
during the next few mouths five or six hundred mure
were tent him. Thee* he sold in China and tho money
wa* returned to this city for distribution among the
conspirators. The Chinese who purchased certificates
came over on steamers aud wer* landed lu this
country.'
Boyd stated further that he had been Induced to
give this evidence for the Government at tlie solicita?
tion of Assistant District-Attorney Mc like and at tho
conclusion of the test Immy Mr. Mc 11 ko moved that Hie
charges against Boyd bo dlsuiitscd and that he be dis?
charged from custody, which Judge (Sawyer gnu.ted.
A nolle prosequl was entered In tho case ol ex-In
tpector *A haley, who wan Indicted ou similar Charge*,
and an crder was made directing the niai-hal to take
Interpreter Kipp into custody.
THE XEWBURG BANKERS MISSING.
Nxwbcko, N. Y., March 29.-The affairs of the bank?
ing and Insurance firm of John It. Wlltsle & Son con?
tinue to be the topic ot conversation in tlds city.
Where Arthur V. Wlltsle and John M. Pollock, who
comprise the firm, are, lt not generally known. This
morning, William 0. Campbell, of No. 09 Nassau-st.,
New-York City, a former resident of Newbury, came
to this city and took charge of the oflice as assignee.
Ile would not tell the amount of the assets and liabil?
ities. Judgments amounting to about 950,000 have
been recordi'l agalnft tin- Newburg Kli-cirlc Lighting
Company, with which company Wlftsfs iufl ben con?
nected. The failure of HM banking firm threatens
seriously to embarrass the lighting company. Several
more creditors have become known today. They
hav* claims ranging from a few hundred to a few
thousand dollars.
CONNECTICUT REPCllLTCAXS.
Hartford March 23 \Speclal).-T:ie Lt-publlcan State
Committee held a meeting at the Allyn House to-day
to decide upon tho place and time for holding the dele?
gate convention. All the members were present except
Senator Walsh, of Greenwich, and Mr. Prescott, of Ver?
non. Many prominent Republicans, w-ho are not mem?
bers of the oommittee wer* present. The committee
selected New-Haven, In Hyperion Theatre, on ilay 14
or 16, in accordance with the engagements of tlje thea?
tre. The State Central Commlitee suggests that the
district conventions tor the nomination of delegateo to
th* National Convention be called for the same time
aud place wtth the State Convention, the district eon*
veutlon to be held two hours after the adjournment rf
the Stat* Convention. The delegates to the latter,
If desired, can be empowered to act lu their respective
district conveiitii n
J._._tJ.R_.,8T OF SUSPECTED MURDERERS.
Pi-rrsBiBO, March 20 (Special).?Great excitement was
ereated at Beaver, Penn., to-day, by Hie re-arreM si
Scott Coates and William Sims, charged with tho mur?
der of Frank Horn, whose body was found In a Pitts?
burg, Fort Wayne aud Chicago freight car at Chicago
a few months ago. The warrants on which today's
arrests were made were taken out by the mother of
ths d*ad boy. The February Grand Jury failed to In?
dict thee* two men and lt lt gossiped among the people
ot Beaver and neighboring towns that powerful in?
fluence was behind the action. It is said that Coates
wa* born out of wedlock and that his fat hor ls a mam
ber of an old and wealthy family. Coat** and sims
are habitual drinkers, and a few days ago the foi mer
escaped imprisonment for assault and battery by com?
promising the cate.
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A BRITISH STEAMER WRECKED AND ABAXDOXED
Nantucebt, Mass., March 2W.-The British steamer
Canonbury, previously reported a*-hore, lies two miles
southeast from the Surf Side Ute Saving Station,
where th* was abandoned. She has considerable water
In ber and ls likely to prov* a total loss. The crew
lett In th*1r boat* to make a landing when discovered
bj the station crow, which met them a mlle from the
thor* snd th*y wer* transferred to the station's boat
Th* crow of th* lit* saving station were comji?')li*d to
make three trips In landing them as they numbered lu
all twenty tour persons.
8U1C1DB OP A SICK MAX.
BOUND Brook, N. J., March 29.?The excitement
over tb* brutal murder of the old farmer, Mr. Race,
had hardly subsided here whan tho residents ware
again startled last night by the suicide of Thomas
b kl ll man, son of a well-to do farmer al Belimea<_-.
He was thirty, and unmarried. He had b?ser. in ID
health for some time. Ls_t night his brotiier went to
Harlingen to get some medicine and while he wa*
away 1 home, took a razor and In the presence of his
fattier and mother, cut his thioat.
YIBOIXIA DEMOCRATS ALL AT SBA.
Richmond, Va., March 20 (Special).?There la such
a difference of opinion among tbe Democrats un the
tariff that an effort will be made In ihelr State Con?
vention to Ignore th* queslou entirely tn their plat?
form, relying simply on the National platform to te*
adapted at St. Louis. The Kaud_.il wing will oppose
this. Th* ooiivanllen win meet lu Norfolk, April 19
It the throe Virginia Democrat* who arv members
of th* House will stick to the Stale platform of
looa thaj will vou against (be Mills BUL
PAUL BOYTOX NEARLY LOSES HIS LIFE.
Chicago. March 29.?Captain Paul Boyton, the
swlmsier, had an e_pertem-'- in Lake Michigan OB
Tuesday that be thinks he will not forget for some
Ubi*. Un Tuesday morning ho left Fullerton -ive. fir
a swln to ikiutb Chicago and renurti. Ho eii<-uiin'<-:rd
au les boot wm carHed mao. miles out _u th* lake,
stripped of hts navigating instruments, and lost for
fifteen hours In the cold, bleak waste of drifting ice.
hanging clouds ami stiaggliiig dur Us and gulls. At
midnight, when he was rescued at tlie crib, his vital?
ity was ahnott gone. Stimulants wero applied and
tlie daring navigator put to bed. He wm Ul to-day
from exposure and exhaustion.
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IHE FIRE RECORD.
A BABY SMOTHERED BY SMOKE.
TW? CHILDREN LEFT ALONE IS A TENEMENT-HOUSE
tWABLI TO BSCAffl SUFFOCATION.
Three email rooms on the third floor ot the tene
ement house No. .136 East Forty-nlnth-et. have been
occupied by Nicholas Fagan, his wife Catharine and
their two children. Fagan works In Peck A Mar?
tin's brickyard ar the foot of East Forty-elghth-tt..,
and It ht*, been hit custom to begin hit work early.
Yesterday morning he was out ot the house bmora
his wife wss dressed.
She went out about 9 a m. to get some meat for
breakfast, leaving the little girl, Annie, and the baby,
Maggie, asleep In the family bed. She was gone longer
than usual and in her absence a fire started In the
bedroom. One of the neighbors, Mrs. 6tead, smelled
smoke and discovered the fire. Before ths firemen
got to the hou-O Mrs. Stead and another womau ran
into the bedroom through the blinding smok* and tried
to reach th* children who were known to be there.
Mrs. Stead reached the bad and felt about lt but
could not find the ll*tia one*.
Policeman Mn Di Bl oft of the Twenty-third Pieelnrt,
ran Into the house a morneut later. He made hit way
through th* amide until m stumbled over the Little
girl. Annie, on th* floor. She was Insensible from the
effect* of smoke *hlch the had Inhaled and sho had
been burned slightly. McDermott w*nt bark Into the
room aller carrying Annie out, and In the bed ho
found the body of the baby. Maggi*. The child had i
been suftocaieel and her body bad been scorched by | .
the heat in the room.
The firemen soon extinguished the flames when
tbev reached the house. An amt ulance surgeon raado
vain efforts to resuscitate the baby. Ile carried
..mile- to Bellevue iii. pira), where lt was Bald later
that the little girl would recover.
SMOKE IN THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
There wat a alight Ore laet evealog about 7 o'clock In
tho storeroom at Madison Square tiarden. A lot of rub?
bish wat Ignited by a match, which had been carelessly
thrown ou tbe floor. There we'e a number of esrly
comcrt in the seats walting for the show to begin, and
they looked with an uneasy feeling u^on tbe smoke thtt
suddenly appealed In the northeastern patt of tho build?
ing. Roundsman Kenny went among them and told them
thst thn cagea were being disinfected end thia allayed the
excitement, A few palls of water put out the blaze, and
there wat no alarm aent out The ehow went on aa uauaL
DF-STRICTIVE PIKE IN AYER CITY.
Lowell, Mass., March 29.?Fire to-night destroyed
the Coburn bhuttle Company's four-story brick mill In
Aver city. The loss to the several manufacturing es
taihlishment- In the building will exceed 9200,000;
partially Insured._
DIABOLICAL PLOT OF CONVICTS
PLANNING A GENERAL JAIL DEUVERT BT MCR
?ERINO THE Ot'ARDS.
Washimg-OX, March 29 (Special).?The timely dis?
covery of a plot among some of Ihe more desperate
characters Imprisoned In tbe District Jail seems to
have prevented what might have turned out to be a
general jail delivery. The conspiracy was confined
prlndpslly to the men who hail been sentenced to
serve terms of different duration In the Albany Peni?
tentiary. The plan Included nothing less than the
murder of the guards and the release of aa many
prise ners as could be conveniently liberated without
endangering the capture of those already escaped.
The leaders are believed to have been Oscar Jackson,
under sentence for ten years; John Mack, nine years;
Robert Johnson, six years; John Hill, three years;
James Carroll, convicted of house-breaking laat
Monday; Julius Lee, convicted of burglary and sen?
tenced for ten years; William Robinson, awaiting In?
dictment and trial for the second offence of grand
laicet.y; t hajjes Lomax and Giant Johnson, awaiting
sentence, and William Green, convicted of burglary.
From letters found upon the prisoners, it is believed
that they expected outside help.
The discovery of the plot ls said to be due to the
revelations made by * fellow prisoner who overheard
some myn'erto-js directions bet*.g given by the plot?
ter- and though an_ious bin,self to seeur-a liberty, re?
garded the plot as too diabolical and murderous to
meet bis approval. The plotters seemed to have be?
lieved that th* mortality among the prisoners at
All amy had Increased so much of late that In going
there they were facing certain death. Through some
women who seemed to hav* been given access to
them they secure*! a number of pistols, knives and lm
plemonts made of pieces of Iron wrenched from their
cells. There are over fifty prisoners awaiting trans?
portation to the penitentiary at Albany but for want
ni luoaei the authorities have not been able to remove
them._
A RAILWAY BATTLE IS PITTS BUBO.
THE CONFLICT RAGES A DAT AND A NIGHT WITH
VARYING SICCF.8S AND ENDS IN COURT.
PiTTSit-Kii, March 29 (Special).?Tho Traction Com?
pany here is owned principally by Messrs. Elkins and
Widener, who are interested *n cable railway enter?
prises at Philadelphia, Chicago and elsewhere, and
'?(hiis"1 Magee, the well-known Republican politlclan.
The Pennsylvania Kalli oael bas tried to prevent ths
Traction Company from running its cable road across
the Shady Lano Bridge, about the height of which there
? wm a dispute. The bridge spans the Pennsylvania's
tracks. Yesterday the Traction Company put a force
of men at work and they were Interrupted by a force
of Pennsylvania Railroad men nnder Superintendent
Yarnel), who ordered his men to cul the tackle, and
'ear down the platforms of the Traction men.
tearing a riot a policeman arrested Yarnell and took
bim to a police station.
Later on the Pennsylvania stationed three Immense
locomotives under the bridge and drove the Traction
men away with clouds of scalding steam, sparks and
smoko. The railroad tracks wore greased so that
the locomotives could not movo. although the wheels
revolved. Thousands of people gathered to witness
this strange sight. Tho fight was kept up all last
night and this morning the Traction p*ople attached
j a hose to a city water plug and turned tbe stream
on the locomotives, with their engineers and firemen,
j thus holding them at bay while the work of the cable
! raliway was rapidly proceeded with. The Traction
people hail almost completed th?lr work and victory
stared them In the face when the wtter supply sud?
denly ceas"il and a Pennsylvania locomotive rushed
undT the bridge. At the same instant the Pennsyl
vsnla trainmen threw up a rope, lassoed the girders
and pulled the entire work of ihe Traction workmen
to the gnund. A moment later the thertff arrived
and hostilities ceased until Saturday, when the case
will be heard in court.
A TRAFFIC ROUTE ACROSS THE HUDSON.
Poughkeepsie. March 29 (Special).-In a heating
before Judge Barnard to-day upon an application for
more land In this city for the New-York and Massa
j chusetts Railroad, Henry D. Cone, who owns the
! road, testified that he has formed a combination with
the Poughkeepsie and Delaware Valley Road, tho
Ontario and Western and the Lehigh and Hudson, to
make an all rall route from the West and Southwest
Into New-England. Elbert Keith, Mr. Cone's civil
j engineer, testified that the New-York and Massachu?
setts is to be extended seventy miles Into Berk-hire
i anni... Maras., at a cost of ?10.000 a mlle. He said
1 tliat the freight traffic of Berkshire County amounted
to T.'.o.tMs) urns annually. The factories there now
; send their freight io New-York by way of the H?sa
: Keilli: Hoad to Bridgeport. When the New-York and
| Massachusetts extension ls completed lt will all come
this way and down the Hudson River Road to New
York, and the extension will do as much business as
tin* Boston and Albany ls now doing. Therefore,
land enough will be required here fur the storage of
UGO cars dally
THE MISSOURI, KANSAS AN_y* TEXAS CONTEST.
The committee of Missouri, Kansas and Texas
security holders have met with a good response In
their work to secure proxies for the purpose of oust?
ing the present managers from their position st the
coming election. It ls understood that lt tbev are
successful tbey will offer tha presidency to E. Ellery
Anderson, thn -well-known law>er and member of tho
recent Pacific Railway Commission. Mr. Anderson
has given assurances of accepting the place satisfac?
tory tu a committee.
AB EXCEEDISGLY SMALL OBSTAlLt
A VETO THAT PR ACTH" A LIT Fen BIDS NOTHING?
LEGISLATION IN JKRSET.
TBMBMMB, March 29 (Special).-The Senate passed
| the Personal Itegistratlon and the Fishery Commis
| tloners billi over th' (iuvernor'a head to day, and con
firmed the nominations of .'aaa* Bishop for chief
| of tho Labor Bureau, and of Hebert S. Woodruff, of
I Mercer; samuel Be'tihart, of Htinterdon; snd James
I beymour, of tanti, tor trustees ot the Scb'-ol for
j leal-;Vin toa. Tbe miiolnatlon ol Cb er Ut H. Murnini
' for Isy Judge of Mm rh *>cutity, was rejected, sud
1 Governor tireen nominated In hit pla.* Charles Hardin.
A Hepiibllcan joint caucus wae hold thia evening.
I Ex -Anatol T. Ward, ol Sussex; ex nherlff WI,liam
i Wright, nf Essex; and J<.*??i<ij W. Elkington, o! latent,
. "tere nominated for Fltbery ComtnUstonars, and John
Ii. Laird, ol .Monmouth; ar.d llroiy Vi. Sta.er. "f
tape Ma), fen- Sinking Km,el teliminations.. Th*
nt meeting for the ItSOtien ot these officials will
held io morrow.
Ihe House killed the bill t(. divide among th*
county fain the appropriation usda by vito alala lo
-.aretix k'tit foe oAhi.u usiii-iwis*
bu
FORTY DEAD BODIES FOUND.
A MINING DIS ASTER IN MISSOURI.
HANY MEN MISSING WHOSE LIVES ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE LOST.
-N EXPLOSION FROM A CAUSE AS YET UNKNOWN
-ONE HUNDRED MINERS AT WORK IN
THE PIT-ONLY ONE MAN SO FAR RE?
PORTED AS TAKEN OUT ALIVE.
far tulki, axrn to Yr* tribotcr..
Rich Hill. Mo., March 20.-A loud rumbling
loise was heard in Mine No. 6 about i p. m. to
lay, and a moment after there was an explosion
hat buried over 100 miners, who were cut off
from every way of escape. Dp to the present
"?imo forty bodies have been recovered, and Mt
least fifteen more remain unaccounted for. It
was impossible, in the midst of the excitement,
prief and confusion, to obtain a complete list of
thc names. The superintendent of thc mine was
t>adly injured, but will survive. This village is
In the centre of the mining region, about 100
mlle* from "Kansas City, and tho mino where
the accident occurred is six miles from town and
Jue detail.! of the disaster como in slowly.
The explosion occurred when tho full force of
men was at work in the mine. No one has
"teen taken out yet who is ablo to tell anything
ibout the way the explosion was caused. Tlie
nouth of the pit was surrounded to-night by thou
lands of people, and the work of rescue went on
slowly, notwithstanding the fact that hundreds of
trilling hands were ready to relieve thoso at work,
rhe men worked by the light of torches. Thc cries
il the women as the bodies were brought to tho
;urface were heartrending, and strong men turned
tveak and faint at tbe sight of the bruised and
Dlackcnod corpses.
The explosion was plainly heard in town, and
many old miners on the streets instantly declared
ihat a disaster had occurred. Fifteen minutes
later a messenger rode In on a horse all covered
with foam with the news that all thc men in Ne.
8 had been killed or suffocated. Scores of
rescuing parties were immediately organized and
driven rapidly to tho sceno. When tho mine was
reached it was found surrounded by the wives
and children of the dead miners. It was neces?
sary to put a guard at the mouth of the pit in
order to keep the frantio women from throwing
themselves into the mine. Deann smoke poured
up out of the pit for an hour.
Later information is that there have already
today been two explosions in the Rich Hill mine
tnd that a third is dreaded The flrst explosion
--curred at 12:10 p. m., killing twenty or thirty
men. Thc superintendent, Mr. Sweeney, and his
Assistants immediately began the work of rescuing
the imprisoned miners, and up to 4 :?0 had taken
jut fifteen men. A second explosion then took
place and Superintendent Sweeney and his aides
were imprisoned.
The fire was terriflo, the flames shooting out
from the top of the 270-foot shaft as if from a
furnace. At 9 o'clock to-nitfht another explosion
was momentarily expected. Thc flames wore al
nost within reach of a magazine containing between
300 and 400 kegs of powder. The mines belonged
to thc Keith A Perry Coal Company and were in?
spected about two montlis ago.
MEN CRAZED BY TAIN AND FRIGHT.
HANGING MIDWAY IN THE SHAFT fcHOUTINO
AND BINGI Ml.
Kansas City, Mo., March 29.?"Tho Journal"
received a dispatch from Rich Hill which states
thaf. the explosion occurred just, at the dinner
liou r, when the nieti were ascending
i-it-ht at a time, on the cage. It
filled every entry with flame which shot
out of tho shaft. It could not be ascertained to?
night just how many men were yet in the mine,
but at 11 o'clock one man had been taken out dead.
(V ? Journal** reporter called at thc house of the
superintendent at ll o'clock and found him
propped up in a ohair with his face and hands
bandaged and scarcely able to talk, but he made
the following statement?:
At Just seven minutes after noon I was telephoned
that an explosion had occurred at No. 6. which ls four
miles northwest of town. I went out as soon as possi?
ble, and found the south cago. on which the mon always
ascend, stuck In the shaft about half way from the bot?
tom with six men on lt. I went down on a tub lowered
with ropes and found them all badly burned and in a
frenzy, In fact the-y were crazy, some shouting and
others singing. I found lt Impossible to have this cage
hoisted, as the timbers were all blown out of position.
We finally managed to be hoisted by means of ropes
and pnllles, in a fainting conelltlon. and lt was then
ascertained that tho north cage could be worked by
clearing some timbers which had been driven through
from the south shaft. This was done by sawing thom
short off. I then called for volunteers
to go down wl'h me to seo If any
of the poor fellows at the bottom could be
got out. Robert Brick, Charles Smallwood aud " Mat"
Milehand responded. When we reached the bottom I
looked through Into the entry and saw a light, and I
asked who was there aud a voice responded " <Jray,n
and 1 told him to put out his light. 1 then asked him
to crawl to me, but he was so exhausted that he could
not do so, and I reached through the small aperture
and dragged him onto tho cago. Just as this was
done a wind rushed with the velocity of a cyclone up
the entry putting out all our lights but one. This
was followed by two loud reports and a flame which
came with a deafening roar, completely enveloping
us for a length of lime that seemed Uko an age, and
shot out of the mouth of tho shaft MO feet above our
heals. We were all horribly burned and thought our
time had come. Die flames recudod as suddenly as
they had come and we had to abandon the attempt to
save the others.
1 yolled to tho men on the top to holst away, but lt
was some time before they got tbs signal or under?
stood my meaning. Tho moments thus spent were a
living death. I thought they could not hear me and
concluded we would have to crawl through Into the
south shaft and undertake to climb out that way.
I wa* Just In tho a_-t of doii_g so when I felt the ca^o
move and we asceudod about thirty feet, whon the
cage began kmumtUht, ? thought the machinery
had brokcu and that we were falling to
au awful and certain death. The wail
that went up from thoso men was heartrending and I
shall never forget lt. The hnowlodge that at tho top
wore their wives extending their arms ready to clasp
and ehleld them from further danger was maddening
enough to destroy reason. All at once, however, tho
cage came to a sudden stop aud again began respond?
ing to the pressure of ropes aud pulleys, and we were ,
soon at tho top. It ls probable that all who VMM bl
tho mine at the lime of the first t-.jl u-ion aro dead.
ihe bravery of Supcimi'*i ?!? m BmmBSSM almost
OMI him his life, and is applauded by everybody.
About eighty five miners wtW employed in this
mine Hud the probabilities arv that the majority of
them were out, but this cannot be told to night.
They are mo. Hy MgNM who came from Spring?
field, UL, when the mine was opened less than a
year ago.
CHASED INTO A CAYS AXD CAPTUBED.
Little Rock, March 29 (Special.-Alexander and
Daniel Fry, brothers, were chased Into a cave In Wash?
ington County, yesterday, by a posse, and surrei
after a tight. The I'r.vs aro Lom Columbus. Kan.,
wilt re, lt ia alleged, they killed a constable) and escaped
Into thia Stat*. TfcSJ SSSSS mUmmi dp a! Fayetteville.
DATE FOB THE VIBQIN1A CONVENTION.
Pstkmblro, Va, March 29 (Special).-The Republi?
can Commute* tonight declilre! I*, hold tko auto
C.uvt-iUun la -'?tei.ieurg ou ila 17?
8 WI TOR ES TINNED RT A MOB.
NON-UNION MEN BEATEN IN CHICAGO.
BURLINGTON CARS THROWN FROM THI RAILS?
THREATENING A OKNRRAL BOTC?TT?BMW
CNOINKMKN DECLARED INCOMPE- ?
TKNT BY A CORONER'S JURT.
[*T T*L?G__.rn TO TR* MM 1
Chic.-Qo, M*roh 29 (Special).?The first serious
trouble In connection with the Burlington strike oc?
curred late this afternoon, when a mob of striking
switchmen turned a switch In the Northwestern yard*
and ditched four or Ave freight care that a Burlington
engine was attempting to take out. The yard was
full of switchmen from other roads, with a mob of
ruffians. The latter set upon the engineer and fire?
man and tho new switchmen and beat them with
stones and sticks. There were toveral Pinkerton
men on the train, but they were unable to protect th*
men or themselves and ware obliged to take to their
heels. Several of them were badly hurt. John
Bester, supei Intended! of the Burlington, wa* also
on the train, and as soon aa h* wa* recognized th*
mob attacked him, too, and he was obliged to seek
refuge In a switch-bouse.
Tbe riot caused the greatest exoltement, and as soon
as tho news spread policemen and Pinkerton men
flecked to tbe scene from all direction* and th* mob
quickly dispersed. One men, WI liam Quirk, wa*
arrested. A gtoat crowd followed him to the station
and endeavored to bail him out. Eight thousand
dollars was offered aa surety, but It was refused.
The man turned out to be a St. Paul switchman, and
when the crowd realized that they were unable to
procure his release, some of them carried the newt to
the St. Paul yards. Tb* whole yard force, engi?
neers, switchmen and firemen, numbering 226, stopped
work at once and left their twenty-eight engine* on
the tracks.
Tbe strike ot the St. Paul men came to sn end as
quickly as lt began. At 8:30 p. m. two officials of
the St. Paul Company succeeded In having Quirk re?
leased on ball. He went at once to th* place where
the strikers were In session and wts greeted with en?
thusiasm. His presence put them in good humor, and
lt wm speedily resolved that a resumption of work
was tho proper course to pursue. By 9 p. m. the men
wero again at their posts, and everything on the St.
Paul was moving along smoothly as though nothing
unusual had happened.
Division Superintendent Bester, who took refuge
from tho mob In the switch house, had both eyes
blacked and was badly bruised. Th* fireman and
engineer ot the train which was attacked wera also
badly pounded.
When asked about the company's position la regard
to the riot, Mr. Morton, of th* Burlington road, said
lt was an unfortunate affair but was not wholly un?
expected, as the company had anticipated trouble of
this kind, ne said, however, that he did not think
lt would occur again, as tbe company would try to
prevent a repetition of anything ot the kind. Mr
Morton -aid In regard to tbe progress the road was
making toward handling Its freight that lt had engaged
forty new switchmen to day. The company now ha*
sixteen switch engines at work. Ninety gaven ears
of siook were brought in to-day, and conslderabl* work
was done at the lumber district. All ot the empty
freight cara the company had at tts disposal wei*
loaded at the freight house, and the reason that a
greater number were not loaded was because Bur?
lington empty cars are tied up on other roads and are
still In the country.'
An extra edition of an evening paper says: "A
meeting of BOO engineers, flremoQ and switchmen
was hold at Fourteenth and Jefferson ats. this after?
noon. The*, were representative* from all th* roads
present, and lt was resolved that a gen*ral boycott be
declared against Burlington freight on all roads. As
yet no freight has boen offered any ot th* other
roads except the Stock Yards Transit Company, the
manager ot which Informed the freight agent of the
Burlington Road that he wa* unable to do anything
with Burlington cars, because the company's switch?
men would not touch them. Tho Chicago, Sk. Paul
and Kansas City Road has 700 cars consigned to the
Burlington Road. The other roads aro In s similar
condition.
The possibility ot the brakemen going ont con?
tinues to grow, though that action it not looked
for until tho Burlington shall hav* obtained Its full
complement of switchmen. The Burlington Company
recotved Information to-day that fifty of their switch?
men at Creston, Iowa, quit work Theil: places are
reported to have been Ailed by conductors and brake?
men.
Charles Franc!?, a switchman In the employ of the
Kansas city. St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Road, was
run mui by switch engine No. 31 in tbe middle
yunis last night. Both legs wore cut off. He leave*
a wife, two children and an aged mother, who ls
lying at tho point ol death. A coroner's Jury investi?
gated tho accident to-day. Tho testimony showed
that Francis attempted to jump the engine, that
Hie engineer ls almost deaf aud that the fireman does
not understand train signals. A verdict was rendered
declaring the engineer Incompetent. Upon learning
ot the killing ot Francis, alt tho switchmen In the
employ of the Burlington system quit work They
met to-day and appointed a committee to walt upon
Manager Merrill. The committee presented a schedulo
of wages ranging from $05 to $75 and offered to
return to work. If tho road would re-employ Brother?
hood engineers. Mr. Merrill positively refused to
accedo to their demands.
MR. CARNEGIE'S PLAN COLDLY RECEIVED.
IUS EMPLOYES LISTEN IN SILENCE TO HIS PROPO?
SITION OF A 6I_I?tNO SCALE.
PnT8B*.RO, March 29 (Special).?A meeting of the
Knights of Labor was held at Braddock this afternoon,
to hear the proposition made by Mr. Carnegie to the
steel-workers Thoro were nresent about 1.000 per?
sons, or about one-fourth of the number of employes of
the mills. It was evident thai the proposition wss uot
looked upon with favor.
Mr. Carnegie proposed a sliding scale to regulate
wages on the English plan. He suggested that the
workmen and linn each select an accountant to ex?
amine the sales and seo what the selling price of the
linn has been for the last month. If lt ls found that
the price has increased, wages are to be advanced cor?
respondingly and vice-versa In accoidane* with the
operation of the scale as agreed upon. Tbe accoun?
tants are to make sworn statements and the scale ls to
bo adopted from year to year.
A resolution was passed to leave it In the hands of
the Mill Committee, which ls composed of twelve mem?
bers. It will look more hilly Into and will make a
report as to the advisability of accepting lt. If the
report ls favorable the matter will be placed in the
hands of the District Executive Board, who wtll confer
with Mr. Carnegie._
JERSEY cTTY REPUBLICANS UNITED.
THEY MAKE A CNANIMOCS NOMINATION FOR MAYOR
?INDORSING HIGH LICENSE.
The Jersey City Republican Convention was held In
Coopers Hall yesterday afternoon. Ex-Mayor dilbert
Collins presided and Thomas McEwen was seeretary.
The flrst business transacted by the convention, after
the organization, was to adept a resolution providing
that no one but a Republican should b* nominated for
Mayor. The following platform was adopted by a
unanimous vote:
We, the RcpcMlctnt of Jersey City, ta eonvenOen tt
eembled. do declare: FIret? We hetrtlly tpprove of the
High Ltcente bill pa-ted by the present LegleUture tnd
hore by convey our thanks to thoee membert who tupported
the met au ru, end congratulate ah the frienda ot law tnd
older upon itt enactment We pledge oarselvee te the
faithful enforcement of the lew. The Prosecutor of the
Pleat of thu county having publicly declared that seven.
eighths of the crime In this county was coaxcltced as a re?
sult of alcoholic drink, we firmly believe the ttrlet en?
forcement of the Itw will leteen crime tnd taxation. Sec?
ond?We pledge our hetrty support to the candidate of thia
cot. vee tlon.
Ex-Mayor Collins, Elijah S- Cowies. Oeorg* W. Cleri?
hew and Frederick Uauter wero put before the con?
vention as candidate* for Mayor. Ex Mayor CoUtns
doclined aud withdrew Mr. Clerihew's name Mr.
Hauser received fifty six vote* and Mr. Cowies twenty
two, and the former was declared the nominee. His
nomination was made unanimous amid cheers. Mr.
Hauser served four years In tbo Board ot Alderman
and left an unblemished record.
RISING RITEES THROUGHOUT TUM COUNTRY.
CT. Louis.Mo., March 29.?The rapid rise In the Mis?
sissippi River threatens East St. Louis with a flood,
lor this season of tne year th* river ls unusually high.
Sioux (ity, Iowa, March 29?The river at this point
fell about #n inches to-day. The Ice gorge above thia
town still holds, and the flood from the Upper Missouri
Liver bas not yet reached here. The tee ls melting
tlowly and fears ot damage by floods are subsiding.
Tiffin, ohio, Mareb 29.-Raln fer the last forty-eight
hours has caused the Sandusky River and tta tribu?
taries to overflow 'heir banks and thousands af sere*
?re submerged, doing great damage to winter wheat.
Mechanlcsburg, ? portion of thia olly, is flooded, and
the people are using boats beveral washouts w*re re
pm ie el on the Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cl*.-laud
Railroad, and travel was rn nob I tn ped sd.
i -i.-Juharle, B. V , March 20. -The Mohawk River
ls rising rapidly. The water cover* two of tlie Clea*
feral Railroad's tracks near Amsterdam, and the freight
tracks are used by passenger trait*
lu rmi ogham. Ala., March 29.-Th* great rain storm
continues. The country ts flooded. Many bridges
have been swept away and washouts ifs MDlUtSd 00
tu __uw.fi iswUBi Into lus m%% T
lllJ-i UltUOJJI DlLiU LJXVnJXJkS.
THE ASSEMBLY VOTES FOB HIGH LICEN8B
60 TO 61.
ONE HT/NDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN V0TE8 CAM
OUT OP A POSSIBLE 128-NO OPPOSITION
.TEARED IN THE 8ENATE-BUT WHAT
WILL THE EXPONENT OF PEA?
NUT POLITICS DO 1
{*T TKUtORAPR TO TR* TRIBURS.]
Albany. March 29-Th? Crosby Uigh-Lfcens*
bill, se far as the Legislature is conoerned, ls
entirely safe. It passed the Assembly to-day by a
vote of 66 to 61, anjl goes direct to the Senate,
where opposition is not feared Nobody presumes
to guess what the Governor will do with the meas?
ure. It was written with a special purpose ol
overcoming the objections which he urged against
the bill of last year. Hs may veto it on fresh
grounds. One hundred and twenty-seven votes
were cast to-day, the full House consisting of 12K
Six Republicans voted against the bill Ona
Democrat voted for it.
COMPLETE 8TORY OF THE CONFLICT.
it was a bray* battle and rioht nobly won-*
MEAN OkSTRL'CTieN TACTICS Or TBB DEMO?
CRATS?MR. hadley's COURAOK.
(RY TXLKORAPH TO THU Trust yu. 1
Albany, March 29.-Tho stanch steamer High
License was to shoot the rapids to-day, but it
cannot be said that Speaker Cole, ex-Speaker
Husted and Assemblyman Crosby, who were to
pilot the craft through the wild waters, looked
ahead with much cheerfulness at their task. It
was known that the Democrats would throw
Into the stream four score rocks of opposition
and that there would be a good many treacher?
ous eddles in the shape of Republicans who had
decided to desert their party on the measure.
Still, it was thought that by ths exercise of good
judgment, coolness of head, persistence and cue
age all perils that beset the noble vessel might
be avoided and it be guided safely down the
perilous way and to the splendid harbor of the
Senate. This hope was realized after five hours
of hard work.
The Assembly met at 10:30 o'clock in ths
morning, simmering with excitement at the ap?
proaching conflict. All the galleries and floor
spaces were crowded with spectators. It waa
known that Mr. Crosby would call up the High
License bill at noon. As that hour approached
many of the Senators caroo over to the Assembly
Chamber to witness thc opening of the struggle,
and,the floor spaces became more crowded with
spectators.
It was known that Mr. Sheehan, the Demo?
cratic leader, was going to resort to every kind
of parliamentary tactics to defeat the bilL His
table was covered with law books and he was as?
siduously studying tho blue books nf the parlia?
mentary rules. He bas a fresh, florid complex lot?
to match his auburn hair and people inwardly
thought he would make a fierce struggle against
the passage of the Hixh-Licer.se bilL
Across the male, however, from Mr. Sheehan
there sat General James William Musted, and as
people looked at hts domelike head and bright
face and remembered his years of experience in
the Legislature, they thought the Republicans
had an able champion. If any one could get
through the High-License bill, he could.
BETWEEN A BISHOP AND A BREWER.
There were two other *?nen upon the floor of
the Assembly Chamber, however, who attracted
general attention. One was an able-looking mah
apparently sixty years of age, clad in the black
garments of a clergyman. People whispered to
one another that this was William Crosswell
Doane, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of thc Dio?
cese of Albany. The other notab'e man waa
Henry Clausen, of New-York, president of ths
Brewers and Maltsters' Association of this State.
Mr. Clausen is a man of middle age, of fine ap?
pearance, with thc look of a keen man of business.
Bishop Doane and Mr. Clausen crossed swords,
as it were, above the body of James H. Bagley,
jr., of Catskill, a Democratic member of the
Assembly from Greene County. They struggled
for the vote of Mr. Bagley. Mr. Clausen was tho
flrst to have the ear ot Mr. Bagley, and then
Bishop Doone had a talk with him. The spectators
witnessed the progress of this conflict with
great interest and wondered whether Bishop
Doane or Mr. Clausen would be the winner. The
Republican leaders sent Mt. Crosby to Mr. Bag?
ley to learn his decision. Mt. Bagley said that
he should vote for the biU. Mr. Crosby heard
this statement with great satisfaction as he could
not count up more than sixty-four votes for his
bill and it must have sixty-five. Sixty-four
Republicans had said they would
vote for the bill. If the vote of one Democrat
could bo obtained the measure would pnt>. In
the battle which followid, the centre of thc fight
may be said to have been Mr. Bagley'* seat.
SHEEHAN COMES A HARD " CROPPER.*1
Mr. Crosby, promptly at noon, moved tliat
Rule 44 be suspended, in order that a vote might
be taken ui>on his High-License bill. Mr Sheehan
at once began his flUbustering. He made a speech
of fifteen minutes in which he argued that Speakers
Erwin and Husted had ruled that such s motion
as Mr. Crosby had made must be made in tho
order of petitions nnd resolutions and not in tho
order of third reading of bills.
Speaker Cole called the attention of Mr. Sheehan
to the fact that these rulings were founded merely
upon a statement in the Blue Book of the clerk of
the Assembly. They wero not part of the rules
of the Assemblv. As he interpreted the rules
they did permit Mr. Crosby to make such a
motion in the order of third reading of bills.
Such motions wero not confined to the order of
petitions and resolutions.
" Will the Speaker give a precedent fer his de?
cision?" said Hr. Sheehan, hotly.
** Common sense," continued Speaker Cole, ? BETS
that a minority cannot override the will of a
majority of the Assembly by calling for the en?
forcement of the Ninth Joint Rule. I should
be recreant to my trust if I decided otherwise
than as I have'*
" Recreant to what trust f9 inquired Mr. She?>
ban angrily. He then worked himself up into a
state of great rage and said, shaking his finger
at Speaker Cole, ? The Speaker has been fair
hitherto to.the Democratic minority this session,
hoi he is now acting contrary to all precedent.
I would tell him that rules aro made for the
protection of ths minority and not for tho use
of the majority. I would solemnly warn him
that this precedent which he ls establishing may
return to jpiagne him if he is a member of th*
Assembly in 18K9 and the Democratic party has
a majority. You RepuHioan* hive made this
bill a party question and therefore wc Uenoo rat*
are justified in opposing it. I will say that I
am opposed to the orineiple of high-license, aud
therefore am opposed to this bill."
THE BALD EAGLE TO THE FORE.
Speaker Cole listened with good-natured com?
posure to these threats of Mr. Sheehan. Thcq
Mr. Husted sustained Speaker Cole's ruUng. He
said that the matter decided olelrly rested in the
Judgment of the Speaker. It was not a question
of parliamentary law but merely of interpretation
of the rules. The Shaker's decision should lie
respected. Mi. Husted closed his able speech by
saying that he believed the majority had as groat
rights as the minority and should be able to carry
out ifs Ideas of legislation in spite of wilful ob*.
struct ivd taotics.
THE FIRST SKir.yien-THB FOE DRIVEN BACK.
Mr. Sheehan tiled further filibustering. He ex?
pressed the idea tliat the Ninth Joint Rulo must
be suspended, and wa* shocked when Speaker
Cole imperturbably ruled against him. For half
sn hour he thus mado point after point of ordtf
to delay any vote upon Mr. Crosby's motion to
suspend ths rules. Speaker Colo mm that all
thee* points had no relevancy ami ruled ugatnsl
them. Finally, after Mr. Sheehan hail tulki*}
himself hoarse by making pointe of order Mr.
Crosby moved a " call of the House.'" This was tq
determine how many A-asemblyuien wore present
Mr. Sheehan moved that the motion should bs
tubled. A vote followed whish every ono repose
nixed as a tesl om ob UM iilrfh-LiosBM bilL