New-York tribune. [volume], October 31, 1890, Image 14

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THE XVIIITH DISTRICT,
REPU________N CONGRESSMA!. STZftB.
RXNSSELAER 'kXV WABH1NOTOK STROtf-1 *>R
' ?H_t TARIFF.
! 99MM a ?rBCi al $_______M$M__i or ras varn o?_l
Troy. V. Y.. Oet 90._4t looka M tbangh Ed?
ward Murphy, jr.. ot thia city, the ?hair_aa__ of
the Democratlc State Comnittter. were 8. i-f t.
have a.-ncrtUylng rxperlence, aa lt were. on hto
own polltieal doorafeap. A year ago hla man
agement lad to the election of a Deoaocrat aa
Stata Senator from a Senata diatriet oompoaed of
tba oountio. of Benaaalae. and Waslun*ton.
Moreover, thia Pemw* re t. Mtebael F. Oolllna, had
tha large majority of ?.,.?_ wotea. Yet. netwith
atandlng thia victory. Mr. Murphy now apparently
will are thia aame lienohman oi hla. Colllna, dc
feated when a candidate for Congresa ln a Con
gres_.lor.nl dlstrlet made up of thc aame countlea
of Washington and Benaaelaer.
Perbaps Slr. Murphy will plead tbat thia time
Ur. Collina ran against a atronger Republioan can?
didate. Jobn A. Quaokenbuab. ef Sohaghtiooke,
the Republican eandidatr. ia indeed a atrong man:
but hto str. upth doea not entirely eenaiat la hla
personal popularitv It reata aiao in the iaaue of
the hour, tha McKinley Tariff bill, of which Mr.
Qnaekenbusfc waa an earnest champioa. As la
well known Troy'? prcBperity la bounft up with
that of tbe ooUar. cuff and ahirt factorlee of thc
plaoe. It ii cgtimated that in Troy there are
jraarly manufactured ten miilioa dollars' worth of
oollara, eafla and ahiru. In addition there ia a
va$t laundry intei-Bt eoaneoted wlth theae tradea.
Ia all over 20,000 peraona ln Troy are employed
tn them: or ene-third af the populatlon of the
elty. Mr. Quackenbuah being a falthful repre
?entative of his constitaenta of the X VHIth Dia?
triet, natnrally took especlal paine whcn the Mc?
Kinley Tariff bill wa_j paaaed to incorporate in lt
a tariff upon collara, ouffa and shirts whlch would
amply nroteet the manufactarers of Troy and their
workingmen. Fonuerly there waa a duty of 30
per oent ad valorem upon collara and cuffe.
Under amendments to the Tariff law euggested by
Congreaaman QuaokenbCsh, not only will there be
a duty of 30 per eent ad valorem, but also a duty
of 85 eenta per doren. In tlie opinion of the
eollar and tmff tnannfacturere and their men the
tnerense of the duty on these articlee will give
them protection for ton years to cotnc from harm
ful foreign corapetitiun.
One ol the Jargest vtfjpgea in thr C_ng_e_sional
diatrict ia that of Laasingburg, whioh is aituated
on tha Hudaon Biver. just ontaide of tlie sub
tubt ot Troy. The chief industry of this plaoe ia
the macufacturr of bruabes. Congreaaman Quack?
enbuah obtained an lncreaae of the duty upon
brushfa to 40 per oent ad valoretn. Thls lncreaae
of duty waa badly needed. The brnsh buelne* of
Lanaingbtirg waa declining and would soon have
been deitroyed by tbe competttion of foreign
bruBh-makei. lf thc duty had not been raiwd.
Oue of the largest malofT* of brushra iu Lanaing
buig, Jcbn T. McKeon "d_ Co., bad just gone out
of busineas because tbey could not make any
money. Thc increaee af thc duty will tbere
fore !??___ the drooping indnstry.
Congreesman Quackenbueh also baa greatly
pleased the fanners in lns district by aiding in
raising tbc duty upon potatocs. Washington
County, ln thls Congrcssional District, ralscs more
potatoos than any other county ln the State.
Ita lnhabitanta have been much troubled by the
competition of Canadiau farmcrs with tbem in the
potato marketa of the country. This competi?
tion will now be much lessened. Congieaeman
Quackcnbush tbetefore has thc support of every
Republican fariner and of many Democratic $?$$.
Divlslon nmong the Dernocrate of Troy in
ere?ses the chanees oi Mr. Quackcnbush UMtfXMg
the district County Clerk Conway, a Demoerat,
has rel.llcd against Edward Murphy, jr., hls
former political bo_s. and then? are rival Demo?
cratic candidates for Alderiucn in the
Sixth, EUht-, Mnth. Eloventh and Twelfth
warda of Troy. This dis_.n_on of thc
I__.mocruts _P_*-_ thc Republlcnns an e.\
cellent chanee to eleet one of their number as
Mayor of Troy. Their candidate is Franeis N.
Mann. one of the ahlest young men in thc city.
Mr. M.i'in ns au Asscmblyman fmm Rcnsselaer
County showed taler.ts of higli order as a ]er,i&
lator. Mr. Mann will undoubtedly recclve a
Bo.d many Democratic vote*.. Th? Democratic
itag have nouiinatcd Mayor Whulen, Whaaa ad
uiii.istiation has been unpopular. The taxpayers
uf ihe etty see that !f they vote for Mr. .uann
they will bring ihe city t.ixes down ar.d ltnprove
the city trovermnent. Tlie political tide tncre
lore is with Mr. Mann.
Thcie are live A__e__bly District* in the Con
gre_8ioiial District; two in WasUngton County and
tbree in Rc.-__.*lacr Co'inty. Thc county of Waeh
injrton now ha* two Republican A__e__blj*?aen, and
will send two to Albany the comine year. As
semblyman Albert Johnson. of the lld District of
Washington County. only had 183 pluraltty lnst
year. . That small plurality waa due to Rcptiblirtan
factional differences whioh are now ended. Mr.
Johnjon's re-elcction by several hundrod plurality
ia eonceded by tbe Democrata. Tliey liave noml?
nated Andrew J. Lonsr. of Whltehall. bnt Mr.
Long is not a ? hustler." and therefore bis nomina?
tion waa a oonfeaeion by the Democrata thnt tbey
can not carry the distiiot In the lst Aaaembly
District of Wa_hin_:ton County the Repu) .ic-.ns
have nomlnated William Stevenson, of Argyle,
who will b? elected by a large nlurality.
Only one of the Aaaembly DIstrietB of R. nsse
laer County ia nonnally Republican. Thia i? the
lld District. It gave thc Republican e_nd*date
for Asaemblyman in 1. 8W a plurality of 717 votes.
Tbe plurality of Le vi P. Worden, of Haosie !.'alla.
the Republican c*ndidat^ thls year. will !. as
large. But the Republicans hope thi* year to
carry both of tbe o'her Assetnbly DIstrietB of
the countr. In the Ia$ Dlstrlet thev hnve nomi
nated William ,C. Corier. Editor of "Tlie Troy
T.le. r_ni." and In the Illd. P. B Sutherland. an
Iron-moulder of this city. The De*no. rate have
renominated A_?emblj-mei' Rilev and McKnijrht, of
the let and Illd Aaaembly Districta. They do
not deaerre to _? re-eleeted.
Senator Frank Hiaeoek will mak* the closing
apeech of the campnlgn her" upon Friday ntght.
The Republicans will have a hig meeting.
LABOR AGATNSrr TAMMANY,
WORKINCMEN AXXIOUS FOR A BETTER MCKI
CIFAL G0VERN__E-TT~-.'VI0N6 AS
POLITICAL CLPBS.
A large proportlon of voters ln thls clty are artl<..n?.
_nen who work hy the day, who eonstltute the siuews
of tbe eoa___ereial pros. ntv of the conntrr. antl to
whose lntelllpenre 1* dne the soclal or^er an. law
abldlng oaa-ltles of the cltlzens of t_ie Mda. In thls
clty. eapeeially among the voune grrerallon, the
workingmen, of whom there aro 40A _ member* ol
labor union*. havo n*_*_____ to the ttvt tliat they
have been Imp _c<t upon by the local dlntrlet levler*
o_ Tsmmany Hall and ' _8ue__l to n?e tlielr fran^hl**
In ffirmer eleetlons /to further thc political and
'?hoodle" asplretlon. of a ellqne _ Tsramanv HaU.
lt ls thls knowledge lhat has made tho pre .nt revolt
:.f laborlng men of all political creeds agalnst tha
?rbltrary rule of Tammany Haff. Whcn the I'r_plo's
Konlclpal Leapoe -a* organ'.sed In .lune the formv
tl .n cf such an or{_nl_at_n wa* enthuslastlrally re?
celved br the de 1. _atc* of the Central Labor Union. r;p
reaeuttng o?*er f .rty local labor union* and CO.OOO
men. and that organlcatlon has plonged lntr> the
pulitlosl flght agalnst Tammany wllh so murb esrne_t
next and slnearlty that, not aatlsfled wlth flghilu-:
Tammany at home. lt has nomlnated candidates for
_t-.e_.bly ln several (trong Dcmomtlo dlstricts, al'h
.ne avowed purpoae of cttttlng tlie ann* of thu
ortopaa, wbloh are extended toward tho Etat; L _>_
lata_
The moat Intolligent labor leader* ln this elty are
now forroally arranyed agalast a eontlnoanee of Tam
many rate. aad are brlnglng into llne the orgaalted
aad lnteillgent ettlaens who have elected them as the
oAcers of thelr uBlons and lodorse thelr actlons.
Among U-tee men the following are coBspleaoas for
thelr antagontam to Tammany _______ and cerrupt
eotMpireeles, and are w.-sh._ hard ln the intereste of
? better gewernmeat ? bf the people and for the
poopie" Oeorge JCairay. master-workaaa of Dlsttlct
Asaomblr Ko. *; wir.i. _ > .Nalr, seeretary ot Dis.
trtet AaaaeabDr Ho. 4$: Jom ? F. Atehtbald. master
wartaaaa of NaUonal Tr* *rtft \_*J3_hJLf-fB.
af Ute Central Lator l sralklag **?** ot the
Kew-YoriiPaper fwpai. unUtx, and ahalraM of
U_ PaoBle's^imttelps -gae; Welson McFaddea.
walklna delagala tt V, AteA Order <_ Aaaertean
Carpenlers and Jcir.~* repraMBtlng nearly &.000
b_?: Alfred Aahlay, ot i* Aaaajgaaaatod toeMfot
carpanters and Joiners; oeorm Waiw. ma*ter-wort
?* DUtrtet AaM__h_f Wo. a?3; Oornellu* f.
?, Lahor's candidate ta* Assemblr ln the XXI UA
Soodr.
A.sembiy DU*. et aad many la
and seoretaiiea, a_ loeal anioas.
ent* &' .S^'SUK ot \%UeTStt C
labor anlone, for it is there that the worklngman otten
dheaas and take action on tha toeal polltloal ques
ttons of the day snd the beat method to aeeare a
para clty government
TALKS ON THE TARIFF.
GLAS8 -_A-.UFACT_-.E_5 HAPPY.
THJ5T OAB BOW COMPBTE WITH CHRAr FORRIOjf
LABOR-THE _ 1HCB OF HOSIRRT.
"One of the most notabie lnstaneas of tha good
effecta of tbe new tartff," sald Kmanuel W. Bkwmtng
dale, of tha flrm of Blcomlngdale _ Urry, He. 1$
Mercei-t.. dealers apd laiportisrs o_ perl-Unery. et..,
- ls slioa-n ln the e__ ot bot tla-glasa and the flner
grades of fllnt-glaee, aiannfactarod tn Gtt-iktij and
Belglam, and whlch had been targely lmported to
thls country before the passasja of the MeKlnley bilL
Thc old rate of duty oe .___--_-___ was 40 per cent
ad valorem. It has been lacreaj-cd to 60 per eent
Now, take thls Uttle bottle.* sald Mr. Blooailngdale,
seleetlng a small round flask-shnped two-ounee bottle
for holdlng flne perfiunes. " Thls bottle, made in 0_*
sel, Germany, conld be lald down ln thls clty at $1 50
a gross, and many thonsand gro?a were annaaUy tm
ported, because the cost of the aame artlcle made ln
Plttsbnrg and lald down here was at lenst $1 50. Now.
deductlng from the prloe of ihe Gerarian boHle
the duty, 36 cents; cost of maUrial, 60 oenu
(praetiraUy tbe aame Bere and abroad); tlie
U_n?porUtlon, say 88 eent*, ln all $1 10. and
you have __t, as the cost ot manutB-tnre. 80 oeats, or
!ct us say 40 csnts, a gros*. at tho very most* The
lowcrt wages paid our glass blowers here wonld maka
the cost ot manufaeture 90 centa a gross; to thls add
transportatton to Now-York. 36 eents. and eertage, 15
cents. and you will seo what our Plttsburg bottle manu?
facturers and. our glass-blowers have to compete wlth
ln the case of German-roede fllnt-glass bottles. Tho
very lowest rate* of wages pald gluss-blowers ln tltl.
rountry 1* $5 a day: the prcater number carn from $T
to 98 a day. and not a few, wlth a helpcr, carn $14 a
day. Thc average Germsn glass-blowex conslders hlm?
seif well pald at ?1 _*> a day.
"There Is no doubt about these flgures. They are
plalu and 6lniple, and he who runs may read them.
They arc a falr example of the effect of the new tariff
on thi* llno of Amerlcan Industry. It I* truc that tlie
prlc: of these bottles wll! be a trtfle hlgher for u tlme;
but whleh ls the Letter policy, I would like to Unow !
to havo the millions Uiat are annually sent abroad for
Gcrman plass bottle* remain ln thls country and
employ our own glass blowers. or import forelgn bfit
Ue. at a trlfllng savlng? Now, ln the case of my own
busine-s, although wo are forced io pay a llttle more
for thls artlcle. I prefer to have things as they are
nnder tho new tariff, because I know tliat the buslne*.
on the wholo will be stlmulated, and I am bound to
keep mv shwe of these millions of Uoliars remalnlng
ln thi* countrv. Whatever smsll Incre* . there may
be at flr-t in the cost of bottles slnce tho passage of
the art wll! only be felt by the dealer and retalier.
'?The BM . argument applies to nearly all the bot?
tles msde in thls country. but I mentioned thls par
ticnlar nialte of bottle as a straw which show. tlie
good that the tariff wind will blow the pcoplo of thls
country.
WlUlnm Bloomfleld. a Iftrga glas* manufacturer. M
No. 88 Fulton-st.. sald: ? Wlth the hlgheat tariff whlch
has ever been lmpotwl npon flint-g!n_s. and wlth
wages within 10 per cent of tlie hlghest ever pald In
Uils country. the product ls oo cheap. if not cheaper.
than ever before. The wagea we are paylng to _ay are
wlthln 10 per cent of those pald when geld was at a
prcmium of 1S0. I could not ?ay mo.*.* than thls lf
1 tm* to talh for an hour. A year ago. when I was
ln Belslum. 1 asked a large and wealthy manufacturer
what, -he paid one of hl* blowers, who was making bear
bottles for shlpment to America. 4 Two dollars and
twenty-flve cents ln your money.' he answered, wlth an
tinmi-takable air of pride and gcnero-lty. I thonght
the man would faint when I told him that the same
tpan In Plttsburg would bo pald from $8 to $10 a day.
and mlght pcrhn< _ be able to earn $10 a day. It ts
certain that the wages ot the glass-blower ln thls coun?
try wUI be lncreat.e-1 nnd more men will bc employed
under tho new tariff. and I bellevo that the price of
gtaasware, lf not cheaper, wlU not be any hlgher in the
tatate."
A member of the flrm of Holbrook Brother*. at
Iieekman and CUff _t*., referrlng to the dlfferenoe In
iho prcucut eost of plate-glats ln thls country and that
whlch pr-vallod fifteen years ago. said: "l eonslder
this one of the ?tron_e_t lllu*traU(ins of the tieneflt*
of a Jndlcloti*. buslness-llke protective policy. _lr.ee
the lmposltltlon ot a duty on plate-glsss ihe artlcle has
boen nirimtfartiired to _uch an extcnt ben that were
tho dutv removed to dsy I belicve we could easily hold
our own wlth the Europcan factortes. Allhough there
aro comparativcly few fiu torles heie, the price of plnte
gla._ durlng thls tlme ha . falJen over 70 per c?nt.
W tfTio.i. protectlon It is i|_ite certain that thls re-uc
tloff would never hsve tnlten place."
Tlie tiguros and facts siven abovc were sub. tantiated
by Mlchael H. Haperty. of llagerty r.ros. __ Co..
dealers and importers of gla.swnre, at No. 10 Platt
_t.. and several other wcll-known men of thc trade.
as a "ktartllng example" of the allegod e-.to.tion_.to
prlces wliich Amerlcan manufacttirers will t**_p und .
the new Tai'iff law, a Clevcland mcrchant was QOOted
Ln a publl'-hed statement recently as saytng tiiat
"manufacturer* have alrcady served notlco that they
wll! advanee price. on the goods (hoslsryl which we
new .ell at 31 cents a palr, so that we will be for.ert
to scll ttrem at 38 eent* a pair. Instead of belng con
tcnt with old prlces and selllng thelr goods at a figure
tliat. <riUi Uiese high tariff rate*. would drlve every
English stocking out of the market the Amerlcan
manufacturers at once take advantage of the high rate_
to dernand proporilonately high prcos."1
J. Henry Smith, of bmith A Angell. of No. 22
Thoma* st.. the ln. and largest Importers and manu?
facturer* of "fasf black hoslery ln Uus country, _____
to a Tribune reporter after havlng read thi* clipplng:
"The statement Uiat there has been an ____$$B$ in
the pilec of these g.wds, br that notlce of any -Urli
Increose has been given, I know to be untfue. CH
course we will feel any posslble lll effects of thia new
law as much as any house in UM country, and, wltho.it
wlthlng to appear ego;istlcal, 1 belicve 1 can say tliat
I ur.der_U-iifl tlw situation among tlie l_r_e manuiactur
ers and dealers ln tlds llne of good* as UkirouglUy a>
any one ln tlie business, but I cau *ay that. alt__u-.li
I have heard of lower prltc- since the pas-age of tho
McKlnley bUI, I have uo iuiowledge of any contem
platcd lncrcaso in prices. 1 only wl*h everj- man and
woman In Uie Lnlted Btate* could know the facts of
tlw ni-ttei u* 1 know them. There would then be M
cud to all thls *upcrllclal Ulk about manufacturer*'
protlts and higlier prlocs.
?? A year ago, bellevlna that the McKlnl .y blll would
nass and nuXurally. wlslilng to sound the fecllng o*
thc nianufarrarera and Jobber* ________*_t___l?S_
I madr a trip from here to I?rovldenc? and tmrouph X*
E___rn 6Utes. bringing np at Phlladelpliia. 1 totwd
that without exetvJon tbey were nnxiou*.and readj
to make these goods at a_ low a MM a? t ic Imppned
______!_. provide. they had a larl.f to enable them to
. omF- e wlth tha cheap (_rmsn labor ln ****_*?
coods on the home market. Now tlils chiap foreg'i
CboTlsaU WB liav- to compete wlth. We have better
marhi ics better mcHiod. and better dyes. Lnttl the
?ii ateenth century no one had dlseovered a prov*_i
dveTng hoslrry B perfcet (Mt black. When we flrst
m rte,. _?.t tt. ma'e black hoa_f| liero we wcrc l_n_ el
_ What hU been the _a_H l The nnblearbed cheap
l_..iri?. -_nt here to be *3t* from Germany and Eng
r.ndl-_* not only long outscld tbe foreign a^rdhostory.
tST iwuv we make a superlor ouallS" of pood* I
wild wrtal-.1T hVve no Sjert ln n Urtatftg the_
S_SS_i^4*^
S$?_^
________ ___tl_C___L___?_____aa that every other staple
___i_k wlleh has._3w. prolected hy Uriff has ln
.__.-ii.lv WlowM. And then I* tbcre no advantaga
__*__. vrhoiJ[?___! ln ho\ing these millions or dol
!?? whirh for M^lonB have gono to Europe remain
Iaw, but I as-ure you thi* la n?.t one or tntm.
SOME IN'ACCUBATE nGURES.
MI9_T.\TI..O THE CONDITION OF TnE T1N PLATE
MARKEtr
In a pnbllshed artlcle on Wednesday an eUborate
attempt was made to show that ln eonsequence of the
new Tariff Iaw there had been an enormous advanee
ln the prlces of various commodlt. _. The flgures used
ln the tables of eomfcerlsons bore upon thelr face a
saggestlon of lnacmn-ry and ImprobaMlltv. and tbe
conoluslons druwn seemed to be correspondlngly er
roneous and mUleadlng. Under tbe general heaUing
of TIn and Boller Walee eene eeraparaUve prices wero
given. A reporter of The Trlbnne called updn H. B.
De MlB, ol the flrm ef H. B. De Milt _ Co.. axlenslve
dealers and Importers of Iin plates, lron aod metal*. al
No. __$ Water-st.
u Yas.? aald Mr. Da Milt, " I have read the arU-la
aad I flnd maay mi.takes to lt. Fer example the
statement U made tbat tha lates- aaUlng price for Un
plgs was 24 and 24 1-fl oenu. aod that tha dn ty had
been raised from 1 eent to ??-W eanta a poand. The
fact ls tbat thera U aot now aad haa not been tor
maay yeara any daly on tta pig*- Bealdee. lhe re?
port of sales at the Metal Bxchaaga on Ortobar 28
sbows that there were sold 140 ton* of Un plgs Ior
deilv.ti, ten tons each month from November, 1800,
to Jaanary, MM. 8* ?.80 to tha Brt aeath and too
ne-te lcai eaeh Bueeeedlaf moatlx dewn ta iO.10 to
the toat month. M li aaa thal lha prlee haa *?*!
up dtiring September and Oeiobar to 8-30 oo account
of ?peculaUon. bnt you aee by the ngura. that lt ha.
lately decllned. On October M, 1889, Un plg. were
r-elllng at 23.15; ao yoa tee they are aetaatly cheaper
new than a year age ___._.,_*
"The kind ot Un that U uied princlpally for cane
and all the cheaper qaelltlee of Un were li kaown to
ths trade a. ?IC oohe plato. la_-0 Inehes la alse.
In Augnit, 18W, aad oo np to January. 1*80, the
price of these plato advaneed ln Ergland becaase of
aa increaaed eoet ef *aetet_l aod aalerpad danand.
There waa no ?rreepondlng advanea la Amerlc* be
cau.se dealen here were well sappltod al lhat Ume and
bellev*- that the advanoa abroad. a. evaota sub
sequently proved, would be but teerrporary. Thta
year there has been aoother advanre ln England aod
a correependlng advaaee ln thls eountry, due nol te
the tarlff. hat rather to tha present Marclty ln thls
speelal llne ot good*. On October 20, 1880, aecordlng
to " The Amerlean Metal Market,* a stet-dard au-orlty
wlth tlie trade, the prtee for BeMemer Un or oohe
plates waa ?4 75_?-80 a box, a very eheap grade
belng quoted at 8-170. On Octobw ?8, 1890, the
correapondlng date for thls year. the fleme gocal* are
quoted at Bi 47 l-UM 60 lnstead uf 85 no, _* the
free-trade paper has lt Addlng Um duty te the prlee
ln 1889, whlrh duty, by the way, doe. not go Iate
effect untll UM, the price now ought to be $6 10, lf
the free-trade argument 1* good. lt ls to ba noted ln
thls eonnecilon that forelgn holder. of these good. are
buylug largely and advancing price. beeause they think
that for the present we must buy of them er not al
all, and that we ran get no benent of tha tariff under
a year."1
To refute, however, a stotement made ln Ihe aitlcle
referred to that there ls no lramedlate prospect ol homa
manufaeture. Mr. De Mllt sliowed a number ef sample
plates of inperlor quality Jirtt recelved from a manu
factory at Apollo, Penn., whose propflftora, like other.
U.roughout the eountry are prepartng to efflarge thelr
pieaent planU or establlsh new ones. " Thls Intention
to cntcr upon home manufaeture,*' aaid Mr. De Mllt,
"ls well understood by the trade."
A further f-tatcment ln the free-trade arU'le lhat
there 88. bocn no ndvanre In the raw m iterlnl In
Kurope la rcfuted by the followlng figures, again taken
from "The Amerlean Metal Maikef: On July 12,
18S.0, tho Knplish price for hematlte plg*. the raw
rru'erial from whlch the plates are made, wa* 59 shlll
lup* 9 penee, and at the rorrespondlng date of 1*80
the price was only 50 hhllilngs 1 1-2 pence, whlle on
Ortober 6 of Uii* year the prtra wa* 00 Rhliling*.
against 50 shilllngs .*> pence lu 188D. Theso flfrure*.
I-l*i,il.v show an artvance la the raw maCerlaJ's price.
"And here," added Mr. Dc Mllt. "li another false
awerilon of our free-trade frlend. who says thnt or?
dlnary Bessemer colie tin is sclllng at 81 20 to fl 4.0
per box more than in August?meaulng August of thli
year. Tr_ing 'Tlie Ameriean Metal Market' again a?
authority, wc flnd tlie quotaUon for August 13 to be
95 12 1-2, whlle tlio quoted price now Is 95 47 1-_S
$5 50, a dlfferenue of only M cents lnstead of 91 10
So tho further statement ti.at U,e Ameriean public ls
piiylng over *,soo,ooo a month more than lf was for
tlk-ir plato B alii.it tlwe nco lalls to tho croujid."
In eloslnR Mr. Dc Mllt aald: "I Iiave not tho
sllphtc-t douhl that ln tlie ronrso of the next one or
two year., tlie Ameriean eonsumer of tin plates wlll
reap the Bame urivantage lhat hc has always enjoyed
wnen tlie proriiietlon of an .irtielo not heretofore nianu
fucturcd ln thls eountry was stlmulatcd by a protectlve
duty. We cannot bulld up ? new Industry ln a few
weeks or evt-n nionihs. and Uie Impoaltlon of a tanlf
rntc, however encouraglng It may be, wlll not lnime
dlately produco tlie exwected result*. lt tee-ms te mo
that th'j nilstaK.s we have DOted and the figures wo
have glven de.troy tlie toree of tlie whole free trade
artlele."
the; mayor-s incx)Nl*i.*?texcy.
HE FACES BOTII WAYS ON TIIE ELECTRIC SUB
WAY Qt'KfiTION.
Mayor Orant's Inronslstcncy ha* again been s'.iown
by hls re,-ent action ln tlie Board of Ele.trlcol Control
In favor of grantln? the rlght to an eleetrle llghtlng
rompany to uro overheart wlres. Thli rurlous turn of
the Mnyor become," the nioi-e pccullar when lt ls remem
bcred how lie patted hlmself on the back on the sub?
ject of burying the wires, In hls letter of acceptance,
whieh was Issued only two days before thls action of
tlio lioard of Eleetrical Control was taken. Thls ls
what Is ?ald in the Mayor's letter of acreptance on tho
subject:
On tho lst of Jannary,*lftr?n, not a foot of wlre was
uadeigroand. Tl.e cletr.c . l.ght companles lnslsted
that lt was tn.pos-lble to oporate thefr wlres In the
subwav. Hy dlrect-ou of Uie M_*yor, the Commlssloner
of Public. Works riit down tl.e polcn and roirioved Uie
wires. 8I1110 then 17,0O:i mlk-s of wiro havo been
put uadeigroaod. At thh rate, wlthin a ?hort tlme
DO elcrtrlc wlres wlll rcmaln cxpoied on the streets.
Thls letter appeared on Tuesday, Ortober 1. On
Tburi-ilay, two d;iys later, a meetlng of tlie Board of
Eleetrical Control was quicUy held ln the Mayors
oflice, and Mr. Orant announccd tliat application had
been mailr. by tho .V.rth New-York Llghtlng Company
to replace Its circtili* In the Twentv -thlrd nnd Twenty
fourtli ward.. Tlie Mayor said tliat the peoplo of
those ward. "were etomoring for electric llghts," of
whlch Uiey were depiived by hls ,-rusade on ovcrhead
wires a little over a year ago. He lntrodueed tlie ful
lowtng resolnUon. wbieh wa. unanlmouMy adopted
?? KcMilvcd, Thut the S'.crctary bsaa a tempornry
permit t-. the Korth Xew-Yot- Lightiug Company tn
plare and reeooneet Its cirruits norlh of tho Harlcin
Rlver, whieh havo been removed by the Bureau of
Incumbranccs, belng at that time ln vlolatlon of tlie
rule* and rc_pu_(i"i)- <>f the Board; tli- eoaaliaeUon
of the same lo l>o under tiio nupcrvUlon of Ui" clec
trleaJ expert ofltdc Board. in aceordap.ee wlth Uie rules
aud KpUatkMU of tl.e Hoard."'
Tlio ncarncs. of election day, an.l the desire to securo
the support of the Elixirlr Lieht Company and, of some
few people lu Uie Annexed Oistrlct, who are not allve
to th<* d-iiif-er of overl.ead wires, or wlio have forgotten
the spcrt_<ie of a nun roaatl?I to death on an electric
liglit polii ln tlieir nelKhnorhood not many months ago,
may have n.ovod the Mayor to '? po back on" lils ex
pressed detcrminatlou to k<"P the. -treets free from tho
Saiifcers < f overheal wires. whether Uiere were suh
wayi to burv them In or nol. At any rate, It would
be'lnteresting to know wnf ho 1ms made sueh u roin
plete eliange of front on ilus .juc-Uou.
m-?????
IRISBMEN AGAISS1 TAB.VANY.
BBOBD BY THEIR REI'KESENTATIVE JOUKNAL
TO VOTE FOR BOXESl OOVERNMENT.
Erom Tlie Nevr-York Tahlft.
A. to the duty of irl-h Amerlean voters In the prei
ent eincrKcney. little n?-cd l.e *ald. I'nder ordlnary
clrcamstanees we should recard a:.y speelal app<-_ te
them iu the matier of Amerlean polltlcs m ui.called
fo:. Thelr Interests ditTcr In nowlse from those of
other riuicns; they are eqnally conecmed wltli thelr
iietchbor? ln seeurlng an lu.nest municipal adyilnls
tra.lnn; and any dlstlnetlons in sueh matter*, draw n
on raelal lines, are not only out of plaee, but lmpcr
tlnent. But tnr_-rauch as the eharge Is ncrslstcntly
made that T?mmany rule ls malntained by tne so ealk-d
"Irish vote," It behooves all true Irlsh-Amerlrans te
glve the He, on election dsy, to thls a?pcr_lon on their
lntclliBer.ee and patriotlsnt. We belleve they are pre
pared to do so. We belleve thal all Irl*h-Amerfcan
voter- li. thls rlty who are not hopeleaBlv lnvolved ln
lgnorance or prcjiidi.e or w.?r*e will admlt ti.at, so
lar a. tho municipal election is roneerned, there ls no
ouestlor, of party polltle. lnvolved. The struggle ls
not between rlval political parties. bnt letwocn Uf
frlend* and the fo.--. of pure city government. Wlth
tlie l<?iie thus elearlv deflned and tinder-tood, no honest
and Intelllgenl Irl-h Amerlean voter cau lai1 to rccog
nlze h:.s duty. or to poi-forn. lt.
ll'OOL PRIUEH ASD TBE TARIFF.
ftO? The Indiar.apolis Journal.
tic-rg.) Merntt k Co., who are al-o woollen manu
taeraren und woil-dealer.s, were a-ked : 'How niuch
luve you advaneed prlre. "i. vour 2<??t> 'hi? seaaoa, or
since the p_sage -i il.e Mcklnloy blll '?"
u\\e havo made no chanse iu prlccs on our goods,"
waa the reply. "and do not expect to do so thl=. soaaoo,
and wo cau sw; no cei? Inty of gettlng aa advance next
.eason. ?
?But are you not paying more for woolt"
?? Ycs. We aro pay'iic the fiimer tao cents a
pouid more slnic lhe pass^ge' of tho blll.*'
'Then. do vou lo*e that maeh of yoar pmfltsT"
" Wo get a amaller pereentage of proflt, but exneet lo
malte It up by a larger trade. isuppota* we ?cll a*OOO
worth of k<) ?.s wltli a proflt of 10 ner cent. We have
a proflt of 6400, and ln plaee of tnat sunpr,? we sell
*5,000 al a proflt of 8 per cent. We have the sfune
9400. Now, the mcrehat,. .-lakes as larrre a proflt a.
we do, and If our trade ls Increased hls ls also larger,
and as he ha* none of the nddltlonal cxpenie*. Ma p^flts
will be lncrc_sed fflOO. We hope he wlll be wllllng to
dlvlde wlth us, and ln that ease we would eaeh lie 8V)
better off, and the cousumer would pay no more for hl*
good*."
" But why do you expect an Increase ln your sales*"
'? Beeause of the general prosperlty of the eountry.
growlng out of Ure fact thut there wlll be fewor idle
men in lt You rememb"r the old etory ot the Irish?
man wbo was trylng to rhe.apen hls grooeries, and ln
tlsted wlth hU L-rm-r that he could buy more for a
sixpence In good oM Ireland than he could buv hero
for a Bhllling.' " Ah. why dldn't you stey ln old Ire?
land. then i? retorted th ? groeer. 'Riire, and It wa.
beeause I couldn't get the sixpence there.' Idle men
make Idle merchnnts and Idle manufaetiirers, whlle
bu*y men make busy merclianta and busy manufaet?
iirers. The MrKlnley blll wlll set enough men to
work, who were Idle before, to creato a peneral proa
P4nity.?
?? What ls the amount of the wool clip of thi* conn
tryl"
'-About 300,000.000 pounds, and you soa 3 cents
advanre on that glve* the farmer* W.OOO.OOO more
per annum to spend."
'? Do you expeet any great increase In wool growlng *
Is the inereaaed tarlff sufflrlent eueouragement for
faraiera to go Into tbe Industry 1"
" Yes, I belleve Uie Increa*a ln tha wool clip of the
i'nited State* wlll be at the rate oi 80 per cent per
aiinmu for the uext three year..*' I
WORKING FOB MR* STEARNS.
ACTIVE 0ANVA99 * THE XIVTH OONGRESS
DISTRICT.
DEMOCRATIC BI'Pl-iRf rOR TUE POrULAR RE
pUBUOAir-DIflOUSTED WITB THEIB
FRE-BEBT __1___.__ITAT-.V__.
A atfrrlng aad aa apparenUy wlaning eanvaaa la
that wMch _. Thomas Btearns, tha Bepublteah eandl.
4^ts is making ln Ihe XlVth Oongreaa Dlstrl.t. Tbe
dirtrtct Inelodaa aU oi weateheetar County aod tha
xxrv.h Aaseaibly D_*ti_ t-the Twenty thlrd and
?jwan-"-fourth wards?of tha Clty of Ntw-Yortr. Tha
present Congreaaman and the Demoeratls candidate la
william ('?? Btahlnaeker, whoaa lncompeteney and
neglect have been thoroughly expooed ln Tha Tribune.
The rooords, carefully examlaed by the eorrespondenl
of The Tribune, *_ow*_ that Mr. fltahlneekar had boen
rtford?_ aa present at only aeveaty of the 4*2 roll-can*
of tha Jut sesslon of Congreaa. Mr. Stahtoeeher waa
net at hta home ln Waetoheatar County wbile absent
from hls soat In the House of Repreaantetlvee. aad tha
chief Democratlc newtpaper of hls dlstrlet lntlma_*
that hls neglect of hla duties waa due to hls dlsslpated
teblts. Whatever the eausa may be, the fact ls un
dlspnted that bis name doea not appear In any **
corded vote of the House of Repreacntatlvea (or
consecutlve months of the last sesslon.
The revolt agalnst Mr. ftahlnecker among the mem?
bers ot hls own party ls wldespread aad grows wiUi
each week of tha oanvaes. "Ths Kastern State .ic.tr
nal," of Whlte Plalhs, tbe leadlng Democratic news?
paper of Westehester County, denounoes htm stroogly
a* "the champlon neglectof." It says lo a recent
edltorial: " A maa may be enMrely looee la hls moral
life. but lf he does bis duty to Ms eonstltuents with
seal abillty and courtesy, they can tolerate eccen
tricltiee and deilnquencles outslde hls publlc duty.
But to be absent from hl* seat for months at a tlme
without apology oe reason, hid away whore Uio
_ .-geant st ann*. friends or foes could nol
flnd him. ls a dlsgraco that nelthar ehartty.
re*pec_abillty nor party foalty can posalbly tolerate.?
'The state Journal" has In several arUeles advocated
the csttse of Mr. Stearns. IndlvtQual Democrats high
In the conndls of tho party have Jolnod lu the ?enun
clntlon of the do-nothlng Repreaentatlve who is a^ain
lhe Democratic candidute. Fordham Morrls, who ba_
been for many years one ot the most Influentlal and
rcspocted Demoerat* of the Annexed Dlstrlet, has Ju_t
wrltten a letter earnestly advoeatlng Mr. Stcarn* and
opposlug Mr. fctahlneeker, partlcularly for hls neglect
ln the matter of lhe Harlem Rlver lmprovement appro?
prlatlon. After speaWng of the efforts of Congt_s*man
FIteh, of the Xlllth District, in advoeatlng the ap?
proprlatlon and the *llght iptorest shown by Congress
man Stahlnecker, Mr. Morrls says:
t-tahlnccker is a man of but small eapacity and less
lndnstry; he I* haudsome, a good Iriend wlth C_ boys
uud calls hlm?elf a ?? l-em?-_-.-," though hc has alwavs
liean an artful dodger _n the tariff, whlch ts one of tne
most vltnl (luc.tlons lu whlch tnost DfBKNfBta are now
liiferested. Lukewarm as to local lnterc*.. and of no
account a* a tnrlff reformer, lt 6eem* to be the dnty of
every Demoerat ln our di-triet to vote for the other
nonilnce, Mr. stcarn*. As I have taken my pennalpnt
home In another seetlon of thls gi__t mctropolis I can
not votcfor Mr. Stearns, but lt fwere a qunllfled voter
In the Twenty-fourth Ward I would gTVe Ttiy unquallflod
support to him. Ile Is possessed of lntelllgence and
Inuustrv, has a pleaslng address, is a leadlng man ln
tho counsel* of the party, whlch is mo*t like ly to havo
the majortty ln Congress, and can therefora __.c_._n
pllsh more for our ward* ln edvaneing the Hsrlem
Itlver enterprlse than ten such men aa the Apollo of
Yon her*. The Harlem Rlver lmprovement ls a ques?
tion of *uch loeal Iraportance to our ward. that mero
partv prejudlres ond llklngs are of secondary Im?
portance. Harlem Rlver Is business, n_T polltles.
J. Thoma* Stcams ls a capable, honest, Industrtous
man. Ile live. ln our wards, not away from us. He
has pledpcd hlmseif to advanee the enterprlse.
The discontent wlth thelr present inofllelent Con
gressman Is shown by letters eontainlng promlses of
support which are dally recelved by Mr. Stearns from
Domortats who express an intention to support bim.
The writers say that they have supported Mr. 6Uh!
nec..er Is some of hls prevlous caiiv.ts._s, huTthey are
unwllllng louger to have him as thelr nomlna! Rcpre
sentative at Wasliinjrton.
Ib contiast wlth this DemocraUc defection and dis?
content ls the lieartj support given to Mr. Stearns
b.v his party friends and many Democrats. Mr.
DlBBias has been a resldent of the Twenty fourth
Ward from childhood. He la ln the forty-thrd year
of hls age. If he Is not the most popular resldent
of hls Assembly Dtatrtet, lt would be dlfflcult to flnd hls
rlval ln the esteem al hls nelghbors. He was in earller
years a leader In all inanly -porf.s, was an enthiwiastle
i.ailpl.iyer, and was nselstant forepian of tlie Tremont.
Hook and Laduor Company In the days before the
regiou along the Harlem became the Annexed DUtrlet
of the Clty of New-York. Ho was a clerk for ten
year* ln a leadlng real cstate offlee In Plne-st., and ha-s
.slnce conducted an hidepcndcnt and suceessful bust
Bese bb a real estate dealer. Hls genlal natura an.l
willingne?s to help others have mado him the frictid
of all rbuata of soclety. He can al one Ume fnrnl-li
anmsi ment ln social gathcrlngs of hls frlonds and nt
another give rkar-hBadad advlea ln kosineea diiticui
tic-i. ni. BepabBoaatHB ha. been of tli. aggressivo
tort and he has long been the recognlsed leader in
liis wind. He 1* an cxcrtitivo member of the Kepubli
.-.-iii ( ounty Committee und has been one of the see
rularlo* of tliat body for six yeurs. He ls the vl.-o
presldeat and tuost ertive offlcer of thc Babar. an Club
and im Intlinjntlal member of tho Foi*.Ihnm Club. He
was b (aiidld.i.c for Alrtermsn In lha Twcnly-fnurth
Wai.1 ln l_o7, and ran 1,100 vote* aliea_l of hl*
party ticket. Ho was the Republlcan Presldcntial
cleetor for ihe XlVth Lilstrlct at (hc la -. cl--. i ...n.
.Mr. _u.iiu_'_ life long mt.-i.-_.' iu ihe alfalrs of
We_telt__t.'r (.ounty and lhe Annexed Dlstrlet, nnd hl*
onerg.. ?iid lUgli *en_..' of duty, prove to the voter* of
ni.- aisirlet tlutt ho would bu an nble and faltliful Reu
rateatitve, and th.so -<.nsico"_tlons, aidcd io
hk* personal ptipularliy, have secui",-d him
tho support of nl* ii.lgnt_i_, almost Irrespectlva
of party eoiikldorutioh*. If he pa__ by the
tne piaie wheie a (ounty Domocraey merUng, or a
Tammnny mr. tlng, or any otlicr political gathering. ls
lield, he I* weleomed wlth a hearty .ti.ke of the hand
and piomlso* of support. Tbc leader* of the Local
luipmvement party. who remember tliat ho yleltled to
Uie demairl for a tinited nomination for Comml.sloner
by all nsrtle* opposed to Purroy'* rule, l_ive the klndll
e^t fecllng* for him. When a Democratic processlon
p?sse<l b> hls hesdquarters recently there were cheers
tor ''Tommy" stearns from the parader*.
One Demoerat who, like many others. reralled occa
*lon* on whleh the ponular candidate nad befriend*. I
h!m. proposcd to "nialte lt unanlmous," and lf the
\oti*s do not qulle do that, they ought, if all slgn*
iio uot fall, to change the usual Democratlc majortty
b_ 2.000 Iii the Annexod Dlstrlet into a safe Repub?
lican plurality.
Mr. Steanis's own part ln the eanvass has bren a
busy ooc. lie has spoken In Tarrvtown. Crotona,
Pound Rldge and various parts of Westehester County.
and attends alm.st nlghtiy meetincs In the Twenty
thlrtl and Twenty-fourth ward*. Clreulars have been
dlstrlhuted throughout part* of the dlstrlet. Mr.
ftttams's letter acceptlng tlie nomination has been
prlntod and dlstributed among tho voters. The lm?
provement of ths Hsrlem Rlver snd the Long Island
?hore Is one of the objects whlch Mr. Stearns ls most
anxlou* to advanee lf ho ls elected to Congress.
The candldsey ol Alexander Taylor, Jr., as an Inde
peedent Republlcan, I* caastng some conftislon, but Mr.
Stearns'* friends belleve that lt wUI not serlously inter
terc wlth hls chanees of election. The promlnent Re
publleans of Mr. Tsylor's own preeinct have declared
Ihemselves InMnvor of Mr. Stearns. No reason I* given
bv Mr Tavlor's frl.uds for not snppoiling tho regular
candidate. aad lt ls belleved that fhe support of the
Independent candidate will be llmlted to bis personnl
frlerd. who may lndude as many Democrats as Rc
pablicaaa.
A PREETRADER PUT TO COXFTTSIOX.
From Tlio Philadelphla Press. "
'?The Ncw-York Post" ha* boen squarely raught In
|i> lstest campaign of vlllflcatlon and falsehood.
Tli. Republlcaii C'r.ngr._-*lon?l campaign Committee
has \ieen sendlng out ?nme doeutaanls containin_t ex
tniet* from F.ngllsh papers. __owlng thc Interest tbe
Free Tradet*; have In breiklnc tiiWB t'ie protectlon
policy nf thls coiinto- They ar* p-rfcetlv l.-glt.mate
ramp_lgn materlal. so long as geimlne, as they go to
?m_$ ?'hat the I*Tote.*ti.)ni*1* eontend. tl.ai a |ow
revenne policy would benellt the English insnufacturcr.
bv trsnsferrlng mnrh of the mannfacturtnc now don.
lri thls rountrv to Kngland ''The New-York Post,*
rec'gnlxing the effeetlvere . of the*. extract*. ha*
'_)u_ht ln everv posslble wsy to br*nk thelr fotre.
' Tliat psper "ehase two of the most rerent extraet*
made snd whcn they could not ne verifled at a
moment's noUce lt at once pmnonneed them furgerie..
ilalmed that the proof was " c .nclnslve* to thnt
effect nnd that the language of Uie ex .raet* wai such
aa 'English wrtt*!. never nse." It went Into a
__. SSm over the "forcerle*" and the bratenne**
of the Republlcan* ln trjlng to deeelve people wlth
tbem To the confuslon of thls free-trade heeler,
bow. ver a llttle seareh showed The New-York Trlbune
hat ore" of thc so called "forgerle*" was exactlr what
t mirported to be. anextroet trom "The toadon
Time" * and expres*ed Th the verv langnare quoted.
A llttle further search would probably prove that tha
other extracta are also getwlna
. ? a.
PRICES THAT HAV* XOT OOXE UP.
From The Doston Advertlser.
The free trade newspapaia are constanUy aasertlBg
taat there has beon a ?h?rp advahce in tbe prtoes
of an the neceaaarlea of lll*, in consequbnee of the
n____i_? of the tarlfTbllL An honest lnquiry among
S3___IP______J____ ""
Xiici- ba* baea ao advaaca ln the price ot beat
trar___r_ to* been bo advanee In tha ptina of poi*.
Tb_re baa b$?? no advaae* ta tha pttee of _our.
TKere haa be?n no advanee ln the pt*<* ef sugar.
?rteta haa baaa no advanee la the p; 1 ce of commeal
ThaM ha* heoa a deereaae of 10 oar.U a buthel In
ths. Drio. of pouttoet wlthla tha last waak.
T&ue baa been ae advaaee ln the prtee of ooal.
Thara haa been no advaaea ta the prtee ot bean*.
ntitiar aavaaeed very ?llatttty two waaba ar more
a_m bot lt waa only the advsnee whleh slwaart oomes
Ui that commodltr at the elose of the sraalng aeaaon.
Ciota'ng ta rn_y aa eheep. 8} aai cheaper. tnaa 11
**_-4?m aad -hou aaa ao JUghar thaa thor were a
year aaa, * _?
Theae taeta ean be readlty a-eertaloed at .ny enop.
at readlly by repreaentetlves of trae trade a. of
protectto-Ut newspaper..
TBOVBISM OFBV8INES8 MEN.
FAILUUBS I!? THB SIUC I-O^WS-IO ART) OLs-TH
ING AXD CXJOAB.HAB19JQ TRAOES.
R. Sprlnger *. Oo.. whotoale doalera ln all* and
worstod yarna, al -?o. 8*# Itroow+OX., have felled.
Tha sherlff yeatarday oleaed ap thelr alaee of bualnea.
on execuucns ejfregatlnf fl2,6_4l % tavor of the
followlng ei?itor*' O. Stringfleld, fT,518; Capltal
City Baoh of Madlson. ?8.088: Mari Sprliiger, f 1,020;
Thorna* 9, Haye*. BBBB. Tha tna la eompoaed of
Jacob M. gprlager aad Meortee M. Kohner. The
business was atarted ahoal twenly-two years ago. The
_kblUUee ara ?atd to be ahout 830,000, ?nd lt Is thoufht
there is enoogh aMet* to pejr tbo Judgment eradltors.
I. L. PaH; k Co.. man-faetorera ol -lothlng at Wo.
601 Broadway, talled yeatoday, aad thelr large plaee ot
bu*tnew wa. closed up by the -herlff on a confessed
Judgment for W7.828 in favor of the National Parh
Danh. The flrm Is eomposed of leeec L. Falk aad hls
son, George W. Falh. The aenlor partner has been ln
buslness for over flfty yoar., rnanufactarlng ln this
city and selUng prlnelpally ln tho 8oath. Tbe Ilablll
tles are Mid to be ehoul W80.000; aesete not yet
aaoextetned.
Istdore Boaeothal, man_aet_rer ot _oa_? al No. 520
Broadway. has fallad. wlth llabillt.ee reported a* up
ward ot 8130,000. Tha thtritt clceed up hl. factory
yesterday oa exetmttons M8T***-*11* ?W'8W' ?*?? con'
fessed judgment* te tho followlng: A malla Rosenthal.
hls wlfe, BBB,27t; oatate ot Hanry Cbuek. #3,811: R.
Rothstein, tt.OOS. Mr. ftosen-al ls about seventy
year* old. and haa been Ui b-sinee* about forty yeara
under vorlous ftrm stylea. the pr**ent one belng
Rosenthal & Oo. Hls attorneys sald yesterday that
tho llablllties wara from ?in5j-00 to fl 60,000. and
n thought tha aaseta were .bout ioO.OOO.
nw* .lubeTde_e7 lu r^?Jffi__,?2
at Mo. 28 I'nlverslty Plaee. made an a-slgument yes?
terday to Charles Bennor.
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?7_7/? PRISONKR BAD NEVER PLEADED.
SL'RPRISINO DI8C0VERT IN TBE TRIAL OF CAP
TA1N RETTIO EOR SML'OOIJNG
Tbe trial of Captaln Wliliam M. ReUlg. of Uie Ward
Une iteamer Saratoga. on tho eharge of smuggling,
came up before Judge Benedict ln the L'nlted States Cir
cult Court yeaterday. I??ac Lamb. a Dutch merehent,
wae a powenger on Uio Saratoga la?t January- Tue
day before the veaael landed ln Nf-w-Yorh he Intrusted
to Captalu Rettlg's eare dlamond Jewelry worth IW.OOO.
Tlie artlcle* were not declared on the boat's man?'st,
and on arrlvlng la Uils city Captaln BetUg took the
JeweU to hls home. Aj-onU oi the Government ln
-me way heard of the aflalr and *rrested the Captaln
and I?mb.-beltlng the Jeweto ?t Rettlg's home. Lamb
waa releesed on ?2,000 ball, but has dlsappt-red.
The tiovexumenfs represenUtive. As.l?tont Distriet
Attorney Molt. flulshed hls slde of the case ln Uie
mornlng. After recess, exJudge Dl-tenhoefer. who ap?
peared for the prlsor?r, made tlio announcement that
hls cUent had never pleaded to the Indlctment. There
was a stlonce. and Judge Ben-did *ald in a surprlaed
tono: (,Can Uiat be possible I"
Tlie Judge and tho court offlclals exonilned the
records and learend that ex-Judge Dlttenhoefer's atatc
ment was true. Tho fault waa probably due to the
fact that slnoe Captaln Kettlg wa* arrested a new ad
m?lstraUon has taken rh_rgc> of the crtmtnel branch
ol the United States Dlstrict-Attorney's bualnesa. The
pre?ent offlcer* Bupposed that the prlsoner had pleaded
before they entered on thelr duties. Judge Benedict
aiked the accused man fb plead. but under 8-M880I
his counsel, he refased to do *o. Ex-Judge DUten
hoefer Intlrooted tba* hia client ought to be rtleased ai
togother. buta plea of not guilty we* enteu-ed by In
stnicrlon of Judge Benedict. The Jury wa* then di?
mlased and the case wlll eemo up again next tcrm.
?.-9
TBBIX COSPEBEXCE COMES TO A CLOSE.
The flfth genei*al co'iference of the Culon Afrlcan
Methodlst Eplscopal Church of America and tho Prov
fcnees of (-nada, whlch has been held thls weeh ln Uie
I'nion Afrtca-i Methodlst Enlscopal Church ln Elghty
flfth rt.. east of Thlrd _ve.. wlU close thls morning.
Tho prlnclpal work done by Uie eonference was tho
revlslon of the Church dlselpUne. tlie foundlng of a.
Church organ. to be called -The Mesf-enger.'' the
e*,tabllshlng eaf a conneeUon book concern, and a preacli
er*' i**ll? waociatlon. The Bev. R. 8. Aceoo. -dlier
of "Tlie McBsetiKcr," ls the seeretary of tho confereaco.
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TO BB A PASTOR BERE FOR SIX MOSTHS:
Tho Rev. Robert Harcourt. formeriy of San Kran
cUco. wlll begln on Sunday next a slx months' pe*v
torate at the Park Avenue Methodlst Eplscopal Church.
at Parkave. and Elchty-slxth-.t. The Rev. J. R.
Rnvlo. who has been pastor of tho church for two years
and a half, start. to-niorrow ^r Wilkcebarre, where he
wlll orcupy the pulplt lately vocatcd by the Rev. W. C.
PMIIlpa.
Mr. Boyle came to the Park Avenue Church ln April,
188S. snd hls pastorate would explre at the meetlng
of eonference ln April next. Ue Iuid airreed to go at
that Umo to the church at Wituenharre. but Mr.
Hillllps trana?rred his alleglance from the Methodlst
to the Piesbvlerlan Church.'and the WIlKesbarro ron
grcgation exprt-ssed a desire to have Mr. IVryle Xitke
posseAsion 81 once of the vaeant pulplt. Bishop E. ?.
Andivira, the tesident bishop of thls city. agreed to
tho arrangement, and the ronsent of tho Parlt Avenue
Church had also been obtalned. Mr. Harcourt, who
lu.d accepted a call to Baltlmore. wliere he will go in
\prll and was in tho meantlme without a pulplt, was
called to the Park .Wenue Church as tomporary supply.
The Rev. Dr. Boyle. before comliig tn thls dty. was
pastisr of the Broud Street Methodlst Eplscopal Church
ln Ncworli.
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TBE PBILADELPBIA STARTS FOR BEB TRIAL.
The rnil-*~ Phlladelphia salled from her anchorage off
Tompklnsville for sea yesterday monilrvg, to make the
trial wliich the rontract wlth tue builders requlred
ahould be made wlthin four months after her a**i*eptenee
by the Government. II she should meet the reqclre
ment* at thls Ume the flnol payment for her eon-'
struetlon wlU*he made by the G .vernment. The ves#el
will be at see about .orty-etght hours. and the trlal
wlll be made ander the supervlsion of the Admltal
Klmberly, or Trial Board. The vessel wlll be run at
full power, st three-fourths and at holf-power; ond,
should there be no extenslve repaini noceaaarv after
her return, Admlral Oher&rdl wlll tall wlth ?r aud
the Pctrel about November 10 for the west lndies.
SAID TO BAVE SMUGQLBD OS A BIG SCALE.
l'nlted r-tate* Commtsslotier Phlelds yeatordav held
Leopr.ld Stransky in S'-.OOO ball for examinatlon on tho
eharge of smuggllng. Stransky arrlved ln this eoun?
try not long ago trom tiermany. and declared that he
had brought no dutlable good* wlth him. He. how?
ever, opened a Jewelry store at Nn. 18 Nassau-st.. ln
whlch he liad a lot of dlamond Jewelry whieh, lt I*
rharged. he srauggled Into thi* eountry. When he
was arrested by agent* of the Trea-ury Department.
lewels worth W.000 were selsed. but the*e are be
lloved to be only one-quarter of those he brought wllh
Iiim from Uermany.
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4 VOTE O.V THE UOTTOB ISSPECTIOS SYSTEM.
The members of the Cotton Exchange held an ex
cltlng tneetlni*; yesterday on the questltxi ol repeallng
the pr?*?-ent system of cotton Inspectlon and certlfl
catlon. The party ln favor of repeallng Uie system
worked hard for tuc<*eu. b:,t wo* beaten by a vote of
130 to 115. A vote of two-third* of the memlier* Ib
requlred to effect a ohange in the rules ot_ laws of
the Kxchange. There wa. sllght opposlUon to a propo
Kltlon lo om*nd sscUnn 7.1 of the by-law* tlwt BBrWttt
dellverr of strlct ordluanr white and slrlet go'id ord.
narv stalned ? > that the lowest grades dellvenble shall
be good ordlnary wlilte acid low middling atomed.
rffET BBUWTBB TBE TOt'XO BAEER'S STOBT.
Cliarles J. Jehl. a baker. of No. f?C_ 8lxth-ave.. wrote
to The Trlbune ?s follows: '? Henry Keltrngone. one
of our employe*. was ronvieled of ember.ilement Octo?
ber -J3 ln Spoclal Se-slons ond sentenced only for ten
day?, greaUy to my astonUhment, and one hour
atterward wa. set frea Can you explaln how sueh
thirg4 are donel*
Justlce Kllbreth, one of the speelal Sesslon* Justlces
who wt .1 the trlal of the case. sald: ? KelUngone
Is a young man probably seventeen or elguteen year.
old. He wa? occused hy hls employer of having kept
ohoot io, whieh he had ooUected tor hread. The boy'
defence waa that he liad pald the money to tho wlfe
ot hl. employer and that she had fall***. to make a note
of tt on her books. Aithough KelUngone stouUy pro
tested hlt lnnocenee and wltnetae. were prodaoad to
vonch for hl. good rhaioeter, my eollaafaoa, JutUeaa
Kord and Meade, voted for convtctlon, ond a aentanee
of len dav*' Impriaonment wo. pronouxiced. After tho
court hai adjouroed aad whlle voriooa prlaooar. were
watUog tor thelr eommtlmenls to ha oaada oat, tho
appaaranea of _el_igooe attracted tha ItteeUon of
oaa of Iho Jaatleea who had voted for eo-nvictaon, aad
lie sald to me; 'I ara alraM after all thal wa B**8
made a mlateka.' Wa cooaaltad h"**e_-ri aad after
qaeatlooini lha boy omtlo declded te glve him Iho
beoetl ol tha doubt ond diachorged him. I undar
?tand that yoang Keltiogon. haa toaad work wlth
another ba_or aad lhat ?? preecnt employer ha*
perfect oooddeace ln him.'
FOR THE CITY EXPENSE8.
THE PROVJ?r_UL ESTUUTES PBACTICALLT
mfBHID.
A._ I JTCRgAS-B OVBR THIS TEAR-AMBITIOt'S
PLA58 FOR RIVERSIDE PARK
Tha provi?iooal aatlmataa for 1881 were vtrtnaJl.
_Lni____ by the Board of Batlmate yeaterday. Tba
total amoonta, _ub_e_t to some nnlmportent ehaaare,
to 0M.718.M5 07. DeaaeMag tha paerel fand. ttto
mated at 02.500,000, the footlng will be aboot 102 215,
595 ST. In 188$ tha total waa __4.t__.M8 __. and
after the general fand. MMdO 74, was dedueted
there was Mt a_0.5_0.fl__ fli. ln 1800 lt wm $.8.
148,007 55; dednetlng tbe general fand . $2.'_.,
$60 28 It -tOOd at $02,501,137 38.
For tbe offlee of Commlssloner of Jnron. Mr. R eirty
asked yeaterday 034,100. ControUer M_ ers and Presi?
dent Celeman said that Commlssloner Rellly had pro__.
Isod to reduce the flgures by omlttlng the expense of a
new enrolment, bnt Mr. Rellly replted that new needa
had ariaen and to cut down hls allowanee would crlppla
the courts. He flnally comproml-ed an $32,000 on
?n IntimsUon tbat he mlght g-t more In December.
General Emmoni Clark's reqoest for 013,000 for tha
small parks In Parh-ave. above Sl_ty-seventh ?... ap*
plied for nnder an aet of the Legtslature, was granted.
although Preeldent Coteman eharacterlied lt "special
leglslatlon for prlvate beneflt."
Dlstrlet-Attorney Feliows dld not bring hls esbmatee
for 1801. Tbey were submltted by an exoeedlngly
youthful ontt dlminutlva stenographer from hls offlee
and flxed the allowanoe re<iuir_d at 0121,860. omlttlng
any thing for eontlngencle*. Thi* year lt wm $110,790,
wlth $15,000 for eontlngencles. The approprlatlon
for 1801 is the *ame a* 1800, except that 83,000 wae
strlckcn from the eontlngenry list.
Other appropriattons voted were Free Cl. nlatlng
Library, $12,500; Apprer. _<?_' Library. 07,500; Agullar
Library, $5,000; burtal of veterans, 010.000.
Surrogate Ran som s__ed for 0114,720. This xeor
thc al. iwan. e tor condurtlng tbe 8urrog_itc's offlee wa*
only $07,550, but Mr. Ransom has been up st Albany
and socured the passage of a bill autborlslng him to
?i?i.i an examlner aod elght other clerk* to hls establi ?h
ment for the ostenslble purpose of ? pres_n_ng th_
publlc records.*' Wher the offlclab now In position
want to have more plare_ at their dlsposal tbey usually
tind tliat the record* ort ln e.VtremMy 9* condltlon.
The salaries for this purpoae, togetlwr with the new
libers, indlce. and stationery neceesary foot np $11,530.
Thls wm allowed and the Surrogate rweived ln .iil
$113,720. only #1,000 less than ha asked for. On?
extra examlner was strirl_t.ii off hls l.*t. but he didn't
mind thls and went off . mllfng at hl* good fortune.
General Danlel E. ?_______ pt.*ent ed the deminds of
the Sherlff's ofl.ee for the romlng year. He estlmated
these at $118,132. an oxc.,? over thi* year'* approprla?
tlon catised by the ehanpe by the art of June 8, 1800,
from a fee to a salarled offlee af f_2,? .2. The present
allowanee I* $.5,700. The addition* provide for the
salary of the Sherlff. 012.000 a year: undersherlff.
1.5,000; counsel. $0,000; twelve deputy sherlff* at
$2,500; twelve asslstsnt d.puty sherlff* at $1,000 each ;
chief clerk, $2,500; asslstant chief clerk, $1,500;
eashler, $2,000; pay clerk. $2,000: order-of ar__t. ror
responding and bond rlerks. each $1,500; two *tatU
tlelans, one at $1,200 and one at $1,100; messenger,
$1,020; -tenographer, 0720, \nd two deaners at $300
each. The General had estlmated the support of Indl
gent prlsoner* In the County J_.lt at $7,000, bnt thls
wa* ehanged to seventy eenbi a day per prlsoner. Some
sllght ehanges were made ln tneldental expense*. and
the total was placed at $111,332. nut under the new
Iaw tha li ->_-_ I* requlred to rcadjast the allowanee in
January. after the .Sherlg has put iu bi* acoounU fur
the year.
The approprlatlon for the Annexed District was con
sid.red. and after some dlscussion wa* flxed at thi
nomlnal *um of ____... 500. The same was grsnt
ed for 18t-. President Gallup sald that hUa-t.
mate of the amount reoulred was 01.300,000, ._
. tatement whlch furnlshed President Coleman wlth rn
llttle amusement. But Mr. ttallup sald tliat tlie cai.
of lmprovement* whleh lncluded 25(> mlle* of stitvt.
and roads wa* no laughlng matter. The whole m.-tt.-r
will be sub.ect to revtslon ln December, after the ele. ?
tlon of the new 6treet Coramls-loner. when the _n,U
cstlmate* are. declded upon.
At a m_7___l? of the Board of Eatlmate held on Oe
tober 15 a preamble and resoluUon were adopted re
clting that a plan had been presented for the lmprove?
ment of the we-tcrlv rlveralde, between deveaty
?eeontf and Nlnety-slxth sts.. contemplatlng the bulld
mg of a sea-wall. and the e*tablljhment slong the en
TTi- length. ten feet above tldewater, ef a trafflc rood
for eommerclal and general purpoaes, and adjolnlng
*ald avenue the construrtlon of an elevated terr_<-e
thirty feet above tflewater. under whleh the Inter
sectlng street. -an be earrted by a viaduct. and upon
wliich ap u____tri__ed drlve for speed algbiy _**}*_)*
I* fo beeoustrneted. dfcrMed so as te adfclt of <?*_ _
In dlfferent dlrectloDs; also an equestrlan road flftv
*-*. wl_T7***_-lth an adjolnlng walk for pedeetriana and
lookers-on. tbe rallroad traeka to ba secluded by a
wall and by trees artiflcially pianted. Mayor Grant
..as requested to appolnt a committee of cltiten* te
con .der thi* plan and other* whlch may be sub?
mltted, wlth a vlew to presentlng the project for
I-?ci*Iatlve action. The Mayor yesterday aelected the
following committee: General William T. fjhermaii.
J Kdward Slmmons. Morrls K. Jcsup, August Beltnont.
Jolm D. Rockefeller. Samuel D. Babcock. Cornelltis V.
Illiss John M7 Bowers, Lawson N. Fuller, FrancU M.
Harri* William C. Whltney, Nathan fitraus. .!_**. h J.
O'DnnoTlu-. Edward Cooper. John T. Agnew. Robert B.
Roosovelt. John H. Inman, Samuel Thoma*. Cyru.
Clark, David Banks and William E. D. Stoke..
. a
A DARK riCTVBE OF IRISH MISERY.
4
WHEAT GROWiXG LCZCBIA-TTLT Bl'T ROTTIN"
IN TH_ FIELI-S.
Wathington. Oct. 30 (Spociali.-In a reccnt conver*
sation with a Trlbuuo correspondent. Fellx Shannon,
an Intelllgent and well to-do cltiten who lias long
llved here, said: "I 713*0 Just returned from a vi?lt
to Great Britain, spendlng some time In Ireland durlng
the month of August, and the rond_i.nn of the eouutrv
was pitlable ln the extreme. The bltter curse nf ths
landlord and the absentee lay heavlly upon the land.
whlch, ln some of the c(Jhntry dlstrlet*. sermad almost
wholly depopulated. Almost all the ****** ir','n
end women had already emlgratcd to America. and
many of the boys and girl- who had nearlv arrlved st
years of dlsrretlon had followed the example. Walk
Ing alonz the roads," contlnued Mr. IhaBBM, "one
could smell (fhe potato-rot ln tho air for miles. In
some of (TTe more favored dlstrlets. where wheat and
oats are staple erops, and where ln formcr vear* a
generous yh-ld had been gnrnered. the thrtftl-.t farm
ers told tho *ame melanrholy story of no return. The
wheat grows most luxurlantlv. but it can never b*
harvestcd. and stands thet*- today rottinr upon the
recklng soll on account of the hcavy rslnfall. -It MB8
harveet Ume whlle T was there. but not a rearina
hook wa, la the wheat: the.? was nothing throughout
lhe sufferlng and hopeloss l;,nd but the eve.la.tir.g
raln and the everlastlng carpet of green erep_ that
never reached mattirlty. Whlle I was there lt rslned
for elght and ten eonsectitive days at a str-tch. and
the unhapov farmers looklng at thelr ruttlng erevt
throngh the steady downpour sahf thnt the ?MM
cllmate was eertainlv chan_ng because the .ame con
ditlons had prevalled for years.
" And these are the Blllll__M . hopeless. *_***?
people among whom thc bailllf* ** ew ?"'' ^ c?>
ev'rtlon* of Uie heirtles* iBBllsH. among whom the
l_llt:cal nweilngs. ol tm* thev h_k Mr some grain
of conifort and i-ynipathy from thelr Member* ol
l-trllatnent. are sternly paanrtbad t-y the t.overn
nieiit. luvo bcrn ?$___?! fn**1** ***** ,h* wat*'
^lneo I llrst ciime here. but have never BBBB the land
of my blrth at ?o low ai. ehb. or rt utt. _lv ho; _le_
of tvllef. aud werU_ by the slpln of M much BSl_m.
l cro*_cd the lr.sh lm_w* at.__)**9*_>J__*_\
wltli ?_____ 1 am thoroughly futniliai'. 1 **_*_*
_onio tlme to study lha situation. _$?___???__.?__
great ly *irrprl?ed to Und so mu. h *____._*______
much actual de*titutlou amung i.rdiuail 1> ?*?^___*
ur.Uaiu. Wlli. tuei. were thou.~ai.d? ?t B_ffeflBM ???
uf th_ stie-t. of Liverpool with no-hina to *.* a
pennv ln thelr prnkits ai.d BWUV ot tlnin ?itn BoU??w
heek* and woMsb eyee ihat told of *__***__**___
Uon. Nor were tho.. of the ul*?tpau._ ****_
l___.cla-_ of worklngmen; they we.-* _____*** ?
character and well spoken df In the eommunty. I
havo ?ean these poor fvllow* many and many o _*
to inti-omc -e-inurunt and pt a 3h-eut limch. con
_Ut ng of *_me %_X* vegetat.e soup and ***_**
there would be half ? down other* wuTtm?who w.t. hpd
them a* they ate. When any man flni*h__ oue of IM
watdter* would immedlatclii rush fonsard and ?*_?*_*
hmvl and aenSa up aayt__? that remalned. whlle b$
swei't together with tlie other h.uid the fmgments of
Sbe _? brSad to* mlght ______**_J*_J__
. ha-er So accu*_o?ied were prepnetor* and waftei.
tothese dally ncene* and ?o Uioroughly ?ware of ihe
mlswy areund them that they never made the ?#**?
att__vpt to *top tha hungry watchers from pounclng
uuon the plat*. of thelr ru-tomars. _ _. ___ _
"?tl St. much cmel dUtre.* ln otber F_igU*h c Ue?.
rmr-red Mr. fhannnn. **and I flrmly belleve that u ?
S_i_Vnot for thc .uilders of the *__*_______>_)
mor tbe ron*trucUon of whlch ha* been dlrtrlbaUd by
thekngllsh Oovernment among the various <*oekyartii
and Mpvlnt _iniractoi. throughout the eountry. the
__*toatto England it_?U thia winter wouM be Umply
terrtble.*' ? _#_
MR. 9EATTIB WAXTBD AT TBB CU9T0B BOVtt
frtreet Comml-rtoner Beattte gets Into troobH on
water aa well as on Und. A complalnt has been made
agalnrt him for allowlng a tug belongtag to tbe atrert
Cleaning Department to sall tn tbe bajr wtthoet tho*
ing tlghte. and Mr. Beettte thu? Incnrs a ?"e of n??
more than ?_?. O. C. Cannlne. o?f_r of tt***lt*
of the revenue eutter Grant, on Taeaftay uw t*?V**J
Mnnicipal of tha Street Oeanlng Department B****}
two oeottt between Bay R_ge and GoWmer's l??y|
was at a :30 p ?.. whea It waa vapldl?_rjfl2
. and the tug dl.plsyvd no lifbt* *,__l_J_Z
sd on Mr. BeatUe to appear at the Custosa Xtm**
\