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CONVENTION DATES FIXED
THE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT BASIS OF REP
RESENTATION FOR CONGRESS
CONVENTIONS CHOSEN.
While the law committee appointed to unravel
the snarl in the primary laws agreed with th
contention of President Robert C. Morris, it rec
ommended to the executive committee of the
Republican County Committee, which met yes
terday, the following of the Assembly district
basis of representation for the Congress con
ventions. This recommendation was made only
because of expediency and carried with it a
further recommendation that tne other plan be
adopted directly after the fall election. The
report declared that had the question been re
ferred to the law committee when first sug
?lJ ci.-d by President Morris the committee
would have recommended the adoption of the
election district scheme.
Expediency suggested the following of a plan
which many of the committee believe to be not
In strict accordance with the law. There re
main only Jive days for filing with the Elections
Board the primary call. The regulations gov
erning the Republican primaries, as filed with
tri.- board, require the pursuance of the Assem
bly district plan. If the primary call filed by
the Republican County Committee to-day
should be on the election district basis, the
Elections Board would be in a position to refuse
to receive it. Then there would not remain
sufficient time for the Republicans to call an
other meeting, which requires a forty-eight
hour notice under their constitution, and make
the change.
If the board refused to accept the call the
only recourse left to the county committee
would be to apply for a mandamus compelling
the board to receive the call. But the board
might give bond and take an appeal to the Ap
pellate Division. As this court doe? not sit un
til the second week in October, it might be
necessary to call an extra session of the legis
lature to validate the primary call.
On the other hand, granting that the inter
pretation of the primary law by President Mor
ris is correct, and that the Assembly district
plan is illegal, the Democrats have already filed
their primary call on that basis, and therefore
are not in a position to take any action against
the Republican position. This was the deter
mining point with the law committee.
This committee consisted of Professor Will
iam A. Keener and Paul D. Cravath. It was
originally intended that the committee should
have three members, but it was decided that if
the two members should agree, the third mem
ber would not be needed. The unanimous re
.port of the committee was adopted yesterday
and the call issued. The report, which is ad
dressed to President Morris, follows:
You have asked our advice as to the course to be
pursued by the executive committee and chairman
5 the Republican County Committee with refer
ence to the unit of representation for the regular
Republican Congress conventions to be held tnts
fall, the call for which is about to be Issued.
tome of the questions presented are exceedingly
difficult. Had the subject been presented to us
when it was first suggested by your chairman last
May we should have advised the immediate amend
ment of your rules and regulations by eliminating
the provision which require* a portion of an As
tembly district to be taken as a unit of representa
tion lor Congress conventions. \\ hiie such an
amendment could have then been made in time to
meet the present situation, your rules and regula
tions cannot at this late day be amended in time to
regulate the primaries to be held in September.
To change the present practice without such an
amendment might involve much hazard and con
fusion. Therefore, after balancing the practical
as well ac the legal considerations, we are disposed
to advise compliance with the letter of the last
paragraph of Article 2. of your rules and regula
tions and that, in the case of the Congress con
ventions to be held this fall. Assembly districts
and portions of Assembly districts be taken as the
unit of representation. .
This advice is directed only to the particular
situation which now confronts your committee. In
view at the serious question as to whether the rule
nnd'r consideration Is in conformity with the Pri
mary Election law. in so far as it permits portions
of Assembly districts to be taken as units of rep
resentation, we strongly advise mat after this fall s
f-'.ection the Republican County Committee amen*".
its rules and regulations so as to provide that, in
case of Congress districts which include portions
of one or more Assembly districts, the unit of rep
ro^^niatlon shall be the election district.
Of course this decision leaves an opening for
the Democrats to fight in districts where their
candidates for Congress are defeated, but it is
Srti • -,» ly unlikely that they will do 80.
The following dates for holding- the conven
tions were selected :
For choosing delegates to the State Conven
tion. September 10 at Grand Central Palace.
Judiciary. September 30.
Senate. October 1.
Congress, October 2.
Assembly. October 3.
On October 3 will be he-Id th«» special conven
tion for the selection of a candidate to fill the
unexpired term of the late Congressman Amos
J. Ciimmlnffw In the Xth Congress District.
WCCLLAGH ME\ AT WORK.
THEY FIND THAT VOTERS ARE BEING COL
ONIZED IN THE XXIXTH-SULLIVAN
NOT AGAINST CARROLL.
While the Tammany triumvirs have appar
ently ■_!«■■ their spectacular investigation
into the alleged primary frauds begun a few
days ago. the McCullagh men have been dili
gently at work In a number of the Assembly
districts, notably the XXIXth. where John F.
Carroll is being opposed by Thomas E. Rush.
Thomas Gilleran end the Greater New- York
Democracy leader. Myer J. Stein. Two deputies
from the office of the State Superintendent of
Elections have been in the district for the last
few days. and. with the assistance of several
of the election district leaders of the Greater
New-York Democracy, have found that voters
are being colonized in the back rooms of saloons
in Lexington and Park avt-s. It is alleged that
numerous cots have been brought into the dis
trict since the last day for transferring, last
Saturday, and this will be used as evidence to
enow that a great many of the colonized voters
took up limit official residence in the district
too late to have the right to vote at the primary.
The Greater -York Democracy leaders say
that the Rush faction has received a large con
tribution of money from Senator "Tim" Sulli
v.iii with which to prosecute the campaign
against John F. Carroll. Sullivan and Carroll
are both anxiouß to succeed Crokt-r as the
leader of Tammany Hall, .tnd if Sullivan can
keep Carroll out of the executive committee he
believes hi&_j>ath will be clear.
Sullivan wants to defeat Carroll, even at tne
expense of electing Myer J. Stein, the Greater
-York Democracy candidate. Disinterested
politicians believe that if Stein shows more ac
tivity from now on h<- will have a good chance
of winning. . , , ,
Th*- Stein people have called a meeting to be
held at No 121 East Eighty-thlrd-sL to-night.
The invitations are signed by Alfred F. Sellgs
benr chairman: slyer J. Stein, member of the
.-.'.. iitive committee, and Henry M Drucker.
Jos-ph A O'Connor. Lawrence McArdle and
me A ' Rush seeretastos. Rush is a brother
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of Thomas E. Rush. It la promised that some
Interesting: revelations as to . the methods of
John F. Carroll and Thomas E. Rush will be
disclosed by the speakers.
'status OF iron workers.
EUROPEAN LABOR CONDITION'S IN THE
i ' N THAI) CONTRASTED
WITH AMERICAN.
Washington. Aug. 21 (Special)-— Labor conditions
In the iron and steel industries of the United States.
in contrast with those in the United Kingdom and
European countries generally, are discussed at
great length by the commission appointed by the
British Iron Trade Association, which recently vis
ited the United States and thoroughly studied its
great Iron and steel manufacturing establishments.
This commission consisted of J. S. Jeans, whose
name is already well known to the people of the
United States as an authority upon these subjects:
Axel Sahlin. an expert in blast furnace work; Eb
enezer Parkes, whose special study was sheet and
bar mill practice, and Enoch James, who gave spe
cial attention to the st-el industry, while Mr.
Jeans's special work was to report upon the gen
eral economic and Industrial conditions.
The report of this commission, according to some
extracts which have reached the Treasury Bureau
of Statistics, points out that in the United States
the iron and steel industries are face to face with
conditions that make both the dearest and cheap
est labor at present to be found In the world — the
dearest in point of nominal remuneration, and the
cheapest in industrial and economic refults.
"The workmen at American mills," says Mr.
James in his share of the report, "are generally
supposed to be working much harder than they do
in this country (England), but this is not my own
view. After much conversation with many men in
various branches who had been employed in similar
works in England, and some of them subject to my
own control, the conclusion I have arrived at Is
that the American workmen do not work so hard
as the men in England. They have to be attentive
in guiding operations and quick in manipulating
levers and similarly easy work. They are also
much more desirous of getting out large quantities
than in England. They are better paid and more
regular in their attendance at the works, loss fit
time through drinking habits or otherwise not being
tolerated."
Mr. Sahlin in his section of the report says that
the American workman generally aspires to the
higher grades of labor, leaving the purely manual
labor to workmen from other countries. "Thus It
If." he says, •'that around American blast furnaces
the American is found in a very decided minority.
He may be a foreman, master mechanic, blast en
gineer, locomotive driver or stove tender, but he
will not work eighty-four nours a week shovelling
ore or wheeling scrap. For these duties are em
ployed. In the South, the negroes, and at the North
ern furnaces, immigrants, mostly Irish, Slavs or
Italians."
The report quotes Mr. Carnegie as stating re
cently that the average wages of men in his em
ployment at Homestead was S3 a day. or an aver
age of fIST per annum, acainst an average of £6S
per annum as the earnings of iron and steel work
ers In Lancashire an 1 £79 per annum received by
th*> steel rollers lr. South Wales. Cm the question
of cost of living Mr. Jeans declares, as the result
of his Inquiries, that "the average American work
man. in most of the essentials of life, can live,
mutatis mutandis, as cheaply as he can In the old
country."
"The Importance of the human factor," says
"The London Statist" in summarizing this report.
"is fully realized by all the members of the com
mission. It is all very well- to admire the American
plant, the Ingenuity of machine tools, the devices
for saving labor, and so forth. But. as Mr. Sahlin
remarks In his special report. 'It i* not the guns
which win the battles, but the men who stand be
hind them.' What the American admires and
honors Is the ability to do— that capacity in a man.
through his own sagacity, nerve, enterprise and
skill, to create and employ a fortune. Nobody is
above his work. Everybody works, and for the
sake of work, and thus has been produced m
America within a generation an industrial poten
tiality more wonderful and more to be feared than
all th« factories and machinery and "plants* that
these workers have created It corn's to this, then,
that American labor is not more efficient, though it
Is better paid, than ours, and that American manu
facturing development Is duo to the persistent, un
resting industry which once characterized the
Priton. but for which trades unionism and athletics
have Riven an apparently growlnc distaste. All
the reporters, however, seem struck with the ptren
uousness of American life. The comparative absence
of a leisure class is noted as one of the prominent
characteristics of the principal cities and Industrial
centres of the United States. In tho avenues of In
dustry a man without a regular business, or who Is
not concerned in the development of some Industry,
Is as a fish out of water. Nowhere, we are assured.
Is the struggling youth more kindly encouraged,
more generously aided and more readily trusted
than in America: and it Is pleasant to road of an
esprit dv corps among works managers which one
would hardly expect to find in a land of such
feverish competition."
TESTS OF FIELD GUXS.
THREE SYSTEMS PROBABLY CHOSEN BY
BOARD— LONG RECOIL IN FAVOR.
Washing-ton. Aug. 21. — test of the seven
field gunp subjected to trial at Sandy Hook and
at Fort Riley. Kan., with a view to the selection
of a new weapon of this type for use In the
United States army, are practically complete.
After the guns were tried at Sandy Hook, they
were taken to Fort Riley and subjected to an
arduous field test, and then brought back to
Sandy Hook, where they are now. The Board of
Ordnance and Fortifications, under whose au
spices the tests were conducted, will meet next
Tuesday, either at the Army Building, in New-
York, or at the Sandy Hook grounds, and begin
the preparation of its report and recommenda
tions.
It is the general opinion of army officers who
have witnesesd the workings of the guns that
the choice lie? between the three long recoil
weapons— the ordnance grun, the Bethlehem
piece, otherwise known as the Lewis gun, and
the Ehrhardt gun. The complaint against th.
short recoil weapons was that th.-y Jolt.-d
the-mselves out of range time and again, and
thus demonstrated great Inferiority to the long
recoil g-jns. which kept firmly in place and al
lowed to the gunner a comfortable .and steady
seat. It. therefore, appears to be a foregone
conclusion that the board will recommend the
adoption of one of the three guns mentioned.
01 FSTIOX OF \ATAL RANK.
DEPARTMENT SUSTAINS A LIEUTENANT'S
CONTENTION.
Washington. Aug. 21.— The Navy Department
has made a decision which affects the rank of
marine officers appointed from civil life under
the Naval Personnel act. Under that act the
President was authorized to fill vacancies in the
Marine Corps from civil life, and several groups
of appointments were made, the largest being
eighteen on May 23. 1900. The appointees, after
passing their examination, were commissioned
by numbers and took rank according to their
standing at the examinations. In thus ranking
these officers the Navy Department followed the
law and practice in the case of cadets gradu
ating from Annapolis, who rank according to
standing.
Recently one of the marine officers. Lieutenant
Arthur J. O'Leary, questioned the action of the
Department, in view of Section Vim of the Re
vised Statutes, which provides that officers of
the same grade, when appointed and commis
sioned on the same date, shall take rank ac
cording to previous service. Lieutenant O'Leary
himself like most of the other marine officers
a»Doint'ed from civil life, had seen service as a.
volunteer in the Spanish war. and he claimed
the benefit of the statute. The Department,
upon the recommendation of Acting Judge Ad
vocate General Hanna. has sustained his con
tention This ruling will Involve a readjustment
,f the' rank of all marine officers appointed
from civil lire since the Spanish War.
LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE ILLINOIS.
Washington. Aug. 21.-A report concerning the
accident to tne battleship Illinois. Admiral Crown-
Jnshield's flagship, which wont ashore while enter
ing the harbor of Christian!,. seme weeks >•».•«*
which subsequently went into dry dock at Chatham.
England, for r-pairs. has been received by the
Navy Department. It Indicates that the damage to
X V.,ttleship wmm <-- m '"' rHtlvel > n j; ll f£ tt r SAS A h ' nnunu mr n
on to rocks, but her hott-.m was not tori. Anu»
her of nlate* wore dented and one of them cracked
The co st of repairing her is estimated at out
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.1 BBOIBIOM OX SOLDIERS' PAY.
Washington. Aug. I'l-Tbe Controller of the
Treasury has rendered a decision in which he holds
that the restrictions as to pay of a certain class of
disabled soldiers In the act of March 16, 18%. have
been repealed by subsequent acts. The effect of the
decision l.« that hereafter enlisted men who are
discharged by order of the Secretary of War for
dl«abilftv caused by their own misconduct wll .be
entitled. to travel allowances from place of ai«-
ThanU to place of enlistment, enrolment or original
mußter into the service, the same a. other honor
ably discharged men.
xNUW-lOKK DAILY TRIBUJ^B. FRIDAY. AUGUST 22. 1902.
PLAX FOR NEW POSTAGE.
I'M FORM STAMP FOR ALL COUNTRIES
BBOOMMEKDED.
l!IV 1111111111 ITO THE TIUHISK.I
\\ashinpton. Aug. 21.— The great desideratum of
prepaid replies to letters sent abroad appears to be
found through a device of the Second Assistant
Postmaster General. Mr. Shallenberger. to which
may be given a practical trial by the United States
and one or more European countries at once. For
many years efforts have been made to secure a plan
satisfactory to the International Postal Union by
which a letter could be mailed in one country to a
person in another and the reply prepaid. The sub
ject has become of ureat importance to American
manufacturers, who are searching every corner of
the earth for markets. "No country in the Postal
I'nion can possibly have a greater interest than the
T'r.ited States in devising a convenient and inexpen
sive method of mailing a letter in one coatry to
a correspodent in another and at the same time
prepaying: the reply." said Mr. Shnlleiiberger to
day. "Several suggestions looking to this end have
been presented in the last ten years. During the
administration of Mr. Wanamaker the delegates of
the I'nlted States to the Postal Congress of Vienna
ably presented his views in favor of the adoption of
a uniform postage stamp for all countries of the
Postal I'nion. Such a stamp would relieve travel
lers from the need of purchasing new and differ
ent stamps In every country visited. These stamps
could also be inclosed in letters mailed from one
country to another, and thus prepay a reply."
The objections urged in the Postal Congress of
Vienna to the adoption of such stamps were con
vincing, and have not as yet been overcome. The
slight differonc- in the .-xchange value of su< h
stamps which might be purchased largely in one
country and sold :tt profit in another was one of
the objections urged. Every country In the Postal
Union derives its principal postal revenue from the
sale of its own stamps. Many countries look with
distrust upon any system which imperils in any
way its own revenue.
THE PLAN OF MR. SHALLENBERGER.
The plan which I propose seeks to avoid the
speculative possibilities inherent in the universal
postage stamp, and at the same time fully pro
tects the postal revenue of all other countries of
the Postal Union. Not only so. but it would largely
Increase the postal revenues of many countries
by greatly stimulating first class correspondence.
The foreign Immigrants in this country are not
only anxious to hear from friends In other coun
tries, hut. as a rule, are abundantly able to prepay
a reply. It would therefore be reasonable to expect
a much larger use of this prtvll-ife by the United
States than by any other country of the Postal
Union.
I propose that each country provide a special
Postal Union envelope with prepaid reply, this
envelope to nave the usual five cent or 25 cent
stamp imprinted thereon, paying out postage hftlf
ounce weight; to have in addition to this a coupon
imprint on the face of the envelope giving to the
envelope an exchange value In stamps of the coun
try of destination at any of Its postofjlres of 25
centimes, or the equivalent thereof, and a redemp
tion value at the International Bureau. Berne.
Switzerland, when presented by the central office
of the country of destination of 30 centimes, or its
equivalent.
In order to provide for the postage. th» incidental
expenses of exchange and redemption, together
with the actual cost of the envelope, it would be
necessary to sell these envelopes singly for 12 cents
in the United States and fin centimes, or the equiva
lent thereof. In other countries. In quantities the
actual cost of the envelopes would, of course, not
Justify > charge of one cent each, or five centimes
The imprint on these envelopes would he in in
lanijuag.' of the country of origin, also in th.-
French link-un^e. which Is the official language or
the Postal Unions Sample of thorn, with proper
Instruction*, would be In the hand? of every post
master in the several countries usln* them, The
imprint would declare these envelopes, when re
lieved of their lnclosure and presented to any post
master In the country of destination. «*phan liable
for postnuo stamps of thuf country of the value or
3S centimes, or the equivalent thoreof. not ... no
wise negotiable
IDENTIFICATION OF ENVELOPES.
The imprint should also declare that this coupon
envelope, when presented by the central adminis
tration of the country of destination at the office
of the International Bureau of the Universal Postal
Union at Berne, would he there re.le.mable In kind
or in cash at the rate of 30 centimes, or the. equiva
lent thereof, for each and every envelop*. Post
masters could readily Identify these envelopes in
exchange for stamps. as they would all h«vr been
duly accredited by the country of origin, having
passed through the mall*.
The accounting wojld be such that postmasters
would take credit for them In their stamp ac
counts. The central administration of each coun
try could forward at stated times all envelopes col
lected nnd classified coming from a number Of
countries of th.- Postal Union and forward them
to the clearing hoi'-*- for settlement all balances,
to be paid In cash at th« rate named 30 centimes
each This additional charge would. It U thought,
fully compensate for cost of exchange and redemp
tion, and perhaps more than compensate. Ih« dis
position to reduce postage between distant coun
tries and the desire to facilitate correspondence.
might. Indeed, surest a charge of 11 £«»». or *>
centimes, for envelopes when sold singly, and yet
the facility communication to a friend In of send
ing with his communication to a friend In a distant
country what would amount to a postal money
order or post check, prepaying a reply to th.- let
ter would be worth to him one cent, or five cen
times, it is thought.
CHANCES FOR A TEST.
The trial of this plan need not necessarily await
favorable action of the Universal Postal Congress.
Two or more countries might agree together to
test It. Postmasters could be advised of the sev
eral countries having such agreements or conven
tions between them, as they are now advised of the
countries having parcels post conventions between
•hem These envelopes, having an exchangeable
value of less than hnlf their original cost, and hay
'the that exchangeable value only In redeemable
the country of declination, and being redeemable
only at the International Bureau In Berne, or at
"he central office of administration In the country
of origin could not easily be used as currency or
for speculative purposes, might he fully Protected
by law as government paper against counterfeit
ing and by reason of their safety, convenience
and fnexpensive features, won < commend them
■elvei to the class of people who expect to use them
Promptly in actual correspondence.
6EBQUICENTESNIAL OF CHURCH.
OI DKST IN THE CHASSIS OF PHILADELPHIA.
IT CELEBRATES ITS ANNI VKKSARV.
BoaaervfUe Aug. 21 (Special).- The I>ut<h Re
rormed church at Neshanic celebrated Its IMth an
niversary to-day. The church, which was eatab-
UHbed on August 21. I3SB. Is one of the oldest In the
classls of Philadelphia, and is in a remarkable
stite of preKervation. It has had but three pas
t. rs in a hundred year*. The Rev. John Hart, the
present pastor, has oticiaUd for twenty-seven
years People from all about the countryside and
fr-.m many parts of the United States have come
to the village to-day to Join In the celebration. Th..
exercises began at Vt'M o'clock this morning and
continued through the day. The Rev. John Hart
delivered an historical address. The Rev. William
Keese. pastor of the West Farms Church. New-
York the Rev. William Williamson, pastor of the
.Second Reformed Church, of Philadelphia, and the
R«v l)r !' fct DooWtte. of North Branch, all sons
"Vwo hours h Were k d;.v0,.. ( l to a big dinner which
the wom.-n of the village prepared for the visitors
The Rev. H. P. Craig, representing the cassis of
Philadelphia, preached the .sermon of th<- da>. He
wan followed by pastors of local chUTChei Of \arl
ous denominations; who mude brief addresses on
the church and its history.
MOYEUESTB Of TME SHAH.
VISITS MAXIM FACTOR f AND GIVES A STATE
LUNCHEON.
London, Aug. 21.— The Shah paid a long visit
to the Maxim works this morning. He showed
keen Interest in the latest inventions in artil
lery and electrical appliances. On the invita
tion of Sir Hiram Maxim the Persian monarch
got astride of the seat of a Maxim gun and fired
three belts of blank cartridges. His majesty
was considerably shaken by the recoil at his
first attempt, but he stuck to his post and fin
ished up like an experienced gunner. Ihe *nnn
and his suite posed for moving pictures before
leaving. He subsequently proceeded to the Per
sian Legation, where he gave a state luncheon
which cost $15,000, so sumptuous were the dec
orations and arrangements. f
The Shah flatted Westminster AWbM this aft m
oon and this evening, accompanied by I rince
A-hur of %»g^i*J^'^^X?^
f^o-n and o.b.'rs. „n-,1.-.i by his highness
he Atabek-A^m. Grand Vizier, and iJt^;^r^:
and escorted by a detachment of the Life Ouaras.
ST whs prVslnt at a gala perf-rmanrj, at the Htp
iodronie The Shah everywhere met popular
HILL AND COLER TOGETHER
THKY SPEAK TO ORLEANS COUNTY
PIONEERS, BUT SHY AT POLITICS.
Tbt telegraph to the mnn.]
Oak Orchard. N. V.. Aug. 21.— Ex-Senator Da
vid B. Hill and Bird S. Coler came from West
ern New-York last night, and this afternoon, at
the picnic of the Pioneers" Association of Or
leans County, at this place, made some remarks
that most people will think had a political drift.
Mr. Hill and Mr. Coler had talks with the Dem
ocrats of Rochester last night, and it was re
ported had succeeded in harmonizing the dif
ferences of the Democratic factions there. Mr.
Coler's presence with Mr. Hill here adds to the
evidence that the latter favors the former's nom
ination for Governor by the Democratic State
Convention.
"Mr. Coler clearly desires the Democratic
nomination for Governor," paid a prominent
Democrat after his departure, "but it Is not
quite so clear that Mr. Hill has resolved to use
his Influence to nominate Mr. Coler. My own
judgment is that Mr. Hill has not yet selected
the man he will favor for Governor."
Nevertheless, there was a considerable demon
stration for Mr. Coler made here. A delegation
of Medina Democrats attending the picnic wore
badges inscribed "Bird S. Coler Club." It was
said to be the first Coler club organized in the
State. Some of the members of the delegation
rode in a carriage on which was a big white
piece of bunting inscribed. "For Governor in
liH>2— Bird S. Coler."
Besides the speech he made here Mr. Coler will
soon make another at Coeymans, Albany Coun
ty. Now, Albany County happens to be the
home of David B. Hill, and Mr. Coler's invita
tion comes from Democratic clubs there. These
various speeches of Mr. Coler excite the sus
picion that he is being introduced as the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor. It was stated
here to-day, however, that Mr. Hill's sole de
cision thug far in regard to the Democratic
State ticket was to favor the renominatlon of
Judge Gray, of the Court of Appeals.
Orleans County gives a large Republican ma
jority, and the Republican leaders cannot have
any fear that Mr. Hill and Mr. Coler made any
converts to the Democratic party here to-day.
Mr. Hill, who was the first speaker, talked on
summer holidays, combinations in trade, the
public holidays of the State, shorter hours of
labor, the pioneers of a country, agriculture,
labor saving machinery and other topics.
Speaking of trusts, he said:
The Scriptures teach that a man should earn
his broad by the sweat of his brow, and that he
should do his labor on the six days of the week
and not on Sunday, but I find nothing In the.
Scriptures which requires that he should labor con
tinuously on weekdays or that regulates the spe
cific number of hours that he should work. In
this connection permit me to digress with the sug
gestion that neither do I find anything In Holy Writ
which contemplates the accumulation of wealth
through the instrumentality of corporate trusts,
designed for the prevention of legitimate competi
tion in trade or the creation of monopoly in busi
ness The gigantic combinations of capital which
have been formed In recent years, whereby the
prices of living have been unduly enhanced; the
multitude of schemes which have been devised to
control th» channels and avenues of trade, the un
reasonable restrictions which have been Imposed
by statute upon our commercial freedom in trie
pecuniary Interest of those who ostentatiously stylo
themselves the captains of industry, are the mod
ern creation!" of able and designing men Intent
upon lmisx'r.g vast riches, and are neither sanc
tioned by Scriptural Injunctions, nor can they he
justified "by an honest and unselfish public policy.
Speaking about farmers. Mr. Hill said:
It is a recognized and familiar fact that farmers
mnko excellent soldiers, because they possess among
other soldierly qualities those, of endurance^ and
obedience. The bravo Dutch farm, of South
Africa who recently so gallantly defended their
homos' and firesides against British aggression, won
for themselves the admiration of the whole world,
including that of their conquerors, for the heroism.
the fortitude and the skill which they so grandly
displayed.
Mr. Color said, in part:
In the few words I shall say to you I am not go-
Ing to mile about war. statecraft, strikes or politics.
Borne of the newspapers have sa'.d thnt I had a pile
of rocks to throw away In the fall campaign. The
tost rocks I have are located right here In Orleans
County, and I am not going to throw away any of
thorn; they nro. too valuable. I refer to the sand
stone qunrrlefi of your county. In which I am inter
ested. The material Interests of the farmer and
the urban man .-ire mutual. The man who tell*
v..v that there Is antagonism between the two Is
your enemy and my enemy. He is a false prophet
and a falsifier. Don't listen to him. If the. people
of New-York City are prosperous. It Is because, the
farmers of the country are also prosperous, and
only a foolish man would antagonize or Injure tne
liource of his wealth or prosperity.
It would be a good thin* for you and a good
thin* for the business men of the State If you
could Induce all the bankers and the wholesale
merchants and even the politicians and .statesmen.
to attend your meetings more often and create a
community of Interest. No: I mean develop It. he
c-iu*e It already exists in the relation between the
firmer the merchant and the banker. The term
communltv of Interest was originally used to jus
tlfy the trust Idea, but the people are beginning to
appreciate the term for themselves and are getting
together In order to cripple the powers of the great
monopolies.
Mr. Hill said to-day that he intended to he In
Saratoga to-morrow afternoon. His purpose
there is to bo present when the members of the
Democratic State Committee assemble for their
meeting On Saturday at this meeting the call
will be Issued for the assembling of the Demo
cratic State Convention In Saratoga some time
late in September. Mr. Coler hud not determined
when here whether he would attend the meet-
Ing of the Democratic State Committee.
FRIENDS WORKING FOR CANTOR.
THE NUMBER OF DELEGATES FOR THE
BOROUGH PRESIDENT. IT IS SAID,
MAY SURPRISE HILL.
Ever since Borough President Cantor's departure
from this city his friends have been Industriously
at work trying to shape his course toward tho
Democratic nomination for Governor. There is
little doubt that the Greater New-York Democracy
organisations in all the Assembly districts will in
dorse Mr. Cantor, and that the latter will go to
the convention with at least fifty delegates behind
him. He in not lacking for support even in Tam
many Hall. Julius Harburger, of the Xth Assem
bly District, came out strongly for Mr. Cantor yes
terday. Senator "Tim" Sullivan, who Is regarded
a." the Tammany leader of all the districts below
Fourteenth-st.. some time ago declared for Bird
S. Coler. but the fact that Mr. Harburger has in
dicated a preference for Mr. Cantor leads to the
conclusion that Mr. Sullivan was not authorized
to speak for the entire East Side. Alderman John
T. McCall and ex-Sheriff Thomas .1. Dunn have
also come out for Mr. Cantor. A number of the up-
State counties have gone on record in favor of Mr.
Cantor's nomination, and, altogether. It appears
that ex-Senator Hill will be disappointed to lind
that bis candidate. Mr. Color, will not have the
smoothest of sailing.
The district leaders of the Greater New-York
Democracy arc awaiting with a good deal of in
terest the return of John C. Bheeban to lead the
fight against Tammany Hall. Mr. Sbeehan has
been laid up in Long Branch with a broken leg. but
it was said yesterday that he had so far recovered
that he would probably take up the fight some time
next week. William Hepburn Russell, chairman of
the executive committee of the Greater New-York
Democracy, almost created a panic in his organ
ization a few weeks ago by coming out for Coler
and Hill. Mr. Cantor at that time declared that
Mr. Russell was not speaking for the organization,
but had only given his personal views. It Is ex
pected that Mr. Sheehan will take an unequivocal
stand In favor of Mr. Cantor.
EFFORTS TO DEFEAT ATTESBURT.
REGULAR LEADERS PLAN TO HAVE SENATE
AND CONGRESS CONVENTIONS BEFORE
STATE CONVENTION.
For the first time In many years the Republicans
in Kings County will this fall hold their Congress
and Senate conventions prior to the State Conven
tion. This course was said to have been taken be
cause of the bitter tight that Walter B. Atterbury
was putting up for the Congress nomination in the
Hid District, (md on account of the belief that the
longer the convention is delayed the less chance
the regular organization leaders would have to
defeat him.
The list of convention dates made out by Lieuten
ant Governor Woodruff, Michael J. Daily and a
number i.' other leaders at a conference yesterday,
and which will be ratified by the Kings County
Itwpubllcan General Committee at a special meeting
to-night. Is an follows
Thursday, September 18— Assembly district con
ventions to elect delegates to the State Convention.
Friday. September I<^ -Congress conventions.
Saturday September 20— Senate conventions.
Friday, September 26— County Convention, to
name candidate for Sheriff.
Saturday. BaptsSsbaf 27— Assembly cuuvamyiio.
D EVERY yOT GOIXG TO SARATOGA.
-WHAT'S THE USE.' HE SUGGESTS, "O' PUT
TIN' A TOOTH IN A ROTTEN APPLE ?'
"Big- BfU" Devery is not going; to Saratoga. There
most Democrats of prominence have congregated
to attend the meeting: of the State committee. He
is golnjc to stay in the IXth District and "keep the
pot a-boilin'." Devery heard the plantive wail
from Saratoga for a contribution of $30A») to help
alonp the campaign. It caused him great pain and
disgust.
"Why, there's forty or fifty gents up there. " he
said, ■"that could chip in an' make up that amount
without any trouble. Why, they've been openin'
enough subways an" things here in the city to have
$1,030,000. If they want $30,000 why don't they come
down here an' ask me? I could raise it in no time
up on double Fifth-a-e.
"No. I ain't goln' to Saratoga. What's the use o*
puttin' a tooth in a rottei: apple? I ain't got no
use for none o' them KPnts up there. They all
ought to take the hop llKht 1r.0."
Devery delivered another speech at an open air
meeting' at Seventh-aye. and Twenty-first-st. last
night. All the other celebrated orators of the dis
trict were on hand, but the crowd was smaller
than usual. What it lacked in volume it made up
In enthusiasm, however.
THOUGHT LEADER WAS DEAD.
JACOB KUNZENMAN TAKEN SUDDENLY ILL
WHILE TRYING TO BAIL OUT MAN
CAPTURED IN A RAID.
Police Inspector Brooks, Acting Captain Brown
and a half dozen detectives last night made a raid
on three alleged disorderly houses In the Fifth-st.
police precinct, making six arrests on charges of
maintaining such houses. These houses. it is said,
have given the local police much trouble, and the
detectives of the Kifth-st. station have found it im
possible, they say. to secure evidence. So the cas*
was put in the hands of members of Inspector
Brooks's staff, and last night Detectives Crozier,
Mullane and Wright, under Acting Captain Brown
and the inspector, made the raids*.
In a Raines law hotel in East Ninth-st., near
Fifth-aye., they arrested Otto Kulbe. the alleged
proprietor, and Paul Clark, the clerk. In Third
ave.. at Tenth-st.. they arrested Peter Peterson,
the alleged proprietor, and Emma Breslin, the
clerk Another house In Third-aye.. near Twelfth
st wns also visited, and there William R. Klein
was arrested, charged with being the proprietor,
and Thomas C. Shannon, said to be the clerk. All
were taken to the Flfth-st. station.
As soon as Klein's friends learned he was under
arrest some of th.-m rushed off for Jacob Kunzen
man. of No. 157 First-aye., a I • i >r dealer, and the
Greater New-York Democracy leader in his dis
trict, to furnish bail. Kunzenman started to the
station house. When near the- stoop of the house
he was attacked suddenly with vertigo, and fell
to the sidewalk in a semi-conscious condition. Me
was carried to a chair on the stoop, and an ambu
lance surgeon from Bellevue Hospital was sum
moned The surgeon worked over Kunzenman for
nearly an hour but was unable to revive him very
much. Bo he remained in the chair on the station
house stoop.
Kunzenman is president of the J. Kunzenman
Association, which Is to Rive an outing one day
next week. He had engaged a band, of whi.-h
Frederick Itzel Is the leader, for the outinK. The
band had been out on a recreation pier last evening
playing and on the way home Itz<-i thought it
would be a Koo.J sch<-m>- to go down to Kunzenmnn s
ho. is* and serenade him. He was finally found at
the station house. The ambulance surgeon finally
said he could be taken home, and a search was
made for a cab. Non«» could he found, and Kunz^n
man was placed In the ambulance and taken home.
Somebody shouted "Here he cmos The band
men thouc'ht that was their signal, and they struck
up a two-step. Then, in the centra of the
crowd of two or three hundred persons gathered
to help serenade Kunzenman, the ambulance drove
up Everybody screamed and shouted, and there
was an exciting time In an Instant. If took several
minute* for the crowd to be assured that their
lender was not dead. Then the crowd melted away
and Kunzenman was put to bed. He is In a serious
condition. Klein was not bailed out.
WILDS BOXFIRE IXDOORS.
»
MAN SAYS. "C.On SENT STB A WIRELESS MESSAGE
ABOUT COLD WAVE."
Peter ZarriHlo started a fire In the middle of his
kitchen floor in the double decker six story tene
ment house at No. II Flrst-sL last night, saying
God had told him a cotd wave was coming, and to
prepare. Neighbors were coins to beat him. when
a policeman rescued him. put out the Ore and sent
him to Bellevue Hospital's Insane Pavilion. He had
come in with armful after armful of wood last
night till he hnd a great pile, to which he set tire..
to the terror of his wife nnd daughter. Neighbors
SnTmeinnjb smoke, rushed In. ZarrieDo greeted
lh -You k cbS' to avoid the cold, do you?" he asked.
•■On. sent m- a wireless message saying thai a
cold wave was coming and that I must prepare.
Behold. I am prepared!"
"HATTFUY DAS" TO HAVE A I'H'XIC.
"Buttery Dan" Finn, who declares he will defeat
ex-Pol!« Vommissloner Michael C. Murphy for the
Democratic leadership in the Ist Assembly Dis
trict Is planning a large torchlight parade and pic
ric at Terrace Garden. Flfty-elghth-st.. between
Third and Lexington ayes., for the night of Sep
tember 8. The Daniel F. Finn Association and the
other organizations that have Indorsed Finn's
candidacy. including th.- John J. McGratta Asso
ciation and the Greater New-York Democracy, will
assemble at the Battery at 8 p. m. A number of
automobiles, tallyhos and observation coaches have
been hired. The procession. It Is asserted, will be
between two and three miles In length, and will
move through Broadway. Uttdsoa-St.. past the Finn
Association headquarters, where there will be a
rustic firework*! display, through Sprlng-st and
Kilth-ave to the picnic grounds. The Mb Regi
ment New-York Catholic Protectory and the St.
Ainhonsua brass bands have been engaged. At the
BardenftnerelWlU be speechmaklnc. dancing and
nfher amusements. The last Finn parade took
other amu.emei ,^ ROOfl dea i o f attention.
gtchard Crok Vfcame^out oAhe Democratic Club
and cheered the Finn Deaaocrat* as they passed
The Finn Association will have a banner raising
and mas" me-tlng on Saturday night at Greenwich
and Desbrosses sts.
RUMORED MURDER OF M issin\ AßlES.
Shanghai. Aug. 21.— The rumors that an Aus
tralian missionary named Bruce and an English
missionary named Lewis have been murdered
at Chen-Chou. in Hoo-Nan Province, continue
persistently to be beard. They come from na
tive sources A missionary named Stewart. Of
Chang-Te-Fu. Hoo-Nan Province, has started on
a journey to Inquire into the reports. He will
be gone a week.
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GATES SURE IIF WILL WIN
SEVERAL MONTHS MIST ELAPSE BO
FORK MEETING. AND MUCH MAX
BE DONE IN THAT TIME.
Denver. Aug. 21.— The resignations of Messrs.
Gates. Mitchell. Blair and Lambert as directors
of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company were
sent to the headquarters of the company shortly
before the time for the annual meeting , but no
action was taken by the board, as there was
no meeting thereof.
It is the opinion of attorneys that under the
law of Colorado the four men named are now
out. as it is not necessary for any further action
to be taken or- the resignations. The movement
was made in order that Gates and his friends
might occupy a better strategic position In tha
great fght now under way to secure possession
of the management of th * company.
The Osgood management remains intact until
an election is held, and if the stock book Is to
be prepared before the election takes. place, as
announced by Chairman Osgood, several months
more may lapse. In the mean time Mr. Osgooci
and his supporters will =pr»re no efforts to ob
tain possession of .is many as possible of tha
proxies now held by C, ; • -. A bin battle In the
courts is expected, and the best legal talent will
be invoked on both sides
It is announced by officers of the company
that the right will in no way interfere with the
large building operations now in progress at
Pueblo, and that all operations of the company
will be carried forward a*» usual.
Mr. Gates is confident of victory and -will pre
sent his claim to holders of stock on the Atlan
tic seaboard. It is conceded that finally tha
majority of stock will win. and it is also con
ceded that a compromise is an impossibility.
The question of the ►-x part- injunction issued
by Judge Mullins. which caused .:ji indefinite ad
journment of the annual meeting of sharehold
ers, may be argued on Monday n«xt.
The fight at Denver for control of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company had the effect of depress
ing the company's stock still further in the stock
market yesterday. From a shade better than 83
the stock went down to 15. .i fall of seven points
for the day. On Wednesday it was hammered
down from SS to m and rallied two points before
the close of the market.
Wall Street does not understand the full mean
ins: of the fight for control of th.- company. It 13
believed that John W Gates has a majority of tha
stock and will pet control of the company some
day. although John C. Osgood still retains tha
presidency. The -tat. -m emanating from Mr.
Osgood's friends thai Mr Gates is working to turn
the company over to the l'nite.l States Steel Cor
poration has had some effect in depressing the
enmpanv's sto^k. Another reason for *•»*«••■£•
is found In resorts that Mr. Gates will throw the
company Into the hands of a receiver and Involve
It in litigation for a long time.
At the office of Harris. Gates St Co.. in WaII-8t»
yesterday no Information on the situation was to r
obtained.
/?//» FOR SHIP CB WXEL.
AMERICAN DREDGING COMPANY MAY CUaUfls]
OUT DELAWARE RIVER.
Philadelphia. Aug. SI Bids for dredging a thirty*
foot ship channel ii the Delaware River were
opened to-day. The lowest bid was from the Ameri
can Dredcing Company, of this city, which offered
to perform the work for 13 MO cents a cubic yard
for dredging; ami •• huild the retaining bank for
4S rents a cubic yard. The Morris & Cuminga
Predzinsr Company, of New-York, and the Mary
land Dredging and Contracting Company, of Bam*
more, were the otner bidders.
The bids were forwarded I" Washington, to N#
passed upon by General Gmespte. Chief of Engin
eers.
MAY VAKE FFIlt }\ WOLFE.
<■<» -HARRIS CASK TRANSFERRED
FROM BREATHITT COUNTY.
Jackson. Ky.. Aug. a. Special Judce Ira Juntas,
after hearing evidence, decided to-day to srrant a.
change of venue in the case of "Tom- Cockrill,
charged with the murder of -Ben" Hargis In
Breathttt County. The case will be transferred to
Wolfe County.
In his derision Judge JuIIaT denounced assassina
tion no the strongest terms, hut said he be
lieved that conditions had been exaggerated la
County Judge' Harsjia strongly objected to the ac
tion of the court, an.' asked the commonwealth at
torney to dismiss the case, declaring that he and
his friends would not prosecute It in .*{» County:
that the y would have to *n there armed, and that
such action would be additional cause for a feud In
that county.
B. USD I. T<> VERGE WITM 1.. W. AXD B.
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN CENTRAIi
WILL BE THE ACTUAL OWNERS.
Baltimore. Aug. 21.-The stockholders of the Balti
more and Potomac Railroad Company held a spe
cial meeting to-day, and ■ resolution was unani
mously adopted to merge the company with the
Philadelphia. Wilmington and Baltimore" Railroad
Company. A meeting of the stockholders of the
latter was held In Philadelphia for the same pur
pose.
The details of the mercer provide for the organ
ization of the Philadelphia. Baltimore and Wash
ington Railroad Company, with a capital stock, con
•.Nttrs of 3)7.(»9 shares at the par value of JEO a
,h r" amounting in the aggregate to $-> oo0.«0.
This stock will be owned almost entirely by Ilia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Northern
Central Railway Company. The company will also
take care of the bonded debt of the two companies'
absorbed. This amounts to about J12.500.0W.
THE GAYSOR-GREESE CASE.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS EXPBCTEr> IN MONTREAL
Montreal. Auk. Marion Erwin. the District
\ttorney from Georgia, who has been looking after
the United States end of th- Gaynor-Greene -as«.
v In the city again. He had ■ long Interview with
Donald MaSlaSter. and new developr&nta are ex
pected.
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