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J - ' — V^ LXIV. N° 21.149. SMASHES CUNNEEN'S CHARGES. JUSTICE MILLER GIVES THE FACTS ABOUT FUR , NACEVILLE COMPANY CONTRACT. "Hard Pan" Classified a* Rock— Opinicm of Engineers Pitted Against That of Laborers — Present Attorney General's Vote. Nathan L. Miller. State Controller from 1001 to 1908 now nominee of both partiee to succeed L just.cc of the Supreme Court. Issued Tteiat a reply to Attorney General Cun- SL" f charges regarding the Furnaeev.lle Iron Company, %h.tterln B the Democratic campaign 2 'Z and leaving Mr. Cunneen in an unenviable charged that the Furrxaceville Mr. company ■«« — $18,G1S for exca !^2?r«£« through theState-s P , Tork on the company's contract, Mr .topping *«* on th fliready CUnB E<S toTb. Furnaceville Iron Company over »34,0W to me Cunneen de tor prospective profli. Jron elared ~**^£ I £J£!£ rock had distinct assertions are proved untrue. ££ fact, are as the minutes of the Canal B Ths d t SS P revious board had not rejected the claim for $15,618. That the IM.OOO which Mr. Cunneen said was D aid for "prospective profits lost" had been paid by a previous board for excavating ••hsrflpan" This was classified as "rock" (be ing more difficult- to excavate than rock") by tbo engineers of the State five years before, and bad been measured and paid for accordingly. That the claim which Mr. Cunneen said was for rock excavation was really (1) for money deposited with the State with the bid. (2) for 10 per cent of the monthly estimates withheld by the State as a guarantee of the proper per formance of the contract, and (3) a claim for "prospective profits lost." The courts had de cided that canal contractors were entitled to re imbursement for such lost profits. Mr. Miller explains simply how these profits were com puted. Mr. Cunneen voted in favor of allowing each of these three claim*. BOARD CONSIDERED RECLASSIFICATION. The board took up the. reclassincation of part rf the excavation as hard pan or "rock." for which $34,000 had been previously allowed. The work was considered in sections. Justice Miller thinks five. Mr. Cunneen voted with the rest cf the board that there was no evidence to impeach the reclassincation in four of these five sections. With respect to one section, Mr. Cunnecn brought before the board his now celebrated witnesses, twelve laborers, who. five years before, had worked on that section of the canal. Most of them admitted that they did not know what hard pan was. The rest were In doubt how much hard pan existed. Mr. Cun neen ptanad his faith on his laborers. The other members of the canal board thought the evl fisaos of the State's expert engineers more trust ,tfcrtby. The mopey Involved being for a fifth nf the contract was, presumably about a fifth DC the $34,000 paid the Furnaceville Iron Com pany live years before on the reclasslfica tloii. If the majority of the board had agreed with Mr. Cunneen in his estimate of laborers M experts, about a fifth of $34,000 would have been deducted from the $18,618 raid to the Furaaceiille Iron Company on an entirely differ ent claim from that which Mr. Cunneen. trust !&f to his untrustworthy memory, said it was. That Is the case in a nutshell. JUSTICE MILLER'S STATEMENT. As a man whose, character will not be ques tioned, and whose connection with the Furnace ville Company case enables him to present the facts from personal knowledge. Justice Miller was requested to mske a statement for publi cation. He furnished the following: I have read the statement of Attorney Gen eral Cunneen, in which he cites the r.uiit of a claim of the Furnaceville Iron Company by the Canal Board, as an Instance of "perversion of public funds morally reprehensible." This statement, conspicuously published, plainly im ports improper if not corrupt motives to his as sociates. I will not undertake to engage in any partisan controversy, but the public has a right to know as to the conduct of chosen officials. l am g,aa to make a Ftntement which In fairness io the public and Justice to my former associ ates and to myself should be made. .k ,i necn that he alone voted against the allowance of an item claimed by the Fur ci a tT-V Iron Com Pany for excavating land for la7£&£? a contract for canal work under the «-.M»*M*io appropriation; that the claim had been audited by the board and this item disal lowed: that the claim was for the excavation of material* originally classified as earth and sub equently redawified a rock: that twelve vit rjesses testified that no rock was excavated: that all of his i«-j,ur,)i, a*> associates vot«d to al low the item and that he voted against it. The fact is, no such item was contained in the c.«im of the Furnaceville Iron Company, no such item wat rejected by the board, and no such item was allowed by the succeeding board, entertaining the favorable opinion of Mr. Cun neen which ' have had, I cannot believe that he h« deliberately falsified, but prefer to believe w»*t he has made a mistake as a result of un- haste, and that in an attempt to meet a 'posed immediate necessity of supplying a specified charge to support a general one, par v** n i. zeal « has caused him to rely on memory. which '• C fte n treacherous, instead of the actual recorcs. The facts are as follows: When the work •Mer the J9. nt >o,ooo appropriation was aban doned by the State In '*»8 b-cause of the ex- MUttlon of the appropriation, the various con £££. . b K*!l " :!v P** l *"* Performed. The contractors, had b««, i uired to deposit with "•State v per (eSit of lhe lr bids, the State •Wing the *"*'*» O f the work had also with r«nJ per cent of the monthly estimate »■ a SeX r . lrU r i 1 i lt r ; when th " ' or * *» atoppM SiSSnr^hJ 1 t K*. S " tWO * vn ' 8 <jt money, which ■JPMtionably belonged t«. the contractors, and aj*™"-*"' had also claims for the prospe penw vu ' le ;: r ' ied r-nts on the uncompleted J£» ?ur,^ M elr cot l traf;t - Th « Court of Claim., Fwii t^,rl°. n .L O delermlne these <]alrm,. but BtzZ \ thou bt that money could be saved the SajsE-Es' £fir ss? lbs ST £&■«■.> X.-o:- Si £n* £?? " face as «hown by the WoSw f such ?~ Wns !n <xcess °* the 59. a* » 000 00ft S £ S * t '. prov ** to •» lew than *«Slted h thr^ he i* te - flr9t the money c «it which waaiL b ,i 4B v nd Becond - th * 10 *> er "chsumsaa^vei!?.^ 1"*1 "* Stat *- and third. »•*• been on th* ,^ U>d show lh ' ir proflts would •*tracu hTa they mPl<>ted *« r "on« of their «• complete th«n if? P*nnltte-d by the State «>rapi™trt heln. .' « •mount remaining un bYb V flVuetlnT?h c ££? matter of computation nit^S from T " at>tu «»y lone of the contract, t" 10 "" 1 calle < <°r «" ' he «'<> rMraareSile Ton n eonl »*«o«. including *threeiterns tiSpi 1 £? lnM . B . Ir - m ** claima for «»M»^ni Tthe' last S-Y?*?"*"* Iron Company's a»wT Thli^iVim ££?? nyn vp and »«i™*4 by '■ tbe cnararttr 2 contalne «l no item what To-day, «hower» will fooler. To-morrow, fair; bri»k »oothrrlj wind*. claimed the Superintendent of Public Works re quired the contractor to pay its employes under the prevailing rate of wages law. which claim was disallowed by the board. REASON' FOR THE RECLASSIFICATION. The proofs of this claim were closed and the case was submitted to the board on December 31, 1902, the day on which the term of office of the then members of the board expired. Dur ing the progress of the hearings It was brought to the attention of the members of the board that before the abandonment of the work In 1808 certain portions of the work excavated had been origimlly classified ne earth and then re olasrslfled as rock and that the excess of rock prices over earth and such material so reclassi fled amounted to something over ?34.000 (but the exact amount do not recall-, which sum had been paid the contractors at the time. Reason for such reel ass! flea or the data on which it was based did not appear, the query in thy mind of the board beintr as to how. after the materials had been thrown up together, on the sp«*n hank. nocurnte measurement upon wlv'eh to base the reclasslflcatlon could be mnde T'pon the claim presented and this RM+*er arts rot properly before us and n« a it^J proposition it was very doubtful whether wo e«H.M so hrhlnd an adjustment of the. matter mad* by the <i«/y constituted officers of the State, having f>i---*-nil superintendence of the matter five years before The board, however repsrdod Its powers ns somewhat "extra Judi cial." nnd Informed the attorneys for the claim ant that unler? this matter of reclttssifleatlon. could be satisfactorily explained the board would deduct from the amounts due such sums es had been theretofore paid the claimant as the result of such r^Massiflcntlon The proposed findings had been prepared which the attorney's were advised would be adopted, unless they d^ir^d an opportunity to satisfy the board on the points <>uiruoKted whereupon such opportunity was requested and was Panted nnd the minutes of the meeting of December 31. 1902. will show that instead of re lecting any item in the claim as stated by Mr Cunneen, the board adiourned without taking any action whatever. The members present at that meeting were Attorney General Davies State Engineer Bond, Superintendent of Public Works Boyd and myself, three of whom. Messrs. Bond. Boyd and myself, became mem bers of the succeeding board, from which it would appear that If we had been actuated by motives ascribed by Mr. Cunneen we could have disposed of the matter then and there. We merited criticism. if at all. for nttemntln? the exercise of doubtful power in the Interests of the mate, Certainly no good lawyer would have dared po farther than the State interests Mr. Cunneen has certainly foreott«n what oc curred, because at the meeting of the new board I explained in detail why the matter had been left by the former board without any ac tion having been tnken. and to F.Ttlsfy Mr r-in rteen's oblations that the record was entirely silent either as to the action of the board or upon what point new evidence was to bo re ceived. I offered a resolution that the hearing be opened to hear evidence upon the sol» point as to the right of the State to deduct the sums pnld by ren.snn of said r«cla<=slf)<-at!on. upon which, n? I r-call it. Mr Punneeri voted "So." Mr. Cunneen creates the impression that upon a rehearing the evidence was directed to the question as to whether rock was "xcri vated. nnd aays that twelve witnesses testified that ther» was no rock. Here nßaln bis mem ory k; at fault; the evidence beinjr directly di rected principally to the question a«> to whether there was hard pan, which, under the special agreement, should have been classified nn rock, as is 'tally understood: the difficulty with this attempted Improvement was th.nt the pre liminary survey had not been accurate, result ing in an estimate of 50.000.000 when three times that sum was required. Contracts were let for ration without knowing definitely the class of material to be excavated. Upon the rehearing the following farts appeared: The criminal contract had provided for enrt* 1 ex- CHvatlon which was defined as material that could be ploughed, no provision heln^ made for hardpan. which, ns engineers know, is frequent ly more difficult to excavate than rock. Soon after the work began the contractor en countered hardpan and a rocky formation called "red horse." There was no provision in the contract for this, therefore the engineers clas sified it as earth, acccurate measurements, how ever, being taken at the time, with the under standing that it could be adjusted later There was no pretence that this should be ploughed. The undisputed evidence being that portions were taken out by blasting and by pick and shovel, and other portions by means of a ma chine, specially constructed, called a "wind jammer," operated by steam. These facts were brought to the personal at tention of the then State Engineer and Bur veyor and the then State Superintendent of Public Works, who. after personally Investigat ing the matter, marie a new contract with th* contractors, which was approved by the then Canal Board, by which it was agreed that th* material that could not be ploughed be classi fied as rock, and that the contractors should re ceive Jl a yard therefor, which was leas than rock prices contained In other contracts The classification was then mode, the average meas urements upon which this was based were pro duced before the board. being the field not»s and maps showing all sections, and filed In the IHvlsion Engineer's office, made at the time. showing the prism of the canal and the actual dimensions of each kind of material, from which it appears that the material reclassified was of the character claimed by the contractor. Opposed to this evidence the Attorney General produces twelve witnesses which he speaks of. who lived in the vicinity, nnd had been em ployed a? laborers on different parts of the work. Their employment had been of a char acter as not necessarily to have directed their attention to the question upon which they un dertook to testify; after the lapse of five years few of them pretended to have anything like ■ distinct recollection. Some of them admitted they did not know what a "hardpan" was; others said there was but very little "hardpan," and "I think there was none"; others, who seemed to know the most about it. admitted that there was "hardpan" all through that sec tion of the cour,*ry at the depth at which this was excavated. THE REAL QUESTION PRESENTED. The question was thus presented, not as stated by Mr. Cunneen, as to whether the board should sllow the claim for material thus re classified, but as to whether under such evi dence, there not being a scintilla of proof point ing to collusion or fraud, the present board has the power to repudiate that of the duty consti tuted officers of the State, who had adjusted the matter after personal investigation, and upon measurements made by the State Engineer on the ground. The question was not whether the hoard should allow this as an item of the claims pre sented, but whether it should arbitrarily deduct from the money which the State had been un lawfully withholding from the contractor for five years the sum paid him under a contract lawfully made by the proper officer* of the State n.r>r* than five years before. The question of reclasslficatlon related to several contracts covering several contiguous questions, If I recall it now, five In number. If It was fraudulent in part it was in toto. If any reelaeslflcation was improper, they were all im proper, because it was nil one contract. Instead of deducting $18,000, the amount used by Mr. Cunneen in his statement, twice that sum had been deducted. The minutes of the board will show that the board first took up the question whether there was evidence to disprove or im peach the classifications and contracts paid by the proper officers of the State more than five years before voting in respect to each section separately, and that Mr. Cunneen voted with the other members to the effect that the board did not have such power in respect to every section but one, and that as to that sec tion he did vote that it did not have such power, differing in that respect only with his associates. The amount Involved In this single item was several thousand dollars less than the amount stated by Mr. Cunneen. Tho minutes will also show that the board next voted upon the different items of the claim, and that Mr. Cunneen voted with hi* associates in favor of Continued on »ecund pass. NEW- YORK. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1904. -FOURTEEN VAGE£r-*r&X2b22**~ MISS 9TEL.LA TATE. Who will name the Georgia.. FOR HAMBURG, 870,000. H. P. WHITNEY BUYER. Horsemen Throng Dispersal Sale of Famous Stud. Hcmburß, one of the greatest sons of the great Hanover and sire of two Futurity winr.»is, Ham burg Belle and Artful. was cold at auction last niche In Madison Square Garden for $70,010. Harry Payne Whitney bought the Illustrious stallion on the third bid and will place him at the hood of a stud which he will establish at the famous Brook dale farm In New- Jersey. Hamburg was th« star of the first night's dis persal sale of the entire stud of the lat* William C. Whitney— sn'.e that in every respect was the greatest of its kind ever held in this country, and can be enld to mark an epoch in the hlstJiy of the turf. Before an enormous gathering of horsemen and men and women Interested In breeding and racing-, the most royally bred trillions and brood mares were sold at public auction. Ten thousand Is a conservative estimate of the attendance, and they watched the "famous horses led around the ring with every show of Interest, and au2 lau ded old favorites with marked enthusiasm. The seating capacity of the big garden was taxed to the limit— .a condition which bespoke the re markable popularity of racing and keen Interest In the great thoroughbreds that have made turf history and the progeny of which are even now adding lustre to their fame. The sales ring was laid at the Pourth-ave. end of th« big ampltheatre. and ranged around it were seats for the horsemen and prospective purchasers. Th« general public was ranged tier upon tier In the permanent Boats. and altogether it BttdS a most Impressive scene. and furnished a tribute to the mar. who. In his lifetime, did so much for racing and who had gathf-red toi'fher for the ileve|r.|>ment of the thoroughbred such a choice collection of stallions and mares. Among some of the well known horsemen gathered Immediately about the ring were 8 8. Brown. James B Keen*-. Jo*n >lv%rer. Jc.li:> K. Maddon. W P. Frs:z'-r. Jnme* Onlway. Colonel Milton Toui BfdOtj Pi *•*. "Try Payne Whit ney II P Darya*. H. rather. T. T. Hitchcock. August Betmoat. I C. !*»•. B. B. Thomas, Tor nHius ivilowes. I> ireey Forbes. Andrew Miller. F. R. Hltrh'-rck. Carroll B. tt— d J J •*eener, j B ivr' ■. .n. DbvM OMeon. W. O. Palmer. A. W. Jewltt Mid J B. Macsln. WIIMam Baatoa opened the «aie at 8:25 o'clock. and the great Hamburg was led "'•<'"» th ring aail'l gf-neioiis I i ,.... . Hrrry Pnyne Whitney began by bidding 150.000. Milton Young promptly raised this to $6MOO. and Mr Whitney nt one* replied with PO.OOO. and the might v stallion was knocked down to th*- 808 of the man who only a few years ago bougut the horse at the dispersal ■ale of the late M ircoe Paly for K>".«*> in the opinion of many horsemen, Hamburg was a bargain nt that figure, as he has already given ample evidence of his right and title tO the stud mantle of his own ■ire. the mighty Hanover. Hamburg was a great rncehors* In twenty-one Marts as a two and three year old. be was never unplaced, and wan sixteen tinea first, In the stud hi* achievements have been little short of marvellous, and his breeding is each. ns pmctleally l " guarantee con tinued success. H» was the nerfect picture of a thoroughbred ai he was led around the ring. Harry Payne Whitney also bought imp. Baadrtag ham. the sire of Sandria, which only last week won the filly end of th.- rtcb Matron Stakes He paid $14,000 for him after some spirited bidding. Nu« turtium and Blackstock the only Other two stal lions Bold brought W.OOO nnd 14.n0'. respectively. The nt l. < foi Nasturtium was miner ill*upii<>tntlng. He was bought by Mr. Whitnej us a two-year-old for *!'«'«•» but hi value as .• stud is still unknown. The bidding foi the majority or the. mares was spirited and the prices. M ■ rule considered good. Endurance by Right. Handspun, Blue Oirl and Ad miration were In greatest demand and Handspun the dam of Tanya, winner of $.s.6:t. this year sol, forttZ.OOO to Mr. Wnitney James R:. Keene. wlrvd to buy the young mare, and went as high as 111 E««. but Mr. Whitney was Insistent and finally got her Bhu Is a daughter of Hanover and Is In foal to B Badurance" f by Right, which won sixteen out of eighteen itarts, aim was third In the other two. is a you ik mare only five years old. and her triumphs at« Btlfl fresb in mind. Bhe »M also In great n d mand, but Mr Whitney outbid August Belmont. John B Madden and "Jack" McDonald, probably acting for William K. Vanderbilt. and secured her C Blue Olrl. once the pride of her late owner, was allowed to go to Frederick Johnson for tIO.OOO. and Admiration tho champion Blh? of 1899 was knocked down 8. Deim-I for $4.00". 9 S brojn.Jamei R Keone. R. T. Wilson. Jr . nnd Sydney Paget were among other purchasers. Forty-one horses were Hold for a total or f>y> COO. Harry Payne Whitney bid $145,900 on twelve of the thorough He had picked out the animal* he was to buy, and none of these ■were allowed to pas* to other hands. In few cases was the bidding at all spirited, and In most cases considerable urging was necessary on *""„£»" of the auctioneer to g<'t the prices that Mr. Whitney wished to realise. Not a sale was closed until Mr. Whitney signalled his approval to the auctioneer. The sale will be continued to-morrow night, when Meddler who heads the list of winning btalllons this year wltn over $3>),oiV>, will be sold. For Hat of i»rlc«-» iff pttge !>. NOVELS LED TO SUICIDE. Two Illinois Girls Die in Each Other's Arms After Drinking Strychnine. Kankakee. 111. Oot 10 -A suicide pact has re sulted In the death of Miss Minnie Ifland. twenty years old. and lyulu Cook, fourteen years rid, daughters of fsrsaers twenty miles south of this city. Clasped In each o there's arms, the two drank the eootants of an oance bottle of strychnin,-.. Death cume before medical aid could be sum moned. The reading of trashy novels Is said to have led to the suicides. OEELL DENIES A REPORT. Not To Be Chosen President of Union Pacific, He Says. [BT TCIJtORAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. 1 Omaha, Neb., Oct. 10.— "The Omaha Bee" snys to night: "In connection with the annual meeting of the board of directors of the Union Pacific Rail way Company at Salt Lake City to-morrow, a re nort is helnc circulated In railroad circlea here to the effect that Governor Odell of New- York is to be chosen president of the road." Governor Odell was asked last night about the truth of the above statement. "There Is not & word of truth in It-absolutely unfounded." he said. UXITED STATES BATTLESHIP GEORGIA. To be launched to-day ai'Bath, Me. WARRANT OUT FOR SPOOK. HE ASSAULTED MEDIUM. A Lively Seanee—S. P. C. C. Wants to Stop CMld-ghost Appearing. Court officers from the Gates-aye. court, Brooklyn, had the hardest job of their lives last night wfien a warrant for the arrest of "Fallen Water," in Indian ghost, was put in thetr hands for service. It was issued by Magistrate Fur long on complaint of Mrs. Lucretla Sawtelle, of No. 97«.» Hancock-nt.. who charges the shade from the Happy Hunting Ground with assault at a sean-e at No. 321 Madison-st. last Thurs day evening. The Madison-st. house is the home of Hugh R. Moore and Corn H. Moore, his wife, mediums, who advertise to give "independent typewriting and broafl light physical seames." Mrs. Saw telle. who is a medium herself. In company with ■aver*] of her spiritualist W friends, attended the seam * in the Moore house on Thursday night, to investigate the exhibitions. She says they sent In a message to a departed friend, and in a little while it was announced that Fallen Water" was coming to deliver the answer. Sev eral members of the party made a grab for the bulky looking nhade. and one of them tried to turn up the lights, but turned them almost out instead. Lively times follov^d. according to Mrs. Saw tell*. Somebody struck John Rasmussen over the head w.lth a blackjack, she declares. "Let go the Indian or he will materialize!" cried somebody in the back of the room. and. sure enough, he did "materialize." It is allege.; that he ran into another room and came back with a big club. The Sr.wtelle party got out of the house when they thought they heard some body «ay: Get the run I* Mrs. Sawtelle has a relit of h*r experience. however, in the shape of a red flannel kimono, which »he declares she tore from tho back < ' the "husky" shade. After Magistrate Furlong had heard Mrs. Saw tellers story he issued the warrants for the shade, and told the court officers that the city would stand the bills if they had to pay Charon to ferry them over the Styx in their efforts to find "Fallen Water." Mrs. Siwtelle also complained that the Moore* were guilty of charlatanism, and took money under false pretences from those who desired to communicate with dead friends. Magistrate Furlong decided to summon them to come to ex plain the working* of their exhibitions. A child spirit. Palled Pansy, has appeared at there seanres. and Louis W. Doir. ■ represen tative of the Children's Society, wan in coon to see if they had any authority to Interfere with shades that appeared in the form of children. Mr Moore admits that there was a disturb ance at the seance on Thursday, but declares It was made by some mediums who were Jealous of his success. There was no dabbing, ho as serts. BRYAX WOULD BE AARON. Democracy's Present Moses Too Sloic of Speech to Suit Him. Chllllcothe. Mo., Oct. 10. William J. Bryan addressed a large outdoor meeting in Kirn Park this afternoon. Having been introduced aa "the man who would pome day be President of the United States." Mr. Bryan caM that he used to think he would be President, and that he was the Moses of the Democratic party. •'But I don't think ho now." he said. "Moses, you know, was slow of speech, and the Lor.l se lected Aaron as His ■peechmaker. I believe. that I am the* Aaron rather th.m tho Hoses of Democracy. I am willing to be the Aaron of the party, if our Moses, who has been so slow of speech, will but lead the people out of the wilderness." LAUNCH GEORGIA TO-DAY. Party Including Governor Terrell Arrives at Bath, Me. Bath. Me.. Oct. 10.— Th*. last work on the United States battleship Georgia, preparatory to her launching to-morrow, was completed before sun down to-day. Nothing now remains to be done but to cut away th« beams «nd send the battleship on her maiden plunge. The Georgia delegating which will attend the launching arrived bete to-night, and is entertained by John W. Hyde, vice-president of the Ha' 'a Iron Works, the builder of th* ship. Tt.e party Includes Governor and Mr». Joseph M. Terrell < ongr,_s 9 muii and Mrs F C Tat*, and Mies Stella rate, who will name the ship- Judge Hamilton McWhorten. Mrs. McTvhorten and Mrs. Camilla McWhorten.. The launching is scheduled to take place at 1:10 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. BREAKS LONG FAST. Girl Trying to Cure Asthma Taken to Hospital for the Insane. Miss Victoria Popwltcs, vho had fasted for five weeks to cure herself of asthma, was taken from her lodgings. No. ITS Ferry-st.. Newark, to the Essex County Hospital for the Insane yesterday afternoon. She had taken some chicken broth and a little bread, and before go ing to the hospital she took as much more as her weakened stomach would allow. When told yesterday that she was to be taken away she seemed resigned. At her return yes terday from St. Stanislauses Polish Church, she ■wrote to friends and to her mother in Poland and got together her belongings and put them away Bhe said she felt all right and would re turn cured of her asthma, to save money to bring to her mother from Poland At the hospi tal the «tii-l was put on a regular diet. SCENT GIGANTIC FRAUDS A WARNING SOUNDED. Repetition of Flower Campaign Feaad by Up State Leaders. [BT TELEGRAPH TO THE TBIBINE.] Albany, Oct. lO.— Republican leaders through out the rural .listrUt3 are unanimous ln the opinion that the Democratic State campaign is directed with ih<- purpose of repeating the gigantic fraudr of IS9I. which resulted in the election of Koswell P. Flower as Governor. In that year more than .?I..">*>.»>oo was expended by the State campaign committee, thousands of up State voters were kept away by tho use of this corruption fund, and ln the face of a re duced Tammany majority in New-York City J. Slout Fassett. the Republican candidate, was defeated hy 4i!.OX>. That this programme is to be repeated Is the belief of many who have watched the silent and mysterious methods em ployed by the Democratic managers this year. Already the Republican leaders are warning their district workers to prepare for this at tempt at wholesale bribery. The Democratic plan was discussed by J. B. H. Mongin. of Seneca County, Deputy Secretary of State, to-,lay. He said: The situation as I find it. reflected not merely in my own county, but through the up Mate regions generally, convinces me that the Demo crats are getting ready to pour money Into the rural districts in the last week of the cam paign. If they succeed in this game without detection, they can swing about 40,000 votes and It Is the only play that I cap. see that is left to th«rn. They know, every one of them. m»!i of Hills political experience, that the same la Dp as far a3 Parker is concerned. Their fight is for the State ticket. It's their only hope. Sow what are they doing? No one knows. Down In my county. State Democrats have come and irone. and th* local Democrat* have at: sort* of explanations for their visit. They are not spending a dollar. No meetings, no organl gatioQS. no activity, but it is clear that they are waiting for something. Take my own county. Every one is busy. The farmers have big crops and lots of work. Suppose they should send the richt people In. with *1O a head, to one or two families and the hired m»n in an election district to stay away from the polls, what would It m-an? Ten votes to an election district would mean over 40.000 votes in the State. In the Flower campaign, they did this. Now they have been o,uletly Kolng around, and I believe they have tiean plokins out the men who could handle this fund. REPUBLICANS SHOULD BE WARNED. I am preparing letters to -end to every worker In my county warning them of this Democratic ruse, and I believe every Republican, worker in the State should be warned that Just this kind of tactics is the only hope of Democrats. This Perpooratic quietness that you meet everywhere ennnot m<v'.n that the Democrats have aban doned the campaign. It was just as quiet in th» Flower year. Th^n the Democrats in this State are able to get the money. It is the Nev- Ycrk people that have control of the national furri*. They have recognized long ago th^t Parker has no chance. Now I believe they will just pack Taggart back to Indianapolis and put the larger share of the national campaign funds right Into this State. They mint *aye something out of the wreck, and New-York State, for Herrick. is the only thing that Is left. I hear this same apprehension expressed on all sides. It Is the only thing that is to be feared from a Republican standpoint now It Is Just the play thai would naturally follow a quiet <ampnign. The talk of Odelllsm Is all a blind, and is having no effect. Town In my eonnty T find more Republican enthusiasm, more evidences of support for the whole ticket, than ever before. All the talk about disaffection on the State ticket on the Southern tier is absurd. The vote down there will surprise the Demo crats when it is counted. Parker will be worse beaten in this State than Bryan was. Bryan carried my own county, but It will give Roose velt a bierper majority this time Only the use of a great corruption fund will make the election of Herriek even a possibility, and I believe that even this with a little care can be stopped But It is eleor enough that this Is the Democratic plan, and it ought to be carefully guarded against. ONE OF MANY OPINIONS. This op'iilon is only one of many. The silent campaign Is beginning to show signs of Its true Import. In the Flower year it was es timated th.it $1,500,000. the contribution of Tammany, of Wall Street interest* related to that campaign as the Belmont Interests are to this, and of the candidate, was used. At the end of this silent campaign the press of the State remarked significantly. 'Money talks." The up-State papers, after election, went so far as to announce, in net a few instances, Just how much money was sent into various districts. There was a decided falling off of the Repub lican up-State vote, the direct result of the use of this money to pay stay-at-homes, and for many campaigns this experience was re membered. The silent campaign this year, under the di rection of ex-Judge Parker's friend. W. S. Rodie. has been conducted up to th^, present time on lines that would Indicate Just this sort of a programme. In Albany County, where the Judge-Boss, now the Democratic nominee for Governor, once ruled, the Democrats hive for the firyt time In their history started out on a canvass. V' en the Herrick machine was 'n full swing. >o canvass was necessary, but now lists are being prepared of every doubtful voter in the county. The same tactics are being fol lowed all over the State. Up to the present time the Democrats have done nothing else here. No money has come from the State committee us yet. and the local Democrat}, friends of the candidate, paid for this canvass out of their own pockets; but there is everywhere apparent th? feeling that there will be plenty of money, and preparations for its Judicious use are Indi cated in this preliminary canvass. Moreover, the up-State campaign will be run by the Judge-Boss. He fc«s Informed every leader where he is to sneak :aat they must re port to him. Those who remember the local politics of Albany County when the district lead ers reported to him will realize what. MtUn ifl hands will dispose of the fund that F.elmom. Cord Meyer and others are expected to con tribute for the "legitimate expense* of the cim palßn.'" pn fa r these legitimate expenses have not Included even the distribution of campaign literature In scores of districts. DEWEYS PORT WINE AND CRAPE JUICE | Cannot he excelled for the *ick. H T. Dewey * Sons Co., US Fulton St., N. T.— I Advt PRICE THREE CENTS. TO FH iHI BRYAN NOW. HOPE FOR r.IHKKR GOXE New Tactics Adopted by HUI, Bel mont and Skeehan. (rt>OM tri tmbt-ne nmr.AC.J Washington. Oct. 10.— With ine.itabU defeat staring them in the face, all *xpectait©n ef car rying the Presidential election havi-g been finally abandoned, the Parker leaders of Democracy are confronted with a form of treachery which strikes terror to the hearts of the sponsors ot the *'safe and sane Democracy." According to a thoroughly trustworthy r.aaft which has reached the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, the Belmont-Hii: >heehan combination wtti da vote all iis energy from now until election to preventing William J. Bryan from regaining the ascendancy in the Democratic, party whi. ■ enjoyed for eight years. All hope of electing Parker and Davla has been eliminated from the minds of the N««v- York contingent, and from now on the cam paign u-tu be conducted as a go-as-you-pleaae affair by certain leaders who have individual interests to .erve. If. as seems probable. Par ker fails to secure as many electoral votes as Bryan did, no influence will be able to check the stampede of the rank and file ot the Detroc racy to the extreme radicalism of which the "peerless leader" has always bean the exponent. The New-York leaders are thoroughly aliv» to this facr, and for that reason they will strain every n-»rve to carry New-York. Weat Yllglam and Nevada, the only States which, in their opinion, offer the slightest opportunity for Democratic gains, although they would prove far from sufficient to elect the national ticfeet. as they would leave Parker and Davla thirty nine votes short of the number necessary to win. Henry G. Davis will make a herculean effort to carry West Virginia on grounds of local and personal pride, and lie will have the htmaig support of John T. McOravr. whose chief am bitirn. however, is to capture the lrglaUuur* and so succeed to the seat in tho Senate now occupied by Nathan B. Scott TAGGART HELPING BRYAN. The effort of the New- York coutlMgeat ta> carry New-York, however, is certain to be seri ously hampered by what they term treachery of the basest sort. Despairing of achieving a national victory and hopeless of carrying Ind iana for Parker. Chairman Taggart has listened to the siren voice of William J. Bryan, and, with the co-operation of ex-Senator James K. Jones* . has arranged a speaking- tour ot Indiana for tho Nebraskan. Mr. Bryan has. already, la th# opinion of the national leaders, become a traitor to Parker, in conceding Nebraska to Roosevelt and Fairbanks, with the hope of simplifying his own effort to carry the Nebraska legsilsHiiie. and to succeed to the seat ln the Senate occu pied by Charles H. Dietrich. The tenor ot Mr. Bryan's remarks throughout this campaign has been detrimental, if not actually Inimical, to Parker's chances, and the probability that his Indiana speeches will be such aa to remove the last hope of the Parkerites to enlist the port of the conservative Democracy of N York is fully appreciated by the New- York tlngent. In the face of a situation which would sadden any Republican organization in the country. there is evidence at Democratic Congress head quarters of a certain gleam of triumph. Aa wa» told in these dispatches at the time. Chairman Cowherd went to New-York and pleaded elo quently with Mr. Sheehan and his partners not to waste their entire suhstance on the ignis fatuus of a Democratic national victory, but to lend some assistance to his efforts to secure a Democratic majority in the House. To Mr. Cowherd's pleadings the New- York contingent turned a deaf ear. With the rich plum of New- York patronage dangling so temptingly before their eyes, and with the possibility of restoring the tarnished prestige of David B. Hill to its pristine brilliancy, he and ether Parker man agers had neither time nor money to waste on Congress districts, and Chairman Cowherd re turned to Washington with no more available asset than a large consignment of "professed sympathy." It is hardly surprising, therefore, that the admissions which Belmont. S nee. nan A Co. have now be*n reluctantly forced to maJke to Mr. Cowherd and his fellow workers should result in some disposition to say, "I told you so." FIGURES GIVE THEM NO HOPE. An interesting summary of the situation which has forced the New-Yorkers to a conclu sion that their Presidential nominee baa no chance of election baa reached the Democratic Congress committee. These figures show the "Solid South" as follows: \laD«m» XI ; Missouri _ » Arkansas » North CaroHaa. 13 Florid* s!South Carolina 9 O«irgla 111 11 **""* 8 g. Kentucky M Louisiana »iVlr«iBU 12 Mississippi *>l — Total 131 The States frankly conceded to the Republt ar.s are as follows: California 101 North Dakota 4 Connecticut T'Ohlo M Winnla .:::::::::::::::::Si?3S^a::::::::::::»t lowa 13, Pannaylvania 34 Kansas 10 • R hade Island. 4 Main" «' South Dakota 4 Massachusetts »•' Vermont 4 Michigan 14 1 Washingtoa » Minnesota 11 Wisconsin i ... © •Nebraska Si Wyoming - 3 New -Hampshire 4| — Total 224 Those States which by the furthest stretch of the imagination may be listed as "doubtful" are as follows: Colorado 31 V«va«!a ....' 3 Delaware S ' New- Jersey 13 Idaho »!NVw-Tork 38 Indiana 13 Utah 1. 3 Maryland 8 ! West ' *tnia. T Montana 3 — Total Ml The Democratic managers, by their own cal culations, show that to gain the 230 votes necesesary to a choice they would have, to se cure SS votes in addition to the "Solid South." whereas the Republicans require only 13 votes) in addition to the certain Republican States enumerated above. New- York Is not neees.s.<iry to Republican success, but it nlone would insure the election of Roosevelt and Fairbanks, go a. aid Indiana alone, so would New-Jersey and Delaware together, or any other combination of the alleged uncertain States aggregating fif teen votes. The Democrats, on the other hand, to wm must curry New- York. New-Jerse;*. Indiana. Mary- West Virginia and two other*, provided one of them is Colorado, and thre« ot!- Colorado goea Republican. The most sanguine Interpretation of the re ports received at Democratic national headquar ters offers not the slightest ground for M.Hi flag that any such Democratic landslide is possible. In fact, it is admitted that there is no hope o' preventing Roosevelt and Fairbanks from secur ing the 13 votes, in addition to the certainly Republican States enumerated am. Chairman Cowherd has teen advised that the Parker ma chine stands ready to co-operate with him m any plan that promts** to curtail the extent of <=ix trains a day via the water-level ro_::* of :-\o New- York Central to 3L Louis, and ta« oi« fair -» ia .... blast.— Adv.-