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I.ninCiMTS AT ODDS.
OSWECX) STORM CENTRE.
Judge Bulger and Ex-Mayor Mans
field Differ Over Hearst. ' |
[Rasa a Sr*oU: Correspondent of The Tribune.!
Oswepo. N. T.. July 29.— Oswego County Is going
to have the nest kind of political rumpus this
fail. »"<J Judge Charles N. Bulger, of Osweso, is
gn'.ng to be In it. Judge Bulger, for years a xr.era
t» r of the Democratic State Committee, the per
sonal friend and counsellor of David Bennett Hill,
an.l an orator and after-dinner speaker of the first
rr-.k. always Is a figure of consequence in every
Democratic situation In Oswego County. While ho
fIS not announced himself either for or against
fTintun B. Hearst. It in perfectly safe to put him
(ova in the anti-Hearst column, for he and ex-
Gov*rr.or Hill think alike on state politics.
The Hearst men are Just organizing in the city
e » o.'w--?-. Ek-oe«atar William F. Markey. of
Buffalo, has t>een here once or twice to see ex
jlaror Mansfield and Frank Cullem, the anti-Bulger
p«ascrats. It is asserted <n Democratic circles that
Jjacko has offered to put up $l.<v\i to finance the
H»ar?t campaftja In Osmasja, *-ith the further prom
if , to irak« it *2.«r^ if Mansfield and Cullem Trill
get in and beat Bulger at the primaries. Oswego
irfU bave fix delegates to the Democratic State
Convention, and the Hearst men are particularly
savlsas to pet the delegation, because there is a
pood efcanee that if Bulger wins he will be the next
pjaaacratir State Chairman. His friends are work
in? earnestly toward this end at the present time.
Markov win he h*>re before the meeting of the
Hear-: Btate Committee, and it Is expected that
Ma-.F^-ii and Cuilom will p.ssume the contract of
puuinp Bulger out of business. Judge Bulger and
tit Mends fay that the Hearst shouters will not
Qualify under the cortract.
Both Bulger rind Mansfield are worth more than
a pas?!"s: reference. Bulger Is an Institution In Os
ve^o. Watcrtowni has Its beautiful white marble
Flower Memorial Library and magnificent park, a
v>» from which is worth going miles to experience,
tot Ofw< no has Charlie Bulger. The library and
the -ark at Watertowr. are inanimate; they do not
respond. Bulger is a living and moving proposi
tion, and responds. or eighteen years he was re
conW In tfc* city of Oswego. and generally the city
e:s.ted I Democratic city ticket. His eloquence as
a epeaker. his companionableness. his reasonable
cos-.?a??:<Mi toward the Oswego -'bum" and "hobo"
ss a < -Hy magistrate and his all around goodfellow
etip h*ye Mle him an institution in Oswe.7o. At
Democratic state conventions the delegates stop
ehuffiinß their feet and talking when Bulger takes
the Soot. Four years ago he started a tanning estah
:i£fcm»r;t in the State co.ivsntion. Senator Thomas
F. Ora^y. of New York, furnished the hide that was
tsr.rifd in I most Interesting manner. Oswego
County Democrats had got into the habit of doing
«ust abejt BS Judge Btilg<?r said. His way was good
ecough tor th<^m. Things usually turned out about
right vihfn Bulger had the seasoning of the con
wnimfc. and 2!! the other courses on the Demo
craiic bill of fare had a comfortable and palatable
tsrte aft^r recoivir.g the approval of the judge.
MANSFIELD SHATTERS BUYER'S DREAM.
A picturesque change in this idyllic situation took
place two years ago. Judge Bulger nominated for
Mayor a strapping young Irish doctor, one Mans
fieM. Mansfield is handsome, pleasing, and a good
ir.ixf-r with the omnmin pe<-i|.!r>. He is built on
Tammany lines. One of these days, as like as not,
he tiill drift down to New York, hang out his
sMngle, nr.d within six months become a member
of tMr- Tammany Hall General Committee in some
Assembly district. He will be a friend of Jim
Frawley aad "Big Tim" Sullivan and "Big Tom"
Fol^y and other ma of weight in the Tammany
Society, for he thinks as they think and he likes
xrhat tiipy ike. In his office are various pictures
cf prlzerlng favorites. His side partner is Frank
Cul!en\ a silver tongued orator. Dr. Mansfield says
th*t Ccllem has ilger "faded." Bulger put Mans
field at the head of the city ticket, and Mansfield
tias riveted. Bulger counted on implicit obedience
from his political ward, bat that is exactly where
fcis political dream was rudely shattered. Bulger
granted certain men appointed to office. The young
Irish doctor, without consultation with his boss,
nhead and appointed somebody else. What
fo'.lov.-ed ie a long story, one of the interesting
dstipters of wWch is the fact that Mansfield is ex-
Mayor . nd Rule"'- is ex-recorder. When the Trib
une correspondent called on Dr. Mansfield to-night
fee was anxious to know whether Mansfield was
ff,r or against Hearst, and he asked him the ques
tion bluntly. The doctor started In to talk about
E'jlf-r, showing very plainly that his mind was
rot so much on Hearst as it was on Bulger.
"I haven't made up my mind yet." said the doc
tor, '."who I am for. Things haven't got along far
«nough yet. I know 1 am sgainst bosses. I don't
teliev? in ha vine the boss fix up the slate without
consultation with others. That was the trouble
between Bulger and rue. Bulger had been giving
cjt all the offices in this city in the last eighteen
year? to about three or four families. It got to be
a close corporation. After I was elected Mayor I
fcad sr.Tr.» Meas of my own that I wanted to carry
out. Eulger wanted certain men appointed to office,
but I didn't want them. I went ahead and ap
pointed the men I wanted." Here the doctor paused
for a minute looked darkly out into the night and
then resumed as follows: "As soon as the break
camp between us he sent one of his lieutenants to
r.e with this message:
" 'The bride of the year makes a beautiful
corpse.' Now, what do you think of that?" said
Dr. Mar.sfield. "Wasn't that a fine thing for t^s
leader cf the organization to say to the Mayor of
Orseico. who differed with him in performing his
errorn duties. 'The bride of the year makes a
beautiful corpse.' That is what he said to me.
It didn't take a philosopher or a fortune teller to
help you understand what Bulger meant by that,"
continued the doctor. "He meant that he was out
to do me Well. It came along to last fall, and he
rubbed my name off the elate, but I ran indepen
dent for Mayor, and he was on the ticket for Re
<*or<ifr. and Bulger is out of a Job. We are tooth
Bitting on the curb watching the Republican ele
phant walk by, and John T. Mott and Judge
Stowell. the Republican bosses, are in the proces
sion behind the elephant and they have got all
the peanuts "
Judge Bulger's countenance was as calm as a
Wanner millpond when, the Tribune correspondent
called to pay his respects. "Are you for or against
Hearst?" was the question asked the Judge. Judge
Bulger looked at the knitting mill on the other
doe "f the Oswesco River, lighted a fresh cigar and
dip'-oursed as follows:
REPUBLICANS PRESERVE THE OFFICES.
"My friend, you're too soon: you're too previous
with your question. It's a long- long time yet be
fore the Democratic State Convention and a whole
Ist of things can happen between now and then,
You sob," he continued, "we are different from
our Republican friends here in Oswego. We do
net run our politics by the early closing method.
as it were. The Republicans hold their primaries
hi dandelion time, their nominating conventions in
strawberry time, and then, with the nominations
»r.i<i»-, they lock at us poor Democrats with a most
•upcrtor elr and they say, 'You can all go to
bades. We have nominated our ticket, and its
a:! <n~r but the shouting, any way.' We Demo
crats wait until the buckwheat period before we
<2o our nominating. We try to preserve the Bem
blauc* of Democratic simplicity and logic The
republicans preserve the offices.
"The trouble with the Democratic party In this
state Is that there lent any. We are demoralized.
cecrepit. disheartened, disinherited and dishabille.
There ien't any big, strong minded, strong handed
man to take hold of the Democratic situation in
this state and shake the nonsense out of It and
•ma* into it. Last winter Edward M. Sheparfl. of
SSew York, and some of his distinguished friends
eot together at Mr. Shepard's house in Brooklyn at
& dinner. Now. the Democratic gentlemen from up
«he stats who went to Mr. Shepard's dinner didq't
to merely to get something to eat. There are
good country hotels, and. besides, it costs money
to travel these days. They went down there to
ft some Democratic Inspiration. There were
drains enough in that august gathering to write
■ new Constitution, a new Declaration of InSe
r*-n«lence. Invent a better than the nebular by
■.'jty.ff.'.f. eolve. the riddle of the universe, and
smooth out all the rough places In the sociological
tirhway which make it hard going tor th* lame,
the I, ill and the blind. That dinner wal called
at a time when It was fitting and right to do some
thing fcr the Democratic party. Those august gen
ttemea had the brains as well as the opportunity.
They made tn«lr speeches, and every fellow had a
different remedy, and no remedy presented was
worth a cuss, and so they went on and said it all
Mated the door, and the Democratlo party In this
state is still waiting for its Moses.
•V,> had a leader." continued Judge Bulger,
"aad he wan the right sort of a leader. His name
was David B Hill. For twenty-flve years he was
'he predominant, living and moving spirit In the
democratic p*rtr in this state. He held office for
year* -whan grafting was rife, bat not a dishonest
or tatr dollar e-»er rame into contact with bis
palm. More than that, ro grafter ever had the
• nv-ritr to offer him a bribe. In the evening of his
life he stands to-day before the people of the State
a* New York a poor man. an honest man. a man
of crest character. It it the fault of the press of
New Tort Stats that be Is not at the head of the
Democratic organisation to-day. Hs was hounded
out of public life; he should have been kept In. as
* great barrier against the floodtlde of socialism
of New U Tb yy k WhlCh threatenß to overrun the Stats
ou w aak m * •*»»* Hearst. I don't know any
T2°** soout him than you do. but I do know that
lr Hearst Is nominated by the Democratic Btato
onvention this fall, and is elected Governor, and
tries to put into practice a whole lot of Mr. Bris
bane s editorial theories, it will serve the Repub
lican party exactly right. It will be a Just pun
isnment for Its sins of omission and commission.
The nearest I can come to a direct answer to your
question is to say that if Tammany Hall unitedly
insists upon the nomination of William R. Hearst.
Hearst will be nominated."
The Ctewego-clty primaries will not be held unttt
the regular date in September, although in the out
lying towns the delegates to tho county convention
will be chosen before that. The Hearst men. by
the liberal use of money, will be able to make a
formidable showing In the city of, Oswego and in
the town of Pulton, where there are- extensive
manufacturing interests, but the chances are that
Judge Bulger and the old-line Democrats will name
the six delegates to the state convention.
BOOM FOR MR. CARLISLE.
Sentiment for Him Hurts Hearst
in Jefferson.
[From a Special Correspondent of The Tribune.]
Watertown, N. T.. July 29. -Jefferson County dele
gates in the Democratic State Convention will pre
sent the name of Jefferson's favorite son. John N.
Carlisle, as a candidate for Governor. Mr. Carlisle's
canvass for first place on the ticket has been under
way for several weeks and he has made surprisingly
good headway at it. especially in the northern tier
counties. The fact that Watertown people are
cordially disposed toward Mr. Carlisle's candidacy
has made it exceedingly difficult for the Hearst
boomers to get a foothold here.
'Mr. Carlisle, for several years, has been secre
tary of the Democratic State Committee, and.
naturally, he has a large acquaintance with the
organization Democrats around the State. His cam
paign manager is Delos M. Cosgrove, chairman of
the Democratic County Committee.
When Mr. Cosgrove was seen by a Tribune cor
respondent he said: "We are making first rate
headway with our canvass. I am receiving letters
almost every day from prominent Democrats
around the state approving our course in launch
ing the boom for Mr. Carlisle and assuring us that
at the proper time they will help us. Mr. Carlisle's
name will be presented to the convention as candi
date for Governor, and I believe that the pros
pects for his nomination are bright."
"What are the Hearst people doing in Jefferson
County?" Mr. Cosgrove waa asked. He replied:
The Hearst people have not made any particular
impression in Watertown as yet. I believe they
have an organization here, but we don't hear very
much of it. Francis P. Fitch, a lawyer who makes
a specialty of pension cases, seems to be the
Htarst leader in Watertown. His partner in tho
enterprise Is George A. Lawyer, a member of the
Hearst State Committee. Mr. Lawyer wanted to
be on the city ticket last fall for President of the
Council, but was turned down, and his disappoint
ment over his reverse put him into a frame of
mind so that when the Hearst people came along
he was very glad to go in with them. The Hearst
people, in organizing their league, announced that
I. A. Kellogg, a well known Watertown man, was
with them. Mr. Kellogg since has repudiated the
reported alliance.
I doubt whether the Hearst boom gets any foot
hold in Jefferson County. There is not a heavy
labor element in the county. While there are. a
good many manufacturing enterprises in the city
of Watertown. the wage earners are either Re
publicans or Democrats of long standing, and they
are not easily stampeded away from their party
organization. Besides, Mr. Carlisle is extremely
p>' pular with the younger element in both parties
in Watertown and his friends will not do any
thing to injure his chances for the Governorship.
Mr. Carlisle was connected with the National
Guard in this city, attaining the rank of major,
and he was instrumental In getting a large appro
priation for the remodelling of the Watertown ar
mory. Naturally, all the National Guardsmen are
friendly toward him.
As 1 look at it. there is no telling what will
happen in tiie Democratic State Convention. The
Hearst controversy is likely to provoke a hard
fight. Mr. Carlisle :s in every way an available
man for any place on the Btate ticket. He i? an
able and successful lawyer, a gfod mixer with
men and he stands an excellent chance of winning
out in the fight for the Governorship nomination.
I think there Is no man in tho state who would
unite all factions more surely than would Mr.
Carlisle. H» is a long time personal friend of
David B. Hill; lie would bring together the Mc-
Cabe factions in Albany, the Murphy-MeClellan
people In New York City and the Mack and Con
rers wings in Buffalo. His democracy never has
been questi.ir.rfl ami he never loses his courage as
a fighting I'eniocrat. He has been clean in pri
vate life and i"i his business affairs.
From the tone of the letters which I am receiv
ing I feel warranted in making the statement that
Mr. Carlisle is gaining ground every day. The
Jefferson Club of this city, which has the prestige
of starting the booms of such candidates as tha
late ex-Governor Roswell P. Flower, ex- Lieuten
ant-Governor Allen C. Beach. Judge Wilbur F.
Porter and Dnniel C. Griffin, has henrtily indorsed
the Carlisle boom, and the members of the Hub
are busy working up sentiment for Jefferson's
favorim son.
Mr. Carlisle was Instrumental in bringing nhout
the nomination of the late ex-Governor Flower,
and he nominated the late Wilbur F. Porter for
Lieutenant -Governor. Judge Porter was later ad
vanced to the head of the ticket, the candidate
named refusing to accept.
The regular Democrats in Watertown have
served notice on the Hearst men that, if they in
terfere with the Carlisle borni. there will be trou
ble. The Hearst people have derided not to make
any contest at the primaries either in Jefferson or
!n Lewis County.
Mr. Cosprove declined to give a list of the coun
ties which have declared in an unofficial way for
Carlisle. The Tribune correspondent learned that
the Carlisle men are counting on the following
counties in the. state convention: Jefferson. St.
Lawrence, Lewis, Onondaga, Franklin, Herkimer,
Otseso, the Rome district in f»neida County, Os
wego, Ontario and Monroe. Whether Mr. Carlisle
realizes his ambition or not, it Is practically cer
tain that he will name the six delegates from Jef
ferson County, and they will be anti-Hearst.
Mr. Carlisle, In answer to various questions by
The Tribune correspondent, said:
It strikes me, from this distance, that the Demo
cratic situation hinges on New York County. IP
New York County acts as a unit in the state con
vention, its choice for Governor will be named. I
am the secretary of the Democratic Sfato Com
mittee, and I do not feel at liberty to talk about
inside affairs. From reading the New York papers
it is apparent that there ie going to be a contest
for the control of the New York County delegation.
We must look to New York City for the great
bulk of the Democratic votes, and country Demo
crats feel Ilk© acquiescing as far as possible in
the Judgment ot the leaders down there when it
comes to making up a state ticket. If the Tam
many people can all get together on one man, that
man" stands the best chance of being nominated
for Governor. I think that this is a good Demo
cratic year, and that if we can nominate the right
kind of a state ticket we can elect it.
ADDICKS FIGHTING AGAIN.
Two Delaware Conventions Will Be Called,
One to "Effect Harmony."
Wilmington. Del.. July 29 (Special).— The Repub
lican factional fight in Delaware has broken out
afresh. The action of J. Edward Addicks, as vice
chairman of the Union Republican State Commit
tee, in calling a special meeting of that body hero
yesterday, and not only ousting Senator Allee from
the chairmanship of the committee, but expelling
him from membership, will have the effect of
drawing the factional lines tighter than ever be
fore. Whether tho radical course taken by Addicks
and his followers was legal or illegal, the fear re
mains that this element of the party can bar the
ha A?mattSr r c K now .End. there will be two Republi
can ntata conventions held at Dover within the
next six weeks— the Union Republican Convention
which Addicks (who was elected by his followers
yesterday as state chairman to succeed Allee) was
authorized to call on August 28. and the joint Re
publican convention arranged by Allee and Chair
man Ball of the Regular Republican State Com
mittee for September C 'to effect harmony."
Addicks is insistent in hie demands that Allee
must be retired from all participation In Delaware
Republican politics before he (Addicks) will go
Into »ne. This will unquestionably be a stura
hllrur block, and It may be the issue on which the
factions will fall to harmonize.
PROHIBITIONISTS WON'T BACK EMERY.
Castle to Lead Party Himself—
Will Lose 60,000 Votes.
[By Tolegmpfc to The Tribune.]
Plttsburg, July 29.--L*wis Emery, jr.. fusion
candidate for Governor, will not receive the in
dorsement of the Prohibition party, and. in conse
quence, will lose 60,000 votes in the state. Homer
L Castle, the reformer, decided to-day that the
Prohibitionists should not support Emery. Castle
is the Prohibition leader, and to him was left the
decision of supporting Emery by the party. Castle
will head the Prohibition ticket himself and will
ft suDDortinsr Emery against Stuart, the Republi
cln MjSKSte. U woull^only be tupportlng one
m«rhfn+ agalast another.
{NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBU3TE. MONDAY. JIXY 30, 1000.
RRYA.VTOTELL ISSUES.
Speech Here Keynote — Dispute
Over Carriage Companions.
William Jennings Bryan. In his speech In Madison
Square Garden on the. occasion of the reception to
bs given to him under the auspices of the Commer
cial Travellers' Anti-Trust League, will outline the
Issues of the next Democratic national campaign,
according to an announcement made on behalf of
the league last night.
The official programme of the Bryan reception
was made public The guest Is expected to arrive
on the afternoon of August tt. but will be taken off
the steamship in * yacht and not landed at the
Battery until the afternoon of August 30. At the
Battery he will be met by the members of the re
ception committee. Just who shall be picked for
the honor of riding in the carriage with Mr. Bryan
is causing the committee some trouble. On this
point Harry W. Walker, a member of the plan and
scope committee, said last night:
One of the details yet to be worked out is the
question of Mr. Bryan's oompanlons In his carriage.
Whether more than one other should ride with him
is yet to be settled. Governor Polk, the chairman
of the reception committee, will, of course, be in
the carriage with Mr. Bryan, and he has made the
suggestion that William Randolph Hearst also be
in the carriage. It has also been suggested that
Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland should ride witn
Mr. Bryan.
After Mr. Bryan has been greeted at the Battery
he will be driven up Broadway to 59th street, to
Seventh avenue, to 42d street, to Broadway, and
thence to the Hotel Victoria. There he will dine,
after which he will go direct to Madison Square
Garden. The meeting will be called to order by
Governor Folk, who will Introduce Augustus
Thomas, the playwright. The latter will welcome
Mr. Bryan on behalf of the Commercial Travellers
Anti-Trust League, to which welcome Mr. Bryan
will respond with the speech of the evening.
Mr. Walker says that so many Invitations have
been issued for seats on the platform that It will
have to be extended beyond the usual bounds. The
committee, he said, would do what it could to see
that there were proper hotel accommodations for
the thousands that will be brought to the city at
the time. This is not a regular part of the busi
ness of the committee, however, but they will
request the hotel men to make some extraordinary
provisions. Many out of town clubs are writing
for accommodations.
The executive committee of the Commercial
Travelers' League will have a meeting at the Vic
toria further to perfect the arrangements on
Thursday.
C. F. V. ADOPTS PLATFORM.
Will Go Independent in Politics —
Socialists Object.
The Central Federated Union decided yesterday
to go into independent politics, and adopted the
platform submitted by the executive committee,
which was diecussed a week ago. The socialist
delegates fought its adoption tooth and nail.
The platform provides that the Independent labor
party which is to be formed shall nominate candi
dates for office who will be men with union cards
and who may or may not be indorsed by any of
the other parties, but no direct candidate of any
of the other parties will be accepted. It has em
bodied in it the customary trade union planks, in
cluding anti-child labor, anti-prison labor and the
plank against injunctions in labor disputes. It
calls for the formation of trade union clubs in each
Assembly district, followed by the calling of a
general convention and the creation of a general
committee to carry out the objects of the party.
The modifications regarding prison labor and in
junctions suggested by President Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor and Ephraim Kauf
man, of the clothing cutters, one of which pro
vides that none of the candidates tan be Indorsed
by any other party, will be considered by the ex
ecutive committee this week. If they are. adopted
they will be in addition to the platform, and in
the mean time the executive committee will ar
range for trade union clubs and to call a conven
tion.
The discussion yesterday was at first monopolized
by the socialists, who had a number of friends in
the back seats to applaud their speeches. Rudolph
Modest, the socialist delegate of Cigarmakers*
Union No. 90, said he was out for the socialist
party.
"The Socialist party is the only labor party, he
said, "and the recommendation of Mr. Gompers is
not independent politics at all. According to the
newspapers, Mr. Gompers is stumping against a
Republican candidate in Maine in favor of a Dem
ocratic candidate. That is anything but indepen
dent politics."
Modest attacked everything in this country ex
cept socialism. Like most of the socialists, he
came from Germany, and he compared America
unfavorably with that country.
"We have more liberty of speech in Germany
than here." he said. "If the labor people have a
meeting here they have scores of policemen ready
to club them, but in Germany only about two
policemen attend labor meetings. There Is not more
freedom here than among the Russians or Scandi
navians, and I am against labor politics except
those of the socialists."
Delegate Reid, of the Electrical Workers' Union,
who ppoke In favor of the platform, said that the
Socialists were never known to do anything but
talk.
"I don't see what is in socialism." he said, "to
make such a fuss about. Every time a mr.n is dis
satisfied or has a tilt with his wife he becomes a
socialist. They are never satisfied to s«»e anybody
getting along any better than themselves, and
abuse everybody who is not a socialist, calling
everybody else a crook and a faker."
Rfid was followed by Delegate Loewy, of the
Cigar Packers" I'nion, who caused rapturous ap
plause among the socialists by saying that he was
a socialist sympathizer for three years. They up
plauded prematurely, however, for in the next sen
tence Loewy said thnt he was no longer a socialist
and began tnlking tn favor of the platform. He
made a hit among the delegates by saying that to
clear the national and state legislatures from cor
ruption would be like trying to cleanse the Augean
stables. Then he spoke his mind about tho so
cialists.
"They don't like the Tammany Hall politicians, I
know," he said, "but they are trying to do what
the Tammany politicians would like to see. which
is to prevent an independent labor party. They
will not be ablo to do It. Borne of the soclalistj
an> hroadminded. but a great many of them aro
fanatics. They don't believe that a man is honest
who doesn't think as they do."
Loewy switched around to the Hearst boom, say
in?: "Mr. Hearst got 150.000 union votes at the last
election and Is a good friend of labor. The Inde
pendence League is being formed, and It contains
many planks that rhould be in this platform, and
it is going to spread."
Several other socialists spoke against the plat
form, and then ex-Ass»»mblyman Samuel Prince,
who represents the Cigar Packers' Union, began to
speak. Everything he said was met by derisive
"ahs" and "ohs." He became indignant. Fwjd he
was an honest man, and finally talked the disturb
ers down. The greater part of his speech was an
attack on the socialists. He said he lived in a
hotbed of socialism, and every socialist he knew
was a traitor.
GOMPERS WARNS AGAINST UNION.
A letter from President Gompers of th« Ameri
can Federation of Labor was read at yesterday's
meeting of the Central Federated Union, in
which Mr. Gompers charged that an organization
of ptreet railway conductors was being formed.
which he desired to warn the unions about. lie
said that the union, which is known as the
Brotherhood of Interurban Trainmen, was mt a
bona fide one, and was being formed by pretended
friends of labor, who, he said, were "hirelings of
the railroad companies."
MAY BE STRIKE IN BELMONT TUNNEL.
Trouble is threatened in a part of the Belmont
tunnel which is being constructed by the New York
Tunnel Company, from South Ferry to Joralemon
street, Brooklyn, on account of the alleged employ
ment of non-union men. Matthew McConvllle. dele
gate of the Safety Association of Engineers, which
has members employed In the tunnel, reported to
the Central Federated Union yesterday that union
conditions had prevailed in this tunnel until this
part of the work had been sublet to Cranford &
Co., who, he said, employed a number of non-union
men. It was decided, on motion of MeConville, to
write to Mr. Belmont and to the general manager
of the New York Tunnel Company, giving them
three days to remove the non-union men or take the
work from the non-union firm, failing which a
strike will be ordered.
PHILADELPHIA CHAUFFEURS HELD.
Three chauffeurs driving their cars in a bunch
along the Amboy Road, near Giffords. Staten Isl
and, encountered a motor cycle policeman yester
day afternoon, and they were taken to Stapleton.
where each put up tlw ball. They were Louis
Harland. David Walters and Blanchard Steam, of
Philadelphia.
OPERATION ON YOUNG BUFFALO.
Tony, the youngest of the herd of twenty-five
buffalo at the New York Zoological Garden, was
operated on Saturday for a swelling on the left
hind leg. It took three hours to perform the
operation, owing to the strenuous opposition of
Tony. He had to be tied to a stake, and then be
set up a roaring that roused everybody within a
mile of the nark, Tbs operation was successful.
PROPOSE A NEW PARTI.
Western and Eastern "Reformers"
Having Great Dreams.
Omaha. July 29 (Special).— An upheaval in na
tional politics the equal of which has not been
sines the formation of the Republican party
in 1856, is said to be imminent. The movement is
not within any sue party nor by any one set of
men, but has as its master minds men from aU
the political parties.
The organization of this new political force Is al
ready completed, and it will be launched with a
whoop when the time comes. Its membership evea
now embraces more than a million, and is growing
rapidly. These million members, according to the
chronicle, are divided Into a number of different
organisations, but when the time Is rips a great
convention is to be held and the forces thrown
Into a national party.
Some of the men said to be field marshals of this
movement are Senator La Follette. of Wisconsin;
George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts; William
Randolph Hearst, of New York; Thomas H. Tibbies,
of Nebraska: Hoke Smith, of Georgia; Tom Wat
son, of Georgia; Governor Folk of Missouri; Gov
ernor Hanly of Indiana; Governor Cummins of
lowa, and probably William J. Bryan and Senator
Tlllman. The latter (Tillman). it is said, has been
asked to Join the movement, but has not yet ac
cepted. Mr. Bryan will undoubtedly take a prom
inent part in the movement, as many of the re
forms which he advocates have been undertaken.
Recently, while Mr. Bryan was in London, an
emissary of the combination met him. talked the
matter over thoroughly, and was practically as
sured of Mr. Bryan's support in the movement.
Among the different organizations which the
leaders expect to throw into this party when the
proper time comes are the Lincoln Republicans, of
New Hampshire, -who are attempting to make
Winston Churchill Governor of that state; the In
dependence League, followers of William Randolph
Hearst; the cohorts of Hoke Smith and Tom Wat
son In Georgia; the Populist clubs from all parts
of the country, the labor organizations, the fol
lowers of Governor Cummins of lowa and the dif
ferent organizations of farmers throughout the
country.
Senator La Follette is said to be the Grand High
Panjandrum of this new movement, and Folk and
Hanly are among his chief aids.
All of these organizations are working along the
same line, and the men at the head have agreed to
support some one candidate for President and to
unite upon a platform embodying the salient points
of the reforms for which each organization stands.
The main features of the platform will be govern
ment ownership of monopolies to a certain degree,
government issue of all money, and the revision of
the tariff. It is not the intention of the party to
have the government take over all railroads in the
country, but simply enough of the existing lines to
for?e competition.
As planned now a g."and convention will be called
In New York one month before either the Repub
lican or Democratic national conventions in 1908.
This convention will nominate a national ticket.
The information concerning this reform movement
is given out by one of the leaders, whose name ap
pears as taking a prominent part in the councils.
To those who. at the first reading, are not willing
to believe that such action on the part of the re
formers is contemplated he calls attention to the
fact that La Follette. Bryan, Hearst, Tibbies.
Hanly, Folk. Watson. Cummins and other leaders
are all talking and writing along tlta same lines of
reform, and all have as their object the overthrow
of the machine bosses and trust domination.
OHIO'S SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TRUST LAW.
Statute Proved Constitutional at Personal
RisK of County Prosecutor.
Springfield, Ohio. July 29 (Special).— The insti
tuting at Flndlay of criminal proceedings against
John D. Rockefeller, head of the Standard Oil
Company, and his announcement from abroad that
he would defend himself, have focussed attention
on the Valentine-Stewart Anti-Trust law, under
which wholesale indictments have been found in
several counties against parties to business com
binations.
The law was drafted and introduced in the House
of Representatives early in IS9S by Representative
Chase Stewart, of this city. Modifications were
brought about through the activity of Mr. Valen
tine, of Bucyrus. The measure was passed on
April 19, 1898, and defines a trust as follows:
A trust Is a combination of capital, skill or acts
by two or more persons, firms, partnerships, cor
porations or associations of persons, or of any
two or more of them for either, any or all of the
following purposes:
First — Tn create or carry out restrictions in
trade or commerce.
Second — To limit or reduce the production or
increase or reduce the price of merchandise or any
commodity.
Third— To prevent competition in manufacturing,
making, transportation, sale or purchase of mer
chandise, produce or any commodity.
Fourth— To fix at any standard or figure, where
by its price to the public or consumer shall be in
any manner controlled or established, any article
or commodity of merchandise, produce or com
merce intended for sale, .barter, use or consumption
in this state.
Fifth— To make or enter into or execute or carry
out any contracts, obligations or agreements of any
kind or description, by which they shall bind or
have hound themselves not to sell, dispose of or
transport any article or any commodity or any
article of trade, use or consumption below a com
mon standard figure or fixed value, etc.
The penalty for violation of any of the provi
sions of this law is a fine of not more than $5,000
or less than $50 or imprisonment cf not less than
six months or more than one year, or both fine
and imprisonment.
The success achieved within the last year in par
ticular in enforcing this law makes It plain that
public sentiment must be reckoned with in the ad
ministration of Justice. At the time the law was
passed many were the prophecies that it would
prove a dead letter. For a while the predictions
were good. With the revival of the Roosevelt spirit
in several counties of the state indictments have
been falling in showers.
In the first case brought under the law. by Prose
cutor E. T. Humes, of Delaware County, against the
local coal companies, the Circuit Court held that
the law whs unconstitutional. Though the County
Commissioners refused to sanction an appeal, Mr.
Humes decided to carry th« case up. paying the
costs himself if 'udgment was adverse to him. In
March of this year the Supreme Court held the
law constitutional, thus laying the foundation for
the indictments which were soon found in various
parts of the state.
LEAGUE MAT WAIT FOR DEMOCRATS.
Hearst Men Likely to Adjourn Until After
State Committee Meets.
Political interest this week centres in the meet
ing of the Democratic State Committee at the
Hoffman House at noon on Wednesday, and to
almost the same degree in the meeting of the state
committee of the Independence League at the Gil
sey House on Tuesday afternoon.
The action of each body will have a bearing on
the other. The Independence League committee
nas a member from each assembly district. Opin
ion differed ye6ter«lay as to whether the committee
would choose a date for a convention until the
date for the regular Democratlo convention had
been named. It was suggested that the committee
would get together on Tuesday, make a big show
ing, issue a blast for Hearst and then adjourn until
after the regular Democratic committee had met
on Wednesday.
It seems to he generally understood that no ac
tion will be taken at the latter meeting to cleat a
chairman to succeed Cord Meyer, and. if it is at
tempted, it will be because some one breaks away
from the programme. The Hearst members of the
committee will mr.ke a fight to have the date of
the convention before September 25 and the place
Buffalo. This will be opposed by the anti-Hearst
members of the committee.
CHINESE GIANT JOINS ANCESTORS.
Lorn Dong, Six Feet Eight, Succumbs to Too
Much Watermelon.
Lorn Dong, of No. 43 Mott street, the Chinese
giant, six feet eight inches In his stocking feet,
the pride of Chinatown for many years, died yes
terday morning. Lorn Dong Joined the reform
movement In Chinatown only a f«w weeks ago and
sacrificed his long cue. which was the env> of
every Celestial in Chinatown. With the cutting off
of his cue he donned the apparel of tn» foreign
*The srtanfs death came about through hie love
for watermelons. When Lorn Dong Joined the re
form movement he renounced Chinese ci <vking and
became a vegetarian, with a particular yearniiur
for watermelons. On Saturday night he sauntered
forth to boy the biggest melon he could find. In
a nenrby grocery store a particularly large melon
was found on the ice. and he bore It home tn great
clee He ate every bit of the melon close drwn to
the rind before he lay down to his dreams.
Shortly after midnight the melon caused trouble.
Lorn was awakened by terrlilc cramps, and. hastily
dressing, he ran around to the <-hine.se Hospital, at
No. 105 Park street. Her* Dr. C. J. Toms, a
Chinese physician and a Yale graduate, attempted
to relieve his countryman, but without avail.
Some hours later Lorn Dong joined the spirits of
his ancestors.
Dr. Toms, who is not a citizen, informed the
coroner's office, being unable to lsue adeash cer
tificate. Investigation showed that too much
watermelon had caused the sudden end of the
Mongolian mountain.
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KEVOLT IN THE BRONX.
Borough Employes Object to Heavy
Tax for Club Outing.
Policemen, firemen, laborers and others in The
Bronx are up in arms against what they charac
terize as a tyrannical attempt being made by Bor
ough President Haffen to compel them to subscribe
to the outing of the Jefferson Club, of The Bronx,
which takes place the latter part of August. They
say they cannot afford to and will not buy tickets
for the excursion. President Haffen. it is said, says
they must and will.
Every member of these departments Is sent at
least two tickets, valued at $5 each. Already hun
dreds of tickets have been returned, and the In
dications are that this year the outing will be en
joyed only by officeholders who draw handsome
salaries and can afford the taxation.
The greatest hardship, however, falls upon the
poor laborer who gets $2 a day when he works, but
nothing when it rains or snow is on the ground,
and yet is taxed $10 for one day's outing. This rep
resents five days of nard work, and he dares not
return the tickets, even one of them, for if he did
his name would likely be dropped from the pay
roll, notwithstanding that he has» already paid $6
dues for membership in the club, without which
he cannot obtain employment.
A well known resident of the 33d Assembly Dis
trict who had charge of the distribution of the
tickets for years said it grieved him to the heart
to sf-e the laboring men oonipelled to pay for two
tickets under pain of dismissal and added: "You
never see one out of twenty of those hard working
fellows at the outing, because they cannot afford to
buy a decent suit of clothes. The system is all
wrong. The better way would Be to let each dis
trict form a club of its own if It sees fit. and have
It distinctly understood that no man. particularly
the laboring man. who is idle half the time, should
be compelled to pay nearly a whole week's wages
for one day's .citing. The present system is tyran
nical in the extreme and should be abolished."
The workmen under George C. Walgrove, I'nm
mlssioner of Harks, say he is absolutely opposed
to this oppressive taxation, and hns promised them
that there Is no power that can remove them from
his department for voting as they please at primiry
electlons, casting their ballots for whom t hey
please at general elections, or refusing to subscribe
toward an outing they have no desire to p-.y for.
It was said by a high official at the City .Hall that
neither Mayor MeClellan nor Charles ' . Murphy,
of Tammany Hall, would tolerate fc* an instant
such a tyrannical taxation on either a pMiceman,
fireman or a laboring man. During this week it
is said a committee will wait on Acting Mayor
McGowan and ask his protection from the threats
of punishment which have been made should they
refuse to subscribe.
Formerly the organization was known as the
Jefferson <Tub. but President Haffen had the name
changed to the Jefferson Club o| The Bronx, thus
making it a central body, with claims on every
city employe through that vast territory, or, in
other words, another atempt at one man power.
WOMAN DISAPPEARS FBOM RETREAT.
Melancholia Patient Wanders Away in
Westchester on Eve of Returning Home.
Mrs. Mary H. Howard, of No. 1.717 East ISth
street, Brooklyn, who was a voluntary patient at
a retreat in Westchosier County, wandered away
from the place at noon last Thursday, and has
not been seen since. Her husband and friend 3 are
almost frantic with grief. Mrs. Howard was suf
fering from melancholia and went to the retreat in
hope of recovering from a severe nervous strain
which brought on her trouble. She was convales
cent and was about to be taken to her home when
she disappeared.
Mrs Howard Is described as being thirty-eight
years old. five feet ten inches tall, about a hundred
and thirty pounds in weight, slightly dark com
plexion and having gray hair and hazel eyes.
There are slight scars on her hands. When last
seen she wore a- black straw hat. trimmed with
black ribbon rosettes, white shirtwaist, black skirt
and black buttoned shoes. The family would be
thankful if any one seeing a woman of this de
scription would notify Police Headquarters or the
nearest police station.
A GREAT BOON TO CATTLE.
Mesquite Bean Unusually Plentiful Along
the Banks of the Rio Grande.
Monterey. Mexico. July 29 (Special*.- It is stated
by cattlemen in Northern Mexico that the crop
of mesQ'itte beans now ripening is larger than has
been th« case fir many years. On account of the
increased rainfall in this part of the country for
the last several years the mesquite tree has been
doing particularly well. The tree is almost the
only tree that grows wild over the country. The
few other trees that are native are confined, to the
river edges and around the reservoirs built for
cattle. In times cf scarcity of other food these
beans have been tho salvation of cattle. In par
ticularly hard times the poorer people living along
both sides of the Rio Grande have depended on
the mt-squite crop for their own subsistenoa.
There is said to be no better known food for
cattle than this prolific bean. For one or two
months cattle ranging in the parts of the country
where it grows will begin to fatten up and becomo
especially sleek. Cattlemen are beginning to recog
nize the value of this food, and are instructing
their men to have it gathered so that the cattle can
get at it easily.
At present the cattle country on the north sue of
the Rio Grande Is rapidly being cut up Into truck
farms, and cattlemen are looking for other regions
In which to range their stock. Northern Mexico
has been attracting considerable of their attention.
The- pastures of Northern Nuevo Leon and » I " a 1 :
Upas are being more, thickly ttocked with cows and
steers than ever before, an* the Increase in i the
bean crop Is In the way of a providential supple
ment to the Increased rsaulrsnants.
GILMORE FESTIVAL HELD.
Similar Performances To Be 'Given
in Other Cities,
The Gilmore Musical Festival, at Slasliaita.
Beach yesterday, was a great success*, 1.. sp :rn
of the storm. It proved that the memory of that
bandmaster is still fresh in the* minds of sen.
J. W. Morrissey. the manager. annoonced *.&*>•.
night that a Gilmore festival would be gtvaa. in
Pittshurg on October 8. to be followed — Sun
day for six months with similar festivals la the
large cities all over the United States where Co
more formerly appeared. During this tear Victor '
Herbert. Sousa. Damrosch and all the best sssavjsl
musical leaders will conduct their bands, -when It Is __,
possible to connect with the city in which the
festival is being held.
The performances yesterday afternoon and even- ;
Ing were notable for the number of well known
performers who had volunteered their servtexs. De
Wolf Hopper was unable to appear at the mslliiss
because of his strenuous baseball playing on Satur
day with brother actors in an endeavor to beat the
managers for once. Henry E. Dixey refused to
sing in competition with the sparrows who chirp
in the auditorium during the day.
This was the programme of the evening:
Overture. •William Tell" Rossini
Conductor. Luciano Contemo. the only living bandmaster
contemporaneous with P. S. Gllmo**.
"Hallelujah Chorus Haad*l
Volunteers from Frank I>amro»ch"s People" • Choral Union.
Herman Periet. Conductor. ____
Sons. "Sunshine of I>»v»" ....... ........Wire'.* .
Hubert TVilk.e.
Indian bell »on*. "Ukm*- _ DeVr-i
Julia Allen.
In his inimitable monologue —
Henry E. I>lx«y.
Orand aria. "Samson and De1i1ah"................ —
Cecilia Winter.
Humorous selections.
R. K. Graham.
Quartet. "Rig ■•>letto" Vfcidl
Cecilia N'.les. Cecilia ■Winter. Harry McClaakagr ana
Andreas Schneider.
His favorite selections— •
De W.Mr Hopper.
Overtur* — ■—
John Brahara. conductor.
Prologue. "Pagliacci" Veoaesr^Zs
Andreas Schneider.
Mad scene. "Lucia di l amrnermoor"............l>oot:«ttt
Julia Allen.
Claista songs — — ■
Harry XlcClaskey.
Song. "Kathleen Mavoumfen" Cfcsaea
Ocilla "Winter.
••The Star SpaniclM Banner" — ...... ..Key
Volunteers from Frank Damrosch' People's Choral TTntan.
Herman Perlet. Conductor
THBEW APPLES IK SUBWAY BUI
Five Boys Arrested for Making Targets «€
Passengers.
Five boys loaded down with apples practically
took possession of a subway train last night.
They boarded the train at Dyckman street, and
amused themselves by throwing apples at every
body in the rear car.
The motorman stopped the train at the ISNh
street station and blew the train whistle r>pa»t
edly. Detectives Merritt and Monroe, of thft
Weal MM street station, heard the signal ana)
boarded the train.
The boys resisted arrest, but were aubdWaV
At the West 1."2 d street police station they said
they were August Pavone, of No. 5 gpihal
street. Frank Versa, of the same address: Paul
r>. A bingo, of No. 165 Elizabeth street: Matthew
La Plusa. of No. 40 Mulberry street, and Tony
Pauncunneno. of Xo. 48 Mulberry street They
were locked up charged wkh disorderly conduct.
TROUBLE OVER BURNED PAPaM
IBy Telegraph la The Tribune. 1
Lincoln. Neb.. July 29. — Rumors are thick
around railroad headquarters here that the gov
eraa*eat wfß hold a rigid inquiry Into the al
:.-stroving of evidence in the rebate cases
by the Burlington Railroad, when the officials of
that company on Friday night at Belfast Neb*
burned two freight cars filled with vouchers aad
other papers said to have been of an UmjlbU»
nating nature. Within an hour after the netrs
was made public every Burlington official of BOts)
had left Lincoln, and telegrams from Belfast re
port a number at that place, presumably to ob
tain the documents found by the tenner boy
which are said to be prima fade evidence of the)
payment of rebates. The United States attorney
refuses to discuss the matter.
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