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lie Fail !r ■.:• h-.vc nnytnlng rrnr^ to say
tor the present.
. Charles F. Murphy— marooned Murphy, . they
call him now— went away .to \ Good Ground,
where his Great Dane's have' been taught to nip
the peaceful leg* of inquiring newspaper men,
cad he had nothing more to say for the present.
And Fire Commissioner O'Brien. Mayor Me-
Clellan'e consulting engineer, the young political
general who let his chief go away for the sura
mer with the assurance that by the time he got
back both Murphy and Hearst and the other
soul troublers would be suing for peace— Mr.
"O'Brien took a ride la his automobile and said
nothing for publication. He went through the
Civil list and;check«?d up the names of men who.
in the aggregate, draw about $250,000 In salaries
•very month, and wondered whether it would
be safe to put the screws on them and make
them come out against Murphy at the primaries.
With the Titans resting, the political situation
was without form and void. Mr. Murphy's case
was particularly void. It was void of offence
or defence. Murphy was marooned. The leader
of Tammany Hall, the only virile fighting Demo
cratic organization in the Empire State— no one
wanted him. It was the first time in the history
of Tammany Hail that a proffer made in ap
parent good faith by its leader had been spurned.
'Jerome won't have Murphy. McClcllan won't
have him. and Hearst rubs It in by saying that
Murphy may be for him, but he is not for Mur
phy. Perhaps it is a happy circumstance for
Mr. Murphy that he has a fat bank account
and that the profits of the New York Contract
ing and Trucking Company show no signs of
diminishing. "The Dally News," Mr. Murphy's
personal organ, rubs witch hazel on the sore
spot by saying:
takes a groat deal of strength of character
for a man who is the leader of an oreanization
to favor a man he always fought, because he
knows and feels that the candidacy of that man
to the best thing for the organization, the party
and the people at large. The man who bo acts
In the very teeth of a personal attack on him by
the man whom the people want rises above par
tisanship, above his opportunity to wreak petty
vengeance, and becomes the true leader.
Over in Kings Senator McCarren is making a
brave struggle with a somewhat uncertain
Gay nor boon. Mr. McCarren is on the black
list of Hearst. Jerome, Murphy and McClellan.
With things in such a highly mutable condi
tion. "Long Pat" is quietly organizing a boom
for Justice Gaynor. Justice Gaynor has a way
of never disturbing a boom organized in his in
terest until after the delegates get to the state
convention, at which time he invariably does
what they do not want him to do. But Senator
McCarren does not care. If the Judge sets him
down hard on the pavement, it will be only one
more shock, and he's used to them. Mr. Mc-
Carren is said to be of the opinion that Mr.
Ream will voluntarily retire from the field as
soon as Justice «3aynor's boom reaches Buf
falo. He never has taken the trouble to ask
Hearst about it or he would know better.
The day's calendar was rounded out yester
day by a "signed statement" from Borough Pres
ident Coler. As Mr. Coler was the only promi
nent Democrat who would talk, his statement
was received with languid thanks. He said:
I have bten asked so often as to what is my
attitude in the presjent confused political situa
tion that I feel it only just to make a clear state
ment. I have always been in favor of a united,
aggressive and free Democratic party, and this
s ear I think Chat the party should go to the
polls cleansed of all suspicion of corporation
control, with either Judge Gaynor or Mr. Hearst
as its candidate. Personally, I have not always
agreed with Mr. Hearst's policies. Personally,
I have felt that some of the men surrounding
him make it very hard to support him. Not
withstanding all this, notwithstanding that my
personal preference might lie In another direc
tion, I am convinced that there is underlying
the entire situation an issue so Important to the
people that any little personal feeling of mine
or of any of those who think as I do must be
petty in comparison with the question which
the people will have to decide.
m• ■ .
HEARST NOT INDORSED.
Third Assembly District Democrats
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Elect Delegates.
. The Democrats of the new 3d Assembly District
of Westehestcr County, comprising- the towns of
Greenburg. Mount Pleasant, Owl ill lin and Cort
landt. held their district convention yesterday in
Cryptic Hall, Main street, Peeksklll. It was the
first Democratic convention in Westcbester this
fan.
The delegate* were not chosen without a long
struggle, both before and in the convention. The.
vote was 29 to 14 on the approval of the list.
The convention was called to order by .John Tan> (
eecr^tary of the county committee. Frank J. Me-
Guire. of Cortlandt. was made chairman. K. G.
Horton. of Mount Pleasant, and W. A. H. Ely, of
Tarrytown. were made secretaries. Supervisor J. J.
Sinnott. of Mount Pleasant, moved that a commit
tee of three, John J. Devery and James Sullivan, of
Breenburg. and James F. Martin, of Peekskill, be
named us a committee to whom all resolution!
ihouM l>e referred without debate. It was carried,
and Its purport was soon apparent when David An
flerson. of Cortlaadt, a Hearst man. Introduced a
resolution to the effect that "it was the sense of
the convention that William Randolph Hearst was
the strongest man to nominate for Governor by the
Democratic convention at Buffalo on September 25."
It was promptly referred by the chairman to the
committee on resolutions, and died there, .in spite
of Anderson's appeals to the chair to get a report
on it. The committee on resolutions reported the
following, which, was adopted
Revolved. That the delegates elected by this con
vention to represent the 3d Assembly District of
Westrhestt-r County in the Democratic State Con
vention r-. t \\(-<\ to be he'd at Buffalo on September
23. nwS. be instructed to act as a. unit and directed
to cast their votes for the re-election of Michael J.
Waligi.tof Yonkf is, as member of the Democratic
Stato Committee representing the 23d Senatorial
District of the State of New York, comprising the
County of West <"he :
Other than this resolution there were no Instruc
tions.
ALLEGES THREAT TO OFFICEHOLDERS.
Strasbourger Says Andrews Has Aligned
Them Against Him.
The friends of e*-Ta* Commissioner Btra6
bour^er. who is a candidate for the leadership of
the sew 31st Assembly District, say that Harvey
T. Andrews, his opponent, Is rallying all the state
ard federal officeholders against him. Mr. Stras
l>ourger says that he 1? not the Quigg candidate,
and t. at it elected he will be bis own boss. He
says that -in examination of the names milking up
the Andrews committee of one, hundred chows
that 35 per rent ar» either federal or state ofTioe
iio'.der*. who have been .either directly or indi
rectly threatened by Mi Andrews or his repre
sentatives with the loss of thr-ir places unless they
lice up with the Andrews fortes.
MORE THAN MONET.
A Minister Talks About Grape-Nuts.
"My first stoou tiouble began hack in 1893,"
write* a minister in Nebr., "resulting ircm h:iat7
eating and eatlns too orach, I found no relief
from medicine a:id grew- so bad that all food
gave m«? great d!s&reM V;^'
■ 'It was that sow gnawing hungry feeling m
njy »torcju-h that «r&i so distressing, and i be
<£!-..«■ a sick man. Grape-Nuts was recom
mended as a foed that oould be easily digested.
••Levins the c!J diet that had given -rife so
much trouble, I began to eat Grape-Xuts with a
little creani i-r.c sugar. The change effected in
24 hours %vas truly remarkable, and in a few
«-e£ks 1 v.is Lack ie h«alth again.
"Mv work as a minister alls me away from
hon.c a great deal, an recejtfjy * drifted back to
fat meat ar.d Indigestible foods, which put me
agai:> on tiic sick list,
"So I went bark to Grape-Nut* and cream
and in four days I was put right again. The
old dull headaches are gone, stomach comfort
able, ho;;d clear, and it is a delight to pursue
:ny stud and work.
•••;•:•; <-Xuts food is worth more than money
to me, and I hope this may lr.«3ut-e some sufferer
to follow the fium? course I have."
' Nome given by Poet urn Co.. Ba< le Creek,
M'rT». •*'
'There* a reason."
Head the lilUe book. I"'".- Poad to Wellville,"
Is Bkss.
HEARST LOSES A CITY.
Hot Contest in V'otertown Pri
maries, but M. O. Men Defeated,
. (By Telegraph to Tho Tribune. ]
Watertowu, N. V.. Aug. 22.— A hot contest took
placo in the primaries to-ntght between the fol
lowers of Major John X. Carlisle and William R.
Hearst for control of the delegates for Gov
ernor. Major Carlisle got twelve of the eighteen
delegates from this city to the district conven
tions. The fight for Hearst was led by George
A. Lawyer, chairman of the Hearst county com
mittee; S. R. Ryan, who has long been an anti-
Carlisle man; James A. Ward and E. W. Car
roll.
The Ist Ward went for Hearst by acclamation.
Carlisle carried the 2d, his own ward, easily. In
the 3d Ward the Hearst men elected their dele
gates and a division of the house was called for.
Tho Hearst men were first checked off and
passed out of the room. When Carlisle had the
the balance, a motion was made to instruct tho
Hearst delegates for Carlisle and carried. The
4th Ward, accredited to Hearst, went for Car
lisle by seven votes, while the sth Ward, a
Hearst ward, went strongly for Hearst. In Che
6th, where Hearst won. a fight followed which
necessitated the police to stop it. A new caucua
was called by nine men. and Carlisle delegates
elected and sworn in.
HEARST OX POLITICS.
He Says Rank and File Should
Leave Both Machines.
iliicago, Aug. 22 —In an interview published here
in "The Record- Hera Id" William R. Hearst, speak
ing of the political situation, said:
I rind tlie political situation exceedingly serious.
Ii is one typical of the times an<3 characteristic of
the country. The machines of both parties are in
the hands of men who make of politics a profitable
business, and these men always nominate canal
dates who. if successful, will be useful to them In
their business.
The situation here is similar to the one that ex
isted In New York last fall, and is similar to other
conditions In other cities throughout the nation,
for It has become an accepted principle In the busi
ness of ffraft that boodlere of both parties shall
join hands against the honest rank and file In both
parties.
There seems to be but one thing for the rank
and flle to do, and that Is to step out from under
the shadow of these machines and make common
cause against the boodlers, their enemies.
Mr. Hearst, when asked what he though of
lleCleUan's opinion that public ownership in Eu
ropean countries was a failure and on the decline,
said:
The continued popularity and continual extension
of public ownership in Kurope, is not any longer a
question of anybody's opinion. It is a recognized
and recorded fact. The railroads in Europe are
coining more and more into the hands of the gov
ernment eaoh. day.
Switzerland has lately taken over nearly all of
her railway system and has promptly Improved the
service and reduced the tarts and freight rates.
Nearly all the railroad franchisee were granted
with the provision that they should revert to the
Tho telegraph and telephones are already owned
by most of the European governments. In places
where private ownership still prevails efforts are
being made to place the utilities under government
control and operation. Everywhere there are par
cels posts, postal savings banks and general exten
sion of postal system.
If McClellan should come homo and say that
the Alps are no longer in Europe." every one would
know that h« was either a fraud or a fool, and Be
is Just as much of a fool or fraud to say that there
is no longer a public ownership sentiment in Ku
rope.
Mr. Hearst, direct almost from the home of his
boyhood In San Francisco, "The Record-Herald"
said, seemed to be the most enthusiastic of Cali
fomlans as to the quick and perfect recrudescence
of that heroic city. He said:
When I first went there, after the fire, the deso
lation was so great that the work of rebuilding
seemed almost hopeless. It was only by consider
ing the situation as a whole that one was forced to
the conclusion that the great city again must spring
up on the site of the charred ruins.
San Francisco has the greatest harbor in the
world The city is situated in the middle of a
«aw whose lands are capable of raising the richest
and most varied crops In the world. San Francisco
i" within eusv reach of the biggest mining proper
liesln «!rtence. Railroads radiate in every direc
tion Ships come there from every port. Looking
at the situation in that light it was evident that
even if a city had never existed on that site .a great
city was bound to grow there within a short time.
The building of the great city has begun. Hun
dreds of millions of insurance money is being
Soured into San Francisco, there is more than
enough employment for all laborers at high wages.
rente are high, but that stimulates building. The
population fs increasing, everybody Is making
money and San Francisco Is a boom town.
There is no doubt about the future of San Fran
clsr. In ten years It will be twice as large, twice
n, mnortan twice as rich as when it was burned.
In t^e mean time all the people will be prosperous.
and many will make great fortunes. San Francisco
I oxnek in mv lifetime to see San Francisco
rank with Chicago and New York as one of the
greatest cities on the continent.
ADDICKS HURLS A BOMB.
Demands Statement of Accounts
Concerning 1904 Campaign.
[By Tele«r»Ph to The Tribune]
Wilmington. Del., Aug. 22.-J. Edward Ad
dicks cast a bomb into the Republican ranks
in Delaware to-day, when numerous leaders re
ceived autograph letters from him demanding
an accounting of funds furnished by him dur
ing the 1904 campaign. Addicks is not satisfied,
it. is said, with the expenditure or non-expendi
ture of money at that time.
•I have consulted counsel," he states, "and
propose to push this matter to the end."
The affair, which has created a sensation.
will evidently make the accomplishment of har
mony in the Republican ranks more difficult than
ever. Thus far Addicks had not received any
replies. His action ie believed to be due to the
harmony movement which he disapproves and
of which Senator Allee and ex-Senator Ball are
at the head.
OUTING OF HAFFEN'S ORGANIZATION.
The annual outing of the Jefferson Democratic
Club of The Bronx. Borough Pr-siUent Haffen's
organisation, was held yesterday. About five thou
eand of the faithful, or of those who thought tho
fight against Haften's political leadership wis not as
serious as it look?, were present, .n contrast to the
10,000 or 12.M0 who have hitherto patronized the
occasion. It used to be t!.e rule for every office
holder in The Hronx to attend the outing, at a
cost of $o a ticket, as all wore practlal'.y forced to
dv so by Haffea. Now all is changed. The Trlb
une'i exposure if the enforced purchase of tickets
for the outing has resulted in the revolt of many
and the consequent redaction of the attendance.
GOVERNOR HIGQINB LEAVES ALBANY.
..;.-. Aug. 22.— Governor Higgins left here to
ni?hi for Lake Placid, where be will remain with
bis family for several days.
NAME W. W. CAMPBELL FOR CONGRESS.
Paulding, Ohio, Aug. 22.— The sth District Repub
ticMu Congressional Convention to-day renontinatad
W. \v. Campbell, of Kapoleon, for Congress.
PANAMA DID NOT FEEL EARTHQUAKE.
Washington, Aug. 22.— Panama was not in tho
least affecWd by the Chilian earthquake, accurd
wlng dispatch, received to-day by
ti.t; Wi Isthmian Canal com
::..--: hi from Chief Engineer Stevens at Culebra,
under (Kite of August 21: "Chilian earthquake not
eptible at Panama."
WiN FIGHT FOR JOINT STATEHOOD.
[V,y Telegraph to Tb» Trll unc I
Tuscon, Ariz.. Aug. 22.— Yuma County fired the
drat quo to-day for joint Btatehood. The Repub-
Ucana Plected the entire delegation of nine to the
territorial convention, to be held at Blsbee oa Sep
tember I Tins is s great victory for the Joint
tei ritorial officials and
Dtnpany are strongly oppos
ing tt- The Apache County Republicans
entire delegation to the territorial con
;.n<i will eerry Lhe i-ouniv by v tine ma
for Joint statehood.
WILL BRING SUITS IN GERMANY.
Shi-. Francisco, Aug. -The truotfes of the Pol
joy Holders* League have decided that it will be
r.ueossary to bring suits in Germany and Austria
against II •• Austrian Ph-snis. North German, of
llu-nbtir,;; Rliir.". of Mos-iio. and the Transatlantic
Insurance companies In f'o'ltion to suit* In the
United States. The losses Admitted, in gross, of
tlii- live eeiopanlos in baa Fjtmuclmco e*.c«4ild
«l .•./GO.CU).
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COLER DENIES STOUY.
Says He Has No Connection with
Quarry Company.
Bird S. Coler. President of the Borough of Brook
lyn, was indignant In his denial of a statement
published yesterday In "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle"
that ho was interested in tho Motlina Quarry Com
pany, which has large contracts for imving in
Brooklyn.
The story in "The Eagle" charged that Mr. Coler
through his firm, \V. N. Coler & Co., of which he
Is the principal partner, is heavily Interested In
the Orleans Quarry Company, which controls the
output of Medina sandstone, which is required by
the specifications for the paving of more than two
miles of city streets. It was «ald that the chair
man of the executive committee of the Orleans
company is one of the partnßrs of the firm of W. N.
Coler & Co.
The Medina company went into bankruptcy some
time ago and was reorganised into the Orleans
Quarry Company. It is charged that the controlling
Interest in the Orleans company is shared by tho
firm of W. N. Coler & Co. with three other New
York and Philadelphia firms, and that Bird S.
Coler. while he has resigned the presidency and a
directorship in the company, retains the same
financial interest through connection with the
firm of W. N. Coler & Co.
Mr. Coler issued the following statement last
night:
Tttacks of this nature upon me from the same
Source that I have been compelled to put this case
fmo the hands of my lawyer. I have nothing fur
ther to say about this story, except that it is abso
lutely and maliciously false.
The story was based chiefly upon an interview
with R. A. Kilborn, secretary-treasurer and gen
eral manager of the Orleans Quarry Company, who
said, according to "The Eagle":
Om-ing to mismanagement, the Medina Quarry
Company lost $6,000 a month for thirty-three
months, and then went into bankruptcy, which
was really a method of reorganization Into the
Orleans Quarry Company. That If. the old Inter
ests bought back the company after the bank
ruptcy. These Interests were w. X. Coler & Co..
Chapman &Co Edmund Seymor & Co., and Will
iam S. Harvey, of Philadelphia.
Bird 6 Coler, while he withdrew from the com
pany as an officer and director, retains, through
his firm, the same financial Interest in the quarry
company that he had when he was president and
director.
"The Eagle" further charges that the Influence
of Mr. Coler as Borough President has been used
to force the specification of Medina sandstone,
which costs more than granite, for Brooklyn pave
ments, and that the city has thus been mulcted in
considerable unnecessary expenditure.
The city charter provides that any officer who
becomes In any way connected with the perform
ance of a city contract shall be liable to removal.
SHELDON FOR GOVERNOR.
Nebraska Republicans Name N orris
Brown for Senate.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 22.— Attorney General
Norils Brown was nominated for United States
Senator to succeed Senator Mlllard, on the sixth
ballot, by the Republican State Convention held
here to-day, and State Senator George L. Shel
don waa nominated for Governor on the second
ballot In the Republican State Convention.
Melville R. Hopewell was nominated for Lieu
tenant Governor at the night session.
The convention was oallai. to order this after
noon by Chairman Warner of the State Central
Committee. The auditorium was crowded to the
doors, demand for tickets for admission being
rrany times the seating capacity of the hall.
Chairman Warner introduced W. E. Andrews,
of Hastings, first auditor of the Treasury at
Washington, as temporary chairman. Mr. An
drews addressed the convention in part as fol
lows:
What duty rests upon the Republican party
with special force at this time? To what
specific purpose should it direct Its attention
and efforts with rigid determination and intel
ligent action?
From a party standpoint there is but one
answer. The emphatic indorsement of our na
tional administration. This issue carries with
it all that Is Involved in state and local matters.
How can we suitably express that indorsement?
By returning to Congress a decisive Republi
can majority for the next House of Represen
tatives.
BIRD S. M'GUIBE HAS WALKOVER.
Oklahoma Republicans Will Return Him as
Delegate.
Outhrle, Okla., Auk. 22.— Incomplete returns from
the Ist Congress District of Oklahoma primaries
yesterday indicate that there was almost no op
position to Delegate Bird S. McGuire for the Re
publican nomination.
The nomination of ex-Governor Ferguson for
Congress in the 2d Oklahoma District at Geary,
next Tuesday, was conceded by the opposition last
night. At the primary election he carried Wa
ton(?a, Clmarron and Blatne townships by large
majorities.
MR. LITTLEFIELD ANSWERS GOMPERS.
Lewiston, Me., Aug. 22. — Congressman Charles E.
Llttlefleld, at a rally in North Jay to-night, replied
in detail to statements made by Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation of I^abor,
against Littlefleld. In reference to tho charge of
Gompers that in the ship subsidy bill Littleticld
desired to r ;iss a law to compel seaman to enter the
naval service in time of war, Littletlejd said the
bill did provide that if seamen would agree to go
into the naval service when wanted they would
have higher pay, bat l f was entirely a matter of
contract and not compulsory for nil seamen.
LABOR UNIONS TO OPPOSE SHERMAN.
Little Falls. N*. V.. Aug. 22.— Representatives of
labor unions of the 27th Congress District have
called a convention, to be held In Utica August 24.
to uomlnut.- a candidate for Congress against
James ti. Sherman.
MR. CCRTELYOU LEAVES HIS DOLLAR,
postmaster General Cortelyou. chairman of the
Republican National Committee, called at the
headquarters of the publican Congressional
Campaign Committee In the St. James Building
yesterday and left a dollar for the cnmpagn ex
ponse*. After tulking with Mr. Sherman and Mr.
Loudenslager for an hour, Mr. Cortelyou went
back to i^>:'H Island, where he is spending his
vacation.
OOELL CONFERS WITH BROOKLYN MEN.
Chairman Odell of the Republican State Com
mittee was at state headquarters In the Fifth
Avenue Hotel for a short time yesterday In con
ference with Brooklyn Republicans opposed to ex-
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff. In the delegation
Were Philip T. Williams, of the 13th District; Jacob
A. Livingston, of the 22d; Richard H. Latmbeer.
of the Id, and IV Harry Ralston, of the Ist.
Livingston Is the man who ''flopped at the men
ing of the. State Committee last week, enabling the
Odel) men to win a victory over the friends of
Governor lliuijiv.e. Mr. Ralston Mild thai the Diviy
men are going to fight Woodruff all along the line
at the primaries. Mr. Odell is expected at state
heaUu,uarUrii again 10-day.
MORAN STORM CENTRE.
Mir-up in Massachusetts Democratic
Situation.
Boston. Atiff. Developments in the contest
for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination
had been so rapid within the last twenty-four
hours that political leaders in this city to-night
confessed that they were bewildered. District
Attorney John B. Moran Is the central figure In
tho complicated situation.
Tho developments to-day dropped Henry M.
Whitney from the contest for Governor, brought
former Governor William L. Douglas Into the
field as a conditional candidate, and plated
John B. Moran where be may bring about party
harmony or continue a contest against a number
of Democratic leaders who are opposed to his
candidacy. The District Attorney's friends con
fidently assert that he will wage a-flght to a
finish, and that under no circumstances will he
withdraw.
Following closely the publication, yesterday,
of the announcement that Mr. Douglas would
enter the field against Governor Guild, provided
he was assured of a unanimous nomination,
came the appearance In this city to-day of Henry
J. gkefflngton. of Revere, a personal friend of
former Governor Douglas. After a conference
with Joaiah Quincy. chairman of the Democratic
State Committee. Bkefflngton was closeted with
Moran. His purpose In visiting the District
Attorney was said to be to bring pressure to
bear on Moran to withdraw from the race, and
thereby prepare the way for a convention which
would nominate Douglas.
While the Moran-Skefflngton conference was
In progress Whitney, In a letter to Chairman
Quincy. announced his absolute withdrawal from
the contest. Whitney's letter follows:
Dear Sir: It is clearly evident that ex-Gover
nor Douglas is willing to be again a candidate
for Governor. It is also evident that the party
leaders are not agreed as to my candidacy. 1
therefore hereby absolutely withdraw my name
as candidate for the office of Governor and
pledge my hearty •"^^agqgJgggP
With Whitney positively out of the race and
Moran's attitude such that his withdrawal in
favor of Douglas seems a very remote possibil
ity, prominent Democratic politicians said to
night that the make-up of the state ticket is
very uncertain.
District Attorney Moran. when teen at his
office late In the day. declined to give an intima
tion as to the course he would purusue.
Late to-night Mr. Whitney issued a detailed
statement explaining his withdrawal. He said:
When I announced that I would become a candi
date for the Democratic nomination for Governor.
I certainly had reason to believe that I would re
ceive the support of all the representative leaders
of the party who believe that tariff revision should
be retained as the leading Democratic issue In tnis
state. I consented to enter the field only after ex-
Governor Douglas. Hon. John R. Thayer and Con
gressman Sullivan had privately declined to become
candidates for the nomination. I supposed that my
candidacy, not on account of any personal claims of
my own, but on account of tho prlnciplas for which
I stood, would receive the open support of th»>se
gentlemen and others of similar standing In the
party. Congressman Sullivan has given me his
earnest support. . . .
My letter to Chairman Qulncy of the Democratlo
State Committee, announcing the withdrawal of
my candidacy, was caused primarily by the state
ments from ex-Governor Douglas and from Hon.
John R. Thayer. which appeared In the press this
morning. Mr. Thayer. in urging that I ought to
run again for the office ot Ldeutenant Governor
made It clear that he does not consider me the
strongest candidate for the Governorship. The au
thorized statement from Mr. Douglas, drawn out
by a long and specific story in the press as to his
willingness to accept a renomlnatlon for the oftine
of Governor, that he wolld neither "deny nor af
firm the report that he Is willing to become tne
Democratic candidate for Governor," and his Im
partial reference to "the other gentlemen who are
contending for the nomination." together with his
silence when my candidacy was first announced,
mnke It Impossible for me to continue In the field.
1 believe that Governor Douglas has assumed the
responsibility for a satisfactory outcome of the
present Democratic situation. He Is now the logi
cal and Inevitable Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor of the conservative wing of the party. My
interest hi the situation is as strong os ever, but
I can now manifest It in no other way than in
heartily advocating the nomination nt ex-Governor
Douglas and pledging him my active support.
OHIO OUT FOR BRYAN.
Nominates State Ticket — County
Option Defeated.
Columbus. Ohio, Aug. a— The Ohio Democratic
Convention, in session here, nominated the follow
ing ticket: For Secretary of State. Samuel A. Hos
klns; for State School Commissioner. Charles W.
Haupert; for State Dairy and Food Commissioner.
Rodney J. Dlegle, and for Member of the Board of
Public Works. George E. Nyswonger. The report
of the platform committee indorses Bryan for the
Presidency.
The day was close and sultry, few delegates wore
coats, and many sought cooler places outside the
hall before final adjournment. This made possible
the casting of the votes of several delegations by
unauthorized persons during the last few ballots.
Several counties were challenged and a number of
persons were put out of the hall for such Improper
voting, but it did not seem to affect the result ma
terially in any case. During the first hour and a
half of the session the question of an Indorsement
of county option In temperance legislation was un
der discussion, an nttempt by W. L. Finley to
amend the platform and give such an indorsement
being defeated. 373 V*, to 337*4, on a rolloall. The
discussion developed opposition to the general Idea
of county option, while some delegates insisted that
the platform already was strong enough on the
very point for which Mr. Finley contended
When the convention reassembled it was with the
knowledge that a fight was assured on county
option. A protracted night session of the committee
on the platform had bern insufficient to bring tho
different opinions together. Many of the temperance
advocates, among them the leaders of the Anti
saloon League, were understood to be willing to
accept a compromise, but Mr. Finley had all along
maintained thai no compromise which left the
county option Idea at all obscured would be accept
able to him.
Thomas E. Powell, chairman of the platform com
mittee, read Its report.' The platform as adopted
favors the abolition of state taxes and the estab
lishment of county rule in taxation; equal taxation
of railroad property; the taxation of franchises;
home rule; maintenance of the state canal system:
Inspection of banks; anti-pass legislation; election
of United States Senators by popular vote; Initia
tive and referendum; election purity legislation:
election of delegates at the primaries; ami-cam
paign contribution legislation; the enactment of the
two-cent railroad tare law; the enactment of a
mate and county salary law, replacing the fee sys
tem; the creation of a state railroad commission for
the protection of shippers; the repeal of the Dow
law und of th« inheritance tax law. «nd the creation
of the Drake investigation committee for Hamilton
County.
The report praise* Governor Paulson and de
clares adherence to his policies.
Mr. Powell moved the adoption of the report, but
before a vote W. L. Finley offered his amendment
as a substitute lor the Initiative and referendum
plank and moved Its adoption. He was greeted with
cheers.
TENNESSE DEMOCRATS FOR BRYAN.
Nashville, Term., An*. 22.— The Democratic state
committee to-day adopted a resolution indorsing
William J. Bryan for the Democratic nomination
for I'resldont in 1008.
SHERIFF FLAHERTY SEEKS RELIEF.
Wants Attorney General to Untangle Snarl
Over Appointment of Deputies.
Albany, Aug. 22.— Sheriff Flaherty, of Kings
County, accompanied by counsel, to-day called on
Attorney General Mayer to ascertain if the present
tangle over assistants In the Sheriff's office of
Kings County could be temporarily straightened
out.
On tn king office Sheriff Flaherty removed eight
assistant deputies and appointed a similar number
in their places. Subsequently the original officials
were reinstated by the courts. In addition to thesa
the Statt- Civil Service Commission haw an eligible
list of assistant deputies, and It say., that any au
pplntirur.ts should com* from this list. Sheriff
Flaherty would Ilka to have the State Civil Service
r.nniniwlon certify to his own appointees In order
that they may receive pay temporarily until th*
matter 1» settled by tho courts.
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Harvey acrves tie meals.
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CUBAU BEVOLT GROWS.
Contused from lint sage.
del Rio are smaller than reported and are
poorly led.
The enlistments of recruits for the Rural
Guards in Havana are proceeding rapidly. The
people in the towns continue to ask for arms in
order to defend the government. 'iut the impos
sibility of accurately gauging the dominant mo
tives in the Cuban character adds another ele
ment to the uncertainty of the situation
The government has received a report that es-
Congressman Carlos Mer.dieta. a leading citizen
of Santa Clara, has taken up arms with a large
force. A late dispatch from Rancho Velox,
province of Santa Clara. *ayi that a band of
insurgents has been organized there under
Colonel Relnos, and It to believed that Mendieta
la wltb them.
Luis Peres, the last Liberal Governor of the
province of Pinar del Rio, has Joined the insur
gent forces.
The Secretary of the Treasury. Font Sterling,
said this afternoon that the government had
been definitely informed that most of the insur
gents in Santa Clara Province had only ma
chetes and revolvers.
Practically all the inhabitants of the town
of Agnacate. In Havana Province, have, with
the Mayor, declared themselves in insurrection.
A new party of fifty insurgents appeared to
day at Santa Crua del Xorte. Havana Province.
Governor Nunez of this province says that the
organization of his loyal bands has begun here.
Special precautions are being taken to pro
tect the reservoir at Vento and the pumping
station at Palatlno. Parties of insurgents have
been* seen In the neighborhood of both those
places.
American dealers have been commissioned to
buy hundreds of horses for the use of the Rural
Guards now being recruited.
A telegram to the government late to-night
said that Major Laurent, with his detachment of
Rural Guards, fought Guerra and his three hun
dred men for three hours this afternoon, com
pletely defeating him, killing or wounding many
insurgents and taking three prisoners. The dis
patch adds that the rebels dispersed In all direc
tions, being pursued long distances. None of the
Rural Guards were hurt. Another part of tho
insurgent forces continues in occupation of San
Luis.
There is an unconfirmed report from Pinar del
Rio that Lieutenant Ascuy was captured, and
ihat only nine of his detachment reached Pinar
del Rio.
General Jos6 Miguel Gomez, who was arrested
on Tuesday, was formerly Governor of Santa
Clara, and was the Liberal candidate for th«
Presidency last year. He is expected to arrive
in Havana early to-morrow. He Is accused of
plotting. Gomez was living quietly at home
when he was arrested. No attempt to rescue
him was made. The arrest of General Gomez
was made on the complaint of the government's
« hlef detective. Had General Gomez taken the
field, it would have had an Immense influence,
as he is a strong military leader.
Orestes Ferrera. who was General Gomez's
campaign secretary and manager, and who was
with him in New York several months ago, after
Gomez gave up his presidential campaign, ar
rived from New York to-day. A warrant is out
for bis arrest on the charge of conspiracy. Fer
rara Is suspected of trying to procure arms and
munitions in the United States for the insur
gents.
DEMAND PEACE IN CUBA.
Foreign Investors Will Not Endure
Revolution.
Frederick Upham Adams, writer and novelist, re
cently returned from Cuba, after several months
spent in a study of the social, industrial and po
litical conditions which prevail there. Mr. Adams
made the trip to collect the material and absorb
the atmosphere for a Cuban novel, but he was so
Impressed with the agricultural possibilities of Cen
tral Cuba that he made several investments in
orange groves and sugar cane lands. Speaking of
his trip. Mr. Adams said:
The political conditions which have led to the
present conspiracy and attempted uprising are pe
culiar and little understood in the United States.
It is probably a fact that the majority of the voters
of Cuba are naturally allied with what is known as
the Liberal party, and the leaders of that party are
the instigators of the present trouble
In the lust general flection General Jose Miguel
ttomes w«« nominated for the Presidency by the
liberals, but In consequence of a complicated com
bination of circumstance he withdrew Just prior
to the balloting, and Palma won chosen without op
position. Tallin enemies claim that a square test
of strength would have resulted In his defeat, and
while this cannot be proved, those best qualified to
Judge are or the opinion that the present adminis
tration represents not a majority, but rather a
minority.
ATTEMPT TO KILL GOVERNOR NUNEZ.
Havana, Aug. 22.— An attempt was made this
evening to assassinate General Emilio Nunez.
Governor of the province of Havana. A man
had a revolver levelled at the Governor as he
was entering his home. Another man who was
passing l>y Raw the would-be assassin and cried
out, whereupon Governor Nunez turned, and.
drawing hi* revolver, fired over the miscreant's
head. The man was so surprised that he dropped
his revolver. He was promptly arrested. Ills
Identity is not known. He is a white man. and
is well dressed.
MENDEZ CAPOTE AT HAVANA.
Havana. Auk. £J.— Vice- President Mendez
Capote returned to Havana thia evening, and
had a conference over the situation with Presi
dent Paltna. Cuban, Spnnish. American. Cana
dian and Oerman bunkers to-night visited Presi
d*-nt Palma and offered him their assistance.
AN OFFICIAL MESSAGE TO PARIS.
Purls. Aug. '22.— The Cuban legation has re
ceived an official dispatch from Havana, dated
to-day, saying that the government has "sup
pressed the revolt raised by a few mutineers in
three localities situated in the province* of Ha
vana mm] Pinar del Rio." and that "absolute
quiet has been restored everywhere in th« re
public."
CUBA NOT WORRYING THE PRESIDENT.
Oyster Bay. Aug. 22.— At the executive offices to
day it was stuteil that President Roosevelt had
received no information whatever on the Cuban
revolution, that the President had taken no action
on the matter end had given the subject no
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GAS PROPERTY VALUE*.
Real Estate Expert Estimate $
Parcels of Land at $lsjmfi*
The Consolidated Gas Company put TV. H. Wbs>
lock, a real estate expert, on the witness stssl J»
the gas hearing yesterday to prove the vataeo<i»
real estate holdings in Manhattan in its efttt ts
show the money it baa Invested la its bustaem
Mr. Wheelock told of forty -three parcels of M*
of the value si J15.964.WX The most vaTusMi •*•
gle parcel he found In the block on Eleventh**
nwe. from 41st to 42d street. He e»tlnutsl*
worth at 5U66.000: the block between E!ovsblßS»
Twelfth avenues. 44th and 45th streets. ■**•**
tween 45th and 46th streets. SSOO.00O: W«StE=2^
Amsterdam avenues. 63th and Mth streets J"^*
lith and 13th streets and the East River. i«rtsf#l
tho bulkhead. 5&4.0C0; Avenue A. »th sa* tT
streets. $130,000; First avenue and 3*« *** **
streets. 5640.C00; Avenue A. 21*t and Si «•"•*
$r>TS.OOO.
Cross-examined by Senator Page. Mr. Wliidg*
said he had not included buildings la Ms *•**•
tions. Mr. Page made the witness explain £>
methods separately for each parcel about whU>*»
had testified. Mr. Wheelock valued the laad«<ei
which stand the Irving Place and ljti street of*
of the Consolidated, with the three five «***
buildings, at gC7.MIi, and counsel wanted to *•••
if he had sold any lar.d in that neighborhood »••
cently. Mr Wheelock said he sold the core**:
Irving Place and 20th street. 40 by 130 feet, ** Zi *
ago for »50.C» for a Columbia Alumni college^ ,»,
The croas-examinatlop. waa not finished «ea »-•
hearing was adjourned.
BEVERIDGE ON ISSUES.
He Says Kext Congress Should Sapper Ii
President's Policies.
Portland. Me.. Aug. 22.— The Republican ««•»
paign in the Ist Congress District was tort***
opened here to-night with a rally at which «•»•
ator Albert J. Beveridge. of Indiana. wa» t>
speaker. Senator Beveridge ill .ll— lll natlOß*
affairs and urged that Congressmen and *•»*
ators be elected who will aid President Kacii'
velt to purify American business and *•***'
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