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ESTABLISHED AUGUST 24, 1852. , WHEELING, W. YA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1893. YOLUME XXH?NUMBER 31. A FDSILADE Of BUllets Fired Into the Wheat Pit at Ghloogo. fl CRAZY MAN'S MURDEROUS WORK Be Fires Shot After Shot From the iJoara 01 i rime erauory INTO THE CROWDED FLOOR BELOW. A Broker, An Operator and a Woman Are the Vlotlma. TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE HELPLESS ?????? v For Momenta That Seemed An Ago At tho Mercy of a Manfao Sending Death in Their Midst?Gaeli 119 Beldin, Who Claims to Be Under Hypnotic Influence Deliberately Dlsohajpea a Revolror Into the CjpwL A Panio Iteanlta?An Incident More Extraordinary Than Anything Possible From Oauses Merely Financial?A World's Fair Visitor One of the Victims. Chicago, Sept. 27.?A panic on tho Chicago board of trade was witnessed to-day, mors extraordinary than anything poisiblefrotn causes merely financial Nealry 2,000 people, brokers and spectators, men and women were beld helpieaa in terror for momenta that seemed an age at the mercy of a maniac sending death in their midst Caeaiua Beldin, a poorly dressed and incoherent talking sign painter, stood in the south gallery of tho main trading room and deliberately * discharged ballet after bullet from a pistol into the crowded pits on the floor below and into the throngs qf World's Fair sightseers in the surrounding galleries. Three persons were unable to disengage themselves from the .confused mass into which all were thrown in time to save themselves from the flying bullets. These are: Amri M. Bennett, board, of trade broker, shot through the neck. Charles W. Boswell, assistant chief operator of the board of trade telegraph office, jaw broken by bullet. Sirs. \V; Vv. Lewis, of Titusville, Pa., World's Fair visitor, flesh wound in 1--1. * liennett was shot in the neck, the ballot ranging downwards, while Roswell received a ball on the chin, shattering hii whole face. The man who did the (hooting fired hit revolver five tirnei. Ilo stood up at the rear end ef the gallery and' fired twice at the wall, and then, pointing the weapon downwards toward'the floor, fired three more times, liennett fell apparently mortally wounded and was carried into the secretary s room, while physicians and surgeons wore sent for. Thomas Barrett, a member of the board, captured the man and handed him over to the police. The man whi did the shooting was evidently a lunatic. He was a stout man of middle age, poorly dressed. He gave the name of Cassias Belden, of 385 La Salle avena'e, Chicago. am- ixcitehkst. Business was completely suspended and everything was consternation. Almost before the shooting had peased, Tom Barrett rushed np. to the gallery and caught the maniac. The latter took the matter very cooly and did not soem to realizo what he had done. There was a frantic rush from the wheat pit. Every one succeeded in getting out o[ range. Commission men with orders in thei>* hands squeezed against each other behind the big bulletin boards. The little Anoking rooms at the cornera were literally racked with human beings. An insane mob rushing from a burning theatre never crowded more furiously against another than did these board of trade men as they went down the broad stain. In the gallery where the revolver was being fired from not a move was made by any one of the visitors to disarm the crazy man. tom babrbtt's nsaoisa. Tom Barrett, who became the horo of the board by his courageous act in rushing into the gallery, haa long be ? known as an athlete and a man whon. not afraid of anything that walks. "It wonld have maflo no difierence to Barrett," a leading commission man said, "whether th? fellow's revolver was empty or not. He would have rushed up to him, I have no doabt, -wltfai a loaded revolver pointed directly at his head. Thla Is not the first time that Barrott hah distinguished himself by courageous daring. Of all the men on the board I do not think there is one that is quicker in action or more fearlets than Tom Barrett, and I am In favor of him as oar noxfc president for tne board of trade." J Mr. Barrett modestly disclaimed any special bravery. , . "I was standing in the corn pit, he ?aid, "when I beard the report of? pistol. It was repeated before I could locate the shooter, and he was standing in the little gallery under the clock looking ovor the balustrade. I rushed outside of the hall and ran up thenorth italrs to the gallery. When I got there, there was nobody in the gallery except the man I was after, AIL the others bad rushed out of the gallery when the first shot was fired. I caught hold of the fellow by the back of the coat and urabbed hold of the empty revolver he held In his band. He muat have been taken by surprise, as he did not make nny resistance for about a minute. Then 1 took him down the stairs and turned him over to Officer Eos Us, who is always on the floor." 1 .Mr. Barrett Is a member of the well known firm of Boyden A Co., grain shipper* and brokers. claims hi was htpxotiztd. "I want to talk to a reporter," said the prisoner to Police Lieutenant Gulden, as he was led down stairs in the Harrisoifstreet police station. "My "me Is Cassias Beldon. I am a carri?K? painter, and live -at 386 La Salle veaue, I've been uader hypnotic ihHoences for three years. Three years *?o a man named Jones hypnotized me i ' : M, at 220 Huron street. Hypnotism ia ilow and it has only bden a abort time since I reached tbe exalted state. I was In the vulgar atate for a lone time. T hare vlaited the board of trade ireqnently. 1 knew I waa In bondage. It haa been a struggle for bread with all of na, but when they began to tell my soul in the board of trade I resisted. Before they aold my eoul'they aold my two children, who are in Philadelphia. I have a wife in Philadelphia, beaidee Mo children. We are atl in bondage. It is a atruggle for bread." Charlea W. Boswell, the, Western Union employe who wa# shot in the mouth, ia assistant chief .of- the operar tors on the floor. He wai standing behind the St. Louis wire giving some instruction 'when the ahooting commenced. This did not deter him from continuing at work, bnt the third ahot fired wildly by the man atrnc|p him in the month and is supposed to have lodged under bis tongue. He ia married and haa a family. Bolden ia a mediucft sized man about forty years old with a brown moustache. He ia slightly bald in front Tbe man was dressed in browa material such as laborers usually Wear. At toe snooting commenced from the south (taller?, Mra. \V. W. Lewis of Titnsviiie, Pa", who was In the opposite Slier?, started down the Btalra. The it of the five shot? struck her and she fell fainting at tbe foot of the stairs. Tbe wounds proved only a flesh wound in tho back. THE FIRST WABVIKQ. The first warning to tbe broken was the cry of a woman woo was seated near the maniac. All eyes were attracted by the noise, the hubbub of the traders ceased, and in another instant tbe shooting began. Every one scrambled for the shelter of oulletiu boards and ante rooms, tbe crowd seeming for a time more crazy than its assailant, before any one recovered from the shock enough to realize what had happened and to take means to stop the work of the madman. Tbe first to act was Thomas E. Barrett. With a courage and readiness in emergency characteristic of bis race Barrett made a rush up the stairs, and tlnoltled.th6 madman,;tbrowinjr him to fha flnnr tvhilo a hnnrhlsnlr wrnnrhnil away the smoking weapon. A scede of pandemonium had by tbig time set In. From fighting with the prisoner Bar, rett now had to fight for him to avert a lynching. Half a dozen of the directors and other cooler heudi promptly assisted him and the excited throng was kept back. In the pushing and hauling that followed, a rash was made by the self-constitated body guard of the prisoner and the man was soon harried into a room. Tbo maddened crowd ran to the room and the great stairway creaked under Its unusual weight In ordir to notify the police it became necessary for one of the secretaries to crawl over the heads of men bnt in a short time a aquad of officers arrived and the crowd was driven back. Caring the wild scenes attending the capture and removal of tho maniac many were slightly bruised and the clotbei of some wore badly torn. It all happened jast at the beginping of the busy closing hour on 'change. Tho two men among the victims, thought at first to be fatally wounded, are reported to-night as having good chances of recovering. Beldin is a Chicagoan. He lived with his sister, Mrs. A. Williams, a dressmaker, and his brother, T. A. Beldin, a speculator on the board of trade. According to bis sister, domestic trouble unseated his mind five years ago when he was divorced from his wife at Camden, N. J. She thinks that he acted to-day under the belief that his brother was being robbed by other traders on change. The man only a few months ago was reloased irora me aiyiurn lor msnue ai urukic kee, Illinois. GOOD BATTlN'i Woo the Gaino for Pittsburgh?Base Unit Elsewhere. PrrnBCBQ, Sept. 27.?Good batting pulled oat the game for the Pittsburgh s to-day. Attendance 1,050. Pittsburgh...... l 2 0 3 4 1 0 0 ?-li Philadelphia - 11200000?e Errors, 5 and 3. Hits, 11 and 12. Pitchers, Terry, Caney and Taylor. Earned, Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 3. Tiro base hits, Bierbaaer, Sharrott, Three baao hits, Terry, Delobnutv. Home run, Smith. Sacrifice hit*. Beclcley, Van Haltren. Terry, Delebanty. Thompson, .Sharrott and Boyle. Doable plays, Biur bailor and Beckle v. First on balls, off Taylor 3, ofi Terry 1. Hit, Van Haltren, Turner, Boyle. Struck oat, Lyons 2, Bierbaaer, Turner. Chicago?Chicago 7, New York 2. Earned, 2 and 1. Errors, 2 each. Pitchers. Clausen and German 'and Petty. Umpire, Lynch. Cleveland?Cleveland 8, Washington 7. Earned, 1 and 4. Errors, 6 and 4. Htts, 10 and 11. Pitchers, Cuppy and Stephens. Umpire, Emslie. Louisville?Louisville 6, Boston 7. Earned, 2 and 3. Errors, 2 and 5. Hits, 0 and 11. Pitchers, Wlttrock and Gastrigbt Umpire, Homung. V A Chafige of Base. Sjxdal Ditpatch to the lnMiocnctr. Stkubknvillb, O., Sept 27.?S. W. McConnel, for many yuan a trusted civil engineer of the Pan Handle, living here, has resigned to accept the superintendency of the Newport Iron Ore and Copper Company, at Ironwood, Mich. Mr. McConnel laid out the Pittsburgh, Wheeling & Kentucky railroad, and was in charge of Gould's tunnel and of tbe New Cumberland branch. CONDENSED TELEGRAMSPaid admissions at the World's Fair yesterday, 195,SOL Maryland Democrats yesterday declared for riavlaion, endorsed the Presldbnt's financial .policy and nominated Marlon DeKalb Smith for state comptroller. Nicholas Mangle, of Butler, Pa., bought some bogus gold dnst of some bunco men yesterday and. is now<^4,316 poorer than he was before be met the sleek gentlemen. Regarding the Van Alen matter, exSecretary Whitney makes public a letter written bv President Cleveland in Jnne in which he denies that Van Alea purchased his appointment as minister to Italy. t While Indians day was being celebrated at the World's Fair yesterday a great crowd was masted during exPresident Harrison's speech. A panic started and General Harrison's coolness In directing matters averted serioas consequences. ARGENTINE REBELLION. General PelUfriDl Beeapturei Taoammn. A Zlfht off the Cult Boexos Ain, Dept. 27.?Genortl Pelligrlni, at the head of the govern- 2 ment troops, hai recaptured the city of Tucuman. The Insurgent foroes made only a feeble resistance. After half a . hoar's fighting they fled. Pelllgrini l and his staff and 1,500 infantry marched to the building where the junta was I sitting. All the members were taken prisoners and locked under a strong military guard. * A smart fig&t took place off the coast 1 to-day between the government squadron and the torpedo boats which have 1 joined the rebels. The torpedo boats made the attack. The whole government fleet bore down on them and boarded and brought back all their J' crew as prisoners. Several officers were killed. The states In the northern part of the I republic are now in open revolt against n > 'PL- I. - I Uiitt n ^uYvruiuoui. xuo lar^ci uuuibor of federal troops hire been lent to pat down the revolution in Santa Fe and other states which have gone over. The battle yesterday between the rebel torpedo boats and the government men-of-war was one of the most exciting skirmishei of the kind ever witnessed. The rebels had hoped to catcli the government fleet unawares and by making a desperate and combined attack upon them succeed in blowing several of them out of the water. In this they were foiled, for as soon .as they put In an appearance the government vessels opened fire on them, and, after a short battle, the rebels retreated with the loss of several men. A 4 number of officers and men on the gov- . ernment vessels were also killed and injured. * The Bombardment Suip?ntl*d. P Nbw York, Sept. 27.?A Buenos Ay res ? dispatch to the World says: The bom- o bardment of Rio Do Janeiro, whjch be gan Saturday, has been suspended. ^ Soon after the bombardment began a tbe foreign warships in the harbor ], hoisted signals signifying their desire that the fire shonld coaso. Tbe signals were recognised by Admiral Mellos and ? the latest news is that the firing upon p the city has been suspended pending D negotiations. {( The Charleston at Bio. b Washington, D. 0. 8ept 27.?The \ United States craiier Charleston at Rio c De Janeiro last evening. A dispatch to p this effect was received at the state de- p partment this morning. The message contained nothing regarding the bombardment of the city, nor did itgive any lniormation on the situation in Brazil. ii GOV. M'CORKIJE'SPLBA To bo Beanl Saves Him from Being Denounced by the Barnum Club of Hunt- s Ington. 0 Special DitpatcK to the fntaaemr. Hcnukotos, W. Va., Sept 27.?The ., Barnum Clul) of this city, one of the ^ leading Democratic organizations of the t| state, and Governor MacCorlde have j( never been at "open war," but the ^ Barnumites have never had any good ^ feeling for his ezcelloncy. Tho Barnum Olub held a Becret meeting last night. They were going to pass, resolutions tl condemnatory of the governor's pro- v tective tariff views openly stated before p the ways and means committee. Before . this was accomplished eight telegrams " from the governor, signed by himself, g flashed over the wires and at midnight ti he begged them to permit tho club to. o hear his say about his action. The o meeting adjourned until Thursday t< night to give him a champs. There is o scarcely a Democrat here to-night C who does not denounce him as a full- n fledged demagogue and says that he is , now playing the baby act. q A BRILLIANT WEDDING. U Marriage of Rer. L. A Lindemuth to Hlii Marjr Casielberry. j cpecia* jswpuwn to ute jnicwf/cntxr. ^ Mobqantowk, W. Va., 8ept 27.?One n of the most brilliant weddings Morgan- p town hu seen (or a long Urns took place '' at high noon at the home of Sr. Cassel- [J berry to-day. It was the marriage of si his daughter Mary to Bev. L A. Linde- tl muth. an old Wheeling boy, bat now of ai Moosic, Pa. The bride was charmingly drossod, and was given away by her 8i father. The ceremony, which was con- gl ducted by Dr. A. M. Buchanan, of Mor- ]( gantown, and assisted by the Rev. J. L. e: Roemer, of Cleveland, 0., was performed beneath an artistically constructed bell of smilsx and roses, suspended from the middle of the room. ai The attendants were Misses Madge A. tl Brown, Ernn Hough, Lillie Hagans, and Maud McVicker. The bride is one ? of Morgan town's most accomplished Jj young ladies, and the groom- who Is ' well-known in Wheeling, is a graduate ? of the West Virginia University and ? later of Princeton theological seminary. * The many friends of the happy couple j, wish them much happiness in their J" new home, where Mr. Lindemuth bas charge of a prosperous Presbyterian church. The conple left on the evening " train for Philadelphia. THE PIKE LADDIES Of Fnrkerabur* H?t? n Big Time-Some ' Quick Work. 1 Sptdal Ditpelch to the InUUIoaeer. Paskbbsbobq, W. Va., Sept. 27.?The j| city fire department bad a big celebra- ej tration here to-day, which attracted ri Salts a large erowd and caused the 11 usiness streets to be gaily decorated. v Tbe celebration brongbt three fire companies from Marietta. This afternoon ? a big street parado was the first feature, P participated in by eight fire companies 0 and several dvie societies. / 8 Two exciting and interesting exhib- P itlon runs' were made later. The Pony c hose company, of Marietta, tbe state D champion, ran over thirty rods with a <1 hand reel, stretched 300 feet 'of hose " and threw wator in tbirtv-four seconds. ? Tbe city department of this city re- n sponded to an alarm, ran two and ono- * half squares and threw water In thirtytwo seconds after loaving the reol " house. The horses were hitched and c ont on tbe street In three-quarters of a c. minute after the alarm was rung in. ' Tbe afiair ended with a big firemen's- n ball this evening. a Ktenmihlp Arrivals. ' r! Niw Yobe, Soot. 27.?Arrived, Lydlan a; Monarch, from London. a Sootkaxpiox, Sept. 37.?Arrived, h Labn, from New York. VERY BREEZY. lost Exciting Day Yet In the Senate Chamber. INFRECEDENTED SCENE' OCCURS n the Debate on Senator Dubois's ' Resolution. 'HE DASHING SENATOR WRLCOTT lakes a Break Whloh Brings Mr. Gorman to His Feet. I REBUKE TO OBSTRUCTIONISTS, 'ollowed by a Bed Hot lime Generally?Senator Walcott's Insinuation That Chandler, Republican, and Gorman, Democrat, Are Arranging a Plan to Defeat tbe Filibuster* Brings Ont a Scathing Reply from Mr. Gorman, Who Suggests That the Colorado Man Listened at tbe Committee Room Doors?A Debate Fall of Interest and Without Precedent in the Dignified Senate, in Recent Years, Washington, D. G, Sept. 27.?The lay in the senate was the moat excitift of the aeaaton and tbe debate most crimonioua. The principal particlanta were from widely separated georaphieal sections and of diametrically ppoaite characteristics. Tbe young nd dashing senator from Colorado, Mr. Volcott, breezy and impulsive; the tute and silent senator from Maryind, Mr. Gorman, conservative and acific. It 1b not often that a sentor suggests that one of his eers on the floor baa listened at comlittee room doors, or that a senator re>rs to the motives which influence a rather senator ia changing his vote. Vhen, therefore, aach a debate ocurred to-day the greatest excitement revailed, and while it lasted was more otent in maintaining a fall attendance f senators than a call of the senate. THE DEBATE IN DETAIL. I llreezjr Time Uetwonn Gorman And WnJcott?The Senate Degenerating, WisaiNOTos, P. 0., Sept. 27.?In the enato this morning the resolution fiered yesterday by Mr. Dubois (Rop., daho) to postpone legislation respectag federal election laws, finance and uriff. until January 15, 1894, because of lie senatorial vacancies in the senatoril representation of Washington, Montna and Wyoming, was taken dp aud Ir. Dubois addressed the senate in adocacy of its adoption. He detailed be importance of the qnostion inolved and the interest of these but artially represented states in the legilatlon engaging the attention of Oonress. He had no doubt if the rosoiuons were adopted that the governors ' f these state* would lay aside every ther consideration than that of duty 9 their states and that the fall quota f senators would be present when ingress resumed consideration of the lattars referred to in tbe resolution. Mr. Wasbbnrn, (Rep., Minnesota,) inulred whether thehe was any more roapect of the election of senators om these states it the resolation were dopted than there waa now. Mr. Dubois liad not the abadow of a oubt that the legal legislatures would e assembled and would elect senators these matters were postponed. The eople of those states firmly believed iat the senate intended to rob them of art of their representation and thon aaa these laws before they could send suators to the senate. He repudiated sat idea but it waa prevalent in those iates. Mr.Obandlor, (Dep., New Hampshire,) aggested that the best course to pur10 waa to postpone the resolution antll igitimate debate on the repeal bill waa Khanate& ' 801IE INTIMATIONS. When theanbject waa before the senta at the laat session It was said that lere was a majority of twelve in favor f seating them. When the aenate met ) extraordinary session ,and beheld le majority bad vanished and the senLore were finally denied a oats. He lade no aceusationa against senators hom be knew had changed their par- ' ose, their attitude and their votea Don the question. He was not here > make imputation upon their motivea. lo was bound to presume that they ere not influenced bv tbelr desires ith reference to the silver queation, or y their deairea to increase tbe Demoratic majority in the senate. "Tbe aenator refera to the senator -om Kansaa (Mr. Feifer)?" aaked Mr. litchelL "I referred to no one, but aince the inator baa alluded to the senator from Kansas I want to aay I honor him for hanging his vote and giving his jasotrt for it, more than I do the sona>ra who changed their minds and tea and gave no reasons." Mr. Waloott (Rep., Colorado,) said it i true that by some sudden and inexlicable change the vote on tbe question I tho admission of senatora from those tates, underwent a complete metamo/hoais, but like many oth*r marvelous liaugea in the senate in the last few lontns,Nothing could be gained by Inuiring into It. Those changes ' retindod him of the utteranco of Sancho ansa, that "Every man Is aa God hath lade.hlm, and often times a great doal one. [Laughter.] Continuing, Mr. ?Valcott said tbe oponents of repeal knew that the Demoratlc aide of the senate did not favor loture. On the Republican jaide, outide of the ailver senators, tlere were lany senators w ho did not favor cloture. Mr. .Aidrich (Rep., of Bhode lijand) |ked whether the aenator from Coloido spoke for all the senators who empathised with, bim on the ailver uestlou when he said a vote oould be ad on a cloture proposition. Mr. Walcott said ho did not speak for all of them j ha spoke for muf, but he . was safe in laying that if the senator from Bhode Island wanted a vote on cloture he coald have it infinitely more quickly than he could hare a vote on the repeal bill. WALCOrr THINKS HI OH IT. If the senate was not olotnre, there ihoald not be cruel or nnuaual hours interposed. The senate w having them now. "We are meeting them fairly as men, and endeavoring to see 1 that this question is presented fairly I before the country, but we are not without information that the burden that is not sow imposed upon us is to bo sought to be made heavier next . week. We are not without definite in formation that an. arrangement has been sought to be consummated be- . tween certain senators upon this side , and certain tenston on the other lide of tho chamber; that it i? inltated bv tho senator who la supoosed to be the ateerer of ao many Democratic aenatora aa have left their party platform and have linked themsolvea with the fortune of their executive, and led ori'this < aide of tbe chamber by the dominant aposft of protection?two aenatora who , are Bpposed to belong on opposite i aidea of the chamber, bat who aeem ' now to be sitting very close together." [Mr. Aldrlcb, (Bep. B. LJ was occupying a seat directly in front, of Mr. Gorman (Dem. Md.).l "We understand,' said Mr. Walcott, ' "that we are to be met with a demand , that tbe senate shall meet at 11 o'clock ' in the morning and alt nntil midnight , What may be accomplished by tbis sort of pressure I do not know; but in view of the fact that a vote may be had on tbe previous question I do know that any attempt to barrass a body of men who beliene the question to be of the most vital importance, and who dealre to interpose every honorable obsta- . cle to the fatal step which may be taken, or any means such as tbe passage of a resolution to compel ua to ait here . longer hours than gentlemen ahonld be ' called to ait in a public body and discuss tbis question are cruel and unusual, and, Mr. President they will be futile." 1 QORXUi's BBBCKX. Then Mr. Gorman (Dem., Maryland) obtained tbe floor. He aaid ho understood perfectly that th? resolution of < Mr. Dubois was one of a series intro- 1 duced for the purpose of consuming the ' two looming hours. That was natural and right and nobody could object to it. It had occurred in the senate over | and over again, and wonld, be supposed, 1 nntil time was no more. He called tbe ' attention of the senators who were in- j dulging i? this acrimonious debate to I the fact that they were doing that I which had never occurred before in the history of the aonate. They were doing 1 more to belittle the Benate in the oyea 1 of the people of tho country than 1 anything that had ever occurred, 1 and he believed the time would apeedily come when tome of the acton ' ia it would regret their aotion and would atoneasbesttheycouldfor having 1 brought the senate from a deliberative asfembly down to the level of a county ' convention or a aet of aldermen in a 1 city, ffe had not participated in the 1 discussion and waa therefore, arnaiad I that the senator from Colorado, for 1 whom Be had great respect and fond- ' ness, should so far forget the great duty j of an American senator as to bring into 1 the diicusiion matters that did not belong to it; thathe should Indulge in the Insinuations that senators were con- i trolled by improper motivesMr. Wolcott said if the senator from Maryland would read hla remarks as uttered he would fail^to find the slight- 1 oqt suggestion of impropriety of motive. I Of course, I accept the disclaimer of < the senator/' said Mr. Gorman, "but I I venture to say that no man who can read the English language and under- i stand it would have drawn any other < conclusion from hia remarks." > Boferrlng to the question of the-ad- J mission of the senators from Washing- i ton, Montana and Wyoming, Mr. Oor- I man said it was one which had taxed > the best legal minda in the tonate. Not < being a lawyer himself he preferred to t fnllnwr mninritvnf th? flnmmittAA on \ privileges and elections. In doing that h? voted for the admiaalon of the senator from Montana, aa did Mr. Voorheei. There was then no extraneous iasue connected with the question, and the senate decided by a vote that the governor had not the right to make the appointment When the motion was made to reconsider the vote which excluded the senator from Montana, for the purpose of changing the.verdict of the aenate, Mr. Voorbee* and hfmielf at once a aid: "Doubtful as this queationbaa been, and ia now, although wo voted lor the aeatlng of this man, no question with reference to sliver or gold snail be broughtin. here to change the verdict of the senate. We changed our votes that the record of thii great body might remain perfect and appropriate. A CBU8U1SO UEDUKB. Coming to the reference to himself, Mr. Gorman said be did not believe the senator from Colorado would stand upon tho statement that be made, "for I take It that he allnded to myself and the senator from Rhode Island. I ask him If he meant It." And then Mr. Gorman paused. Mr. Walcott was quickly on his feet "We have been advised," said ho, "that there has been a conaultatlon of senators going on for aome daya, that the senator from Bhode Island is marshal- i ing the forces of the friends of repeal onhfs aide, and--tjiat the senator from Maryland has been marshaling the members on that aide who favor repeal, ' with a view to agreeing upon aome 1 further and more vigorous measure f which shall compel the senate to ait , longer honrs, in order, if possible, by c that method to foroe a vote. I will be e Very glad If I am misinformed." , "I have been a member of this body ? for over twelve years," said Mr. .Gorman. "I have been conneoted with it i from the time I wai twenty-one years f of age, but this is the first instance in 1 that time that I have ever known a i senator to allow himself or his agents to a listen at committee room doors, or, { from information received from eaves- t droppers, tell the senate the private a conferences of senators upon any aab- , ject. It is not necessary," oontinued , Mr. Gorman contemptuously, "to say more of such an incident" | Mr. Gorman said the repeal bill was , being maasged by one who waa venerable In the public aervlce, and waa being better managed than it could have been by ony man within the sound of hia ( vole:. He (Gorman) waa content to follow him. Notwithstanding oil the liberality and coiirteiy Mr. Voorhees 1 hsd shown In conducting the bill, be had never known so much want of con- i tideration to be shown the manager of > bill Referring to Mr. Stewart'i criti- . -;'r ciama of the President Mr. Gorman said :'t he iu not the moathptece of the Presi- . dent Hi* patronage I know nothing of. I care nothing (or it I neither have it or wish it, but there is no man , who has been more carafnl in using the ireat power of his office than theipree- 7 ant President If he may be criticised it all, it would be proper to say that be has been so careful of it that he hat icarcely done hit party justice. [Applause in the galleries.] AID RICH DKABD FBOK. Mr. Aldrieh denied that he at any time had undertaken in any conference to represent anybody bat himself. He intended hereafter, speaking upon hi* responsibility u a senator and as a representative of a state, to co-operate with tbe senator from Maryland or any sther senator wbo would save the senate from further humiliation if poelible in the eyes ol the American people. Mr. Wnlcott said be bad carefully abstained from the slightest reflection by inuendo or otherwise, upon tbe lenator from Maryland. His ditclalmer / was made while that senator was speak!nir and should have been sufficient. If it was not it was because that which rankled was not the pretended sentiment whicb the senator from Maryland may have bad, that he was misquoted or might be miajndged because of. his vote upon the seating of the senators from the three states referred to. It appeared to be because he (Mr. Waleotl) had characterized him as one of a steering committee. "He was quick to recognize that he wasimeant, continued Mr. Waicott "I named him not by name. He baa named himself. If he is the steerer he ibould not object to a reference to it from this side. "I should not rise to reply to his Insinuations were it not that he has seen at to snggest that I had listened at the comnHttee room doors." "I did not say that," replied Mr. Gorman. "I said if he had taken his Information from eavesdroppers who were at committee room doors," 'f* DENIES THE ALLEGATION*. Mr. Wolcott said the senator from 4 Maryland knew that be. would seora s dishonorable methods. He characterized as nntrue tbe statement that the resolution was introduced to fonintne time. "When tbe senator from Maryland i?lm n* In pnnrinct this dahfltn witbont feoilng; when be oaks us to yield to a luick and speedy vote, and tbe senator , from Rhode Island, the (treat state laughtor] which he represents, having protected in this Congress every petty lankee notion that has protection, lays be will take every means.to secure 1 i speedy vote, so that the country shall lot be farther humiliated; when thi :ountry Is overwhelmed with suffering; / ?rhen the people are sitting by poverty v itricken hoarthstones looking starva- .</,< tion in tho (ace, he does not know what he asks." Mr. Jonos, (Dem., Ark.) submitted in amendment intended to be proposed by him to tbe repeal bill providing for i commission of three senators, three - r representatives and tbree other persops; : ? be selected -by the President, to eximine into the financial condition of :be government and the people of tbe United States. ' THE PRGSIDtiNX'B POSITION. So Explains How He Standi on ths Money Question?No Compromise With Him. \:j?j Atlanta, Ga? Sept 27.?In reply to i letter from Governor Northen, asking he President to give bis position in financial matters, Mr. Cleveland las sent the following reply: My Dead Sib:?I hardly know how to eply to your lettor of the 15th Inst. It leems to me that I am quite plainly on ecord concerning tbe financial qnesion. I want a c"urrenoy that s stable and safe in 1 the' .-'..''j lands of tbe people. I will lot knowingly be Implicated In i condition that will justly nakemo In the least degree answerable ' r~ At any laborer or farmer in the United Untaa fnr fh? ohrlnlfncrA In -Ihft mir. ; ibasing Dower of the dollar be bai ocelred for a fall dollar's worth of work ir a good dollar'a worth of the proanct if his toil. X want our finanlial conditions and the laws relating to >nr currency ao aafo and reaisnring ' S .hat those who have money will apend ind invest it in new enterprises instead , >f hoarding it. you cannot care fright by calling it oolish and unreasonable and yon canlot prevent the frightened man from ' loarding his money. Within the llmita of what I have vrltten, I am a friend of silver, bat I i: jelieveite proper place in our currency un only be fixed by a readjustment of >f oqr currency legislation and the inluguratlon of a consistent and compre- , renslve financial scheme. ' I am opposed to the free and unimited coinage of silver by this ooantry ilone and independently, and I am in avor of the immediate and uneondiion ul repeal of the purchasing clause if the so-called Sherman law. 1 confess 'am astonished by the opposition ia ho senate to such prompt action as ?' vould relieve the preaent anfortunato ituafion. Yours very trnly, Gboveb Clkvelavd. PENSY REPUBLICANS. the State League Convention Largely At* tended* Rgantxa, Pa., Sept 27.?This city ap>eared to be fall of Republicans thia norning bat their numbers were rein- i orcedtvory hour by tho arrival ot dele- f<i [ate* and visitors to the state leagne onvention and long before the opening if the session the streets were crowded rith marching clabs and visitors from, 11 sections of Pennsylvania. Rev. Foster opened the proceedings ' rith prayer. The rules of the Fiftyirat Congress were then adopted, after rhich Henry A. Muhlenburg, of Readng, delivered an address in whieh ha - jfik xraigued the Democratie party for be- rjgk ng responsible for the ills nnder which - -JiS he nation has fallen. President Bobinon made the response in which he aid the league was never mora prosper- _,i After adopting resolutions affirming aith in Beonbllcan principles the eonrention adjourned. . W?alh?r Poncait for To-day. For Western Pennsylvania. West Virginia anil >hlo. fair: northerly winds. 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