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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
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