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VOL. XX.-KO. 303.
BULLETIN OF
Trt^ ST. PrHJ^ G^OB&
TUESDAY, NOV. 2. 1.5»7.
tVeatlicr for Today —
Fair nuil Warmer.
PAGE 1.
\an W.vck** Klcctioii Predicted.
New \ mil's Four Candidates.
Sealing Treaty to V.v Sifrned.
Central Americana H «».{«»<• t Merry.
Jlitiiiin's 'Waterloo Today.
page: 2.
Prison Investigators Meet Today.
C'lCYreti Jury on n Tiuir.
Day's Social Events.
page :;.
Work of Charter Comn»i»slon.
Mlanenpoila Matters.
< nrl-.-ton Students iii Disgrrace.
Kcrvr* of the Northwest.
PAGE ».
Editorial.
Comment on Prison Brutality.
PAGE 8.
Winter Racing- on lee Tracks.
Sbattuck Defeat* Carleton.
Dhj'n Sporting; News.
PAGE <!.
Little Activity In Stocks.
Bar Sliver, 57 5-Bc.
rush Wheat In Chicago, ttO I-4e.
World's .Markets Reviewed.
i'\<;E 7.
Union Pacific Sold.
Soo Decline* to Quit.
Railway Gossip.
Internal Revenue Hei>ort.
Wants of tlie People.
PAGE H.
Halloween Frottickers In Court.
News of the Courts.
Fark Board Meeting:.
Associated Charities.
EVENTS TODAY.
Grand— Schubert Lecture, '2.: m.
Uny Coney Island, 5.15.
Met— Otis Skinner, 8.15.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.
Xi:\V YORK— Arrived: Taurlc. Liverpool;
Mobile, London.
LIVKIU'OOL — Arrived: Nomadic, New
York; Sylvaiila, Boston.
QURENSTOWN— Arrived: Gallia. Boston.
GIBRALTAR— Arrived: Wi-rra. New York.
HAMBURG— SaiIed: Palatia. New York.
Greece can at least have the satis
faction <»f knowing that Turkey will
get the worst of it this month.
Tf all accounts are correct, the horses
arc not the only thoroughbreds in at
tendance on the Chicago horse show.
There will be more funerals in Great
er New York today, with bouquets of
ballots instead of flowers for decora
tions.
Mr. Thomas C. Platt will soon real
ize that there arc landslides more dis
astrous than the one on the New
York Central.
: — ,^»-
The chief of the weather bureau says
"a storm of marked energy will be cen
tral over the Eastern states today."
And h<' isn't talking: politics, either.
Playing football is prohibited in West
Superior. Incidentally, It might bo
mentioned that playing football is out
of favor at Minnesota university also.
The two big machines don't seem to
t;;k>' into consideration that the re
turns from the backwoods of this
Greater Xew York are yet to be reckon
ed in.
_^».
Chief Kipley, of Chicago, has been
having so many of the police force "on
the carpet" lately that some thief evi
dently thought it time to put a stop
to it. He has stolen the chief's carpet.
1 do not temporize with labor orga
nizations; I crush them. — Mark Hanna.
And still this same Hanna expects the
people of Ohio to elect a legislature
which will return him to the senate.
«».
Ohio nearly always has one Demo
cratic senator. Nobody realizes more
fully than Mr. Poraker himself that,
If Hanna is elected senator next
spring, Mr. Foraker will not be elect
rd at a later date.
SETii LOW.
nPTTTT Q A TINTTn "P A TIT C±T (YflJi 1
_
But All Parties Express Confidence in the
Greater New York Result.
FOUR SENSATIONAL INCIDENTS
They Have Harked the Epochs in the Memor=
able Municipal Campaign.
Excepting Among His Friends, George Is Not Re
garded as a Serious Factor.
I Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK, Nov. I.— The first mu
nieiyai election of Greater New York,
the greatest that ever occurred in any
city in the world, takes place tomor
row. It is destined to be recorded in
history as the most epoch-making elec
tion outside of a national ballot. As
the contest stands today, no man can
say with positive assurance how it will
! end. It will be the Gettysburg of three
out of the four fo.'lowings now contest
ing for the supremacy.
At least 520,000 men will vote election
day. The total registry figures up in
round numbers 568.000. Estimating that
47,000 of those registered will not vote —
and that is giving more than the custo
mary 7 per cent to the stay-at-homes —
the total ballot roster will show the
greatvst number of votes ever cast by
one municipality. Four men lead the
parties and factions thereof around
which the combatants in this political
conflict are gathered, much as in the
stock exchange the partisans of vari
ous securities rally about their places
of centralization in the pit. It is real
ly a struggle between the Tammany
'ites and the anti-Tammanyites. The
former are not divided and are led by
Judge Van Wyck.
Seth Low, president of Columbia col
lege, is the leader of the good govern
ment movement, non-partisan and aim
ing its shafts at Tammany. Benjamin
F. Tracy, best known as a member of
ex-President Harrison's cabinet, is the
Republican standard bearer. Henry
George, the disciple of a land theory
that made him famous, is dead, but his
son leads an element composed very
largely of the workingmen to whom his
father's theories have appealed. These
are the serious candidates, the men
whom the public eye is scanning day
by day. and whose virtues and faults
are bruited about from the Westehes
ter limits to the surging seas at the
Battery.
Then there is a candidate whose
claim is not serious. Over in Long
Island City they call him "Paddy"
Gleason. His emblem the battle ax
and his huge personality have made
him known almost everywhere. "Sure,"
he says, ' "and why shouldn't I be
mayor? Don't ye know, me boy, that
th« re's twice as many Irishmen in this
Greater New York of ours as there is
in Dublin? Faith, then, let's have an
Irishman for mayor, and show the old
country that some one from the old
ilse can get somewhere else but on the
police force." Nobody takes Paddy
seriously. Undoubtedly he will get
some votes, for the bailiwick of which
he holds the mayoralty and from
whence he gives all the school children
annual excursions, thinks his the only
name to conjure by.
In the hurly burly of the canvass,
amidst the thousand and one utter
ances that are heard on all sides re
garding the candidates, it is in a meas
ure difficult to sift the true from the
false and learn what basis the men
who are in the race for mayor stand
upon. Beginning with Judge Van
Wyck, because he represents the ele
ment that has with the exception of
the present city government ruled New
York for many years, according to his
own statement of the platform on
which he stands, he is a Bryanite. He
TUESDAY AiORNING, NOVK3IBER 2, 1897.
states that he voted for Brj'an at the
last national election and is in entire
sympathy with the Democratic plat
form. He vows that if elected he will
fulfill the duties of mayor without re
gard to party and consulting only prin
ciple; that none but fit men shall be
placed in office; that the franchises
granted to various corporations and
tending to serve the public for pay,
shall be made a source of remunera
tion; that gas shall be sold at not more
than a dollar per thousand feet. And
last of all, Judge Van Wyck declares
that this coming administration, if he
be its head, shall be conducted on the
basis of a great business establishment,
and that the interests of the people
shall be looked after with the same
keen regard as to finances that char
acterizes the conduct of a private cor
poration.
Benjamin F. Tracy stands for the
principles of the Republican party, he*
says, first, last and all the time. In
part he affirms much that his Demo
cratic rival, Van Wyck, declares. He
frankly avows that he believes in par
ty organization and party conduct of
municipal matters. Again he reiterates
that old principle that it should be gov
ernment for the people, of the people
and by the people. He further states
that he is what is known as a "sound
money" man, and that that principle
will actuate him In all that he does.
He is for upholding that famous piece
of legislation known as the Raines law,
which has brought a new era into sa
loon affairs in New York.
Seth Low stands on the platform on
which he ran for mayor of Brooklyn
some years ago. It has been twisted
about some in order to make it suit- j
able to the enlarged scope of territory
for which it is supposed to answer. Yet
the good government planks are still
the most numerous, for Seth Low hass
made that his hobby for long years.
He is a rabid foe of Tammany and his ,
doctrines are radically opposed to any
thing that in the least savors of that
organization. Perhaps his cardinal
principle is well expressed by the in
scription one sees on the placards in
the New York street cars: "Have you a
pull? If not, vote for Seth Low, and i
you won't need one." Mr. Low says ;
that he will attend to the duties of i
mayor, if he has that opportunity, just
as he has done to the tasks which de
volve on the presidency of Columbia
university. He declares that he is much
a Republican as he ever was and In
accepting the nomination conferred
upon him by the Citizens' Union, the
organization which placed him in the
field, he is merely conforming to what
he regards as the true principles of Re
publicanism. His administration, if he
has one, he says, will be that of a busi
ness man who believes in progress.
Henry George Jr., the nominee of the
Jefferson Democracy, better known as
the irregulars, stands upon the same
platform upon which his father always
stood. He believes that every employ
er should be made to pay tho highest
rate of wages which the city pays, and
tacitly declares that organized labor
has it in its power to bring this state
of affairs about. He has also openly
alleged that an investigation of the
city's books will open up a scandal
like that of the Tweed and Jake Sharp
affairs. If elected, he says that his
very first effort will be to place Rich
ard Croker, the de facto head of Tamm
any, behind the bars, for the very
reason just quoted. His war upon
Tammany is the feature of his cam
paign, and he is the only candidate
who has utilized violent personalities
as weapons.
Such are in brief the principles which
the candidates for mayor of Greater
<3EN. BENJAMIN F. TRACY.
I Xew York advocate. While they are
j vital ones to the municipality of the
| future, as well as the people of the
present, the campaign, as previously
stated, really narrows down to Tam
many and anti-Tammany. Into the
midst of this hodgepodge of local pol
itics, national issues have been forced '
much as the wedge Is driven into the
gaping gash made by the woodman's
axe in the forest. " It is claimed by
both parties that a victory in New
York for one or the other will have
a tremendous Influence upon the next |
presidential election, and so it is that
the contest has, in a fashion, taken on
the appearance of a presidential elec
tion.
Men of partisan fame have quietly
come to New York and consulted with !
the leaders. Hundreds of thousands j
of dollars have been contributed by
outsiders to campaign funds. This |
money is being spent in the most de- I
termined canvass that has ever been I
made in a municipality. Any man
familiar with politics and political
methods, who will take the pains to
watch the drift, may judge that for
himself. President McKinley has in
directly come to the aid of his own
party. Ex-President Cleveland, al
though no longer a voter in Greater
SEALING Japan, the United States and
TREATY TO Russia Are Entirely
BE SIGNED, in Accord.
i- .WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. — It is expsct-
I ed that a treaty of convention between
i the United States, Russia and Japan
, will be formally signed and executed
iat the state department during tho
| present week, carrying out the propo
sition before the Bering sea confer
ence for a suspension of pelagic seal
ing. The present understanding is that
the signing of this document will oc
cur within the next few days. It will
it-present the completed efforts of the
conference, and, with the signing con
cluded, the conference will adjourn. The
I terms of the treaty of convention will
follow the lines of the proposition con
i sidered by the conference and referred
! v. ith favorable recommendation to the
| authorities at St. Petersburg and Tokio.
' The essential feature of the treaty of
| convention is for the suspension of
j pelagic sealing for such a period as
will permit the «-al herds to revive.
I The period of thi«- suspension is not
\ disclosed. One report is that it will be
j for one year, subject to extension. An
other is that it wiil cover a term <>f
years. But the exact duration of ihe
suspension cannot be verified. The
[ conference has resumed Its sessioi s ;;t
the state department, but no official
Btatement was rru'-!<- as to what had
been done or tho pl-ns in view.
The attitude which Great Britain
will assume toward the proposition
and the treaty is awaited with much
interest. Thus far the British author
ities have not been informed as to
what the conference proposes doing.
At the same time the British expert.
Prof. Darcy Thompson, has held sev
eral i<mg talks with Mr. Foster and
Mr. Hamlin and these have been of
such a satisfactoiy nature that it was
believed an amicahje understanding
would be reached by ail parties con
cerned, if Canada showed a disposi
tion to assent to the agreement. But
nR. MRRRY
REJECTED.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua. Nov. I.— lt
is understood here that the diet of the
Greater Republic of Central America,
now in session here, has refused to
agree with the arguments put for
ward by Secretary Sherman in supj.oit
of the appointment of Capt. William
I. Merry, of San Francisco, as min
ister of the United States to Nicar
agua, Costa Rica and Salvador, while
partly recognizing- the diet. It is
claimed here in certain quarters that
this step was taken in order to force
the United States government, if pos
sible, to fully recognize the diet, al
though it is claimed that body may be
overturned almost at any day by a
successful revolution in Nicaragua,
Costa Rica or Salvador, or by the
withdrawal from it of any one of the
pn-sidents governing the states it rep
resents. The reply of the diet will
probably be forwarded to the United
States state department through of
ficial channels. It may here be point
ed out that the feeling of opposition
to the presidents, also termed "dicta-
GREATER NEW YORK'S FOUR LEADING MAYORALTY CANDIDATES.
New York, is a partisan of Low; and,
so on down the list of famous names
in American politics of the present,
one after the other, it would be diffi
cult to find a single one who has not
in some manner given evidence of his
preference as to the winner of the
contest.
Indeed, the victory Is well worth the
battle. The mayor of Greater New
York will be in control of more pat
ronage than any other person, except
the president of the United States.
Within his gift will be 33,482 positions
for the faithful. These officials will
draw every year more than $34,000,000
from the city treasury. While civil
service reform will, in a measure, be a
factor, it will be in the power of thf
mayor, during the first six months
of his term, to remove any one of his
appointees at his pleasure and without
giving any reason for his action, ex
cept his own will. With the advent of
the new city government, the tenure of
office of every employe, except mem
bers of the police and fire departments,
will come to an abrupt end. Therefore,
this mayor will have a clear field to
put those in office whom he pleases.
Municipal history shows no record, pt
such enormous power in the hands
Continued on Fifth Page.
■ Canada still stands in the way and
! the continued absence of the Cana
dian export, Mr. Macoun, is regarded
in the light of a diplomatic discourtesy
1 not only to the United States, but also
■ to the British government. The foreign
i office named him with Prof. Thompson
as an expert to come to Washington, i
Prof. Thompson came at once, but Mr.
Macoun has remained away. The Ot- i
tawa government has sent no expla
nation of this action and is oblivion:-:
! to all inquiries. It is thought the pres- ;
. ence of Mr. Hamlin as the American
expert in the British-American meet-
Ing may be the cause of Canada's in
action. Lord Salisbury specifically :
1 stated in accepting the proposition for
a meeting that it was to be one be
tween "experts." To this end, the !
British expert. Thompson, and the Ca
nadian expert, Macoun, weie named, it
being expected that the United States
would name its expert, Prof. Jordan.
Mr. Hamlin was named, however, and
, it is understood that this is viewed
rather in the light of naming a coun
selor, or diplomatic representative,
rather than an expert. \\ hile no of- i
lii ial objection has been made to the :
appointment^ it is believed to account
i in part for Canada's delay in sending ,
hex expert to Washington. No men
tion is made in the convention of the
killing of the seals in case (Ireat B:it~
am and Canada do not co-operate. It
is pointed out that Ru.-sia and J:ii»an
could not adopt retaliatory steps against
Canada us they have no border in
terests with her. Any action against
Canada, therefore, mus; be taken bj
the United States alone. The p]an of
killing of the seals has been emboJied
in the bill before congress, but it has
not come before a ((inference as a ,
step now to be taken by the allied
pow< rs.
Mr. Foster gave a reception today to
the Russian, Japanese and British del
egates and experts. Prof. Thompson
was present, but the British embassy
officials were not represented t.wing to !
the month of mourning imposed by
the death of the Duchess of Teck.
I
An Attempt to Force the
Hand of the United States.
tors" of the states of the Greater Re
public'of Central America is steadilj
growing in bitterness, and in this
country the people are suffering
greatly under the rule of their presi
dent, Gen. Zelaya. In fact, matters
have reached such a st&gti that the
United States government must either
continue to submit as heretofore, on the
ground off sympathy with these re
-I'Ublics, to the caprices and misrule of
each successive dictator, or els 3 recog
nize the true condition of these re
publics and energetically enforce a
line of policy recognizing the people
and raising them to the level of actual
and not nominal self-government.
Since the disbanding of the revolu
tionists of September last, who at
tempted to achieve political and per
sonal liberty by attacking the forces of
President Zelaya and, failing in this
-ff< rt, were driven to seek refuge iv
Costa Rica, the masses here have
been made to feel the weight of the
imn heel, and their resentment has
been intensified by the merciless acts
of Zelaya and his favorites.
HENHV GEORGE.
PRICK TWO CENTS—l ffi&fSfo
"OFF YEAf AGAINSTHAW
If History Repeats Itself the Political Napo
leon Will rieet a Waterloo.
GLOOMY Final Meetings of the Cam "
f*w f\^l\Jf^ P ai *gn Prevented by the In-
C LUi5 l IM VJ . clement Weather.
Democrats Claim Hamilton County, and as a Result
a riajority in the Next Legislature.
CANTON, 0., Nov. 1 —After address
ing two large and enthusiastic meetings
here tonight, Senator Hanna at mid
night made the following statement on
the rosult tomorrow-: ''I am perfectly
satisfied with the outlook, confident
that the state ticket will be elected by
an overwhelming majority, and that
the legislature will be surely Republi
can in both branches."
CINCINNATI. Nov. I.— The last day
of the Ohio campaign has been so in
clement that most of the meetings
were abandoned. A cold rain set in
Sunday night and continued all over
the state without cessation. The in
dications are that it will continue to
night and that there will be clear and
cold weather tomorrow for the election.
Although there has been a long
drought throughout th<> Ohio valley,
the smaller streams are hifih tonight
and there will be bad roads in some
districts tomorrow. Borne predictions
are that rains will prevent the farmers
from working and thus secure as large
a vote as fairer weather. This Is what
is known as an "off year" in Ohio. The
years following presidential elections
are called "off years." Following the
ejection Of Hays i>i !S7t>. the Demo
crats cairied Ohio in 1577 for Bishop
for governor, and a legislature that
mad- I;•"i ge H. Pendleton, I>< mo
cratic, senator, following the election
of Cleveland in ixs4. the Republicans
carried the state in 1885 for Poraker
for governor, and Sherman for Benator.
Following the election of Harrison In
LBBB, the Democrats In iss«j elected
Campbell governor and Becured a leg
islature thai made Brice senator. Fol
lowing the re-election of Cleveland in
1892, came the great triumph of McKin
i, y f< r governor and the return of Sher
man to the senate. And the Demo
crats how say that, following the elec
tion of McKinley in 1896, history will
repeat Itself on the record of "off
years" being against the party that is
in power. And tonight they are also
talking of off weather. The Democrats
i are claiming Hamilton county i>y a
| large plurality, and on account of its
1 fourte, n members of the legislature
they also claim a majority in that
body for til- electfon til a Fnited
States senator. The Republicans claim a
large plurality on their state ticket and
that they will have a majority in the
legislature without Hamilton county.
The Republicans tonight are offering
b.-ts even on electing their candidates
for the legislature in Hamilton county,
but th< y concede that the result for the
county offices will be close.
CANTON, 0., Nov. 1. The people of
Canton turned out in numbers to wel
come President McKinley tonight. He
was escorted to his residence by the
Canton troop, and no sooner had he
reached there than be was wai ed
upon by the Commercial Travelers' as
sociation and a large delegation of
workingmen (ran Dueber Heights,
most of whom are employed at the
Dueber watch works. In response to
addresses of welcome, ti;>- president
said:
I assure you. my fellow i Itizens, that \vh' n
I entered upon my public duties I had but
one aim. but one purpose -the k'mj<] of my
country and the welfare of my countrymen—
and nothing could be more encouraging to
me, nothing could Htlmulate rn<- to a greater
effort thiin to be assured by my fellow citi
zens, as I havo been assured by th> .n tonight,
that they are now employed and have steady
work. (Prolonged cheering.) I am deeply In
terested in the prosperity of my home Hty.
and the greater the prosperity the greater
will be my satisfaction. I will not detain
you in this Inclement weather (cries of "Go
jidgl: nosiKia a. \a.\ wvck.
on") only loiik enough to assure you that
from the bottom of my heart I thank y.m
for this generous welcome home tonight.
(Great cheering.)
IOWA CLAIMS.
View* of ih«- VurioiiM Part] Leaders
Conflletlaa*.
DBS MOINES, 10.. Nov. L— There has
been no change in the political situa
tion here during- the last Forty-eight
hours. The headquarters of doth par
ties were practically closed today. \
large number of speeches were made
tonight in various parts of the state.
Chairman MeMHlen, of the Republi
cans, Is in Rock Uapids t.. vote, and
Chairman Walsh, of the Democrats, is
in Ottumwa for the same purpose. The
Republicans s.iy they can los>- 50,000
votes, compared with last year, count
25.000 only as the Democratic loss and
they will still have the 40,000 plurality
claimed by their committee. Chairman
Walsh is claiming that his party will
lose not votes, but will gain some
from the gold Democrats, li> says the
Republicans last year polled 70,000 votes
in excess of their normal vote, which
was 220,000 at high water mark, until
last year. He thinks those 70.000 votes
were largely gold Democrats, and that
those will this year mostly vote for the
party ticket. Messrs. Shaw and White,
the two standard bearers, closed th.-ir
campaigns tonight, Insisting that
silver and the gold standard are im
portant issues in lowa. The u<>id Dem
ocrats are claiming 15,000 to 20,000 votes.
The Prohibitionists have come forward
to claim 2o. oint. their highest hitherto
having been 11.000 votes two yean
The facts an- that no one can t • - 1 1 how
the liiilM.ts will be cast tomorrow. Aft
er the high tide of last year, there
is no telling by politicians what will
ha] pen this yea p.
SHAW STANDS TO \\ IV.
Mr ituMicii ■■ SncceM iii lowa v<>t
stronui.t (taeatloned.
DES MOINES, 10.. Nov. I. The
siat«- central committees, Republican
and Democratic, are both sanguli
sin cess. Priv.it- estimates, however,
point to the cli ction of Shan (Rep.) for
governor i>y a majority <■!' 20,000 to
000. Chairman McMillan claims 10,000,
which is 17. huh less than last year
Chairman Bellangee, of the regular
Populist party is reported as Baying
ha expects the election of Shaw by v
I small plurality. The middled:' i'i
[ road Populists v.iir. it is believed, will
lie thrown to the Republicans ;i:
following Is small and widely seal
od. The gold Democrats are believed i i
hold the key to th>' situation. The
issue has been closely drawn on free
silver. Whit", the Democratic candi
date for governor, i- : wholly unsatis
factory to the t-'o'd Democrats. Shaw's
t i Bnclal views arc approved by the
:■ >Id Democrats. Small Interest was
apparent todaj In the election. Demo
crats, Populistf and free silver Repub
licans are r< ported on the official b illot
in ■! -r the I >emocratic name.
DEBIOCR ITS Will. VI IV.
\t> Question aa to the Outcome la
I ii-Kiiiia.
RICHMOND, Va.. Oct. I. The Dem
ocrats \ ill eleel theii state ticket and
with the hold-over senators have a
clear working majority In both lions s.
This means the re-election of VV. J.
I lanrel to succ ed himself as United
Si.-:ii s senator, h<- having been Indoi ■ d
for re-eli ction by the -t t-- I>• mo ral i i
convention, which met in Roanoke.
The vote throughout the state promis
es to be l i^ ; 1 1 . i specially If the rains ol
today continue. The mosl important
question b fore the legislature will be
the reduction of expenses. Tin can-
YOBS has been, on both sid-s. the most
spiritless known in years, in many of
tin legislative districts the Democrats
ha ye no opposlt lon.