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THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
ESTABLISHED 1887.
THE WORK OF RELIEF
St, Loots Business Men Providing For
the Homeless.
ALL THE HOSPITALS ARE CROWED
Great Desolation Still Reigns
Supreme in the Districts
THAT WERE SWEPT BY T| E STORM
Complete LKt of the Dr.id Not Yet Made.
Mercantile Agencies Estimate the Dam
age to Property In x t. Louis Alone at
Fifty Millions of Dollars While In Ead
St Louis It Will Be Several Millions.
St Louis, May 29. Desolation still’
reiirns supreme in the tornado stricken
districts of East St. L’>uis and this city.
The day opened up clear and copl and
everywhere could be seen gangs of men
delving in the rums for the buried vic
tims. clearing the streets of dismantled
poles, wires and general debris, repair
ing the damage done to thousands of
buildings and relieving the injured and
homeless. As time goes on, it becomes
more and more evident that the tornado
is the worst that ever visited this or
any other city i) the North American
continent. Horrors multiply every hour
aud the list of dead is appalling. More
than 130 dead bodies have been rescued
in St. Louis and over 400 persons are
known to have been injured. Mangled
cadavers are found in innumerable
places along the path of the storm and
are being taken to impr- wised morgues
in the different portions of the dis
tressed districts. It will be weeks be
fore a complete list of those killed can
be made, but the list of dead is climb
ing to the 200 mark. Only mere guesses
can be made as to the property loss on
both sides of the river, but mercnutile
agencies say that it may reach $50,000,-
000 in this city alone, while in East St.
Louis it will.be several millions.
In East St. Louis the disaster was
complete, the western section of that
railway town being one vast charnal
house. Only a single dwelling was left
standing on what is called the “Island”
and 600 families are homeless. The cit
izens have estimated the dead at fully
200 on the east side.
For the Protection of the City.
In the wake of the tornado come
grave problems. To meet one of them
—the protection of the city in the ab
sence of the -electric lights —the First
Missouri regiment has gone on duty for
patrol service and the police commis
sioners will add 150 men to the force.
Beside this, all previous calamities of
the kind seem trivial.
Manfully, the business men of St.
Louis have taken up the work of relief.
An earnest meeting on ’change was the
beginning. There are thousands who
can pull themselves out of this trouble.
There are other thousands who have
lost all and must be helped.
Apa ial resumption of the street car
service has b n effected. The east and
west roads north of Market street are in
operation and also the Broadway and
the Grund avenue of the north and
south lines. The southern division of
the Scullin system is the most badly
crippled, owing to the deal ruction of the
powerhouse, and the officers venture no
prediction as to when cars will be
running.
A partial restoration of the electric
light service is promised in 48 hours,
but it will be a couple m weeks before
all of the circuits are i.t order. The de
struction of poles and wires along the
path of the storm was complete.
Inquests on the bodies of 42 of the
slain in St. Louis have been held by
Coroner Waite and that duty continues.
A verdict of "shock and injuries, ac
cidental.” was rendered in each'case.
Hast St. Louis* Appeal For Aid.
East St. Louis has issued a touching
appeal for aid and the committee which
prepared the manifesto estimates that
200 persons were killed and that the
number of injured will foot up in the
thousands.
It is known that a number of persons
are still buried in the debris on the
southwestern end of the island, and in
the ruins of Hallesy hotel, the Martell
house, Relay Retreat aud the Durant
house.
However, conservative persons
assert that the list will not reach the es
timated total of 200. thouerh enough
persons are now missing to create a fear
that the fatalities will approach that
number.
Street car traffic, telephone service
and electric lighting facilities are en
tirely suspended.
Men stand mute and aghast at the
havoc that was wrought. All business
is virtually suspended. Every one agrees
that months will fail to reveal the ex
tent of the tornado’s devastation in the
Illinois town. From the surrounding
country thousands of men, women and
children flocked into the city to view
the scenes of ruin and death.
THREE LIVES LOST.
Tornado In Pennsylvania Does Great Dam
age—Many Persons Injured.
Ambler, Pa., May 29.—A tornado
•wept through the lower end of Mont
gomery county and carried death and
destruction before it. Three lives were
lost, aud many persons were more or
less injured, besides thousands of dol
lars wqrth of damage to property.
The storm seemed to gather its de
structive force just west of this place.
It missed the center of the town by a
few hundred yards, careened through
the farming region* levelling baxiit
lences and t rees mien Jan et town was
reached, where the greatest damage was
done. Four men took refuge in a stone
barn. The wind struck the building
with cyclonic force, burying Alfred
Moffitt, Winfield Emalie, John Betts
and Charles Spencer m the ruins. The
two former were dead when taken out,
but Betts and Spencer escaped with a
few bruises. There were four horses in
the stable, all of them being killed. The
big stone crushing works of Dr. Wilson,
a few yards further east, were razed to
the ground ami two men badly injured.
The extensive greenhouses of C. W.
Bergner, just west of Ambler, were
ground to pieces. The summer man
sion of Alexander Knight was literally
ruined. The wind seemed to dive down
and scoop the center out of the building.
The occt.pa Is were not seriously in
jured. Dr. R. V. .Watterson's big barn
was torn down: the house of Charles
Aimen, ne r Fort Washington, was
badly wrecked, his barn left a rubbish
heap and four horses killed. Three ten
ement houses on the farm of William
Potts were rendered uninhabitable and
the barns destroyed
The Jarrettown Methodist chjirch and
schoolhouse were wrecked. John Tur
ner's barn was demolished aud two val
uable trotters killed.
At Langhorne. George Wenterk was
killed in a barn, in winch he had taken
shelter. The large tobacco house of Jo
sonh & Samuel Headley was blown
down.
At Penns’ Manor the barns, tobacco
houses and outbuildings belonging to
Janies Lovett, Caleb Taylor, Andrew
< '■■ozier, Henry Lovett and Edward
Kirkbride were completely destroyed.
The storm left this county near Desber
town with most of its devastating force
spent. The loss to fruit trees and grow
ing crops will be enormous.
DATE MAY BE CHANGED.
St. Louis Not Inspected to Bo Able to Take
Care of Republicans Next Month.
Washington, May 29.—Should Inter
and more accurate information corrobo
rate the earlier nows from St. Louis, it
is probable that the date of the national
Republican convention will be changed.
Chairman Carter also said that possi
bly considerations other than the mere
wrecking of the hall would influence
the committee. Whether or not the
hotels, in view of the general wrecking
of buildings, would be able to take care
of the crowds and the question of the
ability of the railroads to properly han
dle the traffic, would be considered.
Mr. Carter also suggested that if the
city was within the next ten days to be
turned into a vast funeral procession
and thrown into general mourning over
the hundreds of victims of this appall
ing disaster, it would be wise, perhaps,
not to thrust upon it a political conven
tion, with all its attendant excitement.
It is quite probable, therefore, that
the date of the convention may be
changed unless later news puts a differ
ent coloring to the reports so far re
ceived from the stricken city.
FOREIGN PRESS COMMENT.
What the London Newspapers Have to
Say of the *l. Louie Disaster.
London, May 29.—The Times says of
the St. Louis disaster:
’“The later, soberer accounts rather
strengthen than weaken the general im
pression of unsparing devastation. The
imagination can but dimly depict the
awful experiences. It is characteristic
of the Americans’ indomitable force of
purpose that they already talk of re
storing the convention hall.”
The Daily News says: “It would be
interesting to be able to speculate with
knowledge on the effect of this ever
present sense of the inevitable upon the
American character. It seems to pro
duce fatality of a kind, but none of a
passive order. On the contrary, the
race has learned to make light of all
calamities not positively of overwhelm
ing character.”
The Standard comments as follows:
“It will excite in England a sympathy
for the sufferers as deep and general as
is felt through the United States. It
may be hoped that it is less disastrous
than was at first supposed.”
AN APPEAL FOR AID.
Help Badly Needed Id East St. Louis, Says
Editor Lawson.
Chicago, Maj’ 29. - The following
messages have been received by the*
general manager of the Associated
Press:
St. Louis. May 29.—St. Louis does not
need assistance. East St. Louis is appeal
ing for aid. The proportion of destruc
tion to population there is something
awful. Charles W. Knapp,
Editor The Republic.
St. Louis. Maj- 29. —St. Louis is pro
foundly thankful for sympathy and prof
fered aid, but is amply able to care for her
sufferers. East St. Louis, however, is
worse hurt than we are and help is badly
needed there. Albert Lawson,
Managing Editor The Post-Dispatch.
MISSED BOWLING GREEN.
The Tornado Struck Burryville, Destroy
ing Several Building.**.
Kansas City, May 29.—A dispatch
received here from Bowling Green, Mo.,
by the local manager of the Postal Tel
egreph company states that that place
was not touched by the recent tornado.
The dispatch comes from the agent of
the St. Louis and Hannibal railroad at
Bowling Green, and adds that the
“twister” struck eight miles from there
nnroofiing the depot at Burryville, de
molishing several houses and killing one
woman, name not given.
LimOn, Oodta ’Rica, May 29. —A series
of earthquakes has shaken this district
for a week past.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1896.
PLATFORM ADOPTED
C E. Bentley and J, H, Southgate
Nominated
FORPRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
By the Prohibition Party
Yesterday
THE MONEY ISSUE :WAS AVOIDED
Some Bolting D’legatea Withdrew From
the Convention and Organiz-d Another
Party With Home Rule For Their Motto
at Pittsburg Where the National Commit
tee Met.
jtrr rsBURG, May 29. —At the national
prohibition convention hero the follow
ing single plank platform was adopted:
Th ■ Prohibition party in national con
vention assembled decl ires its firm con
victions that the tn an n facto re, exporta
tion, importation and sale of alcoholic
beverages has produced such social, com
merci <1 industrial, politic d wrongs, and
is now so threatening the perpetuity of all
our social and political institutions that
the suppression of the s one by a national
party organized therefor, is the greatest
object to b • accomplished by the voters of
our country; is of such importance that,
it. ol right, ought to control the political
action of all our patriotic citizens until
such suppression is accomplished. The
urgency of this cause demands the union,
without further delay, of all citizens who
desire the prohibition of the liquor traffic;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That we favor the legal pro
hibition by state and national legislation
of the manufacture, importation, expor
tation and sale of alcoholic beverages.
■That we declare our purpose, to organize
and unite all the friends of prohibition
into our party, and in order to accomplish
this end we deem it but right to leave
every Prohibitionist the freedom of bis
own convictions upon .ill other political
questions, and trust our representatives
to tase such action upon other political
questions as the changes occasioned by
prohibition and the welfare of the whole
people shall demand.
The lame'of ex-Governor Hughes of
Arizon.. was proposed, but it received
no second and was withdrawn
The dropping of the financial ques
tion, woman’s suffrage, etc., from the
platform, caused about 200 delegates to
bolt.
The bolting delegates who withdrew
from the Prohibition convention held a
meeting aud organized the “national
party,” with “home rule” their motto.
A platform was adopted embodying the
minority report, which w*s submitted
by the Prohibition broad gauge faction,
but rejected by the convention.
O. E. Bentley of Nebraska was nomi
nated for president and J. H. Southgate
of North Carolina for vice president.
The new national committee of the
Prohibition party was in session until
nearly 4a. m., completing arrangements
for the campaign. Nominations for
chairman resulted in the re-election of
Samuel A. Dickie. Other officers were
elected as follows: Vice chairman, Janies
W. Tate of Tennessee; James W. Ward
well of New York, secretary; Samuel
D. Hastings of Wisconsin, treasurer.
Members of the executive committee,
in addition to the four officers: A. A.
Stevens, Pennsylvania; W. S. Karskad
den, West Virginia; John Hipp, Colo
rado; Volney Cushing, Maine.
Spaniards Turn Stifle’s Evidence.
San Francisco, May 29.—Sandoval
and Valencia, the aged Spaniards of
tins city who are under indictment
as alleged conspirators with James
Addies Peralta-Reavis in his famous
land fraud, have withdrawn their
petition in the United States district
court for a writ of habeas corpus and
agreed bn their own accord and con
trary, to the advice of their attorneys,
to go to New Mexico for trial. It conies
from an official source that they have
confessed their part in the gigantic con
spiracy and agreed to turn state’s evi
dence against Peralta-Reavis, whose
trial is to take place in Santa Fe during
the latter part of June. For this ser
vice, it is stated, the government has
promised them immunity from prose
cution.
Stabbed a Girl and Killed Himself.
Cleveland, May 29.—Tony Scaro
meille, an Italian, aged 26, stabbed and
terribly mutilated Caroline Abbey, an'
Italian girl, 16 years old, living at 3U£
Hill street with whom he was in love.
He then drew a pistol and sent a bullet
through his own brain, dying almst in
stantly. The tragedy resulted from the
refusal of the girl to marry Scaromeille.
She is fearfully cut but may recover.
The Weekly Bank Statement.
New York, May 29.—The weekly
bank statement shows the following
changes: Reserve, increase, $529,175;
loans, increase, $1,756,000; specie, in
crease, $914,500; legal tenders, increase,
$72.9(X); deposits, increase, $1,832,900;
circulation, increase, $75,300. The
bank now hold $22,230,675 in excess of
the requirements of the 25 percent rule.
Memorial Day at Charlottesville.
Charlottesville, Va., May 29.
Thursday was observed as confederate
memorial day. Sixteen hundred sol
diers’ graves at the University of Vir
ginia were strewn with flowers. A
large crowd was present. Judge R. T.
W. Duke, Jr., was the orator.
A Riot In Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 29.
Disorders have ocurred in the province
of Minas-Geraes. The commandant of
police there has been killed and troops
have been sent to quell the disturb
ances.
WITH DISAPPROVAL
Cleveland Returns the River and Harbor
Bill to the Rouse.
GIVES HIS REASONS FOR THE VETO
Suggests That $62,000 000 in
Debts are Assumed
NO LESS BINDING THAN BONDS
Says Many of the Objects For Which the
Measure Appropriated Money Are Not
Related to the Public Welfare, and Is
Too Extravagant For These Times of
Depressed Business.
Washington, May 29. —The president
sent the following message to the house:
1 o the House of Representatives:
I return herewith, without approval,
your bill numbered 7977, entitled “an act
making appropriations for the construe
lion, repair and preservation of certain
public works on rivers aud harbors and
for other purposes.”
There are -117 items of apppropriation
contninerMn this bill, and every part, of
the country is represented iu the distribu
tion of its favors.
It directly appropriates or provides for
tile immediate expenditure of nearly $14.-
000,0(10 for river and harbor work. This
sum is. in addition to appropriations con
tained in another bill for similar purposes,
amounting to a little more than §3,000.00),
which have already been favorably con
sidered at the present session of congress.
The result is that the contemplated im
mediate expenditures for the objects men
tioned amounts to about $17,(j l ii),ooo. A
more startling feature of this bill is its
authorization of contracts for river and
harbor work amounting to more than
$6<,000,000. Though the payments of these
contracts are in most cases so distributed
that they are to be met by future appro
priations, more than $3,000,000 on their ac
count are included iu the direct appropri
ations above mentioned. Os the remain
der nearly $2->,001,000 will fall due during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, and
amounts somewhat less in the years im
mediately succeeding. A few contrats of
like character, authorized under previous
statutes, are still outstanding: and to
meet payments on these more than $4,-
000,000 must be appropriated in the imine
diate future.
Obligations Imposed by the Bill.
If. therefore, this bill becomes a law,
the obligations which will be imposed on
the government, together with the appro
priation made for immediate expenditures
on account of rivers and harbors, will
amount so about $80,000,000. Nor is this
ail. The bill directs numerous surveys
and examinations which contemplate new
work and further contracts, and which
portend largely increased expenditures
and obligations.
There is no ground to hope that, in the
face of persistent and growing demands,
the aggregate of appropriations for the
smaller schemes not covered by contracts
will be reduced or even remain stationary.
For the calendar year ending June 30.
1898, such appropriations, together with
the installments on contracts, which will
fall due in that year, can hardly lie less
than $30,(.00.000, and it may reasonably be
apprehended that the prevalent tendency
towards increased expenditures of this
sort, and the concealment which post
poned payments afford for extravagance,
will increase the burdens chargeable to
this act in succeeding years. In view of
the obligation imposed upon me by the
constitution, it seems to me quite clear
that I only discharge a duty to our people
when I interpose my disapproval of the
legislation proposed.
Many of the objects for which it appro
priates public money are not related to the
public welfare, and many- of them are
palpably for the benefit of limited locali
ties or in aid of individual interests.
Improvements Improvidently Planned.
On the face of the bill it appears that
not a few’ of these alleged improvements
have been so improvidently planned and
prosecuted that after an unwise expendi
ture of millions of dollars, new experi
ments for their accomplishment have been
entere'd upon.
While those entrusted with the manage
ment of public funds in the interest of all
the people can hardly justify questionable
expenditures for public work by pleading
the opinions of engineers or others as to
the practicability of such work, it appears
that some of the projects for which ap
propriations are proposed in this bill have
been entered upon without the approval
or against the objections of theexamiuiug
engineers.
I learn from official sources that there
are appropriations contained in the bill to
pay for work which private parties have
actually agreed with the government to
do. in consideration of their occupancy of
public property.
Whatever items of doubtful propriety
may have escaped observation, or may
have been tolerated in previous executive
approvals of similar bills, I am convinced
that the bill now under consideration
opens the way to insidious and increasing
abuses, and is in itself so extravagant as
to be especially unsuitable to these times
of depressed business and resulting dis
appointment ip government revenue. This
consideration is emphasized by the pros
pect that the public treasury will be con
fronted with other appropriations made at.
the present session of congress amounting
to more than $500,000 000.
Individual Economy a Sterling Virtue.
Individual economy and careful expend
iture are sterling virtues which lead to
thrift and comfort. Economy and the ex
action of clear justification for the appro
priation of public moneys by the servants
of the people are not only virtues but
solemn obligations.
To the extent that the appropriations
contained in this bill are instigated by
private interests and promote local or in
dividual projects, their allowance cannot
fail to st imulate a vicious paternalism aud
encourage a sentiment among our people,
already too prevalent, that their attach
ment to our government may properly
rest upon the hope and expectat ion of di
rect aud especial favors and that the ex
tent to which they are realized may furn
ish an estimate of the value of govern
mental care.
I believe no greater danger confronts us
as a nation than ■ the unhappy decadence
among our people of genuine and trust
worthy love and affection for our govern
ment as the embodiment, of the highest
and best aspirations of humuHity and not
as he giver <>i gi'ts, and because its mis
sion is the enforcement of exact justice
and equality and not the allowance’of un
fair favoritism.
I hope 1/jmybe permitted to suggest,
atatimewnen the issue of government
bonds to maintain the credit and financial
standing of a country is a subject of criti
cism, that the contracts provided for in
this bill would create obligations of the
United States amounting to s62,Duo 000, no
less binding than its bonds for that sum.
Grover Cleveland.
Executive Mansion, May 20, 1896.
ZEIGL ER _ THE~VICTOR.
The Young I’hilwdel ptiian Bests Ilan
Huwktus Im an Highl Kound Contest.
San Francisco. May 29. —By con
sistent, hard fighting, forcing the issue
throughout, Owen Zeigler of Philadel
phia bested Dau Hawkins in an 8-rouud
contest and got the decision of the
referee and the purse.
Zeigler opened with a terrific rush,
intending to land a righthand blow on
Hawkins’ face. The latter only saved
himself by a quick movement that en
abled him to clinch, but immediately
■.terward Zeigler planted a righthand
swing on the jaw that knocked Haw
kms down and looked tor a second or
two as though it had knocked him out.
He recovered, however, and knocked
Zeigler down. The fighting was heavy,
with the advantage on Zeigler’s side
for the rest of the round.
The second round was all Zeigler’s
way. Hawkins received sevu*e punish
ment. In the third. HawkinsXeeovered
better form, though he got a blow un
der the right eye that made it look
funny for the rest of the nigh t.
In the fourth round Hawkins was de
cidedly groggy, and the call of time was
a decided relief to him. The fifth round
was much slower, amounting to little
more than an exchange of blows, but
with iiawKins showing better.
The sixth round was much the same,
with the advantage to Zeigler.
The seventh round proved increas
ingly advantageous to Zeigler, he stand
ing punishment better than Hawkins,
who was getting groggy again.
Iti the eighth round, though, Zeigler ,
could not knock Hawkins out, the latter
constantly clinching for time. After,
the decision, Spider Kelly, one of,'
Hawkins’ seconds, applied an epithet tb
the referee which was promptly re
sponded to with a blow. Speedy inter
ference prevented another fight.
WEYLER TO RESIGN.
Wants to Leave the Island of Cuba to
Save His Reputation.
Washington, May 29.—The belief is
general in this city that General Wey
ler will resign his position as com
mander of the Spanish forces in Cuba
on account of interference of the home
government in the matter of the revoca
tion of the order issued by Weyler pro
hibiting the exportation of leaf tobacco
from the island.
This step on the part of the Spanish
general was predicted several days ago
in these dispatches, and all later news
from Spain tends to confirm this predic
tion. Weyler has been giving vent to
his indignation against the home gov
ernment in many ways, and has often
shown the irritation and annoyance he
feels at any remonstrance from the
Spanish government against his course.
He has been a dismal failure in Cuba,
and would take any excuse as a ready
meaus for leaving the campaign to some
other victim, as he realizes the hopes of
conquering Cuba will vanish forever on
the coming of the rainy season.
When “Yellow Jack” shall begin to
work against the forces of Spain, Cu
ba’s final victories will have been won.
Weyler realizes this, and is not anxious
to be in at the finish. Eor this reason
it is cortaiu that he will atieast attempt
to give up his position upon the provo
cation that, has been offered in connec
tion with the tobacco order.
The Exposition Declared Off.
Augusta, Ga., May 29.—The proposed
Southern States exposition is abandoned
because the south did not respond in ac
cordance with the terms of the agree
ment entered into at Chicago—that nine
states should be represented. South
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama would
have been ready in time; Maryland ap
plied for space. The Southern railway,
the Mobile and and other roads
had also applied for space. These roads
would have secured exhibits from half
a dozen more states, but this would not
have been in compliance with the agree
ment. The depressed condition of busi
ness rendered it impossible to secure fa
vorable action in the Virginias, North
Carolina, Florida, Mississippi and other
states. Under the circumstances, the
southern advisory board, which met in
this city, declared the exposition off.
News From the Orient.
Tacoma, May 39. —The Northern Pa
cific liner, Victoria, which has just ar
rived, brought news that the Bubonic
plague had the island of Formosa and
that at Anpiug, May 10, there were 19
deaths and 29 new cases. The deaths
at Anpiug number from ten to 15 a day.
The disease is rapidly spreading and is
doubtless now raging over the entire
island. Japan is suffering from typhoid
fever. According to Yokohama advices
of May 12 and 13 over 2,000 cases of
fever have occurred iti Kagawa prefec
ture. The Japan private sanitary asso
ciation has arranged to dispatch a doc
tor to Kagawa at the request of the
home minister
Scott Jackson Must Die.
Newport, Ky., May 29.—Judge Helm
overruled the motion for a new trial for
Scott Jackson, convicted of the murder
of Pearl Bryan, and sentenced Jackson
to be hanged June 30. Subsequently,
the court granted a motion for a stay of
execution for 60 days to enable the de
fendants to take the case before the
court of appeals.
PRICE FIVE CENTg
MR. BRICE’S OPINION
Says Silver Will Have a Majority in
the Chicago Convention.
HE DOESN’T ANTICIPATE A BOLT
Sound Money Delegates Will
Accept the Situation
AND FALL PROMPTLY INTO LINE
Declares There Will Be No Trouble Abont
the Nomination of Candidates—Think*
Cleveland should Speak on the Third
Term Question —A Democratic Defeat In
Predicted.
New York, May 29.—A special to
The World from Washington says:
“Free silver will have a majority of
about 100 in the Chicago convention,”
said Senator Brice of Ohio.
“There will be no particular difficulty
about adopting a platform or nominat
ing candidates,” he continued. “The
sound money delegations will recognize
the right of the free silver majority to
name the presidential nominees, who
will be either avowed free silver men
or men willing to stand on a free silver
platform. I don’t think there will be
any bolt, but there will be a great
many sound money Democrats who will
take no part iu the campaign.”
The correspondent asked Senator
Brito-what he thought President Cleve
lanivought to do for the interest of hia
paw. i
, V -Thinks Cleveland Should Speak.
,‘xl do not want to criticise the presi
dent.” replied Senator Brice; “he is
master of his opinions; but there are a
great many sound money Democrats
.throughout the country who have been
restrained from working actively for
the selection of sound money delega
tions to Chicago by the fear that they
would be used to further a third term
boom. These Democrats are opposed to
the administration either on questions
of patronage or party policy.
“It strikes me that it is too late now
for any action on the part of the presi
dent to have any material effect on the
situation. Concede to the sound money
side the delegations of the whole north
east, including. New York, Pennsylva
nia, New Jersey, Delaware and Mary
land, then give them Michigan, Wis
consin, Minnesota and a scattering stats
here aud there, and they still will lack
more than a hundred votes of having a
majority at Chicago.
The'South and West For Silver.
“The south and west are practically
solid for free silver. Two months ago
it was still possible to do something in
Kentucky and Indiana, Illinois and
Ohio. Now Indiana and Illinois are
thoroughly controlled for free silver.
Kentucky looks the same way, and in
Ohio the sound money Democrats, dis
couraged at the outlook, seem inclined
to stay away from the polls. They do
not want to be put in the attitude of
committing themselves to support an
inevitable free silver platform. That is
the condition which seems to prevail all
through the middle west, which politi
cally is going to control the result of
the election next fall.”
“Conceding the triumph of freesilver
at Chicago, what will be the result ?”
asked the correspondent.
“Sound money is going to win an
overwhelming victory,” answered Sen
ator Brice. “The Republicans at St.
Louis will be forced to adopt a clear cut
sound money platform and McKinley
will come out and say that he has al
ways been for gold.
Will Be Gold Against Silver.
’’■There may be a declaration in favor
of international bimetallism to sugar
the silver people a little, but the issue
will be gold against silver. McKinley
and his supporters would like very well !
to make the trriff the issue, but they i
will not be able to do it. Six weeks
from now the country will hear noth
ing but the currency question. until the ]
November election, aud the election will
be fought out on that issue alone. i ;
“Iu my judgment every one of the
great states of the middle west —Ohio, i
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois. Wisconsin, |
Minnesota, lowa, Missouri. Kansas and
Nebraska—will vote for sound money,
and the people who think that these
states are for free silver will wake up to
find themselves woefully mistaken.
“The result in these states will settle
the election. Thousands of sound money
Democrats will stay at home. It will
be a bitter dose to them to see the party ‘
go for free silver, and it will take the -
party a long tjme to' recover from the I
shock, but. that is the way it is going j
and there is nothing in sight to stop it. j
FIRED ON FROM AMBUSH. ‘
George and Houston Greene Are Fatally
Wounded In Tennessee. j
Knoxville, May 29. George and -
Houston Greene of Hancock county, '
n their way home from Sneedville, were I
fired on from ainbnsh by unknown par- i
ties and fatally injured. i
George was shot through the mouth, 1
the bullet knocked most of his teeth out.. 1
Houston was shot in the side.
The Greenes were implicated in a
shooting affair recently in which two i
men were killed, which accounts for
their attempted assassination. o
An* Aincrican Bark Ashore. r\
Hong-Hong, May 29. —The American .
bark John Baizley, Captain Shepherd,
from Singapore on April 20, for this
port, is ashore on Montanha island.
The natives have commenced to pluu- 3
tier the vessel.