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- .-a’ished ISM. - Incorporated 1888
Es at ‘ j H. ESTILL, President.
MAY run as an independent.
nF.WE' r.tWOT HB CAKDIDATB OF
EITHER GREAT r.ARTV.
nasliintfton Is Laughing at Hl* An
nouncement. But the Admiral I*
serious— Feeling Against Mc-
Einli j Beeauae of Social Treat
„,,in of Dewey Party Lenders
•Atiek to Bryan and McKinley—Tlie
flag | Dewey’* Platform.
Washington, April 4. -Admiral Dewey
led in making himself a political
jen-j.ilion for one day in his life at least.
‘ Hj l rc markable declaration that he
would like to become a candidate for the
presidency, has been the sole topic of talk
jn roli'i ,il Circles to-day, and it is not
exageeration to say that the bulk of the
mik has not been complimentary to the
Admiral's good sense.
When the World interview with him was
flr-u re id the general disposition on the
pa t of everybody was to doubt its au
thenticity- Later, however, when It be
came known that the statements which
h- made were in good faith—that he ac
tually aspires to election to the presi
chn. sand further, that he believes there
j. a chance for success on that line, Waste
jrgton proceeded to indulge in a laugh.
There is nothing so fatal to Ihe aspira
tions ol a man with political ambitions as
to he laughed at.
To state it mildly, the Admiral’s an
noun . ment 1- regarded as but the climax
to a scries of unfortunate mistakes which
lure foreed-Ghe conviction that however
gr. it a hero he may have been at sea,
h< is far from a success as a land hero.
I, needed only this action on his part to
crystallize the sentiment which has long
been growing that Dewey, to use a some
what anomalous description, is decidedly
at sea when he gets on land.
Takes It Unite Seriously.
The funny raft of It all, is that Dewey
takes this announcement of his presiden
tial caii'li lacy in earnest. When he came
hack from Manila to receive the plaudits
of the American people, Admiral Dewey’s
first step was to declare that he had no
It laical ambitions whatever, that he was
rot looking toward the presidency as had
t>. en suggested in seme of the newspapers,
that his life had been spent in the navy
ard that the unexpected honor which had
been thrust upon him of elevation to the
highest rank in the navy, w T as more than
his ambition I ud ever pictured for hlm
f This y 'l-erumf seemed so thoroughly
in line with the good sense width he had
display<• 1 In the trying days after the
destruction of the fleet in Manila bay,
that it was universally praised by the
American people and tended to Increase
bis hold upon their affections.
That announcement was not only good
taste, but good sense. Since *hen, how
ever, the Admiral has had a number of
‘xperiences which seem to have turned
his head The curiosity of the Ameri
can people lo see him and the heartiness
of the welcome which has been extended
him In different places has, by some freak
of the imagination, been misconstrued by
h.m into a political uprising in his be
half. A number of people who have ex
pressed dissatisfaction with either Mc-
Kinley or Bryan, or both, have written
him, throwing in presidential suggestions,
and all of these, combined with a grow
ing resentment toward wjiat he Imagines
hi? been the unfriendly attitude of Pres
hi’-nt McKinley and his administration,
have brought about this statement of
presidential aspirations.
KcNcntincnt Toward McKinley.
Th'- resentment toward McKinley Is
r 1 It is based on social complaints—a
feeling slut the Admiral and Mrs. Dew’ey
have not been made enough of tn the
serial circles of the administration. The
groun.-i for this feeling and these com
plalnta is difficult to discover, but that
1 1 ng exists was revealed by a close
conn.-.-: ion of the Admiral, who said to
• rut hi felt sore on McKinley; that
ti " '"(ministration had snubbed him, and
hut fearing he might become a factor
: n M; ’ presidential campaign the adminis
tution officials had been scheming to get
bun nut of the country.
"f “urse, all of that would be good
uni., i Hi,- stuff |f there was an atom of
1 ‘ ' 111 It. 8o far ns fearing Dewey is
‘ ' it I. President McKinley has never
t li feeling since Immediately
, 1 • Admiral’* return. Nor has there
1 ■ as observers Pan see. anything
“*e social snubbing of the Admiral. It
1 itate that Dewey has not received
, adulation to which ho thought
It omilled, for his aspirations in this
, | ' l -i-dally since his marriage, may
ti greater than the outside world
to h .nod to accord him. It is unques
' C" y true that the unfortunate con
- growing out of his acceptance
. ''tc : .me purchased by hts admirers
i other actions on Ills part, have
~ !l 1 'kney to lower him in the estima
,, . ountry. and this has Iwcn man
,' 1 Washington as well ns elsewhere.
>, , ’he feeling toward President
j. ' 1 ■' do. s exist, and Is in a large
J '" responsible for this nnnounfie
„ ’ Kir as can be learned nobody
I-.;' ' " f Dewey's Intention, and the
~ 11 1 v cn ills closest (Viends knew
' ' I he announserm nt given out
, 1 New York World. The Ad
-1 1 x;> nlned that his reasons for
\ ' '• rite World lay primarily In
'hat the paper was one of Ihe
~.. ~ the first, to mention him in
with the office.
'sterner* Not Doing H.
tn , s M disposition in some circles
r this announcement with the
b r , 'ion of a few Easterners to
f ] " ' 'he nomination of somebody
Ur. , '* r Bryan as the Democratic
iu, , there is absolutely nothing
, t.attT Morgan gave strong de
n" t '] „ ;' v *° any connection with such
n• ■ 1 he Admiral's own Announco
, airs ills belief that If he he
jr , andidate It will he as an inde
' .ins... even he must see that
o . "hsolutely no chance of his re
. , r 1 "llnatlon at the hands of eith
ll i.staii-s. So fir .as can be
|. : 11,1 oliucly no chance for sup
. ' .'h' 1 men who wil! shape the
Wtt 1 ''her the Hepuhllcan or the
1 t uny. The only man In ptih
v , 11 has expressed himself as fa
i Dewey proposition Is the
tidh levy, one of the represen-
Ir, |,, |, ' New York, whose Influence
tito . r . ' council* is aliout as potent as
I, , 1 ' ""V himself. Jeff is for I) wey
It. 1 1 id* own ancestors nerved
'*' - v : hit* political conviction In
fpje JBrfmttg ftegt
this regard has very much the same basis
as htes Democracy, which rests upon the
ownership of Thomas Jefferson's famous
old home, MonticellQ. Jeff, it may be said
In passing. Is likely not quite as serious
as the Dewey announcement.
Of course, everybody in public life here
believes that Dewey has absolutely no
chance of cutting a figure in the presiden
tial campaign. How much of a figure he
might have cut had he placed himself in
the hands of astute politicians when the
Dewey craze was at fever heat, is anoth
er question. Perhaps then his announce
ment would have been taken more se
itously. Now the most charitable of those
who discuss his action express sorrow at
tne grave mistake which he has made;
the others only laugh at it.
John R. McLean, who is the brother
in-law' of the Admiral, disclaims any con
nection whatever with this effort to create
a Dewey boom. The suggestion of some
wag that the ticket was to be Dewey
and McLean, and the platform ‘kept n
the family" evidently has no basts of
fact to rest upon.
Senator Gorman'* View.
Former Senator Gorman of Maryland,
whom rumor indicated as one of the polit
ical sponsors of Admiral Dewey, said:
"I was not aware of the Admiral's politi
cal intentions until I saw them stated in
the morning papers. I have r.o Idea
whether he proposes to run on the Demo
cratic or the Republican ticket, or wheth
er he intends to take an independent tack.
Until he makes himself clear on that point,
it Is Idle to speculate what the effect will
be on the coming campaign. Asa con
sistent party man, I will stand by the
nominee of my party, whoever he may be.
The Admiral displayed excellent tact in
making hts announcement right on the
heels of the Senate’s vote on the Porto
Rican bill, which has aroused general dis
approval throughout the country, as Indi
cated by the Republican and Conservative
press.
“I do not know the motive which in
duced the Admiral o venture into the
presidential fight at this time. We re
member that he had the courage to enter
the harbor of Manila and take his chances
of being destroyed by Spanish torpedoes.
He apparently has decided to enter the
rough sea of national politics and take his
chances of capturing the presidency, re
gardless of the presence of the torpedo
boats, McKinley and Bryan, in the politi
cal harbor.
‘‘The Admiral has evidently considered
the improbability of a Republican, who
is even a prominent figure in that party,
depriving McKinley of a renomination,
and the equally Improbable occurrence of
a man who Is a factor in the Democratic
ranks, defeating Mr. Bryan’s nomination
at the Kansas City Convention. Public
sentiment is becoming more emotion il
end changeable every year, and It would
require a genera! upheaval of popular
sentiment in hts behalf to land him In
the White House.”
McLean Not Helping Him.
Mr. John R. McLean Is naturally inter
ested tn his brother-in-lhw’s success. Mr.
McLean says the Admiral is capable of
looking after his own future without as
sistance from, professional politicians. He
says the Admiral was probably moved to
make the announcement of his political
intentions, by Impulse derived from the
flood of letters daily pouring in upon him,
urging him to become a candidate of the
people without regard to party affiliations.
Without consulting some of his nearest
and best friends, the Admiral decided to
declare hlmsetf, in the belief that ho is
yielding to a popular demand from the
people. Mr. McLean disclaims any par
ticipation in a combination to use Ad
miral Dewey to defeat any other aspi
rant for presidential honors.
What .Senator Bacon Says.
Senator Paeon said:
“While Admiral Dewey was a hero, he
was a dangerous presidential possibility,
but since he became a human being and
indulged his fancies as others have done,
he lost his held upon the hero-worship
pors. No, 1 do not regard Admiral Dew
ey's declaration as a menace to eith r Mc-
Kinley cr Bryan.
“Had he intended to stand as a presi
dential candidate, he might have retained
his popularity by pursuing a different
course after his return to’ the United
States. In the first place, he should have
declined to served on the Philippine Com
mission, contenting himself with submit
ting to his superior officer such report of
the battle of Manila as the circumstances
dictated, and refrained from committing
himself to any future policy in connection
w ith the government of the Philippine Is
lands.
“Then he made a serious mistake about
the house presented to him by the people
of the United States. He did not need
the money, neither could he refuse the
generous tribute paid him by his coun
trymen. He would have enhanced his pop
ularity had he accepted the house with
the understanding that he would occupy
it during his natural life, and instead of
eonsideiing it as a persona! gift, he might
have presented it lo the Pnited States
navy, with the stipulation that it should
be the future residence of the ranking of
ficer of the navy, for all time to come.
Such an act would have endeared him to
tiie people of the United Stntes. and plac
ed him forever in the exalted itosition In
their estimation, whiqh they originally
intended him to occupy.
• The time and conditions are not fav
orable to his entry into the presidential
race, as an independent candidate, and
I am quite sure neither of the parties in
tends to pick him up as a substitute for
either Bryan or McKinley.”
Ha* Benched tlie Embracing.
Senator Tillman, in speaking about Ad
miral Dewey, said to-day: •
"I have always said that Bryan will
he nominated by the Democrats, and Mc-
Kinley by th Republicans, so 1 don t
see where Admiral Dewey Is going to get
his nomination. Again, some months ago.
Admiral Dewey told the American peo
ple he was not a candidate and we took
him nt his word, and I don’t see how he
can get a nomination now. His position
reminds me of Pope’s versce on vice
** *vice is a monster of such frightful
mien , , . ,
That to be abhorred needs only to be
seen \
But seen too oft and grown familiar with
her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
“Admiral Dewey has now reached Iho
embracing.”
Evidence of Weakness.
Congressman L3tlmer says he thinks
Dewey is in earnest in his intention in
running for the presidency, but that the
declaration he made this morning wifi de
stroy all ills chances and that It is very
probable that no parly will take him up.
He says It is an evidence of individual
weakness on the part of Dewey and will
destroy a good deal of the popularity
which ho altairied through Ills splendid
naval victory in iho war with Spain.
"There was n disposition on the part of
Iho people," said Alr. Latimer, "to honor
(Continued on Seventh Page.)
SAVANNAH, GA.. THURSDAY. APRIL 5. 1900.
GREENE AND GAYNOR GO FREE.
SO EVIDENCE FOUND TO SHOW
THEY WERE GUILTY.
Judge llrmvn in Discharging Them
Say* No Fact* Were Stated Show
ing Thai the Government Wit*
Ever lll* fromled of n Dollar—The
Ati*ence of Sultleient Testimony n*
to Gniit Wn* the Ground of ill*
Aetion.
New York, April 4.—Judge Brown of
the United Stat3 District Court has re
fused a warrant of removal applied for
in the case of Capt. Carter's contractors,
B. D. Greene, J. F. Gaynor, E. H. Gay
nor and W. T. Gaynor, indicted in Savan
nah.
He ordered the discharge of the prison
ers without prejudice to further proceed
ings.
The grounds for the refusal were the
absence of sufficient testimony as to the
guilt of the accused. The decision says:
“The stenographer's notes of the pro.
ceedings returned by the commissioner
consist of 1,100 pages, showing, however,
no other evidence of the commission of
the offense than a certified copy of ifte
indictment. Aside from this the whole
record consisted of little except rulings
upon the evidence on behalfr of the de
fendants sought to be introduced and
numerous exhibits, all of which so far as
they pertained to the merits or tended to
show the innocence of the accused and
the want of probable cause, were rejected,
mostly upon the ground that the question
of guilt or innocence should only he heard
and determined upon a trial under in
dictment.”
Indictment Not Conclusive.
The decision also says an indictment
is at best but evidence in no way conclu
sive, and that although a copy of the in
dictment may be treated as an affidavit
it is to be given weight only according to
the nature and character of Its aver
ments.
“By a singular Inversion, however,” con
tinues the decision, “the best reason for
Ihe admission of the defendants’ pro
posed evidence, namely, its tendency to
show innocence of the charge and lack
of probable c'ause, was in this instance
made the reason*for excluding it. A cer
tified copy of the indictment having been
received by the commissioner against the
defendants’ objection, it was thereupon
contended by the prosecution and
ly ruled by’the commissioner that the evi
dence was closed as respects the ques
tion of guilt and that no evidence
disproving it could be allowed, since
that would be ‘trying the issue’ here in
stead of in Georgia.”
No Evidence of Fraud.
The decision also says:
“There is no allegation anywhere in
the indictment that the work and mate
rials supplied and the hills presented
were not strictly according to contract,
that the prices claimed or allowed were
exorbitant, that improper work was pass
ed or improper substitutions made, nor
are any facts stated showing actual
fraud, or that the government was being
defrauded of a dollar. Even if no fuller
statement on these points is essential as
a matter of pleading it is indispensable
as evidence of probahle cause of guilt.”
NEUTRALITY NOT VIOLATED.
Transportation of Erltlsk Troop*
AVn* Under Treaty.
Lisbon, April 4.—The question of the
transport of British troops across Portu
glie?e territory from Beira, Portuguese
East Africa, into Rhodesia, having been
brought up in tho Chamber of Deputies,
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senhor
Beirao made the following statement:
"The transport of British soldiers by
railroad from Beira to Vmtali, was re
quested by Great Britain, and consented
to by Portugal because the British gov
ernment thereby only exercised a right
recognized in the treaties between the two
countries. The outbreak of war has not
abrogat'd these treaties which were con
cluded and signed prior to the war by
Portugal in a spirit of loyalty. I have
Informed the Transvaal of Ihts reason.
“Portugal has loyally adhered to Its
duties and neutrality, and its reasons have
been communicated to all interested par
ties.
"There occurred no more solemn occa
sion than the present to declare that Ihe
British cabinet has maintained with Por
tugal relations of cordiality and loyalty
for which there is reason for congratula
tion. Please God that these good rela
tions shall always be maintained."
BOTH ATTEMPTED SI HIDE.
physician nnd Wife Seem to Have
Lost Their Reason.
New Orleans, April 4.—Dr. Vinecnzi
Vaccari and his wife, of San Francisco,
attempted suicide to-night. The woman’s
corset saved her life, the knife barely
penetrating, and the man cut his throat
with a scalpel. They are being guarded
•to-night and will be taken to an insane
asylum to-morrow.
Dr. Vaccari broke flown from overwork,
and he end his wife left for s long trip
lo Italy and Paris." taking along $15,000
In money and Jewels. The doctor's min.l
became unbalanced on the trip and the
wife's constant vigil dethroned her rea
son. Both will likely recover.
Gen. Clement'* Movement*.
London, April 5.—A Bloemfontein corre
spondent of Ihe Dally Moil telegraphing
Tuesday, says:
•'Gen. Clement's force traversed Petrus
berg Sunday morning, and is now encamp
ed a day's march from hero.
Returned to Bloemfontein.
Bloemfontein, Monday. April 2.—Gen.
Colville's division and French’* cavalry
have returned here. Everything is quiet.
KntmliiK in the West.
Cheyenne. Wyo., April I—Thirteen inch
es of snow has fallen here to-day. The
is general.
MAY TRY TO INVEST ROBERTS.
Boer* Seem In Have Determined on
nn Audnciou* Finn.
London, April 5, 4 a. m.— lt looks to
day as though the Boers had conceived
the audacious plan of attempting to in
vest Lord Roberts’ at Bloemfontein, or
at least to endeavor to delay his north
ward advance by harassing the British
lines of communication.
On his side Lord Roberts is concentrat
ing his forces and to take every
advantage of the bold but risky tactics
of the enemy. He is not likely to strike
at any of their forces until he is cer
tain of delivering a crushing blow.
The situation tn ihe absence of any offi
cial dispatch iron! Lord Roberts is both
mystifying and interesting. There Is lit
tle doubt that Lord Roberts is hampered
by the necessity for renjounts and trans
ports, and Ihe loss of convoy guns and all
of Col. 'Broadwood’s baggage was a se
rious matter. The Boers are now trust
ing to whet they believe to be iheir supe '
rior mobility.
The special correspondents at the front
are now denouncing Lord Roberts’ policy
of leniency toward the Free Staters, and
are calling for an abandonment of that
policy.
A special dispatch announces that Mafe
king was stiil besieged but safe on March
27.
TO MAKE GOOD THEIR BOAST.
lloer* Are Evidently Trjlnjr to Re
capture Bloemfontein.
Bloemfontein, Aprl#|4.— There are num
erous indications thi|l. in pursuance of
their boast that thpy will recaplure
Bloemfontein, the ®o4rs are trying to sur
round ifte town and t#cut our line of com
munications to the wuth.
Large forces are east and
south, which are -supposed to be making
for the railway. Thej* still hold Thaban
chu and the water wolSts.
Lord Roberts Is eomph tlng his concen
tration. Four 4.7 gundftend four naval 12-
pounders have been mounted on kopjes
commanding the p)aln?*The cavalry camp
has been.- removed better position
northeast of the city. Special precau
tions are being taken lo protect the rail
way southward.
Several arrests have "been made in the
town of persons suspected of giving in
formation to the Boers. The railway lo
the north is in possession of the British
as far as Karee siding.
—J
RECALL OF GEN. FRENCH.
Premier Schreiner Was Hooted by a
Mob at Cape Town.
London. April 4.—Gen. Colville and Gen.
■ FrenVh have given tif* -the movement
agalitst the Boers east of Bloemfontein
and have rejoined ths main army.
Lord Roberts doubtless deemed it vain
to send from ten to twelve thousand of
his best troops into the wilderness with a
field transport in the direction at a right
angle with his chosen line of advance.
The Beers have probably moved elsewhere
and If to the southwest Gen. Colville could
as easily strike them from Bloemfontein
as by following them up across the
plains.
These inferences still leave the situation
bewildering for the time being. The enor
mously superior British forces appear in
active in every part of the war field
wa'ting yet probably fer the accumulation
of material for a swift advance on the
Transvaal frontier.
The London military commentators and
the public to some extent are irritated
and confused by the situation.
Details received of the scenes on Green
Market Square, Cape Town. Tuesday,
when Premier Schreiner encountered an
English demonstration, show that the
premier, fearing personal violence sought
refuge In a restaurant. He was hooted
and tried to reach Parliament House pro
tected by police. The people shouted
“Traitor!" but he succeeded in reaching
the House. Finally on ths people again
singing “God Save ihe Queen!” he rais
ed his hat amid cheers and was heard to
say: “Reserve your judgment.”
Ihe permanent bridge at the Modder
river station has been finished. The first
train passed over it Tuesday. The British
garrison at Springfontein was roused at
midnight Monday by the Intimation that
the Boers were in force about to make an
attack, but not a burgher appeared.
A further list of the casualties sustain
ed by the British officers at Kooru (Ka
ree?) Spruit. March 31, adds eleven miss
ing and one wounded, making the total
thus far 32.
RESCUED MANY PRISONERS.
Uni. Porter I tin rad Hie lloer* and
Took Them Bark.
London, April s.—The Dally Mall has
the following from Bloemfontein, dated
Tuesday, April 3:
"Col. Porter, with ninety carbineers
and Scott's Greys and two guns, perform
ed a brilliant deed Sunday. He charged
a large body of Boers and rescued ninety
odd British prisoners, including eleven
officers, who were captured the previous
day. There were no casualties on the
British side.”
GERMAN CONSUL INSULTED.
It I* Asked AN tint Action Foreign
Office Mill Take.
Berlin, April 4.—The Schleslache Zeitung
reports that Herr Maicomess, a German
consul in East London, Cape Town, has
been grossly insulted by a mob which
burned him in effigy. The Berliner Tage
hlatt, which reproduces the announce
ment says:
"if this news should prove to be true, it
will be interesting to watch the foreign
office lake action.” *
Alafeklng Look* for nrllrf.
London, April 5—A dispatch lo the
Daily Mall from Mafeklng, dated March
23. by runner lo Gaberones, says:
"Last night we receivod the welcome
news of the dispatch of a column by way
of Vryburg, to relieve, us . The messen
ger reported that he had encountered no
Boers on the road.”
r.stnrrf Watching the liners.
Springfontein, O. F. 8., April 3.—Owing
lo Information that the Boers are hover
ing tn tho neighborhood of railroad run
ning from this place to Bloemfontein, Gen.
Gatacre is preparing to take vigorous
measure* to cope with any attempt to cut
off 1-ord Roberts' Unc of communication
at that point.
KENTUCIANS’ WAR OF WORDS.
WHEELER AND PUGH LOCK HORNS
IN' THE IIOISE.
Their State’s Dirty Linen Washed In
the toner House of Congress.
First Time the Kentucky Cam* Has
Come Up—W'lieeler Marie Fiery Re
ply to lloreing—Pugh Charged Him
AA'ltli Falsifying, Then Marie a Dis
claimer.
Washington, April 4.-There was an ex
citing scene in the House to-day as the
climax of a discussion of the Kentucky
situation, when Mr. Wheeler, a Ken
tucky Democrat, and Mr. Pugh, a Ken
tucky Republican, faced each other from
opposite sides of ,the main aisle and In
dulged in a wordy duel.
Mr. Pugh charged Mr. Wheeler with
misrepresenting certain facts. He was
laboring under great excitement. Mr.
Wheeler showed admirable temper, and,
though quick to resent the fancied in
sult, awaited the disclaimer of Mr. Pugh.
There was an air of suppressed excite
ment throughout the debate. It was the
first time the subject had been broached
in the House and Intense Interest was
maintained. The fencing was sharp and
brilliant.
Without preliminary business, the
House resumed consideration of the
Hawaiian bill. Mr. McDowell of
Ohio, one of the original oppon
ents of Hawaiian annexation, was the
first speaker. He inveighed against the
labor conditions and corporation influence
there.
The passage by the Senate of the Porto
Rican bill was announced and the meas
ure was immediately referred to the
Ways and Means Committee.
Mr. De Armond criticised the labor con
ditions and the section extending the con
stitution to the Hawaiian Island* as far
as applicable, saying the constitution was
there of its own vigor.
Kentucky fuse Brought Up.
Mr. Boreing of Kentucky, who followed
with a general political speech, roused
general Interest by discussing the Ken
tucky situation. Holding the light of
civilization before the world as the United
States were doing, were we, he asked,
willing to see ihe torch of liberty extin
gulshed at the birth-place of Abraham
Lincoln and the home of Henry Clay. So
far as the Goebel election law of that
state was concerned, he said, the people
of Kentucky wouldi be glad to exchange
places with Porto Rico.or Hawaii. They
Were net asking tor Iwhil Interferenct 1 ,
they were asking simply for a fair elec
tion law. He gave notice that If neces
sary to get rid of the Goebel law-, he would
ask for the passage of a federal election
law.
"I will not appeal on behalf of the col
ored race or of the Republican party,”
said he, “but for a general election ltnv
which will enable the federal rourts to
reach out and determine the validity and
constitutionality of the election laws of
the several states.”
Wheeler’s Fiery Speeeli.
Mr. Wheeler of Kentucky replied in a
fiery speech. He admitted that the situ
ation was humlimllng to every Kentuck
ian, but had hoped that it would not be
ventilated here. He eulogized the Goebel
election law. He would not contend that
the dominant party had not taken ad
vantage of its power in districting the
state. It had done to. following the tac
tics of the dominant party in moet of the
states. The threat of a federal election
law. he said, was used lo terrorize the
Democrat*.
Mr. Booring disclaimed any intention of
threatening the Democrats. But the law
must be repealed
“It will never be repealed,” retorted
Mr. Wheeler.
Continuing, Mr. Wheeler said that "all
the fuss is being kicked up in Kentucky
by fellows who are trying to hold office
in defiance of the courts, who.-e mandates
they refused to obey,”
Mr. Wheeler then became involved In
the controversy with Mr. Pugh.
"The. election commission did not de
clare Taylor Governor of Kentucky.'!
sad Mr. Wheeler. “They said that on the
face cf the returns he had tho majority,
but that it bore such unmistakable evi
dence of fraud that If they had the right
they would go behind it nnd kick him out,
as the Legislature did.”
Mr. l’ugtt Interrupt*.
“I do know that some of them tried to
pave the way for the contest,” replied
Mr. Pugh hotly, “that was afterwards
waged on partisan lines in the Legisla
ture to the dbgmce of our commonwealth
and to the disgrace of you as a citizen
thereof. (Applause on the Republican
side.)
"That is the gentleman's op nlon,” re
torted Mr. Wheeler sarcastically. “I
would rather be disgraced, Mr. Chairman,
at any time by taking my lot with tlie
Democrats of Kentucky titan to be iden
tified with the men who took Ihe life of
Gov. Goebel of that state.” (Applause on
the Democratic side.)
“Are you quite certain that the men
who took the life of Goebel could not be
carried to your own ranks rather than to
the Republican parly in Kentucky?" ask
ed Mr. Pugh, livid with excitement, amid
drr’slvc laughter on the Democratic side.
"Nobody believes that,” shouted some
one on the Democratic side.
“Do you say nobody believes that?”
asked Mr. Pugh facing the Democratic
side. "Was not a more hitter contest
waged against Mr. Goebel in that state
by his own party than was waged in the
Republican, ranks? Was he not denounced
more from every stump in Ihe elate of
Kentucky by Democrats than by Repub
licans?”
Mr. Wheeler: “That Is true. Mr. Chair
man,’’ (uppiause on the Republican side).
“It has been the fate of every great mail
who was true to the interest of Ihe peo
ple to incur the implacable hostility of
hirelings and corruptionist*, it mailer*
not where he has been. (Applause on thv
Democratic side.) And Ihe worst element
of the Democratic party did assoll him,
but thank God he received 192,U00 votes.
30,000 more votes than were ever given to
a Democratic candidate for Governor In
Kentucky before. That shows whethei
or not he w close to Ihe people of the
stale of Kentucky."
I’ltgli'* Utmrge of Falsehood,
Mr. Pugh: "How many votes did Gov.
Taylor received?”
sir. Wheeler: “That Is a question that
nobody but the Republican lenders and
God Almighty will ever know, in my opin
ion. 1 decline to be Interrupted further.”
(Continued on Fiflh Page).
MOB AVAS AFTER TOLIIEHT.
11 * Fled nnil \\ * Finally Arrested
lor Currying a. Pistol.
Columbia, S. C., April 4.—James W. Tol
bert, who was expelled from Greenwood
county after narrowly escaping severe
handling, and whose brother Is contesting
the seat of Congressman Latimer in
the Third district, narrowly escaped fall
ing into the hands of a tnob last night.
Mrs.. Tolbert is postmaster at McCor
micks, Greenwood county, a few miles
from Phoenix, and her husband arrived
there yesterday morning. Last spring
Tolbert made overtures to the people of
Greenwood, and on certain alleged prom
ises made a newspaper man os to ab
staining from politics, he was permitted
to quetly return to that town. Subse
quently he pushed his contest in Wash
ington anil denied conciliatory statements
attributed to him. He was thereupon
again warned not to return to Greenwood.
At midnight last night a band of mask
ed men went to the house Tolbert was
in. A Democrat, prominent in town,
hearing of the contemplated action and
being opposed lo violence, sent a warn
ing a few minutes before Ihe house was
surrounded and Tolbert escaped from the
back door.
Tolbert fled to the depot and go* on a
train that was passing, hill fearing a
mob nt Troy ho stopped at the next sta
tion and Is supposed to have spent the
night In the w’ooils. This morning he ap
peared at the house of W. V. Sturkey,
and appealed for protection, lie was
concealed there for several hours, but was
located, and it is supposed when he was
found Tolbert drew a pistol, for the last
report this evening was that he had been
arrested for carrying concealed weapons.
ANOTHER FRENCH DUEL.
The Combatant* Parted Without
Shaking ISand*.
Paris, April 4.—Tho first of the series
of duels arising from the Count of Lu
bersae’s letter to Baron Robert Rothschild
took place this afternoon between Michael
Epprusi and the Count of Lubersac.
The duel took place to-day in the rus
tic dancing hall, which was the scene of
the notorious encounter between Marquis
de Mores and the Jewish Capt. Meyer, In
which the latter fell an easy victim. Quite
a crowd had gotten wind of the meeting
and was asembled in the grounds. The
Count attacked vigorously from the out
set, and the combatants parted nt the
finish without the customary handshak
ing.
The Count left the scene in a landau
and was greeted with hisses, “Abas les
Juifs” and “Vive l’Armee!”
PARTY LINES NOT DRAWN.
Many Missouri Town* Changed
About nml Went Itepnbllonn.
9t. Louis, April 4.—ln the municipal elec
tions which were held throughout this
state yesterday, except in St. Louis, party
lines were not drawn in a number of the
towns and citlfs.
At Dixon the “poor man’s ticket” de
feated Ihe “rich man's ticket.” Bhelby
vllle, the home of Congressman Lloyd,
Democrat, was carried by the Repub
licans, as was Lebanon, which was the
home, of the late Congressman Bland.
According lo Ihe latest returns, Repub
licans were victorious in the following
cities: St. Joseph, Sedalia, Carthage,
Mansfield, Stanberry, Pacific, Oregon, Hu
mansville, Unionsvilie, Warrenburg, Ma
con. Greenfield, West Plains, Bethany,
Wellsvllle, Boonville, Hamilton, Excel
sior Springs, Brookfield, Carrollton, Sulli
van, Lebanon, Popular Bluff and Cape
Gira rdeau.
The Democrat* carried Independence,
Springfield, Marshall, Fulton, Troy, Mex
ico, Center, Appleton City, La Plata,
Clinton, Shelbina, Dewitt, Ironton, Golden
City. Centralla, Nevada, Gallatin and
Lancaster.
In East St. Louis, 111, the Citizen*
ticket was elected over that of tho Dem
ocrats.
GREGORY TO BE GOVERNOR.
Rcpnblicnn* Hail It Their Own Way
la Rhode* Inland.
Providence, R. 1., April 5.-—The Republi
cans carried Ihe state in Ihe annual elec
tion to-day, William Gregory of North
Kingston being elected Governor over
Nathan W. Littlefield of Pawtucket, his
Democratic opponent, by 8,300 plurality.
The Democrats succeeded in not only
polling a heavy vote, but In cutting down
the Republicans' plurality of last year by
over a thousand.
The general assembly will stand on a
joint vole, S3 Republicans and V< Demo
crats, a Democratic, loss of 3. George Pea
body Wetmore, Republican, will probably
be returned lo the United Stale* Senate.
DEA9OUR ATS SUCCESSFUL.
Fleeted Almost Their Entire Ticket
In Kni|*a* City.
Kansas City, April 4.— Full return* from
thei election in this city gives James A.
Reesl, Jr., Democrat, for (Mayor, a major
ity of 2,127 over P. I. Brown. Jr., Repub
lican. The Democrats elected their en
tire ticket except five members of the
lower house. Two years ago the Repui>-
Ileans carried the city by 1,139 major
ity.
Rhode Island Is Hepnhllrnn.
Providence, R. 1., April 4.—Returns from
thirty-six election districts indicate that
Gregory and the entire state Republican
ticket is elected by about 10,000 majority.
Hull Ordered to Chicago.
Washington, April 4.—Lieut. Col. Will
iam P. Hall, of the adjutant general'*
department, h is been relieved from duty
on the Stair of Rrlg. Gen. Davis at Sin
Juan de PoHo Riro and ordered to Chi
cago as adjutant general of the Ijcparl
ment of the Lakes. Col. Hall’s health ha*
been Impaired. Col. William ,1. Volkmnr
has been offered the vacant assignment.
A 42181,0191 Fire nt Ruvena. Mleh.
Grand Rapids, Mich., April 4.—Klre to
night destroyed the enllre business por
tion of ltovena. a thriving town half way
between thl* city and Muskegon. The fir,*
is now raging in the residence section of
the town. The loss will exceed $200,000.
Three lew Cotton 11111*.
Anniston, Ala.. April 4.—Three new cot
ton mills, each with u cupitgl of SIOO,OOO,
all home money, were incorporated here
to-day.
DAILY, $3 A YEAR.
5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WKEK.JI A YEAH
CONVENTION HALL IN RUINS.
FIRE DESTROYS THE RIG KANSAS
CITY At DITOIUUII.
Denincrnlle National Convention
Wn* to Have Been Held There on
-Inly A—Other Building* Burned
Made tlie Total Loss lOn.tMHf— Sub
scription* Have Been Started and
the Hall Will lie Rebuilt in Full
Time for the Convention.
Kansas City, April 4.—Convention Hall,)
where the Democratic National Conven
llon was to have been lu!d on July 4, wad
laid in ruins In less than thirty minutes
this afternoon by Hro.
Tile structure was doomed from tha
start, and the firemen early turned theln
efforts to saving adjoining property. Ai
stiff breeze was blowing and before the
iiro was subdued the Second Presbyterian
Church, one* of the finest edifices in tha
city, the church parsonage, the Lathrop
publio school, a two-story thirteen-room
building, all situated across Ihe way om
Central stroet, and a half block of three*
story fiat buildings on Twelfth street,
y ro totally destroyed. Several residence*
were and amaged and for a time it was
feared that several blocks of building*
In the residence district would go.
Tlie aggregate loss is $100,1910, apportion*
ed as follows: Convention Hall, $235,000,
insurance $155,000; church, $60,09), insured]
parsonage, $15,000, Insured; school $35,000,
insured $20,400; Williamson block, Twelfth
street, SOO,OOO, insured for $45,000.
Plans are on foot to .rebuild Convention
Hall immediately and have It ready fofl
the Democratic Convention in July.
Sn liwcrlpf lon * Taken at tine*-.
While the fire was still In progres*
members of the Commercial Club, through!
whose efforts the hall was built, mingled!
In the crowd of spectators and began so
liciting funds for a now structure. Thld
evening $25,000 had been subscribed, and
Secretary E. M. Clendenning of the club
called a mass meeting of citizens for to
morrow night to decide ways and mean*
for raising an additional $50,000.
Tho hall association has SIO,OOO In tha
hank and will have the $165,000 insuranca
for immediate use, the insurance com
panies having offered to waive the usual
sixty days’ limit and make settlement on
demand. The Kansas City Lumber Com
pany, that furnished four-fifths of ihd
lumber for the old building, has agreedf
to duplicate the order at once at the rata
in existence two years ago, and the Min
neapolis firm that furnished ihe steel
girders for tho immense roof has been
asked to duplicate their order.
The fire started just above the boileC
room, where some plumbers had been at
work. There was no fire in the furnace,
and the supposition is that the blazo
started from a spirit lamp or by tho
crossing of an electric light wire. A still
alarm was first turned In, and by the
lime the first engine arrived, ten minutes
later, the whole building was a muss of
domes, and In less than half an hour tho
roof, upheld by massive steel girders that
spanned its 200 feet of breadth, fell with a
crash that sent showers of burning em
bers in every direction. The brick Co
rinthian columns lining the building along
the fauades on Thirteenth and Central
streets, tottered a few minutes and fell
outward, and the hall was a complete
wreck.
Oilier nnlldinK* llnrneil.
A strong wind carried the flames to thi
Second Presbyterian Church on the op
posite side of Thirteenth and Central
streets, and in. forty minutes that struc
ture, occupying a half block in length,
•was in ruins. The parsonage adjoining
and next the Lathrop School, which was
partially destroyed in tho cyclone of 1888.
and which had been set aside for the us
of the newspaper correspondents * luring
the coming convention, were attack*'!
simultaneously and soon nothing but thein
walis were left standing. Fortunately that
school children had 1 not returned to thelp
rooms after the noon hour, and nil wera
gotten to places of safety. Next thei
flames caught the Williamson brick fist*,
across the alley from the hail on tha
north, qn Twelfth street, and these wer®
gutted. The flats occupied a half blocla
and were Ihree stories In hight.
Flying embers start'd blazes on a dozer*
different resilience* within a rndjua of two
blocks, and, fanned by a stiff breeze an*!
aided by a low water threaten'!*!
n general conflagration.
f'onvention Hall has been classed as on®
of Iho largest and most perfectly con
structed auditoriums In Ihe world. Th®
building was erected in 1898 at a cost ot
$235,000, which was raised entirely by pub
lic subscription, it occupied a piece off
ground 314 by 2fT feet in extent, was tw®
stories high, and built of native stone, o
cream, brick and terracotta.
The board of directors of the Conventlor!
Hall Company, at a meeting to-night, de
cided to have the nail built before Juli*
4, and the work of clearing away the de
bris begins to-morrow. That the neces
sary funds will be subscribed is not quea
tloned. ,
M V NOT HE ABLE TO DO IT.
Steel Hen Doubtful About IlfLulld
iiig Auditorium.
Minneapolis, Minn., April 4.—Frank J.
Llewellyn, vice president and chief en
gineer of the Gilctio-llerzog Company ot
Minneapolis, who bu lt the Kansas City
auditorium, said to-night:
“We have received three telegrams this
afternoon asking us whether we could put
up the steel part of the structure so that
it would lie in readiness by June 15. W*
trade no answer and wiil make none unt 1
to-morrow.
“It took us four months to erect tha
but.ding before and then we rushed tha
woik at a fast gait. We knew where wo
were In regard lo tlie raw materials and
tills Is what we do not know now. I havo
telegraphed lo the different mills that
will probably lie called upon to furnish
Hie material* ami all our calculations
must necessarily wait until we hear from
them.”
Impersonated Capt. Clark.
New Orleans, April 4.—Julius Moyse,
who. during the Mardl Gras, impersonat
ed Capt. Clark of (lie Oregon nnd mar
ried Mis* Bertha Warnken of Cincinnati.
Wits to-day found guilty of Impersonat
ing a government officer. He was re
manded for sentence.
Gen. George llldivcll llend.
Sun Francisco, April 4.—A special to the
Call, fiom Chico, <’al., announces tha
death of Gen. George Blilwell. Gen. Bid
■ell was tlie prohibition candidate foe
) . saldent in 1892.