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ALBANY WEEKLY HERALD: SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1892. — HON. C. B. WOOTEN TO THE VOTKI1M OF THE UK HO NO DISTRICT* To the Voter, of the Second Congretndonn! Dis trict! There is an effort to use to my preju dice garbled extracts front a speech made by me on the 4th of July last to the Farmers' Alliance of Calhoun county; also a letter written by my self to Hon, G. G. Ford, of Worth county, on the 18th of February last. The point sought to be made available to my Injury, as I understand it, is that, in the speech, I expressed myself favorably towards the Alliance, and that, in the letter, I invited the sup port of Alliancemen and of delegates to the Cuthbert convention; whereas lam now, ifrit Is alleged, opposing the nominee of the Cuthbert conven tion, and denouncing that convention as a Third Party movement. To my surprise, I learn further, that It is re ported that I denied hnvlng written the Ford letter. I made no such de nial. A friend of Mr. Btevens said, at Worth court, that he did not have the letter before him, and, in undertaking to state its contents, represented me as having said in that letter that if I could not get the endorsement of the Cuthbert convention I “did not want any outsider to have it.” I disclaimed having written these words, and I called for the production of the letter. It was not produced. I went on to say that I had written a letter to Mr. Ford as my friend who bad promised me his support, and that I bad re quested him to see the delegates from Worth in my behalf, but I denied hav ing used the language ascribed to me by this friend of Mr. Stevens, and the letter, as published, sustains me in that denial, for it contains no such language. Both the spceoh and the letter are published, and I will not prolong tills address by incorporating them herein Now, wliat I desire to say is, that in that speech and in that letter, when I refer to the Alliance I mean the Alliance as an industrial organization, for suoli I understand to have been the purpose of its formation. As such an organi zation, ns an institution designed to advance the interest of agriculture, to make better farmers and better citi zens, nnd, if you please, to infuse a spirit of fnorensed vigor and energy into the Democratic party in the great effort to reform the abuses of the Re publican party; as an Institution de signed for these ends, it was grand in conception, noble In purpose, and worthy the confidence of good men. In this view of the matter I have al ways thought, and have repeatedly said that if I had been eligible I would have been a member of the Alliance. And why not? A farmer myself, with nearly the whole of the little all I pos sess invested in farming; the soil of a farmer, and affected by the traditions and associations incident to that con dition, I could not be otherwise than in full sympathy with the farmer in whatever concerns the interests of Ills vocation, and I am ready to co-operate with him in any manner calculated to promote his welfare as a farmer. Ilis interest is my interest; his people are my people, and his destiny is my des tiny. In this sense, and in this sense alone, I have always been identified with the true Bpirlt of the Alliance movement, though not actually a member of the order. It is ill this sense that I am accus tomed to refer to the Alliance. There is a broad distinction between the Al liance in the sense just stated and the Alliance converted into a Third Party political machine. It turns out to be unfortunately true that a very large proportion of Alliancemen are seeking to carry the Alliance into the Third Party. It is against this effort that I make war, and not against tile Alli ance ns such. The blame is to be ■charged, not to the Alliance proper, not to the Alliance when true to its original purpose, but to the Third Party men who are endeavoring to make use of their connection with the Alliance to convert that institution into a mere political machine. Now as to the Cuthbert convention. No man can truthfully say that 1 ever requested or authorized him to place me in nomination before that convention. A few days after that convention Hon. O. B. Stevens stated to me that he made special inquiry of the gentlemen who proposed my name and that they admitted that they had no authority to do so.' During my speeoli'in Berrien ,1 referred to this statement in presence of Mr. Stevens, and he did not deny having made it, nor will he deny It now. I had friends who attended flint con vention, but they will bear me testi mony that I advised against any nom ination at all, on the ground that I thought such action undemocratic, and calculated to draw lines nnd to cre ate division in the party—a predic tion whioli the result lias justified. But again, the question Is tauntingly asked if I would not have accepted the endorsement of that convention. Of course I would. I was already a can didate, avowedly ns a straight Demo crat and strictly on the Democratic platform. I would not have ceased to be a candidate because that conven tion, or any body of men, should choose to accord me their support. I would have taken it as an earnest of the true Democracy of such men. But It is said further, that 1 ex pressed my sympathy with the Alli ance and invited their support, nnd even the support and influence of men who were delegates to tile convention That is true. I have Invited, and I still invite, the support of Alll- ancemen, but I have not ami will not compromise tile prill clples of true Democracy in order to get such support. From the first of my candidaoy my opposition to the sub-treasury and to the govern ment ownership of railroads has been discussed in the press, and has been well known to the people. When sought the support of the Alliance, and of men who were and expected to be delegates to tile Cuthbert conven tion, there wns but one view In which I expected, or desired, such support to come to me, and that wns as a straight Democrat occupying tile Democratic platform. In this sense, and in this sense alone, I hnve sought and still seek such support, and I am gratified to know that I have the assurance of the support of a very large number of Democrats who belong to the Alli ance ; but they hold their first political allegiance due to the Democratic party. That it was, and is, perfectly legitimate for me to invite tlio sup port of sucli men, whether they were connected with the Cuthbert conven tion or not, will, I presume, not be questioned. Tile men who composed that con vention claimed to be Democrats, ready to yield Ocalaism and every po litical preference to the Democratic platform. As a Democratic candidate, I could properly invite the support of such men. Subsequent developments, however, show that a large majority of them and their followers have espoused Third Party doctrines. Against these I make war, and I fail to see how it involves me In any in consistency or contradiction to do so. In seeking to have the support of all men heretofore Democrats to come to me as a Democrat standing strictly on the Democratic platform, I was prompted by the desire for the unity and success of the true Democracy. The same desire Inspires my opposi tion to all, whether connected with the Cuthbert convention or not, who are seeking to destroy the Democratic party by the establishment of an avowed Third Party, or what is cquiv alent thereto, by adopting the Third Party platform, whilst they claim to be Democrats, as lias been done by a large number of those who support the nominee of the Cuthbert conven tion. For the benefit of those who are so ready to charge ine with inconsis- ency, I repeat that my fight is not against the Alliance, but it is against the effort to convert the Alliance into a Third Party political machine. Whilst there is nothing in my speech to the Calhoun Alliance nor in my letter to Mr. Ford which I wish in anywise to retract or modify, there is likewise nothing in them that will cause me toabate one jot or tittle of op position to all tendencies nnd move ments in -the direction of a Third Party, whether the same are or are not connected with or springing out of the Cuthbert convention. Begpect’y Your Fellow-Citizen, C. B. Wooten. The. Albanx IUiuld admin- that C»pt, llobtu bolted the nomination for Koprenontti- tlve fn Dougliol-ty In 1880, and glvos as bla rea son personal dislike for Col. J. W. Walters, who was a candidate for the jndxcAhlp, nnd only withheld his support from tho independent can didate upon tho condition that Mr. Walters suppress his ambition for tho Judgeship nnd re tire from tho rnoo for that oflico. Tho News would like to know if, when Copt, lloblis voted he wns required to swear that ho had always been and would always be a Democrat. A question that naturally presents itself Is, if (.'apt, llobbs bolted six years ago bconusu lie disliked a candidate, might lie not now holt for the same reason if Mr. Htcrous is nptnlnatodf The Nows would also ask the IlKitAi.n if it is not true that years ago Capt. Ilohhs lmlteil the Democratic party nnd supported Capt. Putney when Mr. House, of Worth county, was nomi nated for the Ktate Senate? Tho llKUAl.n will please answer this question, nnd explain if true. —Dawson Nows. Please tell us when the Hkkald made any such admission. In response tc repented calls made by tile Btevens organs of the district, the Hkhald did, a few days ago, publish the facts—the true facts and the whole faets about the alleged bolt made by Capt. Hobbs in 1888. We took particular pains, too, to nsk these papers to publish our answer to their taunting questions, so that it might speak for itself. And ignoring tills fair request, the News now credits us with an admission that we did not make, and then proceeds to nsk some more questions about all ot her bolt wlilob it intimates Capt. Hobbs made “years ago.” It is discouraging to a paper that tries to be fair and honest, to make straight and unequivocal nnswers to questions propounded by a contem porary, only to have its answers gar bled and distorted. But as the mission of tile IIkkald seems to be to shed light- to those wlm grope In darkness in the present cam paign in the Second Congressional distriot, we olieerfully make answer to the latest queries anxiously put forth by our Dawson neighbor. It is not true “that years ago Capt. Hobbs bolted tile Democratic party and supported Capt. Putney when Mr. Rouse, of Worth county, wns nomi nated for the State Senate." Mr. Putney wns not a candidate for the State Senate when Capt, Rouse was tho Democratic nominee of this district, nor at any other time within the “years ago” of our recollection. Next. SENSIBLE ADVICE FROM THE LIPS OF A PERFEOTLY MADE MAN. Now Mrs. Post has got to be nil is sue in Georgia politics. Gentlemen let tile woman alone. A liKCKNT Japanese pnper printed a cut and a short biography of Mrs. Pot ter Palmer, President of the Woman’s Department of the Cliioago Exposi tion. " A bpkcial from El Paso, Tex., a few dnys ago, gave an account of an occur rence near that place which Is calcu lated to mnke anyone feel siok, The special stated that a man named Bailey nnd Ills family got loat on the plains southeast of El Paso, and came near perishing for want of water. A Mex ican boy, who was one of the party, found tils way to Paiomas in a Bad state. He was almost naked and had a bullet wound on his leg which he had inflicted himself in order to quench ills thirst with ills own blood, A res cuing party has been sent to Bailey’ assistance. The best, most sensible thing that Ward MoAHister has ever Bald of so ciety in general, or American society in particular is the following: “It is a mistaken idea that all fashionables must hnve fortunes, for both in Lon don and in Paris some of the most fashionable have but limited means, yet every fashionable door is open to them, and they are important mem be-L of society in both these cities. New York Is rapidly approaching the condition in which the most agreeable nnd sought-after people are no longer those who possess the greatest wealth In London one must needs crawl to reach the social summit supported by one or other member of -the nobility, but here there is no nobility to wor ship, nnd day by day there is less pros tration before the golden calf. We worship only ourselves.” Oub friends, no doubt, will all be glad That we nt last have changed our ad.; The old one had been run so long, It had become a “chestnut” song. W. S. Bell. Although a good portion of the United States army recently spent several weeks in pursuit of Garza, the Mexican bandit, and the Mexican gov eminent has put a price 1 upon his head, nobody seems to want him bnd enough to try to arrest him even when it is known that he Is masquerading around the country alone. It will be remembered that it was reported not long ago that Gnrzn was in Key West, nnd that orders had been sent from Washington to have him arrested, Now comes this special from Key West: “It is rumored here, nnd tile rumor seems to come from good au thority, that Garza, the Mexican ban dit, who lias undoubtedly been in this city for several weeks past, left for Havana, Friday niglit, en route to Sail Domingo. All sorts of rumors have been circulated about him for the past week or ten days, but nobody seemed to know positively from wliat source they came. “No attempt was made to arrest him and it Is not known posi tively whether there was anybody here for that purpose. That he was here aiql could have been arrested If want ed is an undoubted fact, but he is now outside the jurisdiction of this coun try, and if wanted by the Mexican government it will have to seek him in San Domingo. AN ATHLETE TALKS. H«w a PirfHll? Mad* Hun Is Consti tuted—Why It la That Olrla Aro Often More tlenlthy In Appearance Then Their Brothers—Hew to Be Henlthy* She had been to chnrch. As she walked home she looked up and saw Muldoon. From the vory beginning women hove liked big men—men who are physically big—and when they by some accidout do care for little men it’s ten to one the brains are big. To evory woman, and woman is at heart an uncivilized crea ture, there is a certain pleasure ill the knowledge that a man can, if he wants to, kill you with a blow. The woman who haa not had this sensation is the one who has cultivated the original woman out of herself and is busy search ing for fresh emotions. Consequently Heronles is to a woman more beautiful than Adonis, nnd if she admires a mail who mentally is strong, a. thousand timos more does she care for the man who can if he will govern by physical strength aud bocomo what Swinburne calls “King of Pain.” You can’t deny this, nor explain it, but it’s true. The churchgoing young wotnnn who met Mr. Muldoon was inquisitive, nnd she made up tier mind that ehe was go ing to get some points on bigneBS and beauty from him; so with tho audacity of the fox terrior, the dog of the day, she asked: “Mr. Muldoon, what constitutes a per. fectly made man?” "One whose neck, blcepe and calves ail measure the same," It was a bit impertinent, but that is the prerogative of a woman and so she |sked, “Do yours?” Anil he quietly answored, “Yes.” Then sho Inquired, “What is the reason that ns ono walks in New York one notices that tho women arc larger, look more henlthy, wnlk hotter, and from a physical standpoint are better ipeeimens than the men?” “Well," said he, “the trouble begins with the cere of the boy when he is a little chap: everything here iB sacrificed to the cultivation of the intellect, and the small boy’s physical condition isn’t paid much attention to. You see the sons of rich men who aro weak, miser able specimens, killing themselves with cigarettes, smaller and less strong than their sisters nnd having no strength physically. A good many of them aro cowards. Train a boy morally nnd physically first, nnd Ilia brain will re spond when you call on it. Train tho brain at tho expense of the body and you liavo just Buch specimens of man hood as you laugh at." “Mr. Muldoon, whon you get a man down und are looking him straight in tho eyes and know that yon have him almost in your power, what are you thinking of?” “I am thinking only of one thing, nnd that is where 1 can best get a hold of him and how I can best keep him where 1 want him to he." Then he was asked, “How long have you been an athlete?" “Since 1 was fifteen years old, and am now forty-one. 1 weigh 315 pounds in my clothos, 305 in fighting trim, or, as the say in the south, in the butt. After I was thirty-five years old I allowed my self to gain ten pounds, because after that age 1 think a man needs a little more flesh. 1 have never used tobacco and I don’t drink. “What do 1 think of women? To be quite honest, I am a little afraid of them; they are not so trustworthy as horses or dogs? What kind of a woman do I like? I like a womanly woman, a woman, who ia gentle and affectionate andwholsn’l loud. 1 like a woman whose face clean, not daubed all over with ronge and powder. 1 like woman who has little bit of consideration for a man, and who, while he is willing to give her de votion and love, is ready to return it with affection and kindly thoughts. "But do you want mo to tell you what is killing half the population of this country?" Tho inquisitive one said she did—she was a seeker for knowledge. “It is the vile air that is in the cars, boats, half the bouses and hotels, and in all the places of amusement. You got in a parlor car, and there is one person in that car an invalid, or a woman, who insists on having all tho ventilators closed, and yon huve got to sit, possibly sleep, in that foul air, breathing in the diseases that everybody else has. If they would spond less money on making car handsome and more on making it healthful, there would not be half as much wickednesB as there is, for whon men und women uro thoroughly well there is not much chance of their going wrong.” “But about women?" “I think there are 100 good women to ono good man, nnd where a woman makes a mistake it usually is the fault of a man. It is perfect nonsense, how ever, shooting such creatures, as we have heard of lately. They ought to be caught by tho nape of thoir necks and tossed out of a window and left to get along as best they can.” “Who is your favorite actor?” “Mr. Booth.” “What are your favorite flowers?” “Violets." “What is your favorite color?” “Pale blue.” And then, with a characteristic jump from flowers and colors,'the inquisitive one asked, “At a prize fight do they spill much blood?" "No,” said Muldoon; “the amount of blood spilled is usually very much ex aggerated. When Sullivan fought Kil- ram, on July 8,1883, the fight lasted two hours and eighteen minutes, and there wasn't enough blood shed to entirely stain a pocket handkerchief.—A Woman in New York Sun. ChalUaaUa a Critical Journalist. A very slight and polite criticism in dulged in at the expense of a cavalry of ficer who was riding about a week age at tbo home show has assumed the pro portions of a serious event. The officer n question sent a letter to the writer saying that he could understand the criticising the horsemanship of jookeya and grooms, hut that he had no business to pass any remarks on that of “gentle men or officers.” Ho forbade the jour nalist to moiitiou his name, and wound np by adding that his sole right was that of the stronger and that he would prove it if tlie offense were repeated, Tiie journalist in a second paragraph re marked that he did not think ho had acted fmproperiy in criticising the per formances of horsemen who rode in a public place to which admission was ob tained by payment, and, referring to tho letter, Baid he could not believe that it had boon penned by a French officer, and was convinced that it was a forgery. Thereupon the cavalry officer sent two of his friends to the journalist with a hostile message, and in ‘the duel that followed he wounded him in the nnn. Ho thus proved that he was “Le plus fort.” But tlie affair is oreating a groat sensation, the prevailing opinion being that the argument omployed by the offi cer was, to say the least, utterly illogi cal—in fact, this unlucky episode haa brought once more on tho tapis tho vexed question of the expediency of military men displaying their prowess at races owl horse shows.—Paris Cor. London Tolegrapli. The Kccentrle Clock, Onco upon u time thoro was a i who ownud what ho culled nn eccen tric clock. Tim eccentricity of tho I nnciont timepiece consisted in tho 1 fashion it lmd of striking five times I moro thnn the right hour demanded. “ such, for instance, as eight when it was but 8 o'clock, etc. When tho clock would strike twelve the owner, lying in bed, would Hay, "It is now 7 a. m. and time to arise.” Whon it would strike eight the owner would say, "Five from eight loaves three; it is now 3 o'clock.” But it had a very different effect on strnngera. A guest would hear it strike eleven when it was really 0 in the morning, and he would roll over for a night’s rest when it was tirno to j arise. He would thus miss his train and be upset for the day. It played very queer tricks on other people until the owner was obliged to cast it out. The moral of this fable teaches us I that the peculiarities of many people find a parallel in the eccentricities of I various objects that are totally in animate, and that we muBt expect to I como to grief whon wo depend upon pooplo who. liko the eccentric clock, strike twelve when they are only| seven —Dotroit Free Press. Will Urc In a Ulaaa Hhh. At the city of Dlnard, in the depart ment of Ille-et-Vilaine, France, there Uvea a man distinguished liotli for his originality of ideas and for tbo fullness of his money bags. Ho has been speak ing anil teaching for a long time upon the necessity of men hoginning to lead lives of greater purity, so that they need not be afraid of having all their deeds under tho incossant supervision of so ciety, He is himsolf willing to submit to the triul and wants to find others to do tho same. Ho hae determined to have a three Btory house built all of glass. A dwelling of such transparency would not not oniy aiiow its inhabitants at all times a splendid prospoct in every direction upon the beautiful country surrounding the place, hut also expose the minutest details of the daily life of tho people in tlie house to the inspection of the entire city. The originutor of tho idoa has found an architect willing to build the house on condition that he receives payment in advance. But there is no renting agent that will toko tho agency for it. 1 If It is to ho a lodging house fer bachelors, they say, they may be able to do something with it, but thoy cannot find a female, they think, that would consent to live in a glass house. Nevertheless tho old gentleman is determined to realizo his idea,—Chicago Herald. Tree Trunks Filled with Squirrels. Woodchoppors on Dr. Price's Lenape farm report that squirrels are very numerous among the trees. .When tljo choppers begun lost fall there were several acres of trees standing and the squirrels were not numerous, but as the trees were cut, a few at a time, tlie little animals were driven from one place of refuge to another until all were gathered into a small space, and th6 few remaining trees are filled with them. A man who bad been working among them says some of the hollow trees ore packed so full of squirrels that the tim bers creak every time the animals draw a deep breath. In the morning when the men go out to work thoy aro met at the railway tracks by tho knowipg little animals, 1 which feel secure because the game laws protect them at this season. A gentleman who haa seen them says that they do not offer to oarry the kettles of the men, although they do not object to sharing the contents.—West Chester (Pa.) Republican. A 8*d Btory. A contemporary relates that there was a tragedy in the composing room of a Philadelphia paper the other day. The compositors were busy at thoir cases when one of their number, a young woman, fainted away, and she was con veyed to her home. Another compositor finished hor "toko,’ which proved to be an account of a suicide in another city. There were forty compositors in the room, bat this particular copy fell to this particular young woman, and tho suicide was her affianced sweetheart. Kleotrlo Light In the Parle Tunnel. An installation of electric light is being laid down in the Batignolles tun nel, near Paris, in which the incandes cent lamps are placed at a height of about fifteen feet above tbo rails. Tho light 1b recoived by plates of burnished tin covered witli glass, which reflect a soft and agreeable light into the car riages.—Now York Times. The largest and longest stone bridge in the world is over an arm of the China sea—five miles long, 800 arches, each seventy feet high. A Queer Cune. O. E. Cruse, of Kingston, Ont„ died on Good Fridny, nnd when his father, Thomas Cruse, formerly auditor general of Canada, learned of it he said: “I am going to die myself tomorrow. Yon can bury us together on Easter Sunday.” The old man died the samo night. A String of AdvortUln*. If the advertisements in a paper pub lished in Boston last Sunday had been pasted together column upon column they would bo 388 feet long, or slxty-two feet higher than the Bunker Hill monu ment.—New York Commercial Adver tiser. Black enow lately fell in the canton of Genova, Switzerland, a phenomenon which wus onco thought to presage the black plague and other calamities, but is now known to lie due to a fungus in the snow. A large contract for steel rails has been placed in Belgium in. connection with tho new Turkish railway to So- lonica. This is thought to he an out come of the recent coal troubles in Eng- A Sacred Italic or Shiloh. Mr. William Quinn, now connected I with tho postofllce department in I thiH city, hns just received a prayer I book which he prizes more than any I thing elBO in his possession. The! book belonged to his father, Colonel | F. Quinn, Twelfth Michigan ment. On the fly leaf is this ins tion: “Colonel F. Quinn, from Mary, I March 17, 1802.” It was present to Colonol Quinn by his wife wlion| he entered tho war between states. It was picked np on tho tlofied of Shiloh, April 0, 1802,1 A. PyleB, a Confederate soldier, by his brother, Willis C. Pyles, panted to John Ingram Bivouac" sociation of ox-Confederate Ve A notice of the book and itsl wns published in some of tho pup and this notice was sent to Mr. 1 Uam Quinn by a friend. Mr. ( wroto to a membor of the - gram Bivouac stating that I book belonged to his futho ing tlint it ho forwarded ington. Colonol Quiuti die years ngo. His wife survives! Washington Post. Wlieu Itoptlton Inlitihltfid tlie At different epochs during tho t known ns the secondary period Burfnco of tho earth seems to boon so predominantly peopled reptile life that it has been c “The Age of Reptiles." Tlio iguunodons stalked or leaped in the wealds of Sussex and shire. Of these igunnodons ously complete skeletons are l< soon (mounted in attitudes of lil' tho Royal Museum of Bight in itself sufficient to indu visit to that capital. Other t reptiles browsed on tho foli tho tlion existing plains, nnd pursued and preyed upon by fell i tilian monsters of various kinds. ’ sea also swarmed with thyosauri) as aquatic or and dolphins of our own day. not only were the earth and i peopled, but there were tiles of different kinds known as pterodactyles.- Roviow. Italian 'Illiteracy. The population in 18(51, i Rome and Venetin, was ah 000,000. In 1880 it was 80,!) in tho last fifteen years tl has thrown off 1,008,480 When it is remembered b fully high the Italian rates tality are, it will be admit I this is a very fair increase of tion. Italy, which used to 1 the most ignorant countries world, hns mode progress in spent, nnd now stands far ah sia nnd Poland, and close 1 Hungary. In 1860, nmong f conscripts born in 1840, sixt of every hundred were rend or write. In 1889 tlio age had fallen to forty-two. latter year the percentage ates in Hungary was Nineteenth Century. T—r- The Main olijcot of Scho Tho main object of tho scho bo said to be to create charaet for this end it should seize j every opportunity of the will and of making it cont: and consecrated. There is no l and no regulation which may i consciously used for this; i everything is used fox’ everything will fall into place and the school Will should be.—Anna C. Harper’s. 1 Poor F*in for “Central*” ' A telephone up the vole wnii is tho latest novelty ford on tho island. In the old rode on horseback ahead ( flow lo let the settlers 1 had been an eruption, but ! it will he necessary only I crank and call up "Conti cinnati Commercial Gazette. Parlor Matches Bemove 1 To remove ink stains fingers moisten the spot : gontly with tho head of match, keeping the sldn ' stain will rapidly disap