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DEVEItOPf/IEJfIS Os A WEEK
Ifi HEW YORK, STATE POIiITIGS
By Robert Adamson.
New York, September 24.—(Special.)-Less
than a week away is the solution ot all the
doubts surrounding the course and candi
dates of the two great parties in this fall’s
campaign. Tuesday at Saratoga the re
publicans will come out in the open with
their man and their manifesto. A whole
convention of accessories will ratify Flatt s
decree of death for Governor Black and a
rough young man of eastern origin and
western ways will sweep the convention
like an Arkansas tornado.
'l'he next day, at Syracuse, the democrats
will—assemble. It is hardly safe to say
more. That the state convention will
n;. that day is a matter of common
knowledge, but what will happen nobody is
wise enough to forecast. Somebody will
emerge from the vast gathering of unterri
tiod democrats that is- promised bearing
the democratic flag, but who that man
will be is one of those fascinating problems
that are sometimes presented by great
political situations. It was so at Chicago
in 1596, when no one dreamed that a young
westerner would boar tlie honors away.
'l’ll, doubt, here and now is just as great
end the sequence may bo equally amazing.
Il would bo difficult to over-emphasize
the political import of the coming we k. It
< tears the way for the most momentous
. p jgn In y< irs. It marks the severam o
of hitherto harmonious elements and the
rise of a now and attractive factor in tin'
larger realm of state politics. The imagi
nation is thrill' d by the possible results of
such a fight. It Roosevr It, with his dash,
his vigor and his inflep nd< nc<. sugg< sts all
sorts of groat, po Idlitb s, what nicy not
• 'io man who may wrest a governorship
from his ' grasp suggest? It is ain
< flight to hustle Roo evclt on from
to the white hous •. lie has b come
, . p with tho child of destiny business
fa t ; r . WJ -,- that Grover Clew land did and
11-e people expect to .-co him lending a
, rgi on MeKinh y m xt. But v hat of
t w hit< house for the man who may
, n ’.o out of Syracuse ti.-xt Wednesday to
H the Rough Rider? The man who
,j, t H imperils the laurels that went
I Neb from Chic igo two years
:.go. Herein lie--- much of the sijmillcam-.i
that i.’ oming In New
York sta e. The v. hite house may be Just
ahead for the victor.
Black Will Die Hard.
Tragedy will mingle with triumph In the
, , ,it C an convention Tuesday. Governor
It'. k will be violently put to political
death ar.d his bitter cries of defiance will
ying ou t above the whoops and hurrahs of
ihc Rough Riders tie they hail the new
risen star. Black will di" hard. He •Her
r.-■ i.tf.iliy .did the matin r of his dr.ith
ood to his pat ty thi; f ill. I' l
atlon. If there i- anything in ? ir-
• , , xeep* tile jiower to bestow office; 11
. ~.«o Is such n thing as party responsi
bility. party decency and ti.it." trr.ititud’.
then tl ■ re is but one logical • rndidate for
the repul his fa.!. and that
B k . H, - r..-I but one
term- he has made a record which stands
f,,i th. sort of administration that the re
loan party gives; hi tfa typo of
y.-.p : >'i. . ni- m. yet he is . hov .1 aside Hl’'
>■ limp, ’■ ‘ 'I - 1 ' ■ lamed.
it,>.•-.. v <-It repre.'nts nothing h's party
stands for In this state. R.publicanism
hero means Platt, and Roosevelt means
- most anything but P!.,tt. lie is fr." ami
unbridled. Mr. Platt holds a firm Idt and
rein on whomsoever Im permits to hold
offle ■ . Tim mistakes of the party may hi
x . >..,,, j tl the enthusiasm tor the
soi iier and the thing of party respoiisibil ty
be made a J. st and a byword.
. ill of Blai k • io dies, where
~ years ago he was mad,, may drown
a sigh from Flatt himself. It is well
enough to simulate for political capital
It j. going to < uno and 1 o at
t ~ beck and . all of Plait, but it is not so.
Platt, drowning, grasped at Roosevelt,
or • i.-e he would have gone down beneath
a tide called forth by si man whom It
■ ■ r.laek In this t . of Roose-
< i
of Platt
I .... . vill ga o vote;? by his dick
t r with I'l iH II" “Pl" ''kb to th*' | .;blie
lu a rt a.s the rough and tumble, uniram
n, b'H. unbridle,!. independent hero. It
s; filed th part v. In n Im was.- II at the
l' : ft i tventr- driv.ag a bargain with tin 1
~ : happy n ' rl
Sind a happy on,- ‘or Roosev It. R ios.-
eel: want.'i Platt ami Platt couldn't <io
t >,,. . • s tn ■ Platt's . .-.nd' 1 ite,
. even if lie ■ e|ltS tile II»I>11"• 1 '■ •'’>< Os
. , , organization com-
P. . . d of Flint's sworn en,■mi' s.
Hill Making* a Great Effort.
I , .1 p. Hill Hii'.iks tile rigid rnrt of
• 1 cm,k-’-'it <in puncture tit, Roosevelt bub-
|. T;i ■ !i.v; Oeri 5 < r the mm. .tm nt.
from a pni’ ly party standpoint, is ;i .shin
ty fm io democrat! rater,
mid Mr. Hill Is priming himself IMr the
best efforts of Ills life.
Mr. Hill will i * Syr.;'u.- next we-k
w tliout a 1..I I '.!'' li.'.g. He vill b'-t
.. ■ ■ n Ing lb '
<'i nker's toma aawl; ami will probably
; t through w .bout a clash witli toe
Tammany bad r. There ha.- been nothing
11,.. ~ r. com- Hat:, n let we n tin- two fa
mous democrats. They arc as bitter as
. er, but they will stifle t teir feelings, I
. . 1 11 will i• ■
> >io sailing Croker will present no
i. ■/ will Hid. 'i in- plan is to 1--1 tie e, a
v nib'll einaily take it- own sale' I OU.
T~‘ strongest man with the d'T'a a;•. . Mr.
Croker de, !ar<s, will be th'- nomine :.
, : . l>, I
. ■ imit ■• e \. ::ieii w ill I ranm : pl ; f.:n
Ho is a master at that sort of business,
read ha; powerful pl tfotm ... '
not give battle to him In tiny w l and t::e
pia form wide': ;>e will report will he ihal
of tln . party Ibi - fall.
Xssemblyman Palmer, ;.n up-Hie-.-tato
mm and an adv>".,te of Hili •• Danforiii
p-r governor, will b the temporary eliair
i. n of iln .on vent ion, unb'-s tin pro
;; I mnt ‘ Is cl, anffed be for,- V.'ed n, Ia , .
lie is sat.. factor.,- t • all partie. .
The rub w i l eonie ova- t n- seb . , ion of
'.omim for governor. \ round dozen
.. r na nr ba .'<■ b. . u me ;t on, ■ I for t
b nothing like .b linite move
m at has gathered around nnv one man
still nt tlgh . :nd imayed.
i , . . more delegate than : nybo iy else,
but |i . hard io Had a prominent demo
crat who believes he wiil be nominate.i.
Tile re ■..-■•tv: v. have b-• :i pointed out.
Many h'lievo that he is too politic, too
, ar,T.ii ibou: taking a stand. Tammany
,1 0 , n wart him and would, it Is almost
! to pt . ’
nomination. Mr. 11.11 Is not committed to
.him b. yond r, < ..il and could find ii in liis
■r; to -cppori some one else.
T... .np s which have gained most in the
g'.se p doling Hie past three day.- are the.-,'
j It. Cady Herrick, of Albany,
ml Joi n B St: nehti' ld, of ISltnlra. H. ,-
i :ek is on the supreme b' ti. li; Stanchfield
.. a kiw. '.r, who once was in partnership
w, h Hili, llerikk voted for Bryan. Stanc'n
di l not. Herrick has a re, ord with noth
ing in it which might rise up to his hurt in
a mpaign. Stanchfield is younger and
A SIMPLE ( VTA R R 8! < IRE.
i have spent nearly fifty years in the treatment of
< nt: ’rh, and have olYected more cures than any sp<
< aii*t in the History of medicine. As I must soon re
tire from active life', I will, from this time on, send the
co ns of treatment and cure as used in my practice,
I*'and post paid to every reader of this paper who
:;!b rs iroro th'.s louthcsoine. dangerousand disgusting
discus . This i" a sincere idler which anyone is (w
to accept. AddroSj?, PROFESSOR
J. A. Luwrenec, 1 11 West 3 J<l St., »<•« 1 or).
possibly has more enemies. Stanchfield's
weakest point is the opposition he would
create among the silver men. It is proba
bly true that the ideal candidate in New
York is one who is known to be for gold,
but there is danger of provoking a third
ticket if an extreme gold man is named.
Danforth fancies that here is his strength;
that while he voted for Bryan and silver,
he is known to be a gold man.
Justice Barrett and Judge Gaynor are
two probabilities. The latter is especially
strong. He voted for Bryan, but he would
not drive away from his support any of the
gold men who are acquainted with his real
convictions on the money question. Jus
tice Barrett is an able man and Croker
is said.to favor him. but there is a spot in
Ids record I hat would do lots of mischief.
'l'he impression all over Hie stale that he
drew the infamous Ellsworth anti-new’spa
p, r law is prevalent, and that fact alone
would rouse the newspapers to take up
■arms against him. He is known to be
close to Croker.
He would be a reckless man, however,
who would venture a guess at this short
distance from the opening of the conven
tion. If 1 were obliged to pick out the
man whom I considered the most proba
ble winner, I should say Herrick. But the
situation is all mixed. There is not a man
in the field with any following to speak
of. Danforth lias been in the race a year
an da half and has lots of delegates, but
there is precious little enthusiasm for him.
'l’he iwo conventions will h ive record
breaking attendances. It will take ten spo-
I cial trains to convey the Tammany dele
l gallon alone to Syracuse.
I The < onr ent ions will be great gatherings,
I great in the results that are to follow, as
I well as great intrinsically. They will deter-
I mine governorship, senatorship', the political
I color of a legislature and—who knows—
| perhaps a presidency.
> DECLINES ONE NOMINATION.
i Roosevelt Sends a Letter to the Inde
pendent Republicans.
I New fur!:. S-ptember 21.--Theodore
I Roosevelt ton:;.’.',; issued a statement in
5 which he declined to accept any nomina
tion the independents might offer him. It
would be an injustice to Ills associates, lie
I said.
( *
; FLATT REACHES EATTLE GROUND
New York Republicans Are Gathering
at Saratoga for the Convention.
Saratoga, N. Y.. September 21. -The re
publican state convention will not meet
until'next Tuesday, but many delegates and
politicians and managers are a ready on
the. ground. Among th" party leaders that
urrived tonight was Senator Flatt. H. de
clined to bo interviewed except to - ay:
"Mr. Roosevelt is still a eandidaie and
will. 1 believe, be nominated.”
The Roosevelt people were gH in:: away
buttons tonight, to which are altach 'd rab
bits’ feet with tills inseription:
' “You can’t stop Teddy's luck.'
ROOSEVELT IS NOT WORRIED.
llcugh Rider Declares Hs Has Not
Lost His Citizenship.
New York, September 24.—Colonel 'I ueo
do-.'c Rooia velt talked more at detail today
about tile claim put forward by the ad
herents of Governor Black that hi (Roost
veil) is not eligible for the goverimi slap by
r< a.ton oi an affidavit Hied with the com
missioner of taxes.
"You may h- sure.'" the colonel lid to
World reporter, "that tills talk of my
being disqualiti'd is all rubbish. That pa
per does not affect my standing as a citi
zen in the least. 1 : ned it only to avoid
p.iving double tax,;, in Wash ngton and
New York on my personal property. If is
all poppycock for any one to say Ib it 1
ha'.,, lost my citizenship in New York.”
TIRED OF THE REPUBLICANS
DEMOCRATS MAY WIN THE FIGHT
IN CONNECTICUT.
Secretary Porter Says the Voters Are
Tired of Republican Politi
cal Methods.
By Jos: Oh],
Wa ■h' a::-ii. S.'pf'mhcr 21’.. iSp, - ial.i
John ,\'!di on Port, r. - 'ei'ciary o th ■ pres
ident. : s authority tor the statement that
the denmerats have an excellent chan. e to
carry <'■ tin, <■: lent In the ,'lining eb-'tions,
not only lor the state ticket, but for two
of tlm four members o congress.
Apparently, Mr. Porter is n-,; talking
from pique. He was d' leated for the e.
ernorshlp nomination, it is tn:,'. Im; tlm ■■
V. itli whom he has taile d freely I' d me
tli' re is nothing like the baby a, : bi his
talk, no evidence of sorem ss and no |. n
deney to sulk. He does not hesitate, how
ever, 1,, describe the conditions up there
| as i!:<y seem to him. though it is fair to
him to say that 'he does not do this talk-
I it:g for ijulili, at ion.
j The srstem under which the repaid! in
j part." conventions ar* held is. he think-'..
I tfie basis for tile great, apathy and di.-
I ; ~: is!:i,■: ion which exists among the repub
; ii. ans of 'Connecticut, and lie secs im like
• liiio 'd of a change until the democrats se
i cure control of tile legislature and remake
' til’, constitution of the state. He believes
t’mt Hi, time lias com, for sueli a revolu
, 1I:>U, and that tills dis-sit is‘ae. i.m. coupled
i with oilier conditions favorable to democ-
I racy, will bring such a revolution this
Antique Political Methods.
I Fnder ti:e system in vogue In <'.-nno.■ t!-
: , i:, a minority < '' the republican voters
' ,an easily dictate th" nominations or th
- party. This was . xactly what happened
ite < onvention wiier. For
I if. v.ith- tit - imiorsemet.t of a larg* ma
i jority of th" people in the county c nven
l t1.,.. '. I himself with a r.-presenta-
i tion o not -one-lliird that of the man wi’.o
j imd a minority oi the people at his back.
I The machine man, f.ounsbury, had but lit
tle mere than om-half as many votes in
tlm countv coiiventions which m-nt dele
gates to the state convention as Porter
had, and y<", tin machine was able to land
Ha,", of the town .■■' ('onnectFat .«•• mds
on the same plane as each of tile others,
so far as repre: , atatio:i in tlm legislalure
is cneerned. The same system prevails
in t!>o republican state convention.-, and
tlm result is that small towns that are al
most oi . oh-te have just as much to say in
party affairs the large cities. 'l’he' re
publican machine is able to prevent a
change in this condition of affairs bee.ius,.
11 i. to the machine's interest.', to Jet the
present system, easy of manipulation as it
i is, remain. Ponimeticut is a state where
the machine has had absolute sway, but
l tlm pc >ple are getting tired of it. In tne
, presidential election the republicans were
1 able to poll a big majority by raising tlm
•. cry that democratic victory meant com
mercial ruin; but Hie people, from all ac
count... are not being seared by tiiat hug
, iiboo this year. On tlm contrary, they
, are more strongly disposed than they have
' been 'n years to take the reins in their
own hands and smash tlm machine.
The Country’s Interest in It.
t The country at large cares Utile about
- file purely local phases of Connecticut p,fli
i ties, but the possibility of a demoera ie
| stale victory and of the eleotion of two
; democratic congressmen does Interest. 'l'.' o
i control of the state would undouiitidly be
I a . trong Influence in shaping tlm results
' in Connecticut in the, presidential emetinn
I of 15C0, givl'iig, as it would, the democrats u
i chance for Hie electoral votes from that
I state. Then the gain of two congrt ssmen
i is important. There seems good reason to
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, G A., MONDAY, SEPTEMBEB 26, 1898.
believe that without any votes from the
New England .states the democrats will get
the next house, ‘but that there will be such
gains even in 'bat stronghold of repubii. an
ism is believed by the democratic man
agers. These two from Connecticut ba,o
jiut been counted in the estimates n.t <«enio
cratie headquarters, but they form part o.
the basis upon which shrewd politictaus
here in Washington are predicting a demo
cratic landslide. There, are a good 1,1;, ny
people in Washington who believe that t ie
democrats will have a big majority in the
next house.
MAY GET PENNSYLVANIA.
(Republican Leaders Fear Defeat in
the Keystone State.
Washington. September 2H.-(Specia!.)
The republican leaders of Pennsylvania at
in deep concern over the possible de eat of
their state ticket and thy certainty that i
that defeat comes, the legislature will s'-m
a democratic senator to succeed . .
Quay.
Tliis fear is genuine. It is not mere node
paper talk. but. it comes from men hign
in tlm Quay councils. The “little old man
is. they say. in greater danger of defeat
than be has ever before been, and unless
there is a decided change in the trend ot
political events before the votes are cast,
the defeat of Stone, the candidate for gov
ernor, is certain and that will carry with
it the defeat of Quay.
The President Appealed To.
So great is the alarm felt by Quay and
his friends that the president has been ap
pealed to. Congressman C. W. Stone, who
was an unsuccessful aspirant for ,1m i'-
publican nomination, which went to Quay s
man. "Bill” Stone, was here yesterday and
spent some time at the white house. He
came ostensibly to see to the mustering
cut of some Pennsylvania regiment, but it
leaks out that the real reason for his xlsit
was an invitation of tlm president, s tit
at Hie request of the republican campaign
managers.
Stoti" was appeal'd to in behalf of Quay.
The. necessity of a republican vl lory "for
tlm. sake of the party" was pointed out to
him and he was urged to use all his enorts
to prevent such a catastrophe as the de
feat of the ticket. McKinley- does not I.Ko
Quay, but he likes himself and does not
want Pennsylvania, so stanehly' republican,
to be in doubt in 11100. As for Hm d. J'.ea.t >:i
from that state in the republican im,tonal
convention. Quay has assured him teat,
it will l>e all right, and lie ha iaitli in
Quay's promise:'. He is chary' of the polit
ical ability of tile i' form element.
Is Jenks To Come Down?
Congressman Stone did not give a very
comforting report of tin conditions pte
vailing in the state. He told tlm president
very frankly that the revolt against lite
Quay machine i" of a 'hat .icier tnat ."a it it
er he nor any other man coni I hope to •! .
much witli it. "I course Im would '."1" I?"
ticket. let h<- was a republican, but he told
of large elements in vae party' tb.it will
not vote it.
In Hie course of his talk one of the great
dangers 1" Hm republican t el-'et was point
ed out That is tlm retirement from tlm
race of the demoi-ratie candidate in the
interests of Swallow, tile anti-Qu iy candi
date. This, he declared, was a possibility,
ami from other sources 1 have learned
that something of the kind may mater.ai-
Swallow is a prohibitionist, but prohibi
tion ■ cutting no iigur, in tills tight. I
man who h; sb< m for ye o. w i twa
on Quay is not popular imr attraetix e, I, it
he has a platform which has made ~ hit.
With tile people Os 11
short but means a lot. ' I lion shall not
st,al” is the Swallow platform, and while
tin ,!• mocrafc platform means exa' liy Hie
same tl ing, Switllt ,v and his followt rs have
succeeded in making the people m Hm
fee) that he represents that sen inn ut
to a Pc, uliar degree, and tlm r 'puiJmatts m
in.iiiy parts of the state are tiockmg to ms
•standard in large numbers.
Did Guay Nominate Jenks?
A prominent business man '»! I'liilad"!-
plila. republ < tin leader, who was lor
two terms in congress, illustrated tho feel
ing among the business elements last night.
H«: told of a. dinner at one of tho strong
republican clubs of Philadelphia at which
tea prominent business men sat. Al! were
republican:-, but nine declared themselves
against Quay and stated with great posi
tiveness that they were going to vote for
Swallow.
Os course this scheme to pull down
Jenks in favor of Swallow may not work.
At the time of the former’s nomiuation over
Judge Gordon it was openly charged that
Quay dictated tile nomination and it may
; ' he ' .in keep J< nks in the race. I ■
is does, there is some imp.- for i epubli. an
victory. If. liowever. the democrats. In the
interci-; of good government and inspir' d
by tile desire to throw out the repultln
tliieves and robbers who do business under
Quay's !• der.ship, pull in li:,:ie - witli I c
great mas of , . -I lieai wlio
lire going to vol.- for Swallow, there sems
m, < x< client <-h im e of a political rcvolutm't
in tlm Kcysione State b"yond anyth ng cv • "
experienced over there. Just now the
chances m good. Os course Quay is a
gleet politician and he may yet save him
self. His political life is the Issue and any
man will pul up a stiff light for his life.
POWERS TO COERCE TURKS
Rome. September 21.- Within twenty-four
hours Great Britain, Russia. France and
Italy w .11 append their signa tun s to an
a:;re< in, nt for the pacification of t ie is
land of Crete, including a plan for coer
cion ut tlie sultan into submission.
Tlie scheme lia.s for some time been
drafted, l ilt its enfor< "ment wis d lay cd
to invite tile participation of Germany,
which country de,, lined.
At tlie beginning of the week the four
powers will send an ultimatum to the sul
tan of Ttirk' y. summoning him to accept
tin: project and informing 'him that unless
lie does su, measures will bw taken to en
force his compliance.
The powers have irrevocably decided to
. i-t:'' tit, Giet: a qim tion Immediately,
and wiil not Ju alate to tend their fleets
to tlm Danlaimlles and beyond if mics.-ary.
ALARMISTS’ STORIES DENIED.
Germany Will Not. Arm and Equip
Philippine Insurgents.
Washington. September 21. The ofliel ils
oi tlie iv.'.r dejiartirmut pio-nouace 1 to Ii ■
without foundation in fact Hie alarmist
stories com.ng from sources in Sa:i Fran
clscii to the ( ff< ct t 1 it G< rmany had shown
any disposition to arm tlm Philippine in
surgents with a. view to limiting them to
h.iriass tlm American army at .Mandi.
The ofiicials stated to be positively untru"
tlm sts temcat that our gow: i.in .mt .md
H..civ,<l any such Information, e- that ;t
was influenced by such in ordm-ing tlm
dispatch last week of s,Obit additional tl’ocjis
to s'-'-uforce General Otis at. -Manila.
FLEET UNDER SEALED ORDERS.
British Warships Make Sudden De
parture from Wei-Hai-Wei.
W. l-llai-Wei. September 21. The Britisn
I ittl"sthip Centurion, flagship of Vice-Ad
miral Sir Edward 11. Seymour, the com
mand'r of Hie British fleet in I'hiimse
water . sailed sn'SdeTity yest.-rday under
sealed orders.
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PINGREE WIRS
OVER ENEMIES
Is Unanimously Renominated by
Republican Convention of
Michigan.
CARRIES ALL BEFORE HIM
Other Nominations Are to the Liking
of Pingree—Tlie Silver Men of
Maryland Get Together.
Detroit. Mich., September 21.—Governor
Pingree was unanimously renominated by
acclamation Ulis afternoon by the republi
can state convention.
His reform ideas and efforts toward regu
lating alleged iiiequ dities of taxation were
heartily’ commended in the platform adopt
ed and many members of his party who
have heretofore not lm< n in accord with
the govern, join, din tho cheering when
he appeirtd and made e- ciiar.icter.stie
speech of acceptance.
The Temporary Organization.
Tl.e temporary organization of the state
coiamittee was put. into motion at noon to
day under Hie auspices of the old state
central < oimnittee. The < ommitt o lis
Imi' t' l 'i'c lieen considered t i be antt-l'iu
gr, • , bat a : y antipathy to Governor Pin
gree did not appear upon tlie surface, al
though indisposition to mention the g>>ver
nor or stat taxation issues was so:n< tvhat
niahifest. Governor Fing:, e's f:'i' ids c ; Um
that he won ;; victory in flic eungres.-i sal
district , ,jiiv: t.'.'ii. wema pree d d the
state convent!. ■. the < b ti ns of members
, , . • . utral commit te , result -
ing in s, lection ot tidrt"'h I’ingree to
CcVin aali-Fin'.:ice nr a. Th latter, how
ever, claim that tin; true i.landing of Hie
committee is abiJit tin rev el se of these
figures
Tlie Light Guard armory contained tlie
usual patriotic eonv,jii ,i ~'Crations and
pictures of distiagui. >. ! republic us.
Dexter M. Ferry, of Detroit, chairman of
tlie stale central committee, e.tiled tlie
convention to ord- t. in his address Mr.
Ferry urged perpctiuiti, n by thi • conven
tion of every i pubii' an pri;,"i|ile by adopt
ing a thoroughly repub’.i platform and
he added thut ill the candidates will be
exj: ictv'.l to stand squarely’ upoa the plu.-
I'orm u:id be loyal aii-t i.uthful to the
partv. csld lie:
"With such a platform and a ticket
headed by our war g,n ri',:, witli eur own
t,. n ..I, Aiger liaa ing .. p t under t’resi
de:n M.C-K'i.h y .11 I ■ I..'.,tmini.-tr.i-
tiuii, the ~oinlllioiis , i.iiij lavuring
lor rcpii-iiican victory."
Tlie cliairmcn depiur.d criticism by re
pub.lean newspapers ot tae v.ar depart
m< nt, ii tie US, d by
demagogues of the oi'b r ; ,de in the cam
pal . In • ed
po:u'.iv,'!y taut i.e w : ■ not a . aiic.idate tor
G:.‘.t; !■ •-; ows, of lli:J-.4l, pre.-aicht of
t ' s ate iesgue ut republican chibs. >vus
c,;i,,ato ,’: 1 •■' s ,■:ii ’• *. 1 ■.: :i ima a.
Pingree Wins Atl Round.
Pingi ■ ■ ttui d the "tl rs
in the .'solution, ec.rnmiti 1 and wnen tile
resolutions wer, .’t- ' 11 " wei-- adopt-
'd without licbab'. <>. l'.. 'var Issue the
resolutions say:
We ind,tile pl' sent national ad
mii strut ion and ~ xpr utidviice in
| ( e honesty, integrity : . ■ ism
I ncident MeKia.ey. Duriag Ha ;i.vin;;
times tiiat culminat d in war wit a
- . ,H da.' d i ' ' ■ '■
< action iiiitsl tae final 1 •• ion "I hos
tilities, which W" hop- wiil sp-aeuily
i c ult in p, i mam nt : >■.
We indorse our honor, a .'■' i rctary of
war, and comm, nd his conscientious,
patriotic and uns'-liisli devotion to tho
minor of 111" nation and tie wiil.irv of
tlie army. We denoti ,<■" tlie tlliji- t at
taelcs made on aim, ar.d oiler him our
tmd.vided support and confidence.
We reaffirm the prineijiles of the St.
Jamis platform, and pb'cg" them our
support as a sure gu.'irannc of national
prosperity and honor. We stand upon
th" existing gold t '.ardard and condemn
Ih" prop. Utioli to if silver to free
and unlimited eoiii.'"’" ’ the ratio of 111
to I by this eouiliry n one.
The platform <■■ im.ra t ala les the country'
upon returning prespetii" under r, pmdieali
ride and the opera ion of the I'ingley law;
congratulates tii cou t u " Ittiid
and . victor:,.’, ami liaves the future
... ~ ■■ ; p, pl, whom th,
nation has gain d nt d t hrough the war
properly
del, gat, d am ilority.
Governor f’im.'i'" was pl id in nomina-
Charl, Flow Detroit.
II was quickly mad, u; niinous by tic-
> I.;mat ion.
i-or lieutenant g<.,v, rm'r, i‘ W. Robinson,
of lloug’liton, .ii ard, t Filigree . tate
senator, was nominal era ~lose con-
test with G rritt J. I'aliin:'. <•:•.-speaker oi
'the house of f pr, sentativ, s.
After tli< am 'im'" m i' of the vote on
lieuten goveri r, ■ was taken
until s o'clock, v. * n t " '' aiaium.i of the
tick t. w.'is iiomin.’ited.
Tile follow .Ill’,' eandi.i ■t" : ',ll Hie State
tick, t w, r. nomiim ed al mnigld's session:
I or : ■ eretary of stat", a. S. Stearns, ot
' A "d'i'''i' •; n< i ii, Ros. ~ <' Fix, of Jh-rrien
’ '\iteriiey general. Ho.’i M. Oren, of Sault-
'l'r,--: .nr, r G- 1.. St"- ■■. of St. Johns.
Sm"'i imemb tit ■ f p■’ >llm truetion,
Jason E. Hammond, of Hill.'dale.
’l l, - convention <■ mpb led t;s work at
niidiim:'.:.
The Silver Men of M.’.ryhMiJ-
Baltimore, Md.. F 'Member 21. -Tlie dem
ocrat; of Maryland, wl o ' ivor silver as
currimi , held a conV'ntien la la s city’
tod iy to fake i tion i ■■:;•■ t<» tl: " •
ing < ,mi;r, jslonal eampaign. After sonic
,1 . ■ ■ u ■ . y nomln . ".I W illiam Willis,
of Talbot county, as candidate for con
gress in the first di. tri. t. in opposition to
John V. alter Smith, Hie democratic candi
d :. and indors d the other democratic
ii,. nil., .- . Tl'. . also adop d platform
r, a til rniing t ".•• prinei])!,.; of the .'liicago
platform of ISJI>. and inderang W. J. Bryan
up tlie (lemoci .111,' candidate tor tlie pres
idency in 1900.
The. committee- on fusion were unable
io agree and apparent].’ all hope oi fusion
is gone, 'i'll" <ii:ino, ratio < omtnittee d.s
--i linr ■ d It.-, in- i’ll’ rs : a adjourn' I until
tomorrow’, wle ii it is prop , ed to nominate
a .-:r.ilght ticle't.
'i'he silver republicans ad.iourm.'d till to
morrow’ hi tii'' li", " of 1 id: eing the demo
crats to read.' fi,,iii their position regard
ing file S' li itorsliip.
'l'll. d'nincrati,' platform adopted to
night. indorses tii" f’hicago piitlorm, ,ie
clnres < mphatieaily for .it tlie
ratio of 1G to I. loyally accepts file leader
ship of William Jennings Bryan, congrat
ulates the country on the r< lilts ot the
W’ar witn Spain, arr: igii; the w'ar depart
ment "lor criminal in'omt>eteney and in
efficiency,” oppos< s any alliant e w ith any
Emopean power, condemns the mmecessary
issue of interest-,."' iriti-; bonds by the gov-
Twenty 1 jr>)
Funny «
Stories of
MARK TWAIN/J < >
They relate to Mark Twain’s '1 i/ ? \
eccentricities, and his aptness I /b f » j
in making the most ordinary I \ /
episodes appear ludicrous. 'l’he 1 d \ j/ /
stories are brimful of fun. (\ /'/ I Z h /
V Zhw
When I Stood Face to Miss Wilkins in Her \ J ' \ 'ZfTd
Face With Death New England Home | 'A '
General A. W. Greely, An entire photographic " j J
tlie great Arctic ex- page w ill show the \fh i«, „
plorer. tells here, for the author of “Jerome ” and :J. J
first time in print, tlie “Pembroke’’ as she is 'T // | |
graphic story of his fear- at home : her friends as J/ 1 \ I
ful exile of 27S days at they grouped around \\\ (' ) ' I
the North Pole, when her; going out to walk '
liis comrades daily with her dog; with her
dropped dead at his side, favorite cat; and in an
and when . 11 waited day evening gown ready for r-« p
bydaylordcathlocome. a reception. IHE SATURDAY
John Wanamaker’s Sunday-School EVENING POST
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How it has grown to be a factor in a citv's life, * established in I .2,> by
t ther with the wonderful man who has de- Beniamin Franklin. It is
voted Ins energies to its development. Illustrated.
handsomeiy illustrated and
These arc Some of the Special Features in the October Number of gives weeklv the best scriais,
short stories and sketches
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ernment under prGiiisc of making iiec-s
--slties and > ills for an honest .idmiiii.slia
tion by tin- minernl land commissioners.
The platform says nothing about c rritorial
expansion.
NO NEW CASES IN HEW ORLEANS.
Dr. Souclion Makes His Official Daily
Report on Fever.
New Origans, S, ptember 21. —Tlie follow
ing is Dr. Souehon’s official report for to
day:
in the city of New' Orlvaii.-: Two n tv
cases. One death la the city io dale.
Reported from Harves Canal Five new
eases; no deaths.
Reporter! from Baton Rouge—One ease.
Paris i of East B ton ,' ■ ■ ha > en
qua rantined.
Report' d from Franklin—On: hundred a'.ei
six case.s ,i:id five d tu dat", all aow
Sick are doing Well.
West Virginians with Fever.
Canij> Meade. Middletown. L’a.. S> 'tuber
24. -Major Atkins, .. of the :■ • ~ id West
Virginia, wa,s stricken with typhoid fever
at Boiling Springs lust night, and sent to
the nearest hospita.l. Three privates .. re
also taken lii, and Were brought ba<k to
('amp ade. Tlie reginb at reached Mount
Holly ,‘:>n :a:;.s today , and vill camp lhei'e
over Sunday .
One New Case at Oxford.
Oxford. Miss.. Septemli' r ff. ’I ho fever
s-it mat ion here today, ac :’, poi t< ,| i,y Dr.
Haralson, of the state board of health, Is
one n, W’ ease— 11, in y 'Dilip ie. ?xo deaths.
Sick all doing well.
«
FAULKNER HAS SUCCEEDED GRAY
West Virginia Senator Goes on Cana
dian-American Commission.
Wasi.iington, September 11'. Senator •'
J. Faulkner, of West Virginia, was to
day appointed to the po.-itlon on the
Canadian comrnl.-sion made vacant by tlie
retirement of Senator Gray when he w:,:,
transferred to the I’.iris p ice eommis’ion.
BOARD OF INQUIRY
BEGINS ITS LABORS
COMMISSIONERS TO INVESTIGATE WAR
DEPARTMENT ORGANIZE.
Major Gcucriil <. i iinvillc .Al. Dodge, of Ohio,
Is President, :iud Major .Miles Is >li!i
-tnrj Recorder Eight Heni
liers Were Present.
Washington, September 24. The commis
sion to investigate tlie conduct ot t.ic war
d.i arun. nt during Hi - re< ■ nt conflict witli
Spain held its initial fitting in the ollie.■ of
Fnsidcnt MeKinh y at the white anus-' to
day. There wire eight nunih'TS present
and it was announced that th" services of
Dr. Phineas S. Connor, of Cineinimti, were
counted up si as the n ntl: man. ’tlie cm.it
who w, re were pr, "b. wei. ; Major Gen
ei.:l Granville M. Dodge, of Iowa; Colonel
J. A. Sexton, of Illinois; Captain E. I’.
Howell, of Georgia: Major <b neral .1 M.
Wilson, chief of eiigim ts of tile Unl. d
St; army; Hon. 1 harles Denby, ", In
diana. l ite minister to I’itiim; ex-Governor
I’rbana Woodbury, of Vermont ; ''"-Gover
nor Jam,-.-; A. Beaver, of Fennsyivania. and
Major General A. McD. McCook, of tho
army, retired.
The commission spent an I,our and a
half wiili the president, and then jiroeeeded
to the room assigned it at lite war depart
ment for Hie purpose of organizing and be
ginning work.
Tlie proceedings with the president con-
SAVE DOCTOR’S BILLS,
Caner rs. Dropsy, i’its, Blood Foison,
Private Troubles and Ferna 1 " Complaints
permanently cured by skilled and experi
enced specialists. I’atients treated at their
hornet by mail and express. Opium and
morphine habits cured in 2 weeks, .IFOO.
SOUTHERN MEDICAL 'J-.’XIMIANG E,
Atlanta, Ga.
sistfil in the main of a general exchange
' 1 of views as to Hie scope of the commission’s
! investigations, in whbh the president par
-1 tleipateil quite freely. Tlie president had
put his own views in writing and read
: them before proceeding to a verbal dis
■ i mission. In this statement lie said that
i iiimplaints had been directed especially at
’ ! the surgeon general’s, the quartermaster
| general’s and tlie commissary general's de
' partments of tlie army, and lie suggested
■ that the conduct of these departments
: should receive especial consideration at tlie
I hands of tlie commission, lie wished Hie
■ commission to go to the bottom of the
! subject in all cases and proceed with its
: work without fear or favor.
1 "If,” lie said in the formal discussion
I tiiat cc< urr"il, “the commission should
have difficulty In securing the attendance
. of witnesses or in obtaining access to p;<-
■ per- thought to lie essential to the pros'. 11-
i tion of its labor:'. I hope the matter will
j be brought to my attention, when I wiil
I do all in my power to overcome the dif
ficulty. I want tlie commission to have a
, < ] r field, end I will do all tii ,' is pos.e
--1 hie for me to do to see that it has."
I 'i'li ■ : uggestion was also made to the
! commission that tho first effort should >0
; to secure general information In regard
: to the organization of the army and Lie
j time in which tlie work was performed.
: ’l'li,- president suggested the name of Ma
, jor Mlles, of tlie army, for the position of
i recorder of the commission.
| Sei re’arj' Alger's request as nude in the
I letter read by the president was for a
I complete inquiry Into tlie conduct of tlie
I war. especially on the lines of the < h arges
I published in the ic wspapi'i's. lie said tie ■■■
1 , harpe.-. had assumed such mignitin. tnat
i h did not feel satisfied to have tlie de
-1 p irtmer.t rest under them, and that i, ■
j desired an investigation by men eminent in
1 military and civil life.
! Dr. Phineas S. Connor, of Cini’innati, an
! noineid as the ninth member of the corn
, mission, was selecte'l b iitso of his emi
j n ■ tee as a physician. Tho president h.,,1
been anxious from tile beginning to secure
| the services ot :i medical man, because
i the medical department of tlie army is
' I'ueli involved in Hie charg's th it have
111, en made.
After Hie close of tne conference at tlie
white house, tin- president expressed his
i satisfaction witli tlie personnel of the com-
I mission, adding Hat lie believed the r 111-
j vestigaiion would be thorough and their re
j port fair and impartial.
j j ..,- commission organized by electing
I Granville M. Douge ehairman and Richard
Vi'eirhtman. -if Washington, s eretary;
' Major Miles, of tin mspe tor gen, r.il >
lollice, to be military recorder.
'i'lie commission adjourned about 10:30
o’clock to meet at 10 o’clock on ?>londay.
I The session was devoted to method of
I procedure, nothing definite being i 'aehe.l.
It was said that probably the invest;-
| gallon so far as examination of witnesses
would I, ■ open, but tlie other proceedings
I would be in executive sssion.
Dr. Connor Accepts Fosition.
Cincinnati, .Sptember 24. -Dr. P. S. Cop,nor.
] of tliis city, a distinguished physician and
surgeon, who served as an assistant sur
! geon in the Fniied States army during
I tlie civil war, has accepted tile invitation
of the president to become a member of the
, ommissfon t • investigate Hie conduct of
the war department.
_.... ..
Piles and Fistula.
I Cure guaranteed, 2u years’ exp rience. Par- >
j ticuliirs fr. Dr. Tucker, 16 N. Broad st., j
| Atlanta, Ga.
I TOWNS ARE SWEPT AWAY:
I
! The Storm Was More Disastrous Than ’
First Reports Indicated—Vil
lages Wiped Out.
-■ I
Kingston, Jamaica. Sept,, nibcr 23.- Mail j
advices vv hleh reach' d here today brought ;
melancholy relief to tlie suspense expert- '
eneed regarding the full cxteiit of Hie '
hurricane disaster ;it the islands of St. '
Vincent, St. Lucia and Barbadoes, show- I
ing tliat tlie first accounts were not exag- ■
gerated. At St. Vincent about .’MO lives
have been lost, not counting Hu loss of
life .'-'offered through tlie destruction oi' j
shipping. The coast is strewn witli the
wrecks of vessels, many of which w, re |
from Barbadoes.
The storm raged from 10 o’clock in tlie '
I morning (Sunday, September 11th.> until -
1 o'clock in the afternoon, completely w’., ''k-
■ ing Hi" island.
I At tile ,apiia!. Kingston, fully A" nn -
I Wore demolisheil, while Hie suhur:* ■, 1 "X
heath and Montebello, were obllter.
Among tile pi'lneipai l»inid:ni - '>■ . I
are I ae, Anglican and Catholic , iur' e.-.
tlie fine new hospital and Fort C tar. >ttc.
Ali the other public buildings were more
or less injured. Cloudbursts from 't ,<•
I mountain.' swept much of the ruins in
; sea, as well as several dead and injur'd
. per. 011 s.
I Throughout the island tii" ,I'. ; ra. :i ,n
i was on a whole-al" .seaie, n< ,ily ~1,
; esl.'.le- and buildings being razed and ■ ,
• tivation being obliterat'd.
I Tlie following !uw;i.s or villages w■ r"
: | destroyed:
I Rose Place, Grande Sable, Arnos', ue,
Mount Pleasant, Argyle, V\ .illilalio. 1 ■:
; roualho, l.ayoii and Buvaiaent. and
' second city, Georgetown, was couM'l’' ib-.'
1 damaged.
I Nil approximate estimate of tile pecuniary
i damage dole lias been rea->l, but tl.e
island is pr.'.clt’ ally ruined.
I St. Lucia suff< r< dm >; tl.v from rain t d
landslides, tii-’ deluge last.ng ten 10111
Cui de Sa 11 Ro it;
of Hie cane and cocoa cultivation, wro
, converted into lakes and partly filled v.:
debris from ti," mountains, which n;ii"l
. tiie crops, while many plantations •. !.-■■■
: where were wreck,',l. Serious damage was
I sustained e.-p .'ialiy at Mormtnbao, wbien
1 precipitated an avalanche tin miles long,
, covertng tie valley to Hie width of ~ mile
' and overwhelming Ruby ami a coupk of
{ other estates. Similar avalanelies partly
■ destroyed the Diamond. Pearl and
: Jacques plantations. Tlie city of I’asi.ries
suffered somewli.it. chiefly from a tidal
I wave, which swept over halt the town
i and wrecked a portion of Bay s:r
I Thirteen lives were lost. The full , .Rent, of
1 tlie damage has not. been computed. b:“ it
| is incomparably less than at S . \ ineeut.
I 'i 11, hurricane struck the island of l::ir
i bailees on Hi' nig.it 0; the lllth, cuniph't ly
j wrecking the flat, expos, d plants md
: sweeping away 10,OW houses, while :..m
--j aging thousands more. This left, lilt,
I quarters of the inhabitants homek s--. over
I 100 people Were killed, so tar as known.
I Tlie city of Bridgetown was parti;,liy ,1.
i stroy, d, and the suburbs at Bt. .Ii "I
iand Belleville were etitir, ly demolish I
! Al) the shipping was wreck' d or blown , ut
t to s, ~. lii tile country tlie iles.j.a; i"i. is
i tiwful. owing to tin' <lestrue. ion of •
■ provision grounds on wiiicli tlie population
depend \\
' tiie greatest distress is in St. Mieoael,
j t 'lirist Church anil St. Philip. All the we ar
damn; 1 m 11; ■■ ’ :!a n
I ;:r, completely wrecked. But, whih ilie
I cultivation of cam lies suffer'd eimi ' r
' ably, tlie cam Ims not yet been lotaily
ruined at. first report'd, tse damme
i not ex, : c ling one-fifth . f tlie cane. Tlie
| total estimated damage, besides Hie loss
from tiie cane ero[> ai d provision , is
: about Jl.’m, eno at Barbadoes.
j Among tiie incidents at Btirbardos was
I tin- miraculous escape of Governor 11 iy
| and his son from ti building which col-
I lapsed, burying them in tiie ruins. '1 aey
1 escaped with Insigniti-ant brill, es.
Fix Weeks of Mourning.
V.'.lslington, September :.'l. 'l’he Austrian
logotion will .!>.>:». ix weeks’ mourning
■ li, memory of tlie i t,- F.mpKiiz.i:. : 1.
I iHo’i.ij; tills pci lod Minister von 11' tig, imul
l i'T ami his staff will not participate in
any soe'.il functions save those of a
j strictlj official x'n 1 racier.
President Appoints Postmasters.
I . 'linr.to'i, September 111. 'l’lie president
' hr:; e, pointed tlie following po.-t masters:
; .X’orth Carolina—Higli i’oint, W. 11.
i Florida l ive Oak. T. S. Harris; San'md,
I (’harb - S. I ’art ridge.
I
Vehicles for Farmers’ Use.
I In another column will be noticed tile
1 < H'<l 01 tae Ailian,'" t'arrigge i’,i. t > <’m
i einntiti. 0., ”’!<> E. Court St Tliis ' lai;; •
concern is one of tlie most extensive plants
, lor tae building of carriages, buggies, e
i In Hl" I ailed States, and that m ans tn
'. Hi,- wide world, it was the Allianc. c..r
ria..,' Company t.'mt carried i ff tlm high" t
[ honors at the Atlanta and Ntushvllle < x
I posit ons. I i 0.--,. of our readers who c ti
template buying any kind of vehicle from
I a common road varl to tlie mo-t - > ifii
’’turnout’’ for the family, should writ,'- Im
( 1 lie latest , :i: iloatie fu which tlie price; ar
) given in plain figures.
