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THE KANSAS ELECTION.
THE "HIRO PARTY MEETS A WATERLOO
ON CHOSEN GROUND.
2I?e Old Parti<rf> Combine Hud Clean It ui>
in Kan;aa?Kes?-ut)i.'ir the Arrogance of
the New Party Lcit?U rs- President I'olk
SaTS It is all Hlght.
Leavenwohth, Xax., Nov. 5.?
The combiuing of the republicans with
[ the democrats again?i ;.he people's party
in manj parts of Kansas Tuesc ay really
began in the last legislature, where the
two older par.-es, in order to aecomplis 1
anything, were forced 10 combine. Before
the election last fail it was tacitly
agreed between the leaders of the democratic
party and the aiiiance lexers that
if the democrats should nominate the
old war governor, Vharles li-obinson, of
( Lawrence, for governor, the alliance
(convention would indorse the nomiaaItion
and in return the democrats were to
[accept the man the alliance selected for
[lieutenant governor on the democratic
I ticket. The alliance convention and the
\ democratic convention were held the
same day in Wichiia. but the alliance.
Instead of nominating and indorsing Robinson
for governor, named J. T. Willets,
a comparatively unknown man. The
alliance leaders may have intended to
[keep faith, bus an enthusiastic delegate
proposed Willet's name and that settled
L. \V. Humphreys was reelected governor
by the republicans, and Willets
came in second in the race. The democrats
were incensed and in the alliance,
which had cut their SO,000 majority
down nearly half, the republicans saw a
"lusty foe." The thiru party then became
the common enem\- of republicans
and democrats alike, and the battle in
the legislature, which was almost overwhelmingly
alliance, resulted. Following
this came Ingalls's defeat by Pieft'er,
whose election has done more to hurt
*" J if o o rlnno
I me tnira party uiuu uuy mmj n. uao ViVUV/
before or since.
j^Berore the campaign this year sections
of the repudlican and democratic party
in this State coquetted with the aiiiance
and talked fusion but the third party,
proud )f Its strength, refused to listen to
these proposals aud a general meeting ol
the democratic editors in Topekain June
resented these proposals, as far as the
democracy was concerned, and declared
bitterly against the alliance. The defeat
of the aiiiance Tuesday last was the
result.
In an interview today, J. Kalph Burton,
of Abelene, a noted repubiicau campaigner,
said: "The only elections oi
national importance were in Ohio and
Kansas and there the republicans carried
everything. In Kansas it was a perfect
avalanche. Tne issue was whether the
vagaries of a set of visionaries were
to be fastened on the state and the vote
of the people said they were not.
"Then you regard the resulr. of the
election in Kansas as a total defeat for
the alliance?"
"Utter. But it v as not defeat, it was
annihilation. They are swept trom the
lace of the earth. Hardly a vestige re~?
-juaipa. There is not enough left of the
alliance in Kansas to reform a respectahlo
frroon^'ipb LaSC VCaT OUt Of
424 principal count}' oiiices in the State,
the alliance go;, three hundred and something;
this year only 125.
C. K. Holliday, of the Topeka Democrat,
a successful editor and shrewd
politician, said: "IVom a demoaratic
standpoint it's a glorious victory. We
beat the alliaces body, soul anu breeches,
and that it enough to make any one feel
good in Kansas. ~
"While Kansas has not as many democrats
as some States, yet we have had
a considerable degree of success in the
past, and there is no reason why we may
not have in the future. But if Kansas
democrats accomplish anything in the
future they will have to quit dividing up
to tight men and all go iu together with
a grand pull tor the princples of democracy."
"You are not in full accord with some
other Kansas democrats as to the policy
of the party, are vou?*'
**J. am 110L HI JiCCUru vwiu uic uicuiow.o
of the State central c ;mmittee by u big
majority. They want to fuse with the
alliance. Why, in Ueno county the
straight democrats got together and put
out a democratic ticket but the committee
wouiu't recognize them und insisted
on fusion with the alliance. The result
is that county went overwhelmingly
republican. This is teaching the fusion
democrats a lesson, ami they are all getting
mighty sick of fusion."
Winifred, Kan , >."ov. 5.?In this,
Cowley county, the people's party was
born. In 1S39 the republican defeat was
overwhelming, owing to local matters.
Out o: this victory a few men connected
with the Farmers' Alliance conceived
the idea of a peoples' party lor
the county and then lor the State. U.
H. Chaver, who was afterwards elected
to congress by the alliance party, was at
that time president of the Statejalliauce,
and he succeeded in yetting a State organization
of a new party. The result
was that the democrats joined the alliance
movement and elected a legislature
that downed John J. Ingalls.
This done the alliance par.y boldly
annnnnfPfl its antagonism to renubliean
ism and democracy alike, and openly insulted
democrats who dared ask for a
share of the honors "won in a fusion campaign.
In the present campaign in this county,
as in a majority of counties in his
sate, the alliance boldly asserted its independence
and the democrats in the
towns, finding that the brethren in the
country were liable to join the "calamity
howl," iointd the republican forces and
administered a whipping the alliance
w:ll not soon ie.rget.
Hon. John A. Eaton, who was elected
as a democrat fro u this city to the legislature,
and who was the democratic
candidate for congress in lSf^. said tonight:
"The su'Mre.isurr, government
loaning of money and government ownership
of railroads -.:ts thought by dem
ex-rats to be uauge:cus. me leaner? u;
the alliance, winch advocated those
measures, made it a point to go further
and misrepresent the con lition of Kansas,
one of tho most capable and grandest
agricultural Sts'r> in the L'uion.
**It became necessity, in the minds ol
leading democrats, to give this alliance
party a setback thai would leach it conservatism
at icast. Ti e democrats have
taujat the air.ancc p:irtj that arrogance
and intolerance should not and must
not be taught in reh-' iu politics.''
Captain Gray, lau- democratic candidate
for sherid", sa*-: "I did not expect
a large vote, i rankism and intolerance
has gone to such extremes that
good sense is no longer exhibited by the
leaders of the Farmers' Alliance. That
organization needed a drubbing. and the
democratic farmers went to the polls
with republican farmer*. shoub'er t<>
shoalder, and 'settled ihe hash'ofa parI
tv not called i'or by any issue."
John R. bumpier, chairman ul the
jiepublican central committee, says he
; was sure the democrats wou! vote the
republican ticket, on account of the wild
J theories advanced by the alliance speak-1
: c-rs, each of which "had a plan," and no
j two ol' which were alike.
Sol Smith, who conducted the cam[
paign in this county for the people's
: party, says he was surprised at the result,
as he thought a democrat would
vote anything rather than a republican
ticket, but has formed a new opinion in
regard to democratic proclivities. Many
other leading politicians express similar
views.
This country gave from 400 to S00 alliance
majorities in 1888, from 30 to 200
; in 1S90, and thus far gives the repubii|
can ticket pluralities ol Irom 900 to 1,000
! and the democrats are rejoicing with the
| republicans.
I Wichita, Kax? Nov. 5.?There
i was no union oi democrats and republij
cans in this countv or judicial district
| against the Farmers' Alliance. Each
| party-had a straight ticket in the held,
{and the republicans won the day.
In the adjoining districts where there
1 was such lusion it was entirely due to a |
belief that in that locality the rdliauce
had a plurality of the votes, and that
the success of that party of despair
meant new accessioLS to its ranks and a
prolongation of the ruinoas policies inaugurated
by the late alliance legislature
anu which have proved so disastrous
to the credit and welfare of Kansas.
The visionary land loan and subtreasury
scheme promulgated by alliance
legislators, the class legislation demanded,
the monopolistic '.cndency ot
the body, as seen in their twenty million
dollar mercantile trust, which proposes
to establish farmers' co-operative
stores of all kinds, and the generally
wild vagaries and dangerous doctrines of
the secret, oath bound alliance have
aroused ruen ot all other political beliefs
to a sense of the destruction oi business
and creclil hound to i'o low in the wake
of alliance success.
It is the general belief that the defeats
of last Tuesday will inaugurate a disintegration
of the alliance men in Kansas,
which will leave it an unimportant factor
in politics a year hence when its
members will be distributed among the
old parties, the greater per cent, going
to the democracy as the exponent of
many measures that vitally concern the
people.
COLONEL POLK ON TIIE ALLIANCE.
Coi. L. L. Poik. president of the National
Farmers' Alliance, said: "The
alliance b:is not been weake-^d. It is
as strong as ever, in many places the
democrats who co-operated with us last
year joined with their old enemies, the
republicans, in endeavoring to defeat our
candidates. JLu some places like Kansas
this would give the appearance that
our strength is less than heretofore.
"The truth is that we did rot have the
force to wage a fight in Ohio. We were
only organized there last spring. The
j ballots cast yesterday signify absolutely
nothing so far as we are concerned. One
thiug is inevitably certain: the alliance
people of this country will stand :or
I their demands, and will keep up an aggressive
light until these demands are
V^jiiipiicu v> ltu.
Republicans arc Disappointed.
Washington, Xov. 7?The general
feeling here is that the elections this
week and their results have smoothed
: ihe way for a Democratic victory in
1892. The president, Mr. Blaine "and
other members of the administration
see this and they do not contemplate
the tiguresof thelast election with anything
like satisfaction. They have
seen the free coinage and Farmers' Alliance
scares falling out of sight and tariff
reform standing out boldly as '.he issue
with the certainty that a proper
! man that will be the nominee of the
Democratic party on a sound platform.
The members of the administration
make but a feeble attempt to disguise
the fact that the losses their party have
sustained are serious if not fatal. The
thing Mr. Harrison was concerned
about above all else w is the election of
Mr. Fasset. His vocabulary does not
supply a term strong enough for his disappointment.
Democrats are inconsolable
because Mr. Campbell has been
compelled to take, but there is acknowlin
1 >ior r&snlt th<? war
.V, ?'?v
of proiitii the Democracy will not close
their eves to it.
It holds the Republicans to the robber
tariff as an issue for which they
must contend, and it promises to eliminate
the free coinage or silver idea from
the light in \*i. Thus sunlight, can be
seen through the only Democratic reverse.
While the administration liuds
no solace anywhere, the N ew York Sun
in an editorial leader prophesies that
Blaine a;;d McKinley will be the Republican
ticket in 'i>2. It is thought
here that the large Republican majority
in the Ohio legislature will invite a
bitter light between Sherman and Foraker
for th* senate.
To Steal Senator Uriel's Seat.
Lima, Ohio, Xov. 6.?The Republicans
having captured the Legislature
at yesterdays election will have a great
deal to do with Senator Brice taking
bis seat. There is a great strife between
thf Sherman and Foraker factions
for the Senators hip, and the Republicans
are confident that they have
f.i.in/l crtltifinn rn rhp Trouble which
will sraoj'h over all differences, and,
when Congress convenes m December,
will carry it out.
The plan is for the Republicans to
leave Mr. IJrice's credentials to uc refused
in the Senate. This will throw the
matter back to the Ohio Legislature,
which will be Republican, <-:nd which,
wlien it convenes the month after Congress
opens, will be in the midst of hot
warfare between the Sherman and Roraker
contingents. After Rrice's credentials
arereiused, it will be the place
of the Legislature to elect two Senators
instead ol one. ami both the contestants
will be elected, and the 1 )ernocrats cheated
out o! their representative in the
Senat:\ This disclosure of the scheme
here to-day has caused much excitement,
this being Senator R rices* home,
hut the Republican light in this State
is in such a shape that something must
oe done, and as they are desperate, Rrice
will be chosen for the victim.
Destructive Fire Ju Darllnctoa.
COLUMiirA. S. C., Nov A lire at
Darlington destroyed the following
stores and dwellings: M. Mann, two
T fr ftnHckpn.
[ i'urniture; Martin Ilanley, store and
; stock; .T.<;oldman,store; Gowertz, store
! and stock and dwelling. The following'
j wt-ro badly damaged: M. C. Alexaa|
der. store and stock; New l'ork cheap
[store, stuck; West o: Honours, stock;
the Mit-ses Lides, sto-f-; M. Marco.
.Three stores: J. liosenburg. stock; II.
I Ileinisr. store and stock; II. Welsh
store; Block & II yman, stock; A. Wein
[berg, store and stock; Smith Brothers,
saloon; W. F. Dargac, store: K. Hofff
man, sr^>ck.
THE GREAT VICTORY.
GOVERNOR HILL TELLS THE PEOPLE!
WHAT IT MEANS.
It Emphasizes the Repudiation of lteptibllcac
Principles ami i* the Forerunner
of Triumph for the National Democracy.
Albany, X. Y., Nov. 5.?The Democrat
of Albany and the Buffalo Club
serenaded Governor Hill to-night.
Governor Hill spoke in the open air,
addressing the crowd on the mansion
lawn. He said:
"ine viciory over wmcu wu are uuw
rejoicing is of pre-eminent importance.
It not only establishes the control of
the Democratic party in the executive
and other departments of the State
government for the next two or three
years, but it emphasizes the repudiation
of Republican principles. The
campaign of our opponents from Its
inception to its close was one of brag
and bluster. It was not characterized
by sincerity. There was no real confidence
in the issues which they sought
to make. They anuounced their desire
to discuss State issues exclusively, and
proceeded to conduct their canvass
upon that basis, and new they simply
wish they hadn't. They themselves
virtually repudiated the national principles
of their party by a cowardly refusal
to discuss them before the people.
Our position in regard to State matters
was as impregnable as the rock of
Gibraltar. For eight years we had annually
carried the State upon the questions
presented by the administration |
of our State affairs, and our opponents
only exhibited their rashness and extreme
indiscretion when they apparently
eagerly sought a conflict upon the
very fields where we had often routed
them and where we had so frequently
wah cn manv sicmal triumDhs.
"The people were satisfied with Democratic
rule in tbis state, and did not
desire a change. Our party had faithfully
fulfilled its pledges. We had reduced
the state debt from S7,000,000 to
SI,000,000. The credit of the state
never stood higher than now. Economy
and retrenchment had been the
watchwords and policy of the party.'
Xo scandals had pertained to the ollicial
conduct of any state officer. The
laws f;ad been faithfully and impartially
executed. The state taxes were the
lowest that they had been in thirty-six
years. Our state treasury was full and
overflowing. The people had been
given good government. The State
was prosperous and the people were
contented. Our opponents, therefore,
only exhibited their fool-hardiness
when they attacked us upon lines which
were the most strong'v entrenched.
The returns from the /ural districts
show that the silly cry of the 'Tammany
Tiger' was without effect. The
iion-hearced Democracy of the interior
are not afraid of an alleged tiger or
any other animal which is the outcome
of the imagination of our Republican
friends.
' This victory means the vindication
o? the Democracy [cheers] in State and
nation. It is the victory of the Democratic
party. We had no entaneling
alliances. It was a straight party light
upon the issues raised between the
Democratic and Republican parties,
and the people decided in our favor.
The Republicans said at the outset that
tuey wauicu a apcaxv.iii? uauiyai^u, ujlxva
now they say their candidate talked too
much. He said he wanted to 'turn on
the light,' and the light was turned on,
but it exposed the utter insincerity and
worthlessness of Republican pretenses
Our chances steadily improved under
the strong light of intelligence and deliberate
discussion. Our opponents
ranted; we argued. They indulged in
personal abuse and vilification; we
avoided such methods, but presented
facts and iigures. Thev appealed to
the prejudices of the people; we appealed
to their judgment. They conducted
a campaign of enthusiasm; we
calmly relied upon the justice of our
cause and upon our perfect organization.
They grew weaker and weaker
as the contest progressed; we grew
stronger every hour. Another campaign,
and we would have had a majority
north of Harlem river.
' This election has rebuked those who
had no arguments to present for their
cause, but who foolishly insisted upon
calling reputable men murderers and
thieves. It has demonstrated that local
and municipal affairs do not constitute
a sufiicient issue for a great State election.
It settles the question of the intention
of the people of the rural districts
to allow the citizens of New York
city the privilege of governing themselves.
I believe that we have fairly
carried both branches of the LegislaI?
tho final returns cnrrnhf.rj-ltP
this view, then indeed may the people of
the State rejoice, because it insures a
deliverance from Republican legislative
misrule hereafter. Our opponents have
only kept possession of the Legislature
heretofoie because of their deliberate
refusal to obey the constitution. They
have kept control by unworthy means
and violated oaths. They have refused
an enumeration of the inhabitants and a
reapportionment of the State solely because
to do so would deprive them of
power. If our victory shall be complete,
the people will have a fair and just
representation in the senate and assembly.
We shall have an impartial congressional
reapportionment. We shall
have a much needed revision of the excise
laws. We needed the revision of
the excise laws. We shall have a new
measure of relief for the tax payers and j
still owe taxes. We shall have wise
and practical legislation in the interest
of labor. We shall have measures of
home rule for municipalities, and we
shall in all things legislate for the interests
of the people.
"Our triumpn m Jsew iorK win
strengthen our cause in the nation. It
will give hope to every Democrat for
the great contest next Year. It U the
foreruner of a great Democratic victory
then. The United Democracy of the
Empire btate send a warm greeting to
the Democracy of the country, and' assure
them that in 1892 we will once
more be found in the Democratic column.
"It is particularly gratifying to me. 1
assure you. that this great victory fitly
supplements the six successive Democratic
victories of the last seven years in
this State. It will be with pride and
pleasure that I shall welcome my successor
to the otlice of Governor. "lie is
particularly fitted to discharge the duties
ot' that high oflice. He possesses
all the qualifications needed to make his
administration a grand success. He will
be faithful to the people, whose confidence
he possesses in an unusual degree,
as was maniiested by his large majority
;it Tuesday's election, and he will be
faithful to the party that chose him as
its standard bearer.' I trust that Democratic
victories may annually mark
the popular approral'of his successful
administration of the State government.
In his efforts to give the people j
good government he will be ably as-1
sisted by the young and brilliant lieuten-1
ant governor and by otherState oilicers
who were, associates on the Democratic
ticket."
The governor was interrupted frequently
during his speech by enthusiastic
applause. Aftera^^thegcvernor
gave a reception parlors.
i
CYCLONE IN INDIA.
I.ater Kcports Make Tlie JJlsu.sU-r
Worse.
Calcutta, Xov. lu.?As further details
regarding the cyclone which passed
orer this part of India Monday of last
week are received it is seen that the
damage done is very extensive. .Resides
the loss of seventy-seven lives by the
sinking of the Indiau government steamer
"Enterprise" which fuuadered at the
Andaman islands and the killing of sixty
convicts there is no doubt large loss of
life at other places along the coast.
Advices from various parts of Ovissa, a
proyince of India in Lengal. state that
the cyclonc passing orer that section of
country did great damage. The eastern
part of the province referred to lies
along the shores of the Bay of Bengal
and this section was therefore exposed
| to the full fury of the gale which seemed
to gather force as it swept across the
: bar. Ti.e cyclone cleared the path
through the forests, uprooting gigantic
| trees and hurling them aside as though
they were reeds. 2S*o house could stand
the terrible energy pi the gale and every
dwelling or other structure in the path of
[ the cyclone was either swept from its
foundations or literally picked up, turned
I over and deposited at some distance from
the place where it had originally stood.
The wind also did much damage in the
vicinity of Calcutta or at least below
i that city. As is well known, Calcutta
is the scat oi an immense trade by sea
and river, being the natural outlet for a
tra.de of tbe groat valleys of the Ganges
and Urannah Pootra. The city is situated
on 'the east bank oi the Iloo^ley
river, the westernmost branch of the
Ganges. The Hoogly river empties into
the bay of Bengal tkrough a number of
mouths, tbe Delta being ten miles
across. A largo number of vessels were
at anchor oil" the mouths of ilie river,
some waiting lor an opportunity to ascend
while others were awaiting a fair
! wind to put to sea. These vsssels were
; in such a jjosition that when the t'aie
| suddenly burst it was impossible 10 save
; many of theu!. Number- drugged their
| anchors and were carried ashore, while
[others, more fortunate in their holding
: ground, were damaged by the pounding
I they received by the enormous seas
..hich accompanicd the storm. No estimate
can as yet be made of the total
| loss, but Irom all th9 details received it
j is known positively that the nuuiber oi'
[ persons drowned or killed by falling
trees or living debris is very large.
An Iusoleiit Speech.
Cincinnati, Nov. 5.?The TimesStar's
Cauton, Ohio, special says Major
McKinley said to-day* speaking of the
Ohio elections:
"lam convinced that the judgment
of our citizens does not approve the
constant agitation of the tariff issue in
face of the fact that it can accomplish
nothing. It must surely be apparent
to all alike that the conditions, without
which effective legislation is impossible,
do not exist. The liepi-blican Senate
and Republican President are bulwarks
against which the free trade
forces dash powerless, and, witn no immediate
prospect of a change in these
comditions, the only result of continued
agitation is to disturb business and retard
the enterprises which the new law
is designed to encourage. In spite of
all tbe bill is working its way, and
i from being on the defensive a year ago
we are now on tbe aggressive. When
business is already good our people will
not long tolerate movements which disturb
it in the face of the condition I
have named, and you will Gnd that Republicans
and Democrats alike will
call a halt on men whose stock in trade
is not fair, square argument, but juggling
misrepresentations. Ohio has
gone Republican and I accept the result
as indicating that this State stands
by the Republican party with full faith
in its protective principles as embodied
in the tariff law, and more than
this, Ohio stands, as she always has, in
favor of a full dollar and a sound currency."
The South Bound Kallroad.
The mail service of the South Round
railroad will be put in operation by the
government November 15. The mails
which heretofore went toSavannahfrom
Columbia and vicinity via the 1'ort
Royal and Western division of the Central
will be turned to the South Round,
bpnaiise :m immense saving of time
will result. It will not be "at all improbable
if the Augusta mail is sent by
the South Bound for the same reason.
Instead of arriving in Savannah in the
afternoon, as is now the case, it would
gtt there at 11 :^u o'clock in the morning.
The morning trains e-ich way will!
carry the mails The express companies I
have already transferred their business j
to the .South Bound. The distance j
'roin Savannah to Augusta by tho Magnolia
route is 123 miles, while, by ihe
Central is 132. The rate there un',il
Xov. 20 is $5.10 for the round trip.
After that date ti.e Cemrsi's rate of
$3.90 will be met by the South Bound
and the Centrai will meet the South
Bound's Columbia rate of .>1.97. South
Carolina allows railroads to charge 4
cents a mile for passengers, but the
South Bound has adopted~3}-? cents as
its standard. It is now making con
nections at {joiumoia ior me norm
with the Richmond and Danville. General
Freight and Passenger Agent Babbitt
says that the .South liound's earnings,
both in freight and prssenger
traiKc so far have been highly satisfactory.
and the outlook for a steady increase
in this direction is very promising.
GuUIes Commit .Sulcftlcj.
Victoria, J5. C., Nov. n.?The steamer
Sussex, just arrived from Japan,
brings word that live English naval oflicers
on leave, met with Americansall
brothers?named Cas'^ieton, from
Philadelphia, and tugether formed a
plan to climb to the top of the Fujio,
Yami, sacred mountain of Japan taking
with them rockets and a few lireworks,
which they intended to explode
when they reached it. Having secured
two guides they started 011 their journey
from among a group of astounded
natives of the village of Katusho on
the west side of the mountain. The
guides at the end of two davs signified
their intention of committing suicide
if the party did not turn back, and linding
their threats had not the desired efj
feet, cooly walked in front of the tourists
aud each with the stroke of a sharp
knife disemboweled himself before
1 their horrilied eyes. JJoth died instant(ly,
and the youngest of the Castleton's,
a boy of 18. immediately pulled out a
i revolver and blew cut his own brains.
Sickened by this fearful scene, the rest
1 ot the party turned back and descended
the mountain.
Ilervy Suow in the Northwest.
Grand Forks, N\ l>., Nov. <>.?It
commenced snowing about noon and is I
drifting kadly. Many of the men j
brought up here from Winconsin and
i ^Minnesota to help thrashing grain have
; left because of cold weather, aud, as a
large portion of the grain is still un
1 thrashed, it is doubtful if farmer: can i
iinish thrashing before spring. East'
bound trains for two or three days have j
; been crowded with farm laborers leav-1
I ing the state. i
IOWA PRESENT BOIES. I
THE SECOND PLACE ON A TICKET
WITH CLEVELAND.
The State's Pride In her Governor Does
i
not Asx>ire Beyond the Vice Presidency
?Sentiment on the Higher Office.
Des Moines, Iowa, Xov. 8.?When
the people of Iowa voted last Tuesday
and chose a Governor for themselves
they also suggested a candidate for the
Vice Presidency for the Democ atic
party. It would be dillicult to decide
which the Democrats ot the Stite think
of more for Horace Boies, the Governorship
of his State or his nomiuation on
the ticket ot their party next year as a
candidate for Vice President.
No doubt dispatches have been sent
lroin enthusiastic Democrats here expressive
of the opinion ot two or three
papers that Governor Boies has in him
the making ci Presidential timber. There
have been some such expressions, but
they do not come from ihe leaders of the
party and are indulged in without con-,
sultation with the Governor himself.
Strong as is the desire to have a reprea'oiitoiivA
ah thp Dpmnrrfll.in ticket, the
feeling in fovor of the nomination of
Grover Cleveland is still stronger.
There is devotion to the Governor, who
broke the long record 01 Republican successes
and who has just added to it the
distinction of re-election. He is idolized
V>y his party and they want to see his
uume gracing a Xatioual Democratic
ticket.
Air. Cleveland's distinction is, however,
looked upon us greater stili. While |
Mr. Boies made a new local record, Mr. i
Cleveland's feat was si ill greater in that j
he broke the national record. Besides, j
in the mmd of the average Democrat, it
was the election and administration of
Cleveland that made possible the success
ot his partj iu 1889. and its second
success in 1891, with the intervening
election in which the parly elected a majority
of the delegation m the 52d Congress.
Horace Boies, was nominated lor
: Governor by Mr. Cleveland's closest
friends, aud was elected because they
made special efforts in his behalf. The
prohibition is'sue, to which much of the
! s red it must be given ior this result, hud
| been an active one for many year. It
was only when it was supplemented uy
the tarili' reform issue and the magniiicent
administration of national affairs
from 1SS5 to 1889 that sueh an ell'ective
union of effort was made possible.
As has been said, neither Governor
Jioles nor his special friends have ever
thought of the Presidency as a reward
for him at the present time. That they
have had an eye to second place during
all the montes of the canvass just closed
is no doubt true. They have worked to
this end, and sought such outside aid as
was neces-ary with this purpose m view.
They have gone so far, since the Governor's
notable speech in Xew York last
December, as to sound the leading
Democrats of aeighboring Slates, and
have ob! uned a good many assurances
cf sympathy and support. Eur. they
have not had the Presidency in view.
To the man who knows the sentiment
of the State on the Presidential ques
lion it is futile to talk )f any other name
than that of Cleveland. .Daring all the
canvass just over his name has been the
one to conjure with everywhere. In
spite of the fact that the State Convention
adopted a free silver plank, the issue
was never thought of as a live contributing
element in it. Iowa was the
tirst State to recover from the greenback
craze, and the failure of that movement
has been followed by the development
of a large conservative element in
favor of a sound financial policy. As the
result of this, Mr. Cleveland not only
lost nothing by reason ot' his Anderson
letter, but his position was strengthened
US 5UUU US ILUO uuu u vmm^W
to show itself.
With the Vice Presidency in view, the
election of the Democratic candidate for
Governor becomes au important fa -tor
in the contest to be made before the
next National Convention. In Samuel
L. Bestow, who van two years ago for
this ollice and was defeated, only to be
chosen this year, the party has a mau
in whose hands it is willing to trust the
Governorship. lie Is a New Yorker by
Dirth and training, a farmer of large experience,
a former lie publican who has |
done good work iu his new party relation,
and a mau ofi:ood ability. It may,
therefore, be put down in the country \
that the Democrats of Iowa will pre- J
sent tiie name ot Horace .Boies to the j
next Convention, but it will be as a can- i
didate for second place and noi tor first, j
And no amount of local pricie can lead 1
them to make the mistake or asking !or j
much in order that they may Ihe more
siifnit? rmt a lilfl/* j
CUiV/iJ
If the ticket should be Cleveland and
Boies it would be an interesting J act
that Erie County, X. 1'.. had furnished
both candidates. And they wouid not
be strangers, either, as in lsG-3 they
came near to running against, rather
than with, each other. It fell out in |
this Tray: Mr. Cleveland had made an
excellent record as assistant district attorney,
and was nominated in the year
just named as a candidate for district
attorney. The Republicans recognized,
even then, that he was a strong candidate
before the people. They cast about
for some time lor an available man to
pit against him, and finally pitched on
Horace Boles, then in the active practice
of his profession in one of the lar^e
towns outside of Buffalo. lie had never
been very active in Republican politics,
although he had served a single term as
Assemblyman at Albany. As the contest
continued Mr. Cleveland's strength J
oacame more, apparent, anu as lius lufi
dawned upon them more and more they
became more aDd more impressed with
the fact that they must choose one ot'
their best known men as his opponent.
Among the then active politicians of!
the county was Lyman K. Bass. lie |
was a man of high standing at '.he bar,
a good canvasser, widely known and
very popular, and withal was a partner
of Mr. Ole/eland, the man whom it was J
desired to defeat. Almost at the last
moment, just the night before the convention,
the managers induct"' "Mr. Buss
to say that he would accept the nomination.
He did so, and was elected by
about 500 majority in a county that then
gave 5,000 or 0,000.
All this explains why Mr. Cleveland
and Mr. Boies, who are likely to run together
next year, did not oppose each
other in 1SG5. ooon afler. the now Gov-1
ernor of Iowa came West, bought his j
large farm near Waterloo, and settled
down to the practice of his profession, j:
giving almost no attention to politics
and even noting the rise o! his old mend
with interest without its rousing ambition
in his own breast. Having become
a Democrat and voter for ; Cleveland, j
his election to the Governorship in li*S9 |,
is now known as an interesting chapter j
in the history of oar recent politics. j<
If Iowa has Us way next year aDd ihe
ticket is Cleveland and Boies, these two
m >n wili. if elected, go to Washington
bearing relations ditl'erent from any two
men similarly situated in all the checkered
history of cur polit.es.? Xew York
Times.
Jilotvn From a Well.
Atlanta, Xov. 6.?Duncan Eagin, a
negro, met a horrible death yesterday
afternoon. lie was blown from the
bottom of a well, twenty feet deep, and
ten feet above the opening, tearisg his
body in half and otherwise mutilating
it. "Eagin was a well-digger and has
for some time been at work in Bellwood.
Hard rock was struck a few
da} 3 ago in a well he was digging and
it was made necessary to do some heavy
blasting. Yesterday he was preparing
to make a biast, and was alone at the
bottom of the well. Everything was
in readiness and in piace when he found
it necessary to do more drilling. In
stead of removing the dynamite ne attempted
to do the work while it was in
place. The striking of the hard steel
against the rock soon procured the necessary
incentive to the powder, and a
loud explosion took place. Instantly
the wori.iuen outside were horrified to
see the body of Eagin shoot from the
mouth of the well and on up into the
air. A mass of dirt, fragments of stone
and smoke accompanied the body and
rained down upon those about. Hushing
to Eagin, they found the body horribly
mutilated and the man unconscious.
Powder stains and burns covered
the face and hands. The hair and
clothes were scorched. Blood poured
from his nose, ears and cuts in his flesh.
The body was torn almost in two parts
and presented a horrifying appearance.
1 le u as picked up and curried to his
home. Medical attendance was summoned,
but. it was impossible to do
more than relieve the man's suffering,
aucl before morning he was deLd.
3 akeu for a Boar.
Glunwood springs, Ccio., Nov. 6.?
G. W. Price, son of Dr. Price of Chicago,
A. C. Eleischner and J. B. Cobb,
W. II. Ilubbard of Spring Valley, as
guide, outfitted here and started for a
two weeks' hunt on the Big Muddy.
They camped in Jerome park, at the
head c; Thompson creek, in Pitkin
county, in a place called Dun's Dugout.
Some time during the night Mr.
Price, who, it is claimed, is a somnambulist,
went outside of the dug-out,
leaving the others asleep. Upon his
return, as he crawled into the room on
ai. :<'urs. Hubbard awoke and called
out: "Whose there," and called to the
dog. but as the dug became frightened
and no answer was given. Hubbard
exclaimed: "Boys, 1 believe it's a bear,
give me a gun quick," and Cobb hastily
handed him a 15-caiiber Colt's revolver,
and without further thought iired two
shots, onp of which passed through the
top of Price's head, into his bodj, causincrhi*
ripatli in about two hour. The
partj returned, immediately with the
body to Marion, where an engine was
procured, and all came to Glenwood
Springs. Coroner G. Clark immediately
summoned a jury and a verdict of
accidental shooting rendered.
Impudent Scheme of Some Scamp.
Jersey City, X. J., Xov. 10? Two
letters have been sent South from Jersey
City recently purporting to be written
by Miss Winnie Davis, trie daughter
of the late Jefferson Davis, begging for
81,000. One was sent to Dr. William
Morrow, of Nashville, Tenn., and the
other to General Gordon, of Atlanta,
Ga. There is little doubt that they were
written by Stoddard, the forger who
lies in Hudson county jail and who
forged his way out of the Tennessee
mines by forging a letter to the governor
asking for his pardon, purporting to
be s;gned by the State's attorney, and a
petition purporting to be signed by a
lot of the foremost people of Kentucky.
The superintendant- of police received
a letter from Doctor Morrow enclosing
the note sent to him. He turned the
case over to the chief of police who
wrote to Dr. Morrow for the original,
A day or two later a friend of Miss
Davis came Trom Xew York bringing
a note from Mrs. Davis. General Gordon
knew the address of Mrs. Davis
and her daughter in Xew York and
knew that they would not need to write
to him I'or money, so he sent the letter
to them to put them on their guard.
There'd be a J'Jffht Then.
Santiago, Chili, 2sov. tf.? Newspapers
here haye for several days been
publishing wild stories about a conspiracy
formed among the refugees at
the American legation to kill General
Canto. Notice was circulated to-day
calling for a meeting of the people in
the plaza, to denounce the conspiracy.
Ejran, the United States Minister, informed
the Junta that threats had been
made to attack the United States lega
tion and capture the refugees, anc ne
warned the Junta that it ^ould be heid
responsible for such action. Later in
tiie day several thousand men assembled
in the plaza and applauded several
incendiary speeenes in which the supposed
conspiracy and the United states
legation v.vre denounced. The Junta
upon reeeivinff Egan's letter, sent a
troop of cavalry to guard the United
Slate? Jfgation, and ::s the meeting in
the plaza closed, the IntenJente published
a notice saying that the storie?1
of conspiracy were devoid cf foundation.
Serious trouble was doubtless
n vc-rted by this notice.
I.i.-peaaru's Cottcxz Vicker.
Atlanta, Ga.. Xov. G.?What promises
be to one of the greatest inventions
01 modern times is "Wallis Lispenard's
cotton picker that has just been exhibited
here in a cotton field near this
city. Tor some time there has been a
rumor iloating around relative to the
perfection of a cotton picker. Yesterday
hundreds ot' cotton growers from
different parts of the South were at the
i'iedmont Exposition and witnessed a
public test of the machine. Its working
was, from a mechanical standpoint,
perfect, and the picker performed its
work in a satisfactory manner. Great
interest is manuesiea uy tne peopie j
here, and cotton growers everywhere |
are fondly looking lor the realization
of their dreams. From the present outlook,
it is thought that next year's crop
of cotton will be picked to a great extent
by cotton pickers.
Jerry Simpson in New Orleans.
Xew Orleans, Xov. 5.?Jerry .Simpsou,
the "sockless statesman"' of Kansas,
arrived in the city today and wili
lecture tonight in the interest of the
third party movement in this State.
Mr. Simpson made a score of speeches
in Ohio during the recent campaign,
and is surprised that Campbell was defeated.
lie is disappointed at the
small vote cast for the third party candidates
for governor. In his own State,
he says, the fusion of the Democrats
and the Republicans injured the Alliance
party, while rainy weather kept
many farmers at home. _
Horrors of Famine in Russia.
Pi.'TVT.'cPT'ifr. Vnv 10?'iVrrihl^
scenes ;tre reported from the famine districts.
At Chfclabink a woman killed
her three children and then hanged herself
upon being refused a small loan of
monoj by a rich neigobor in order to
buy food fur herself and her famishing
babies. One hundred and twenty persons
have died of hunger and tyaphoid
iever in the one parish of Kagors, Russia.
CLEVELAND'S AVAILABILITY.
A Very Bright Outlook for the Ex-I'resldent
in Xinety-Two.
Washington, Xov. 7.?Ex-Postmaster-General
Don M. Dickinson is in
Washington attending the sessions ot
the Supreme Court. He discussed the
result of the elections at some length
with a reporter this morning.
"Of course," he said, "every one who
was associated with Mr. Cleveland's administration
must rejoice over the result
in New York, Massachusetts and
Iowa. Mr. Campbell made a glorious
light in Ohio and deserves great, credit
for it. I regret that he is not to serve
another term as Governor, but McKinley's
election is not much ot a victory
for the llepublicans. To be decisive,
he should have carried the State as Gormon
carried Maryland. With the national
party organization straining every
nerve in his behalt he should have been
plertort hr n vnrv mnr>li loro-nr- moirvr-Wir
I than be got. From a party point of view
his election, I think, will prove a benefit
to the Democrats, inasmuch as it will
compel the Republicans to stand up to
fight in defense of the McKinley law.
That is, of course, what tbe Democrats
want. If McKinley had been beaten the
Republicans would probably be now looking
around for some other issue.
4T think the Democracy is sure of
success in '92 on the tariff issue. The
tariff will be the issue upon which the
campaign will be f >ught. I do not think
tt.at the silver question will figure ia ihe
campaign. 1 think there will be legislation
of a tentative character on that
subject by the Fifty-second Congress.
I doubt its being possible to get a iree
coinage bill through the .Senate. The
margin is very narrow, and in the 1 ist
the force bill fight had a great deal to do
with the vote on silver. Cut if a free
coinage bill should be passed by both
houses of Congress the probabilities are
that it would be vetoed, and this consideration
will probably lead to some experimental,
perhaps temporary, xiuancial
legislation, which will carry the
whole question over until after the national
election."
Mr. Dickiuson said he thought the
result of Tuesday's vote made things
look particularly bright for Mr. Cleveland.
"I do not think," he said, "that there
is flnvthin? in this talk of <?reat hostilitv
toward Mr. Cleveland on the pari of Mr.
Hill and his friends. 1 think it will be
found that the party in Xew York is
united on Cleveland."
"Do you think the Democrats can hold
Iowa?"
"Beyond question. J^wa may be
counted as a sale Democratic State on
the tariff issue. Her electoral vote will
be cast for the Democratic candidate for
President in '92."
"How about Massachusetts?"
"The vote of Massachusetts will be
cast for Mr. Cleveland if he is the nominee.
Mr. Cleveland can carry the State.
He can carry Wisconsin also."
"Does the election of a Republican to
fill the vacancy in the House caused by
the death of Mr. Ford signify that the
Democrats are losing their hold on Michigan?"
"Not at all. The Republicans cannot
carry Michigan on the tariff issue. The
reason the Republicans elected their
member this time was that the vote,
which is properly Democratic, was divided
between two candidates. The combined
vote of the straightout Democrat
and ot the Industrial candidate was very
much larger than the vote by which the
Republican was elected. In a national
campaign the vote will go to the Democratic
candidate."
Proclaims Himself Dictator.
Rro de Janerio, Xov. 6.?President
Deodoro F^seca has been proclaimed
dictator. After the troubles in Rio
Janeiro last Tuesday between riotous
citizens and the soldiery, in which several
of the former were killed, the chiefs
of the army requested Fonseca to assume
the functions of a dictator, saying
that the emergency demanded it. He
appeared to demur for a time, but at
length gave his consent. He issued a
decree, relating the causes of disagreement
between him and the congress and
defending his position. "Wednesday a
conference of ministers was held. At
its conclusion Ponseca issued another
decree, in which he proclaimed himself
dictator. lie said that the dictatorship
-was to last until the political revolutions
were at an end* and lawmakers
learned to keep in progress with
republican ideas. A dictatorship, he
added, was the very best thing for the
distracted country. He disclaimed any
intention of prolonging it after peace
had been restored.
Train RobberT at Omaha.
Omaiia, Xeb., Xov. G.?Passengers on
the Missouri Pacific train which left
Omaha at 10:30 last night were treated
to an old-fashioned "hold-up" at West
bide Suburb at 11 o'clock. Pour masked
men took charge of the train when
it stopped *he station, one covering
... <*nd lireman witharitle,
. Miic tne others, with drawn revolvers,
proceeded to plunder the train. Ihey
approached the coaches ana ordered
the passengers to throw their hanc^-p.
At the door they retreated and attacked
rv-koil rtnr tttr f r? ran f j > r* 4*/% HlATTr
cliC Luaix U(U. AJJ tw WiVU
open the door with dynamite the messenger
was induced to admit the robbers,
and the car was plundered. The
officers refuse to give any information
as to the amount of booty obtained, but
it Is said that large sums from Kansas
City and St. Louis banks were taken.
The officers went in pursuit of the robbors,
who are armed, but on foot.
Dissatisfied Negroes.
Haleigii, 2sov. 6.?The negro state
convention met here. It was called to
take action regarding the offices and
demand that the negroes get their pro
rata share of these. Some of the ablest
negroes in Xorth Carolina were present
and the white llepublicans were roundly
abused. John II. Williamson called
the convention to order and told'his
hearers that the negro could do noting
unless he showed his independence.
He called on those who held offices under
the government not to permit that
to suppress their manhood, and went
on to say that the white llepublicans
had held a convention at Asheville last
July, from which all negroes were excluded,
ostensibly to form a protective
tariff league. "They are liars," shouted
the speaker, "it was an anti-nesrro
ieague they were forming, and that, too,
in the face of the fact that the negro
represents 75 per cent, of the liepubli
i r"? O ?
uaupaioj ;u^uiiu V/aiuiuia.
' Lost in the Woods."
Birmingham, Ala.,Nov.5?Passengers
reach ing here to-day froot Vicksburg,
Miss., report that last night a
uand ot twenty-five masked men,
known as "Regulators," boarded the
train at Lake. Miss., and took Bob Wallace,
a colored sleeping car porter, from
the train. They led him to the woods
with a rope around his neck. Nothing
has since been heard of Wallace, and it
is believed that he was lynched. On
his previous trip Wallace assaulted
Station Agent Gllmore at Lake.
TKMiiJJ Liivt JJUlis.
THE STORY OF CRUELTY TOLD BY
THE CREW OFA WHALER.
A Story that Soand.s Incredible?Men Harnessed
to Sleds and Compelled to Haul
the Brutes Who Kicked and Cuffed
Them About.
San Francisco, Xov. 5.?Almost incredible
stories of cruelty and hardship
are told by the crew of the steam whaler
Grampus, lately returned from a profitable
cruise in the Arctic.
A sailor known as Charley left the
ship at East Cape, Siberia, taken his
-1 ~ X. 1-1 ~ A ? 1 A
cnances m a trackless wasie ui ice <tuu
snow rather than remain aboard. When
the Grampus went into winter quarters,
at Ilerschel Island, others of the crew
ran away, risking death in a perilous
attempt to journey from the mouth of
the Mackenzie to some trading port on
the Y ukon River.One
of the men gives this account o?
what the crew eadured:
" When in winter quarters at Herscbet
we had to haul wood and ice. dr: zging '
sleds. to Lower Sandspit and back, a
distance of twenty-four miles. T wenty
degrees below zero was considered mild
weather.
"Twelve men and six dogs were harnessed
to each sled. Captain Xorwood,
of the Grampus, and Captain Tilton,
of the Mary D. Hume, usually went in
charge, one for each outfit. They would
ride on the sleds and lash men and dogs
together to make them go faster. If
the lash of the long whips failed to
make us move as last as they wished
the captains would get off and strike
the men with marlin spikes.
'"The harness for the men consisted
of bread bands of canvas, and that canvas
was issued to the men from the
ship s stores and charged to them.
"The men were kept at dog's work
and fed on dog's food. We couldn't
stand this treatment and made up our
minds to run away. We had more than
1,000 miles to make to reach white residents
and full)* relized the dangers
ahead.
"Early in the morning of March 15
Robert Coleman, fireman of the Mary
D.IIume; G. G. McFauw, James Mason
and Tred Craig, from the Grampus,
'started cut for Lower iSandspit.
"Late in the second night of our perilous
tramp natives told us that two ship
captains and two natives had come to
take us back. Reform we could get our
boots on we were confronted by Winciierter
rifles in the hands of the two
captains and compelled to surrender.
"Mason was told to unhitch the dogs
from the captains' sled, and while so
doing was knocked down and pounded
in the face by Capt. Tilton. Norwood
grabbed McFauw, threw him down and
kicked hiio. in. the face with frozen
boots. They then went into the hut
where Craig and Coleman were lying
helpless from freezing. Tilton struck
Coleman in the face live or six times
and Norwood kicked Craig several
times in the side. Both captains were
drunk.
"The next morning, Coleman and
Craig, unable to walk, were put on the
sled. The dogs were taken out and McFauw
and Mason were ordered to put
on the harness and haul the sled back
to the ships. The two captains rode
on the sled, only getting oil when necessary
to exercise to keep from freezing.
Their two native guides also rode on
the sled.
"The men pulling the sled were lashed
as if they were dogs during the whole
ride. Only two siops of any length for
rest were made on the back trip of thirty
miles.
"As soon as we arrived at the ship we
were put in irons. Cold irons were
put around our frozen wrists without
anything being done to alleviate the
pain. Lefore 8 o'clock at night this
caused McFauw's wrists to swell until
the skin burst. Then Mate Lyons went
to the captain and got him to remove
the iron from the injured wrist.
"The next morning all were called on
deck. Captain Norwood grapped Mason
by the neck and snatching a hammer
from the blacksmith struck Mason
in the* f;ire with the handle. Then
catching McFauw by the throat the
captain struck him three times in the
face. We were then worked all day
and kept in irons at night.
"It was almost impossible to stand
the cold in the forecastle. The fire in
the stove was ordered put out at 6
o'clock each evening, and the men had
to walk about to keep their blood in
circulation. Prcst in the forecastle
was hanging from the under side of the
deck an inch and a half thick, and we
could never get heat enough to thaw
it out during the winter.
"We were kept m irons four days.
Things got worse right along, and a
second attempt to run away was made,
but the men were caught again and the
next morning they g-^en thirty
lashes each on the bare back.
Norwood wielded the whip, which was
a quarter inch rope with a rawhide tip
that cut into the liesh at each blow.
They were then kept in irons at night
fcr one month and two days."
The Late Earthquake In J apan.
"Washington, Nov. 6.?A telegram
from the Japanese Government received
today by Mr. Tateno, Japanese minister,
gives an account of the earthquake
in Japan on October 28. It seems from
this authenticated report that the damage
caused by the earthquake was confined
almost wholly to tse prefectures
of Aichi and Gifu, "the former of which
is on the sea, about 17u miles from
Tokio, and the latter immediately to
the west of it. Xagoya is the chief city
in Aichi prefecture ana uas u population
of 150,000. There are no very large
cities in Giru prefecture. No mention
is made of any damage in any other
parts of Japan." According to the telegram
6,500 persons were killed, 9.000 injured,
7,500 houses totally destroyed and
12,000 badly damaged.
Seventy 31i!cs an Hoar.
Wilkes 13arke, Fa., Nov. 8.?Early
this mornintr a coal train ran away on
the Lehigh Valley road and came down
the mountain side at the rate of seventy
miles an hour. The crew of the train
tried to stop it, but the brakes refused
to work. The bnikemen and the ilreman
then jumped aud saved their lives. The
engineer, however, remained at his post.
At the foot of the mountain the runaway
train collided with another train,
i!- " J ? C-V K/Nf|.
smasmng me engines uuu c<iia m uum
trains and piling up the wreckage to ?i
height of thirty feet. The engineer,
who had so bravely retained his post,
was buried deep in the wreckage, but,
strange to say. he was taken out entirely
uninjured.
X>j aauiitinx a Doctor.
Versailles, Ivy., Zs'ov. 10.?An attempt
was made to assassinate Dr. W.
C. Parker, of this place,at 2 o'clock this
morning. Ilis bed formerly rested
against a doer which opened out on an
alley, and only a few days ago he made
a change in the arrangement of the
room and fortunately, though unwittingly,
saved his own life. A bombshell
was piaced "gainst the door, the
building was almost destroyed and Dr.
Parker received slight injuries. The
other occupants of the building were thrown
from their beds. ..The town is
wild with excitement over the attempted
assassination. ** ...j -