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Roar Opposes Cuban Recognition, ,Alii-...ii Hum lowa Solid.

Kentucky Election Blocked,

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Rundlett to Sueeeed Himself. yvy."Laxity in Eneineer License La-*v*l.Capitol Labor Fight.

PACE 3.•Minneapolis Matt

G. A. R. Convention Work.Ko Populist Convention.

PAGE 4.Cditorial.McKinley Room in St. Paul.

England's Venezuelan Case Weak.

PAGE 5.Police Stop McAuIIITe-La-rlgne Fight.

Fusion Pr**»»>osed in North Dakota.

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City Council Proceedings,

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Bar Silver, 68 5-Sc.Cash Wheat in Chicago. G3 l-20,

Enormous Sales of Stocks.PAGE 8.

Verdict of $3,000 for Mamie Lane.

Funeral of Dr. Day.

TODAY'S EVENTS.

Metropolitan— Chieftain, 8.15,

Grand— Vaudevilles, 2.30, 8.15.

MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.

SOUTHAMPTON . March 11. —Arrived:Steamer Lahn, New York, for Bremen; New.York.• PHILADELPHIA— Indiana, Liver-pool.

BALTIMORE—Arrived: California, Ham-burg.

NEW YORK—Arrived: Martello. Hull.PRAWLE POlNT—Passed: Weimer, New

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Land with clouded titles is common,Land with clouded titles is common,but unpopular at Duluth.

Boo! That was quite a snow stormIn Ohio and Kansas. —Tom Reed.

<o»Mr. Castle, if you are tired licking

stamps over time, you can strike.\u25a0 m*

Will some one please turn on theCathode rays when "the ghost walks."

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De Lome is just beginning to realizethat he got his foot and his mouth inJuxtaposition.

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Well, March, you don't have to use"tip the whole thirty-one days to goout like a lion.

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The name of the finest-looking canineat the Chicago dog show is GroverCleveland. He's in clover.. «o»

Mr. McKinley, you wil please takenotice that 1 have twenty-six delegatesmyself.—William B. Allison.

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The "Allison March" was born yes-terday at Dcs Moines. Itis said it canbe easily altered into a dirge.

The Armenian method of convertingpeople to Mohammedanism with aclub should be suppressed with artil-lery.

i^»_ .It Is becoming hourly more obvious

that the Salvation Army was misnam-ed. It should have been called theBcoth army.

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The Kansas Republicans did right innot adopting a platform. The onlyplatform the party really has is "Giveus the offices!"

mShelby M. Cullom hasn't backboneShelby M. Cullom hasn't backbone

enough for president. He threw downhis hand before he knew what theother fellow had.

Gen. Baratieri has "nerve." He is go-ing to show that not he, but Crispi, wasto blame for the disaster in Abyssinia.Poor Crispi! Poor Italy!

—o-—The election returns from Minnesotatowns indicate with clearness that fewof them are willing to officially puttheir toddy out of reach.

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Matthew Stanley Quay is going toMatthew Stanley Quay is going tolive to wish he hadn't. At least tenof the sixty-four delegates from Penn-sylvania will be for McKinley.

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The Hatch anti-option bill refuses toThe Hatch anti-option bill refuses tohatch. The house committee on agri-culture yesterday killed It for this con-gress by laying it upon the table.»*. \u25a0 -«c»-

China is going to get even with LlHung Chang for taking so cheerfully along series of defeats. The FloweryKingdom will send him to Russia.

; O —Chicago leads all cities in its varietyChicago leads all cities in its variety

of rascals. It is found that thousandsof dollars have been filched from itstreasury by the forgery of special as-sessment tax receipts.

oThe Democratic senators of the Iten-The Democratic senators of the Ken-

tucky legislature appear to have a fewgood cards up their sleeves. When theRepublican representatives unseated amember, the Democrats proceeded atonce. to unseat two senators.

The Republicans at Columbus adopt-ed a platform which sounds like a soph-omore's essay. It says, among otherthings, that "the present tariff law isthe sublimated product of Democratic IIgnorance and incompetency."

• mHetty Green Is in such imminentHetty Green is in*.such imminent

danger of losing $5,000,000 worth ofChicago property that she is liable tohave heart disease. Well, Hetty, wedon't know anybody in such a predic-ament that we'd be less sorry for.•

- " ~ *•*****.. —-—:—To Miss Florence Pullman is due aTo Miss Florence Pullman is due a

great deal of credit for setting a pacefor American girls by selecting anAmerican for a husband. She turneddewn the nephew of the emperor ofAustria to accept the hand of the sonpf an lowa farmer. ,

EULOGY fOft OIiIJEYWARM COMMENDATION FOR THE

SECRETARY OF STATE FROM

MR. HOAR,_______CUBAN DEBATE CONTINUED.CUBAN DEBATE CONTINUED.

STRONG PLEA AGAINST THE RESO-LUTIONS BY THE MASSACHU-

SETTS SENATOR.

WANTS BETTER INFORMATION

Than the Testimony Considered by

the Committee on Foreign

Relations.

WASHINGTON, March 11.—The Cu-ban debate in the senate has advancedto the stage of one of the great de-bates of the American congress, andthe speech today of Senator Hoar wasanother eventful feature of the discus-sion. In this debate the senators andthe crowded galleries are kept at high

tension by such stirring themes as warand patriotism and liberty. Mr. Hoar's jspeech was notable in setting forth theconservative view of the subject andurging a postponement of action untilApril 6. This developed many sharpcontroversies with Mr. Sherman andother senators. In the main the speechwas a plea for calm, dignified and ju-dicial action in face of the excitementand disorder of the mobs and the im-passioned speech of orators. Mr. Hoarcharacterized his colleague, Mr. Sher-man, as one of the great statesmen ofthe country, whose name would godown in history along with that ofLincoln, Grant, Seward. Fish and hisillustrious brother, and he besought the

I Ohio senator not to obliterate this bril-liant record by hasty and unguardedaction on the Cuban question. Mr.Hoar did not confine himself to Cuba,but spoke against congressional med-dling in any foreign negotiation. Inthis connection he paid a glowing trib-ute to Secretary Olney, and, while dif-fering with him politically, Mr. Hoar *

said the secretary of state was a clear-headed, old-fashioned Massachusetts !Yankee, who could be safely trusted !with our foreign negotiations. Thesenator added a like tribute to the sin-cerity of President Cleveland in dealing !with the Venezuelan question, and de-clared that any action by congress at-tacking the president's course wouldbe an attack on America. Mr. Hoar'sresolution for postponement lost itsparliamentary status at 2 o'clock andwent to the calendar, Mr. Sherman an-nouncing that from this time forwardhe would press the privileged question

—the conference report accepting thehouse Cuban resolutions.

ALLEN WOULD INVESTIGATE.ALLEN WOULD INVESTIGATE.Mr. Allen (Pop., Neb.) offered the

first development as to Cuba, in theform of a joint resolution, authorizingand requesting the president to makea thorough and rigid investigation intothe present state of war in Cuba,whether it is being conducted in accord-ance with the rules of civilizedwarfare;whether extreme cruelties are beingpracticed by either side; particularlytoward noncombatants, and appropri-ating $20,000 to be immediately avail-able for the purpose of the president'sinvestigation. Mr. Allen did not pressfor immediate action, and without de-bate it went to the committee on for-eign relations.

Mr. Hoar was then recognized on his.resolution, postponing the entire Cubanquestion until April 6, and directing thecommittee on foreign relations to makean inquiry in the meantime. Mr. Hoarspoke of the serious feeling prevailingin Spain, which had given the UnitedStates minister at Madrid a feeling ofinsecurity for himself and family. Thesame condition of public irritation hadstung the Spanish minister at Wash-ington te a violation of the diplomaticproprieties. It indicated the excitedcondition of feeling prevailing. It wascontrary to that calmness and dignitywith which great subjects should bedealt. This was not a time for imitat-ing the

CLAMOR OF THE MOBS,but for the exercise of the judicial fac-ulty. Mr. Hoar spoke of the entireabsence of facts and information onthe Cuban question. The committee onforeign relations had considered it andhad brought in a resolution withoutany report of facts. The committeehad cited a document which, on in-quiry, proved to be the statement ofthe agent in this country of the Cu-bans.

Mr. Sherman protested against thisbroad characterization of the com-mittee, and insisted that there wasmuch information which Mr. Hoar'sabsence had prevented his seeing.

Amid much laughter Mr. Hoar be-sought his respected friend to let himproceed without interruption. "I ,amnot prepared," said he ironically "togo to war on the united authority ofan historian whose name the senatorfrom Maine did not know and whosename the senator from Alabama (Mor-gan), who knows more than all of usput together, had forgotten, and anarticle in the encyclopedia by ClarenceKing. If the committee on foreign re-lations has examined, considered andweighed these alleged facts and af-firmed that they found any of themtrue, I fall to recall it.

MR. HOAR WARNED SENATORSthat the adoption of the resolutionsmeant a denial of the rule- of interna-tional law, which we insisted on sostrenuously during the Rebellion andto which the United States committeditself, through our ministers, to all for-eign courts, including Spain.

PRAISE FOR OLNEY.Later Mr. Hoar created a stir by anunexpected eulogy of Secretary Olney

The senator led up to this by referringto the constant meddling of congresswith foreign questions. He referredto the Venezuelan question, in whichhowever, the course of congress hadbeen temperate. But if it had beenfound that the president was conduct-ing negotiantions with Great Britainon that subject, then It would havebeen well for the press and the publicand the senate to let it alone, and allowthe negotiations to proceed through theusual channels of the state depart-ment. Mr. Olney has a very goodhead, in my opinion. I do not agreewith him in politics, but he is a good,square, clear-headed, old-fash-ioned Massachusetts' Yankee, and I amwilling to trust him with the diploma-

j cy of this government. They say thatthe president's message contained amenace of war with England. Englanddoes not seem to understand it so. Butsupposing.it did, he said it in the faceof the civilized world, and he has said

it in the rightful exercise of his au-thority and discharge of his duty asthe chief executive of the Republic,and to humiliate him for it, or to con-demn him for it, is to humiliate andcondemn Amerca in the face of thenations of the world.

The presiding officer announced thatat 2 o'clock Mr. Hoar's resolutionswould lose their place and go to thecalendar. Mr. Aldrieh asked thatunanimous consent be given that theresolution retain its place". Mr. Mor-gan objected.

Mr. Sherman interposed that he pro-posed to keep the privileged question —the conference report agreeing to thehouse Cuban resolutions before the sen-ate. He did not intend to allow it tobe put aside by this resolution of Mr.Hoar for delay. The presiding officerannounced that in view of the objectioninterposed by Mr. Morgan, the Hoarresolution would go to the calendar.This closed the Cuban debate for theday, and the galleries were quicklyemptied. ' *.'"\u25a0 *.*.'•'\u25a0

The senate then took up the Dupontcase, and Mr. Turpie continued his ar-gument in opposition to the claim ofMr. Dupont. When he closed Mr.Pritchard (Rep. N. C.) took the floorin support of Mr. Dupont's claim, butyielded at 4 o'clock for an executivesession, after which the senate ad-journed.

DEATH TO THE "SPY" SYSTEM.

Houhc Appropriates' No Money for

Inspection of Letter Carriers.WASHINGTON, March 11. — The

house today passed the postoffice ap-propriation bill which has been underconsideration since last Friday. Thefeature of the debate today was the at-tack on the "Spy system" in connectionwith letter carriers. The salaries ofthe special inspectors have been paidunder the current law out of a fund atthe disposal of the first assistant post-master general. This fund was cut offby the present bill, but provision wasmade for the employment of thirty ad-ditional regular Inspectors under thefourth assistant postmaster general byincreasing the appropriation from $176,---000 to $212,000. Mr. Quigg, of NewYork, led the fight against this increaseand after a protracted debate hisamendment to reduce the appropriationto $176,000 prevailed, 70-57. After thatthe bill was reported to the house. Mr.Bromwell, of Ohio, offered an amend-ment to strike out the appropriation of$196,000 for special mail facilities fromBoston to New Orleans, which was re-tained In the bill after a hard struggleyesterday. But his motion was de-feated on a yea and nay vote, 111-134.Tomorrow the Aldrich-Robbins contest-ed election case will be called up.

Bills were passed to authorize theconstruction of a bridge connectingLittle Rock and Argenta, Ark.;granting right of way to the RockIsland, Muscatine & Southwestern rail-way for a bridge over the Illinois &Mississippi canal; authorizing the con-struction of a bridge over the Tennes-see river at Lanesville, Term., and di-recting the place and time of holdingthe terms of United States district andcircuit courts in South Dakota.

In the course of the debate on thespy system, Mr. Pickler read a letterrelating to the dismissal of clerks inthe postoffice department last fall oncharges of conspiracy, in which thewriter charged "boldly and publicly"that a score of inspectors were orderedinto Ohio last fall for service in thecampaign, and that all the special in-spectors were compelled to make forcedcontributions to that campaign.

HATCH BILL KILLED.

Republicans Cast Their Votes for

Wall Street Sharks.WASHINGTON, March 11. — The

house committee on agriculture by avote of 9 to 6 decided today to lay uponthe table the anti-option. (Hatch) bill.This practically kills the measure forthis congress. The bill was practicallythe one fathered by CongressmanHatch, of Missouri, and known as theHatch bill. It has been under con-sideration for several weeks, and themeeting which decided its fate todaywas a decidedly spicy one. Althoughthe decision was reached practicallyby a party vote, the Republicans op-posing the bill and the Democrats sup-porting it, Mr. Willis, of Delaware, didnot vote with his party on the measure,and made a warm speech in which heaccused his colleagues of being inleague with "the speculators and gam-blers of Wall street," as he. termedthem.

POR ONE CENT POSTAGE.FOR ONE CENT POSTAGE.

St. Paul Men Address Col. Kiefer onthe Subject.

Special to the Globe. " 'WASHINGTON, D. C., March 11.—

Congressman Kiefer has received alarge number of letters signed by busi-ness men of St. Paul, favoring theconsummation of the scheme to secureone cent postage. The letters all beardate of October, and were mailed fromCleveland, as shown by the post markon the envelope. It is said that theyhave been prepared by one of the pro-moters of the plan and were signed atthe request of that person, who en-deavored to criticise Postmaster Castlesome time ago, and as a result wasseverely worsted. Congressman' Kieferis opposed to the plan because hethinks it will result in an increaseddeficit in the postal receipts of the gov-ernment.

Dividing: South Dakota Circuit.WASHINGTON. March 11.-The house to-day passed Representative Gamble's bill pro-viding for the time and place of holding

terms of the United States circuit and dis-trict courts in South Dakota. The bill is thesame statute as Is now a law in that stategovern the subject, except that it makes anew division from what is now known asthe "Southern." The times and places forholding courts in the respective divisionsremain unchanged. The new division willcomprise the counties of Brule. Aurora Da-vison. Hanson, McCook, Minnehaha, MoodyLake Sanborn, Lyman, Beadle, Miner*Kingsbury and Crow Creek and Lower BruleIndian reservations. Court will be held atSioux Falls. -.."'. .

Secured by Nelson.Special to the Globe. 7:7.-- March 11.—A favorable re-port was today made on Senator Nelson'samendment to the sundry civil bill providingfor the payment to John Lampman, of Alex-andria, the sum of $150 for capturing ThomasF. Truman and John Martin, implicated inthe robbery of the Alexandria postoffice onApril 11, 1893.

Engineers Desire a Place.Special to the Globe.7"'ly

WASHINGTON. March 11.—Senator Nelsontoday presented the memorial of F. W. Cap-plen, president of the Minneapolis Engineers'club, in favor of an amendment to the Al-drieh bill so as to provide for the appoint-ment of a civil engineer as a member of thearchitect commission to consider plans forpublic buildings.

7-yl' For Mille Lacs Settlers.WASHINGTON, Marcn 11.—Senator Nel-son today introduced a joint resolution de-claring all lands formerly In the Mille Lacs

reservation subject to settlement under pre-emption and homestead laws. The adoptionof the resolution will enable settlers already \u25a0

on the reservation to hold their lands.No Action on Hawaiian Cable. '

WASHINGTON. March 11.—The senate com-mittee on foreign relations resumed consider-ation of the bill providing for a telegraphic ca-ble line between this country and Hawaii, butadjourned without . taking *action or arrivingat any definite conclusion. "

. TWO SEATS OpEKENTUCKY DEMOCRAT^ SHOW BE-

PUBLICANS TRICKS IN THEIROWN GAME.

house UNSEATS -kauffman.

SENATE IMMEDIATELY RETALI-ATES BY TURNING OUT WAL-

TON AND JAMES.

NO ELECTION POSSIBLE NOW.

Republicans Will Refuse to .Voteand Democrats Can Do Nothing

Without a Quorum.

FRANKFORT, Ky., March Afterthe house had convened this morningthe clerk read the refusal of Mr. Dun-to prosecute his contest against Mr.Kauffman. At its .clcse Mr. \ Carrollarose and stated that the house' had noright to refuse Mr. Dunlap the rightto withdraw his contest.. This, as faras the house -is concerned,: he claimed,settled the matter entirely. Represen-tative Robbins (Dem.) declared that no-body could compel Dunlap to do whathe did not want to do. The very mo-ment he so decided the. house has noright to unseat Mr. Kauffman. • Repre-sentative Lyons (Rep.) claimed thatDunlap had only asked leave to with-draw his contest. His \u25a0 willingness towithdraw does not affect the right ofthe house to go ahead with the case."There are." he said, "two distinctquestions involved; V one is whether

s Kauffman was elected ;fairly, and theother is, was there fraud and was Dun-lap entitled to the seat?" He thoughtthe house should go ahead with thecase. Representative Fore (Dem.) de-clared that it was child's play to arguethe question of bringing. up the caseagain. . Representative Howard (Rep.)said that it was a question as to whowas the rightful member from the cityof Lexington, and it is left to the houseto say if there had been fraud in thatelection. The speaker said, in decidingthe question, that it was for the com-monwealth to decide. The contest hadbeen conducted legally. ) All the formsof law had been observed, and the chairholds that it was perfectly competent

for Dunlap, before the case had beenprosecuted to the end, to have aband-oned the contest; but they had no suchright after the case had been tried.He cited the case of Calhoun vs. Rior-dan as a precedent. "I hold," said he,in conclusion, "that the house has pow-er to take a vote on the Dunlap-Kauff-man case, and so,rule." \u0084

.. v.A vote was then ordered on the mi-

nority report on the Dunlap-Kauffman

case, to the effect that Dunlap Is andKauffman is not entitled to the seatnow held by Kauffman. Poor and Ed-rington, Populists, voted with the Dem-ocrats. The Republicans voted solidlyto unseat, and the minority report wasadopted by the vote of 49 to 46. Theannouncement of the vote caused muchexcitement among the Democrats, whohad not expected such a result.

On the roll call to adopt the majorityreport the Democrats 'left the houseto break a quorum, but did not sue-ceed, as the IRepublicans all voted.The majority received"' 51 votes. TheRepublicans all voted except one, whowas paired. '-"' : .

UNSEAT TWO;. FOR ONE.

As soon as the news of the actionof the house reached the senate, Sen-ator Goebel jumped up and moved theadoption of an amendment to rule 85.The motion was seconded by Brons-ton amid the wildest confusion. Thechair refused to put the motion, andkept up a continual and loud rappingof his gavel. The cflerk read theamendment. The chair declared thatthe proceedings were revolutionary,and a scene of riot ensued. SenatorBronston waved his arm frantically,and shouted to the iclerk to call theroll.

Senator Jones moved that the sen-ate adjourn. Amid; the wildest ex-citement the lieutenant governor putthe motion, *g,nd the Republicans votedaye in a body. The lientenant gov-ernor declared the senate adjourned,and, together with the Republicanmembers, left the chamber In a body.The report of the committee on elec-tions was then read. \ The roll wascalled, and Senators Walton and Jameswere declared ineligible to seats inthe senate by a vote of 21 to 0. (Wildcheers from Democrats.)

Senator Walton declared that theproceedings were revolutionary, andthat 'he would not submit. SenatorBronston denounced him, and sworethat neither James nor Walton shouldever get in the joint assembly to vote.Only prompt interference of friendsprevented a personal difficulty. Acrowd gathered at the door of thehouse chamber, to prevent the entranceof either James or Walton, and seri-ous trouble seemed unavoidable. Manymen were armed,'., and the ' slightestoutburst would have precipitated atragedy. Dr. James succeeded in leav-ing the senate chamber, before its voteto unseat him was taken, and enteredthe house. Senator Walton .was notso fortunate, and he was refused ad-mission.

IN JOINT ASSEMBLY.IN JOINT ASSEMBLY.

When the joint assembly convenedSpeaker Blanford issued orders thatno one other than members or personsentitled to privileges of the floor ofthe house be admitted." At 12:05 o'clockthe doorkeeper announced the senateof Kentucky. The speaker, before rec-ognizing the senate, said, with greatheat, that the doorkeeper of the househad full control of the :door, and noother one had. Mr. Bronston declaredthat" the ruling was without precedent.He shouted: "I move that SenatorGoebel . be made „ priding officer ofthe assembly." A stofcmjof noes arose,during .which Lieut. Gov. Worthing-ton appeared; and . took, his seat andrapped for order, < and succeeded inquieting things for a time. SenatorSalyer. implored members never to doanything that . would* bring disgraceon the state of Kentucky. "I am afraidthat we have • already *:- crossed theRubicon," he said. "Let go no fur-ther." .- . -,yi '}- . .yy

Senator Bronston tailed attention toRule 11 of the : joint assembly, andmade the point, that '• the clerk of thesenate is the clerk of the joint. assem-bly, and as such shall call the roll ofthe entire joint assembly. The presid-ing officer ruled against him, and said .the clerk of the house would call theroll of the house!' while the clerk of thesenate called the roll ;of the -. senate.

After a long wrangle, this order wastaken. • -

The call of the roll was then begun.The chief clerk in calling the names ofthe members of the senate omitted tocall those of Jamgs and Walton, thetwo Republican senators. The clerk ofthe house omitted to call the name ofKauffman, Democrat. The roll callshowed 130 members present, with twopaired. Senator Bronston asked for thereading of the journal of the twohouses. This was ordered. The ballotfor senator was then begun. Edring-ton voted for Blackburn, while Poor re-fused to vote. .

BROKE THE QUORUM..P. C. Smith voted for S. B. Buckner.

The names of James.Walton and Kauff-man were not called. The Republicansrefused to vote at all with the objectof breaking a quorum.

The ballot resulted as follows: Black-burn, 54; Carlisle, 10; Buckner, 1. Thechair decided that as only sixty-fivevotes had been cast that there was noquorum, and " therefore -no election.Upon motion, the assembly adjournedat once. "...

Throughout all the excitement Sena-tor Blackburn sat in the senate cloakroom, except for a few minutes. \* Thatwas when ..the . altercation occurred be-tween Bronston and Walton. Then hestarted up and exclaimed: ''Let meget out." . 'yyy\

He was finally restrained by hisfriends.

The mistake of the Republicans inthe senate was made when theywalked out and refused to vote whenthe question of declaring SenatorsWalton and James ineligible to seatsin the senate came up. The senatebeing duly organized, the clerk putthe motion, and the seats were de-clared vacant by a vote of 21 to 0.Had the Republicans all voted no, itIs claimed by many persons that thesenators would not have been legallyunseated, as it requires, they say, atwo-thirds vote to expel a member.The opinion seems to prevail that therewill be an end to the trouble, such asoccurred today, and that there will beno election, because the Republicanswill refuse to vote from day to dayand thereby break a quorum.

DUNLAP POSITIVELY QUITS.FRANKFORT, Ky., "March 11—

G. Dunlap, who on yesterday after-noon withdrew from his contest ofthe seat of Representative Kauffman,returned to Frankfort today and im-mediately was besieged by the friendsof the Republican nominee, who en-deavored in vain to induce him towithdraw his letter addressed to Mr.Blanford, speaker of the house, inwhich he abandoned the contest. Toa press representative Mr.Dunlap said:"My decision in the matter was madeonly after a long and careful delibera-tion. It is final, and I will never con-sent to enter the contest again. Thehouse may go ahead and unseat Mr.Kauffman, but it cannot . compel meto vote. I will refuse to take the seatnow if the house decides me entitledto it. Of course, in the event the housevotes to unseat Kauffman and putsme in, I shall be in the power of thehouse, and they can force me to gointo the joint' assembly, but they can-not force me to vote. I came to Frank-fort today expecting to receive allkinds of villiflcation' and abuse, andam prepared to stand j it. All of it,however, will not change me in theleast." yyy'

DEMOCRATS IN RHODE ISLAND

Meet nnd Nominate a State Ticket, "Without Any Friction. vy

PROVIDENCE, R. 1., March TheRhode Island Democratic state con-vention today nominated the followingcandidates: For governor, Hon. GeorgeLittlefleld; lieutenant governor, Hon.Augustus S. Miller; secretary of state,George L. Church; attorney general,George T. Brown; treasurer general,John G. Perry.

The platform adopted did not touchupon national issues. It characterizedthe demand for a revision of the stateconstitution as an attempt by the partyin power to fasten itself more surelyupon the state corporations. A motionto elect delegates to the national con-vention was tabled. A convention tochoose these delegates will be . calledafter the state election, which is to beheld April.1. . . yyl.i

HARRISON THE ."WINNER.HARRISON THE WINNER.

Gov.' Matthew* Prophesies ns to the

St. Louis Nominee.INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 11 —Gov. Matthews tonight discussed Re-

publican candidates, and, when askedas to the nominee, replied emphatic-ally:

"Harrison. I think that his friendsare doing : some mighty , good . and ef-fective work "right • now. I should notbe a bit surprised if the convention isstampeded for. Gen. Harrison: I havenot thought 'and do 'not- think that thegeneral has been out * of the race atany stage. 7 His letter, I am forced tosuspect, was only of policy. I expect,if the truth be known, that the Har-rison men were slightly : : alarmed atgrowing antagonism,, and the generalis the - kind of a * man who wanted - itto : appear 7, that }be - came 7 before the

convention as the unanimous choice.But he is not out of the race, and, inmy judgment, the convention will dem-onstrate that fact. Next to Gen. Har-rison, I look - upon Senator Allison asthe probable nominee. He is a safe,conservative man, but he lacks a gooddeal in courage and firmness. I donot regard Reed as at all in the race.McKlnley's men are overdoing theirefforts, and I do not regard him asa most serious quantity. - He is mak-ing enemies perhaps faster than heis making friends. I think that hehas treated Senator Cullom outrage-ously. Morton is not even a factor.He has been put up for the same pur-pose in New York that Quay has con-stituted himself a factor to performin Pennsylvania— is, simply to seethat the state gets recognition andmakes itself felt.

IN MORTON'S BAILIWICK.Apparently No Limit to the McKin-

ley Movement.BUFFALO, N. V., March 11.—A

widely advertised McKinley massmeeting at Music hall tonight broughtout a.. very large attendance, notwith-standing unfavorable weather. Speecheswere made by prominent Republicansof Buffalo and neighboring townsResolutions were adopted which, aft-er reciting the policy of the Republi-can party on the tariff and the otherissues, declared:

"That the delgates to the national conven-tion from the two congressional districts ofErie county should be instructed to use everyeffort to secure the nomination of the greatprotection leader. William McKinley, of Ohio.That the Republicans of Erie county believeMcKinley to be a platform In himself; a manof unshakable honesty; possessed of the highcourage and firmness of the nation; a firmsupporter sound money; a practical civilservice reformer; a true and patriotic Ameri-go11,! ™

broad-minded, even-balanced i states-5Sh T , 7e condemn the efforts of somepolitical leaders to prevnt an expression ofthe real sentiment of this county by the de-vice of snap caucusses, and we urge all Re-publicans to rebuke this attempt to shacklethem attending the primaries and voting forwfif?™BxrPl^Sfd t0 tho Pe°Ple's favorite,wni!^eßM%Sy.to the people's favor*-e.William McKinley.

WILLBE ALLISON.

Committeeman Clarkson Stakes HisReputation as a Prophet.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 11.-HonJ. S. Clarkson, ex-chairman of the Re-publican national committee, passedthrough here today, en route to Cali-fornia.

"The St. Louis Republican conventionwill name the next president of theUnited States," said Mr. Clarkson, em-phatically, in answer to a querry of alocal reporter.

"Who will be the nominee of the con-vention?" was asked."Allison," replied the lowan. "Mc-

Kinley will receive the most votes onthe first ballot, but will never securesufficient to insure his nomination. Alli-son will be nominated on the last bal-lot. Mark the prediction." *\u25a0\u25a0;. , .

COKEY LENT INTEREST

To Yesterday's Meeting of Reform-y;y*7.:X ers at Pittsburg. v. 7PITTSBURG, Pa., March 11.—The

second day's session of the nationalconference called by the committee ofone hundred, in the interest of unitedand national reform convened in OldCity hall at 10:30 o'clock this morning.The attendance was slightly betterthan yesterday, in spite of the disagree-able March weather. The arrival of"General" Jacob S. Coxey, , the Popu-list leader, and his presence during thesession lent renewed interest to theconference. At the night session it wasdecided to name the new party "theNational Reform party," and a nationalconvention was called to meet in Pitts-burg on May 25. J. S. Coxey spoke on"Non-Interest-Bearing Bonds."

-yy "WILL BE A ROUSE R.

Arkansas Democratic ConventionWill Be a Big One.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 11.—Democratic central committee met heretoday and selected Little Rock, June 15,as the place and date for holding thestate convention to nominate a stateticket and select delegates at large tothe national convention. The basis ofrepresentation was changed to one del-egate for every 100 votes cast for GovClarke. This will give the convention74? delegates, the largest political con-vention ever held in Arkansas.

FREE COINAGE CALL, FREE COINAGE CALL

Issued by Prominent. Democrats ofOhio. " "

CLEVELAND, 0., March 11.—A callhas been issued for a meeting of Dem-ocrats favorable to the free coinage of *

silver, to be held at the Hollenden ho-• tel, in this city, on Friday evening,'March 13. The meeting will be secret,but it is said that the object is to ar-range plans for the election of dele-gates to the Chicago convention from

1 Ohio : who are \u25a0\u25a0 favorable 7 to ;•free coin- I; age. 7. The call Is said to have comefrom Allen W. Thurman, of Columbus. IGen. A. J. Warner is expected to be :present, j

IOWA'S OJIIiY GfIOIGEDES MOINES CONVENTION A TC^MULT OP ENTHUSIASM FOR TH«L/

FAVORITE SON. '

WAS AN ALLISON MEETING*

QUALITIES OP THE SENATOR ELO/QUENTLY DEPICTED BY CON« .-;

'7;» 7 GRESSMAN DOLLIVER.J\u25a0" --. iy'7--yy:;y. ' '\u25a0

SOUND MONEY THE PL ATIOIH^ISOUND MONEY THE PLATFOIM^

Allison Resolutions Pat Through hffft Rising Vote .With Three Ja Rising Vote With Three J

'"'' Cheers. . \

DES MOINES, 10., March 11.—Today*opened decidedly colder, with a driving-'snow, making the prospects for tha'state convention unpleasant, but by'the time for the holding of the districtconvention the atmosphere cleared andlthe day became, while sharp and)clear, delightful. The district conventtions for each congressional districtwere held at 9 a. m., and delegates andalternates were selected for the na*'tlonal Republican convention at St.!Louis. .. The Fifth and Tenth district**'were the only ones having contests.

The convention was without doubsthe most enthusiastic ever held in thastate. It was. from beginning to end,'an Allison convention. It was mani-fest that he was the first and las*choice of the Republicans of lowa.During the entire day's proceedings'no other name was suggested. Th(*names of Blame and Harrison, whoa'mentioned by speakers, were invaria-bly applauded. It was a convention*of oratory and enthusiasm from be-'ginning to end. It swept everything;before it. There were many dramaUoIncidents that marked the progress ofthe meeting. After the resolutions.'were read by Hon. Jacob Rich, chair-

man of the committee on resolutions^!Gov. Drake, who was seated on theplatform, Jumped to his feet and said:."Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of tha*Convention: I move that those reso-lutions be unanimously accepted and-*indorsed by the convention by a ris-Ing vote, and that three cheers and atiger be given for Allison, the nextpresident of the United States."

Almost before Chairman Cumminggcould open his mouth to put the mo-'tion, the vast assembly of delegates*and the thousands of visitors In the'galleries arose and gave three cheersand a tiger, the like of which has never 'before been heard in lowa. Before tha !final adjournment* there were repeated!calls for speeches. Congressman Hen,derson responded to his name in a'masterly speech in which he told the'people of lowa what the people of;Washington thought- of Senator Alli-1son He denounced the present ad-<*He.. denJ.ounced the Present ad-«ministration for operating a bond sell-ing shop in which mortgages are*placed upon the people. He referred*fi^S ?P°? the ,people' He referred!to the foreign policy of the adminis-tration as filled with "hectic. bloodied.'delirium tremens declarations of warCHEERED THEMSELVES HOARSE.

At this mention the audience cheered-'for several moments and after subsid-ing commenced cheering again. Gen;lJ. S. Clarkson did not attend the con-vention having gone West la*t night. •It was thought there would be someopposition to him on account of J'protracted absence from the state but!he was unanimously elected one of thaidelegates at large and recived specialpersonal indorsements in sever??Pura2?al -indorsements in several of

len/tnrP^ Caucuses' The S2SH dfSeLdtlSt nCt caucuses' The mention of?lnalor Gear B name ln connection withfree sugar was cheered at great length- Ae«OWa teleeates held a meefingat the savory house tonightand mappedout a plan of procedure. No chairmanwnTEJ/been named' The convenTioSwill act as a unit in all matters. It laa strong and harmonious delegation—every member of it an Allison manfrom start to finish. .

The convention was called to order a*ii a. m. and the call read. Then camethe singing of the "Allison March " fopthe first time. It made a great hit.'Hon. J. D. Dolliver, temporary chair-man, was then introduced.

MR. DOLLIVER SAID:The demand of the hour is for somebodywho understands the every-day business otthe government of the United States whocan read the account books on both sides-

what we take in and what we pay out Waoffer to the national service a statesmantrained in the public business, who has leftthe impression of his practical wisdom onevery revenue measure enacted since theThirty-eighth congress, and under whose eyeevery item for every appropriation bill for?ilaJ\\ serration has passed. A traininghwT'Jw gen?sat,on haa passed' A training«„mi »V soldo™ approached in Americanpublic life, would of Itself bring hope anddeliverance to the uneasy treasury of theUnited States. We have just now a businessmanagement which neither the energy to savethe internal revenue from the hands of dis-tillers, nor the custom house from the In-genuity of the Importers. Within a year everyshady scheme of undervaluation has comaforth to enjoy, the picnic season of ad valoremduties, until reputable merchants are alreadyasking tho house committee on ways andmeans to exact a peddler's license from theagents of foreign factories, in order thatlegitimate merchants may not be driven fromtho trade. Inadequate and unjust as the pres-ent law is, I do not hesitate to say that aneffectual collection of the revenues author-ized by its terms would go far toward cover-ing the current deficits in the receipts. *"'*need somebody in charge who can tell thedifference between a dollar collected and adollar borrowed.

For one, I want the exact equality of paperwith coin, and of all existing coins of thesame denomination with each other, invio-lably preserved. That man is a poor studentof the national welfare who would Invite thegold gamblers to bring their tables to th*centers of American business, that

THIEVES MAY AGAIN FATTENon the fluctuations of the money of the Amer-ican people. Without disparaging any Re-publican leader, we are Justified In tho con-viction that the troubled interests of tradeand commerce only find a welcome security.in the nomination of a man who was gener-ously commended to Garfield, ln the letter ofMr. Blame, which Is at once a tribute toSenator Allison's profound mastery of theproblem of national, finance, and a memorialof the friendship | which began on the daythey entered the house of representatives to-gether, and ended only in the ,valley of theshadow of death. For months the mainte-nance of • specie payments has been difficult,not by any fear of our own people that ourpaper money is not good, that Is to say, willnot bo paid on demand, but by a long-stand-ing shortage in the treasury; coupled with In-dustrial conditions that have Induced a steadydrainage of gold out of the country, In addi-tion to its usual movement, to pay for goodsand merchandise bought abroad, and no longerfully paid by the sum total current of our ex-ports. The way out ;of our misfortunes Ileain giving back to our workingmen of theUnited States the opportunity to do the workof the .American people. The Democratloremedy entirely ignores - the . sources of thotrouble.- It proposes •to keep . borrowingmoney, exposing the treasury on the onehand to the approach of those who ask theprofits of. taking gold, out, and .leaving It

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WITH OHIO AND KANSAS RETURNS IN, ji

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