Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-10-30
THE UNLUCKY LORD.
President Cleveland Talks About
the Sackville Incident.
He WILL ACT IMMEDIATELY
The People, lie Says, VIII Have No Reason
TO BE Dissatisfied with His Course.
More New York Voters
Than Can Vote.

NEW York, Oct 30-Ths Worlds Wash
ington correspondent telegraphs an interview
with President Cleveland at Oak View last
evening. The Presidents attention was
called to the published statement that while
in New York he had assured Gen. p. III. Col
Inns and John Boyle O'Reilly that il Lord
Sackville was not recalled within three days
he would be given his passports. The Presl-
dent said that that statement was entirely
wrong. He did have a conversation with
Messrs. Collins and O'Reilly, but it was almost
wholly devoted to the subject of the extra
dition treaty, which was postponed by the
recent action of the Senate.
"The letter of Lord Sackville was only
briefly referred to- said the president Il
brought the matter up myself, and took oc-
casion to assure them that they would have
no fault to find with what had been done and
the future course to be pursued in the matter.
/ told Mr.. Collins and Mr.. OReilly that
thought the people hardly regarded me as
coward in these matters, and when the facts
in the case should become known the people
of this nation would feel satisfied with the
course of the state department. The sub
ject was then dropped"
The Worlds Los Angeles special says that
''Murchison" is supposed to be A. W. Bell.
lawyer of Pomona.
The Herald's Washington special says the
belief grows that Lord Sackville's letter was
not blunder but was inspired by desire
on the minister's part to hurt the admins
tration. The correspondent claims to have
information that Lord Sackville, while SEEM
ing to approve the administrators sugges-
tions for settlement oS the Samoan difficulty
eighteen months ago, by a joint American,
English and German council to manage the
affairs of the islands, was withholding in
formation that England was acquiescing in
Germanys seizure of the territory.
The Herald calls attention to the fact that
it will be impossible for all the citizens who
have registered in this city to vote, owing to
the unexpected increase in their number,
while the number of polling places has not
been increased. In some districts there are
over 1000 names registered. The law re-
quires the polls to open at 9 a. m., and close
at p. m., and it is impossible for 1000 votes
to be cast with the necessary formalities, in
GOO minutes. 1t is doubtful if 400 can becast in
every district in that time, yet in 217 districts
the average registration is AGO and in many
it is over 600.
The Herald also points out the opportuni-
ties thus afforded for intentional delays,
and concludes that from 10000 to 80, 900 per-
SOnS Will % ulSiTaNc0iSeu even ufuer Un0
most favorable circumstances The Herald
urges the governor to call a special session of
the legislature for the purpose of extending
the time for the polls to be open to twelve or
fourteen hours, as it is too late to redistrict
the city.
New York, Oct. 30-Governor Hill was
seen this morning at the Hoffman house by a
United Press reporter, and upon being ques-
toned upon the possibility of large number
of Democrats losing their votes from lack of
proper facilities at the polls, said:
Il do not think the citizens and especially
the Democrats of New York city need give
themselves any uneasiness over the possibil-
ity that their votes will not be counted. The
average number of voters nsthis city in an
election district averages only about one-half
what it does in the interior of the state, and
it would be very lazy set of inspectors who
could not get in 500 or 600 votes within the
ten hours allotted by law for open polls in
this city,"
When asked if he though there would be
any necessity for calling an extra session of
the legislature to make change in the election
laws, Governor Hill replied:
"There is no reason for any such action on
my part. The idea is absurd. The whole
pith of the matter seems to be this. The
rapid growth OF some of the up town dis
tricts has resulted in very large increase in
the number of voters, and it is pure acci-
dent that in a few of these districts the regis
tration has increased beyond expectation.
There is nothing that can be done now.n