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New-York tribune., 1890-08-28
yP TRACY AND THE KITTERY NAVY fAfD
HIS ANSWER TO THE CUMMINGS RESOLUTION
A FoRCIBLE AND DIRECT DENIAL THAT
THERE HAS BEEN AN ABUSE OF POWER
THERE HAS BEEN Az Ar

vaebinoton Aur o-.-Sccrotary Tracy to dav sent
70 the House his answer to the Cummings resolution
calling for information H. the necessity Tor loIr',
inc tle force of employees at the Kitery Navy Yard
and whether the contemplated employ nehl ol 'v i'
creased force was intended TO affect the appI"'''nS
Congressional election in Maine rihsr Than - suo
serve the public interests. In his reply 'h'
secretary SAYS that the necessity for an ~
crease in the working force in Juy was
due TO the fact that the appropriations for the cur'e
fiscal yesr became available July J. lie quotes INC
act forbidding increase Of force within sNy u"y
before an election, except upon a certificate sf'DhS
f,,fb its necessity and SAYS that the Maine
,,ctions were fixed for september the force Of the
Ktterv YarI could only be increased upoa cert hca'e
which he accordingly issued July %. 1Ae secretary
avs that tic force numbered June !, 1890 9l7 :
rulv I 347 and August I, 438. The decrease III
Jnly was due TO exhausted appropriations.
Touchng the necessity replacing the buildings in
In, Kittery Yard destroyed by fire las January the
secretary saws that {" In view OF the fact that OH
lime 30 less than Que month before the publication Of
tho order covering the WORK Congress directed the
work bv law and emphasized ts urgency by mahlng
the appropriation Immediately available, il would seem
10 be unbecoInng n an EAerut'Ve Department. "ho .
duty is 10 obey and execute the law, to make any
comment. even by way OF answer to an inquiry on the
oninion thus clearly pronounced by the glslaturc7
The work on the Lancaster and Monongahch ana
because work Of that kind had been done there Tor
years and the assignment of the Lancaster was made
eleven. months before the approaching elections. In
conclusion secretary Tracy says
..In view however, Of the character OF the IN
,erroqatory which the House Of Representatives III
direct tcl1ns asks tle head OF an Executive Depart
,ocnt whether ne has has not bcon guilty oi a
gross abuse Of power in public administration EN- EN-
Il proper in terms equally direct 10 dchy Ilat INC
contemplated EN- poy ynent of such ncfea ed force al
said navy yard IS Intended 10 anGct imG apt
,~oachinp C0DgrcssiOnal election In the sla'c OF
Maine rather than to subsesve the public inter
eSfs or that any Increase Of force a. any uine mas
bcen or Will be made by the Navy department under
lis present administration for the purpose of inin,
an ching election for the purpose OF
elcc(inq or defeating any particular candidate ana !
have the honor 10 add that the Navy department
while pursung steadily this policy does not propose
that the progress Of public WORKS. directed by law,
ond nv law committed to It's charge, shall be inter
,oS or nostn0pcd hy the occurrence Of an election.
or that it shall be deferred from the peiormance OF
bat n believes 10 be It's duty by any fear tlat m
tnsa and unfounded suspicious may call In question
The motives Of its action
New-York tribune., 1890-08-28

serious defect of the vessel is due to the plans and
lies in the small space provided for the engineers
and fremcn. They can barely stand erect al the
highest place in their quarters, and III some place,
they are forced to crawl around on hands aili
knees This was due to miScalcGlaton IN the
SPACE occupied by the boilers. However the heat
in the engine-room is not excessive, because O te
excellent means Of ventilation
The pride that san Franciscans take in The new
cruiser that bears the name Of their city IS shown
by the handsome service of slvcrplatc they hay"
bad made for the officers mess. The SET lnciuoes
ihirty-two pieces in silver and gold, the ch2r-
acteristic feature Of which is the fgufe OF the
Naliforni0 grizzly bear. modelled III on roId ..
all the larger pieces. Tie svcrwork Is hniSheI
in a combination of dead satin and highly p0llshed
cmbe llishments Of a Guted pattern. The arse''
piece in the set is huge punch-bowl, INTENDED I"r
the cabin, with thlrtv-siN cut-glaSs mugs ne
front bears an engraved reproduction OF the coat o
arms Of san Francisco. with the motto, oio en-
paz fcrro en- guerra" upon scroll, ana tHc some
motto and cngIayings are repro iuced on eacA pee
There is a smaller punch service for the officers o.
the ward room ard beautiful toa and coiiec SEA
The total cost OF TIE set is 5000. IL Was maze
here bv Georoe C. ShTcVe ~ Co.
The Union Iron Work. deserve the greater
credit for trcir excellent work on ms ne"
cruiser because for the last four months they nave
had to contend agoirst the strike OF all the non
mouldcrs in the city. TLey have imported work,
mon from thc Fast and have finished every pi' 0i
,rorI, on the vessel As nicely rs though no houIlc
had taken place, and as specify.
New-York tribune., 1890-08-28

knots and that they shall forfeit the same sum
for every quarter knot size falls below nineteen
knots. The lowest bid was made by the Union
Iron Works for Sl,426,000 Everything was III
readiness at the yard but owing to some changes
in the plans, work did not actually begin ull
April /, 1888 1t shows the growth of steel Snip
building on the Pacific coast that whereas when
the Charleston was begun critics declared she could
not be finished at the Union Iron Works because
eS lack of facilities and experience, this time no
such gloomy predictions were INDUCED IN Inc
manager of the works, Irving NJ. Scott, had
demonstrated that his plant was as complete as
any in the country, and the finish and stanchness
Of the Charleston showed conclusyely that the
work was as perfect as ever went into an American
ship. 1t was great triumph for the protected
industry Of shipbuilding, and it proved clearly
that remote as is Pacific coast from the main cen
tres of the East it may still hold its own in all great
manufacturing industries. All the castings made
there for both the Charleston and the San Francis
co were found by experts 10 be fully equal to the
best work by the Cramps and other shpbuilders.
The launch was made successfully On October
26, 1889, in the presence Of great crowd, though
the foodgates Of heaven were opened and those
who witnessed the ceremony were taken 70 the
Patrero by steamer, the roads were knee-deep in
mud The first impression given by the San
Francisco is gracefulness and the second strength
She has protective deck the full length of the
ship. slopng down TO the sides OF the ship, about
four feet below the water-line. The soping sides
are two and one-half inches thick while the fiat
portion is one and one-half inches thick. The
machinery and all the vital parts of the ship
below the protective deck and perfectly safe from
light shot Under the protective deck along
the sides, the space is used coal bunkers which
serve when filed as an additional protection by
deadening shot before it reaches the deck. The
vessel also has double bottom and many water
tight compartments, so that it would require
q phenomenal fire of very heavy guns TO disable
her.
The San Francisco is driven by two three-bladed
composition built-up propeers of eighteen feet
six inches pitch by fourteen feet diameter, secured
TO hollow steel shafts by npt and feathers.
The nut and end of the brass cover are secured
70 the hub of the propeller and rcvolve with IT,
The ends Of the shafts and the screws are carried
oy cast-steel brackets struts, end Of which
nveted to the shoe Of the sterppost and the
New-York tribune., 1890-08-28
THE ALDERMEN ARRESTED.
(Continued from First Pagc.)

States Marshal and taken to Portland.
Their Indictment and trial for for conspiracy will
undoubtedly follow; but the Grand Jury is now
In session, and they cannot be tried before the
election, which comes off week from next
Monday. If released on bail they may still per-
slst In their refusal to erase the Illegal names on
the voting lists. 1t is thought, however, that they
VIII not have the courage to do this, now that
they have found that the United States means
business. Originally there were Republican French
Canadian voters, well as Democratic. on these
lists: but after Judge Webb made his decision
the Republicans applied TO the proper courts and
were naturalized anew The Democratic aliens
did not do this: so il happens that the 800
names Illegally on the lists are almost all Demo-
Gratis.
Besides these 500 names Of Illegal voters, there
names that are wholly fraudulent, there being no
voters TO correspond with them. Upon these
names repeaters and floaters" are voted by the
ring regularly. Special policemen to the num-
Der OF 100 or 200, are sworn in; and by legaliZed
intimidation these miniOns of the city ring pre-
vent challenging or the detection Of fraud. Demo-
cratic officials guard the ballot-boxes and Demo-
cratic special policemen enforce order" Pro-
tests not heard and appeals 70 the courts have
to have friend on the c0lInty jury. The city Of
BiddefOrd has been pundered right and left. The
city accounts and city records are sealed books
TO all except the ring. The Poor Fund" &c
count >of Biddeford is three times the "Poor
Fund account of other city Of the size in
New-England and there are no more poor in
BiddefOrd than in most cities Of equal size. The
salaries of city officers increased just before
elections, but the officers said to receive no
more money. By these means a large corruption
fund is maintained 10 defy the courts and cor
rupt the suffrage.
New-York tribune., 1890-08-28

other fastened to the hull of the ship The screws
driven by two horizontal, tripleeXpanSion con-
densing engines Of high speed, with link-mOtlon
and Steam-reversing cylinder All the propeller
shafts and crank shafts are OF hollow Steel torgcd
at the bethlehem Steel Works. pennsylvania Each
engine is III q separate room, with watcr-tght
bulkheads and separate condenser, circulating
pump, and everything so arranged that each may
be run without regard to tine other. There are
four cylindrical return tubular double-ended
steel boilers, carrying l35 pounds OF steam press
ire There are eight compound conGensing
blowing engines, running at 800 revolutions per
minute, which, with both main engines at seventy
five revolutions, can run the steam up from 10
to / 80 pounds in eight minutes.
Her armament consists of twelve slX-lnch
breech loading rided guns, four siA-poundcr rapid
firing rifles, four Hotchkiss revolving cannon, one
one-pounder rifle and two short eating guns
IL was originally Intended to have ore ten-inch
Gun at stern and bow, but this was abandoned as
in the case of the Charleston. The vessel has
three hollow steel masts, with two military tops
The San Francisco is supplied throughout with
incandescent electric lights, the power being gen.
Grated by three Edison dynanos running at 40 rev
vertical compound condensing engine, with cranks
placed exactly opposite TO each other, and CON
nected directly with the dynamos by flexible
counlinr These engines were designed and built
bv the Union Iron Works and proved remarkably
we'll adapted to their work. There are four pow
erfnl electric search lights of $4,000 candle power
each capable of throwing light strong enough
TO read newspaper at distance of two miles
on n dark night.
Ievcr tvpc worked by three cylinder steam en-
cine placed below the protective deck. Those who
have handled the snip in the preliminary trials
declare that she can be turned inside OF her own
lcnqth. and that she obeys her helm more promptly
tian anv large vessel they ever handled.
All the materials Of the cruiser Of home
manufacture. but she will compare favorably with
any specimen of fine naval architecture now
aHoat She is finished throughout in mahogany
and laurel and other fine native woods The
apartments of the coiamandcr ol the ieet and the
captain of the vessel may be thrown into one arse
room, extending clear across the ship. The only
New-York tribune., 1890-08-28
TILE OHIO DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

sprnefeld. Ohio Aug. 27.-The ONO Democratic
Convention me, here to-day. The Committee on Orc
dcntals reported no contests The Committee on -
maueut organization named as chairman Lawrence /.
Ncal Of Ross County secretary, Thomas 'osah' VI
Hamilton County. II after IL O'Clock wheh Mr'
Neal besan his address. After declaring against par"
anshlp ana In favor Of principle Mr. Neal nfscd s'ros
deounciation of tie Mckinley BILL which, he sald was
the bodcst attempt ever made to rob tle peopc
under the form of law lie was equoIy ior'iOc III
Announcing the Election bill and pnophcsied that WIN
ouposition to these measures, the Democracy "ouiu
achieve a permanent triumph. James W. Ne"n""
presented the report Of the Committee on RESOLUTIONS
which included the following on the Iarih oh'
"Tbat we demand the reduction of tarh taxes. we
will contipue the battle for tariff reform until the
oause a the people Is triumphant. All money '"ho"
nv law from the people should go INTO t"c puoH'
treasury. Tariff taxes should be for revenue o"ly'
All so.called protective tariff taxes are dSHo"o'''
wa.teGnl and corTpting. They plumber the MISSES
to enrich the few They have crippled asrice"'e
retarded manufact,rng crested trusts, destroyed CON-
merce and corrupted our lawmakers. therefore VIC
arc opposed TO the Mckinley Tariff bill now pe"uins
in Congress and believe In the expressed OPINION .,
most eminent Republican that there !" not S''"'A
New-York tribune., 1890-08-28
DIED..

p,wnrN On Tuesday August %. at HIS home. 344 West
27thst ia citv. Isaac Ba"den III the 'oeh Sea "
his age.
August 2S. at o'clock.
,-t'rment a: Convenience Of the family.
DIMON-Chares Dimon. at his late residence 81 heseh
- Brooklyn Wcdncsday morning. August 20
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
IrhNNERETT-Entered into rest, at Mount Eerno1 on
Iu-day the .6tl is AItndr ParhIiI'sr S'a,i,e 0Ss'
PRAYER at his dence, 1913 SeNensaSe. a. 0io@A
T6ursdIy afttn.o0n. lat IN at 20 ghkeepsie
.-IMBERIY-In BIcskiTn. August 70 ioJV' iichiS is'
Kimberly. ia the S0th wear OF ms age -
v,CC,lrERTY- New Brighton staten Island, Aus;
st u NOR 4 lingering iness Lala' SonerNe oe'o'eu
wife Of Augustus Ma CaieftV., ~. 90 co,,,oiovs
Funeral vice at her late residence NO io Oe"S'
ON Friday. 29th. az o'clock
Wasbin- ION. d. c., papers please cobN .
NrDOVGAII-On Tuesday. August 26 Ella Hall. VIE v.
Joln W Nj poueal and daughter OF Charles ara Nancy
rr service at her late residence No III East 64th-st.'
ThursdaT evening. August 2S inst a. ocloca'
:, ia r.rnestlv requested that no lowers be SENT
Intprtrnt a. convenience Of the family
phutd,lphla, Pa. papers please copy.
RICHARDSON Monday, August %. William r RichaN'
viii ie held residence Of his sistar;
No POI I..ayctte-aye, Erooklyn' " " IhuFsdaS al
vAEcK-on Tuesday. August &c, Jennie W., wife Of
Euhr ser, Ices on THURSDAY, the 2s;h at p H.. from
1853 Bcmontaye.. jersey C.ty Heights
y ACF-Sudt,nly at l,lip, l.. l., on August 70,
Annie NIlca. vifc OF John Wallace. - 49,. . m. . r..
unra from her residence No 20 west 33dst Ihnrs'
day August IS Gt 10 4. ~.
WIICOX-on WEDNESDAY August 27. Horace c. wilcox.
rnner services will be hold at his late residence IN er'
den. Conn., Saturday afternoon NGgrs' 50 at oeocA'
New-York tribune., 1890-08-28
BEGINNING THE TENNIS CONTESTS.
SCORES OF THE FIRST DAYS PLAY IN THH
CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

SCORES OF THE FIRST DAYS PLAY IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.
Newport Aug 81 (SpeciaD.-The weather for the
first day Of the championship tournament was disa-
greeable but this did not prevent large NUMBER os
enthusiastic people from turning out 10 wioiess te
matches. 1t was hardly thought that play wouid
be begun but at IL 80 the committee decided 10 str'
the matches, and the preliminary round was oesuii.
Nine courts were Immediately brought INTO use' ana
playing continued throughout the afternoon In the
first match II. Tallan of Harvard College, won WIN
case. c. A. Chase, p S. Sears, j. ;. Ciark An"
y. p Knapp all drew easy opponents, anu WI.
heir matches in straight sets. The best ma'cn =.
he morning between o. 5. Campbell ana foi"
huntington. The former won, although Huntington
made many brilliant strokes and played strohs
game r. p. Huntington and c. Hobart were not
drawn TO play in the preliminary round, but VIII
play their first matches tomorrow In the aiterhoon
Il. ID. Sears and Thomas Petit, the professional
played exhibition match which furnished naged
Well and made some remarkable strokes. Later ID
afternoon H. W. sloegm the & aapG5 q pHo5ar The
orrow morning M the sGHsI IS Prs tae pace e 00
lung r1%n sS 's asR.t Hobart T - Mer against Chace
3, Hall asanst could T. Tallant aeans.t Wrsht:
= Borden against smith g. Knapp against hancnesoer. sn
O. Carver against Wright; TO- Campbell against Mo0re
RsaG Eeen: IL H. see sear as HoTaHd a. Hovey against
huntington; 10, sands against Englest yer az tows @
Preliminary round-li. Tal ant, of Harvard; beas
t. j. Grant. Of Crawford, G-l, Go, 90, N; H.
ni, G-3: j. s. Ciark Of Philadelphia, beat T: W.
smith of New York, c., Ga, 60; H. VI. Bllilngs'
~ Yale beat S. c. Walker, of Providence, 90, 6-3.
Chase Of Chicago a beat .rSc w; X IF goSesF. Sew
port beat A. L. Rives OF Boston 80, 6-3, 6-3 80
r. =. Bouen OF Washington peat D. kmba. oi Yor', Se%
York Cd. SIS. g.: VI. ID. Smith, OF New lorn'
beat A. Hoppn Of ye oai G * Rclocs ims.
Of wHayen, 80, 90, Go; r. Manchester, OF
On beat E. B. T1te S6. of feaH9 oon So Of Newport
beat B. S. de Garmendia o. New;Yori o. "a IA.
inrion. of Yew.York 90, O.. Go; 5: ". Moore
head OF Pit,sburg. beat ": II. Wdes; OF B9}ton, oy
default; B. B. Lamb, OF Chicago beat +. A. Ihoins0i'
Of Yew,York, O., 90, g. J. A. Ryers9n, OF eT Cel:
p. T. Hall Of New Haven beat w. b. Dinsmore, OF
Sew York. Cd, g. Cd foXhall kecne, & Sets"Is Sf NeW
p ; sears of Boston. heat W. p. etcaf of Newport,
6-1 co. 60: c. P Rowland, Of southampton, oeas
C. e. sands of New York. by default F. H. Hovey, OF
Newton beat A. X. Chase, of Providence, by default
New-York tribune., 1890-08-28
THE SAN FRANCISCO TRIED.
AN AVERAGE SPEED OF NINETEEN AND A
HALF KNOTS
EARNING s1oo 600 PREMIUM FOR HER BUILDERS
THE TRIAL TRIP AT SANTA BARBARA
DESCRIBED.

Santa Barbara Cal, Aug. 27.-The trial trip
of the new cruiser San Francisco took place in
Santa Barbara Channel to-day, and resulted in a
successful run Of over four consecutive hours, in
which time the cruiser made average speed of
nineteen and fifty-one one-hundredths knots per
hour, and won the premium of 100000 for her
builders the Union Iron Works of San Francisco.
The cruiser left her anchorage at an early hour
this morning and steamed about ten miles
south of the southern limit Of the trip
course She then steamed toward the course, and
gradually increased her speed She crossed the
southern boundary line of the course at Al, and
at that time her engines were making "a revou-
tions per minute. The first four miles of the
run was made in little over twelve minutes,
and this rate of speed was maintained until the
end of the forty mile was reached The
time consumed in running the forty miles was
two hours one minute and thirteen seconds, max
ing an average rate of speed of nineteen and
eighteenth knots. The cruiser then made
long turn without slackening speed at all, and
in about fifteen minutes she entered the course
again. During the return trip the water got
into the ducts which supply the current
of air used in forced draft. and
and the sians consequently began to force water
into the furnaces IL was, therefore, necessary TO
stop the fans for several minutes, until the water
could be pumped out of the ducts, and in doing
this the steam ran down. The builders claim
New-York tribune., 1890-08-28
nEMocRAr1c NonuNArIoNs IN IDAHO.

Boise City. Idaho Aug. 27.-Thc Democratic state
Convention adopted platform, in which 1t THANKS
Congress for preserving the unity OF ldaho DuV re
grets the opposition OF the Republican majority 10
New Mexico and Arizona because they are Demo
cratic: denounces the Mckinley Tariff bill tender
gratitude to Democrats in Congress for their IMAM
nous vote in favor OF free coinage OF silver demand
free and unlimited coinage of silver; demands prole
ton OF the lead industry and declares against the IN
portation OF foreign leads avors the Austraan system
by tbe direct vote OF the people and protests agsnL
the enactment OF the Federal Election bill Ben!anli.
Wilson, OF Boise County, was nomlnatcd ioF G
Alexander r. Mayhew of ,hoshOne for Representative
in Congress Samuel F. Taylor, OF bingham county,
for Lieutenant Governor. - ., e,...
Convention completed the ticket to-day, as follows :
For Secretary OF state, +. \. Sherwl, OF ollosOHe
Auditor, j. B. Wicersham, OF Owyhie Treasurer l. n
Reagan Ada: Attorney General, r. b. Johnson super
intcndent OF Public Instruction, VI. A. Kelly, NeI fer-
cos Justlces of the supreme Court t. y. Maxwell Nez
Perces T. A. Ensign Alturas, and l.. Ii. Weir, Ada'
New-York tribune., 1890-08-28
NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS.

Keyscr, W. Va, Aug 27.-The I'D Distrct Demo
cratic convention met in this place and renominated
William +. Wilson by acclamation for Congress. -,
Oswego, y. Y, Aug. 27.-At convention oI lhc
Republicans Of the XXVIth Congressional DIstrlct o.
Noy-Yorll held here today Serene T. Payne, Oh Au Au
burn the present representative of this dstrct was
unanimously Tenomnated. , H. VA
Olathe Kan, Aug. 27.-The Democrats OF IIe ~ rtu
District have nominated j. Il. Chapman, Edltor Oh ihc
Fort scott Tribune for Congress. o
Susquehanna. Penn, Aug. 21-The Democrac ooll sd,
vention I'm session at Montrose yesterday homuiaVe''
Azur Lathrop Of Montrose, for Congress. . -,
indianapolis Aug. % (Specia').-Th Democraut
Congressional Convention for the indianapolis Dstrc'
got through all Of its work TO day In an hour; vi ~
lie delivered speech in which he bitterly denonncc,
speaker Reed tyrant whose arrogance Is uhparai
leled I'm the history Of legislative bodies
New-York tribune., 1890-08-28
,x,ysrrTrrE FOR coLoEED PEOPLE.

Asbury Park, n J Aug 81 (specia.-The leading
,nomlers of the New-Jcrsey Conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church and other conference, ot
ihat denomination have taken up ChautauQua ldea
and have organized educational institute which
/, now holding meeting here. The attendance Is
large and much interest is manifested By inc clergy
mon and law members who are present III In inc
- tine i'm the history Of any cOlOrcd denomination
hat educational institution Hs OeSm or
ra given In church history, church government, Creek
etc The evenings are devoted to eooraS mSS 6
,ho Sortb The Institution will be incorporated this
Gaming winter and will hold It's meetings regularly
every summer at Asbury Park