Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-26
Campaign Notes.

Vice President Stevenson arrived at New
York last night, and went to the Park Ave
nue. Hotel. He said he was too tired to
speak at Cooper Union with Senator Hill
but half an hour later he decided he would
speak at Brooklyn with Amos j. Cum
mings.
A vast crowd assembled at Cooper Union,
New York, last night to hear Senator David
b. Hill speak. The gathering assembled
under the auspices of the combined labor
organizations of the city. Senator Hill
spoke in opposition to the convict system of
labor leases.
John d. White, republican candidate for
Congress, has withdrawn in the eleventh
district of Kentucky in favor of Congress
man Adams, assuring the district to re-
publicans.
At a republican campaign meeting at
Niagara Falls Wednesday night. which was
addressed by e. r. Gunby of Florida, Rep
resentative Wilson's name, when men,
toned, stirred the audience. which was
composed ] ostly of workingmen, to the
frenzy pitch, and many jumped up, shook
their fists In the air, and shouted, ''Shoot
him!" XIII him.
j. c. Dahman, democratic candidate for
state auditor in Nebraska, yesterday with
drew in favor of the populist nominee, John
w. Wilson.
The official count of the vote at the re-
cent Georgia election has been completed
and shows that W. y. Atkinson, democrat
has a majority of "a, 161 over j. X. Hines
pOpullSt. Atkinson ran about I,OuU behind
the others on the state ticket.
Gov. Mckinley found a rather extensive
program prepared for him on his arrival at
Buffalo, n. Y, last evening. Three meet
ings had been arranged for at Wesp's Hall,
at Music Hall and at Harmonic Hall, and
at each large audience was assembled as
large as the nall would contain: In fact
none of the halls would accommodate ali
who endeavored to squeeze in
Gen. Daniel H. Hastings. the republican
candidate for governor, reached Philadel-
phia yesterday afternoon. He addressed a
mass meeting last evening at the Academy
OF Music, and from now on until Saturday
evening, November 3, he will speak nightly
throughout the city.
Mr.. Wilson's party, on their special train,
reached Clarksburg, w. Va, at $50 o'clock
last evening, and were welcomed by an
immense crowd, and escorted to the fair
grounds by a procession half mile long
Here a mass meeting, attended by 5000
persons. was addressed by Mr.. Wilson.
This meeting ended the special train tour,
the trip down the West Virginia Central
railroad into the coal and lumber region
having been abandoned, as Mr.. Wilson Is
well-nigh exha listed from his almost con-
tinuous speaking since Wednesday. He will
rest today and speak at Berkeley Springs
tomorrow
Speaker Charles F. Crisp spoke at Nash
vile, Tenn, last night to an audience OF
several thousand.
From the headquarters OF the state dem
ocracy in New York comes statement ex-
planning why the congressional tangle still
remains unraveled. In the statement Tam
many Hall Is made to bear the brunt for
this failure.
Chauncey NJ Depew spoke In the Windsor
Theater, New York. last night to large
gathering. He raid he had made a great
many speeches. md almost everywhere,
but never before on the Bowery. He said
OF Mr.. Hill that he was one of the best
men in the democratic party, and always
displayed the most ability when on the
wrong side.