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The advocate., 1895-01-23
IT'S A JOKE.
OVER A WEEK OF THE LEGISLA-
TURES TINE
squandered In a Fight Which Defeated
Burton and Nominated Hud-
sons Lsavenworth
HelliOn."

The excitement incident to the cleo
tion Of United States senator has sb-
sOrbed the attention OF the Legislature
and caused the members Of the house
aud senate to neglect their pet bills.
This senatorial fight is one OF the most
terrific that has been IN KsnaE for
years, and it has stirred up bad blood
among republicans.
The first senatorial caucus Of the ses
sion was held by the republicans on the
night Of January 16, when eight ballots
were taken with the following result:
j. r. Burton started in with 81 votes out
Of 104 and ended with AT, which was
within 7 votes Of enough to secure his
nomination; Calvin Hood, Of EwpOria,
started with 10 and ended with 30; s. o
Thatcher, of Lawrence, started with II
and quit with IS; Oy Leland started
with Is and fell to 2; j. w. Ady fell from
ID to 8; A. H. Horton started with l, rose
to 4 and fell to l; I4uoisn Baker and John
]. Ingalls, each started with / and each
lost it.
On the following night the caucus re.
convened, but by that time bitter, per
sonsl campaign had begun against Bur-
ton, his private character being the
grounds on which the fight was made.
This may seam strange to the public
that republicans should take g mans
character into consideration on the ques-
tion OF his election to public ofics-but
it was true in this case. The secret Of
it was that the State Journal, which has
tai an a personal interest in Major
Hood, began the personal attack on
Burton with view Of consolidating the
forces against him in favor Of Hood.
The Journal said: "Mr. Burton's can
didsCy is TO- day no longer q burlesque
possibility on the party which says it
means to stand for clean records, differ
emit methods, for true reform. It ia a
serious condition" II said other things
from which the public was to extract the
impression that Burton is much worse
than the average republican politician,
yet It did not lay itself liable to criminal
prosecution for libel. Following this the
anti. Burton members received strong
protests from their constituents sgAinst
his election.
At Thursday nights caucus tho Anti's
moved to adjourn to Monday night, and
carried the motion BY vote Of So to 81
The anti's then called q Bub-cAuCus Of
The advocate., 1895-01-23
CONGRESS PLAYING A GAME OF
MAKE-BBLIEVB.
Republicans Of the Next Congress Will
Probably Continue to do 0levaland'S
Bidding as Thew Have Done
In the Past.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
The currency bill which has been
under discussion in the house and sem
ate is, Of course, q measure which the
speCulRtorB and dealers in money desire,
and, Of course, il they chose to force the
instruments which they control toimmS-
late action they could have their ON
nipotent will transformed into law. But
delay works no serious inconvenience to
their interests, hence their tools in con-
gresS are permitted to daily along In pa.
triotic pretense that they are really en-
deRvoring TO do something to benefit
the country. l think there will be,noth-
ing more than this sort OF angling done
this session. The gold bugs feel sure
that they have their hook fsSt in the
cOuntry's NOSE, they can land their catch
whenever they wish, so their congress.
men may CONT nue. to play out long line.
It is more wary and skillPul to do 30.
The dear public might take alarm IL
jerked out Of the ocean of congressional
controversy with too great suddsnness.
All indications point to the adjourn.
ment Of this con gress without the pas
sage Of any Isort Of money legislation.
Grover, Carlisle and New York bankers
will pretend to feel very badly over the
failure, W hile sll the time they will
know that the next congress, whether
called In extraordinary session or not,
will do their bidding. There will be q
new bill drawn, Of course, the phrAseol.
oRy will be shufflsd, but it will be sub
Btsntially the same thing, and the re-
publican congress will pass IL. There
has been world Of talk In both houses
on this money bill, but summed up It all
amounts to this: Those who favor the
bill stand for the old worn out, weighed
in the'bAlance-snd found wanting, pan
icky, misery breeding, prosperity -ki ling
system that has burdened the nation
for quarter Of century. Democrats
and republicans alike stand for the old
wicked financial system. A few of them
would be willing to tighten up the
gloom BY letting the free silver light
shine, but a. that would be but little
gloW-worm glimmer, it would bO useless
to expect much lighting up Of the dark
pathway By free coinage alone. Popu.
lists are the only ones who hold any
views on the money question ct oil ade-
quate to the needs OF the new tines.
Nearly all Of our cOnRrssSmenEwill make
The advocate., 1895-01-23
TOPEKA, KANSAS, JANUARY 20, 1895

anti. Burton men to be held Monday
afternoon. In the meantime every
effort was used to create sentiment
against Burton. Lincoln post, g. A. r.
Of Topeka, passed resolutions condemn.
ing him for q speech on last Decoration
day, in which he was said to have eulo-
gizsd JEFF Davis. The politicians even
went 30 far as to induce several Of the
city preachers to preach against Bur-
ton IN their Sunday sermons, and many
members went home to get advice or aid
from their constituents. The POpulist
members were not lying awake about
the ssnstorship, but pursued the even
tenor OF their ways.
Monday evening the anti. B urton re.
publicsns. to the number OF ffty-fvs,
met in caucus and on the thirty. ninth
ballot agreed on State Senator Lucien
Baker, 90 their candidate. At the joint
caucus held the same night, Baker re-
Ceived 56 votes SgAinst BurtOn's 46, and
was declared the party nominee.
The public was not q little surprised
at the selection Of Baker Rs nominee.
The fight had been made against Bur-
toms "pri rate character" )" in the interest
Of Major Hood, and here was a nominee
whose character was no better than Bur.
toms, while his political career was
'stunner." In 1890 he was q leader OF
the re-. submission movement and voted
for Charles Robinson. The Capital then
dubbed him the "Lssvenworth Helion," {"
and the spithst stuck to him. He is q
lawyer, and the present state senator
from LssvenWorth.
STATE PREMIERSHIP.
The records Of the Kansas senate do
not show that there has been an cleo
tion OF state printer this year. The
journal does not bear the least speck Of
evidence that the senate went into q
joint session with the house Of repre-
ssntativss on the day designated by the
constitution and the statute, for the
election Of state printer.
On Friday, three days after the al
legged election Of printer, Ssnstsr Scott
moved to correct the journal by insert
ing what would show that the senate
was in joint session.
The proceedings were then gone over
in discussion, Senators Dennison, King
and Jumper leading the opposition to
Scott's motion. They Contended that
the law provided for a Joint session to be
held on the third Tuesday in January;
that q concurrent resolution Of both
houses should designate the hour; that
the senate passed resolution for that
purpose but before the house could sot
on it the lieutenant governor declared a
recess, upon which he and q minority Of
senators unlsWfullY left the senate
chamber, and that the msjority Of the
senator's remained In session with Pres.
idOnt Pro Tenn. King In the chair.
Therefore, q msjoEity Of the senators
0OatGauOd Oh page g.
The advocate., 1895-01-23


speeches on the money bill before de-
bate 10 closed.
In the senate, Mr.. Hill has basn
waging terrific warfare on the income
tax, but all to no purpose 90 far. There
is too much favorable public sentiment
toward that just and sensible method Of
raising revenue for congress TO quite
dare to undo the work of last session.
Senator Hill in arguing the casa Of hia
millionaire clients before the senate bar,
laid special stress on the injury to the
morals Of the nation by the PRlsi6caticn
Rs TO the incomes, and also the demoFal-
ization consequent upon having law
spread upon the statute books (which
could not be enforced.
~
The Pacific rRilwsy forces are con.
stantly on guard 40 to their scheme for
the rsIunding of their debt. PEssum-
ably they will be successful. But that
other gigantic fraud, the NicarauguS
canal, is likely to fail. There is won
derful quantity Of light being turned on,
and it is such q bold piece Of burglary
that l am really in hopes that the would
be robbers will be Obliged to skulk of
without their booty.
~
The social season with Rll its glitter
and gaiety goes merrily on; banquets
and balls, flowers, music, theatsrs, rS-
Ceptions, diamonds, wines, vslvets, satins,
more lavish than ever. While on the
other hand, the destitution and suffer
ing increase. The Washington daily
papers for the past week have been
filed with stories Of want and Of staEVa-
tion, and appeals to the generosity Of
rich charity givsrs have been incessant.
Mr.. John r. McLssn responded with
q check for 5000; Grover Cleveland re-.
luctsntly pulled open the string OF the
leather wallet In which he keeps his
spare Coppers, and gave one hundred dol
lars. The stinRy old curmudgeon.
~
What was the matter with the ADvO-
CATE type-settsrs last wsekP The chief
est portion Of my letter was left out, and
1t made that which followed meaning
less and pointless. told Of the death
from starvation Of q mother and little
child but q few squares from the White
House. The little child was the age Of
Ruth Cleveland. Mrs. Cleveland has
never by word or deed indicated that
she ever heard Of hard times, Of privStion
or distress. But since she Is q woman
Of ordinary intelligence, I take it that
che has heard and does know Of want
and woe among her sister women, there.
fore, pronounce her selfish and heart
less, never in any fashion to interest her
self or use the great opportunity Of her
position, power and wealth to somewhat
alleviate distress.
s"s
There IL Q renewal Of the old effort 70
Continued on pa0sG
The advocate., 1895-01-23

There is 9 renewal Of the old effort 70
COssfaGsd on pdGs1
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-14
HE RORKED HoNEYBRo0h.
A Swindler representing Himself as N.
sneilenburg, the Local Merchant, Makes
Good Haul.

A Swindler Representing Himself as N.
Sneilenburg, the Local Merchant, Makes
Good Haul.
West Chester, Nov. ca swindler,
who represented himself as N. Snellen-
burg, the we'll known Wilmington mer-
chant, visited Honeybrook week ago
and worked the people there extern
sively. Now he has disappeared, and
several persons are mourning the loss
of cash and articles of various kinds.
The stranger, who was we'll dressed,
appeared at Honeybrook week ago
and secured board at $40 per week with
David Hurst, well-known resident.
He was given the best the little town
afforded, and he and Mr.. Hurst spent
the days in hunting. Finally he offered
situations TO his host and several other
young men in the neighborhood in his
store, and all were to enter his employ
in the near future. He also said he
would forward suit of clothing to
each member of the Hurst family from
the store when he returned home, and
he purchased nine tons of hay, which
was to be shipped to his Philadelphia
stables.
A couple of days ago he prevailed
upon Mr.. Hurst to lend him some cash,
giving check for the same, borrowed
an overcoat from his host and was
driven to Downingtown by Jospeh Tai
bot. There he sent Talbot to a restau-
rant on an errand, boarded train and
disappeared. He succeeded in obtain
ing small sums from many people be-
fore he left Honeybrook, and his visit
was a profitable one to him in every
Way.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-14
SIX BURNED TO DEATH.

The Blaze Started from a Gas jet on the
Ground Eloor-Charles Ryan, His Wife
and Four Daughters Burned to Death in
Their Beds-Other Inmates of the House
Rescued.
New York, Nov. six members Of
one family persisted by fire in their
home on the top floor of the fourth
story tenement house at 3l1 Van Brunt
street, Brooklyn, this morning.
The names of the dead are: Charles
Ryan, his wife, Ellen, and their
daughters, Johanna, 20 years old;
Sarah, II; Maggie, II, and Lizzie, r.
The fire started from gas jet in
hall on the ground floor. II burned
out Finnegan's saloon on the ground
floor, and reused Margaret Welsh and
her four children on the second floor.
The stairway being on fire, they went
TO the windows, from which they were
rescued by policemen.
The fire quickly got to the third floor,
which was unoccupied. Almost be-
fore the inmates had warning of the fire
and before any one could reach them,
the fire surprised them as they slept
They were found in their beds by the
firemen soon after the fire was extin-
guished. The fire merely burned the
building out on the inside, and did
damage to the extent Of 81, 900.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-14

A special meeting of the Board of
Park Commissioners was held on
Thursday afternoon for the purpose of
viewing the tract of land which is
about to be decided from the Riddle
estate to the city. The tract, which
has an area of about an acre, is located
opposite the Augustine paper mills.
After making an investigation the
commissioners we're very favorably i'm
pressed and thought it would be a val
liable addition to the Brandywine
Park. Action will be taken on the
matter at the next regular meeting of
the board. Samuel Bancroft, Jr., the
new member, was present and presented
his credentials, after which he was in
stalled into his new position.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-14

Elk Chief Justice Holt is spoken Of as
candidate for the Kentucky Senator
shid
Senator Gibson of Maryland is quoted
as saying; II have been defeated, and
badly defeated, but l would rather go
down in the defeat Of my party than
prove traitor TO it and run away while
the battle was raging. l was very much
surprised by the result in the State.
had no idea the Republican victory
would be SO complete
James 9. Matthews, colored, for
merly recorder of deeds at Washington,
d. O., under President Cleveland S first
administration, has been elected judge
of the Recorder of Albany, N. Y.
He was nominated and elected on the
regular Democratic ticket 1t ia the
highest judicial office ever held by a
man of his race in this country.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-14

Edward Lay and his wife were in
stantly killed in GAINESVILLE, Wis, on
Friday, by their runaway team crashing
into a trolley car
A man named Busch, and his wife,
Maggie, were found dead in their room
in New York City on Friday. They
were suffocated by gas.
DIR. r. b. Mullens, nephew of Sec
rotary of the Treasury Carlisle, was
on Friday acquitted of the charge of
numbering j. W. Blake, in Lindon,
Kan.
The steamer Missoula of the Wilson
line, foundered off Cariboo Island, in
Lake Superior Her crew arrived in
Sault Ste Marie, Mich, at a late hour
Friday night
At Charleston, W. Va, on Friday, W.
E. Gillison, aged 60, walked down to
the Kanawha river, hung his coat on
stump and walked in. The body was
recovered shortly afterwards.
The headess body of. Ezekiel Jolly,
aged 40 years, was found on the rail
road tracks at Middle River station,
near Baltimore, on Thursday. John II.
Messner, former employe of Jolly's
is accused of numbering him.
A north bound freight and stock train
on the Louisville & Nashville ran into
an open switch 10 miles below Cincin-
natl, on Friday Eugene Kelly was
killed. 1t is estimated that 100 head
OF cattle and 20 hogs were killed.
Charles Graves, robber, who at
tempted to hold up Homer Jones,
night agent for the Monon and Clover
Leaf Roads, at Linden, Ind, on We'd
nesday night, was shot and mortally
wounded by Jones, who was also badly
injured.
Three men entered the Waters
Brothers. saloon, a lonely resort on the
New York, New Haven Il Hartford
railroad. in New York City, on Thurs
day night, and, after shooting and
killing Richard Pope, robbed the till
and escaped.
Mona Mcdonald, aged IS years, Of
Oxford, KAN, was shot and killed by
burglars on Thursday night ut the
home of his grandfather, in Chicago.
The young man surprised three men in
the act of ransacking the house. The
murderers escaped.
j. b. Wilson, ex-sheriff of Faulkner
county, 30 miles from Little Rock, Ark,
was shot from ambush and killed early
Thursday morning. Wilson was on the
way to the scene of the Albert England
lvnching near Violonia, and it is be-
lieved that he was killed by one of the
lynchers
According to dispatch from SYRIA
cuse, N. ", Ehen b. Bentley, presi-
dent Of the Bentley Shoe Co., left that
city last Saturday and has not been seen
since. Attachment papers charge him
with fraud and forgery, and the liabili-
ties will reach $50, 900. The assets are
| practically nothing.
Theodore Durrant was to have been
sentenced in San Francisco on Friday
| for the murder of Blanche Lamont, but
a continuance of two weeks was allowed
in order to give counsel for the de-
fence time to prepare motion for a
new trial. The Minnie Williams case
was indefinitely postponed.
During the past few days dozen
attempts have been made by unknown
incendiaries to burn the Speed Home
for Friendless Children, in Cleveland,
D. On Friday another attempt was
partially successful, the entire second
floor of the building being burned out.
Many of the children narrowly escaped
being burned to death.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-14
NEW RED oRoss moYE.
Side Issue to the Order to BE Estab-
liAhad in Thih City.

A committee, which included dele
gates from all of the councils of the
Legion of the Red Cross in this city
excepting Alpha Council (which was
unrepresented, it is stated, on account
of understanding held meeting
Wednesday and decided to organize a
side issue to the order, the object Of
which will be to keep the MEMBERS
assessments paid up, to give immediate
relief to the family of deceased mem
Der and to arouse more enthusiasm and
fellowship in the order. The organi.
cation will be effected at meeting,
which will be held in about week.
Already many members of the order
have signified their intention of join
ing the new body. All members OF
the order in this State will be invited
to attend the meeting which will be
called for the purpose of perfecting
the organization.
1t will not be obligatory on the
members of the Legion to join the
new body. The projectors are enthu
sIastic and sanguine of success There
are five councils in this city.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-14
| Crust that the Young woman IS answer.

trust that the young woman is answer
ed to her satisfaction.
LOVE ASb SUNSHINE.
Another young woman who wanted
TO know, inquired how often she should
let her hetrothed spend "sunny hours
with her" Chat is what she wrotel
1t depends entirely upon her appear
ance. II, as | imagine from her letter,
she is combination OF beauty and
folly, she had better let him SEE as
little of her as possible: but If she hap
pens to be long on brains and short on
beauty, then she may meet him as
often as she pleases. The charm of
beauty alone soon wears away, but the
woman who has something more than
more beauty can make man forget
her face, and appreciate keenly her
heart and her mind. The cleverest
man that ever lived Il decline to
| mention his name), said Familiarity
is magician cruel to beauty and kind
to ugliness y
A quotation? OF course it is. When
one is fortunate enough to come across
clever thing, it becomes ones duty
to send it along to the next. What |
am hoping for is that, some day, quite
by accident, / will say something very
clever you will repeat it, and your best
young man will ask, "Who first said
that?" And you Will answer BAB.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-14

would compel the Pennsylvania Rail
road Co. to either elevate its tracks or
build bridges.
Gen. Wilson's said that company is
waiting to be compelled to do for the
community's interest what the com
munity demands. When the people
get on their hind legs and say Mr..
Pennsylvania railroad you've got to
lift your tracks they'll be lifted.
Col. John Wainwright favored the
movement.
Phiemma Chandler favored the
Third street and Vandever avenue
routes and advocated a road parallel
with the Delaware to Edge Moor.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted, whereupon the gathering
dispersed.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-14
F0REIGN NOTES.

The Bri tish admiralty have decided
to add six ships to the Mediterranean
squadron.
A Vienna dispatch says that Russian
forces will occupy Armenia in few
days if the disorders continue.
The Berlin police onsFriday seized
the entire edition of the newspaper Der
Socialist, and the editor of the Deut-
scher Michel has been prosecuted for
publishing an article insulting the ex-
Empress Frederick.
The strike of engineers in the Clyde
shipbuilding yards is spreading and
may extend to the Thames, Tyne and
Wear shipyards. Gerald Balfour, chief
secretary for Ireland, will endeavor to
induce the Belfast and Clyde ship
builders to make terms with their dis
satisfied employees.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-14
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Man Named Murphy Assaulted by a
Stranger and His watch Stolen.

stranger and His Watch stolen.
The residents in the vicinity OF
Third and Walnut streets were aroused
at about A. 80 o clock a. m. Thursday by
cries of murder. !" Several persons
rushed out Of their houses and found a
man named Murphy lying on the side,
walk. He said that he had been
knocked down by a man whom he did
not know, who had stolen his watch.
The man was seen running and
several persons made after him, but
he was not captured. Murphy was
intoxicated, but was not badly injured.
He was taken to the police station,
where he was kept until he sobered
up.
Several officers were detailed on the
case, and are now following up clue.
1t is said that Murphy and the
stranger were together in Front street
saloons Wednesday, and the assailant
knew that Murphy had the watch and
also some money, but he was fright
ened off before he had time to get the
money.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-14
MEXICAN am.


Annual Meeting OF tho Diocesan Associa-
tion-Mr. FORESTER Speaks.
At the annual meeting of the Mexi-
can Aid Association of the diocese of
Delaware in the lecture room OF St
Andrews Church. on Friday afternoon,
tho following officers were elected :
President. Mrs. G. L. McIlvaine; Re-
cording Secretary, Miss Margaret
Canby; Corresponding Secretary, Miss
Anna Lea Treasurer, Miss Elizabeth
Palmer.
An address was made by the Rev.
Henry Forester, missionary to Mexico,
who has charge of the work there He
described the Hooker Orphan Asylum
in which 40 young women are being
educated. The superintendent of the
institution is Miss Henrietta briggs,
who went out from this State aevera
years ago. He spoke also of Samue
W. Salinas, young Mexican, who
holds the Bishop Lee scholarship in a
college in the city of Mexico, and il
supported by contributions from thi'
diocese.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-14

George A. Drake was arraigned be-
fore Magistrate Daley Friday night on
the charge Of obtaining money under
false pretences. John Walanski, who
preferred the charge, stated that Drake
sold him watch and informed him
that is was solid gold. He (Walanski)
had it tested and found that it was
only plated. Drake acknowledge sell
ing the watch and stating that il was
solid gold. Several jewelers. were
called, but they could not agree as to
what solid gold is in the technical
sense of the word. Drake was held to
answer at the upper court.