The Indianapolis journal., 1896-11-25
MEETING OF COBDENITES.
McKinley's Election Discussed b!
Lords Earrer and Plnyfafr.

LONDON, Nov. 24.-The annual meeting
of the Golden Club took PLACE this after
noon. Lord Farrer, of Abingdon, presided.
The committees report for 1886 was
read 1t speaks of the tendency of the Con-
servatives in the direction of protection
and the need of increased zeal on the part
of Cobdenites. Continuing, the report
quotes Canadian and other colonial states
men against the plan of Mr.. Joseph Cham
berlan. the Secretary of State for the Col
onies. for the establishment of an imperial
zolverein and denounces the cattle bill
of last session as a measure of protec-
ton. 1t regards the Canadian election as
most encouraging to free-traders and ex-
presses the hope that the circumstances
under which the election was fought i'm
the United States will "avert injury to in
ternational trade which might otherwise be
expected from the election of Mckinley"
There were only thirty-five members of
the club present, including Fisher Ulwin,
Shaw Lefevre, Sir Wilfred Lawson and
Sir Henry Roscoe. Lord Farrer reviewed
at length the relations of Great Britain
with other powers in regard to free trade
and said: 1.-The most important event of
the year is McKinley's election. He was
the man the Cobdentes thought the worst
that could be selected until Bryan was
nominated and We do not disguise our de-
light at McKinleys election We shall
await his action regarding protection"
Lord Playfair explained at length the
issues of the campaign in the United
States. said free trade had not any part
in il and showed the club members pres
ent a dollar. which he said contained 100
cents worth of silver and contrasted it
with another dollar, which he produced.
containing 81 cents worth of silver These
coins. when passed among the audience,
created amusement. In the course of his
remarks Lord Playfair said: when / ar
rived in America in August last the mills
were all closed and when | left they were
all running and every man was employed.
claim the Wilson tariff is good enough
They said they did not desire change
and thought that a return to high protec-
elected by all parties"
Throughout his speech Lord Playfair
(whose wife was Miss Russell. of Bos-
ton. Mass) referred to Mr.. Bryan as
Bryant
Convicted of Murdering n baroness.
PARIS. Nov. 24-The trial was concluded
to-day Of the five youths who were charged
with the murder of the aged miseress. the
Baroness de Valley, on June l6 last. in the
Rue de Penthevre. The two men. Kissgen
and Truel. who We're the actual murderers
were sentenced to penal servitude for life.
Lagueney. the son of the deceased bar
cness'S servant, and whom the baroness
had virtually adopted. is sentenced TO ten
years solitary confinement This youth IL
Will be remembered. procured the KEYS of
the old ladys apartment, from which du-
plicates were made for the gang which was
plotting her murfer. Ferrand is sentenced
10 five years impris sonment. All of these
are also condemned 10 paw DANA ges. Dur
lin who Informed on his confederates of
the plot, was acquitted.
Strike Of Dockers.
HAMBURG. Nov. 2l.-The lockers strike
here threatens to extend from here to
Bremen, where the mcn have announced
that they would strike unless their en-
ployers conceded an increase of wages by
6 o'clock tonight. The employers replied
that they would give their decision in three
days time. There are $500 Hamburg dock
ers out on strike. but the sailors are also
disposed to strike for higher wages The
London Seamen's Union has promised 10
support them financially and TO refuse TO
discharge the carsoes of nonunicn vessels
arriving from Hamburg
Praise for British Diplomacy.
BERLIN, Nov. 24.-The F'remdenblatt
discussing the settlement OF the Venezuelan
question. says: Lord Salisbury acted cley-
erly in directing his policy that Great
Britain is again friendly with the United
States. His consent TO always submit
certain disputes of the two Anglo Saxon
nations TO arbitration emphasized this sem
timent of kinship. Therein lies the saga
city of he British action. Great Britain
United States. and the price She pays
therefor Is not great"
The kniser Talks to Recruits Again.
BERLIN. Nov. 2i.-The Lokal Anzeiger
says that the Emperor. in addressing the
naval recruits at KieL to-day. said: The