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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-09
REFINED SUGAR IS LOWER.
4 Decline of Five sixteenths Cent
Has Been Recorded.
INCREASE or BOUNTY IN FRANCE.
The New Law Makes Larger Sup
niles Acknowledgements sciiingat
Low Figures-rradc Notes.
Office of The Post.

Sugar today lost n little over one-hnlf
of the advance recorded last week An
grades of refined were reduced 5-1Gc leay-
ing prices now only 3-l6c higher than he
fore the tariff bill was promulgated by the
house. Tho changed aspect of the Euro.
pean markets for row sugar. as Il result
Of the passage of the Fren- Ii bounty law.
is said to have been responsible for the
decline. The new law increases the botE-
" on exports from that country. and Is
likely TO throw on the market about 100
coo tons of French sugars that have been
held in store awaiting this decision
This extra available amount of sugar
in addition TO the already heavy weight
of supplies both IN this country and
abroad, saems to have exertel a weak
ening Influence upon the markets Of tie
5 world. In this country tho fun improve
inert that would be expected from the
tariff duties was made last week. conse-
\uently any weakness abroad was nat
Naly reflected here. especially as the
test Information from Washington Is
Vt the france committee of the senate
Nkely to throw out the retroactive
yse In their report to the senate, which
1t is hardly expected to be made.
,,yer. until the end of April. All con-
,,,A parctlS OF sugar are now being
az the Wilson rate on duties.
NarAThe Tariff and Trade.
Thick Journal of Commerce
btll a.roactlve provision in the tariff
duce - passed the house would intro
II ce,,,Eh confusion into business were
law ne that the bill would become a
has va house pactsed IL. But as the bill
u-hcr. II be considered In the senate
Is rnl.in 'reds of changes are likely to
The h1fl,H VIII then probably pass into
of fhese ~ likely TO be made. and one
olson ~ .,wges Is likely 10 be the ex-
can tsU ,irctroactiVe provision no man
dent. vi WIN ,hc bin goes to the pr 81
the ja-"lay not be for months. what
Isarticuiari Y. The dry goods trade IS
ed e,ep,ais Elected by this unprecedent-
g port jen,, uncertaintN. With a fair
IN The mari, there IS l,tte or no change
state Of +L'At of trade or the general
wooiens SSs ,ee cotton goods market. But in
or nrtvc, iI' Is q tendency toward high
duties az i ,e 70 the certainty of increased
raw matt, ne upward movement of the
purchases 9l. For the past few weeks
m excess OF Wool hove been $50 PER cent
generally eniS92. when mills were pretty
ward. But arnlyed, and prices tend up
Soiute uncert8int imported goods the alb
laN caused much rs to the natcs of 1u'v
shoe manufacturers crt,n l,tzation. Boston
~ 49,, ana tho factories Bort buyers holding
a,tlouBh prices have bs& nan employed
1nlLdTaGt Customers: hut inc X, ~ 9ricr 70
h"-'auelphta production IS afnI,s city and
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-09

SECRETARY IIestor's analysis OF the crop
movement OF the United SteDes for the
last seven months was published N
Wednesdays Post In addition to the
statistics given therein. the following ta-
bic WIN be OF interest, showing ths de-
liveries from the State Of Texas Qncluding
Indian Territory to April l, 1897;
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-15
4. Rooolips. h., been for many year, and still /. an

A. Rocolips. has been for many years and still il an
invalid; and.
Whereas. In the Judgment Of this board. the alb
senco OF the chief engineer from the post OF active
supervision is necessarily In many ways q source OF
delAyi therefore,
Resolved, That this board does hereby appoint Mr..
Roobling consulting engineer. and Mr.. @. C. Martin,
the present FIRST assistant engineer, TO bo the chief en-.
gineer OF the New York and Brooklyn Bridge; and
Resolved, That In so doing this board desires TO
bear most cordial testimony TO tho services hitherto
rendered by Mr.. Roebling, ana 20 express its regret
at the necessity OF making such a change at this time.
This last was put on by Mr.. Low as a sop. Ho
thought no could catch some OF Roebline's
friends. lie had not dared TO demand the
Coloncl's removal. But he wasn't the boss OF
the Board OF Trustees that he thought he was,
and the resolution was voted down by a vote of
10 to z. some Of tho seven being his appointees
whose designations he held.
But this is not all. when tho bridge was fin.
ished and stood at last n completed monument
TO the genius Of Washington A. Rocbling, Seth
Low had the nervo to again pay a social visit to
Col. Roebling's house. He got in only because he
was in company with President Chester A. Ar
thur, who was here to take part in the cere-
monies connected with the opening of the
bridge.
Tho truth OF this story Of Seth Lows auto
cratic bossism was vouched for by Col. Roeb-
ling, and 1t has never been denied by Seth Low.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-15

Anson Good NcCooE VIII Conduct tho Cam
pniEn OF sanctimonJ Hereafter.

1.-THE next meeting Of the Executive Commit
tee. most OF tho labors OF which have been as.
sumcd by the Campaign Committee. will be
tonight friday in headquarters at $780,"
That announcement, officially issued by the
which Poet Glider is Chairman, sounds the
death.knell to all of Jimmy Reynolds's hopes
and ambitions. For "harmony's'' sake he still
holds his job, hut the 'cnaCting clause as IL
were. of the decree that put him in power last
summer has been stricken out. Arson G..
McCOok, as Nice-Prcsitcnt of the Campaign
Committee. is now cock Of the roost. and Jimmy
must content himself with answering letters.
No longer can he direct the pious policy OF tho
Gifts. His deals showed that he had become
too sophisticated 10 lead the wighteous attack
on the. wascally w%obbcrs. and "A new leader.
unsophisLicated and pure in heart. had TO be
found. That's McCo0k: He will spend all his
$4,000 q year. paid by the city. Jimmy ftey-
nolds will run crrands for him..
The Campaign Committee has a meeting
Cook says and will authorize him TO do what
ever he plcases 10 do. As for the Executive
Committee, It meets once IA week to tell Mr.. j.
he needs. That is the easiest part of Mr..
Tod's work: for he has to raise The money, too.
Among Cen. McCook's other duties is to
scrutinize the visitors who wish to SEQ the can.
Edward +. McSwccney, $. V. r. Townsend and
Tompkins Mcllvaine. These gentlemen cali
Seth Low will speak ut the following places
tonight: Majestic Hall. 10 East l2ith street.
nj 3: Old Homestead Hall, Third avenue and
Lyceum. ll5 West Twenty'third street, at 9:l5.
Tomorrow night he will speak mt Columbus
Hall, 100 West SiNtieth street, at s:l5. and
Murray Hill Lyceum. l6o East Thirty.fourth
street. at o.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-15
CANDIDATE NO. 8 FOR MAYOR.
Tho United Democracy Put Up a. II. Cruik.
shank In Place OF Henry George.

Tho United Democracy Put Up A. II. Cruik-
shank In Place or Henry George.
Albert h. Cruikshank, a Brooklyn lawyer and
n red hot advocate Of Organism and the Chicago
platform. was nominated for Mayor by the
United Democracy last evening in place OF
Henry George. who declined to run on that
ticket. The other candidates with him on the
city ticket arc Ex-senator John g.. Boyd for
Comptroller and w. S. Overton for President of
the Council.
Mr.. Cruikshank was nominated by a confer
ence committee composed Of delegates from all
FIVE boroughs. which met at AZ East Twenty
third street. Immediately afterward his nom.
nation was ratified by the United Democrats Of
the Twentieth and Twenty-second Assembly
districts, who held a meeting in the Murray Hill
Lycoum In Thirty-fourth street, near Third
avenue.
About 300 men were present. and all tho
speakers said hard things about Henry George
and Tom johnson. Every time either name was
mentioned there were mingled Kisses and cheers.
VincentP =. Donihee said that when Henry George
was nominated the United Democracy felt that
no mistake had been made. He gave us to I'M.
derstand that no was n friend of the common
people" continued the speaker. but no sooner
had he been put in nomination than the money
being a friend Of the toiding misses Thase he has
y ~ OhioiNhi - So ohouio W tiV
crow instead OF the rooster
Ex.Sheriff 0'Brien said that Henry George
was sidetracked without the possibility OF a
nomination until the United Democracy
stayed with, u.s." continGEed the speaker,
by 5000 majority. Now. ask y9n.
it's 2OO-odd candidates. because this
QUO man has left usi ICriGs of No! no!'l
Personally / never wanted to be a candidate for
Sheriff. because II ! were elected the office would
hnlDnR IN Won MAJ ana not To me. When |
was Sheriff before, Notwithstanding tho larger
fees attached to the place. l came out with less
money than ] went in with. The night that we
nominated NJ, George, men came right out Of
take Van Wyck Off the ticket II we would go in
with them. But we refused. iWe are not in this
fight for money nor for office. We are IN 1t for
principle; Crlikshank lis our man; He is as
white and as clean AZ II VOLTS tooth.
The ex.shorif's speech was loudly cheered
and when, no sat down q young man named
Doyle tried to nominate j.: Grattan Mcmahon
Of Brooklyn for Mayor, The Chairman ruled
him out OF order. Mr.. Cruikshank made a
speech in which he said he intended TO stay on
the ticket until the last gun was fired. He also
said that tho United Democracy was greater
than any one man, even Henry George.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-15
ILLINOIS WATCHING Us.
The Opponents OF BrSanism There Earnestly
Hoping FOR Gen. Tracy's Success.

Fphraim Banning, a prominent Chicago law
yer and one OF the Mckinley Presidential
electors from Illinois, is in town and stopping
at tho Murray Hill Hotel. Like every other
man who helped TO down Organism last year,
Mr.. Banning is intensely interested in the May
orally struggle in Greater New York. The in
terest in the West in our coming election, Mr..
Banning says. is second only to the interest dis
PLAYED all over tho country last year in the ma
tional election. Talking with a Sun man last
night, Mr.. Banning said:
a year ago New York and other sound money
and sound-thinking centres were looking with
special anxiety to Illinois. Now the situation is
changed. and Illinois-indecd the country gen.
erally-is looking with anxiety to New York. A
year ago a great national calamity, clothed in
Organism, was avcrtcd; but now New Y ork, Mt
least in some Of its elements, seems to DO re.
GREETING its part In that good work and desiring
to take 1t all back.
81 look at the matter from the standpoint Of
an outsider, and from this standpoint 1t seems
idle to speak Of this as merely a local election
The whole country is interested, and. notwith.
standing all talk to tho contrary, the cause of
greatly advanced or set back by the result. AS
THESuN well says: "Anoverruling Providence
closing years of the nineteenth century, should
stand for tho gold standard, tho one.hun,
public and private obligations, the pres.
%ervation Of existing institutions against the as.
snults OF the radicals and the annihilators, the
ests. No one familiar with existing conditions
in New York and elsewhere can for one moment
doubt the correctness OF this statement. Then
why should it be considered unsafe or unwise to
trust the interests Of Greater New York to this
partyi And especially, why should the party
of Tammnny or the party OF socialism or a few
disntReCtcd. ambitious, self.seeking men. respon.
sible TO no party. be trusted in preference to I
can organization in New York. the country at
large has a thousandfold more confidence In Its
leadership than II has in all the elements now
opposing 1t; and Illinois especially bids 1t God
speed In tho present contest and emergency"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-15
M'CooK JOINS THE WANT COLUMN.
There's Nothing More In tho OLD Party for
This Cousin Of Fighters.


Con. Arson q. McCook. City Chamberlain. has be.
come Vice-Prcsident OF the Cts Union Campaign
ommittee.-Etenin Post.
Gen. McCook is not known as ono Of the IA
nous lighting McCooks." He is only "a cou.
sin to the fighting McCooks." Gen. McCook
came to New York from Ohio and got a place as
clerk in a Ninth ward drug store. The Itcpubli.
can organization, under the direction of Charley
Blackic. Hugh Gardner. and Uncle George b.
Deane, took him up and sent him to Congress.
Republican organization next made Gen.
McCook Secretary of the United States Senate,
a place he held for n number Of years. The
next Job Gen. McCook got was City
Chamberlain under Mayor Strong. During
most Of this time Gen. McCook has been
maKi1S a fortune r.n put too Of tho Nsw Ip nIs
old friends in Tammany Hall, including EXPO
lice Commissioner James j. Martin. and at one
~lication. Gen. McCookh has always been known
as "a fighting McCook when there was a good
rat tSs 9 Marfd IN Ps sight" and every dollar he has in
and always for McCook. The Consolidation Act
says that no otficeholdcr of the munich.
pal government shall accept contracts from
the city. Gen. MCCook. aware of this statute,
temporarily a]ssigned his interest in the Ner
Broadway, When Gen McCook is not at tho
wy ShamoerInlh & once ne Is AZ thc ONCE. OF
the ,Ne,r York L0w journal, looking after his
profits IN that publication. The profits from
this publication are in tho neiShborhood of
5000 600 a year. which Gen. McCook divides
with his Tammany. partners. He is only one OF
the score or more Tammany Republicans now
working with Seth Low to defeat Gen. Tracy.
When tho Republican organization declined
to do, anything more for Gen. McCook he
turned against it and went in with It's adverse.
ries. He was always looking out for McCook.
That's what he's doing nov, and so he has
joined the Low want column" as the politi-
clans call 1.-THE column OF those who want to
die-in otice-for the greater city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-15
.. D.'soAND1DArEFoR oHIEFJUDGE
Tho Democratic State Committees FiEht TO
Keep McPariin's Name on the Bniiot.

Keep McParlin's Name ON the Bnllot.
ALLAN Oct. l4.-Secretary Of State John
Palmer this afternoon listened 10 testimony re-
garding the legality of the petition filed last
week in the office OF the Secretary OF State by
the United Democracy. naming Charles Fred
elick Adams OF Brooklyn as an independent
candidate for Chief Judge OF the Court Of APP
peals. Mr.. Adams declined to stand as a can
didate, and so announced on Tuesday, as he de-
sires to run for another office in the greater
city Of New York. The vacancy thus caused
has been filled by the Nominating Committee OF
the United Democracy selecting Lawrence J.
McParlin of Lockport. The hearing was not
concluded to-day, and an adjournment was
taken until Q o'clock to.morrow morning. when
counsel for both sides will sum up. Gen. Palmer
will announce his decision by tomorrow night.
The Democratic attorneys, realizing that they
have not q leg to stand on in the various con-
~tentions put forth in their protest, intimated
to-day that their only hope would be to get the
question into the courts. and by some hook or
crook endeavor to stave off n final decision by
CARRYING il to the Court OF Appeals. until it
would be too late TO get the name Of the United
Democracy's candidate upon the official ballot.
Similar action shut former Congressman Ben
l.. Fairchild Off the ticket in Westchester
county when he was a candidate last fall for re-
nomination.
At the hearing to-day the United Democracy
was represented by James 4: Gray, its candi-
date boS. for District A A. o rnmd in Se f"r f 1ii,E county:
torney in Kings county; Clarence l.. DAVIS and
l, b. Gleason Of New, York city; J. Newton
Hosea II. Rockwell Of Eimira appeared for the
Democratic State Committee. The major por-
tion of he testimony offered hy the professionals
was so irrelevant and immaterial that Sccrc-
tary Palmer was Obliged to rule it out. In fact,
one OF the witnesses for the Democratic State
Committee. who, pretended to know when the
petition arrived in Albany. WAS obliged to
admit under oath that the statements he made
in his affidavit were untrue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-15
RATTLE ON IN THE NINETEENTH.
Republican Canvass OF the Assembly District
shows the Low Chains 10 He False.

shows the Low Claims to He False.
The campaign in the Nineteenth Assembly
district, go far as the Republican organization
10 concerned. Is fully on, and from this time
until election the battle will be warm and con.
tinuous. The committee on public meetings
under the Chairmanship of Julius II. Seymour,
has arranged for five large meetings, to be ad.
dressed by speakers of local and national re.
nown. to be held at the rooms OF tho Quigg Club.
Nineteenth Assembly District Club, and the
West Side Republican Club, on FIR day and
Saturday nights Of this week, and Tuesday,
Thursday. and Saturday nights OF next week.
In addition to these indoor meetings. the com.
mittec has arranged for a series OF cart tail
meetings to no held in that section of the dis
trict bounded by SiNty-tirst and Seventeen
streets, Amsterdam avenue and Tenth avenue.
Three evenings next week and every night during
the week previous to election these outdoor
meetings will he held. Music and refreshments
will he provided for these meetings, and they
vii, he addressed by eminent speakers. w..
The Nineteenth Ia considered by the Citizens
Union as, one OF their stronghOlds, and they
claim 10 nave a very large enrolment OF re
publican voters who have signiticd their in.
tcntion or supporting Mr.. Low. From a careful
canvass OF the district made by the Republican
organization 1t has been found that these
statements are grossly exaggerated. There
are undoubtedly a few Republicans who At his
time consider II their duty +" turn their backs
Low, yet their ranks are thinning pcrreptihly.
ana by, election. time til" number will he 80
small that 1t will hardly ho a factor in the con
test.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-15
BROOKLYN REPUBLICANS HUSTLE.
Campaign Chairman HRnbury Says Low
Couldn't Get Over 30. 900 Votes To-Day.

Republican managers in Brooklyn were en-.
gagged all day yesterday pcrfccting their plans
fr the most rafting and aggressive campaign
In the history Of the sister city. The finishing
touches were put ON their headquarters at Al
Court street and to-day the fight for Gen.
Tracy will be in full swing. An carnestness
and stubborn determination to push the Re-
publican standard forward are everywhere In
evidence. The organization Is now practically
solid and compact the traitors having been
obliged to sail under their true colors and find a
shelter In the varicgatcd Cts camp. Never
before have the Republican managers paid
such close attention to the matter of reRistra-
ton, and to-day and tomorrow committees will
be nj work lin all tho election districts to bring
out the voters. Arrangements have also heHn
made for numerous mass meetings all over tho
CITY and for n house to house canvass.
Chairman Hanbury of the Campaign Com
mittee said: MATTERS are looking brighter and
brighter for our cause all the time. The lido
began to turn strongly in our direction just ns
soon as Gen. Tracy aid Seth Low took the
stump and began their canvass In earnest.
Low, nil fair-minded men are forced to admit,
has been completely 9vcrshudowed by the Re:
publican candidate. ! find. it il true. n great
deal of the Low sentiment in the newspapers,
but when ! go around and hear what Repuh!i'
Two years ago these same newspapers which
are now booming Low were daily sounding tho
praises Of Edward NJ; shepard and presenting
him rs. the ideal candidate for Mayor, but his
vote fell short Of 10000. and | have no doubt
most Of Il came from the same discounted Re.
puhlicans who are now whoopi,ng 1t VI. for
Seth Low; From what | have learned from
my own observations as well as what has come
to the other members of the committee, ] can
say with absolute confidence that Low Is
steadily, losing ground; II the election were
10000 votes. and | consider this IA very liberal
estimate for election day"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-15
Low AS LABOR,S FRIEND.
Lets the biggest Job on His New College G
to Outsiders.

avs sNo VI" "b So" eOlleko 60
TO Outsiders.
Seth Low Is the laborers' friend. He admits
1t. Columbia College 50, OOO, 900 In debt, It has
been held by the Low apologists. stands at least
for the expenditure of money (borrowed) for
the laboring mans benefit in days work
done. On at least one portion of the work of
constructing the new Columbia University,
however. the New York workman. it would
seem. has had TO struggle for his own with the
vigilance that Is the price of liberty. The
walking delegates got on the ground lust in
time to save the good Mr.. Lows work for Mr..
Lows fellow.townsmen, his dear friends, the
workingmcn. Tho biggest Job in mechanical
engineering that the new Columbia had to
award went to an out-of-town firm, and. accord
ing to the belief OF many Of the craftsmen who
make the Harlem Heights acropolis a hive Of
industrial activity. the successful firm sought
TO bring here wOrkmen from the South 10 do
what New. York's artisans were excellentiy
timely Interference Of the S Waking Gd delegates %s inc
This Job Is the work Of establishing and equip.
to supply heat and power from a central station
under Uniyersity Hall for all tho buildings on
Of tunnels through, which service railroads
ana wires of %subways. Tho plumb rngIbs
several college, buildings are small affairs ,f IN
comparison with the installation OF this power
given TO different New York firms, but the
greater went to tho Benjamin T. Shaw Com
pany OF Wilmington, Del. Then there was
trouble. One of the forcmcn on tho Heights
4 the trouble came from the employment
or this out;oftown firm. They brought n mum
Der OF workmen up here with Them. and wanted
to put them on, the job of carrying tho pipes
from tho central power house 70 all tho other
buildings, but our plumers' and steamltters'
unions said no. There wasn't any strike. but
there would have been 1.-The Wilmington people
ana the unlSerAity had not effected n change
promptly. The Wilmington firms employees
went back home, and New York men
firm wanted to have stay here and i 4 + tric oR" w
get him in the union. but the union wouldn't
have him. Then the Marylandcrs made him a
foreman and sent him back here. Then, OF
course. nothing conld be done against him; they
were entitled to have their supervising men on
the Job. Tho Shaw men are employing Now
York union labor. and SO nobody pays any spe.
cial attention to them. But If they hadn't come
to time there would have been a strike"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-15

name is known in every household in Greater
Now York. and who said last night that undeY
no circumstances would he vote for Seth Low,
continued thus:
THE halo business is played out. 1t has cost
the American nation too much. This halo busl.
ness Is very expensive to the people,"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-15
Candidates Refuse to Run.

Troy, Oct. 14.-John f. MacLean. Democratic
nominee for Mayor. and John H. Pullock, the
nominee for Police Commissioner, have fled
with the County Clerk notices OF their refusal
TO accept the nominations. Both we q MONT.
mated by the regular Democrats OF Cohoes q
week ago last night.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-15
JASON WoN'r u FOR CORONER
Henry n. Lippman subutituted-Other DeeItna.
lions.

Many declinations OF nominations were filed
with the Board of Elections in Brooklyn yester-
day. They included that OF George II. Mason.
one Of the Republican nominees for Coroner. and
that of Thomas A.. Beard for Assembly on the
Sheparditc ticket. A dozen or more names were
dropped from the Prohibition and United Demo.
cratic tickets.
The Republicans have substituted the name
of Henry D.. Lippman for George H.. Mason as a
candidate for Coroner.