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Returns From all the States Fa-
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NORWALK GIVES HON. E. J. HILL
A HEARTY GREETING.
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. CONCREss.
Hill, r 1095 842 372 2809
DeForest, d 774 562 127 1463
Miles, p 14 17 12 43
' ! SENATOR. ‘
Ferris, r 1079 878 378 2335
Smith, (1 791 540 122 1453
SHERIFF.
Hawley, r 1060 857 374 2291
Clarkson, d 800 556 127 1483
Burnham. p .18 18 12 48
JUDGE or PROBATE.
Woodivard, r 1098 834 872 2324
Hubbell, d 775 558 128 1461
Reynold, p 18 18 12 48
REPREsENTATivns.
Keeler, r 1102 844 374 2320
Rowan, r , 1001 839 352 2192
Mains, d 775 542- 120 1437
Golden. d '851 608 151 1610
Parsons, p 13 15 11 39
Fillow, p 15 15 10 40
J USTICES.
Alonzo W. Smith, r 1034' 801 297 2182
Chas. W. Bell, r 1036 810 297 2143
Fred. S. Lyon, 1' 1034 812 297 2143
F. A. Tolles, r 1035 803 296 2184
C. B. Coolidge, r . ‘ 1031 812 295 2134
F. Wolthausen, r 1032 812 294 2138
Geo. D. Keelef, r 1027 804293 2124
R. M. Rose r 1023 812 296 2131
C. Olmstead, r 1031 313 297 2141
C. E. Curtis. r 1031 812 297 2140
Tim Byrnes, d 750 550 118 1418
J. J. Walsh, (1 753 553 118 1424
W. Worden, d 763 558 119 1440
F. Mead, d 764 559 118 1441
Bernard Tully, d 760 554 1181432
Frank Buttery, d 763 563 118 1444
Edw. Barrett, (1 762 557 118 1437
A. Blanchard, d 762 567 120 1449
E. W. Beasd, d 763 560 118 1441
Leo Davis, cl 760 554 118 1432
O. W. Weed, p . 44
George W. Aiken, p 44
George A- Davis, p 44
James H. Wilmot. p 33
Andrew Heath, 44
Oscar S. Mills, p 44
Albert N. Sherwood, p 44
David A. Fillow, p 44
Alexander S. Palmer, 44
W. M. Sharrott, p 42
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VOTE FOR CONGRESSMEN.
The following is the majority for
Congressman in the Fourth Dis trict as
far as received before going to press.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY .
Hill. _ DeForest.
Bridgeport, 249
Danbury, . 366
Bethe], 273
Brookfield, 8
Darien, 83
Boston, 17
Fairfieid, 94
Greenwich, 102
Monroe, 8
N ew Canaan, 174
New Fairfield, 42
N ewtown, 406
N orwalk, 836 ’
Bedding, 102
Ridgefield, 194
‘ . Sherman, 59
Stamford, 580
Stratford, 150
Trumbull, 97
Weston, 53
Wilton, 57
4015 448
LITCHFIELD COUNTr.
Litehfield, 51
Bethlehem, 52
Bridgewater, 46
New Milford, 44
Thomaston, 205
Torrington, 597
854 141
FAI RFIELD.
The Republicans of Connecticut
turned out in force yesterday and elect-
ed all four. Congressmen. Tree trade.
the Wilson bill, and revenue reform
was sent to the rear by the workingmen
of the state who had become tird of do-
ing nothing. Henry,’ Russell, Sperry
and Hill will represent the state in the
nut Congress.
To make the Republican victory doub-
ly sure not a democratic senator was
elected to the legislature.
In Norwalk, Mr. Hill received the
largest majority ever given to a candi-
date and Carries the district by 4500
majority. Sherifi' Clarkson also goes
down with the avalaneh of Republican
votes. _. ‘
John H. Ferris is reelected Senator
by a greatly increased inajOrity, and
Edwin O. Keeler and Robert H. Rowan
are elected to the legislature. '
THE VOTE IN NORWALK.
GOVERNOR.
1Dis. 2Dis. 3Dis. Total.
' Cofiin, r 1063 848 372 2283
Cady, d 805 563 129 1497
Pond, p _ ' 19 18 12 49
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Cook, r 1069 845 373 2284
Beardsley, d 804 564 129 1497
Manchester, p 19 18 12 49
SECRETARY or STATE. ‘
. Mowry, r 1071 845 373' 2289
Kildun, r 794. 504 129 1491
Babcock, p 19 18 12 ,49'
T REAsURER. . 1 .
. . Hodge, r 1066 847 373 3289
' : Bowen, (1 '805 564 129 1491
' Ingalls, p 16 18 12
' COMPTROLLER. I , _
Mead, r 1054 333 371 ' 2263
Staub, .' d 818 573 130 1521
Board, p 19 . 18 12 49.
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Hill for Congress carries Fairfield by
94 majority.
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EASTON.
Hill for Congress earned this town
by 17 majority.
G REENWICH.
Hill for Congress carried Greenwich
by 102 majority.
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BROOKFIELD.
E. J. Hill for Congress carried Brook-
fieid by 8 majority,
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_ BETHEL
The Republicans carry Bethel, elect
a representative and give Hill for Con-
gress 273 majority.
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STA M F0 R D.
Stamford goes Republican, e1ect3~two
representatives and gives Hill for Con-
gress 580 majority.
NEW CANAAN.
The Republicans carry the town,’
elect a representative and Hill for
Congress gets 174 majority.
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WESTPORT.
The town of Westport gives DeFor-
est 13 majority and elects R. H.‘ Wake-
man, republican representative by over
100 majority.
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WILTON.
Wilton gives the republican state
ticket 51 majority, elects a republican
representative by 41 majority and gives
Hill for Congress 57 majority.
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DANBU RY.
The batting town of Danbury gives
t Republican State ticket 162 major-
it , Hill for Congress 359 majority,
Bawley for sheriff 4. Houlihan is
snowed under ,by 548 majority.-‘
WESTON.
_‘W'es"ton_ gives the Republican State
.ticket54 majority'gfiill for Congress,
53;' Hawle ,. for 8 anti. '52g-Fe‘rris, for
Senator, 5 , and elects Henry B. Wheel-
er, Republican reprerentative, by 89.
.lots at
I DA'RIEN. ‘ .
' The toWn of Darien gives the repub-
lican state ticket 82 majority, Hill for
Congress 83 majority, Bawley for sher-
ifi' 71 majority, Lounsbnry for Senator
82 and elects a republican representa-
ive.
RIDCEFIELD.
The town of Ridgefield gives a Re-
publican majority for Hill for Congress
of '94 and elects a republican represen-
tative.
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Election Notes.
The rallies are over for a time any-
how. ’
_ 'Ihere was'quite a number of drunks,
but no fights. '
Not a vote was challenged in the
Ftrst district. '
The registry list of Bridgeport con-
tained the names of 12,766.
Both parties worked hard and the
result will be found in another column.
Yesterday, some men earned a dollar
or two for the first time in many moons.
Only a moderate vote was cast in
Bridgeport, but there was lots of
scratching done.
In the lat district there were 2,367
voters registered, 1.758 in the second,
and 645 in the third.
A gutter band wearing mittens were
on the street, Tuesday evening, sum-
mer ballads with wintry blasts,
Nineteen hundred and eleven votes
were cast in the First Voting district,
the last one being deposited by E. J.
Wadhams.
It was cold work for the ticket ped-
dlers, but the cockles of their heart be-
came warm with the thought that the
.work was remunerative.
With but one or two exceptions the
saloons were all tightly closed In this
city, and the owners’ observed the law
with credit to themselves.
Hon. E. J. Hill the candidate for
Congressman, received a- majority of
846, in this town, a majority exceeding
the most sanguine expectations of his
friends.
The postmaster general, Monday af-
ternoon, issued a general order to
postmasters directing them to observe
in all states where elections were held,
yesterday, the usual holiday hours. The
Norwalk oflice, however, was run on
full time, and you can wager that the
public found no fault.
, Six enyelopeswere .dennsitedinethe
box at the ,2nd district on the face of
which appeared the fellowing names:
John Greenwood, W. B. E. Lcc'iwood,
Mike Barber, Clifford Bonnell, George
Smith and Joseph Began. There was
one set of identification ballots in one
envelope, six double representative bal-
lots were castin three separate envel-
- Opes: in three envelopes there was
found in each complete, sets of the dem-
ocratic, prohibition and republican
tickets. In one envelope was found a
set of democratic ballots and a cover
containing three E. J. Hill pasters.
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NORWALK’S VOTEQIN 1392.
The following is the official vote of
tlcsige town of Norwalk by districts in
1 2.
PRIsIDENT.
. IDis. 2Dls. 3Dis Total.
Harrison, 993 810 298 2101
Cleveland, 1049 732 192 1974
Bidwell, 30 30 26 96
GOVERNOR.
Merwin, 991 808 296 2095
Morris, 1052 737 194 1933
Auger, 30 40 26 . 96
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Cheney, 993 310 236 2099
Cady, 1049 733 194 1976
Bancroft, 30 40 27 97
I SECRETARY on STAT a. '
Judson, 990 798 279 2067
Phelan, 1050 738 195 1984
Palmer, 30 40 27 .97
TREASURER.
Gay, 994 810 296 2100
Sanger, 1049 734 198 1981
Hurlbutt, 30 40 27 97
COMPTROLLER.
Clark, .979 302 291‘ 2072
Staub, 1064 740 198 2002
Wildman, 30 40 so 97
CONcREss.
Miles, 992 802. 297 ' 2094
DeForest, 1059 746 193 1993
Miles, 30 40 26 96
SENATOR.
Ferris, 1024 354 322 2200
Seymour, 1015 684 162 1861
Bennett, 27 39 26 92
JUDGE or PROBATE '
Woodward, 1031 817 296 2144
Hubbell, " 1013 725 190 1928
Fillow, 30 40 .97 97
REPRESENTATIVE.
Keeler, 1028 799 299 2126
Comstock, 999 812 289 2100
Couch, 1033 719 185 1937
Stevens, 994 727 197 1918
York, ' 27 38 24 89
Silliman, 28 36 27 91
Smith, 13 1 2 .16
SENATORIAL.
TRIBI‘EENTH DISTRICT. .
- FERRIs SEYMOUR
Fairfield, ,419 745% ~
Norwalk 2200 .186 I
Stratford, 333 .. ~ 231
Trumbull, .. 150 , 175'",
Westport, 319 462
Weston, _ 116 83
: . Ferris?alarms-.228- ,.
.415.91..-ensiIl’111‘aai‘iaa.‘ ,I '1‘:
Sam one: stole the Republican, half-j?
iiigefield, Mopday ,mght;f‘and'a
man was sent to this ity early Tuesday.
mornipgtp obtain a resh‘sup'ply.. ‘
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Two Arrests line-By The Police.
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ofjlth‘e Law.
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Election daydrunks were not nu-
merous but they were'inlevidence on
several occasion‘. _ Chief Bradley was
on the watch forlvmlations of the law,
and he was ”ably supported by his
officers. The first place suspicioned
_was the grocerystore of Mrs. George
Low on Main street. Here Chief Brad-
ley set a watch and when he was satis-
fied that liquor was being sold he and
. officer Bartram pntered and found five
empty beer glaI es inwhieh beer had
lately been ponrd, sitting on the bar.
Edward Sheeha'n, the clerk, was
arrested and brought before Judge
Austin, who adjourned the case until ‘11
o’clock to-morrow, Sheehan being
place under $100 bonds furnished by
Bernard Cummi s. .
This case is liable to prove interest-
ing1 as Mrs. Low-Lhas a grocers license
on y. . -
The next place, 0 which Chief Brad-
ley turned his attention was that of
Giles Gregory org Knight street. This
resort has lonngen in operation and
many reports havp been .made against
it,but forsome reasOnGregory has nev-
er been molested ‘althoughzhe is within a
hundred feet ofl Prosecuting Agent
Honnecker’s residence, Time and
again the local ress have called at-
tention to the sus acted sale of liquor
in thisjoin’t, buth1thout avail. For
some reason Gr ory has been pro-
tected and manyg charges have been
made against attorney Honnecker for
allowing the place to continue.
Chief Bradley iwatched the place,
however, and sawlthirteen well known
characters enter and depart. He then
decided to make a raid, and calling
officer Morehouse the two entered the
house. An inspe tion revealed bottles
of beer, a demiio. nof whiskey, empty
b eer cases and kegs, also an improvised
bar. After looki g around the Chief
departed and obtaned a warrant. He
then returned and placed Gregory
under arrest and their him to the lock-
up. and placed him in a cell, from
which he was released on bonds of
$100 being furnished by Isaac Lee.
His case was adjourned by Justice
Austin until 10 o’clock on Thursday.
When Chief Bradley returned to
Gregory’s joint he found-that the latter
of the law,__ but."IIhis haste had over-
loOked a‘Unite‘d? tatesili'c‘ense, “which
according to law is prima facie evi-
dence of guilt. ' ,
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' Of Interest.
In 1892 Connecticut east 164,595 votes
for president and gave Cleveland 5.363
plurality. Morris, democrat, received
995 clean majority. The senate stood
12 to 12, a tie broken by the lieuten-
ant-governor, and the house stood 137.
republicans to 114 democrats and 1 pro-
hibitionist. Three democrats and. one
republican were chosen to congress,
Sperry by 562 plurality, Pigott by 2,-
353, DeForest by 2,210, and Russell by
1.
In the sheriff contest, which comes
only once in four years, Hartford, New
Haven, Fairfield, Litch'field and T01-
land counties went democratic at the
last election. Litchfield by 275 and
Tolland by 24; while Windham, Mid-
dlesex and New London went republi-
can.
Ran into a Work Train.
A west-bound freight train crashed
into the rear of a work train ashort
distance from Stamford, at Selleck’s
Corners, Tuesday afternoon.
Two ears were derailed, a flat car and
a smoking car. The latter was lifted
off the trucks and forced up On to the
flat car. The caboose was also badly
damaged, but fortunately no person
was hurt. One of the trainmen on the
caboose saw the ”approaching freight
and jumped in time to escape being in
jured. Theengine of the freight train
was badly damaged, the pilot being
broken 011‘, the cowcatcher broken and
boiler also damaged.
Reported Elopement.
It is reported that William S. Hat-
field, shipping clerk, and Miss Mamie
Hyde, both employed in C. S. Trow-
bridge & Son’s box factory, at South
Norwalk, have cloned.
Mr. Hatfield is a brother-in-law of
George S. Trowbridge and his wife was
Miss Ida Taylor, a daughter of the
late David S. Taylor. » ‘
Hatfield left on Saturday and Miss
Elyde has also been missing since that”
ay. .
Conditions Condensed. ‘
The railroad commissioners have
filed their report of the conditions of
railroad tracks in the state. New Eng-
land, better than in- several years; Con-’
solidated, perfect; Shepaug, all steel
rails; Tew London and Northern, Tol-
land depot being built; South Manches-
ter, first-class; Philadelphia and Read-
ing, finely improved. ‘ I
Frozen to Death.
Edward Lent, a. farmer, perished al-
most in sight of his own home at Dan-
bur , Tuesday night from the effects of
col and exposure, “frozento death,”
the medical examiner said. The un-
fortunate man was 51 years old, and
lived with his wife end-family on Hull’s
hill. He was unsteady in his habits
and had been drinking heavily. '
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' The Election Returns.
_ The crowd which assembled at the
.mpubliean headquarters, last; night,
tinghhear the” election returns,- was so
-. " _.'ge and rapidly increasing—1th: at 9
soiigock an adjournment was taken to
M Opera House, ’
were, announced and receiVed with .. .
...,, much enthusiasm. . ' . havcelected'B Congressmen.
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Both Parties IlSelilng 'ln Violation-
had removed all traces of his violation
where the figurine."~ "
A snow; "and Exact Justice to all Men; of normalisiab- Or Persuasion, Religious or; Political.”—L.T_efcnoa.
1 8 Norwalk Conn. Wedhddsdayi Morning, November 7, 1894-. '
EXTRA
A,CYGLONE i.
Defeats the Tam-
many Candidates.
'Everv Northern State'Goes lieDub-
lican.
THE NEXT CONGRESS REPUBLI:
CAN BY A GOOD MAJORITY.
Delaware.0hlo. Pennsylvania. lndi-
lana. Michigan. Wisconsin, Min-
nesota. Colorado and Ten-
nessee Give Republican
MaJorltles.
Wilson Defeated in West Virginia.
Holman in lndiana, and Amos
Cummings. in New York.
Had a' cyclone struck the voters of.
the country nothing;eould have created
a greater surprise than the result of the
elections throughout the state, Hill’s
defeat in New York‘ and Grant’s in
New York city is an overwhelming
surprise, but it indicates that the peo-
ple are satisfied that the Wilton bill is
not what is wanted, in West Virginia
the defeat of William L. Wilson is
another indication that the working-
m'ed Want protection. I ' 7’
The great objector Holman of In-
diana goes down with thezfiood, and
turers a hope" for the revivachfI'busi-
ness. '
MONTANA.
The state is in doubt.
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CALIFORNIA.
Both parties claim the state; .5
' UTA H.
Utah is claimed by both parties;
_ IDAHO.
The Republicans carry the state.
MISSOURI. "
The Democrats carry the state.
WYOMING. ,. j .
Wyoming gives a Republican Lmajor-
ity. '
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WASHINGTON.
_ Washington givesaRepublican ma-
jority.
VERMONT.
Every Republican Congressman is
elected.
NORTH CAROLINA.
.The state is in doubt, both parties
claiming it,
NEBRASKA.
The Republicant elected 4 out of 6
Congressman. .
MASSACHUSETTS. i
The entire Repulblican Congre ssianal
delegated is elected. ..
MARYLAND.
Three Republican Congressmen were
elect in this state. ‘
WISCONSIN.
. Wisconson gives an increa sed,‘Rep ub-
lican majority.
COLORADO.
Colorado gives a heavily increased
Republican majority.
TENN ESSEE‘».
The Republicans carry the state and
gain two Congressmen.
.. PENNSYLVANIA.
"The Republicans carry the {state by
about 200,000 maj orityd.
KENTUCKY.
In Breckinridge’s district a Republi-
can Congressman is elected. I
ALABAMA-
”The Denibcrats‘Oarry the statb by a
greatly decreased majority. .2
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The Republicans: claim that ,they:
000, and Strong Mayor by 45,003.
entire Tammany ticket
the Republican majority in the next 1
Congress will”‘"insu'rje*~vo"”themun-uraci-
. .. Newmmaur
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MINNEsorA. ‘ . . .
The rephblicans’carrythe state and
gain two or more Congressmen.
- ' KANSAS.
The Republicans carry the state Con-
gressiona delegation and Legislature.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
The Republicans carry the state legis-
lative and,Congressional candidates. .
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The tRepublicans elect the entire
Republican Congressional delegation,
OHIO.
Ohio elects every Republican" Con-
gressman but one, and elects the :state
ticket by 130,000. ‘
DELAWARE.
Delaware goes Republican and in-
sures a Republican Senator to succeed
Senator Higgins.
MICHIGAN.
The Republicans carried the\state by
a large majority, and the entire Con-
gressional delegation.
ILLINOIS.
The Republicans carry the state by
70,000,1najor1ty, and elect 16 Congress-
inlen. Springer for Congress is defeat-
e O ' ‘
INDIANA.
' Indiana gives 40,000 Republican ma-
jority. Holman, the great objector, is
defeated for Congress. The entire Re-
publican delegation is elected. ~
WEST VIRGINIA.
The Republicans} claim the}. state.
Wilson is defeatedgibeyond a doubt.
The Legislation is Republican and 4
Republican Congressmen are elected. l
NE W JERSEY.
The Democrats were completly rout-
ed in this. state. The Itepublicaus
electing . six Congressmen 111111 the
state_giv1ng 40, to 60,009 Reinbliean
majority.
NEW YORK.
Morton is,elected GOVeI-nor by 141’),
lUr
. . is defeated.
Amos iCummings, the most popular
Tammany Congressmen in New York
18 defeated by 14 majority.
“*GOO'D‘STOADS Rmomnrssnanorts;
The Possible Use of Convict:~ Labor You the
Public Highways.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-—-'l‘he agricultural
. department is about to issue elaborate in-
formation on the subject of ”Good
Reads," which congress has directed the
department to investigate. The publica-
tion will embrace the entire proceedings
of the national road congress held at As-
bury Park, \. J., last July. General Roy
Stone, the special agent and road engineer
of the department, will also include a
number of addresses on the road question.
General Stone says that “every state
should have a permanent commission
composed of citizens of the highest char-
acter to undertake this investigation and
recommend the necessary measures to the
legislature, to watch the workings of
these measures when adopted. and to se-
cure any possible improvement in them.”
The next step recommended is to make
the best possible use of convict labor in
roadbuilding. "My own impression,"
says General Stone. "is that state prison
convicts will be best- employed in the prep-
aration of road materials, in quarry
camps or gravel pits, where they can be
guarded and secluded as easily as in pris-
ons. and that county prisoners and tramps
should do the grading and all other pre-
paratory work on the roads."
> Electric Light- Plant Burned.
HACKENSACK. N. J., Nov. 7.-—Theelee-
' trio light plant was burned to the ground
today The plant was situated on the
side of the Susquehanna railroad and was
built by the Edison company about two
years ago The Games from the electric
light plant connected with Thomas Town-
send's house and burned it to the extent
of $600. A horse in the stable attached
to the electric light plant was burned to
death. The elect-ric- llght company esti-
mates its lossat $25,000, on which there is
a partial insurance
Stiff Knocks Phillips Out.
CHICAGO. Nov. 7.-——Jim Phillips, the
clever colored middleweight, proved to be
no match for Billy Stift. The fight was
for the middlewrzight championship of the
northwest. Stiff was seconded by Tom~
my Ryan and Phillips by George Wil-
liams. After a few mixups, in which
honors were easy, Etift fainted quietly
with the left and. let go with his right.
The blow landed fully on the point of
Phillips’ jaw, knocking him down and
out.
The Storm at Hartford.
HARTFORD. Nov. 7.—This city was the.
center of the storm. The streets today
present a curious appearance never before
equaled. Almost every telegraph and
telephone pole is down. and the streets
are filled with wires of all sorts. The
storm struck this city 3120th o’clock last
night, and wit-bin half an hour communi-
cation with the outside world was com-
pletely shut off. H. E. Ludwig, a saloon
keeper, was killed by an electric wire.
Bills of the Constitutional Convention.
ALBANY. Nov. 7.—Clerk Shalble cf the
state ,comptroiler’s office said tonight
that all the accounts of theecnstltutlcnai
convention sent in had been paid, and
‘owas still left. He knew nothing of the
reported bill of"$50, 000. ‘ , -. .' I
Trance-Canadian Agreement. (a
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Tot. the chamber of. deputies today voted to
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The Number of‘l’laccs Affected by the
President’s Action.
' MORA'II. ADVANTAGES GAINED
Back Door Appointments to Be Entirely
Done Away “'1": and other Reforms
Inaugurated—Something About
Temporary Positions.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 efl‘here having
been no’occasicn heretofore for separating
the various classes of government em.
ployees Outside of the classified service, it
‘is impossible for the present to make, an '
accurate; census of the persons affected by
the president’s recent order of classifica-
tion. A general estimate, however, shows
that the number actually brought under
the rulés for “the first time will not fall
very far short of 3, 000. II
There are 32 custom houses whose em‘
ployees number more than 20. Of these
11 were already under civil service rules,
having the former minimum of 50 em-
ployees. ,I The rules heretofore. however.
have drawn the line of classification at
the $900 salary point, whereas the new
rule-makes no distinction of salaries. but
takes in everybody who does clerical work.
The additions to the customs classified
service under the new rule in all phases
of its operation will be semewhereubout
700. "
The; messengers, assistant messengers
and watchmen in the departmenfs here
will not vary far from 600 in number.
~ The Number Affected.
The clerks in the postofi‘ice inspectors’
offices IiIuiiibcr exactly 29.111111 the on ttlug
off of expected places in the postoificea
will affect somewhat more than 1.500
clerks,‘it is believed
The division chiefs and assistant chiefs
in the department of agriculture brought
under: the rules are six in number. This
makes a rough} total of 2,835, which is
likely to be increased when the census is
finally verified.
The “back door” entrance to the classi-
fied service, which the president closes by
forbidding any more transfers from ex
ceptcd places after a year’s service, has
not been used so freely as many persons
suppose, but has had a most pernicious
moral influence. It would have been used
more than it has been‘if- it hadmot been
so carefully guarded A young man, for
example, brought here by a cabinet 0111»
car or one of his assistants as a private
secretary, would, on the retirement of his
chief after one,.two. three or four years
service, ask to be placed . in the classifier.
service. The Head of the department would
,1 approve the request and write to the civil '
service commission risking that the trans—
'fer be made. If the commission found
no reason for refusing the request, ”n
privatelsecretary was put through a mere
"pass” examination and given a classified
clerkship. ,
How the “firing \Vorked.
As long as 113 could reach the specifl ed
percentage of correct answers and work
he had no trouble. There was no com pe-
tition, and therefore the government had
to take him, Whether he made a goo
showing or only an indifferent one. It
not infrequently happened, though, that
the applicant came from a state whose
quota of appointments was already full or
.O'verflowing, and then the commission
-‘ withheld'its consent. .
' Thanks to the careful watch kept over
~. this mode of entrance by the commission,
only 35 such transfers have been made in
the course of the last four years. ’ The
state department, in proportion to its
whole number of employees, has perhaps
taken more advantage of the vicious rule
than any other branch of the government.
There probably never was an instance
where resort was had to the “back door”
which did not bring some sort of'scandal
in its train. It came to be a common say-
ing about \Vashington: "There is So-and-
so, who got into the classified service in
spite of the law. How he did it nobody
knows," but he probably had influence
enough at court to have the law suspend-
ed in his favor." The effect of such a 5113‘
pinion, no matter how honestly the rules
may be followed, is deplorable, for the
whole'merit system has its foundation in
popular confidence, and when faith in its
honest administration gives way the struc.
ture must fall.
Q‘Emergency Appointments.
The only remaining feature of the pres—
ident’s order of Saturday last which calls
for explanation is the provision limiting
emergency appointments to noncompeti-
tive places to 30 days. This rule was
made to cover a class of cases which very
rarely occur, and which can best be illus-
trated by the particular instance which
called it forth. This was the case of the
printers in the weather bureau. The work
there could not be allowed to stop. The
reports and maps must be got out as usual.
but there was no list of ellgibles to draw
upon on ,one occasion when it became
necessary to fill up the ranks suddenly.
It requires a little time for the commis-
sion toprepare and conduct an examina-
tion, so temporary appointments had to
be followed while the machinery was get-
ting lnto order. A 30 days’ limit, as ex.
perienoe has proved, is abundant for this
purpose, and no serious harm is likely to
be done . by emergency appointments for
that period or less. ’
More Wage Troubles. Adjusted. '
FALL RIVER, Mass, . Nov. -7.—The
striking weavers at Osborne mill No. 2
went to work upon the ’promise that
wages 7will be kept up to a fair basis and
one variety raised 3 cents a cut, to equal
the King Philip mill’s price; ‘
“AMESBURY, Mass, Nov. 7.—After sev-
eral months of; idleness the employees of-
the Briggs Carriage and Car shops re-
sumed work in their old places.
He started the Packing House Fire.
OMAHA, Nov. 7.—Emery' 'Coulson, a
night-.Watchnian? at the Hammond pack-
ing house, tonight confessed to having
started. the recent fire'vvhich came very
near destroying the whole attire immenSe
property, valued at $2,000,960.“ He says
that he hoped to get credit for thediscovf
"cry of the fire. - He started it,by emptying
, 1 the contents of his lantern on a pile. ot-
boxes.’ . - .
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