‘H V islation it becomes more an Founded in 1800.] , ’VOL. Kama-No. 30g , .4 n Entertaining and I nstructive. T NORWme /‘ THE FAVORITE HOME PAPER. / :j_:::_/ ' Independent in all lllllllls: Neutral 1n 11mins. #é/I/f The Gazette has the largest clr- culatlon of any paper In Norwalk. and furnishes the lowest advertising rates. Attacks on the Senators. With the concentration of light onzthe Senator’s part in the pending tarifi' leg. (1 more Ob- vious, says the Washington Post, that there is a concerted a ulous and considerate effort to force the Senators into an abandonment of their position. In some way and through causes not now apparent to us it has suddenly been decided that the Senate must be compelled to yield. Thus we have the unexpected and dramatic pro- duction of the President’s “personal” letter to Mr. Wilson charging “perfidy and dishonor” against the authors of the amendments. Thus we have a re- vival of the Old scandals about specula- tion and the ridiculous farce of investi- gatiOn. And thus we have the intro- duction into the House of a measure looking to the election of Senators di- rectly by the peOple and its adoption by an overwhelming vote. There is a fire all along the line of detraction, accusa- tion, innuendo, and disparagement—a determined and harmonious effort to make the Senators odious in the eyes of the country at large. The Presi- dent’s letter charges them with having committed a heinous offense. The scrndal-mongers assign sordid and dis. graceful motives to them. TheDemo- crats of the House discreditthem by at. tacking the system through the opera- tion of which they have become Sen. ators. Never before in the history "of any civilized people has there been an episode so lamentable and discouraging. *We do not, however, apprehend that the Senators will retreat before this ad- vance, noisy and truculent though it un- doubtly is. The President’s letter after all is only" an expression of personal opinion. It carries with it no official weight because in his capacity as Chief executive Mr. Cleveland has no right to criticise the acts or impugn the motives of members of the National Legislature ngaged in the discharge of their public duties. He is entitled, Of course, to his own private views in the premises, but his expression of those views at this stage of the proceedings is of no more intrinsic importance than a similar 6X< pression by the humblest and most ob- scure of his fellow-citizens. Nor are e the Senators likely to be affected by the revival at this juncture of an impu- dent scandal that has already been ex- amined and thrown aside. Even if it were not offensively evident that the re- vival has been inspired by hostility toward the Senators, the inherent stu. pidity of the scandal itself would defeat the purpose of the authors. ‘ As for the agitation in the House of a change in the methods by which Sena- tors are created, it is only necessary to say that, apart from its unavowed but perfectly conspicuous animus, it repre- sents about as foolish and mischievous a tendency as could well be imagined.The founders of the republic had a definite object in providing that Senators and Representatives should be created by different processes. Perhaps they fore- saw or at least feared the centralizing tendencies of the future and intended to preserve to the States, sacred from any possible interference by the gener. al goverment, the control of the ma- chinery by which at least one of the Houses Of Congress should be chosen. It is conceivable that they intended to leave the elections of the Senators where no future force bills or hostile Federal administrations could reach them, and inthis way to perpetuate the autonomy and 'the independent individuality of the various commonwealths composing the. Union. But, be that as it may, the - , hrrangcment was in fact instituted, and results have on more than one notable nd not too scrup-. occasion attested its wisdom and pro- priety. The country has frequently ’had occasion to be grateful for the ex- istence of u. legislative body different from the House in the manner of its creation and the nature of its purposes and temper. We need only recall the force bill and the anti-option bill—two of the most vicious measures ever broached in Congress—both of which would have become legalized instru- mentalities of disaster had the Senate chosen to follow the crazy lead of the House. But it is only too evident that the ac- tion taken by the House last week was 'part of the general schgme of assault and intimidation of which the Senate is the object. It was intended not to ex- ploit a serious reform, but to strengthen the House’s hold upon a temporary ad- vantage. That the Senators will sue- cumb to so transparent and so blunder- iug a stratagem we do not for one single moment believe, They were not re- sponsible to the President or to the House or to the Mugwumps or to news- papers for their acts. They are respon- sible to their consciences and to the States they represent. And, though they are now the central figures in the most extroadinary tableau of persecu- tion we have ever witnessed, it is our opinion that they will preserve their manhood and wait for that vindication by the country’s sober second thought which will surely come in time. ——<- Riot' at Shippan. The Steamer Bay Queen and a barge carrying 2,000 passengers arrived at Shippan Ponnt, Stamford, Thursday afternoon. The party came as excur- sionists under the auspices of St. Pat.- rick’s alliance of Orange N. J. About 5 o’clock three of the party said that they had lost their watches and money while in bathing, and a disturbance was made in the pavilion. Soon a riot was in progress which the two officers on duty could not check. They were driv- en away. At the time about a hundred Stamford people occupied the pavilion and they, too, were driven to a hill near by. Then the remainder of the excur- sionists came into the‘pavilion and took possession of it. The proprietor and his assistants were driven out and the. interior of the structure was wrecked. All the win- dows in the building were broken and beer glasses and bottles were thrown about. Several shots were fired. Final- ly,word was sent to the city and the en- tire city police force and a strong body of citizens left for the place. Meantime the rioters had boarded their vessels and pulled out into the Sound. The police, however, were able to capture three of the rioters. and it is believed that they are the ringleaders. Their names are Fred and Tilden Badgley' brothers, and John Rooney. It is said to-night that two men on the barge were wounded by the shooting. Policeman Hull was wounded in the head by a bot- tle thrown by one of the roughs. It is believed that several of the excursion- ists were injured. v Dangerous Bicycle Riding. There is a great. deal of complaint about the careless way in which wheel- men monopolize the streets. The law recognizes a bicycle as a vehicle, but the rider of a bicycle takes liberties in the matter of right of way that would not be tolerated in a 'driver of a buggy or team. Wheelmen never dream of keeping to their proper side of the road, nor do they observe the recognized i‘ules of the road about passing, over- taking, and turning out for teams. As a rule they cut in and out among teams without law or license and if a collision occurs they invariably try to throw the lame on the driver. , The street riding is, in too many instances, abominably careless. There is altogether too much “gallery” riding for show and effect, The wheels are not kept under proper control,handles are let go of, held in one hand, or close together on the head. The streets are no place for exhibitions of fancy riding even if it be dOne in the pardonable vanity of captivating the pretty girls on the sidewalks. The bicycle as it is abused in Norwalk is rapidly becoming a nuisance and a menace to the public safety of our streets and crosswalks. Won’t wheel— men exercise a little common sense and keep within legitimate bounds, Curb your zeal so that the pastime may con- tinue to be an ornament and not 9. dan— ger on our streets. Thursday’s 'Ball Games. New York, 16; Baltimore, 4. Brooklyn. 15; Boston, 9. Pittsburgh, 9; Cleveland,3. ' Washington,’5; Philadelphia, 4.\ Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local News and Interests. NORWALK, CONN.,FRIDAY JULY 27. 1894. ‘ .1 REGQLLEQIIONS _ \X . WAR: ‘nunnnsnnnnnnn BY THE " EditOr of the Gazette. Copyrighted 1894. CHAPTER XIV. How peaceful and quiet seemed the blue Bull Run bills, or mountains, as the natives termed them, way beyond our front on that intensely hot July Sunday morning. conditions in our rear. Our lines were well formed in front of the enemy but back of them all was bustle and confu- sion. Amunition and hospital wagons, ambulances, cassions and cannon, with hurrying orderlies, dashing cavalry- men and marching troops were mixed up in all directions, and although all moving under orders, to the outsider’s view it seemed a wild and unintelligible tangle of men, vehicles, and‘horses, Our belated and over-marched men were in great numbers used up by the heat, suffocating dust, thirst and ex- haustion before the fight began. They had been up most Of the previous night in getting ready for the forward march, which took place shortly after mid- night. Large numbers of civilians, friends of the officers and men, had come out from Washington on Satur- day, having learned that McDowell was to attack the enemy next day. Many of these followed, "on and re- mained with the troops after they were got-ten into position. It is but truth to say, their presence was a serious em- barrassment and not any help to our army, so small a portion of which were soldiers in any proper sense of the word. They were strictly and mostly civilians, and seemed to think them- selves out on a picnic frolic or some monster military dress parade. “On to Richmond” had been the persistent war cry all over the North, and the fatally false impression that our power- ful government need only to set its troops in motion to capture the rebel capital without resistance, had become irresistable. Inspired by this impulse, though delusive, our army marched up to the rebel entrenchments across the little mill stream now known to history as Bull Run. General Tyler, though some hours belated, had his troops in their assigned position to menance the rebel centre at the stone bridge. He had in‘curred General McDowell’s hot displeasure be- cause of the event of the 18th at Black- burn’s Ford. and this unfortunate tar- diness subjected Tyler to further severe criticism from his commander, a1? though no troops on the disastrous field that day conducted themselves and stood their ground with more heroic self-possessnon and fortitude. McDow- ell’s order to Tyler in regard to the Blackburn Ford reconnoissance had been: “Do not bringon an engagement but keep up the impression that we are moving on Manassas.” Tyler, as has been before related, went forward to feel the enemy’s position, when sudden- ly a sharp artillery and then a sharper infantry fire opened upon him, in which he was worsted, quite a number of his men were killed and wounded and a large amount of government property abandoned on the field. McDowell, as did others, felt that the' information desired might have been secured with- out loss of men (it sacrifice of prestige or property, had Tyler conducted his reconnoissance more adroitly. Be this as it may, when Tyler found himself in a serious engagement he fought the enemy stubbornly, and had' the rein- forcements despatched to him too late in the afternoon been sent earlier, his defeat would have been'ayictory. But this repulse, which was not followed up by the rebels, was not the most serious part of the event. The long hours of heavy cannonading had served notice on the enemy to hurry forward their troops to reinforée Beauregard. The result was, the enemy had, by reason of this artillery notification, fully one- third more fighting men. to oppose us with on the 21st than he would have had on the 20th, had McDowell. been enabled to bring on the engagement Saturday, instead of on Sunday, as was his original purpose. This fact as to reinforcements, fortunately neither our officers or men then knew, as it would have deepened the depression caused by the otherwise not very serious disas- ter, which was felt to a greater or less degree throughout ourarmy and clear- How different the . ly betrayed by Tyler himself‘during Sunday’s terrible conflict. The most .discreditable event charged as a result of Tyler’s misfortune, was the march to the rear of a New York battery, Var- ian’s 8th regiment, and a Pennsylvania 4th regiment of infantry, after the bat- tle had opened, claiming their term of enlistment expired that day. McDow- ell has forever fixed their place in his. tory by his epigramatic charge that “they marched Off the battle field to the sound of the enemy’s cannon.” In nothing as in war do contingen- cies play so important a part. Had our fight of Sunday been postponed' until Monday, Beauregard would have come out from behind his entrenchments and , opened battle upon us. We should then have secured the immense advantages of acting on the defensive and selecting our own ground for resistance. Such are the inevitable fatalities and uncer- tainties of war. I Just before seven, Tyler opened his fire§on the enemy in front of the stonew bridge, while a little later, an assault was made on Beauregard’s extreme left by our extreme right, under Burnside. The plan was for Burnside to turn and if possible, get in rear of the enemy’s left flank and thus roll it back upon' itself and the moment it reached, its center for Tyler at the stone bridge, to spring in his fresh troops and complete the rout. The plan was ably and admir- ably conceived, but alas “the best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft aglee.” Our Opening movements under Burnside presag’ed success. 'We were actually driving the rebels towards Richmond! Our well manned guns and accurate aim were doing frightful execution in the enemy’s ranks! The opposing. forces in this preliminary flank battle which continued to furious- ly rage, were Burnside’s and Porter’s brigades and one regiment of Heintzle- man’s division on our side, and Evans’, Bee’s and Bartows’ brigades on the Confederate. Our troops succeeded in drawing the enemy out of his strong position and driving them back some distance to near the Henry House and upon a strong reinforcing line of men from Johnston’s upper Potomac army, under protection of which, as. Beaure- gard in his report expresses it, “the demoralized remnants of Bee’s, Bar- tow’s and Evans’ commands were re- formed.” Our gallant boys, raw and green soldiers as they were,'had for two long hours been engaged in a desper- ate, deadly conflict and had finally driven from the cover of their en- trenchments three brigades of John- ston’s army, that our General Patter- son had been ordered by Scott to pre- vent at all hazzards from reinforcing Beauregard. This heavy firing on the rebel 1 ft, called both Beauregard and J ohnéon from their extreme right, where a plan was being devised by these command- ers to throw their main .force upon our left flank, and thus counter check our serious attack on their left flank, the gravity of the situation here not hav- ing been made known to them. They thereupon dropped all further contem- plation Of a. combined assault on our 19%; ordered Ewell’s, Jones’, Holmes’, Longstreet’s and Early’s brigades, with the reserves to mOve swiftly over to the menaced position. Then Beaure- gard and Johnston rode off at full speed to point Of danger, which they reached while Bee was struggling to rally his demoralized men about J ack. son’s brigade. McDowell, like Beau- regard, after sending orders to Tyler to press his attack hard, rushed per- sonally into the conflict to encourage and rally our men, but unlike the rebel chieftain, he had no Johnston left in the rear to direct operations or re- serves to hurry up to Burnside’s faint, exhausted and used up men. Sherman reported to McDowell in the field and was sent to join in the pursuit of Bee’s retreating troops. Keyes’ brigade ac- companied by Tyler in person, followed but without overtaking our other forces in the pursuit. Tyler then, Mc- Dowell charges, “marched out of sight Of the enemy, his commander did not know where, and took no further part in the day’s battle.” The batteries of Ricketts and Griffin had accomplished prodigies of valor in this fierce left flank fight. After their infantry sup- ports had been d'riven back a rebel reg- iment dashed up into close range and poured upon them a volley of musket shot. Bickets fell deeperately wound- ed, his Lieut. Ramsey was killed as were all the horses belonging to the two batteries, with nearly all his men shot down where they bravelv'stood by their guns. The New York Fire Zouaves who had’ been supporting Griffin’s battery, broke and fled im panic, their bright uniforms attract- ing attention to their stampede and helping to the confusion and stam- pede of other troops in less exposed positions. As Gen. James B. Frye, tersely puts it, the battle was not lost . until‘ thése two batteries! were lost. Howard's brigade was marched into the vortex at this critical juncture. It was McDowell’s last struggle to save the fortunes of the day. He recovered much of the lost ground and the abanf doned batteries, but no cannoniers were left to man, no horses to haul from the field the guns that had done so much towards winning a victory for , the .Union arms and cause. - It was now from half past three to a quarter to foiir in the afternoon. ,At this juncture Beauregard’s reserves and the remainder of Johnston’s army to the number of some six thousand, fresh troops came marching. upon the field. Thus our shattered and discon- nected line was broken, flanked and turned its entire length. Upon this becoming apparent to our men the sub- tle instinct of self-preservation, seemed to seize our whole army. Simultan- eously, as it seemed, most of our men were seized with the conviction that no more could be done, that the battle was irreparably lost and they had best start for home. And they did, the most of them, with a celerity and un- animity of action it would be vain to attempt to accurately describe. Our troops stampeded from the field in confusion it is true, yet the panic did not seize them until the fleeing sol. diers, ambulances, cannon, amunition wagons, carriages filled with Congress- men and other civilians, had gained the pike and got jammed at the bridge at Cub Bun, because of a wrecked army wagon upon it, nor ford the the stream, because of its impassable banks, the rebels, the while, raking the line of road filled with these flee- ing fugitives, with grape and cannister. It was here that panic seized our men, which at once became an utter and in- describable rout. Here the soldiers threw away everything it was possible to cast off, even to their underwear. Horses were cut out of their “harnesses and mounted and rode away in frantic haste toward Washington, and the ve- hicles left to still further wedge and block the highway. Our Connecticut boys, with others, when they got back to Centrevnlle, had marched fully twenty-five miles and as most of them got back that night to Washington, they marched in all inside of the thir- ty-six hours some fifty miles besides fighting from morning to ‘4 p. m. on a terribly hot day, raw and unsea- soned as they mostly were. No troops behaved more gallantly and maintained their steadiness of line and organization better than those come posing the three regiments from Con- necticut. This wasnotably true of the companies of Captains Joseph R. Haw- ley and Douglass Fowler. Their com- mands were marched from the disas- trous field in Company order, Fowler losi‘ng but one man. — ’H———- Nearly a Riot. The excitement which was caused by Consolidated railroad and those of the Bridgeport Traction company, which came near resulting in a riot at Bridge- port Thursday morning, has all subsid- ed and everything is peace and quiet. The Traction company is laying tracks for an electric road and the Consoli- dated road oppose the crossing of their tracks. The street railroad company began its work at the Main street and Fairfield, avenue, and West, crossings at daybreak. The railroad was taken by surprise and one track was laid across Main street before any opposi- tion was made. At half past six a long freight rolled up and the engine stop- ped on the crossing. Then another train came on the other track.and' the Traction Company men were obliged to stop. About, 9:30 there was nearly a riot. The engineer and fireman of the big mogul Opened the valve and steam was thrown all over .the'men at work close by. The Traction men secured a hose and threw a stream into the cab and the freight gang retaliated with big lumps of coal.‘ Conductor Andy Canfield then chop- ped the hose in two. Superintendent Radel of the Traction company de- manded a right Of way over the tracks and a car was run into the lowered gates. The Traction company called police aid and Captain Birmingham with a squad of police arrived. The Consolidated road men declined to movethe train and, the engineer and firemen of the freight were arrested and taken to the police station. I An injunction was served and the work of the Traction. company stopped. .A hearing inlthe matter Of the same was adjourned for one week. Judgements Rendered. The Judge of the :Court of Common Pleas, this morning handed down decis- ions in two N orwalk cases as follows: E. ‘L. spicer vs. Zoebisch, for alleged breach of contraCt. Judgement was renl dated for the defendant with costs. In the case of D. Banash of ,N- Y. vs. Mrs. W. Fawcett. Judgement for Mrs. Faw- cett,.and to recover cost. _ the clash between the employee of the ' O ‘ [$1.00 .2... I - PRICE TWO ' CENTS. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Approves of the Plan. EDITOR GAZETTE1—I was glad to see the Macedonian cry that went up from . Bell Island in regard to holding Sunday services at the‘Roton Point club house. There is no part of Norwalk in need of missionary labors more than this section and I am heartily in favor of having services every Sunday at the Point. If the club members could induce Dr; Noble to repeat his sermon on the strike I am sure an: immense congregation would assemble. Of course the club house would be too small to hold them, but the company would be willing to suspend their sale of sandwiches for an hour and allow the services to be held in the large, cool dinning room, in which case the sermon would attract many who otherwise would spend their time on the beach rather than be “coop- ed up” in the little club house. FIVE MILE RIVER. Wants Mayor Keeler. EDITOR GAZETTE2~I was somewhat amused to read in one of our city papers yesterday that there was only one can- ' didate for the senatorial nomination in this district, and that candidate the present senator, John H. Ferris ESq. The author of the article in question has evidently forgotten that a year ago the Republicans Of this city labored hard with Senator Ferris in an attempt to get him to stand for Mayor in hopes of saving the party from, defeat, but without avail. It will also be remem- bered that a committee waited upon and escorted Mr. Ferris to the office of John E. Light, Esq., where the chances of a Republican victory were explained to him provided he would lead the party, but he declined. It will also be remembered that at the caucus in Arion hall he was again called upon by his party to lead them, but declined on the plea of an extended trip that would prevent his accepting. Whether Mr. Ferris feared defeat if he ran for May- or, which would interfere w a re nomination for senator I do not know, but certain it is the extended trip was not taken, nor did he lead his party at a time when it badly needed a leader. In contrast with Mr. Ferris’ record compare that of Mr. E. O. Keeler. Al~ ready a representative in the legislature with nothing to gain and everything to lose, he reSponded to the call of the ‘/ Republican party to lead them to vic- tory and accepted the nomination for Mayor Of our sister city. Accepted it when the enemy were in possession of the fort and amunition and were leav- ing no stone unturned to capture the first Mayor our sister city was to have. Right royally did Mr. Keeler carry the banner of the Republican party to vic- tory and Ito-day he is not only a repre- sentative in the Connecticut legislature, but bears the distinction Of being the first Mayor Of the city of N orwalk. As a representative Of Norwalk in the legislature Mr. Keeler’s voice and hand was ever uplifted for our interests, and not one single benefit to the town was Obtained unless he was connected With it. In conclusion Mr. Editor let me say that I personally know that the rank and file of the Republicans of this city are in favor of a candidate for the senatorship who Instead of desert- ing the party in its time of need brave- ly uplifted theihonoredbanner and car- ried it on to victory.3 By all means nominate Edwin O. Keeler. Scorn N onwanx. USE DANA’S sahexmmnnanrp "THE KIND THAT CURES. ” . And He Skinned. This morning, as is alleged, George (M. H.) Brown committed an assault street saloon. Brown was arrested and taken before Justice Austin by con- stable Lockwood and leftin his charge while he, the constable, secured the witnesses to the assault. Immediately after the constable left, Brown made a . very persistent appeal to the Judge for a brief and as he claimed necessary absence. The appeal was granted by the Justice, Brown promising 'on his “word and honor” to return in a short time. This was about 10 o’clock. As he has not yet returned it is feared that he either got lost or has "skipped.” The Justice is considerably chagrined over the prisoner’s escape. USE. DANA'S SARSAPARILLA, IT’S “ THE KIND THAT CURES. ’-’ ‘ Ryan Wins. ’ Tommy'Byan of Chicago and Billy Smith of Boston fought at Minneapolis, Thursday night for the welter weight championship. Ryan won the match handily. It was for points, twenty rounds. The fight was witnessed by about 2,000 people, including many notables of the sporting world. Twenty rounds Were fought. The match was a. good exhibition of skill andstrsngth. The first six rounds Were fought at a terrible pace. In the last two rounds Ryan made a chopping block of Smith. on John Henry (8.) Dagon, in a Wall .
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