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VOL. VII
THE DALLES. OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1894.
NO. 303
CAN'T SPEAK FOR HIM
Ex-President Harrison Can
Speak for Himself.
ESTEE WILL STILL CONTEST
Tbe Japs are Kverywhere Victorious---v
The Alleged Battle In Guatamala
Waa Neitr Fought.
Harrison Not a Candidate.
Buffalo, N, Y., Dec. 15. "Will Gen
eral Harrison be a candidate for tbe
presidential nomination In 1896?" waa
asked yesterday of Colonel D. S. Alexan
der, ex-United States district attorney
for northern New York, who, on his
way back from a pleasure trip West,
spent two days this week with the ex
president at Indianapolis.
"Under no circumstances," waa the
prompt reply.
"Did he speak of the matter?"
"Very freely, giving hia reasons at
length, why he would not and could not
be a candidate."
Waa the talk confidential?"
"Not in the slightest. He said that
whatever honor came from simply hold
ing the exalted office was already in hia
poasesaioD, He had sought to perform
his duties faithfully and without fear,
and be was content to let others assume
such responsibilities in future.. Tbe
very thought, General Harriaon said, of
again having to change the officials of
the country ought of itaelf to be suffi
cient to deter any man who had once
been through such a trying ordeal from
wanting to undertake it."
Did General Harriaon speak of the
candidates who were likely to come be
fore the convention of 1896?"
, "Yes. ' He spoke of Mr. Reed, Gov
ernor McKinley and Senator Allison. I
do not recall that he mentioned any
others. Of 'Course he indicated no pref
erence, but spok of them as gentlemen
of ability and well qualified by long
public experience. He discussed the
outlook for 1805 very freely and some
what at length. He believes that the
republican party will be a winner, and
that it will be called upon to face and to
settle the currency question, which he
regards as one of the greatest of the dif
ficulties, as well as of the greatest im
portance. He thinks the treasury de
partment will get very tired of main,
taining a gold standard by paying in
terest on bonds issued for the purchase
of gold."
Mr. Alexander said he found General
Harriaon is excellent health and spirits.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
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Mot Authorised to Speak.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec; 15. It was
authoritatively announced here today
that Mr. Harrison has authorized no
one to speak for him and that no one is
at liberty to: speak for him on the sub
ject upon which D. M. Alexander has
spoken in Buffalo.
' Seely's Btory Told.
New Yokk, Dec. 15. Samuel Seely,
the defaulting bookkeeper, will be ar
raigned for trial Monday. His attorney,
Mr. Angel, intimated today that the de
faulter : would throw himself on the
mercy of the court. ' The attorney says
Seely received not more than $10,01)0 of
tbe money stolen . from the bank, which
ws given to him in sums ranging from
$25 to $200, for which Frederick Baker
took bis notes. Mr. Angel added:
"I have in my possession about half a
dozen of these notes, their aggregate
amount being $300. Seely told me today
that he thought Baker would make god
the stealings, as Merritt, Baker's clerk,
had told him that Baker was worth over
$500,000, nearly all of which was in real
estate. . When Seely asked Baker would
put bim off saying that his property was
in such a condition that it could not b J
sold except at a great sacrifice. After a
time, Seely says, he saw the situation
becoming more hopeless with each pass
ing day, but this seems to have made so
difference to Baker, who continued draw
ing money from the bank until Seely
warned him to desist." '
The story of Seely's flight from this
city, his aimless wanderings before
reaching Chicago, and his meeting with
McFarland, who delivered bim over to
the police, was one in which terror and
ingratitude are most strongly blended.
Lawyer Angel relates that Seely left the
bank for the last time, after so fixing his
books that, by comparison with those of
tbe paying teller, the exact amount of
the defalcation could have been discov
ered within half an hour. Seely then
took the midnight train over the Penn
sylvania road for Washington, where be
remained a few hours, going thence to
Harriaburg, Pa., which place he reached
in the afternoon. He then boughL a
ticket for Chicago, where he arrived the
next day (Sunday) at 10 o'clock in the
morning. At no time during the re
mainder of his stay in Chicago, says An
gel, did he ever make any attempt to
disguise himself. He was all the while
in a condition bordering on mental col
lapse. Seely said:
. ."I did not run away, because I was
utterly crushed in health and spirits,
each night being a sleepless one. I felt
somewhat relieved in mind when ap
prehended, although at first I made a
denial of my identity."
Contest In California.
San Fkancisco, Dec. 15. The republi
can state central committee was in ses
sion here this afternoon. The session
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Newest goods and best
was executive, but reporters were ad
mitted to hear the speech by M. M.
Estee to the committee. Estee said the
only thing for the republicans to do was
to fight for honest elections. He said
they must act now, and that though a
recount in San Francisco might unearth
only a small amount of the frauds com
mitted it would at least show whether
there had been an open violation of thej
elective franchise in counting the ballots.
The speaker then referred to certain
precincts in San Francisco, in which
irregularities are admitted and frauds
are apparent. The burden of his speech
waa that these alleged frauds had been
committed under tbe adminiatration of
the democratic board of election com
missioners, all of whom were canddiates
for re-election, and that the presump
tion was that such frauds had been com
mitted in the interests of the democratic
candidates. After a severe arraignment
of what he called the democratic ma
chine In San Francisco, he demanded a
recount, declaring it was a case of - the
honest voters of the country against the
corruption of the city. He referred
briefly to the case of Representative Hil
born, in whose case he said the democrats
did not hesitate to go behind tbe returns
when they had the opportunity to oust
him and eeat a democrat in' conclusion,
after again demanding a recount. Estee
said he .would rather be beaten by fraud
than elected by fraud. - After considera
ble discussion following Estee's speech
the committee appointed a sub-committee
of seven members, with instruc
tions to make all arrngements to go be
fore the' state legislature and demand a
recount of the entire vote for state
officers, particularly the vote of San
Francisco. ' This action ' means a bitter
fight iu the coming legislature.
Newfoundland Hanks.
St. John's, N. F., Dec' 15. The legis
lature opened today. The governor, in
his speech, said that be was glad to say
that the savings banks' of the colony
had not been affected by tbe suspension
of the other banks, and that there
would not be the slightest loaa to savings-bank
depositors... He attributed
the disaster not to politics, or to the re
sults thereof, but to the eagerness of the
mercantile community to accumulate
wealth, and trading on credit, He in
formed the legislature that the new gov
ernment had provided for the payment
of the interest on the public debt, due
in London January 1st, and that the
government proposed the appointment
of a select joint committee to examine
the conditions of the banks with a view
of ascertainng the practicability of es
tablishing a medium of circulation. He
urged union and promptitude in legisla
tion on the part of all parties.
Tbe Official Figures at .ast.
San Francisco, Dec. 15. The official
canvaas of the vote ot the state shows
that the election of James A. Budd as
governor by a plurality of 1206. There
were 284,547 ballots cast, divided as fol
lows: Budd, dem., 111,944 ; Estee, rep.
110,738 Webster, people's party, 51,304 ;
French, prohibition, 10,561. For lieutenant-governor,
Miller, rep., was elected.
He received 120,309 votes to 98,630 cast
for Jeter, dem.
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OREGON
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