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-JL The Omfthn Snnflnr . Bee Is. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE.Tho Notv York Ilrrnltl Cntite- ( ho popular paper. trrrtms arc wired direct to the Clrctitntlnn , 1 , OOO. . Oinnha Hoc. SIXTEENTH YEAB. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , AUGUST 15 , 1886. TWELVE PAGES. NUMBER 50. V LIBERALS DESTROYED Gladstone Drives a Fatal Wedge Through the Heart of His Party. THAT IS A COMMONER'S OPINION Salisbury Will Make No Compromise With the Nationalist Party , THE SCHEMES HE WILL WORK. A Local Self-Government Measure to Be Introduced by the Tories. CAUSES OF THE BELFAST RIOTS. Orangemen See the Writing on the Wall in Sexton's ' Election. JUSTIN M'CARTHY EXPLAINS. Home Enle Is an English as Well as an Irish Question. A GREAT SOCIALIST DISPLAY. Viewing Brussels Before the Great I'roccssion Talks With the Lend ers of the Movement The Ob ject In A'levv. From a 3Icinucr of Parliament. LONDON , August H. [ New loik Herald Cable Special to the BEE. ! In the return of so many ministers without opposition , especially In C. T. Ritchie's increased ma jority in the St. Georco's division of the Tower hamlets , and in the radical collapse of Birmingham , all the radical world may sec clear and undeniable evidences of what home rule has done for the liberal party. Its effects become moro visible every day. The simple truth 1 * that home rule has for the present destroyed the great party which has governed the country , with short intervals , ever since 1S2. ! It has no leaders , Its forces are divided , despair hangs over its ranks. Liberal members acknowledge this freely , but if the elections weie to be fought again the slaughter of the Gladstonians would be gt eater than before. The moro Enirllhh people look at the famous scheme the nioie they dislike it It is folly to deny that Gladstone has driven a wedge through the very heart of his party. All attempts to win back the unionists have conspicuously failed. Chamberlain is implacable ; his power at Birmingham remains unbiokcn ; he Is not to bo caught by his old chiefs artifices , llart- IntCton stands firm and does not much admire - mire the new government but plants his foot on the solid ground of union before party. GLADSTONE MVfeT GO. Leading liberals say privately that their party can never reconcile its differences again until Gladstone is out of the way. "Tho old man , " they say , "has dealt us a fatal blow , although wo may not yet sou It The onlj reparation he can make is to re tire. " 1 have heard thorough Gladstonlaus avow this , and not a dozen liberals iu the house would repudiate the view. Two facts arise from these circum stances ; first , that it is not oven distantly probab.'o ' that Salisbury will take a leaf from Gladstone's book. Ho will make no over tures to the nationalists and offer no compro mise. The ministry believes its strength consibts In resolutely opposing any scheme involving an independent Irish parliament lam inclined to think , from the best Information mation at my command , that there will be pioduced next year a plan EXTENDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT , pure and .simple , to all parts of the country like. It Ireland accepts thiswell and good. If not , nothing moro can bo done. In the mean time , there will bo an endeavor to carry on thegovernment by the ordinary law not ro- Bortlni : to such coercion bills as Harcourt's , in 18SJ , which many conservatives would oppose. If the law falls there will bo an appeal to parliament to strengthen it without adopting Harcourt's Cromvvelllan measuies. Such is tlie present Intention. It is evident that the nation gen erally approves It The second fact is that the November ses sion will be given UP. The nationalists see oothiug.it present of breaking the combina tion against them. Therefore they are not eager for paillauicnt to meet again. The liberal main body Is profoundly dis couraged. It wants a breathing term. The conservatives are decidedly against an extra session. It will bo Hard work to get them to attend next Thursday. The wings are Jit their wIU ends , and their circu lars and letters are flying all over tte : coun try with little or no i espouse. If we sit till about the middle of September the cry will be : "Hold , enough 1' ' The opposition may object to vote the supplies , but must break down. The debate on the address will be spun out , but this cannot accomplish any practical result J'EACE AND FREEDOM WANTED. This country asks for peace and freedom from political agitation. In Lancashire and throughout the great manufacturing districts intciibo bitterness toward Gladstone still ex ists for forcing the recent election. The worklngmen aru Indignant at Having been made to suffer for his want of foresight Tliey say ; "What we want Is to be shown how to get back our old customers , or how to lind now ones , In order to provide bread for our children. What is to be some of ns if the prevailing depression continues ? Why did not our case receive attention from parlia ment as well as the case of Ireland ? " This voice has not yet made itself heard at Westminster , but It will be heard there be- f01 every Ion ; , und It will silence every other. When four or five millions of opera tives find the means of life going from them a force will arise which must be reckoned with. The question i ovv is , WHAT WILL GLADSTONE DO ? It will bo useless to lloj that dead horse- Louie rule , Tlie nationalists cannot again glvo him the pass key to jnwer. He must look in some other direction. I should not bo surprised If he played the last card In his Land , long known to be there , namely , dis establishment He hasr long believed that this would carry all before It , and rally under Lls ( lag once , more the great body of illx-rais and uUsenters , Is lie right ? It Is more than doubtful , ills opinions aru founded ou the situation of twenty j ears ago. Since then the church has dona much to re gain iUlipld upon the people. It Is the popu larity of its Services that sent out an active clergy and done its Um > better. The dises tablishment cry was partially raited in the elections last year and IM-AB the depth ot feeling which was called forth from many not churchmen. I feel assured that my own constituency consist ing chiefly of workingnicn , would have voted dead against disestablishment. Most of them , though dissenters , tiavo been mar ried In the established church , besides having had their children baptized within its walls , so that old associations render them unwill ing lay the axe to the root of the troc. The Wesleyans , who have grown rich and have many valuable endowments , look with no favor on the dangerous precedent of laying violent hands on re- liclous property. Therefore this last move , if taken , will most probably fall , though it must cause immense excitement and may perhaps Involve another appeal to the people. Gladstone's talth Is not shared by hts fol lowers , who ore rather Inclined to stake their hopes on Churchill running the con servative shin on the rocks. As for Iho dif ferences within the conscrative family circle. If not healed , they have at least been covorel over , the conservative motto belnc "WASH YOUK UIIITY LI.VKN AT IIOMH. " I know members who are boiling over with Indignation , but who will not plav into the enemy's hands. An utterly ridiculous ap pointment , llttc that of Stanley to the board of trade , was too glaring to escape notice , The public Is inclined to make a generous al lowance for the premier's dlfllcultles , and the ministry will liavcafnirchance. The man who has the most dlmcult game to play Is I'arncll. Any rash or premature step would wreck his patty , while too long Inaction might do him harm elsewhere. Practically , his woik must be begun all over again. The nationalists are naturally unwilling to admit this , but time will show you that it is true. A MUMDEII OP PARLIAMENT. THE HEIjPAST UIOTS. An Able Opinion on the Causes of the Trouble. Xo. CO CIIKYXC GAIIDENS , THAMES EM BANKMENT , ClIKLSHA , LONDON , August 14. [ New York Herald Cable Special to the BEE. ] "What is the meaning of the riots in Belfast ? " "What will be the effect of the riots on the political question ? " Such is the substance of an inquiry made of me by an American friend. "Itiots In Cork and Tln- perary , " he writes , "tho average American would have it understood as the result , per haps , of disappointment , but in Bclfast- where the great majority consider they have won , It seems strange they should themselves begin tne disturbances. " "I am glad he asked the question , and should like to make the answer , BO far as an answer from me is worth anything to American readers. Tno fact Is , Cork and Tipperary arc not disappointed but well satisfied , I almost might say , triumphant. Ou the other hand , in Belfast , the OKANOE PABTT IS NOT SATISFIED and not triumphant. It is very much disap pointed and infuiiated. What they think of is not so much that they have carried so many seats in Belfast , but that they have lost West Belfast to a leading member or the Irish na tional party. Whoever else may underrate the meaning of Sexton's victory , the Orange men of Belfast do not underrate it. They look to the neighboring city of Derry , so long the stronghold of Orangemen , and see how the Orange majority has dwindled of late only a twenty-nino majority last winterouly a majority of three this sum mer. The irrcat chances are that tUo major ity will be converted Into a minority as the result of an election petitlton , and in any case after next registration , the city of Deny will have goue over to the nationalists party forever. Represented by a distinct and a considerable majority of nationalists as they are , the OIlANOKilEN's ASCENDANCY IS DOOMED to death. Theieupon , their lower classes , roughs and corner-boys , are furious , and break into savagery when they come within sight of a group o Catholic nationalists , Cork and Tipperary are quiet and content because they see the triumph of the cause is quite near. They see that they have now behind them the whole of the great English radical party. Tno rad ical associations everywhere declare that home rule Is the question of the day , the question of the radical party , and that home rule must bo settled before anythlntr else Is begun. Cork and Tipperary look at this as a triumph aheady won. It would be very odd if it did not. For years and years the home rule movement has been almost exclusively an Irish movement , with the whole English publics ot B ALL PAUTIES DEAD AOAINST IT. Only a few of the advanced radicals in the house of commons , such as Cowen , Labou. chere , Story , Sir Wilfied Lawson and Jacob Blight , were noted for it , or took the slight est Interest In it Now It Is an English question as well as an Irish one. it is Glad stone's question , Lord Spencer's question , j. Morley's question , the radical party's ques tion , the question on which ministries must rise and fall. liemcmbcr that among the se cessionists the great majority voted , not against homo rule , but against Gladstone's particular scheme of homo rule. All this is in the minds of the Irish people , and they cannot but regard the struggle of the last election as nn evidence of the splendid and surprising progress made by the cause of homo rule. They know that everyKrcat movement con ducted by the radical party in England has won Its way in the end. They are well assured that it will bo the same until it is settled. What effect will the Belfast riots have on the political question ? They will at least have the effect of showing what sort of a minority that is which thu English tories and secessionists have been glorifying. We say to them this is the work of your loyal and peaceful minority ; these are the uieu for whose satisfaction you would deny the demand of a whole people ; these are theme mo i ) , TIJKSTJ MUHDEItOUB RUFFIANS. in the slums of Belfast , for whose sake Irish people are to bo denied their national rights and kept In perpetual einnlty with England. Of course , I don't say that there are not num bers of intelligent and respectable Orange men in Belfast who conJemn and detest - test these riotous goings on. Still the general etfect Is the same. What the cool Englishman tits , Is that nationalist Ireland Is perfectly orderly and quiet , while loyal and pious Bel fast furnishes rowdies and ruftlans , who wreck houses , murder women and fire revolvers vers ou the police and soldiers. The house of commons meets for business next Thurs day and , no doubt , wo shall have this subject uf the Belfast riots made the occasion for a long debate. Sexton , osalraember for West Belfast , wll ! , I presume , put the anti-Orange case. Xo man could do It better , His not yet settled what course the radicals and home rulers will take with n > " gard to iho address generally and the policy of the government. In fact we do not yet know whether the government will announce its Intention to prepare any Irish policy or will boldly say TI1ET HAVE NO TOLICV , or what they will do. Xo ono talks much on account of Lord Salisbury's declaration against Jjome rule iu bis speech the other night Salisbury Is in the habit of baying one thing nnd doing another. Witli all his creat gifts and high peisonal character he has often exhibited himself as a sort ot Captain Boabdlle In politics. Captain Boabdtle vows the first time he meets Downright ho will bastlnaao him , but when Downright turns up suddenly Boab- dlleiemeinberslie Is bound over to keep the peace , and cannot , therefore , fischt Down right Before parliament meets , Salisbury will , perhaps , have been bound over to keep the peace , and will not undertake to basti nado Gladstone or Parncll. Lord Kandolph Churchill says he person ally would rather like a prolonged sitting of the house. Just now he has no country place , does not care for country amusements , and would rather remain in London and in the house of commons , ho declares , until Christmas. Well , if Salisbury is not bound over to keep the peace Churchill may perhaps have this desire gratified. JUSTIN McCAimrv , "DUCKSUOT" IX IlIJtiPAST. The 1Vor < l Tlmt Maddens tbo Pollen Itnthcr n Quiet Saturday. BELFAST , August 14.-Ncw [ York Herald Cable-Special to the BEE. ] Up to 4 o'clock this afternoon the city has been perfectly orderly. Jtlotinp was expected when the Island men marched over Queen's Bridge to their homes , on the Shark Hill and Old Lodge loads , but beyond n few bolts being thrown near Cairick Hill there was no dis turbance. The crowd of men this afternoon was less compact than usual. The mob was composed mainly of boys nnd young men. The older men began to see the ridiculous side of this demonstration , hence they went home alone and quietly , along some other route. The streets along the march were lined as usual with troops , while all the cross streets were blocked witn double lines of troops. The crowds weie moro Inclined to bo good natured than the ono the previous evening. The lew police allowed to be along the line of march were less cadavered with cries of "Buckshot. " TAKE IT OFF , HUCKSHOT , " After the crowd had passed up Peter's Hill intothe Shark Hill road on Incident occurred showing that little was needed to starta riot Several boys saw a party of policemen walk ing UD North Boundary street towards the corner of the Shank Hill road , where ilcKenna's wrecked saloon stinds. Imme diately a cry of "Buckshot" was raised and it brought a crowd of men together , who chased the police down North Boundary street to the extreme limit of the Protestant quarter , near the Falls road. Fortunately no stones could be quickly obtained , so the police es caped with a slight drubbing. The Catholics at once gathered at the corner of the Falls road , but before the stone-thiowiug really began COLUMNS OF TROOPS marched from both ends of Noi th Boundary street and formed a line across , between the Protestant and Catholic quarters. A number of boy began stone-throwing from the corner of Duffy's court on Dover street , at the po lice. A few big cibblestones came over the tops of the houses , lighting on the street with a whack , which made the police anxiously feel the tops of their heads. A quick-witted officer , however , sent a deoloy of tioops by u back way to Dover street. They came upon the boys behind and arrested one , Samuel Hamlll. They had him inarched before the men could GATHER TO 3IESCUE IHSt. I hare just returned from n trip over the whole disturbed district 1 found the Pro testants gathered in considerable numbers along the Shark Hill road , which is the backbone ot the Protestant quarters. The Catholics were in even greater numbers along Castle street. The debatable ground , lying between the Shank Hill and Falls road , where most of the seveie riotlne occurred , was nearly deserted. In many places the window shutters were up and other prepar ations had been made for rioting. At pres ent the outlook is encouragingly peaceul , but the decision In the matter rests largely with the gangs of irresponsible boys on both sides , who RATHER ENJOY THE TUMULT. The troops and police are stationed In such large masses all over the town that probably any attempts at riotlni will be suppressed before the men take a hand In It If , how ever , rival ganirs of boys are able to get well started , or a drunken man of cither party wandeis over the line of his district and is beaten by the other side , then , to-night there will bo n repetition of what happened labt Saturday , when rioting and shooting went on at a dozen places at the same time. All the public houses were closed to-day and will bo to-morrow. This will aid , perhaps , iu keeping the town quiet , but on theottier hand people are drinking just the same. They liiivn no place to gather , except in the streets , where they are ready to take a hand In a row- as soon as it is started. THE SOCIALIST PnOGESSlOX. Walks and Talks In Brussels Before The Great Event. BRUSSELS , August U.- [ New York Herald Cable Special to the BEE. ] To-morrow , If we may believe the alarmists , wo shall see a revolution in the streets of Brussels. ' To morrow , It the optimists can be trusted , we shall view nothing but a grand procession , a great deal of revelry nnd some drunkenness , all m honor of the revolution. Which will It bo ? I reached Brussels last night expecting to find the jclty panic-stricken. Everything , however , seemed to bo going on much as u iml. Old women were crying their wares In the market , dogs fetlll dragged their milk cans about , hotel keepers were busily fleecing foreigners , and King Leopold , unruffled by the piospect of dethronement vvas resting in the garden of his palace , next door to my hotel. The calm , however , is only on the surface. Wherever I went 1 found people TALKING OF SUNDAY'S DEMONSTRATIONS. At the cafe ana in the Place Hoyul the bourgeolse were anxiously discussing the ad visability of closing their bhops In case of trouble to-morrow. Business Is almost at a Btaud-stlll and all the bo-called respectable part oC Brussels Is abusing M. Bins , the bur- remaster , for not forbidding the threatened socialist procession. Among the dieaded so cialists I found niuchjcss excitement. At tlie oflice bt Le I'euple , tile organ of the worklngmen's party , nothing could be heard but the scratch of the editor's pen as I knocked at the door. I asked for > L Jean Volders , the redacteur deleque. 31. Volders was absent , but SI. Beitrand , Ilio business manager of the paper , was there. M. Ber imed Is a short square set man of about thirty-five , with cloeec-ropped hair , His man ner to me vvas cool yet courteous. "What are you socialists aiming at ? " I asked. "What Is the cause of all thcso pro cessions and manifestations ? " OBJECT OF THE PROCESSION. "Our chief object , " replied SL Bertrana , "is the amelioration of the lot ot the work ing classes. The movement organized by the people is both economic and political. The cause is therulseiy wo see all around. The misery in Belgium is terrible. Work- Insuien am earning but starvation wages. I do not speak of tno glass-blovvers they are doing well enough but what do yon think of vvliat tome others are earning ? For ex ample , the clgaruiakera c&rn 12 francs or 15 francs ft week , while over In Chicago the same men would be making 80 francs , you Avllljsay the cost of living is higher there. It is not , how ever , so very much higher. I hear from Bel gians In Chicago that they can live fairly there on 25 or 00 franqsnweeh WE WANT VNtVJRRs'AL SUFFRAGE , too. At present tlicto are only about one hundred and twenty thousand political electors In Belgium , 'logctthemtovote each has to pay a tax ot 42 francs and 33 centimes , which virtually excludes all but the bourgeolsc.tlf we had universal suf frage , as the Americans have , our electors would muster 10,000,000 strong. Wo micht then have a chance of reforming our laws and getting the workincmcn protection. Shall we make headway ? Wo have now succeeded in grouping the socialists , demo crats and worklngmen together in what we cull the parti ouvrerUie ! , ( labor party ) . Wo began operatlonst > njv six months ago. The movement has already spread amazingly. We have llttlo money. All wo expect of members Is the nominal sum ol 10 centimes yearly. You can't do much without money c'est 1'cssentlel. " INTERVIEWING THE EDITOR. Later in the day I found M. Volders at the office of Le Peuplc. Ho was tete-a-tete with a bottle of beer. He passes for being the chief organizer of the labor movement. Though young ho Is barely twenty- eight he has acquired great Influence. He began life in his father's shop as a cooper and joiner. Then ho became a banker's clerk. Finally he took to preaching socialism. Phy sically he was a strapping fellow , with a smooth shaven face and a good forehead. His eyes are full but quiet in expression. There Is an appearance of energy about him , and his jaw seems to betoken resolution. "M. Volders Is the 1/UTHER OF THE LABOR PART'i . " said a journalist to me to-day. When M. Volders began to speak , however , 1 found he had not Luther's eloquence. "Our immediate object , said he , "is to get universal suffrage. While the power remains in the hands of the clique which now holds it we can hope for no reform. We shall trust to peaceful mean * of action. Why should we abandon them for violence ? Wo have not even taken the idea of riot Into our cal culations In plauningto-morrow'sprocession. If wo are interfered with well , we shall quietly continue the propoganda. This movement is the revival of a very important labor agitation which was stamped out about twenty years ago. We count ou seeing forty thousand men march through Brussels to-morrow. } Over one hundred and fifty thousand vforkii gjnen have joined our party. Once wo have'universal suffrage we shall AGITATE FOR REFORM In the regulation 'of labor. Wo want the working dayMfmlted to eight or ten hours. Wo want the wages regulated by the state. Especially we aim at the crea tion of labor sjuilicates. Yes ; several im portant worklngmen's associations aio asso ciated with your Knights of Labor. More will be soon. All the intelligent workingmen - men of Brussells sympathize with us. I don't mind telling you that 1 believe a political economic crisis isneir whlch will overthrow the government" - . , r It Veldcrs is the ljufher of the socialist movement Dij > , Dejfalp } , whose jiaino'S'ly doubtless familiar t JMrPo'wderlyfcJs ! , its " Melancthon. Imagine a short bald/liectict" looking /nan , with ajlrd-like but Intelligent face and with fed whiskers. There you have Dopalp. He was IN BED 1VHEN I CALLED , but receiving my card , got up and kindly answered my questions. He modestly protested he had no claim to be regarded as a socialist leader , but noone" _ is" more respected by the Belgian socialises , and no man has closer studied the labor question "I micht refer you for an impartial expla nation of the present distuibanccs , " said he , 'to the reports of the government inquiry now being made In Belgium. But if you wish , I will give you mv personal views. These disorders are not peculiar to Belgium. Thare have been riots lately , I believe , In France , in Germany , in Holland and oven in Americ.1. The Chi- cagh riots were not merely provoked by the incitations of Herr Most and a few an archists. They were , like ours , local symp toms of an unfortunate state of things just now universal. THE CAUSES ARE ! First , they are due to agricultural distress , resulting from the ruinous competition of American Indian grain. Tlie ex porters , who , thanks to their supeilor organization and their experiment of machinery , etc. , are able to raise grain cheaply , undersell us in EurojMJ. Here , as In France , the peasantry terms the mass of con sumers. As the peasants buffer from the competition , they cannot afford to consume so much. Thus the misfortune reacts on trade generally. The second cause Is industrial. Industry , as at present organized , is monopolized by inrtividuarcapltallstsllkethclU > thsehlldsand Jay Gould , or by associations of capitalists , working on a large scale , with costly machinery and with a selfish eje to personal profi.t only No room is left fonsmall employers with per haps three or four hands. Besides having to keep their costly plant coing to cover their expenses , capitalists overproduce and glut tlie markets. They are finallj obliged to send away their workmen , who are reduced to misery.THE THE REMEDIES PROPOSED "What remedies do I propose ? " continued Dr. Dtpalp , wltliafcinile. "I am n doctor. If you come to me/suffering / from a danger ous disease I might adopt various treatments , and If the case were desperate aim your con stitution allowed It ] 1 might take radical measures. On file' ' otlier hand , if your strength were irot great enough , should be obliged id try palliatives. The Belgian socialists are1 of the real German school 1 mean not tfid French one. We ac cept , like the sociall-sts In the releatap , all means which glvohojjo'of partially remedying the misfortunes of , vwirkinemeii , while at the same time we ahvEys.'Wirk In the direction of our ultlmate'aun , the radical solution of which will be the substitution of the state and the communes for private capitalists. \Vo-aud \ by we , I mean the whole labor party regard trade's co-operation , the gradual association o worklngmen and sim ilar measures as a'nieans to our ends. Our jemedles presupjipss 'a democratic state ot society. 1 do not u ay that society and the Belgium ot 1880 is ready for them. THE OBJECf OF ALL INDUSTRY. Islthe general goaU It the Rothschilds and Jay Goulds make abusive use of their povv er , and become oppressive to the nation , even sometimes ruinous to themselves , why should the state not interfere in tlie general Interest and take ! over the machinery and manage national industries for the nationa" good , carefully } regulating the sup ply and prices in accordance with the universal 'demands ? The state manages 'telegraphs , posts , and rail ways already In "some countries , and well enough , too. You , have only to extend the principle of confiscation ; . You say , why con fiscation ? Plenty of factories are ready enough to make over their plant on fair terms. We admit the idea of state compensation In exchange for expropriation. All Belgium's worklngmen have more or less clearly before them Ideas ot co-operation and ex-collectlv- ism , gradually and logically ending in a grade association of the nations. Under our system the iiothschllds and Jay Goulds , who , after all , can't help being what they are , would become state pensioners. We hope to ODTA1N OUIIENDS PEACEFULLY. We have no love for violence. It Is not the people who make the revolutions , but their governments. If England had governed the American colonies wisely , they would now be a part of the British empire. Incidentally wo demand universal suffrage. Wo are not sure the burpeolsewill ever consent to the reforms wo advocate. If they don't confiscation may become necessary. They certainly will not consent to the slightest re form until wo have nad a good many demon strations like Sunday's will be , and until we nave obtained universal suffrage , inciden tally wo desire the suffrage of the monarchy , but this is a secondary matter. Outside of Brussels , Belgium haidly knows King Leo pold. He Is nothing to them. " RUZZ1NO T11K BURGOMASTER. Burgomaster Buls , who plays such a prom inent part In the drama now being acted in Belgium , received me at the Hotel de Villo to-day. Pushing my way thioudi the siren flower girls In the Grande Place , and with difficulty dodging the wedding processions , which kcnt streaming in and out of the building , I passed beneath the lofty graceful spires , which crown the municipal palace , 1 was ushered intoa handsome room on the first floor , hung with sombre drapery and adorned with portraits inr' ' landscape by the old Flemish masters. Here , serenely seated at a desk unfolding a pile of letters , I saw the man to whom the government has intiusted the duty of kecplni : order in the streets to-morrow. M. Buls about fifty years old. Ho is slight but sturdy , with Iron gray hair , beard and moustache. He has a Castilhm cast of features. There Is an air of QUICK RESOLUTION about him which convinces you at once that lie Is equal to the emergency. "What can I do to oblige you ? " asked the burgomaster. "Tell mo what yon fear or don't fear for to-morrow ? " 1 said. " 1 fear nothing , " replied the bold burgo master. "This is not such a seri ous affair as the threatened manifestation of June 13. We don't expect to see over fifteen or twenty thousand men iu tlie pro cession to-morrow , and wo hav e ten thousand troops and civic guards to keep order. " "How do you account for these disturb- anees1 "There's as much distress among the work- incclasses hereas elsewhere , " said the burgo master. "Tho socialist agitators , both Bel gian and French , have taken advantage of this fact. " " \Vho arc the leaders of the movement ? " 1 asked. ! 'Jean Svolders.Bertrand.Anscele , of Gand , and others. " replied Jl. Buls. "You have yourself tried a remedy for the Industrial distress ? " ' Yes , " replied tlie burgomaster. " 1 try to Improve the workingmen by education. I have endeavored to found a labor exchange where lie could find work and be brought into harmony vvlnh his employers. The worklngmen responded to my efforts warmly enoughvthe employers less , warmly. " * ' Are you personally In favor of universal snftrsgtJ1 T asked. - " 'No , " replied M. Buls. "t prefer giving tlie Butfrago only to those educationally qualified to enjoy it. When allican read and write there should be universal suffrage. " "Does King Leopold Hold tlie same views ? " "The king has no views , or if he has , he probably keens them to himself. " 'tVVherc will you be to-morrow ? " said I , rising to go. "Here , sir , at my post , " replied the bold burgomaster. THE JK1SI1 SITUATION. Michael Davltt Talks on Past and Present Affairs. ' CHICAGO , August 14. A very large con course ot home rule sympathizers attended the meeting at Ogden's Grove Saturday aiter- noon. John F. Finerty preached and Michael Davltt , Alexander Sullivan , Patrick Egan and Matthew P.Brady.were the princi pal sjMjakers. Davltt , in the course of his re marks , said that the defeat of Gladstone' ! ) measure had placed the reins of the govern ment In the hands of the bitterest enemies of the Irish national sentiment Further on Air. Davitt said he was aware tnere was a credulent feeling among Irish people in America that the defeat of the Gladstone home rule proposition vvas not an unmixed evil. A similar sentiment obtained among nationalists at home. In many respects the constitution provided by the bill was undemo " cratic. The safegaurds provided for the In terests of the British cmnire wcio ridiculously unnecessary. These blots in the bill being undeniable , many persons In America charced us with -weakness in consenting to accept such a solution of the Irish question. Davitt would not dispute the correctness of thcso Impression entirely , but maintained that limits could not be arbitrarily set to the progress of the nation. The pro gress of the Irlhli cause must therefore bo judged by either an optimist or pessimist es timate of Gladstone's homo rule scheme. After reviewing at considerable lencth the progress of Irish national affairs under Par- uell's supervision , Mr. Davltt said that Par- nell had tlie most just claim on the forebear- ance and patience of ail who are Interested In Ireland's liberation. The situation in Ire land at the present moment was Mich as may draw largely upon the patience andfosbear- ance of the Iilsn people In Amciica. Glad stone's defeat had handed the government of Ireland into the hands ot tlie lamlloiU garil- Mn. To unreflecting minds this might beem like a complete defeat of our policy. This was not the belief of the leaders at home. They were neither dUheaitened or dismayed. It was apparent that the policy which the torles tried to carry out was one of terrorism. They will continue to play upon the political fears and religious criticism of the English people. This would oiid in tlie rufllanism which had already reduced a prosi > eious Irish city t/ > the htate of terror and disorder In which It now Is. Ho was confident that the kindred policy now about to bo initiated by evictions and landlord teriorlsin would res.ilt in the cause of Ireland emerging from tlie coming ordeal with biUhter hope and more universal sympathy than It has jet pos sessed. In the evening fully 20,000 people were In Ocileu tiove. Alexander Sullivan presided nod made n short Mxicrh , Mr , Davitt again EDokn but briefly. In the rourso of his f-pecch ho said tne Irish people could tight their bat tles without apiu al to weapons. The destiny of Ireland could be woiKed out without the aid of dynamite , but hu would not pass judg ment on any Irishman. Uowcver , as tho'-o iu the old country had to stand the consequences quences , they icserved the nght to suggest the means of Ireland's salvation. But they would not rest until they had nn Irish parliament In College Green. Speeches were made by Patrick Eean and others. Mr. Finnerty made a motion that a vote of thanks be tendered Mr. Davitt nnd In doing BO referred to the "passage at iirnib'1 l > etvvecn himself and their distinguished vis itor. Chairman Sullivan , before putting the motion , explained that this "passa oat nrms" wis ; nothing but a blight love spat , nothing more , The motion vvas then canled amldnt cheers upon cheers from the assembled thou sands. * - . _ Wrath of the Cloud-Bur * ! . JlHATHNo , Pa. , August 11. He ports coming from the country districts to-day show that last Right's rloud-burst and storm vvas unpre cedented. Uauy thousand bushels ot unripe fruit are now lying on the ground. Wrecked Vessels and the Remarkable Course They Sometimes Pursue , HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE WORK. Preparing Tor Intensive Improve ments at the "White House AVItlt Only Llttlo Money Mrs. Cleveland's Pictures Gossip. Drlrtltic With the Tide. WASIUNO-I ON , August 14. [ Special Corre spondence of ttie BKK.J Very few people have any Idea of the character of the work performed by the hydrographlc ofllcu of the navy department. Jt is understood In a gen eral manner that this ofllco has something to do with mapping the surface of the ocean in order that the depths of water , location of shoals , etc. . may be known to mariners. Each month tills oIHcf issues a chart , which Is known as the pilot chart for the month , giving the direction of the prevailing winds , the location of Ice. reported and such other data as only seamen arc Interested In. This chan. although a very dry subject , frequently contains the material out of whichaMayne Held , a Clnrk llussell or a Captain Marryat might weave a very Interesting romance of the ocean. Among other things which this chart contains are the reports received from passing vessels eaoh \\cek , Riving the location of derelicts. Derelicts are vessels which have been wrecked and abandoned , and are thenceforth , mill they sink , tar more danger ous to the sailor than the Flying Duthmanor the phantom schooner of Phillip Vander- duken. They are usually lumber laden ves se's ' which have become water-logged , and which drift from place to place without sail or rudder , and which form serious impedi ments to the successful and safe navigation of the ocean , hast vear this chart contained from mouth to month the course reported of the schooner Mairgle Hivers , which was abandoned off Capo Hatteras In January , and picked up , after traversing the ocean In a most unaccountable manner.half wayaeross to Europe and back , oil the coast of Bermu das. Later , the O. 15. Stlllman. * a lumber laden vessel , was wiecked eli the United States coast , and , after Marline in the Ciulf stream , across the track of trans-Atlantic steamers , changed her course and also drifted to the Bermudas , where she was towed In , her cargo removed and the fact demonstrated that her ollicers audcievv scuttled her for the purpose of obtaining the insurance. The captain was recently tried In Baltlmoio for the crime and thepilot chart was brought in in evidence and served as a valuable aid to justice in bringing the scoundrel to jail. On tht > 24th of March , lbS5 the schooner Twenty- one Friends was abandoned about HOO miles east of Norfolk , She began drifting In an almost straight line and in a northerly direc tion nnd within thirty days had floated nearly a thousand miles. All this time she was in the Gulf stream. Then , for some unac countable leason , her course was moie north- eily and was directly in the line of vessels sailing between Enuland and the United States. She was reported by passing vessels on April A , 14 , and ! , May 10 nnd 'Ji June 3 , IB and SO , July 9,18 , and 31 , August 8 , 25 and 27 , September 13 and 29 , October 12 , and finally on December 4 , after having made nearly twenty decrees In latitude to the northward , she brought up oil the coast of Spain , In the Bay. of Biscay , and only ten degrees north In latitude of the parallel on which she * \vas--first abandoned. She was taken Into port by some Spanish sailors and her valuable cargo of lumber , although ereatly damaged , was saved by them. The pilot chart just issued seems to upset the pievaillng theory as to the diiection of tlie Gulf stream current. The schooner Ma M. Francis , the bark Kolaml Hill and the biigantino A. U Palmer , which were aban doned respectively March 10 , February 22 and March 11 , have been reported from time to time , jumping around from one place to another in the ocean in a most ru'.rcount- able manner. One of them , the Ho I i 1111) ) , was abandoned on the parallel of Now Vork , diiectly in the Gulf stream , and after drifting nearly 2,000 miles in a southe.isteily dlieclion. lias shitted her course from time to time , and was last reported less than sixty miles east of the place where she was first abandoned and only about 200 miles south. The Atlantic is by this chart shown to be lull of wrecks. Somewhere about twenty are drifting around In various parts of the ocean , endangering navigation and creating disturb ances wherever found. They are far more dangerous than ice bergs and there should bo some International agreement by which they would be icmoved. The hydrographic ollice is now preparing a plan for the dlvl- blon of the ocean Into sections , each maritime nation to be charged with thecaroof a certain seclion and to .show up and destroy all wrecks icportcd within its own territory. If this proposed plan can be successfully carried out it will jirove a Godsend to ocean mariners , and will undoubtedly prevent the loss of many vessels In the liiture. RENOVATING .Tilt WHITE HOUSE. Colonel Wilson , superintendent ol public buildings and grounds , is very anxious tor the president to leave on his summer vaca tion. He wishes to cet to work repairing and refurnishing the exterior and interior of the white house. Sixteen thousand dollars were appropriated for running the wxccutlve mansion. .Nine hundred dollars will have to be paid for paintlnc the exterior , and the man who has taken the contract is more than likely to lose money on the job. The last time it was painted it cost the contractors Sl.SOO. The house badly needs painting , and the work. It is estimated , will cost more than that sum now. This week an artist called at the white house and looked at thu ceilings In the vestibule The painting , which Is in pan- els.representlng Liberty and Unitywhich are the emblematic symbols of the nation , is badly cracked and In places the piaster looks as It It would fall. ' 1 lie artist in looking over the woik hald It would cost at least 51,000 to make it look dncent Mrs. Cleveland is very anxious to have the vestibule present an at tractive appearance , because when she first came Into It she was gieatly disapjwlntcd by its appearance , and peihons visiting the white house mo similarly impressed. In Hayes * time the vestibule was. tiled in hand some tillnsr. but since that time it has be come very damp , nnd of ten during the fall and winter , water actually stands on the tiles. The door keepers and the officials of the house have complained about this , and even the president thinks It is unhealthy and lie Is very anxious to have a large rug or car pet laid over the entire vestibule. This would cost alwut SL&OO. Lieutenant Colonel Wil son does not Know whether the appropria tion which has to run the house the whole rear can bo crippled by the expenditure of this amount for a carpet. The red parlor , which Is used by Mrs. Cleveland for a private reception room , nw-ds refurnishing , and the blue pallor , where the wedding took place , is dingy and the covering on the furniture faded and almost worn out. Colonel Wilson desires to brighten uji these two rooms before - fore tint president returns , but where the money Is to come from he docs not know , because - cause the ST/iOO given him to urn the white house has to pay all the expenses from kitchen to gant-t lor t.ie whole year. Mils. CLEVELAND'S 1'ICTt'HES. The photon uplier who lias a monopoly on the sale of Mrs. Cleveland's photographs Is coining money. Ho has in the neighborhood of twenty beautiful negatives au'inus turned out borne of the most charming natures that hn has ever produced by the photographic ait. Oidnrsaro pouring In on him singly and in do/tens und by hundreds every day , and his ( acuities for producing the pietuics are taxed to the utmost. This photographer has had .sittings from nearly all the public IIIPII and fashionable ladles that have resided In Washington during the last twenty VIMIS , nnd his fcucccsh In M cm ing a sittiui : troin Mrs. Cleveland is the crowning feat in his very successful caiwr as a tihotoicniiiher , Uulilce the ordinary photograph of a lady In public Ufa , Mis. Cleveland i > picture Is put In ilo/.ensof dllfeient positions Muny people Iwvo tnfci'U the whole sot , and thu artist has numerous orders- for three , or four , or five photograph * from the sanm iwr- ton who desires to see the beautiful woman In as many different lights as possi ble. In this connection some t > ur [ > rli > e u ex pressed that Mr . Cleveland did not conceive the Idea of dividing the protits of this Centura with tlu * Photographer. In the Interest of some charitable Institution. The man who now has the monopoly of the business will un doubtedly make u great many thousands of dollars out of the prlv llee , and every cent ol It will drop Into his ow n pocket. If Mrs. Cleve land had taken the course Usually adopted by those ladles whose pictures are placed on salt she might have exacted a royalty ol CO or per cent on each picture sold , and have stipulated that the amount should be donated to some charitable Institution , to be selected by hersclt.and to which the owner of ( lie negatives should make monthly re ports. By this means the sales would have been croatlv stimulated and the public would have had some knowledge of the number ot counterfoil presentments of this lady , in whom everyone has an Interest , which may be sold. sold.Tin Tin : PRESIDENT AND Tin : PKKS , Tno president seems to have gotten him self Into a bad corner. Ills letter to Kcppler , of I'uck. some mouths ago , followed bv hla more recent eftusions to the Florida editor , in which he took occasion to scare the news- paiHjrpipss of the country and practically accuse oveiy man of mendacity , seems to OOUIP home to roe t. On Tuesday last the Washington Post , which looks upon itself ns the personal organ of the president , en deavored to prove that the newspaper cor- lespondents hero lind been persistently republlshiiig live distinct lies , among which was the one which said that Collector Hodden had resigned. The editorial In the Post contained n paragraph In which the editor himself said that ho had been assured by the president tlml Hodden had not re signed. Thu t'ost had scat cely been on the street two hours when the appointment elI I Icdden's successor was made public. Out Wednesday the Post In refeirlng to the bad break , lets the president understand that It feels very soio over the sub- jo : ! , and that If any moro tricks of that snrtjaio plaved It. may bo ex pected to kick up a row. ' ( 'his llttlu Incident is of very little account In Itself , but taken in connection with the fact that Editor Dor- shuimer made n positive statement In the New YoikStar three or four weeks before the formal announcement of Cleveland's wedding upon the authority of the Div.sldcnt himself that he had no intention of being married , and also In connection with the tact that Speaker Caillsle was assured that the president would veto the river and haibor bill thiee or four day * belore that gentleman signed it , leads people to wonder whether it is lap e of memoiy cir the effects ol the wed ding or.ideslre to mislead the public that has Induced the president to depart so far from the truth , while condemning the press lor far less grave ollenses in this direction. * AXDEHSON ADVANCES. _ . n A Convention That Hut Down Very Hnnl on Hepburn. SIDNEY , la. , August 14. fSoeclal Telegram to the BEE. | The republican county conven tion met here to-dav at 2 o'clock , and every township but one was represented. Upon the temporary organization the full strength ot the Anderson and nutl-Anderson factions was demonstrated. There being a contest In two townships , the committee on credentials returned n unanimous tuport sustaining the Anderson delegation , though ono was a Hepburn rouublican , and the report of the committee was adopted by a vote o twenty-seven and one-half to sixty-six and , one-half. A motion made to instruct lot Hepburn was laid on the table by thu same vote and then a portion of this minority witudtow from the convention and went through the farce ot organizing and electing delegates to the state convention on the iiiomlso from the regency , which pxnects to be all powerful In that body , to admit ( hem , thotiu'h their claims bo devoid of nil right. The Anderson delegates me : G. W. Uimni- son , J. J. Chandler , Mere Webster. C. P. Lawrence , William Joiman , Q. G. Sexton. J. It. Kidd , Dr.-W. L. Bogjin and'J.'Dickty. The convention was composed of the very best republicans and the leading influential men of the tdwnshlp , and the ones who have controlled the party fort lie last twenty years. A marked feature vvas the fact that the An derson strength came from townships almost solidly lepubllcan , while his opposition canio from townships where the sentiment is about evenly balanced. The convention Instructed , for Slate Auditor Brown and Attorney Gen eral Baker , and passed a lOfoIiUIou repudiat ing Hepburn as a monopolist , and endorsing ; the candidacy of A. li. Anderson , as an hon est , able and courageous friend ot the com mon people , who" has served his country in many positions of honor nnd , trust , botli as a soldier and a citizen. This action is an uiipiecedented compliment to Mayor A. It. Andergon , such as never shown , any man in Iowa politics , and shows the dis trict conclusively Mayor Anderson's stand ing at home and starts him more than even with his competitor , notwithstanding his alleged 2,030 majority. - ' i ' > Cleveland Heady to Start. WASHINGTON , August 14. [ Special Tele gram ; o the Bii.j The pie.shlent Is ex pected to leave for the mountains to-morrow night or Monday morning , although it may C i be a few hours later before he can pot away. j He is desirous of going with as little pub licity as possible , nnd for this reason tno exact hour ot his departure will lemaln a secret. It was expected that lie would ap point a public printer to-day and leports from the white house were easerly waited for , but everyone was dtsan ] > ointcd. The place vacated by Publi : Pi Inter Hounds has not yet been nlled , although his successor may be announced Monday morning , even though the president should leave in the meantime. Wlicnt in South America. WASHINGTON , August 14. [ Special Tele gram to the Bii-From : reportslecelved from Argentine Republic It would seem that that country promises to bit a formidable rival of the United States in the near future as a wheat producing region. E. L. Baker , United States consul general nt Buenos Ayres , writes that n smvey has Just been completed which shows the aica of the rcoub- llc to bo about one and a quarter million square miles. Five million acres of ( his line is devoted to grain , and about one and three' quarter million acres Is In wheat. The area is increasing flora year to year. IMckcrt Up atPemlor. FENDER , Neb. , August 14. [ Special Oor- respondenc < ) of thoBuE. ] Thursday we weio inundated by the outfit traveling under thu name of "Col. Splcer's World' * . Fair and Con- uiess of hiving Wonders. " The show was like all other circuses , and was accompanied by a gang of sharps and gamblers who worked their little games to lleeco the verdant. Prominent among them vveio the froapimm end the "three shell" man. Grain Is coming in fast , und boon times will be better and meichants flush. Corn is up to 23cents. The Bancroft Journal waxes warm over the fact that 1'cnder Is to be noncned by a visit from Senator Van Wyck ou the 20th instead of Banciott , and abuses Mr. 1'rltchard president ot the IVnder Van Wyck club In rouna lerius. It Is not only useless but It Is unjust for the Journal to Indnlie In such an attack. Mr. Prltchard has not done anything to deserve such rouirli handllnir. and we could show that he erred In belli ; : too favorable to Ban- cioft rather than to IVnder. had we space to give a full history of the altalr. Wutiou People Disappointed. WAIIOO , Neb. , August 14 , ( Special to the BK : . ] The citizens ofVahoo und the Mir- rounding country WCIQ gieatly disappointed yesterday on account of not hearing Hon. 0. H. Van Wyck , at. they had oxi cted. Sena tor \ an Wyck was billed to stxvik here yes terday and at Abhlund In the evening , and by some oversight the hour of bpeaklng was published 2 p. in. The senator btipposed ho was to sueak at 1 p. in. , .nnd as ho had to leave at 3:10 p. in. , in order to icuch Afh- land , lie could not sue.ak here. The teachers' institute closed to-day. The total enrollment was over 110 and Iho .session has been Iho most succensfnl and interi'stiiii } over held In Saundcra county. Superintend , ent Unoloy is entitled to credit for I lie thnr > o.ch msiim-lors and the excellent cas ol fiirnUhed. J