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i I J THE LEXIXGTOX DISPATCH. VOL. XXIV- LEXINGTON, S. (., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1!), 1804. NO. 44. BOODLE HUNTERS. j THAT IS ABOUT WHAT THE GRANO ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC IS. They Complain About the Hard Requirements, and Criticise Congress and the Sonth for their Attitude on the Pension Question. Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 12 ?The delegates to the National Encampment of the G. A. R. got down to a solid business basis this morning. While 200,000 rx?THjr?ne haw loft the CltV SinCS the l&St old soldier passed ia review yesterday, there are still 200,000 strangers in towD, a majority of whom will stay until Saturday and Sunday, while some remain even longer. The national encampment ODened this morning in the new Grand Opera House. The commanderin-chief and delegates were welcomed on behalf of the Citizens Executive Board by Chairman Daniel C. Ripley and, also, by W. C. Quinoy, chairman of the committee on invitations and reception. Governor Patterson welcomed them on behalf of the State of Pennsylvania, while Mayor McKenna of Pittsburg and Mayor Kennedy of Allegheny performed the same pleasant duty on behalf of their respective cities. The serious business of the encampment proper then began. The election for Commander-in-Chief wiil not be I held until tomorrow. Since the withdrawal of Judge Chas. D. Long of Michigan, the opinion is rapidiy growing that Col. T. X. Walker of Indiana willj secure the coveted honor. The selection of the next encampment city has also been deferred until tomorrow. While surface Indications are that Louisville will have a walk oyer, it is hinted that St. Paul has been doiDg irood work in a quiet but very effective way. "The claims of Louisville for the location of the G. A. R. encampment of 1895 were presented to the national convention b7 Henry Watterson this this morning. Just as soon as welcoming addresses were concluded a motion to suspend the rules and give an audience to the Kentucky orator was adopted with enthusiasm. He received a cordial reception. The speaker retired amid a storm of applause. Then the doors were closed and the encampment went into secret session to hear the address ot Commander-in-Chief Adams and associate national officers. Ia the presentation of Watterson at the openk mg session,the supporters of Louisville | stole a big march on St. Haul and the I advocates of the latter are considerably \ - disgruntled. Heretofore it has been the practice to defer nomination of the next encampment to the second or i closing day of the convention. When Henry Watterson was introduced to present the plea of Louisville for the next encampment, th6 silvertongued escort of the 4\Star Eyed God- < dess" was m his best mood. Among his audience, from pit to gallery, laughter alternated with applause and when in a pathetic moment, he allowed a few tears to course down his cheeks, ' there was a lachrymose response that would have been appropriate to a fun- ; eral. Before his preparation had been 1 reached, the success of the leading city : of the Blue Grass State was sscured, , and the orator retired amid such an ovation as a national encampment has . rarely bestowed even upon one of its favoiite sons. i Close attention was paid by the delegates to the report of the Commander- i in-Chi6f and irequent references that it contained to tbe attitude of the Congress and of the people of the South toward Union Soldiers and patriotic movements originating in the Aorin were heartily applauded. s When the report of the committee on pensions was read, cheers punctuated every paragraph. It was signed by comrades H. ?1. Taintor, A. M. Waener and J. X. Walker, cnairman, and reads as follows: i 44Yc tr committee would respectfully reiterate the sentiments and renew the recommendations touching the rights i of the Union veteran and the duties of the government towards him, embod- i ied in our report submilitd to the twenty-seventh national encampment. After the adoption of that report by the national eacamptnent there was a change in the action of the Tension i Department in its rules for the suspension of the pajm?nt without hearing, and many of those whose pension had been suspended under that unfair rule have been restored to the rolls. Your committee is, however, of the opinion that there is still just cause for com plaint in tne tecnnicai rulings ana re- < quirements of the i'ension Department which work unfavorable to the appii- i cant and result in UDjust discrimination against his interests that doubts areuaiustly decided adversely to the claimant, which under any reasonable i and liberal construction should have been decided in his favor. "Order 229, from the Department of the Interior Bureau of tensions Issued June 19,1893, is especially obnoxious as establishing needltss and hard requirements In the preparation and forwarding of testimony in support of claims. We insist that evidence very often procured after years of effort and at great expense of time and money on the part of the applicant should not be thrown out for mere lack of form or want of compliance with any purely technical or arbitrary rules and we urge that this order be so modified as to provide Haf- oil aT7i/it>nr>fit nr^qpnfpd hf> fsiirlv examined. 'Your committee feels constrained to call tbe attention of tbe National Encampment to tbe fact that a large part ot the appropriation made by tne Fifty-second CongrtS3 for the payment ot pensions for the year ending J une 30, 1894, was unused and turned back into the Treasury, while hundreds of thousands ot unadjucated claims remained peDdiDgm the pension bureau. At the same time, credit is claimed on behalf of Congress and the administration upon the grounds that tte immediate appropriations have been reduced, yet it appears the only reduction has been made by tbe cutting the appropriations for pension; that Union soldiers alone feel the effect of ihe spirit of economy. It is a significant fact that while a period of seventeen years elapsed between the endmg c-f our war with Mexico and the close of the war of the UnioD,yet the amount nnnr tTnen/iPii fnrthe nensionins? of the soldiers of the Mexican war is in-1 creasing, while the amount expended fcr pensions to Union veterans is diminishing. We feel compelled to say that there is evidently on the part of both the administrative and legislative departments a feeling of hostility to our worthy and suffering comrades) the wards of the nation, who bore the heats and burden of the battle, a feeling which certainly should not exist in a country saved by their devotion. "While the Grand Army of Republic ispledgfd to purity in public affairs and will, therefore, sympathize and cooperate with any and all proper efforts at economy, to the end that all public burdens may be reduced to tbe minimum, we view with extreme regrets that ialse economy which shaves and pares to the quick at the expense of < honor, justice and patriotism. We insist upon an .honest, patriotic construction and administration of existing pension laws and that every just claim shall be speedily settled so that whatever is found due shall be paid while I the applicant is alive to receive it. We are conlidert that the loyal sentiments of the country will condemn a policy ! that attempts to recuperate the public ! treasury at the expense largely of the slender purses of our disabled heroes, widows and orphans," The adoption of the report was moved and seconded by a dozen voices from the body of the house. Commander Adams waited a moment as though in expectation of a speech either in support or dissent. Not a delegate rose. The motion was put and the report was adopted with a deafening shout. Again the order of business recurred to the location of the next encampment and the invitation of St. Paul was presented in eloquent addresses by ex-Commander-lq-Chief Judge John P. Rea and Col. J. N. Davidson, but an overwhelming majority of the delegates were still under the spell of the "Star-Eyed Gaddess" and her old Kentucky home and when the question was put the vtva voce vote in lavor of Louisville was so overwhelming that the opposition instead of demanding a call of the roll, bowed acquiescence and gracefully retired from the field. The Headlight Dimmed. Spartanburg, Sept. 12.?This has been an off day with the Gantt family. Col. T. Larry Gantt, editor ot the Headlight, got into a discussion with two men from the country. These men said they had always been for Tillman until the past two weeks.and since they were convinced that Tillmanism meant ring rule they would never vote that ticket again." Gantt told them that they were d?d traitors. Gantt was very much under the influence of liquor and became boisterous. Mart Floyd was standing near, and told the men to talk to him (Gantt) wnereupon Gantt made at him with his fist. Floyd then administered two stinging blows on Gantt's head and he fell off tne sidewalk into the street. Friends interfered, and it was thought that everything was over. Half an hour later Gantt's two grown sons accosted Floyd at the Windsor Hotel and demanded satisfaction. Floyd told them they could get It. Thereupon the elder Gantt, Jesse, struck him, and the other Gantt drew a pistol and demanded fair play. Floyd's brother came in and grabbed the pistol. The men fought fima TnHn T?InuH qnH 1U1 OUUIC LILUr, CkLlXX. *J \SLXiJL JL 4\JJ V4. Mart succeeded in taking a pistol each from the Gantts and clubbed them unmercifully with them. It is feared that one of the Gantts will lose an eye. The Floya3 are not hurt, except that each has a sprained finger. A CARD. To the Editor ot the Headlight: I vish to slate through your columns that I was alone to blame in the difficulties that occurred last Tuesday afternoon,and deeply regret the unfortunate occurrence. I have seen Mayor Calvert and assumed entire responsibility for the disturbance, and asked that any cases made against other par ties be dismissed, as I aggravated the assaults. I also desire to apologize to those gentlemen whom I offended, hav ing already seen as many as I could and tendered a personal apology. As to the difficulties of my sons, I have only to say that like the brave boys they are, they defended their father, Knowing that h9 was.in the wrong. For this they have respect of every true man. Respectfully^ T. L. GANTT. Carpenter Eicapes Hanslag. Columbia, S.C., Sept. 12 ?Governor Tillman this morning commuted the sentence of William Carpenter, the fa mous Efgefieid murderer irom aeatn by hangmg to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. All remember the fa mous murder case. The killing of young Treston Touace by Murrell and Carpenter, who met him in the public highway and tilled his body lull of lead. That was in 1889. Murrell was captured after an exciting chase by a posse from Columbia, brought to the city, bound hand and foot, and finally tried in Edgefield. He was found guilty of murder and sentenced by the presiding Judge to be hanged. Governor Richardson pardoned him, for reasons sufficient, and in the face of a petition upon which was the name of B, R. Tillman, who was then nothing more than a private citizen of Edgefield county. Did he think then that he would have to pass upon the sentence of Murrell's fellow murderer? Carpenter escaped into Georgia and for several years lived in the swamps of that State and eluded arrest. Ilis first arrest and the trouble Governor Tillman had in getting him away from Governor Xorchen's jurisdiction are well remembered. lie was brought back finally, and tried m Edgefield, and found guilty of murder, with recommendation of mercy. Under such a verdict there was nothing for the presiding judge to do but to sentence him to be hanged, which was done. In such a form the matter was brought to the Governor's attention. The affidavit of nine jurors was submitted in which they stated that they thought that a recommendation to mercy would save Carpenter's life, and it was for that reason that they found such a verdict. It seems that after the jury had been out for some time, the judge sent for the foreman and asked if the j ury were hesitating about a matter ot law or fact. The foremaa said a matter of law, and in the colloquy which followed the judge was understood to say that a recommendation to mercy would save Carpenter's neck. So such a verdict was found.under this understanding by the jury After Twelve Years. Columbia, Sept. 12.?Governor Tillman yesterday granted a pardon to Pleasant Miller, an old negro, who was convicted of arson in June, 1882? twelve years ago?in Abbeville county end sentenced by Judge Pressley to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. It appears tnat the old feilow is innocent ot the crime for which he has been a prisoner all these years. Governor Tillman based hi3 action on an affidavit duly witnessed, signed by F. W. Knox, statiDg that he was present at the trial of Miller, and that the conviction was based entirely upon circumstantial evidence; that at the trial a measure was introduced by one Sam Adams, a iritncoo fnrthu Sltafo nil rnnrt.j TUT tfi bp li.il 0>J X\J i. UtiV KJ H?wv y Y * f v * w- ? " * ? ? a measure of tbe defendant's track: that the measure was afterwards compared with Pleasant Miller's tracks and that the measure did not lit, but was very much longer, that tbe said Sam Adams thereupon cut off about two inches of the said measure, so as to make.it correspond to what was known to be pleasant Miller's track; that the measure was produced at the trial and sworn to be the measure of the tracks seen around the burned building. Furthermore, that the prosecutor tried to get him (Kqox) to testify that they were Pleasant Miller's tracks, but tbat he refused to do so, that neitaer he, the defendant, nor his attorney knew these facts at the trial, and that he (Knox) was not called upon to testify lor the defend ant?State i |THE JUSTICES AT WORK. ! ARGUMENTS BEGUN IN THE DISPEN-j SARY CASESThe Saprrme Conrt at Last Getting; Hold of the Mr>st Momentous Matter In the i State?The Attorney s Against the State Pressing the L *w of Stare Decisis. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 13.?It was exactly 11 o'clock yesterday morning when the three Justices of the Supreme Court solemnly filed Into the court room and took their seats. They wore the black ?owds which tradition says all Judges must wear. Chief Justice Mclver took the center of the three seats arranged for the Judges. Justice Tope took the seat on the right of sho nhiaf -Timf.inp the one l'ormerlv oc VUG V"*vt t/ v.v^, ?- - ^ cupied by Justice AlcGowan. Justice Gary took the seat on the left formerly occupied by Justice Pope. Justice Gary did not seem ill at ease in his positio'n and a stranger walking in could not have told but that every member oi the honorable court had been there for years. The Chief Justice announced the court ready for business. The court room was fairly well filled with visitors and among: the number were several lawyers outside the city. Besides these were a number of saloon mon and one or two prohibitionists. Everybody knows that the court has been called in extra session for the purpose of passing on the constitutionality of the Dispensary law. The constitutionality of the law is involved in two cases?what is known as the Aiken case and what is known as the Charleston injunction case. The titles of the cases are "The State ex relatione J. V* George and G. T. Polley, relators, against tne City Council of the City of Aiken, respondent," and "Theodore Melchers aad F. VV. Jessen, complainants, petitioners against W. T. C. Bates, Treasurer of the State of South Carolina, and D. H. Traxler defendants." There are some points of difference in each case but the cases are to be heard at the same time and the court will dispose of them about the same time but notlikeiy m tne same decision. The attorneys representing the State in both cases are Attorney General Buchanan and ft. W. Boydot Dtrlington; for the city of Aiken, G. W. Croft; and for Melchers and Jessen, J. P. K. Bryan and H. A. M. Smith of Charleston. All these were present yesterday morning except Mr. Smith, who is in Tennessee on business and could not get here. Mr. Bryan explained to the court Mr. Smith's absence and asked that the latter be allowed to file his argument within a certain time. The court conferred on this a few seconds and answered that Mr. Smith could file the argument within ten days. The Chief Justice, however, announced that the court might reach a decision within ten days. This was the only indication given during the day that the court proposes to hurry the cases. The proceedings were opened by Attorney Crott reading the records of the Aiken case. Attorney Bryan followed by reading the petition for the injunction. In response to this petition Attorney General Buchanan submitted the following formal answer: w T (i. Rites and D. II. Traxler, upon whom ha3 been served a rule reQuiring them to show cause why the writ ofiojunctlon prayed for by the petitioners herein should not be granted, respectfully make return to said rule, and for causes show: 1. That the respondent, W. T. C. Bates, is the duly elected and quaiitied Treasurer of the State of Souuh Carolina, and the respondent, D. II. Traxler is State Commissioner duly appointed under the Act of the General Assembly of the said State, entitled "An Act to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage within this State, except as herein provided" and continue in said ofiice under the provisions of an Act of the said General Assembly entitled "An Act to declare the law in reference to, and further regulate the use, sale, consumption, transportation and disposition of alcoholic liquids or liquors with in the State of South Carolina and to police the same," approved December, 23,1993, and now in force in this State. 2. That the acts of respondents, both those done and performed, complained of and objected to by petitioners herein are each and ail required of respondents by the said last mentioned Act, and have been performed and will be performed by tneni and each of them in , the faithful discharge of their sworn duties as oilicers of tne State as aforesaid. 3. That they deny the unconstitutionality, invalidity and nullity of said Acts, in the particulars specified in tne petition herein or in any other particular: and, on the contrary allege that the said Acts were passed by the General Assembly in the legitimate exercise of its constitutional power of legislation and with the purpose and in the sincere desire to minify tnei evils of the sale of liquor within the borders of this State. 4. They deny that petitioners, or those united with them, nave suffered iDjunes or are about to suffer injuries from the operation 01 me saiu .act 01 isy?j; ana, oa the contrary, allege mat the operation of the said Act has conferred and will continue to confer great benefits npon them, and upon all the law abiding citizens of the State, in the way of rescuing the people, and especially its jouth, lrom the corrupting and demoralizing intluences of the liquor saloon. That petitioners complain as taxpayers but that on their owd showing, the moneys the disbursement of 'which they seek to restrain are not the proceeds of taxation but derived from the sale of liquors ny the State. 5. The respondents further ans weriag the rule herein, allege that the writ ot injunction prayed for should not issue for that petitioners allege no special irreparable injuries to themselTes beyond those suffered by the people at large, nor do they allege in what respect they have been or are likely tu be injured by the operation of the said Act. G. The respondents further answering the rule herein, allege that the writ of injunction prayed for should not issue, for that they are officers of the State and should not, at the instance of private citizens, be restrained in the discharge of their public and otllcial duties on the alleged ground of the unconstitutionality of the law requiring their action. The respondents havingmade full returns to the rule herein pray that the same may be discharged with costs. Attorney General Guchanaa arose and asked permission of the court to attack the decision of the court in the case of McCullough vs Grown et al., on which the 18'd2 Jaw was declared unconstitutional. Permission was granted and without that permission a great deal of the argument prepared in both cases would have been useless. Chief -Justice Mclver stated that no limit on the time for arguments would be fixed. Attorney General Guchanan andounced that the attorneys had agreed that Mr. Croft should open the arguments; Mr. Goyd follow him, Mr. Gry an next and the Attorney General last. All the preliminaries having been disposed of the attorneys were ready to begin arguments about 12:15 o'clock and Mr. Crott arose and began. It Is well enough here to state that the court adjourned at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon after having heard the argument of Mr. Croft and part of that of Attorney 15 ">yd. The latter will conclude this morning and will be followed by Ilryan and JJuchanan. All the arguments will be concluded this afternoon. REBUKED BY O'FERRALL. Invitation of A fro-American Press Association Wscllned. Richmond, Ya., Sept. 12.?In answer to an lnvitatiou to address the AfroAmerican Press Association, Governor O'Ferrall today wrote as follows: Governor's Office, Rlcnmond, Va , Sept. 12, 1894. Messrs. .John Mitchell, W. Calvin Chase., John C. Daney and Others, Committee of Afro-American Press Association, City: Dear Sirs: In response to your invi tation to address or attend the convention of the Afro-American Press Association, now in session in this city, I beg to say I would not think of accepting an invitation to address any convention or assembly that endorses, as your convention did last evening, the course of Ida Wells In her slander of the people and civil authorities of the South. I condemn lynch law as much as any one, ana as loo? as I am Governor of Virginia every man, whether white or black,whatever the charge against him may be, shall have a trial by judge and jury if I have to exert all tne power given me by the Constitution and laws of Virginia, and should any case of lyncning occur I shall endeavor to enforce the law against the lynchers, but it strikes me that the action of your convention in endorsing the misrepresentations and slanderous utterances of Ida Wells is calculated to do harm rather than good, and intensify rather than mollify the spirit of violence which so frequently manifests Itself not only in Virginia, but throughout the South, when a certain crime is committed. The brutes who commit this crime, too horrible to mention, and are summarily dealt with, seem to elicit sympathy from Ida Wells and her supporters, as thougn they were murdered innocents, wmie not a word of sympathy is expressed for their victims, who have suffered more than" death. I believe that if your convention would condemn the crime which ha3 caused the lynchings in the South with rare exceptioas, and the leaders of the colored people would frown upon it and cry out against it, and not exert their energies and devote their time to a denunciation of the lynchings, there wnnld fpw?r mitraoreq and if on certainly fewer instances of mob violence. I do not know, but it looks very much to me as though the work of Ida Veils was a deep laid scheme to check as far as may be the progress of the South, and every good citizen, white and colored, should feel an interest in refuting her vindications rather than sanctioning them, as your convention did last evening. She and her supporters certainly stirred up a feeling against her race wnich did not exist prior to her crusade. The people of the South, who have labored so assiduously for nearly a generation now to recuperate ana build up their waste places, will not take kindly to the effort which this woman and her followers are making to bring reproach upon their section, and create the impression that it is a land of lawlessness and disorder. i have a most frieadly feeling for the colored people. They have my sympathies in all their struggles and laudable undertakings, a3 I think I have shown in my private and public life, and I was indeed deeply pained when 1 read this morning that your convention, composed of representatives of your race, nad struck the South a blow which she does not deserve. While I thank you for your invitation, I must decline, under the circumstances, to address your convention or MWUVUV* * VIS UVUJIVUW ? ^ V Ul i.T I Charles O'Ferral Enthusiasm Over Gordon. Pittsburg, Sept. 12.?Well on towards last midnight that, which to the members of the Union Veteran Legion attending the encampment, and the Fittsburg members of the organiz Ui on was, perhaps, the most remarkable 3cene since'the close of the rebellion, took place, when Gen. John 13. Jordon, one of the leading commanders of the Confederate army, appeared before a vast number of Federal soldiers and raised his voice for the obliteration of sectionalism and a united America. To say that the old Union soldiers were responsive to Senator Gordon's plea gives no adequate idea of the reciprocal feeling manifested by the thunderous cheers and hearty hand CTusns with which thn A*.flr?nfod?rato General was received. It was regular meeting night of the Union Veteran Legioa ana the hall was thronged. Gen. Gordon was the first memoer of the Confederate army to ever enter the hall. A great crowd gave three very hearty cheers. Gen. A. L. Pearson, in a happy remark, introduced the rebel General, whom many present had met at the surrender of Appomatox. General Gordon aaid: "I and all right thinking men of any section, would always admire men who fought." Turning to the Union ilags which covered the speaker's stand, he delivered a very eloquent apostrophe, pledging his devotion and that of the ex-CoQfeaerates of tne South to that banner and all that it symbolizes. lie addressed the soldiers as comrades and countrymen, and every time the General, in his calm, deliberate tones used these endearing terms, the audtence was visibly affected. At the end of his eloquent address three tremendous cheers were given. Corporal Taaner responded in an address of no less fervid eloquence, pledging the respect and admiration of all real Union soldiers who fought and suffered,and for such loyal, patriotic men and soldiers as were represented by Gen. Gordon. Corporal Tanner's remarks were deliveted most earnestly and eloquently, seated in a chair, the recent amputation of his limb3 preventing him from standing on his feet. Swift Jait C0, Richmond, Sept. 11.?A Rowling Green special to the Dispatch says: Near Howling Green yesterday, at the house of J udson Carter and in the absence of the family, Carter's little girl, Moselle, seven years old. was criminally assaulted by Moses Christopher, a negro boy, who lives with Carter, and has been in his employment for a number of years. The condition of the little girl is critical; she will probably die. A large crowd, though terriblv excited, permitted the iiend to be conveyed quietly to jail, through deference to the law. Christopher was indicted this morning, arraigned, put on trial and today couvicted, the jury imposing the death penalty. Judge E. C. Moncure sentenced him to be hanged on the 11th of November. SOME ENGLISH SNOBS ' COMES OVER HERE TO INVESTIGATE THE LYNCHING REPORTS. What Governor O'Farral. or Virginia, and Governor Northern, ot Georgia, Haa to Say to Them?They Were Treated Taut A boot Right. Richmond, VaM Sept. 10.?The following appears in the Evening State here this aiternoon: Governor O'Ferroll received last night the following telegram irom the New York World: New York, Sept. 9.?To Governor Charles T. O'Ferrall. E?q.: An English committee has been sent here to investigae and denounce Southern lynching8. Will you please telegraph us what you think of English meddling with our aftairs." The Governor's reply: Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor's office, Richmond, Va., Sept. 9th, 1894. To the World, New York: Things have come to a pretty pass in ' this country wnen we are to have a lot ( of English moralists sticking their noses into our national affairs. It is the quientescence of brass and impudence, i They had better sweep in front ot their i own doors before seeking to regulate 1 us. We might as well investigate Eiglish affairs in India, her White Chapel 1 mudere3, her Jack the Rlpper'e slashings, the Maybrick trial and her alleged 1 injustice an-' cruelty to this woman, her j rapacious colonial policy in Africa and the degrading effects upon the Chinese j resulting from the opium war. What do they propose to do in case they find that . the law is not administered here accord- ? ing to their ideas? Declare war against i us, or open the vials of their wrath upon 1 our heads? What Information do they seek? Do they want to know that 1 the white people in the South have lynched negroes wk<v8e miserable lu3ts * led them to the commission of the black ? crimes of rape upon white women. If j so, they need not investigate, for such ; is the fact. Do they desire to know that * this has been done by infuriated com- t munlties for the protection of their white j amman and tn RftVft f.n? viot.ima fit thf?S? MVkMWM %?MV? -V ? ? V ?V ' J fiends from the hnmiliation of testifying In courts? Ef so, this is the fact. Do 1 they want to know whether there was any doubt as to the guilt of the men lynched? If so, for the satisfatioa of their yearniDg souls, they could have ascertained without encountering the perils of a sea trip, that their guilt was clear in every instance. If they had desired to learn whether these lynchings were permitted or countenanced by the civil authorities, they could have learned through the regular channels of correspondence that in every case the civil authorities were either without knowledge or were overpowered. In Virginia, the authorities in every case have asserted all their power to suppress the lynching spirit and within the last few months I have protected from violence with military, at heavy expense to the State, thiee negroes who were charged with outraging white women. They had fair trials, were convicted and executed. While lynch law is to be condemned, and every effort has heen made and ' will be made to suppress if in the South, without the advice of those would.be ] philanthropists, who have taken so much 1 upon themselve, lvnching will surely ) cease wheQ the crime of rape ceases. ? These sympathhtic Englishmen might < find missionary work among the negroes 1 of the South In warning them against the consequences of the forcible gratilica- ( tion of theirjdevifish lu3ts. /o: rp a ? * J ^UUliCB J. . W fAKHALlli! I 1 Governor ot Virginia. GOV. NORTIIEN'S REPLY. t Atlanta, Sept. 10.?This morning: the following telegram fron the New York World was received by Governor t W. J. Northern "An English committee 1 has been sent here to investigate and ' denoance Southern Iyuchings. Will J you please telegaph us what you think 1 of English meddling with our affairs?" t In reply to this query, Governor Northen, this morning, wired the following t reply: To the World New 1'ork: t Say to the "English committee" who have come to tbis country "to investi- < crate* and denounce lvnchlnus at the I South," that I am in position to know that they have received their information from irresponsible sources, and that the English people have declined and refused to be properly informed about our laws and the conduct of our government. The English papers to my knowledge have declined time and again to publish statements made to them in defense of the South by Englishmen, who are now residents of the South. Under these conditions we do not want any further outside hypocrical cant upon talse ideas of our goverment. The people of this State are quiet able to administer their own aftairs and they are doing it in full justice to the negro, as our laws and our conduct will attest. We have already endured more outside interference ia our local matters than we will submissively tolerate ia the future. Let these kindly disposed Eaglishment return to their owq country and prevent by law the inhuman sale of virtuous curls to lustful men in hitrh nlaces.hanc all such demons as Jack the Ripper, punish, as it deserves, the barbarous wholesale slaughter of negroes in ^ Africa by Englishmen who go there to t steal their gold; supply the necessities j. to prevent oread and labor riots aud j strikes, which are wholly unknown to t the people of the South; feed and give g employment to the poor, as do the peopie of my section; give to the oppressed j irishmen the rights humanity demands, j and when they shall have pulled the t beam out of their own eyes, then they g may, with better grace, appoint them- t selves a committee to hunt for the t moat that may be ia our eyes. . While we have irregularities at the South and negroes are sometimes lynched, they are never slaughtered by wholesale as Englishmen sometimes t destroyed them. I send you by mall ( the law and record of my own State on c these matters ana 1 caauengenot oniy a the English committee on lynchiogs at the South, but the civilized world, to show a better. Why come with this investigation to denounce the South just prior to a Congressional election, wnen we have just had a negro lynched In Kansas April 2, another in Ohio on the Sabbath, April 15th, and when white l'oles and Hungarians have recently been brutaliy butchered in Michigan and Pennsylvania and negroes ruu out of Franklin Park, X. J., in herds? We challenge investigation by all persons who have the right to investigate these charges, but ans attempt upon the part of Englishmen tainted by their own national crimes to arraign us for trial must be considered a gross impertinence. W. J. XORTIIEN. Governor of Georgia. WHAT OTIIER GOVERNOR SAY. The following letters, In addition to 1 those above have been received by The World: Governor William Flshback, of Arkansas, says: That cowardly assassins who seek the protection of the mob to commit murder infest every country is to be deplored, but as loDg as human nature remains as it is the efforts of the better class of people to suppress them can only be embarrassed by the officious intermeddling of outsiders. This is true even when the interence comes from our nearest neighbors,to whom we are bound by ties of political relationship but that Eagland, a foreign country and one which pays less than one-third as much money per capita for the education of its people as the United States pays, should assume the role of a missinary to teach us our duty, can but excite ridicule as well as resentment. If its committee is really sincere in its efforts to suppress lynching, it must be sadly wanting in common sense not to have learned this much of human na- I ture. My advice to the committee, if it is indeed in earnest and is honest, is to go home. The reply from Governor Matthews, of Indiana, is as follows: The visit of the English committee to investigate and denounce southern lynching is certainly a remarkable and T 4- AUA..1 J k/v -si siuguiai yiuueuuie. xi suuuiu uc iegarded as a meddlesome interference, wholly unwarranted, and not deserving of even courteous or tolerant treatmeat by our people. It is a good opportunity to let Englaudor other countries understand that we can and will manage our internal affairs without interference on their part. The governor of South Dakota, Hon. C. H. SbeldoD, writes as follows: We have no need for English committee in the country when the purpose is to give peculiar emphasis to the English ida of English superioity. We deprecate lynchings. .Punishment for crime doe3 not require such means. We can, however, take care of our own affairs without the aid of English phariiees. If I were the Governor of a State which they propose to investigate they would get scant courtesy. Governor Altgeld, of the state of IIinois, says: Answering your telegram, I will say there are outrages committed in the jouth in violatiou of law, and there are outrages committed in Ireland in the the name of the law. Posjibly the English committee can do lome good in the south. If it does then the southern people should return the compliment and send a committee to Ireland to stop the outrages there. Hon. W. A. McGorkle, governor of West Virginia, sends the following: I regard the sending of an Kaglish jommittee as a piece of intermeddling with our affairs not to be excused. The south is always, in a proper case, ready ind willing to give full hearing of its iffairs a competent tribunal, but certainly it does not require an English ;ommittee in that light. From away out in Utah, the foliowng protest is entered by Governor Caeb W. West: The coming of the Euglish committe ?or the purpose named is presumptuai?o \A7a ama fiillvr nonaVtln juo cixLUiioc:!jr. T!C aic Luuy ta^auic )f maaagiog oar own affairs without nterference from any quarter, and are mtirely willing to permit full occupa;ion to our English cousins in attendng to their own business. I am firmly jpposed to all lynching, and willing to ndorse all proper efforts to stop it. I leartly commend the energetic and rigorous action of the Tennessee authorities to that end, Hon. Elias Carr, who governs the rarheelstate, says: North Carolinians are a law-abiding people, and hence opposed to lynching. We believe that the law is adequate if promptly administered. The sovereign itates are competent to cope with the luestion without the otlicious interneddling of a foreign power. This is the way Governor Reynolds, jf Delaware, puts it: T :? 4-U/-. /?# j. iiavo entile laitu iu uic puwci kjl American laws and American courts x> protect the liberties of our citizens. We are amply able in this grand country to take care of ourselves. Governor Stone, of Mississippi, says: The coming of the Eaglish committee, of which you speak, to invstigate ynchings in the United Statesis an exlibition of superb cheek, but I am sure L do not object if the committee shall 3e guided by a genuine desire to know icd tell the truth. Governor Shortridge of North Dakota,is short and pointed when he says: Lynching is wrong under all circumtances in any country?north or south. Che Eaglish had better attend to their >wn business. America will not tolerate foreigners meddling with our lome affairs. Oregon's governor, Sylvester Tennoy>r, says: The Eaglished are running the preleat national administration as to its inancial policy,and arethus emboldened 10 further impudence. It is all wrong, jutiustnow the Eagllsn appear to >e running our government. Swept the State. Augusta, Sept. 11.?The Republi:ans regard the results ot the state elec,ton as the biggest victory they have ichieved since the birth of the Repubican party. The total vote for goverlor, which two years ago was 130,000, vas reduced from 15,000 to 20,000. The Republicans claim that Cleaver's vote viil reach nearly 70,000. In every one >f the 16 counties of the state, Democacy was defeated. Waldo county ilected their whole county ticket for ,he first- time in many years. Every ;ity in the state has probably gone Rejublican, which is something phenomnal. The returns so far indicate that rohnson (Democrat) will not get over 15.000 votes against 55,000 cast for him ,wo year3 ago, and this may be reduced ly later returns. The Republicans lave carried both branches of the legslature, electing a solid senate. In the louse of representatives, which conlists of 151 members?and which two rears ago stood 107 Republicans and 44 Democrats?the Republicans, it is beteved, have elected 110 members, while he remainder who have been elected ire Democrats and Populists. Among ho Kepubiicans eieciea to tne nouse is jew Towers, of Houlton, who will be ae next speaker. Accused of Murder. Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 13.?Waier A. Holt, a young man from Macon, Ja., was ari ested here today on a charge ?f murdering G. M. Heard, a prominent tttomey of Frankling, Texas, on Sepemuer 24, 1893, who was found with ds heal crused in. IIoll claims that ie had just arrived in Franklin the day he murder was committed and was at he house of his uncle, Thomas Simcons, when the murder took place. Jolt's leaving Franklin five days after he murder caused suspicion and he vas traced to MacoD, Ga., to various >oints in Florida and iically to Jackon ville by Macon detectives. He was irrestedby Constable Land on informaion furnished by Detective Ford of dacon and Land refuses to give up his irisoner until Ford divides the reward >ythe murdered man's widow. Holt s still in jail, but is willing to go to rexas without a requisition" He will irooably be released on a writ of habeas :orpus. He was preparing to start for Cexas when arrested, having already jought a ticket. A SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON. The StiRnr H?et Recommended to Oar Farmers. Columbia, September 10?Governor Tillman did not bother himself today with politics. He did incidentally ass about the report of the Murray conference, which he says was unfounded,but he spent most of the time answering aD accumulation of mail. Among the letters was one from Mr. R. F. Fergusod, of Chicago, which was given prompt attention and which he hope3 will amount to something. If Mr. Furgeson is not able to do anythmg may be some one else who has the requisite capital will be able to see ; things as he does and develop the beet ! sugar industry in this State. The en- 1 tering wedge has been given. Will it amount to aoythiDg? . The letter irom Mr. Ferguson reads I as follows: ( 874 West Polk Street, / Chicago, III., Sept. 4,18'Jl ) , Governor Tillman, Culumbia, S. 0.? < My Dear Sir: From a careful examina- j tion of the formation and soil of South Carolina as given in a book published by the State Board of Agriculture of South Carolina, I believe you have one of the best States in the Union for the cultivation of the sugar beet and the j manufacture of beet sugar. It is a fact j that the cultivation of the sugar beet : under the scientific method necessary , to its success increases the productive- . ness of the ground for other crops. It is also a particularly hardy plant, ad- < justing itself without difliculty to con- ] aitions of soil and climate with ex- , treme tenacity of life and succeeding 5 where many other agricultural products would under the same conditions i be a total failure. Tne sugar beet i fxr/Mil/1 oroporro in mnaf norfj nf cnnr ? 7t vuiu a v ui agv tu juvju kjl j vui State fifteen tons per acre and would sell for $4 50 to So a toil at the factory. Factories could be established oa your navigable rivers and railroad line3 and located so as to be convenient to the largest number of beet sugar producers. I write you because I have been deeply interested In your Administration and the able manner in wnich you have conducted it and because 1 liite your State and want to see it prosper. How is your State Hoard of Agriculture formed? JDj you appoiat it? Could you secuie me a position to experiment with raising sugar beet in your State? I know the introduction of sugar beet culture and the manufacture of beet sugar wouli be of the utmost value to your state,aud I would be pleased to have your personal views in relation to the same. Take your s coast counties from Beaufort to Horry; s thea the next tier from Barnwell to g Marlboro; then the next from Aiken to r Cnesterfifcid; and next Eigefield to a Lancaster; all possess the soil sutabie to sugar beet culture and would pro- i duce the.best results, making from $50 t to $60 per acre clear profit, and a sure j crop, no danger of failure. If you can inaugurate this new source of wealth c it will be a fitting crown to your Ad- t ministration. Will you kindiv let me j hear from your I win iurnisii you s satisfactory references if there Is a chance for business. c lisspectfully jours, ft. H. Fekguson. Governor Tilimaa replied as follows: Columbia, September 10,1894. ft. H. Ferguson, Onicago, ill.?Aly Dear Sir: Your letter of September 4 has been received. In reply 1 woulu say that experiments in the cultivation of the various varieties of beets, including the sugar beets, have been made in this State time and time again, and there is no doubt whatever as to our soil and climate being well suited to beet culture. The dilliculty which I forsee in developing the sugar industry here will be lack of capital to manufacture the beet and the sugar. The production of the beet in paying quantities will be easy. The skilled labor, conlined mainly to superintendence, can be easily obtained in Europe. The question is, who will furnish the machinery to make up the product. I am particularly interested in developing the production of any new crop that will take the place of cotton in our agriculture, and will be glad to ' have you give me, if you are familiar with the subject; estimates on the cost of a plant to manufacture beets into , sugar. We have large areas of very ( fertile, cheap lands now devoted to j cotton culture. Our farmers can sup- , ply all the beets at prices as cheap as ( they can be produced anywhere in the world. The time is propritious for enlisting their support to any new agricultural production whtch promises prolit, as cotton at present prices yields ] uone. We have no State Board of Ag- j riculture at this time, but you might . correspond with the director of the ex- . penmental statioa located at Clemson College, but as I have already told you, j if someoody will buy the sugar beet at , the prices you name our farmers will . contract to cultivate them according 5 to the instructions and to deliver any . quanity. I shall be glad to hear from you fur- j ther on this importhut subject. ftespectfuliy, J B. 11. Tillman. . a Ghastly Discovery* Richmond, Ya, Sept. 12.?a Bristol, i Tenn., special to the Dispatch says: ; Charles Rector aad a boy named Morris in exploring a cave near Seveu Mile ] Ford, Ya., thirty mUes east of this f place, yesterday discovered two skele- 1 tons forty feet below the surface. The i cave had been long Known, but no one had ever attempted to explore it because of its great depth. The Morris boy was ler, down by a rope. When the < find was reported a party of citizens ] went to the cave to investigate further. j In all ten skeletons were taken out,and j were adjudged to be the bones of men, women and children. One skeleton , was found in a sitting position, with ' the skull reclining on the arms, which \ were folded across the knees. Thus far ; there is but one way to account for the ! charnel house. Old citizens say that 1 many years ago there was an inn kept 1 near this cave by a man named Allen i and that occasionally people who stop- t ped there had mysteriously disappear- ( ed, and were never again heard of. The , supposition is that they were killed ; in this inn, robbed of their valuables and then consigned to the cave. Marderetl by a Jioy. Cnvvpr.t.svrlle. l\i. Sept. 13 ?Y es- ! terday Bernard Toker, a German farm- . er was shot dead and his wife mortally ; wounded by Frank Morris, a sixteenyear-old boy. Morris is a son of the 5 ? ~TaItot rmrohoonH V*ia ( mail 11ULU WUUUl AVati fuiv<u?^u Uid little farm. The woman is badly shot ^ and cannot recover. The scene of the tragedy is Reich Hill, five miles distant from Connellsville in the mountains. The probable motive of the crime was t robbery. While Toker was building a j wall in the cellar, crawling along on his ( hands and knees, the boy shot him in t the back of h!3 head, the bullet coming , out at his forehead. The murderer ran- j sacked his victim's pockets, securing a few dollars in cash and his silver watch. Morris then searched the house and j tried to conceal his crime by setting \ fire to the building. Mrs. Toker arrived home at that moment and was fired on i by the murderer without warning. The ' woman fell and the boy lied. 1: REPUBLICAN RALLY. STATE COMMITTEE CALL THEM TO THE FRONTAn A-ldress I'saed Wednesday?CongretHlonal Candidates to ba Pat Oat. Elections to be Contested All Along the Line. Columbia,S.C.,Sept. 13.?'The Republican corpse in South Carolina has begun to snow sigas of life again. It has had a good long; and peaceful slumber, and, as soon as it gets thoroughly awa^eoed, will doubtless fall off into another death-like swoon, it will be so much surprised at itself. Hut to be serious, the Republicans are on the move now, and getting ready for the part they are to play in the coming November general election. The following address, issued yesterday by the State Republican committee, 3hows what is being done, and is entirety self-explanatory. Headquarters of the State Republican Executive Committee. C dumbia, S, 0., Sept. 11,1894. To the Republicans of South Carolina: A political struggle of far-reaching and widespread importance is now la progress. Vermont and Maine have already spoken tn such grand Republican majorities as have not been knowQ since tae days of Abraham Lincoln. Tnis Democratic party, in full possession of every department of the government for the Qr?c time since 1850, has iemonstrated its incapacity to successful administer the government. Everything seems to indicate that me aexr, uouse 01 itepresentatives will be largely Republican, and that the landslide of this November will be bat the prelude to the Republican cyclone of 1896. Although illegally disfranchised by the registration and election law s of this State, the Republicans of South Jarolina caanot afford to.remaia Inactive and indifferent in tbi's great straggle. Habile sentiment is crystalizlcg igainst these infamous registration and election laws, and whether they ire legally decreed to be unconstitutional or "not, a Republican House of Itepressntatives would not hesitate to lQseat and send home in disgrace those whose only claim to electiouis based on the suppression ot' the right to vote >f a large maj ority of the citizens of ;he State. The Republicans at this election ihould record an earnest and vigorous oortest against their illegal disfraa;hisement. Candidates for Congress ihould be nominated in every Congresiional district, and all Republicans ihould attempt to cast their votes for epressntatives ia Coagress. A record ihould be kept of all who are rejected under the operation of the registration aw, which will serve a3 a b3sis to congest that law before the next National louse ot Representatives. Congressional committees should at >nce arrange for Congressional conven .ivma bv uuLuiudUO UdUUlUit'jca lor V/Jll* jress, not waiting for a call to be lamed for a State convention. Congressional conventions will bs instituted as follows: First District,31 delegates?Beaufort :ouaty, (5; Berkeley, 2; Charleston, 13; Jolleton, 3; Georgetown, 4; Williams)nrg, 3. Second District, 27 delegates?Hampon,4; Barnwell, 8; Aiken, 6; Eigefield, ?. Third District, 27 delegates?Abbeville, 9; Xewberry, 5; Anderson, 7; Ocolee, 3; Pickea3, 3. Fourth District,33 delagates?Greenville, 9; Laurens, G; Fairfield, 5; Sparanburg, 7; Union,4; Richland, 4. Fifth District, 25 delegates?York, ;; Chester, 5; Lmcaster, 3; Spartanburg, 2; Caesserfield, 3; Kershaw, 4; Jnicn, 1. r Sixtn Distric, 27 delegates?ClarenIon, 4; Darliogtoa, 5; Florence, 4; Marlboro, 4; MarioQ, 5; Horry,3; Williamsburg, 2. Seventh District, 29 delegates? Berkeley, 4; Chieton, 4; Lexington, 4; Richmond, 2; Sumter, 7; Orangeburg, 8. E. A. Webster, Chairman. Attest: J. H. Johnson, Secretary. . t A. Tex<\s Oatrftff. Waco,Sept. 11.?James H.Johnson, who, tnree weeks ago, married Emma Joolev. a nrettv trirl of 15. lives with Ci3 wife and tier sister, Miss Era Cooley, in a teat oa the Mosley plantation, 3a the iJrazo3 river, sevea miles belo w Waco. The family i3 engaged ia cotton pickiDg aod are 10 camp for that parpose. At an?arly hour two men called Johnson out and, dragging him away, oeat him into a condition of helplesscess. They then went after the women and one of them caught Mrs. Johnson and outraged her near the tent. Miss Eva Cooley escaped by running and hiding uDder a culvert, where she remained until daylight. Johnson managed to get to VVaco, and returned with three officers, who arrested C. F. Ely and J. W. Vernon, two youog tenant farmers who were also engaged in picking cotton on the Mosley plantation. Both men were very drunk when ar- s rested. James H. Johnson, his wife, J and Miss Eva Cooley all three identified Ely and Vernon as their assailants. ? Ihe men were locked up for grand jury uivesug^uuu, tuab uuuy ueiujf m at?iion. Oa the big plantations below Waco hundreds of families are in tents picking cotton, and the outrage has spread consternation down the Brazos valley. The pickers will all move together in groups for protection. Hot Campaign. Frankfort, Ky? Sept. 12.?The contest for the Congressional nomination in ihe Ashland district has reached that degree of intensity where adjectives ail to describe it. The utmost good naure ha3 character z*.d proceedings here, ihough ail parties have been active aud dl claim everything in sight. The sensation of the past twenty-four hours was he speech Monday nignt of Rev. R. L, McR^ady of Grace Episcopal Church, tie has been a lifelong friend and adnirer of Colonel Breckinridge, bat savs ;hat he can follow him no longer. He isncuoced his cause before a political nseuog in burning language. He said n substance that he had heard Colonel Breckinridge sn?ak at the unveilin? of .fie monument creeled to the Confederate vetrans at L?xia<zton. When he jointed to the newly made grave of his vile, a ad paying her memory a touching ;ribu:e, said all his hop!3 laid buried. 'According to his own confession," >aid the minister, llhe was then carrying in his shameless inlercouse with the L'jlJard woman. Lost Orer a Million. New York, Sept. 11.?It is intimated ,bat the Louisville and Nashville report to be submitted to the stockhold;rs at the annual meeting will show .hat the losses sustained by the com>any in its effort to control the South Carolina Railroad have been charged to orolit and loss. The amount has been variously staled. The exact amount, lowever, is not far from $1200,000. riie report will also show that the floatng indebtedness of the company has oeen reduced to less than $1,250,000, ill ot which is carried on time.