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( * xito the VOL. XXI PICKENS, S. C.,,TllURSDAY, liCEMIBIEAt 1589-NO"3 A JLI L 11 1IF: L1 IN THE FiO.'E OVER THE CONS1 ITU- n t TIONAL CtNVENTION. John C. 11141ktil. J. 1'. Dunican W. C. Wolfe a,mi other mi(mbirr" Engni In Ilse DINuP1i11-11: 43 1 L l'. i d t11 a r L Tht tead-nig. CoLU%unIA, S1.. C., Dec. 3.-When t the House r(eche(d the joint resolution providing f.r the calliug of' a constitu tional conveition. Ir. Bacot moved For i a postponemnit. 'T"he bri!inator of the i measure objccted. i Mr. Bacot I hen intiLoduced the follow ing resolution, whii occasioned the big I fight of the d.Ay: Provided, hi>wey( r, that no Conastitu. b tion formed or whicii may be tormed by r Such convention sl-l be bindling or to Into effect until it shall have been sub- t mitted to the peol le cf tie State for i ratification and sh-il have benct rat,iled i) by the vot,s of tihe i jorily of V,ie qual - r ied voturs of tLe' State votiig upon a such (ues tion. ti In support of this Mr. 1acol said that s the people should be heard directly at b the polls and not through the midiu a ot 1 representatives. Mr. Gary F aid that the amendmcnt tj was harmlesa, but umelei s. The Le<i-6la- ti ture had no i-git * control the action b of a con)vevti.U. Mr. Mose.-ilmn't iL been held by a the courts tu.t a -,)uventiou called by V the Leg,lIuture, a-d wheu that call i~s t lmitea, has no ,o - er to tralscend that v call? 1 In anwer to the question of Mr. 1 Moses. EIpr:-enti ive 11askell sad that t In the case of Ex .arte Hatch the - preme Court held t at a c01nvCnton Cani t be limit(d. The L( .thlature has no right % tolinmt the action Af a coiuvention, but e the peopl#A have tht full right to limit the- I action of t,beir reprd smntatives. 1 Mr. Buis said hat it if mas under- 1 taken to :nnit it,e action i at COL4titi- L tiorial conven-tion, it might as well be r said to the Legisla ure. Thns Far on a shall go and no laidier. This conven- s tion is called todo ;'way with a constitu- s tion that i; it pisnant to ',he people ot a the Stute. I meat- the iepiesert,ative l people 0l the Stete. To resubmit it wculd be to delay action to the injury of i the State. Mr. Watts saw n> twe for the amend- t ment. ihe people were going to elect representatives wh.i (,ould take care of' their interests. Mr. Ilakel sah that inl a Sense Mr. Buist was ) i.,ht, h!t, to carry out what that gentltnian wid to its legitimate result wou!ld show that. it is wrou.: in L toto. The work ol this Legislature can be coirectf dI by iy succeeding Legis lature. The recep ity for that, power is shown col.clu'sivel- by the numbier of t acts tha, tine I ep led at each sess:on and the uin be of)' .ws that are changed. r It is a g(0od lesson -o learn that all .Wis dom does not bec-n and end in one Gerneial Atiembly There is i0i dit -renec: Once put In R the organic :,aw of't ie Stat,e a provision, and it is t t.in-ert <. years to correct it, r rcquiring a two-thi d vote to chan1-e it. e If one man ovvr on-third stands tgainst t tte L,-o (I chan -e he can defeat the s will of wo-thilrd. Yor years I have ad vocated, the c-)ll of a colstitutional con- e vention, and year -..fter 3ear it was de- s leated, 'adn(1 f I0ndip uen is have been put in unti' tlhe abboi rent features of the v sonlBtlt tin leve b, en priactically ehimi nat( d. Thu e is no reaison to say t,bat, we have' at carpe)t-haiu constitution aver us. We h'ave the iramie work, but the e sumbstanc&n har been amended by the c Demt1o(:ratic l'art,y until It is priactically j our O'Wn conmstitutioni.t 'The resolution el'ercd Is practically 1 the custom approvert by ages. it, gives time people ai chance for a secondl sober thioughit. I kaow that the people wvill y sendt their best, mien to thFe convention, I but there i'm a chance that matteirs thought at the timne t.o be iCOo miay (n second though t, he fhmid tIhe opposite. 11 [ don't think there is such hot, ha1ste that we eheulo run he risk oif not givinmg i the people a chant to say whiether' ori not they agri e w Lh what, has teen j. done. ,Mr. J. T. Dutncan -Would y'ou be an 2 d(voceate o' , c< 'iventi mi with this . Mr. IIakcli-I ''ould, wIth the pas- t sage of a cer tain am ndment, fliat I shaill send up. Mr. D~uncan thn ii ent to woerk, on th li incorreret assumpta In that Mr'. llas'e'l v was the author t,; tIge Baicot. aiiimn. muent, to make c'.are.es that Col. llasi. 11 u wals tr3iig to declet . the bmill . lie ail .: that the whole prog amme was to chamnne t. the bill so t ha. t.he conven ion could not be held. A mnmbe of us. said lhe, know n the ditluliuhy(if c.eung aromuudt Lthe shrewd plaw.iag stmmh as the "'colonel"' I has given us. Now', watch Mr. 11asmkuli! Hie says the Constitution has been dfoc-e tored to suit, it, dm es no01 suit. u. If,it is adloptedf t,he peopleb will have the same11 k redrs they hanve la<d since the war'.[ hlis lfui pose e trauLnjparen t,. iIe dar'es not, flght, mgaimnst t';0 convyentimon. iIe fj knows thmis A ss imbly has made tup its mind( to fori ce the issue, hut to dilvert your t,t.ention lie conmes here with lik plausible sel.( mcs, rand( t,ben 11e c mn go a back to il e' I cole, like some emit gmtes do, auim rii3 that lie has tried t,o pi eseu ve~ cur righmts. I hope this body will vote don aan anmenmet,t that comes hi emi . is Souriice. hito a lingthi. diUl .slmoniabot the~ needi of a conivEutinnm. lie uaid that the een as a patriot, anid ihi the wus Eimply tre ing to kill the bill by a.ltddif ainen~ i mt nts. Lie ad hun faction woubl yI'o .ously (pl)>se this bi I. All these amta. Sments wtire (Op-h~ 'les at>d sleiiih-ot * hand trich;s. Mr. Wolfe ent,crc into such an c!abo(rate d:scussion concelinng J the ntcctesity for' m constitutional con- j vent,in thal Mir. J;lease cal>ed him to i order, as no,, spea .inls on the r mend - ment.. Mir. Moscs moved to adlourn,. Mir. Failey--I iii to a point of order. .1 Mr. Wolfe has the floor, and the ger.tle. 1 man from Sumter is Interrupting him. There was considerable laughter from I ic older menbers at this display of par anictary law. and it inreased wben Ir. Nettles moved to table ir. Moses' lot ion. The speaker then enlightened jese members by telling them that a iotion to adjourn could be made at any iv. and that such a motion could not c tabled. I bugg%,est, though," said the Speakei, thit we have cc.me here to do the busi e4 kf the .State, and we had better do This mild sugges ion was not lost and e mi iioi was voled down, and Mr. Vol'e procoed3d. Mr. Joidan "aid tihaLit now the dodge ils ! aken that allhoul the people may ave this ccn1veltio.1, those who assem. le tinder its call are not capable to r-ane a coUsti'ttion to L.uit the people. .'hi cry ol referrintr it nack to the peo le l-,s utver been heard before. Mr. laskell: Has ever it constitution Ceei adolpted which has tot been stb litted tL the peopi-? Mr. Jordan: No; but the framers of is cos1iltition never anticipated that ,shou d be submitted back to 'lie peo. le. Because there is now a change of gilme, we are afraid to trust the mak if of the constitution to the represen. ttives of that regime, and this is buta ubtertuge to get the minds of the mem era in such a shaken condition that the ill c in be defeated. Mr. Hasleil said it was no art-ument say that the makers of the constitu on 6id not contemplate submiting it ack to tbe p2ople. What strength can [r. Jordan get froim an argument lie de oces from an instrumont he denouncep? Ve find this sam provision In regard to ic calling o: every conftitutional con ention ever since South ,Carolioa was knde a seperate State. Why turn our acks on it custom that has prevailed in 11 Stat(? I thought, that the honest arguments 1t I liade agaiust, this bill as it is v(-ulo mcet with the respectful consid rittion of tll the members of this House. still believe that, a large majority of the iembers will disgree with those who ave fialsely charged mue with motives it I never dreamed of. They have no ghtt o0 say what a gentleman's motives re. No tair-minded man can justify uch charges, or helieve that I represeat ach charges, or believe that I represent hostile faction, ias the young man whose ame I do not know Mr. Wolfe-Is the gentleman address I me? Mr. Haskell--No, but I was referring > you. Mr. Wolfe--Theu you are mistaking that I said. I disclaim imputing any iotives to you. I did not allude to you ersonallN. Mr. llaskell-I understood you to say fiat 1 was trying to defeat the will of lie pe(;ople under the pretence of amen in the hill. Mr. Wolfe.--I said that the amend nent was. efered to defeat the will of he people. and I stick to it. Mr. Ilaskell-I say right, now that I ivor the call of a convention under roper fimitations and no man on the oor who represents the will of the peo le wants an thing more. I protest tailist the inauguration of this custom if mputin wroig motives to a gentle ian. I don't recognize that I am among nenies. .1 an now serving my last erx in this bod ,, an I what I do is done (till the desire to serve the people and o ,ubscive their best interests. That il the wisdom that comes here Is in ome oun: members is a recognized ict. I have never seen the time when I ad not, have some Noung member ui, formi schIol who could teach us all, uit auntlemeni should b)e careful in im uitng molintives t,hat are not true. I say s emplhatically as the English language an say that such a charge is not true. f the younig man disclaims any hmuuta ion against me I can certainly do no aa thantu accepit his discl.inmer. Mr. Gatry t,hen jumped up andl started > saiy soimethiing about himself as a ounig membler when Col. Hlaskell told im he had not, made(1 any reference to Mr. D)uncan went on to justify what e had sabd, when Mr. Hlaskell clled his t,tention to the fact that, lie had dleduce' is idleas' from t.he assumtll)ion that lie Iliakell) offered the amendlment, when e had no t, donei( so, and1( that his amend ient had not tbeen reid yet. It took I e. 1unicanm some time to see the p)oint, nia Mr. lnskell satid that any charge hait he hiad triedl to dleceive the House ras false. The S:naker' then! chiipped in and said l11s was noI. occaisioni for passion and re'juoice, antd hie hioped tihe ioe:nbers rouild avoid Kiisting mt,tives. M r. Duuan saId he had been laboring, Ki.ler a wromg impre8ssioi, aind if' lie had rud anruimng harsh lie Diegged t,ne gen enan L'S p)ardlon. Mr. \VOte--I wanKt to make an expila alion to Mrt. IIaiskell. Mr. I1leskl-Oii, I act( fly ht (ou haveC md. lejtflywa Mr. Wolfe--There is a saymg that lien a miani grows1( oli e finids Mut that (1 does Kit, knoW anyitinKg. Mr. HIaS eli h,as probably reached that point. M1r. Ilacot ma tde ai l'e.z.l Kargument in) ivor of his amlKendmenIit and rend fronm ooley 0on conistitutionail law, but the Refortuers"' had their minds made up. A vote was taken on the amendment, nd the follo wilg Kmemibers voted against ,Mr. Ilaskell not, voting, as lie was 'anmed wiith M4r. .JordaKn: Messrs. Anderso'n, Avmnger, Rac>t unii er, lla nliltoKn, llardin, IIuges, eclly, J 1tou,K Lowrance, Moses, Rivers. ussell. Suilivan, Von Kolmuitz Kand WVil .mnen. 'Thle vole was 80 10 20 agaInst '.I he ill wA as then ordered to a third ad:ng by~ the followimg vote: A s c- Mas.rs. Ashliy, Avinger, hlar ~, I flack wll, Bleas, Blrazeale, Breland, muid , iruKc, lii, Caii penter, Chandler, in ingt2,on, CCx, Coo0per, Crunm, Davis, Xiend y, D )nnis, Dubose, DuncanK, J. T., )uncan, TV. C. I(der, Estridge, Farley, 'eldecr, Fl'Xk, F'oster', Garris, Graham, harv', GunKIer, Il [.niwtt, IIardl:n, Ilardy Savy. H ioopier, l iatri.s, 1L(cnderson, [Ill, Hlough, 1 dric.. .J(lferies, .Jotnes, ohnsiton, Kennedy, R,'otts, Ki.'ard, . aesesne, McGill. Mauldin, L. Mauldm, V. 11. McLaurin. chU w,w Nat.te, liUver, Parks, Patton, Feasman, Perry, T Phillips, Rast, Rod ;ers, Russel, Sher men, Singletary, Smitb, A. J., Smith, J. L , Stackhouse, Mishoe. Total 94. F Nays-Anderson, Brice. Bacot, Glover, H imilton, Hughes, Kelly. Lof Ioc, Lowrance, Maning. Moses, Rivers, Roper, Sullivan, Von Kolnitz and Wil- . liamson-Total 16. Some Good Advice. Brother Holmes is not ia farmer, but he frequently gives the farmer.4 some most excellent advice in his paper, The Barnwell People. We clip the follow- a Ing from a recent issue of that jour- a nal: "Corn is selling in Barnwell at 40 cents a bushel and we suppose other towns in the county give about the same price. Western bacon sells here for 10 cents a pound, so that a bushel of corn buys 4 pounds bacon. Now if t the farmer would turn his corn into bacon on his own place instead of pay ing a Western farmer, half a dozenu railrads and merchants and middle 6 men to make the trade for him he would save for himself the tribute that c< is taken every time it is moved. A o first class farmer suggested a few days w ago that we advise every farmer .ead- te cr, not yet supplied, to get at least one el sow of imported stock this winter, even ir if he has to pay for it with forty cents ti corn. lie has found it profitable. For a: four years he has kept onn in his horsa ti lot, and in that timc she has given hits r an average of ten pigs a year. Ile has o not felt the cost of keeping her, be- c( cause she and her pigs have lived most- is ly on what would have been wasted. c These ten pigs should be enough for II any medium sized family. Pigs of good LJ stock will fatten at any age, while the ft "before the wat razor backs" will not until they are two years old. Ncxt y .ear is going to be a hard one and an r occasional fat pig will feed- the hungry Ic or bring in a five dollar bill when a needed. Statistical Report. d CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 1.-The fUl- W lowing is the statistical and financial n report ,.f the 'Methodist Episcopal o Church South, as read before the An- u nual Conference at its late session in 1 Charleston: STATISTICAL REPOR1T. Number of members........... 69,163 Local preachers.... ...... 152 Infant baptisms .............2,138 Adult baptisms.............. 1,705 v Number of Sunday Schools.... 705 h1 Oflicers and teachers ........... 4,9116 Pupils .... ...... ..........39,452 p Number church buildings... 699 Value church buildings........$838,313 i Parsonages.................... 15) r Value......................... 224,887 e Expended on churches and 1, ir- a sonages................50,927 t Value o1 other church property 149,917 c FINANCIAL REPORI- a Paid pastors.............. .S107,615 Presiding elders.......... 14,619 Bishops................... 1,919 Conference claimants..... 7,537 , Foreign missions.. ......11,047 0 Domestic missions ........ 9,362 Church extension ......... 2,816 Education ................ 2,478 Publication of minutes.. . 458 Other objects............. 18,703 ByrSunuay schools tor mis isions.....-.............. 1,921 t For Sunday school litera Lure...................... 7,149 f The South Bound. A dispatch from New York to the Columbia State says: "Col. 11. 1. )u vall, president of the Florida Central ind Peninsnlar Railroad, which grid irons the State of Florida with 690 miles of complete road, said today that the extension of the South Bound Rail- 0 road from Savannah, Ga., to I1arts c Road, Fla., was rapidly heing pushed, and would be linished by October next. It is expected to be in operation inc Novem ber and ready to receive Florida trafle in connection with the Florida Central road. Phis wvill break the mo. nopoly of the Plant system, which has ~ t hus far absolut ely controlled transpor- h tation in the State of Florida, dictatinug its own terms and derying competi tion. The South Bound road will shorten the distance to Savannah to 134 n miles and complete a competing trunk c line to the North and East, and uniet- I t.er one of the most complete systems t of railroads possessed i)y any State in a the South. There is great rejoicing on 'I the part of the business men in the v State that they are to have a compet- I ing line." llurrah for the South Bound. Death in the Flames. NEW YORK, Dec. 2.--Fire in a tene. ment on .Flushing avenue, Brooklyn, this morning, resulted in the death ot two persons, father and child, and tho serious injury of a number of others. The (lead are Michael Doyle and his three-year-old dlaughter, Nellie. T1he 1 fire spread with great rapidity, and the panic-stricken inmates stootn at the windows imploring aid. Those on the lirst iloo)r were rescued by firemen. 1)oyle att.empted to save his children by throwing them. from the window, arnd had tossed two of them, when lhe 12 hiuself and Nellie fell to the ground, both being killed. Mrs. Doyle and the remainder of his family were rescued 1 in safety. Before those in the higher stories were rescued a number were seriously burned. T1he financial loss is small. _________ The n4rand A rmy' iIval. TOP'EKA, Kansus, Dec. 1.--The ex- S UJrJon soldiers in the People's party ci. r ictet today an organization of the a "Boys in Blue or America,'' as a rival C to the G. A. II,. The order wvill be0 i organized in every State in the Union. The local organizations will bei called "Camps"' Instead of "Posts." The movers in this mattet- c'aim thatI the G. A. R. is simply a Republicad ma - ' chine. and that old soldiers in the I organization who hold opposite views t are treated as black sheep in the fold. It, ii is claimed that the newv ordecr is to be nnpartisan, but all its oraganize~ra aire' I me.mbers or the People's pafrty. Sad Marr iage, LOUIsVILLE, KY., Dec. 1--A mii p marriage ceremony was celebrated at the jail this morning. Stephen R. Iit, ' who will be hanged one week from to- h morro w, and his devotad wife, stood uip li ini the death section and Father Brady - prformed the solemn service of t he T1 Catholic Ohurch. Hite wore for his L wedding suit the one in which he will g die. Bly his side stood his little cauigh- s< ter and three other doomed men and vs the death watch were witnesses, The p wife and mother was already a mem- d h er ot the Catholic Church, andl t was si at, her request tr,at the marriage oc- ni tirred this morning. 4 111i RAILIOAD Qu iOs i MIR PLAY OR A FREE FIGHT SEE\ TO BE MCBEE'S MOTTO. 1tta Itaillroad ~ilat Talk4 4f tho 1rnpi Vd C01n11m11001,1 Dw-le lti rem It, Menl nfieatn trof 1'rlparty an)(d Itu to Trai, ,rtiation Inmernata'. COiAiIlA, I)ec. 7.-'resident Mcl the C., 2. & A. tod C. & G. roa peared to nighM befolre the :e-.a ilroad a:ommn it.to iial spoke on 1 lilson railroadt lil, beiniv precedt I .jor Ganali, of the Port Royal restern Carolina, lZeceiver Chambc in, of tho Souti Caroiav. and Sel or Wilson. Captaiii Melee's spee ill probably attract much attention i ie downright character of some of tteraucts. It was as follows: eitluncu of' the (omlnitec: I must thunk yout for deferring fil )nsideration uitil we could colle tir people and preparo a stateinel l,ich nay at least, give you some M rial for dis::ussion of the questiol nbraced in this bill. I appreciate t uportance and necessity of aniendit ie general railroad laws of our Sta id as at citizen of South Carolina, fav Ie passage ,at an Act to regulate t tilroad-, and prevent hardsh1ps uip( ir people. Mhit it looks as if we a >ninig to a point % here tie legislatu t) say tha t;,- oilly reigtlatioin is I Atisclitionl, aliu the only protelcti( >r iit- p(opie is in t persecition lose w ho try I o sorve Ihein, hopil >r reasonable i,y :or work done. At the eeiining, genalemen, I a u1r 11ttent111 ion to the fivt that I he ra nids in this N ate have for 3 ears ft wed a poliey (.f patient submii,t( id silune. NVe iave ob;eeyedl the la1 ithuuyi, atIlahou ghlI k wiing slomie leml to be unjust, and I eeling that th4 'ere harshly enforced. 1'his poli Les not seei, judging by this develo tent, to have won for iis any frieni con.siderattion, or Io hive secured V s even the mercy of decent rt spect D ir rights, to say nothing of our inte its. A crisis lais baeen forced uipon ii OW, while lavoring laws which w rotect. tha publi, I an here to urs 311 inl all the honesty and witn all 1 ehemence I can.comatnd, to giveyo elp in pruparia a bill which will r :>gnize, and in some respects at lea rotect property and rig hts. Railroads are not immortal: The 110 [nysterious iLr engti or power scuperation in thmn. They are, li very thing (Isv, deperident, on fav ble conditions, and livinig chances I heir lives, and i ly can Lt. press( hokerd, anld si:irvedct to dcath. Th re di 1f-rent I roma other things in o om: no avUr thev cain not die aloi ben they are hiiled, Sta s, co.il LiPs alAt itdlst1:ek, die with the Loul iniay! inake b1ackberty patches ur rnd-bcds and rights ot way, b When you da it, )ol w ill niake! gc 41stur;age i" the si ratts o' some of yo owns. I am lalking planly, bit r o plain'ly as the facts ol' receiveril id iguresof losses in earnings alrea eiore you, and to ilicl I call your ntfion, ald wlieli i-ou are fainili vith from the unoitly reports; amd eel very deeply tha- wrong p)rop')sed e done us by no fltilt af ours. Here ar n'a : illions of lonsit!ly inlve., [1 dollars helia seizei froin their Ja ul o%%ane--, aand ihousatids of people I g Put11 1: daazer o! losing their bre nt lle'a!, d11(l it i. too serious a inlatt. ) he detel' ni ied by freals or lanci( r pruj::ie, or terkllporary politic a>.Aderatlons. Too mitcltii and l or and thouight, and too many Vit :tere'sts are invel veal, f or wamtOin treless shoteaair. I have studied i' ill closet:.' and axiouasly, anal hmd lIed wit hi explosives and poisons. J)y mitl with iixed( Luse's and1 arseniic )(e bread ipan, are mild mnixtuart s at arinale'ss, coianpar'd w'.ith thae prinicil rovislo 1s ini the mueasuaro you are as 'I to mnake a law. 'lThey are' the very a ssinlce oif coi iiurIiIsii----.akinag prFoperty from t otntrol orf its onl hers, bay niainl fori ult, thl coniui.,am pro'po:s to1 bene 'ie pubb bai:ly da lsiona el the proper ~izied, suIch a's hoad, luaonaay and hous 'his legislat ion Ca nu-mpillates, not I ision io tan hle gt e'iera l good, baut ala ruct ilI. It t i rore like 'inarchy. D)igest the bil, geantlema'l. You n ndt it reqjuire's schaeduales to be ma fld optr'Le(d ba taht Coniami'siona. epolts and waehaouse's are to tbe a Iigned iad bi! bIly thet di rectioin of t omifflssionl. lit lixintg of I re:ig &asenger arnd jusi t loal rates ia ta) onot I' h.lie (,'ia .ip 0 T:iai he al'pp on:Ine'at ol thle Iii:tsa r eceived is e alh)ea b Ihe~ lii I a-omtsioni~, anad t Dutf aes b,atwaia i'h raas i.ia 1 be & r'aovedl or dis'l arvedt lay it. ini la enitlemea,2.1 it, g vts tirIea conatrol hte propter'ly of I h-' se plel alad the 31rretation allu.d en::torcemient1. of1' 1twa to t hra'e nanknow menIlci, who &n r* entiarely iniexpjerlencei-wivthout a ightr of appeal a iram t beir (lecisions. My Gloa' my frienads, I appeal to y a-Iore .1 give yourl aippraoval to LI ct-I apeal to you ini behtlal f of bar upt inst itutionas, anal ask you to lo t the inevitabale ra<sults, alId say wti ur count.ry is c:onunig to, anid what ave done, to juastily thae passage of a uachi measuire. TFhese ro ad(s are corj ationsa-cri-atiires, wI' are told, o1 t L,ate. lut, s'tiety tilt Mte( awe'S so1 bligat 10ons to, aMr craa nre's, as she d< ) tier citizens. .N o c'ontriact, ctan be rely on.e sided, and whaeni the legis Li ra grantedt thae chaart ers atnd franach s to buil these roads, dad they (1o 'I goodaa fait h, or dial it'y mitenid, taei'al hartea'rs, to)11 ainduc ive(atmenci nl thaei dseattal lyi rot) t ha: im ni at, oler s o1 :a cai'ri ties IhlasI(d up Ie supplosiitin '0: haoneasty of purptP I a'ar Start.'y Ceartaint.v we haav' the righat to tast vI iag ch:ance' tO o aali'ze oni our inve aentIs andl InbIor, anda to a) v e ROme a cc 'ta t 'ver-1 the pra ratI' y w' bJouIghIt ai laid lior il goda( JIsta, ad In 1,11 0 E t 1ation of la air 1 re'atmewn,. I ain glad Iti seec may friend, Senat 'l sona, te iauthor' at tlhis bill1 here. ve known him since his boyhoeod, al1 Is tather before hmn sinace my boyho -one of the grandest old gentlemen ork. I wishl we had his opinain xc consltlittinality tat thIs bali; a Ve us a liberal litw anld make hi la' Conmmissione'r if you please, andj all rnot object- -but gentlemen, yo resent laws atre harsh enough, and n --fective, e*xcepjt perhapas, in the succ( an of your Coarnruissilon, andl there ) conmphunt fruim the people exce innRlatld igonelnt case. ..,o ha been. agged on by small politicians to con believe that the State owns the rail- sell roads, and should control all corpora- 'i tions. do is The idea is about equal to children rigl on a farm, who claims all the calves me and colts, and no objection is made by wil the old mn until the calf or colt is lan sold, and you always (ind that the the to old man takes the money. per I Now the owners of these prop, rties I have not heretofore objected to 'he lyn people claiming the railroads, but they or 4 Le do object to any further control or de- inq Is struction of them, and while I will not 3 to unaertake to discuss the constitution- bit ie ality of the bill as it stands, (as no wh, )y doubt it has been adroitly drawn to a I &. avoid, if possible, a constitutional ques- try r- tion). but my friends, whether it was poi t- submitted without regard to constiti- the h tionpl consideration or not, I am free rec >y to say that if it passes in my opinion, 'I ts it will cause a consternation in finan- the cial circles, followed by endlei litiga- sell tion for our State and people. wil al We can always get on with the peo- not ct ple for they know that we are giving for t them as good service and as low rates pr a' as is given in any State in the South; h1o and they read in the reports made up 'J and published by the ollicers of the teu I State, that we are net robbing thein- to "g that we are not paying expenses at It pri sent rates, and on the contrary, are an iosing money steadily. You have put tht us already in such condition, that we I >n have been for years living on our own to < re fat, and are barely able to survive, 1, much less do any new work looking to- ho )y wards the improvement or betterment oul of the property. exi Nearly every railroad in the State is I i now in the hands of a Receiver. ''his sio ;k bill is closely modelled on that of Geor- pa" gia, and we may reasonably expect that oil tunder it, all of our roads will socin be StUI in the same lix as those of Georgia, for tot I te last one in that State has just suc- sto cuimibed and fallen lut the waiting iti: arms of the United States CourLS. in If we had the people to (eal with, di- am 'y rectly, and their common sense and his P fairnesj to depend upon, We might ref rS struggle on, hoping for better times, a1n1 )r but you are now asked to push us right der )r to the wall--and for what!? I vsk you a l r- to consider that question-what for!? bot What have we done or has anyhody on l done or suffered to make such legisla e tion nec(ssary or excusable. So far as ie I can see, we are having no differences I with the people, and on the contrary ha are getting along with them nicely; and 1-c there is no agitation for any stringent lea laws to hold the railroads in check, and wh re so far as a political agitatijn on this pei r subject is concerned, South Carolina is th( tile only State which under the laws, us( ir requires the railroads to pay the sala- coi Sries and expense of the Commission. tio But there is no political faction or th, '| political party, who has had the coir- he1 e age to saddle this expense on the State bei ne or to acknowledge its injustice agaii,st of e. the railroads, from the fact that as soon th l as this additional expense is added to fr( of their tax list, the people would wish to po to know what individual advantage the in Ud Commission is to them; but they have pa ir been hood-winked by corporation clap be i trap, and not allowed to discuss the in - plf justice of the Jaw; yet, there is not an an honest man in the State who will say ni ly that the railroads should pay the ex. str it- pense of the State Commission. ''his era ar whole Railroad Commission businesa, re to gentlemen, was started as a matter of tor topolitical provender, but it has grown sct into a machine for property oppres- He sion, and now you are asked to make it pal an instrument of confiscation. Lt t I do not know who your Com mi ssion- ry ers may be under the new law. I hope sa you will select the best men you can ,get, but as I understand it, they are to anl ai be chosen, not for any qualifications,; of Co a- experience or ability, but for ces tain sui ar geographical advantages they may pos- ho' rsess, as if there were some pecu,iar in- <ll: s piration for railroad work to be drawvn th( it f rom the soil or climate of' different dlir "sections of the State. w i I do earnestly hope, however, that In a Idyour coe,you wil f ind to take charge tor k-of this limmense property. meni who can TIa at least compile a just and equitable tar rate sheet-and I shall nlot begrudge WV n)- t heir salarIes, for if you can filnd inlen tes 'le competent to conduct the business of iup :e. all our railroads successfully, I will ele fit guarantee them ten thousand dollars sta tJ each. an' s5. 13ut I submit to you that it is h;ard- inl ii- ly fair or in accord with business prin- be' s5 ciplet to make men wvho have hunidr'e.s 'ret of thousands of dollars iiiveste<l in thet il properties-men who have studied armdlmii do laborcd for years from the lowe"t place tiI t*o the bight st-miere tools to4 run their tic le- traims up and dlownI their tracks undz(er sw he the direction41 of thiree meln picked lip lull it, any w~here, three nien, who, plerhaips, Alj be have failed( in the mianlagemnent of' ver y up, >r- smiahi enterprises, who w~ill undertake on<4 to to conitrol andi( direc. t he t hiousand(s of ahe lie mnen, andh hiund reds of com plicaltud al -ig p. f sirs of big railroadl systeis, at fift een . et, huilndred dotlars per' year. TJhink of it, r', f of gentlemlen I Look at it as praicticeal for Ii- inen! Is there a farmer who woiihl beC tirs hie willing t,o surrender the nmaniagemlenit the ay oft hits I armi on which he depends for plle ny his liv~ing, andl wvhich lie hils bought ty, and( pahii for-to three strange men, one an anid let them say when and where and gr< ifs wihat hie should plan!, how he should1( fml k I eedi, manage arid run his stock, and ha< ok wihat arrangements and tradles lie all at, .should make with his merchants or tin ,ve rneighbors, or say wvhat p)rices should ma~ ny be p)aid for their products ing 1o- Now gentlemen, I have said a gzood b1 lie (deal more than I first intended; hut as obj ne I talk and think more of' this subject, I un. es feel more deceply the wrong, (and( wvith ho 11- aell respect for you and all concerne-d, I rig Ia- say it would be a bitter, out,rageous inl is wrong) IL is sought to do us, and the fihe 50 danger threatening the State of which ame by I aim a ('ciie, antd which I have as cai Is, mnuch right and reason901 AS any man~~ si( 0'- here, to lovp. wr 3)1. I have had miy say, I have (lone my are e (dutly to the interests I have the honor but t o represent, arnd to the Stat,e. The re- th :i a ponsibilit y is on you. You can not big~ it- evade it or get away fromi it. You can bir h- eeot shift It on the t,hree Commissioners oili '1( to hbe chosen undler this law, and hold lo x- them responsible for any mischief' to T'hi result, andl claim innocence for your- cep or selves. ent I You nmight as well stick a lighted Rio id rmatch In a man's gin house, and walk Id away and hold yourself clear because rig] of the lire spreads, and consumes, and Thi of ruins, without yonr being present. r er, Tis State has had one experience of aind mn havIng her railroads torn uip. Some of unc I y ou may rememaber It. Since that timne the ir our railroad system has been built up, ope at by hard work and the spending of vast has 8- sums of money, intota magnificent pro- per is perty. It is hard on us to have to con- lea< t sidcr that thie results of all we have done thi: re may he destroyed by our w n peoe us a ipletely as if' General Sherman him was again at work. 'his is just what this bill proposes to to us. It puts our property and its and interests, absolutely at the rcy of three men, who can ruin us ie out the value of millions or dol i worth of property from a whim of ir own, or in obedience to any ter airy gust of public wrath or feeling. ou expese us, -io far Hs you can, to Dh-law, without possibility of trial, ven the satisfaction of a coroner's tiest over the remnaias. ou can do )s you will, gentle..nen I want you to mark my word. Mn I tell you that you are incurring earful responsibility in creating or ing to create, this destruct.ivc ver, to be placed in the hands of se unknown men with geographical wmmendations. 'here is no use trying t) get around responsibility by propmising your ies to choose conservative men, who I not use the law harshly. If it h to be used, it ought not to be made it is a menace, a cloud over all out 'spects, and an obstacle to all out i s c r prosperity. 'his law, if it is p:assed, and nit at ipt is made to enforce it, it is going do one of two t hings--perhalp i both 6vilI cause the Stat e very g reat lossef I disastrous defeats, or it will ruiu railroads. ly last appeal to you, gentleien, ic ,on.sider the facts hoiest.y anl fair a -d It-ave t hese great enterprises a )e and a eitzince for their lives. with. forcing them to at further fight for stence. t may be a diversion, hut in conelu a I wish to say, that, If that bill .ses and becoines a law it. will drive kmore blade into the credit of our te and just now while hvr credit ig tering, I ask you to pause, think,and p class legislation and factional pol :. and let every true Sout.h C,rolin re t., th;c inmortance of the hour, I stand by (tovernoe Tithinan and a -iistration in his able efforts tc Ltind the State debt, and my friends, ' South Carolinian, who should un take to ahstruct or prevent a favor 1 exteusion of her outstanding kds, should be branded as a bastard her soil. Dr. Mtcuvia and the Ailtatice,. n an open letter which )r. Macun recently published in the National monist he gives the third part) Jiers a rubbing down. lie says at we have repeatedly claimo, that to: mit any political party to dominat( Farmers' Alliance will destroy tho ufulness of the organization. Ac ding to Dr. Macune "the organiza n in the outset. notiled every om Lt it would not interfere with his oi ' political or religious opinions to -ome a member, but that the objecl the order was to teach its member! true principles of political econom im a strictly non-partisan stand int, believing that this school v:oul time, obliterate sectional lincs an< rtisan prejudice that had so long in successfilly dinned into the peo :'s ears by designing demagogue. I through which the people wer de the instrument of their own de uction." lie thinks that the Farm Alliance, as an organization, hat ched a very critical period in its his y, brought about by ambitioml, .emers and proftssional politicians exposes the attemript of certain thir *ty leaders at the "Memphis conven it to dominate the Alliance and car ,t bodily into their organiziat ion, and 8: When we assonbled at Meinphis I found that the National ExecutiyE rnmittee of a political party had a to o1 fovr of Ihe best rooms in the ise, which hard been seilc'te'd as head. irter's, th'e four roomus on one sidc hall leading frein the ptarlor to the lag room, and when they went to rk in the same manner anid by the ne methods, I knewv that the tiime a decisive battle had come. WVhien ubenieck, chairiani; T1urnier, secre y; llankin, treasurer; together with lletts, McLallin, Washburn and ai v' others, wvent Iiito a iroomt and made a slate of oflicers which must be cte'd by the Supreme Council, as. was ted on the floor that thwy had done, I which they did( not then dare dheny the p)resence~ of witneastes who had ni present arnd were willing and dy to testify. When they did th is y took position as the worst ene s of the order." hie whole tenor of Dri. MaIrcune's ar le slio)ws t.hat, he hais utiishetathd his .ardf againsit third party agitators, I ift will be hisi miisslon to rescue the lane' f rom them, and atgain pi~lace it mt tihe non-pairtisart footinrg that 't imrule the- org an Izati on so stronig I imtp regnae t. lIt- fire it- het (ol low. paerr.Ing shot, at. such polit icrlns: I litre is a chiss ot in whlo pose' as ratrer who sen to thlin k that th le ni u lion of a ne poli )111tical party is of ii mport ance, anic for that purpose y are willing to acceplt any princi a that may have any local ptopitLrm Tihe dlifferenice Is fundamnental; the wouild build up) t.he Alliance as a at re-str ve force for good, a sinking d as it, were, to which resort can be I for united strength to meet evil in its form, and that socIal, ph3sical, uuneial business or political methods y be rtsoirtea( no as a means of secur the end sought., hut they can never the object of the orgaizatlont. TIhe ect musit ever be to met evil and just conditions, nta ni tter when or ,v presientedh, andt secure junst.ice and lit,; these Alliance men in deed and truth, and if their counsels preval y will build up the ortler to a grand( I glorious future, because it neven .fail ont that line, andl it never will c'eedl while there is evil to be met or mg t) lie righted. The other clasm those who see no good in anytiig a new political p)arty, arid believe t the Alliance has performed its best mission if in its death it gives thi to thte party and allow~s the youg ipring t) feed anid fatten oni the life cod of its parent to thle last dirop. 330r are two entIrely differernt cn tionis of t.he Alliance, and so differ are they that they never will hiar mize or agree." Ir. Macurne, In r,he anove, takes the it position, andl had he, taken it in 3 Nati on~al Economist, instead oi sching third party dloctrine before during thie late campaign,thbe Ahli e wvouldl be in better fix today and re would be no necessity for the nt letter that lie now writes. We e no fear that the Alliance will be rmanantly injured, ntow that the lers recognize thle danger of the ~d party movement within its ranks have rterminae om kil itff THE ALLIANCE. WHATA 'ROMINENT MEMBERTHIN K Oc THE OUTLOOK. Col. D. '. litincau Talk,4 Interestingly of Ili Recent Nitlonal Alliance Meeting The Order Oawifietting Uid of the Drift Woodt. CoLxMillA, S. C., Dec. 2.-Col D. P. Duncan one of the delegates from this State to the Supreme Council of the Farmers Allianc. recQitly held in the city of Memphis, has been rather doding the newspapet men since his returv, saying, that he had nothing to report and that he di-l not think he had any in tormation that the outside public would be interested im. Yesterday evening ie was cot nered in his office and in speaking of how tho meeting impressed him lie said: "Taken as a wI ole I was very favorably in pressed with the meeting and I nelieve these iueetinzs have been and will con tiiue to be fruitail of much good; they will do more towards bringing the entire agrienitural interest to:ether on one cumon platform for the discussion and development, of their mutual material )enetit awd advancement than all other agencies put togeth,er. ' Atter you dcardl the politicians, the eranks im-1 their isms, every thoughtful wide-awake man can always learn some thi;o troin a body of representative farmers brought torether from all over is vast agricultural coun try. And one of the mio4t interested features about the meetin to me, was the discussions ninon-Y the individual members as t) their inodes, pltians andii methods of farm ing ats conducted in their various see t,ions. What have 'ou to say about th, Third V lid !i Met-htis I occupied a room with the president. I -OhMV6eorgia State Alliance, whom I have known for ".me years. le is an extreme Third patly miian, and ot course we had various dis' cussionis. I can gve you a remark of his whchi I think will express the views of even the extreme Third party men. "We have a majority of the delegates present of our way of thinking and are you surprised that we should vote for them to ill tie olices of the surpremo council, we don't wish or intend to make the Alliance a political party.' "A coniervative delegate from Indi ana, a R0publican, remarked, 'l voted the Third party ticket this election, be cause the man represented my views. 1 don't call myself a Tnird party man now, and I may never vote that way afgain. Two years trom now I shall vote for the men who advocate the principles I believe, lie lie Democrat, Iepubli can, Populist or sone other party man.' While a maiority of the delegates Lhought President Louks was entitled to the position of president, I think many were inluenced by reasons other wiie t,-tan his being a Third party man. Col. 'olk, a S>uthern mian, had been president for three yeras, and they claimed that now the presidency should go to the Northwest. President Loueics imipressed those who opposed him very favorably, by stating ufter his election that if it was thought best by the coun cil anl in the interest of the general welfare of the orJer for him to resign the presidency, lie would most cheerful ly do so and support any one tWAc,tp cil might agree upon.) "Ilow about the Mac"nse withdrawal?" "Well that, is a long st,ory and t,here Is no nleedl to go~ over it again. My opinion is that it some of the oflicials of the Third pam ty had1( stayed away from Mem p)his we would not have heard of any division or disagreement,; it was unfortu nat.e tut, the meeting occurred so soon alt.er the general eject,ion, and in future thle Supreme Council will meet in Foo ruary instead of' November."~ "What of the future of the Alliance, and what about, this delcline ini member shipy" "A v'ery original, Texas d degate said, in his Stat,e a grea.t many mnen joinied t,he Alliance to buy things cheap), when the fact of the bmuiness was, they dtd not haive any money to buy such at any pri je, m&:id so those had quit. The om Janiiza.tin is goimg t, get, rid of its drif wood ad1( continiue right, along4 wit,h its work. i.! may occasionalhy elevate .somei unwort-hy personi; it, may run over lini e de arving' oae; bu)Lt this' is the far l (ers' gro'tut work brought into existence by similae eo ninations by all other edflses aantj conditions of men. The tarmr ntgi ve it, up it they would; i it, shoul1 d douwn to)day as the Alliance, it would appear tomorrow under another name. it thas come~ to stay."-State. P'anic in a School. CIIA nLE:sTro, Dec. 7.-A thrill of ex citemnent p)assedh through the city yes terdasy, caused by a panlc in one of the pu blic schools. The incident occurred in the luain room of the Bennett, one of the largest public school bufidings In the city. Shortly af ter the noon recess, while the pupils were in the main room, one of t hem, a little girl, was sefzed wfth a conIvulsionl. There was a qufck gath eringc around her of' the teachers, the other p)upils becam e excited, some one shouted "Earthquake!" and thenj disci plmne was at an-end. T1he panic spread through the build Ing, and, despfte the effort of the teachers, there was a wild stampede for the exisis. Children were thrown d cown andl trampled 'upon, and books and slates and clothing torn and scat tored around in all directions. A great shriek was heard, and the news, qutickly spreading through the city, 8soon brought crowds of friends anti pareQtei to the scene. The exists f rom the building are ample, however, and in a very few moments 1,000 or more pupils were In the street. A num ber of chfldreni were slightly bruised, but no serious casualties occurred. The cry of earthquake wati a false alarm, no shock having occurred here A similar stampede to this occurred which has 150clored pu rs I t,he presence of a negro "voudoo," 'who said he was a canibat, and whose m cular appearance frightened the chIll dren into a panc.-State