The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, December 15, 1892, Image 1
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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