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VOL. XXII. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1894. NO. 35. TilE L&W D FINED. THE SUPREME COURT SAYS PROHIBI -TION IS IN FORCE. 4 The City Councit of Florence Restralned from Issuing Licenses aud the Uaboas Corpus Proceedings Iintased-The Na loon People in a 11ad Fix. CoLUMIRA, S. C., May 9.-Almost in the twinkling of an eye yeeterday the 'liquor situation went f rom one extreme to the other, from free liquor to abso lute prohibition. For the first time in history, perhaps, a State has been car ried for the cause of prohibition in less than three minutes, and by an unpre cedented accident the prohibitionists of South Carolina have obtained their hearts' content. By this accident of the law bouth Carolina is found today with a prohibition law forbidding the sale of liquor absolutely, and providiug' penalties for the violation of the law, whicb, if properly applied, will pro duce prohibition. Up to 11 o'cloclk yesterday the liquor men were handling liquors in their sa loons without paying any license and without any knolyledge as to whether there was in the distance any road to tle traffic or not. Eleven months ago -ey were selling liquor under a license law of over ten years .standing. Then came along the dispensary system for the control of the liquor traffic, and soon came with it the reign of the blind tiger system. This kept up until three weeks ago when another great change came. The dispensary law went a glimmering under the decision of the Supreme Court. The blind tiger died a natural death and departed from the soil of South Carolina and the reign of the free liquor system began. The life of this latter system, as faas the law is concerned, has been but fleeting. Now the final extreme has been reached. The changes have been numerous, sudden and unexpected. The law of the land, its declared by the highest tribunal, provides that there shall be no sale of liquor, and that if any man sells liquor contrary to that provision he sltali be punished just the same as if he had violated the * idense law of 1880. As to wbo is going to inforce this new and accidental law lemains to be seen. It appears to be the duty of the sheriffs, trial justices and their constatbles and the police of the municipalities to enforce the law, and no doubt it will be done It is a State law, too, an:] if Governor Till man took as much inter-ebt in it as ho did in his dispensary law he will very likely have a hand in this. The indi cations are, however, that the real en forcement of the law will b left to the 4W prohibitionists, and the various city and town governments in the Slate, It is certainly a novel condition of af fairs, and the people will not yet have time to realize that they are under the rule of prohibition.- The liquor men all say that they cannot do anything until they see what the decision is, but, they -anust obey the law and close up their places. All of the saloons in Columbia re mained wide open up to the usual clos Ing hour last night, and there were no elements of the new system of prohi bition to be observed, but the change will come later. A member of the State prohibition executive committee stated yesterday that if no one else at. temyted to proceed against the saloon keepers the prohibitionists would act in a day or two. The opinion of all leading attorneys is that the law, as it was declared by the Supreme Court yesterday, means that no liquor shall be sold within the State; that the clause of the old license law which gives the right to Issue 11 censes has alone been ktnocked out, and that all other clauses of this li cense law stand. In consequence all the penalties, etc., provided for selling liquor without a license apply now tc thesale of liquor in any manner. This gives South Carolina the dIs tinction of having the only prohibition law ever concocted, perhaps which haf no regulations about bringing liquor into tin State, no provision for the sale of whiskey as a medicine. and aill the other features usually emioraced ina prohibition law. It ''is a notice'able fact that Justice Popa concurred in the decision of the court. The court, when it says what it does in its decision, as sumes that the dispenary law of 189: is as dead as a mackerei, and so con siders it. Yesterday morning wher the hour of 11 chimed, the peole1 who were expect. .ing the announcement of the courthz decision in the Florence cases began t( get Into the court room as rapidly at possible. The justices entered prompt. ly,and the Chief Justico (did not wall for the spectators to get into tile roon before lie said: "The court will an nounce its decision in the two Fiorenci caijes heard yesterday which decisior wi H apply to both castes, they being heard together. The court thm: T promptly announces its dlecision be cause the liberty of' the citizen is in volved." The Chief Justice then open ed a folded paper he ha'.1 in- his hatnd and read the decision as follows: The State of South Carolina. 'in th Supreme Court. April term, 1894-. J1. L. .iarringer et. ali, vs. The Cit' Couucil of Florence, ex parlo,-J.Ellia Brunsori. These two cases instituited in~ the original jurisdiction of this court bein of a kindred nature, though not in, volvisg the same questions were hear( and will be consiie red together. Th first is a case asking for an injuncdtn to restrain the city council of Florenci from granting licenses for the sale of spirituous liquors, upon the grFont that there is no law no w authorIzing the granting of such licenses, and there fore that threatened action of said cit' council in this respect is ultra vires. The Aecond is a case in which th< -petitionem applies, undler a writ oj habe corpus, heretofore issued for bhi disoharge from custody in which he b held under a warrant issued by til! mayor or the city of Florence-, who F inveted by the charter of sa'd nli ,with all the powers of a truial .instice charging the petitioner with selln~ spirituous liquors withouit a license, ii violation of an ordinance of' the city as well as in violation of t he lawvs 01 -~ the State Inasmuch as one of thee cases involves the liberty of the citizer .thi ecourt deems it to be its duty tI render as prompt a decision ats possible The court will, therefore, proceed aim. ply to decide the question prest nted ir these cases, without undertaking nowi to give the reasons for the conclusiont which will, hoee, be hereaft.. don in an opinion which will be prepare and filed as soon as practicable. The court decides that under the lai as it now stands, there is no authorit invested witn the power to grant 1I censes for the sale of spirituous liquor within the limits of this State, an< hence the action of the city council o Florence in granting such license would be ultra vires and absolutel void, and therefore the injunction, u asked for by the petitioners, in the cas first named must be granted, in the second case the petitione: moves for his discharge from custodi upon the ground that there is no ]a forbidding the sale of spirituous li quors within the limits of this State. This court decides that this is a nil: taken view of the law. On the contra ry we hold that the act of 1892, com monly calltd the dispensary act,havinj k een declared unconstitutional in al s provisions, except that forbiddinj the granting of licenses to sell spirit uous liquors, after the day therol named, the repealing clauses of tha act fall, and must be regarded asi never enacted, and hence the pseviou law forbidding the sale of spirituou liquors without a license remains - c torce, under which the petitioner ma lawfully be indicted. In addition t this he may aslo be proceeded againE for a violation of the ordinance of th city of Florence mentioned in the war rant tinder which lie has been arreste and is now held in custody. It is, therefore, ordered that, in th case first named in the title of this or der, an injunction do is3ue as praye for in this petition. It is further ordered that, in the se( ond case named in the title thereof, th motion of the petitioner for a discharg be refused; and that the said J. Eill Brunson be remanded to the custod c the chief of police of the city of Floi ence to be by him safely kept until b is thence delivered by due course c law. This eighth day of May, 1891. 11ENILY MCIVER. Chief Justice. We concur: S. blOG1WANs A.J. Y. J. POPE, A. J. As the Chief Justice concluded ret ing there was a puzzled look on ever countenance. Many had net fully ur derstood the meaning of the decisio: As the Chief Justice laid the papE town he turned to the gentlemen of th bar in the most, business like manne and said: "Are there any motions to b heard this- morning, gentlemen?" Il did not have the appearance ot a ma who had, by uttering about six hut dred words, placed a whole State undt a new prohlbit,ion law. In a short tin the news of the decision was all ov4 the city anid nothing else has been tall ed of since. The prohibit iomats seemt to be greatly delighted at having s cured prohibition, accidental though be.-State. (OVEMNOR TILL31AN TALKS. Shortly after the decision was filed copy of it was taken to Uovernor Til man, and he was asked point blan what he had to say about the chang in the situation and the enforcement the now law. The Governor said: am glad that we know what tte law at, last, and will be able to stop all Lh 1loundering about in the sea of unce tainty. I am only sorry that they di not leave me the constabulary to lie enforce it." "Well, what will you do to enfort this law ?" was asked. The Governor replhed: "What m: chinery have I got to do anything wit! The sheilils and police are tinder othi ollicers. They are not under my coi trol. I can only lend my moral sul port to the law and what oflicial sul port I may have, but I wish you woul tell me what authority I've got. 1, ( course, want to see this law enforc( just as much as any other law." "G overnor isn't your proclainatic taking control of the poli1ce of ti towvns and cities of force yet?" "My proclamatIon," said the G overni "was only of force until the dispensai la w wus declared ofT. That law belr no longer law, I have no longer pow to enforce it." ".litt you could leissue that proc1 mation now and make use of it to el force the prohibition law couildr yoti." "Ilow could 1 (10 th at ? Th'le neces: ty does not now exist for issuing tI proclamation ." "Well suppose the municipal autha Ities find they cannot enforce the las what then ? "You: are taking for granted tha they cannot." "Yes, I am." The Governor then said: "Well v had better wait and see before we ui dertako to discuss idenlities. i'm i discussing emergencies that migl arise six months hence. I never i diertake to cross a bridge until I get1 it. I have no machinery to enforce th law. .lefore, I had machinery. I toc charge of the local police then for specific purpose, the emergency havin arisen. 1 did( that because it was sa that the other machinery I had at ni command to en force a law were inci ing riot and bloodshed. The peepl that is many of them, now have wi| they say they have been wanting. am willing to let them try it.'' - Res~cued( Explorera. UIIA'irz, Austia, May 10.-A div succeededi in reaching the party of tou ists who have been imprisoned in a at 3lactit~e cavern at Souraliih for nine da: past, owing to the sudden rise ini t water and the fact t hat the passage to the cave hadl become blocked wil timnber andi boulders. 'The diver feou: all seven of the tourists alive. At, lir it was believed eight people were i iprisonedl. T1hie unfortunate cave e plorers presenited a ghastly spectacle they were brought into daylight, weak from exhaustion that. they we barely alive. The church 11ells of' t city of Lugloch rang out in joyo peals and the dliver to whose efforts t1 rescue was deue was carriad on t shouldera of the villagers. The rescum t ourists were in. condition so near death that a report arose that six we dead.fl TIhis, however, proved untru Mrs Fashings, o of' the p-irry ga premt'atiire' birthi to a child while in ti cave, and:( Mrs. Zwaier was driven i Ifronm despair and fright. Muirdored, AsuvmL LE, N. (., May 9 -A speci dislpatchm to thle Cit izen from Marsh, says that deputy sheruff Ilani F Ret or, while going along the liear Crec road last night, to his home was shb I row ambush arid instantly killed. George Roberts and lis b rothier a Isuespected but have not yet been: arror d COXEY GIVEN A IIEARING. v y 'H: DEFENDS HIS BILLS BEFORE A a HOUSE COMMITTEE. Tho Cotmnitton Va, NoL Much Imi 8 V paressed -Vgorous Cross Questioning The Labor Depressions to ba Investi WASHINGTON, May 9.-Coxey ap v peared on the floor of the House today before tne hour of business under es cort of Representative Pence of Cclo rado. Some of the representatives who were earlier in their seats crowd . ed about him, but when their curiosity was satisfied they dropped away one by one, and left him alone with Pence. At 11 o'clock Coxey appeared before the House Committee on Labor. Coxey laid before the committee a t petition bearing the signatures of his followers, the character of their occu a pations and their place of residenc3. It 3 was written on paper bearing the let if ter head of the army of the common y weal. At the top ol' the page were 0 printed in bold, black letters, the mot it toes, "Good Roads," "Good Money," e "Good Work." Beneath this appeared .. a single line-"Commonweal of Christ." d The petition is dated at "Camp Ty ranny, in the field, Washington, D. C., e May 9,1894," and reads as follows: "We, the undersigned, citizens of the United d States of America, now sojourning in the District of Columbia, which is not only the asylum of oppressed by all na e tions, but our natural home, do hereby e respectfully petition your honorable body to allow Brother J. S. Coxey, of Masslion, Ohio, and Carl Browne of Calistoga, Cal., to appear before you as e our spokesmen, to voice our wishes in regard to the proposed legislation for whtch we made the march to Washing ton, namely, the J. S. Coxey good roads and nbn-interest bearing bond bills, and which we believe, if passed by Congress, would not only solve the present prevalent business depression, give employment to us, representing as we do all branches of industry of many millions more like cis all over the un ion, but would effectually, we believe, e provide against any possible recur e rence of the extraordinary condition now existing in the industrial and ' business arteries of the nation which 6 it seems plain to us, if not remedied, n will bring' death to republican institu r tions or revolution to maintain them by force or arms, which all must de plore." Coxey's petition was read by the d clerk, the members of the committee B. f.'llowing the reading carefully. Carl it Browne came in as the clerk finished and seautd himself beside Coxey. Mr. McGanin, the chairman of the committee, said the petition would a have to go to the special committee, which they hoped to have formed to k investigate the entire subject of the in dustrial depression. Coxey then took the floor and started to address the counnittee. Ie had only proceeded j moment when the members began s quvstlioning him. Iis replies to these r que-'ries wero rambling and unsatisfac d tory.The impression made by him upon thecommittee was obviously not a flat P tering one. lie was treated courteously and held the floor for ten minutes, but lie said nothing that was either origi nat or profound, or that added in any mnnurter to the knowledge desired by the committee. lie began by saying that billions of improvements ought to be made throughout the country and that millions of people are ready to make them. The only thing needed ,dwats money. f W c ih said, "the same privi (leges that one per cent, of the people, the national bankers, have had to issue money based on the _ealth of the State, ICcountry and municinality." rDun (D~em.) of -New Jeisey asked if our institutions wvere to be turned into bankingpoes rCoxey repliedl that the National rBanks had that privilege for twenty Ry an (Dem.) of New York: " You ,claim to represent ninety-nine per cent. of the people of this country ?" Ci(oxey: "Yes sir." Ryan: "On wvhat do) you base that claim ?" r. Coxoy: "I claim that ninety nine per y, cent, of the whole people ask the same privileges that one per cent., the na it tional bankers have had for bwenty eight years. That one per cent, have had money at a cost of one per cent." 'e Ryan: "The information I desire is ~by what wvarrant of authority you t claim to represent ninety-nine per lt cent, of the people of the country ?" r. Coxey: "I will answer you In this Lo way. You can take the Farmers All is anice, the Knights of Labor and other k organizations andi you will find in a their preamble that they want money g lasuedl dIrectly without interest. All d the orders are demanding that. It is ytrue they have not beeni voting the t,. way they have been thinking. I will e, acknowledge that." at Ryan: "D~on't you believe thatE more I than one per cent, of the people are represented in Congress ?" Coxey: "Yes, I believe they have been mIsrepresented. There Is but one er per cent. of the people represented," r- Ryan: 'I wouldl like to know by a- what authority you say you represent ya ninety-nine per cent, of the people." mc Coxey. "I came here to req uest that n. this ninety-nine per cent, of tne people uh be given the samne privilege under Lhe id Conistitut ion-which guarantees eq ual si, andl e xact justice to all the people- h at, us- thei one per centi have had for twenty x- eight years." as ltyan : "I unde(rstandl you to say you so camfe~ here representing 99 per cent. of re t he people. Of' course If thamt be the se case we would hike to have tile proof of uis it, so that Congress can act, as I pro lio samfle Congress would act, with the re he quest o1 919 per cent. of the people, ed hlow canI you show that you represent to 99) per cenit.. oh 111he people ?"' re Coxey: "I doC not ciai m I huat, sir." .e. Tlhis closedl the heaurlig of Coxey. V8 lie was follo0 ved hy I. E. D~ean of tie Penns) ivanla, a mem bir of the- execu. id tive committe of the lFarmiers A Iiance. He ~ urged the appIn'lrt menti of a special commiiittee to invest~Igate the1( whole subject of the industirial depression, ali andl said that such aci ion ou the pa.rt. di of' Congress wbuld maspire grt,~ consfi :t- dience' amuong the people. Deani also kwas subjected to a course of qfuestion. [St ing. which did not result muore to0 hIs satisfaction or to thie enlightenm ent ro of' tihe committee than did that of t- Coxey. '1'he committe te- wen __ bou. it regular business. After hearing Coxey today, the House committee on Labor, by a vote of 7 to 2, decided to report a resolution for a Joint investigation by a special committee of the Senate and House of the Coxey molement and the depressed condition of labor in general. This decision was hailed with satis faction by Coxey and Browne and by a number of prominent Populist and Farmers Alliance leaders, including the president of the Alliance and the chairman and secretary of the People's party. The vote to report the resolution was Yeas--Erdman of Pennsylvania, Wells of Wisconsin, Ryan of New York, Talbert of South Carolina, Pence of Colorado, Phillips of Pennsylvania, Kiefer ot Minnesota. Nay-Dunn of New Jersey and Aps sley of Massachusetts. McGann and McCleary did not vote. The vote of 7 to 2 was preceded, how ever,by votes to postpone,which nearly killed the resolution. Ryan flrsts move to postpone until Saturday, which was defeated by 5 to 0. Phillips moved to postpone until Friday, which was de feated by a similar vote. The live who voted to defer action were: Dunn, Ryan Apsley, McCleary Phillips and Ryan voted to report the resolution and Mr. Mc=leary did not vote either way. Chairman McGann says the favor able report will be made to-morrow and lie will soon thereafter press for a suspension of the rules and an immedi ate passage of the resolution. Dunn says there will be a minority report. IMPROVEMENT IN CROPS. Thatl'd What the Weather Crop Itoport dais-.aok oft Rain. COLUMAIA, S. C., May 9.-The fol lowing is the weather crop report for the weak ending yesterday: The gen eral tenor of the reports for the past week indicates an improvement in planted crops and natural vegetation. Tbis is not universally true for the State, as the showers from which the greatest benilit was derived, were very light or entirely missing in many sec tions of the State, even where contigu ous townships or farms were drenched with rain. There were, however but few places that had no rain either dur ing the fore or after part of the week, yet in most places it was too little to penetrate to the roots of plants and to relieve the drought. Even where the rain was most copious more is still needed to give the growing crops a good stand, or to help small grains which will soon be in the"milk" and beyond help. The extreme Western and Northern tier of counties report I he greatest improvement., from Oconee to Chesterfield, where showers were quite general. The only adverse fact ors were hail storms which along nar row paths (lid some damage to young plants and tender vegetation, and cut and bud worms that damaged corn and gardens to some extent. There was very little cloudi ness dur ing the week and no day but thatthere was some sunshine. With the excep. tion of a few tornadic winds secom panying thunder storms that did a lit tie local damage in the Northwestern part of the State, no damages is report ed from that source. The first two days of the week were about normal, but after Wednesday the heat was steadily above the normal, averaging three degrees a day on the coast to six and seven in the central and Western portions. Warm nights caused a very decided improvement in the color of vegetation. In Charleston, Berkeley and the greater part of Colleton coun ties there was very little rain and the drought has parched vegetation in gen eral; the only two crops that appear to be doing well are rice and melons, the former promises very well while the latter only farirly. AMelons in the Northern part of the State are a failure in many places. Early planted cotton is not making a good stand, although from some sec tions the reports indicate an average stand; that of later planting promises better; but is not all tip yet being re tarded by the surface crust and lack of moisture. In Charleston County this crop can hardly be anything but a fail uire. Chopping out and working has begun in places. Corn has improved in color and stand especially on bottom lands, upland corn as a rule has not shown as marked an improvement. Worms are doing much damage. Oats have not . inproved except for very late sown ilelds which took on a better color and made rapid growth. Fall sown oats nearly, if not completely a failure. Wheat Is looking much better and there is a prospect of a fair yield al though it will not be a fullicrop. Where tobacco is cultivated the,reports indi cate that time plant is about ten days in advance of it season and doing well. l'otatoes are growing rapidly \vhere the vines have not been injured by bugs and can be said to be doing well. Only a few reports mention fruits and those are not encouraging. The acreage of cotton, corn and other grains has been slightly increased in Anderson County but it is thought the total of all cropsa wvill approximate the average of other years. Showers on Monday night (7th) wvill prove highly beneilcial. .J. W. BAuxn, Diredtor, S. C, S. W. 8. P'oisont d iby Forco. IRON GATE, M~ay ll.-Miss Mary Piersoin, a young woman who lives near SaiLpeter Gap, Botetourt county, was lettinmt her cows out of the pasture when an unknown man stepped up behind her, grabbed hier arm and shtovedl a pistol in her face. ie told her tnit I she spoke he would blo0w her brains out. Theun he tied her handsl behind hier, and, after a violent atrugglhe, forced her to swallow a pill that made her unonscio)us When alhe recovered she staggered to her home and since than has beeu In int-anse iigony. JBarore the mnan could be ar restedl he boarded a train bound for Clii ton Force. Oni arrivne at Glen Wilton Condu.ator Harris received a telegrim ugivinig an imperfect dlescription of the manif. Th'ie coniductor kept a clo 'n watch hut, as the train slowedh up) the bmnai int up~ed trom the platform. Conductor llarriu fired ive sho:s as the man tooik to, lie builhes, pursued b~y train cirew and p~uasengers, but, ini thet thicuc undergrowth escaped. 'rThe mn untialu panes are be inc guardeti by el owdit of determmced men, and it the ail' assailarttls caught, lyncing will follow. Liter advies n ay *e flna was canuht and is now in jail THE 'iARIFF BILL. SENATOR MILLS DISCLAIMS ALL RE SPONSIBILITY FOR IT. E6 Is a Tarlift 1ttornor autt Favors No such Abostion a the Tailil 111 Agroed Upouby the lI)eimcratlc seuniord.-He Talko Out. VIISlINuON, May U.-At ten min utes past one o'clock yesterday in the Senate the tariff was taken up and a long interesting discussion took place on the pending amendment, to insert in the enacting clause of the bill, the words, "or withdrawn for consump tion," so that it will read that "the dit ties provided in the act will be levied' collected and paid upon all articles im ported from foreign countries or with drawn for consumption after the 30th of June, 1891." The amendment was attacked on the Republican side of the chamber as making a gift of between $3,000,000 and 04,000,000 to the owners of imported goods now in warehouses, and was defended on the Democratic side as being just and equitable and in accordance with existing law. Iale and Aldrich commented upon the fact that members of the finance committee on either side disagreed with each other as to the amendment and taunted the Democrats with i delity to their platform, which had de. clared protection in the United States to be unconstitutional and to be a fraud. The taunt had an immediate effect upon Mills, who took the floor as soon as Aldrich had finished his remarks, and in a passionate and excited man ner, referred to his speech several weeks ago, in which he declared him self to be (as between the McKinley act 'nd the Wilson bill). "between the devil and the deep sea," and said: "A change has come over the spirit of the situation-not over my spirit. I have not got as much sea room as on that occasion. I find that the bill pending before us is not the Wilson bill but a bill which ought, perhaps, to bear the honored name of the Senator from Ma ryland (Gorman), or of the Senator from Ohio(Brice). No man can tor ture me into the admission that the bill pending before this body Is in any respect an ans wer to pledges made by the Democratic national convention to the Democratic people of the United States. I have said-and I expect to say as long as I keep my understand ing-that taxation levied on value is the only honest system of taxation; and that the specific system of taxatior is imposed for the purpose of conceal ing facts and defrauding the govern. ment for the beneit of favored (-lasses I stand there today and shall stan there as long as I live "I rise to say that I do not intend t vote for a single one of these amend nents changing the duties from ad va loren to specific. I am humiliat.ec enough to have to be drawn nearer anc nearer to the McKinley act in the rateE of duty in the amount of robbery in flicted upon the poor working people of the country, who have been starved to death under this system of taxation, without being compelled to bow (own in humiliation, and to take up even the badges of protection. The very lirst change is made from an ad valorem to a specific system; and that runs along through Lhe whole bill. We have had to surrender at discretion, at every point-, until it is now a question be tween the McKinley protection act and the pending bill, with a very little mar gin of difference between the two. I repeat what I said before, that I will vote against these amendments; but that when they are incorporated in the bill, I will vote for the bill if it has flye cents of rtduction in it, as a choice be tween tile two. "The Democratic party said to the people in 189)2, that protection is a fraud, and that the party was ini favor of honest taxation for revenue alone, and there is where I stand. I want to make an honest effort to redeem that pledge and 1 (do not intend to go back ward. I Would ratther vote to reduce the duties imposed by the Wilson bill. Every one of them is high enough. I would have put more articles oni the free list. I would have reduced the cost of production on our imanufactories so that we could take the markets of the world and give employment to the p~eo ple in honest work in factories instead of having them wvalking the streets and coming to Washington to tell the gov'. ernment of their distress- a distress which the protective tariff has p~ut upon them. "You1 inay pile up duties in this bill to any extent you please, and, if it im any better than thme McKinley act, I will vote f or it. But (10 not try to make it just as bad as it can be made before 1 vote for it. I felt it necessary to Ille this caveat and let D)emocrats, who are( making this bill, understand that I am not responsible for this measure, and that I do not intend to assume the re sponsibility. I want the gentlemen who have dlemanded this measure to stand up in the open -daylight and] takhe the responsibilIity foi- the amend ments which they have forced upon tik bIll. There was some applause in the gal. lerie8 at the close of the speech. Of tihe two D~emnocratic Senators especially singledi out by Mr. Mil, Gorman was the only one in thme chammber, bunt he simpty smiled and was not moved to make any remark in reply. Thie pending~ amendment was then agreed to without any furthber discus sioni, and~ without a division. TLhen Lodge (Rtep.) of Massachusetts offered the amendment, of which he had previ - ouly given notice, as follows: "Except tha~t whlen not in contraliven ion of any existing treaty, anmy article madle dutiabhe in the folio wving sections shall, if'thle product, or inanufacture of Great Britain, or of anmy of the colonies of U*ret .lritaIn, pay a duty dloulile that herein imposed; and .if any article upon the tree list fin the precedling sec Lion, shall, if the product or mnanufac ture of Great. Britain, pay a dury of 35 per cent ad valorem; and such addli Ion ali and discrimninat ing duties slill rt main in f orce until Great Britain shalli assent to and lake part in an interna. tional agreemenit, together with the United Sntas, for t he coinmage and muse of silver and al-amll cease whenever Great, Britain sali assent to andl take part in such imuternationali agreement for the coinage of silver." Ihalf a dozen Senators spoke upon this ameneom-nt. ilarris had several times moved to lay It upon the table, but had withdra wn'z his motion to per. mitmtlher Sonators tn anete Feinally, THE COMING CAMPAIGN. A PEEP THROUGH THE MIST THAT ENVELOPS STATE POLITICS, The Senatorship will be the Leadiog Is sue, and the (overnorship and LIquor Question will be the Next in import. ance. COLUMBIA, S. C., May 6.-In about a month's time the campaign in South Carolina will have begun. The cam. paigns of 1890 and 1892 were not of the most agreeable and pleasant character, and there is no reason just now to antici pate that the campaign of 1894 will par take of the features of a love feast. It would appear that everything is shaping itself for an ugly and personal campaign, And no better service could be dorse by the first audience than to show its dis pleasure at the first exhibition of person al abuse or insinuation. As things are nowv muddled it is very hard to foretell what will be in the political pot in a monti'te time. Just about this time things are in a kind of transitory condi tion and are getting down to a iocus pre liminary to the battle royal. Who will lead the hosts is yet unknown. Aside from the Senatorial contest na turally the chief interest is in the Guber natorial race. One factor seems to be pretty certain, and that is that John Gary Evans, of dispensary fAme, will be in the race and will take the leadership of one of the factions of the "Reform ers." Who will oppose him is uncer tain. It now looks as if it will be either Comptroller General Ellerbe or Con gressman John L. McLaurin. Recent happenings would indicate that Mr. Mc Lauria will be In the field, and if he does come out it will be anything but a timid campaign between himself and Senator John Gary Evans. It seems from what can be heard at this end of the line that most of the original candidates have dropped out, although every now and then some one says that Secretary of State Tindall will come in on the home stretch as a dark horse and win the no mination. Of course Senator W. De Witt Evans has to be taken into account in all calculations, although it Is said that he expects to retire. This may, however, be entirely campaign talk. Now what are the Anti Administra tion forces going to do? That is by no means a certainty. IL has all along been thought that they would keep out of the contest this year and allow the Tillmanites to fight it out among them selves. There is, however, a sentiment among some of those who previously mad5 the fight that it would be best to make a fight all along the line as was done two years ago. This element seem to think that it would be a fight of princi ple and that the Anti Administration forces ought to go on record. Some who are of this opinion go so tar as to say that there is a good obance of making a winning ight. There are a great many others, and perhaps the mejority, who lhimk that for the present at least it is bcst to wait on developments. Then the Prohibitionists have to be taken into consideration. There can be no mistake about the fact that those who are responsible for the call for a State convention want a full ticket nominated and a fair and square fight made for pro hibition. The delegates elected to the convention, may thwart the purposes of the legders, but if they do not a new and problematic element will be introduced into the coming campaign.-News and Courier. A Disease Broeener. WAsrIINOTON, May 8.-The Com mon weal Army was visited late yester day afternoon by a committee of phy sicians to the poor, authorized by Health ofllc6r Hlammett to investigate the camp and report upon its sanitary condition. The report was submitted this morning to Dr. Hlammaett,-and the conclusions of the committee are in part that the surroundings of this square, including the premises inside of the fence, are of. a germ- breeding character, likely to cause all forms of contagious And inf'ectious diseases. The hospital tent is also~used for a commissary department and is located in what might be termed a "mud hole." The earth in nearly all portions of the ground is spongy, and is com posed principally of decomposed vegetable and animal matter. The men composing this so-called army sleep on straw, laid on bare ground of this chairacter, which makes it neces sarily injurious to their health. The committee add: "In view of the con dition of this square, as we described it, we are of tihe opinion that it is entire ly unfit for humah habitation, and that it should be vacated at once to avoid a possible epidemic of disease to the peo ple of the siirrounding neighborhood, as well as to the inhabitants of the whole D~istrict. It is a menace to the health which cannaot be overlooked, and we would recommend in the strongest language that immediate - steps be taken to have it vacated in the inter ests of the public health of the people of the District of Columbia." The re port was promptly transmittedl to the cornmiissioners. Coxey will probably be ordered to remove the camp at once. The south. WVAsHINGTON, May 8.-There is one fact that stands out with great dis tinctness in these days of' industrial unrest and disorder. There is no dis content in the 'South. Labor strikes are common in New Jersey, the coal miners of Pennsylvania are out, the West is full of discontented men organ iz.ing themselves into armies, and the whole country above Mason and Dix on's line is disturbed by the troubles of men who complain of hard times and the lack of occupatibn. Below that line th ere is peace if there is not plenty. The people of the Sotith have not es caped the effects of the general trade depression. That section is as poor, if not poorer, than those in which Social lsm andi anarchy is rampant, but the people are conservative, patient and iaw abididg. The Southern States are setting the rest of' the country a glo rious example.-News. Seritus Accid.- nt, COLUMBIA, 8. C.. Maty 8 -D). RI Flen iken, a weil known and highly respect ed comnmission merchant, accidentally shot himseif through tile left wrist to dlay. is hand had to b- amnontated, iMr. Fleniken carried $41,000 Ia aepid i t insnrance ,.ampanies. Harris refused to again withdraw his motion and a vote was taken, resulting Yeas 32; nays 20 as follows: Yeas-Allen, Bate, Berry, Blanchard, Brice, Caffery, Call, Cockerell, Coke, George, Gibson, Gordon, Gormon.Gray, Harris, Hunton, Jarvis, Jones, (Ark.,) McLaurin, McPherson, Martin, Mills, Palmer, Pasco, Peffer, Pugh, Ransom, Roach, Turple, Vest., Walsh and White-32. Nays-Allison, Dolph, Dubois, Gal linger, Hale, Hanaborough, Hawley, Iggins, Hoar, Lodge, McMillin, Man derson, Perkins, Platt, Proctor, Sboup, Squire, Stewart, Teller and Washburn -20. So Senator Lodge's amendment was laid on the table and the tariff bill then went over till tomorrow. ALL ANSWER YES. All the uuhernatorial uamidates on the Alliance Platform. COLUMBIA, S. C , May 9.-Every since the Alliance questions, prepared at the meeting of the last State Alliance to be Eubmitted to all candidates for Ol lice this summer were printed and sent out by the chairman of the executive committee of the State Alliance, their replies have been awaited with interest. It seems that the questione were sent out to all the candidates for Governor about the middle of March by Chairman Tho mas P. Mitchell of the executive com miti e of State Farmers' Alliance. In talking with a leading member of the Alliance yesterdAy. a representative of The State ascertained that copies ot the questions have also been sent to Governor Tillman and Senator Butler, they being the recongnized condidates before the people for the United State Senate. The gentleman stated that up to date no reply to the questions had been received from either Governor Till man or Senator Butler. The candidates for Governor all sent in their replies over a month ago. Comp troller General Ellerbe's reply reads as follows: COLUUBIA, S. C., April 3, '94. Mr. Thos. P. Mitchell, Chairman Exec utive Committee, Woodward, S. C. Dear Sir and Brother: Your letter, propounding the following questions, to hand: First-"Will you discuss the Alliance demands in the coming cimpaign, pac . ticularly that relating to the finances o1 the country, and defend them againal the enemies of our Order?" Seconl-"Wdl you pledge loyalty te the demanda of the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union above loyalty to I)arty caucus, and vote against any an1d all candidates who decline tc commit themseives to this extent?" To both questions I answer, I will. Yours fraternally, W. H. ELLERBE. Senator W. D. Evans sent the toliow in replv: IIENNETTsNILLE, S. C , March 2L, '94 lon. I' P. MIchell, Chairman Exe.u IVve Committee, Woodward, S. C. Dear Sir and Brother: Your lettel 0; 19 h inst.. askmig me if I will Firat-Discuss dhe Alliance demands in th3 coming civmpaign, particularly those relating to the finances of Lhe countay, and defend them against the enemies of our- Order. I answer I will. Second-Pledge loyalty to the do mands of the National Farmers' Alli aice and Industrial Union above loyal ty to party caucus, and vote against any and all candidates who decline to commit thiemselves to this extent. My answer is that I certanly will. Yours fraternally, W. D). EVANs. Senator ,Johin Gary Evans sent the following answer: A IKEN, S. C., March 20, 1894. ThOs.' P. Mitchell, Erq,, Chairmtan Ex ecutive Committee, Woodward, S. C. -My Dear Sir: Your letter of 14th inst. is beforo me and1( would have been answvered sooner but for my absence from the city. I have been .an ardent advocate".of thie Alliance demanda during my entire p)ohticail career. I regard the enact ment of the demands into law as the only salvation for the South and West, from absolute slavery to the Eastern shylocks. I shall continue to discuss and de lend the Alliance dlemands as the true D~emocracy of Jeffarson and Calhoun. Should I ever be placedl in a position to do so I should vote for our demands des pite the actlion 01 any caucus or the dic t decs of anty boss, even though occupy ing the [President's chair. Very truly yours, JOHN GARY EVANs. D1). Timmerman also sent in a reply, but inasmuch as lie is considered entire ly out of' the race it is useless to say more Ithan t~hat lie does not agree to the secondl of the questions. The State campaign seems to be at a atandlstill just now on account of State Chairman Irb'y delay in calling a meet. mog of the State executive committee to apploint the campaign meetings. The leaders on the other side say that El lerbo has crown, very much in strengt~h all over* the State in the last, month or Ito, andl that the final race is going to be niarrowedl down betv'een him ,tnd John Gary Evans. They say that there is absolutely no' chance or prospect of C;on)ressmani McLaurin entering the race l'or Governor.-State. stavva')oon in Tcxe. Nixw OR LEA NS, Li. May f.-A spec ial to the TL'imes-1Democrat froin San Antonio, T[exats, says: Another appeal for assistance was received here today from the soffering people of Zipata county. rThe appeal stated that the starving people had become so desper ate that a band of twenty of them made a raid upon a general store the other day for tood supplies. The raid was stopped by their temporary wants being sutpplied. _____ Sute-cla at a Funerala POUOIIKEEPsIEc, N. Y., May 10. Q te a Lrggro event occurred d uring a tburidl in the Catholic cemetery, near this city. WVnile the body of a young wvoman of the namM of Mary Michaeca Was being lowesed into a grave, her sweetheart, Aquilin Fuller, who had been greatly affected by her death, drew a 32-caliber revolver and shol himself. Th'ie wound was mortal, and he fell dead by the side or the oper grava.