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FOOLING Tin: FAKMKIl.
ltogcr Q. Willis's Caustic Coin*
incuts oil the nt*Khilcy Hill.
Washington, April 3.?The interiiiil
troubles the Republicans are
* having with their tariff bill result
from the struggle over the division
of the ''pork." Many loiul protests
art* made against tho bill by those
whose districts have suffered. Thjs,
however, nnist not encourage any
one too much in the belief that the
bill will fail of passage in the House.
Mr. MoKinley and his colleagues
believe that they have conciliated
interests enough to force the bill
\ through, and if it were not for uncertainty'about
tlie Senate they would
be very sanguine of its becoming a
law. The opposition to the bill
among the Republicans, while it is
very general, arises in different instances
from different causes, often
conflicting, so that there is not much
opportunity for combination. The
quarrels are over the rates, and not
fhe principles of the bill.
Many amendm nts will ccrtainh
be offered by the Republicans when
the hill comes up in the House, hut
' Mr. McKink'y believes he can knock
out the 'squads of Opposition in detail.
and then compel a poetically
united vote. With hides on the du
liable list, and sugars reduced as is
proposed, there may he some men,
however, whom Mr. McKinlev will
uwt iiiim 11 tvi rum iiM.
The committee will meet the arguments
of the men who want free
sugar by the statement that the government
cannot stand so much reduction
of revenue; and those who
want a higher duty on sugar will
have their attention called to the
fact that the duty proposed in the
hill is above the average protective
line. Mr. liavue, who has been working
on tliv bill with a great deal of
energy, and feels much pride in its
extreme protective character, says
that the increased duty on wool and
, woolen goods will keep out at least
half of the present importations,
thereby cutting off about $17,000,000
of revenue.
Mr. Mills says, in an interview on
the bill, that it materially reduces
no protective tax. "Every protective
tariff," he says, "is left substantial
ly as it was, or is raised to the point
demanded by the beneficiaries. In
many respects the bill is deceptive
and demagogic, but. in none more
conspicuously and ridiculously than
111 its bid for the favor of the farmers.
The sop thrown out to the agriculturalists
is of tho most flimsy sort.
'Except in one or two articles, like
eggs, an the increased duties on ngricultural
products, which the farm
er is to be asked to behove how
much the Republican party loves
tiiin and how much it is trying to do
for him, are increases on articles
which aro not imported and which
{therefore do not come into competition
with American products. A few
examples wi office to show how tho
Republicans are trying to humbug
the f irmer into believing that he is
to bo r/nade rich by the tariff. Tfd?
bill increases the tax on wheat from
20 to 25 cents a bushel, Here is
protection for the farmer, indeed. An
increase of 25 per cent, on wheat
sounds very oheering, but let us see
what it amounts to in the light of
j^the facts. During tho last fiscal
year the United States exported 40,000,000,
bushels, worth *41,000,000,,
and *45,000,000 worth of flour cr a
total of *91,000,000 worth of wheat
and flour. In the same year the imports
of wheat amounted to 0 000
bushels, about as much as a goodsi
aed Western farm will produce.
Th*? tax nn this importation of wheat
?/J was $1,200, a'?0 by increasing the
fluty the government ma) he able to
kepp out 100 or 2000 bushels of it
in the future, and tbereft re protect
the interests of the American ?#ripulttiriit.
"The Republicans raise the duty
on fpff* from top to {iftonn a
f bushel, and on the strength of thia
the Republican orators will, no doub4
pro out to the Kansas and Nebraska
prairies, where the farmers are burning
their corn, hi d to Texas, where
the farmers are in doubt whether
iheir com crop is \yorth pulling or
not, and say to the people: 4It's too]
bad that corn ia so cheap, but you i
can't hi ante us for that. Have we
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not increased tin* duty T)0 pur rent?
If that is not enough wo will increase
it 100 |?rr runt, at the next Congress.
And then the corn-burning furiner
will br expected to bless the name
of the Republican party and fall down
and won*m|> u us nctore. I tie tarts
are, howrtvcr, that while in the last
lisr.il year in the I'nited States exported
(19,000,000 bushels of eorn,
worth ^0^.000,000, it imported just
bushels, worth $1,212. IVr
lups the iuorease of duty will reduee
importation, but 1 don't think it will
stop the buruied of corn.
'So it is with most of the pmtee*
%
tion whieh the Republicans lioltl up
to the farmer as an indueemenl to
him to Rrep iileni while the process
of robbing torn oops on. The Mr
Kinlev bill increases the duty on
corn meal from ten to twenty cents a
bushel, and this will probably be
held up to the fanner as a ereal boon
to him, The importation of corn
meal io the last fiseal year amounted
to 89(i bushels. MeKir.ley tries to
tickle the fanners by increasing the
duty on oats from ten to fifteen rents
a bushel. < )wr imports of oats in
the last year amounted to 22,*'124
bushels, valued at *10,118, vvhilo
11.. uVLM.K W..... iwimtn !... .t... I ^
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W* 11> Ilio committee failed 1<> out
more protection on rye is a mystery
to me. While it was in the business
?-f protecting the farmers I do not
m'O why it did not make a complete
job of it. I btrino the last fiscal year
the 1 oiled Stales imported sixteen
bushels of r\e, worth vl oO a I ushel,
and on this the eooernment received
a duty of 1.00 Why not protect
American aorieulture by putting a
duty on rve luroe enough to keep
out those sixteen bushels?
"The commit lee did better on bacon
and hams. it increases the duty on
these articles from two to live cents
a pound, an increase so lar<n> that it
will not be ?1 iiTtoU11 for the Repiildican
orators to convince the farmer
that it is ^oin?r to bri him better
prices for his hues. If the new duty
should operate to keep out the !?*!'-,()()()
pounds of bacon and hams which
we imported last year, see what a
nuttrnilieent tiling it would be for
the American farmers, who are now
aide to produce and sell abroad only
iOO.OOOjOOO pounds of bacon and
hams in one year. ()n beef, mutton
and pork, also, the Republicans do
the best they can for the farmer.
Tliey increase the duty on these articles
just 100 per cent., and surely
the farmer must be grateful for such
a benefaction. It is the ruinous
competition of foreign beef and pork
that b keeping the Amorioan farmcis
poor, as is shown by tno imports of
last voar, which amounted to 200,000
pounds valued at $18,000, while
in tlie same period we were able to
export only $18,000,000 worth of
beef alone.
''The McKinley bill gives the
farmer protection on butter, increasing
the duty from 4 to 0 cents a
pound, How much good this is likely
to do American agriculture may
bo judged by the importation of butter
during the last fiscal year. It
amounted to 1)1,000 pounds, valued
at $17,000.
"Mr. McKinley has sought to
please the farmer by increasing the
duties c?n cheese 50 percent. Our
importation of cheese in the last year
was 8,000,000 pounds, against an
exportation of 05,000,000 pounds,
in other words, the proposed protection
of agriculture is a fraud, a
bit of hypocrisy intended for campaign
use and as a cover for increase
or maintenance of the tax on nearly
all the articles which the farmer consumes.M
mk. <L>- -mktiiAihht
nkws,
Tlie General Gonlereiree of the
M, 15, ( hprch, Hqtitlp
The twelfth (luadrennial session
of tho Gefleyal Conference of tljo
Methp(|iat KpisoqpaJ Church, Sputh,
will cpnyono in tho city of St. J/>uis,
Mo? on tho first Wednesday in May,
1890. It will 1)0 composed of an
equal number of clerical and lay
delegates representing thirty-eight,
annual conferences. These conferences
are mainly in tho southern an$
Western States. The more remote
western conferences are in Oregon,
California, Colorado, and Montana.
They embrace a large extent of teril-ICL
i
"BeTrue /o Your
)NWAY, S. C'.,
ritory, and are in a formative state;
and yet each of these conferences,
however small in the number of
preachers and membership is entitled
to two delegates, one clerical
and one lay delegate.
Til i: It IvlMt 1 :SK N T ATION.
hi the larger eonforenets there is
one clerical and one lay delegate for
every thirty-six members of the
body. The Virginia Conference, for
example, is composed of about two
hundred and sixty members, clerical
and lay and is entitled to fourteen
delegates. The older conferences on
the Atlantic ('oast, from Maryland
and southward to Mexico, and in the
...I.i.i i :? c i.' < t
111 urn k." ivfjiwii liinil I\CUl IICKV 1(1
Texas, taking in Tennessee, Alabama
M ississippi and Louisiana, arc all
largo bodies. 'There are live conferences
in the State of 'Texas alone,
most of which are numerically quite
strong in preachers and church
members. 'The conferences in
Missouri as also in Arkansas are for
the most part large bodies. 'There
is one southern conference in the
Slate of I Uinois.
1111:1 1: 111 NDKKI) l>KI.F.<tATKS.
From these several conferences,
large and small, there are about
three hundred delegates thai will
represent Southern Methodism in
the great (leneral Conference, which
is at an early day to meet in Saint
Louis. 'The bishops now eight in
number, are not representative members
in the (leneral Conference.
They nevertheless preside over th
deliberations of the body and are invested
with a vi/o power under given
conditions. 'The clerical and lay
delegates compose one body, and yet
upon a call of one lifth of the mem
Iters it is provided that "the lay and
clerical members shall vole separa*
lively, and no measure shall he passed
without the concurrence of a majority
of both classes of represents*
lives."
WHAT THKY \\ I I.I. DO.
Tin* approaching session of the
(leneral Conference will he replete
with interest. It is the onlv legislative
body of the Church. The
legislation, is limited by >i\ "Restrictive
Rules." These "rules" are
organic and constitutional and nothing
that contravenes them can become
a law except on the recommendation
of two-thirds of the (leneral
Conference, and the concurrence of
three-fourths of the members of the
annual conference. Outside of the
limits imposed by the "Restrictive
Rules" the (ieneral Conference has
a wide latitude for legislation, and
the indications in advance foreshow
no small amount of attempts at least
to make new laws and regulations
touching a wide range of subjects.
The body, however, always prove to
be very conservative, and no radical
measures of any kind are likely to
be adopted.
ASKING I .OCA I I.K018I.ATIOX.
Memorials will be sent up by all
| the annual conferences asking for
legislation on subjects of a somewhat
local character, but since the same
laws and regulations apply to the
whole southern church it is next to
an impossibility to carry any nionsi
lire that has a local or sectional hearing.
For example, some of the older
conferences are in favor of authorizing
undergraduates, who are placed
in pastoral charge to administer baptism
and the Lord's Supper without
the trial of two years for deacons or
ders as now prevails. The younger
conferences, where the qualitleations
for admittance on trial are not so
; high, regard it as premature to invest
undergraduates with this an-,
ihotrlty. This is given as an illus
tration of the point under notice.
Hlriliors TO BE IXKCTEU.
The General Conference e|aptu>he
bishops, During the last apadrpiu
Ilium Olliv one of the liirthmtn hmn
died, namely, Bishop II. N. MoTyeift*
Bishop Keener ia hdH se?bd' bishop*
He is about seventy years of age-, but
is still active and doing f?dl wovW<
It admits of a doubt whether it will
! he deemed necessary to elect an ad1
ditlonal bishop, Yho western eoni
fcrences are anxious to have a resident
bishop in California. This
| claim will no npuht be expressed by
j the western delegates. At ? VtuV
j one bishop wdl W eleepxt there- is no
' decided' drift of opinion ttyat points
to the man. lie, no doubt will be
found if it is deemed advisaWcr to
elect an additional bishop,? Wiiminfjtofi
r,
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TI1K PAPKHH AN 1> TIIK PI HLIC.
An Important Libel Case on
Trial in t'olunibin.
Nt?\vsau<i Co rU-r.
Coi.t. MHi a, April H.--In the Court
of Common IMeas this morning the
; ease of Geo. 14. Mosoly ami Anna (I.
Mosoly vs ('has. A. Calvo, Jr., came
up for trial. It was a suit for $2lV
(K)u damages for alleged criminal lihel
in March, 1SS?.
ill 1 * 1??W - -
i lie piauitins wore represented by
Sunders \ Sligh, of Chester, ami
Clark & Muller, of Columbia, and
the defendant by Melton & Melton.
The following summary of the
complaint and answer will indicate
the details of the case. The proceeding
gains interest from the fact
that libel suits against newspapers
are very rare in South Carolina:
1 11 K COM i'l.A I NT
alleged that Charles A. Cnlvo, Jr.,
the defendant, publisher of the Col'
umbia Register, on the 2d day of
March, 188?, * * * composed,wrote
circulated nud mailed * * * the
false, scandalous and defamatory lihcl
of and concerning the plaintiffs
in the words following, to wit:
"Some of Neelv's friends, who
still hclieve in his intinsenco, allege
,that several years ago, etc. (Here
follows a scandalous story about Nee1\
and Mr. and Mrs. Moselev not.
necessary to he repeated ) That * *
* the defendant fully intended to
and was understood by the people to
mean the plaintiffs, Ceo. 11. Mosely
and Anna 11. Mosely, * * * that by
reason * * * of said false and defamatory
libel these plaintiffs have
been injured in their irood name and
lame personally and respectively to
their damage twenty thousand dollar?,
wherefore the plaintiffs * * *
demand judgement of the sum of
$20,000 and the cost of this action.
Til K A N8WKK
of the defendant, Charles A. Calvo,
Jr., admitted the publication, hut
11 averred that it was a part of a series
of communications written in the
town of Chester, and mailed to the
Columbia liegister by a reliable and
discreet person then employed as a
regular correspondent; that, the com"inunication
had reference solely to
news and rumors then current in the
town of Chester in regard to the
prosecution of one J. 11. Neely, a
reputable citizen of the said county
i and a brother in law of the plaintiff,
Anna 11. Moseley, charged by tile
plaintiff, (leorge 11. Moseley, with
I having perpetrated an infamous
crime; that the communications were
published * * * in the usual course
of the business of the said newspaper
without criticism or comment, without
averring anything as to their
i truth, * * * without intending maliciously
or otherwise to injure or
aggrieve the plaintiffs, * * * or to
create discord between them us man
.Mid wife * * * as alleged in the
complaint;'iiiul solely in the exercise
tof necessary and legitimate enterprise,
fairly and in good faith, to
conduct the ordinary business of a
daily journal as thochroniclc of news
and the reporter of matters of public
concern for the benefit and interest
of the public"
The answer then gives in full with
its headlines the Chester letter in
which the cause of action occurs
showing that the statements of both
sides were gjve.n without averments
as to their truth. It is further stated
that in the conduct and manage*
incut of his extensive printing hpsi*
Hess fho defendant, Charles A. Oulva,
dr., is compelled to devolve wholly
upon others as correspondents,, reporters
and editors, the collection,
selection, preparation ami insertion
Of the/now* nuttier- published in the
Columbia Register; that the portions
j so employed at that time were persons
fit "good judgement, prudence
and discretion;" that while the do4?
. i * ? ? - ? - *
remiHi\r utmost confidence
, (ii tMr prudence ami discretion, tho
1 said persons hud been charged and
onjollied by (dm to exercise every
| care and caution to avoid tho publication
of any matter, which ndgl\t
unlawfully, injyxiftUsJy.
ftftyAV the, lupuUtkni or. the rights of
j other# that the publication com|
plained of was made without the
I knowledge of .the defendant, without
i malicious or other unlawful intent,
'inadvertently, and without the neglii
v w Hi y If
>///(/ Vow Vourftvy.''
IPBIL 17, 189CM
genoo of the defendant or Ins agents.
It is further averred by the defendant
that the publication was not
intended to allege as true that lie
does not allege as true any matter
affecting the good name of the plain '
tiffs, but on the contrary was a true
statement of rumors current and
common; that the alleged libels were
uttered, not by the detendant, but by,
reputable and reliable iKTsons de
| scribed us "gome of the friends of
Newly," uml defendant denied that
hy reason of the publieation in such j
manner and with such qualifications
and injury, damage or pecuniary loss
has occurred to the plaintiffs personally
or in reputation us alleged in
the complaint; that ascertaing after
the publication that the matters alleged
hy "gome of the friends of Nee
ly" were not true, lie extended to the
'plaintiffs use of the columns of his
paper for the publication of whatever
matter they might deem adequate
and sufficient to vindicate themselves,
and that the plaintiff, (ieo. 11.
Moseley, in behalf of himself and
wife accepted the offer and forwarded,
March 10 18S7, a card denying
the statements, which curd was duly
published in the Columbia llegist-er.
Wherefore the defendant prayed that
he might be dismissed.
When this evidence was in .fudge
Melton, for the defendant, asked for
a non-suit and made a strong argument,
lusting for an hour and a half.
He held that under the law as laid \
down in Miller vs Kerr, 2d McCord,
the inference of legal malice could
not be draw u from a publication tluit
I "N'eely's frieu&s said so," etc. His
second point involved the doctrine of
newspaper privilege under the eele|
brated canon of Huron Park, arising
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from the moral ami social dutv of
the press to publish matters of geuoral
concern and public interest, in
which it was held that the legal inference
of malice would not arise
i from the publication of a libel made
in the discharge of such dutyJudge
Wallace said that he could
not grant the non suit for the reason
that under the decision in this
State there were matters he was
obliged to leave to the jury.
Evidence was then introduced for
the defence. The witnesses were
cross-examined by Mr. J. S. Muller.
i Col. Pope gave a lively address on
journalistic ethics, and maintained
that it was the plain duty of the
Register, under the circumstances,
i to publish the item.
At Judge Melton's request the!
case was adjourned at 0.30 P. M. until
tomorrow, to permit Conductor
: I.and, the correspondent of the llcg>
ister, who had sent the news complained
of, to testify. The speeches
will closely follow the evidence.
X. U. CI.
cithi<:i> of tiliTm ama.
The Frank and free Confession
of the (Jreenville News.
(.reeuvlll* News.
' Confession nod iv>nio.?w.. .........o.
1^/iiivviivV' jmuiiiuii;
tran<{uillity of mind, and therefore,
we desire to own up frankly and
freely on the Tillman question.
We hoped against hope until tinlast
minute that our first opinion of i
( apt. Tillman was right. Wo t hought!
him a somewhat extreme and violent j
man, but believed that he was entire-:
ly conscientious, and was induced to
make rash statements and take posi- i
lions \u> could not hold by honest |
steal for the good of his State and the
rightings of wrongs. When he declared
at the beginning of his career
! that ho was a candidate for no I
oflUe, hut trustee of an agricultural
1 college and desired no other, we j
I swallowed it whole and believed it t
implicitly. We have resented and
repelled the charges of opposition
newspapers that Tillman was working
chiefly for Tillman's advance-;
ment. We believed that w?*had at
last found u patriot who was giving
! his time, breath and labor for pure
love of his State and his class.
I
I The dream is over; the idol U
shattered. tVpt 'plenum stands
fourth an u candidate fojr Ooyornor at i
the head ofj tlyj iupwJUpat he. has l
i d9/ie so, much du^ng the last live
years to give shape hv 'Vhft Kami- j
I ers' Mwvemeidx fty the farmer*, of
the farmers and by the far mora, has .
been twisted into a Tillman move ;
meat, for Tillman, of Tillman and |
; ; " ' &-M8, '*
sill
by Tillman. What we thought wa>
patriotism wo find to in* politics.
Wo can only usk the Columbia llegister
ami of lwr esteemed eontenipora.ios
who havo all along (rented Capt
Tillman as a candidate in training
for a race for the Coventors hi| > to
pass along our dish of crow as gently
as possible in the circumstances, and
will thou unite with a vast number
of honest and rounding people ill the
doleful chorus, "sold as/ain !"
We arc sorry to lose the disinterested
ami sturdy patriot in whom wo
have believed all these years, but we
arc not hoitv for our part in it. We
would rather think too well of nine
tv-nine men than to fail to gi\e one
credit that he deserves. We prefer
to err on the side of charity and confidence
in human nature. We are
glad that to the very last we demanded
fair play for ('apt Til I mat*. and
that he should not he judged in advance
of his arts. Now that hehas
by his ow n act confirmed the charges
his enemies have made against liiin
the responsibility is on him.
Nor do we charge him with any
crime. If he wanted to he (Jovernor
lie had the right to work for that
end, and to secure all the backing lie
could. It is now for the Democrats
of the State to say whether they approve
his methods and hiscandidacv.
He has put himself before I hem for
judgement.
The outlook for him is not very
good. He has resiglud his claim to
he a disinterested patriot, working
solely for the good of his fellowfarmers,
ami he has not established
a standing as a brilliant or successful
politician. Il< was practically
beaten in his own game with all the
cards in his hand.
nil. a 1 i * ?
i in* i onvonuon oi tin.? V7111 was
called by < 'apt Shell, who is ('apt
Tillman's warm friend and devoted
advocate. It was called as a Convention
of all who wen; in sympathy
with the farmers' Movement to mak*
nominations. The farmers and those
who were in sympathy with them
met at their county seats, and l>\
their actions proved that they opposed
the making of nominations.
The first vote on the ipiestiou in
the Convention was a defeat lor tin
nomination plan. 'There was a majority
of one against nominations
including the vole of Mr. farley, ol
Laurens, as a part of the Spartanhurg
delegation, which was withdrawn
when a protest mad*
against it. Kxcluding that Note, t h*
motions for nominations was defeat
ed by a majority of t wo.
Among the votes for nomination.'
ti tnUii < * f n... r i..i ? * r
i, v ? v??^v1 wi i u\ i?mii unreal i\s i r< Mil
Pickens, who wore elected by n
fanner's mass meeting, which adopt
cd resolutions against nominations
The four men \\ Ih? \\ en! to ('olmnhiii
voted for nominations, hut I heir votes
did not nil) out the fact that tin
farmers of their county opposed such
action.
To make the majority of one then
was also included nine votes from
the cit\ of C'harleston. Those vote*
were cast hy delegates elected twe
nights before the Convention In ;<
meeting culled at a day's notice.
I low the farmers of Spartanburg
County feel cannot be known bccauto
*11 who opposed nominations wen
ruled out of the county meeting h\
Senator It. M. Smith, a ruling which
was reversed by the Convention when
it admitted the lhirnwell and Sunitei
delegations instructed against nomi
nations.
Any fair minded man considering
these facts must conclude that tin
farmers and their sympathizers virtually
declared against nomination:
in March.
If tho Convention had been tin
regular Democratic State Convention
and the result had been seen red In
the votes of delegates in opposition
to the expressed wishes of those whe
sent them and of other delegate*
hastily ehosen in Charleston at short
notice there would have been u howl
and a kick from one end of the State
to the other, ff when the farmers
come to, consider the matter and investigate
the facta they do not kick
energetically against the action of
this (Hwnention arid the attempt to
oumntft lliem with or without their
consent to Capt Tillman's candidacy
we will la* much surprised.
A man is known hv the e > njmny
he keop.^ nod hv the eonij^mv he
keeps away fro n.
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NO. XL.
A T1 >1 KIjY W A1CN I NCI
Which Should he C'uliiily Considered
autl Cully Heeded.
Mr. K. _M. lirayton, as cjiairnian
of the Republican State committee,
lias gone to work earlv to prepare
to take advantage of whatever dissent
sions and divisions may be developed
in the Democratic party during the
proaching campaign or at the next
election. In the dispatches from
Columbia that were published yes
terday it is stated that lie went betore
a 1'nited Stat<* commissioner on
Monday and a|>]>1ied for a warrant
against Supervisor M.-ighan? charging
liini with failure and refusal to
open hi- olllce on that day for the
registration of voters, and that the
commissioner hail been instructed by
the I'nited States district attorney
to issue the warrant tit once.
What the result vf the proceedings
will he cannot he foretold, as
there is a question as to the requirements
of the State law in regard to
the limes of opening tin* hooks of
registration, and Supervisor Mcighaa
claims that lie has been guided
by legal advice in the course lie has
taken; and even if he have failed to
comph with the letter of the State
law it is doubtful whether bis mere
failure to act constitutes such a positive
offence as is contemplated by
the terms of the lie vised Statutes of #
the I'nited States. These points
however, w ill probably be settled, or
put in the way of settlement, by the
pr<?* dings w hich have been iustitut
Chairman I tray ton's instance,
it I site Supervisor will lmvo the
benefit of the best legal counsel in
the Stale in mnintaini ng his posi(ion.
The interesting feature of the pro eoedings,
to the white people of
South < 'urobilin is the evidence
which has been given that the chairman
and head of the Republican
party in the Stale is preparing in
time to organize his forces so as to
profit by the threatened division in
the Democratic ranks. The ground
of his action against the Supervisor
is that "colored voters," Republican
voters, of course, went to Columbia
on Monday to register, and were pre*
vented from doing so. It is not us1
mil furthest voters to manifest so
lively an interest in registration three
months in advance of the day when
the registration book are finally (dosed.
The fact, if it be a fact, that
the colored Republicans are already
moving to qualify themselves to vote
at the approaching election in November,
eight months distant shows
plainly that their leaders are fully
i . . .
awake to Hie opportunity \\ liicli tin*
so called Fanners' Movement may
ghe to them, and are quietly hut actively
arraying their forces for another
Struggle for control of the
state, under the advantageous circumstances
of local Democratic divisions
ami of a Republican Admin
istration at Washington which will
sustain them in every effort they
shall make.
i
The farmers of the State, and the
w hite voters generally, will do well,
f to coiiif er the limeh object lesson
, which ,as been exhibited to them at
, ('oluiuhia this week, ami to regulate
r their own conduct accordingly. This
is not a good year for Democrats in
South Carolina to divide on nctlv or
I ?
. personal issues. It is u good year
for them to register their full strength
and to stamd together, and work tof
got her, and any other course is like*
ly 4 ' ' attended with consequences
\v? . we shad 1 have abundant cause
\ iT/ret hereafter.?iVe/ra and ('ou>
? . . \
i tfl\
! Kailroad SubscriptIon in Clierttor.
('iikstkr, April 9.?The election
VCSt en lav ill this l!muitvnn an..
, M m W - *- j " v,,v -ration
of subscription or no subscvip*
lion of $100,000 to the capital stock
of the A thin tie, Aahoville and Knox[j
vllle Railway Company reunited in
favor of subscription. The election
nas a ?piiet one, and the vote 18 re
> garded as a full one for tin* busy
> season. The oflllcial returns from
the various precincts were canvassed
l?y the County Commissioners to-dav
12 Mm and the following i* the re
suit: Subscription, l,2o2; no su7>- *
seription, 182; majority for snl>s<-ri
lion, f?7lh ('fthimhia /* <//.</< r.