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What Tillman Thinks. A Split ia tae Party Not aa Improbability. Lexington, Ky., April 10.-Se?ator Ben Tillmao, of South Carolina, whose fearless attack on President Cleveland and his administration has directed the attention of the. country to him, reach? ed Lexington this evening. He will deliv?r his first speeoh io his campaigu j for free silver in the auditorium in this city to-morrow afternoon. There is j every assurance of a very large crowd. The farmers, who are very generally j for silver, will flock io-by the hundreds from miles around, and even those who do not agree with the aggressive South Carolinian will go out to hear him. Duriog this evening Senator Tillman has been in receipt of marked attention from the members of the Fayette couo ty Bimetallic dub, which comprises some of the most influeotal citizens of I Lexington and vicinity. His room io j the Phoenix has been filled all evening, 1 bat the senator gave a few minutes to The Enquirer representative and told of bis future plans. Mr. Tillman is a man of striking personality. Full of fire and energy, and he possesses an inexhaustible fund of humor and cleverness io illustrating his views. "I am greatly pleased with the coarse of The Enquirer in defending the interests of the people, said the senator. "A large majority of the metropolitan press are against silver J and with the other fellows, and it is gratifying to know that there is one I paper which has the courage to speak oat." y "What is the purpose of your pres? ent tour senator ?" "I am on my way west to address a meeting of Democrats in convention in j Denver next week. Tbere isn't much j of the Democratic party left out there, bat the Populists made so many / mis? takes and had so many irresponsible men in command that they have lost their grip. I have believed for sever? al years that the only salvation of this country is a union of the people of the west and south against the east It is time we begin to protect ourselves from the wily New Englanders, and I want to extend the band of fellowship from the people of South Carolioa to those of & the great west." "Have you aoj idea that the siiyer element io the Democratic party will control the National convention at Chi? cago?" "I don't think that tbere is any doubt about it." "But suppose they don't and the gold men make the platform, what theo ?" t "I will not concede that such ao event will happen, but, in the event that they do, there will be a split in the party, that's sure. The people of South Carolina wili not stand any foolishness. ^ We will 06 for a silver mao in the Democratic party if possible, but if not j will vote for bim out of some other party." "It is said that your colleague, Sen - j ator Irby, is leading a fight to keep the I Democrats of your State io the party ! ranks, and while he wishes them to favor free silver, yet be wants to bind them to support tbe nominee of the ! Chicago convention." ''That's true, but he isn't making any headway. He offered a resolution to that effect in the meeting of the State committee last Tuesday, and got S votes out of 33. The people of Sooth Carolina can take care of that matter themselves, and they will not j bind their delegates to support the norn - j inee of the National convention on a gold platform." "Upon wna.t do you base your opinion that the silver men will control the Na? tional Democratic convention ?" "I believe that the south will be solid for silver, as well as the west and some of the central States. The wave is on the increase, if you can get the papers j to tell the truth." J ! "Who is your choice for President on the silver ticket ?" "Some good man who has battled for silver. It won't do to take one of the fellows who falls in with the tide. We j want everybody tog be with us, but those who are nominated must have j been all right " "Suppose Cleveland or Carlisle were j nominated on the Democratic ticket." "Thew it's all up with the Democratic party. Neither of them could carry a i State in the Union, and Cleveland would have hard work to get a county. I tell yon I would rather vote for a good Republican than Carlisle, even John Sherman, because Sherman has ! been consistent and Carlisle has not." "Is tbere any chance of a split in the j Republican party ?" I think that the five senators who re fused to vate for the tariff bill, Carter. ! Teller, Mantle, Dubois and Cannon, will surely bolt their party if a gold platform is made at St. Louis." "Don't you think that if the gold men are beaten at Chicago thr" will bolt?" "Yes, I do, and let them go. \v . will have the name and the good will, j which is worth a heap, especially in the j South. I am firmly convinced that silver will win the fight. I will be a delegate at large from my State, and if some of the present senators don't leave the Chicago convention with me if a gold platform is adopted, I pity them. They will lose their jobs. This is true of Vest and Cockrell of Missouri. If they don't leave the gold wing of .he Democratic party in that event, the people of their State will leave them." ''Have you never regretted any part of your speech io the senate in which you were so severe io denunciation of Cleveland and Carlisle ?" "Not one word of it. I have re? ceived not lees than 20,000 letters from every State in the Uoioo com? mending my course. The people are with me aud so are some of the sena? tors, if they were not afraid to say so. Not "long ago a well known Southern senator, who is a gentleman and an orator, came to me and said : 'Tillman, your speech was all right, but don't you think that you might have left some things unsaid, for instance, that reference to manure on a pitchfork was a little rough ?" ? replied to this : 4My dear sir, my farmers in the South uuderstaod that illustration better than anything I could have said, and they appreciate the aptness of the illustra? tion ' " "In your short experience in the senate, whom do you consider the ablest Democrat ?" "Vest of Missouri. He is a great man and a fearless man. Morgan and Daniel are also very able, and Dave Hill is a shrewd parliamentarian "Who is the greatest Republican there ?" "To tell you the truth, none of the members of that party have impressed me very much. I suppose that Sher? man and Hoar a?e the best, You speak of Teller. He is a smart man, but I don't consider him a Republican any longer. Wolcott is talented, but he broke his neck by his speech against the Monroe doctrine. I have had as many letters from Colorado as any other State, and they all roast Wolcott, be? side Wolcott, is inclined to stick to his party, no matter bow the St. Louis, convention treats the silver question. "Whom do you think the Republi cans will nominate for President ?" k4It looks like McKinley. The party is going to try and sidetrack the silver question for the tariff, but it won't no. The people will not be deceived io that way." When asked if he were a Presiden? tial candidate, Senatar Tillman turned the question off with a laugh, and de- j dared that he was simply on a mission ! of peace and good will for good money I and good government. He talked en- I tertainingly about the South, and told bow he had overthrown the old South Carolina officeboldiog aristocracy. .He said that bis State had always bad the misfortune to have only the one party and a little ring had parcelled the offi? ces out among themselves for many years. The abettors of negro domina? tion had forced the white people to unite, and all it was necessary to do j was to name a ticket a?d all the white j people bad to do was to vate for it j without any question. In his fight against the ring he was opposed by j every paper in the State except a few country OM eklies. The people had won there, as they would do every? where, when thpy had confidence in their leaders. Senator Tillman gave the members of the Silver club in his room some i good advice about organizing. He j said that a few officeholders could con? trol a county as against the people, just as weil drilled troops could whip a mob with a captain in command. The senator stated that he would be ! pleased to address the people of Cinciu- \ nati en route to Washington on April 24, if a meeting could be arranged for ; him. He had received several offers to ? make speeches io various part of Ohio, j but had declined them all. He is very j much interested in the result of the j election of delegates from Ohio to the i Democratic national convention, and says that if the silver men cao get half of Ohio and Indiana there is no doubt that they can win at Chicago. Tillman to Kentuckians. Lexington, JKy., April ll.-Sen? ator Tillman of South Carolina made his first speech in Kentucky at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Lexing? ton auditorium. The audince filled the house, a great many ladies being present. He said little about silver, j devoting nearly all his time to Sec- j retary Carlisle, President Cleveland, Henry Watterson and the press of j the country. In referring to Mr. i Watterson he said he pitied him, that he had for years taught true Democracy to Kentuckians but "when \ his master told him to undo the good work he had done, he did his bid- : ding." lie asserted that he would rather cut his throat than remain in such employ lunger. Ile said he had always been a Democrat and his ancestors before him, "but if Carlisle and Cleveland are to set the pace for Democrats, I will declare myself to be no Democrat." He praised Senator Blackburn for remaining in the silver ranks, and criticized that wing of the party which caused his defeat. lie told his hearers that they were cowards to allow the sound money Democrats to remain in power and that the}' would forever be ruined if they per? mitted the rings of the various coun? ties to send delegates to the State convention, who would pass resolu? tions endorsing Carlisle for Presi? dent. Not Guilty. New York, April 10-The jury in the case of the Cubans on trial in connection with the Cuban filibuster? ing expedition, returned a verdict at at 6 o'clock to-night of "not guilty" in the case of all the defedants. Ttie House of Representatives passed seventy-five private pension bills within an hour. A The Congressional Menu. Washington, April 12.-As so"on as the Indian bill is disposed of in the senate, Mr. Hale will call up the naval bill, which was reported Wednesday last. Incidentally, there will be a va? riety of questions called up during the morning hour Monday, Mr. Chandler, according to notice, will speak on the Dupont election case and will probably be followed by Mr. ! Gray, of Delaware. Mr Squire has ; given notice that on Tuesday he will ! address the senate on the comprehen? sion bill for the erection of fortifica ? tions, reported by his committee ? some weeks ago. A spirited debate is expected on i Wednesday, Mr Pefler having se I cured unanimous consent to call up I on that day his bond sale investiga ! tion resolution. House bill to re ; duce the cases in which the penalty i of death may be inflicted, has been ; made the special order for Wednes I day. j Mr Lodge has given notice that ; on Thursday he will call up the im j migration bill, providing for an . I illiteracy test. Meanwhile the joint resolution of Mr. Cannon directing : the secretary of the interior to open j for public entry the Uncompahge reservation holds its place on the : calendar as unfinished business. Under the rules of the house, to- j j morrow is District of Columbia day, i j that is the day set aside for the con- j I sider:ition of matters presented by ! I the committee of affairs of the Dis j trict of Columbia, but that it will be i so devoted is uncertain Two other j matters are pressing for considera- j ! tion now-the fortifications appro ? priation bill and the contested elec j tion case of Goodwin vs. Cobb, from the Fifth district of Alabama, in which the committee on election No 1 recommended the seating of the contestant, Goodwin. Judge Dan? iels, chairman of the committee, gave notice 10 days ago that he would ask the house to dispose of the'case to morrow, but it is under? stood that he will not antagonize Chairman Babcock, of the District of Columbia committee, when the latter moved to take up District business. But Mr. Cannon, chairman of the committee on appropriations, may not be so leniently disposed and the house may have to determine the order of business for itself. The probabilities seem now to favor the fortification bill as the first item, and at the conclusion of its -consideration the rest of the day to be given to the District of Columbia committee. 1 Mr. Cannon was of the opinion Saturday that he could get the bill out of the way in an hour and a half. He may find it different at the beginning of the week. How? ever they are arranged, these two matters will hold the boards against all other business until disposed of, unless a conference report on the appropriation bill shall be presented. The preliminary report upon the j legislative executive and judicial i appropriation bill has been agreed | upon and will be presented to mor- j row or Tuesday. It relates only to those items about which there was practically no disagreement among the conferees, and a further conference will be ordered on the matters of more serious difference As opportunity presents itself, the general pension bills reported by the committee on invalid pen? sions and the bankruptcy bill will be considered, but no time can be fixed at which they will be taken up. A Rich Nugget. Charlotte, N. C., April 10.-A special to the Observer tells of a gold excitement in Cabarrus county, which adjoins this one. Miners at werk in the Reed Gold mine to-da\r took out a nugget weighing 22 3-4 pounds and estimated to be worth ?4,SOO. This is the second largest nugget ever found in the United States The county io which this find was j made is one of the oldest gold min- j ing legions in the country and in | times past one of the most produc? tive. The Reed mine is owned by O S and O. W. Kelly and J. D Lisle, of Springfield, Ohio. War to the Knife. Indianapolis. April 12.-The pro- j posed organization of the members I of the A. P A. against McKinley is j taking shape in the lodges ot the ; order in this State and it is said an 1 attempt will be made in the State! convention to prevent the instruc- j tion of* delegates and also to influence ? (he delegates at large who are op? posed to the Ohio man. A leader of the A. P. A men says to-day that the refusal of McKinley's manager to recognize the order had determined them to make open war against him in the national convention and at the polls, if he was nominated. It was intimated that the A. P. A men were willing to unite with the friends of ex-President Harrison in an effort to prevent instructions for McKinley, and that overtures to this ? effect had cr would be made g Seven miners were burned to death in the Pope mine, Butte, Mootana on ' Wednesday. As to Expulsion. WASHINGTON. April 12.-The Turk? ish legation received from the sublime porte, under to-day's date, the follow- j ing telegram : "it has been falsely stated that the missionaries would be expelled. The imperial government has not taken, and does not intend to take, any gene? ral measure of expulsion of mission? aries aud Catholic priests. Those att?ong them wbo attend peacefully to their business are not and will not be disturbed. But, surely, it cannot be the same for those who by their atti? tude try lo disturb tbe order and tran? quility of thc couutry, and place them selves in open bostiliiy towards the law and regulations in force in the empire. The imperial government, watohful of the maintenance of public security, has the duty to send them away from its territory, and in so doing, it avails it? self of a right which nobody io all jus? tice could conte&t Chas. Brascornb, editor of the South Haven, Kansas, New Era, was shot and instantly killed in a shoot? ing scrape between A. A Richards and Robert Simmons, both newspaper men. The battleship Indiana has arrived at Newport News from Port Royal. Reddick Adams, a negro murderer, was lynched at Seale, Ala , Saturday night. The King of Greece gave a ban? quet to the contestants in the Olympic games at the palace in Athens on Saturday night. Claremont Lo Wo. 64 A. KM. THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU? NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No. 64, A. F. M.. will be held on Thursday Evening, April 23d, at 7?p. m. Brethren will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. By order, F. M. SPANN, W. M. H. C. MOSES, Secretary. DR1AIMIIMIIS, DENTIST. office OVER STORE OF SUMTER DRY GOODS COMPANY' Entrance on Main Street, Between Dry Goods Co. and Durant k Son OFFICE HOURS : 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 9. 2 Ol.tuinol. :it:?3 :?tl /'.I?/-.AJ tended i?> :<o I>H)IH:I:ATE rri:s op|M>sile tl''* I". ."?> I':?T(. ri? t?lliee. : tain Patents in less tim** Mia*: t!i??: IVxsillXG'rOX. Send y.ohEI.. PHOTO of invention. 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