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THB SUMTER WATCHMAN, Kfltabiished April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TKDE SOUTHKON, Established jone, 1366 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1896. New Series-Vol. XVI. Xo. fi Published Svery Wednesday, -BY I JLNT. Gr. Osteenj SUMTER, S! C. TERMS : ^ ?1.50 per anoure-in advance. ADVERTISEMENT: One Square first insertion.S1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made nt reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will becbarg?.! for HS advertisements. Obituaries aud tributes of respect will be charged for. i. Bryan Formally Accepts. His Letter to the Notification Committee. .s Takes Up the Platform and Carefully Deals With It Section ly Section. \? An Exceedingly Strong Campaign Paper. LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 9.-Mr. Bryan to-day made public his letter accepting the Democratic nomination. Its full text follows : Hon. Stephen M White and other members cf the notification commit? tee of the Democratic committee. Gentlemen : I accept the nomination tendered by you on behalf of the Demo? cratic party, and in so doing desire to assure you that ? fully appreciate the 4 high honor which such nomination coo fers and the grave responsibilities which accompany an election to the Presi? dency of the United States. So deeply am I impressed with the magnitude of the power vested by the Constitution in the chief executive of the nation and with the enormous ioflueoce wbioh he can wield for the benefit or SD j ur y of the people that I wish to enter the office, if eleoted,free from any personal desire, exeept the desire to prove worthy of the confidence of my country Human judgment is fallible enough wheo un? biased by selfish considerations, and io order that I may not be tempted to use the patronage of ao office fo advance any personal ambition, I hereby announce, with all the emphasis which words can express, my fixed determina? tion not, ander aoy circumstances, to be a candidate for re-election ia case the campaign results in my election. I have carefully considered the plat? form adopted by tbe Democratic na? tional convention and unqualifiedly en? dorse every plank therein. Our institutions rest upon the posi? tion that all men, being created equal, are entitled to equal consideration at the hands of the government. ' Because all men are created equal it follows that co citizen has a right to injure another citizen. The main purpose of government being to protect all citizens in the enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, this purpose must lead the government, first, to avoid acts of affirmative injustice, and, second, to restrain each citizen from trespassing opon the rights of another citizen. A Democratic form of gov? ernment is conducive to highest civili? zation because it opens before each indi? vidual the greatest opportunities for development and stimulates to the high' est endeavor by insuring to each the foll enjoyment of all the rewards of toil, except such contribution as is necessary to support the government which protects bim Democracy is in? different to pedigree-it deafo with the individual rather than with his ances? tors. Democracy ignores differences in wealth-neither riches nor poverty can be invoked in behalf of or agaiost any citizen. Democracy knows no creed-recognizing the right of each individual to worship God according to the diotates of his own conscience, it welcomes all to a common brotherhood and guarantees equal treatment to all, no matter io what character or through what forms they commune with their Creator. ! Having discussed portions of the platform at the time of its adoption and again when its letter of notification was formerly delivered, it will not be neces? sary at this time to touch upon all the subjects embraced in its declarations. Honest differences of opinion have ever existed and ever will exist as to the most effective means of securing domes? tic tranquility, bat no citizen fails to recognize at all times and under ail circumstances the absolute necessity for the prompt and vigorous enforcement of law and the preservation of the public peace. In a government like ours, law is but the crystalization of the will of the people; without it the citizen is neither secure in the enjoyment of life and liberty, nor protected ij the pur? suit of happiness. Without obedience to law, government is impossible The Democratic party is pledged to defend and protect the dual scheme of govern? ment instituted by the founders of the j republic. The name United States was i happily chosen. It combines the idea j of national strength with the idea of lo- ! .indissoluble union of indestructible State*." Our wise forefathers, f tia ri ri s the fen dency town-d oc^iirrai?zi?iot? as well a thc dancers (if disintegration, guardeo against both, and national safety as weil as domestic security is to bei fou nc in th? careful observance of tfi? limita? tions which they impose. It wi!; be uoticed while the United States guar aotees to every State a republican form of government and is empowered tc protect each State against invasion, it ii not authorized to interfere io the do toestic affairs of any State except- upon application r the legislature of the State, or upoa the application of the ex? ecutive wheo the l?gislature cannot be convened. This provision rests upon the sound theory that the people of the State, acting through their legally chosen representatives, are because ol their more iotiruate acquaintance with local conditions, better qnalified thau the President to jugde of the necessity for federal interference. Those who framed our Constitution wisely deter? mined to make as broad an application of the principles of local self-govern? ment as cireumstaocea would permit, and we cannot dispute the correctness of the position taken by them without expressing a distrust of the people themselves. Since governments exist for the pro? tection of the rights of the people and not for their spoliation no ext ;odirure of publio money can be justified, unless that expenditure is necessary for the honest, economical administration of the government. Io determining what appropriations are necessary, the inter? ests of those who pay the taxes should be consulted rather than the wishes of those who receive or disburse publio moneys. An increase in the bonded debt of the United States at this time is entirely without excuse. The issue of interest bearing bonds within the last few years has been defended on the grouud that they were necessary to sr "ure gold with which to redeem United States notes and treasury Dotes; but this necessity bas been imaginary rather than real. Instead of exercising the legal right vested io the United States to redeem its bonds io either gold or silver, the executive branch of the government has followed a precedent established by a former administration and surrendered the optioo to the bolder of the obliga? tions. This administrative policy leave? the government at the mercy of those who find pecuniary profit io bond issues. The fact that the dealers 'ft money and securities have been able to deplete or protect the treasury accord? ing to their changing whims shows how dangerous it is to permit them to exer? cise a controlling influence over the treasury department The govern? ment of the United States, when ad? ministered in the interest of ali the peo? ple, is abie to establish and maintain its own financial policy, not only with? out the aid of syndicates but in spite of any opposition which the syndicate may exert. To assert that the government is dependent upoo the assistance or good will of a portion of the people other than a constitutional majority, is to as? sert that we have a government in form, but without vital force. The position taken by the platform against the issue of paper money by na? tional banks is supported by the high? est Democratic authority as well as de? monstrated by the interest of the people. The present attempt of the national i baoks to force the retirement of United States ootes aod treasury notes io order to secure a basis for a larger issue of their own ootes, illustrate 'he daoger which arises from permitting them to issue their paper as a circulatiog medium. Thenational bank note being redeem? able in lawful mooey, bas never been better than the United States note which stands behind it, and yet the banks persistently demaod that these United States notes which draw no interest shall give place to interest bear? ing boods io order that the banks may collect the interest which the people now bave. To empower national banks to issue circulatiog notes is to grant a valuable privlege to a favored class, surrender to private corporatioos the oootrol over the volume of paper money, aod build up a class which will claim a vested ioterest io the national finan? cial policy. The United States notes commonly known as greenbacks, being redeemable io either gold or silver at the option of the government and Dot at the option of the holder, are safer and cheaper for the people than the national bank notes based upon inter?s* bearing bonds. i A dignified but firm maintenance of I the foreigu policy first set forth by President Monroe and reiterated by the Presidents who have succeeded him, in? stead of arousing hostility abroad, is I the best guarantee ofamicable relations ; with other nations it is better for ail ! concerned that the United State? should j resist any extension of European au I thority in the western hemisphere ? rather than invite the continua! irrita ? rion which would necessarily result | i (vin any attempt.to increase thc infla j j ence of monarchical institutions over ! that portion of the America which han ; been dedicated to Republican govern? ment. No nation caD afford to be unjust to irs defenders. Tho care of those wht havf. suffered ic the military ?nd nava Kcrv?co of i he cnn:. . ..-, a r.acred airy A narien which, iiko the United States reliod ur?-'r: volante? service rathei than anon a iar^t: standing army, addi to irs "own security whee it makes gen erous provisions for those who haw risked their liv:** in its defense, arie for those who are dependent upon them. Labor creaks cap? cai Until wealth is produced by application of brain and muscle to the resources of thu country, there is nothing to divide among thc non-producing classes of society. Since the products of wealth create the na? tion's prosperity in time of peace ano defend the nations flag in time of peril their interests ought a*-, all times to be Considered by those who stand in ci5 cial positions. The Democratic part? has ever found its voting strength amoog those who ar* proud to be known as the common peopie, and it pledges itself to propose and enact such legisla, tion as is necessary to protect the masses in the free exercise of every po? litical right and in the enjoyment ol their just share of the rewards of their labor. I desire to give special emphasis to the plank which recommends such legis? lation as is neecessary :o secure the arbitration of differences between em? ployers engaged in interstate commerce and their employees Arbitration is not a uew idea ; it is simply an exten sian of the court of justice. The laboring men of the country have ex? pressed a desire for arbitration and the railroads cannot reasonably object to the decisions rendered by an impartial tribunal. Society has an interest even greater than the interest of employees and has a right to protect itself by courts of arbitration against the growing incon? veniences and embarrassments occasion? ed by disputes by those who own the great arteries of commerce on the one band and the laborers who operate them on the other. While the Democratic party wel? comes to the country those who come with love for oar institutions and with determination and ability to contribute to the prosperity of our nation, it is opposed to the dumping of criminal classes upon our shores and to the im? portation of either pauper or contract labor to compete with American labor. Tbe reoent abuses which have grown out of injunction proceedings have been so emphatically condemned by public opinion that the senate bill providing for trial by jury in certain contempt cases will meet with general approval. The Democratic party is opposed to trusts. It would be recreant to its duty to the people of the country if it recognized either the moral or the legal right of these great institutions of wealth to stifle competition, bankrupt rivals and then prey upon society. Corporations are the creatures of law and they should not be permitted to pass from under the power that created them ; tbey|%re permitted to exist upon the theory that they advance the public weal and they must not be allowed to use their powers for the public injury The right of the United States gov ermentto regulate interstate commerce cannot be questiond, and the necessity for the vigorous exercise of that right is becoming more and more imperative. The interest of the whole people require such an enlargement of the powers of interstate commerce commissions as will enable it to prevent discrimination between persons and places and protect patrons from unreasonable charges. The government canna afford to dis? criminate between its debtors and must therefore prosecute its legal claims against the Pacific railroads. Such a polioy is necessary for the protection of the rights of the patrons, as well as for the interests of the government. The people of the United States, happy in the enjoyment of the bless? ings of free government, feel a gen? erous sympathy toward all who are endeavoring to secure like blessings for themselves. This sympathy, while respecting ail treaty obliga? tions, is especially active and earnest when excited by the struggling of neighboring people, who. like the Cubans, are near enough to observe the workings of a government which derives all its authority from the con? sent of the governed That the American people are not in favor of life tenure in the civil service is evident from, the fact that they, as a rule, make frequent changes in their official representa- j tives when those'represcntatives are ? chosed by ballot. A permanent ! office-holding class is not in harmony with our institutions A fixed term in appointive offices, except where the Federal Constitution now pro? vides otherwise, should open the j public service to a larger number ol': citizens without impairing its efii ciency The territorial form of government j is temporary in its nature and should j give way as soon as tho territory is : sufficiently advanced to take its place among th'.* States. New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona arc entitled ta statehood and their early admission is demanded by their material and political interests. The demand ol'I the platform that officials appointed | to administer tho government of the territories. 1 he District of Columbia ?nd ?iask<i should be bona fide resi? dents of the territories or District is entirely in keeping vsitli the Demo? cratic theory of home rule. I arri also heartily in sympathy with the declaration that all public lands should be reserved for the establish? ment of free homes for American citizens. The policy of inproving the great waterways of the country is justified by the national character of these waterways and the enormous ton age borne upon them Experience has demonstrated that continuing ap? propriations are, in the end, more economical than single appropria? tions separated by long intervals. It is not necessary to discuss the tariff question at this time What? ever may be the individual views of citizens as to the relative merits of protection and tariff reform, al! must recognize that until the money ques? tion is fully and finally settled the American people will not consent to the consideration of any other im portant question. Taxation presents a problem which in some form is con? tinually present, and postponement of definite action upon it involves no sacrifice of personal opinion or polit? ical principles ; but the crisis pre? sented by financial conditions cannot be postponed Tremendous results will follow the action taken by the United States on the money ques? tion, and delay is impossible. The people of this nation, sitting as a high court, must render judgment in the cause which greed is prosecuting against humanity. The decision will either give hope and inspiration to those who toil, or "shut the doors of mercy on mankind " In the pres? ence of this overshadowing issue, differences of opinion upon minor questions must be laid aside in order that there may be united action among those who are determined that progress toward a universal gold standard shall.be stayed and the gold aud silver standard of the Con? stitution restored. W. J. Bryan. Tillman m Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 9.-United States Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, was the star speaker this afternoon at a pic nie and mass meet? ing held at We6t End Park under the auspices of the Harrisburg Bimetal? lic Union. Owing to a misunder? standing as to the hour when Tillman would speak the crowd was uot as large as it would otherwise have been. Ex - Representative James Kerr, of Clearfield, was also present and discussed the issues of the cam? paign. The speech of Senator Till? man was frequently cheered and he made rather a favorable impression on those who heard him. His re msrks about the down-trodden condi? tion of the workingmen of the coun? try and his charge that the financial policy is largely responsible for the present conditions were given close attention He discussed the issues in a characteristic style and pointed out the way to redemption from the evils of which he complained. A meeting was held at the Court House to-night when Senator Tillman spoke on free silver In Sweden, according to travelers who have resided in that country, it is a household custom to provide rooms where the children may go and cry and scream and make all the noise they need to. Io all other parts of the house they are expected to be quiet and mi?dful of the presence of their elders. Happy Sweden ! The defeat of Gov. John Gary Evaos, Tillman's protege, for Uoited States Senator, ie the first indicatioo of the disintegration of Tillman's power io South Carolina. For eight years be has held the Palmetto State under the disgraceful tyranny of his autocratic misrule He has split up the demo? cratic party into a half dozen warriog camps. He bas even made Repablioao success possible by driving thousands of sound money, protection and patriotic democrats ioto the Republican ranks. We know but little of Judge Earle's qualifications for a seat once occupied by a Calhoun, a Hayne and a Hampton, but his success is certainly a defeat for Tillman, and to that extent, at least, the State deserves congratulations. N. Y. Mail and Express. The Populists and Republicans of North Carolina have agreed on a plan cf fusion as to State issues and offices. London, Sept. 10.- Thc directors of the Bank of England have advanced j thc bank's rate of discount from 2 per j (."nt to 2 1-2 per cent. This is the first j time that the bank has increased its dis- j couot rate since Febuary 22, IS94. j The action of the directors of the bank \ was unexpected and is regulated .<>.> a precautionary measure, having gone to j check the drain of gold to the United States and thc continent. The imme- ! d?ate effect of thc annouocme-ot of the increase was to canso a decline on the stock exchange of consols, home rail? way shares and American railroad ste Does Not Know What Hur? Him. Evans Vainly Speculates on Causes of His Defeat. COLUMBIA, Sept. 9.-The jig is up for Evans. He knows ir. He has bu' little to say, and will do the best he can at the practice of law after his term as Governor expires next January. Last night he saw the chances of his election gradually and fast fading away, and when he went to bed it was with but faint hope for what the morning would bring forth. He knew that the voters of the State had refused to be whipped into line and that the Tillman letter had been repudiated and that the white voters of South Carolina want no "bossism" no matter how urgent may be the appeal for help. Governor Evans was at the State House bright and early this morning. He said that he wanted to get rid of the accumulated mail on his hands and was done with politics-for a while, at lease. Theo he branched out and said that it was a bad thing to be in politics anyway-as they are now cooducted. He seems to be fully aware of how the cat jumped, and in the course of a gen? eral conversation said that he, of course, felt bis defeat as anyone else would after having worked so bard for the election, but that he was by no means backed or whipped, and that he would be beard from again. Then he went ou to say that he was glad he was out of politics, "for," said hs, "it is the dirtiest thing that I have ever seen the way it now goes. The only people he thought who should go into politics were those who bad plenty of money, and when a man had a good and estab? lished business he was doing a wrong to himself to ever go into a political life." To what does Governor Evans attri date his defeat? I did not ask him the direct question, but from the drift of bis conversation the reasons are "the lies that have been told on me," the lack of support of those who should have supported him on account of local influences and the organization of the opposition vote. Special emphasis is to be placed on what Governor Evans in general terms calls the "lies" that have been told on him. He says that when a lie once gets started in politics and finds its way into the rural dis tricts that it is the hardest thing in the world io overtake it. Thoo, again, he attributes some of his lack of success to cot having the press of the Reform party with him in his fight. Be the causes what they may Gov? ernor Evans this morning said that he thought the majority against him would be about 5,000 The indica? tions now are that the majority against will be even larger than this. The election returns have been some? what slow in coming in, but there has never yet been a time since the returns began coming io that any one thought Governer Evans stood a chance. Learn to Listen Intelligently. "Learn, after you have learned to speak, to listen, and to listen in? telligently, " writes Ruth Asmore on how "To be a Social Success" in Au? gust Ladies' Home Journal. "Express your interest through your eyes, and when it is needed say the encouraging word that, like hot water on the tea, brings oat the strength. If a speaker mentions a wrong date do not correct her, the world cares for the interesting j talk, not for whether the affair described j happesed on Thursday or Friday, nor whether the bon mot was born at nine or one o'clock. The effect on the speaker is belittling, and you have no right to underrate any one. Chatter about anything you will but personali? ties. But do not feel that you must raise the tone of society by ringing io, when everybody is laughing at some funny little story about a child, or all are smiling at an amusing description of how tbeoraoge blossoms grow dowo South, your opinion of some heavy his-1 tory that has lately been published. Society is not a school, it is a pleasure ground.'' --- - CHICAGO, Sept. 10.-Some time ago Rudolph M. Patterson, a young Ke- | publican of this city, challenged Sena- j tor Tillman of South Carolina to a joint | debate on the ruooey question. To-day he received a reply from the senator accepting the challenge and agreeing to meet him at either Chicago or New ! York, the latter city preferred. Senator Irby has declined to express an opinion on the result of tho pri- J mary. Highest cf all in Leavening Pow Bradstreet's Opinion. NEW YORK, Sept. H.-Bradstreet's to morrow will say : The feeling among jobbers and manufacture rs last week that an improvement in de? mand for seasonable staples was in sight was evidently weil founded, for at more than a dozen centers south and west the demand is now more active, the volume of sales lias in? creased and the general outlook is much more favorable for business later in the autumn. Notwithstand? ing the Labcr day interruption the week's volume of business is slightly heavier, several cities reporting a larger demand this week to replenish depleted stocks than during two pro? ceeding mouths. The most marked improvemen is at Chicago, St Louis, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Pittsburg, Charleston and Augusta, although other cities have reported a better feeling and prospects for more active demand. No such gain has taken place in financial as in commercial circles. While there is an increase in the de? mand for mercantile discounts, the supply of money is larger, though rates for money remain unchanged west and south, with no change or higher quotations at eastern cities New Orleans bank failures have result? ed in restricted loans and volume of trace at a time when the early move? ment of cotton and sugar prospects had stimulated trade In Texas farmers are holding cotton for an ad? vance in price,and leading Georgiajob? bers find mercantile collections much improved. Providence reports a bet? ter tone among jewelry and cotton, good manufacturers, and that nearly all the latterare running full time again. The shrinkage of production of pig iron in the United States from a rate equal to 10,000,000 tons per annum to less than two-thirds the quantity is proving an effective remedy for stagnation in the iron and steel industries and already demand has begun to reassert itself There is a more encouraging look to the prices movement also. Wheat is up. again on continued active export movement, and a very g?nerai ten? dency on the part of the crap reporters to make out a nominal shortage in the world's production this year Short crop wiews as to oats and cot ton have like effects, the latter finally having some influence in raising print cloths quotations since surplus Kt?-cks of cotton goods have begun to have less weight. Business failures throughout the United States this week number 308. More than twice as many failures are reported this week as in the corres? ponding week of 1892. ? M ll ?. fl?- - Danger In Roentgen Ray. A warning bas been voiced by one of thc leading English medical journals in regard to the too frequent use of the Roentgen ray apparatus. It is interesting, no doubt, to obtain a series of photograph of one's own skel? eton, but if this is to be at the expense of such trifles as one's hair and one's finger nails, it seems hardly worth the cost. Ooe electrical eogineer, who has often demonstrated the beauty of his own floger bones by placing one of bis owo baods within the radius of the searchiog rays, has lost all the nails from the fingers of that haod, while Mr. Sidaey Rowland,who is one of the leadiog experimenters in this direction, mentions several cases of similar charac? ter io tbs structural changes that occur io the bair, and so forth, of those who have beeo frequently sbadowgrapbad by this method. Thus, in the ca6e of patieots whose heads have beeo sub? jected to the influence of the rays, the hair has either turoed white or has fallen out entirely. It is suggested that these results are due to the electrial potency of what are called the ultra violet rays of the spectrum, though their precise action is at present by uo means thor? oughly understood. One curious suggestion bas already-' been made. It is a well-known super? stition, aed one which has existed for generations, that people who sleep in the direct rays of the moon have their reason more or less seriously affected.. Now it is said that these ultra violes rays exist in the moonlight, and hencs a popular superstition may be founded, upon scientific fact.-NationalRecorder. It Saves the Croupy Children. SEAVIEW, Va.-We have a splendid sale on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and our cus? tomer? coming from tar and near, speak ci it in the higheei terms. Many have said that their children would have died of croup if Chamberlain's Cough Remedy had not beer, given-Kellara \k Ourren. The 25 and 5Cc sizes for sale by Dr. A. J. Chitin. cr.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report