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(richman an THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established 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.'1 THE TRUE SODTHKON, Established Jane. 1266 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1896. New Series-Vol. XVI. No. S % $Eatr|ra at? Sou%oit Published Every "STednes&ay, -BY JM. Gr. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : ?1.50 per annum-in advance. ADVERTISEMEKT: Coe Square first insertion.$1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Secretary Carlisle's Open Letter to an Inquirer. Remarkable Arguments Based on Sapposition. Gold is Now Circulating, the Coun? try Contented and the Re? serve Secure. WASHINGTON, Sept 15 -Secretary Carlisle, from his sommer retreat in Bar Harbor, Me., has addressed to one of his Kentucky correspondents the following letter, which is this day made public : Mr. James P Heirn. Louisville, Ky My Dear Sir : Your letter asking how the silver dollars which contain a quantity of bullion commercially worth only about 53 cents each, are mainatiued at a parity with gold, notwithstanding the fact that the government does not directly re? deem them, or the certificates issued upon them, in gold, is received, and, as a great many inquiries upon the same subject are addressed to me daily from different parts of the coun try which it is impracticable to answer in detail, 1 will take advan? tage of your favor to answer? them all at once All the standard silver dollars issued from the mints since the passage of the act of 1878, now amounting to more than $433,000, 000, have been coined on public ac? count from bullion purchased by the government, and are legal tender in payment of all debts, public and pri? vate, without regard to the amount, except when otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract between i the parties. They belong to the government when coined, and they are paid out by the government at a parity with gold for property and services of ali kinds, and received from the people at a paiity with gold in the payment of all public dues and demands. The government has made no discrimination whatever be? tween the coin of the two metals, gold having been paid on its coin obligations when gold was demand? ed, and silver having been paid when Bilver was demanded. Under this policy, the coinage has been so limited by law and the policy of the treasury department that the amount coined has not become so great as to drive the more valuable coin (gold) out of use and thus de? stroy the basis of our monetary sys ? tem ; and so long as the two metals are of equal commercial value at the ratio established by law, this limita? tion upon the coinage is, in my opin ion, absolutely essential to the main? tenance of their parity in effecting exchanges. It constitutes the prin? cipal safeguard for the protection of our currency against the deprecia? tion which the experience of all countries has shown would otherwise result from the attempt to use two legal tender coins of the saree de- ' nomination, but of unequal value. If the limitation were removed confi? dence in the ability of the govern? ment to preserve equality in the ex? changeable value of the coins would be destroyed and the parity would be lost long before the amount of sil? ver coinage had become really ex? cessive. With free and unlimited coinage of sil ver on account of pri? vate individuals and corporations the government would be under no moral obligation to maintain the parity, and, moreover, it would be unable to do so, because the volume of over? valued silver forced into the circula? tion by a legal tender provision would soon expel.goId from the coun? try or put such a premium upon it that it would be impossible to procure and hold in the treasury a sufficient amount to provide for the redemption of silier on presentation. In order to maintain the party un? der such conditions the government was compelled from the baginning to exchange gold for silver dollars, and their paper repsesentatives whenever demanded, just as it now exchanges gold for its own notes when demand? ed ; and as the coinage of silver dol? lars would be unlimited and therefore constantly increasing, the point would soon be reached where it would be impossible to continue the process of redemption. The implied obligation of the gov? ernment to preserve the value of the money whi^h it coins from its own bullion and for its own use and which it forces its citizens to receive in ex- ? change for their property and ser vices had been supplemented by two j statutory declarations, which sub | stantially pledge the,public faith to j the maintenance of that policy. The j act of July 14, 1890, after providing that the secretary of the treasury should under such regulations as he might prescribe, redeem the treasury notes issued in the purchase of silver bullion in gold or silver coin at his discretion, declared that "it is the established policy of the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other upon the present legal ratio, or such ratio as may be provided by law," and the act of November 1, 1893. again de? clares it to be "the policy of the United States to continue the use of both gold aiid silver as standard money and to coin both gold and sil? ver into money of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, such quality to be secured through international agreement or by such safeguards of legislation as will insure the mainten? ance of the parity of value of coins of the two metals and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets and the payments of debts With knowledge of these as surances, the people have received these coins and have relied confident? ly upon the good faith of their gov? ernment ; and the confidence thus inspired has been a most potent fac? tor in the maintenance of the parity The public has been satisfied that so long as our present monetary sys? tem is preserved the government will do whatever its moral obligation and express declarations require it to do, and very largely as a consequence of the executive authorities, the silver coins have not depreciated in value It is not doubted that whatever can belawfully done to maintain equality in the exchangeable value of tbe two metals will be (tone whenever it be? comes necessary, and although sil? ver dollars and silver certificates have not up to the present time been re cieved in exchange for gold, yet if the time shall ever come when the par? ity cannot be otherwise maintained such exchange will be made, it is the duty of the secretary of the treasu? ry, and of ail other public officiais, to execute in good faith the policy de? clared by congress, and whenever he shall be satisfied that the silver dollar cannot be kept equal in purchasing power with the gold dollar, except by rceieving it in exchange if demanded it will be his duty to adopt that course. But if our present policy is ad? hered to and the coinage is kept within reasonable limits, the means heretofore employed for the main? tenance of the parity will doubtless be found sufficient in the future and our silver dollars and silver certifica tes wiH continue to circulate at par with gold, thus enabling the people to use both metals instead of one only as would be the case if the parity were destroyed by free coinage. J. G. CARLISLE. Cutting Hates on Cotton ATLANTA, Sept. 16.-Cottoo rates are to be out 14 cents a hundred pounds to all South Atlantic and Gulf porte. This has been ordered by the Southern States Freight association to meet the Seaboard's cut from Atlanta to Norfolk. The rate from here to Charleston and Savannah will be 29 cents per hundred at the ships' side, the arbitrary of 3 osnts for delivery beiog dispensed with. This cut means 70 cents a bale or ?700,000 less oo every 1,000,000 bales bandied by the roads in this terri? tory . Judge Speer's injunction only re stiaios the roads from cutting rates from the east to Atlanta, aod leaves the roads free to fight over business north aod southbound from here. The rate situation is badly demoralized in this territory The old rates from the east will be restored September 28. CHICAGO. Sept. 16.-Fusion of the Democrats and Populists on presidential electors, State ticket and congressmen was completed today at the meeting of the Democratic State central oommittee. Under the agreement the resignations of Thomas Carey, e'.octor-at-large of Chicago, Justice George P. Foster of Chicago, third district elector, and George M. Lecrone of Effiogham, eighteenth district elector, were accept? ed, and the vaeanoies filled by three Populists. A special to thc Constitution from Cutbert, Ga., says : Authenticated re? ports indicate the capture of the negro, Lum Warren, who made the desperate assault upon Mrs. John Bas?, in Ter? rell County, near the Dougherty Coun? ty line. Parties, it t^ said, have seen and identified Warre u since the cap? ture. Information is that the captur? ing party are on the way with the pris? oner to the scene of the tragedy. This seems to be reliable, as parties are leav? ing town in that direction constantly. Bass lives seven miles south of Cuth? bert. The report that Warren has been captured and burned is untrue. The crowd is desperate and determined, and the prospects are that he will be lyncher upon the spot. Who Got These Rebates ? Facts For the Investigating Committee. While the dispensary investigation was going merrily on in Columbia last night there was a gentlemen in Charles? ton who had stories to tell whereiG alleged bad management was made clear. Just where this information oame from is best, for business reasons, to be withheld, but the facts are all on 61e and if necessary can be produced on very short notice. It has long been a matter of specula? tion why the dispensary should pay more for bottles than was previously done. Early in the spring it was stated that the dispensary needed ten or more ".arloade K flasks and bottles to be packed d'ving the summer season while the glass factories were closed. Complete specifications and samples of bottles and skeleton packing case, such as are now used, were given to respon? sible parties, with instructions to quote the price on green bottles of certain weights and in carload lot? to be de livered in Columbia. The positive assurance was given that the green ware, which had been extensively used at the dispensary, was more satisfactory than the flint ware, also in use. Mr. Scruggs and Mr. Gaston are both on j record as haviog eomplained to several parties about the indifferent ware being furnished by a bouse in Indiana. Aoting on this a certain responsible house io New York submitted specifica? tion in green ware of a better quality than the dispensary bad been using. At the May meeting of the present board of control bids were received ac? cording to these specifications at the following prices : Half pink flasks, 9 ounces in weight, at $2 45 per gross; piot flasks, 16 ounces, $3 80 per gross; quarts, 21 ounces, ?6 75 per gross These were the weights desired by the board. The board at the same time called to the attention of the manufac? turers that the bottles they had been using weighed less, although the first contraot made with them specified the above weights. Here is what the dispensary people received: Half pints, 8 ounces; pints, only 13 ounces;; quarts 19 ounces. Car j load after carload of these goods were sent. The prices paid were: Half j pints $2 50, pints ?3.80, quarts ?7 The attention of the hoad was called to this shortage in the weight The New York house offered to furnish these weights of the finest quality of I green ware at $2.40 for half pints, $3.75 for pints and $6.75 for quarts It was somewhat strange that after the dispensary had used hundreds of oars of the green ware from some of the best glass manufacturers in the coun? try that they should suddenly disoover the necessity of paying so much higher prices for flint ware at $2.90 for half pints, ?4.25 for pint3 and $7.50 for quarts. Sixty oars at this price are said to haye been ordered from parties 10 Balti* e. and ten cars from the house in i. diana. This is quite an in? crease over the estimated ten that were wanted for summer bottling. It has been said that the style of packing which is in wooden skeleton oases makes this difference in the cost, but this is not the only reason for such an advance, as is proved by the fact that the bids made for the green ware called for the same packing, and the prices' were for delivery io Columbia. While bottles and corks are a very small part of the purchases of the dis? pensary compared with whiskey and beer, and it is ?. matter of general in? terest all the same why they should pay more for corks than they could have gotten them direct from the manu] factures fr *. It has been said repeat? edly that during the first year of the j dispensary something over ?6 000 was ; spsnt for corks. At that time corks were sold in large quantities by the various leading cork manufacturers at a discount of 80 and 100 per cent from ' the list price. Quotations were given ' the dispensary people at these prices, but it seems thai; they preferred to buy at 75 per cent discount from the list. This would make a difference of many hundred dollars in a little matter of corks. Some people who keep track of such matters say this was dooe to ac? commodate a few friends in Cincin? nati. The bottom of the whole business is that the dispensary decided to get flint ware and it might be well to state just here that the flint ware was purchased from the Pennsylvania Glass Company, of Anderson, Ind, and that Mr. J. St. Julian Yates acted as their agent in making the sale -The News and Cou? rier. The New York State Democratic | Convention was held Thursday. ?lohn Boyd Thacher was nominated for Gov? ernor and William F. Porter for Lieut. Governor. The platform and the pledge of support to Bryan and Sewail j is expected to overcome thc objection of extreme silver men to the candidate? j named, and the endorsement of the Chicago platform is tempered by the naming of Thacher for Governor. Those Beer Privileges. The Prohibitionists Make a Determined Charge. Yesterday afteroooo Mr. T J La Motte appeared before Magistrate Smith to mak9 affidavit charging Mr. Charles Narey and Mr. John C. Seegers, the two persons who hold beer privileges in Columbia, .with violatiog the dispensary law. The affidavit io each case is as follows : State of South Carolina, Richland County. Personally appeared Thos. J. La Motte, who, being duly sworn, says that he is informed and believes that Charles Natey is maintaining a com? mon nuisance on the premises occupied by him in the city of Columbia, known as No. 901 Main street, in that the said Narey is engaged at the place aforesaid as proprietor or manager in the sale and delivery of lager beer in violation of section 22 and other sec? tions of the dispensary law, and that W. F. Kraft and Wm. Altee are aiding and assisting the said Narey in such sales and delivery contrary to law. That the said Charles Narey is not a county dispenser, authorized to sell intoxicating liquors as provided by the Ctn, 7th and 8th sections of said act, and that the liquors kept, sold aod de? livered by them are contraband under the provisions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd sections of said act, and said sales and delivery are in violation of the provis? ions regulating sueb sales as contained in the lOtb, 11th and 12th sectioos of said act. Magistrate Smith, after bearing the statement of Mr. LaMotte, asked to re? tain the papers until 4 o'clock this after? noon, when he will render his decision in the matter Mr. LaMotte bases his proceeding on the 22nd section of the dispensary law, which says "that all places where alco? holic liquors are manufactured, sold, bartered or given away in violation of this act, or where alcoholic liquors are kept for sale, barter or delivery in viola? tion of this act, are hereby declared to be common nuisances, aod any person may go before any magistrate in the county and swear out an arrest warraat on personal knowledge, or on informa? tion and belief, charging said nuisance, giving name of witnesses against the keeper or manager of such place, and bis aids and assistants, if any, and such magistrate shall direct such arrest war? rant either to the sheriff of the county or to any special constable commanding said defendant to be arrested and brought before him to be dealt with ac? cording to law, and shall issue a search warrant in which the premises in ques? tion shall be particularly described, commanding [such sheriff or constable to thoroughly search the premises in question and to seize all alcoholic liq? uors found thereon, and to dispose of them as provided in section 31." * Under this warrant the parties, it seems, must ba bound over to appear at the next term of court to answer to the nuisance, and in the meantime it is made the duty of the solicitor to take the papers as prepared by the magistrate and oarry the matter before the circuit Judge, who, upon the hearing, may determine the existence of the nuisance and discharge the case or order the proceedings continued to the circuit court. These men are conducting their busi? ness under a license granted by the State board of control, which, it is olaimed, in without the authority of law, and this proceeding is intended to test that question.-The State. News Prom Cuba. Habana, Sept. 16, via Key West, Fla , Sept. 17.-Puerto Priocipe ad? vices report that Gomez was encamped on Sept. 7, ai Gu?simas de Agramonte with 15 cavalry squadrons and was marching westward. It appears that he initiated the march to reinvade the westecn provinces. The government is rushing troops to the central part of the trocha near Jucaro and Moron to prevent the insurgents crossing. It is reported that Mayia Rodriguez with 1,500 men, forming Gomez's van? guard, crossed the line recently and is now on the borders of Sancti Spiritus and Santa Clara provinces. Quintin Banderas has arrived in Remedios district and is waiting Go mez's arrival to take command of the infantry in the new invasion. Maceo has left his stronghold io the mountains and is encamped with large forces on the Danes estate south of Pi? nar del Rio city An attack on the city is expected. It is rumored Wey? ler will soon take command of the Spanish forces in Pinar del Rio with the intention of expelling Maceo from the province. If true, great fighting is expected on account of the strong posi? tions held by the insurgents and their desire to crush Weyler. The Cuban chiefs have determined to make any sacrifice to effect Weyier's capture. The exeitemeut in commercial aod financial circles Itt increasing. Bank bills have fallen 15 and discount 16. Houses have cancelled foreign orders and there have been no transactions on the stock and produce exchanges for the last two days. The Republicans Nominate Two State Tickets. Recognizing That There is no Hope of Electing a Ticket, the two Factions are Playing for Recognition From the National Committee. COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept 17.-The two factions of the Republican party held their State Conventions in this city to-day. The "Lily Whites," under the leadership of Capt. Law? son D. Melton, met in the Senate chamber, and the regulars, led by Webster, met in the hall of the House of Representatives. Each faction elected an executive committee, presidential electors, adopted a platform and nominated a State ticket. The Webster faction elected R. R. Talbert. Jr , State chairman. The State ticket nominated was as fol? lows : Col R M Wallace, of Sumter, for Governor; Dr J M Latimer, of Green? ville, for Lieut. Governor; Geo L Cunningham, for Treasurer; E F Cochran, Anderson, Attorney Gene? ral; E B Burroughs, Superintendent of Education; Abial Lathrop, of Orange burg, Secretary of State and F M Butler. Anderson, for Comptroller General. Burroughs is the only negro on the ticket. The "Lilly Whites'-Melton Fac? tion-nominated the following ticket: Governor, Sampson Pope, New? berry; Lieut Governor, W. W. Rus? sell, Anderson; Secretary nf State, B B King, Horry; Comptroller Gen? eral, V P Clayton. Richland; Treas* urer, D J Knotts, Lexington ; Super? intendent of Education, M, A Daw? son, Greenville ; Adjutant General, A. T. Jennings, Charleston. All on this ticket are white. Congressman Murray made a speech saying he had gotten the means of crushing this State Consti? tution, which is crushing us. The big firms in Washington say so They told him so the other day, but we must act quick and money will be needed to get long buried rights. He read from the United States Statutes at Large, 1867 to 1869. 1st, 2d and 3d Sections. 40th United States Congress, page 13, chapter 70. The Act which many called "the will" was read amid the wildest cheering. Murray was forced to read over. Murray continued saying that the thing he wanted to cali their attention to was the fact that the United States Constitution was su? preme over any State Constitution. Employ lawyers and go into the United States Court immediately and get mandamus proceedings and get an order, so that every man shall vote. There are lawyers enough in the party to start this thing if their expenses are paid. Then we can get other lawyers to carry it higher. He would start the ball rolHng by giving $100 Three hundred dollar? will start this thing going all right We must move quick before the books are closed. If the vote is close in the eleetoral count this year and we keep a close watch we can get the Congress to count in the vote. This is our grand opportunity to make our fight. We must not lose a moment. Murray said the old case was still pending on the docket. The platforms declared for sound money and are generally in line with the national republican platform. All attempts to bring the two fac? tions together failed and the}' will pursue their separate courses and each will endeavor to secure the recognition of the national republi? can committee. - ^Ml) I ? --. In the speech of Candidate Bryan at Springfield, Ohio, ocours these preg? nant thoughts: "I am glad to talk to a people who recognize their dependence upon the farmers of this country. I have had occasion to talk to some who seem to ioaagine the harder up they could make the farmers the1 better they would be off. As a matter of fact the farmers and the laboring men are the | foundations of society. Upon this foun- j dation is buiit the commercial classes, and the financier acts as a sort of roof over the whole thing. You can take off the roof and put on another, bot you can't destroy the foundation without I ruining the whole building." j Highest cf all in Leavening Pow ^ ABSOLUS Two "Anarchists"-Jefferson and Lincoln. Do yon think that the great Thom? as Jefferson was a "bloody Turk" or a raving anarchist ? If he lived now and wrote as he did in the long ago the venal, false, lying New York press would howl him down and damn him incontinently. Did you ever read the great statesman's "Notes on Virginia ?" He wrote then very like Mr. Bryan speaks now. He wrote as a patriot, as a statesman, as a political philosopher. But bow the truculent, treacherous northern gold press would defame and denounce him if he wrote in 1896, as he wrote seventy-five years or more ago. The vicious, flamboyant, bellowing Cockrans would split the very welkin with their names and expletives. Jeffer? son would be led to the slaughter rhetorically, if not actually. Now read what the illustrious Virginian statesman and father of all genuine democracy wrote : "Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if He ever had a chosen people, whose hearts He had made His peculiar de? posit for substantial and genuine vir? tue." Again, he says : "Corruption of morals in the mass of cultivators is a phenomenon of which no age nor nation has furnished an example. Corruption is the mark set on those who, not looking up to Heaven, to their own soil and industry, as does the husbandmen, for their subsist? ence, depend for it on causalties and caprice of customers. Generally speaking, the proportion which the aggregate of the other classes of citizens bears in any state to that of its husbandmen, is the proportion of its unsound to its healthy parts, and is good enough barometer whereby to measure its degree of corrup? tion." How the skunks and scoundrels would pummel and bespatter the great southern political oracle and seer if he were now in the flesh. And then there is that other anar? chist, another great southern born statesman, the lamented Lincoln-a wise, pure, prescient citizen who loved his nativo land Read this : "Labur in prior to and iwnVpei:d ent of capital. Capital is un'y t!w fruit of labor and could nevt*i have existed if labor had not first ex;-t.-<i (Applause.) Labor is the supt'.1 i?>r of capital and deserves much higher ! consideration. "No men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who toil up from poverty, none less inclined to take or touch aught which they have not honestly earned. Let them be? ware of surrendering a political pow? er which they already possess, which, if surrendered, will sure? ly be used to close the door of advancement against such cs them and to fix new disabilities and burdens upon them till all of liberty shall be lost." Lincoln's head was wisc and his heart was right. Of him, as Leigh Hunt wrote in his immortal "Abou Ben Adara," it might be truly affirm? ed by himself speaking to others : "Write me theo As one who loves hn fellow men." I j We must take another extract from Lincoln's opinions. Not long before ! his most untimely "taking off" he ; gave expression to solemn views that j were prophetic and most impressive, j He said : ! "We may congratulate ourselves ! that the cruel war is nearing its I close. It has cost a vast amount of j treasure and blood It has been, in I deed, a trying hour for the republic ; I but I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes rae to tremble for the safetj of my country As a result of the war, corporations have been en? throned, and an era of corruption ir. high places will follow, and the money power of the country will en? deavor to prolong its reign by work? ing upon the prejudices of the peo? ple until ali wealth is aggregated aud the republic destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war God grant that my suspicions may prove ground? less." What a noble "anarchist" he was. Ile was worth a century of the slan? derers of the people -Wilmington Messenger. NEWPORT, R. I , Sept. 17.-The battle ship Taxas, which went aground in this harbor last night, was pulled off: by tugs at 1 40 this morning. er.-Latest U.S. Gov't Report 'CLY PURE