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STATE DEMOCRATIC OONVEHTiON. Harmonious and Business Like Assembly of Representative Democrats-Mclaurin Not in Evidence. The State Democratic Convention which met in Columbia yesterday transacted the business it was called to transact promptly and adjourned, without a fight or contest of any kind over matters of party policy or prin? ciples having developed. It was a harmonious and business-like body, and was as truly representative of the democracy of South Caroilna as any that has assembled within the past twelve years. There were a great many candi? dates present on the floor of the con? vention as delegates, in fact all of the candidates for the United States Senate, and with a few exceptions all the Congressional candidates, and all for State offices save three or four. The candidates were not offensively conspicuous, but they were indus? triously at work in their own behalf, and there was hand-shaking and wire pulling from early morn until long after the convention adjourned and honest men, other than politicians, were long abed. The convention was called to order shortly after 12 o'clock by State Chairman Wilie Jones, who asked Bishop Ellison Capers to open the con? vention with prayer. The roll was called and the tempo? rary organization effected by the elec? tion of CoL Wilie Jones as temporary chairman, Col. T. C. Hamer of Marl? boro and F. T. Parks of Orangeburg as secretary and Col. F. M. Mixson Sergeant-at-Arms. The temporary orgnaization was made permanent and the vice presi? dents were chosen as follows : First District-^J. W. Dunn. Second-W. C. Smith. Tnird-^T. A. Slight. Fourth-W. L. Maulidn. Fifth-J. F. McDonald. Sixth-A. H. Williams. Seventh-W. D. Scarborough. The rules of the house of representa? tives were adopted to govern the body Under a resolution offered by Hon. W. D Evans of Marlboro two com? mittees were appointed : one on plat form and resolutions, the other on con? stitution and rules, each consisting of one member from each county. Altamont Moses represented Sumter on the platform committee and E. I. Manning the constitution committee. Lee county was represented by T. G. McLeod on the platform committee and by L. A. Moore on the constitu? tion committee. A great many resolutions were now introduced and were referred to the committees without discussion. A number of these resolutions had no bearing whatever upon the work of the convention and were probably intro? duced as campaign thunder by the candidate-authors. Most of these resolutions were killed without discus? sion on unfavorable reports by^ the committee at the night session. When all the resolutions were in, the -convention adjourned until 8.30 p. m. CoL J. A. Hoyt was made chair? man of the committee on platform and Senator B. R Tillman chairman of the committee on constitution and rules. When the convention reassembled at a30 o'clock, CoL W. J. Talbert in? troduced the following resolutions, which were adopted by a rising vote : Whereas Hon. Henry Mciver, at the bidding of the Democratic party, has served the whole people of South Car? olina for 25 years, first as associate justice and latterly as chief justice, with distinguished fidelity and abil? ity, having in his first opinion in 187" settled finally and properly, as is now universally conceded, the question of the respective rights of D. H. Cham? berlain and Wade Hampton as to the governorship of this State, and hav? ing once for patriotic reasons declined the office of chief justice, his lifelong ambition, to which after years of pa? tient service as associate justice he was finally elevated by unanimous vote of the general assembly : and Whereas he is now suffering from disease which prevents at present the active service which he has been ac? customed to render, and inflicts acute suffering upon him ; now, be it Resolved by the Democratic party of South Carolina, in convention as? sembled : L That it hereby desires to express the debt of gratitude of the people of this State to the distinguished chief justice and to assure him of its warmest affection and sincerest sym? pathy in his affliction, and to express the hope that he may long be spared to counsel and guide the great court of which he is the ornate head : an ex? ample of industry, learning, probity and patritism, which should be both an example and an inspiration to the men who are to assume from time to time the burdens and responsibilities of political and professional life in this State. THE PLATFORM. CoL James A. Hoyt then presented the report of the committee on plat? form and resolutions as follows : Resolved by the Democracy of South Carolina, in convention assembled : 1. That we reaffirm and endorse the platform of principles enunciated by the State Democratic convention of 1900, with especial stress upon the following sections : "That we view with alarm the power which the trusts through the Republi? can party are exercising over legisla? tion and national politics and their ability to control the prices of the necessities of life without regard to the law of supply and demand. We condemn the hypocritical attitude of the Republican leaders who abuse trusts and combines, while they use the money obtained from them and ex? torted from ?ie people to debauch the ignorant voters of the country. "That we denounce the imperial? istic policy of the Republican adminis? tration as contrary to the letter and spirit of the Declaration of Indepen? dence and the constitution of the United States and as dangerous to the liberty and freedom not only of the people of the Spanish islands, but of the citizens of this country as well. The benevolent assimilation of the Filipinos has proven to be the benevo? lence of murder and the.assimil?t]on of robbery. We denounce it as an out? rage upon the consciences of liberty loving Americans. Our free institu? tions cannot long survive the des trac tion of those principles upon v they rest, and the spectal? of sn peoples being held down by the 1 net and robbed by the carpetba; but foreshadows the fate of our c try unless the people art' arouse our danger. The unjust and < war of subjection now teing ca on in the Philippines should bo e at once, with definite and specific larations to the natives as to the ii tions of this country to aid thej the establishment of a free govern! of their own choice, unde:.- a prote? ate by the United States. " That we reaffirm and endorse the related sections of the Kansas platofrm upon the subjects of ti and imperialism as follows : Private monopolies are indefens and intolerable. They destroy coi tion, control the prices of mat* and of the finished products, thus bing both producer and consul They lessen the employment of L and "arbitrarily fix the te::ms and i ditions thereof, and depri re indivh energy and small capital of their portunity for betterment. They the most efficient means devised appropriating the fruits of indu for the benefit of the few at the pense of the many, and unless tl insatiate greed is checked all we? will be aggregated in a few hands the republic destroyed. The dish est paltering with the trusts evil the Republican party in State and tional platforms is conclusive proo the truth of the charges that tn are the leigtimate products of Rep lican policies, that they are foste by Republican laws and that they protected by Reub?ican administr?t in return for campaign subscript! and political support. "We pledge Democartic party to an unceas warfare in nation, State and c against private monopoly in ' ev form. Existing laws against trusts m be*enforced and more stringent o: must be enacted providing for pub] ity as to affairs of corporations eng, ed in interstate commerce and reqti ing ail corporations to show, bef doing business outside of the State their origin, that they have no wa in thier stock and that they have i attempted and are not attempting monopolize any branch cf business the production of any article of mi chandise, and the whole consti tutoi power of congress ovar interst< commerce shall be exrecised by t enactment o? comprehensive laws np the subject of trusts. Tariff la should be amended by putting t products of trusts upon the free list, prevent monopoly under the plea proection. We are opposed to private monopc in every form, and view with appi hension the increasing power and d; regard of the interest of the people 1 the combination of corporations, c peciaily cf those chartered by oth States. It is the duty of the genei assembly of this State to pass mo stringent laws for the control of all cc porations, domestic and foreign, ai for the prevention of all trusts ai combinations between corporatio; carrying on competative busines We claim the right on the part of tl State to control all corporation whether domestic or foreign, engage in business within her borders. V deny that congress has any legitima power to regulate corporations exce] as they may be engaged in foreign < interstate commerce ; and demand tb: the national government confine itse in bestowing corporate existence 1 such agencies as are required to exe eise such functions as the constitutic specifically confers 'upon the Unite States. We are unalterably oppose to any amendment of the federal coi stitution lookin to any enlargement ( the powers of congress in relatoin 1 the regulation of contract by citizcr of the State, or in relation to the COJ porations, and we demand - that law be enacted further restricting th power of the federal courts to interfei with the internal affairs and adminii tration of justice in the State. W condemn the Dingley tariff law as trust breeding measure skillfully de vised to give the few favors whic they do not deserve, and to place upo the many burdens which they shoul not bear. We reaffirm our belief in a tariff fo revenue only, and that taxation shoul be so regulated as to meet the need of an honest and economical govern ment. We condemn all class legisla tion, such as the ship subsidy bill which we believe to be a rich man' raid on the public coffer, and we als condemn all sectional leislgation, sue! as the Crumpacker bill, which we be lieve to be intended to arouse section al animosities. We hold with the United States sn preme court that the declaration of in dependence is the spirit of our gov 6rnment, of which the constitution i the form and letter. We declare again, that all govern ment instituted among men de riv their just powers from the consent o the governed; that any governmen not based upon the consent of the gov erned is a tyranny, and that to impoa upon any people the government o force is to substitute a method of im perialism for those of a republic. Wi hold that the constitution follows th< flag, and denounce the doctrine tha an executive of congress, dori vi n| their existence and their powers fron the Constitution, can exercise lawfu authority beyond it or in violation o it. We assert that no nation can lon$ endure half republic and half empire, and we warn the American people thai imperialism abroad will lead quickly and inevitably to despotism at home. We condemn and denounce the Phil? ippine policy of the present adminis? tration. It has involved the republic in an unnecessary war, sacrificed thc lives of many of our noblest .sons, anc placed the United States, previously known and applauded throughout thc world as the champion of freedom, ' in the false and unamerican position of crushing with military force the efforts of our former allies to achieve liberty and self-government. The Filipinos cannot be citizens without endangering our civilization: they cannot be subjects without imperiling our forms of government: and as we are not willing to surrender our civili aztion to convert the republic into an empire, we favor an immediate decla? ration of the nation's purpose to give the Filipinos, first, a stable form of government: second, independence: and third, protection from outside interference. We are not opbposed to territorial expansion when it takes in desirable territory which can he erect? ed into States in the union, and whose j people are tor willing and froe to he ?BniMCnDaBBmanmMnnn come American citizens. We fi expansion by every peaceful and leg mate means. But we are unalten opposed to the seizing or purchas of distant islands to be governed ( side the constitution, and whose ] pie can never become citizens, are in favor of extending the rep he's influenc among the nations, believejhat influence should be tendednot by force and violence, through persuasive power of a h I and honorable example. The burn issue of imperialism growing out the Spanish war involves the v existence of the republic and the struction of our free institutions. We regard it as the paramount is of the campaign. The following introduced by T. Rogers of Marlboro was unanimou adopted : Resolved, by the Democratic ci vention of South Carolina, that 1 course of J. L. McLaurin as Sena from this State in the United Sta senate, is hereby condemned. ' The following resolution was turned with a favorable report by i majority of the committee and an t favorable report by a minority, t was finally adopted after a debate : Whereas this convention has hez with profound regret that the ope: ti ves of the cotton mills of Ho: Creek Valley, in Aiken county, are distress, caused by the action of t cotton mill presidents in ordering lockout in said mills, because of strike in a cotton mill in the State Georgia. Be it Resolved, That this convention hei by extends to the operatives of Hoi Creek Valley, on ?account of the loyalty to the Democratic party in t past, every assistance possible to i lieve them from the screws of oppre sion. Resolved, second. That we conden the acts of the said mill president as heartless, unwarranted- and unjus causing untold suffering and distre among the people who constitute on third of the entire population of Aik< county. Resolved, third. That we call up< all law-loving citizens who feel th; the poor laboring white men of oi State are unjustly prohibited fro earning an honest livelihood, to e: tend to the people of Horse Creek Va ley moral and finaancial aid. "Resolved, fourth, That we demand i our lawmakers the enactment of sue laws as will relieve and forever pn tect the laboring people of the gre< State of South Carolina, who are th bone and sinew of our land, from sue unlawful treatment in the futur< and such other laws we demand i will prevent the crippling of value of real estate and other property b combination of capital. A resolution condemning child labe was adopted. Senator Tillman introduced the foi lowing tribute to Gen. Hampton : Mr. Preisdent: This convention ha paid fitting tribute tonight to a li vin South Carolinian. I think that w should express ourselves in regard t one who has crossed over the river, therefore ask leave to offer the follow insr resolution : Whereas it has pleased God, in Hi wise Providence, to call to his eterna rest our illustrious fellow citizen Wade Hampton : and whereas we, th representatives of South Carolina, i: convention assembled, recalling hi glorious examle in war and in peace and especaily mindful of his 'incalcul able service to the State as her grea leader and counsellor in 1876, woul< put on record our sense of his nobL career and our appreciation of his loss therefore, be it Resolved, That in the death of Gen Wade Hampton South Carolina laments the loss of one of her greates citizens and most distinguished sol diers and a leader and counsellor in he: direst necessity, to whom she owes i debt of lasting veneration and love His name and fame are a heritage o: which any people might be proud. The resolution was adopted unani? mously uy a rising vote. Senator Tillman then presented th( following report of the committee or constitution and rules, which wai adopted by sections, without discus? sion or opposition : The committee on constitution anc rules beg leave to report as follows : First: On resolution offered by Mr. McKeown, proposing a change in th? constitution in regard to quailficatior of voters in the primary, we report unfavorably and recommend that it do not pass. Second : Resolution by Mr. W. J. Johnson, proposing that the primarj be held two weeks sooner, report .un? favorably and recommend that it do not pass. Third : In reference to the proposed amendment of Mr. G. W. E. Sharpe, your'committee recommend as follows: After the word "masters" on next to the last line, page 2, insert "but not for members of the county board of control of the dispensaries, nor foi county dispensers," so that it will read as follows: "Provided, That the county executive committee of any county shall be at liberty to order a primary election for magistrates and masters, but not for members of the county board of control of the dispen? saries, nor for county dispensers." The various resolutions offered by Messrs. R. I. Manning, J. W. Gaines andD. H. Magill in regard to changes in article 6, we have considered them all carefully as well as the whole sub? ject of a change in the pledge to be given by candidates and we recommend an amendment to said article, as fol? lows: After the word "nomination" near the end of said 6 article, insert the following :" and each candidate for the United States senate and for the United States house of representa? tives shall file an additional pledge that he will support the political prin? ciples and policies of the party during the term of office for which he may be elected, and work in accord with his Democratic associates in congress on all party questions. All pledges shall be filed on or before 12 o'clock m. of the day preceding that day fixed by the State executive committee for the first campaign meeting. Senator Tillman also presented the following, which likewise was adopted without a word of discussion or a vote against it. Thus was one of the matters supposed to be loaded was dis? posed of: Article XI. of the constitution be stricken out and the following insert? ed in lieu thereof : Article XI. Before the election in 1902, and each election thereafter ex? cept as herein provided, the State Democratic executive committee shall i appoint and arrange for two campaign meetings to be held in each county, not less than two weeks apart, one of which meetings shall be addressed only by candidates for State offices, and the other only by candidates for Uni? ted States senator, United States house of representatives and circuit solicitors. In addition to such campaign meet? ings the county chairman of the re? spective congressional districts and judicial circuits shall, when there is more than one candidate for each of said offices, arrange for and appoint separate campaign meetings for their respective districts or judicial cir? cuits, the time and place of such meet? ings to be published in each 'count}*, at which only the candidates for said offices shall be invited to address the people. Provided, That in any year in which no candidate for United States senator is to be voted for the State executive committee may dis? pense with the second campaign meet? ing it is authorized to appoint under this article. *Senatcr Tillman moved the adoption of the resolutions as he finished read? ing. There was nothing said by any one and the vote was taken. - The convention then adjourned. ITEMIZATIONS. -It is rumored in the South Caro? lina colony in Washington that Col. James A. Hoyt, of Greenville, will be a candidate for the United States Sen? ate, to succeed Senator McLaurin. -It is now a foregone conclusion that the Seaboard railroad will soon begin the construction of a branch line from Bethune, Kershaw County, by way of the Haile Gold Mine, to the town of Kershaw. -"The Richland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals" has been organized by prominent citi? zens'of Columbia. The personnel of the officers is sufficient indication that much good will be accomplished by the organization. -A young negro named Kirk Moody walked* into the Williston dispensary, the other day, and picked up a pistol which was supposed to be unloaded. Alphonse White, the clerk, in a spirit of playfulness, took the pistol away from the negro, pointed it at him, snapped it, and the negro fell dead, shot through the heart. Accidental homicide was the finding of the coro? ner's jury. -A story of a remarkable find comes from Townville, Anderson *Connty. Forty years ago Mrs. F. S. Browne, who was Miss Mollie Lewis, but now the widow of the late Col. C. S. Mat tison, lost her engagement ring about the premises of her former old home About a week ago Rev. J. Walter Dixon's ten-year-old child, Elizabeth, stumbled upon the lost treasure, about 100 yards from the house. It was a plain gold emblem, bearing the initials "S. F. B. to M. J. L. Feb. 13, 1859." Do Men Understand Women ? A man can very seldom tell what is passing in a woman's mind. He talks with another man and he can follow his proceses : he gets his point of view ; he can read between the lines; he can make a shrewd guess as how he came to say that, or why he refrained from saying the other, says The Watch? man. But a woman's mental processes are not those of a man. Her mental machinery is geared differently. You hear what she tells you. You can make inferences from it; they will be wrong, because you do not know how she came to say what she did ; you do not have the clew. Try to guess what she will say next and you will find that you are all at sea. The man who says that he understands woman is himself a woman. He may love her. There may exist between his soul and hers that indenfiable and celestial sympathy which is the sweetest thing on earth ; but he does not understand her. Her mental operation, her ways of thouhgt,'her point of view, will always be as inscrutable to him as the men? tal processes of an angel. Whether women understand-each other is not quite certain. A greater part of the delight that men find in the compan? ionship of women arises from their in? scrutability. You can not mesaure or exh aust them. Their charming inconsequence,^ as they seem to you, will never cease to puzzle you and every fresh conversa? tion reveals a novelty of attitude or opinion. Professor Wright, chief editor of the great English Dialect Dictionary, published at Oxford, now says that he expects to complete his work by the end of 1905. The work began in 1895, and two parts a year have been published. Dr. Wright is assisted by 600 contributors in all parts of the kingdom, and some 2,000,000 slips have been sent in, the mere alphabeti? cal arrangement of which cost several thousand dollars. When completed the dictionary will contain over 100, 000 dialect words, Yorkshire contrib? uting about 20,000. Holds up a Congressman. "At the end of the campaign," writes Champ Clark, Missouri's brilliant congress? man, "from overwork, nervous tension, loss of sleep and constant speaking I had about utterly collapsed. It seemed that ali the organs in my body were out of order, but three bottles of Electric Bitters made me all right. It's the best all-around medi? cine ever sold over a druggist's counter." Over worked, run-down men and weak, sickly women gain splendid health and vitality from Electric Bitters. Try them. Only 50c. Guaranteed by J. F. W. De Lorme. In a few days the Seaboard Air Line will file a deed of indenture with the clerk of court in each county in the State, to cover $70,000,000 worth of bonds. Won't Follow Advice After Paying For lt. In a recent article a prominent physi? cian say? ''It is next to impossible for the physician to get hi* patients to carry out any prescribed course or hygiene or diet to the smallest; he has but one resort left, namely the drug treatment. When medi? cines ?re used for chronic constipation, the most mild and gentle obtainable, such as Chamberlain's Stomach & Liver Tablets, should be employed. Their use is not fol? lowed by constipation as they leave the bowels in a natural and healthy condition. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. THE STATE HOUSE ACCEPTED. Final Payments Made to Archi? tect and Contractors. Columbia, May 23.- The work on the State House has been accepted by the State House commission. It cost the;! State $173,623. The final war? rants were issued and paid today. Col. J, Q. Marshall objected to the accept? ance of the work on the grounds that it was not satisafactorily completed and on the detailed objections which ho has already filed with the commission. The seven other members of the com? mission, who attended today's session of the commission, all voted to accept the work and to pay the Mclivain & Unkefer Company for the work and Mr. Milburn his fees as architect. *This no doubt closes up the whole matter, although there is likely to be considerable talk hereafter as to whether the State got its full money's worth or not and whether Col. Mar? shall's continued protests were with merit or not. IT LOOKS HANDSOME. The State House certainly presents a handsome appearance, and it is to be hoped that the work is as substantial and satisfactory as the majority of the commission think and not as Col. Marshall views it. When the board took up the matter of final payment this morning Attor? ney General Bellinger moved :ithat it appears to the commission that the work is satisfactory and that the con? tract has been substantially perform? ed." This motion was seconded by Mr. Geo. S. Mower. COL MARSHALLS' PROTEST. Col. Marshal offered the following substitute : " That in the opinion of this com? mission the work done under the con? tract for completion of the State House has not been performed by the con? tractors according to the plans and specifications, and, therefore, the work done is not satisfactory to, the commis? sion. " This was lost, the vote being: Yeas -McSweeney, Jennings, Mower,, Johnson, Wilson. Bellinger and Der ham. Nays-Marshall. Mr. Bellinger's motion was then adopted. It will be interesting to note the cost of the work and how the payment decided upon today was reached. The original contract was for $158,306. This was supplemented by a second contract, after it was decided not to use iron on the dome, but to encase it in granite, and the second contract in? cluded the closets and other work and aggregated $677, and then a subse? quent contract was made for $700 for a stairway into the dome, for flagstaffs and the like. This made the total contract $165,706. A deduction of $600 was made on account of the breaking of one of the granite columns, which left the amount to the Mcllvain Unkefer Company $165,106. A spe? cial contract was made with the L?rick & Lowrance Company for addi? tional pipes, making the total cost of the building improvements $165,356. Mr. Milburn, the architect, was paid 5 per cent, upon all contracts awarded, j and this made his commission $8,267, and the total cost of the improvements was $173,623. THE FINAL PAYMENTS. The State House commission held back $15,000 with which to meet the final payment to the contractors, and of this amount it was agreed to hold $300 for the brass tablets that are to be erected, $60 for the lights that were put in and $50 for granite used out of the broken shaft, and the con? tractors were allowed $25 for a broken glass that is to be replaced. This made the final warrant $14,615 to the contractors, and the final payment to Mr. Frank G. Milburn today was $390. The warrants were all issued today, and this closes up the entire State House work. The electrical work that is new go? ing on in the State House is being done under an entirely different and separate contract, and is in no way connected with the contract closed to? day. Reveals a Great Secret. It is often asked how such startling cures, that puzzle the best physicians, are effected by Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Here's the secret. 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We wish to thank the pub? lic and our many retail cus? tomers for their kind and gen? erous patronage, and assure them that should we ever enter into the retail business again that it will be our aim as in the past to serve them to the best of our ability. We invite merchants, here and in adjacent territory, to get our prices before making purchases, believing we can save them money. Yours truly, GROSSWELL & GO., PHONE 53. Aug 28 THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and Gonn ty Depositary Capital stock paid in, . . $75,000 00 Undivided surplus, . . . 16,000 00 Individual liability of stockholders io eices3 of their stock, . 75,000 00 Transacts a general banking business ; also bas a Savings Bank Department. Deposits cf $1 and upward received. Interest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually. W. F. B. HAYNS WORTH, President. MARIOS MOISE, W. F. RHAMB, vice-President. Cashier. Jan 31.