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PAGES .3 TO 6. WINNSBORO, S.C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30.1i902. PGSTG TILLMAN ANSWERS Charges Preferred Against iim By Senator Appelt A LARGE AUDIENCE BEARD -IM The Charges Taken Up-Correspond - ence Made Public-Senator Appelt Replies. Charleston, Special.-Senator B. R. Tillman Friday addressed a crowd of 15,000 people at Manning, S. C.. The editor of The Clarendon County news paper, Louis A. Appelt, formerly an en thusiastic follower of Tillman, but more recently an adent a Ivocate of "Commercial Democracy," nd a sup porter of Senator McLaurin, had for several months made numerous charg es against Senator Tillman, claiming that he had received rebates from great whiskey firms dealing with the South Carolina dispensary. Tie charges fell fat before Tillman's statements -and the accuser was net with a torrent of :vithering sarcasm which reminded some present of Tillman's fierce cam paign of 1890. Senator Tillman took the opportunity to announce his views of the status of the South Carolina Democracy, and of his relations there to. He paid a warm tribute to the late General Hampton, declared the abs lute necessity for party solidity in this State, denounced Senator McLaurins alleged defection from the Democracy and suggested that the party exact such pledges of party fealty from can didates as would rule out from nomina tion and so-called D::mocrats of the McLaurin type. He acknowledged hav ing accepted a frank from the Western Union Telegraph Company, which was about the only one of Editor Appelt's charges that was substantiated. As to his speculations, he said he held $1,200 in a Texas oil well, under the laws of Texas; that it became a New Jersey Company after he went into it and that he expected to lose all the money he had pui into it. It was a pure specula tion. ' While he liked to speculate, he never played cards or bet on horse races. He admitted that he had lost considerable money in cotton futures and today. he owed more money than States 3e need not 4we g bu con plenty of money." - .. tenator Tillman, said- in 'part' "The -Democratic- party of South Carolina. has occupied a p-eeuliar position for 25 ears. "'The whites are in the minority In this State, and under the reconstruc tion dispensation there were some 35. 000 more negro votes than whites. The consequer ce was that after the ovei - throw of the carpet bag government in 1876, we adopted a system of party " government and the white people of the State were educated in the employ ment of political methods that obtain ed hardly anywhere else. We have had an 'imperium in imperio,' or a govern ment within a government Democracy bad meant white supremacy, and Re publicanism meant negro equality. The necessity for white unity overshadow ed the other conditions. The lamented Hampton taught us that 'an independ ent was worse than a radical.' "Like all of his actions and utter ances in those tryIng days, that ad vice was the very essence of wisdom and patriotism. His clear judgment, 'his mnost distinguishing characteristic, saw the danger to the State, owing to a Democratic split into factions and appealing to tae colored vote. And I take this occasion to say that no other living South Carolinian more willingly or glad pays tribute to his leadership, or has a better realization of the inval uable serice to his people and the State rendered by this great man in '76. It was only after the revolution of 1890 that there was anything like free dem of political utterance and action. The convulsion which brought this .about also brought with it an attempt on the part of those who were in the minority to withstand the popular -will; the Haskell movement was based largely on personal opposition to me and there was never any question in regard to the loyalty of those who sup ported Judge Haskell to the general principles of Democracy in the nation. The new constitution adopted in 1895 has eliminated for the. present, the ne gro majority. The number of negroes eligible to vote does not exceed 15,000 but is constantly increasing and there may be a good many thousand who are ~ot registered who would be eligible to registration. There have been recent past evidences of Republicanism crop ping out In South Carolina' in various directions and there is no doubt that 'we shall soon have a white Republican party appealing to the negro voters. "The action of one of your United States Senators in advocating Republi can doctrines and voting with that party on all essential measures, con rending all the while that he is a Demn ocrat and he has the right to define what Democracy means. has brought things to a foct:s. The Democratic party in South Carolina-and it is well understood that the State Is over whelmingly Democratic-has a right to be honestly represented in the Senate -and in the House. and in fact. I do not believe the Democrats of the State would Intentionally and willingly elect any man to office whose Democracy was unsound, if they knew it. Our present danger Is Republicanism in the disguise of Democracy. Therefore the question has been raised and is now an issue; and it must be settled as to what constitutes Democracy and who shall define it. "We must have a revision of the pledge given by candid;:tes which will make it impossible for any ionorame man not a Democrat to secure the nom ination, if we are to keep the 'party from being stabbed in the back and not have a repetition of the present disgraceful state of affairs. At this time South Carolina has no voice in Fshaping public matters in the Senate, or if she has a voice, the votes of the two Senators are nearly always on op posite sides of any given proposition. This is something that does not obtair in any other Democratic State, and I know of no way by. which we can guard against a recurrence of this con dition except to require all candidates for the Senate. State officers, Congress men and other positions of honor and trust to pledge faith and loyalty to the doctrines and principles of the party announced in the State and national conventions." Senator Appelt spoke briefly in reply, saying he was gratified. at receiving as light a castigation ae he had. His whole fight had been to keep the Democtatic primary as it is. "If Tillman's explanations are satisfac tory to you, all right. I produced the evidence, and if it is untrue that is fc you to say, but it w.:i not show that I have been untruthful." Tillman concluded with a hand pri mary on the question, "Guilty or not guilty." Two hands were raised in the affirmative and several hundred in the negative. Some Correspondence. Senator Tillman said that on April 16 he had written Appelt that he would be in Manning to answer his charges, by invitation of citizens. In that let ter he said: "I have seen copies of the Maning Times of Jan. 15 and 22, and I me these issues of your paper con ~ the charges referred to. If I am in error, and there are any others, I desire to have them in writing. You are the aggressor in this matter, and prosecu ting attorney in fact, either in your own or McLaurin's interest and under the rules of law and decency, I am en titled to know of just what I am ac cused. "If the two issues of the Manning Times do not contain all of your charges, then I demand that you give me any others, so that when I speak I may be through with the matter. "A prompt response is requested." Under the circumstances he would disregard the usual courtesy that ob tains among gentlemep and read the 'private" letter that Appeit wrote him in reply, because he had no right to answer an official "declaration of war" with a private communication. Here is the letter Hon. B. R. Tillman, Washin'gton, ). C. Dear Sir: Yours,of yesterday to hand. Will say that I have no desire what ever to appear in the role of "prose cuting attorney" in this nor any other matter. I have sent you regularly every week The Manning Times, and in the issue of January 8 I published your harsh letter to me, and replied to it in samI issue. Igret very much that I have only one copy of January 8, which is my file copy, and I cannot send it. I will, how ever, try to secure one for you. The charges made by me and so stated, were based upon newspaper reports, certificates and your letter. I made none against you from any personal knowledge, because I know nothing personally. Your selecting the day (25) before the clubs are to elect delegates to the county convention, I have no doubt is very gratifying to my opponents, and I may say yours also, because some who will make very demonstrative prO fessions were among the set here who denounced you two years ago and even scratched your name at the election. I was largely instrumental in defeating them and because of that it is anything to get even. If you had modified your letter as I requested I am sure your feelings to wards me would not be as they are now. My purpose in writing you to modify that letter was to avoid a fight and a wrangle in our own ranks. My sole object in the beginning was to work against any attempt being made to exclude a white man from the primary who took the oath to abide the result and support the nominees of the primary, and when I started on that line I did not dream of any personal estrangement from you. So far as McLaurin is concerned, I have never said I would vote for him. Nor would I if it Is shown convincingly to me that he is not a Democrat. But the place to show this is at the regular campaign meetings. If he is not a Democrat, notwithstanding my person al feelings for him, I could not support him, even if he were my brother. You may regard it gratuitous on my part, but I will risk the liberty of say ing to you that some of those who will play a prominent part in caring for you are not your friends and are hop ing to profit by your coming. If I can I will secure a copy of the paper of January 8, but should I f:ii and on your arrival you will send _sorae one to my office for it I will loan you my file copy to read. I do not want to be unfair or discourteous. In fact. I have no malice in my heart for yol, and should you, as I hope you will, prove that the certificates in my pos session are falsr' you will find me doing the manly thing by you. Very respectfully, Louis Appel t. on April 22 Tillman wrote to Appelt demanding that he furnish him on his arrival in Manning with copies of the affidavits of which he spoke in his pa pr on January 22 or that he have them read on the stand. He further stated: "I1 propose to answer you fully Lnd every one of your lies already pub lished shall have my attention, but I must know what the others are before I. can answer them." The senator also read the following letter that he had received from "his former friend, for God knows," said he, "I disown him now." (Personal.) Manning, S. C., Dec. 30, 1901. Hon. B. R. Til:man, Trenton, S. C. Dear Sir: Your letter reached me this evening too late to give it space in my columns this week, but if you insist upon it of course I shall publish it in my next issue. So far as my meeting you before a Clarendon audience, for that matter, I would not be so foolish, for the reason that I haven't the ability to cope with you.. The matters which have offended you, and to which you refer, as you know, are altogether from statements which have appeared in ' the newspa prs and with no pretense-of any per sinia} knowledge. I regret exceedingly that you think I never was a friend of yours. I was, and a most faithful onte, and my unyielding support to yoiur cause and to you personally caused a rupture in my own family which time has not healed. I was your friend re gardless of what you may think now. The fight I am making is for a free and open primary, one that will permit any man to go into the primary and discuss any issue he desir ;,andj I take it from what I can understand of your acts that you will use your influence to prevent those who differ with you on certain national questions from getting in the primary. I have commented cn the charges that have been brought out against you without ever' once saying they were true and would not say they are true unless I had the proof. Probably in my zeal to keep the prl mary free for all white men I may. have allowed myself to take from some of my ammunition the charges of new papers and went beyond bounds. Not withstanding .this I -think your . lan guage towards me Is not 'merited, but feel right to punch flad batter me. I would much prefer not publishing your characterizations of me, but wiil do so if you insist, not because you de mand it, but because I propose to per mit any man to use my columns that I have written about. Now, senator. you are provoked. You have a way of saying hard things. I know you and I do not believe you mean to be as offensive as your lettet appears. Your rough letter will not drive me into the Republican party, or will any action you and those who think like you take. I was born a Democrat. raised one, and expect te die one, and whatever. action. the State werkand neither will your harsh language to a man who at Sumter threw himself between you and a man by the name of Villancan and saved you from being disembowelled, cause a change. I am a personal friend of Senator McLaurin, and you goading him has had something to do with fighting the attitude you have assumed toward him. I make no charge but refer to what is said by others, and if you want to come to Manning to make a speech, come ahead. I am certainly not going to invite you to come here to "cuss" me out, nor would I, if you were to. come, attempt to question you, but if' you want an invitation to come here I have no doubt that there are others who would invite you, especially if you would make known your purpose. And then, I would not invite you to abuse me, because I would not care to stand by and hear language such as you use in your letter, and woda not. Therefore if you comc you will have to do so on the invitation of another, and I certainly would not obligate myself to be present. It was no longer than this day that I said to a friend: "I do not like the recent developments at Washington, and if McLaurin really means to go over to the Republicans I am done. I have stood to him and possibly gone further than I would for any other man, but I dannot go. with him into the Republican camp. I am going to quit popping at old man Ben and let him and Mac do their own scrapping." I regard your letter a remarkable strange coincidence. I shall await your reply with the hope you will withdraw it. Yours, etc., Louis Appelt. Tlllman said that The Times of Do ember 7 contained slanders against him to the effect that he was a thief. He had ignored similar accusations from others. If he took time to answer the thousands of lies against him he might grow to the age of Methuselah without getting to the top of the pile. Lajole Taken Out of the Game. Baltimore, Special-While The second half of the eighth inning of Wednes day's American League games was be ing played here, Manager Mack, of the Athletics, received a telegram from Philadelphia, stating that the court had issued a temporary injunction restrain ing Lajoie from playing for five days. While Mr. Mack was not advised to take Lajoie out of the game, he de cided to do so pending a conference with counsel. Memphis Entertains Schley. Memphis, Tenn., Special.-Rear Ad miral and Mrs. Schley will arrive in Memphis from Washington, early' Sunday evening, and will be the guests of the city until Wednesday night. Preparations have been made for public receptions, river excur sions and other entertainments. While here the admiral will be pre sented with a magnificent silver ser vice bought with contributions solicit ARE CALLED DOWN, Finish 4 Oppressive Meat Trust is in Sight. PRICES :TO DROP DURING MONTH A Member of the Combination Gives Assurance That Prices Are to Re sume ormal Conditions.' New York, Special.-Relief is. prom- 1 ised definftely frora the present abnor mal prices of meats and within a month they will have reached nearly or exactly their normal level. This statement appeared in The Press Mon day, whijh also said: "The p'omise of relief was made last (Sunday) night by Ferdinand Sulzber ger, 'one of the 'Big Six', when he was conferilng with the members of the committee of investigation appointed by the iRepublican Club, of this city. While 'this conference was only pre liminary, to the Important one to be held in" Washington -with all the meat 'barona', Sulzberger felt called on to make some definite promise to' the in sistent ~ommitteemen. 'I can say with assurance,' he said,. when pressed for me p Ise of relief,'that in a month j rom- o prices will have -sought their 'forhner evel, or close to it, and that lev -11 be found soon thereafter. [ can Make that promise because there will be. an influr by that time of the new giss-fe4. -cattle from Texas and with thousands of them on the marke, a breal is bound to follow.' "It a(as learned that the conference to be. held in Washington will be -held I next Thursday In a place not yet se- c lected. 'Those at the conference will be . C. F. Swift-, Ogden Armour, J. Lyman, f of Hammond & Co., Edward Morris, of Nelson Morris & .Co., Mitchael Cudahy and Ferdinand Sulzberger, of Schwarz child & -Sulzberger. These men will confer- in Washington with Attorney' Gener.al..Q4vis of this State, and Alfred L. Bujat.; members of .the. committee appofiit by the Republican sub-com mittee to investigate the m'eat question and, as jii prosecution if relief could note .Qhabned in any. other way."' e. oue ] Battd :after devoting an hour to the 'oas ge of bills by unanimous 1 conseat; ,uspended public business and for-.the remainder of the after noon listeped to the tributes to the memory 'of 'the late Representative Stokes, of. South Carolina, and the late- RepiWsentative Crump of Michi gan. Those who spoke of the public service of the late Mr. Stokes we're Messrs. Leever, Eliot, Scarborough, Johnson- and Talbert, of South Caro lina; .Havy, of ViVrginia; DeArmond, -of Missouri; Jenkins, of Wisconsin, Williams, of Mississippi;. Wadsworth, of New York; Gilbert, of Kentucky; Richardson, of ;Tennessee; Lamb, of 4 Virginia; Thomas, of North Carolina, and Candler, of Mississippi. A $500,000 Fire. . Glenn Falls, N. Y., Special.-A disas trouas fire visited Glenn Falls Sunday, causing a property 'loss estimated at over $500,004). The fire started in th'e clothing store of Webb Brothers, on < Glenn street, and thence spread to the large plant of the Joseph Fowler Shirt and Collar Company, occupying the up per story of nearly the enf.ire block. Then, fanned by high wind, the flames communicated to neighboring build Ings. The destruction of the Fowler plant throws nearly 800 operatives out( of employment and 200 more will be out of work temporarily. It is thought the Insurance will nearly cover the losses. J. Sterling Morton Dead. Chicago, Special.-Hon. J. Sterling Morton, former Secretary of Agricul ture, died Sunday afternoon at the home of his son, Mark Morton, at Lake Forest, Ill. For -several weeks Mr. Morton had been gradually failing. The nature of his illness had not been determined and a week ago he was brought from his home at Nebraska City to Lake Forest for medical atten dance. The change brought no im provement and he failed gradually un til death came. Three Killed By Tornado. Joplin, Mo., Special.-It Is known that three persons were killed and about 30 injured in the tornado that swept through Joplin. Of the injured perhaps eight were fatally hurt. A conservative estimate places the to tal loss- at $100,000. The deaths~were caused by the flying debris,'or falling walls. Two of those killed lived on Moonstone Hill, on the outskirts of Joplin. The district swept by the tor nado was about four blocks wide commencing on the western limits of the city at Seventeenth street and ending at Seventh street, on the east side of the city. Cholera in Philippines. Manila, By Cable.-The cholera situ-3 ation in the islands does not show any1 1:npreve'ment. Cases are reportrd among the American soldiers in the Cam.arines, provir.ce of Southern Lu zon, and elsewhere, but so far few Americans have been attacked and the disease is mainly confined to natives and Chinamen In Manila there have been 555 cases and 449 deaths from cholera, while the provinces report 1, 599 ca''. and 1.1(19 deaths. LIVE ITEMS O NEWS. Nlany Matters of General Interest In Short Paragraphs. The Sunny South. Safe prackers secured $2,590 from ;he Bank of Goodlettsville, Tenn. Oil has been struck within the city imits of Jellico, :Tenn. On the body of Orlando Camillo anks, an alleged train robber, killed )> a policeman at San Antonio, Tex.. vas found $450 taken from the Great orthern -express at Wagner, Tex., Fiuly 3 last, . All fire agents at Vicksburo, Miss., ruspended business because the city 'efused to reorganize Its Fire De >artment. Eighteen Southern hardware and nill supply firms organized at Char eston, S.. C., as the Southern Supply Lnd Macbinery Dealers. The United Confederate Veterans net at Dallas, Tex., with 45,000 visi ors present. Five colored children were found arved to death about 40 miles from femphis, Tenn., the father having leserted them. Admiral Schley has been invited to isit Mobile, Ala. Led by Ernest Rowze, a notorious ail-breaker, 11 prisoners escaped from all at Princeton, W. Va. During a quarrel Mrs. Abraham May bride of four months, shot and killed ter aged husband at Kingston, Tenn. Ellis Washington and Phil Wallace, tegroes, were hanged at Donaldsville, A., for the murder of Lee Geismar. A $400,000 hotel is to be built at forfolk, Va., by Norfolk and Baltimore apitalists. Two trainmen were killed ;n a reight wreck on the Louisville & Zashville at Riverside, Ky. At The National Capital. Governor Dole, of Hawaii, was the uest of honor at a dinner Thursday ght in Washington, D. C., given by' Viliam Haywood. At The North. Secr$tary t has arrange4 to. lbert , iw New York harbor. Indiana Prohibitionists are holding heir State Convention at Indiana lis, Ind. The ca-ting of a sewer trench at Iamilton, 0., killed William Hart and bohn Sander. Northwestern University, at Chi ago, Ill., will enter upon broader ork with a $300,000 endowment fund text fall. Burglars attempting to rob the bank t Eve4eth, Minn., blew the building and safe to pieces, leaving no trace if the robbers. The eastern division of the West rin Union Telegraph lines is to oe uperintended after May 1 by B. 3rooks, of Denver, Col. The boycott started by the Kansas 'ity live stock commission men Lgainst the stockyards, at Kansas ity, Mo., was lifted. Fearing that he was going insane oseph Holden Sutton, a lawyer's. lerk In New York, killed himself. Insane from brooding over a debt, lbert Fiehn seriously stabbed his rife and killed himself at Cleveland, It is proposed to Increase the capital tock of the New England Telephone nd Telegraph Company from $20,000, i0 to $30,000,000. Edward Townsend was elected presi lent of the Importers' and Traders' fational Bank, of New York, vice E. I. Perkins, deceased. The bodies of three Italians drowned month ago were found near Spring Talley, Ill., in the Illinois River, and i the person of one of them was ound $100. The formation of a sash and blind ombine at Chicago, Ill., Is denied. Robbers took $1600 In stamps, $100 n money and $400) In jewlery from the ost office at Eaton, Ind. During a saloon row at Detroit, Mich. wednesday night Edward Hawley, the proprietor, wtas killed by his brother The Havemeyers have bought 120 icres of land nea.r Fort Collins, Col., on which to build a 1000-ton beet sugar actory. Refused food at Joseph Allen's home, 3pringfield, Ill., a tramp attempted to lestroy the house with dynamite, but lid not succeed. From Across The Sea. King Edward held a levee at St. Fames Palace. Late dispatches confirm the reports ;hat It Is estimated 500 were killed ia :he Guat4sala earthquake. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said the 'louse of Commons that nothing could e more premature than the rumors in .ondon about probable peace in South Africa. The Cobden Club issued a manifesto >rotestng against the British corn du Bloody riots have occurred at Hel ingfors, Finland. Thousands of Belgian strikers are -esuming work. Chinese officials begged the court to -eturn from its pleasure trip on ac :ount of fears of trouble in Pekin. Thomas Estrada Palma, President dlect of Cuba. landed at Gibrara. NEW YORK'S DAY. Empire State at Charlestn Exposi tion. GOVERNOR ODELL MAKES AD New Yorkers Given a Royal R tion In the Southern City-A -Qrmt Occasion. Charleston, 'S. C., Special-The broad veranda overloolrihg 1ake Juanita and the open court, doorways and windows of the New Yor building at the expo sition 'grounds, wel e crowded Wednes day by visitors from the Empire State and thee South to celebrate New-York Day and hear Governlor Odell speak Mr. Mead, presideet.ai the New Y9rk commission, presided and President Wagner and 4Director General Averill, of the exposition, bade the visitors wel come. Governor Odell .was received with great applause and .it was some, time before he was alowed to speak. He said: "It is our duty as citizens of the va rious States of our Union to ernestly, patriotically and without prejudice or partisanship, support our govTrm9nt and show to the people of- the world that while we may differ upon the fea tures of governmental policy, our re spect for our flag and our love for our native land are greater than partisan ship and broader;than State lines. "The prosperity and good fame .of the State depend upon Its equitable and just treatment of all classes and ill in dividuals. And the desire of the imost humble to contribute to the well-being of the State should be as cordially wel comed and his interests as thoroughly protected as those of the most learned scholar or the multi-millloiaire. Taza tion without representation, mch're* the blood of our forefathers, priarr ciple which lies dormant in r of our citizens and unequal flst taxation will be just as strn ed today, Npt,perhaps with tbs butt-thtmoreot sliouTd Iernreasured 'ut to Ily1 Rights 'should not be accorded to .ces porations that are denied to the indi' vfdual. Both should be permitted to pursue their proper functions within . the limitations of our laws, and both should be protected In doing so. "Your interests.are ours. Through the golden gates of commerce of our greater metropolis we offered you mar kets for the products of your fields and. the skill of your mechanics. Cotton is. no longer king, but humanity and the love of our fellpwmen are the controll ing forces which make our great re public command not only the respect ofv the natives, but the respect of the civi lized world." 0 Addresses were made by Speaker Nixon, of the New York General As sembly, and Senator Ellsvorth, and the New York building was then formally turned over to the exposition authori ties by President Meade. Immediately after the exercises, Gov ernor Odell and party repaired to the Woman's building, where a luncheon was given by the woman's department. 'lie night's banquet was a brilliant af fair, and was given to Governor Odell at the St. John, by the New York com mission. While the banquet was In progress t,he ladles of the New York party atter ded a reception at the real dence of Mrs.- Andrew Simonds, on South Battery. During the ceremonies at the New York building, one of the exposition o.o ficials in Introducing Governor Odell, said that if "we had to have a Repub 1ican President and President Roosevelt could not be nominated, Governor Odell was the man for the place." Again at the lucheon at the woman's building, Governor Odell was referred to as "*a possible President of the United States" He replied significantly that he ardent ly hoped to be a delegate to the con vention that would nominate President Roosevelt for re-election. He left here on the Southern train at 11 o'clock tonight. The members of his staff and the New York delegation will, remain in the city until tomorrow. Minor Mention. Lightnin-g killed Richard Roan and Arthur Rogers, 12 and 15 years old, at Akron, 3. A life sentence has been given Charles P.ttzer, Muncie, Ind., who killed his wife. After badly wounding his hired man, Douglas Craft, a wealthy farmer of Hammond, Ind., blew his own head off with a gun., The jury in the case of Wi11iam Strother, colored, charged with mur dering A. Dean Cooper, millionaire, at St. Louis, Mo., disagreed and was dis charged. Louis Troja, a wealthy saloon keeper, was murdered by robbers in . his saloon in New York. Toney S. Diesner, former assistant police clerk, has been Indicted at Cleveland, 0., charged with em bezzling $9,000. A jealous lover of a servant girl is charged with dynamiting the front part of the house of Professor E. Maglott, at Ada, 0. In a battle between Union Pacific Rlairoad graders and two colored highwaymen, near Sherman, Wyo.. one negro was killed and sevetial graders injured, ,