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1 ' i : WIXNSBORO, S. C? WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1890. NO. 10. T* r rT ivhLL. TION ENELL. I.Se::? $oti:e It Ought to iof tilt ||--Thc' ColKiet in thy at one euty-t wo tuber \v?;s pptt sixty, oi Bashed the jl&:rhain ol'Hskfd that jg of the |?;ht result HR:" Civil S9 secretary, | dopted. j tempo- j amiscn ! I i n(; j c called ! srd up to I showed J attend-! ete liat j | \v "Wil-1 Lmiibar. ! ivtt-r I' recl Nix. j lie;:;;fort?J. I. Washington. Berkeley?J. E Knyne. K. II. Jen-! tins, Li .]. ."inetter, W. 2d. IS'ight. II. T. j Willi? iv:.s. Lexington?\V. A. Smith, A. W. | Johnson, J. E. Ililler. Ne'-V.it-rry?P.M. Miller, S. C. Gary. Orauaf-'-burg?C. W. Caldwell, It. Carrol). J. J. Johnson. George Robinson, tj. KrebSv, J. H. i/osey, J. H. Fordham, .\5 I'. Giover, D. T. McDaniel, J. W. Robinson. b'airlirid?II. M. Ray ford. Uear?eto\vn?R. W. Harrison. Kershaw?J. II. Johnson. Fk rvjiee?E. R. Roberts. J. R. Wilson. I.ai; rer.s?P. S. Suber, C. G. Garett. T. A. jjaxon. Chi-ri^ton?J. M. Freeman, T. II. lones. II. W. Purvis. 8. W. McKinhiy. W. I) Chappeiie. CoI'-.-iob?W. A.Paul, John .T.Crouk. W. A. Chizc-i:s, D. 8. Singleton, II. Wines. Uiehland?J. W. Morris, II. E. Wail. L. P. Davis. James Robinson, W. Wil* iiarns, W. Ferguson, M. J. Williams, R. lJritjht, V. ,A tston, Vv. Roof. L. W. Cooper. L. .Eatles, L. Brown, II. Lee, S. Johnsun. .j. Black F. Hicks, J. S. Xesbitt, S. ii. Thompson, C. C. McMonns, II. II. Johnson, J. L. Simons, J. W. Sanders, I. C. Daniel, S. J. Gregory, II. Coultry. Spartanburg?A. W. Pir.ckney. cuuai t ~?i.. JLi., X irjM, HKJiJ'j AJCtlCj o. I M. Myers, Thos. J. Smith, K. Wiisca. j G. W. Murray. h Union ? E. D. \Y hit'.*. The chairman announced the an-1 pcifttiur.-it of the following committer.-; On Address?J." E. Ilayr.e, W. J). j Chapnelie, Levi 11. Johnson, It. II. j .Jenkir.s, > B. Thompson. Resolutions?J. Durham, IV. Ray-! fori', ft". Williams, S. V/. McKinlaw. ?duc- lion?R. E. Vv'alJ. Richard Carroll, J. ii. Johnson, C. G. Garrett. Advifc,*.bilty of endorsing the Kar.kell Sia:a Ticket?T. A. Saxon, D. G. i:(;J)anl-.:, W. A. Paul. M. P. Glover. A lvc. ss was taken until four o'clock pi t/\ ?r!v<\? f n?i ? rorvc *i change to get their reports ready. The_ Conference did not reassemble until 5 P. M., at which hour reports j * from the committees appointed were] called for. The only one presented was ; uir l?j thy committee oh education, which! * was read and adopted. Mo other business pressing ujoa the | Conference, the Rev. W. D. Chappelle, of Columbia, presiding1 elder of the A. :txi read the folly wins. Whereas, the political situation in : tnis State is at present very complicated, and in respects delicate; ::r.d whereas.the Democratic party is divided and has two tickets m {he | _ Therefore resolved: I 1st. That w e do not it whe, f prudent or praeJieahb* for the Kt*oui?!i-: can party t;> put :t ticket i:i tin: field. 2d. Th;t;. i:: regard to the Haskell rnovtni'at. whiisi -.v.; believe in go;>d covens men t.and a just ;:nd impartial* administration of its law.-:, and while we believe oar rights, privileges and interests would h.r best conserved by the element represent-.-.: 1-y the r Haskell movement, vet. takhisr into consideration aii the circan'.-t-ioe-. s, ft- we do not think it v. :so or pracimabair i r to t-ndorse movement, nut to leave I r the matter with the state txecaii'-e I comniittee, feeling sure that lh? wis' dorn arid discretion of saiu committee will decide for the best and h'eht-st interests of ;di concerned. 3d. Thai Tve do not desire social equality, nor demand political supremacy as a race, but us citizens or this Matt ami of the United States we do demand an impartial administration oi thegovernmeo?. under which we liw, i..,.* . ?.S o>? ?...? I <SUU o J'iM' ivMJ ill *IIUV ?4 " L luiuiatrhtion. K 4tb. That \vecomh-:?n the* bitter p-.-rl* tisanfeeling and ras.hne.--s which lend to engender stir up strife anion ? I the .'aces, without conducing to the in*- j : tercets c.I t-it Ji: r race. Lr t Coultry, of Columbia. i-uid ho hoped ] the Conference was not here to endorse i either faction of the I>e:no.-raey, | although it had been rnn-.orrd that was the onjret of the gathering. This was a Dtsaocratio tight, not a Republican, and i:>j resolution pertaining to it ought j to com*: up in Conference. The negro had under the ban fourteen years j in isnitli Carolina, and he candidly did ; noteiieve the burden could be any I . renter than it had been. That resolution. said the speaker.! - ? r ?> . t- y _i. | snouKI sietrp as .ware. [iioars os. iaugu- i ter.i Soi:i8 onv had surmised that if) Til j mar. became Governor a eonstitu- i tisn.'il c;;nvt-n;ion wouid be heid. which I wyjid disfranchise thw nejrrces. For j his :-art lie considered them already j k disfranchised. Xo matter what they; |sk migf t da on November * thrv would j -fit; i. !*! /? T>nTf,-.ic If tVu; r*vll* liCUtCVi JJIM i?? ij ? ? i A? ?...^ . Democratic house was divided and the; negro t*it ti ic prop it up it would not I fall ami -i:f >< opJe wouhi go or: living! rin it. The 2n"c\vs and Courier, the jour- j nal of thy Stale, had plainly t:>ld the j nejrr-j that he was not wanted in tins > fight. !.:]<:: the Xrv.s and Courier he-; was op^vst d to the negrofs having any j tfcir.iT to do with this tiling. . l> mlar \. i r > ?.,:tr??? r,r> t.!w I x t ui k'ivivi ?.v?v ? sper.i-.er. an'!, as he exprsssid it, he was j attavkr! on all sides, but he hnaily i V rnovvd ihai the resolutions be ir.deii-1 Ultfc'y postponed. *" The K'-v.* >.Jr. Chappei-e db? not be-' lieve in dodging the question and put- j ?iug the responsibility upon the exe-i cutivo eomaiittee. lie said: The geii-l j tlenian had sai<l the negro was not con; cerned in this light between Democrats. In a light one side was sure to be right ami the other side wrong, and he be i iieved that that faction which sought j the good of the whole .State, which was i willing to give the negroes their rights i ' under the Constitution, whether they : risked aid or not, should be supported j ; is? a man -v the negrors of the State.! [Applause.] ; Gregory:* "Any guarantee of our j ! rights:" : v^nappciie: j*-. o; out one iatauu s<i>s i i il is to prevent the negro from ; voting and the other hasn't said so." : [Applause.] Voice: "Jietwceu two evils we will | choose thy least." | Gregory: "A lew of us have voted | for the last fourteen years. Ilavc yon ! any guarantee that our votes will be I counted this tiaieV" Chappelle: "The only way to prevent ; it. is to have blind men to do the counting. [Laughter.] If there's good in any of these parties for the well-being of i me i:egioes o: cuuin ^orouu.; >vy ou^iil to go to it. We have been waiting too long to;be invited. We nre citizens. I'retent your checks and claim your baggage. 1 am in favor of supporting Mr. Haskell. I am going to vote for him and I don't care who knows it. I want these resolutions to endorse Mr. Haskell and I don't care who knows that: [Applause.] lam opposed to the man who publicly announces that certain citizens shall not have the right of the ballot. [Here a delegate shouted, 'Anything to beat Tiliman,' and there was much laughter and applause.] Whether this Conference Mr.^ iifeseii (rmcri'want the delegates to go home and teil their people to vote lor mm ir tney want good government; i in South Carolina. Judge Haskell's principles of fairness have come down to him by inheritance. Xot only Haskell's, but all the gentlemen who represented the true Democracy. Stop ar.d think of these poor hungry Tillman men crettiug control of the Government. I'm for Haskell ail the time/' [Applause.] Fred Nix, of Barnwell,said he didn't know yet whether he would vote for Judge ilaskell or advise his Republican friends to do so, because he did not tnnw if 'VAiilil runviin in '.hp fiplfl until November. If he did continue :i candidate until the election he would vote for him first, last and all the time but let the resolution go to the executive committee, lie had friends in both factions, and had called the Republicans of Barnwell together to decide who to vote for. The Republican party in South Caroliaa was at an end, and jo was the Democratic parly. Notwithstanding the threats of the gentleman from Edgelieid he would vote for Haskell if he remained iu the field. Xext Tuesday, the 21st, the 13am-. well Republicans would make a decision. The Rev. R.Carroll, of Orangoburg, said he could not approve of leaving the matter to the Republican executive commit tee, because he knew the committee would endorse the Haskell tickTTTA^I* /'A fr.Ti VI ?3O/>OIICA e\r\Ci : CU UU J UU .J Viiu oi' the leyderstold so. i am here to oppose the colored people takiQg | any action whoever, We have got what \v<- have prayed for so long', a split in the Democratic party. Join one side now and you will grasp a shadow. Let the thing work. He believed Tillman ought to be elected. [Voice: "Oh, no."] Well, let rnc talk. Uefore Tillman 'was nominated, we were all Tillmauites [Voice: "Xo, no."]) We are rejoiced. We wanted his sue cess. Now he has been nominated. Tillman has done us more good than hd}' living man since the war. He made colored as weii as white people thinkers and readers. Heretofore ail Democrats.v.-cnt into oliice on '76 and the n-.-gro question. Tillman came along and 1ft the negro alone. [Voice: j "Hamburg," "Eiienton!"] I la nut people to thinking op. other things than the negro. lie ought to be Governor, and il l was a white Democrat I'd cast 10,000 votes to reward him. I'm not afraid of Tillman. I'm afraid of the j men who got in his wagon and were J puneu into ounce uy mm. me wane, people are divided, but the moment the j negro comos in they will get together again. [Applause.]* Both parties will turn on the negro and he will have to i. van to the mountains. lam opposed ' to the colored tn-ople having anything j ] ^ore to do with politics 11 the}' act as j lirtoai^ve acted in the past. The mftfHviio sells his vote ought to j be disfranchistfi forever. [Voice; uThs nigger is not the only one.'] If you go < for Haskell Tillrnai; will be buying your votes. 1 haven't lived in Green- i villo city three years for nothing, see- ' insrjthem buy colore*: votes with sujear, ; sacks of Hour ::nd so on. [Laughter.] ; Durham: "We don't :ome~ here to i contrast the worst qualities or some | people with the best of othars." The Chair: "The point is well taken." ; Carroll: "If you endorse Haskell I'll enter politics with 100,000 others, j [ *\Vyn;t vote for Tillman."] IleM he Governor ji:st. t!ifs;;:up.,' ["2sever."] ThomasSmith. of Suratei, warmly oppi.-Kru ?*;< .Toll's vifws. if the situ a- ; tion was had .'or the negro he mighth kct-o it f'roni becoming worse. Ilej Carroll's ? ;n.is>e of Tillman! and urged the adopt:'O of the resolu-1' lions. The quest iui was put and the reso- ; lutions were unanimously adopted. i On motion the roll was called and each delegate invited to step up and contribute si quarter to tlie iilurnina- ; rion of the bail aud other necessary expenses. The response was by no means ; unanimous, i In presenting the report of the com- ' miuee appointed to consider the advi.^a'oiiity endorsing the Haskell 1 ticket, F. A. Saxon declared that J uti^e Ilaskril had expressed his sentiments ! exactly when he said no party's will or J race term- should prevent him from j ib.-lifr hie; M'iKcipnci! dictated. 11 [Applause.] lie had been strongly urg-! < ed by frioui's not to take sides in this {; matter, bat he was not working for j seliish ends, but for the good of the 11 State and his race. He read ihe com-1 ml t tee's resolution, as follows: V.'e, the committee, to whom was i referred the very important duty of considering the advisability oi" endorsing the Haskeii State ticket, beg leave to submit the following report: After having considered this important subject committed to us, after looking at the subject from every reasonable standpoint, we have decided not to endorse either of the contending factions of the Democratic party. .;o:;es, ci ^nariescou, Luaue u >uuun and eloquent speech against the adoption of the report. The negroes, he said, had inherent and natural rights aud should sta . I on one side or the other. In this contest lie would support Haskell because he had the courage [Voices: "Hurrah for Charleston !"] tu declare that the negro ; had rights and a personality in politics, j v. rro u.e utgrucs going iu \uwvw mu < }ears and let their rghts be taken j away V This was not a matter for the j whiles alone, as the News and Courier said, but concerned every mania South Carolina. *~I? the"'Conference and its constituency were cowards he did not want to ! be associated with them. If the altar, j of assassination and murder was to be j erected in this State, on no other altar | ! did lie wish to be sacrificed. The man who stepped on his rights was a coward. He was not satisfied with the guardianship of the National Republican party. Let the negro in South* Carolina stand by the man who stood by him. [Applause.] I am not here for glory or discussion. I declare my choice. I stand by Aleck Haskell, because he stands against the men who conspire against our nuernes. He did not ask the negroes in the upper part of the State, whose persons were m danger, to take this fight upon themselves. but from Richland to the sea let the negroes roll up a majority for Haskell which couldn't be overcome. [Applause.] He would rather have the ne?ro working with ihe best native born element than have the entire Federal army for his protection. ["Hear ! hear !*' Don't sleep on your rights. Don'L adopt these resolutions. Kesolve to stand for Haskell, because he has shown an indication at ieast to J stand bv us. TCheers.l S. \V. AIcKinlay, of Charleston, agreed j in toto with Jones, but thought the | matter should be ieft in the bauds of j the executive committee. The whole! Atlantic coast was for Haskell. The { committee would carry out the spirit and intent of this Conference. Xo man j loved South Carolina more than he did,! her glory and her fame. Xo man more j admired that element of her citizenship that had made her great. Xo m.m like Tillman, who had traduced the State, could have loyalty in his heart, could be an honor to it.or its proper Tillmanism in his?no slaughterer cTTa"] defenceless people should ever receive hie ennnnrf. w:is nrond nf Smith I Carolina's history, and of her chivalrous men. The grandeur of a people comes from the best elements which control their action, so that marching onward under the ilaskell banner he would feel assured of victory arid honor for the old Palmetto State. " Geo. ">V. Murray, of Sumter, chairman of the last Republican Scate Convention, declared that with heart and hand open he. would vote for Alex. C. Haskell for Governor of South Carolina. The condition of affairs in thi? State, which closed the school houses and ballot-boxts. was due solely to the existence of two political parties, one composed exclusively of whites and the other of colored. As long as parties were so constituted one would rule and the ether would suffer, and the one to suffer wns the colored party. Of ail the papers he ever read the manifesto of Judge Ilaskell was the grandest and wisest. lie was one of South Carolina's chivalrous sons about whose head a dazzling glory hung, and he had called for free speech and a free ballot. [Applause.] What was the i effect V The newspapers were crying for j peace and against bloodshed at the polls. Why? Because two white candidates were before the voters. The opportunity for free speech and free ballot had corns. Let the negro enjbrace it?not because it was thought he would be put in office, nor because the supremacy of the race was expected, but because they wanted the equal rights to which they were entitled, and j which, he would remark, they never -?i -iQ-a jiiiu even uciuiu v. One or the Democratic parlies now existing was composed almost exclu- j sively of an ignorant rabble. The other j embraced the wealthy, educated class, and every man koew "the educated, in-1 teHijjeut white man had always been a j frieurt to the negro. Carroll, (interrupting :) "Who divid-: ed the Democratic par ty of South Caro- j lina so you could have the privilege of saving who you could vote for?"' Murray: "It makes no difference! who divided it. I rejoice in the j division." [Cheers and laughter.] C;:troi: "Don't you think the man who divided it ought to be rewarded'?'' Murray: "Let us reward men fori what they did intend to do, not for j what they have done. [Shouts of laughter and cheers.] Though Tillman may ! be credited with the division of the j white people of South Carolina his in-j tention was not to benefit tl.e negro.; lie boasts that he h.is a rille now in bis parlor with which he killed n eg res at Hamburg- arid Ellenton." [Cheers: "Hurrah for Ben Tillman." Great laughter.] Carroll: ' Haven't a majority of Democrats gone into oflice since '7(5 by boasting of viias they ;iid in Murray: "Senator Hampton aii;i other gentlemen boasted of their war records, of their contests with Northern soldiers, equally armed, but when lien Tillman was pressed to say why he should be Governor he boasted of his achievements at Hamburg and Ellenton against defenceless negroes." j$houts~of applause.] Carroll: "Didn't the so-cailed Straigh touts cio the same thing?" Murray: *'In all cases where negroes have been lynchtd, in ail cases where Uiey have been assassinateu,it nas ucen oy thf poor whites led on by men like Ben Tillman." [Uproarious cheering ami applause, delegates waving hats, chairs, etc.] Carroll: "Were they not led on by aristocrats as well as common men V Murray: "I expect that every negro when he looks through the jury which is to'try him and sees two aristocrats n it knows that he has a chance, but when he sees the jury composed of such men as are following Tillman lie knows he is doomed. [Cheers and laughter.] When every man can go to the. polls and have his vote counted, when he can secure his rights without applying to the X.-ilional Government, when that d.*.y comes, I expect to see some colored men Republicans and some Democrats. When we crowd all white men into one party and colored men into another, South Carolina will be filled with murder and bloodshed. We do not favor the Haskell movement because we expect Republican or negro ascendancy, but because the colored people will hold the balance of power, and both white parties will make fair terms with them." ^ _ E. JJ. Willie, recently or .Louisiana, wished the negro vote divided. He was proud of Mr. Ilaskell. proud of the; Line race of white men who had been ruling South Carolina lor years. Li.;t us all rush along together, each to his kind. The big niggers up with the b;g white folks; the"little niggers down with the little white folks. [Shouts of laughter.] Mr. Haskell had not asked the negro to vote, and he should wait until he was asked. Each of th.rse parties said the whites must rule. But the fact was that the rich men were orninrr tr, r.,lr? W:f.hw f hn DOOr Whi'P. cieviis norths poor niggers were going I to have a show. Education was a pow-! er, character wai a power, but money j was the greatest power of all. lie I gave an amusing summary of the 1 situation from his standpoint. When { you are in your virtuous couch you j hear a gentle knocking at your door.! There stands the poor white with up- j lifted hand (indicating the hand in the I .. ~ r .. f/./.hi. \ [fn r--3 n chr>A? I Ul puiliu^ iX AAV a nigger a mile off. 2sext morning the aristocrat looks at your body and says: "Poor fellow, he was a good cotton hand," and that's all. [Cries oI laughter.] I won't teii you any lie. If I was living here, before I'd join either side I would want turkey. You've becu | 1 j hungry fourteen years. In Louisiana I the niggers get turkey when Uv.-y vote | with the whites. i Caldwell, of Orangeburg, said he j would vote for anybody the Itepubli! can committee recommended, but he i didn't fancy Tillman. II. Vv. Purvis,of Charleston. made an ; uiuqueui. spcucxi, ui:w '.luuum. auj 1 special point, except that hr- could not i as a Republican consistently support | either Haskell or Tillman. Finally, he j was called to order and sat down. [ J. E. Uayne. of Berkeley. was. glad | that for once in South Carolina h<; had the privilege of meeting: in a ConvenI tion not controlled by politicians or ; demagogues, lie was ulad the negro j in tne atate nan tne privilege aim ! courage to rise above party and refuse j \ to be controlled by a certain class who j j cared more for themselves than for trie J ! whole people of the State. The lime had come for the negro to j 1 reject all such influences. Every man: with a thimbleful of common ser.-sej should see that there xva-, a providence laid before the ne^ro non\ which should be accepted. Politicians with their cyos fixed on thealmiffh.tr dollar could not see these things. It took men who { look to the good of the people to do so | and advise them. There were no\r in .South Carolina j two distinct elements belonging to a j single party. They had h^d a falling j /.lib nnnn nitft-iiri Knrwp! measures were nothing mora nor less than the purs principles on which their party was founded. Those who had violated those principle.-} were those who were opposed by Mr. Haskell and Jib^art?. The negroes wanted ali the people "n'r'VV^-Sfcitc to^^^nar withlie wouK j^-ive reascns^H kell ticket should be endorsCT^B ported at the polls. Who represffflBi the progress of the State but the Haskell movement? But they could not protect their own interests and those of his followers without protecting the interests of those who supported them in this struggle. A man was grateful j to those who came to him in time of need. If the better class of voters would rally and maintain thsGorornment in the hands of those who now control it the troubles which hacl vi-xed the State would be removed. Experience would show how to correct existing evils. The idea had gone out that the negro wa3 anxious to get control of the State as in the p;:st. The white man who asserted that, did j not know the negro. The better class ! of negroes were as much opposed to negro rule of the State as the better j class of whites were opposed to its control by Mr. Tillman. [Applause.] They had sense enough to know that the people who paid the taxes must control, but trie}' wisnea cnac raose j who in future controlled should do so [ in the interest, of the whole people; I that fair laws should he passed; tint th?y would be remembered in the jury box aud in the executive department. The negro simply wanted to stand in this hall, not with a majority, but with j a fair representation, so that he couid voice the sentiment of his people as no other man could do. If he could do it legally and could cast 150,000 votes every one of them would go for Judge Haskell and i:is ticket. [Cheers.] Did the Conference remember the platform of 1876 upon which Hampton had been elected? Did they remember what Ilampt.or: had said? He promised in every county that if the colored | people wonlu stand to nim he would | never forget them and would maintain j their rights. Unfortunately Hampton's promises had been lost sight of; j hnt. Tfn^kell stood to what Ilarnntoa I had promised; the negroes would not J turn Democrats, bat they would come so far over as to support that gentleman without one word of solicitation. T. A. Saxou declared that this Convention of colored men should act for liu* colored men irrespective of the Hepublican State committcs. If he could he would give 70,000 votes to Ilaskell. The Democrats had the manhood to say that Tillman had made worse charges against South Carolina than the blackest Republican ever made, ile preferred to put the Government in the hands of the best people of the State j rather than in those of this clodhopper, j Chappelle said that this Conference had assembled as negroes, not as Republicans. Durham hailed the day I when not only whites but .negroes would bo divided in the South. Their] white friends .'lid not know them. They didn't want political supremacy, and if to-night by his vote hi: could restore the State of things existing in the p ;st iie would not (lo it, [applause,] arid hundreds and thousands of negroes in j the State wouldn't do it. [Cheers.] j They wanted justice only. Their white friends had made a mistake. They had not given them an opportunity of supporting them, and when the negroes supported other white men who presented themselves the cry of carpetbagger was heard. [Apj.lau.se.] He was glad the negro had the opportunity of showing he was as loval to his white neighbor as the star to the poie. ?. .J. Sfletter, oi J3erUeley, said lie ' il- - ' ? i n in rr. olippUijL'U U1U lUL'il W (id it u '.una i;ijui u Ilaskell to endorse him. But he didn't think so. Ho advocated endorsement. J-tines Itobinson, of Columbia, drclared the future hopes of the colored race lay in this great Democratic movement.. He was independent of the party lash. The State had to have a white Governor and the negroes wanted the best man. No matter whom it might ollend he favored the Haskell ticket. Tillman wished to change the constitution to disfranchise the negro. Heath was threatened the colored | man who voted for Haskell. He was j willing to test that question. [Voice: j 'This is Richland County. Go to j Laurens; go to Edgelield."] There I were men in Edgeticid County who would vote for A. C. Haskell in defi 'I'ilitv.on \''hun fho cUiCC 17L JJ. il. XHUW.Hl. Ki.Wi unvmurdering begins ;n this State Tillman won't have much longer to live. [Laughter.] Ho hoped the Conference would stand iike men and endorse Haskell. The negro had crossed in 'TO a worse bridge than this. Members were dodging this responsibility ;*.nd putting it on the executive committee. Tillman cculd not frighten him from the poils. If Tillman said the negroes who voted for Haskell would have to die, there would be enough left to see him buried. [Laughter and applause.] ilii.rne offered a substitute for the committee's resolution: "Resolved | that we recommend the negroe3 for the betterment of their condition to vote the JJaskeil ticket." The Chair (Prof. Morris) put the question of adopting the substitute, and in a breatu declared it carried. Much kicking and confusion ensued, a Laurens deleft? appealing from the j decision uf the chair. The chairman , finally said he did not propose to be! bulldozed ..rid would't go back 0:1 hia decision, but for the general satisfaction would put the question again. Tntir-o u'^c n ?tAnn of rpns and .1 fpiv I scattering nays and the committee j was overruled arid the substitute j a-.ioptsd. The result was greeted with great enthusiasm aud vociferous cheering. At 9 P. M. the following address was presented by the committee charged with preparing it. The address is very long and declares j that the real duty of the ne^ro 13 to do whatever is in his power to overthrow every scheme and plan of the demagogues and politicians opposed to the j ^'jneral interest of the whole neople, j ! and oi! course both races. This Con! vention, no-.v assembled, has no other ; motive than to advise and discuss disI passionately what it conceives, in com- j | won with the better classes o* both | races in the State, to be the course each j should take, regardless of race or poii' tics. The address then denounces the acj Lion of Mie late Republican State Con| vent ion in deposing E. M. 15 ray ton ! ! from the State chairmanship as the j j wor.-v or demagogues controlling the i riri?r. and t hat such action did not repi resent the will and wishes of the party. 1 It then declares that the Republican j party up to this Convention existed practically in the for,' or many ollice-! holders under the Xatioual Government, and that "an im mediate change ought to obtain." The address continues: "It is commonly spoken on the | streets and in tin: ne wspapers of the St:lie that th? negroes were anxious for j a split in the Democratic party, knowing that a split wruld afford them a splendid opportunity to capture the State out of the hands of thi; present rulers, and thus plunge it into ruin and degradation. The gentlemen who hold that view and promulgate the same <jo not voice the sentiments of any negroes in the Republican party. There is r;o ciass oi ciuzeus anywner^m cne i niscn i States that are more in forested in pure and good government, national and local, than the nt'grors. They do not. want control of the .Stale, they only ihft original Hampton Government of 'Tfj are carried out faithfully the negroes would l>e contended under the circumstances. If. should he remembered the negroes have a record in this country that is sacred to them and they are proud of it, and to it at all times and under all circumstances now they refer." The remainder of the address deals with negro progress since emancipation. Murray, of Sumler. moved that the | reflection upon the action of the late Republican Convention be stricken from the address. On motion of a Berkeley delegate: Murray's motion was laid on the table. The address was then declared adopted, a demand for a division being ignored by the Chair. Fordham offered a resolution for the appor iment. of a committee of five to wait upon Governor Richardson and request him to give the Republican party representation upon the board of election commissioners. Saxon opposed the resolution as being inexpedient and unnecessary, saying that the ballot-boxes would be looked after and sufficiently guarded without any action in the matter by this body, and upon Saxon's motion the resolution was laid on the table. Amotion was then made that Mr. 1 Eilery M. J > ray ton be invited to address : the Convention, which was greeted by ioua and entnasiasue cries 01 "ur<\yton! Bray ton!" Jones, oi Charleston, opposed th? 1 motion. This being a colc>-..d men's Con vention he objected to any -white man being invited to address it. Ilavne, of Charleston, took issue with ! his colleague and made an earnest ap- 1 peal in behalf of thu motion to hear an address from Mr. Brayton. which motion was then adopted, and Brayton was escorted to thr stand and introduced to the Convention by the Rev. R. E. Wall, who had just taken the i chair. By this time the Convention was in an uproar, caused by the opponents or Brayton, some of whom seemed i determined he should not be allowed to 1 speak. > Murray, of Sumter, jumped to his 1 feet and wildly demanded recognition ' bv the Chair unon a ciuestion of pnvi-' i lese. Marry was greeted by cries of ' Tut him out." The utmost confusion ; and excitement prevailed. Delegates i mounted the chairs, yelling and wildly < gesticulating. Murray dared anyone to lay hands upon him. His friends < crowded around him and expostulated J; with him, but in vain, he declaring, i with an oath, that Brayton should not : speak until he had been heard. At : this juncture a riot seemed imminent, and the chairman, who was powerless ] to enforce order, upon the suggestion ; of a reporter, requested Mr. Paul Joiner, 1 the special Stale House police officer, < to remove Murray from the hall. 1 Mr. Joyner at ones forced his way i through the crowd, and taking Murray : by the coat collar attempted to push 1 and drag him toward the door. The obstreperous Sumter delegate VigOrOUStl. ?oeil.fn.l I J 5 u -frliUllo ill IJ I WlOtrv.. J l aav.li> around him, blocking' the way to the door and a general seallie ensued, which continued for several minutes, tiieofi\::Q( finally b;ing compelled to relinquish his hold upon Murray, who remained in the hail surrounded and protected by his friends. Prof. Morris here resumed the chair and by a few calm remarks poured oil upon Ihe troubled waters, Murray being finally prevailed upon to take his seat. Mr. Drayton was then introduced to the Convention and proceeded to speak, 1 and was listened to respectfully and attentively. TTp nm'rl hi<? rpsnfv.ts to the State i Convention which had deposed him from the State chairmanship. The corrupt agencies employed to control that convention could not, he declared, ' be approved or endorsed by the party, lie then turned his attention to the ' present political crisis. No one, he ; said, could tell what the outcome would 1 be, but he felt sure that out of the breach in the Democratic party there would result, good for the whole people, good to both races. Iln didn't believe there was a Republican, in the State that had not rejoiced over the way in which the Tillman movement had swept the State, and that they had also rojoiccd in the fact that the minority nt' Hu-> Tfemnnr:)t.i(' n;irf,v h.ld risen in opposition to the movement. It opened the eyes of the white people, h:id aroused a spirit cf independent* , ism, and the result in the future would ' be a better condition of things in this old hide-bound State of South Carolina. ] lie expressed the belief that the change which would result from the present political crisis would bring about a degree of toleration and conservatism which would give the negroes rignts and justice now denied them, and that the pledges made hy Hampton and his! party in 1876 would yet b^ fulfilled. At the conclusion of Idr. J3raytoa's : speech Murray, of Sumter, denounced j the action of the chairman in refusing ! to accord him a hearing on his ques-j tion of privilege .-.3 utigentlemanly and j unparliamentary, lla also denounced j JJrayton, in who3o intprcsl he declared j this Convention had been called, said: its principal object was to split the' party in 1S'J2 and he appealed to the j members of the Convention not to; allow themselves to be tied to J3ray-j ton's coat-tails. Prof. Morris gave the lie to the state- j merit that trie Convention had been j organized to break up the party. The point of order*being raised and j >4 sustained by the Chair that Murray's personalities were out of order, thai obstreperous individual took his seat amid loud cries tor Bray ton. The Convention then," on motion of Prof. Morris, at 11.45 adjourned sine die.?News and Courier. OBJECT LESSONS IN TARIFF A jJsid Cttinpa-jrij Document For the liepublican Party. "Washington, Oct. 12.?Some of the Republican managers are disposed to llnd fault with the retail merchants who have taken advantage of the new tariff law promptly to raise the prices of their wares. They insist that there is no need for such an action this fall, because the big doalers in all kinds of merchandise laid in a sufficient supply for six months to come before the passage of the law, and so can well afford to dis pose 0111 lit oiu prices, it is an exponent of greeil that the politicians can not condemn in strong enough language. The trouble is that the prompt rise in prices of the common necessaries of life is bringing the Republican tariff home to the masses of voters in a way highly unsatisfactory to those who made that tarilT. The Congressional Committee wants to send out a campaign document telling the people that living is goingto be cheaper under the ilcKinley act. but with higher prices already asked in the retail stores, such an assertion is not likely to be easily swallowed. In" fact, the managers greatly fear that every merchant who has put up his prices is making Democratic voters out of his customers. It is pity, they confess. that the new law did not go into effect three or four months ago. or not until after election, so that its elTeco uphad its^ige As it evidence is comiT^ in at a rate the committee does not like that increased prices are furnishing object lessons of the Republican tariff policy which are doing the Democrats a great deal of good. Those business men who have not yet put up their prices are many of them aiso open to itepiiDiican criticism, lor they are filling the advertising columns of the newspapers with advice to the people to "buy now," before the figures are forced up by the new tariff. This is almost as bad* as charging the higher rates at once, for it is a notice that the tariff will increase the cost of living. Taken altogether, the high protective tariff is not as good a campaign document as the .Republican leaders wish it was. THE NUPTIALS ARE OFFThe Daughter of the Confederacy Will Not Wed. Syracuse, X. Y., Oct. 14.?The engagement of Miss Winnie Davis, the "Daughter of the Confederacy," to Mr. Alfred Wilkinson, of this city, which was announced less than six months ago, and which created so great a surprise in all sections of the country, will never be consummated. Very intimate friends of .Miss Davis here authorize this statement. They assign as the cause the illhealth of the young lady. Xow, that the rumor lirst started from the South, as it should properly, friends of both are less reticent regarding the matter. It seen* M*at Miss Davis has not been in good for some time, and that she went abroad for the purpose of recruiting her strength. Iler trip was beneficial, but it did not restore her fully to health. Iler mother and her intimate mentis leei tnat nncier these circumstances it were best that the prospected marriage should be annulled, and this step v.*as most reluctantly taken by iliss Davis. On the other hand, some of Mr. "Wilkinson's friends are of the opinion that the recent reverse of his family, his moderate income, and the still more recent burning of the old homestead, had some weight in shaping Miss Winnie's decision. There is general regret here that the match-will not take place, inasmuch I as it would have been one of the most re-! markable and romantic marriages on record. Mr. "Wilkinson has had nothing to say ibout the matter, even to his jnost intimate friends, and conducts himself admirably under the trying ordeal, lie recuses to be interviewed on the subject, md seems much engrossed in business. The statement is made in a local pa per that some time ago a prominent gentleman of this city received a request from the South for information concerning Mr. Wilkinson. The failure of the Wilkinson family was particularly inquired into. This" was thought by some to be quite significant at the time. Stories of Shocking: Cruelties. Constantinople. Oct. 14.?Dispatches received here say that a party of Armenians and Druses attacked the barracks at Silensia, Syria, and blew up a portion of the buildings. Forty Turkish soldiers were killed. The Armenians then invaded the government building, killed the Governor and robbed the treasury of its contents. From there they proceeded to the prison, which they carried by the storm, liberating all the prisoners* Vienna, Oct. 15.?A dispatch from Constantinople states that the arrests of Armenians are still being made, and that many of those who have beer taken into custody have been shockingly maltreated and tortured. Among the other cruelties to which the prisoners have been subjected is withholding from them of all food. They have also been deprived of sleep. Persons suspected of disloyalty are arrested upon information being lodged against them by any spy. An Armenian recently arrested for attempting to murder a priest in the Koomkapoon quarter of Constantinople was to-day -P 1 .1 A 'T T + tc on^rfo^l xuunu ucuu m ins tcii. jl l io that his death was the result of tortures indicted upon him. The oilicials at Van, Armenia, are still burning Turks, and outrages upon Arminians "here are of frequent occurrence. Secured Freedom. Spartanburg. S. Oct. 16.?There was great excitement created 011 the street this morning by the announcement that the jail had been broken open and a auraber of the prisoners had escaped. A representative of The Register went immediately to the jail, and found that eight of the "sixteen prisoners had gotten "out. They were all in the day room on which the various cells open and taking advantage of tlie temporary ab sence of the Sheriff and his deputies'tliey tore down one of the massive cell doors, ard using tliat as a oaitering ram succeeded in breaking down the door to the day room. They then desouded to the ground lloor and picked tae lock off a back door and freed themselves. They were discovered by the negro cook just as they were issuing from the jail. .She gave the alarm, but before the Sheriff could be summoned they had all gotten well away. Chase was immediately given. At this hour three of them have been retaken. Considerable excitement prevailed, as several of the escaped prisoners are known to be desperate characters. There is parties out in every direction scnrr-liinnr flip fiOUIltrV. aild all the prisoners wilfsoonbe retaken?Columbia Register. ; THE NEXT HOUSE, ESTIMATES INDICATE A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY OF EIGHTEEN. 5Jut It May lie Larger?1Three Great Issues?"Warfare Against Protection and tlic Centralization of Power to Be Continued at the Polls. Washington, Oct, 14? Three weeks ; hence the voters of the United States will pass in judgment upon the Harrison administration and the record of the Fifty-first Congress at its first session. The Cromwellian rule of Speaker Reeo, the economic policy of Major McKinley and the Lodge force bill are each of them distinctive feature of the Republican policy and are to be ap-; proved or condemned at the polls by j i the American people. ! Of ail the issues which will tend to j shape the result, the new tariff law is lively to prove the most potent lactorm determining it, because its effects are so far reaching and it comes home to every individual consumer in the land. While President Harrison was elected on the protective tariff issue by a minority of the popular vote, though a majority in the electoral college, the Republican leaders never intimated that they proposed to go to the lengths of the meas. re that has just become a law. The bill has been passed despite the protests of large and important element of the population. Already its effects are being felt. Prices are slowly but steadily goiug up on articles of almost universal consumption. On the other hand wages have not acted in sympathy witn prices. The home industries, which*. * exrj^^B^oreceive such an cannot experienc^^^^^^BPP^rge stock of foreign goods v^Wnhas been laid in becomes exhausted. The effect of ail this must operate to the detriment of the Republicans, and nowhere more than in the agricultural States of the West, where the farming interests are greatly depressed. Senators Paddock of Nebraska, Petti grew of South Dakota and Plumb of Kansas realizvd this fully when they voted against the McKiniey bill on its tinal passage, and in doing so they represented the views of their constituents. The absence of harsh criticism of theii; votes m the columns of the Republican papers in those Staf.es proves this incontestably. The force bill has had the effect of nerving up the Southern Democrats to a supreme effort and very few Republi- j none tvi 11 cif in novr fmm 1 that section. So strong is the feeling on the subject that }Ir. McComas, who has been repeatedly elected to represent the Sixth District of Maryland as a Republican, is thought this year to be in danger or defeat,. The sanae thing will apply to Congressman iirower of North Carolina, who has twice been elected as a Republican. 2so efforts will be spared by'ths Democrats in the South to carry every district possible and an increased Democratic representation may be expected. In this connection it is advisable to touch on a movement which is attracti inr<- vvi/lp^nrPMf! nt.f.i'ntirm and which is J expected to play an important part in | the future politics of the country. I! j refer > o the Farmers' Alliance. The j Republicans are laying the flattering! unction to their souls that through this wedge they will be able to break up the solid South and perhaps prevent the Democrats from organizing the next House. In this they are likely to be badly deceived. True, in many districts in the South, alliance men have defeated Democratic ; J veter?ns for the nomination. This j ; happened in six ot the ten Georgia dis-1 tricts. I3ut it was merely a primary j contest, and the nominees are running | as Democrats and with the understanding that they will participate in the Democratic caucus. They well know that to rrove recreant to* this pledge ; j would doom them to future political oblivion. The Southern Alliance Demi ocrats will stand by their party. But in the Western States the Republicans are trying to utilize the alliance and with so'me success. In several I States, in close and doubtful districts, J they have indorsed alliance candidates j or have secured the nomination of alliance candidates who had been lifelong Republicans. This is notably the case in the Eighteenth Illinois" district, where the President of the Farmers' Alliance of that State is the Republican j candidate for Congress. This coquetting of the Republicans with the alliance men may lose a few j uisinccs 10 tne x?eujuuiui5. uuo umj ! very lew, for most of the Western j States are Republican and have been I carefully gerrymandered in the Republican interest, and where there is a Democratic district it is usually largely Democratic. The Ohio Democrats j have adopted the system this year ana propose to try it, and great is the wailing and gnashing of teeth among the followers of the grand old party at what they are pleased to term the "infamous Democratic gerrymander." The following ligure3 will show the situation at a glance: First we will take the South. In the present Congress from that section the Democrats ; have 104 members and the Republicans j 17; in the next Congress the Democrats | will likely have 107 and the RepubliI ranc 11 heincr n orinn r>f 3 for DemO crats in the south. In 18S8 the Democrats lost one of the Baltimore districts I by carelessness, Stockbridge, llepubli- j can, defeating Ravnor, Democrat, by i SO votes. Mr. Iiaynor is again a candi-1 date and will surely be elected. The j Fifth district of Maryland, carried by Campton, Democrat," by 121 votes in lS8S(he was afterward unseated,) has been strengthened by the addition of a Af I^ltimAVP Whilp JL/UiiJ UUI C*L1 ? UiU VI j>cuvimv * v.. , , the Democrats are hotly contestir '.he Sixth district, McComas, Republican, stand to win. In Virginia Professor Langston is likely this year to carry the Petersburg district on his merits, but there are two Republican candij dates in the Norfolk district and the < division of the vote is likely to result ! in the return of a Democrat" In North Carolina the Democrats j have a good prospect of regaining either j ! the Fifth or Ninth districts. Brower, | ! Republican, carried the former in 1888 i by only 075 votes, anu Kwart the latter ; by 518" The vote in both districts was ' a full one. Cheatham, the only origi- j nal colored member of the House, car- j ried the Second district by but 633, but his district is Republican. The Second district of Louisiana, j ! part of the city of New Orleans, was ! :_j ? PannKlinan i n I carrieu. u_y ^uieiuuu, u&cuuiiwu, ***. 1888, by 174 majority. It was entirely ! I due to "Democratic dissension and the ' | district this year will go heavily Democratic. : In Kentucky the Legislature has re! districted the Stnte and all the strong j Republican counties have been massea | | in one district. This assures a gain of \ one member to the Democrats. The Legislature of TenDessee has j also rcdistricted that 6tate and the i i Third, or Chattanooga district, which I i returned a Republican in 1888 by 288 j : majority, had a thousand more Demo- j cratic voters put into it. The Republicans elected four mem- J bers to the present Congress from Mis- j M souri. Three of them were from St. Louis districts heretofore represented by Democrats. It is safe to assume that at least one of them will be redeemed. Four Democrats were returned from West Virginia in 18S8 by small majorities, two of whom have since been unseated. It is fair to divide the delegation equally between the parties at the coming election, considering how close the State is. In Arkansas the Republicans are likely to gain a member. They had none at the opening of the present Congress, but unseated two Democrats. So the result of the estimate shows a net loss to the Republicans of three and a net gain to the Democrats of three in sixteen Southern States. In the Eastern States the Democrats now have 28 Congressman, while the "T") ~ I 74. I nejjuuiiuiuis uavfc.o*. JLU IS tApeuteu in [ the approaching election that the figures will stand about as follows: Democrats 31, Republicans 64, being a J gain of 3 members for the Democrats. 1 Maine has already voted and elected four Republicans. In Xew Hampshire ~ -~*~t the Democrats have a fair prospect of electing one member, as they have also in Rhode Island, btft both are conceded to the Republicans in the estimate. In Massachusetts only the two Boston districts are put down as Domocratic, uiuugu cue jjcmucratb nave nupes ul others. The delegation is left im- jgttM changed. In Connecticut a gain of onejB district can be safely claimed by thsfl Democrats. In several Congresses ths have had three members. The Re^M licar.s carried the first; third and J? districts in 188S by 813, 748 anc^M jority respectively. jfl In New York theDemoc^B ceeded a gain of one di^| lost ths Fifteenth DistaM 74 votes. In the BulI^B M. Faruihar has btijaB coif:, and ag^uL^hM can nominee Mr. Democrat, can win. In the Thirtythird the Republicans are as badly divided as in 1&88, when John Wiley carried the district by 564. Many helieve 4-u~ n*;ii + >>/%"0/-v tucio t:ic xkcpuuiv> m iW3c tuc iwChester district, owing to the unpopularity of their nominee, Dan Voorhis. Mr. Greenleaf, the Democratic candidate, beat him several years ago. In .New Jersey the Democrats are sure of the three districts they now hold, and are likely to capture the UTewark district. In Pennsylvania the bolt against Delamater, Senator Quay's candidate for Governor, is likely to affect the close districts, and in one of them, the Twenty-fifth, two Republicans are in the field, so that a Democratic gain of one is not an unreasonable claim". From this section, including New England and New York, Xew Jersey and Pennsylvania, a Democratic gain of three and a Republican loss of three is claimed to be the probable result. T.nsi-lv the Western section ot tha country, embracing the nineteen remaining States. Six of these?Xorth and South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Wyoming and Idaho?did not vote in 1S88, though the first four did in 1889 and their Representatives participated in the organization of the present House, In this section a gain lor the Democrats of eight members can be confidently expected, and a corresponding loss by the Republicans, and when the-? test of political probabilities is applied """* to this claim it will be readily seen that it is a conservative one. In Ohio a Democratic gain of seven members is a \ery conservative claim. In the present Congress there are but live Democrats from Ohio to sixteen Republicans. The "infamous" gerrymander which produced this result has been duplicated by the recent Democratic Legislature, with the shoe on the other foot, and fifteen districts have been constructed with Democratic majorities ranging from six hundred to three thousand. Six districts were made heavily Republican. In some of the districts the Democratic majority is small, notably in the Sixth, Eighth and Thirteenth, where it does not exceed 1,000, and so these districts are conceded to the Republicans in the estimate. Moreover, the Republicans themselves concede eleven districts to the Democrats, and say that it they can keep the Democrats down to that figure they will have won a great Republican victory. in 1SS8 the Indiana Democrats carried ten of the thirteen Congressional Districts. Six of the ten, however, were carried by tess than 750 plurality, four of them by less than 500, and two of them by less than 100 plurality, the First District by 20 votes and the Eighth by 69. It is well known that the Republican managers sacrificed everything to secure the electoral vote of the State for Harrison. It is therefore sale to assume that the Republicans will gain two districts this year, and they are accorded that in the esti mute. In Michigan a gain of one is assured to the Democrats. In 1888 they lost the Sixth District by only 367, and the Tenth, or Bay City District, oy otrty--- ?? 115, and in the latter the Republicans put forward their strongest candidate, .vho is not in the field this year. In Wisconsin the only gain claimed for the Democrats is the Milwaukee district. That city elected a Democratic mayor this spring by over 6,000 majority, and on an issue which is the issue" in this campaign. While the Democrats have nominated the millionaire John Michell as their candidate, the present Kepuublican member, Yan Schaick, who has never met defeat. would not consent to run again. He dropped out once before when Democratic success was assured. In Iowa again of one is claimed from the Republicans. Last year Governor Boles carried live of the eleven districts in the State. Certainly one of these should elect a Democrat this year. The Iowa district, now held by the Democrats,and the two held by them in Wisconsin are largely Democratic and safe. The above are the only Western States in which any Democratic gains are claimed, though there is a good M prospect of defeating the Republican candidates in both the First and Fourth i|| California districts, now represented in Congress by Republicans, The estimate is intended to be conservative, m and gives to the Republicans every- r 8| thing they can possibly hope to carry. 4H To sum up, the Republicans cannot uope to secure more than fourteen W members in the South, sixty-four in the East and seventy-nine in the West, f- j| and to secure this representation they are accorded nearly every dou btf ul district. The representation will then stand nearly as follows: Republicans. DemcJRs. sf "East 64 ?W ' fl West . TO 3W fH South 14 107 Total 157 175 fl Democratic majority at lowest calcu- 9 lotion?18.?News. An Invc.e I'rinter. / Mr nice, Ind., Oct. 10.?W m. Shumm, / 3 a printer on the Munice Times, laicHlis j|? head on the Big Four track, near Salina this county. and was decapitated by ^ a freight train. He leaves a widow " and eight children in destitute circumstances. He was made insane by setting up the description of a murder