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x ".V, ' l" Vr". v" "" ~ ' '""M . -j . . -,:\ ^ _ ________________ _____ _ ' - _ . _ -? ? . .. I .-" _ _ . . ' ' ' ^ vol XT,VI. WINX8BORO, S. G, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1891. NO. 24. J T vv ?.jl? ? > COL KEIirS iO'-iOIXMIL MAKING THINGS LIVELY IN ALLIANCE CIRCLESs He Calls ou Dr. Stokes, President of the State Alliance, to Explain that >Iix?d Caucus?The Former Cliars?# Keiterat ed and Some l-tirtner rscis uitcu. [From the Newberry Observer.] Editor Observer: 1 have road in the News and Courier the reply of Senator Stokes to my letter first published in the Observer and reproduced in the News and Courier. I will not allow him to cloud and obscure the matters in issue by ar. effort, to make the pub? nr. i mftvfd in what I have f iiV ? V ^ .. _ said by personal feeling. When I say I was not a candidate for the United States Senatorship at any time before the General Assembly,! am sustained by the record. My name was not presented in either house. Two votes were cast lor me on the first ballot; not a vote was cast for me after that, although they balloted for three days. Congressmen Hemphill and Tillman and others got scattering votes on several ballots. They were not candi5. dates. Hampton, Donaldson and Irby were the only ones whose names were presented to both houses, and they were the only candidates. I have n? personal desire to go to Washington. I doubt it' I could live long in that climate. I went to Columbia a loyal Alliance man?loyal to its principles, demands and measures. All I am is at the service of the Order; for its principles are intimately interwoven into my being. If my services had been demanded by * the Order, and after a full and free canvass ii the Order decided to make me their nominee. I would have acJ cepted. 1: the Order decided on another than myself, I would have fought all the same for his election. I requested my friends not to let my name be used in* the caucus of XonAlliance men as soon as 1 learned Senator Stokes had called in the Alliance meeting and had determined to go into a caucus with Non-Alliancemen. That caucus determined to present t*o the ^ nont-ryi Aesprphlv the three highest names. Aly name was one of the three; . but 1 declined to accept, and my name was not presented. \ "WHAT IS AX OFFICE-SEEKER? \ \ Senator Stokes would have the country believe I am an office-seeker. "What is" mv record? i am near 60 years old. JT Before the war I resided in Richland County, and was often urged to become a candidate and always refused. I was captain of the Emmet Guards in Columbia, sons of Ireland, the home of 5 heroes and statesmen. This was the Grst company tendered to the Governli ment. The writer heard the first and i?* ?~ ,r r,y o^,i i,n man can IclSL SJUil in iuc >? ui, cwv?. point to a single instance that he failed in his duty in any position to which he was cailed. In May after the close of the war he came to his plantation in Ji Jsewberry County, and was elected to the Legislature in October. The Jour\. ual of the House will show he was no ^ / ~ idle member. During the eisht years of misrule, fraud and crime he was in the front, rank with pen and tongue fighting to get control of the State j Government. In IbTT, after we got control, he retired from practical politics, as far as oillce holding goes. In the convention of his county he wai nominate] rhree times and Ufired tO ?0 to the Legislature. He rose and said to the convention: "Our people now have the Government. It is* in safe ?- hands. 1 cannot go, and will not il you elect me." That ended it. lie has often been urged to be a candidate since that time, and has always refused. He gave his time and powers, gratis, in the IS'orth during three Presidential campaigns for the Demo w cratic party. In 1884 he spent eight weeks advocating the election of JMr. Cleveland. On his way home he was urged to apply ;'or the colloctorship at ? -Charleston by friends who desired to hold offices under him. by one man who stands high in the State, who asked for the second place. When gentlemen in Charleston got to fever heat over the office the records will show that he wrote to Mr. Clevelaad and withdrew his application several weeks ^ before the appointment was made. He is frank to say a gentleman better titted for the place than himself was appointed?one trained to the business. Is -this the record of a man who seek; office? Is it not the record of one always ready to do his duty when called upon V I work for my living, and I am not ashamed to own it. All I have except what I got by inheritance, J made farming?the vocation of my life. It is more congenial to me to remain in the quiet of my home than tc < '? i~ 1 enter ine uusur auu stviuio vi strife. If the Alliance, however, had called upon me at any stage of the election and had put me up as theii nominee, I would have stood as such and, if elected, as 1 went into the late war, 1 would have gone to Washington, and, drawing my blade and aftei whetting it. 1 would have made it hot for all foes while life lasted, as a matter of duty, asking no-favors and giving no quarters. A MATTER 01' HISTORY, i Tl?t any one may say 1 am movec in this matter by personal feeling is ol ' no concern to nfe only a* a matter o] history. 1 am proud of my ?tate. Ilei history is made up of the* history ol heroes and statesniv?. Ar/iii&ke of mil* : .N/voe's personality counts p* ' J when great principles, de?vvmeasures and the honor of - . :iii peril. That the 2sens *-*- hostile to me is not deadly hostile to the he more loyal the memcstiie to him. In my summer to solve na> of the greatest majni" . 'is not misleading ia :uy letters it vs* un jug publicly about it. - *o divert my attenj ' *oki the solution of r.v? t!i?n before me: > - . to do so now. ? * ' iX to make clear the / - :<o clear that any *d understand it? is based on the t December tha ' inrr fhp! SfflJl inthe Cotton " - i the Alliance prfsi 1 ^ e?drawn out <d i appeared in . o a previous ? jSI Ibad called in zuce meeting, general caucus . - - y a just con^ ? cip'es were . " > the cor* ' s alor.e in >t the re* ler Keitf, tor who ;lity. . . -enator ... - atonal ? - ?. . "4 *5 j election, assumed the sole responsibility I for calling in the appointment for an Al- j ] liance meeting, agreed upon and appoin; ted for the specific purpose of putting in i nomination an Alliance candidate 'for I the United States Senate, and leading j ' oft' into a meeting of 2s on-Alliance men. ! He admitted that he was alone in this riew at the outset.and pointed with pride to Mr. Irby as a United States Senator, "who will effectually protect" Alliance i interest. ! What moved Senator Stokes to this i itcuuii z j Oa Friday, the uth day of December, j the following appeared in the Charlesj ton World: | "What I have seen and heard to-day con; firms me in my previously expressed opinion j that State Senator J. W. Stokes, who is also president of the State Farmers' ' Miance. j will cut no figure in the fight for tne United j States Senatorship next Tuesday, but that, on the contrary, lie is being carefully ! groomed for the Governorship in 1SV4, j when Tillman is more than likely, as I have {already pointed out in these columns, to succeed the Hon. M. C. Butler In the j United States Senate." ! Right here I will say I was not in a i caucus or political meeting of any kind j while in Columbia. There was an Alliance meeting held on Saturday night, December (J. over which Senator Stokes presided. As more than half of the Alliance members were absent from the city, it was j agreed to hold a meeting on" Monday I I night, when all the Alliance members j j could be present, and nominate an Al-1 liance candidate for the United Stat?s J Senatorship. A committee was apj pointed to wait on Donaldson, Irby and i j Keitt and get them to state in writing IQCIT pOSitlUIi Ull WiiC yi iJLn>ipi.^o, \*v>mands and measures of the Alliance, to be read before that meeting. The Sunday News of December 7, gave the following as Senator Stokes's position at that time: "Dr. Stokes's idea, in brief, is th.it the Alliance interests of this State demand an Alliance nominee for the United States I Senatorship." That was, or should have been, the idea of every Alliance man. It certainly was the idea of Senator Stokes at that tims, or why was j he presiding over a meeting that did the preliminary work and appointed Monday night following for a meeting to nominate an Alliance candidate for the United Stales Senatorship? ! On Monday Senator Stokes writes to 1 'Pu~ 'Viiri.r Fmm wh!/>h T ] X Lie X>C\TO aiXVi VVUiAVi, .. ^ I make the following extract: j "The idea, helcl and expressed by me on i the occasion of the interview was that the j Alliance would demand a candidaie insym| pathy w. th its demands. This is not saying i we demand an Alliance nominee, nor does it imply any antagonism to Col. Irby." WHY TIIIS NICE DISTINCTION.' \T hat brought about this change in the idea of Senator Stokes from Saturday until Monday ? Why did he name Col. Irby? "Why did he not say Col. Donaldson? Did he hare Col. Irby on the brain? Did it result from the prediction in the Charleston AVorld that ! he "will cut no tigure in the light for the United States Senatorship next I Tuesday, but that, on the contrary, he j is being carefully groomed for the Gov? _ *- 1 C>f\ 4 ?J ^.?roo r?nf f rn? ernorsnip m . xx. uuv n uv,, why is "it Senator Stofees did not promptly correct the World as he did The News and Courier. The Charleston World is the organ ; of Tillman and Irby, and is in the j secrets of the Ad ministration.-all the ! powers of which were exhausted to secure the election of Jrbv. Does Sentator Stokes denounce the World as a disreputable newspaper? Does he denounce its correspondent as a falsifier? 1 lie dare not do it. lie knows, and he knows the World knows; and he dare not denounce them, for they mi j ht tell ! if he does. The World knew and .hon I estly hoisted the signal. "Was all this ' careful grooming for nothine? Hard-; iy. "Tickle me, Johnnie, tickle me do; You ticiilc me and I'll tickle you." i a dramatic denouement. We outsiderers have no positive ' knowledge, and can only draw our cod! elusions from actions. In a little while ' we will know more. Day now breaks. 1 Monday night has come. The supreme ' moment is at hand. Senator Stoke3, ; president of the State Alliance, exercises the powers of his high office with sovereign will, lie dictatorially called ; in the Alliance meeting, agreed upon and appointed for the specific purpose : of nominating an Alliance candidate ; for the United States Senatorship, ' against the earnest protests of Alliance " men, and marched ofHnto a meeting of Non-Alliance men?rnimaniies wno pulled themselves into the Legislature holding on to Tillman's tail, (a secure j ! possession,) friends of Irby?from which Alliance men who did not sup; port Tillman were excluded, and de! liyered into their hands for safe keep; 1 ing all the goods of the Alliance. Was this the price of the careful grooming ? Is it not the logical conclusion ? ' 1 did not say of my personal knowledge that "Stokes sold out the Alliance ; for the ?hadow of being Governor of the State four years heDoe. I could not be privy to such a crime. I said: "That is the logical conclusion." I re', peat it. Break the logic, if you can. I SOME QUESTIONS TOR STOKES. I a#k that Senator Stokes, president of the State Alliance, answer the following questions: Is it loyalty to the Order* for the president of the State Alliance to ex . ierciss the powers of his high otnce ana i call in a meeting of Alliance men L agreed upon and appo nted to norj. ; nate a candidate tor the United0cJate 1 j Senatorship, agalngtL&e protests of Al i liance_me,p and" go into a meeting of [Non-Alliance men from which Alliance men are excluded, and with them j balioi for a candidate for the United j States Senatorship V ; Everything has its opposite. The j opposite t'? loyalty is treason. j Answer the'questiou and stand selfj convicted. Let me say to .Senator Stokes that j for a far less offence than his seven | Alliance members of the General Asjsembly in the State of Louisiana were | expelled from the Order. j L-t me say to Alliance men, the principles, demands and measures of the Alliance are not safe in any hands except the hands of Alliance men,Sen! ator irtokej, president of the State Al- j I ! = t.-v tho oontnrr Tint.withstand- i I ing. Alliance men should no more go | into a meetir.fr of Non-Alliance men i than Non-Alliance men should be adj milted ip.to a meeting of Alliance men J when Alliance Interests are in vol fell. | Alliance men, the glory and success of our noble Order depends on its j purity. Clean men alone should be in j the lead. Unclean men should not be ; seen or heard. % TIIE ALLIANCE MAJORITY. ] While in Columbia the writer learn' .vi thov* 2T? mtipt-v.siv Alliance mem J bers of the General Assembly. Eighty- i lone make a majority. There are fif-j teen more than a majority. j Senator Stokes, by his arbitrary call; iiijf in (and in the Cotton Plant of De| camber 27 ultimo he assumed the sole! !responsibility) the Alliance meeting; nr.nn <T> nnilli- ! WHU. - , ! nate an Alliance candidate lor the j j United Stales Senatorship. defeated the j j will of these Alliance men, prevented j | the nomination of an Alliance candi- j i date, and he trampled under his feet j j the welfare of the Order when, against ' the protest of Alliance men, he went> \ v i into a meeting of Non-Alliance men? j j Tillmanites?friends of Irby?and dr livered into tlieir hands for sairkec-p- ' ; in?r the principles, demands and meas-j j ures of the Alliance. All was lost. J It can now be seen what that "all" i i was and what "ail" means. Why did he do it? Clearly lo give' ! Mr. Irby the advantage, and if possible j to secure his nomination and election, | ; for it was well understood Mr. Irby could not get the nomination in an Al-i liance meeting. Ilence these tactics.! ! The why of his ''beingcarefully groom- j ed" is now In full view. I The Alliance had no ominee and ! did not present a candidate to the! | General Assembly. A largo majority of the General Assembly are Alliance 1 Thor ehfinlil havp Timninatpd a! ! UJCii. X UK, J Oav ^ _ . ! clean and able representative and ran him on clearly defined principles, and stood by ttieir colors and <ro up or down | with them. If they went down, rise j and come again, and never yield, for we are fighting i'cr great principles. The writer would rather we should go down and be right than to go up and be wrong. ALLIANCE HUL1-: ADVOCATED. 1 . IC Senator Stokes had proved loyal to the Alliance the Order would have nominated a candidate and elected him i |Xon-Alliance men in the (Jeneral As-! sembly whose sympathies are with the I I Alliance had no" right to have any say j as to who should be the Alliance can-1 ididate. That belonged wholly to Alliance men. Where does Senator Stokes get his authority to deal with Xon| Alliance men V A loyal Alliance man J will not permit his name to go before a meeting of Xon-Alliance men. If Hampton's defeat was necessary, he j should have been beaten with a clean j > man and on clearly defined principles, j j If that had been dene. Hampton and ; his friends could not, and would not. | have said one word; for their pabulum (is principle, honor and truth. But to | beat him with an unclean men without any defined principle, is a cri*ie against the Christianity and civilization of the State. South Carolina is dishonored, and j Senator Stokes is responsible for it. All can now see that all v. as lost, and what the "all" was that was lost; j- The writer does not possess the au-1 thoritv and power to say "go and sin j no more." That belongs to the Master j alone. If he had the authority and power, and Senator Stokes came up a penitent, he would say as the Master { j ScllU I "IjrO ciUU ^51 JUL liu iiiuivj. xu o^iuo j Senator Stokes, by exercising the au-j I thoritv and power of his high office, in calling in the Alliance meeting, and afterward assuming the sole Tesponsi- j , bility for the act, thinks be "is the mas- j ter. i Irby and Donaldson came before the j General Assembly from a meeting of j Xon-Alliance men, and as such had no claim on the Alliance for support. They forfeited it when they went into I the meeting of Xon-Alliance men. As j them was no Alliance nominee every j j Alliance member was free to vote for i whom he pleased. All Alliance obiigations'were suspended. If there had been an Alliance nominee every Alii- j ance member was bound by his obiiga-1 tion to vote ior nun. THE RULE OF UNQUESTIONING OBEDI- j ENCE. . The following agreement shows the obligation of each member of tiie Alii- j :ance to the Order and to those organi- i izations with whom we have confedc-r-1 1 ated. St. Louts, Mo, December 0, 18SP. ! ! Agreement made this clay by and be-1 I tween the undersigned committee rcpre-1 senting the National Farmers' Alliance: [ and Industrial Union, on the one part, and | the undersigned committee representing [ the Knights of Labor, on the other part, witness^tli: me unuersigneu committee, i representing the Knights of Labor, having read the demands of the National Farm-; era' Alliance and industrial Union, which are embodied in this agreement, hereby endorse the same on behalf of the Knights of Labor, and for the purpose of giving practical effect to the demands herein set forth, the legislative committees of both organizations will act in concert before Congress I for the purpose of securing the enactment j of laws in harmony with tlic demands mutually agreed upon. And it is further | agreed, in order to carry out these objects,] we will support for office only such men as! can be depended upon to enact these principles into statute law unirillueneed by party caucus?National Economist, Vol. 2, No. 4* page 214. The above agreement was adopted ' 1? *- 7? ? ?~I * f moot ov nie ouprtruie uuuutu ou mcn iiig held in St. Louis, Alo.,in December, 1889. It was reallirmed by tne Supreme Council at their meeting in Ocala, Fla.. last December. It is the supreme law, and from it there is no appeal. Ail Alliance men must conform to it, or get out of the Order, or commit perjury. If Senator Stokes were an LL. D., instead of an M. D., he would know that in all compacts between organizations there are no reservations unless they j are incorporated into the agreement, \ tbe written instrument. This instrument shows there are ncue; hence there is nothing to adjudicate. If each or-^ sanitation could have lions, aiid. one nflt.few"what the other j r reserved^e agreement would be aj rope o^Rd and fall to pieces. . r ax a*iaxce Max caxxot f,e a deh- j c our. at. j U .vlr Irby, on the heels-of his election j * United States Senate, is report-1( ed as making the following statement: {r !'I am going to the Senate as a Democrat j(and in full accord with the National Demo-1 s cracy. I am in full sympathy with the Al- j t liance. but wliaterer may be obtained by me j i for the Alliance must be obtained through I ^ the National Democratic party." j t I ask Senator Siokes if this statement! \ of Mr. Irijy is in accord with the above j t cited agreement?, is it Alliance doc-; trine? Is it the dovtrine of a non-par-1 ( tisan organization V Can the man who j, makes such a statement he depended ! j upon to' effectually protect Alliancc in-! r terests i ' . I] The writer has said, ancl will have.toj say, some hard and unpleasant things:! ;i Jiut he will not knowingly say one}) word that is not the truth. * If he does | an injustice to any one, and it is clear- j j ly pointed out and shown to him, he: wili exhaust every means to repair it: j rtthorwico it. *h*ll stand forever. He i scorns the spirit that cringes, squirms j and cowers before any earthly power,; r and he equally scorns the spirit j t for pelf crawls and feels and ! i hi uisel f into position by-trickery.*" 1; has all Ir.srlife spoken1 aUt-fianklr wh4it J \ he feels and believes, -and will do so/to ; j the end. . i], Mr Irby, with hisjeccrd.i should hiive < \ displayed a becoming modesty, ;;nrt* not |' thrust himself into a position to Briny: f* reproach on the State. 11 That he lias done so is a fact. liy doing so he shows that 'he is rec-kless of J the honor of the State. r S EX A T 01 i 1RB Y*S. I uE C O III). A peeple are always judged by those i they send to represent them. Mr. Irby j may lie an innocent, mau. out vne lacis ; = are all the same. IIis nam^ is on the 11 criminal docket of Laurens County con- j i nected with the most diabolical of j e crime*. It i? a fact he lied the Jaws of j s the State and the people among.whom j t he lived. The people of Laurens-Coun- i ty are as true, generous and brave a pro-! t pie as live on the earth. It is a fact he ] 1 hirt nr.t fnr vparsfrom these neople and t; the laws of his State. Is not this J i V \ enough to disqualify him from going: i t<> Washington city, as the representative. on the rloor 01 the American Senate, of the purity and honor of the | proud State of South Carolina? 0, Carol'niansI Shall this man go to W shington as your representative and be a standing reproach to the State? What has ti ic proud State done to be so ' dishonored. AJ1 the glories won by the peerless Calhoun, who. for forty "years on the \m#?rlean Senate was the admiration of the world, and who made Carolina perpetual and immortal, will go into eclipse. ] OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN THOUGHT OF : BEFORE. i And. too, to give this man the posi- 1 tion, V.'adc Hampton, in his old age, is < driven from the service of the people i to whom he gave a lifetime of heroic; : Wade Hampton, whose incorruptible ! integrity is known ttffe world over; ' Wade liampton, one of the for^iost : cavalry leaders in the annals- of wart'ttr^ '\Vylift TT.imnton. wiio shed his blood from the heights cl Gettysburg to the shores of his native Carolina for this people; Wade Hampton, who never saw one moment of hisj existence that he would not have cheer fully laid down his life J'ur tne honor -orr-sLis State; Wade Hampton who when your homes 1 and liresides. altars and temples, four- ] teen years ago. A-ere in imminent peril of desecration by a vandal horde, brave- ' ly breasted the storm, and, with cool, clear head and steady nerve, led you : into peace and security, has been cold- 1 IV driven irom me service ui uus fci. - j pie he loves so well, and the positio: given to this man. How long. 0, Carolinians, will you in . whose veins Hows the blood of heroes submit, yes, tamely submit, to this i crowning outrage on the honor of your ; State and the dignity of her foremost citizen V Will you stand idly and si- . lentlr by and see all the past glories < of your state, that elu ?ter thick around us. and were won by heroic virtue, buried forever in dishonor? Will you ' transmit to your children this dishonor < as a legacy V 2s o. never, unless the man hoc.! displayed by your sires is extinct. Rouse, yourselves, and rally, and ' speak out lor God and country, or for- 1 ever hereafter hold your silence, and ! let it be said to the world that the virtues displayed by your sires are ex- 1 ticct; and that you accept degradation. ,1 Know that one soil of Carolina "to the ' manner born" raises his voice for the i honor of the State, and will continue to raise it, and will never falter, never i yield, until her honor Is safe or life is ' extinct. . Ye sons of Carolina, who. upon the i Ileitis of your country displayed more < than Hornaii courage and Spartan valor, rally upon hilltop and in valley and ' swear by the Great Eternal that the nf rmi'r sh!?ll 1lVf> Jllld in your keying shall never die. Swear ; it. Swear it. and show to the world that you moan it. Respectfully, Ellison S. Keitt. < Enoree Plantation, S. C., Jan. 12,1891. < A BIG EXODUS SWINDLE. Ttiousandc of Jfcsro Victims Couxrejated | in Atlanta. Washington, .January 21.?A dispatch fr.om-Atlanta, Ga., the other day, 1 conveyed the information, that a nurn- ; ber of ignorant colored people from 1 the West and South had arrived there,with the intention of proceeding to the seaboard and embarking for Af- ; rica. The Post .says that the men who have led these people to flock to At- 1 lanta were colored immigrant agents ; who went through the various South- > iivulo thorn hp]if>v'? t.hat el II oultco <tJu- uuciiA w--w . ^ ,, by the payment of or.e dollar and the ; sending of a two cent stamp they would receive a ticket which would be * good for their transportation from the 1 seaboard at Charleston or Savannah lor a sea passage to Africa, and for a J tract of land in that country. This scheme, it appears, originated in Wash- ^ ington, and its -headquarters are now 1 here, the company pushing it being or- 1 ganized in April,*1884, under the head ( of the "United States and Congo Xa- j tiOnal Emigration Society." Tts officers were all colored men, T. ' ~ * * "? TU? I L, (Jreen oemg general manager. .mc capital stock Is 82,000,000. The com- 1 panv's circular stated that the com pfcny was engaged in the importation of African products, and that as a re- 1 salt on the return or the steamships it w'as enabled to offer to "preferred pas- ( sen'gers the following unparalleled" in- ; diicements," which are then named. The circular requires that 81 and a 1 Iwo-cent stamp should be sent for each 1 applicant who desired to go to Africa, but' nowhere in the" circular is the i statement distinctly made that the ] ticket or receipt, to be sent for the j j money is good for the passage pro- i posed. The circular was evidently > drawn up by some person with consid- ! erable more knowledge andshvewdness than the oilicers, who'are mostly igno- : rant men. Green said to a reporter ! that the trouble at Atlanta and the . coming of the colored people there to i go to Africa was due to misrepregf^r } Peak, igent for Georgia, Alabama and Ten- w lessee. Peak in turn denies this. c; Atlanta, January 21.?The excite- ti nent among the negroes orer the col- a nidation iii Libera scheme, being en- .p rineered by the United States and a 'ongo National Emigration Steamship a ^mnonV /We lint". nhat.P. It is esti nated.that-two tiiousand negroes tare p :ome to Atlanta from Texas and Mis- a issippi to rvait for the promised ship tj o take them, as they expect, from ^ JavJJnnah to Africa, and the cold ti veather of the past few days has found c; hem in such destitution that the city s ;u:; in many instances been compelled j o -lid them. S The Constitution hasiiad the Congo 0 "ompany investigated and the dis- n Josurcs m that paper have created no ittie excitement among the homeless s, x 1 *u :; :rrt)?s irom u instance auu muse w ;l Ytianta *rho have put their money ino the company. There is some talk itr.onij those who have contributed of ^ ?r:tf:p matter b^for^ the Courts, c ut a.-> c-aeh h-ts p.(id so little it is not a >.-o:'h'?]c that such action will be e, p $15,000 to Commit Murder. 0 i.ixcoi.x. Xkd. Jan. IS.?Three ar- *c?;s hare been made within the past v rcnty-lour hoars in connection with the ? mirdsr of John ?hecdy oue week ago to- A" light. Monday McFarlanu, a colored e )ar!>?r. v.as t!:e iirsa suspect, and to-day c ie made a confession acknowledging the a :1111m; nud implicating the wife ot the y nurdered man aud her supposed lover. ] Vil arc in jail. McFar!and declaret J !;a* Mrs Sheedv agreed to pay him $15.- H';> to make away with her husband, a Developments of a sensational nature | s ire expected. Sheedy was an old resi- ;1 iont and qmtfi wealthy. Sa'p KoSbery. ^ Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 14.?A e pedal from Key "West to the Times- s Jmon says that the safe in the postof- ;r ice there was blown open by thieves >arly this morning and $2,300 in money, t itamps.etc, was stolen, besides the con- r ents'of twenty-four registered letters, i ;I. L. lloter, or jiarnweu, u. ut irauo \ i baker, has been arrested on suspicion, c [lis chum. John Ciine.is missing. The jf imount of money in registered letters j s supposed to be large. f a ; - gp i CLOSING UP FOR A VOTEj : REPUBLICAN SENATORS AFRAID OF. ' THEIR PARTY LASH. | The.Force Bill Under Senator Hoar'* Man- : ajjement is >Iakicx Headway in the Senate?Democrats Flsht it Inch by Inch?A j Lively Debate in the Senate. Washington, D. C., January 16.?At midnight, while the snow was falling fast abound the Capitol, the members 3f the Senate were still struggling with the force.bill. The fight began in earnest this morning when the sergeant-at*rms of the Senate was authorized to swear :in a number of additional deputy sergeant-at-arms, and other preparations were made for an all-night session'. Word was passed around on both sides of the chamber to get ready for in all-night stay at the Capitol. Senators notified"their families that they 'would not bs at home to-night, and several tender-hearted and thoughtful wives immediately volunteered to send to the Capitol pillows and other articles calculated to promote SenaLuri^^omfort during the long weary hour?,%?k,e night. The Republicans, are unable to leave the building fof fear ?ne~-iyGS&crAtSwill secure an adjournment on the point of no quorum. On the other kr?rwl "P>ckTv? or?rcH o n ro nhli rrc?f} tn TP LlAliU Wit/ A/VUiVViU'.w Mi v ww * v main on duty, rea;fv at a moment's notice to join suet; "republicans as are willing to secure an adjournment or a postponement of the pending bill. Even at this late hour there is a good attendance of Senators upon the floor and the galleries are pretty well liiled. Mrs. Morton, the wife of the VicePresident, with several Senator's wives, are in the reserved gallery. The first showing of hands on the Republican side occurred late this afternoon, when Senator Pasco, of Florida, concluded a long speech. . Senator Wolcott moved to adjourn, but his motion was defeated by a narrow majority. Stewart, of Nevada, was the only other Ropublican who voted with the Democrats. Senator Hampton then took the floor and was about to proceed with his speech when he appeaeld l-rt Confitnr TTnor in r>hnrorp nf thf> hill. Ij\J KJt UUl/Vi JLlVlVi y VUUIgv , to allow an adjournment until to-morrow. Senator Hoar said he would erladly comply with the request of the South Carolina Senator if the latter was prepared to give the Senate some assurance that a rote might be taken at a certain day to be fixed at onct\ Senator Hampton was not prepared to fix aday,so the debate continued. There were several little llutters of interest over parliamentary points between Senators Gorman. Hoar and Vice-President Morton during1 the early part of the evening, but about 11 o'clock Senator Faulkner began a long unri ^arofiiHv nrpriflxpr] lp<7al analvsis of the bill, lie pointed out numerous errors and inconsistencies, and forced Senator Spooner to admit, in substance, that the bill is aimed directly at the Southern States. During the evening Senators wandered aimlessly about the chamber, some reclining upon the leather cushioned 3ofa3 in the cloak rooms and anterooms. On the Democratic side Senators Gor-: man, Daniel, Butler, Reagan, Vance, Eustis, Call, Coke and Gibson displayed Ehe best staying powers and appeared is fresh as when the day's session commenced. Oh the Eepnbiican side Senators Spooner, Mitchell, Allison, Cullom, Elale, Dixon, McConnell, Power and ijtockbridge showed no signs of fatijue. About 11 o'clock Senator Hour went into the cloak room and curled up on a sofa for a short nap. A few minutes later Senator John Sherman became weary and sought a sofa in the cloak room. Senator Dawes made himself as comfortable as possible by removing ais Massachusetts boots, carefully p!;tcin^them under a sofa, and slept "sound iy? The proceedings were enlivened at times by a pleasant interchange of personal compliments between Senators Faulkner and Spooner, the two bantam members of the Senate. The proceedings were further enlivened shortly after 12 o'clock, when Mr. Pasco made a point of no c orum. 'Wake em up," shouted Senator Mitc'i3ll, of Oregon, to the deputy sergeantit-arms. In a few minutes the Republicans same flocking into the chamber, some rubbing their sleepy eyes, others com^1-,'rsl^n. Vva5t-?o* /-lief iirM/a/? an/] SsPTIO ^laiLiiug u; wur tor Frye, of Maine, shocked the. dignity Df the Senate b} proceeding down the middle aisle with a cigar in his mouth. Forty four Senators responded to the roll-call, thus showing a quorum, and Senator Faulkner resumed his speech. A few minutes later the Senate ?vas alLf.' hickens hciving returned to roost. At this hour it is impossible to predict rhat the outcome will be. The Demoaats are hopeful of eventually side-: racking the bill, whila the Republicans | re equally confident of securing its assace. It has simDlv developed into ! contest of physical endurance.?Xews j nd Curier. Washington, January 17? Senator j. 'aulkner who was addressing the Sen-1 te at midnight, continued speaking ill 12.30, when the absence of a quorum j as again brought to the attention off io Chair by "Senator Sanders. The all of the roll showed only thirty-six ! enators present Jive of whom were 1 )emocrats. A motion was made by r enator Iloar to compel the attendance f the absentees, but Senator Harris lade a point 01 orcier mat me urst mu-? ion under the rules was to direct the ] srgeant-at-arms to request tlio attend-1 nee of the absent Senators. The presiding oilicer (Senator "Wash- j urn) sustained the point of order, and} enator Hoar changed his motion ac- j ordingly. The motion was agreed to. < nd a list of the absentees was furnishd to the sergeant-at-arms, who dis-j atched messengers to carry out the | rder of the. Senate. During the time lie messengers of the sergeant-at-arms ! rere calling at the hotels and residences i f the absentees all business was sus-1 euucu. I At 4.20 forty-seven Senators answer-1 d the roll-call and Senator Faulkner ! ontinued his speech. Senator Gorman t 4.30 moved an adjournment. The ote was announced ?yeas (J, Senators Jail. Cockrell, Faulkner, Gormon, ones of Arkansas, and Harris; nays 7. Xo quorum voting:, the roll was gain called and only thirty-eight anwered to their names. The appear,nce of Senator George at 5.45 com-1 leted the quorum. Senator Faulkner < naue anoiaer start un ms s^cctu at >? 'clock. .Senator Gorman made another i Hort to close the day's session and! poke of the futile efforts ever since uidnight to get a quorum. He moved to dispense with all fur- j her proceedings under the call so as iot to disturb the Sectors who were ndisposed, and g>' the Senators (resent and the of1 tbe Senate a J hance to go honiv their break- f ast, so as to get ba,. ; o'clock. Senator Edmunds d?. ^anded the yeas f .nd nays. The result was?yeas 5, nays I 2:>. At 7.30, when there were five Dem- j ocrnts on the iloor and only one Republican, ^Senator Casey.) Senator Daniel moved an adjournment. The motion did not succeed, however, for Senator Casey rushed for and obtained allies from the cloak room and Senator Flatt, who was in the chair, declared the motion >- After that there was another dead I ill until when, a quorum 1 h-.tvin.r nrvnpnml Senator Faulkner pro | ceedecl with his remarks. I Notwithstanding his long vigil Sena-! tor Faulkner was in good voice, and | when not quoting from his books, spoke with earnestness. lie paid special at- j Itention to the features of the bill, i which he claimed conferred on the canI vassing board power to carry on their operations behind the returns. At 10.05 Senator Harris rose to a parliamentary inquiry. He deired to know whether the Journal would show that there w s a legislative day of January 1 ' - XT- *1 1 ? <0 a t?A /lorr 11, anci 11 so, wneu mat iegisiau>o uaj began. The standing order was that the Senate should meet at 10 o'clock, and it was now past that hour, and he asked the question in order to enable the clerks to keep the Journal property Senator Morrill suggested that the 16th had not yet finished. Senator Harris said the question he propounded to the Chair was, when would the Senate have the legislate The presTuini- -,-r "The Cliair is of the opinion that there never will be such a legislative day as the 17th." Senator Faulkner then resumed the tioor. but concluded at 10.20, having held the iloor for almost twelve hours. Senator Daniel then took the iloor. I "Some time, after Senator Daniel began i to speak he yielded to Senator Stewart, j who gave no'tiee of a motion to recommit the bill with instructions to the committee on privileges and elections to so amend it as to provide for the election of numbers of Congress on days when no other election is held in the several States, and to p:ovide for thu separate and independent registration of electors as are qualified to vote for members of Congress. Senator Daniel closed his speech at 1.30, having occupied the three hours. A'oct ilinn tnnlr f ho tlr>nr And demanded a yea and nay vote on Senator Faulkner's amendment which eliminates from the bill such features as confer judicial function 011 canvassing boards. Senator Teller suggested that this was an 1 important amendment and asked that it be laid over till Monday. Senator Spooner (taking charge of the bill in Senator Iloar's absence) said he thought that the Senator from Massachusetts would be willing that the amendment should go over. Senator Edmunds, however, objected jto its going over until Monday, but 111.1UC I1U UUjaiiUIl LU ItO ?Uliig u*Ci for the present, ancl it was so ordered. Senator Vest then proceeded in a general denunciation of the measure. The question recurring on Senator Vest's amendment, Senator Hoar moved to table it. Agreed to?yeas 32, nays 25. On motion of Senator Faulkner an amendment was adopted striking out [ the clause giving the chief supervisor of elections power to transfer any supervisor from service in one part" of a Congressional district to another part of the same district. Senator Vest offered an amendment to strike out the clause permitting persons claiming to be citizens of the United States to si.cn applications for su pervisor of elections. Senator Hoar defended the language of the bill. Senator Wolcott objected that there was no penalty offered to the false claiming of a man that he was a citijzen. He moved to amend the bill by i providing that any person falsely claimi ing to be a citizen of the United States j or to be a resident or qualified voter in I any application shall be punished by confinement of not more than two years or by line of not more than $10,000, or by both line and imprisonment. This amendment was agreed to. Senator Iloar moved to table Senator Vest's amendment. Agreed to?yeas 3:3. nays 25. Senator Keagan offered as an amendment. to come'in at the end of Section 2. a provision that the chief supervisor olinll OTirl lietc A"P *nr?m 01UI.LL IWCW I'tlUiViio (Cl a. iuviiiv^ appended, to them open for inspection and examination by citizens at all reasonable hours. Senator Hoar moved that the amendment be laid on the table, saying that, in many pari s of the country such a thing might not be safe. Senator Voorhees: ''Is it the intention of the bill to keep secret and hidden away those responsible for putting this machinery in operation'?" Senator Hoar: "The matter must be in the control of the Court." 1 The vote was taken, the result being' a tie?yeas :>0. nays 30. The Vice-Pres^. dent voted ave^and Senatuc-Jjfr.^vT resolution was laid on the table. "The j?.ii i-i.. iOUOV.lUglS Lilt? UCUUICU VULC. Yeas? Altfrich, Allen, Allison. Cameron. Carey, Casey, Cullom. Davis, Dixon, Kdmunds, Frye. JIale. Ilawley. Hicrgins. Hiscock, Hoar, McConnell, McMillan, Manderson, ^Mitchell. Morrill, Piatt, Power, Sanders, Sawyer, Sherman, Shoup, Stockbridge, Warren, Wilson, of Iowa.?30. Xays -Senators J iarbour, ]>ate, Blackburn, Butler, Carlisle, Cockrell, Coke. Faulkner, Gorman, Gray, Hampton. Harris, Jones, of Arkansas. Kenna, Mcl'h^rson. 31 organ, Pasco, Pugh, Quay, Kansom, lieagan, StewP'-t, Teller, Turple. Vance, Vorhees, Walthall, Wilson e\f \'-irv]'iTw1 W'nlr-Aft SO The following were pairs: Chandler and Blodgett, Pettigrew and Call, I )olph and Colquitt. Blair and (ieorge, Pierce and (libson. Plumb and Vest. * Senator Vance moved to add to. Section" 2 t lie words "and shall be sworm to same." Senator Hoar agreed that Senator Vance's amendment should oe agreed to. Senator Vorhees gave notice of an amendment providing that the applica tion and names signed thereto be published in at least two newspapers of opposite politics in the Congressional dis tnet every day jor one wees preceuuiy the appointment. Senator Hoar moved to strike out of Section 23 the words '-return to house canvass." Agreed to. Senator Morgan offered a resolution (which was agreed to) calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for copies of the accounts of John I."Davenport as Circuit Court commissioner from 1886 to Is'.Ml (. Senator A Id rich gave notice that on | Tuesday he would ask the Senate to i proceed, to the consideration of the res-J olutioii to "change the rules of the Sen-} ate. [ "Suppose the elections bill shall haye} the rijiit of way then?" queried Senator j Morgan. "Do you propose to displace j it?" "1 he Senate has my notice.'" "was the I response. "I suppose that the elections [ bill will have passed by that time." [Laugh of incredulity on the Democrat- J ic side.] " | "Then, of course," Senator Morgan) remarked with a sneer, "the change of j the rules is not to apply to the elections bill, but to the apportionment bill and other such matters. S " - ^ The other amendments offered by Senator Hoar were agreed to without o, position, including one increasing from thirty to forty the number of supervisors of election in a district. The bill was then laid aside informally. The Senate then, on motion of" Senator Hoar, at 0 P. ZSI. adjourned till Monday at 11 A. M., after a continuous j session of thirty hours. I Morton as a Machine. i "Washington, Jan. 22.?The Vice President, after all, is merely a partisan, as was shown by his arbitrary rulings in the Senate to-day. The party lash was applied to his bau&, and the punishment was so severe as to cause him to promise to do th? bidding of the Republican leaders, however humiliating such a performance might be. Mr. Morton came into the Senate ohQmhpr this mornin?r with a set of written instructions in his hand, consisting of rulings upon all important questions likely to arise not provided for in the rules. The Republicans realized that the Democrats occupied a position on the correction of Tuesday's Journal which might lead to interminaoie debate under the existing rules. The referee, Aldrich, was put forward to move to ignore all further proceedings and take up the "gag .rule." After a long and desperate fight Vice i President Morton ruled as his party TTiTN" ! q is>ar*before the^ Senate for discussion. Without the dictation of the Republican leaders Mr. Morton would probably have ruled justly, but the de cisions ne was expected 10 rcuuer wcio written out for him in advance on the supposition that they would be sustained by the majority, and he simply went through the form of reading them. As the situation stands to-night the 'gag rule" is before the Senate for consideraiion, but there is no limit to debate, unless Vice President Morton resorts to further arbitrary rulings.? News and Courier. A Scliool Room 3Iurd?r. Syracuse, Jan. 21.?Wilbur F. Barker walked into the public Bassett street public school at 11 o'clock this morning, and in the presence of forty pupils fired ? 1 1 i,:- vaii;a twice wnn a revolver <10 mo wiic .dc-mo, i who is a teacher in the higher department. Both shots took effect, one going through her hand and the other lodging in the ileshy part of her hip. Barker then dropped their thirteen-monthsold child that he had been carrying and pursued his victim, who ran into a hallway. She crouched under a stairway and begged for her life, but he lired three more balls into her head. He then ran into the street, jumped into his cutter and rode furiously away. He had not been captured up to a late hour last night, but had been traced twenty miles and the police are only half an hour behind him. Mrs. Barker lies in an unconscious condition, with but little prospect for recovery. P.nrL-pr ic p. handsome man. fiftv vears old and has been a successful traveling agent for a publishing house. He has been marriecl three times. He married his present wife, who is only about thirty years old, two years ago last October. " lie soon .became very jealous, and her relatives say, entirely without cause. She hnallv took the child and left him. Barker's relatives say that they believe he is insane on account of his extremely jealous temperament." The disparity in their ages was the principal cause of the trouble between them. Shot Down ia the Koad. Sumter, S. C., Jan. 4j0.?(Japt, jonn Maxcy was waylaid and murdered on the road, about three miles from his home in the upper part of the county, last night between 9 and 10 o'clock. He had been to Sumter and was going home alone in a spring wagon, and just as he reached a dark place by a small stream the deed was committed. He fell backwards on the floor of the wagon and the horse carried him on home, and after getting into the yard the wagon was overturned and Capt. Maxcy was thrown upon the ground, where he lay all night and was found by his family early this morning. He was not dead when found, but died o ftTB- mirmtac afterwards A load of buckshot was tired into the left side of his face and head. Two negroes, named Hampton Nelson and Ephraim Butler, with whom Capt. Maxcy had had a difficulty about the violation of their contracts have been arrested on suspicion, but at this time, S1'. have not reached Sumter. The people in the vicinity of Capt. Maxcy s home are very much aroused, and a gentleman from there says that there was strong probability that the negroes would be lynched before they reached Sumter. Capt. Maxcy came to this count^^ffT? v]oil.\rii ofa mA feTv1 U." 1 fe ^as a ( successful planter and was very popu- { lar.?Xews and Courier. S500 for a Vote. Olympia, "Wash., Jan. 21.?Just after Speaker Shaw, of the House, yesterday J afternoon issued the call for nomina- * tions for United States Senator, Repre- < sentative John I. Metcalf arose and said; i "Gentleman of the Legislature of Wash- ^ ington: I hold in my hand 8500, which was handed me by Harry A. Clam of Spokane Fall with the express under- < standing that I cast my vote for C. II. -fr\-r Sl/ar?f>tAr " CPr'/Ynris JLV/X K.XHWVUJ., w i VA w* vy N. w v ~ of profound silence prevailed throughout the hall, Metcalf sent the money to the Speaker and resumed his seat. 3 A motion was put and carried appointing a committee to investigate the cnarge of bribery and the House adjourned un- ^ til $ p. m., when a vote for Senator was taken. Squire received 43, Calkins 15, c Carroll IT. Squire has a majority of both houses. < j A Greenville Komame. ^ f i"t -?? no u*;i LrltEEIVVJLLiS, *">. ? >> liliam Hail, 1*J years old, of this city,has had opportunity to learn that "true love never runs smooth." Ilall was married last night to Miss Lela Langley, 15 years old. The marriage was without the knowledge of the girl's i parents, and as the young couple were t preparing to retire last night the girl's i irate father entered and led his daugh- ? ter away from the astonished but mad- ^ dpnefi bridegroom. Ilall was arrested 1 this morning for abduction and spentl' the greater part of the day in jail,"butj, be.linally succeeded in gaining the J good T. ill of his father-in-law and was 1 permitted this afternoon to return to his youthful bride. The young couple < are employees in the Huguenot Mills, i " ' t A Minister Sent to Jail. . r Milwaukee, Jan. 20?The Rev. A. ; M. De Ford, of Ilortonville, was yester- ( day sentenced to five years at Waupen < at hard laboi, and in addition will pay ( a line 01 5>wu, lor me aimc uo. misiug j currency from one denomination to i another. Judge Jenkins in pronouncing sentence was severe on the prison- 1 er. The crime he had committed, he says, was one of the worst named in the statute books. There was no ex- 1 ouse for a minister of all men com- < mitting such crime?a minister whose ! business it was to teach man the very < opposite. De Ford broke down anci < cried like a baby. i WORSE AND WORSE. ANOTHER SERIOUS PHASE IN THE BONHAM DEFALCATION. A Charse that the Colored Troops are - ? * T)n11a*a / Credited >vua iwo jlkubu>?u they X?vtr Received?The Sensation the ^9 Talk of Colombia. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 17.?A dispatch fl from Charleston wants to know if there has been a discrimination against color- 1 ed soldiers and says Charleston is very much agitated over the remarkable bombshell which today went from Columbia about the accounts of Adjutant ?J ?vr T. Rnnhftm. itliU Jliispccbui ucutiai ^u. Being an officer of the recent administration, a bright young man of distinguished family, he has manv friends there who cannot understand the situation, and why Gen. Bonham allowed the checks to go to protest. The money was all supposed to belong to the State funds, which had been appropriated for the support of the military. Friday, however, a bomb was exploded in Charleston, over the same matter. ^ Gen. S. J. Lee, of the colored military of that city, claims that not one cent of last-, rear's 7 % V . [J i ~xa tx ><r*iao ywu * v ceivea bv 'negro companies. What seems trH>e inexplicable is that in the annual report recently submitted to the Legislature in which is given the itemize! disbursement of the office the amount of S2724 is credited to the captains of colored troops. They claim that they have received nothing whatever. Gen. Lee says that he recently visited Columbia to see about the money for the colored troops and that he received the assurance that the money would be sent. He claims that subsequent letters have been fruitless. The white military companies of Charleston all acknowledge the receipt of their money aggregating S2170. What is the other side of the case regarding the colored funds can only be ascertained after investigation. As things stand it is a great surprise. The Augusta Chronicle correspondent in writing from this city under date of Jan. 16 says naturally the chief topic of conversation all over the city today is * tne unfortunate position in which exAdjutant General JBonham is placed by the disclosures as to the shortage in his accounts, published in The Chronicle and other papers this morning. There is but one feeling here?regret for the occurrence and sympathy for Gen. Eonham, while all are nevertheless compelled to admit that the matter is one which it is impossible to satisfacto- * rilv explam. Explanations may modify, but cannot alter, the fact of wrongdoing, for bad judgment may be wrong-doing when it consists in personal use of funds belonging to others and entrusted to one's care. A more pleasant fact to chronicle is that Mr. W. C. Bateman, whose shortage in his accounts as clerk of the Board of Penitentiary Directors, as has been published heretofore in The Chronicle, has got on the track of a portion of the missing funds. That is to say, that while his books called for some 82,000 more cash than he really had; on hand, obliging him to sacrifice all.his property to make good the deficiency, he has now discovered where a portion of the missing money may be accounted for, by findinig a voucher for S900 not on the books at the store of Lorick &Lowrance. He expects to be able in the end to satisfactorillv show that the whole matter was only an error in book-keeping. Coming as it does so closely upon the fl 4-Ia/-V /-\*f tVilQ CAAYYliriff ^Hi UCCIO VI l,UC UiOWTUJ VJk wj-law shortage in the accounts of Clerk Bateman, of the Board of Penitentiary jS Directors, no matter how either or both cases may be hereafter explained, it "'BM must be acknowledged that today's news has sent straight out stock down many points. Xot, perhaps, that such ought ffl| to be the result, for principles true once are true still, in spite of any falls from grace of any of the advocates of said principles. But?and the b is a "big" one?the receat discoveries seem to show just enough possibility of the partial truth of some charges made in the late campaign to make the Tillman forces bold and tne straightouts timid. Possibly the worst wound that can be inflicted upon a rricm'c faclinm: i<j tn sp<*m to have been made a fool of?to have honestly dofended those -who were not worthy of it, to have denied that there was a solitary flaw in the gems of manhood making up hi* standard-bearers and find that he had been mistaken to ever so small an i extent. J There is much of that feeling hereabouts today, and in the first smart of 1 disappointment and disgust manyaataBu^*^ free to express the opinion that ths^0 cent developments insure^^^ of it0 p0wer) and ;hat the much-talk-or"reaction"?signs )f which really were to be seen just after ;he Legislature's adjournment?has )een discounted, if not destroyed. The Shortage. The Columbia Register, of Tuesday, says Mr. <?eorge Symmers, tne expert ippointtd to examine the accounts of ix-Adjutant General Bonham, has subnittsd the following report: imount of appropriation for 1890 314,000 ,g* EXPENDITURES. fl Checks Issued November and December, 1890, to white companies and paid by Carolina Xat. Bank, receipts for which are on file in office 8,472 3alance to be accounted for 5,528 Due the National Guard check / not yet issued.*. 0 2,724 icecKS issued ana not jwu pie-; sented for payment 1 948 ;hecks issued but proteited.... 1,400 balance which should be iti bank and is to be accounted for 45G 6 5,528 Michigan's Electoral Vote Grand Rapids. Mich., Jan. IS).?In iduition to strengthening and extending he State election law with the purpose u view of throwing additional safe;uards around the ballot, the present itate Legislature will consider a bill in roducod bv Representative John Lmor >f Detroit, which provides that the Presidential Electors corresponding with he Congressmen shall be elected, not on i general ticket, but by Congressional listrlcts, and the two at large on the general ticket. Michigan is entitled to hirteen voles in the Electoral College. rhere has never been a time when the Democrats could not carry from two to ;ight Congressional districts in the ?tate, while under the present system of choosing Electors the vote of the State us alwavs been plumped ?olidly in avor of the Republican candidate by a rousing majority. * The State as a whole would gire a Republican majority, but the Presidential vote failed "to represent the majority Dfthe communities that composed the vState. In 1883, for instance, the Demo- . : - ? . i n :rats elected seven or tne eieyeu \^uujressmen, but the Republicans carried the Stale.by a narrow margin.