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I VOL. XLVI. : WIXXSBORO, S. G, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1891. NO. 36.
ISOME ALLIANCE NEWS. "
WH*\T THE GREAT BODY OF FARMERS
lioih the Oltl J'artHs to be AliHiiilocftl?
Direct St:<.tem;:it from :i Leadiii; Ollicial
f?Tlie urcer to j;un? ?i> ? * ...... .. ....
its own Candidates.
Baltimore, April 15.?Ilcn. \V. F.
Willets, of Kansas, the Itciurer of the
National Farmers' Alliance, was in
Baltimore yesterday.
Mr. Willets has recently been at work
in the interest of the alliance in Xew
|||l Jersey, and came over from Washington
on bis way to the eastern shore.
He will address the local alliance ac
|H. Royal Oak, Talbert county, this afternoon
and will spend to-morrow with
Mr. R. D. Bradley, the lecturer of the
Maryland State "Alliance, at his resits
dence, Linchester, Carroll county.
Mr. "Wilietis is one of the alliance
leaders and among the most conspicuous
members of the movement. He
was for a Ion<r time thoroughly uientih9
fled with the Kansas alliance In-fore he
I IB? was elected lecturer of the National
Alliance, and no man in the organiza-1
tion has more abundant faith in its
possibilities :'or the future or can speak
[ more advisedly than he as to what it is
and what it will be. Last fall he was
the alliance candidate for governor of
Kansas, but was defeated by a very
narrow margin, and was subsequently
|ron;inetiy spoken of as a candidate for
frasfc.ti Kraft-* senator to succeed Sena-1
frsr Icgal.s m tiiR legislature which |
elected Judge Pfefter. ~iie is a farmer j
it1 the strictest sense, has never i>een
an\ th ng else, believes that the farmers '
|RK hu'i e brains enough to take care of this j
country, and lias no higher ambition ;
than to see the triumph 01 the cause
fijwhich they are so vigorously advccat-1
The only time he has ever left his!
^^MBraVfarm was whtn he canvassed h-s State :
for governor, and then he hired a man
B? run the farm for him, and went into
he fight with the same tnergy and
delity which he had dtvoted to his J
W ilr. Willetts i^ a tall, squarely built,!
^HHBTsturdy looking man, with a full beard.j
Wo linmictatahlv :l man 01 SOlid Sen^e i
ana judgment, and speaks unreservedly
and pleasantly upon the work in which |
he is so deeply interested.
"Talk to you about the Farmers' Alii-!
ance? Why, certainly," he said, with a
smile. "There is nothing about it which
you should not know; it has no secrets,
except a few pass words, that I need
keep from you. What do you want to
know?"
"There has Leen a great deal said since
> the election last fall," suggested the!
American reporter, "by men of both j
political parties, by big men and little
men, about the purpose of the alliance
and its possible disintegration or ab-!
sorption by one of the two political or- J
ganizations. Is there anv foundation
XNJI dUUll C* C'CUCi .
"Xone whatever. The Farmers' Alii-'
ance is not a iliing oi to-day; not a thing
to be blown aside or frightened to death
[by Democrats or Republicans. It is a
permanent factor, and will be speedily i
recognized as such by those who have {
yet lailed to iearn if"
"Then you mean that it is destined to
become a' distinct party organization y"
"I do not say that; but 1 do say that
it will not be a" tail to the Democratic or
Republican kite, nor be dominated by
any partisan iniluence."
'"What will be its probable policy to
make its iniluence "most powerfully j
"Our platform, boiled down, is simply
this: 'Equal justice to all, special privileges
to none, mere money and less
misery." Tbat is our starting point.
We will nreach the srosoel according to
(the new* dispensation* and baptize in
the Jordan of intelligence. We are
with the people, the people are with us,
and that is the rock of'our strength.
If you ask whence comes my belief, I
answer, from that which we have already
oone aiid the power that I know
is wi'thin us to do.*'
"Will the alliance hold strictly to their
two leading principles, the free" coiuage
of silver and the sub-treasury plan V"
' Most undoubtedly. We may make
some change in the* sub-treasury plan
as it stands now. Do r.ot misunderstand
me. I don't mean a change in
the way of taking any step backward,
but to perfect it and make it better for
the farmer than it is now."
t.t? iho r-ncitifsn rf 1 he
uaai >uii uiv ^wvAv.v.. - - ,
f alliance in the next presidential election
V"
' We will never vot;> for any castli- i
date, Democrat or llepublican. on a
. platform opposed to the frve coinage
of silver."
"Then Mr. Cleveland will i\<>l 11 nd
much comiort in the alliance V"
"We will not touch him uncli-r any
circumstances.
"At this distance, v.hat forecast cam
you make of the next national cam-j
paigo. more especially as t-) the alii-1
tude of the two old parties':'"
"The Democrat will nominate j
Cleveland; the Kepublicans v? ill nemi- j
nate JBiaine if he will be a candidate, j
If he will not. Harrison seems the next j
mnctlilrplv m'ln."
"And as to the platforms V"
"They will both le against the free
coiDage ol silver."
"Then we come back to the original
proposition?what- will the Alliance
do?"
"We will not support any caml-iia^*,
except on the ^t. Louis platform."
"A~nd that means a third candidate V" .
"Yes, I think there is hound to U* a j
(third candidate. 1 think he will Lei
nominated by the Citizens' Alliance!
which is distinctly a pulineiu organize-1
lion
"And the Alliance will eudoise him ?" j
"Yes, if they nominate ou cur '
Louis platform, as I think they will.
They accept that platfoam.and we will!
not support any candidate who is not j
in accord with it."
"If that can be accomplished in no j
other way, then it is probable the alii- j
ance will nominate Y'
"Yes; it is not improbable."
"At this distance can you nam;- any j
iman "who is likely to oe t;u* i- amu is u: \
Citizens' Alliance candidate ?"
"2so, We are not giving ourselves j
much concern about that yet. We are!
devoting all our time to perfecting a
thorough organization, an;! then we
will look al ter the man,v. ho can g-t our !
support."
"Is there a man conspicuous m either j
of the political parties now whom you j
would be willing to support?"
"None. Xot one."
"Do you think the Republicans will'
have the next administration
"They have ek-ctrd the last president j
thev will ever have."'
("What is Mr. In galls' future1?"
"He has none politically. 1 was in
the Kansas legislature eijjhteai yeais
ago and tried to defeat him, and i never
gave up the ligut uutii 1 succeeded.
Why should we run after such men :;s :
Ingalls and Sherman and Gorman? I
We have plenty ot available anil excellent
material, and have no nttd l or such
men as they."
"How do you find the alliance in Ma- ryland?''
?
BggS
' ^
"Iii admirable condition, promising!
and progressing all over the State."
What Is your national organization |
now v"
"We have 2.500,000 riiembers in the
United states. We luvve organizations
: in ihirty-iive States of the Union and
; arc organizing an average of 175 State
i and local alliances a (lay. In Kansas
we have 145,000 members. 1 will organize
a State alliance in Ohio on the
loth of this month and one in New
: York on the 22ud. We will have three
or :our grand mass meetings in every
State in the Union, then we will go into
j congressional districts, and finally, into
the counties. There will be a confer:
e:ice in Cincinnati, May 19th. of all the
\ industry! bodies, to take the prelimina;
ry steps i'or the presidental campaign,
i This conference has been cnlled by the
j farmers and citizens' alliance, the
j Knights of Labor, the Single Tax
League and various other organizations."
MUST PAY OR CLOSE.
' Jutljje Hudson Decides Against th? Columbia
Club.
| Columbia, S. C., April 10.?The Co:
liunbia Club, it seems, vUl now either
pay a regular liquor license to the city
of Columbia or close its doors. At
i ieast, Judge Hudson's unwritten opinion
given below will show that such is
I his decision.
Ihe h taring of the case on the rule
granted by -Iudge Hudson some time
i ago. requiring the city to show cause
why it should not be enjoined from imposing
a regular liquor license on the j
club was heard yesterday in the Court
of Common 1'iease.
The case was argued at great length
by Allen J. (Jreen, Esq., on behalf of
t.s.e club, and City Attorney John T.
lihett. .Mr. Green made the opening
argument, and he logically tooK up the
pomts ou which he based his argument,
lie contended that the club was organized
lor social purposes only, and did
not come under the term of profession,
occupation or business. The city had
no right to charge a license and none to
impose a line. Col. lihett made a
lengthy argument in reply, and the lawwas
fully cited on both "sides. When
! the arguments had closed, Judge Ilud
sou said he was not ready to give his
linai decision, but he continued thus:
'"Ihe law or' South Caaolina prohibits
the sale of iutoxieating liquors outside j
of incorporated towns and cities. In-j
side of these places it is prohibited, un-1
kss authorized by the granting of a license;
therefore any body or association,
cull it bv whatever name you
please, that is engaged inside the incorporated
limits of any city or town in
! selling intoxicating liquors without
j license, are in violation of the law.
Uias:de of incorporated cities and
I towns nominal clubs, with the very article
in their constitution you have
| here, couid be organized on every cross!
road ostensibly for social enjoyment,
| but the principal object would be the
; sale to its members of intoxicants.
| Ihe prohibition law of cities would
thus be annulled. It is very true that
these associations are compo'sed of cultivated
gentlemen, but the question
that I have to determine is, is there a
sale of intoxicating liquors as it is admitted
to be managed in this club, and
as it is managed in all clubs, from the
lands of the corporation. From the
funds of the corporation the supplies
are laid in. and in plain terms, I do not
mean to t>e offensive at all, the very
important part of the instititution is
the bar; take that away and most of
the clubs would go to pieces.
"My impression is that I would be
forced, from the weight of the authorities,
to sustain the city council.
'Similar associations could be formed
in every township in the State; parties
might go there with a copy of a village
paper and call it a literary club, and
once in a while take * :ir families
there; but the attractive feature would
be the arrangement they have made to
serve the members. So far as I have
been able to catch from the authorities,
the weight of reason and the common
sense view is against the position taken
by the club.
'Mint 1 will read the authorieies on
either side if counsel will present them
and will give my views in writing."?
The State.
The Conductor Ignored Orders.
jjPAiiTAXBuno, i?. C.. April 14.?A
terrible wreck occurred just about dark
last night on the Ashvilie and Spartanburg
iiailroad, between a through
freight lrom Asheville and a material
tiain, near the rock cut above Landrum.
The freight had orders to wait at Melrose
litty minutes to allow the mater al
train to pass. The conductor disobeyed
his orders and attempted to make Tryon,
when the two trains came together.
Jioth trains were running at a high rate
ui' speed when they collided at a point
just hali' a mile beyond Horseshoe
trestle. I3;;th engines were demolished.
The fireman and a negro on the material
train were I:;. - a. Both of the engineers
and eighteen of the hands were badly
injured, many of them fatally, and it is
ti.uufrhi one ueero l:ad his ley caught in
lUe furnace aTiil burned oil' before assistance
c.im-*.
Ail day yesterday the wounded men
w.-re !-eiiitr treated*by physicians from
AsheviJie and half a dozen amputations
of i> and Aims were made.
When the collision occurred a car
from the rear end of the material trian
broke looe and ran back four miles to
the rock cut above Landrum. The
ilaarnan, knowing the danger of the
p.-.ssenirer train lunuing into it. ran
iiack t:i:j entire distance and arrived
completely exhausted. but just in time
i<>:! down the regular passengerirain.
iJ\ this splendid effort,another horrible
-disaster was avoided.
1 rains were delayed se\eral hours on
account of the wreck, but are now run
It is impossible to ascertain the names
of t lie conductors or any of the parties
killed or injured.?The State.
A Contemptible I'iccc of Uravado.
London, April 13.?A dispatch from
Uuiae says that tht-re is no doubt here
in well-informed circles that the recall
o:' l-\;va was a contemptible piece of
acting on the part of the Italian Government,
and that the whole story will
si:ori!y be made public, to the discomfiture
l>; the lludini cabinet. OiTicial
p:;:" rs are in existence showing that
JL-'a'va had asked, and his government
had granted, a leave of absence before
the -W\v Orleans massacre was heard
oi'cr had occurred, and that Huaini
had : iter ward determined to give a i
dramatic and bravado aspect to the j
minister's holiday by proclaiming it a
' tn fri<rht^n thA I
sev.:?i. iKAmericans,
and in failing to do so has
made himself such an object of ridicule
that he may have to retire in shame,
and leave the lield to Crispi, who is
: doing everything possible to avid to his
(successors' embarrassments. Should
Crispi regain power, it is expected that
he will give the whole correspondence
to he public. The levying of newtax
ts, which is now recognized as the
only way out of the financial slough, j
car:"not fail to hasten lludini's down- j
i lali. Even had Crispi remained in j
i power, tiies*.* taxes would have had to
1 ! i.; , Hoe oorjrt 1
| L>" lllipUSVU lUIU
j him from the unpopularity that will
i attend their imposition.
THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATESSecretary
Blaine's Keply to the Last Letter
of the Italian Government.
Washington, April 15.?Secretary
Ulaine completed his reply to the last
letter from the Italian Government
yesterday, and sent a copy of it to the
Marquis Imperiali for transmission
to T'remier Rudini. To-niarht the cor
j respondence was given to the press.
Marquis Imperiali, in a note dated
! April 2, says Secretary Blaine's note of
i April 1, heretofore published, had been
jlaid before the Italian Government*
anil that Kudini directed him to say
| that the Government of Italy had
asked nothing beyond the prompt institution
of judicial proceedings
I through the regular channels. lie acknowledges
that it would have been
absurd to claim the punishment of the
guilty parties without warrant of regular
judgment, and repeats the original
demand for the prompt institution of
judicial proceedings, and says that not
until the United States Government
; shall have explicitly declared that the
I proceedings shall be promptly begun
tan tuc uipiuaiabiv/ luvmguv k/v- KSV/J-IUAV*.
ered as closed.
Secretary Blaine, in reply, say? the
United States did not, by treaty with
Italy, become the insurer of the lives
or property of Italian subjects in our
territory. If it should appear that
among the victims at Xew Orleans
were Italian subjects resident there, in
conformity with the treaty, and not in
violation of the immigration laws,
abiding: in peace in the United States
and obeying the laws, that public ollicers
connived at the work of the mob
or failed, upon proper notice or information
of the threatened danger, to
take steps to preserve the peace and
briner the euiltv to trial, the President,
under such circumstances, the Secretary
says, will be justified in bringing the
matter before Congress, with a view to
the relief of the families of the Italian
subjects who lost their lives by violence.
Secretary Blaine also says, if it is
found that the prosecution or the persons
charged with the killing of the
Italian subjects can be maintained under
the United States Statutes, the case
will be presented to the next grand
jury. But if, as seems probable, proceedings
can only betaken in the courts
of Louisiana, the President can only
ur?e the State officials to promptly
bring the offenders to trial; and this
he has already done. He also says, if
the case can only be prosecuted in the
State courts, and a judicial investigation
is not resorted to, it will then be
the duty of the United States to consider
whether some other form or redress
may be asked.
He adds, that it is understood that
the Louisiana *tate grand jury is now
investigating the affair, and while it is
possible that, the jury inay fail to present
indictments, the United States cannot
assume that such will be the case.
The State Sustained.
Beaufort, April 14.?The decree of
-Judge Aldrich in the Coosaw case has
been filed. It is a voluminous docu
ment, covering 23 pages of legal cap
paper. The conclusions reached by the
Judge in "Thp State ex-relatione B. R.
Tillman et al., Board of Phospha
Commissioners, plaintiffs, vs. the Coosaw
Mining Co., defendants," are as follows:
"The return of the defendants to the
order herein, dated March 21, is insufficient
and is overruled. That the order
to show cause herein, dated March 21,
is made absolute. That the temporary
order of injunction "iretot'ore granted
is continued pendiDg the final determination
of the action, or the further order
of the court, and that the plaintiff
do execute and file a written undertaking
with sureties, pursuant to the statute
and the practice of this court, within
the next thirty days, to the effect that
the plaintiff will pay to the defendant
such damage, not exceeding 8500, as defendant
may sustain by reasoD of the
injunction herein, if the court shall
finally decide that the plaintiff is not
entitled thereto.
4iThat the order of this Court appoint
1 Qg U. it. UrooKS temporary Aeueivei yc
continued in full force and effect until
further order of this Court.
"Further ordered, that the said U. II.
Brooks, as receiver, do within a reasonable
time execute and deliver a proper
undertaking, pursuant to the statute,
in the sum of 8500,Jconditioned foi the
due and faithful discharge of bis duties
as receiver.
"Either party to this action may.
upon four days' notice to the opposite
party, apply to this Court for an order
substituting some other person receiver
in the place of U. 11. Brooks.
"That either party to the action, on
four days' notice to the opposite party,
may apply to this Court, or a Judge
thereof, for ao order that may be meet
anu just, pending the final determination
of this action."
"Dated Aiken. S. C.. AdhI 13.1891.
"(Signed.) ' James Aldricii,
"Judge Second Circuit."
Rats Responsible.
Goshen, Ind., April 10? A miner
named Snyder was found dead here a
few days ago, and two tramps arrested
charged with his murder. A sensational
account was published in the
New York papers, regarding disclosures
made, by his wife, who lives in New
York, in the presence of the tramps
leading to their seeking him and attempting
robbery, which resulted in
his death. Xow "the coroner's verdict
has been made public, to the effect that
Snyder came to his death by falling and
striking his head against a bed post,
and that the gashes in his head which
1 V
were suypuscu LU UrtYC UCCU .ausru UJ
blows from a cudgel were caused by
rats, which had been gnawing on the
dead body for perhaps a day pre nous to
the finding of it. The two tramps who
have been held charged with the murder,
some articles belonging to Snyder
being found in their possession, have
been released in consequonce, and have
skipped the neighborhood.
A. Cowardly Father.
Cheyenne, Wyoming, April 15.?
Frank McDermott and George Madden
fougiit a duel Saturday in the Big Horn
basin. The former's wife left him after
a tilt and went to M add en's place. McDermott,
carrying a six-shooter and taking
his live-year-old bov along, went
after the woman. Madden came out with
a ritle, which he aimed at McDermott's
head. McDermott raised his son to his
breast, and the ball struck the little fellow
above the ear, glanced and landed in
his father's face. McDormott fell, but
fired three shots. The boy died within
an hour and the father is fatallv injured.
Ills Haste Made Waste.
Kaxsas City, Mo., April 15.?Several
months ago the postofiice at Seward.
Oklahoma, was robbed. There being no
safe convenient, ihe postmaster after
that put his stamps and money in the
oven of his cook stove. Friday he built
a tire in a harry, and forgot to take the i
treasure out. When he thought of them J
the oven was red hot, and stamps and j
money were all cone. His loss was!
something over $400.
W l\
j NO THIRD PARTY FOR 1IDI.
!the plans and purposes of the
alliance stated.
Stale I.ecturcr Talbert Sets Forth tho
Meaning of his Keccnt Interview?lie
Declares that the Alliance is I'ngasetl in
a Crusaile Against tho Money I'ovrer.
To the Editor of The News and Courier:
Your Reporter did me justice m
oil infopviow nf. OrarHrelmrff Dublished
in your issue of the Oth instant. lie
stated my language as I used it and my
words as they were spoken, but your
head-lines and comments are calculated
to mislead the public mind, and I
ask that you allow me to make some
explanation, not however, to change a 1
siDgle word or proposition, but to re- j
iterate every word.
Other papers have quoted altogether i
incorrectly. For instance, I am quoted j
assaying: "The Alliance is a simonrMim
nrklitir>n 1 nrrrnrn7.af.ion." la the I
f"'*' r"""? ?o
interview I said that "the National A!-1
liaace was a purely political, or simonpure
political organization," or words !
to that effect. I say so yet. Then 1 am
quoted in other papers as saying: "I
am in favor of a third party." 1 did
not say so; l said that "I was opposed
j to a third party, provided relief could
be obtained from the other parties,"
distinctive applied for as Democrats
aDd Republicans being my meaning,
of both Democrats and Republicans.
I stated that when it was found out relief
could not be obtained in this wav,
or woads to that effect, then it would
be time enough to decide upon s>me
plan to bring about that result, or
words to that effect.
Now, sir, it might be that some other
plan than a third party might be decided
upon. I am unable to say. I
stated positively that the Alliance, as
1 understand it, would push their demands
in the primaries and conventions
for the nomination to national oinces
only of such candidates as would favor
the same. After nominations are made
then the Alliance would support the
nominee of the party, or words to that
effect. That seems to me to be Democratic.
I also stated that was my idea
of the Alliance (at the South, of course,)
at present. However, I said further, 111
substance, that there was a move on
foot to have a meeting: in February,
1892, for the purpose of bringing together
in one great convention representatives
from all of the different
bodies of organized farmers and laborers
in the United States to discuss the
situation. What they would do I said
I was unable to say. Whatever was
done the people alone would be responsible,
because it would be a people's
move, etc, or words to that effect.
Nov, Air. Editor, von make a bi<? fuss
about mv reference to the fact that my
language means communistic revolution,
etc, because I said the masses must
have relief, and ill they can't get it one
way they will get it "in another, etc.
Now, you may call it what you please,
but the people cannot ana will not
much longer stand the oppression of
the money king. There is not enojgh
money in circulation to supply tiltlegitimate
demands, saying nothing
about the payment of loans, because
with falling prices sesurities weaken,
and while property values go lower and
lower, dollar values go higher and higher,
and taxes, salaries and interest absorb
all the people's earnings, leaving
nothing to pay on the principal of debts.
Wealth is fast passing into the hands
of a few persons. Money has become
a power in politics as it has always heen
in social life, and the same influence,
which is drawing away the substance
of the workers, is undermining the
church. Look what way you will the
encroachments of the money power are
plainly visible. It pollutes our elections
fit controls our national legislation;
it debauches our trade; it owns
our homes; it rules the forum, the
i school and the church. It is king. The
question then is whether the dollar or I
the citizen shall rule this country.
The Farmers' Alliance then means to
have this country ruled by the citizen.
The Farmers' Alliance then means to
dethrone the money power and thus
emancipate the people. This, sir. :loes
not mean communism or anarchy, as
you term it. It does not mean repudiation,
it does not mean war; it means
only the rule of the people. That is the
lirst and great work to be done by the
National Alliance. With that will
come many other reforms, for every device
of villiany which is supported by
the improper use of money will fall
when the props are taken away.
Mr, Editor, the sub-treasury scheme, I
which you so much abuse, will be the I
very means by which money will be
robbed of its power to oppress. The
St. Louis .Convention adopted it, the
Ocala Convention confirmed it. and it
becomes the duty of every true Alliance
man to support it as one of the
grand principles of the Alliance, and
again I repeat, he who is unwilling to
support what a majority adopts should
drop out. If that be treason, make the
most of it.
In conclusion allow me to say that
the platform of our National Alliance,
as I understand it, is what I stand upon,
Dot only with both l'eet, but on all
fours, and there are not enough newspapers
and editors 111 South Carolina
to drive me off. All I want is a chance
to discuss these propositions before the
people face to face.
liespectfully, W. J. Talbevt, |
Lecturer Farmers' Alliance.
Columbia, April 1,1891.
A IJa<l ??ro.
Wedgefield, S. C.. April 10.?Fate
James, a negro, was arrested here yesterday
for the murder of a woman in
Wessons, Ga., with whom he had run I
away from his family here last fall.
James suddenly returned a week or ten
days ago without the woman, and when
questioned as to her whereabouts de-1
I clrred that she had died suddenly while
| at work. This naturally excited the
j suspicious of the woman's relatives,
| and upon writing to parties in J^ssons
! it was ascertained that James had killed
j her, which fact he confessed upon beI
in o.i.n^to/1 f.loimintr lifMirftvpr That hp
committed the deed by accident, with
a Winchester rille. This is nut given
much credence. lie was sent to Sumter
in charge of the constable and will
| doubtless remain in jail there, awaiting
the requisition of the (Jovernor of
! Georgia.
lie is a bad negro anyhow. Only last:
i summer he had to leave on account of |
injuries he had inllicted upon an old !
negro. This whs finally compromised.
The State correspondent has just seen ,
a specimen of a live-acre held of oats |
which measures three leet six inches
without the head. It was grown by]
I Mr. J. M. Moseley, -who is one of our
I best planters, as the size of his oats tesj
tifies.?The State.
A Kaunas Collison.
j Leavexwoiitii, Kan., April 15?At
[ 5:10 this afternoon, D. II. Anthony, edi|
tor of the Leavenworth Times, was cow|
hided on the street by Capt. AVilliam
Fori:esque, who was defeated fo* mayor
; at the recent election. A large crowd
: assembled, but no assistance was offered,
and as Anthony is noted for his gameness,
a bloody sequel is looked for.
?
TILLMAN ON THE SUB-TREASURYTlio
governor Thinks tlie Intelligent Farmers
are Generally Against It.
Cincinnati, April 15.?Recently
the l'ost, of this city, published the following
from Max Ellsler:
1 spent this evening with Governor
Tillman and his family at the executive
? ? i i. _ i :.i
mansion. 1 was impresseu oy ins rupia,
firm decisions and clear cut ideas. lie
is probably forty-live years old. has one
eye, and writes with both hands. I
1'ound him genial in his home, ottering a
welcome savoring somewhat of the rural.
Five children, with positive clear
brown and hazel eyes, firm yet eQectionate
bearing, were perfectly easy in
the quiet dignity of the family room,
i The Governor is thoughtful, but his
great power lies in his directness of
speech and action. With its aristocratic
significance ODe would never accuse
him of being a'"gentleman,''but you believe
his opinions are carefully made up
and honest in every sense.
In response to my query, he said:
llI do not believe if the Farmers' Alliance
were polled in this State, one-half
would support the sub-treasury scheme.
My guide in making up my opinions is to
observe the results in the congressional
districts where, by vote, this has been
tested. And 1 believe the Alliance of
the entire South would repudiate it.
.Some leaders may loist it, but tue ranK.
and iile?the thinking, reading merabers
?utterly refuse the absurd provision of
the scheme."
It may be well here to draw the distinction
between the Alliance and the
movement. Both are farmers' measures.
The Alliance is nine months old.
The movement is live years o^d.
And Alliance is national.
The movement is local.
The Alliance is based on its well
known "demsnd."
The movement on local educational
questions and. alleged reforms. ,
Governer, Lieutenant Governor, Stale
officers, six Congressmen and a majority
of the Legislature belong to the farmers'
movement.
A small proportion belong to the Alliance.
The present administration claims to
be Democratic, loyally so, and that its
officers were the regular nominees of the
Democratic party.
Commenting 011 the above the Cotton
Plant the official organ of the Alliance,
says: The Xews and Courier
quotes Gov. Tillman as saying that the
wiit r-oi-vi- one! filo r>f tlio A lliflnfft are
opsosed to the Sub-Treasury. We
very much fear the good Governor was
doing just what our contemparary
charged upon Col. Talbert in the same
connection?speaking for himself, rather
than for the Alliance.
"Certainly no one can charge him
with being opposed to the Farmers's
Alliance," as the News and Courier
3ays; but neither can any one who
looks below the surface in the last congressional
elections construe the result
as properly a rejection of the SubTreasury
piau.
The Governor is entitled to his
upmiuu U1 l/LlUiSi;, UUI/ ?? nuv M mi*.
he has nol correctly gauged the Alii- j
ance sentiment on this point; and the
Alliance?jes, the "reading, thinking
members"?will not follow even him
in a defection from its clear cut demands.
The lines will be much closer drawn in
future congressional contests than in the
last, and if we mistake not, the Alliance
will be in position to apply its full force
where it will do most good.
In our judgement based upon close
touch with the order to-dwy, Col. Talbert
is nearer ri^ht than the Governor;
and the Governor is about as near
ricrlxt on this point in fact as he has
been any time during the past twelve
months in the estimation of the News
and Courier.
We believe, however, that the Governor
will be found standing squarely
by the Alliance and all its demands,
when it comes to the test, though lie
is clearly mistaken as to the sentiment
of the order in this respect.
A Frauco-Germau "War Brewing.
Pa ms, April 10? M. Ilerbette, the
Trench ambassador to Germany has
sent j\i. KiDot, i- rencii minister 01 iureijjn
affairs, a dispatch full of misgivings
as to the nature of the ambassador's
relations with the Berlin foreign office.
31. Ilerbette says that Chancellor von
Caprivi treats him with formal politeness,
while the German emperor, who
was formerly invariably affable in his
manner, now speaks curtly and has
shown positive ill humor toward French
men whom 2>I. Il^rbette has introduced
at receptions.
The news causes increased anxiety in
government circles here. Hitherto M.
Jlerbertte's own reports, as well as other
oilicial information from Berlin, have
shown that M. Ilerbette was a persona
'jrata with Emperor William and that
the ambasador was on the most amicable
personal terms with the chiefs of the
.Berlin foreign oilice. Nothing has occurred
between the ambassador and M.
Jlibot to indicate the intention of the
(lerman government to increase the tension
of relations already suiliciently
I strained.
If the French government ascertains
that the kaiser's altered attitude toward
Ilerbette arises from dissatisfaction
over the treatment received by Empress
Frederick in Paris his recall *is certain.
So far as is known in official circles the
kaiser exonerated M. Ilerbette from all
blame in the matter, while M. liibot considered
the conduct of the ambassador
in relation to the Paris incident to have
been absolutely correct.
The Town and tlio Trains.
CHARLESTON, U, j:ipril iu.? Jiuc
war between the town of Graham's on
tlie Augusta division of the South Carolina
Railway, and the railroad company
has broken out afresh. To-day the
railroad company appeared before
Judge Simonton in the Federal Court
with a complaint that the town authorities
were interfering with the
tratlic of the road and the carrying of
the mails, by threatening to arrest its
servants and employees. Judge Simonton
issued an injunction restraining
the authorities from arresting the employees
of the road or interfering with
the trains. The writ is returnable
April 21. The authorities of Graham's
claim that the trains are run too fast
| through the town. It was the marshal |
i of. this place who. some months ago, j
skot and killed a colored llreman on
one of the South Carolina Railroad
trains.
j . Two IJrothers Suicide.
Lancaster, Pa., April !?.?Milton
XautTman, a young: man of this city,
uied ten days ago under mysterious cir- j
cumstances, and last night his brother,
Harry, died from the same symptoms I
which resembled arsenical poisoning, j
Their fattier to-uay scaieu im naay
had confessed to him that he and his
brother had taken posion with the object
of dying together. The boy would
give no explanation of the act.
i
I
UPWARD AKD ONWARD.
UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY OF
THE NEW SOUTH.
y
The Wonderful Progress d Development
of the Southern States During the
Past Decade as Shown by Census lieturns.
Baltimore, April 10?The Manufacturers'
Record this week publishes
an article from the- pen of Robert P.
Porter, Superintendent of the Census,
on the material development and progress
in the Southern States during the
past decade, as shown by the facts and
iigures gathered by the Census Bureau.
As epitomized, they show wonderful
growth and progress in mineral and
agricultural development, and justify
Mr. Porter's prediction of even greater
and unprecedented prosperity in the
2sew South.
While the time, he says, has not yet
arrived to give a complete inventory of
the wonderful progress of the South
during thejlast decade, official figures of
the brancnes of inquiry already completed
indicate that the final returns
iirHT ckrtrcr f-Kit in nn rnjrf- r>f tho TTnifpfl
States has industrial progress been
more satisfactory. One thing is certain,
namely: that the mineral development
and increase in manufactures during
this period has b2en of such magnitude
aud of such importance as to
seriously attract the attention of the
world. The South "is to-day producing
as much coal, iron ore and pigiron as
the entire United States produced in
1ST0, and the progress of the Southern
States in the manufacture of steel Mr.
Porter thinks will be as great during
the next ten years as has been in the
production of coal and pigiron during
the past decade. And the class of labor
attracted to the rich mineral regions
will be a higher character than of the
past: that is, there will be artisans and
mechanics, who will command a much
higher rate of wages, and hence increasing
the consuming power of the
South.
The trouble to-day, he says, with this
part of the country, is that most of its
products have to be shipped North or
to foreign countries for further manipulation;
but once establish an industrial
condition that will require a
greater variety of articles of consumption,
and you will bring to that region a
still greater diversification of manufactures.
The remarkable development of the
New South, as he calls it, is shown in a
striking degree by the astonishing
growth of individual cities in this section
during the past ten years. In support
of this, he cites the wonderful and
in some cases the phenomenal growth
of a number of cities and towns during
the decade in Ala., Ark., .N. C., Va.,
Tenn., Ky. and Ga. Anniston, Ala.,
that in 1880 had a population of 942, is
returned by the census of 1890 as containing
9,876 inhabitants. Birmingham.
unknown when the census of
1870 was taken, and which in 1880 had
a population of 3.086, had grown in
1890 to a nourishing city of 26,178 inhabitants,
and in fact a centre of industrial
activity of 75,000 people; Florence,
Ala., with a population in 1S90 of
5.9S4, or 330 per cent greater than in
1880. Chattanooga in 1890 had a population
of 29,100, or an increase during
toe decade of more than 125 per cent,
lloanoke, Va., which did not appear in
the census of 1880, is now a city of 16,159
inhabitants. These he points to as
some of the striking illustrations of
material progress, while a hundred
similar examples coma oe given or
small towns that had thus developed in
the South, and the greater part ot their
growth has been due to the development
of their mineral resources.
Facts already published by the census
ollice, he says, exhibit a mineral development
in the South, which if continurd
throusrh another decade, will bring
about remarkable changes in a numi
T i Ci?n u ^
uer 01 oouuieiu oiaies. j.u iouu, tuc
best estimate that can be obtained
show that the Southern States produced
less than 1,000,000 tons of coal,
and in 1870 about 2,000,000 tons. In the
year 1880, as shown by official data, this
production had increased to 5,676,160
tons. According to the eleventh census
return, the production in 1890 was
17,772,945. This gives an output in the
coal producing States of the South in
1890 ;,of more than twice the entire output
of bituminous coal in the United
States in 1860, and nearly 2,000,000 more
tons than the total production of the
United States in 1870.
Far greater progress, Superintendent
Porter says, has been shown by the
South in the production of pig "iron.
The entire production South in 1880
was 397,301 tons, which in 188S had increased
to 1,132.858 tons, and in 1890 to
2.917,528 tons. In fact, the products of
iron ore in these Southern States now
almost equals the total production of
the United States in 1S70.
Nor h;. ; this development. Superintendent
Porter says, of the mineral resources
of the South L-en at the expense
of its other industries. The manufacture
of cotton, for example, has increased
to a wonderful degree, as will
be seen from the fact that in 1880 the
amount of cotton consumed in theSouth
was ISO,COO bales, while in 1890 it used
407,001) bales?an increase, in round
numbers, of 175 per cent.
The fast that since 1S65 near S8,000,000,000
have been brought into the
South to pay for cotton, explains in
part the marvelous recuperative powers
of this section since the war.
While bad agricultural methods have
made cotton raising unprofitable to
many farmers, it is claimed that cotton
is one of the most profitable crops that
can be raised when its cultivation is
carried on intelligently on a cash basis.
The South produces about three-fourths
of the world's annual cotton crop, but
manufactures only about 7 or 8 per
cent, of what it raises, the balance furnishing
the material for spindles in
New England and in Europe. The
total cotton crop of the world now runs
from about 10,000,000 to 11,000,000 bales
of which the South raises on an average
uf late years 7,000,000 bales.
Of tlie agricultural development of
the South, Mr. Porter says: The South
has also made great strides in agricultural
progress during the past ten years.
This has been the result largely of diversifying
her crops. At one time King
Cotton held absolute sway on nearly
every plantation. The supplies of meats,
hay and grain, even for farm use were
obtained from the North and West.
A vast incrsase has been made in the
rearing of stock of all kinds, and grain,
grass and vegetable crops }<re grown
iinnn ? r>nn<?r.:inf.iv increasing1 acreage.
Tens of thousands of acres in the Southem
States, that at one time produced a
bale of cotton to the acre, are now covered
with millions of vines, peach and
pear trees, while trains and steamers
for months in the year bear Northward
their burdens of vegetables and small
fruits to supply the markets in States
where ice and snow still hold sway.
This development, However, nas not
been entirely the result of the increased
demand of their export trade. The establishment
of great industries, iron
and cotton mills, etc., has developed
home markets in the South for fruits,
vegetables, butter, eggs and a variety
US
of crops, and has given a wonderful
stimulus to agriculture in the Southern
States.
Superintendent Porter closes his remarkably
interesting: and instructive
article by saying: "The advance and
development of any part of the country
is a step forward for the whole. Southern
progress, it should be remembered,
is national progress, auu, as suuu, tuw
North can and does rejoice at it, and
Northern men will note with gratification
the wonderful results of a decade
of industrial development aS revealed
by the eleventh census. Iq the spring
of 1884 I visited all the Southern ironproducing
regions, and I repeat now
what I said then, namely: that the
great need of the South is a still further
diversification of industries. The next
decade must develop steel manufactures,
the further manipulation of iron
and steel into machinery, the manufacture
of furniture along the timber
belt and of the better grades of cotton
goods in the vicinity of the cotton fields.
If the advance is along these lines, the
year 1900 will mark a more remarkable
and more satisfactory industrial devel
op meat m me souuieru ouitca ui<ui
1890."
WHITE REPUBLICANS ORGANIZE.
A Convention of 108 Del?cat ? of the
aicLane Kind.
Columbia, S. C., April 15.?A new
era in South Carolina's political history
has begun. Last night a large number
of the former Republicans, Greenbackers
and Independendents met in convention
in Columbia. The convention
was held in the dining hall of the Columbia
Hotel. So quiet had the arrangements
for the meeting been kept
that scarcely any one was aware of the
matter, and the intention of the pro
moters was culuusu euuieij uu&uuvyu
save among themselves. The convention
met at 8 o'clock, and the roll of
delegates showed 108, only twelve of
whom were negroes. Among those
will be recognized as old Independents
present were the following, most of
whom politicians: J. Hendrix McLane,
V. P. Clayton, postmaster at Columbia:
"\V. W. Russell, the famous and "caloric"
Greenbacker; Dr. Munro and Postmaster
Hunter, of Union; Simon Corley,of
Lexigton; Odom, of Edgefield; Prickett,
of Sc. Matthews; Dr. Boyner, of
Florence; Harmon, of Spartanburg.
There were many more present, representing
fifty-eight clubs recently organized
in various portions of the
State.
The complexion of the convention
was a novelty in Republican meetings
in this State. It was composed of three
elements, the preponderating proportion
being native whites, and the oth
ers being old "Unionist men," who
have been forced to the rear since the
war, and negroes.
The convention was called to order
by McLane, and a ".Republican State
League" was organized. This is to be
a portion of the "National Republican
League," organized some time ago.
One who was piesent stated afterwards
to the State representative that the
"league was organized principally to
fight tbe Brayton Republicans and that
gang who had been monopolizing the
Republican party in this State tor the
past two years, and to prosecute the
organization of a white Republican
party in the State, with such negroes
as wished to come in." The organization
was effected by the State executive
committee, the names of whom could
not be ascertained. The organization
being effected, the new league proceeded
to elect a full set of delegates to the
national convention oi the league to be
held in Cincinnati, Ohio, at an early
date.
The following were chosen: State
at large, J. C. Hunter, Union; F. Nichols,
Greenville. Regular Congressional
District delegates?First, Dr. R. W.
Memminger, Charleston, A. Lathrop;
Second, T. A. Owdon; Third, W. W.
Iiussell, J. S. Russell; Fourth,M. Whitlock,
J. E. Green; Fifth, J. Clark, A. H.
Boweii; Sixth, T. E. Bell, J. V. uegrait;
Seyenth, F. M. Prickett, C.L. Scott.
After the convention had adjourned
?it having lasted about one hour and
a half--an experience meeting was
held and a large number of the members
gave graphic accounts of their political
experiences during the past decade,
and maybe they will have similar
experiences to relate ten years hense.
Their movement has been started.
Time alone will tell the result. The
purpose of the organizers to hold their
convention was known to the State yesterday
afternoon.?The State.
Miscarriage of Justice.
Yoekville, S. C., April 12.?Here is
.1 otnnr />t? iniCAarriorl 1115.
a iCiuoiaauii, ouuij v/*. ?*-. v* j
tice that came to light in Yorkville
yesterday afternoon: Last week, Robert
Ilill, William Farrar and William
Berry, all colored, were convicted for
breaking into the store of S. S. Plexico,
of Sharon, some time ago, and each was
sentenced to the penitentiary for the
term of three years. They were convicted
on the evidence of a iittle negro
boy, ten or twelve years old, but he told
such a straight story that the jury believed
him.
It developed yesterday, however, that
none of the negroes are guilty of the
crime with which they were charged.
Since recei vine his sentence, Boody Sanders,
alias Goore, who plead guilty of
burglary of the store of Miss Maria McPheeters,
has confessed that he also
committed the Plexico robbery. Hearing
of the confession, Mr. Plexico obtained
a statement as to where the
goods were concealed, and yesterday afternoon
went down to Sanders' house
and secured over S50 worth of them.
Another strange circumstance was
also developed. When Sheriff Crawford
arrested Boody Goore, alias Sanders,
he also brought Fred Sanders
along as an accessory after the fact, and
for receiving stoien goods. When
Boody plead guilty, the solicitor nol
prossed the case against Fred Sanders.
It now turns out that there is every
reason to believe that Fred was guilty
as charged, if indeed he is not a principal
in the burglaries. Mr. Plexico is
sat.isfipfi that. t,hf? npcro knew all the
while where the goods were secreted,
and charges that he has been making
use of them at his pleasure. At any
rate, Fred has again been arrested and
committed to jail.
Just what is to be done in the case of
the other three negroes, has not yet developed.
Mr. Plexico informed The
Enquirer late yesterday evening that he
would at once try to get them out of
the trouble, and to accomplish this there
are two courses open. One is to apply
for a new trial, and the other is to secure
from Judge Kershaw a recommendation
for a pardon.?Enquirer.
Bloeked With Ice.
Tout Huron, Mich., April 15.?The
St. Clair lliver is completely blocked
with ice from the Hats to Lake Huron.
Lake Huron is also one vast field of ice
as far as one can see. The Grand Trunk
transfer boats are stuck in ice and traffic
has been completely suspended since
last night. The steamer Conger, of the
Port Huron ferry line, is fast in the ice
two miles below" the city. Such a complete
blockade at this season has never
occurred before.
ITALY FIGHTING MAD.
HUMOROUS AMERICAN JOURNALISM
A POSSIBLE CACUS BELLIThe
Bitterness of Feeling Against the
United States Intensified by the Politi
cians?ine .Dismissal ui .uiiiin.ni * viter?Blaine
has Nothing to Say.
Rome, April 10?It is reported that
if the United States Government does
not answer the note from the Marquis
Imperiali by tomorrow. Minister Porter
will be ordered to leave Italy, and the
whole Italian legation at Washington
will be recalled, Italian interests 'in
Washington to be left in charge of the
British Minister.
a revulsion- of feeling.
London, April 10.?Tonight's advices
from Italy represent the Eudini
cabinet as deeply hurt by American
comment on the Italian difficulty, and
that there is consequently a revulsion
of feeling in favor of aggressive measures.
It is said that King Humbert
has received from the editor of an Ital
ian newspaper in America a package of
American newspapers containing pictures
ridiculing His Majesty and belittling
the power and dignity of Italy.
One picture in particular, representing
the Xing as a monkey, gave great offense.
Italian blood is again boiling,
and something startling is anticipated
within a few days. secretary
blaine calm! and serene.
Washington, April 10.?Secretary Blaine
was shown the Home and London
cable dispatches tonight oy a representative
of the United Press, reporting
a revulsion of feeling in Italy in
favor of aggressive measures toward
the United States and a determination
on the part of the Italian Government
to order Minister Porter to leave Italy
and to recall the remnant of th* Italian
legation now at Washington. The Sec
retary read the dispatches carefully and
simply remarked: "Not a word relative
to all these reports has rea^ ?d the deDartment.
No credit is given to the
rumors. They seem to be sensational."
Beyond this Secretary Blaine would
have nothing to say about the Italian
imbroglio.
bon voyage, baron.
New York, April 10.?Baron Fava,
the recalled Italian Ministsr, left the
"Victoria Hotel tonight for the French
line steamer Lagascogne, and will leave
these shores for home early in the morning
London, April 11?A Borne dispatch
says everybody is on the qui vive for
the next act in the Italian-American
drama. Crispi has openly stated that
the Rudini Cabinet dare not, make a serious
demand for redress, upon the
United States, and that the Italian people
have been held up to ridicule by the
vacillation of the Ministry.
The statement that American utterances
have had an influence in provoking
a hostile feeling is confirmed. In
ariHi'Hnn t,n the nress dispatches, the
Consul General at New York has'kept
his government fully informed of the
editorial expressions of the press of that
city. These are considered as extremely
obnoxious in their tone of contempt for
Italy's strength, both naval and military. __; THe
caricature which is said to have given
personal offense to King Humbert is
one in which a monkey figures with the
crown on its head and features bearing a
resemblance to those of the King. The
clerical or Vatican faction are alleged to
have circulated widely wood cuts of
these caricatures, as showing American
hatred and contempt for the QuirinaL
Altogether, whatever the outcome of
the difficulty, the feeling toward America
in high Italian circles is very bitter.
Among the lower orders the complication
is having a contrary effect. The
people seem to anticipate that the gates
of the American paradise are about to be
shut on Italians, and there is a rush to
get in before they close. The shores are
tnrongea witn eiuigj-duoo, <?aiu.
families, from patriarch to cabe, can be
seen trudging along the highways that
lead to the points of departure. The
authorities are making efforts to discourage
emigration, but without effect
sensational rumors confirmed.
Rome, April 11.?Several newspapers
of this city today confirmed the report
that in the event of the Italian Government
not receiving a reply to its last
communication to the American State
Department with regard to the jSew
Orleans massacre by April 14th, the minister
of the United States to Italy, Mr. A.
(x. Porter, will be requested to withdraw
from the country.
mr. blaine has nothing to say.
Washington, April 11.?Secretary
Blaine has not decided whether he will
make public any additional correspondence
with the Italian Government concerning
the Xew Orleans affair. Concerning
the dispatch from Rome, stating
that Mr. Porter, the United States Minister
at Rome, would be ordered to leave
Italy if Mr. Blaine does not answer the
Marquis Imperial's note today, Mr.
Blaine will say nothing further than the
statements made by him last night and
telegraphed to newspapers throughout
the country covers all he has to say
about the matter.
Daring Jail Delivery.
Russell ville, Ky., April 9.?A ?
ing and successfully carried out escap*
from the county jail was made here las
evening at 6:30 o'clock. There were
twelve prisoners in all confined in the
jail. They were allowed the liberty of
the corridors during the day and were
locked in cells at night. Last evening,
when the jailer went to put them in
their cells, he found seven of his prisoners
absent. They cut the bars of one of
the windows during the day, and as
soon as it was dark they leaped to the
ground, a distance of twelve feet.
The men who escaped are Jeff Porter,
white, who was under indictment for
the assassination of George Crim, a
wealthy farmer; Henry Gill, Jeff Townsend
and Solomon, colored, who killed a
neero at Adairville over a game of crap
a few weeks ago; Bell Busky, a negro
housebreaker, Buck Baker, white,
charged with shooting into a train, and
Ed Morton, a negro, for stealing. The
sheriff and a large posse are scouring
the country for them.
Fatally Earned.
Birmingham, Ala., April 7.?At
Tuscaloosa last night the Opera House
was crowded Co see an amateur performance,
which closed with a tableau representing
the Goddess of Liberty on a
throne, surrounded by thirty-lour fairies,
impersonated by little girls. They were
dressed in white material. As the curtain
went up a spark from a torch which
Miss Mabel McEachen, the Goddess of
Liberty, held aloft fell on the dress of
little Irene Hayes. She was instantly
enveloped in flames and ran screaming
to the footlights, wore two young men
trom tne auaience seizea ner ana exguisbed
the fire. As she passed the other
girls iittle Ethel Black's dress caught
also, but was put out before she was
seriously burned. Irene Hayes was
fatally burned.
The Rev. Francis Penzotti, a Metho- ^
dist clergyman and agent at Lima,
Peru, of the American Bible Society,
has at last been released from prison
there after having been confined eight
months -for alleged violations of the
religious laws,
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