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g\j:, V:.-rx;r.-/ >"< " .r-^' v*: \" 5S ' ' ..A/*i _ = -??_? - ? : " 1 - - ' VOL. XLVI. WIXNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 27. 1891. NO. 41. j ? ? ? ': i&S - GRIFFIN AND TILLMAN. ! A TART CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN j TWO OFFICIALS. Governor T:l! mrui Culls the Superintend cut of ihf State I-uiiati-; Asylum to; Account, ami the I.utter Defend* Himself with Su;nf Acerliity. ^ Columbia, s. C., May 18?The l'ol-! ! lowing correspondence between (lov-j < traor Tilluum and Dr. Griffin, which ^ concludes with a request for the resig- j nation of Dr. Griffin, will be read with ' great interest. The letter referred to j by Governor Tillman in his opening! note was published hi the News and j Courier: Columbia, S.'.C., May 5,1891. Dr. P. E. Gritlin, Columbia, S. C.? j ])t-ar Sir: In your letter to the regents, j a copy of which was handed me last week, you complain of unfair treat- j ? 1 i-vominotinii r?f ! XGMIt cillU ctll t'A'pcu r^uuiiuuvAvu v*. witnesses by the committee. 1 be? to remind you that when the investigation begun no charges had been preferred against anyone, and the committee, including myself, looked to getting at the truth only?finding out if anything was wrone: with the institution or us management. The developments were of such a natuieasto provoke a more thorough inquiry along V certain lints, and you were promised an opportunity to crossqi'.estion witnesses or bring in testimony in rebuttal. As soon as the testimony was reduced to writing a copy was furnished to the \ regents for their and your use, and you had the opportunity you asked. But, instead oi doinjr this,"you entered on a discussion of tr.e old and new methods of treating tli-* insane. The Constitution imposes on me the responsibility tv.r the htcess and eftitho and thft pmnloveps utvjiiwy wi ci.v ? ?? of the Asylum. I must perform my I duty, bowevvr disagreable it may be, j and jet I will give you the full oppor- j tuuity to exonerate yourself if you can. I 1 wriie to ask whether you still" wish to j crossexamine the witnesses whose tes- j timony condemns you, or to attemptto impeach their veracity. Yours respectfully, jj. R. Tillman, Governor. ? Office S. C. LrNATic Asylum, I rMav 5,1891. J J To his Excellency, 13. R. Tillman, j k Governor?Sir: In reply to your letter 1 just received, I beg to'state that I shall have the honor to communicate with your Excellency some time this afternoon or evening, either personally or by letter. I have the honor to be very respect- J fully your obedient servant, r. E. Griffin. Superintendent. On the same day Dr. Griffin wrote the following: Office 6. C. Lvnatic Asylum, \ May 5.1891. ) To his Excellency. B. K. Tillman, Governor?Sir: After more mature consideration of the subject matter of i your letter of this morning. I am conmv hust.v nromise to r duaiucu . w %?. * .. j j. ? " reply this evening, and I therefore be? your Excellency's Indulgence for a day or two longer. I have the honor to be very respectfully. 1\ E. Gritfin, Superintendent. Office S. C. Lunatic Asylum, / May 8,1891. j To His Excellency, IJ. R. Tillman, Governor?S'r: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 5'h of May, instant, in which, referring to iny answer and report to + ho tmnrri of rpfents of the Lunatic! Asylum, of date 28th April last, and to the recent investigation made by the legislative committee, you inquire whether I "still wish to cross-examine the witnesses (whose testimony, as you are pleased to assert condemns me,) or to impeach their veracity." In my report to the board I asserted L that by "the secret and ex parte inquisition ''justice had been denied me; that I had been condemned without opportunity of plea 'ind of defence, without semblance of tri3l, without knowledge of the charge and specifications pre-. ferred against me, without place for confronting the accusing witnesses and without the right of testimony in my behalf." In your U tter 5 on concede that, I was "promised ait opportunity to cruss question the witnesses or bring in testimony in rebuttal," but you precetd to say "that "as soon as the testimony was reduced to writing: a copy was furnished to the regents for their and your use. and you inid the opportunity you asktd. liut instead of doing this you entered on a discussion of the old and new methods of tieating the insane." Thi> promise, as I stated iu my report, was made to me by you, speaking for the committee as well as for yourself, while 1 was in-fore the committee undergoing examination, and certainly, if given in good faith, authorized me to expect that before the inquisition was concluded I should have the occasion tendered to me by you and the committee of presenting my defence. .Now your Excellency does not. r.eed to be iniormed that so soon as the committee had concluded the examination of each w itness as they choose to select without- notice to me. without the slightest intimation of their readiness L__ to hear me, they with swift sentence on that same day proceeded to iind and tr verdict. hv which I was k "condemned." as you term it, upon most serious imputations of negligence, misfeasance and incapacity in the conduct oi' my otlice affecting my personal, oflicial and professional reputation. In tlie face of thi- statement of fact, which ;>.uot denied, yon say that ;:s soon as the testimony was redact d to writing ibat a copy was furnished to the recents "and that I had the opportunity my r;*port to the board I stated that I Lad "access to some eighty pages ot banuscripf containing portions of the fcliniciiy oi'some of thos* witnesses ee chose | ned. the y taken lot been <; whatjy of the !::t; lroill een and ?uch opid me is j er times! tood in aisition. to speak tly like unneam BH&- of the Ipf; me by ^Lurance He will ^Le senHp the J BtlScW KKdice. i M^iou | Court which, for whatever purpose, in dt-liance of justice, and in breach of their raith, have prejudiced my ease. In view of all these circumstances, J however anxious I may be to vindicate j myself from the unjust and untruthful ce'asures they have denounced against me. I am not willing to engage in such trilling procedure before such a tribunal, and it is left to rne to submit to the consequences which your letter in ad-| vance threatens against me to invite i you in your own phrase "to perform your duty" whatever it maybe. That! as you intimate, this may be a disagreeable duty is to me the subject of profound regret. I have the honor to be very respectfully your obedient servant. P. E. Grillin, Superintendent. Columbia, May it, is'jl. j Dr. P. E. Grillin. Columbia, S. C.?Sir: I find your letter of yesterday a waiting j me on my return from Pendleton. 1 beg once more to impress on your mind the following facts: 1. Tne committee appointed by tke General Assembly were charged with the duty not of "investigating the su-J perintendeot of the Asylum but of the ! institution as a whole. 2. Their preliminary report called to I my attention certain facts in reference I to the management of the institution upon which I alone as Governor have the power to act, for I alone under the Constitution am given the power to appoint its officers and employees, and even the Legislature cannot remove such persons as are thus appointed. 9 H'hio Kflinff cn T ylrmp am flip I to decide whether the charges contained in the report of the investigating com-' mittee are true and, if so, what is my duty. There is no need to brin^ the investigating committee back here to hear your defence,if you desire to make any, "for I can hear'the testimony of your witnesses and have offered to accord you the privilege of ^ross-examination of those witnesses who testified KnVnrn V-.q nnmmittup arifl this Mn 1 ifi (.UV V/V'lllUJiVVv?, V...V had in public and with counsel if you wish it. The witnesses are all either in the asylum or in the city, and the testimony "already given by them can be read in their and your presence. 4. The examination by the committee was made in secret to prevent collusion among witnesses and to guard against intimidation. All of the employees of the asylum had been appointed by yourself or the regents without color of law, and many witnesses testified unwillingly, seeming to fear the less of place. 5. All your fine wr ting about "the Spanish Inquisition" and the "Star Chamber of England" may appeal to the sympathy of certain people, but you are mistaken when you say "the inves tigation under your (myj guidance nas heretofore proceeded only in the spirit ot fault-finding before a Court which, for whatever purpose in defiance of justice and in breach of their faith, have prejudged my case in Court." Injustice to inve .tigating committee anu to myself it must be stated that we tried to arrive at the exact truth and nothing more. There has not been and is not now the least animus or personal feeling. The committee acting as a grand jury, have framed an indictment ana sent in the testimony. Jioth were furnished you ana 1 naturally expected you would ask an opportunity to disprove the charges, but instead you wrote a labored defence addressed to the regents, but intended solely to iniluence public opinion. The regents ha:l nothing to do with the matter, and their flattering endorsement of your official conduct cannot disprove facts and may prove a boomerang for themselves. G. Without touching on other matters brought out in the testimony, nmr>err>ns witnesses testify that the man, Milne, whom you characterize as a "crank" and who Dr. Corbett says is "morally insane," by which I understand he has a depraved nature which would not hesitate to gratify any passion or appetite, this man. for months, has been permitted to have a key which would open the doors of any of the femab wards or any room in those wards. He bad such a key before he was allowed to go to North Carolina last year, how long is not known, and he obtained another which he says you gave him, when he returned last fall. It was so -?? ? * ? ?? *+ * ? T-> <"? f /M>/i I'Al'P T ? * V"? 1 1 ?1 liULUIlUUS LIJ cX i. iiC L!<1U. tucoc rwt.) r>, iiuiiv he had a similar key to the male wards and thus go in and out of any ward in the building at any time, but none of the old employees "seemed to think it worth whiie to teil you: as they all thought you knew it and permitted it. If these witnesses have testified the truth, to say nothing of the testimony about the infrequeacy of your visits to othe ;ards, it shows your knowledge of v. i^ut was going on in the institution to be very slight. It- proved that you have been grossly negligent and ?., I n.jralijoj in *x-ii t fh i n or nvpr thp V, Ui pUKJJL* V^C?J. V 1V.OO * u ? v-w unfortunate female patients entrusted to your care. ;There is nothing to show that Milne ever used or abused his opportunities, but the mind revolts at and the imagination is sickened by the thought of what could have happened and what may have hap ened. Without taking these things for granted and removing you promptly, I submitted the testimony to the regents and to yourself. You did not. ask me to ledeem my promise, but addressed your reply to the regents; and when I offered again to sive you a hearing you accused me ol' "iault-linding"' and "unfairness; charged the committee with having prejudiced your c;:se. and add: "It is only left for me to submit to the consequeuces which your letter in advance threatened against me." This is m?-re trilling, and you know it. 1 promised you a fair trial and am ready to give it to you, when, how and wnere you win, proviuea it is speeuy. i The law, as I have already said, allows! me no option in judging your case myself, and, while you may feel a contempt lor "such a tribunal," the people, whose servant 1 am, must judge between us. 1 beg to remind you in conclusion that 1 was informed by a mutual l'nend last December ''that it was your purpose to resign in the spring, but if you were to be Im-tHti out you would do so then." My ieply was I knew no reason u-t,v vni! rn?iiIf? Iih removed at nil and certainly no discourtesy would be! shown you or your friends. and some newspapers c large tha: you are being1 persecuted, ami thatth - investigation of the Asylum was instituted for the purpose of making room lor some of my political adherents. I can only regret, as things have turned our, that lor your own sake you have not resigned before the storm burst-. 1 shall be glad if you can prove j that these things are not true, and wiii j and that while I have necessarily been j on the lookout lor your successor I have j nut found a man to my likinar. It is j the most, important oilice in the State, < and I would be the la?t man to allow ; political motives to iniluencemy choice. | Yours respectfully, 1J. it. Tillman. Governor. Columbia, May is, ism. Dr. P. E. GriiHu, Superintendent,; Columbia. S. C.?Sir: i have waited cation as superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum. J'especti'ully, li. II. Tillman. Governor. The loll owing is Dr. Griflin's reply: Okkick South Cauoi.ixa Luxatiu ) Asylum. [Columijia. S. (-.. May 20th, 1801.) To Ilis Kxcelleney, J>. K. Tillman, Governor: 6m: 1 have the honor to acknowlthf r^fint of vour letter of the I ^ w *" * i ^ lfcth inst.. in which you ask me to tender my resignation ol' the otiice of Superintendent of the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum. This came to me while I was engaged in preparation cf my reply to your communication of the i'th inst., which had been duly received. It contained no intimation of any public exigency requiring any especial haste, while the urgent ami extraordinary demands upon me at the asylum during the Centennial week made it impossible for me to give to this matter due and adequate consideration. With this explanation I trust your Excellency will acquit me of any" imputation of discourtesy to you or of any indifference to the statements presented in your letter of the (Jlh inst. A reply 111 detail to all the statement will be, only a reiteration ot what has already been presented to you ancl to the public, but there is one assertion to which I deem it my duty to call special attention. In section of your letter it is stated that "all of the employes at the asylum had been appointed either by yourself or by the Regents without color of law.' Now,your .Excellency must surely know that section lGbu of the General Statutes enacts that '-The Regents of the Lunatic Asylum shall form a body corporate in deed and m law, lor all the purposes ol' Hie said institution, with aii the powers incident to coporations, and that they are hereby authorized and empowered to make and establish all rules, regulations and by-laws for the government of the institution." The by-laws now in force, of which you have a copy, distinctly gives to the superintendent the right to appoint and to discharge, with the consent of the Regents,all employees and subordinate otlicers, with the single exception of treasurer. If it be true that under a strict construction of the Constitution all the oilicers and employees of the lunatic asylum should be selected and appointed and subject to removal by thu flnvprnnr lit. his nwn will and pleasure, it only furnishes another reason why the fundamental law under which we have been forced to live by a convention alien t? the people should be reformed; for it is out of the question that this institution can be successfully conducted by agencies over which the .Board of llegents and the superintendent have no control. In your communication of the 9th inst., there is only one other point that I deem it necessary to consider. The charges against me" seem to be reduced to two specifications. First, the infrequency of my visits to certain wards, and second, my permitting one of the male patients to have a key which gave access to the female department." In reply to the first I can only repeat what has been already published, that I receive early every morning: written re ports from seven watches which show the condition of every ward at each hour of the night; that the matrons and supervisee make daily written and verbal reports of their respective departments; that my assistant physician after the morning inspection gives me written and verbal reports of tbe condition of the patients; that I am in daily consultation with them in regard to the treatment of the patients, visiting those that need special attention; and that the by-laws wisely leave to the discretion of the superintendent the frequency or times of his visits of inspection." In referring to the second charge you cf-Mfw thntv "t-h^ in:tn Milnp whom voil characterized as a 'crank," and who Dr. Corbett says ;is morally insane,' by which I understand that" he has a depraved nature which would not hesitate to gratify any pass'.on or appetite ?this man was permitted for months to have a key which would open the doors to any of the female wards." In reply to this I beg to repeat my denial that Milne was permitted to have the key, or that he is morally insane m the meaning ol' having no "sense of right and wrong, or of yielding to the blind impulse of brutal passion. On the con trary, uunu^ 111s cuiiulic incut uar, mo deportment towards women has been uniformly proper, respectful and deferential. It has been proven that in point of fact he was never on the wards except when employed in painting, and then always in the presence of the attendant or of another painter hired to assist. It is also well known that the exterior doors are secured by inside bolls which no key can operate- I feel conlident that a calm and impartial consideration would show that there were really no "0DD0rtunities" which would cause "the mind to revolt or the imagination to sicken." As this charge is mainly supported by I)r. Corbett's characterization of Milne I beg to call your Excellency's attention to the accompain ing leittr to show how far you misunderstood or misconstrued his meaning. In your letter requesting my resignation it is staled that you are "forced to conclude that you do not wish such a trial." The only trial oilered me is one by the Governor. The by-laws of the Institution give the Regents the right to elect the Superintendent to hold his otlice at the pleasure of the IJoard. The Constitution gives the Governor the power to appoint the Superintendent, "with the advice and consent of the Sanate. I hold that these aretheoDly two courts competent to try me. By the iir>t 1 have been exonerated after thorough examination of the testimony; a trial by the Senate has not been offered. Alter mature consideration of the whole matter J feel constrained to decline to tender my resignation while there are charges against me. I trust your Excellency will pardon the suggestion that there remain but three solutions of this unpleasant controversy: A withdrawal of the charges, or impeachment before the Senate ot the State, or summary dismissal from o;':ice by the Governor. I have thb honor to be, very respectfnlly, your obedient servant, I'. K. GiMFKiX, Superintendent. the milxe case. Enclosed in the letter was the following: Office South Cau^lixa Lunatic) Asylum, columbia. s. c., May 20th, 18(Jl. ) 1>t. 1'. K. Grilli-i, Supt. S. C.L. Asylum, Columbia.;*. C. Deak mi:: I regret to note in the published correspondence between Govtu!m?n -iml VfMircplf that, his Mxce'ilfr-ncy, in quoting me as to the moral insanity oi Mr. Milne, makes an application which I think will not be sustained by my testimony?certainly not by what 1 meant to convev. An explanation may not be amiss, for it is ! clue the Governor that he be prevented, | under a misapprehension, from doing ; injustice to any one; it is due to myself : that my position be not misconstrued. Moral insanity is quite a different ; condition from moral depravit^^^i the one cannot be inferr^^j ! other. It is wellj^jflj there are various degrees and tendencies of this aflliction. I still hold my expressed opinion of Mr. Milne, and it is net inconsistent with these views to say that in nosensg and at no time has the safety of the female patients been endangered by the liberty you allowed him. There was nothing in his history or reputation that would have caused the slightest uneasiness in that particular. Very truly yours, L. u. Coiiijett. the govekxok's action. The above was received by the Governor at his ofilce at 1.52 o'clock. Governor Tillman received, it from the hand of his orderly, and, after barely glancing over it, saw that his request had not been complied with, and, laying it aside, he turned to his desk, picked up his pen and wrote the following: Dr. P. E. Griflln, Superintendent, Columbia, S. C. Sir: Your letter of to-day is received. As you leave me no alternative, I here- J by notify you that you are removed as Superintendent of ihe State Lunatic j Asylum, and order you to turn over | the ollice, etc., to Dr. Thompson. \v ho j will assume temporary control of the institution. Yours respectfully, B. R. Tillman, Governor. Upon completing this letter the Governor then wrote the following, and after having them copied, enclosed them in envelopes and ordered them to be taken to the Asylum: Dr. J. L. Thompson?Sir- Dr. P E. Griflin has been removed as superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum. You will take charge of the ollice and as same the duties of superintendent uDtn his successor has been appointed. Yours respectfully, ]}. 11. Tillman, Governor. THE THIRD PARTY CONVENTION. Determined Opposition to the Formation of a Third Party. Cincinnati, May 18?The arrival today of delegates to the National Union Convention were numerous. Between four or five hundred came in from Kansas, 100 from Kentucky and a good sized contingent from Illinois, Iowa, "Wiscon sin and Tennessee. Fully 1,000 members of various Alliances and labor organizations are here, ana every train adds its quota to the throng. Five of the eight representatives iu Congress from Kansas, Messrs. Otis, Clover, Simpson, Baker and Davis are here. The Reform Press Association held a meeting at the Emory Ilotel for the purpose of forming a national organization, and arranging for an interchange of ncno oci TXVU A conference was held between delegates from Xew York and Boston, and those of the Southern States looking toward the reaching of an understanding that will enable the Northern and Southern wings to worK harmoniously on the lloor of the convention. Those opposed to the formation of a third party, however, are determined to c irry their point. Whether the representatives of the granger and labor organiztions thatjare gathered here are to bring into existenc e a third political party, or whether de!inate action is to be postponed until next spring, when the policies of the two old parties shall have been more limy developed, are issues that will have to be fought out on tne floor of the convention when it assembles tomorrow. There is no question but that tonight the thii d party men are running things to suit themselves. The Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and several other delegations, however, will not get here until the morning, and while they are counted upon to support the third party movement, the delegates of the latter are averse to counting their chickens before thev are hatched. ''As goes Kansas, so will go the convention," has been a popular expression ever since the first contingent of delegates put in an appearence.and the representatives of the Grasshopper State, after a caucus that lasted several hours, decided late tonight to support the organization of a third party through thick apd thin. An Exciting Scene. Tallahassee, Fla., May 15? On the seventy-seventh ballot last night the vote was: Call 52, Mays 44, Dloxham 2. When the name or Saulsbury of Citrus County was called he sent to the Clerk's desk and had read a copy of a petition from Hernando County ad dressed to A. S. Aiann, nepresentauve from that County, asking him to vote for Call. He said that this petition had been sent to Mann by registered letter, ana that Mann had refused to take it from the postoflice, and that the citizens of Hernando County had asked him to have the petition read in the caucus. Senator Kirk of Hernando replied to Saulsbury, and, becoming excited, denounced a number of Call's friends and supporters, directing his epituets chiefly at Frank Clarke of Polk County. Clarke replied to him, and Kirk, agrain taking the floor and advancing towards the centre of the hall, called Clarke a liar. Clarke jumped from his seat, or Virlr nrwl rianlt him a nnwcr ful blow behind the ear, which sent him sprawling over the press table. lie held Kirk down with his left hand and was dealing him some hard blows with his right, when the two were separated by a reporter. Considerable disorder ensued. Finally quiet was restored, the roll call concluded and the caucus adjourned. Advice from the Gallows. Ciiattaxqoga, Tenn., May 15.?lieuben Moore, a negro, 21 years old, was hanged to-day at Trenton, Ga., at 1:45 p. m, for the murder of Ilenry :>ladf, a colored companion at Rising Fawn, (ja., on July 11, 18'JO. The hanging was public and was viewed by 2,000 people, it was well advertised and the gallows was located so as to provide good points of observation for the crowd. The negro made a long rambling address, advising the rising generation to avoid r-cand nnrt whiskpv. and to obey their parents. He held the noose in his hand while speaking and several times showed it to the crowd, saying "whiskey brought me to this." lie aujusted the rope around his neck and with the cry. "Oh. Lord, take care of my soul" on his lips, he was dropped through the scaffold eight fee*. His neck was not broker and death resulted from strangulation in ten minutes after the drop fell. Struck by a Stone anil Killed. AT.iit 9H p?l. IT .T. A 1, ?v. UV.T, j. i Hamilton, of Homestead, 1'enn., a delegate to the Baptist Convention which is being held in this city, was fatally injured about two o'clock this morning. While passing a building in course of erection near the corner of Walnut and Fourth streets, a large stone fell from the third story, striking him. squarely on the head. lie was removed to the city hospital where he died. Murdered for an Iuheritunce. r.nvnnv Mav 16.?The widow and son of a mine inspector of Dortmund, | who died suddenly a ahort time ago, ; have been arrestea'on suspicion of having caused his death. The evidence in ^^diandsof the police is said to indi |||?s was murdered for the giferitance. THE THIRD PARTY, j FURTHER PROCEEDINGS OF THE CIN-j CINNATI CONFERENCE. I The riatform Adn;>te?1 ? A J.ucky C':?voIi-j i 11 :t iiarkey?Some si.i?o i ihj? ; ! . ! ! The Executive Conmltteo Appointed?i 1 The Colored ?.l:m ami lirotlier. Cincinnati,May 20?When the Coni vention met this morning' a chorus from the Farmers'Alliance sons: hook preceeded prayer by the Rev. Gilbu-t ! Delamater, the Greenback Ex-Conj gressman. DelaTnater was roundly ;ipI plauded when he rose to pray. Frequent and earnest aniens froru the au j di^nce punctuated the invocation, and | then the Kansas Giee Club regaled j them with a humorous ditty. Reports from committees of arrangements and credentials no.v helped to kill time pending the exciting developments that many looked for when the platform committee was ready to report. A collection was taken to reimburse Chairman Tower, of the arrangement committee, Sofo which lie had expended and on account of which he had received only $36. The report of the credentials committee showed 1,417 delegates present. The larger delegations were: Kansas 407, Ohio 317, Indiana 154. Senalor Peft'er was then presented to the Convention as permanent chairman. An appeal w;is made from the platform for funds to pay the home fare of a coloied delegate from South Carolina. The delegate, Savage by name, came forward personally and in a clever speech said that the reason so few ot the colored organizations were represented was that the colored people were too poor. It was perhaps as well for the Convention, he added, eyeing the hats that were being passed around for his benefit, that so few colored delegate:; came. lie was handed hatfuls cf small change, and retired amid great cheeriDg fur the Colored Alliance. The proposition to adopt a unit rule was overwhelmingly defeated on the ground that every man that c<ime to the Convention should have a vote and have it counted. The live minute rule for speeches was adopted. A recess was taken until 2 p. m." When the Convention reassembled a loftor frnni T. T. T^aIL* r*r.io advising this Conference to issue an address and defer action on the Third Party till 1892. caused a breeze, and when a motion'to refer it to the committee on resolutions was declared carried there was a loud demand, notably | from the Minnesota delegation, that the negative be put more forcibly by the Chair. The demand was renewed and continued from time to time during the reading of a number of miscellaneous telegrams. Ignatius Donnelly, chairman of the committee0:1 resolutions, climbed upon the rostrum at this juncture, and amid a whirlwind of excitement announced that he was there to report that the committee platform was a unit for the organization of the Third Party. He gave way to Kobert Schilling, of AVis consm,secretary of the committee, who read U- platform as follows: TIIE PLATFOIOl. First. That in view of the great social, industrial and economical revolution now dawning on the civilzed world, and the new and living issues confronting the American people, we believe that the time has arrived for the crystalization of the political reform forces of our country and the formation of what should be known as the People's party of the United States of America. Second. That we most heartily en ciorse me ueuianus ot uie piauorins as. adopted at 5>t. Louis, Mo., in 1889; Ocala, Fla., lS'JO, and Omaha. Xeb., in lSyi, by the industrial organizations there represented, summarized as follows: (A) The right to make and issue money is a sovereign power to be maintained by the people for the common benefit, henue we demand the abolition of national banks as banks of issue, and as a substitute lor national banknotes be issued in sufficient volume to transact the business of the country on a casn oasis, wiuiuut uamage or especial advantage to any class or callings, such notes to be legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, and such notes when demanded by the people shall be loaned to them at not more than 2 per cent per annum on non-perishable products, as indicated in the sub-treasury plan, and also upon real estate with proper limitation 011 quantity of land and amount of money. (B) We demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver. (C) We'demana the passage of laws prohibiting alien ownership of land and that Congress take prompt action t/\ /luvicn cnma r>lor> In nhtain &1I lanrlc IV UV T ilJV OUU1V ^/iUli WV VVVIH4J V*** AUliMW now owned byalL-n and foreign syndicates, and that, all land held by railroads and cxher corporations in excess of such as is actually used and needed by them be reclaimed by the G. erument and held lor actual settlers only. (D) Relieving iu the doctrine of equal rights to all and special privileges to none, we demand that taxation, national, State or municipal, shall nut be used to build up one interest or class at the expense of another. (E) We demand that all revenues, national, State or county, shall iie limited to the necessary expenses of the Government economically and honestly administered. (Fj We demand a just and equitable system of graduated tax oil income. *(G) We demand rigid, honest and just nationel control and sup< rvi.-ion of the means of public communication and transportation, and if this control and supervision doi.s not remove the abuses uow existing we demand Government ownership of such means <>i communication and transportation. (II) We demand the election of the President, Vice-President and L'mt-jd States Senators l>y the direct vote of the people. Third. That w<- ur<re united act i- n of all progressive organizations in a'tend- j incr the Conference called for February | 22,1892, by six of tlie leading reform j organizations. l-'ourtb, That a national central com-j mittee be appointed i<y tins Conference, j to be composed of a chairman, to be I elected by this body, and :>i three me libers from each Stale represented to be named by each State delegation. Fifth. That this central committee M...II li.i'c: l.rvJv nl-tprifl lliHi 31UJ.il Uiio ~ National Conference on Februrary "J2. iv.12. and, if possible, unite with thai and all oilier ndorm organizations there assembled, if no satisfactory arrangement can be made this committee shall call a national convention not later than June 1, for the purpose of nominating candidates for President and Vice President. Sixth. That the members of the central committee for each State where there is no independent political organization condnct an active system of ~ 1" * * 1 * ? of/.ff P'JlKlCai agllULlDll IU illLJK .JULIA. .Additional resolutions, not pa^-^f the platform, were presented. \y recommended the t'avorablejjg^^Ki^^g^miversal n8 jtmm eisfht-honr day, and condemned the action of the World's Fair commission with reference to wages. The name of the new party, "'The People's Party of the United States," elicited a magnificent outburst of applause. and as each plank was read the cheering was renewed so frequently * K ^ * iU . ? ? rtAAt^r.-l *,V > #?*?.?>**_ lliai/ lur* ^IVflO XJ<>1 l SUCIUI-U l>j h berate continuously. When the resolutions recommending universal su 11'rage io favorable consideration and demanding payment of bounties on a aro.d basis were read, the former met with rather a chilly reception. but the latter was roundly cheered. Schilling announced Uiatthe pension ? 1 T. ' ?* ? " * l? A nrtl/it/m fV*V? 1\A M pidlllv Wils JClli (.'J uic suiuici iiicu;uci on the committee with an iuquiry whether it was satisfactory, and 0:1 his acquiescence it was adapted unanimously. Davis, of Texas, a lank six-footer in a light suit, who 1% ^d electrified the Convention during the Donnelly speech by a long weird whoop of exultation, was conducted to the platform, and to the intense delight of the Convention repeated the unearthly Indian-like trill. men ne annouoceu muiseu as au x..\Confederate and declared himself tor the platform, every plank and every resolution. An extraordinary spectacle followed. Wads vorth, of Indiana, an Ex-Union soldier, rushed up to Ex-Confederate Davis in full view of the Convention and the two, at one time mortal foes, grasped hands. 11. W. Humphrey, of Texas, organizer of the Colored Alliance, seized with tne inspiration or tue uiouieuv, suudenly joined the ex-soldiers, and amid a perfect cyclone of enthusiasm a delegate moved the adoption of the platform as read. The Convention went wild and the delegates, mounting tables and chairs, were shouting and yelliner like Comanches. A portion of the Con ventiou, in thunderous chorus, sang to the tune of '-Good-bye, my lover, good-bye,!' the words "Good-bye, old parties, good-bye," and then a doxology. In the forest of flags and .state banners that had gathered with their bearers around ths trio, a Kansas man, on the shoulders of two colleagues stand on chairs, raised the Kansas banner and held it aloft, above all the others. A tumult, surpassing in its remarkable suddenness and vigor anything that had previously taken place in the Convention, lasted fully a quarter of an hour, tiil it ceased i'rom sheer exhaustion of the delegates. Several delegates seconded the adoption of the report, one suggesting it be by a rising vote,''Question! Question!" came from all parts of the hall. But the nent-up enthusiasm had to have ventj and one after another of the orators relieved themselves, delegates from time to time calling 011 prominent men, Weaver, Willetts and others. "Previous question," shouted delegates, but it had no elt'ect on an irrepressible Texan, who was bound to spe;;'-: ; piece. When he had linished the chairman's gavel fell like a trip hammer, and order was finally restored. The platform proper, exclusive of the resolutions, was then adopted by a rising vote. Delegate Miller, oi' California, threw .1 Imr.u .if ?>rtr>ru?fhtr AlTarinor t.hie ill rt> UV/UV/ VX V. V'i.w'v i< Vi WI*AV resolution: Resolved, That we favor the abolition of the liquor tratlie. The confusion became worsi con-| founded. Fifty orators were clamoring for recognition, but the lirst to sue- j ceed was Schilling, of Wisconsin, ile opposed the discussion of the question of prohibition at this time. Schilling declared that ihe resolution proposed \>y Miller had been fully considered and voted down by the committee on platform. To spring it now was plainly throwing a tirebrand into the Convention, and in ills opinion it was a deliberate attempt to cause a split in the party. The pressure at this time for recognition was extraordinary. In desperation the Chair proposed to give ten of the most vociferous delegates who were crowded about his desk clamoring lor1 recognition one minute each, and a hundred watches were pulled out to make sure none of the speakers exceeded the sixty-second limit. The prohibition amendment was overwhelmingly defeated. The resolutions were then adopted, with only three dissenting votes. At this juncture J. I). Weaver re-! lievd Chairman JLVffer. who was worn out with his fruitless efforts tc. preserve order, and had, besides, to catch the train for Washington. Resolutions asrainst trusts were choked off by a point of order raised by j schilling of Wisconsin, that all resolu-1 tions should be referred to the committee on resolutions without being read. Then the Convention got down to business again and the nutter of choosing the national committee was taken up. Chairman Weaver declared a welcome recess to enable the overheated, exhausted delegates to select members of the national coiumi-tt-e from their respective states. After tiie recess the roll of names was called for members of the aational committee, the Convention adopting the innovation of appointing tliree members from each >tate. instead of one member, as the or.u p.irties havs iio;:e. Alliance Congressman J. (r. Otis, of Kansas, nominated 11. K. Tatt heniok, of llliuois, as ehaiiv.i.ui or tne national executive committee. There was a gre;it outburst ol cheers when Taubenick's name was mentioned. W. K. Lamb, of Texas, seconded 'he nomination, si\iiu he had watch< d Taubenick's course and was sa'.i-lied. Tauber.ick w is chosen by acclamation. Loud calls for Taubenick liuallv brought him to the rostrum. where he made a brief, but very manly and modest speech, thanking "the delegates. In conclusion he said they we:v standing on the brink of conllict between capital and labor and'the longer the conflict was postponed the worse it would be. "Our politicians," said he, "might as well try to stop I he cyclone or movements of the stars as to evade this issue." A tew moments of contuse;! preparation for adjournment sine die en.MU'd; then She chairman's gavel ieil and the iirsr convention of the i tuple's party of the United States had passed into history. The following is tlie national committee: Arkansas? L I] Featherstouc, Isaac McCracken, J A J3ush. California?Jlarion Cannon, II C Dillon, A G Hinckley. Connecticut?Robert Piipie. Florida?'W D Condon, L Uaskins, .J D Goss. ?(' (' Post. Iowa?J L? Weaver, 31 L Wheat, A J West field. lndiaua?C A Powers, Leroy Templeton, J 1) Coinstock. Illinois?b N Norton, A J Streater, II E Taubenick. Kansas?P 1' Elder, Levi Dumbauls, It Osborne. Kentucky?D L Graves, iS V Smith, T G Fallin. Louisiana?J Jj&lls, Dr Ii II Paine, John Pickett. Alassachdsetts?e- F Washburn, E G Brown, E M Boyn on. Michigan?Ben Colbin, Mrs S E Y Emgry, JohB O BeebeL fc^jnnesota?Ignatius Donnelly, C Y Per Missouri?PaulJ Dickson, J \V Rogers, W 0 Atkinson. Maine?II S Hobbs, F A Howard, D W Smith. Nebraska?.I 11 Ednuwlston, Win Dystart, W Ii West. I New York?Jacob II Sluuer, Joel J I : Hoyt. Ohio?Ilsiph Pryer. ? C 11 Cobb, U T j i Tiarnf"?. i Oklahoma?Samuel Croeker, A E Light, j ! John Hogan. | Pennsylvania?II A Thompson, T It A?- j new, Lewis Edwards. j South Dakota??) E Hardin, 11 LLoucks, i Fred Zeep. | Texas?W K Lam 11, Thomas Maines, T ; II Davis. Tennessee?11 P Osborne, J \V J Kav, John \V James. Winsonsin?Robert Schilling, Alfred! i Manhermer, A J Phillips. West Virginia?Luther C Shinn, George | i W Tlommnnt (! Kr^(inM' Wyoming?H U Settonslein," James A Smith, II D Merritt. District of Columbia?Lee Crantlall, S A Bland, II J Schultio. MANY PERSONS KILLED. Detractive "Work of a Missouri Cyclone. Lite and Property Destroyed. Mexico, Mo.. May 20.?A terrilie touado passed three miles Northeast of this place this atternooti m the vicinity 01 Bean Creek. So far as heard from fifteen houses iu the vicinity of that place were destroyed, some ten or twelve persons killed, an equal number fatally and a large number badly injured. At the house of a farmer named Duffy. John Dorger and family were living. James Dorger. aged 0, was killed outright. Lizzie Dorger was fatally hurt and died in a few minutes. Her skull was crushed and a large piece of timber penetrated her side. Mrs. Dorger was crushed to rlooth hv timhpri nnd \IY DnrcrfM" was fatally injured. The house was entirely swept away. Nothing has been heard of Dully and it is supposed that his body was carried away by the cyclone. Duffy's barn was blown down and two horses killed. At the house of Win. Staraberry, Wm. Yostrauser aud family were visiting. The house was swept away. \Vrm. l'ostranger was killed, his wife badly on/1 liia lli'lia orirl fatjl 1!v hlirl. Wm. Stranberg was also fatilly injured, i At the house of Ed. Xorris, Gertrude Fletcher, daughter ofR. S. Fletcher was instantly killed, E. B. Xorris was fatally injured. Caleb Xorris badly hurt, and his wife seriously so. Willie Fletcher and his sister Kate were instantly killed and their bodies horribly mangled. At tbe same place Mrs. Emily Seal, a widow, aged CO years, was fatally hurt, and Mrs. Xorris. was killed, F. S. Xorris was badly hurt. The house of Valentine Erdle caught lire during the firstgaie and was completely destroyed. The immates bad vacated the house and nebody was hurc. The house of T. B. Ilall was blown down, but the tamilv escaped. A horse standing in the road j at that place was picked up by the wind, j carried nan a nine ana ciasucu to ueaui on the ground. The house of Boston Kunkel was swept away and Mr. Kunkel instantly killed. A farmer named Rougers was also killed at that place, also a farmer named Crane. Several farm hands in the vicinity of the Kunkel and llogers forms arc also believed to have been killed. Their names are unknown. The cyclone passed on East passing Rush Hill, one m.le North, carrying destruction everywhere. There is no doubt that great destruction of property and life has occurred further East. Great trees were taken up by the roots and blown oil'. The sccne at these places is horriole in extreme. The width ot the cycloae was about 300 yards, and as far as heard from about twelve miles long. A Chip of the Old Block. Washington, May 15.?Green 13. Ratim, Jr., son of the Commissioner of Pensions, and assistant chief clerk in the Tension Bureau, has resigned and his resignation has been accepted. For some time past rumors affecting the offical conduct of Hanoi, Jr., have found their way to Secretary Xoble, but not until just before his departure for St. Louis, about a week ago, did he come into the possession of facts that would warrant him in taking official action in the matter. lie then learned that Raura, Jr., had been a party to certain irregular and unlawful proceedings in connection with three appointments to minor positions in the Pension JJureau. Temporary appropriation to his own uses of -ST2 belonging to the government is also charged against him. Young Kaum was not iuclinded to meet ttie aemana ior ms resignation, uui his father, the commissioner, requested it of him and the father himself took his son's resignation to the Interior Department. The story published is to the effect that a South Carolinan named Smith advertised in the daily papers here offering to pay 8200 to any person who would procure his appointment to a place in the goverment service at a salary of 850 nionthW. Young Raum. using a colored man who had formerly been a, servant in the Kaum family, but was then employed in the treasury Jepartment, secim-aSmith's appointment to a place i:i the Pension Bureau and received his reward less a bonus to the negro. Later on Raum connived at Smith's promotion to a 81,*200clerkship by having a pension clerk named Jackson personate Smith in a civil service examination. For this Kaum is also charged with receiving pay. The South j Carolinian, tension ClerkJackson .and the negro intermediator}" have also been dismissed, also another pension ollice clerk in someway connected with the above described transaction. Will Tli?*y I.??hvo us Aay Gold* Nkw Voiik. May 1?>.?The exports of I specie from tins city during the week ! amount to ?7,1140,780, of which s7,83?v i.'J It ifocin rr.\\r\ dti.I < 1< !_i 7"i I i >1 ci|('(ir ! Ot the total ST.TGfi.'Jll in gold and 750 m silver went to Europe, and^iJ'J,Olfo in gold and SlU.UUO in silver to South j America. The imports of specie amount to H4S, ol' which -S11/J4U vas in gold and J?<;i,0u,S in silver. The steamer Ltruria. which sailed to-day, took ?3.250,<X)0 in gold coin, or which ?l,5i)0,t>00 was consigned to Liverpool, and sl,5iXMHJ0 to London. The steamer i Li Champagne took ?500,000 in gold ! coin,consigned to Paris, and ?09,750 in ! silver lo Havre. School Children Killed. IJiKMiNcHAM. May 13.?The coping of the new ile;;iev school building i'ell tli's morning on i lit* school children as they were entering the old building adjoining and killed two ot' them and j woumied four others, some of whom | may die. The <!ead children are named Myers and Odom. It is supposed the workman leaned over the wall to look at the children below and the bricks gave way. A Fat;il Mistake. Dloomingtox, 111, May 15.?At . ^lanlord, in tiiis county, J. A. aid Sam L. Ill ley of that place and Berry Fowler of Monticello took drinks from a irhi/.h rhor <s:i nnnsp.l pnntainpri whiskey, but wilich was rilied with aconite" In a short time J. A. Riley A NOBLE INSTITUTION. PROGRESS OF WORK ON THE CLEMSON COLLEGE BUILDINGS. The Erection of Buildings Commenced? "When Completed the Institution Will Accomodate Six Hundred Student*? When the Corner Stone will ba Laid. Waliialla, S. C., May 18.?It may be written down as an assured fact that the life-long desire of the late Thomas G. Clemson will meet with an enlarged fulfillment. The application of scientific knowledge to practical agriculture was with him a subject of deep study for many years. After retiring from public life and making h!s home at Fort Hill, he turned ms attention to iarmmg. uewg accustomed to make whatever he undertook a subject of thought and research, he%as naturally led to inquire by what means the agriculture of the country, could be improved. As^there- -- & suit of'his study and investigation he deliberately announced the conclusion that there could be no permanent improvement in aericulture without a knowledge of those sciences which pert-rain nartipnlarlv thprpf.r* This rv>TM*1n sion was frequently expressed by him, both in public and private, long years before hi * death. Such being the fixed belief of his life he determined to devote the bulk of his estate to the foundation of an institution designed to im- J part to the farmer boys of the State that instruction which would best fit them for their hard and practical life. The devise conveyed to the State for this purpose the Fort Hill plantation? the homestead of John C. Calhoun dur- ing his long and distinguished careercontaining over 800 acres and some ?80,000 in valid stocks and bonds. Alter paying the legacy (615,000) to Miss Floride Lee and the expenses incident to the litigation, the net amount turned over to the State by the executor was more than SCO,000. The erection of the buildings has been begun by the Board of Trustees with ^ the funds appropriated by the last two sessions of the Legislature, but their completion on the line projected will re- , . " quire a further appropriation b7 the next session, The granite foundation of the main College building is now being laid. This will be a very handsome building, three stories in height. Tne first story is fifteen feet high in the clear. On the first lloor will be the President's office, with ample closets attached; treasurer's office, with large vault; chapel, assembly room, two school rooms. In the front is a tile vestibule, 50x25x20 feet. ? . . . . . xne second story is iourteen ieet m tne clear. Oa this door will be the library and three school rooms. On the third lloor will be the auditorium with an ante-room, the Y. M. C. A. Hall and the two literary society halls. The dormitory and mess hall will be a mammoth building. At first it was intended to make this building to accommodate 300 students, but the applications are coming so rapidly and in such large numbers that the board of trustees at their meeting last week doubled the capacity and it will be made to accommodate 600 /iAmfAT?f OKIA otnl/i T4- TP? 11 yci 5UUO 1U wmwuawt AW nu* stand three stories high, contain one hundred and fifty rooms, dining room, . hall on every floor and a kitchen. The main body ot the house is 238x46 feet, while the two ells are 181x46 feet. The ventilation is perfect, there being two windows in each room and a transom above all the doors. It will be provided with all modern conveniences, heated by steam and lighted by electricity. The excavations for the foundation of this building are being made and the expectation is that it, too, will be completed by the first day of next February. The laboratory is nearine completion. It is a large two story building, giving ample space in which to fit up all modern aoDliances for chemical and an alytical work and for lceture rooms. There is a basement underneath ten feet deep. This is a handsome building-, the finishing touches ofv?huihJEilI?" be made by the last of this week. The foundations of the mechanical hall have been laid and the walls have gone up about ten feet. This is 100x40 feet, two stories high, with an ell 100x40 l'eet one story high. It is in the shape of the capital letter T. The machine shops will be on the first floor, while the ell will contain the foundry and forge. The boiler room will be 28x24 ieet. The stack from the Doner win stand G-i feet high. The roof of the ball will be self-supporting', thus makingall the lloor surface available for woodworking purposes. Two professors' houses have been completed. They are fine brick residences, two stories high. Ten more residences for the faculty are yet to be built. One of the ten will be built specially for the President and one for the Secretary and Treasurer. The remaining eight and the two already built will be occupied by other members of the faculty. The building for the experimemtal station is completed. This is an elegant oue-story frame house, nicely painted, and presents an attractive appearance. All the granite required in the building is being quarried on the Fort Hill plantation under the supervision of Mr. Henry A. Fo veil as foreman. Mr. John F. Calhoun of Due West, the oldest living representative of the Calhoun family, was elected by the Trustees to take charge of the garden, mess hall, etc.. of the College when it is opened. Tuesday, the 2Sth day of July, has Ktt T>/-\ofAr lorinrr fKo UCCII UACU UJ tuc i^vaiu iVl ittjiuj vuv corner stone with impressive ceremonies. Three orators have bc:en selected to deliver addresses on that occasion. They are Dr. L. S. Hopkins, President of theTechnolo^ical Institute, Atlanta, Ga.; IIon.G. Lamb Buist of Charleston, and Col. L.L. Polk, President of the National Alliance. The intention is to have it completed by the first day of February, 1892, the day fixed for opening. On July 29th, the day after the laying of the corner stone, the Board of trustees will meet for the purpose of electins? a full crocs of professors for the College. There will be ten departments to be tilled. The length of session will be ten months, beginning on the first o" February each year. The vacations will be taken (luring the wiDter months instead ot the summer. . The applications of students are coming in rapidly. At the present rate the limit, 0U0, will soon be reached, and all .. f A?? will nrAKoKlw appiiuauuua tucicanci mil ywvavi; have to be reje ;ted. Hence the importance of tiling- an application at once by him who desires to become a student at (Jlemson. The (Jalhoun residence has been repainted this Spring and such repairs oiiiuc its flic uctcoaai.y tui jJicsct ration. As provided in the will of Mr. C'emson, the resideence and the library of Mr. Calhoun will be sacredly preserved, without change or alteration, just as they were during the days wh^yjanth Carolina's greatest statesmaj^l^H^^ and talked, read and wrote . walls. The parlor aodsfl with the pictures and Jl| kept intact as they weraM by the Cajfcgun fan^fl are open to^all