The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, November 15, 1893, Image 1

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LVIII. W1NNSB0R0, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1893. NO. 14. B SWAMPED UNDER | RECTICNS. p?rs?<y, Masxat hus-ttp, rveral 0.h?r States All ?Virginia Siacds'Trne ov. 8?The election State resulted in a sweep, that party State candidates and risiatures. The Lest* 3: Republican senac senators 14;Repubi 74; Democratic aspublican majority in ie hous-> 20; on joint ballot 24. .Palmer, Republican, for sec| retary of state, has a plurality ot'about k 15.000 over Aleyer, Democrat, while fc Bartlett, Reoublicar, for the court of r appeal?, ha plurality of about 25,000 A-*"- nary?Ar?r.it UVCJL Jfliu, jucuvvi^V. The campaign was one of the most v peculiar in the history of the state, and ] it is safe to say that the Democratic L managers are not more surprised at the lesult than the Republicans. The gj dominant issue in all portions of the K- State bad be^n riD? rule, and the Republicans in2sew York city, Brooklyn, rak' Albany and Buffalo have been ably asnL^psted by the organized efforts of Independent Democrats. Isaac H. Maynard Hfhe candidate on the Democratic ticket HiBMor Judge of the court of Appeals, P^^^gainst whom the Independent Demo1 crats have waged war most bitter and I unrelenting, has been surprisingly and Ioverwhelmibgly defeated. Almost without exception the returns from every part of the State shows that he was heavily scratched, even tea of "Bess" McKane's retainers at Coney Island scratched him. The result at this time seems to be that he has been defeated by a plurality close in the neighborhood of 100,000. Practically complete returns from maay of the counties of the State and scattering returDSfrom the others indicate that the Republicans have elected their entire jr State ticket and they will have a good working majority in the next LcgislaIn Brooklyn the local campaign was fought moat bitterly. Mayor Boody, who was renominated by the ' Democrats was opposed by the Youcg Men's Independent Democratic Club of Brook lyn most fiercely, and the .Republican candidate, Chas. A. Schenen, was endorsed, vcith the result that the Democratic majority of 29,000 at the last fllantmn K.je Kuan nlutjilc .AVPrt.lim CiiC^UVLl ua^ U^vu WU4^tvw?j , v. ed and a Republican mayor elected by about 15,000. The local contest in >"ew York city w?s very interesting, the i Republicans making but small efforts in behalf of their ticket. The complete returns for the city show ihe election oi the entire Tammany ticket by majorities ranging between 07,000 and 68,000. " THE BLUE GRASS STATE. . Louisville, Nov. 7?JFull returns of the elections throughout Kentucky wrll not be available tor several dajs, but so far as tl e reports have teen received it is pretty certain that the rela tive standing of the political parties has not charged. .The only election of interest WrS for members of the Gen ere!" Assembly, which will vote for United State Senator. Senator Wm Lindsay was elected last winter over j Brown and Cocgiessman McCreary and j <<tr>np. T.ind^av then had 60 Der cent. I of tbe Democratic caucus votes. 1q tbe primaries fully SO per cc-Dt. ot the Democratic nominees tor both the | House and Senate were pledged tc Lindsay, and are all friendly to Sena-; tor Blackburn, who will stand for reelection two years later. The Legislature will be Democratic on jomr, ballot by about four to 1. The isaiie* 11. - tbis election were factional, the dominant faction, of the Democracy being tbe Cleveland party opposed to tbe win? which supported Mr. Henry Watterson in his opposition to Cleve* land's nomination, "in tbis city Tyler, Democrat, was elected mayor by ahout 38,000 majority. The D^mo.ras e.ect their antire ticket. The election vcas one of the quietest in K hi.-tory ot the city. the waterloo in ohio. CoLTTiiBUS, Ohio. Nov. 7.?With a plurality cf oO.OUO and two-thirds of both branches of the Legislature McKinlev has won a most decisive victo ry. Although McKinley was running ( for re election as Uoverroi, hs made State affairs secondary to protection and honest money in all his speeches, numbering one hundred and ten. It would not have been a surprise two I weeks ago, but alter the action oZ Con grtss there seemed to have been such a ^ reaction that the overwhelming vote is surprise. WL -JFh Democrats did not allow the contest to go by default^ but made a j ? most vigorous fight with harmonious ' working forces. Ex-Governor Camp-i bell canvassed the State for Lawrence T. .'Seal all last week, and the Democratic committee was hopeful afr>-r Congress reached decisive action. The Reoublican managers would have ex pected such results two weeks ago, but they were astonished tomgbt. Governor McKinley was not surprised at the result. He has expected it all along, and felt confident that the impressions j of the change of conditions would not be overcome by the campaign efforts "Tfrr reaction. The weather was pleasant all over j the State and there \v ?s a full vote of i over SOO,000. The decisive result of ! former years have been because of a j small vote, those of cne party or tbe other not turning out. But the vot? rs! werp out today all over the State, and McKinley has a majority over all the1 Democratic, Fopuli.-t and Prohibition tickets opposed to mm. inis is we first majority over all any State candidate has had since Foster's election just after Garfield's dea'h in 1881. Blaine bad a majority in lbM, but ttio Republican State ticket then had only a plurality. Last year the Democrats elected one Presidential elector and the Kepubli- { can plurality was then 1,072 M*eKinlev's plurality in IS91 was 21,511. In _ 1890 the Republicans had 10,000 plurality, and m 1880 the Democrats elected Governor Campbell by 10,ST2, when g^^there was a small vote. Wr hthe refiguring on distric* rrr^TTTI uTT ULIU UJ >er years, but it is con* [ publicans have paints and counties every] tickets beiiur carried 1 \ ot-. for McKmley. [STATK OOKS OVKK. i.?The result, ol the sachusetts today can d as a huge political Le first time iri three 111 haw a Republican i plurality is 30.0U0 a: pole ticket is elected h Legislature is soiid |oth"branc.^.eo. ?s have co :ceueu the ? I'"""') rhp;r .- anrii bv a small ni^jorify, st sanguine R^pubiiaim ovpr 15 000 for astonishing result i.? se Democrat who, i will talk about it, to the present indusi irial depression, aided by the fact tnat. Massachusetts is normally a Repub'ican ^tate. is always proven by her v^te on Presidential candidates. The Republicans are so jubilant that tnev care little aoju: i,he cause tonight. as usual ix the old dominion. Richmond, Va., November 7.?Returns have been received from about one half of the State, but the figures are of such a character that it is impossible to give them with accuracy. If the same ratio of gains for the Democratic ticket continues to prevail in the remainder of the State the official J majority will probably reach 40,000. There is no doubt that the Democrats have carried at least twenty out of twenty five senatorial districts and have probably elected eighty-live out of one hundred members of the House of Delegates. Chairman Ellyson of the State Democratic committee, places the Democratic majority at not less than 25,000, The secretary of the People's party practically admits that OTerrall is electei, bat says he concedes nothing and that if the Democrats have carried the State it has been done by fraud. Col. OTerraii from present indications will probably run behind his ticket, some 5,000 voles. new jersey gone too. Camden, X. Xov. 7.?The Republicans claim the State, and the returns indicate that their claim is well founded. There were several riots in tnis city today. Democratic policemen and ward workers have the possession of many polls, and the R-publicacs have appealed to Sheriff West to place the mil tary at tne polls, bo iar many deputy saeritfs have beea shot and beaten bat none seriously. In Gloucester Cit , up to noon, a large vote had beea polled, but no disturbance had taken place. It now appears tnat the city .-s in the hands of a desperate sang of thues and repeaters. Many deputy sheriffs have been stopped on the streets and bad their weapons taken from t jem. SnerifE West is not as his office and persons are hunting for him to cail the military into action. A company of troops m cnarge of Capt. George S. West is ready to move at a moment's notice. Five hundred special Democratic policemen are at the polls. The following persons have been ad?^w ?/v CJTr\nr\% ol ft T7ill m an llilbtru IV vvupci HVO^xuai. JL u^uimu 812 Chestnut street, shot in the head: George BaDks, 1,125 Kaighn avenue, shot m the leg: ^rank Severin, 8:h ward, shot in the bead and black jacked: Edward Dceer, 9^h ward, badly cut in the bead- Nathan Vandyke,7th ward throat cut: Julia Chambers, 706 Chestuut street, while standidg near the polling place in the 1st precinct of the 7th ward, had her throat badly cut with a razor: Micheal Kelly, a Democratic worker, was staboed in the neck. pennsylvania sticks. Philadelphia, Nov., 7.?The indications are ( hat in this city the vote was light. Returns from the interior of tne State nave not oegua to come iu yet, except in a few "instances. The "pulls do not close in Pennsylvania until 7 oclock; ciae counting has, therefore oniy brgan- Xo indications of the result can yet be given. The entire Republican ticket was elected in this city. Pittsburg, Pa., Xov., 7.?11.15 A. M ?At the 2d precinct ot the 1st ward a collision has occurred between the police supporting he Republican ticket, and th- D-m.icratic Fushionists. Seven policemen, headed by Pat FarrelJ, or Homestead tame, iut^rferred with the -u * :-k~ ? ^ i r>/* f Kat r X USUIOUIS'.S, VVU'.I VtreiC I/U&11 votes. Tnis resulted ia a collision and a. personal <-ncounter between Farreii and Councilman McEIugb, Democrat!e Fushionisr. Theintimidation reached sucnapoint and tlie excite m-nc became so great that the election board was compelled to clo-e the polls. tiie chicago judicial election. Chicago, Nov. 7.?At midni^nt it looks as thoug.1 the Republicans had elected the entire judicial ticket. The great interest has been over the elec tion of Judge Gary, who presided at the trial of the Anarchists. At the time Governor Altgeld pardoned the Anarchists he made a severe attack upon Gary, and the light has been one ot' Gary against the State machine, with the result that Gary seems not only to nave Dole 1 the full Republican strength but to have drawn the Democratic vote as well. In almost every precinct in the city and the county he was from 5 to 10 per cent ahead of the balance of the ticket. The results show decided Republican gams over the residential election of a year ago. nebraska is in doubt. * Omaha, Xov. 7.?Returns from the State are coming in slowly. The scattering returns indicate Republican losses at tte head of the ticket and Populist gains. . The race between Rtimson, Republican, and IJolcomo, Populist, will be verv close. The result in this county will determine the outcome in the State, and the vote here will hot be counted before morning. Bemis, Republican, has been elected mayor over Beltord, Demccrat, by 2500 plurality. tifpt-rt.tcaxs claim iowa. Pes Moines, Xov. 7.?The election in this State closed without any trouble or excitements as far as heard irom either headquarters. First returns show both RepubHcah and Democratic losses, but the latter in larger ratio than the former on which the Republicans claim the election of their ticket. an estimate in south dakota. Yankton, S. D,Xov. 7.?Information received here from the headquarters of both Republican and Democratic central committees assure the election of all the candidates for Judgeship upon the Republican ticket. The vote cast will be about one-half, or -10,000. of which the Republican candidates will receive 05 per cent. Actual ligures will not be available until to-morrow night. /'f\T f\T? < X'T'AT I71> AT*-: PAPT!V\ vviiviwiiyv c v_. -'x aw w ^ j.a a* * ? j-.v? Denver, 2srov. ".? To-day's election was for county olMcers tnroughout the State, la this (Arapaho) county there v\ ere eleven tickets in tiie held, po the returns will be very late. Str?riKih ol Silver. Washington, J). C., Nov. 7 ?The strength dispia}eu by silver during the past week has attrac>*d the attention ot Treasury otlieials. who keep a tlose watch on the least fluctuations in matters all-otic g ttie v-ilue of money the world over. Stiver is reported today iu London as 3 ] > pence per <;unce higher th^n yesterday, the figure today being 32 (J-16 pence per ounce. The cause lor this strength is believed to be due cot to temporary speculation, r.ut to a well grounded opinion that Russia in j the near future will adopt silver as a part of her monetary system. It is I ofutij/^ of tHta TriiOCii ?v f h?jt occai^V^ c**? u?c i irao ta; cm v vuwv mtim-i'ions have been received thit Russia will replace her uncovered paper m >nry with silver, to b-^ used ror subsidiary cuin. Ai present the amount of silver in use in Russia as money is Lot D3 ctnis per capita. It is stated r ere tnat. Russia can easily absorb $250,000 01 Silver, and is desirous or Quint so, for the purpose of pusning ! K /.! r n in f ha't-jo? u ith .to I U t i 1W tuv ^ UJV *? iVU O. India and China, vvnich vise silver ai most exclusively as money. TH E DISPEKS VKT LA W~. JUDGE WALLACE DECLARES IT TO BE CONSTITUTIONAL. 7 be Acdorsqn L'quor Cass plnde the Occisvn of a S>rlMD2 Ja'lietal I>s!Sveracce?Technical Objections to the Phraseology ot th? Act Dismissed. Anderson, Nov. 8.?In the ease of the State vs John O. O'JDjnnell, indict eu ior sfiuLig >vuibB.cy vrituuuv ? license and keepine- a place where whiskey is kept for sale, etc.. which was called in the Court of Sessions Wednesday, Judge Wallace rendered orally the ' following decision, on motion of the 1 defendant's counsel to quash the indictment: The question as to the constitutionality of the Dispensary Act has been much discussed in the State, and has developed considerable diversity of opinion in regard to it. Some able and learned lawyers hold one opinion and others equally as learned hold a differ eat onmion. I have my own opinion, which I will proceed to announce without hesitation or delay. The motion was to quash the indictment, because first the Act provided no punishment for selling liquor without a license. I may say in passing that the words "without a license" contained In the first count are mere surplusage, and that the offence charged is that or' selling liquor. At common law crimes are divided into two classes,namely, mala in se and prohibita. To illustrate: We have a statute declaring murder to be a crime nr rano nr arson nr hlirclarv. These crimes are described ana punishment is provided for them. They belong to the class described as mala in se. Wnen the commission of an act is prohibited by statute it belongs to the class of mala prohibita. The commission of an act prohibited by statute is an offence, because it is a violation of law. The offence charged *3 prohibited by the Dispensary Act and thus to sell liquor becomes a violation of the law and is therefore an offence. No offence created by statute is a felony unless it Is so declared. Therefore the selling of liquor in violation of Section 6 of the Dispensary Act is a misdemeanor and is punishable, if not t>y any penalty provided in said Act, then under the provisions or the statute, Section 2,653, Revised Statutes: "Section 2,653. In cases of legal conviction where no punishment is provided by statute the Court shall award such sentence as is conformable to the common usage and" practice in this State according to the nature of the offence and not repugnant to the Constitution." I ana, therefore of the opinion, and so hold, that the offence as charged is punishable under the section I have just quoted. The next ground was that "Section 21 of the Dispensary Act.under which trie indictment is framed, relates only to the sale or distribution of liquors kept by clubs or associati ns t jr the use of tee members. The section referred to reads as follows: "Section 21. Every person who shall directly or indirectly keep or maintain by himself, or by associating or combining with others, or *ho snail in any manner aid, assist or abt-t. in keeping or maintaining any club room or other place in which any intoxicating liquors are received or kept for the purp >se of barter or sale, as "a oeverage or distribution or division among ihe members of any club or association, by any means whatever, and every person who shall barter, sell or assist or abet another in bartering or saline any intoxicating liquors s j receivtcfor k-pt, shall be deemed guilty or a misdemeanor aua up jn convictioa thereof be punished by :t tine of not less than one hunireu dollars nor more than Qve hundred dollars, and by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ninety days, nor more than one year." It is clear that this section does not confine its provisions to clubs and associations, but includes the receiving and selling of liquor in any "other piace." Tne thirJ and last grouhd, and the main ground is that the Dispensaiv Act is unconstitutional, and the argument under this branch is concerned chiefly with the purpose of the Act a;;d toe question as to the police power of the State. There seems to be some confusion regardiog the distinction between the Feberai Constitution and the State Constitution. Tney are essentially dif(oranr r? thoir lmtnro Tna Hnnafiri!_ tionof the United States confers upon Congress certain well delined powers, and such other powers only as are necessarily implied from such grant, and wnea an issue arises as to the unconstitutionality of an Act of Congress the question is, "has the power to legislate ou the subject matter of the Act been granted to Congress by the Tedera! Constitution V" On the other hand the Constitution of South Carolina bestows general legislative p jwer upon the General Assembly with very few limitations; and therefore, upon an issue regarding the constitutionality of an Act of tne General Assembly of the State the question is "has the power to legislate upon the subject matter of this Act been withheld by the State Constitution." On this point I have here an excellent authority which I snail read: "The people of a State in c-eating by their organic law a legislative department, of government, confer upon it the whole ?t their inherently sovereign and unconirolltd power of legislation, ? U.... .1.1 except iu ou i<n. <is mry uuve ut:.iegai,eu tbis power in respect to certain subjects and uutier certain resirictions to the Congress or' the United States, and except aiso in so far as they contemporaneously impose checks and limits upon the legislative authority. Hence the Li-gisldiure of a State m3y enact any la-.v, (not infringing upon the other departments) of any character or on any subject uniess it is prohibited eitoer in express terms or by necessary implicatiou in the Constitution of the United states or of that State. In other words the constitutions are to be considered as limitation upon the legislative power of the State, not as grants of p wer (3d Am and Eag En cyclopedia 01 Law, ob'J.j lu note 2 to the above quotation occurs the following: "The distinction between the United States Constitution and the State Constitution is that the lormer cjnters upon Congress certain >pe;:itied powers only, whi^e the latter ouniers upon tne Legislature all legislative po-vers, lu the one case the powers specially granted c tn ouiy he extrcistd, in the otht-r all legislative powvrs nor prescribed." Ci:ing I'eople vs Flagg, 4t? -n Y., 401: Page vs Allen, jS I'a. St., 33S Applying the doctrine j ist quoted, which muse be recogniz-d as sound doctrine, the unconstitutionality or the Di-p.-n&ary Arc must be m^de t ? appear iruni soiue limitation contained m our S-.aLe Constitution l'srlt' upon me o: '.ne vjcuercii .isssiiiuiv 10 enact such a iaAV No su.ti iim'C UioQ has been p^int^ri >ui to rce uor am I aware of auy sucit ainitauou, either express or implifd. Even if the power of rtie Genera Jjs sembly to enact the dispensary law could be derived only from its police power there can be no question that under that power it would have ample authority to restrict the sale or traffic in liquor. The State has frequently dote so in the past by statutes intended to regulate and restrict the tariff in liquor without question as to its rignt and authority so to do. This Act declares in its title that such is its purpose "An Act to prohibit the manufacture and sale." etc. "except as herein provided," and its provisions undertake to accompnsn inat very thing by numerous limitations such as restricting the places at which liquor is to be sold, the hour at which it is to i be osld, the persons to whom it shall be unlawtul to sell liquor, the character of the person by wtiom it is tc be sold, the not selling on credit the prohibition as to drinking on the premises, the limiting the amount to be sold to purchasers, the written application signed by each purchaser and other restriction's that need not be mentioned {here. It appears upon the face of the Dispensary Act as it stands upon the statute book that the purpose and primary object of those who passed it was to diminish the sale and consumption of liquor and to decrease the evils which are believed to result from the liquor traffic for the public good, and I feel bound to say from my own observation that the Act seems to be accomplishing that beneficent object. On this ground as it appears to me, it is without doubt a proper exercise of the police power ot the state. It has been learnedly aregued to-day that the purpose of the Act was to raise revenue. But it is to he. collected from the Act itself that theraising of revenue is only incidental tVio main nnrnnsft nf fchft Afifc. which, as I have already held, is to restrict aud regulate the sale of an traffic in liquor, and as I understand the Chester cases exrel Hoover and ex rel Groeschels, our Supreme Court has already decided that the Act in question is an Act te regulate the sale or liqoor. In these Chester cases our Supreme Court his said: "Having reached tnis conclusion, that the said Act, (the Dispensary Act,) being in effect an Act to regulate the sail of spirituous liquors, the power to do which is universally recognized, it is quite clear," etc. 17 S. E. Hep, 75 Most of th? argument against the constitutionality of the despentary Act made before me, and I may say, elsewhere, seems to be directed more to ine wisaom or me iict tuan w uuc power of the General Assembly to pass the Act. The question is one of power and not of policy. As to the wisdom or the unwisdom of Acts of the General Assembly the Courts have nothing to do. That is a question for the people. It is proverbial that ours is a Government of the people, by the people and for the people, and it is for the people by the ballot-box to correct mistakes in legislation when they are satisfied that such mistakes have been made by their representatives, and[not for the Courts. It has been argued that the General Assembly has no constitutional right to appropriate money to engage in business. For all public purposes the power of the General Assembly is absolutely the absence of constitutional provisions. The same authority holds "the powers of the legislatuie in disposing ut the revenues or the state ana its ais cretion relating to such disposition are complete and unlimited in the absence of constitutional provisions." (3 Am and ? >g Encyc of Law, 69) The State is daily engaged in the sale of phosphate rock to individuals for revenue. Ir' the State can own phosphate territory and sell the rock it can purchase if necessary other pho:-phate territory for the purpose of traffic in phosphate. It is without question that the State owns both real arid personal property, and can dispose of it at will. The.?e instances I give to illustrate the doctrine. Holding the views I have herein announced, I cannot quash the indictment. The motion to quash is therefore overruled. A Quadruple Lynchltur. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 4.?-A special from Fayetteville. Tenn., says: Early this morning, on the farm of Jark Daniels, near Lynchburg, Ned Waggoner, nis son Will and daughter \f.j7-rr onrl Me onn.in.lsiw WP.rfi found hanging to one tree. All the parties are colored. The only cause to explain their fate is that they were supposed to have been implicated in the numerous barn burnings which have taken place in Monroe and Lincoln counties recently. There is no clue as to the perpetrators of the deed. Xed Waggoner was a rather large negro, and it is sunposed the first attempt of the lynchers "was unsuccessful in his case, as a broken rope with a hangman's knot on it was found under the tree near him and another one had been procured from the well bucket of a near neighbor, by which rope he was found hanging. The bodies were dis covered by the driver of the Lynchburg and Fayetteville stage soon after daybreak this morning. The negroes did not bear very good reputations in the community, and although there has been little talk in regard to the matter, they were supposed to be connected with the band of incendiaries who have recently been so plentiful in this section. Atrocious Assassination. Lauken's, S. C., Nov. 4.?A dreadful tragedy occurred near Goldville,in this county, last night. J. Dorroh HairsLorn was assassinated while at supper with his family. Some unknown party (ired a load of slugs into his stomach through an open door. He died in fifteen "minutes. Hairston's dwelling was burned last summer bv incendiaries, and two negroes, Wade Cannon and George Bowers, were convicted of the crime and executed in September. Hairston was the prosecutor. It is conjectured that revenge may have Deea tne motive ior nis assassiuauuu. A negro tenant on Hairston's place, named lleeder, has been arrested on suspicion, but it is said that there is not' yet a strong case against him. Hairston was a good citizen and was well connected. It is thought here that a lynching is not unlikely if the' murderer is discovered and captured. Only meagre details, however, have been received here.?state. A. Crank Canght. Kansas City, November 5.?Elmer E. llaub, a young farmer from Finney, Henry county, M.O., was arrested on his arrival in this city today, a dispatch having been received to the effect that he was crazy and had announced his intention of going to Washington to see President Cleveland. Raub was not violent and made no threats, but he said he had as good a right to be President as Cleveland had and he wa.v.ed to talk with President Cleveland about tbe matter. If be could not be President of the United States, he sai-i, he ought, at least, to be president ol' Henry county. A police officer remarket! to Raub: "There have been a good many m^n like you running ; around of late," and the would-be pr-sident repli.-d: -'Y-s, and one of taem shot Mayor Harrison in Chicago the other day." TliE BASIPTON LETiEH. WHAT THE GREENVILLE NEWS HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT. There ts ITae and Great Danger In the Movement?The White People of the State Cannot Aflird to Divide. Gkeenville, S. C., Nov. 8?It is better to make open and full confession. A man's sins will find him out and when ne is caught he had best \XTa fin^ t-ha (Mlnmhia. Rp?Ti<? \J YV U Uy? f T W UUu uuu vvtiALwvtw ter and the State from opposing standpoints calling on the Greenville News to speak out on the matter of the organization of national Democratic clubs in this Slate as suggested by General Hampton in a letter to the State republished in this newspaper last week. Four out of five important Democratic daily newspapers of South Carolina have spoken in favor of the scheme and "where is the (Jreenville NewaV" says the State. "Why this strange silence of the Greenville News?" demands the Register. Well, the trv- 'h of it is the editor of the Greenville News ran away last week. When u?s esteemed contemporaries were calUng upon him for deliverances regarding the organization of national Democratic clubs he was sitting on a log iD the woods on the side of a mountain in Western North Caroiina. It was glorious, too. A sky of wonderfully deep blue decked with still strips of transparent white cloud; the dreamy haze of the Indian Summer; air so crisp, so deliciously and delicately perfurmed with the aromatic suggestions of pine trees and hickory leaves that every breath of it was long drawn luxury. There were few sounds to disturb the silence. The stream down in the darkened ravine babbled and splashed idly and faintly and momentary glints of tbe clear water flashed now and then as the thickly clustered, deep green laurel swayed noiselessly. The dry leaves rustled slowly as they drifted down through the trees as if lingering to say good-bye to the companions that had swung and rustled with them while all of them were green and beautiful through the sunshine and breezes of the dead, bright summer. Xovj and then the air was filled with the^distant drumming of a pheasant or a squirrel could be heard scampering thiough the leaves. There was a riot of color everywhere?crimsons, scarlets, browns, yellows, greens, in bewildering, gorgeous varieties and blendings. With a dinner of mountain made hominy and fried chicken, preceeded by a taste of something which had never yielded any of its sturdy strength to the mercenary hands of a dispensary agent, and succeed by a tramp over ~ t-mn Qnrt a hriar wnnri nin#? a 11U?G VI onw Uktvt I* V<imv ?. w w 2'T ~ filled with tobacco like Hakes of gold, the blue smoak of which drifted and curled slowly away to mingle with the haze, a man could sit in a place like that and be profoundly, magnificently indifferent to politics, commerce aod finance and all cares and conceros.past, present and future, public and private, content simply to be living and imoressed with the general sensation that tbic is a pretty fail kind of a world after all? Pe could idle there with idle ness made delicious by the fact that be had been w^rSing from fourteen to eighteen houfira~-th>j-^itbout a break a number of months, anTt^Jovva minri which is usually struggling to cous^r and remember a lanje number of things at once to be so magnificently vacant as to decline to remember whether the right or left hand barrel was loaded with buckshot, and to accept with cheerful lack of purpose thv possibility of blowing an unhappy ** ; int? Tarra nr imrmfpntlv OLJ UlliCl IU1.U 1 ??* X- ~ r pering the impervious feathers of a turkey with Xo. G. Add to all this the delightful sense of wrongdoing, not so acute as to be uncomfortable, but just strong enough to give zest to the occasion?the splendid consciousness of having run away without asking leave or license of anjbody, after writing advance editorials to be cut off and dumped into holes in the columns like packing and liable Co be inappropriate to events, and esteemed contemporaries can understand how much they have to be envious of and how glad the editor of the Greenville X ews is that he ran away, even if be did return to find this newspaper being clamorously called on for an opinion and un der suspicion of dodging. Two or three days of absolute serenity and indifference and peace are worth taking some chances and suffering some serious per-alties for. This newspaper would do nearly anything for General Hampton and wouid work its heart out to serve him because he is well worthy of all the honor and love this State can give him. It has a vftrv stronc brotherlvaffectlon for its contemporaries with whom it has fought shoulder to shoulder in a weary discouraging up hill Gght for what it and they believe to be right. We believe the motives of General Hampton and our contemporaries are righr, bat their judgment in this matter in our view altogether wrong. In tbe proposition for the organization of a "national Democratic" party in this State outside the present Democratic organizaiton we see [much evil and no goad. It means, so far as we can understand, a split among the white people, which is the calamity most of all calamities to be dreaded and resisted. Suppose 35,000 men should be organized as national Democrats. There would yet be a majority of 10,000 against them. If a majority of the white people can be organized as national Democrats there is no need for the organization because they can . win'n the regular primaries. We can not make a minority win without calling in the help of the black vote. The Greenville VT^?? 1A hor hofffl TMlrYVjn firw jJHCWa wuuiuiauuu Lx<ai\j xuiui.?u emor for ten or fif teen years oy white votes than to have a government composed entirely of men of its own selection chosen by the help of colored voters. So lo?g as white men rule, however serious or expensive their errors may be. there is always hope of improvement, always a time to look to when common sense and conscience will bring a change for the better. Experience has taugiit us that when the colored vote rules or is influential that matters steadily become worse for the whites Which ever race has control will use its power for its own interests and the) interests of the two races here are sharply opposed in very many respects. We have the kindest feelings for the colored people but we do not want to see them exenange places with the whites. There is a race question and a race is-1 """ Prtrrar anil f IT77C t* if. VVP I 3UC UCiC. vura uau A v ^ may, it is at tbe bottom of all our politics. White men ought to stick to and 3tand by their race through ihicK and thin. The Democratic orgamza'ion here is the white man's organization. We intend to stay anJ labor in it until tbe bulk of the white people desert it. Then we will be free. If the evil time comes?whicn may Heaven for bid?when the .Democratic party in South Carolina is dead and we" have to choose between Fopulists atid Republicans we will go with the Republicans as a choice betwe-n evils and will do it straight and without disguises or mor tifications, bpcause the negro will then I have the balance of power and it will be simply a tight for his vote If we j have to scufile for negro votes we would rather do it for the Republican party than for the Populist party. Let all of us South Carolina white people stay and stand together. Let us do our fighting among ourselves and accept the results and swaliow our medicine like men without calling in any other race or anybody from outside to interfere. We are of the same kind and stock. Our fathers and brothers nave mingled their blood for the State, have loved, hoped, suffered and died together?Tilimanites and antis, Alliance men, Ocalaites and Cleveland Democrats. We have factions enough and bitterness enough now. Let as refrain from doing anything to make a I bad matter worse, to make our misfortunes and troubles fatal to us. Let us maintain cur race power in the general elections, humbly trusting that the Almighty in His gocd time will set us all righ%*show us all where our mistakes have been and restore peace and unity among us. So long as we are together there is hope for that. When we divide that hope will be gone. The thing for us to do is to cultivate charity and toleration among ourselves and to discourage any new splits or factions or causes of quarrel. For the men who have for their own selfish purposes stirred strife and for the many and various squires and chumps who have perverted good priociplesand purposes to lift themselves to power and place we have no respect. The masses of the people, however, are good and oound and honest, if tbey are wrong they are not the first people who have butted themselves into headaches against the hard wall of their own mistakes. The Greenville News will never help in or submit to any attempt to use the colored vote against any white people until they try to use it against us. tp ia * /\ KQ O lot if from JLJL bUUlC AO CV ug cm o]Jiiu *\. v AW WU?. -? the other side. Let the Populists begin it, and then on their heads will be the responsibility and the consequences. Meanwhile we will make our tights and say our say inside the Democratic party as new organized and will accept the action of its majority, not as controlling our opinions but as governing our action and position in the regular elections. An organization outside the present organization will find no recognition anywhere and should find none. General Hampton is an honest, pure and patriotic gentleman. So is Judge Haskell. In this matter we cannot follow General Hampton any more than we could follow Judge Haskell in 1890. ?Greenvill 2sews. ANOTHER HORROR IN SPAIN Bombs Thrown From a Gallery In a Theater. Barcelona, Xc~. 8? Daring' the second act ol' the opera "William Tell" last night, in tne Lyceum opera house, a place much frtquented by tue elite of Barcelona society, two bombs, presumably loaded with dynacnite, were thrown from the galleries into the audience below. One struck on the back of a man in one of the seats and fell to the lloor harmless. The other exploded in the crowd of spectators, killing aud wounding a large number of people and making a wreck of the fixtures of the building. Fifteen persons were killed outright. Others have since died, bringing tne total to tweoty-three. i'lie galleries were instantly barricaded by the police and every jne In them inspected. Two well known anarchists, Kftmnaninns nf Pullas who waS recent ly executed. were captured. A panic followed the explosion, and in the rush a great many, people were hurt and some killed. Tb3 bomb exploded in the stalls where a preponderance of the audience were ladies in full dress. After the explosion the telegraph lines were occupied in the transmission of government messages all night. Xo private dispatches were allowed to be sent before morning. The unexploded bomb is in the possession of the police. It ib a fac simile of the bomb used by Pallas in his attempt upon the life of Gen. Martinez Campos. The feeling against the anarchists is very bitter, the people believing that this is but the first of a series of outrages that will be attempted to avenge the death of Tallas, who the night before his deatb/leclared that sr ae of his fellow anarchists were sworn .o wreak vengeance for his killing. Mnrirwl Vnv ft?Disnatflhes from Barcelona this evening say that the men who threw the bombs are sapposed to have sat in the fourth or hfth gallery. Fifteen persons were kilted instantly by the explosion. Fifteen others who were injured died today. Among the foreigners who are killed were: Dr. Hoggenbrod, German; Guillaume du Canal Verdon, French; Henry Yamm, a local asent for an English tirm. These bodies are under the care of the government. Among the iDjured is Herr Wicke, representative or English and North American mere!: ant hrms. No other persons having business relations with British lirms were injured. MauryDameriao, sister of an actress on the stage, succumbed to her injuries this evening. fcoidini, tne Italian anarcoist, wuo was arrested, made a confession, but it is discredited, owing to his many contradictory statements. At 9 o'clock this evening nine anarchists had been arrested in Barcelona on suspicion of complicity In the crime. The government has decided to expel all foreign anarchists from Spain, and to pass drastic bills as soon as possible against Spanish anarchists. Given a New Trial. Clin-toXj.S. C., Xov. 3.?The presbyteriau b~/nou 01 5 raMi Carolina sustains the complaint of A. K. and E. M. Monteith against Charleston Presby tery (the case of Miss Sadie Means by an overwhelming voLe. Tiie iulenrest interest has pervaded today's sessions of the Synod, Early in the morning the crowds began to pack the house, and at each of the three sessions every seat was occupied. Many ladies liUed the galleries, and listened with eagerness to all the speeches. The complainants and respondents both made able arguments. The vote was sixty-three to sustain the complant of Mi<s Means, six to sustain it in part aud thirty-six not to sustain. The case will either be sent back to the church or the session may be instructed to iirant Miss Means's request for a letter of dismission.?State. A Convicted Marditer. Charleston, S. C.. Nov. 4.?Gabriel Grayts, iht nc-irro bruie who murdered young Frank Thompson aod set fire to Lis mother's house near Palmetto Mines some time ago, has been convicted and sentenced to be handed. The murder was a most outrageous one and public indignation was considerably hu;h. x : oauruy autr ujc cuuiauai'iuu ui tuc uwu Detective W. F- A. Hollaad, o'. the SuutU Carolina JLlii!way Company, undertook to work up the case, and after a d"a! of hard work f >und his inau. Holland wsDt to arrest Graves one night in tue city and came verv ntar being killed himself. With the assi>tance ol' the police the suspcct^d man was arrested and k A ROW ABOUT RICE BEER' \ Man S-l'Ing at the F<iir Refused to be Arrested, Columbia, S. C., November 9? There ivas blood on the moon to-day at the Fair grounds, and there came dangerously near being serious trouble, and all on account cf the doubtful rice beer. It was a very unfortunate occurrence, and every one ought to regret it. It was a hairsbreath escape for a great many innocent people and, perhaps, for the principle actors. ? Last week, when the booth privileges were sold. William Meetze bought the booth privileges for three hundred dollars. It was announced that this did not give the right to sell beer or whiskey. When the Fair opened Meetze so.'d rice beer. A constable got a bottle of the beer, and the case was reported to Governor Tillman. It w;;s in some way arranged chat the sale might continue until the analysis had been made by the State chemist, so it is, claimed. The analysis showed 3 per cent ot aiconoi, ana mereupon uoverocr Tillman directed the arrest of the parties. The papers were served last night and bond given, and it was supposed that the sale had been, discontinued. This morning the sale was going on as usual, and when Governor Tillman got to the grounds the matter no doubt was reported to him by some of the many constables. Then the Governor said the thing had to be stopped, but he did not succeed for once. 1 ha ve never seen him look as vexed as he was when his men came back and told him that Meetze had not been arrested as directed by him. They were not after glory, and did not 1 see the fun of running the risk of be- 1 ing perforated with bullets. Governor : Tillman held his consultations on the piazza of the committee room. ] Sheriff Cathcart was asked about the : matter and said he would make the ar rest with a warrant, but not without ( it. Governor Tillman did not care for ( that formality, the arrest, he insisted, ( COUld oe maae wiinout a waiTaui/ uuder the dispensary Jaw. After a long . consultation and talk a procession, ' beaded by Assistant Attorney General Buchanan and Constable Brunson and ' Capt. Allen, of the Penitentiary went ' to the stand where rice beer was" sold. ] The constables stated their mission. I Hoefer, one of the clerks, said: " Where ! is your warrant?" "Here it is," said ] the constable, showing hi3 badge as ' State constable. The clerks still re* ] fused to go, and things were at a stand- , still, when Lawyer Lawson Melton j said: "1 wouldn't resist." Then the j constables got over and, with the three white clerks, went to the trial justice's , office, where bonds were given. Meetze at the time was in the com- ' mittee room. Before the lirst sqaad was out of the grounds Meeize's son and a negro were hard at work selling rice beer. Meetzasoonreturriei.Gov- : ernor Tillman was advised that the ' sale was still going on, and he told the 1 men to go on and arrest :f it had to be ] dore every fifteen minutes. The pro- < cession started again with Allen and , two constaDies. mere were auuuo sia . guards aad other cohorts. Governor Tillman told the men they were a posse under directions of a constable. When the stand was reached Capt. Allen did most of the talking. Meetz>told him and the rest very plainly that he would not be arrested without a warrant except at the peril of his and his captors' lives. He said he would so with the blackest ne^ro or a baby if he had a warrant, but to be arrested without a warrant would cost some one his life, or his would be taken. They knew Aleetze was a determined man. "The first man that crosses my counter to arrest me I'll shoot unless he has a warrant." No one tried it. The guards were told that it wasa use* leiS^rifik of life and innocent people would be killed in tils general melee that would follow. The coiisc.abl65 and guards remained around, but nothing- ^ was done except to talk and it was : mighty plain talking. ?- -3 -.4. A ine posse went oau&auu uapi,. aucu consulted with Governor Tillman. There was no mistaking the Govern- j or'slre. He said: "The man could not , override the State of South Carolina, , he's got to be arrested." "But he will ( go on a warrant." "You need no warrant, that is your warrxnt," pointing \ to the badge of State constable. Governor Tillman left the grounds for the ! Mansion, where te said hj could be found, and he said he would be ready ; to call out the militia if necessary to i arrest Meetze. He must have told Allen to get the Penitentiary guards to I come up and make the arrest, for C.ipt. < Allen said that he was going to get the i Penitentiary guards and make the ar- | rest under orders of Governor Tillman. ( But he reconsidered, for the guards ( never came and Capt. Allen afterwards j thought Superintendent Neal misrht . have something to say. Mr. A'ealdid ' not think this was the work of the ! guards, as they were not special police- J men. Finally nothing was done until ' Meetze had sold every bottle of bis J beer.Iathe meantime"the society was ' called to order and while considering the question reports came that all the < beer had been sold out. The society 1 does not consider itself responsible for | Mfetze's action and will probably sue i him for violation of the contract. I About 5 o'clock Trial Justice Clark- j son came up and it was pleasantly ar- < ranged that Meetze would call in the , morning and give bond in answer to < the warrant he held. Meetze and Gov- ^ ernor Tillman had an interview this 1 morning. I'm toid Meetze then said he would not be arrested without a ] warrant, and claimed that Governor < Tillman had promised not to interfere < with hi in. When told that the beer i went above the per cent of alcohol al- i lowed Meetze said he was not responsi- i ble fnr that, and wanted to knuw why i the Palmetto Brewing Company, which , is responsible for the beer, was not s bother^. .^Governor Tillman took the , position that violafoofl of a law of the land and that Aieotze nor j; djujiuue cj;>; uau c. iigut vj iu . outlawry-gainst it. 1 Meetze, it will be remembered, killed Clark here some time ago and was ac- < quited, and no one questions his cour- < age. At one time things looked very 1 squally and pistols were felt on every side, and many of them were cocked ] m pockets, and some dirty work was j proposed tor th">se around the stand, , Meetze claims that the rice beer do^s j not come under the Dispensary Act j any more t'.iansoda water; that it is not intoxicating, and he had a perfect right to sell it. The Pair Association 1 afterwards arra'ig^d with Meetze that * no beer shall hereafter be sold on the 1 grounds. 1 Capt. J. K. Alston, of the Governor's ! P '?n ? 1. a T-" ?? rrrr\ nnWc tnH-J V J uuai uo, V>az> uu ? iic a. (ul giuuuu.; vs/vimj Governor Tillman walking up to him < asked m a positive manner whether he i could get ttie Guards out to make rhe ( Meetze arrest if recessary. Capt. Al- ! ston replied that, the men were work- j ins: nieD, were badly scattered and he did not know whether they could be . congregated, lie was asked to tell Capt. Melton, of the Z)uaves to see ] Governor Tillman, ?md noihing result- ' ed from the interview between Gover-. 1 nor Tillman and either of the captains 1 Xo formal demand was mnde upon < tfce militia to come out.?Xe>vs aad Courier. J' TERRIBLE EXPLOSION. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE KILLED AND MANY WOUNDED: The Graphic Story ol ths Burning ot a ? Spanish City?A Rain of Iron and Bora* me Timbers?Eoiieeu Crashed In and Whole Streets in Flamss. Madrid, Nov. 5.?Dispatches from SaDtaoder this morning confirm the report of last night that the vessel which was blown up was the Cabo Machicaco* She was discharging 2,000 tons of iron and many barrels of petrolema and Soar, and several wine casks. The captain bad declared only twenty cases ol dynamite; otherwise he would not have been allowed to dock. The fire started at 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon in the coal bunkers. The customs officers and police hastened to remove t.hii ta faeps of soon were landed at a safe distance * from the vessel. A tug was then char* tered to tow the ship seaward. Meanwhile, desperate efforts had been made to quench the flames. The captain and crew of the steamer Alfonso XII boarded the burning vessel to help fight the flames. They worked for an hour and a half, without success. At the end of that time the fire reached the petroleum. Then came a series of awful explosions, as the flames went from barrel to barrel, until they L^avu&u vvauMumuu uj uauiivwi A UW Lug had ju3t been moored alongside the vessel, and many townspeople had gone aboard, either to satisfy their curiosity or to help extinguish the fire. Then ^me fhe explosion of the dynamite. All on board the Cabo Machicaco ind many along the dock were blown to atoms. The tug vanished. The quay, with its enormous crowd of spectators, rose slowlv in the air. The . people were scattered in every direc* ;ioa into the sea and upon the land. ^a11 1 tr. rtKAAfTAM AAA AMi) ? ucui anus leu iu ?uurrcvo uvci. ooaouu land for a radius of a mile and a half, rhe Cabo Machicaco's anchor was burled 800 yards aud fell on the balcony }fa house, which it completely wrecked; " * j .t then sank deep m the pavement be- J low. The shock was felt in every part of the city. Houses rocked to their foun- , lations, and more "than one hundred were set on fire by falling firbrands. ^ The lounch of the steamer Alfonso XII, which was lying alongside and contained ^ -all the crew not on board the Machicaco, vanished with the others. The ssrvirors ashore fled, shrieking, leaving the promenade adjoining the quay strewn with dead and dying and mangled remnants of human bodies. Wherever the _ ' .<* w-.1 terrified fugitives turned t&ey met only frightful destruction. Z '">* Horror waa added to horror In the wrecked and burned buildings, from vhich cams piteous cries for help. Many of the fugitives were thrown down and trampled upon. jSuml>ers are said to have lost their reason. The people were too panic stricken to think of anything but saving their own or their relatives' live3, and ignored their burning * property. When at last a few persons wiih some presence of mind collected, it was at once resolved to telegraph an appeal for help to the government and to the municipal authorities ot other * cities. Every available surgeon was summoned to the scene, and such supplies of medicine, stimulants, bandages, -x- ? u i?? eic., as cuuiu ue uuiiicuj._y wuwjcu tt tio distributed where they could do moe t , ?ood. ? . ? When night fell, the sty luridly re fleeted the fires burning fiercely in the variours parte of the city. Mendez ifaaez street, runing parallel with the auay, was ablaze from end to end. In the blinding light and heat the bands of rescuers continued to extricate the Sead and wounded. On every side were scenes of indesenbale confasion ana oyer whelming grief. The fire went on unchecked throughout the ni?ht. Block after block were in ruins. The people were terrorstricken. Thousands acandoned their homes and fled to the fields or outlying villages. * Others remained to search frantically wj among the heaps of ruins and half buried ^ bodies for their lost friends or relatives. Children whose parents were dead wan- * J iered weeping. During Saturday morning as many of them as possible were collected at the town hall and were fed md clothed. In the afternoon many in- _ lured nersons, insane from terror or pain, were fouDd crouching in alley-ways ind outhouses, tar from the scenes of [he fire. - ??--'n Santander today has been like a city - < 3f the dead and dying. All the shops lave remained closed. The streets Dave been deserted, except by a law acumers, still looking for their dead in she ruins. Most of the houses left standuse are as empty as If plaguestricken. rke occupants who fled on the eight of the lire have been afraid to return to the 5cen?. ot the horrors which they had witnessed. Manv remarkable escapes have been reported. One man in a crowd on the juav was thrown in the air high, came iown upon a load of vegetables, and was able to scramble to hi? feet i^d run away. Another man In the crowd was hurled>?fto the sea, grasped a .nece of ^floating timber and swam sack lOiigLnd at some distance from the jpo^rtiere the explosion occurred. He xajs too weak to climb the sea wall, and remained benumbed and half unconscious in the water for five hours before ie wa3 rescued. The sea was tossed a3 if by an earthquake. Tremendous waves broke up , jver the water fronts, and large vessels tvere tossed like shells against the docks. The tragic incidents noticed would fill pases. A father wa3 seeu carrying home I ?T UtH ia^ (UilTOU UV IVUUU he house in fla ties. While watching the Ire, almost demented, the girl died in , iisarm3. _ < > Ii was stated that contraband dyna- './* mite was concealed beneach a lot ot iron md rawhides in Lhe lower hpld of the : f Ja'oo Machicaco, adjoining the bunker vhere the Gre started. The report conlict regarding the stowage of the con- * < .rabmd dynamite aid the quality of the jxpiosive. Probably the exact truth will never be known, because almost everybody who could throw any light on .he matter, including the officers, was XXilVsU ft An official dispatch from Santander ;h:s evening says that the bodies of 165 persons killed by the dynamite explosion, have been recovered. The search s still in progress. Manv persons are iiissing. At present 109 persons are .indtjr treatment fer Injuries received, rhe damage to property amounts to several million francs.