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WINNSBOEO S. C-., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1894. " NO. 30. : i 1 i Lj "'ALLEN TO HEW1TL j THE MISSISSIPPI .HUMORIST TAKES HIS INNING | P?ttorsoa'd Apalogy lor Souiherners liepadUted by Aller, bat the Apologist 1? Excastd tor Cause?Plea lor Pa'rlotI Ism | Washington. Feb. 28?Iq -ie j course of bis speech in the House today / Representative Alien of Mississippi said: I was pained bejondrSaeaaure to ^ read a few days ago in the public .press I that Hon. Abram Hewttt of New York did not regard me as great as Calhoun, Slidell, Soule and some of the rest, of those men who preceded me. (Lau; jh; ter.) No, that is a revelation to me. I i had never suspected that I was not as great as these men, until Mr. Jievnt said so. (Lauzuter.) Mr. Bryan: Maybe he does not krow you personally. Mr. Allen: That is the trooble. He V does know me personally. That is 1 where it stings. (Langhter.) It is ut. ; terly without excuse. The truth is, I regard Mr. Hewitt's remark as some" what personal to me, because I was to . have spoke? at the very dinner at ; which he delivered this speech. (Lai ght?ri And one of the sreat obstacles in I my meeting the approval of Mr. Hewitt : is that while Mr. Hewitt is one of the best of men when he is asleep, lie is troubled some with insomnia. (Great W : laughter.) j I have one consolation, when I think of myself and the great majority or my v I. colleagues from the South having incurred his displeasure, and that consolation grows out of the fact that aaving known Mr. Hewitt for some years and hiving talked with him freely, I *: have never known any man or sat of | men who entirely met his approval, except Mr. Hewitt himself. (Laughi tei.) If he had liyed in the days when common scolds were ducked, Mr. Hewitt wonld have been drowned before f.Ttfa rr.nncrh Mr. Chairman, the people of the South have had a great deal to endure. I shall not refer to the fact that they * passed through a terrible war for I think -" that has been referred to here once bef fore. (Laughter)* But sir, they have had a great deal to contend with .since that time. They have had drought, cyclones! simoons, epizootic in the horses, tuberculosis in the cattle, chol era among tne nogs ana mo cmu&ous? they have had various diseases and pestilences, they have seen their crops depreciate, they have had to contend with mortgages when they had no money to pay them, but throughout all these trials and tribulations, they have exhibited . something of a brave and | courageous spirit; and now, just to think that the t one thing cherished most of all others, the one sustaining prop that they had amid all these dis asters, the idea that-Mr.-Hewitt approved tbem?to think that that last prop is taken away, and that, after all, Mr. Hewitt does not approve chem. (Liaugnter.j vvny, genueuitju. lawer than have had this cruel disaster come upon my people, I would have paid a a silver dollar out of my own pocket. (Laughter.) Mr. ChairmaDj^Ii sorry to see that my friend fro?srTenntssee, Col. Patr teni2iL--~r nbt in his seat, because I Want to say a worcf to him. He is my neighbor and my friend. He is an honest, intelligent, hard-working representative. I do not know that I would refer to the matter I am going to talk about now, if it had not already been mentioned in this debate. I sim? ply wish to repudiate, so far as I am - n rv^ierned. the apology which the gentleman from Tene essee' ' 3'?1 made for me and my sort in re spondine to ex-Mayor Hewitt's speech in f XICW XVi& iOtEiJi ?. I have here what purports to fce a report of,Col. Patterson's speech. I will read a few extracts from it. After stating that the Southern Representatives in Congress were generaily opposed to the financial view of New York, he went onto mate these remarks. He was speaking in New York, and I confess it is right hard fox a man to maintain the parity between a speech that is acceptable in New York&nd one that would be acceptable to Us constituents in Hardeman county, Ten nessee. (Laughter.) He said: "For -more than twenty years, every state platform has contained a plank for the -' free coinage of silver. These men have been brought np to believe in it with" out question. They believe it. They are bound to believe it, just as the Baptist, the Catholic, or the Presbyterian, without ever reading in the Bible, is one because his father was. So these doctrines haye become a part of the Democratic belief there, and these fei? lows have followed them blindly. ? (Laughter.) I was in the same condiwhen I went to Congress. (LaughT KaUttTrn^ in <4-00 cilvap anrf lnts ^ LCI. J A UUllO |W J.U uw >?>.w of other things." I suppose the gentleman has ceased to btlieve anything now. (Laughter.) '-But I soon'began to study these things* and under the leadership of Grover Cleveland, who js the only man in the co.unlry who could ^ have piloted the ship of State through ^^these stormy times, I learned the corHkct principles of souLd currency. t" laughter.) These other men of tuth are true Democrats and they kieir country." I thank him for aid Allen. He says further: ave simply.followed tr; id it ion." tlemen let me'toil you that when Karate yourselv&T^-o m the doc Democracy as-^ou have learned :om the time yon were present, when yon cut "fTom the proud tradity and set out to study prophet, you are very led in your Democratic, hcer.) Chairmas, that I have ? to believe in. so me of traditions, bat unlike Tennessee, Cel. Patter? . utjiru utxblic Question:j before I came to Congress. (Laughter.) I came here Because, I had studied tbein. That is why my people selected me out and sent me here. They did not send me to Congress tosphooJ, as Col. Patterson seems to have.been sent. (Laughter.) They sent me. here to maintain, and carry out as far as I could, ihe great Democratic principles that they had re celved from their ratners, ana 1 aupe uy the help of Gcd and the constituency la the First Concessional district of Mississippi to do it. (Laughter, and applause.) Col. Patterson says further: "Mr. Carlisle has said that he did not mind having the seigniorage coined. If that bill becomts a law it does not mean disaster. It may be a mistake. It is k?' only the last gun of a rei reading army. The men in New York who dread free silver are unnecessarily alarratd." And elsewhere hesajs: "If the bill to coin the seigniorage passes, it is merely to let these Southerners go off vhe field of battle with tneir side arms." (Laugh ter.) "W?. jMUr.i?rv\Ar? pra Kovo Debar? n a JUl, V/UOilUliW, I?g uuvw uv Jtferms. We have not asked to be per" "knitted to carry off our side ?jms. Webave not a3ked to be permitted to Ore ' the last jjun of a retreatiDg army. So far as I am concerned, I do not believe that the retreat has begun at alL I do * is. . . . not believe that we are yet ready to capitulate on this questin. Now I want to say a word for Col. Patterson, as he is not here to say it for himself. I desire, so, far as J am concerned, to repudiate the gentleman's apology made for me. I owe no apology to the people of Xew York; I do not propose to make any, and IdonoS propose to have any made for me.Bat I do not Uiiniv any mail ougni to oe ueiu uuwu to a very rigid account for an afterdinner speech at a banquet. Why, sir, I recollect cot loDg ago I went tb a banquet in Baltimore* where everything was so good, where 1 was surrounded by so many rich meD, that by thA timpiit. name mv turn to SDeak I felt so well I addressed them as ''fellow capitalists." (Laughter.) Therefore beware of the influences surrounding a banquet' Ii I were not perfectly familiar with thevabstemious habits of my friend from Tennessee I would have thought on reading this speech that he had gotten somewhat under the same influence that- another Ten- j nesseean did that a traveling man told me about: The story was about a ragged', stedy, hard looking fellow, who J earned that the traveling man knew his brother living in Kaufman county, Texas. The Texas Drotner was weu off, and the Tennesseean asked the traveling man if he ever saw his brother again to tell him that he was hard up, and that if he was ever going to do anything for him that was the time. Under theinfluence of two or tfcree drinks, however, things began to hrtorhten with him.* and the last the traveling man heard from him was the request to tell his brother in Texas that if he wanted anything, "just to draw oh me." (Laughter.) "JS'ow. under the influence of one of Aesa Kew York banquets," said Mr. Allen, "with all they have good to eat, and the accompaniments, one feels, by the time speaking begins,JLike telling the re3t of the world to draw on him. (Laughter.) Therefore, I, on my own motion, would never quote a banquet speech on anybody, because 1 do not think it is exactly the square thing." In conclusion Mr. Allen said: !,I would that I had the eloquence of thechairman of the committee on ways and means, Wilson of West Virginia, in bis last appeal here for tne passage of his tariff bill I would like to invoke the Democratic patriotism of our Democratic colleagues. I do not claim that a vote for ..this bill is the roll of honor, but 1 do claim that in the condition with which we find ourselves QnrrnrmHftd tariAV fch'ft roll of' honor i>0 longs to those Democrats who are willing to let a Democratic Congress do the business of this Congress, and Ldo not believe any man can claim a place upon the Democratic roll of honor who stands here longer and gives his presence and his influence to filibusteringtactics that keep us here and make a spectacle, as has been made, of our-. selves." (Applause.) HOPE FOR THE WHITE METAL* fi?Tmanv ia Weakintr-Latin-Ataertean I Countries Will Consolidate. Washington, Feb.. 25.7-Importaat j and interesting -information as- to- tb.e j present fnancial monetary question is deriyed irsm Signor Romero, the Mexican minister to the United btate3. In response to.inquiries from a rep-; resentatiye ot the Southern Associated Press, who called his attention to the TvriKltaVia.4 fttoti?mpnhR that "Rowland Ger many and France were about to take the initiative in calling a new monetary conference to consider Lhe silver auestion, Mr. Eomero said: "The Secretary the Mexican government lnformeds^^ bv a personal letter, dated Janus ry lonj r*n/\r\TA\r\cr ts\ nnmta nrtvif.flR I lO^t) luau a^jviuiu^ wv tv?w , .wvv the German government was leaning towards a policy regarding silver which would .Drove favorable to that metal, and that it w&s almost sure that the international coherence wcnld convene again with better chances of favorable results. As long as the "Doited States or any of the commercial .nations of Europe-take steps to promote the interests ot silver;- it becomes the Latiu-American nations U3ing that metal as mooey to keep in the back ground and follow, the lead of others. ?k"Rnt. if-the information should Drove incorrect the situation of States U3iag silver as money becomes so difficult that they will have to take the question into ther own hands and come to some conclusion as tar .as they are able to do so, with a view to prevent further decline in the prise of silver and to awaken the in terest of the financial world on the sub-' ject. It is likely that some o! these nations will convene a conference cf the States using silver as a money, among which all the Latin-American States will be included, as w*ll as some of the Eastem nationa, in order to study the question and come to an agreement with a view to attaining the result." "This is a burning question, not only to Mexico, but to all the silver countries of the world. It is imposible tor Mex-! ico to demonetize silver, because that wt uld briag universal raic to us, and ? ^ :i 1 i rattier inau accept tucn no. ea.ira uicasuss, we would make up cur minds to depend upon our own resou ces. Fortunately wc can produce enough agricultural articles of all the z^nes to supply cur wants, although our manufactures are yet crude, tbey would receive great impulse by the high rates of exchange. "The commercial nations cf Europe are more particularly concerned in the. question by the high prices of exchange, for the difference between the price of sold and silver constitutes such a great Avrv/V*ffl i K A OAmmA^ifioQ At uvuuty tv -.o Kji v* silver countries, which are produced at silver prices and sold en tbe old markets at gold prices, and this so increases the price of foreign manufactures, that *it creates a great incentive to develop home industries s > that whue increasing the exoo rts of silver countries to gold markets, the depreciation of silver seriously cripples the exports of Europe into the silver countries." vMr. Romeo's view3 on this matter, ?? ohorpr? hv fhft diniomatic reDrfiBen? tatlves oi other Latin-American countries. It is pointed out as a hopeful siga that the German government already has a commission considering the subject, over which the Secretary of the Imperial Treasury presides. Among the questions presented to that commission were those of keeping stable the price of silver, and the best basis for an agreement of natioes on the subject. Tho <*h<m ,'pfj attitude of European na tiona, it is suggested, may be dae to the discovery that the Latin-American nations are seriously considering the probable effect of concerted efforts on their part for the purpose of defending silver It ha3 been noiated out that these coun me3 are getting tired of paying twelve pence ^interest on their bonds instead of six pence, and that they were determined to resist absolutely a further increase in the rate of interest, which would be caused by a further fall iu silver. THE WRANGLE STILL OH." BLAND CAPTURES A QUORUM ONLY TO LOSE IT- ' Bat Prosprctfl otj^n Early Ending of the Dead L9ck are Brighter?Heated Colloquy Between Reed and Crisp Createp Excitement. Washington, Feb. 28.?After the call of committees for their reports, Kilgore offered a resolution, which he said OUgUl LU uca mdllci <->jl put ncgv, if it were not. It was read for information. It recited the law requiring the sergeant-at-arms to withhold the salary of a Kepresentative who was absent, except on account of sickness of himself or a member of his family. That at this session of Congress many members had been absent, and he called upon the sergeant-at-arms to report whether or not the law in this respect had been obeyed by him, and if he-had been derelict therein to report why. He NZ3 also asked if in his opinion the law could not be enforced, to inform the House the. reason thereof. Reed made the point that the resolution did not present a matter of privilege the way it was drawn. It was simply a resolution, asking an officer of the House his opinion upon a question of law. Speaker Crisp called the attention of Kilgore to the fact that the resolution contained no allegiance that an officer of the House had failed to do his duty under the rules or under the law,which was necessary to make it a privileged matter. It was simply a resolution of inquiry directed to an officer of the House. -Kiigore tnereupon witnarew the resolution. Bland moved that the House go into committee of the whole upon his seigniorage bill and that general debate be closed at 3 o'clock on Thursday. On this motion, tbe vote by division was 127 to 19. Tracey made the point of; no quorum and the yeas and nays were called. Before the result of the--vote was announced, Livingston (Dem.) of Georgia said he desired to submit a motion. Bule 8, he said.fequired members present, unless exeused, to vote upon every proposition presented to the House. The gentleman from New York (Tracey) had refused to vote and he demanded that he be brought beAf Uahcq on/1 avn]uin IU1C tuo UA1 VI VUO XXVUOO MUU hi3 refusal to vote. Johnson (Dem.) of Ohio said he had a list of twenty-live members who had violated the rule, which he offered to send to the desk. The chair stated that the rule was well known,: The chair could not -enforce the rulp otherwise than by - appealing to members to observe it.. The chair was but the organ of the House and would never make a rule unless authorized and directed so to do by the House. [Applause.] Boatner (Dem.) of Louisiana argued in support of Mr. Livingston's motion. It was, he said, an effort to bring a member to answer to a wilful contempt and violation of the rules. The House oncrbt- to determine here anti now whether or not a member can defy its rules., The'chair stated that under, the rules it was his duty to announce the result of a vote. IJhe result wasr.jTeas 109, Eays e; 5 short of a quorum. It was said thatiflve supporters of Bland failed to get their votes in, because they were not in the hall of the House when called. These, in addition to those recorded, would have made a quorum. Clancy and Magner of the .New 5Tork delegation, who had hereto fore refrained from voting, voted in favor of the proposition. ' The proceecjings had been watched with the keenest' interest by members, and especially Republicans, as having "witfctffl&eS paaslbility of history making. When *the cnair^^J&ounced the vote, however, and the inclo??1 was over, the humdrum of routine w?S*resumed, and the members who had beeBeagerly crowding into the pit in front of the clerk's desk, faded rapidly away. Mr. Bland moved a call of tne House. On this motion there was first a viva voce vote, then a vote by division, third a vote" by tellers?Bland and Reed officiating?and finally a vote by yeas and nays. The latter resulted: Yeas 189, nays 4. So the call .was or? dered. It showed 265 members present and responding to their names. On the motion to dispense with further proceedings under the calendar, the same procedure was followed?four separate votes being taken, ending vrlth the yeas- and nays. The call resulted: Yeas 183; nays 3. Bland renewed his motion and the 3 --"l-J * ~ 4-Urv wvll | yeas ana nays were uaueu. wc I call proceeded, it became apparent to many that a quorum would be obtained and members keeping tally crowded about the clerk's desk. Tracey (Item.) of Kew York occupied the seat, wnich for two weed's past, he bas kept tally with the clerk on roll calls, closely following the responses to the call. When it was determined that a-/quorum had been obtained on the second call'of the roll, Tracey voted aye, amid slight applause from the Democratic.side, his purpose being, as afterward appeared, to move a reconsideration. The announcement of the vote by the Speaker. 177 yeas to 7 nays,evoked a round of hearty applause from Democrats and Populists. Outhwaite (Dam.) of Ohio and Tracey (Dem.) of New York were on their feet demanding recognition, the form er to present aii order from the committee on rules limiting debale on the pending bill and amendments to two. hours and the latter to move a reconsideration of the vote just taken. Outhwaite was given the floor and the Speaker stated, after putting the question, that Tracey had Interposed a motion to reconsider. Outhwaite demanded the previous question on his motion, but the yeas and navs were ordered without a di vision. After a name or two had been called, Reed precipitated an angry discussion,which in intensity equalled the scenes in the Fifty-first Congress, when Speaker Reed was counting quorums. The gentleman from Maine suggested that a roll cail was out of order, inasmuch as the last vote did 'not disclose the presence of a quorum. The Speaker?By what authority does the gentleman make that statement? Reed?I am informed by tne;gentleman from New York (Tracey) that he kept a tallv and that it did not show a quuruux yullllk. The Speaker?The gentleman from J<ew Turk is not the keeper of the roll or the House. [Applause.J The clerk will proceed with'the roll call. Reed persisting, amid cries of "regular orcfir," stated that when a member arose and suggested that an error had : been committed, he was entitled to respectful treatment from the chair and from the House. The Speaker?Has not the gentleman had it? There has been no suggestion that the vote had been impeacned by ha rmntiaTTLflri from "N'flw "Vork. If one was made, the chair will be glad to have it examined in the interest of right and truth. While this colloquy was proceeding, the members rushed down the aisles to the centre, and Outhwaite and McMil, lan (Dem.) of Tennessee asserted that \ Tracey had accepted the validity and correctness of tbe vote by moving to reconsider it. His remedy was to have the vote recapitulated, and this he had failed to do. , The confusion became so great,members shouting at each other and the chair, that the Speaker suspended pro ceedings until comparative oraer was restored by members taking their seats. Keed, resuming, stated that he had been out of the hall while the roll was being called, attending a meeting of the committee on rules, at which he understood he was to have an opportunity to be heard on the order reported, and of course, did not know what had occurred. The gentleman from New York (Tracey) had informed him that a quorum had not voted and knowing that gentleman had been Voaninir t-^no fnr a nnmhflr nf riava "?J - ? ? without making an error, he was so much impressed with the statement of the gentleman that he felt it to be his duty to call the attention of the chair and the House to it, that the error might be corrected, if one had been made. McMillin (Dem.) of Tennessee declared that the gentleman from New York should speak for himself and not by proxy. Meredith. (Dem.) of Virginia: Mr. Speaker, there has been a comedy of orrors here, and the gentleman from New York has been In error for some YYtjefc.5 rtliu IS 1X1 CUV J. uun . Mr. Tracey endeavored to make himself heard, and finally succeeded. He said taat it was a matter of but little moment. A quorum would be Secured in any event, he conceded. But he had kept what he believed to be a correct tally, and it showed but 174 votes. But he would not uniertake to impeach the accuracy of the official count, "whereupon the storm subsided and the ?-Ol Whnn fho 1/Qftfir lun uau. pwoccucu. ii uba iuu ivww> "T" waa reached there was a alight squall. -Seed called the attention of the chair to the fact that the clerk, after calling Talbert of South Craolina, returned and called Stockdale of Mississippi, which he said, was out of. order. The Speaker coincided with the gentleman from Maine, who continued from the floor: "It is deciaely out of order. The clerks have no right to interest themselves in the votes of gentlemen on the floor,"to back up their action. But it is only a part of what we have been having right along." Springer (Dem.) of Illinois stated that Mr.Stockdale had responned when his name was called. Speaker Crisp directed the clerk not to return ta a name afterit had been passed; it was not in order. Outhwaite's demand for the previous. question was seconded?170 to 10?and - * " ?1 Lill again tne menas or tne penaiug um expressed their pleasure at the result by vigorous hand clapping. Oa the passage of the order tbe vote on the division was ayes? 145, nays none. The ayes and nays were ordered. Before the call had proceeded far, however, Burrows and Reed criticised the methods of the(reading clerks Burrows said the roll was really called four times, every name being repeated on each roll call. Reed called attention to the fact tbat tbe calling was irregular, some names being called once, others twice, and some three times, until the clerk forces an answer. There was no authority for this they contended. The Speaker stated that he did not know how the practice had grown up but ever since he had been in the House the names had been called twice, when ^ ? I inemetaDer iausa 10 iuiawer. axic philosophy of the rule, he supposed to be that, vith.the least nesessary delay, every member should have an oppor& nity to vote, and a repetition of the name was probably the best method of securing that end. . Tne vote resulted: Yea3 165, nays 11?three less than a quorum?and at 4 o'clock, on motion oi Outhwalte, the House adjourned until noon tommorrow. A Horrible Tragedy. "Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 28.?A terri1)&4ragedy was enacted at the Hotel ElffeV^sO^^bfield street, at 8:30 o'clock tonight, Jfrom which Pitcher \f?-xroHh nf a "Rctt woore club. is dead UiV^UVW) V4 wwv and Louise Kellogg Will lifc?y dis^rom. the resut of the wounds received froSl a pistol m the hands of McNabb. Louise Kellogg was a member of the Alvin Joslln theatrical company, and came here from New York today. She met McNabb a short time before 8:30 on Fifth avenue tonight, and they both went to the Hotel Eiffel, where a room was engaged. A young man named Glllen, a friend of both McNabb and the Kellogg woman, went up to their room about 8:30 to call on them. He heard the woman groaning, and called for help. As it is right across from the city hall, Iu3pector McElvy and several officers were soon on the scene. The door was burst open and a bloody sight met their gaze. On the floor lay the woman with three bullet wounds j in her head and neck. McNabb was lying beside her with two shots through the head that killed him almost instant* ly. The woman was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital. She can hardly recover. McNabb's body was re moved to the morgue. There was a nre a few doors above the hotel at the time McNabb did the shooting This caused much excitement in the vicinity, and the hotel people did not even hear the shots fired. McNabb evidently meant murder when he went to the room, for he was' only there a short time before be did the shobting. Louise Xellogg's right name is Mrs. R. E. Rock well,, and she has a husband living at Seattle, Washington. Kellogg was her stage name. Her parents live at Braddock, near this city. Unless she regains consciousness, the cause of the shooting may never be known. ~ >r " - *' TTT 77 .JLOUlse iveiiogg, or mra. vr, x<.xvuua.well, the woman's right name, is the .wife of the president of the California baseball league. From what could be learned from young Gillen, after the shooting, Miss Kellogg was endeavorlDg to break off her relations witn McMabb. A number of letters belonging to Miss Kellogg showed that she had been keeping McNabb supplied with money the past few months. The company she was with disbanded some time ago, and she came here with the probable intention of either staying with her parents in Braddock, or getting money to tide her over until she procured another engagement. McNabb met her here, and as tne woman was probably trying to break off her intimacy with him, this probably prompted McNabb to shoot me woman and then nimseir. AToush Yara. Richmond, Va, Feb. 28.?Mr. Jesse Sprijilit, one of the most promiuent citizens of Pitt County, N. C? is the authority for the statement that Green County, in his State, is the home of one of the most remarkable freaks of nature this cauatry his probably ever produced Tois fraak is a seven years old son of i?r?. Lasaiter, a firmer of Green County Around'the pupil of ?ach of ihe boy's eyes, in circular shape, is the wojd Ameican," in perfect characters. Tne -boy's eye3 are dark and the letters are brow and legible upon a close inspection. Thfs wonderful precomenoa o q Hirth mat#* Mr. Snrffhl'a testimony i? borne cut it fs asserted, by other varacicus citfzens who have essoined J the boy.?News and Courier. ' * ; TILLMAN INTERVIEWED." i THE GOVERNOR GIVES HIS VIEWS ON THECOLLETON IDEA. He Thinks a Few Changes Weald Do Good ?TOftnt* a K'e- Cumnklen Committee? ^Thicks That- the Const lvatlvea Will Fight for the legislature. Columbia., S. C., March 1.?' Some of them are palling on the bit and some of them od the breeches," is the way Governor Till-can regards the political situation in this State so far as the Reform faction of the Demo:rtic party is concerned. finvernnr T?:iaian caa alawvs be de pended onto plainly on any political matter. There is no policy about him. If he thought he wonid offend bis best friends in opposing their wishes he wonld express bis convictions no matter who it hurt. This is why the Governor is appealed to to give hr advice on political matters. His advice has been asked many times recently as to what coarse the Reformers should pursue in the cojning campaign. He ha3 not given any free expresssiou ou the later developments until yesterday when a Register reporter saw him and obtained his consent to an extended interview. The Governor answered freely and Wltnont Hesitation aii ine queauous put to him, and at tho same time showed a deep interest in affairs as they stand. "Governor, you have seen the call of the Colleton Reformers for a mass meeting in that county on Monday, March ?, for the election of a delegate to a State convention, and an invitation to the other counties to do likewise. What do you think of it?" The Governor answered, after some consideration of the question: "I feel, some reluctance in obtruding my views on tne public on a matter which X fully discussed in an interview shortly after my return from-Waahington, There is evident among the .people a feeling of restlessness and an uncertainty arising j f'nrw oil fhio talt artf? nf ?n I early convention. It the 'antis' were making any active moves, I conld understand it, and see how it would be desirable or necessary to concentrate the Be- i form rote in support of one leader, but the advocates of a convention to nominate a Reform candidate tor Governor appear to forget that snch a nomination, without previous discussion to allow the ( people to judge of the fitness of the vari- ; ous aspirants, is totally Inconsistent with , all our previous professions an<l practices and must necessarily breed heart-burn- j ings among the candidates who may be cut out and cause disgust among their i friends. The dangers which some men profess to see, if there is a free for all race in the primary, do not appear to me as great as those which will confront us should the man who may get such nomir?rtf moa< emoMoimnR of Hip I uauvu UV *3 UiVVH VUV va^wvwmmvxw v* people whea he begins to canvass." *lYou take it then, that the candidate for Governor will canvass, even though he has no opponenent?" "Why of course. Tae constitution of the Democratic party In this SUte requires candidates for the Slate offices to make a canvass, and ahculd a convention put forward a man who did not give satisfaction on the stump, some other Reformer, or unobjectionable anti would inevitably be brought out and might beat the convention nominee. We had bet ter be consistent in our practices and adhere to our principles and run the one danger rather than stultify ourselves and at the same time run the other risk." "What, then, do you consider the best course to be pursued by the Reformers?" was the straight question which was asked next. "The Colleton people have hit on a scheme to allay the unrest, which is, perhaps, as good as any, with two additions or changes. They were in too big a hurry, and instead of calling a convention of one from each couaty, the mass meetings of Reformers in the different - - ? rf mAAf nry/1 N^UUaUCS OUUIUU oiLupiy uiccb auu qjlcww onS^Gf thoir best men, with no 'axe to grind, fe4orm a State campaign committee. It takek at least three weaks tor any movement amon? the people to get noder way, so a&to carry the whole mass. One half the Reformers in Colleton do net yet know th^t a mass meeting is called for that coaitv next Monday, and not knowing it. they^ouiij^seatany radical action such as instructlogTMiC-. delegate of one to the State convention to call a nominating convention later. If it is the desire of the misses of the Reformers to move in this matter, the process is easy and simple, but it mu9t not be too hurried. There is no need oihurry anyway, and any movement which does not come from the people themselves will create great dissatisfaction and must detaat." "How, thfen, shall the thing be brought about?" "Well, in my judgment the only vay in which it can besought about is for fifteen or twenty leading men in each county to nnite in a call similar to that of the Colleton leaders for a mass meeting of Reformers at their respective court houses, salesday in April, to elect a member of a State Reform campaign committee. This cap be done next Monday in every county, and I hope it will be done. There are many reasons why 13 * - ? ?? W6 8Q0UIU oave auuu a wluluui.cc ui which I will tell you presently. A month being given daring which the people can discuss the question of convention or no convection, the mass meeting in April, when they elect their representatives on the State campaign committee, can at the same time decide for or agaiost a convention and instruct as to their wishes. If any shorter time is given wmiM nrvt rflnrARftnt trtl'v the wishes of the people/* "Well, Governor, tell me what this committee would have to do?" was asked. "The first thiag," he answered, "would be to get at rest this question cf a Reform nominating convention, and until that is done the bickerings and jealousies and ambitions of the aspirants for the various offices will keep the Refron camp in a constant state of turmoil. If it is decided by this committee to call a convention (coming, as it will, form the people, afterfalr and full notice) no fair-minded, loyal Refor ner can object and we will have gained that UDity and harmony wdich do not now exist. If, on the other hand, the question of nomination be left to be settled at the August primary, as I hope it will be, -* ' ' - - ? ? -t Afi A tais committee wiu nave uuarijc ui me Reform campaign, and will look alter the interests of the Beform faction." "Would it have any specific powers or duties other than those mentioned ?" "Of course, it would be subordinate to the State Democratic executive committee, for we must never lose sight Ol WXULtJ ULLity cUS tUO ULlijr lucous wi preserving white supremmacy. We have the right to organize and contend inside the Democratic party for men and measures, but when the party speaks through its accustomed channels every decent, patriotic man must submit-." ' Why would not the .State Democratic executive committee, which is composed almost entirley of Reformers. 'j" auavvc*. i "Because that committee represent the entire party, both .Reformers and antis,and it cannot, with propriety, organize one wjng of the party, against another." Do yon tbink it likely that the antis will organize and put out candidates?" "If there is unity and harmony and, fair play among the Reformers, no noi for Governor or State officers, but they are going to make a desperate effort to control the legislature; and the whiskey riug and railroads will furnish a large curruption fund." "Why do you think they make their nrini??n?l ficht fnr th*=r -f are?" "The whiskey people because they want to repeal the Dispensary law, tbe railroads in order to erijoy in security the special privileges which they had before I was elected, of paying such taxes as they saw fit." What about national issues?will they cut any figure in the coming campaign?" "Most assuredly. Mr. Cleveland Is using hig patronage to strengthen the antis wherever he can, md the gold Dugs will oouDtiess supplement tne railroad and whiskey campaiga fund to any extent that may be necessary/' "You think money will be used freely then in the campaign?" "Oh, yes; all that can be placed where it is thought it will do acy good." "Have you any fears?" "Not if the advice which I have given in this interview is followed. The Cleveland Gojdbug Democrats and corporations cannot buy our people. The Reform cause is as stror.g now as it has ever been. "With good leadership our victory nexi summe r will "be a repetition o? the campaigns of 1890 and 1Q?2. "If the people instruct the oampaign committee to call a nominating convention, what would you advise ?" "Why, that is simple. L9t the Reformers in each township meet and elect delegates to a county convention just the same as to a Democratic county convention. The balance of the programme could conform in every respect to the system adopted by the Democratic party as a whole.'' "Under such circumstances would the Conservatives take part in the regular Democratic primaries?" "I think most of thera would, because, as I have said, thsir fight will be for the Legislature. I don't think, after thp AYnAriennflnf 180D. that anv con siderable number of tiiem would be willmgto try a repetition of Haskellism. Some, of course, are reidy now to Ignore the Democratic primary and make their fight at the November election, but there are only a fe^ thousand of them, not enough to accomplish an yf.hmg."?Register. THE DEED OF DEVILS. Alcthermd Bab 7 Slatuh'erei?Tbe Haibard'a Vergt icc*. SnvppvTT r if V _T. \faiv?h t ?A horriole tragedy occurred early this morning at the home o? Moore Baker, near Franklana Park, in this county, Mr. Baker's wife and a year old baby were murdered and their murderers Willard Thompson and Henry Baker, botti young negroes, were killed by the frenzied husband and father of the victims.' Baker is a powerfully built young farmer, of about thirty years. He is quite well off. He married Louisa Evans three years ago and a baby girl was the result of the union. Henry Baker, the yo ing negro, worked for Moore Baker's fatnerfor years, and has often worked for the son also. Yesterday afternoon when he quit work for the day he asked Mr. Baker for a loan of two dollars. Mr. Baker asked him if he could change a ?100 bill, upon the negro s aying "No," he ? am J ik A Uill AM/3 ATTTA/^ if f A lK^*W piuuuusu tiiC U1U auu OUVWCU AU iv uim. This money was what the negroes were after. At about 1 o'clock tbis morning Mrs. Baker awakened her :iusband and told him she heard a noisa in the house. Baker calmed bis wife's fears, but upon her earnest request, and because Baby Gertrude, who was in a crib beside ner father and mother, was crying he got up and lighted a lamp. He then returned to bed, and lad almost fallen asleep when he heard a slight noise,and quickly turning, he saw the two negroes standing at thfi foot of the bed. He recognized them as Henry Baker and Will?rd Thompson. Thompson farmed with taken fri5SffSWR5I^e in the rear of the house, and both negroes were in their stocking feet, their shoes being found on the back stoeps this morning. The moment Mrs. Baker saw the negroes she screamed. Thompson leaned over the footboard ;ind struck Mrs. Baker on the head Kith the axe, catting a fearful gash and killing her instantly. He then went around to the crib and struck the baby twice with the axe, each time making a deep wound. The little oae made a convulsive spring toward its mother and expired. In the meantime. Mr. Baker had jumped out of bed and grappled with the necrro, Baker, and had so terrified him that he ran into a rear bedroom. Moore Baker then ti rned to Thompson who still held the Moody axe, and a fearful straggle ensued for its possession. Baker wrested the axe from Thompson and struck him in the head. He followed up this blow with others and seven times he Bank the axe in the negro's head before :;he latter fell to the Tfcolrza** fhon t.ha IXSJSJL UOQU. JL/CfeQkVL VUCU ?w axe and ran for his doable-barreled guD, which, loadm with No. 3 buckshot, stood ia a corner of the room. Seizins: the weapon, he walked to a door leading out into a small back hall, shouting: "Henry, you black come out of that." Witt, a bound the-negro sprang into the hal; and darted down the back stairs, only to receive the full charge of one barrel ia the right side ol bis face, near ono eye. .tie ieu wicn a groan and lay wh^re he fell until he died, at 6 o'clock this morning, without once recovering consciousness. Moore Baker called in the neighbors and soon all the people from miles around, were on the spot. A cor oner's inquest j ustified Baker. The pnopl9 wished to burn the negroes' bodies, but this the coroner would not permit. They will be buried inordinary pine boxes in the same grave at the country's expense, as their triends refuse to have auytbing to do with the bodies. An exchange very truly says the man who thinks a newspaper should be made up exclusi vely of reading matter suited to his particular whims and prej udices is pretty hard to please. He formers that there iire others interested in subjects which he deems obnoxious. All kinds of people read newspapers, and there must be variety in the kinds of news published. MicniEL Aub is iiaving built in Paris a five-story houso without any staircases. It is in the Rue Muller, a street wilh a very deep gradient. As the groundjrises the levels of the floor rise so one can step from the fourth and fifth floors to the street just as from the first AN ABDUCTOR CAPTURED. He Ran Away With aTbir:ee& Tear Old Giil, Columbia. s. c., March 1.?An ab dactor of a pretty young girl, after effectually dodging the officers of the tow for about ten days, was yesterday afternoon run down and captured in company with the child whom he had taken away from home, and is now behind the bars. The parties came from Charleston and to Charleston they wul have to return. It is quite a romantic story, and it is hard to believe that a girl of such tender years could become so much infatuated with a grown man, so homely and unprepossessing as the one in this case, as to willingly permit herself <;o be abducted. She is a miss of only thirteen years, petite and pretty, well-developed and altogether quite a striking looking child. The man, on the other hand, is a long way from being gocd looking. He is red-headed and has a red face, and wears a short cropped, moustache. He is about thirty years of age. He hailed <. iginally from Laxington county, and was once employed in the Congaree cotton factory here. The girl is from Charleston wnere ner parents live. wnen tne pair were arrested yesterday afternoon and taken to the station house, she did not seem to mind it much, perhaps too young to realize what it meant. The fellow neemed to be much excited. About ten days ago Chief of Police Radcliffe, haviDg previously received a brief telegram, got the following letter notifying him of the abduction: Charleston, S.C., Feb. 19,1894. Mr. L. J. Radciiffe, Chief of Police, Columbia. S. C.: Dear Sir: Please use your best endeavors to capture the following persons, viz: Ben Gregg, John Rambo and a young girl named Marian Williams. The description of the girl is as follows: About five feet four inches tall, dark brown eyes, dark hair, very young but well developed. When she left here on the evening of the 17th insfc., she wore a black hat, black dress trimmed with red velvet, and a blue blazer and had a locket ring on one of her fingers. The charge against the man is abduc uon. xne giri is not yet imrceen years old, but looks much older, and was enticed away by these two meD, one of whom, Ben Gregg, is a married man. They are all factory hands, and the men will very likely try to get work in some of the factories in your city. They left here for Columbia on the 17th at 7:30 p. m. We are very anxious to get these persons, and trust that you will be able to assist us in their capture. Yours respectfully, J. Elmore Martin, Chief of Police. The man brought the child inhere on the night mentioned in the letter and they spent the night at the Hill House, on Gervais street. The next mominc thev went od to Newberry and tried to get work Tn the factory there, and failing' in that proceeded to Greenwood trying to get work in the factory at that place. They failed there too, and yesterday afternoon returned to this city, via the Richmond and Danville road. Conductor Roche ot the South Carolina Railway happened to be standing near by when they stepped off the train. He recognized the couple and Informed Officers Grif tin ana uarK ot tne police iorce mat they vrere the parties wanted. In the meantime the couple had started off towards the river bridge. They were soon overhauled and taken into custody. They were forthwith taken to the station house, where the man was placed in a cell and the girl was kept in the ante room. The man is Ben Gregg. Rambo has not been seen or heard from. They told a good many different stories, but made no effort to deny their identity. As first they said they had been mar?i _ o Lii. _ *VT \ nea wnne m jxewoerry. xueu uiev said that they were going over to the home of an uncle of the man in Lexington county and intended to get married there. At first the girl denied that she bad e^er been to Charleston, but soon confessed it all. The man denies emphatically that he was ever married. He says that he lived with a certain woman in Charleston for three years, but he was never marriod to her. The father of the girl is a fireman employed at the Edisto phosphate works in Charleston. Both Gregg and the girl had been working in the weaving room of the Charleston factory. Both deny thatRambo had anything to do with the abduction. Gregg says that oa the afternoon he left Charleston, Rambo simply walked a portion of the way to the depot wj?k-nkir- afitriftat'wsslris uuiy uuuuniuuu wiuu tuo iuiaii. After the^-arre&t last evenisg, Chief Radeltffe telegraphed the officials in. Charleston of the capture and Chief Martin replied: uHold Mary Ann Williams and all of the parties until our officer can come for them." The wayward girl will accordingly be taken back to her parents and Gregg who has been living with the child for the past ten days as his wife will be prosecuted.?Stale. Endingol tbe Filibuster. Washington, Feb. 28.?The establishment of a quorum in the House this afternoon ended one of the most celehMtoH anH av+am'.aA filihnqtarinc firm. tests of late years. The Bland seigniorage bill was called up in the House on the 9th inst., and debated generally for several days. On the 13th the opponents of the bill began to filibuster by refusing to answer to the roll calls, thus preventing the presence of a quorum. The Republicans, under the leadership of Reed of Maine refrained from voting, with the excep tion of a few Representatives from the West, who favor the free coinage of silver. The ranks of the Republicans were reinfored by all the Democrats from New lorK ana iNew Jbugiano, with a few scattering votes from some! of the other Northern State east cf the Mississippi. On the vote by which Bland secured a quroam on his motion to take up the bill for consideration, the following Republicans voted with the Democrats and the Populists in the affirmative: Aitken, Bowers of California, Broderick, Dcolittle, Ellis, of Ore- i s:on,Funst.on, Hortman, Herman, Hill- j born, Lacy, Lucas, Marsh, Fic&ier, Settle and Sweet?15. Clancy, Cummings, Haines, Magner and Tracey, New York Democrats also voted in the affirmative? Tracey to move a reconsideration. The negative vote comprised Cansev. McAleer,! Mutchler. Page, Pigott, Kusk and Ryan?all Democrats. At 3 o'clock this afternoon, when the presence of a quorum was established, the crowd was so dense that the doors could not be closed and scores of persons stood in the corridors outside, unable even to see the floor beneath. Many of the visitors were strangers in the city. A Cyclone. London, Feb. 24.?a dispatch from *>/? ? r?,mo Vfanrit.Jnq rpnorts a CV X V1V AU.M ? clone swept the Island yesterday, doing almost incalculable damage to property, killing' and iDjuring many persons. A ciowded railway train was blown from the track, rolled down and em bankment into Coromandel river, kill50 persons andinjurfog a large numbeof others. ! LIQUOR AND EXPOSURE. 3 - > FROM DRUNKNNESS TO DEATH IS AN AWFUL FATE. 9 Cr&w!ord Butler Found Daad la ma eld , Field?Soai3 Circumstances Thit Hike the C is a a .Little Myst Jrloas Augusta,Ga., Feb. 26?Ccawford Butler, colored, was found dead out In "v the territory Sanday mornifig. The report was circulated Sanday that a man had been found frozen to death, but Chronicle reporters wereunaole to verify the story. ThP fnrnnpr was snnchf-. hnt. was tint found, nor coald any news confirming the report he bad." Wm qaarcer3 tT2&- oflxcera knew nothing more than that there was such a ramor but np to midnight were not aWe to give any delialte information. The report was only too trae, howi ever, an unfortunate man, with to3 ;~.j. much liquor aboard had fallen by the wayside and perished in the cold. His . ? body was found by John Smith in the ditch that drains the Lafayette race course near the site of the old dancing paviUion. Theabsenca of the man's breech& gave rise to rumora and thoughts of foul play, but an envelope containing the remnants of a week's wages were found in his vest pocket. Through this it was learned that the body was that of Crawford Butler. He ~r ^ had been emploped by Mr. T. 0. Brown. There is still much speculation as to the man's movement before his death. His missing breeches" could nos be found after a thorought search. All his other garments were accounted for. The coroner held an inquest and Dr.' .' ; Morgan examined the body. There was only a slight scratch on the knee and no marks of violence. The corpse was found face down bnried in the mud. The man had been in Mr. Dick Timm's store the night previous and being already in a state of intoxication, the proprietor refused to sell him any* liquor. He was boisterous and offensive and some of his acquintances per- - :- ^ suaded him to leave and started him on his way hom9. He soon lost his bear iugs^however, and wandered around in the cold until he fell by the wayside. From drunkenness to death is an awful A fate. " v-^ The coroner's verdict was "death . ? from exposure to cold when in a state " . - sj of intoxication."?Chronicle. I VISir.HINfi 4l\in LYNCHING. A Vendetta Threatened In Alleghany <*-N County, North Carolina* Raleigh, 2f. C.,Feb. 28.?A few days ago, these dispatches gave an account of the murder of John Bare and Ed- >ward Lcng,in Alleghany County^Torfch Carolina, by Daniel Slaughter, of Virginia, a cattle buyer, who had been in that section some time. He was in- 7 ^ vited to a wedding at the house of a * man named Robinson. In one -room sat an old man, a relative of the bride, an! to nini Slaughterhehavedriira yery insulting manner. Some of those present forced Slaughter to leave the house / and it was thought there would be no trouble, but io a short time the man / returned. He renewed the disturbance, whereupon a friend of the family stood between him and the crowd and told ' * -V nimtokeep quiet. Suddenly Slaughter drew a knife, and, witnout warning ? . jumped at Bare and stabbed him to ?; ^ trie neart, ueata was uisuiuuuiBoua. Slaughter was not satisfied and made another cat at him, bat the bride sprang forward and seized Slaughter's arm. Redrew the knife from her, * . --5 catting her in the hand. The crowd began to move, and Slaughter jumped for the doorway, where Long stool, ', who was quite young. He, too, was /, ?? killed in an iostant, and then Slaught- v er dashed out of the door. Pursuit began at once, and the next morning the murderer was found not far away. The country is very wild and he did not know his way. An inquest was held. There was no doubt of Slaughter's guilt, and he did not deny it, assigning as a cause of the killing that the people at the house were crowding him and slapping him. An attempt was then made to lynch him, but for some reason.it failed. The people were ^ greatly wrougrn; up oy me uruuu auu - . ^ der, and Slaughter was hurried to jail ^ at the little mountain, town of Sparta. - ^ The jalier was vigilant, but as the night passed without any appearance of a lynching party, he began to think salag Slaughter was safe. Sparta is far away ??lom any railway or telegrdph line. ^e^5ha&4sati apbed here from Elkin, the nearest gone to the jail and roadie a most a? termined attack on the building. The jailer was on hand, and when the mob - advanced in defiance of his warning he shot one of the men in It. He was quickly captured. Slaughter was taken nnt. and hancAd near the iaiL It is conjectured that among the mob were people who were at the wedding and saw the double murder committed. 3IOSE TROUBLE. Ri?emon?, Va., Feb. 21.?Special: The men who last Saturday night lynched David Slaughter at Sparta, Alleghany County, N. C., are threatened them* Selves with like vengeance. Rose, one of the mob who attacked the' Sparta jail and carried the murderer off, was shot by the j ailer and captured. Slaugh- ' ;< ter's five brothers and other friends of the lynched murderer have made it so " * ' hot that tne sheriff of Alleghany has removed the lyncher to Winston to avoid trouble. Rose is in a critical . condition having twenty-four buckshot in his. body. He says J? put on the stand that he will reveal ..he names of all those engager in lynching Slaughter On the other hand if he does so chose who participated in the outlawry are almost certaia to wreak their ven- ^ geance upon their disloyal associates. The Sheriff of Alieghaney left Winston for his home. He says that he expects serious trouble and probaoly bloodshed as an outcome of the exeited condition. of Dublic feeling at Sparta, 21. C. Strong Language. Atlanta, G-a., Feb. 28 ?The following is an extract from Dr. Hawthorne's . latest sensation sermon in Atlanta, preached recently; "If all the thieves were put into the chaingaag tomorrow it would 'make gaps in the business world too full to contemplate. it. ?m.*na /mi?- Wall c+TPat if; orrtnlri Lli YYUUIU niyo uau > uu ... annihilate the grain rings, the meat rings and the whiskey rings; It would ? destroy half of the manufactures and shut up two thirds of the brokerage officers; it would suspend half of the waterworks, cancel a majority of street paving contracts and utterly exterminate the plumbing business. It would trim tae raoits ui me icg<u ouu mcuivoi fraternities, take thousands of iosur2ace agents from tbe geld, shut the doors of real estate officsrs and so reduce the representation of congress that no quornm could be obtained until after the next election." Starring. Niles, Ohio. Feb. 25,?Oae huudred: families in tbis place are without foot. / _' They nave been supplied by the city. ant.hnritivps. but farther a*d has been ^ refused because there is no more money I for that purpose. - , : jlll 'mm