The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, March 14, 1894, Image 1

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I WII yt.VTIT: wnrnSBOTtO. S. f!.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 14, 1894. NO. 31. I THE CAMPAIGN OPENED.' H A BIG MASS MEETING AT A8BEVILLE r.ntiRTHOUSE. John Gary Evans and Sampson Pope Ftrcd Their Opening Gana?What They i Said?No Other Candidates Present?A I Largto Crowd in Attasdance. Akbeyille, S. C., March 9.?Nearly a thousand citizens were present on - ^ last Monday to hear the gubernatorial ; candidates speak. It was quite a dis- j k appoinment to the crowd that all of the ; If" candidates were not present, Jor the j I people were anxicu? to hear anc! com- I pare them. Messrs. jonn li-ary .avaas < and Sampson Poje were present and were most cordially received. T ie following is Evacs' speech: ] Mr. President and Fellow Citizens: I ..It is with much pleasure, commingled i with some embarrassment, that I have ] accepted the invitation of your commit- j tee !<o address you upon the national and t y* .btate issues which today confront our 1 / people. I am pleased lor the reason ] *" that I feel when I look into your honest < and so many familiar faces that I have ] your sympathy in the grand cause tor i which I am lighting. Its success will j i fhn rvnnlfl. T am ? f- ?r---- ; . embarrased from the fact that I speak to ] scores of the constituency oi Calhoun < | .. McDnffie .and to a people wfcu have i L ' alwavs led in all great reforms, moral i v and political, and so you continas to do i V to-day. < My own countrymen, the dcctiices of ; Calhoun are as live and clear to you to- i day as when he uttered them from the < red hills ot old Abbeville fifty yeiirs ago. i It has been truly said that the life of a -j r republic depends upon the virtua of the f people, that of a monarch upon the igno- < ranee of its people. Under our form of i I government the people alone are sover- ] eign and their rulers are simply heir ser- j vants. It is evident then that to instill ] virtue into their officers it is the right of the sovereign people to assemble m mass } meeting and the duty of the servant to < appear before them, give an ao:onnt ot \ ; stewardship and receive from the ] r people good and wholesome instruction, < and he who fails to respond to tbe call of 1 the people cannot be called faithful cor ; even entitled to the name of a gx>d citi- i zen. I The time is past in South Carolina < * ? wan Mn Air* , wnsa. nuy mw.1, ut o^w ui ^??> < tate to her people. It is boasted that in , the birth of Abraham Lincoln and of Al- ] exander the Great in Bussia that with i one stroke the shacsles were stricken ] Irom 40,000,000 slaves. The fa ore his- ] rtgrian in South Carolina will ray that the Beform movement and Ben Tillman i removed in one jear the shackle from 1,000,000 white political slavss and we ^ meet today uponthe level of equil rights j to all and special privileges to none. j Oar national and State politics have i become so interwoven that it will be im- 1 possible to discnss the one without the other and it is well teat it snou.a oe to i for oar greatest oppression comes from ] . national legislation. I do not propose to discuss natiooal affairs from any bat i ^ a Southern standpoint. Oar country is i r too large and oar interest too antigonistic 1 to think of legislating tor the above with i ? out injuring onc%ot its points. The role i should be to enact such laws ae oppress < the lowest number of citizens, bat the i reverse has been the case witbjDur Con- j gress since Uie cmi war. xno poucy ( of the North towards the South and 1 West has robbed us almost ot oar patri- i mony. CoBgress has legislated for the i robber barons to such an extent that i now 15,000 people of our 65,000,000 own ] over one half the wealth of our country i and 120 families in the Xorth own over i r one-twelfth of the wealth of our country, i All obtained by a financial system of i government kept up for the express pur- ] pose of robbing the South and West. ] wnen tee jt&oman repuoiic was ue- i storyed, 1,800 people owned ail of her ! wealth. This state ot eff-.irs w *s siu^ht ! to be perpetuated by government issues I of free com to the fartrers who bore the j burdens of taxation whenever they i threatened^ overthrow it. A like conditio* in r.nr ennntrv todav. New York city is feeding 10,000 uae ^ploy^d, i Chicago a like cumber and net rly every j large cily in the Horth is compelled to < feed it3 starving laborers to keep down i revolution and anarchy. Shall we not ! profit by the history ot the past nations? < I thank God that such a condition does not exist m the South to -lay. It is ; not because the government has not invited it, however. We are blessed with i a country and a climate wbei'e we can oluro-ca onmfnrlahle and di?r a livins i oat of the grcaod. And of this ao one : can rob ns. . ^ During the late panic I visitc d a Noi th : ' em city and I was a&kea if we had a ; panic down South. I asked what ttey meant by a panic, and I was told "inability to get money." My reply wa3 that we bad seen no such thiDg for many . years and had learned to get siong with- i fck out it; all we needed with money was to send North to support the poor Yankee \ k soldiers we killed duriog the war and to T._ n 1J J.l :n; HBPtJSy CRnuu Han SOB LULlllUL 8RVS BOB Marvmg and having their note i protested K New York. It is wonderful to notice the growth [^ ^f these dead Yankee whom "re planted They have spruog e p nAj.th. Iu 1870 there were |voHs and tboy cost as La3t year there were ^fey cost us $158,155,342.South pays ona-third and Hf in return. We have paid wnnngh pensions to buy a |Ke limes as rich as the State of | ^^^arolina and ceded it tc the J^orth i aod the ball has jest c<xnmen ;ed. B This wonjd not be so bad should it ; stop here, We are being robbed more systematically by the preset t financial j policy of Grover Cley eland tb an we were by Harrison of the blackest Rdpubli- i can li7ing. We were hooted at by th? Democrats of the nation for opposing the nomination of this maa and you : heard a great deal of the Latimer resolution, but they are with U3 cow and the Demociatic party is ready to pass similar < resolutions. The passage of the bill d< monetizing ! silver was the worst niece of class * ^ XL. O At J} 4Ua legislation against me ouum mxu ,mc West that was ever passed by any Con- : greas and the result has clesxlv proven < it. The bill was passed by Cleveland i cuckoos and Republicans, under the < leadership of Jbon Sherman and in direct opposition to the silver plank of i the Democratic platform, which declared for the free and unlimited coin^ "? mL. age 01 suver. -LUC uisiviy ui Biivci | shows that as it rises and falls, so goes cotton and agricultural products. Our cotton crop last year, based on the price of silver in 1873, would have been worth over three million of dollars more than it actually sold for had it not been for the passage of the repeal bill. We have the anomalous condition today of CDtloa selling tor less in March, after the-crop is out of our hands, than it did in November, in the face, too, of a short crop. Yet we were told that just repeal this bill and cotton will go up on/l c.-irr.A Hnncresamsn were fools enough to bslieve it. It was repealed to contract the currency and thus increase the debts of the farmers and decrease the value of our agricultural products so that today a ^dollar costs a farmer m the South over five times as much as it did when silver was good money. We have nothing in the South to buy dollars with save our cotton and agricultural products, and it is to the interest of the Northern shy lock to get is much cotton as he can for jast as little money and, of course our inability to pay pensions and tariff and other 3ebts is asgrivated as he succeeds. Upon the heels oitbe passage or tins bill, Mr. Carlisle, to prove that Cleveland is a tool or Wall street, issued $50, 300,000 of the United States bonds for fte ostensible purpose of putting gold in the Treasury to redeem outstanding indebtedness, but Mr. Carlisle knows that under his construction, as dictated by Cleveland and Wall street, of the resumption Act, this $50,000,000 can be 3rawn out of the Treasury by New York bankers iny moment they see fit to do 30 by simply converting their bonds into greenbacks and presenting the greenbacks to Mr. Carlisle, who is compelled to give ?old in exchange. It was lone simply to perpetaate national backs md the corrupt financial policy of Wall Jtreet. All of these securities jfurnish the millionaires with non-taxable property in which to invest their money, and ?et when we ask for an income tax to make them bear their share of the burfens of government we find this man Cleveland, opposed to it and that millionaires' chiet orders the United States Senate organizers to defeat it. If we -o fo-vincr iflCamM lfc Will ouu/gvu m .. more than pay the pensions bearing: so heavily npon oar farmers, and yet I am ashamed to say South Carolina was represented by a Congressman who joined with the Republicans in Congress to defeat it. These men call themselves Cleveland Democrats. They know that they cannot stand upon the Democratic platform and be consistent, so tbey qualify their Democracy by putting airs upon it. Thsy are not Democrats, oat Mugwumps, but are ashamed to nse thai term for fear of being run out of the Democratic party. They are mules, who, in order to show their pedigree, ;all themselves "jackass horses." The anly true Democrats in the State are the Reformers, or ucaiaites, as ine mugwumps are wont to. call us, and right iiere I desire to say that I endorse every plank of the Ooala demands. Oor only salvation rests in their speedy enactment into law and if we persevere they will be. The South and West must come together. Their interests are in common and the Democratic platform suggested at Ocala and promulgated at Chicago is broad enough for all of us. We have heard a great deal said of the aub-treasury plan and this is the stumbling block and the only one the Mugwumps can find in the document. If this idea, with a few changes, were enictedjnto law, the result would be that South would immeccaieiy oecuaie the financial and agricultural section tor the world. It woold destroy the power rf Wall street and the North, and make as the most progressive people on the tace of the earth. No Southern or West* 2rn man can object to it. It is time we bad some class legislation for our section. God knows there has been enough for the North. Oar greates: need is mor3 money and it is the duty of Congress to furnish it, whether Irom the sub-treasury 1 ,L: 1?TT^ll pi8Q Or SOUieilllUg uciacl. I?m 3o, so the end is accomplished. How ire we to accomplish this? you ask. My answer ie: -'Through the Farmers Alliance." This organization has accomplished more for the short time of its existence than any similar one since the formation of oor government. It is founded on truth and justice and is bound to perpetuate its principles. No ?ood citizen can object to this organization of an oppressed people and I grieve when I see men of my State who are dependent op on agriculture alone for existence, opposing oor Alliance and enlisting with the enemy in this, the greatest battle for freedom and selt-preservatiou that the world has ever known. Stand like men for your platform and Grod, who rules the destinies of nations, win apa tn it that victory Derches UDOn your banners. John C. Calhoun was the first advocate of the Farmers Alliance. In Lis treatise on government, this great 3tatesman observes that the right of suffrage is not sufficient of itself to protect the people trom oppression by their rulers, but the only safeguard is in the ^ A??afiiuotii'.n /if oo(>h inforfufc in scpaiat^ VA VMVM -_ the State. Speaking through this intelligent mouthpiece the voice of each inteiest could be easily heard and never misunderstood. The complaints of one man arejievcr heeded by legislators or rulers, but he Is in ariably looked upon as a crank; but when an orgaaizrtton of farmers sjteaks through resolutions intelligently drawn, even presidents lend an ear to its voice. Never tell us that we must not go into politics, that it will destrov our organization, that you should meet and discuss pumpkins, etc., aud adjourn, but fellow citizens, this is but the voice of the toilers who seek to steer from the path upon the ro*.ks for the purpose of destroying you. It is the duty of every good citizen to enter politics and have a voice in the administration of his State government. Show me a people who take no interest in affairs ef State and I will show you a - J 7-?n.v?nnf onn WA*?*hloQQ LUUS^UVCfUCU l^uviauu auu nvituiuuu race. Did you ever hear of bills toeing introduced in Congress lor the relief of the agricultural classes, bills to prevent gambling in futures, sub-treasury bill, income tax bills and tariff reform bills under the organization of the National Alliance? Remember, the next four years will bring to us these measures in in the shape of iaw3 if you will be true to yourselves. Already the Northern Democrats, seeing the inevitable union of the South and West have deserted their party and now assisting a Republican minority to breax a quorun and de feat the will of the people. The Bland bill, however has passed the House, oat it is understood that boss Cleveland is opptsed and it will meet defeat in the club house. Why Mr. Cleveland should obiect to coining the silver in the Treasury, wliich has been robbed from Western miners, but who now make no claim upon it, and paying tbe debt of the nation iustead of issuing bonds is incomprehensible to any honest man. Will the jackass horses please explain? We have been branded at Washington AWi?J ?M??4nUAn IUa f?A11 IV\ /\f fhA tts UCiJJK ILU1U JJil. tjf itoo, fcilG ovum VI wuv earth and unworthy of recognition by the Democratic party and these mea who are responsible for It are now bowing down and asking you to restore them "the decent element," to office and upon X. V a Cleveland Democratic platform. I am a Damocrat and one standing squarely upon the Chicago platform, and I propose to show ycu that it is almost identical with the Ocala demands. (Mr. Evans here read the two platforms and compared them.) Who now are the true democrats, the Alliancemen or the lackass horses? I rest my Democracy here and will now proceed to discuss State affairs. The historian Gibbon characterized the reign of the Anionics over the RomaD Empire as the only instance where the happiness of the people was the sole ob ject oi their rulers. Well aDd truly may the same be said of the reign of the Reformers in South Carolina. Recognizing the principle that Lhe best educated people are the happiest and best citizens, the first object of the Reform government was to build up the common school system. Under the bill introduced by myself, separate school districts have been organized in nearly all of cur counties and in most of them by the addition of a small tax our public school3 are now run lrom six to oine months and I am in favor of making every district in the State separate and allowing it to govern itself as to its schools and the method of maintaining them, aided,-of course, by the Stale appropriation. A constitutional convention should be called and our school law expunged from the Constitution and left entirely with our Legislature, as at present it is dangerous in the extreme and a menace to our entire system of common schools. We have built and equipped a college, modern in all its features, where our poor boys may obtain an education at the smallest expense, xne oest evidence of its success and its necessity fer its establishment is the fact that over six hundred students are now enrolled within its walls and others are knocking at its dDors for admission. We have maintained every institution of the old regime and not a dollar of extra taxation nas been placed upon the DsoDle in comDarison with the rate of the past opposing administrations. Recognizing the great injustice done to our women and the indifference shown them by "the best element," we have in process of construction an industrialcollege for women which will be the pride of our State. It will be as grand a success as Clemson College and till a long felt want. It is sad to relate, however, that "the tcughs" of tbe State were the first to recognize the ciaima ui uer luveijr w umcu. We have crashed oat the Coosaw monopoly created by Republican and sought to be maintained by "the best element," and today the State is in possession of ail her rights and her propertv including Agricultural Hail, which was attempted to be stolen from us by carpet-baggers and fraudulent bondholders. We have endeavored to equalize taxation by assessing the property of corporations commensurate with that of real estate owners, but by reason of being in the hands of United States Court receivers they have all defied the State's authority, tendered only the amount of taxes they thought due and are now indebted to the State in the sum of $201,000. There is not a railroad in the State, considering the interest paid on a legitimate bonded indebtedness, which is not assessed lower than the average farm.coDsideriQg the interest received by tne farmer upon his investment. Little did we think when Daniel H. Chamberlain was driven from the State at the point of the bayonet that he would so soon return and snap his fingers in the face of our government, sustained by men who had denounced him as a thief and scoundrel, guardian not only our largest corporations, but also of our United States Circuit Judge's principle and f.h? editors of some of our largest news papers and a criterion of our Democracy, and banquetted by the elite of Charleston. We are forced to exclaim: To what base uses have "the better element" come. Had these railroads paid their taxes and the revenue from phosphates not been destroyed, your taxes would now be only two and a half mills. In spite of this, by strict economy, we have refunded the State debt of $5,500,000, exempted the storm stricken sections from taxes, paid the old soldiers an extra sum of 85,000, and lowered your taxes half a mill. Salaries have been reduced over ten per ceEt., but could not be maae to taKe effect until next year, for the reason that the Legislature refused to cut their own down. We have been accused of being incompetent and ignorant and incapable of running the State government. When the State debt was to be refunded, the banks of Charleston refused to co-operate with us and said that the State could take care of herself and Charleston would do the same. We went to New York and actually "the patriots of South Carolina fly-blowed us and not a banker in that city would take her bonds, stating that thev had been offered to them at a cheaper rate than was offered by our State authorities, who alone had power to sell tbem. We went to Baltimore and succeeded before those people could fiod out where we were. I was told by a Baltimore banker that he was approached by one of our patriots and statesmen and asked why he was helpiDj? Tillman float his bonds, did he not know tbat he was fighting Butler and Hampton bv aidins Tillman. Let him alone said he and let him refund his own bonds. This gentlemen expressed tome the profoundest contempt for such conduct. We were harrassed by these "patriots," who were willing to bankrupt the State for political purposes. While negotiations were pending, one man went so far as to introduce into ihe Legislature a bill to extend the old bonds for four years at six per cent.- on account of the inability of the State to refuud the old debt. This man knew at t.hfl timft that the matter had almost reached a successful termination and he did this for no other reason than to break it up and he succeeded. The next day the matter was telegraphed to New York papers and bankers were startled and dropped the whole matter. We succeeded, however, without the aid of Charleston or "the patriots" in refunding your debt of 55,400,000 in a time of panic at four and a half per cent, thus saving to the Scate over 880,000 in in terest aione. And still we are incompetent to deal with such questions. Now the Reformers have no opposition that is as unmovable as it is bitter, and nothing we do can be expected to meet with their approval. I am satisfied that if we baa enacted the ten commandments Into law at the last Legislature, the State and the News and Courier would have accused us of heresay. Tr< imnr Affarta t.n SWMire t.hft haDDi ness of the people we Have enacted the DlspeDsary law,which staxds today the only and greatest and most vexatious question which our S^ate government has been called upon to deal with. We are told that It is unconstitutional and now fashionable this has become of late. The constitution is appealed to to defeat every important measure advocated by the people. It is tbe duty of the State to regulate any traffic tnat CONTESTED ON PAGE FOUR.] DESIRES SO THIRD TERM. B. R. 11LLMAN IS NOT A GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE; jJLT, *1. ?i, JLI liUUl XiApiMiU3 JLM.IO JL ooiiivu 1U the Race?Letters ol Regret from W. D. Evacs and W. H. Ellerbee?Dr. Tlmmerman Desired to be Present. Abeeville, S. C., March 5.?The folio wing letters were received by the committee In charge of the meeting here today: Columbia, S. C., Feb. 24,1894. Messrs. John 11. Blake, R. R. Hemphill, J. H. Morrah, Isaac H. McCalla.John E. Bradley. Gentlemen: Your letter of the 22nd instant inviting me as one of those who will probably be candidate for tlnrrarnnv t.h 11 <3 tr> artrtrASS a TTiaSS meet iug at Abbeville C. H. on salesday In March, reached me yesterday. In reply permit me to say I am not a candidate for the office of Governor, not desiring a third term. Therefore X do not come within the category of those you wish to hear speak. Such being the case, I respectfully decline the invitation and will not be with vou. Thanking you ? - - >- 4. 1 f?nln ior me compliment/, j. am, vctjr w.uij, B. R. Tillman. Messrs. John R. Blake, R. R. Hemphill, John H. Morrah, Isaac H. McCaila and John E. Bradley, committee,Abbeville, S. C. Gentlemen: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your invita tion to address the people of Abbeville a3 a candidate for Governor. I desire to express my thanks for the compliment, but I have never declared that I would or would not be a candidate. I had not supposed that the Reformers would again place candidates before the people by a convention, but that the people of their own motion would gravitate to some man or men in sufficient numbers to warrant him or , them in enieriog upon a canvass of the State, with reasonable hope of success. At present our people are puzzled and in a somewL:r; chaotic condition. Unless we proceed wisely,-discord and dangers are before us. My judgment opposes any nominating convention either oarly or late. I am no schismatic and wi'l cheerfully abide by the decision of the majority; but deem it my duty to earnestly advise against it. I was one of the first promoters of the Farmers Movement, the aim of which was an Agricultural College. We expanded that in to the JReform party, and appealed to the people of all , classes against a political combination called a ring, which had opposed and for a time defeated the college and had ( practically deprived a majority of the j people of their proper influence upon j public affairs. Our object was to secure to every Democratic voter in the State the privilege of casting his ballot direct to every officer from Governor down. The farmers being scattered and re- , moved from centres of political information were practically disfranchised, j because before they could become aware , of what was going on,slates were made, convention packed and nominees de- : clared. ? ! This was due to the Convention plan . of nominations, in presence of a negro , majority, which prevented revolt. The men who composed the ao-canea rin^ were of no worse type of human nature than politicians generally. No i one believes they were. Bat a ring is inherent in the convention system un- i der our political conditions. If we ; therefore return to it, another ring i must inevitably evolve sooner or later | in our ranks. And who will compose 1 it? Evidently the most extreme and ] violent. The scarecrow of the old ring | "Radical Rule." The scarecrow ; of the future ring will be "Anti Bule." ; The people will throw up their hats in 1 honor of a victory, as they suppose of j their party, while in fact they are re- : enslaving themselves. For what do i t&ey when they commit their rights, power, liberty and means of self defense to a few, who are autocratic absolute and responsible to nobody? There is-np way to punish them in case they bartered the offices among themselves. There is bat oneway for the people to maintain their influence up- J on public affairs and that is 4? use in- J telligently their votes. < T ??4.1*^.4. nnoftlfioTi' J . X am aware tuau uue ?uu uuoomsu Reformers are advocating the Conyen- 1 tion, although it is going back upon 1 our principles. Why? 1st. Because 1 we have not established a square primary, but a primary for electors.'2nd. < Because as several candidates for Gov- ' ernor may be in the race, it is feared 1 that this will give the Conservatives < some supposed advantage. This fear in the face of our large maj ority mustarise from distrust of the Reformers themselves, which is groundless. This mistrust has grown out of unfortunate personal recriminator oetween \ some of our influential Reformers. All danger can, and must be averted, by thorough organization of the Reform 1 forces to secure their full strength in 1 the Democratic election. < Our real danger is from the passions ' and prejudices which exist. A violent 1 minority in the State makes a violent majority. There are Reformers al- 1 readv, who if they could, would not al 1 low'Conservatives to vote at the De- < mocratic primary. And there are conservatives who would disfranchise the ^ whole Reform party. It requires mor- < al courage for the Reformers to be just '< to the Conservatives and vice versa. ' Passion is supplanting reason. Mod slinging and pulling down one man to build up another is low politics, but it thrives where passion rules and when selQshness supplants patriotism. This is evil and hurtful to both factions and dangerous for the State. It io laoHinflf in o aVmrt liriA to ? SOlif. in 1 10 iu sjm wuv* w M**v - ? w. tbe Democratic party. i Prejudice and passion are the tools used to defeat or rob tbe people. The j Republican party has lived upon sectional prejudice. In 1833 when South Carolina tried to ! nulify the tariff, the manufacturers of New England organized an aboltion so- 1 ciety and some years later flooded the South with insurrectionary pamphlets, | like a thunder clap in a clear sky. It was done to stir up passion in the snnt.h and to divert the mind of the i people of the United States from the tariff to slavery. War ensued and resulted in transferring four thousand millions of slave property to the North in the shape of United States bonds, 3 great city, town aad corporation debt, which today are a mortgage upon all the products of labor, and by means of which the South and West are mulched of 700 millions annually in interest alone. Hence it is that the farmers who owned 80 per cent, of the property of the United States now own but 25 per cent. The whole teaching of the Alliance is to allay passion, and destroy prejudice, sectional and local. And why? m' * J ?Ai'nJJrtrt i /*K f Aflflflrf XJQ&L reaauu <*uu <uouv their power, the measures may stand upon their merits, and men of sincerity administer the laws "with equal rights to all and especial privileges to none." I appeal to the whole people against this passion and prejudice which i, threaten to invade the courts,the juries the schools, the colleges, the churches and the whole social machinery. I appeal to the Reformers especially for harmonyin our ranks. Shall men inspired with a high purpose, who have worked together nobly for popular rights and political justice bring re proaeh and possible danger to the whole party, by suspicions and recriminations? We want unity in our ranks and inqHra fnr tbe whole State.. The principles of the Reform party are ri?ht. They will stand the test of all fair criticism. The goverment is as honestly administered as ever in the history of the State, and will continue to be a3 long as it continues to be in the hauds of the white people, or any faction of them. But should we divide into two political parties, they will surely in the end appeal for negro votes, and then corruption and disgrace will follow. "What are the Reformers contending for? To secure a fair consideration of all measures affecting the interests of the people, under agreement, that any or all measures, about which a difference of opinion might arise, shall be settled at the primary election. The object b^ag to secure, without danger to noneso 5c vernment, iree punuuai .action and progress, such as is secured to States of .homogeneous populations by two political parties. The farmers throusfh'the Alliance seek to establish [ a political status, as will of itself deve-1 lop the tjest talent, not only of their claae, but of the whole population, to aid .in .-averting further ruins from them, and to the-Republic itself. They want men of humanity and men of sincerity. The first step to this end is to get out of tbe old ruts, get rid of prejudice and passion, and let men who aspire to public honors know they can't secure tbem by coquetting * -a-' ? ? U.,4> Witn a iew convention inauagera, um by winning the confidence of the people. We cannot go backwards, influence by any supposed plan or device of the Conservatives. Neither fear of the opposites nor mistrust of our friends 3hould deter us from doing right. I know that some of my friends say that I am too conservative, and perhaps they are right. I am more conservative as i grow older. I risk less in business enterprises. While foity years' effort to reform myself has given me a larger charity for my fellow men. I ^ *"*" AAnOOrTTOflTTft Knf may, WJCiriuic, oo wu uv/uoti ? an T Cj ^uu my' whole experience has taught me that rashness is folly, that passion is lunacy, that extremes are dangerous; and history shows that all great popular movements have come short of their aim, by passion, by the extremes to which they went and by ths inordinate ambition of men. The Conservatives, although with the advantage of a monopoly of political experience and training, were^easilyjdefeated, because passion bereft them of reason, judgment and justice. Let it warn the Reformers. A convention on the Colleton plan is right, not to make nominations "but to lay down a platform on the lines on which we have been moving, organizes the Reform fore to secure their unity and full strength, and-to deviS3 some means of avoiding confusion in choosing electors at the Democratic primary. Or if possible to secure a direct primary, which in my judgment is the only safety for the Democratic party, and for the unity of the white race in the future. Respectfully. _ J. E. Tindal. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 27,1894. Gen. R. R. Hemphilljand others. Gentlemen: Your esteemed favor of inatanf. invif.infr TTift to hft with you and address a mass meeting of the citizens of Abbeville County on 5th [salesday) of March, did not reach me until yesterday. It would afford me great pleasure to be with you and address the good people of Abbeville upon State and national issues, but circumstances and official dutie3 compel me to forego the pleasure. With best wishes for you gentlemen, and the success of your meeting and of the Reform party of the State, I am. Sincerely yours. W. H. Ellerbe. Bennettsville, S. C., Feb. 28,1894. Mr. J. R. Blake, Abbeville, S. C. Dear air: Please express my many thanks to the committee of the Reform Democracy of your county for the kind Invitation sent me to address the citizens of Abbeville sent on the first Mon? day to March. I regret very much than I cannot accept the invitation, as there will be a mass meeting of Itefortnerslier-e.pn the same day and mypres ence will be^e?pected. At some futurs-4ay, whether in the capacity of a candidate for Governor or nothing, it will give rfie great pleasure to meet my fellow citizens of your county. Yours respectfully-,. W. D. EvansT\ Timmerman, Edgefield County, S. C., February 26, 189-i. Messrs. John 11 Blake, R. R. Hemphilljohn W.Morrahl.H.McCalla.John E. Bradley, committee: Dear Sirs: Yours of the 22od has been received, courteously Inviting me to address amass meeting of the Demojrats of Abbeville county at Abbeville C. H. salesday in Marsh next, upon the national and State issues of the day. Whilst not an announced candidate for uoe UlgQ pOSltlUU iur WLUUU uaiu? iias been suggested, I hope to be able to comply witn your kind invitation. A.part from any consideration of a political nature, 1 have for a long time desired to visit your progressive town and mingle with its cultivated citizenship. V ery respectfully, Your obedient servant, W. H. Timmerman. Rack Treason to the Patty. New Yojrk, Marcb 3.-One of the United States Senators from New York, who requested that his name be not nsed in connection witn the matter, has stated that the angry word3 ot Senator Voorhees in the Democratic caucus a few days ago, when he accused certain Democratic Senators with having formed a combination to defeat the Wilson bill, was literally true. You may assert, he said, thaUt is a fact that ten Democratic United states Senators nave sigoea an Agreement to oppose the Wilson bill, so long as any one of the ten Is dissatisfied with the provisions of the bill, or till changes to the satisfaction of all ten are made. The Senator from whom this information comes Is one of the tes signers of the agreement. It need hardly be stated that such a condition of affairs in the Senate would mean almo3t certain defeat of the bill, unless coai, iron, ? ?J A'i ovt/3 n nnm KU^tir, WUUl, CUUtUS &UUIUU3 auu a uuluber of other items of the bill, over which a lively contest was waged la the House, are restored to a protective tariff basis. Blown to Atoms. Philadelphia, March 2.?A terrific explosion occurred in the waste separating hnildinc of the ReDuano Chemi cal Company at Gibbstown,N. J., this morning. The force of the shock was so great that it wa< felt- in towns fifteen miles away. Fortunately there wa3 only one man it the building at the time the explosion occurred. Levi Ivins, one of the workmen, was blown to atoms. The separating building was destroyed, and the'surrounding Biruuu-uea weic uamajjcu. , y - \ ! SILYER IN TEE SENATE. SEIGNIORAGE COINAGE ADVOCATES STEAL A MARCH. The Bill Unexpectedly Beaches the Lut Stage?Its Friends Jn the Majority?It / Goes Over toy Courtesy, and Finally Is Passed. "Washington, March 7.?In the Senate today Harris called for a vote on his motion for a second reading of the' seigniorage bill. He stated that his object yesterday was to bridge the day over in order that he might consult with some of his friends on the Democratic side of the chamber. He had had sach consultation; and now, in view of what seemed to be the unani mmis viflw? nf hnth siriea. and in view of the fact that after the tariff bill should be reported, it would have to 1 remain on the calendar for a number of days, so as to allow it to be printed and to allow every Senator an opportunity to examine it carefully, he knew of no better method of occupying the intermediate time than to take up and die pose of the seigniorage bill. After its 1 second reading he would ask unani- 1 mous consent to have it taken up, considered and disposed of. The bill had its second reading, and 1 TTi/iA naYrexfl nrhofViOf 1 tilCU LUC V 1WX ICSiUCUU (WQ^u nuvvuvt there was any objection to Harris's re- 1 quest to take it up for consideration. 1 Sherman said that he would move, if J no one else did, to refer the bili. to the ' finance committee. He regarded the bill as one of the most important ones that had been before the Senate for 1 years. It proposed the issue of United 1 States notes to the amount of 355,000,- 1 000 for the current expenses of the gov- ! ernment. He regarded it as a grave 1 revolutionary proceeding. This issue ' of S55.000,000 would b3 followed by the i issue of other millions of paper money, ' without any provision bshind them for ' tVioiT ro^omnHnn ] bUCU LVUV?U^w*vu> Mr. Palmer (Dem.) of Illinois argued ?' in favor of its reference to the finance ' committee. He regarded a revenue 1 tariff, be said, as essential to the .conn-.1 'try; but the seigniorage bill was one ' that could await the settlement of that 1 mora important one. The discussion 1 continuedruntil ? p. m., when the Vice 1 President laid before the Senate the 1 unfinished business, being a bill for the ( purchase ofasitefoi the government ] printing ofiice. 1 Call moved to lav tiat bill aside and tc take up the bill to change the boun- 1 daries of the judicial districts of Flor- J ida. This motion was defeated?yeas, 1 22,nays 24. > Harris then moved to proceed to the 1 consideration of the seigniorage bill. 1 The motion was agreed to without a di. -iion. The bill wls therefore before ] the Senate as in committee of the J wbole. Yoorhees, chairman of the finance ! committee, said that if he had suppos ed that if the reading of the seignio- 1 rage bill would result in any delay of 1 thfl tariff hill he would be opposed to it, but the bill could be taken" up aod disposed of before thu discussion of the tariff question was r-Bached. The question was taken on Sherman's motion to refer the seigniorage bill to the finance committee, and the motion was defeated?yeas 6, nays 50. The affirmative votus were given by Dav.ls (Rep.) of Minnesota, Uallinger, (Rep.) or Iffew Mnmpehire, MorrllL (Dem.) of Vermont, Palmer (Dem.) of Illinois, Sherman (Rep.) of Ohio and Yilas, (Dem.) of Wisconsin. The bill was read in full and the pre?iding officer (Faulkner) said the bill was in committee of the whole and nn?n fr? omon^mont Thfin no amend ment being offered, he followed with the announcement that the question was on the engrossment and third reading of the bill, and that stage being rapidly passed, he said the question now was, "Shall the bill pass' All this had been accomplished so deftly and speedily that the opponents of the bill did not seem to realize that their opportunities had slipped away. Finally, Hoar inqrired what had become of an amendment which Stewart had offered or proposed to offer. He was informed that iitewart had abandoned the purpose. And, as the pre " L. J.T ?Oboll SiaiDJf omcer put U?3 nucauuu, uuou the bill now pass ?'r Hoar interposed a motion to adjonrn, and called for the yeas and nays. At first it looked as if the necessary one-(ifth to second a call for the yeas and na ps was not forthcoming, but finally enough Senators were counted, and the motion to adjourn was taken by the yeas and nays. It was defeated?yeas 12,nays 50. Morrill protested against such an important bill being passed in what looked like a freak of s;he Senate. There "had -kees- rro-consrc eratian as the effects of its piissage would be on the credit of the country, both at home and abroad. It wa^j but recently that fifty million of bonds -had been sold in order to reinforce the Treasury with 1 gold and to keep gold and silver coin 1 and United States r otes on a parity. I And it was well understood that no 1 " - - ? * J- 1J 1 runner amount 01 uoaus cuuiu ue issued with the hope of finding a market. ! Palmer inquired whether the bill was 1 still subject to amendment; and was ' informed by the presiding officer that it was not. 1 Allison: Has thti bill passed to a ' third reading? 1 The presiding off.cer: Yes; and the 1 question now before the Senate is on the nafisaorfi nf the hill. Allison: Then I move to reconsider the vote, whereby the bill was engrossed and read, a third time. < Cockrell (Dem.) of Missouri: On that ] motion I ask the yeas and nays. ] Sherman made a final appeal to the j Senate against hiaty action. The ] course adopted with this bill was, he said, in violation cf the old established rules of the Senate. Never since the body was organized had such an im- ! portant measure teen rushed pell-mell through it. The Senate had refused to J refer it, and now it was to be passed 1 with scarcely any debate. That seem- : ed extraordinary. He begged the Sen i ate?the greatest deliberative body in i the world?to pause bafore hurrying to ] its passage a bill which, in bis judg- i ment, contained within it things as in- , defensible as he had e7er known in a bill. He intimated that he would like more time to present his objections to it. No Senator, te said, had dreamed that the bill was to pass today. "No matter," said Harris, what peo pie may have dreamed or not dreamed; if the Senator desires farther time, he snail have it." Allison said th;,t he bad in his mind two amendments which he thought were necessary and he hoped that in some way the bill might not be placed beyond the power of amendment. "That has already been done," said Yoorhees. "I hope the third reading will be reconsidered," Allison pleaded. *1 prej rer being frank to being agreeable, said i Harris, "and I shsll not consent to its i going back to the amendment- stage." Alter some further colloquy the bill : was allowed to gc oyer till tomorrow, principally for tt e accommodation of Sherman bnt with no indication that there would be, tomorrow, any abandonment or vieldir,2 of the Darliamen [ tary advantage which it occupies. | THE FARMER FEEDETH ALL. What Gov. Northers Thinks of the Fatare ol the Farm. The following article, from the pen of Governor Northern, of Georgia, contains a great deal of hard sense: Every man, woman and child in America are dependent, absolutely dencn/lfinf nr\/\n onrtrtaacr nf fhfi yuiuouV) uyvu ouuvua ui uuo Laiu.i. From it we receive oar bread, meat, fruit, maintenance and clothing. Frofn the standpoint of self support, therefore, as well as the standpoint of business interest and general development it behooves every citizen" to see that < fanning is remunerative, and to aid-1 with all proper effort to this end -What- ; ever tends to build up the rural' inter- ] ests, to make farming attractive and . profitable, is a pablic necessary, and < therefore, an unavoidable, individual ] and general duty. As every artisan, j tradesman, professional man, mechanic ] business man, and indeed every claes i and individual citizen must receive ' their living from the soil, the whole I universe of ]>eogle should be concerned t ahntif the -fnt-nro r\f tho farm i It is true that the farmers at the 1 South are leaving- the farms and mov- i ing to the city? If so, whatever the cause, or however attractive the in- ] ducement, it behooves every man in 1 the city to do what he can to tarn the j tide and maintain, in content and pros- J perity, the integrity of tne country, ( because by the products of the country l the busines growth of t'ae city must ba < measured, and by it food crops the in- < habitants of the city must be maintain ] ed and fed. - ' \ I repeat, here is a question that de- ( mands the active interest of all our i people. If it be tt-ue that our farmers < are heavily in debs from no fault of i their own, let us bestir onrselves to do t frrtm cn/>h < 3U1XLC0ULXU&.w j.ugujg uugiu c undue obligations. If it b3 true that ( the farmers are Durdened with mort- < jages that label every grain of corn c svith care aud tag every bale of cotton 1 with discontent and despair, let every \ man of us, considering this question as i a grievabce practically his own, fjset to work to remove such conditions as ( threaten the general well being of the < entire population of the State. If the j 3nvironments in the country are so i rery objectionable, from any cause, as i to uroduce universal discontent.no pat \ riotic, good citizen will decline to "in? terest himself in any and alUegitimate Bfi'ort, to remedy these condKlon3 a3 * a public evil, and a standing' menace to iiniversai society. > ' Accepting these statements-to be true, no individual community or (iovsrnment can afford to place an undue burden upon a farmer. He is in no sense the servant of the community or the State, bat he is the man to whom all others should do obeisance, and to whose honorable calling, both in its pursuit and its results all men, eyerywhere, should pay the pery highest respect. In the very best sense, the farmer is the master of the situation, and the people-must come to know him as in more senses than one, hhe nprtmfnAnf: in pvantfl More than ever before the people 1 have come to understand this fact, s For years the farmer has been pat at j ?reat disadvantage. He ha3 carried i burdens he did not make, toiled under conditions he did not invite. A c pitiless people who have lived upon I the products of his totil have now 1 some to realize thafe the farmer will no \ longer be "the hewer of wood and the t irawer of water for other men," and ( mat he has arisen-m his self-assertion' 1 to demand equality4of rights as among i all the people of the nation. < The promise now is that his demands 3 will be respected; the opstaeles to his i 3Qccess will be romoved; the Govern- 3 ment taxes upon his purchases will be t reduced; markets will be opened up for c tils products that will insure remuner- t ative returns for his labor. When i these wrongs by the Government are i rightod, the expenses will be reduced ] and incomes necessarily enlarged. More i ImA AIWMAMAA 111 V\A A /\11 y O 1 LUtCLLJgCLlUO IYU1 UCpaiiliVU uui <*511- j jultnre, as more profit will come from < its products. The country will grow { by the increase of its population and < the consequent doubling* up of its wealth. The growth of our cities will t>e assured, as it will rest upon the solid strength of our fields. To this , 3nd every patriot should interest him self in the future of the farm. i To those who have not met in personal contact the hindrances on the ; farm, it has been a; matter of wonder ' that farmers cannot be induced to , MAA4-kis/3n nn/3 rvwf\TXT ^AA/1 JUttUgO LZ3C11 LUCUL1UU3 AUU givn ivuu :rops instead of money products. . When it is undrstood that farmers must live like other people, not "apon ' bread alone," and also remembered , that the misfortunes of war put them Dte year behind in accounts.it i3 then . to be seen that the taxes by Graven QaenLafli-Sfeo-^Mea^^or^credit have : mids it a dire necessity to gfu*~E20il?j: J srops to meet the exorbitaht demands , made npon the farmers to live. ( For past few vears. while "deserving v the flesh, farmers have lived upon the bone," and in these dire straits they have so reduced expenses as that if the burdens of taxes are removed from them, they will be, for the fir3t time Jince the war, iu a normal condition, and general .prosperity will be assuracl. All we need now is the restoration to original conditions by the Government, tnen to be left alone to work out our own destiny in the gladness of the sunshine and the sweetness of the showers under devine benedictions, rhe future of the farm is full ot hope. From Far Off England. . J Columbia, S. C., March 4.?yester- ( 3ay Governor Tillman received the fol- , lowing letter in regard to the dispensary j law from the bkhop of Chester, writing from the palace of Chester, Chester, England, uuder date of February 20th last. It speaks for itaelf: j Sir: Through the courtesy of the ? editor of the North American Review 1 [ have been enabled to tead your article 1 on the South Carolina liquor law, and I i hope you will allow me to express the interest and p&asure with which I have ' seen your clear assertion that the main motive of the dispensary law was not financial or political, but social; and also 1 that the results, even under outset diSi- ' unities, have been decidedly encouraging, j My apology for troubling you is that . with other and more weighty persons I have been working on corresponding ? lines in Eogland, endeavoring to get the liquor trade taken, at least experimant- ] fillv, out ot private and placed In public : hands. On the invitation of Mr. Brice i I have written an article on the subject tfhich will, 1 hope, reach him in time ]" :or the March number ot !tae North 1 A.merican Review. We in England are following with much Interest the American movements. They will greatly strengthen our hands if they succeed. < Though the application of the principle < may conveniently differ in diflerentplace j fundamental principle, viz : that the li- ] quor momopoly should be in public ; tiand3 ana managed ior puonc uut, pnvate, is tbe same throughout. If you could kindly let cue have a copy ! of your dispensary law, as no* amended ( I should esteem it a great favor. I have the honor to remain, sir. Your obedient, faithful servant, F. J^Cesto Bishop of Chester. sr _ , . ^ " ^ - A DUEL IN MISSISSIPPI- -/djlj NOT "ACCORDING TO THE CODE. BUT MORE DEADLY. Popullxt Editor and Politician Batflff? ' ' -"sll Killed Bepruentittva Jacks m} a Damo crat?One Bystander Killed and Another ^ ^ Woucded. STew Orleans, March 3.?The Piclyune's Kosciusko,. Miss., special says: One of the saddest and most lamentable events known In the history of Kosciusko occured ' here today. The aoble, honorable and. genorous Samuel. ' < A. Jackson Is" dead, the result of a Jeadly duel with pistols with "W. P. Batliffe: also two outsiders, Samuel tttiaseiana. wm oanaers, young men Agg lying a few miles from the city, were ' lit by the leaden messengens of death. rhe former was shot inthe mouth and jilied instantly, and "the latter shot trough the thigh and it is though nortally wounded The town is nat- ' ? irally in a whirl ot excitement, and well it may be. ~ . ^?3 It ail camaout .of a newspaper pubic ation in R-atlifEe's paper, claiming " ;hat Jackson, while at the last meet ng of the Legislature, voted for a ^ Populistfn a committee caucutfbf Dem>crats. Mr. Jackson claimed that ?atlffe miseepresented him. When last < ~ p|? reek's Star came out with a card signed by Jackson, applying an epithet to - . SatlifCe, the friends of both men nat1 rally'felt very uneasy lest an encoont- ? wouid take place between the two, ma some advances were made 'to re ;oncue iiuo couiroversy pfcuaing, oy ??&. iriends of both men; but it is a lamen- .>518 ;able fact that it was not continued, md now as a result of the negigence >f the peace-makers or the obstinacy >sthe principals, two men lie cold in leath, one mortally wounded and one . )ehind prison bars, and a family and 'nends stricken with grief that knows * 20 consolation. The particulars of the deadly encoun ?r was gathered by your corresponding are as follows: Today about loon Messrs. Jackson and Ratliffe met >n the lower floor of the court, hoose, md just in front of the sheriff's office, ' ' . vhere Danutv Sheriff Wallace was auc- '~y&<3L ;ioning off seme goods. As soon as ~ ^33 .he two men saw each other, a fight ;nsued, m which Ratliffe got Jackson lown on the floor. The crowd that had gathered at the auction interfered and mlled Ratliffe away, and as Jaskson trose to his feet, two shots rang oat, >ne,it is thought, from Jackson, one :rom Ratliffe, without effect. Before he men had time to fire again, Sheriff "-ova and his two dennties <?an<rtifc Rit- - iffe and ushered him out at the south SB intranea-of the court house and were aking him across the yard wheu raekson came out a west eutran.ee and .. ,?^?S joing around the corner of the bulldog, came upon the party with Eattiffe md then again tha duel ta the death >egan, each firing about three shots >ne of which hit Jackson in the head, dlling him instantly and two other hots, it is supposed, from Eatliffe's jistol, killing John Eas3eliand woundng Sanders. The principals of the affair were two >f the best known men in this places. sir. Ratliffe was editor of the Alliance i/mdieator. leader of the Populist )arty m this sectioa, and representing - ' Jie county in the Legislature, and tlie >pponent of Hon. J. S. Williams at the . ast e'J'jcnon for congress, and needs no further introduction. He is wellinown ' ''<?3 ill over the State. The more unfortunate Sir. Jackson was one of the best known ind most popular business men of j Kosciusko. A-short time ago he at- > :ended the best law school in the land, jame away in every way fitted to Into: ;he profession, and was a few months igo elected to represent. this county n the State Legislature, defeating a Populist by a good majority. His death 3 rendered more peculiarly sad - by his eavins: a loving wife and four little shildren to suffer the loss of a kind and affectionate father's protection and A Peculiar Case. San Francisco, March 6.?Mrs. Charlotte Perkins-Stetson has applied in Oakland for a divorce from Charles Walter Stetson, and it is said there is a romance back of it, a romance in which i woman surrenders her husband in or- v ier that he. may wed jmother, whom he > . loves. Mr. Stetson is an artist of Proviience, R. I. His-wife is president of ~ .. :he Pacific Coast Women's Press association and editor of their journal, rhe Impress. The third character in ;he romance is said to be Grace Ellory Dhannincr, poet and writer, the daugh:er of Dr'channiag, the scientist. Five ^ 'JP rears ago Mr. and Mrs. Stetson resided it Pasadena, California, yhft u^gnoorer Tfhe two women Decame rase menas, ana tnus jsusb ? ^hanning often met Mr. Stetson. Mrs. -v-v^S| Stetson, it is said, was first to discover " >||g ;he regard her husband grew to have for Miss Channing, bat hfer loye for tbe nan whose name she bore was undininighed. She counselled with Miss 3hanning and with her husband, and :he result, it is said, was an agreement ;hatis now being carried out. Upon ' lis return to Providence, R. L, Mr. Stetson {applied for divorce on the ground of desertion. Miss Channing went to Europe and Mrs, Stetson removed to Oakland, where she became ' jgM known through writing and public < speaking. A year ago the Providence sourts decided against Mr. Stetson, for the reason that there had been no estrangement between him and his cvire. Mrs.. dteison is a grauumece ujl Kenry Ward Beecher. A Coatly Kiss. New York, March 6.?Policeman ~ ^3 Lynch, the Adonis of the Mulberry street station, was twisting his mus- . /. :-ache at Grand street and tne Bowery,v ;?hen he saw a neatly dressed yonng :;p,||? &oman tripping towards him. "Please Mr. Policeman," she said, - "iji 'escort me across -the street. I'm so afraid of being run oyer." Lynch, who is known for extreme -^1 ooliteness to the fair sex. sallantiy pro needed to comply with herrequest !The r&sa fonng woman was so delighted with -53 ier protector that she threw her arms _ -sKS iround his neck. "Ob, you darliDg man." she squealed. Til kiss you!" and she did. 'Tnew!" ejaculated tbe policeman as ie drew back. "You've been drinking ??? Fes, you're drunk, and you've been fool:ngme. 1 guess I'll take you in." She gave her name as Bridget King in the Tombs, and Justice Taintor fined : li! ler ior uisurueriy uuuuuuw . Saved His Brother. r f St. Paul, March 6.?John Ryan was - ,:;'|h convicted of highway robbery a few lays ago and sentenced to the state prison tor 10 years. Saturday morning Jerry Ryan, his brother, appeared in court and announced himself as the - real culprit, said he could prove his case ana onereu to pieau xu seems that the brothers had arranged . that the innocent one should be accused, intending in the event ef con vie SB tion to prove this, the real culprit mean- ^0$ ?>---1- Trthn xraq so Z2SS&Z securely netted that the plan was abandoned.