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pfjp * ' i HE CAMPAIGN OPKNED. - ' - m: - [CONTINUED Fx Oil PACE ONE.J tends to destroy her citizens. The whiskey traffic has, always been under the control, not on]y of the State, but of tbe United State i government. No man has been allowed to deal In the stuff without complying with the stringent regulations of our government. It is absurd then to argue that /JAWMrrort Aih'7Qn OTTO in. Wt5 uav~ UCpii ? C'J. I icuti6-.aui uuj dividual rights. In dealing with States, the same rales apply as in dealing with an individual. aeu the Reformers came into power, we found the old State drunk. The barkeeper ruled our largest cities and e,ren defied and intimated our high .tofficials. Every barroom in Soutn Carolina was a political club house aud was run in the interest of some politician. Our young men were allured by baming tables and t'an? -? ?l fho;i-intn nr*j? f?nmn!ptft Cy Ul iU&.^ UUlll L U4"_? ?f MW a-w?v and the State deprived of her good citizens. Do you ttli me tbis was not a proper subject for legislation ? We do not pretend to legi: late for a)l old soaks whose babits are f or^ed. You can no more legislate sobriety into them tban you can horn sty into thieves, but we x~ * can legislate for our boys and young men; in two generations cur State will be ready for total prohibition and we shall have it. The young men now growing up will not know the taste of whiskey. The social feature having Ko^vr. rJiiarrATroH thorA U'iM T)fl lonCtT UCVU UWJiVJ WVI, W4*v v -- ? ? ;. dwell a charm witain tbe cup aud our country will be blooming prosperity. Ninety seven per cent, of the people of South Carolina are in f^vor ot this law and yet our laily papers are houndiog it and trying to produce the impression in the outside world that the Governor cannot enforce it and the people are agaitst it. They are a s weet scented set, these anti dailies. They cuss and fume because :he Dispensary made so they .say, no money for the .first quarter and they cussed and fumed louder because it did make r. - a litTle in tte second quart er. It has paid expenses from the start and it is now paying the State a handsome income. \Ve do L.ot care, however, for the money, it is the happiness and protection of the people we are struggling for. Drunkness in our st.atft ha? nnAn dec raised overseventv Ave per cent, aDd many a home no w *. - radiates wiih tbej.ucshioe of sobriety x <* and Christianity, which heretofore was dark with crime and poverty. We are being watched bv the civilized world and in les3 than four year this law will be enacted by a rt.pjonty of the States of our Union. Already Massachusetts is following us and cur National Alliance has made i:;an issue for the Union. "Who are the men that are fighting it ? The saloon keepers and scum of the earth, whc live on the boweries of Charleston and Columbia, aided by ^ socLi patriots as endeavor to bankrupt Iiid State, advised insurrection aod connive at fraud for the purpose of making a ltt.tlA nnhtieil 'canital aerainst our movement. I regret to say that a few extreme prohibitionists are with them, out I do not impugn their motives. I shall thrc w the mantle of char^ ity around them and ask to forgive then for they know net what they do." Prohibition is ss sure to come as we are here, but we mast first prepare the way for it When a man has delirium tremens, we do not take his whiskey abruptly away from him. "We mix a " littlejin his medicine and finally get him In shape to take it from him entirely So we must treat the State, for a State 13 Duiaeouecuon 01 muiviauais aiiu has the same symptoms aad desires as Its component pirts. We have been invited to make this law an issue in the campaign, and we have taken up the glove. Let the enemv meet us face to face and we shall _ ask no quarter. Suffering humanity, has already arisan to call us blessed and the true and good must be with us. Tbe attempt to place me before the people as the candidate of any one man or faction is simply an effort of the opposition to create the impression that a snilt exists in onr ranks. I am the candidate of no man or fastion and those who think that a spilt exists In the ranks of the Reformers will be in the position of the little animal who saw the Ring of beasts asleep. Thinking him dead, the little skunk offered the lion aa insult; exuding his offensive odor. The lie n awakening crushed him with oneslao and all that remaned was a small urease soot and a little of-. fensive odor. Sc in August next, when the Reform lion awakens, all that will be left of the opposition will be a small grease spot and ;i little offensive odor in the office of tie Columbia state. WHAT POPE SAID. Dr. Pope was in the hands of his it friends and perfectly at home. He is a forceful speaker and to-day did no discredit to his reputation, but added to the high esteem in which he is held. After the usual introductory remarks Dr. Pope got down to business. In substance he said: I propose first to take up for discussion State issues and will as auxilliary to that give, as I believe, the causes which led to the formation oX the Re rorm movement, wnion nas swept tnis State from the mountains to the seaboard. J.t cannot be deniec that up to 1890 that the State ofices of this State were parcelled out as ;t were between a few persons; that the masses voted, did the electing, but did not participate in the holding. The Aliance, the great educator of our people, was organized in this State in 1889, it gave new life to the Farmers Movement, and consequently great and increasing strengh. It taught our people to think for themselves on State and national issues, and once they commenced to think for iiucuisciv cs au uiiuo tucy uegau tu aut for themselves and cast about for leaders to carry out their ideas. In 1888, without any concert of action, enough delegates were elected to the August convention (the number I believe was 146 out of 320) to give them increased confidence as to the future success and when to this was added the AUiaDce education beginning in 18S0, there was no trouble in carrying the State in 1890 by an overwhelming majority. The March convention of 1&90 had selected B. Ii. Tillman as the . eader to carry this out in the canvas w-aich followed he proved f a Sa *v> f Vt a a n ti c* 7 a f uuuocu tv w ijniuau tuc cijua; ui any of his opponents on the stump and was triumphantly nominated by the September convention of that year and at the election in .November was elected Governor. Again in 1892 he met ex-Governor SLeppard on the stump and by a large majority of delegates was nominated and at the November election was ;i second time elected Governor of :he State. The credit to these trrimphs belongs to tne Alliance and tc the Farmers Movement both of which ;o about an equal extent in the numbsi- of votes cast, contributed to it In the present canvass which is soon to be on ns neither of these factors ?an or must be ignored; to ensure success it is ntcessary that both pull together as in the past ani that in selecting candidates tnat neitber mast be ignored. Theremust.be the utmost harmony, for without it we cannot succeed. The Reform, movement, as 1 believe, first took definite, practical shape in 1884, although efforts without organization had been made several years btfore, having no organization before that timft if. txrac T*>it IflQ.l v*?v ? k/uo ia iuin a caucus was formed by a number of the members of the General Assembly which, if it did no othei good at the time, caused the Farmers Movement in the State to organized itself into a prac tical body. In all of the canvasses which we have had, the masses, as well as the leaders deserve the greatest credit, for without their earnest self-sacrificing support and vote nothing could have been accomplished. They have been as true to the principles of the movement through V V -:?v- Jk * A '- . -- - ? ? ? ? U ? M AA/11A f A I ail toese jvsrs as me uccuic uu poie, whilst unfortunately there has been difference hwriest 'Jifierenee I hope, between some of the leaders, there has beea none among the masses. Let us hope that all differences among: ourselves wiii be amicably adjusted and that every leader will feel tQat the success ot the movement is paramount to tfce success of any individual, and that we will move on to success as a band of brothers puttinj? behind us ambition, contention and fault-finding. And if there are any wno will not do this, let them be dropped from the roll of membership and fellowship. TillmOn U7SLGL 1 HfJ 11 t? UCU UUTPiUUl Jiuiuii?a .. vw ed into office he had a right to expect the support of every Democrat in the State regardless of faction, but 1 am sorry to say that the bitterness of the opposition was so gre3t, fed as It was by a hostile press, that he was obposed almost at every step. It was known for years that the Coosaw Company's leave would expire early m 1890 and tbat it would become the duty of the Executive, if the company did "not surrender, to bring suit to get possession ot the territory* When the time arrived the company persisted in still occupying the territory and suit being instit uted it was a long time ia the courts, but the State sucetded. This action on the part of the company cost us much loss of royalty and a considerable amout of money as fees to lawyers, all of which would have been avoided had the company surrendered at first. The railroad Commission increased to some extent the tax of the-railroads. Some of these corporations being ia the hands of Receivers sought the protection of the United States Courts, which upheld them in their efforts to defy the laws of the State and when so far as to fioe and imprison some of our sheriffs who had leyid upon the property of the roads for taxes. It is hoped and believed that Congress will take wmp MpMrtn Ir?r?lr1nrr to f.fift D-iSsace Of a law which will clip the wmgs of this judiciary and prevent interference oa their part with the State in the collection of its t*xes. Although the Act acc? ting the bequest of Mr. Clemsoa t as passed in 1S89, still it was left to C jvornor rillman's administration to complete the buildings of Clemson College, to elect the president and professors and open it to the people of the State, This Is to-day the grandest educational institu tion m the Slate, it is educating rrom the masses, whilst heretofore the State institutions for the a>03t part have educated from the clasies. With its five or six hundred students and its splendid corps of professors its influence for good will befe It for all time to come. And the Legislature has not been unmindful of the white girles of the State, for under the Act passed creatine th-3 Normal and Industrial College a liberal appropriation supplemented by a large subscription from the noble and progresfive citizens of Rock Hill, the buildings are now going up and within a year tnis college will be opened to the girls, enabling them to be educated. My friends this is a measure for which the Reform movement alone deserves th8 credit. It is the first administration that has recognized the education of woman. Dariog the past year the public debt fell aue, that is, th? larger portion fi era milliAno of Hnl aULLUUUUiUg bU UYCJ. UTC mixiiuuo v*. v*v* laas; through the energy, perseverance and management of Governor Tillman ably assisted by that prince of fiaan ciers the State Treasurer, the Hon. W. T. C. Bates, the debt was funded in 4 1-2 per cent bonds, a saving to the State in annual interest of over .eighty thousand dollars,and when you remember that it was funded during a panic jou will see that it was a splendid piece of financiering, worthy of your praise and admiration. The Legislature of 1892 passed what is known as the Dispensary bill, which not being as perfect as desired a new bill was passed at the session or i?ya. ine nrsc om wem, into effect on the. 1st day of July, 1893 ?of course there was great opposition to it and every effort that could be was made to defeat its going into effect or its success whilst in operation. The greater part of this opposition came from citzens of cities, towns and vlllieges. So far the law has held its own and the dispensary has more than, made expenses. The constitutionality of the first bill is no r before the Supreme Court; it is hoped that the court will sustain its constitutionality, but as f.herfl a n?w hill nndftr which we are 1 now workine different in the main from the old lone a decission affecting the first would not effect the last The courtis called upon therefore to decide a mere fancy question without the decision being of any practical benefit to the State or the opposition. In other words a decision that the old law was unconstitutional would not affect the new law. The law has I believe been of great benifit to the people, there is much less liquor drunk, we have gotten rid of the barrooms, of night sales aaa 01 selling to naouiai uruu&arus ui minors. 1 for one hope that the revenue will never be more than to pay all of the expenses^ whether or not it is to be more remains to be seen. The present Legislature has been unable to reduce taxation to any great extent because the railroads are withholding a large amount of taxes due the State and because of the storm on the phosphate industry, thus cutting down a revenue of 8238,000 to an estimated revenue of ?75,000, all of which will go to the Sinking Fund under the terms of the Act funding the bonded debt. Still the fov thie ttaqt* io 1.9 mill Iooq frhfln iUi. UUitJ J V/Vfi AM A M AN.WV ?MMU last year. It has been charged that the expenses of litigation under Governor Tillman's admlstration have been very* heavy. Who caused it? Coosaw and the railroads caused the m93t of it by openly defying the State. Should" the State have quietly andtam submitted V Governor Tillman has sworn to execute the laws, he could not under hisoath have done less than he has done. If you will refer to the back numbers ot tne (old) Board of agriculture of tbis State T thins? that vou will find that as much or more money was spent. In prosecuting the case or cases against the Pacific Guano Company for the benifitof the Coosaw Company by the Agricultural Department, and not satisfied in those days witn paying large fees- I think the State gave a fee of SI,000 to one of the Attorney Generals, and 1 have no doubt he deserved every dollar given him. Having consumed this much time on State affairs, I now propose to touch upon national affairs. I favor all of the Ocala demands, I believe them all to be Democratic, any ?x 4-rv fk/s wjvKa* A IiiC*3UlC iUU&.UJg IAJ UUQ 1CHCL U1 uuc people not antagonistic to the Constitution of the United States is Democratic. I believe that all of these measures are constitutional. The free and unlimited coinage of silver is called for under the constitution of the Democratic party, it was expected that the present Congress would pass a bill to that end, and if it had been put on as an amendment to the repeal of the Sherman purchasing bill it might have gone through, the one pulling the oth er aiuug as it, were, out m tuat byoui. the President would have vetoed it, for heis,andhas been for years, opposed to the free coinage of silver, and I predict that if the bill which has just passed the House for the coinage of the seigniorage passes the Senate that the* President will veto it. 1 do not believe however, that it will pass the Senate. We want the free coinage of silver onja ratio of 16 to 1. We cars nothing for rm xuck Qro in An ey for our own people. The national banking law is at the bottom of all of thi3 devilment in finances, opposition to free silver and to tbe government issuing all of the money and enough of it until we shall have a per capita circulation of at lea3t $50. Under that law national banks can contract or expand th9 currency at will they can contract 75 per cenb. of their issue and some of them have done it, all of them have contracted to a greater or less extent. When the panic oc X'. -- ' .' V . - , curred the? got scarred and expanded j a little. Wall atxftef, af-.arr.pd thfi oanie for the purpose of influencing financial legislatloa in Congress, but the thing got out of their control and it took hard work on .heir part to stop it. In order to do so, the national banks (some of them) expanded their curren- S cy; mont-y like any other commodity is 1< governed by the law of supply and de- S maud. When plenty it is cheap, when e scarce it is high. It is to the interest "5, of every banker and money lender to keep the government from enacting a e law to issue and lend money direct to the planter upon non perishable products, but last, summer tae national J; and other banks did worse, they pooled your paper (notes) that you had given s them and issued as money, clearance * ' house certificates oa it, which circulated r until the hard times were over, but it X isaU wrong, so they say, for tne government to do the same thing for the ti benefit of the farmer. d I favor tbi3 issue by the government. Q We have been shown the practical and n beneficial workings of such a system by 8 the banks themselves as I above set forth. : I am in favor of a protective tariff ^ primarily ior revenue ana seconuaruy for the protectiou of American labor v and American manufacturers. The Democratic (national) constitution 6 calls for a tariff for revenue and it ap- a pears that the present tariff lacks S65- o 000,000 of being sufficient; now instead t: of reducing: I favor the addition of su- t gar, the difference remaining to be g raised by a tax on incomes. The farm- t er buys his plows and agricultu al ma- E chinery cheaper under the present high t tariff than he ever did under a lower e tariff. If the tariff remains the mills j are coming to the cotton. You now get from H to >?c. per ponnd more than 8 for your cotton by reason of these F mills and in addition von sell VOUr Sur- 11 plus from your gardens and "farms to the operatives. The profit made from i manufacturing remains with you c where the stocfc is owned or to the ex- t tent that it is owned by our o wn people. r We are just now getting in a condi- i tion to reap some of the rewards of c protection. r If Mr. Calhoun, the great apo3tle of ? Democracy, was alive today, with our different surroundings and associations I believe that he would b9 as he was 1 when he first entered political life, in 1 favor of protection. Time changes ev- c erything; the man who is wedded to an c idea and will not succumb to changed circumstances will not. change nis j views to accord with those changes, is a very hard-headed to say the least of \ him. I own no man on earth for mas- v ter. I have my own views and dare e maintain them, if popular it is all <1 right with me and the same thing if unpopular. we nave ail witnessed toe prejudice of Mr. Cleveland to our faction with jj feelings of astonishment and disgust. * Our faction gave him the electoral vote ? of this State, without our vote he could 8 not have carried it, and our vote was f counted a8 a Democratic vote In the c Electoral College for him. He has seen fit, however, under the tutelage of a others to refuse to recognize U3 In the r distribution of Federal patronage; all ? of it has been given (I mean State at , large) to the minority. We offered to divide, this was refused. "We got nothing, they got everything; if he and tney . are satisfied, we are. I3ut the strang;est 11 part of this patronage is that whilst 1 OUGIJ, laiueib auu ikiui>auuu aic iu uuo same beat with Latimer and Strait, the first three are allowed the patronage of their districts whilst the same is refused to Latimer and Straic. None of the five are "cuckoos." None have done tne bidding of President Cleveland. Then why this difference? I must confess that it is a mystery to me unless it be that the ex-Congressmen of those two districts are given it to strengthen themselves for another race; the only other ex-Congressman was too proud to have interfered with his successor, and the other two succeeded themselves. ha if tallrtw niMzpna* iflt: ns trn t.n work ia this district and roll up for our 1 Congressman a larger majority than be a fore; he deserves it at your hands, for ? he has been faithful in every trust, and I for one think more of him today than t I ever did before for his manly behav- c iour in the matter. I hope that our j, friends in Dr. Strait's .district will do n likewise for he too has acted a manly : part. 1 And now in conclusion, I am a candi- a date for the office of Governor. I am E between two fires, I have a part of the anti press damning me with faint ? praise, ridicule and irony. On theoth- e er hand there are those of our side who 1 when thev needed my services thought u me everything, some of whom now p think me "a crank," ''eccentric" or "too p extreme." Well my friends, in reply ? to this I c.in only say that I have tried c to do my dnty in my humble way and have contributed all that I could to tbe , success of the movement. Iu reply to ,c the extreme part I will say that I am 11 the only man in any county wha has r presided over a County invention c since 1890, and am the only one who c has presided over the State Convention n daring that time without friction. I am in the race and will bow to the will e of the people. a My hope is, I am free to say, with the n masses. . All that I ask of the Reform 0 voters 13 cnat in selecting aeiegawjs tu a the nominating convention, give every . candidate a fair showing. I reiterate: 4! All that I ask is a fair, square deal. I J thank you for your attention, and am ? only sorry that I could not be more in terestiug to you. Several letters from other candidates who were invited to be present will be found in another column. j About Glrln. D An old astrological prediction gives P the character of a girl according to the month she was born In as follows: "If ^ a girl is born in January she will be a 1 prudent housewife, given to melaneho- 11 Iy, but good tempered and fond of fine h clothes; if in February an affectionate * wife and tender mother and devoted to 1< dress; If in Marsh, a frivolous chatter tl box. somewhat given to quarrelling h and connoisseur in gowns and bonnets; li if In April, inconstant, not very intelli- * gent, but likely to be good looking and ff 9**uuiuua yjx. laouiuu 11 iu iuaj, handsome, amiable and given to style d In dress; if in June, Impetnons, will f marry early, be frivolous and like dres- J sy clothes; if in July, possibly handsome D but with a sulky temper and a penchant * for gay attire; If in August, amiable a and practical, likely to marry rich and k dress strikingly; in September, discreet, ii affable, much liked and a fashionable b dresser; if in October, pretjy and co- w quettlsb, and . devoted to attractive ii garniture; if in November, liberal, kind t( of a mild disposition, and an admirer c of stylish dress; if in December, well 0 prupuruuucu, iimu uj. r, cAnavagant and a student of dress." A3 the wife of the editor of The Times and Democrat was bora in March he wants it distinctly understood that he does not endorse the above predictions. c tl A Dastardly Deed. u Savannah, Ga., March 2.?A special b to The Morning: News from Waycross, v Ga., says: Section JMaster Flynn and v a Mr. Smith were|shot at Screven Tues- t day night by Calvan Carter, a negro. . Smith was killed outright and Flynn was seriously wounded. Smith lived at -t Coffee and went to Screven in search of runaway turpentine hands. He was told that a number of turpentine hands who said they runaway from Coffee were in hiding at the house of Calvin Carter a bad negro. Smith andFlynn went to the negro's house and inquired about the runaway hands. Carter would not answer their questions. He became anery and without a word of waring picked up his Winchester rifle ? and began firing at the white men. Smith was hit first. He staggered from ^ the door a few feet and fell dead. Then 8 Flynn who was standing some distance !j from the house was shot at A second ? shot struck him, inflicting a terrible 1: wound. Carter, when he had finished t 1 his crime made his escape. * TATHC r.OTTDN- r,POWCP<!. k Southerner on ' Chtoje Appeal* ti>:be Sooth to lb'nk acd Kiason. Columbia, S C., March 9.?The fcate of this morning publishes tbefol>w!ng letter to the cotton growers of <be outb from. Mr. Joba T. Roddy, who is usased in the cotton business in .New fork: The cotton sntution sboald at presnt cau3e more thought and agitation ban anything else vvith tl.e tbiDking eople of the South, and it doe3 seem bat with so manv shrewd acd progre*;ve Southerners that tbev could control bfc price of cotton, which can on!? be fti8ed in ten Southern States of the JaioD. The S mthern States should bs able :> dictate, instead of having the price ictated to them. Why will the South Af A??nnor*/^ s<n/1tT TY\f\TCk Ub KJL Q.uu aiu-i y u^viv. viv^v* 7 he law ot supply and demand? They hould comtnaad the situation and cotirol their moat profitable staple, which fleets Lheir welfare more than all poItical questions, to the discussion of rhich so much time is given. Which is more profitable, to raise ,000,000 bales at 12 cents, or 9,000,000 ,t 5 cents? Some argue that the pries f cottor. muBt equal the cost cf producion. This is a misleading argument, ecauss even some of the Southern ;tales possess special aovaulages, so oat wnue at a certain price some winnunities would get a fair or small profit, he same price would mean ruin toothra. S>me farmers will say: '-Well, . make enough of everything: to do me ,nd can afford to plant the r.alaoce of ay land in cotton." This extra.plantDg is the cau3e ot the low price. The WDret trouble in some sections, fc seems, (in my opinion.) is the merhant, because if a laborer can borrow, >uy, beg or reDt a mule, he can easily ent the land, and the merchant permits tis lien to be in proportion to the amount >f land he has in cotton. Many farmers >romise to pay big prices for corn, provilions and other necessities, expecting so mormous crop ofcottoo to pay for everyhing. The big crop comes and prices nust necessarily be low. Then the debts ;annot be paid, and of course, general lemoralization is the result. OTVMT nonnrtf fjrmf-ra nraarvz* some )laa which would permit only so many icres to ba planted in cotton for each lorse and then adhere to the rule. Dirersify the crop. Let every family raise ivery thing at home except what it wears. There is no sense in toe South buyine > very thing it uses, when >t can be raised a that section, which naturally should >3 the most prosperous part of the Union; >at it seems to send Korth or West for iverythiaer, because, In my opinion, it miply desires to olant cstton. Many armers seem ^to know nothing else and are to learu nothing el3e. Ifaa organizxtioa coald be formed C vifliorn Pirmprs tr> p/irtirnl the lUUUU^ ?J^UUUW4U v. )lantia2 of cotton, mstead of discussing he silver bill aad other political quesions, 12 to 15, cent3 psr pound could sasilv be obtained for cotton. Cotton is very different from wheat, u that the latter can be grown all over he world. Snpply and demaod must lontrol prices. When it is known how nany acres the S:uth has planted in colon, spinners immediately begin to figure iow low they can buy your cotton nest rear. No doubt, Manchester spinners lave representatives in the South now, iguring on how many acres y">u will )lant, aaisfor how little they can buy four cotton. There is one ptint I wish especially o emphasize, and that is the tendency if the South to send out false reports in egard to the probable amount of cotton hey will ravse. This works gieal injury o prices. Whj? Experts go South, ook up the crop, estimate the acreage md the amount you will make. Tneso armere will say five bales to the horse. Che experts, having taken in the situaion. know Dositivelv that seven bales oi otton will ba made to the horse, or at east a difference of easily 20 per cent. 7he reports of the farmers, who estimate he crop at only five bales to the horse ,re given to the government and aany large houses, who send hem cut. Then, the jSouth, with this a'se idea, will imagine that the crop is xceedingly small, and will buy cotton, ihe experts give their opinion, wbich is .sually correct, to many influential peo* tie, who then sell you the cotton at high dees, based on the estimate of five >ales to the horse. When the time omes around for you to sell your cottoD t is apparent that the crop will be seven sales to the horse, and jou will get the dw price cn this basis. So you can eadily see that hundreds of speculators, ottcn traders and merchants live?and omtortably too?on your false eafciaates of the crops. I am a native Southerner, with Southrc interests and Southern sympathies, nd it is my dearest wish that the South nay wake up, study closer and be the nee proud and prosperous section as in nte-bellum days. But unless they pull osether in harmony, and ail work for inrHcidnal. aa well as the eeneral I irosperity, such will not be the case. Jno. T. Roddey. Ater the Earl. London, March 8.?The Earl of )udley, whose 20atrading cut amendment to the Employers'Liability bill ac? omplished the wreck of that measure, ried this evening to address a meeting t Bermondsey, in the county of Sussex, 'he hall had been packed with workiDglen, Who received his lordship with isses and groans, and cries of "Down nth' the House of Lords." Lord Dadjy was able to deliver only about oneijird of his speech, and little of what e said was audible, as he was constant7 interrupted. Eyentuallv a party of rorkingmen made a dash for the plat>rm, upsetting the seats, and rolling iielr occapants on the floor. They were riven back from the steps ci the plat)rm by Early Dudley's friends after a risk fight, in which several persons 'ere knocked down, hats were smashed nd coats were torn. Two men were nocked senseless with chairs in a fight 1 the hall, benches and chairs were roken into weapons, and were used rith such effect that when the police iterferred a dozen or so men were juad with their faces bleeding and their loibe8 torn fron their backs.- The Earl f Dadley had left with his immediate . iends, and the police cleared the hall. Whiskey Captured. Charleston, S. C., March 9. ? Che onstables made a number of raids in be city yesterday. Some of them were pon private houses and other upon usiness establishments. The music ras begun yesterday morning with a Isit to the South Carolina Railway sta? ion. There the constables captured a rank consigned to Messrs. Kapel, K. Slias, which contained three kegs and ive bottles of whiskey, in all about fifeen gallons. OLher raids were made at H. Schmon8cs, corner Drake and teid streets, G. Dal Guidlce's, a private esidence in Archdale street, and A deaide Johnson's, at 48 Calhoun street, jate in the afternoon Chief Constable iiliarrf. accompanied by several constatles raided the establishment of Lewis Slias in East Bav. They captured here nine carrels of whiskey put up in try goods boxes. Chief Constable Grill,rd said that the liquor taken would aeasure about three huaared gallons, ilr. Leuis Elias rents out the store room a which the liquor was found, and he tad no knowledge of the articles which fere stored there.?News and Conner. i b i J. . . - 3 : -BBUSstt MB iBlrctfftS ' >..* . ' - - ' . - - - - . : ".t O her Oat?**g-? Komn. Rome, ilarc-i 3 ?About 6 o'clock tfrs tveoior, r. t-rrific explosion a bomb occurred ia iron-: of the Chamber cf Deputies. Two per?o-is were danser^mi? and sevt-r*.! lee-* aenoualv injured. The borab musr, tare t?eec cbar^c: with material of very hbh fxplosive force, a-s every wisdom for some distance arcuad wa3 shattered, raiiiogs were twisted, heavy stones moved from j their olaccs and many evidences cf the tremendous powvr of Us contents were apparent. Many o! tbo>-e injured -yere cut bv fragment of broken iikss, but others were Lu-t, sotee or them badl>, by being thro*a vioicml* to tbo nrour;d or against fcuilaiugs; sioce work, c'.c. The excitement is very great. Trie police are on Lbe alert 10 ca!ch the miscreant wh.) threw ihe bomb acd his accomplices. it he hvJ any, while the populace are feurful that other explosions wili occur before the bomb-throwers are caught. Xbe Chamber of Deputies bad acjoucned au hour before the explosion took place, otherwise, it is likely that several persoas would have been killed, as the cumber m the vicinity o? the chamber was at least four times as grest i. hour earlier than ii was at tke time i t! j bomb exploded. i The police sav this evening that eight persons were wounded s.ri0U3ly by ibe explosion. Two men and two women have been arrested cn suspicion of having been implicated m the plot. -Soon after the explosion, troops were stationed on the plazzi Di Citorio, and in the streets leading to this open space before the parliamentary building. This evening all the streets in the neighborhood are doubly patrolled. The bomb was concealed m an old silk bat. The 'ragments indicate that the explosives had been loaded into a tin box about long enough to fill the hat crown. A deep hole was dug in the srouna beneath the bomb and the pavement for a hundred Tards from the spot was strewn with glass. Oue of the persons injured by the explosion is believed to be dyinsr. Several addiiiocai arrests ware nude late this evening. The Dirilto says that the person suspected of having plsced the bomb is a stone mason named Polidori. The paihamentary buildings will be guirded all night. Military aod special watchman have been stationed at the offices ot the government depart merits. I)i-f?nd8tbe South. Washington, March 5.?Representative Talbert, of South Carolina, has a "touch-and-go" style about him that often creates a breeze when the House Is experiencing a"dead calm." To-dsy during the consideration of the pension appropriation bill Representative Ilebburn, of Iowa, was arraigning the Southern Scates for opposing pensions to Union soldiers. Mr. Hepburn is a persistent waver of the t;bloody shirt," and he never loses an opportunity to say di3agreable things about the Southern people. He, it will be remembered <"? w.V/iiA^i'TTA ftfj-onlr nnArt f ha uucc uaauo a yiuujulivc autaw u^uu ?uq proposition to increase the appropriation for the improvement of the Charleston harbor pendiDg the debate upon a river and harbor bill. However, today he wa3 denounceing the Secretary of the Interior and everybody in the South for opposing, and Mr. Talbert thought that as none of the older members of the House would call the Iowa cyclone down he would undertake the task. Mr. Talbert is not sufficiently familiar with the rules of the House to ask permission of the Speaker to interrupt a member who has the floor, so he broke right in an proceeded to de nounce the statements of the gentleman from Iowa as unfounded and unjust to the people of the Southern States. 2Ir. Talbert has a voice like a fog horn, and he could be heard aboye the noise and confession caused by the ponding of the Speaker's gavel and the shouts of ecouragement from his Democratic associates. He declared th?t the records showed tnat the, pension rolls are honeycombed with fraud and coiniptiOD, and flatly contradicted the statements of the gentleman from Iowa amid shouts of approval on the Democratic side. It was a lively scene and Mr. Talbert msre than held his own against the experienced member from Iowa. Finally Representative Latimer too? a seat nesiae ms colleague and persuaded him to let the Iowa | cyclone rave, he could do the southern people no harm. The House eDjoyed , the tilt between the Iowa and youth ' Carolina members, for it enlivened an otherwise dull afternoon.?News and Courier. . Voorhees Scored. , Indianapolis, March 3.?'There is ! a surprise in local political circles over ] an open letter addressed to Senator . Voorhees by William L. Hig^ins, of 1 Elvator D, in this city, in rssponse to ] an inaniry by the senator, addressed to J manufacturers, for information relative j to tariff revision. Altogether 35 ques- < ticas are presented ;a the inquiry," but \ Mr. Hig2T-n3 makes answer to but one, ? the seventeenth, which he claims that i the main cause of the present depres- 1 sion is an over production of senatorial courtesy, "which has become a byword ana reproach in every corner of the land 1 and which has caused ycur once honor- [ able body, the EeDate, to be regarded as j a s! umbling block in the way of advance- j ment and reform, and which has caused . a widespread feeling that it should fce t abolished, or in some way made reepon- . sible to the people for its acts. The dis regard which it has shown for the suf- i fering country, ''continues Mr. Higgins, t "has its only historic parallel in Jfero \ and his fiddle." Mr. Higgins argues ? thai the people have already returned ? this verdict, and all the senate should do | is to give iu'lgment without stopping to * call upon the beneficiaries of a vicicu^ i tax system for opinions. Mr. .Higgins | then as?ails Mr. Yoohees personally, | saying that he, Higgins, is un- * able to reconcile hi3 present I conduct with his speech at ihe \ Cotton exposition at Atlanta, and \ that the yGung Democracy of Indiana, ? to which the writer belongs, is demand- * ing that he show a reason for longer | continuance in office. "There are no \ longer anyJJemocrats in Pennsylvania," g says Mr. Jtuggms, "ana 11 you aua your associates persist iD your present con- 5j duct tbere will not be enough Demo- >' crais in our next legislature to caucus i for ycur nomination." What Mr. His:- j gins evidently wants is for the senate to ' do something and to do it quick. Death ol Gen. Jabal Early. Lynchburg, Va., March 2.?United States Senator John W. Daniel walked into tne News office at 11 o,clock tonight and in a sad voice announced that his old commander, Gen. Jubal A. Early at whose bed-side he had been a consatnt watcher for some days, had ?" fc " rt 1 rnmor/l /Inno ^ULIC LU JJLIS rvQjiUt Mui Early died at 10:30. He passed away quietly in the presence of his family and physician, his kindred and several intimate friends. The old general seemed aware of his approaching end early in the day. Before noon he call ed foi the morning paper, as was his invariable custom, and attempted to J read, but found that his sight was failing. Soon after ha extended his J hand to Senator Daniel aad calmly said: "I want to tell you goodbye, I Major." He then told his nephew, Cabell Early, farewell, after which he ( dropped into a quiev. slumher. Later in the day the dying veteran asked Senator Daniel not to leave the room, as he wanted to talk with him about - t 4. r 4-U sit certain arrangements; uuu urouu w<>i time he suffered sach intense pain that he did not revive the subject. -He met death unflinchingly with his hand.resting quietly in Senator Daniel's. B-?nham i-x 7??nch D'mwd, Eio De Janeiro, March S ?Oa the light of Tuesdac, M-.ireh C. a hira? load:d with ha (.or, floui and cjl'udsr oil, belonging in the tl'ru of LfcVirii2 & Co., :f Biiuraor* au-l R o Janeir?\ was slol3n fc< in ;he sidi of ttse Hanbur^ steamer CaJ a s, to which *h** ^a-? moored. Pbe i: t-'t was the w-.-rk of ifae-icfcurfffcDts who are ever on the alert to obtain food and other supplies. As there was oc German warship in Bio harbor, the German vessels, with others, having withdrawn on sccount of the prevalence of vel'ow fever, ice bead of the house of Levering & Co. -applied to Admiral Benhan: for redress* Admiral Benham atcnnea 10 miesiere. re -auee ir.s siuieu bai^s, as ^vell as the stealer, from a hose side she waa taken, was uader the German Hag. Ta^ German s.overcmtat ha?, notified the legation here that a G-eroiuo warship may bs expected in Rio harbor very soon, when it is probable that some uolice will be taken of the barge incident. The thefts on the part of the insurgents have been very common since the b:gianui? of trouble here and, in most c-ises the stealing has been very acroitlv done. S:>me time ago, a bargs loaded with provisions was stolen by the insurgents, under cover of darkness, from the side o? the British ship Gerba ;:tnd od another occasion sixty hales oi'cotton were stolen from, a light er atiacpea ov na^v&er to auvtuct British ship. la both cases appeal was made 10 the Brirlsh authorities, but they not only refused to interfere, bat roundly cursed ibe captain of one of the ships for beiDg such a d?d 1 ol as to keep a bar?e alongside of bis vessel over nigh 5. Yesterday, as the tug Isabel, flying the British flag, was steaming oat of the uaru .r, sue was jucu upv/u uy wc iucuigent st'jamer Victoria, the shot passios through the Isabel's flag. The Isabel stopped immediately and the Victoria by signal compelled ber to corns alongside, which she did. The Victoria took off one of the crew of th3 Isabel, pressing him into the insurgent service, and cro'erec the tus away. The matter was at cnce reported to the British authorities, but as set they have taken no action wiiatever. AU of the naval commanders, except Admiral Benharn, have left the port tor places cf safety from yellow fever. The deaths from *eilovr fever now average 103 daily. Dispatches from Bahia show that tb3 election was conducted quietly and the election returns indicate the complete triumph of Moraes. riia usa riuce Bisiasns. Colombia, S. C., March 3.?Col. R. M Sims, for the Comptroller General's depar'ment, has bean engaged for several days in the preparation and of a statement showing the collated figures of the insurance business in the State during the pa3t year. There are on the lis; for that year only 69 companies again?1115 the preceding year. F orty of these are lire insurance companies, eighteen life, eight accident and three miscellaneous. Of the fire insurance companies the Hartford had a total loss for the year or 831,879, the Home of Xew York $61925: the Aetua S21.397: :the American of Nev York S25.814, the American of Philadelphia S20,101, and the Liverpool London and Globe ?61,724. The Palastine Insurance Company of Manchester nettted S621308 in premiums the Home Insurance Company of New York 341 203. These were the largest. Tne Hartford w.ote and renewed risks amounting to 33,352,460, tbe Home of New York S3,293,635, the Insurance Company of North America (Pennsylvania) S2.056.215, Liverpool, London and Globe S4,884,612. There were eleven other fire companies who wrote and renewed risks amounting to over ?1.000,000 each. Of -he life companies the Equitaole wrote iDSurance to the amount of' $1,019.631, on which it received premiums amounting to $183,230, and suffered losses amounting to S73.290; the Mutual Lifeof 2vew York wrote insurance lothe amount of 81,992,700, on which it revived premiums amounting to S223,629.77, and suffered losses amounting to $79,910.83; the New York Life of New York wrote insurance to the amount of SI,496,000. which it received in premiums 5180,240, and lost S89.485 Only the figures of the companies doing the largest business are quoted above. The returns from the accident companies are so incomplete as to make a comparison practically impossible and uniaterestisg.?State Hard cn Irby. Columbia, b. c., Marcn y.?iae uocton Plant, the organ of the State Partners Alliance, In its issue today, will 3ay: "Senator Irby is attending to his duties at long range?haying been at home for the past two weeks. It would be better for the people of the State if tie would leave them to exercise their 3wn judgment in State politics and stay "In Washington and help block the ' rflorts to prevent the passage of the income tax being made by senator Hill j md the other plutocratic Senators from :he East, and the cuckoos from other ; sections. .No Senator who is working ! ?/%* nanrilo AO ry offArH . t"A ha O XXTOT7 LVL U Jk/tVUiG VWJU MU.VAV1 W VV u VMJ I 'rom his post of duty at this time.''. Tije days of ChrisUin martyrdom 1 ire not ended y?t. A Sandy Kaob wonan, who rose for prayers in a revival ] service, so enraged her husband that he iied her with ropes, beat her within an i nch of her life, and burned her hands ; ffith hot irons. lie was promptly sent | ;o the county jail for thirty days. j 1 Til ffii mmwmj TY,A $ fised u |j| g| II Pricey ||j ' ^>^- v. : ..;. ?600 by WE SELL PIANOS. %k Reliable, Durable, Musically Perfec beeause best. We can save you mon wji times. Write us. Mention this pape: I ' LUDDEN& ||j Southern Ifitsic IIo? DEN81? "THE WORLD'S GREAT] THE MACHINE T h e O n 1 5 FOR TYPEWRITERS AT THE STA 'NO MACHINE COULD.' BE AN! BETTER. IT.M f|p||3 PERFECT." W&SjSM jrivave statement of one ^gggpl| >f 1he Judges. Responsible Oounty J. W. Gribl GENEE^L A GENTS,C u/icwiw^rnw NPW/v Oar Members Will Yot* tor tha Remodeled BlU. Washington, 8 - All o-'the mt mbers of the Soum C iroliua JtleiaiTrtn dv?: r>t. Wsshinatmi Murrav ao? prove ihe lemodel'.ed tariff tell as framed by the Democratic members of the finance committee. Why Senator Butler should Qave fousht for modifidations to ihe bill ia company with Bnce, Hill, GGrmac, Wt"e, Cafiiey, Smith and Faulkner ic is difficult to comprehend, as the revised bill does not &how any cl.acges in the South Carolina items. Rice, cotton, cotton ties and jute are the same as in the Wilson bill. ' There is still some talk about certain Democratic Senators voting against the bill in its present shape. Senator Hill may vote agaiast it on account of" the income tax. Several other Eastern Senators sav they are not fall? satisfied with the bill, but they cannot be induced to state that they propose to vote against the bill. As a matter of fact the sujjar, coal and iron men are secretly pleased with the concessions mads to them in the committee's bill. They will have to keep up their fi^ht while the bill is pend~ - *1 ? mg in toe senate, oicerwiae iuey uu&ub lose their advantage when tbe bill is thrown into a committee ol conference. There has been considerable ,kblaffias>" on the part ol the so called "conservative" Senators, and tljey have gained numerous concessions that they hardly expected. As before stated in these dispatches the Democrats of the Senate are pledged to pass a tariff reform measure through the present Congress and they propose to redeem that pledge in spite of the contaminating influence of the Sugar Trast aod all other trusts. Some of the Senators from semi protection states have been obliged to make a fight for dutieit on certain articles, but after all they will walk up and vote with the majority cf their party for tariff reform, all predictions to-the contrary notwithstanding. Today the Senate struck an industrious gait and rushed through a number of bills on the Calendar. Whiie Senators Butler and Irby were absent from the chamber the bill to transfer the Morris Island life saving ^station to Sullivan's Island was taken up and passed without objection. OCci&i'Ji." ..jLruy una uui??ui Pcgh to report kvorably the nomination ot Mr. Hunter, who was recently appointed United States Marshal for South Carolina. Senator Pagh is chairman of the judiciary committee, to whbh Mr. Hunter's nomination was referred. There will be no opposition to Mr. Hunter from any source. Tbo President today nominated Mr 'A. A. Gaudy to be postmaster at Darlington, S. C. This ii> supposed to end one of the hardest fights over a Federal appointment that has ever occurred in South Carolina. The appointment was made at the instance of Representative McLaurin as a compromise between Mr Waddill and those who cuccessfully opposed the latter's unexpected appointment. Mr. McLaurin had a long con SQltation with Postmaster lien. uissen this morning in behalf oi Mr.Gandy and be was afterwards referred t the President. To the White House Mr. McLaurin went, and before he left the President signed the appointment. It will be remembered that Mrs. Lsw ami Mr. J. P. Kirven were the the original applicants. Mrs. Law's friends attacked .the character of Mr, Kiiven, and Mrs. Law was about to receive the appointment when Mr. McLiurin withdrew Mr. Kirven's name and recommended Mr. J. M. Waddill. There was a meeting called bj Messrs Thompson, Wilcox, Woods and those of the town who hied a protest against the appointment of Mr. Waddill. The Law side of the controversy was backed by ex Governor Hugh S. Thompson and Ex Senator Hampl.cn. Mr. "Waddill by Ssnator Batler and Mr. McLaurin. Mr Waddill's appointment was confirmed b7 the Senate, bat the commission was held back by the Postmaster General. Charges of all kinds were made pre and con. but it was plainly evident that 90 per cent, of the people of the town opposed Waddill, at the Postmaster General's request finally Mr. McLaurin recommended Gandy, and immediately the same fight was begun against him, with Henry Thompson, the son of JEx , Governor Thompson, as their candidate Senator Irby says there will be no opposition to Gaudy's confirmation.? News snd Courier. The income tax is not so novel a tax as many suppose. It_exists in several < States of tbe union; Virginia, oy a law passed in 1884, taxes all incomes in excess of 3600 a year. Massachusetts collects an income tax on all Incomes over 32,000 a year. Pennsylvania taxes the net incomes of all corporations in that State. New York, Connecticut, and North Carolina also have an income tax. A boy who has j ast entered the Atlanta, Ga., University walked all the way from Yicksburg, 560 miles. He iad no money, bat was bound to get in education. Every one was kind to aim on the way, and he will succeed in paying his way through college. f PANS ONLY $150 | PI JLi\"OS?So-Called. !p| TIN PANS" IN TONES, QUALI- 13 ND MUSICALLY VALUELESS. g|j lean the Pianos so glaringly adver- ^ nder "Grand Offers," "Factory ?M? ' "Agents' Profits Saved," for $150, ^ L90, and misrepresented as -'Mag- $$ "Best Made," "Same as Sold at !&|3 Kcgular Dealers." PaS -3(OT TI* I?Ar%*S. ||| ;t?Only $225, ?260. ?300?Cheapest |*l ey. Specially easy terms for close ^ i BATES y imc, Savannah, Ga. kiORE. COT TVDDUrDITPD " col i irLTuuim. ? THAT TOOK r Award lTE FAIR, NOVEMBER 8, 1893. pgg|^THE ONLY AWARD also made to us jbyha for typewriter's ?p||^||p* supplies. Agents Wanted. bes & Co., OLUMBIA, C 3 r Bridgeport, Conn. March 6.?In. an- ; -v|| 9war fn an advertisement addressed to 'J "persons wishing to correspond either . - ^J for pleasure or with a view to matri- ;:|| mony" a large number of letterj have been received bv the "Bridgeport Matrlmonial ageocy. P. 0. Bos 165." Tae agency answered inquiries by requesting $1 for correspondent or So to *<se- -.-of cure the Ideal partner." Maiden ladies __ . M rejoiced and remitted promptly. Even suspicions old bachelors sent their Vs. After giving up their money the aox- . 7^ions ones heard nothing more therefrom. Miss Cora Crawford, an attractive young woman who had been thus victimized, set a trap for the rascal by tyM means of a registered letter. This was called for by J.Frank Stanton, of No. 415 Iranistan avenue. As soon as Miss ' Crawford discovered who bad receipted for her ietter, steps were taken to hare -B Stanton arrested. He is a travellingsalesman for the Plumb Hardware company. He has left town. Postmaster Stewart has the names of many dupes who claim that no bonafide list of names was sent them, as promised of persons willing to correspond or enter .* into matrimony, and that therefore the ^ ^ ITnifcM States mails have been used to -3^ trick them out of money. George Wii- ^ son sent three or four letters with remittances, and is ontspsken over the low ?f his money, time and emotional wear and tear. Box 165 has been filled daily with letters, and disappointment among would be lovers is supposed to be very general. ADGETT PAR THE FREI6H1 | v. hj :-ar SifrsiM Prfeos for Goods! ? . t '?"<( 1** < I'.lfimm at'A (u ii/W Van Cmm tail citv iw v atfuuguq auw oeo n mu i ?? vmb PRICE now $15 c -'- ;^|i ;?> otter Bedroom \,- yE?sfl J ;< ? ":?'its, 811 prices. J a $69-5rSf?$37 M ^?3 Just to introduce them. ,'?J >?-? No freight jMild on thw Or- -"7^1 r'tgl gan. tiuara^teed to be ? - .Wi frood or**n or tnonev *? 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