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t - 3 f VOL. XLVIII. WINNSBORO, S. G, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1894. NO. 33. J ? ? l financial depression. THE STANFORD LAND LOAN PLAN BE9p ING TALKED ABOUT AGAIN. By The Government's Money Policy Had Much to do with the Present Condition I . ot Affelra?A Plea for the A?i [cultural F Classes. & Washington, D. C., March 22.?The depression of the times, the general tightness of money, the gloomy future ontlook has again revived interest in the plan suggested by the Jate Senator rLeland Stanford, of Colifornia, looking to the relief of the agricultural classes. This in brief was that the United . States government ought to loan money on cultivated lands up to one-half of its assessed value at a rate of interest not over 2 per cent a year. * nf fh)c nlan anrt JX. OMUiiUl Clkiwaw Vi. vuiki r<va., X? F one who was a warm friend of Senator Stanford, is CoL J. K. Rickey, of Missouri. CoKIiickey is now in this city. He has given more than passing study i to the general questions of finance and k*.- is an authority on its complications. MB 1 asked the Colonel today what in his opinion has caused the great depres& sion which now exists in this and other V countries. The causes an: many," he answered, L "bat 1 will discuss only oae. Tbe financial policies of the government, since the demonetization of silver, have ? contributed more to this depression |e than all other causes combined. From w 1861 until 1872 there were ample monH* ey to do the business of the country ? and every branch of trade was pros' perous. 'When the policy of contraction en sued, depression set in and has con-1 tinned, until we are now on the eve of { frm- bankruptcy. Our financial, and tariff Bp legislation, whether intentional or not, has placed burdens upon the producing B and fanning classes to such an extent ^ tlist at least 80 per cent, of the taxes of the country is borne by them. A steady decline in the price of farm products has followed, until now there is scarcely a commodity produced on the farm which is not produced at a loss I Wheat, which sold during and after the Kwar at from 51.50 to $2.50 a bushel iB, now piled up in warehouses ana elevators and finds no market at more than 60 cents a bushel." "Colonel,''! satd, "most authorities on finance theorize; can yon dwell on the subject of taxation in a practical way?" . 4*I think so," added Colonel Rickey, "The people of the United Srates have Mid since the war $30,000,000 000 for Pederal taxation, aod, from toe very b**8t statistics obtainable, there are now \ 330,000.000 of interest-bearing bonds in existence upon wbich the people are paying 6 per cent, or more interest, besides the individual indebtedness, statistics of which are not obtainable h^_ hnt. which mnst be manv millions more. rTbe interest tax upon our people is greater than all the other taxes combined. As 97 per cert, of the business or the country was done on credit last May, when the panic set in, and cod fi dence was shaken, this credit, wbicn was used as money, began to disappear like snow oncer a warm son and iu less L toan sixty days money coula not be Im had for any kind of security wha-ever V ?not even for government bonds. S id we been doing business with cash in m stead of credit, the panic would never W have occurred and the want and misery l and the untold shrinkage in the value of property occasioned by the panic would nave been averted. AUWlUilig w VUV w V* vuv ^vw retary of r.r>e Tr^asurv we have a little over $2,000,000,000 in money in this country. While we were prosperous Land credits answered the purposes of money this would have been a sufficiency, but when the fir&t breath of doubt spread over us this pittance of circulation was little better than none at all. Money is a tool; the medium of ex change. No nation or individual can ^^^-<*4ha?e~wraaout it: ?? W MWho will question Ktog Solomon ? When he asked for wisdom from Gcd B to govern his people it was given bim. One of his first aets was to make 'silI ver and gold as plenteous as stones' (II Chronicles, i.) This proves how im[ portant money was in the days before the Saviour was born. How much t more important now, when the world L is linked together?when trade and commerce, which require money to transact is greater than ever before ? Who ever contends for reducing money questions 1 -a o~l O * 11 r? U16 W1SUU1U Ui OU1U1UUU r XJUI CJU^JUJment and labor depends nponic. No development, either public or private, can be prosecuted without it The government reserves to itself the right to make money, to say what is money. Gold and silver coin is not money unttil the stamp of tbe government is placed upon it. As there is not a sufficiency of the two metals, nor can ^ enough be found in the earth for the uses of money, it is clearly the duty of the government to adopt some other standard than sold and silver. V "In tlxe popular mind great prejudice w exists against fiat money which comes from the lack of knowledge of ihe fact L that all money is fiat." ~ "What would you propose as a iemek dy for the evils of which you speak ?" | "In my opinion, which is shared by many others, the great producing class( es of the country have got to be relieved They possess the mcst universal, the most permanent, the most indestructiKla and the host sprnrit.v In t.hft wnrld & ?cultivated lands. If this great govB eminent would extend to the farming and producing elements the same rights and privileges which it has given for the last thirty years to the bona& holders the depression, want and pov. H Q-ttr nnw n-ravQil r>nnlrl npvt-r havfl L existed. The holder of government bonds can take his securities to tbe Treasury and draw 80 per cent of their face value in national bank notes without interest. Thcao hnnrtfl ar? nlncprt 7iT>f?n Ir.hft lands rand the labor, and would be worthless without the basis When the farmer asks the government far a loan upon his land, lor which he is willing to pay a reasonable rate of interest?say 2 per cent?it is denied him aad the men or clas3 who have made this plea for the oppressed producing classes has been called a crank, a Populist an anarchist, etc. "If 25 per cent, of the credit which Mi neretoiore Deen usea as money was placed by actual money guaranted the government and made receivafor ail debts, public and private, the ividuallandof the borrower being dged to the government, and carrjwlth it the indorsement ot the peoof the United States, in my opinion 3 money would be good icr every 'po3e tor which money can oe used, a 2 per cent, which the government would receive for tbe use of this monev from the borrower woulu L-av all the expense of the govern meat, thereby taking this enormous tax 01 S1,000,000,000 a year off the peopie at oace,o*aidrs reducing the interest tax several hundred millions a year." "But this money which you propose ^ to issue on lands would be irredeemable, would it not?" "Certaihly. Why should money be _ redeemable? We should have but one ft kind of money in this country. We now have less than $100,000,000 of gold la the Treasury ana there are S2.000,000,000 outstanding to be redeemed. According to the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, we have nine different kinds of money issued by the ftUVlUUliCUljCIILiV/UUUlU^ vv WW*, vw vw, 000,000. According to the construction of the Administration, the3e nine varieties of money can be presented to tbe Treasury of the United States and grold demanded. How absurd! It is an absolute impossibility to redeem 82.000,000,000 with less than $100,000,000. As stated above, since money is only a tool and a convenience for the people, why should one kind of . money be re deemed with another?" "But," I said, "Colonel, people think you Utopian. What nation or city ever prospered on the idea of irredeemable money T "Pa" ("JVl raoro " aairl tha rVilnriel l'V/i WV J SJCiJ-kJ y gu*M VMV X/V&V.WV* "Venice maintained a financial system, the best the world has ever known, upon an Irredeemable paper money. Her paper issues commanded a premium over gold. Although only a little island with only 150.000 people, she was designated as the mistress of the world commercially. If that could be done centuries ago by a government whose population was not so great as the capital of this nation and as money has be mo mnrfl pjwential than ever before in the history of the world, who will question that our government, with 70,000,000 of people, cannot maintain a financial policy based upon the doctrines laid down ? It is ridiculous to attempt to transact th3 business of this country upon a gold basis when there is not enough gold in the world to do the business of i^ew York City alone if it were done upon a relatively cash basis. Cities do not need as much money per capita as the rural districts, because the banks are sufficient in nurrfber for the convenience of business and checks are used as money. Among the farming and producing classes these conditiohs do not exist. They need actual money with which to make their exchanges. The withhold ing from tae people or a sumciency ox money for the purpose of making their exchanges by the government is as wicked and cruel as for a parent to refuse to give sufficient food to nourish a child. A sufficiency of money to the body politic is as assential as healthy blocd to the human system. No government has ?ver tried to find out how ? ?iUAiiA \AAW1A r* on/) UiUCU JLUUUCJf l/UMO pcupio ucsu, auu why should money be limited ?" "I wouid inquire, Col. Rickey, if this plan you suggest is original with you ?" "No sir; attention was first called to it by a bill introduced in the Senate by the late Senator Stanford, of California. I was so much impressed with it, knowing that it would haye a benefi cient effect upon the people of the United States, if adopted, that I was led to investigate it. The more I think of it the more I am convinced that it is the solution of government. "I asked Senator Stanford how he came to adopt this idea, as he was a very rich man, and the general impres sion was that it ? ould make money so cbeap that its potency would be lost. His reply was that while he was living in Sacramento there was numberless proj-cts and enterprises he would like to engage m, and he thought profitably, but.be had nor the money nor 1 ^ /tKfnlrt ?? tin tV?an Kar?on f a UUt-lU UC UUIAUi ill UO WW lA-gau uv inquire why money was so limited; and after m-my years of careful thougut and study he evolved what is known as the 'land loan plan,' that is for the government to loan money directly to the people upon their lands. Before retiring, on the night he died, he wa9 reading a book upon finance and he requested his secretary to olace two other books upon the same subject on his ta ble where he could consult them in the morriDg. His last thought upon earth therei ore. were uDon thi.s subject, and he believed that the adoption of his idea would be the greatest blessing that could be conferred upon the country." "What is your opinion of Senator Stanford ?" "It has been my privilege and my pleasure to meet some of the great men of the day. To mf mind Senator Stanford was truly great. Ee was deeply concerned in the welfare of his country and was a true philanthropist. Could he have been spared a few years I beUa?ta haam Kin loaf ? aKIq neve uo wuuiu uavo seen uuia^u uuuio effort of his life enacted as a law. One of the principal obstacles in placing this matter before the peopleis that the metropolitan press refuses to discuss it, and the politician never takes an advanced position, content to follow in order to hold his 'job', but the people, from whom all great reforms emanate, take it up and discuss it until it is thoroughly understood, when its adoption will be certain to follow. "I will briefly enumerate the benefits to be derived from the passage of such a bill: "1. The government to loan upon cultivated lands, at one-half of their assessed value, at the rate ot a per cent, per annum. Thereby providing good money at a low rate of interest. "2. The money derived by the government from the loan of its credit to the people, assuming that ?20,000,000.000 would be borrowed, would pay all the expenses of the government, thereby relieving the people of $1,000,000,000 which they are now annually paying in the way of Federal taxation. '3. The saving to the people in interest would amount to $1,000,000,000 or more. "4. It would restsrs to the lands something of the value they possessed before this last 30 years of iniquitous loniolotinn uroo nnnn nnp otatntfl nutj VVM books. 4,5 It would compel the men who possess colossal fortunes, which have been made possible by lesislation friendly to them, to invest their moaey in the development of labor. "Unless a bill similar to this is passed and that quickly, in my opinioD, brnkruptcy is cetrtain to follow." W. C. MacB. Shot. Jacksonville, March 19.?A special to Toe fimes-Uuioafrom Fernandina, Fla.. savs: This morninz Chief of Po lice Livingston shoe and" killed Jack Hip parr, Jr., and mortally wounded Jack Hippart, Sr. The Hipparts are negro desperadoes and were resisting arrest at the time. They had been using indecent language in the presence of ladies and Cnief Livingston was sum aimed to arrest them. They attacked the chief, beat him over the head in a terrible manner, and he was forced to shoot to save his life. The negroes are terribly excited over the affair and tonight a large Lumber of special officers are on duty in order to promptly quell any riot. Gone. Jacksonnilee. March 21.?A Special 10 tbe Times Union from Bartow, Fia., says: This place is greatly excited over the mysterious disappearance of Aaron Ferguson, assistant clerk ot tne Cuxuit Court. He disappeared yesterday, leaving a note stating that a conspiracy existed to destroy his character. Searching parties have scoured the country w'thDut fiodins a trace ot him and It is feared he has comnUted suicide, lortTA tjnnna r>f mihlif* mnriM I J 5 but his accounts are said to be correct.! HEARING THE CONTEST. THE FIRST DISTRICT FIGHT BEGUN IN COLUMBIA. The Beard ol Canvassers Sloe:? and Or_nr?KA 1?* 11?? rh arl ar ton Casea?Contests from Beikeley and Colleton. Columbia, S. 0., March 23.?The btate Board of Canvassers met yesterday at noon In the office of Secretary of State Tindal to consider the contest for the seat in the First Congresssonal District. The members of the Board present were State Treasurer Bates, Secretary of State Tindal, Comptroller General Ellerbe, Attorney General Buchanan and Cole L. Blease, chairman of the House Committee of Privileges and Elections. The Beard organized by electing Dr. Bates chaiiman and N. W. Brooker /?Jorbr MY Krnntrftr is clerk of the House Committee on Privileges and Elections. The attorneys present were ex-Congressman Samuel Dibble, J. P. K. Bryan and Mr. Moss, representing Judge Izlar, and Senator Jotm Gary Evans, Senator Efird and W. Gibbes "Whaley, representing Dr. J. William Stoke3. The Board began business by beginning to open the returns of the different counties. Orangeburg is the only county which has not sent in its returns the Canvasseas of that county having adjourned until Saturday to hear testimony as to contests of certain precincts. The attorneys of Dr. Stokes will contest Drecincts in three counties? Charleston, Colleton and Berkeley. There is no contes6 from Lexington County by either side. The Board first opened the returns from BERKELEY COUNTY. The County Board reported that the total vote in that county was 74, of which Izlar received 60 and Stokes 14. The voting by precincts was as follows: Mount Pleasant?Izlar 28, Stokes 11; total 39. ?i*l?r 3*? Shnkes 3: total OULLLlXl^i. IIUVT , 35. The grounds of contest in Berkeley County were submitted and are as follows: First?That there is no poll provided for by law at Summerville; that there is no such polling place. Second?That the voting at Summerville was "illegal and improperly conducted inasmuch as various parties voted without being qualified by law, some either not being residents of such precinct or falling to present registralion certificates as will appear by the affidavit of L. H. McCants and J. M. Heap, hereto attached." Tnird?The protestant protests agaiQSt the counting of the ballots at the poll held at Mount Pleasant on the ground that the managers of election arava rmt. nrnvided with the registration books as required by law, at the time of the opening of said poll, but that said books were not haoded to said managers until about 11:30 a. m., on said election day, as will appear by the affidavit of J. B Morrison, P. M. Pepper and W. M. Williams. Therefore the protestant prays that the ballots cast at said polls be not counted but be cast out and that tbwv be not tabulated in the general results of tbe election. The protest was filed by W. Gibbes Whaley and J William Smokes. COLLETON COUNTY. The official returns from Colleton County are *s follows: Total number of votes 847; Izlar 439; Stokes aus. As in tdu caso of Berkeley County protest wa* made by Dr. Stokes. The protest which is as follows, vvas accompanied by affidavits: "J. William Stokes a candidate at the said election, hereby appears before the Board of County Canvassers for Colleton County and respectfully protests said election insofar as the same was held at the polling precinct at Walterhorn. in the said county and submits as grounds why the said County Board of Canvassers should reject the return of votes cast at such polling precinct and refuse to count such votes. First?That John Bolack, a person who acted at such polling place as manager during such election was never legally a manager, his appointment having been made by one Commissioner only and not by the Commissioners as required by law. Secona?That the said managers so acting as aforesaid acted il leg illy in allowing the votes of W. 0. Glover, W. B. Simmons and others, who had admitfoHiTT nhnncrpri f.hfiirrftsideutjes since the date of their certificates of registration, to be cast. Third?That the said managers so illegally constituted acted illegally in allowing one H. C. Price, having moved his residence to the State of Georgia since the date of his certificate and having returned to this State only a few days, not sixty. Fourth?That the said managers so illegally constituted acted illegally in allowing one J. F. Johnson to vote, his Rama not aoDearinar udou tbe registra tion books. Fifth?That the said managers acted illegally in aliowing John Black, who was not a manager, to be present in the polling place and to speak to the voters while m the voting place casting their votes. The County Board endorses on the back of the protest that the election, after a full Investigation of the charges made, appeared to them to be conducted in such a manner that no fraud could be alleged and that there were no material irregularities, in consequence of which they overruled the protests. CHARLESTON COUNTY. Charleston County is the chief ground for the fight for Dr. Stokes. A specific complaint was submitted as to certain precincts, but there is aiso an omnibus complaint, charging irregularities tnrouRDouc me city, vvnac win ue done on this complaint is not known. The official returns from Charleston were as follows: Total vote cast, 2,147: Izlar 2,019; Stokes 127; scattering 1. The County Board of Charleston declined to tnrow out any of the votes of the contested precincts. From tbis decision Dr. Stokes appeals on tbe grounds of errors as follows: First?In refusing to produce and count tbe ballots cast or said to have rtoof ofr tKfl f-rnonfn fnnr nro/iin/?ta JCOU uaow C*U tuvy yiituuj AVUA ^/ivv*uvvu in the city of Charleston at said election, although a protest had been entered against tabulating the returns without such production and count by the Commissioners, and although the contestants, tbrougb his attojneys, had made a request for an inspection of sacb ballots. Second?In refusing to put to one side and make return as to such bailors as appeared not to have been folded in one of the boxes produced, to wit: that of Precinct2. Ward 4. Third?In refusing to cast out and not tabulate the voresca3t or said to have been cast at Precincts 1 and 2 in Ward 4, city of Charleston. The following is tne original protest of Stokes's attoraeys, addressed to the County Board of Canvassers: He protests against the counting of J the ballots cast In said election at Precincts 1 and 2, in Ward 4, city of C&arleston for the cause that voting at said precincts was Irregularly aad Illegally conducted and, tirst, as to Precinct 2 in Ward 4, the protestant protests against the counting of the votes said to have been cast at said precinct inasmuch as First?That various parties were al-1 lowed to cast their ballots at ssid pre-1 cinct contrary to the Statutes of the State of South Carolina inasmuch as that said parties failed to produce registration tickets as required bylaw, the vote being taken, received and counted without the production of such certificate. Second?That the billots found in the box at the closing of said poll exceeded the number of names on the poll list, and said irregularity was not corrected as provided for by law, but that the ballots weie allowed to remain in the box and counted in tne tannianon of the result of the election at such precinct. Third?That the poll list which is required by law to be returned , within tnree days along with the boxes containing the ballots and the written statement of the result of the election at said precinct, was not eo returned, but, according to the information and belief of protestant, the same has been destroyed, and further, that the written statement of the result of the election at said precinct is not a true and corlect statement and that the signature of the managers thereof or of tne majority of them was obtained before the result of the counting |of the ballots had been decided and that subsequently thereto one or a majority of the said managers protested against said return being made to tho Commissioners of Election on the ground that the same was not true and correct; that one or more of said managers reported the same to Mr. Trenholm, a member of the Board of Commissioners, and protested against said statement being received as a true and correct tabulation of the result cf said election, and said .?i tho matiawr | v^jmmiaaiuuci auuicu uuw that he would obtain legal advice as to the matter, and with such as3urance, beJiexing that the injustice would be corrected, the said manager allowed his name to iemain upon said statement and the same to be returned, subject, however, to his protest as to its incorrectness. All of which will more fully appear on references to the affidavits of Horace Bolger, A Bacon and of W. A. Schiffley, hereto attached. Further this protestant protests against the counting of the ballots of Precinct Ho. 1, in Ward 4, for that the said election at said precinct was fraudulently conducted the member of votes reported by the managers to the Commissioners of Election being * ?~ oftfnal nnmhflr largely in exuesa ujl mo a^u? of votes cast at said precinct as will more fully appear by reference to the affidavit of A. J. Ivulioski, hereto attached. Wherefore the protestant prays that the ballots cast at said two precincts be not counted and that they be not tabulated in the general result of said election. We in addition attach to this protest u"-"- ?? laftan ftf A Ration (IS tXUlUlLb UU^iy Ul icudci vi u> vuwto Louis G. " Trenholm, chairman, dated 16 .h March, 1891, and also copy of nores to the Commissioners dated 20th olarch 1894. In addition to the foregoing protest are the following sweeping cnarges as to illegalities and frauds throughout the city of Charleston: "J. William Stokes, by W. Glbbes Whaley and John Gary Evans, his attorneys, now appears before your hon >-T . nrntaofa ftcfuinsf, t.hfi | urame uuujf auu ^iv?vkuj counting of the votes cast on the 13ch of March, 1894, at the twenty-four prei cincts m the city of Charleston on the I grounds that various and many parties i were allowed to vote without a resistration certificates and there were many other irregularities the proof of which will appear upon the counting of the ballots. "Therefore the contestant prays that the result of the election be not declared until the ballots heve been counted ? J Kt, TTrtnr Vinnnrahl? hrifiv clLiU UaUVOSBCU. UJ ;uui and the contestant prays that he may he represented at said counting by his attorneys. W.Gibbes vVhat.ey. "John Gary Evans." Affidavits accompany all the protests but the Board will not allow these affidavits to be published. The formal protests from Orangeburg, on behalf of Judge Izlar, will be supmitted to the Board when the returns are received from that county. The law requires that the Board shal meet each day until the case is dispos ed of. In compliance with this the Board will meet this morning and adjourned until the next morning an so on. Pending the decision of the contest the Board will tabulate the votes of precincts which have not been contest 6P. On motion of Secretary of State Tlndal ttie Board fixed Thursday next, at 10 o'clock, for arguments to bejfln by the attorneys on each side The Board thinks that the arguments will not take more than five or six hours. Then a vote can be taken as to wtn shall get the certificate. The case must be decided by Saturday of next week. The number of votes involved in the Charleston contest, in the two precincts named iqnvftr Kt.okes in the district was something oyer 400. If the Charleston boxes are thrown ont it it will give Dr. Stokes a majority.?Eeister. Will Uae Winchester*. TorEKA, Kan., March 19.?All the State officers today received a copy of the Kansas Commoner, a Populist paper containing an article which is regarded as moat revolutionary in Its tone. The article reads in part as follows: "Carlisle is represented as secretly negotiating with a Lombard street syndicate for the sale of $50,000,000 more bonds. The nation demands a sufficient currency for the transaction of its business without issue of bonds and the people will stop this bond business with ballots or bullets. Let our rulers make their choice and make it soon. If Secretary Carlisle dares to make another Issue ot 5ou,uuu,mw or goJd bonds, not a hundred thousand but a million men should go to Washington, net with a paper petition, but with steel Winchesters." The circulation of the paper containing this article has carried a sensation In official circles and it is regarded as the most inflammatory of any declaration yet made by any Populist. A Juvenile Oatrige. TTYr-wriTnv K"v.. March 18.?A couple of precocious youths had a miuia| ture lynching bae here last night. Mr. | John Parrott, who lives at Forest Hill, found his 12 year old son dangling from [ the limb of a tree, swinging to a rope j which encircled his neck. Blood was gushing from the boy's nostrils and ears and he was in a dead faint, The father cut the rope and by applying restoraUV83 soon had his son in a conscious s<Ate. The boy said that two companions, one of wuom was Dan blavin, be came enraged at him nr some inning occurrence, and seizing him procured a rope, and after fastening a noose on it placed it around hia neck. They then threw the rope over the free and yanked him ap in real lynching style. REPRESENTATIVE SHELL ' ANALYZES THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THIS STATE. He la After No Office, but Wishes the Rn form Movement to Gs On Successfully and Honorably?Hot Dennnclallin of Hit Dels in era. Columbia, S. (J., March 21.?Capt. E. C. Allen, chairman of the committee on invitation for the Spartanburg meet- , ing, has received the following letter from Congressman Shell in response to an invitation to speae at that meeting, "if he were a candidate for Governor!" Capt. E. C. Allen and Others of ihe ' Committee, Spartanburg, S. C. Gentlemen: Your favor without date, inviting llall candidates for Governor and for Congress in the Fourth District to attend a mass meeting of Reformers ( called for Spartanburg County on the 24th inBt.," was duly received. Why tbr"* invit&Jion was addressed to me I can "Hardly imagine, because it is well known to every intelligent man in , South Carolina that l naa aeciarea my Intention to retire froai politics, and I cannot conceive how 1 could make it consistent and accept an invitation to address a rna38 meeting, either as a candidate for Governor or Congress. It would have given me mush pleasure to have met with my Spartanburg friends on that occasion and bad accorded me an opportunity of defending: myself a2ain8t the contemptible mi3representa- , tions constantly made against me, but your invitation is so environed with con- ; ditions that I cannot easily accept youc , proffered kindness. There may be a time in the near future, however, when ] I will seek an opportunity of saying , something to the good people of Spartan'- , burg County on matter? and things oi my own choosiag, and,when I do, my -j future aspirations and intentions will not be misunderstood. I have an ambi- , tion not satisfied, but, if health will per mit, I yet hope, to secure the fulfill- ( m?nt oi my heart's desire, and when ; accomplished all the decent people in South Carolina and elsewhere will re- , joice in its consummation. , When properly informed ot my con- , duct, our people will have no just c i.use j of complaint against me and my action , as a public servant, indeed, there is no < objection, except on the part of those , who are diseased wun "pouucai leprosy," and filthy henchmen employed to do their bidding;. The political situation in oar State is well understood, and we are marching with rapid strides to the end-of oar journey. The Reform party was inaugurated, with rare exceptions, with pure intentions, and should have been as lasting as the "rock of ages," bat its existence is now threatened with dire calamity, which sooner or later, unless rescued from thedespoilers, will bring it in disrepute and finally to wreck and ruin. The people, ho vever, are alive to the situation and kno * full well who assisted in bringing about the revolution which resulted In giving them a government of tho peolpe, by the p?k>ple aad for the people.-" It is true some of those who were earliest toilers in the Reform vineyard, and who give their time and money freely for its success, have been ignored and neglected *- ^ ?u _ i 1 j even dj mose woo uavc ouaicu muot m the grand speculation for spoils and plucder. We hear no complaint or expressions of dissatisfaction on the put of those neglected and abused, but, on the contrary, the howlin^s and muttermgs of the craving malcontents can be heard throughout the land. They are clamorous and savage for reform, lull of desperation and denouncing everything and everybody who do not yield quick obedience to their will and dictation. The impatience of those who feed on the passions of the people shows that they know full well their only possibility of success depends on the amount of racket and confusion they can create and the quantity of fifth they can disgorge. ( There is nothing wrong with the Re- | form Movement, it will be kept intact , by the patriotic iofluences that domiaatd ; the State, regardless oi selSsh dictation , or imported hirelings, who are prosti- j tutes to principle, and are always for sale cheap to the highest bidder. It ] would be exceedingly mortifying it I ( thought all these years of toil and trou- , ble had been spent in vain, but relying . upon the loyalty and wisdom of the peo* j pie, a coasciousness of security tranqil izss the mind, and we have no fears but , what at last the consummation devoutly , wished for will be realized. Revolutions seldom go backwards, but oltimes go down from the weight of im becilitv and burden of mistakes, but let Q8 hope that the latter condition mil not j obtain, or discourage those who are < honestly endeavoring to do their -uty, : but persevere on relegating to the rear, < all whose selfish ambition is paramount, ! to the general good of our common coun* try, Tbe situation is critical enough at best, without supplementing our dangers with ridiculous propositions and dogmas ; too exaggerated to attract a sensible j thought. We are a part and parcel of . the greatest nation on eartb, and are ex- j pected to contribute our share to its j wealth, honor, prosperity and its remot- i est destinies. To accomplish these things 1 we mast be in sympathy with all its la- < stitatioas and progress, otherwise, we < cannot expect to inherit any of the ma- I nificence or distribution of Its immense ! wealth. We are already suspected 1 and charged with being in league with ! coaspirators to undermine and destroy , the public credit. Of coarse there is ao , foundation for this charge, for the Re- ( formers are as jealeus of the public j credit, both State aod national, as any < class of citizens in the country. < This letter has beeo extended beyond j my expectation, bat I trust yoa will par- < don its length, as it is inteaded to define < the situation as I view it, and as con- 1 cisely as possible. Please accept for yourself and otners associated with you my thanks for the compliment paid, and your kind atten- ; Lion, and if my public dutes will permit : I may possibly attend your meeting as a j spectator to ae and hear what others may have to say oa that occasion. Yery respectfully, your obedient servant. G. W. Shell. i Washington, March 19. I Tillman Sn Washington. Washington, March 19?Govern- ' or Tiilman, of South Carolina, arrrived in Washington this morning for the purpose of conferring with the officials of ;he national Government on the ' liquor seizure in South Carolina by i X umuioio. A lvuiuuu Vi J U. iwu.v tion has arisen between the United States internal reyenue officers and , Governor Tillman's constables,and it is ] to settle this quettion, which is a high- ' ly important one, that he has come here. He called at the Treasury Department this morning, but as neither ' Secretary Carlisle nor Commissioner Miller wa3 in Governor Tillman had to defer the matter until tomorrow. i CLEARING LIQUOR MUDDLES. Qav. Tl.'iuaan Ttll< Wliat He Accomplished in Washington. Columbia, S. C. March 24 ? Governor Tillman is hoae from Washington, and he came chock full cf information. The Governor denied emphatically (: ttToK <<-> WooViinotrin hod anv !1 LUaO UiO VIOIV li\J *? UUUtti^wyu - , political significance. lie went there to have a fall understanding with United States Revenue Commissioner Miller, in regard to the liquor troubles, and he bad it. He says that the commissioner has ordered the release of the liquor that the i collector has been trying to take away i from the State, which liquor the Stale i first seized. He says the matter was ad- ; juated in the pleasantest and mo3t satisfactory way possible. He says he does : not think that Mr. Townes tried to 1 make ike United Staf.es laws otnoxious, but was simply carrying out the instructions he had from headquarters as he understood them. They agreed that both i the Slate and the United States government had a ri?ht to seize contraband liquor, and the State dispensary officers being a portion ot State court, when they got upon the ground first, were entitled to what seizures they could make. . i The matter of others, besides the < State authorities, bidding at government sales of confiscated liquors, was 'also ' discussed and an agieement reached, rhe Governor savs that both he and the commissioner were desirous of reaching 1 an amicable adjustment of this puzzling , question. He told the commissioner ; tnat while the State law gave him the tn rleatmv f>r>mnetitkm bv the EkUUUUiAWJ hv uvw x ? w _ power it gave nime to seize liquors found in the possession of any one, he had no desire to destroy any competition that might exi3t. He has tberefrre agreed, lie says, to .furnish all parties who purchase-liquors at such 8ale3 certificates to 1 Bhip tbem outside the State. This ap~ ; plies to buyers who come into tbe SLate ] and local buyers, too. 1 The Governor will permit purchasers of all retail packages thus sold, to retain possession of tbem, furnishing them certificates, provided. Ibey certify that the liquor is for their own use and they I pay the State an advance of 25 -per cent, on the purchasing price. Tiiecoramls- ] 3ioner asked the Governor to - fix some arbitrary figure of this kind, and that is i tijure agreed to. This, he says, was the only way he saw oat of thir trouble. ; "We both desired to have it adjasted on ; a friendly basis, and tbl3 was tbe only plau we could discover." Governor Tillman stated that he spoke . to the commissioner ibout toe matter of ' the contemplated removal of the collec- : tor's office to Greenville. The commis- : iioner said he had as yet received no i T .renal application for such removal. ' Slid the Governor: "I discouraged the ; removal. I told him it was far more convenient to U3 to have the office in ' Columbia. The State ha* to advance ! money to the distillers withm the State ; and pay the tax upon hone manufactured : whiskey before we cau use it, and thus ' we have a great deal of business with the , Dffice." ' I He added: "You might say f.>r ; the lene bit of tbe whi9be7 i m?n who sell the S:ate whiskey, i that we fully discussed the question I 3f 'outs' also." The general public per- ' haps does not know what this term 1 means. When a barrel of whiekey is 1 jtored in a warehouse, if it remains there i [or two years, about three galioas e fapo- 1 rates in tnat time. If it remains there \ 5ve years, about five gallons evapo- J rates. The shortage on account ot age , .8 termed "oats" by the' whiskey manu- | facturers. It seems that all the liquor ( 3eized by the United States authorities i io tar, as contraband, has been in bar- : rels marked all right, but wlrch when : juaged were shawn to ba full, thus prov- ! ug thai the same oarreis naa m so jib way been U3ed twice, and were filled with raw liquor on which no tax had been paid. At the request of the com- < misisioner, Governor Tillman promised not t? have any of the whiskey purchased by the State emptied out of the barrels until it has been inspected and guaged by the Uaited States revenue officers. Mr. Traxler will bs instructed ilao not to pay aay one for liqour until .t has passed through such guaging. The Governor stated, too, that he iad promised the commissioner to turn )verto him all contraband liquor seized tfQico Das no siamp-upuu it, wucu iuo packages cootain more than five callons. Grovernor Tlllmaa savs he never had a more pleasant or satisfactory conrerence J with any one than he did with the commissioner. ?State.! < A Mother'd Veageancs. ( Norfolk, Ya., March 21.?Fred , Watts was shot and killed today at Lee's Store, about two miles from this j jity, by Mrs. Henry Hugo. Watts is a poung man of about eighteen years of age, residing in the country, near the scene of the tragedy. Some time in January, it is claimed, Watts went to ' the residence ofjthe family (Hugo)while i they were in the city, ana finding Edith Eugo, the sixteen-years-oid daughter alone, threatened her with death if she , lid not comply with his desires. The j girl, it is stated, in fear of her life. , gave way to him, acid he accomplished , tiis purpose, swearing her to secrecy , ander threats of kiling her if she re- 1 sealed the crime. As a result of this ; :rime, he transmitted a loathsome dis- s 2ase to the girl, who was taken ill, and 1 growing rapidly worse, her parents | sent her to friends in town for" treatment, not knowing what her disease t was. fine aia not geu ueuoi, aau sue ? was sent to the St. Vincent's Hospital, 1 where at last the attending physicans < iiscovered the real nature of her dis- j sase, which was then made known to , tier parents. Mrs. Hugo went to the { 3tore today where the tragedy was snacted, under pretence of making a purchase. Watts was standing in the door with his back to her, when she * mddenly whipped out a revolver and 5 Eired. Watts called to a colored boy to * keep her off, but Mrs. Hugo rushed at 1 dim, pressed him down and fired two 1 more'shots at him, only one of the I * 1 * 1 ? ~ ^ ^1" Urt A?T HAfl 11 1 f ( 3D.0&S CaKlUg eueuu iu ma uata, xoouiu- < ing in death in ten minutes. After < Mrs. Hugo had ceased firing, she threw a liquid in his face. Mr.' and Mrs. Hugo came to town and reported the case to Justice A. H. HawfciDs, who J summoned a jury of ioquest. They i rende>ed a verdict that Watts came to i bi3 death by a pistol shot, fired by Mrs. ! Henry Hugo. Mrs. Hugo is about J thirty-eight years old. She is perfectly \ calm and quiet tonight. J ADeluje. ( Little Rock, Ark, March 21.? 1 The greatest flood in Ihe history of 5 3auth Central Arkausas is now on, and that part of the State is rapidly approaching an inland ocean. I - has rained almost incessantly all over the State and in the Indian Territory tor tour days. Railway communication since Monday has been almost entirely cut off from the 3hoath to Texarkana, and from recent re ports it is not improbable that the samfacte awaits the country n orth and we a and possibly the east. TARIFF BILL PRESENTED. Sir. Voorfceaa Gives Notkse That It Will be Cal!ed up April 2. Washington, March 20,?Soon after the reading of yesterday's journal Mr. Voorhees,chairman of the finance committee, reported the tariff bill to the Mr. Morrill, one of the Republican members of the committee, stated that 30 far as the Republican members of the committe were concerned, they did not object to the reporting of the bill. They were opposed, however, not only to the income tax feature of the bill,but co the change from specific to ad valorem duties,and to the great bulk of the provisions of the bill. Mr. Voorhees moved that the bill be printed and placed on the calendar; and he gave notice that on the 2nd of A.pril?a week from next Monday?he would call up the bill for consideration by the Senate. The motion to print iLd place on the calendar was agreed K/\ uv* M r. Mandcrson asked Mr. Voorhees whether there was any written report for the bilL Mr. Voorhees?There is not Mr. Manderson?Wfllrthere be any statement submitted by the committee on finance? * Mr. Voorhees?There will be, when the bill is called up for action. Mr. Manderson?Which will show the changes made in this bill from the existiDglaw? Mr. voorheej?There will b*a fall *r.?rpnnf?nt and explanation when the bill is called up for consideration. This will be ready in printing on the 2nd of April. I expect to make a statement myself at the same time. Tcere will be a comparative statement, accessible to the Senators. Mr. Manderson?I made the inquiry because of the fact that the main change in the bill is the change from specific to ad valorem duties; and that it would require an expert to show the Bffect of the changes. Mr. Voorhees?Aji explanation will be speedily afforded to the Senate and to the Senators. Mr. McPherson, a member of the finance committee, said he had assesntedto.the report just made by Mr. Voorhees,^ justifying his action by the belie?that, whether wise or unwise in all tfs provisions, the bill was the best compromise obtainable in a committee whose members differed so widely in their views on economical questions, and on the effects o? the bill on the prosperity of the country when embodied into law. He said that hewould find no difficulty in supporting in the Senate the colleagues with whom he had served on the committee in enacting into law as much of the proposed legislation as would yield to the government all the revenue needed when economically administered. Beyond that just and proper limitation he must not expect to go. There were two 3ubjects in the bill which had received much public attention, and he would state to the Senate, as he had done to the committee, his views upon them, first, he disagreed with his colleagues of the committee on the income tax section of the bill. Ample, provision having been made in the bill for revenue, the presence ot an income tax in the bill was unnecessary. An income tax was unamerican, undemocratic,and u . -.1 nJ Ua aKahU of Qtj LUUUgUb UUW13B; OUU UO OUUUlU, at the proper time, move to strike it from the bill. Seeondly, he disagreed with his colleagues oq the committee in regard to the sugar schedule as it appeared m the bill;aud he should feel irnpellsd to offer an amendment to that schedule, believing that the option to uustom officers to elect whether to impose duties by the polariscope test or by the "Dutch standard" test was a dangerous power. He trusted, however, that the finance committee would on further consideration adopt that view and would offer an amendment to restrict the test of all sugar, raw and refloed, to the polariscope alone. Mr. Allison, another Republican member of the finance committee, suggested that it would be a great convenience to have a pamphlet printed of the bill, showing in paragraphs the existing law, the House bill and the committee's bill; and Mr. Yoorhees said that there would be no trouble about fixing up that matter. Mr. Hoar made an inquiry as to the parliamentary attitude of the bill, and was informed by the Vice President that it had gone to the calendar. Mr. Peffer gave notice that he would move as a substitute for the tariff bill tbe one which he had introduced last week. Mr. George then addressed the Senate on the legal aspects of the Hawaiian question. He spoke for about two hours, devoting most of his argument to the support of the President s right to appoint Mr. Blount as commissioner paramount without the necessity of confirmation by the Senate. After a short executive session the Senate, at 4.30, adjourned until tomorrow. Likely to Escape. Columbia, S.C., March 17.?Tha State has already called attention to the act that the late Legislature, having put a proviso in the new act that the rarious county boards of commissioners of the several counties should meet before the end of January and fix the liceises upon peddlers and sewing machine agents, made it impossible for the county boards to comply with the law. The Richland board did not meet within the specified lime, and it is ascertained that lot a 3ingle board in the State did either Ul holding their meetings subsequently. Fhe act declares all other acts on the same line repealed, and hence it is absolutely impossible to charge the old .icense fee, which, by the way, was nev;r collected, so far as known. The new :ee as fixed by the county boards appears on its very face to be illegal, and Um fldirtf Aloim fhof fhftxr jliuqc vy uulu uu^ianr aawvivvtaw ?uu? ?uwj ;annot be charged anything at all. It s understood that one of the biggest concerns in ihe United States, which is affected by this law, intends to bring a ;e8t case in the courts as soon as possible. Something interesting along this ine may be expected in a few days. It ooks as if those whom lhe law was in;ended to reach will escape the payment )f an^ license at all.?Stats. Murdered. Wharton, Texas, March 20.?H. G. Bouldin, a wealthy planter last year -1 - ?1 7 " ion/? purog&seu sovciai laigu uvuico VI iauu in Matagorda county. On this land .negroes were imported .from Alabama ind were colonized. Failing to do :heirwork Bouldin reprimanded them. Late yesterday a mob of 50 negroes iveot to bis bouse and shot him to ieatb. Only one white man resides within miles of Bouldln's place. He soon organized a posse. They first sejured the dead man's remains and sent :hem under escort to the railroad sta:ion for shipment to Chappeil Hill. [Nonstable Heartt, of Wharton, raised a posse and reports tonight that sixteen 3f tbe mob have been captured ind lodged in Matagorda. The excitement is intense aad a race conflict may uccur as there is every indication that She Matagorda jail will be stormed and :he assassins taken oat and pat to ieath. !- CYCLONE IN TEXAS.. 1 -"i A LARGE FAMILY ALMOST EXTERMINATED. SI ___ _ ___ B*118 or ice weigamK is ounces Roofs Penetrated, Cows Killed and Pro- v< v-j perty Damaged by this Unprecedented Hall. Longview, Tex., March 18.?A cyclone swept over this place at 1 o'clock this morning, accompanied by hailstones of immense size. The greatesSfnry was six miles east of here, where ?*4 it struck the large country home of John Cain, lately occupied by a large family of negroes. The house was in an ancient grove of oaks, twenty in number. Every one of them were torn up and piled up in terrible conf asion with dead fowls, doss and cows, and five dead, and eight badly wounded negroes. Old man Alexander Lester was found fifty yards away entirely nude and dead. His wife, Sarah, was j pinned under a tree, mangled and dead; I Alexander Lester, Jr., was mangled, and is dead. Bobert Lester, nine years I old, was found near a tree without mark of violence, dead. Jasper Collins was pinned under a large oak, snnggily covered, his head crushed, and bis limbs broken, dead. Beside him crawled painfully out, his young wife, n_n? i i^ A.1 * aiouie uoJiios, who an ugiy noie m uiw centre of her forehead. She will recoyer. Sissy Lester, infant, was found in a fallen tree top with legs and arms ? crushed, dead. Silas Johnson, who was . v! visiting, was bruised from head to foot * but no bones broken, will recover. Frank Dizer, also visiting, leg broken below the knee, may recover. Dock . Simmons, who vas in bed with Alex- . i ander Lester, Jr., had his head bruised - f -and will die. O'Dessa Lester, four ^ years of age, leg and bote arms broken, will die. She was found Imany yards . aw*?y in the fields. Arthur Lester, six years old, leg broken In two places above and below the knee and otherwise badly bruised, and will die. ' ' 1 Willie Lester, five years old, slightly hurt. Says he woke up a long way's ' from home in a field, suffering from hail and rain. Mr. Ben Hope, a wnite man near by. brought assistance immediately, and the dead and dying were taken to a one-room house belonging to E. C. . , - J Edwards, a son in law, where they were laid in bed In strange confusion, v dead, unconsious, suffering side by side. The correspondent of teh mistaking living for the dead. Mrs. Hall andv -> Wilson were attending the worst hurt, ? . 'vi while the wounded who were able, hobbled, painfully bleeding about the yard, in the rain, bemoaning the fate of their relatives and friends. Half a mile south of this house, the house of Mr. Davis, a white man, was completely demolished, but with the . "J exception of a few painful bruises, all escaped death. John Buffett's wagon, near by, was blown away and much of it has not beea found yet the grainery of -Nick Harris, two miles ease, was unroofed. The house of Saille Jones, colored, was wrecked and her four vflar-old danflrhtAr l.orllla. wasDflrhaDS fatally wounded by hail stones. A V-"" passenger train passed just as the cyclone swept by, narrowly escaping it. % All previous# abcounts of immense. hall stones and wftxd dwindle into in- - significance. Many of these blocks of ice weighed from fourteen to eighteen ounces, while others found as late as 9 . "3 o'clock, after a warm rain and warm weather, were larger than a goose egg. Two of these missiles passed through the roof of C. E. Thornton's residence, ; making a hole like a cannon ball, while fowls roosting in the trees were killed by the hundreds. A cow belonging a T.omoftn ma a HIlaH qtiH Qtn/?tr wv x juanouu n c?g AIUWU^ MUVI WWVU, bear manv marks from these ice stones. About 300 window lights were broken m this place. Farm fesees and fruit "1 trees were prostrated for miles around. How They Ltnd Him. Washington, March 22.?"(Jen. Robert E.Lee once told me an ova- -'4 tion he received that touched him more than any demonstration ever made in his honor" said the venerable Judge White, of Virginia.to a postman at the National. Following closely on the surrender of the Southern army, the commander-in-chief of the Confederacy went to pass a season at the home of his Darticular friend. E. B. Cocke. * who last November ran as the Populist ~? candidate for Governor against Col. C'FerralL After a few weeks of the most hospitable and elegant entertainment Gen. Lee was called to the presidency of the Washington and" Lee ; -'4 University; Bidding his kind friends >sfj adieu he started for Lexington on horse- ^ back and alone. He had gone some miles and was passing through a rather dreary stretch of wooded country, wben he espied a plain old countryman mounted on a sorry nag coming toward him. As they passed each Afhop Vv\fK Kaoto^ <3a la fho faohinn VUJU WVU uvnvu MU M WW AWiAAWM when strangers meet in oat of the way places, bat the old farmer in the homespun suit stared hard at the soldierly figure as though not quite certain of recognition. He went his way a little further, then turning his horse around _ cantered bask and soon came up with the General again. WI beg your pardon, sir, but is thi3 Gen. Robert Lee. Did I ever meet you before, my frieifd ?" "Then the old Confedrate grasped the chieftain's hand and with the tears " . J! streaming down his face said: 'Gen. T.oo w>n mlnrt if T rhAflr vnu. The * > General assured him that he did not mind, and there on that lonesome pine bordered highway with no one else in sight, the old rebel veteran with swinging nat lifted up his voice in three ringing rounds of hurrahs for the man that the {southland idolized. Then both went their way without another word being spoken.'?Post. In ? Quandary, Washington. March 21.?The pressure being brought to bear upon Presi- # dent Cleveland in regard to the action he shall take upon the Bland seigniorage bill is not cod fined to Senators and Representatives, tor he is in receipt of letters and telegrams from all sections of the country upon the subject, and, contrary to the belief that seems to prevail, a very large majority ot these commtmirafinn? ?iror? him to exercise the veto power, Many of the most emphatic of the letters in their urgency for a veto are from Baltimore, New Orleans, Richmond, Va, St. Louis, Charleston, S. C., and other Southern cities and represent b>ard of trade and leading busi- v ness. Similar communications have been received from the cities of Chicago, ' A + ? Tt.hlAU ritl8DUrg. ivuctiucuy v^iiry, i^uuviv., Boston, Now YorkPhiladephia, Rochester, N. Y., and ProYicence, R. I. The prevailing sentiments contained in ^ .. " -] these appeals are the expression of an apprehension that should the bill become a law there would result a loss of confidence in the credit of the Government a fear that the gold.would bo drained from the treasury, and a feeling that the Government would be enable to main- tain the parity between gold and silver, thus placing Its financial statu3 on the same footing with Mexico, the South . American republics and India,