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." . \ . ' ' *'/V^ >r'^H * } VOL. XLVIII. WINNSBOEO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1894. NO. 39. I COXEY IN WASHINGTON. HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK AS HE WISHED. ^ One OS His Right Band M-in G>t His Head Clubbed by the Police?Stirring Scenes *t she Capitol?The Police are Firm.* w - Washington, May 2.?Yesterday was a i>erfect day with a brightly shinSr iDg sun, which citizen Coxey took as a propitious omen, was the portion of | the army of the commonweal for its demonstration in favor of the Coxey good roads bill. Shortly before 10 o'clock Marshal Browne formed the men in a hollow square, and standing *" *v.n. /.Ant.n nollort frer thrift f?hpprs for 1U IUC l/Cilllc U4J11U [ peace. The cheers were given and the commonwealers waved their little cotL ton flags of peace, with which they had been armed. ^Now," cried Browne, "we'll march around the grounds and try it over again," and the band started up a slow step to which eight communes walked in a circle to a point about 100 yards from the former camp. Here Browne *Hom in Q Irtrxy linft and mir, the AV1U4CU 4U M ? men through a little drill with their peace staves. Then he harangued them counselling peace. Their banners of l? peace, he said, would be more forcible " than all the guns and cannons ia the world. The men cheered and Browne waved his hat. ''Carry peace," cried Browne, 'Shouiuer peace," and with their little flags pointed upward at an angle behind the head the commonweaiers started off to show congress what it. nknni/4 (J** Tho hnfflo snnrirtpri fhp OUUU1U UV. xug vug*v band played and the Scotch bagpiper brought forth a doleful sound from his instrument. Just then the leader of the commonweal arrived in his pony phaeton. With him was Mrs. Coxey. and In her arms she carried little "Legal Tender Coxey," her babe of a lew weess. Citizen Coxey held tho reins At 1015 Marshal Brcwue called out ; -^atteniiss^ again, and with ''shoulder f JTp?&ce" and "forward march," the commenweal army started for Washington, led by Browne and Coxey and a platoon of mounted police. Metropolitan police surround the - - - ? I-3 m capicoi ana pairoi its cumuoia. uiuo coats can be seen everywhere, and visitors are requested by ihem to "move ft on" and not to block the passages and doorways. The main body of the guardians of the peace were stationed at the east front, where General Coxey p was expected to attempt to speak. By 11 o'clock, an hour before the commoni weal army was due at the capito], -- thousands of curious men, women and children, had gathered around the building to gain places of vantage to witness the much talked of and long expected appeal to Congress by Coxey and his followers. The route of the procession was down Fonrte^nth street road to Mount Pleas ant, thence along Fourteenth street proper to Pennsylvania avenue to the peace monument and around the capitol grounds. Fourteenth street road was very dusty and the marches were , plentifully besprinkled as they march> y ed along. rTne commonweal moved _at_&Xuneral pa?* was three quarters of an hour!teaching Mount Pleasant, a suburb of the city. At the head of the dusty soldiers of peace were tbree mounted policemen. Then came Mrs. Annie L. Diggs, a Populist orator, of Kansas, in an open barouche, with her husband and her two daughters. And then appeared Miss Mamie Coxey,typifying "peace" mounted on a white pal frey. She is a blonde girl of 16. She wore a suit of cream colored cloth relieved by a big red bow at the throat, _^nd wore a little blue liberty cap. She seemed perfectly at home on the palV frey, but appeared somewhat embarrassed and created a good deal of excitement. She nodded smilingly at the people W who saluted her. Two old soldiers, one a Confederate and the other a Federal, both members of the commonweal, formed her guard of honor, marching I on foot. Carl Browne followed on a large white stallion. Theu, stvtu footv sore musicians, Coxey, Mrs. 'Joxey and 7 little "Legal Tender" Coxey came next inapheaton. Jesse Coxey followed on a spirited horse, and the rank and Hie followed him. When the army reached .+ fnilBil O .TAirrf U-ie pcota 111UUUlUCUb li IUULU a v,wuu of 5,000 awaiting it. The procession , then wended its way toward the east front of the capitol." The sensation was soon over; tbe imi mense crowd on the eastern front of l the capitol saw Coxey. bareheaded, prof ceeded to the steps of the east portico - and mount to the first platform about A ?fiye steps. Here were stationed Captain ^^pKelly and other ofllcers of the police ^ force. They met the general before he had time to turn his face to the gathered multitude and he was politely ioformed that he could make no speech A at that place. H Coxey said firmly: "I wish to enter a protest." V "No, sir," firmly said the captain, A "you can take no action here oi anj B B kind. The police were courteous hut B yery firm, and Coxey then, bareheaded fl V as be was, said: Hr "Well, then, I wish to read the proML gram." "It cannot be read here," said the Hk officer. H B^Coxfy showed no inclination to yield ^e was unceremoniously husrled B Bthe steps and * out to the middle Kt broad plaza in front of. the cap! ^pjHemade no pbjsical resistance. BP protested allth? while,and a crowd Inhered arouca him and obstructed K way somewhat; but it was not \ Hstle of resistance, but seemed more Kecuriosi'y. The police did not use Heir clubs, no one was struck and tbe ftmense crowd was handled in the ndest yet in the firmest and mcst efBctive manner. All who came expect. Eg some serious trouble, and they Jwere not a few, xere disappointed. Coxey was not formally put under arrest. He was simply put off ot tbe eanitol steD8: far away off to prevent fthis reascendiog. Tbe middle of the parade wa? jammed ana jostled about by the crowd, some being thrown about in every direction. Tbe clanging of bells bajtbe cable cars, and tbe yelling and surging of the mob made the scene M hideous. Mounted pclice dashed in:o the crowd, endeavoring to crowd them H back from the sidewalk and restore orB der, but for seme time to no avail. It became necessary to use ttieir clubs as a menace. Some of the Coxeyites were B jostled and crowded until they reached tne wall of tne grounas ana it xocsea HB as though they were about to head for HBF the capitoJ. A rush was made by the mass of people upon the scene' and U| many ran pell mell to the plaza trampH ling down the shrubbery and vines. About the ease side of the capitol pandemsnium reigned, and the mount ~1 tKn I ea ponce rnaae a cuarge tu wca* way. Then occurred a scene scarcely H ,ever seen about the big building. MeD, El-"* women and children ru3hed for the side walks, falling over and tramping on H--- one another in their attempt to reach a place of safety. Finally the way was |HB cleared and out, in the street could be K seen the Coxeyites presenting a deplorable and comical sight, in their rags i and tatters, after their contact with I the yealding and surging populace. Browne's personality was over. He rode his mettlesome charger in forbidden paths and jumped him over the stone copicg to the eastern part of the port. A mounted officer started after him and as he resisted arrest, he re fAivpri a ^Inhhino- His head W?3 cat! but it is not thought that he was badly hurt; The incident started rumors at' loat as to general lighting but no such thing occured. The plaza ia front of the main portion of the capitol building is in appearance at this time just as is usual on a beautiful day when congress is in session. The episode is certainly closed for t he day, and the affair of Coxey lasted not over 10 munites. He was taken by the police to the edge of the crowd without any difficulty and entered his carriage. Hasfnin 7<Tp11v S*iii * "Where you do go tow, Mr. Coxey ?" ''To our new grounds in southeast WashiningtOD," the 'industrial leader said. He then gave the army orders to march. The police authorities again showed their courtesy in furnisbine him a suitable escort, and the weary disappointed "wealers" again started on a hot tramp for a resting place. TO BE INVESTIGATED. After some unimponant basinessin XT Anon Mr Tahnonn r\-f HhtA CU.C UUU^C lVUO?,lUi. yvuiwvu \JA. vru*v, rising to a mar.ter of privilege, he said, offered the following resolutions: Whereas, it is well known that the Capitol grounds were, on ilay 1, overrun by a large assemblage of people, including a considerably^ umber of the regular and special police of the districr, and Wnereas, It is publicly stated that the safety of the members of this House has been endangered, thereby making it necessary for the House to rely on the clubs of policemen for their rvrAfo/itiAn Resolved, That this committee on public buildings and grounds be instructed to inquire into the question as to whether unnecessary force was used whether unoffending citizens were cruelly beaten and whether the dignity of this House has been violated; that the said committee have the power to send for persons and papers, and report the facts m connection w'ith this subject, with their recommendation as to whether any legislation is necessary in the premises. Outbwaite suggested that the resoiutiou presented no question of privilege. In support of his contention that it was a matter of privilege. Johnson said that in sight of the members of the House; within the shadow of the Capitol, citizens were cruelly and unnecessarily beaten, and he asked that it be investigated, believing the proceeding directly and vitally affected the dignity of the Hou3e It was disgraceful that such a thing should occur. In presenting the resolution, Johnson said,he wa3 not moved by anv sympathy with the purposes or aims of the Coxey army. He "acted because [ tne clubbing took place under the pre- [ tense that ic was to detend the mem- s bers of the House. No one here, he said, was scared, but at the doors of the House, where the jurisdiction of Congress is supreme, citizens were clubbed, and he thought it ought to be investigated. The Speaker'asked how that presented ? ?n?rtrrmrsTra rniuw CL l^ucauvu Vi. yiiiiiV^Vd auvwv ^vv were violating the law. Johnson responded that he believed it to be a question of the very highest privilege. The Speaker suggested that the matter should be investigated in the police court or other tribunal established for the purpose, but that the resolution did not present a question of privilege. The matter was referred to the House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds for investigation. xne xanii. Washington, May 2.?While the reports early in the -day indicated that there might be some difficulty in agreeing upon a tariff bill, the conferences which were had by the leaders on the Democratic side cf the Stenate 3uring the afternoon seem to have been in th* interest of harmony and the lack of confidence there was among those who hoped to secure a compromise, disap^ peare4 The private office in the room of the cemmittee on appropriations was a busy place all day, more activicy Deing exhibited than previously because of the apprehension which existed that all the work toward a compromise might be for naught. Among those who were engaged in the conference were Senators Jones, Brice, Gorman and Ccckrell, while Senator Hill was present a portion of the time. It is the position of the New York senior Senator that has caused some trouble and there are a number of Senators who believe even now, that Hill willnst tV?A Voll tmfh fho ir?/>nmCk tqv ?UlO iUl lug Ulli TliVU guv iuvvj-uv wu provision, and it is almost as certainly understood that the income tax will remain. The Senators who are engineering the compromise are counting on 43 Democratic votes and they believe they wili be able to control that number beyond any doubt. This indicates that they hope to pass the bill, even with the opposition of Hill, and it also indicates that the bill has probably been made satisfactory in other to Senators Mnmriv of New York and Smith of Xew Jersey. a Republican Landslide. Indiaxapolis, Ind., May 1.?May elections wert- held 'through todiaua toriav. The onlv cities not votug were ludianapolis, Evansvilie and L -caDsport Ttrrc Haute electa the whol?Republican tu-ket bv majorities racgiai: t:ooi 900 to 1 900. The Republican ijaic on the ma\omlty is 8S0. Union Citv liive the Usual R?publicwa m.?j >rity. At Valparaiso, where the Democrats *;ad * majority of 100 two years a^o, the Re pubiicaa majorities raoge from 75 to 300. At Kokomo tue Republicans vein by largely iucreased m>jorities. Brazil, usually close, goes lie publican. Liv rsoceburij, usually Dc-.mccratic, elects the eDtire Rspunlican ticket, and tbree out ct live r.cuneiltren. LaPorts and Michigan City, usually Democratic, boih n Republican by increased majoriUts, as c.jes Kendallviile, Bloomington, iTrar.oiOrtand Usborne. u-reen uasuie, Eimwood and Irwin, the gas belt cities, show increased Repuolican m?j >riues New Albany, usually l.OCO Democratic, elects every Republican but one councilman. L-iFayetie goes Republican with a gain of 500. A Peculiar Accident, Giffood, S. C , May 3 .?The mail carrier Taylor from here to Seminole, met wltha peculiar accident to his bu^gy Saturday . Wbiie slowly driving alonir the public road he met Mr. Smith riding Mr. Cane's liae stallion and as he reined out to one side 01 the road the staliion became unmanageable and as the mail hnaav orof. hr the rffhp sfsllinr hp began kickiug the busgy wilb all the rapidity his strength could muster until his legs were pinced in the spokes of the wheel. The mail carrier narrowly escaped being killed, and he managed to get his horse detached from the busgy when the staliion made a terrible effort to relieve his legs, and ia doing eo smashed up three o? the wheels of the boggy.?itegister. _ A BASE SLANDER ON THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF south carolina. j Tne K:ccl or S?u?f that |s I'u'ollshctl t?y I S>tr,e cl tha Noithera Papers AboQt i ;he Ftjopl-j of the Somh?Nothlaft Kct ! Lit 8. Xew Yoke, May 5.~When the average Northerner read3 in the payers that Governor Till man's political strength ia South Carolina com^s mainly from the farming population, i ? * ? ? ~ U V\ i v? 1*r? /\ + ri a I wuu are JLuyuitauj, ue iuiu&d ui mc Populist party in that State as being composed of such honest, slo ff, hardworking, saving, church-going, sidehill farmers as makes up the strength of the Republican party in the central, Northern and Western part of this State. This is a mistake. The Palmetto State countryman bears about the same resemblance to the farmer of this region as a highwayman does to a peddler. The horny handed son of toil as porirayea in tug snuuay suuuux books of "a generation back doesn't exist in South Carolina. The man who fills his place there is called a cracker. After you have heard a .South Carolinian say that word "cracker" with the peculiar intonation invariably given to it, you will realize that it U by no , means synonymous with honest far- , mer. , A gentleman who has Jived in South . Carolina for fifteen years,during which time he has kept eyes and ears very j wide open, told a Sun reporter, a few j days ago, some things about the crackers, the origin, ways, and the signifi- . cance of tns situation in reference to i tnem. j "It ought to be generally known, and I don't think it is," said he, "that the j Populist party in South Carolina does < not include, as it does, I am told, in , some States, the good country farming element. The fact is we haven't enough of the good farming element to make a showing on. We have a class of people who own what were once farms, but 1 they don't deserve the name of farm i ers. They're the crackers. There is < something more than ignorance and i uncleanliness, and lax morality in the i real cracker. There's deep seated dev- i ilishness, a natural love for liquor, and t a g eat aptitude for murder and otner j crimes. "The cracker hasn't evolved i these things out of ftis own inner con- I sciousness; he's come by them honestly c ?if a cracker ever does come by any- r thing honestly Dy heredity. He has a t flue lot of ancestors back of hiyi. t "These ancestors are of two kinds, t You can take your piok;there's migtity j little choice between 'em. If you go back some centuries in your history j you will find that at one time the CJarib- 1 bean.sea was so mrescea wim piraies : that some of tte countries having an ] interest in the New World decided to J clean them out. They cleaned them r out of the sea and drove them North. ] The pirates landed and pushed up fc through the country, finally settling g down to lives of something rather i worse than usefulness. There is tue e germ of the cracker, or at least, one of 1 the germs. Now for the other part, g When the Eoglish settled in South r Cflrnlio? -r*"*; ,n *<*** ill "X today, too strong to work. But the work had to be done, so they imported t slaves from England?convicts for va- i rious crimes, who were to serve out { their terms as slaves on the plantations. rJ Some died in the process; otheis served out, became free, and having nothing c to do, settled. There's your other germ, c Unite the two, and you have the crack- I er in his first stage. ( "How and where he lived for some ? generations thereafter isn't clear?or t why, for that matter. But, he did live, probably by hunting and doing odd job3 c and he became known as 'poor wmte ^ trash.' Even the niggers looked dovyn 1 on the poor whites and up to the time f of the war he .was the most despised in- ( diyidual in the country, and the most worthless. The blocd of the pirate and j the criminal wa3 still there, unmixed ^ with any better strain, for none but i poor white would marry with poor white. But it was weakened and thinned by laziness and laaction and drink and lack of opportunity. - Then came th9 war, and a change for the g poor white. No longer having slaves to t work their farms and plantations for them, the Bourbons, as the good families were called, drifted away from their j country places to the towns. They * could not soil their hands with spade or plough, and as their only other resort they went into business. Mart the re suit. The farms fell into the hands of the poor whites, being lirst divided up into small portions. "There you have your poor white becoming a land owner. You mignt suppose tnat he would develop honesty and thrift and ambition to improve his op- 1 portunities to become a decent citizen. I tteaoesnc. iae pirate auu. urxiuiuat strain is in him, emasculated by generations of contempt and degradation, but still ther*. aud now it begms to show itself. Your cracker makes his wife and children work the farm while be hunts or lishes at such times as he isn't too lazy. When he gfrts money he goes for moonshine whiskey and gets It. Why, the North Carolina i&jonshiners run their blockade wagons for the crackers. That's where they sell their moonshine, aad they run the govA?rv,v*Ar>? WlA/iVortflL on^ Pillmon'c hlnpt. CI UUiCU'J U1VV/Q>?U& QUU ?. ns* ?svu. ade to do it. And when the cracker > gets full of whiskey he Jsa'c 'poor white * trash' any more. He goes right back ' two or three c<-aturi-s and Decom-s 1 that mixture of p rate and English < convict, and a murderous, treacherous, ! foul brute he is. - Every cracker car ' rits his gun and a knife back of him. He uses the gun tirst but the knife is ' hia favorite. Thai's the Dirate io him. J Jackknife slashers, we call 'em. I've ' sern two of uieai atter a knife light, and?well, it was worth going miles : nor. to see. 1 "If necessary the cracker will stand ( up and fight face to fa^-e. Most of'em 1 are d*aii shots, for they have lots of I practice hunting. But their favorite ' game is to lie in ambush and shoot a ( man down as he passes. When a man < is found on some lonely road with a bullet through him and his pockets stripped we call it a 'cracker killing.' They're killers all of them, those fel- . lows, but they'd rather do their Killing from a sale cover. As long as its only : cracker that kills cracker nobody cares and nothing is done about it. When a cracker kills a decent man ne does it in 1 such a way that he leaves no trades, i He'll wait for years for his chance. So there isn't much chance for the law to < come in there, either. In two of the Northern South Carolina counties, Lancaster and Chesterfield, they average about thirty murders a year together nnrt vrrn run her. a r^rafiker is the murderer every time. Yet there hasn't been a banging in either county for fifteen years. It's eitber cracker kill cracker, and nobody cares, or it's a cracker killing, witb a respectable victim and no clue to the killer. "There was a case a couple of years ago up in Lancaster County. A promi' nent man of some means up there ran across two drunken crackers who had come in town on a bat nne evening. They were in front of the postoffice. One of them slapped him on the shoul der and said with a maudlin laugh: " 'Kow are y' J udge ? Are y' reckon! n' to 2nd us some llcker?' 'The Judge, who was a very dignified man, drew himself up, shook the cracker's hand from his shoulder, and started on, when the other cracker stepped in front of him with an ugly "'You can't shaKe us off so easy,' said he. 'We're as good as you now, an: you can't call it high on us. You ain'c any too good yourself.' '"You're a drunken ruffian,' exclaimed the Judge, pushing the man aside. -P2S3 on or I'll have you locked up.' '"Not by a damn sight,'shouted the packer. 'I'll fix you,' and arawiDg a knife he lunged at the Judge, but missed him. "iDstantly he was covered by a dozen revolvers in me nanas or a crowa who were at the postoffica and who had seen the whole thing. They would have tarred and feathered those crack- i ers but for .the Judge begging them off. i Ten months later the Judge had oc- ! casion to drive to a neighboring town. His buggy and horse came back with- j out him. We found him dead in the road at the edge of the woods. A ; charge of buckshot had struck him in the back of the bead. We couldn't tind those two crackers to lynch them. 1 That was a cracker killing, and it's 1 only one of many. [ "Those are the men that make up the strength of th? Tillmanite party, i They're the Populist. Tillman makes 1 them constables and gives them guns, * and they're just longing for murder, i They are the liquor spies that co*ne to j search our homes and to shoot us down ( if we object. Can you wonderthat the people of Darlington fired on these off j spring of criminal convicts and pirates, , these scum of the country, these worth- j less, treacherous, murderous crackers ? 1 * ? 1 ??? ?? n n as 1UU? as Xlliuiau uses uueui ao uugo to set on the people in south Carolina [ so long he will find the people ready to resort to armed resistance."?New 1 Fork Sun. < Sontb Carol'na Commission. j Columbia, S. C., May 2.?For some ;ime there has been considerable t^lk ibout the appointment of a South Car>lina commission of veterans to act 1 with other commissions from other ( southern States in selecting and 1 narking the locations of the troops of 1 <ae several otaies auu. iiiar&.iuK mem > )roperly on the battlefields of Chickanauga and Chattanooga, which are to )e transferred tnto national parks unler an act of Congress. Governor Till- : nan nas been spending considerable ,ime selecting a commission to do the vork properly. Yesterday he succeed- t id in getting in all the names and ap>ointiog the following commission: ? H. L. Farley, Kershaws staff; Capt. k 1. C. Appleby, of the 24th South Caro- * ma, at. lieorges; lien. u. i. waiKer, ^ slanigault's Brigade, Charleston, C. K. c iendersoD, 10th South Carolina.Aiken; I r. D. McLucas, 8th South Carolina,Ma- t ion; Lieut. Terry Moses, Culpeper's 8 3attery, Sumter: L. P. Marling, 19th south Carolina, JLongmire's; E. J. Gog- t jans, 7th South Carolina, Ninety-six; t 1. S. Owens, 3rd South Carolina, Pow- s srs. In accordance with the act of the j ast Legislature this commission will c ro to the battlefields and mark off the f \]ooo>Q ?wuvli VorOllIIJS TOOPS. The following has been received from he Chicamauga and Chattanooga Miltary Park commission of the War De>ar:ment: c Co Members of the State Commission, s Gentlemen: The members of this s jom mission expect to spend the month t it May, or such portion of it as may i )e necessary, upon Chicamauga and g Chattanooga battlefields, to meet such ; State commissions or individual mem- ' )ers thereof as can reset these fields. Will you please confer with the * chairman of your commission with a f riew of fixing* a time for areset as ear- * y in that month as convenient and in- * :oim this commission of the date deciled upon ? It is important that the location of )ositions of the organization from ] ?our State should be finally decided i lpon at an early day. Very respectfully, J. S. FULLERTON, Chairman of Commission. The new State Commission will not ro uQtil officially notified to do so by .he national commission. Satcle ol a Prlfloaer. Columbia, S. C., May 2.?The quiet ;own of Prosperity, located on the line ] >f the Colu nbia, Newberry and Lan- ? ana on/! T?i<?hmnnri nnH DanvillArnadS / ibout forty miles from Columbia, was yesterday thrown into a considerable ( itate of excitement, so a gentleman who arrived in the city last night says, )y the suicide of a negro prisoner in ;be station house, by hanging. The 'ellow was named Dan Sheppard. He ( ivas a powerful built mulatto. Oa Monday evening he was arrested for c issault and battery and attempted i jrimlnal assault upon th? person of his < step daughter, M*ry Boufcnlght, a i aauiatto girl about 20 years ot age. The , jitv authorities placed him in the. sta- ] Aon house for the night. He told Town , Marshal VVbite when he locbfd him up , ;hat tie "reckoned they would bang him ;bi-3 tima." He meant by this that he j feared S8riou3 consequences. Once before he hid been arrested on the same 1 ;harge, but bis wife being the only 1 witness against him he was discharged 1 from custody. The negro seemed to 1 jave been throughJy resolved upon j?lf-destruction. He proceeded after he was locked up to make himself a rope out of the crocus sack covering i Dn th- bed, tying it securely around j lis neck, tie tben tied the other end ] lo the grating of the window, which was no higher than himself. Then he , inelt down and choked to death de Uoerately. When the town marshal went to the station house yesterday : morniDg tc carry mm ms oreasias;, uo Found the fellow iQ a stooping attitude tils bead hanging oyer on his breast, sold and death. The coloner held an inquest and a verdict of death by stran- 1 gulation was rendered. The negroes of toe town seem to be glad the negro's : carreer is ended, for he was considered a desperate fellow. M^d Miners. Iron Modntain, Minn., May 2.?4.11 work bas been stopped in the eastern portion of the Mesaba RaDge and mob rule prevatls in this city. The sheriff, nt.fpriv nnahlfl to coDe with the lawless ' ard reckl -ss miners, has called on Gov- 1 ernor Nelson ror troops. An armed 1 gang of 300 foreign workers who struck 1 yesterday at Oliver, Ohio, Iron King: : and Franklin mines, reached here today i and marched through the streets of Iron Mountain, terrorizing the citizens. They forced the miners iD the Mountain Iron and Rathbone mines to'stop , work and join "lem, and also stopped work in White & McDevitt's sawmill. The rioters declare that work in all in- ; dastries must cease. Fifty deputy sheriffs have been sworn in. A conflict is feared and the town is in an uproar. Should Pass. Washington, May 2.?Senator Walsh today introduced a bill providing for the repeal of the 10 per cent, lax on State binks, pare and simple, omitting all the conditions that are found in some of the bills introduced f;r this purpose.,. TO BE FULLY SETTLED. The Dispensary Law AK&ia Kefora the Saprems Court. Colwmbia, S. C., May 3.?The meat imDortaut development in the liquor situation since the filing of the decision of the State Supreme Court, occurred yesterday, and by Monday evening it is likely thatthe uncertaiuty as to what the Supreme Court meant by itp decision? whether it is free liquor or prohibition-will be removed, aad everybody will, till Justice G-airy goes on the Supreme bacch know e?(jt?7 where they are at. There is no case (which has been brought before the court fcecentty in which all take so deep an interest as that which staried on its career yesterday. Many seem morally certain that it will result in the court desiar'nc: that >ts recent decision meant absolute prohibition. Equally as manj are just ?S certaiu that the court will ? "cide that it meant absolutely free i iqugfr, and then there are others wuo consider thai; the court yvill say that it meant'the old license laws would 2:o?ern the situation. This latter class does not consist of many, however. t'.ke the original cases, which result td in the knocking out of the dispensary law,- the case referred to above mme up from the Pee Dee section. Xesteiday morning Mr. P. A. Wilcox ?rrir#>d in t.hp r.itv frr>m Flnranpfl. Ha had nothing to say to anybody, and did syhat he had to do so quietly that it was 2:30 o'clock?wfc 31 he had completed his important work?before any me knew what he had come here for. He was armed with papers which meant business. There was no session of the Supreme Court yesterday, and he went before the Chief Justice at chambers. Mr. Wilcox first made application for i writ of habeas corpus in the case* of J Ellis Branson. The fact was set forth ;hat Branson was arrested by the chief )1'police of Florence subsequent to the passage by the city council of its liquor icense ordinance, for the violation of that )rdinance. Branson, it seems, wa3 fined; U1U 19 DLi 11 ILL bUQ V/U3bVUJ l?uw vu.vj^ ind Governor Tillman cannot orde^ that )ffic;r to discharge him. Toe 'hie! Jus-ice. without Iiesitatiao, granted the folowiug order in this case: Bounty of Florence, Tfcird Judicial District, Ex parte J. Ellis Bruoson.?Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Co. G. S. Turbeville, Chief of the Police ot Florence, S. C.: It having been brousht before me by he petition ot J. Ells Barnson that as :hief of police of the city of Florence, >. C-, you unlawfully declare his perlon in custody, and the said J. Ellis 3ruu8on having petitioned for a writ of iaoea3 corpu3 to Dung saw psuuuucr >efore the SuDreme Court to ucqairs into he cau3e of his detention by ycu as foresaid. You are hereby ordered and required o bring the body of the prisoner before he Supreme Court, at Columbia, S. C., 11 o'clock on Monday, the 7th day ol ilay A. D? 1894, that the cause of his lommitment being known and seen such ha had thereon is are agreeable to law and justice. -" Henby McIver, Chief Justice. Then Mr. Wilcox, to bs doubly sure, '.nme nn with a netition for auiD.jauction igaiii3t the towa council ol Florence isking that this body show ca-jse why hey are charging and collecting a liquor icense, and asking that they be retrained from doing so henceforth. This >etition was presented on behalf of two litizens of Florence. The rule to show :ause was issued by the Chief Justice as ollows, and thu3 the whole thing is >rou?ht eqaarely before the court: r. L. Barnnger and Theodore Kuker, Petitioners, vs. The City Council ol Flornce, Respondents. Upon the reading the petition ot J. h. Sarringer and Theodore Kaker herein, it 8. Ordered that the respondents herein !o show cau3e before the Suprems Court >f South Carolioa, at Columbia, at 11 )'clocka. m., on Monday, the 7<.h day )f May A. D., 1894, why an lcjunction ihould not ba issued by said court, regaining respondents, said city council )f Florence, frosa issuing licenses to 3eli ntoxicatiog liquors in the said citv of Florence, prayed Or m petition, and lor such other ana farther relief as the eaid ;ourt may deem just. It is farther Ordered that a copv of the within orler be served on the respondent herein. Henry McIver. Chief Justice. These two cases will permit ol all taubtial points being brought squarely jefore the court, and admit ol tbe se :ouriog of a square-cut defieition of t ?e neaniug of the recent decision. It is anjertood that the arsucnents will consist h a great measure ofquotauoDS from the recent decision. It is also understood . "? ' fi IT _ i. I. ? mo *nat JUT. u. o. -ixeiucs, iuu u>au? uw vionlay fight against tbe dispensary law will appear on behalf of the town council cf Floeeoce. It was further ascertained that the constitutionality of the new dispensary law will be brought up, md the court will be asked Lo make its ilecision on the original law apply thereto.?State. Will Take a Hard. Lexington Kv., May 2.?The preactiers of Lexington have united in the fight against Col. Breckenbridge's renomination. Today the Ministerial Uoion of this city adopted tbe following which clearly defines tbeiir attitude: "Th*? Ministerial TTninn of LsxiC2ton. f?y.% deems it a duty of conscience iu thr> fear of Gud to bsar the following public testimony agaim8t the renomiaation or reelection of our present Representative in the Congress of. the United Sra'e?. Oa the witnsss stand in tne court room he has coofes&ed that for years ne has indulged in a course of adukery and nypocrisy and in the light of such a confession, we regard his canvass for renomination and reelection, first, as an open deSauce of all personal chastity^ domestic purity and rel'gious integrity; second, as an appeal to voters to ignore personal morality wben choosing political candidates; third, as a cotrupt aud corrupting misrepresentation of the social order of our community; fourth as a debauching example of youth; fifth, a3 in every way a i>eril to truth and righteousness." Sid Fate of a Child. Jacksonville, Fia., May 5 ?A special to the times-Union from Madison Fla., says:. a little daughter of Mr. Bond was sent to the barn today lo get some eggs. She thrust her hand in the nest in the hay and something struck 1 i 4- ttto rt tKn han SjflTTfln i l>. OUC LULU U? Lib lb V? CkO tjLXXZ kj\* ? v-*-*. times her hand was struck, but she got the eggs and returned to the house and told her mother the hen had pecked her. The mother examined and found the child had been bitten by a highland moccasin. The child died in two hours in awful agony. The snake was killed. Its fangs measured one and one quarter inches in length. j j SIXTY NEW COMPANIES. t i " j THEY ARE NOW IN THE STATE SERVICEL ? I XUCiOCiuaj.li &VJ Ul<%Ub VIOUVAttA * ? %?*<> ?? I a Lift: of New Military Organizations | Riady f?r Daty?Appltc?ti ins from Almost as 21 any More. Coiumbia, S. C., May 4.?Yesterday the military department of the State government proceeded to issue commissions to the officers of the new companies received into the State militia by Governor Tillman. During the day sixty-one companies were commissioned. Below will be found a list of these new companies, with the name of the cantain of each and the date which they were commissioned: Gary Watts Guards, Laurens ;con&, missioned April 3; captain, W. L. Con-: ningham. Swift Creek Light Infantry, Darlington county; commissioned April 28; captain, E. Lee Bass. Varohorrr Rftfnrm Riflfta. Mawherrv AlVft ' * I countv; commissioned April 24; captaiD, F. C. Gruddick. North Rifles, North'3; commissioned April 16; captaio, G. W. Doenelly. Beaver Dim Rifles, Smithvil le. Sumter county; commissioned April 28; captaio, JJ. P. sheoa. Etazlewood Rifles, Chester county, commissioned May 3; captaio, J. S, Hardin. Eaoree Rifles, Whitmire's, Newberry county; commissioned April 14; captain, J. T. Duncan. Branchvllle Guards, Branchvllle; commissioned April 30; captain, B. E. Izlar. Saluaa Volunteers, Batler, S. C; commissioned April 28; captain, J. P. Coleman. Tillman Guards, ?; commissioned April 27; captain, J. G.-Fields. Watts Light Infantry, Brewerton, LaureDs county; commissioned April 18; captan, N. B. Wood. , . Williamsburg Reform Guards, Lake City; commissioned April 21; captain, J. H. Black well.- ^ Hampton Huzzars, Ridgeland: commissioned April 25; captain. F. H? Porter. Lake Swamp Rifles, Timmonsville; . commissioned April 18; captain, J. B. Morris. Calhoun .Llgnt infantry, matthews; commissioned April26; captain, M. 0- Dantzter. Gsiry Evans Volunteers, bpringfield; com missioned April 19; c2ptaiD, James { H. Panning. St. Stephens Guards, St Stephens; j commissioned April 17; captain, S. W. Russell. , Prosperity I^fles, Prosperity; commissioned April 28; captain, D. H. . Witherspoon. Thickety State Guards, Starr Farm; commissioned April 30; captain, J. M. Greer. Fairfield Rifle Guards, Winnsboro; commissioned April 23, captain, J. M. Jordan.. Eantfsford rd, Cheater county; commissioned April 25; captain, W. B. Cox. Greeley ville Volunteers, Greeley ville, Williamsburg county; commissioned April 23; captain, J. J. B. Montgomery. Stokes's Bridge Rifles, Stokes's Bridge commissioned April 2; captain, A. J3. Wood&am. St. George Kifles, St. Gsorge; commissioned April 14; captain, J. T. Minus. Ebenezer Rifles. Ebenezer; commissioned April 13; captain, E. B. Green. Townsend Rifles, Santuc; commissioned April 28, captain, C. P. Sims. Ridge way Rifles, Rjdgeway; commissioned April 21; captain, W. J. Johnson. "Wadesworth Rifles. Cross Hill; commissioned April 20; captain, W. S. Pitts. Governor's Volunteers, Blackvill6; commissioned April 11; captain, H.C. Bvc&es. Boiling SpriDgs Light Infantry, Boiling Springs; commissioned April 21; captain, P. M. Wall. Carlisle Rifles, Carlisle, Union county; commissioned April 26; captain, W. F. Bates. Jacksonville Volunteers, ClintoD; commissioned April 4; captain, T. J. DueketV Etigh Hill Rifles, Darlington county, commissioned April 17; captain, F. E. Stokes. '% Starr Fort Guards, Ninety-Six; commissioned April23; captain, A.S.Osborne. Richland Mounted Rifles, Eastover; comm'jsioned April 23; captain, J. R. Seay. Liberty Guards, Fair Forest, Spartan Darg county; commissioned April 23: captain, W. W. Fuller. Lad oer Guards, Hodges; commissioned April 24; captain, D. H. McGill. Bellevue Rifle Club, Widesman, Abbeville county; commissioned April 26; captain, John A.Moran. ! Wellford, Spartanburg county (corn, pany not named); commissioned April 27- captain, J. C. High. Tillman Volunteers, Orangeburg; commissioned April 4; captain, N. JS". Hayden. Pickens Guards, Pickens, C. H; commissioned April 30; captain, J. J. Lewis. i Graniteville Rifles, Graniteville; com' M T> TXT missioned April au; capuuu, x>. tt. Hunter. McGormick Rifles, Pettigree, Abbeville county; commissioned April 23; captaiD, J. B. Holloway. Richland Rifles, Columbia; captain, George R. Koester. Batesburg Light Infantry, Batesburg'; commissioned April 10; captain, A. B. Watson. Blue Ridge R'fles, Walhalla; comm ssioned April 14; c-iptain J.R. Earle. Greenbrier Rifles, R ickton, S. C. Berkeley Light Infantry, Peak'sJS. C. Pea Ridge Rifles, Kelton; commissioned April 12; captain, H. C. Little. B. R. T. Guards, Lamar; commls| sioned ; captain, R. F. Willford. Rocky Creek Rifls3, Chester; captain, I J. C. Dye. Elvin Guards, Lyra, Florence county; commissioned April 26; captaiD, T. L. ) uucz. Hopwell Rifles, Kiaard. Newberry county- commissioned April 30; captain W. P I)avis. Benevolent Rifles, Gantt Township, Greenville; commissioned ; captain, L. Y. McWbite. Mountville Light Infantry; commissioned April 21. JSTo officers named. Pomaria Rifle3, Pomaria; commissioned April 16; captain, W. T. Hatton. Hickory Grove Rifles, Hickory Grove; commissioned April I; captain, J. D. Whiteside. TTilrnn PiflpQ T.GYinjrt.rm fionntv: com JLO..LA UV.U JbVtuvw) ? ?? ^ missioned April 16; captaiD, P. B. Lever. Tillman Rifles, Basard, Sumter county; commissioned April 17, Captain, R, P. Stackhouse. Matheson Rifles, commissioned ; captain, J. H. Snaw. RichlaDd Guards, Richland county; commissioned May 4; captain, S. S. Sligh. / free silver is coming lateroaUcu&i Action 3fceea? ;r? tor K .ti i b'l t^tlon oI th?? "VFMto Met ?1. London, May 2.?The international bimetallist conference v?as formally opened in the Mansion House today. The opening address wa3 delivered by ex-Lord Mayor Sir David Evans. a larffe number of delegates were pres errt, Including some of the best known of the British and foreign financiers. AmoDgtbem were Sir William Houldsworth, M. P.; W. L. Litterdale, ex-governor of tbe iJank of England; Sir David Barbour, exsecretary to the India council; Henry Chaplia. M. P.; Samuel Montague. M. P.; Brooks Adams of Boston, Mass.; M. Vanderberg, president of .tbe Bank of the Netherlands," Amsterdam; G. M. Boisseva.in of Amsterdam,; AlpbODS-j Allard of Brnssels; George ?>e i^avelleye of Brussells; Henri Cernushi of Paris, president of the French Bimetallic League; David Murray, president of the chamtxir of com3$erce of Adelaide, South Australia,: and president of the South" Australian Ktfr.KtAilfft T>eairo#r Hiiflfli M. Matheson Alderman aod Sheriff Dlmsdale, a London banker, Thomas Salt, late president of the Bankers' Institute; Sir Malcomb Fraser, agent general tn Lon don for Western Australia, and A. -I. Balfour, exChief Secretary for Ireland. Letters were read from Archbishop Walsh of Dublin, the president ot the Bank of France and others, regretting their inabUisy to be present. A paper was read by ? Prof. Shield Nicholson, on the fall in the general level prices in relation to the apprecla- 1 tlonof eoldand the divergence in the relative value of gold and silver, and a general discussion of the subject followed. The conference was presided over by Lord Mayor Tyler. Cablegrams were read from Senators ShermaD, "Pborhees, Aldricb, Murphy, 1 Brice, Platr, Davis, Carey and Callom, ' wishing success to the conference and ? to the cause of bimetallism inEogland. 1 JL"J. Balfonr, in course of the dis- i cussion, said he did not believe that < government regulation of coinage, if j It were done in the direction of making it more stable and a fairer measure or | value, eould be justifiably- opposed. The nations of the world were now, he 1 said, standing face to face with a great < danger, which could only be averted i bythe rehabilitation of silver to it pro-. 1 per commercial function. In order to < "TOO qKoA. j UU MUS lUMHXiaUUlliU OVblim nrao awulutely necessary. Balfour said there were three q'uestioas with which blmetalllsts had to cope. They were these: Was a doable Btandard possible? Was it just? Was it; expedient? Scientists and economists answer these qaestions with an overwhelming "yes. He would not say whether the closing of the Indian mints was a wise step, but he did not dioubt that it was the most striking attempt that a civilized government had ever made to solve a monetary difficulty that was directly due to monometallism. Balfour said he saw signs 01 acaange ? in English opinion. The leading com- < mercial mea had abandoned their form- 1 er hostility to bimetallism and come to ( the conclusion that the only way to meet the grave danger was to restore ] silver to its former place as a circulat- ] dream to suppose that each State was < able to regulate it own currency inde- I pendently. It was absurd to talk of ; taking an isolated view of the British i currency when the action of the United : States, which had not been taken in j concert with or from any friendly feel- < ing towards Great Britain, had forced upon India and England the adoption i of the astounding system which now < prevailed in India. England's present I isolation was selSsh and stupid. He . speke personally and for no Dartv, he i said Leonard H. Coartney,M.P.,re"ad a i paper on MThe practicability of main- < talning a ratio between gold and silver 1 under an international bimetallic agree- 1 ment/'and a discussion of ihe paper followed. Letters in support of bimet- ' allism were received from Gen. Francis < A. Walker, Archbishop Walsh and Prof 1 E. B. Andrews of Brown University, i A letter was read from Mr. H. W. Can- i non, president of the Chase National ' Bank of New York, in which the writ- < er said that the solution of the problem ; of bimetallism rests with Great Britain < Dr. Arendt, the eminent German financier, expressed views similar to- fbose contained in Cannon's letter. Sweeping the Senate. ( Washington, May l.?Forthfr third time m a short space of five weeks the i Senate met today only to hear the an- < nouncement of another gap made in i its ranks by death. A fortnight ago today funeral ceremonies were held i the Senate chamber over the remains ; ot Senator Vance of North Carolina. ' Three weeks before the like sad cere- . moKial had taken place over 'he re- ; mains of Senator Colquitt of Georgia. , And today the announcement was ' made ot the death of Senaror Stock- J bridge of Michigan, who died yesterday in Chicago. The other two Sena tors had died in Washington. The meeting of the Senate today had been : postponed from 11 a. hl to noon, so as 1 to give Senators "an opportunity of paying their last tribute of respect to 1 the memory of Mrs. Morgan, wife of ; the Alabama Senator, whose funeral took place this morning; and in the Chaplain's opening prayer they were i reminded of the death of their associate from Michigan, whose desk and ( chair, in the outer row of Republican : seats, were covered with blacK clotb. 1 An nnusua'ly large number of Senators were present at the opening prayer. The formal reading of yesterday's jour- 1 nal was disDensed with and then Sena- 1 tor McMillan, the col league of the deceased Senator, made the announcement of Stgckbridge's d'jath. The usual resolutions were thei offered by McMillan and were agreed to. They expressed the great sorrow of the Senate at the announcement of Mr. Stockbridge's death and provide for a committee of seven Senators to attend the funeral at Kalamazoo, Mich. Senators McMillan, Frye, Washburn, Cullom, Jones of Arkansas, Gibson and Bianchard were appointed such committee J ? ?* lO fha Cjnot-a Aiim. uuu luciif ttv tile kjvuaw ajjvuiue<i until tomorrow at 11 a. m. Explosion. Baltimore. Md., May 5.?A special to The Sou from Raleigh, ST. C., says: Two iarge boilers at Robertson and'Godwin's lumber mills, at Williams ton, exploded today. There were fifteen persons in the building, and all we're injured. Isaac Bright was dead when taken out, and lour others are dying. Several of those injured were women who had taken breakfast to their husbands, who were employed there. One boiler was blown thirty yards from its bed. Drowned. Jacksonville, Fla. May 3- Tuesday night George Gay and Mrs. Clara Sneiwood went boat riding oa the St John's. This morning their bodies were found at the foot of Laura street. The bodies had been horribly mutilated by crabs. It is supposed that the capsizing of the boat caused the tragedy. Mrs. Sherwood did not live with her husband. She and Gay were lovers. RIOTING RABBLE. CLLVtLAND TERRORIZED BY A FOREIGN-TONGUED MOB. Fac:a/iea G and Gnitad?Polio* Do Gocd Service?A Regiment Under Arm??To RtaUt the Slob With D?n? mite. ^ Cleveland, Ohio, May 2.?After the riotous demonstrations of Mayday the police department awoke to the necessity of prompt action, and it was determined to disperse any gathering that threatened trouble. This attitude on the part of the police seemed to anger the men. and thev were in a verv ncrlv mood this morning. There was a gathering in the public square, as there ha3 been daily for the past two weeks, and then a start was made out Ontario street; presumably to interfere with a squad of forty street cleaners. Thirty-five officers were sent after the men in patrol wagons; and they charged the mob and scattered it Several heads were broken in the melee. - * A crowd of several thousand men then invaded the manufacturing dis trict in ttie "Mats." The workmen were driven from the Standard Paint Works, and then an attack with rocks and clubs was made on the Variety Ironworks. The building was badly nsed up, but the employees escaped. Then the Upson Nut and Bolt Works were attacked. A loaded train of coal cars was on the track near by. The crowd mounted upon the coal and bombarded the Upson Works. For a time it looked as it these bandings wo aid be demolished. At this point the crowd began to become frenzied, and the noise made struck terror through the entire flats. Most of the crowd carried clubs, and as a body the men bad an ugly appearance. On Scranton avenue, near the Cleveland, Canton Southern tracks, the crowd gutted a scrap-iron warehouse, some 3f them becoming possessors of dangerous weapons thereby.. The police, who had charged the mob in Ontario street, went to the Upson Nut Works, and no sooner had they laken possession of the works than an jogry mob numbering thousands surrounded it and howled for revenee. All fhe police of the eighth preceinct were jailed oat when it was learned that :he rioters had penned thirty-five police in the Upson works. ~ Learning ;hat a reinforcement of officers were joming, the crowd turned its attention x> Fauihaber's furnitnre factory, on scranton avenue, and broke all the windows. They were about to loot the olace when the extra police arrived md chased them down the sJresc. The police* headed by Capt. English and 3apt. Burns, chased the crowd down to tvuuey aLre?v uriuyj, aua uie crowd ;ook possession of the bridge and befan throwing stones and bricks at the police. The police,with drawn revolvers backed up by. the patrol wagons, iharged, whereupon the mob fled in all iirections. The police pursued, and ;ook in charge all they could est hold m If. I There are few English speaking peo- M pie in the mob. It was a rabble com- M posed almost entirely of foreigners. Ihere were fully four thousand of ^r^srg^tfgtig1 r r?rd wisaiiutTigwOi > however, when the police got to work. Mayor Blee issued a proclamation dorinr? fVia r?nr*n all /HH LU? WiW (UbV.lUVt/U VHWUII0 U^v/u UU V*?* zsds to refrain from assembling together for purposes of riot and disorder, and stating that all the powers vested in the city government will be used to enforce the law and maintain order. The mayor also held a consultation with the offic??is of the Fifth Regiment, and as a result six companies of that regiment, together with the Cleveland Grays and the City Guards, were ordered to assemble in their armories, subject to calls for service by the mayor, During the afternoon another mob visited the works of the United Salt Company and drove the men from hhoip trrnrb- Tho rintfira than nrnMAiiMi \ do the Cleveland Rolling Mills, where they bad a conflict with the police. There was about ten minutes of fierce slabbing, and then the crowd gave way and scattered in every direction. Seven f of the rioters, all with broken heads, were arrested. Tne Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling railway contractors, at work in Brook* lyn Village, have placed charges of iynamite in the hills surrounding their works and connected them with electric batteries. Dynamite bombs have also been prepared for the defence of their workmen. Fearing trouble daring the evening, .4 squ/.d of 150 police was stationed in the public square to prevent any g&thsriDg there. The people of the city are Riled with fear t.oniiyht that the mob will resort to the torch or dynamite aud attempt to destroy factories and private residences. - * The South. Washington, May 5.?There is one fact that stands out with great distinctness in these days of industrial unrest and disorder. There is no di# content in the South. Labor strikes are common in New Jersey, the coal miners of Pennsylvania are out, the West is full of discontented men organ* iaing themselves mto armies, and the whole country above Mason and Dixun's line is disturbed by the troubles of man who comnlain of hard times and the lack of occupation. Below that Line there is peace if there Is not plenty. The people of the South have not escaped the effects of the general trade depression. That section is as poor, i? not poorer, than those in which Social* ism and anarchy is rampant, but the people are conservative, patient and jaw abididg. The Southern States are setting the rest of the country a glorious example.?Xews. PCKOaed. Columbia, S. C., May 1.?A special to The Register from Butler, S.iC., says: Seven negroes, an entire family, were poisoned near jtt'.c&araaonviue, x?agenoia county. Tuesday. They were taken violently ill immediately after breakfast, which was followed by almost incessant vomittins:. The dogs and cats that ate of the vomit died almost instantly. The doctors say there is no hope of saying aov of the persons poisoned. 2fo clue as to the guilty parties ha3 been made. The posioned family was visited yesterd iy by several negroes of the neighborhood. Democrats Jubilant. /V*tT*r?Tre Mon 1 Tha Thfr/1 v?j iUUj J>( JLUV JLUMVb Ohio Congressional District, in the special election held to-day, has gone Democratic by about the usual majority, 3,000 votes, electing Paul J. Sorg, over E. (Jr. Rath bone (Republican,) Sorg home, Middletown, siroogly Republican, gave him 408 plurality, while Hamilton, ex Governor Campbell's home, carried by the Republicans at the last municipal electioD, gave him 1,183 ? * n-iirfAn rtorrloH Kir plurality', auu i/aj uvu, V/UL Kfj MAW Kinley by 565 votes last fall, went Democratic today by 19o. The Democrats bereare jubilant over the apparent turn in politics in their favor.