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VOL. XLIX. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1894. NO. 8. '*v^2SB ^ AN ALL NIGHT CAUCUS.' wP ' BUT JT REFUSED TO NOMINATE A STATE TICKET. The Proceedings ot the Anil-TJlmanlte State Convention "Which W?? Held fn Columbia L??t Week?The Hotheads f Disappointed i | Columbia, S. C., Sept. 26?The conr ' yentlon railed to consider the propriety k . of nominating a ticket to be ran in the general election ag&iost the regular Democratic ticket assembled in this city yesterday and remained in session until after four o'clock this mornirg, tchon if. firiinnrnml wit.hont WOrkiPfiT & nomination. The delegates to the convention had begun to arrive the evening before. The morning trains brought ia a good crowd, and the midday and afternoon train3 did the rest-. Nearly every man who was here last Monday a week ago was here again, and a good many others from various counties I ' were here also. The delegates freely & discussed during the day the advisabil^ 3ty of nominating a full State ticket, m and heard all the arguments on both sides. A canvass of the delegates Hm| Hbhotfed that, while there.was strong opHposition to the making of nominations, B ^Fthere was in the afternoon an uedoubt^P^ed majority in favor of making them. But there seemed to be no certainty as to what the convention was going r to do. TheexecjiMve committee met .. .is at 11:30 o'clock at. the Hotel Jerome. The plan of holdingr a caucus of the - chairmen of the various delegations ' .and the members of the ittats commit' tee only, was abandon**?,-it bsing . thought best that the entire matter - should be fully discussed first in a genL _ eral caucus. The following resolutions v were therefore adopted by the commitw> . . tee: Resolved, That the call for a caucus of r the chairmen of each delegation and the Executive Committee at 5 o'clock y. ill-, 19 liClOUJT 1DOOIUUOU auu. thereof that it is hereby resolved that a caueus of the entire delegations, duly _4^m~ elected or appointed from each of the counties ot the Stats be present at a W . caucus to be called to order at 5 p. m., and not until the adjournment of the said caucus will the convention ?ons vene. Resolved, that there be absolutely no exceptions made, as to the admission , into "the hall of the House of R9pres entatives, and that only the delegates * " dijly elected or appointed be admitted ' to said caucus. [ Resolved, that delegates are requested to present themselves in a body from each of tbsir respective counties and . _ that a list of each delegation De handed tA tlia oanroforo #vf t-hn riamn^raMV1 "RY VV VUW UOV&VVUiJ VI VUV J^WU*VW*MW?? ^ ,ecutive committee so that he can furnish it in ample time to the doorkeeper. -Be it further resolved, that we earnestly request citizens who are interested in the result of this caucus and convention, that they be patient and await the action cf the caucus, which is p necessary to precide the opeir-pg of the convention. LThe deleg??bs all went to the hall of the Hou*f of Representatives sH 5 o'clocXsfld the caucus began. Tte -yfe^SresoSutions haa been po3ted on s IKs various bulletin boards in the city j and had been published, consequently | I there was not such turmoil about the doors as was witnessed at the previous convention. The caucus at once took up the question of making nominations and arguments began on both sides. Every possible phase of the situation and the possible future results was fully and exhaustively presented, and there" was a full, free and untrammelled exchange of views from all parties. At 7 c'cIock a recess was taken for supper. At 8 o'clock'tne caucus was resumed. There was no indication of a vote being reached until the midnight hour, if then: All outsiders, consequently decided to try the waiting poncy. It was of grave import, and the result of the deliberations of the caucus was awaited with the deepest interest by many otboth political factions and all other parties. All knew that the Irby com' * mltteewas here waiting to take imoQe diate action with regard to anything the convention might do. I . A SECRET SOCIETY. | The caucus was practically a secret I society. Walter Capers, Douglass Symk mers and Mr. Koon were stationed at the main door leading to the hall of the House of Representatives as doorkeepers. They nad the names of the dele* - gates from each county, and before a man was admitted the doorkeepers had .* ; to be satisfied that he was the right person. Two policemen were.stationed at - the outside of the door. Even the newspaper reporters in sympathy with the objects of the movement were exr eluded.^-When Caairman Carwile called '"7 .the caucus to order about 5.3C o'clock ? there were numerous vacant chairs. Chesterfield, Sumter and Kershaw counties had no representatives, and the cards marking the seats for these counties, stood as the ODly representa wyes, many 01 numpwus cuana ncic vacant and the same was the case as to other counties. It did not look lifee there were more ".ban 225 men in the hall. The caucus remained in session for an hour and a half and adjourned until 8.30 o'clock when it resumed its secret work, some of the members stating f that it would be hours before the cau^ ^ ' cus would be reaey to go into convention. Abcnt 9 o'clock it was given out that the caucus would discuss the question of nominations for tnree hours and then go into convention. The early hours of the caucus were spent in listening to reports on the outioofc in f the various counties. As a general rule the reports were rosy. These reIk ports came, from members of the exeB cutive committee in favor of nominaW tions and who were Butler man. i Shortly after 10 o'clock a Iiegister re^ porter was informed on what he knows ' to be excellent authority that the out I - - look at that hour was against nomina . tions by a majority of eight to teu. The gentleman who informed the reW porter stated that all the preliminary HB motions, which had been offered ana KjjJf r which fefiilanythiog of the element of a j^T ' dlvtsi^npf"-the two.reactions had been m won ^y the men. agai&st nominations, r One of-the " motions defeated by the k * "no nominations" men was that limiting debate so as to- allow only tne m chairmen of the delegations to speak. This was-a schema In favor of-nomiaaL tions, "as the'nomination men had found that the majority of the chair men wsre m iavor or putting out a ticket. The rio nomination men spoke strongly against it anci alleged that t there was something like gag law in the proceeding. The motion was defeated and then one was passed limiting debate to four hours and the speeches ' to ten minutes each. The prospects were that a vote would be ^sen aoout 12 o'clock midnight. Early in the evening A. B. Williams, \ of the Green villa News, offered aresoV lutiQn in favor of nominating a caudi\date for Governor and against putting Snt a full State ticket. It is underkto* iar? yxtoo htt kvu v>uav UAO UJVUiVU ?f (M UVAVMWVI vj \2sr vote. This was ons of the \t votes. Exactly how Mr. Wil-1 Nx>d. on the question of nomina-! \ State ticket is not known J The vote on the question of limiting debate stood 74 to HO. At 145 o'clock the convention finished taking a yea aud nay vote on the question of nominations. The vote resulted 123 to IK) In favor of nominations and the convention decided to go into nominations in a short time. DELEGATES WITHDRAW. Just a few mioutes after the vote was announced AI. i*. Howell of Colleton, followed by every del?g*te from his county, announced that tt.ey would withdraw from the caucus and would not remain in the convention to^ take part in its deliberations. M. O Damz ler made the same announcement for the Orangeburg delegation and they marched out of the caucus. The following were tbe Orangeburg member?: J. K. Hane, J. A. Petersin, John S. Rowe, (jr. D. JBast, J. M. Crosswell, J.B. O'Neal Holloway, T. E. Dukes, W. B Trtzevanc. Col. A. D. Goodwin and H. M. Rush remained. A number of individual members of tbe various delegations withdrew, as follows: J. Ric&ardson and L. W. Parker of Greenville; Mr. Folk of JLUrnweil, one of the secretaries of the caucus; Henry Fuller of Beaufort; nearly all of the Newberry delegation and over half of that from Spartanburg. The names of the Newberry and Spartanburg delegates who pulled out could not be learned. The resolution on which the debate on nominations took place was introduced by C. P. Sanders of Spartanburg, and was that the convention deemed it expedient that nominations be made at this time. Some of the delegations 3howed good, hard sense in their estimates of the political situation. In the reports from the counties eighteen reported that they couldn't be carried; thirteen reported that they could be carried and five were doubtful. Notwithstanding that the delegates from eighteen counties reported tnat tney would be beaten and "were sensible in this report, a majority of the delegates favored nominations. Ailien and Abbeville reported that fchey would not stand a show. Abbeville said she could not carry three hundred votes. Some of the Anderson men thought they could carry the county and soms tbat they couldn'f. Thirty or forty speeches were mada on the resolution of Mr. Sanders. The following were some of the speakers on each side: For nominationsr-Paul Hemphill of Chester, T. B. Butler of Uoion, Mayor Dargan of Darlington, C. S. Nettles of DarlingtoD, Mills Mooney of Green ville, N- G. Godzales of Columbia, A. B. Williams of Greenville. A?aiost noaamatipns?Gen. EI ward McOradyof Charleston. L. W. Youmaos of Barnwell, J. F. liichardson of Greenville, W. C. McGowan of Abbeville, Mr. Cromer of Newberry and Martin Woodward of Aiken. After the speaking was fiaisMed a rising vote w<*s taken on calling the previous question. This was done and the question was called for. Then the roll of counties was called, but a yea and nay vote was demanded and was taken, resulting as announced. a platform committee. Shortly alter .2 o'clock a platform ?.r?w?yv.;n-/ni TTTOO Qnnnirtf-pri and t.Flft f?a.n IA/JLU.LU.1UUCN? cus took a recess or aa hour to give the committee time to report. The platform was to be adopted before-the convention went into nominations. , At 230 o'clock a motion was made to rescind the vote by which nominations we^e decided on. Ihe motion to rescind \was lost by a vote of 43 to 75 At that hour it began to look very doubtful if ?aie ciucus would make nominations atrer all. A great many delegates had r?eft the ball in disgust and nad refused fro take any part in the pro- j ceediogs. Thte attendance had dwindled very muc& aud the nomination people began to 'get frightened. At 3.10 o'clock nothing had been done. The committee on platform was still out and had1, not reported. At 3 30 o'clock the cau\cus looks like It is going to make a co mplete lizzie on the questitn of nominations. So many delegates have left "the hall that there is scarcely a handfjul sitting m the chairs and standing} around, at least so it seems through a glass doors. Prominent membe^^ the caucus who have come out statt^^sitively that no nominations will be macta It is learned that the com nil# tee on platform also has imposed upon it til# duty of making the nomination of a State ticket. The committee consists of one man from eacy county. X. G. Gonzales is the representative from Richland and Mike .Brown from Barnwell. At 4 o'clock this morning the committee has not reported and there are decided indications of flickering on all sides. About -midnight several notable He publican leaders came to tne state Capitol. Their coming was a mystery,the explanation of which no one seemed to know anything. They stood in the lobby down stairs. Among them were Bob Smalls,Brayton.Fred Nix,Edmund Deas and State Chairman Webster. Tney at first defeated all efforts to probe the object of their presence tbere and in the city. It was finally ascertained. however, that tbey had come bere in advance of their committee meeting scheduled to be held next Tuesday, for the purpose of watching to see what the "True Damocrats" did and what the Irby committee did thereafter bearing on the subject. It was ascertained further from a pretty reliable source that it was their purpose. in case no nominations were made to call their S:ate convention immediately aDd put out a fall state ticket. This is given for what it is worth, and may meau a good deal in the long run. A few minutes after 4 o'clock Col. T. W. Woodward of ifairlleld was asked what tbe convention would do. "Busted all to hell," wa3 his short but forcible answer, and it told the story better than a column of high-tlown words. NO NOMINATIONS. It was exactly 4.10 o'clock this morning when the caucus threw open its uonrs and tbe convention began its work. The convention was in session precisely live minutes when it adjourned sine die without making nominations. Even the comnittee en platform and nominations, which went out co maKe nominations, repui wu <s^aiur?o nominations and Gxed no platform. It simply reported to the coax mtion the following resolutions, which were adopted and the convention adpurnert: llesolved, That this convention accepts the action of the convention held hereon the 19v,h instant in endorsing the Chicago platform as a concession to the Democracy of the State, but regards the simultaneous endorsement of Democratic and Populist platforms, representing: opposing principles, as forfeiting the allegiance of all straight Democrats and the respecS of all honest Populists. 'rhot rnnvpnti.in cor dialiy accepts and endorses the national Democratic platform and declares its unwavering devotion and allegiance to the national Democratic party. Kesolved, That we urge and invite all Democrats of the State to proceed to organize for the purposes hereinafter set forth. Kesolved, That while this convention desires to avoid dointr anything likely to cause increasing strife among our people we believe that the principles \ of Democracy, the safety of every in-1 terest in the State and the interest of self preservation demand that a hard and earnest li^bt be made against the proposition to call a constitutinoal convention to create a new fundamental law involving the rights of every man in theS'ate without providing for the submission of its work to the people. We tender to the opponents of this iniquitous, undemocratic, tyrannical and dangerous proposition the service of the organization herein provided for and invite them to join with us in Dghtlng it at the approaching general election. It is said that A. 13. Williams was tbe man who forced the convention to abandon nominations. He was ia favor of nominating a candidate for Governor and no others. He was made chairman of the platform committtee and is the author of the foregoing resolutions. He wielded a powerful influence. A few of tne members of tbe convention ia favor of nominations, among them Mayor Dargan, voted to the l*st against the convention's action. There was general wailiog and gnashing of teeth this morning and the piteous expression was heard from one man, "Haven't we made asses of ourselves." THE WEEK'S WEATHER. It* EQ\iCt< on the Crops?Cooler Than u<Q>1 for First Three D%ye. Columbia, S. C, September 25 ? The following is the weather crop re? Trrnz-ib- *vr?/3fnor T7oafordau pULVi JLUJL I'UC fT V/Va V/UVt tLi^ ^ vuw? am - % Tbe week ending September 211h was cooler than usual duriog the first three days, the departure from the normal averaging about one degree a day, but the remainder of the week was warmer than usual. The nights were uniformly cool. The highest temperature was 92 reported from Greenwood, Abbeville County; the lowest 52 reported lrom Greenville on tbe 2ht, and from Liberty, Pickens County, on tbe 22nd. The we'ek began with cJoudy and rainy weather which lasted until Thursday, on which day tbe weather became settled and remained clear to the end of tbe week. About an average of sunshine for the week. There were heavy rains on the 18 th and 19 :b, quite general over the State. In some portions of tbe State the rainfall was excessive, flooding bottom lands and dam3giog ungathered crops, and staining cotton, where the bolls mor/i nnon- noavfnp hav was also dam* | Tf CIC V/^V/U y r ???J aged in some localities; tarQip3 anil other root crops were also iDjured more or less by the heavy rain; where th?a rainfall was not excessive It proved beneficial, especially to late gardens and to late cotton, giving the small bolls a chance to develop and mature. Tease, turnips and potatoes were generally benefitted, as well as pastures. Cotton picking was interrupted the first of the week by the rainy and cloudy weather which &I30 checked the opening of the bolls, as did the prevailing cool nights, but during the clear weather that followed, "picking was resumed and is progressing rapidly. Reports indicate that in many localities half of the crop has been gathered and tne remainder is in sight, there being but poor prospect of a late crop. With a few widely scattered exceptions the reports indicate a short crop, considerably bslow last .year's yield, As nhe picking advances the former estimates of a short crop are being verified It is generally stated that tbe crop is being marketed as fast as gathered. Sei island cotton coming into market slowly. Corn is largely being gathered and, with the exception of some late fields which are said to be poor, the ears are well filled and heavy and under the influence of the hot, dry weather the kerne! is ripenihg hard and dry. iiice narvest is Drogressiun unciy with a fair yield. 0 ffing to a scarcity of seed last spring the aggregate crop will be a medium one, the acreage being smaller. The pea crop is Af-AVf/iform "condition, the excessive rains during its growing season vere injurious to It in portions of thv State. Peanuts are being dug and -yielding onlj fairly well. Turnips and ofjer root crops are not doing as well previously indicated, except sweet *\)tatjes which have improved with a very good yield in places Sand poo^m other localities. Insects ha>vstacked turnips in some counties cabbages are also being destroyed by them and rotting badly. ? Aona onH a^r. OJtUp JULLafikiLIg XIULU UC4UU UUV* uv* ghum continues actively and the yield I is considerably greater than from that first gathered, mere being a marked increase. Tnird crop of vegetables being marketed from truck farms along the South coast Tnird crop of Irish potatoes promise a go^d yield. Oits being sown to some extent. In general the week was fivorable for farm work of all kinds. J. W. -Baiter, .Director. Oae Taat'i Drinking. Washington, Sept. 27.?Americans are accounted a fairly sober people in the hurlyburly of nations, but the figures of the internal revenue commissioner for the past year are enough Co make a temperance crank stagger without a drop of whiskey or beer. The preacher, who peruses them, will hie him to the pulpit and tell his congregation what a nation of drunkards we aie, stupilied with drink half the year anrt rirnffw>ri with tobacco the other half. That each year we squander upon tbese inventions of JSelzebub three times as much money as is required to seep this great government iu operation and more tuaa is represented by the circulating ineiium of the Uoited States. And wnen the preacher goes to throwing mortal bonds he can load them with interesting, if not astonishing tacts, if he so chooses. We distilled last year 87,3iG,834 gallons of liquor not including 1,433,353 gallons ot orandy, making in all 83,777,187 gallons of alconolic spirits. Exnom narr.ftnrif>rs estimate 63 drinks to the gallon. Therefore there were 5,604,062,891 drinks produced in this country. A conservative estimate of how much wasimbbed across counters is obout 37,000.000 gallons of whiskey, brandy and other distilled spirits, or in otber words we drank 6,093,000,000 glasses of whiskey for whicti we paid over the bar 3609,000,003 or ?5,000,000 more than all the annual appropriations of Congress combined. Tni? represents a consumption of 100 glasses of'whiskey each year for every man woman and child between the rock-bound Pacific and the storm-tossed Atlantic, or counting only the m-tle adults 500 glasses per week each. Of beer the Ligures are equally astonishing. The consumption was 31,962,943 barrels; that is 12,785,169,200glasses; reoresentiug an expenditure for this mode of Teutonic hilarity of 8617,258,460, or about 10 cents for each inhabitant. In the neighborhood of 220 glasses are charged up in this calculation agaiQst each of us as our aunual allowance, therefore if we do not average our daily glass we nray be sure that our neighbors are getting the benefit of our abstinence. iSy estimating this year's internal revenue receipts from spirits on the basis of last year's product with the increased tax of SI. 10 per gallon, the internal revenue receipts will be ?97,674,905. ' 1 m THE LATE CAUCUS PUT DOWN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST POLITICAL FARCES Etr? ? lacted la this Part Ot the County? for* Spits Lifw lishlnd-Republican leaders on the Watcb. bat Get Cold Comf.irt. Columbia, S. C., Sept 26 ?One of the greatest political farces ever enacted in South Carolina was the late caucus of the anti-Tillman Democrats, which was held in this city .last Tuesday night. The Register says it was the most gigantic farce of modern times and the worst demoralized body of men which ever assembled for political purposes in the State of bouth Carolina. As much soreness was engendered in that unharmonioas organization as was ever known and one of the last things attempted was the offering of a resolution severely condemning the men w&o had withdrawn, from the body when it bad been decided to make nominations. The resolution of condemnation was defeated by a few fViQ nonmia onn 11\ ViQVft VUCCD. XX VJ TV buo V/duwui; vvuts* umt v passed the resolution Is not knowD, when many of tha delegations had served express notice early in the eveniDg that they would desert In a body if nominations were attempted. Some of them further served notice that In addition to leaving the caucus they would fight whatever ticket was put out. As an illustration of the number of bruised spots left behind it may be stated that as some of the delegates who withdrew were leaviDg the hall they were guyed and sharply reproved by those who remained. This caused a personal feeling between many and it has not abated. Another specimen of the feeling engendered against those who left the hall is found in the following utterances of Col. N. G. GoDziles, in which the bolters are .Dut down as deserters: it was the sense of the convention that they were outrageously deserted by men who' had submitted tbfeir claims to the j idgment of that convention and after having the fullest and freest discussion had been beaten by a decisive majority. That when they went out they threatened not only to desert the ticket but that they would fight it and put us in the position bf breakiDg up the Conservative party. We refused to rescind the resotion, but concluded after appointing the committee on platform and resolutions to place the responsibility where it belongs and abandon the whole thing in disgust." It is learned tnat early in the evening A. B. Williams offered practically the'same resolutions which the caucus passed j ;isi as it aoj ourueu. i.ucy wac rejictea. He also submitted a plan for tue appointmeat of an Executive Committee which should have the power of ; nominating .a full State ticket. This committee was to spring- a ticket on the public two weeks before the elecI tiou and the Independents were to try to carry it with a rush. It was to keep | the matter a dead secret until thf* time jiixed. The plan did not meet the approbation of the caucus. One stfumbling block in the 'way of the cjmhM was that a great many were doubtful if there was anything undemocratic in the platform adopted by the regular Democratic convention last week. They couid not see the point in the arguments of some of their opponents that the platform was undemocratic, full of Oealism, etc. The secret has leaked out that during the evening J. C. Hemphill, of the Xews and Courier, telegraphed to the caucus that he naa direct lnrermauon from Chairman Harrity, of the Naiional Democratic Committee, and from Chairman Faulkner, of tbe National Democratic Congressional Committee, that these commftte?j wciiiu not recoenizj the Independents as Democrats. Tnis did not have much effect on the hotheads, and they did not pay any attention to it, but the sober-minded men heeded it. A summary of the reports made to the caucus by counties showed that there was no chance of carrying the State. Representatives of the following eighteen counties reported that their counties could not be carried: Aiken, Abbeville, Anderson, Barnwell, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Edgefield, Hampton, Lancaster, Lauren?, Lexington, Marion, Newberry, Orangeburg, Pickens, Union and Williamsburg. Tbe following ten counties were reported as solid for the Inder^'.dents: /1hoot of "Harll n Ot.m I Tfftir. U 3?U1 Wllj vuwgvvi) * Mw J field, Florence, Georgetown, Greenville, Oconee, Iliehland and York, although there was some doubt about York. The opinion about Berkeley, Horry and Spartanburg was divided. Four counties, Sumter,Chesterfield, Kershaw and Marlboro, had no representative in the caucus and this betokened that those counties were solidly against Independentism. The reorganization called for ia the resolutions adopted has net begun. The symptoms are more of decomposition with probabilities of an early decline and an inglorious death. What tbe verdict of the coroner's jury will be is wholly a matter of speculation. One orthe Independent papers is already calling for reorganization to start. It is now believed tbat the men whj favored nominations will refuse to have anything to do with reorganization. The last resolution of those adopted is regarded by some as a bid for the negro vote in 189G. It opposes the calling of a constitutional convention and tells the negroes, without using the word, that the aid of the Independent oreanizition will be given them to fight tnis "iniquitous, undemocratic, tyrannical and dangerous proposition." A. gentleman said yesterday that if the negroes and Independents join in fighting the call lor a convention the Independents can say to the negroes in 1896: "We helped to save you from losing your suffiage. Now come to our aid and give us your vote." Everybody noticed that the prominent negro and Republican leiders, including D9as, Webster, Miller and Smalls, hung around the caucus lite buzzards. Tbey were eager listeners to whatever news was brought out from the hall and gathered in groups to talk secretly of it. They had some object. There i3 a rumor to the effect that Smalls, Miller and Webster had arrauj^d to make a deal with the Independents by which Murray was to be defeated for Congrees in tbe Fust Congressional District ~iir-Javor of Small* and Brayton. in the "Seventh District in favor of Johnson. The deal was, of course, that the YVebsterSmalls-Miller inlluence would be given to the Independents io the lower part of the State. Dickering of some kind was done. It is said that tbe anxiety displayed by the negroes was due to the fact that the Republicans wanted the Independents to nominate. This would have aniit fhu rohitA vntp nf the State. Then the ReDublicans would hold a convention and nominate a ticket. Dr. Sampson Tope Is delignted that a State ticket was not nominated. He says that he is good for about 15,000 Reform yotes and all the Conservative votes, and that this will elect him. Had the caucus nominated Dr. Pope would have missed the Conservative vote. Senator Butler is said to be as near broken hearted as a brave man can be. His whole heart was set on a State ticket and his hope was In that action Now he is left with no nope. The only chance he has is for his sympathizers to run Independent tickets for the Legislature in such counties as they toink tbey can win in. This would not even give Senator Butler the opportu nity 01 masing a contest in tne ^naie, as be has no organization backing bim. THE NEW TARIFF. The Hon. William L. Wilson Shows Where McKmley Taxis are Rsdnc*d. Just before leaving for Europe the Hon. William L. Wilson addressed a letter to the New York World explanatory of some features in the new tariff law. ^.Trom it we extract the following:^" "Let us now consider, in some detail* the most helpful reductions made in the bill as It finally became a law, beginning with those articles altogether released from taxation by both House aud Senate bills. "In the chemical schedule $712,000 worth of articles of the importations of 1893 are transferred to the free list, the most important of wbich are snl phuric acid and sulphate of soda.which lie at the basis of many chemical manufactures. 'In t&e metal schedule the amount similarly made free of duty was $1,100,000 in value, including cotton ties, copper ores and pig and old copper fit only for reman ufacture. "In agricultural products and nro visions duties are abolished on $1,500,000 of tbe imports of 1893, including cabbage, fresh fish and sale. "In the flax, hemp and jute schedules the value of free imoorts on the same importations is $l,700,000.includlng undressed flax and hemp and oinding twine. "In the woolen schedule the value of the fibres transferred to the free list on the same oasis is s?i8,oiaj,uuu. "Free paintiDgs and statuary increase the free list over $2,000,000,while the abolition of retaliatory duties under the so-called reciprocity claussof the McKlnley law releases from taxation articles valued at 84,400,000, to wit, coffee, raw goat skins and hides. ".On fine the total amount of the importations of 1893 transferred to the free list by the House bill,and Included in the bill as passed, was 841,398,000 These freed articles, it will be seen, are of great importance, embracing free wool, flix and hemp or free fibers to American manufacturers, and free works of art of American scholars and the people generally. "In addition to the above the Senate added to the free list oy its amendments dressed lumber, burlaps, grain bags made from burlaps, and cotton bagging. Of the articles placed by the House on the free H3t, oyer iony m number were restored to the dutiable list by the Senate?generally, however, with reduced rates?the most important of which are borax, refined camphor "jgflj&ialphtfr, clava, granite and fire Hfc, unmanufatured; nickel, mica quicksilver, molasses and sugar," coii and iron ore and meat products. "It will thus appear that very substantial and important parts of the House bill were saved, and that with free lumber, free copper, free works of art, free wool and other fibres, untaxed cotton ties and bagging foi both cotton and grain, our cheif export crops, a pretty large hole has been made In the McKtnley bill and in the protective system, generally, and that the President was fully justified in assuring the people that with the first effort of the Democratic party the era of mad protection in this country was over. Much kUk' " " "n "Ol'fl f?r>ollT7 tout*, in fchfl iai>GO nnw uuwuj ~ . woollen and carpet schedule than can be j astified on the basis of free wooJ, bat It is a great achievement, added to that of securing free wool, to geft rid of the fraudulent compound duties under which the wearers of wollen goods have been so mercilessly taxed in this country. "The cotton schedule said to have proceeded from the Fall River manufacturer?, was accepted in the Senate with the exception of reducing its rateu in conference, but the final and successful stand taken by the Senate against any changes in its amendments forced its adoption as made by its original framers. MiQ conclusion lei me auu uuao wicic is much to satisfy and far more to encourage tariff reformers in the new bill. The people will feel the lightening of their burdens, the release of their industries and the quickening of their home and foreign commerce resulting from its passage, and there need be no fear that they will ever return to McKlnleyism, or again submit to the crippling and asphyxiation of American industry at the command of a combination of tax-gatherers. More than all they will steadily march on to the goal of commercial freedom. 4,It is a momentous victory to have turned our faces once again and firmly toward that goal and, as the.extreme injustice of the monopoly tariff of 1890 was its own overthrow, it may well happen that the Sugar Trust and other monopolies which have been able to thwart our efforts to get a better reve nue bill iiave oeen ouucea Detter w<tu they know." Will Nominate. Columbia, S, C., Sept. 27.?The Republican leaders of note who came here Tuesday to watch the movements of the State convention of true Democrats were pretty well all here yesterday Wben questioned a3 to their Intentions with regard to the approachiog general election, several of the mis, prominent leaders unqualifiedly stated tuat it was their purpose to put out a full State ticket, and it would be composed ot the strongest men that they could secure. Siate Chairman Webster, when seen yesterday afternoon as he was taking the train for his home, said that there bad been no conference of the leaders who had been in the city, and that the entire situation and outlook would be fully dlscu^ed and acteo upon when the S&te executive committee met in this city on Tuesday next. The State convention will be called by the committee for an early date.?State. K tided Hamburg. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 25.?Dispensary Constables JohnsoD, who has been doing business In and around Augusta, ac-eompanied by two other constables, m&de a successful raid in Hamburg, on the other side of the river, the other night." They bad learned that whiskey and beer were being sold in Hamburg, where the state of South Carolina had not permitted or licensed a dispensary. They made a raid, but there was not much stock on hand. What was found was, according to the law, confiscated, and the place was locked up by the officers. It Is stated that the blind tiger was operated or owned by Max Saliett and Bud Padgett. The proper warrants for their arrest and prosecution have been sworn out. , THE NEXT LEGISLATURE in:ications point to much new "material." The Nominees ol Che Kecat Primary lor the House?Senatorial Changes?Effort of the Qeieral Election on fhelr E'.*c 113EU Columbia, S. C., Sept 28?The people of tbe State are now speculating a great deal as to what Senator Butler is going to do about his race for tne United States Senate, going on the assumption that he had great hopes of benefit to his chances, resulting from the nomination of a State ticket by the true Democrats. Such nominations as all know were not made. Whether Senator Batler had any such hopes or not is not known. ISo now the Senator's race is left in the condition it was tbree weeks agowhatever that may be. Xo one can attempt to say what, strength Senator Butler will develop in the Legislature. He may have assurances of support from many of the Tillman men, who so far as any one knows now, will be elected in the general election, having been nominated in the primary election recently held. Such support will, however, not be confined to party lines?to TiUmauites and anti-Tillmaaitea. There is no certainty that all the Con servatives in the next General Assembly will support Senator Butler, and likewise there Is no certainty that all Tillmanites who will be in the body will support Governor Tillman, though the indications are all that way. Looking at the composition of the next General Assembly, which will be elected in November, the only Conservtlve delegations that are certain oi being in tnere will be those from liichland, Charleston and Sumter. Beaufort had a split primary, the Conservatives out voting the Tillmanites, and will likely win the fight finally. George town may have Conservative Reoresentatives, but will have a Tillmahite Senator. Chesterfield will have a Conservative Senator. Now in the counties of Horry, Fairfield, Darlington and Florence the Straightout Democrats are going to put up and run in the general election of November 8, tickets in opposition to the tickets nominated in the primaries. From these counties, therefore, it will h? tr.inossihle to aav what the delesa tioaa la the General Assembly will be. There 1s talk also of similar lights being made in the counties of O^otiee, Edgefield,Williamsburg, Lexington and Chester. Not taking into consideration the fights that are to be made in the general election referred to above, the Conservative strength in the coming General Assembly which may be regarded as "certain," will be as folJ8ws: In the Senate?Charleston, 2; Richland, 1: Sumter, 1; Newberry, 1; Chesterfield, 1; B3aufort, 1. Total 7. In tbe House?Baaufort, 4; Charleston, 7; Georgetown, 2; Ricttland, 4; Sumter, 5. Total 22. Tnis gives the TiUmanites a majority of 29 in the Senate, the Conservatives having lost Senators in two counties in the past two years, but gaining two other counties. In the House, ac jV.^j?-.gflecnlatlon' there will be a Tillmanite majority^ 102. s The Irby State executive committee has reeeived the declared results of the recent primaries from 22 counties, giving the party nominees for the Senate and House, and old county offices. In these counties the chances ot election of these nominees in the general election, are subject to the conditions referred to above. It will be interesting to the general public, however, inasmuch a-j the chances of election of nearly all the nominees in these 22 counties are almost certainties to glance ever the personnel of the next General Assembly and S9e how many men have "been there before." THE SENATE. It is impossible as yet to get at the composition of the Senate entire. For instance Dr. Timmerman is still the Senator from Edgefield and Stanyarne Wilson is still the Senator from Spartanburg. ? ich will likely go to a highrtA Thntr firara alemteiA in 1 fiQO CI ULUVCi X UCJ TV OIW V1VVJWVU 1U AUi/iJ) and their respective terms ran for two years longer. Neither of them have yet resigned. They will doubtless do so after the JSovember election and the new president of the Senate, who will be the present incumbent, most likely, will doubttess order special elections in each of the counties named to fill the vacancies. There is now a question as to whether Dr. Timmerman having become Lieutenant Governor, from the fact that he rose to the pssition of president pro tem of the Senate by being Senator from Eigefield, could accept his own-resignation as Senator from Edgefield and order an election for a Senator from Edgefield. But it he is elected Lieutenant Governor, then he ceases to be Senator from Edgefield, as he could not hold both offices at the same time and can order the election. It looks as if Col. R. B. Watson will represent Eigefiald. in tne Senate at the next session. .The roll of the coming Sanate, sublet. t.n f.hfl rnnriit.lnns atreariv referred J-MWV V.W ^ to, will likely be as giyen below. The terms of eighteen Senators?from Sumter, Darlington, Florence, Charleston, Clarendon, Marlboro. Anderson, Abbeville, Berkeley, Kershaw, Chester, Hampton, Pickens, Union, Cnesterfield, Richland, Lancaster and Williamsburg ?expired this year, and elections were held to fill the vacancies. All the Senators from other counties-should have tield over?in other words their terms don't expire for two years. Messrs. Smythe of Charleston, and Hazard of Georgetown resigned, however, and the two Senators?Wilson and Timmerman ?mentioned above will go out by the resignation route. The roll will likely be us follows: Aiken?0. C. Jordan; succeeding John Gary Evans. Abberville?I. H. McCalla; succeeding Hemphill. Anderson?D. K. NorrJs; succeeding J. P. Glenn. Barnwell?S. G. Mayfleld; hold over. Beaufort?W.J. Verdi er; hold over. Berkeley?(No report.) Charleston?G. L. Buist, re-elected, and Joseph W. B irnwrell, to fill unexpired term of A. T. Smythe, resigned. Chester?J. H. McDaniel; renominated. Chesterfield?John H. Turner, nominated. Clarendon?L. M. Iteagln; renominated. Colleton?A. C. Sanders; nominated* Darlington?(No Report.) Edgefield?(No election ordered.) Fairfield?(No report.) Florence?J. O. Byrd, to succeed L. S. Bigham. .(Subject to opposition ticket.) Georgetown?R. J. Donaldson, succeeding Walter Hazard. Greenville?John R. Harrison; hold over. Hampton?W. H. Mauldin, succeeding J. W. Moore. Horry?J. 1\ Derham; hold over. Kershaw?T. J. Klrkland, succeeding J. E. Magill. . Lancaster?B. F. Miller, succeeding i m T. J. Strait. Laurens?A. C. Fuller; hold over. Lexington?G. M. EQrd; hold over. Marion?VV. A. Brown; nold over. Marlboro?H. M. S:ackhous?, succeeding W. D.Eyans. Newberry?George S. Mower, succeeding J. A. bligh. Oconee?S. Y. Stribling; hold over. Orangeburg?W.S.Barton; nold over. Pickens?W. T. O'Dall; renominated. Richland?John T. Sloan, Jr., renominated. Spartanburg?(Xo election ordered.) Sumter?Altamount Moses, succeeding H. T. Abbott. Union?J. T. Douglass; succeeding G. T. Peake. Williamsburge--A. H. "Williams; renominated. York?D. E Fiuley; hold oyer. the'house. The folowing is a list of the nominees of the primary for members of the House, as reported to the State committee. The list is not yet complete. The new men are marked with an asterisk: Abbervllle?James E. Todd* J. Townes Roberson* Frank B. Gary, David H. Magill. Aiken, E. B. Tyiei* John T. Gaston*, T. S. Williams*. Anderson?J. E. Braz^ale, J. B. Leveret*, L W. Pickens*, J. W. Asbiey, J. B. Watson. x>araweii?report.; Berkeley?(No report) Beaufort?(No report.) C&arlestoa . ?. Gadsden*, ?. ?. Davereaux* ?. ?. Bolgei* R. M. Lofton, T. W. B^cot, ?. ?. Dothage*, ?. Mehrtens*. Chester?Joseph Nannerj* S. T.McKeown*, Peter T- Hollis*. Chesterfield?J. M. Hough, W. P. Pollock* Clarpndon?J. W. K*nned>* C, M. Davis* W. C. Davis*. Colleton?M. B. Cooper. John G. Saunders* Calvin W. Garris*. Darlington?(No report.) Edgefield?(No report.) Fairfield?(No report.) Florence?Dr. William Ildarton*. W. E. Finklea* J. M. Humphrey*. Georgetown?(No report.) Greenville?B. M. Snamaa, H. P. Goodwin*. John T. Bramlett* Zarah Hammett. Hampton?M. B. McB^eaney* E. H Wyman. Horry?(No report.) ir.^u r ? * T TIT ,iauiw?o. u. rriuH-ict", o. r?. Floyd*. Lancaster?lea B. Jones, J. N. Estridge. Laurens?(No report.) Lexington?W. H. F. Rist, J. Walter Mitchell*. Marion?(No report.) Marlboro?C. P. Townsead* J. F, McLaurin* J. B. Bunch*. Osonee?C. It. D. Burns*, J. R. Earlt*. Newberry?(Nj report.) Orangeburg?I. W. Bawman* L. K. Sturkie, L. S. Connoi*, W. 0. Tatum, J. H. Price*. Pickens?B. J. Johnstone*, Fred Williams*. . ~~ Richland?F.H. Weston, J.-P.'Thoaias, Jr., H. C. Patton* H. W. Adams*. Spartanburg?(No report.) Sumter?C, H. Williamson, R. T. Manning, A. K Sanders*, J. H. Wilson* "Fraofc M6lle?t?*: [ Union?J. c. 0/!ts* G. B. Fowler*, o.a. Welsh*. ? Williamsburgii-E. R. Lesesne, J. H. ^^lwkwelVWjf. Singletary. StJ&^OTCarroi* T.R. Caruthers*, W. N. Felder, W. B. Z>ove. If the above nominees are eltepte?, it io scan thot tha OQ <v\ntiHm alrerJs Will send 50 new men to the House. The total membership of the House is ohiy 124, and there are yet 12 counties to i?e heard from. It is easily seen that thd House will be composed of considerably more than half new material. The Senate will have a good many ne^members also, as shown above. The reports received so far indicate 12 new Senators out of 22. / The fact that there will ba sach a large proportion of new men m .ikes it impossible to speculate as to what strength Senator Butler will be able to develop.?State. DIFFERENT MOTIVES. Why Carpenter and the Atkinsons Were Keoomm^nded to M?cy. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 26.?Governor Tillman's commutations of Carpenter, the Edgefield murderer, is arousing a good deal of comment in the newspapers hostile to the Governor take up the Governor's statement that he commuted Carpenters' sentence because the jury recommended him to -mercy and say that in the case of the Atkinsons, hanged in Fairfield last week, the jury also recommended them to mercy. The cases are not at all similar. In the case of Carpenter the jurors state that they would have brought in a different verdict had they known the re3ali of their verdict would have been the hanging of Carpenter and Marrell. The foreman of the j ory in the case of the Atkinsons has written Governor Tillman the following letter showing j that the motive of the recommendation to mercy in the case of the Atkinsons was entirely different from that of the Edgefield murderers: Woodward, S. C., Sept. i, 1894. Governor JB. R. Tillman, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 28th ultimo, desiring me to give you some information as to what influenced the jury in the case of the Atkinsons to recommened them to mercy. In response to your inquiry I beg to say that this recommendation to mercy was not because the jury entertained a shadow of a doubt as to their guilt, for they considered the evidence against the prisoners conclusive and were there fore satisfied that they concocted and exected the diabolical crime with which they were charged- Nor was it on account of any extenuating circumstances connected with the murder. Oae of the jurors while admitting that the prisoners were guilty beyond a reasonable doubt said that he would not agree to a verdict of guilty unless thev were recommended to the mercy of the court, and gave bis only reason that they were young men and poor. Believing that unless they were recommeneded to mercy a mistrial would result, which we were exceedingly anxious to avoid if possible, we yielded to this juror and rendered a verdict of guilty with recommenedation to mercy. I will further state that a negro juror at first was a little reluctant in agreeing to a verdict of guilty, which we attribute to iffnnrflncfi mnrfl than to a calm and thoughtful consideration of the case. He finally, however, because convinced and agreed to a verdict of guilty, with recommendation to mercy. Trusting that the above will be satisfactory and that you will excuse delay in answering your letter which was brought about by its being sent to Blackstock's Instead of Woodward's, I beg to remain. Yours most obediently. J. A. Stewart. i WESTERN CYOLONE." I ITS PATH MARKS DESOLATION AND DEATH. J| Oae Hundred Llve?, and $1000^OOO L^*t ?Fortunately It V;slt?d SparcelT Satlnd uuKxicis?me -Narrow jfsratn jta in* YPlad. Minneapolis, Main., Sept. 23.?Rsports of the destruction wrought by Friday night's cyclona indicate that the loss of life will be in the neighborhood of seventy-five, while the injtired will number several times as many. Some of $ those hurt are expected to die and it is not unlikely that fully 100 persoas will be numbered in the list of the cyclone's fury: The property loss is very heavy :-'Si&i8 and it Is almost impossible at Ibis time to obtain anything more thai rough esti- ^ mates of the damage. As indicated in last night's dispatches, the storm originated near E oimettsburg, la., and passed east and north to Korthera Iowa and Southern Minnesota, fianally passing over into Wisconsin. No reports otseriou3 damage have been received from this section and the fury of the elements seems to have Tajenspeni with the destruction of Spring Valley. Here four nersons are dead, some severe* M ly hart, while the property loss is estimated at $85,000, the lesidence portion M of the town lying directly in the path of the cvclone. AtLeroy, lying southwest, foarare dead and several fatally injured. The ^ destruction of property amounts to about ' M $75,000. Thisis a hsavy blow to the M village, for its chief business houses He ? in ruins. # 4H Five miles north of Osage, la., six per* JM sons were killed and a large number hurt, the destruction of farm property is " quite heavy, but no estimates have been ' V made. -Ea3t? at Lowfcher, a., town of about one hundred souls, on the Chicago Great Western, three parsous were fatally hurt and the whole country for miles around iaid in ruins. The loss in this vicinity will probably be not far from $1,000,000. Fiteen miles north of Mason City, la., four were killed outright and as many more probably fatally hurt, while all the buildings struck are total wrecks, the loss being in the neighborhood ot $50,000. West of Mason City, near Britt, two persons were killed outright, while north of this town, soae half dozsn lost their lives. Three miles north of Wesley, Kos* auth county, J. W. Bingham's houie was ovarturned and caught fire. The . \3j?| inmates had a narrow escape. The -:~4 killed in this vicinity are M. CasHe and - ^ wife, J. W. Dingham, Mrs. Tweed, mother of Thomas Tweed, two children . of Thomas Tweed, M. Schweppe and _ two children, Fred French and two children, infant of Mr. and Mrs. Eden and Mr. and Mrs. Rockaw. . Jp North of Algona seems to have been. '$? the scene of greatest harvest o? deaths, more people being killed in Kossnfe^*^"^ county than in any other count^SjsoJ^ 7 ^ which the tornado pass^# "Nineteen funerals were neia at A^gona today* North of Emmeteforg, which seems Co have been the point where the cy- M clone first assumed dangerous propor- -.J tions, two lives were cru3hedout From here the deadly storm went tearing ' across the country demolishing everythine in its path. For the moat part of * . '4 its course, it travelled through a farming district, Leroy and Spring "Valley, .Minn., being the only towns of any conscqaeUe-^that were damaged, oat even here theN^eaths were comparatively few. The la^ that ^oHrtorm weat J* tearing through a portion of Spring Valley and a greater portion of the residents were not aware of its work of destruction until the 5 re bells were rung, shows what a narrow strip of country was swept. _ r As the storm travelled through the country and avoided villages and towns, the property loss is largely confined to farm buildings and thess being badly scrattered, tender even an approximation of the loss Impossible, but conservative flotiwoUo tVIq/>a of. nnf. Imr ' h vo wm?i?Vo L/AHVU VUV <mw mv? than $ 1,000,000. . J|| Tbe Blue B'.dte Railroad, Anderson, S. 0., Sept. 27. ?It looks :?y? very much like there is something in the reported porject of Yanderbilt to complete the Blue ridge Railroad. Receiver Averill, of the Port Royal and . Western Carolina Railroad, has had a J conference with him. The Augusta 1 Chronicle of the 17ch inst., says: Mr. Vender hilt seems to mean business about the Blue Ridge Railroad. Receiver Averill, "of the Port Royal and Western Carolina Railroad, has had a i3 conference with him and the plan seems ?- ' to be well on foot. The Augusta Cliro- ; I nicale of Monday, 17th inst., says: "The ~4 news first published by the Chronicle last week that George Vanderbilt, who owns thousands of acres of land in North Carolina, is going to turn his attention to railroad buildiDg, looking to H a direct line as a means of getting out mn?h Af tho t? mVior nf fhot. acvHnn of the South, has caused considerable interest. The scheme of Mr. Tander-_ 3 biit if carried out will add quite a splendid line of railway to the South, for while he is not after building any A considerable road in point of miles, it jjfl will, when finished, be one of the moet desirable connecting links for the South Atlantic coast and the Northwest. A direct line from KnoxvlUeto Andersoo, S. C., is said to be the plan J and it is interesting to know tbat a great part of the distance between these two points is already graded. The road, when finished, in connection with the Kaoxville, Cumberland Gap and - | Cincinnati Railroad and the Port Royal / ^ and Western Carolina, will shorten the distance between Cincinnati and the Southern coast 100 miles. Receiver of' Averill. of the Port Royal and Western Carolina road, who is said to have baen on a conference with Mr. Yanderbilt concerning this matter, passed through Augusta the other day in his private car on his way to Port IloyaL In case the deai goes through Augusta will fiave;a direct line from the Northwest." ?Advocate. ^ Capt Capers Not Galltjr. Florence, Sept. 20.?Special: The case ot tne State against Capt J ohn G. Capers, of Columbia, for criminal libel was tried in the Court of Sessions -here A to-day. The. jury were out about thirty M minutes and returned with a verdict of not guilty. Acting Solicitor ii.O.Purdy, .. nf Sn mter assisted bv W. F. Clavton. of Florence, were the attorneys for the ^k prosecution and Col C. S. Kettles, of Darlington, and P. A. Willcox, of ^ Florence, were attorneys for the defend- ^k ant. This case was brought about the ^k publication of a letter from Capt Capers ^k in the Jolum'ola State in which it was claimid thai certain defamatory matter ^k against the character of Dr. J. O.-Byrd, ^k of Timmonsville, had been printed. A H