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VOL. LII. WINNSBORO, S.C., WEDNESDAY, FEBBTTABY 2, 1898. NO. 26. - ^ THE STATE SENATE. | _ WHAT IT HAS CONE DURING THE PAST WEE K. The Privilege Tiz to B?maln u It i?? The Public Printing Bill Pswid Oth?r , Matters. A proposition to commemorate the coavention which took South Carolina out of the Union was made to the sen j- ate by Wade Hampton Chapter, ^ Daughters of the Confederacy, Moaday, 24th instant Senator Sloan, in H Ml behalf of Mrs. Adeline Pope 8toney, V Mrs. 8- A. Richardson, Mrs. J. S Flinn, Miss J. D. Martin and Mrs. M. Girardeau, requested by concurrent resolution, permission of the general assembly to erect in the corridor be tween the senate chamber and tbf hail of the house a marble taW?t in com mem oration or such notaole historical events and persons as are cherished by all patriots, in their discretion; pro vided such tablet shall compart with its architectural surroundings, and be j *n ornament as wen as a record. ? was stated that the tablet would con: tain the names of the members of the a cession convention. Mr. Sloan also presented at the same time a petition of this patriotic association of ladies, prating the general aisembly to have erec'ed arouEd j the Confederate monument in front of the state house a suitable iron railing to nrotect it from mutilation by pass ing vehicles. Both propositions were referred to I committees to consider and report. j When the bill providing for the let? ^ ting of the public printing on contract was reached an effort was made to have the consideration of it postponed, but Mr. Moses insisted upon immediate action and it was passed to its third reading. The bill to extend the tima for the payment of the commutation road tar elicited the only debate of the day but it was finally passed. Mr. Henderson had Aiken county *?i-a. j 5- _ i.:n .n ^ ^^.1 ? mciuaeu m uie oujl tuiuwuig uuijr twenty-five cents per day for dieting prisoners. ~ In the Senate Tuesday Mr. Buist's | bill defining and regulating primary " elections of political parties in South Carolina coming up for its final reading, Mr. Buist briefly urged its passage. He had, he said, tried to remove all objections to the bill which he had heard expressed the other day and thought he had succeeded. "Now when my amiable friend from Aiken," " he continued, "got up the other day and told of the high place on which elections are conducted in his county, I felt proud that there was one senator here who had such a contituency. The senator from Newberry made me doubly proud by expressing the same high confidence in the people of his county. The senator from Dorchester ? following these two gentlemen, however, tola a differentiate. He related how the fair name of the young county was besmirched with fraud in ihe very first election held in it This measure is not designed fcr the protecL tion of such counties as Aiken and fcfc Newberry, where fraud does not exist ! Wir sccoiding to the honorable senators from those respective counties, but for & the rest of the State, where the voters Mare not as a whole such high-minded SH men." Mr. Henderson replied to Mr. Buist and stated that he cbjected.to the bill because it would be tco burdensome. There were no needs for such stringent rules. Beaides, the bill would add to tiie expenses 01 noiaicg -primaries for copied of the registration books, which simply took the place of the club roll?, would have to be made. Aside from the monetary considerations it was hard enough to get the people to turn out to the polls and with the enactment of such stringent rules it would be harder still to get them out Mr. Pettigrew thought the bill wold tend to place our government in the hands of the few. The vote resulted in the bill being defeated, 28 to 8, only Senators Aldrich, Archer, Buist, DuBose, May field McAlhaney, Miller, and Norris. voiing _ for it. Mr. Connor called up his bill to ? regulate the manufacture, inspection, V shipment and sale of commercial fertilizert and to reduce the privilege tax from 25 to 10 cents. Debate was started bv Mr. McDaniel amending so as to leave the privilege tax at 25 cents. Mr. Connor declared that the tax was paid by the farmer and that while the fund derived thereby went to the support of Clemson college there was more than enough for this purpose. * He read from speeches made prior to | 1890 by both Mr. Tillman and Mr. Norris and showed where each had declared that $100,000 would suffice to establish and equip the college and $30,000 per annum be sufficient to run it If that amount would maintain CJlemscn. he affirmed a nrivilpce fax of 10 cents would yield sufficient revenues. "If that be the case, then why not save to the farmers of the State the extra 15 cents per ton?" he asked. Mr. Norris replied asd declared that this question of Clemson had been declared for almost unanimously in 1890 and had been overwhelmingly supported since, fie did not think it l right to make curtailment of expenses at this time and before such a move was made thought the people should 6k be permitted to pass on it at the baik^lot box. He declared Clemson was ^fedoiag excellent work and stated that were the revenues of the college left Q it -vtilci ^orQi?tmo^f trnnlrf iuwvv m - ?v Abiiv n.'. wu.iv.uw " v ^^ added without any additional appropriation. But before making this reduction fce asked that the senators leave it to the people nest year. A vote on Mr. McDaniel'S motion to leave the privilege tax at 25 cents resulted in it beice agreed to by a vote of 27 to 8 ^ The ether features of the bill were fr . taken up and discussed stlength. A number of senators were drawn into thd discussion, which differed little from that of last year omhe same bill. mv _ ^ i ^ . xne nnaa voie on me passage or rejection of the bill resulted in its defeat by the followicg aye and nay vote: Yeas?Aldrich, Brown, Buist, Gaines, Griffi'.h, Henderson, Lesesne. Mauldin, Maj field, Me Albany, McDaniel, Moses, Norris, Sanders, Sloan, Stackhcuse, lurner, Walker, Waller, p Willis ma?20. r Nays?Alexander. Aicher. Connor. Dean. Dennis, Douglass, DuBose, Hay, Love, McCaiia, ltliiler, Mower, O'Deil. Pettigrew, Rigscaie, Suudaih. Wallace?17. Mr. Moses' concurrent resolution providing for the appointment oi a -V commission of five citizens who snail serve -without pay to procure itformai tion with a view to the establishment of a reformatory for youthful criccin als came ud for a spcond reading, i Mr. Archer at first opposed the atI pointment of a commission. He said I that a cotfimission had been appointed ! toinsptct the Agricultural college for I Mississippi. The result wa? that the State had already spent several hun; dred thousand dollars ox CJemson and I was still spendiDg large amounts on 1 'ct- ~V.;. ?v._ I 1W. UO aucrwaiu? YYH'IUID n Uio jpctions, and the resolution was i adopted. Io tb* Senate Wednesday a motion to ird? finitely postpone the House b?ll to let out the public printing to the lowest bidder was killed by tbe following vote: Yeas?Aldricb, Archer, Oonnor, Mauldin, McCalla, Suddath, Wallace, Williams- 8. Nfrys?Alexander, Brown, Buist, Dean, Dennis, Louglass. D.-Bose, Gaines, Griffith, Hay, Henderson, Jefferies, Lesesne, Love, Mav field, McDaniel. Miller, Moses, Mower, Norris, O'Dell, Pettigrew, Ragsdale, Scarborough, 81oan, Stackhou*e, Talbird, Turner, Walker, Waller?30. Mr Henderson then offered a slight amendment, which nrovides that the award to the lowest bidder shall be made before the last day of the session. The bill then parsed its final reading in the senate. It has already been passsed by the house. SENATOR TILLMAN OBJECTS. He Calls the Washfagfon Po?t Down tor Unfair G?l:lclizn. Sometime since Senator Tillman used some strong language in an executive session in Washington, which a garbled report leaked o into the press. The proceedings of the executive sessions being secret, Senator Tillman cannot state what was actually said, but he does object to editorial denunciation based on such garbled reports and has written the Washington Post the following letter: Pnst* TTia Pn&t is onft of the fairest and ablest edited papers published in this country. Its news service is alwavs reliable and its editorials are usually fair and nonpartisan and I do not remember to have ever seen an instance during the three years in which E have read it daily that it diverged to a degree approxi- j mating the indecency and malevolence appearing in the editorial heeded, "South Dakota Ipecac." The statement quoted in the editorial cf what was said to have taken i place in a recent executive session of the senate had appeared, previously in the Evening Star and was copied in The Post the next morning. It did me a grave injustice, because of the suppression of what preceded and succeeded the offensive epithet My J retort was carbled acd not an answer to Mr. Kyle's remark at all, or in the language used. The report was equally Tin just to the presiding officer, Mr. Mason, who said nothing. I deemed it unworthy of notice but when so clean, decent a paper as -The Post takes this garbled, distorted statement as the basis of an editorial, giving it the same prominence and credit given to a news item about which there is no dispute or doubt, the editor of The Pest must see that its course ;s both cowardly and unjust, to thus strike a man whose lips are se.led and wbo cannot even rise to a question of personal privilege to denounce aisdex pese the falsehood that has leaked out through the doors of trie senate in executive session. Sneers, ridicule, and abuses from the press I have borne insilenc?. And i had all that was said on lhat occasion been reported, I would have no reason to ccmplain now. But 1 do think The Post owes it to i?s?lf to be more guarded in the future in mabiag edi torial com meets on what it hear j has taken place in executive session. B. R. Tillman. Not The Kind She Wanted. Some time since a very pretty and j stylish 3 oung woman in New York I ad\ertis*d for a husband. The advertii ment was answered by a man in Caihoun county, Fia , who ha? negro; blood in his veins, but is nearly wche. ' Photographs and letters were exchanged, and it was finally azreed that the young lady should come to River Junction, where the man would meet fcer, anct after marriage take her to his home. Early last week the man went to River Junction to m:efc the train from New York, upon which the young lady was coming. Before leaving home he was so ov:rj)jed that he told his mission. When he reached Rivrr Junction ; he found a committee of citizens awaiting him. Tney informed him that be must tell the young woman immedi ately upm her"arrival that he had negro bluod in his veins. A" first he refused, but several drawn revolvers soon brought bim to terms. An hour [ after war l the New York train arrived, and a stylish yousg woman alighted.; The man kr e v her at cnc?, and with great hesitation informed her that he was partly a negro. She fainted on hearing ttie new, and later repulsed ! mm, aitnougn ne earnestly pieaaea ? with her. Tiie youig womand seemed : to be greatly overcome, but she had money, and at once puurchased a return licket to New York. Scuttled by Traitors. Nineteen survivors of the suspected filibustering steamer Tillie which probably sack off Bamegat, were carried to Providence, R. I., by a coaatI ing schooner today. Captain John ! O'Brien -was among those saved. The Tillie wag abandoned last Sunday afternoon, while off Barnegat. in the midst of a terrible storm. li is be lievea she was scuttltd by traitors who had joined the party on bjard for the I purpose of destroying the vessel. Tne t nineteen who wera saved e;caped whh | gr=at difficulty. The four men cou d -.not be taken off, and they went down with the vessel. For!y tons of dyna mite and a considerable q laat'.ty c f ammunition intruded for me Ouban insurgents was on board the Tiilie when I she sank. Thrie Htc K1 led. j A disastrous head end collision cc I curred between two freight trains on ! the Louisville ana Nwnville railroad ) about a quarter of a mile north of lUptom, at 1:45 o'clock Wednesday | morning. Ttiree men were killed in stantJy asd four were badly in3urea. | T^e wreck was caused by the ecgi| nee s disobeyacce of ordtrs. He nad i iu?lruction to wait at Upton for the I arrival of the southbound train, No. j 71 but did cot tio so. A quarter of a ' mi e bejcrd the station on a curve, ^the collision occurred. IN THE BOUSE. THE PRIMARY ELECTION BILL IS DEFEATED. Stvaral O.her Bill* of Importance Taken Up as a Considered?Some are Pasted i aad Other# are Killed. The first ouestion to come in the House on Mod day, the 24th instant, was Mr. Ashley's primary bill. Mi. Pnllnot mnved to strike out the ecac tine clause- This brought Mr. Ashley to his feet in de'enc* of his measure. He said that the people wanted to say who should represent them. All officers are the servants of the people from the governor down, and it is a right th^t should be conceded to them to select such officers. The passage of the biJl will be a great relief, also, to the members who have to sp?nd a large part of their time attending to the demands of their constituents to get posi'ions. Mr. Pollock pointed out that there is a difference between a party nomination and an election by the qualified voters. The Democratic party, which is practically the only one in the state, provides that all its nominees shall be chosen in a primary. | The Republican party has no such r>*ATfioinno in tKc ! X U1D. uu lAi A9 IUU ^(VTIOAVUO *** UV 2 by-laws of either party are concerned on this particular subject the legislature has nothing to do. If the mem ber from Anderson wished the provisions of his bill carried out the proper place to have them adopted was the convention of the Democratic party. Mr. Magill in explaining the action of the committee wcich had returned the bill to the house without recommendation, taid that it presented questions of law which the commiitee thought ought to be considered by the judiciary committee. He, therefore, thought the bill should be recommit ted and raferred to them. Mr. Rogers could see no good r<=a son for recommittal. Only ths other day the houae had refused to pass a bill which would Drovide for the elec tion of judges by the people. If this | bill is passed then every judge will have to receive the nomination in a primarv before the legislature could act. He thought the house was prepared to act on the bill at once and that it would sustain its record. Mr. Toole thought the bill a good one and that if there are objectionable features they could be corrected. He did not believe that the bill contained any dangeious features. Mr. Wolling spoke of the fact that the bill was not necessary and moved its indefi nite postponement The ayes and nays were demanded and the bill was defeated by a vote of *1 In 07 T.ifon in thoHur tnrr.o (InilKf was expressed as to the correctness of the count ar d the roll was again called. but the result was the sane. The bill of Mr. Mehrtens came up to incorporate the Sievern Railroad and Mr. Burns offered an amendment reqairing the road to go to the town of Walhalla, In the bill the route of the road is generally laid out. Mr. Burns held that nis ameadment should be incorporated in the bill be cause it was often the case that these roads went near towns, but really left them in the lurch. He said the general scope o* the bill was to have the road pass through Walhalla, but he wanted it definitely stated. Mr. Ghdsden said that Edgefield, Saluda and a dozen other places might ask to be nut in if Walhalla was to be put in. Require the builders to go to all these places aiid they would simp- j ly abandon the project. The house! then voted down the amendment and 1 th6 bill passed. Mr. 3-asquc's resolution providingfor adjournment on February 12 be j ing reached, the author defended it by j saving ;hat the people demanded an early adjournment. There are many bills on the calendar which can be dis p;nsed with and the legislature should decide when it will adjourn and werk up to that. j Capt. Blythe spoke against the resolution ar.d referred to the commendable zeal displayed by the legislature to work. In his judgment they should j so centime, but he did not believe it advisable to force an adjournment *t any particular time. Let us work and get through with the work we are sect here to do. But if we must adjourn at any certain date it will force nasty legislation towards the end. It is unnecebsary to fix an arbitrary day. Mr. Rogers moved to postpone the Hfthatfl nn thft meiHiira until February 10. Mr. Gasgue then moved to lav that on the table, which was adopied. This seemed to indicate that the resolution was about to pass, but immediately a vote being taken tne resolution was killed. Mr. Eydrick's bill to amend the law relative to the punishment for mac slaughter caused much discussion. It | provides that the punishment shall be I lor a period noi exceeding thirty years; nor less than ten years,unless th.< jury recommends to mercy, in which eve at the punishment shall not be less ihan two years. Mr. Hydrick said thaf. the question of stopping the taking of human life is one of the most important before the people of the State. The Z ? I* VIA 4* / 1 /J kft Ort ' pULLldlilUClXll Oiivmu yc ov 1.^5; A?WVU that convictions can be obtained w^en right. With the provision for a recommendation to mercy, he believed more convictions could ba obtaii^d because juries often did not do the duty required of them by law when they felt that the punishment, in particular instances, would be too severe. Mr. Reynolds held that the present Ja^v had been in force for several years aad this was the first time he had ever heard it ad vocatea that the l*w encouraged criae. He held that the law was all right and one of the first reforms should be in ceasing the constant charge that juries and the judiciary o'id no: do their duty. Oa a vote being taken the house refused to kill the bill, and it was passed to a tsird reading. Mr. GUrris introduced a joint rasolu'ion teat $8 139.79 unclaimed direct taxes be turaed into the State tresury. Ihe resolution was adopted and it txric r,v.-tprt H lViat. t.hp mnnp.v hp. annrn priated for school purposes. When Mr. Lancaster's bill "to make it a misdemeanor to fail to return money on demand, paid by mistake," unfavorably reported, was taken up, the hou?e killed it in summary man ner. Mr. Sullivan's bili to give sh: riffs the right to am st criminals was la en up and passed. The law no w stands so as to prtv<=nt tbem from doing; so. In ihe ne w bill it is provided that no arrest from civil processes shall take j place on Sunday,nor shall any femila, y be arrested under the same process, j but it is provided that sheriffs shall j have the power to arrest on criminal process on Sunday the same as any I other day. A bill was introduced Tuesday by Mr. Wyche to provide for the inspection of food, drugs, spirituous, fermented and malt liquors and to provide for the punishment for adul'.eration thereof. It provides punishment for any person who sells, manufactures, beer*, distil, have, offer for sale, or sell any articles of food,drugs fermented or malt liquors which are adulter atfd within the meaning or mis aci. "Food" to include every article used for food or drink by man, including all candies, teas, coffees, and spirituous, fermented and malt liquore The bill goes on to explain what shall con stitute adulteration, and exempting ordinary articles of food and certain articles lhat the sute board of heslth from time to time as it may deem proper. Iii 'he cise of spirituous, fermented, or malt liquors, it must not contain any substance or ingredient not normal or healthful or injurious to health when used as a beverage or medicine. Tae board of health shall have supervision of the requirements of this bill, and shall sea that it is enforced. That $25 shall oe appropria ted from the general state fund. Towards the end of Wednesday's session the following bill was introduced by Mr. Magill. Its import will be gained from its title. "In relation to the_ appointment of county and otner officers. xms dlii requires that the governor shall only appoint upon the recommendation of the delegations in toe general assembly, unless otherwise provided by law." This bill?if passed?will take considerable patronage out of the governor's hands during the course of a year. His friends will in all probability fight its passage and another grand rally of forces can ba looked for. The housa then passed to a third readirtg the joint resolution -o author'z-iand direcs the comptroller general ol this State to draw his warrant on IheJState treasurer to pay to the order of Wm. A. Uourtenay the sum on $350 for 100 full bound copies of the History of South Carolina under the proprietary government, 1670-1719, to become tbe property of the State and to be placed in the libraries and other public institutions of the State and in all colleges of the State, male and female. The Pension St ??L Our pension law sadly needs revisjj ion. No one objects to the old ?"ol dier who can't earn his bread being taken care of by the government. The present pension law gives a pension under certain conditions to any person who served for ninety days or more and who is for any reason incapable of earning a living by "manual labor." He may be a miiliocaire. He may be a lawyer earning tens of thousands of dollars. He may be a United States senator with asaJary of $5,000 a year. Yet if he can not build j stone fences or do carpenter work he j 15 entitled 10 HIS pensiuus. ocuavur Manderson, for example, was both a millionaire and a senator. Yet he had no shame in receiving a pension, aDd he calmly accepted $12,000 of back pension money voted to him by the Congress of which he was a member Now, every dollar of all such pensions must be earned by the hard-working citizens, of the United St?te?, most of <vhom never had $12,000 or $1,000 in their lives. Isa't this a scandal? Isa't it a grisvous injustice? And is Gen. Draper's cast! any be'-ter? He is a very rich man. He has been made ambassador to Ituly at a high. saiary. Yet he accepts a pension paid out of the hard earnings of i.he people. How io^g are the people going to stand these robberies? An Old Time Secessionist.^ Thpre is still living in Haverhill, Mass , it appears, one Francis Butters, * -1 ? ! WHO bliuug Willi Luau_y ULiiot uu?<uii of that town, signed the petition presented to congress by John Qiincy Adams in 1842, asking that the Onion be dissolved. This was secession of a comprehensive character. The reasons assigned were that the Union afforded no "prospects of reciprocal benefit," that v'the resources of one section of the Union are annually drained to sustain the views and courses of another section," that "this Union will certaioly overwhelm the nation wi'h utter destruction." Now that the resources of the south have been rcany years "annually drained" in the right direction, Massachusetts takes le&s interest in the dissolution of the Union. The current of contracts, salaries and pensions creates the utmost loyalty to the flaj* now where it was rather Jacking in 1842. A Crisis In Oabft. It is evident that a orisis in Cuban affairs is' rapidly approaching. The ooe horrible fact published to the world cJiiC dtd by the Spanish government, botn in Madria and Cuba, taat there are 2CO.OOO innocent peo^ pie stardu^ iu the island, besides the hundreds of thousands already dead from the saTae cause, not only brands Spain as utterly incompetent and inhuman, but will excite tne indignation of all ci?ilized people, and deSr>oin ftf nn7 hrme nf sremnathv t""v J ?T" "W X- - ? and aid, prcuniary or otherwise. This is beyond q lestion, the mcbt awful cjLdition wcich has existed anj where daring the present cesiarv in p:acs cr 7?i.r. Alra, the inhuman Spanish b;icaer, who endeavored to subdue the Ne herl .nds, produced no such condition. For the sake of civilizalion, it is to be hoped tnat it will continue to be unique. Body Snatchera. Thursdsy night the bodies of Mrs. Jace Cor'.ett and S.aphen Beunett, which were taken by grave robbers from the cemetery . at Eigleviiie, Ter-n., about two weeks ago, were returned from Bariiagton, Vermont, and will ce remter^d- Detectives traced the bodies to Vermont, and the man who snipped them finding the pursuit was beine vigorously mar:e. telegraphed Burlington acd the bodies were tent back, the prices originally paid for them, $110, beiDg made good Oae arrest, Dr. Helmatk, has been mace and others are expected to foi bw. Prosecutions against all concerned will be pressed. A dispatch from Troy, S. C., to thp State says Monday two negroes were sc.filing rear the track while the down freight train was passing. One of them Sam Holmes, reeled, was struck by one of the cars and knocked under the wheels. The first wheels passed over his chest and tbe next completely seycred his head from his i body. i DERHAM ELECTED. HE IS TO BECOMPTROLLER GENERAL INSTEAD OF MR. EPTON, The Tote Wu a Very Close One? Messrs. H&z>lden and Coop;r Elected Members of State Board of Control?New State Prison Directors. Both branches of the Legislature met in joint assembly on Wednesday to eUc' certain officials It was exactly 12:05 p m. when Lieut. Gov. McSweeney called the joint assembly to order. The vote for United States senator taken in the two houses the precedingday was canvassed in the usual manner and then the president of the senate declared that th9 Hon. John L. McLnurin had been duly elected United States senator for the unexpired term of the Hon. Joseph H Earle. The vote was 135 for McLaurin and 1 for George W. Murray. Nominal ions for tSe office of comptroller general to fill the unexpired term of Congressman Norton were then declared in order. Mr. Hydrick of Spartanburg rose and said: Mr. President, it affords me great pleasure to nominate for this important position one of my fellow citizens of the county of Spartanburg, the Hon. Inland P. Epto^, who coming from the body of her people,filled the office of county auditor of that county , for six years with such distinguished efficiency sis to comrnend him to the favorable consideration of his xcellf?nr?vtriA when called unon to till this responsible office by appointment. I trust that this general assembly will endorse and ratify the ? excellent choice of the governor. The j fact that GrSii. Epion. has invariably j been honored by the peopleof his county by baadsome majorities; whenever he sought iaonor by their suffrages, shows that he is worthy to fill this high office. And, sir, in behalf of the people of Spartanburg county, I submit'that, with her 9,000 Democratic votes, she is entitled to representation in the ex:c ative family of the Siate, Senator Dean of Greenville seconded the nomination, in well chosen words. He said thai the general assembly should set its signet upon the selection cf the chief executive and elect this man who had s o often been honored by his own people. By this time the galleries were well filled with spectators, and downstairs from the floor dozens of visitors were 1L!? bUC ACCUCOy iUVOlCOb ILL bUC proceedingsSenator Scarborough of Horry rose ard first quafflig a glats of water, proceeded to nominate ex-State Senator J. P. Derham in a well-rounded speech. Mr. Scarborough said he occupied a unique position. He was the first man to stand on the hustings or oo this fioor and present for a State office a man from Horry county. He presented the name of one eminently qualified to fill th9 c2L?:x- Horry had oeen faithful always to the State, but had had nothing. Horry had helped save the State in 1876 and yet she had asked for nothing. Horry had sought nothing and had had nothing. She pointed to her sons as her jewels. Messrs. Magill, Ashley, Crum, Caugaman, Carson, Limenouse and Perritt for the Darlington delegation and Ilderton seconded the nomination of Mr. Dacham. Senators DaBoseand Mayfield also seconded the nomination. Senator Mayfield made some re marks iignl7 CDmplimentary to Mr. Dcrham. Soon nominations were closed and the cilling of the rolls of the t^o houses was proceeded with. As the members announced their votes many kept tally and it was soon seen tkat it would ta&e the complete count tc tell the story. When the count was completed the president declared the vote as follows: Total cist, 159; Dcraam, 77; Epton,71. He than declared Mr. Darham elected comptroller general, and there was applause from the floor and from the galleries. The two houses voted as follows: SENATE, Darham-Aldrica, Alexander,Brown VAIUJUI.T, i/OUiiia, u uu jo3, u muw, i I nj ) Jlauldin, Msyflajd, McDaniel, Mower, Norns, CD oil, Pettigrew, Sanders, Scarborough, Stackhouse, Suddath, Taioxrd, Turner, Walker and Williams?23 Epion?Archer, Buist, Dean, Douglass, Griffith, Hendar;?n, Jefferies, Lesesne, Love, McCalla, Miller, Moses, Ragsdale, Sloan, Wallace, Walker? 16. - HOUSE. Dsrham?All, Anderson, Ashley, Bailey, Bsthune, Brelana, Carson, Caughman, Crum, C. W., G. W. and W. C. Davis, Dukes, Edwards, Fairey, Fox, Gas que, H. P. Goodwin, Graham, Hamilton, Harvey, HendersoD, Hiott, Hollis, Humphreys, Ilderton, J. D. Kinard, Lts'er, Limehouse, Magill, J. E, and J. E Miller, Mishoe, Moore, jIcDaniel, McKeown, McLaurin, Owen, Perritt, Phillips, Polio-1, Price, Princir. Pvuti. Kiinsfora, Robinson, j Rassell, Skip.ner, Toole, Townsend, We!ca, Win^o, Winkler, Ysldell?54 Epton?Speaker Gary, Austell, Bacot. Banks,' Bedon, Biythe, Burns, Cftiids, Colcock, Cushman, DsBruhl, Epps, Gadsden, Gams, 0. P GoodwiD, Hszeldea, Hydricfc, ELE.and T. E. Johnson, Ksuneiy, Kiblsr, H. J. K:nard, Lancaster, Liviagston, Lofton, Meares, Mehrtens. Mitchell, McCuiiough, UcWhite, Netties, Patton, Plyler, Reynolds, Rogers, Seabrook, yir.kler, Simkins, J. S. W., W. 8. ar.d E D. Smitis, Sullivan, J. P. auti W. H Thomas, Verner, Vincent, Welling, West, Westmoreland, WnisOiiant, Wilson, Williams, Withorsinnnn Wrr.h**?55 FOR MEMBERS OF STATE BOARD. Nominations 1 or members of the State board of control were declared in order. Mr. 0. P. Goodwin nominated Mr. 31. R. Cooper fcr member of the Slate board of control. Mr. Williams nominated the Hon. J. D. ELz.-lden. Then the point was raised that the terms of the two members were different and the nominations should be made separately. Tne point was sustained. Then Mr. Crum nominated the Hon. M. W. Phillips to fill the unexpired term of Col. Wilie Jones, resigned. Mr. Skinner snd Senator May field, as well as others seconded the nomina tion. Foi' the unexpired term Mr. Wil .iams renewed tae nomination 01 iur. Haz-i!den. It was seconded by Sena tor L'jve, Messrs. Gasqae and others. Mr. Perritt nominated Mr. J. 0. A. Moore of Darlington. The Tote was announced as follows: Total vote cast, 144; Hfzelden, 80; \ Phillips, 60; Moore, 4. Mr. Hazelden was declared elected. After the vote was taken Senator Ragsdale changed his vote from MoGre to Phillips. These changes were also made: Bethune from Moore to Phillips, Carson from Moore to Phillips, Caughman from Moore to Hazelden, C. M. Davis from Moore to Phillips, Grab am from Moore to Phillips, Lofton from Moore to Hazelden, J. E. Miller from Moore to Hazelden, Mishoe from Moore to Phillips, McLaurin from Moore to Hazelden, Perritt from Moore to Phillips, Prince from Moore to Phillips. mi A_ #_IT xne vote in aecau was as ionows: - senate. Hazelden?Alexander, Bro s?n,Bui8t, Dean, Douglass, Gaines, Hay. L*sesne, Love, Mauldin, McGalla, MoDaniel, Miller, Moses, Norris, O'Dall. Pettigrew, Stackb.ouse, Walker?19 Phillips?Aldrich, Drnnis. Henderson, Jeff-riesi, Mayfield, Mower. Rags dale, Sandeis, Scarborouph, Sloan, Suddath, Talbird, Wallace, Walker, Williams?1.5. Moore?Archer, Connor, DuBjk-3 house H&zeld$n?Speaker Gary, A.nderion, Ashley, Bacot, Burns. Cau?hman, DeBruhl, DcL^ach, Dukes, Edwards. Epps, Garris,, Gasque, Hamilton, Henderson, Hydi-ick, T. E. Johnson, Kennedy. H J. JOnard,Lancaster, Lester, Livingston, Ltffton, Mehrtens, J. E, and J. H. Miller, Mitchel1, McCullough, McLaurin, McWhite, Nettles, Owen, Plyler, Pollock, Rainsford, Reynolds, Robinson, Rogers, Sanders, Seabrook, Sinkler, J. R. and S. W. Smith, Speer, Sullivan, J. P. and W. H. Thomas, Toole,Townsend, Verner, TTT .1i: TTT-T TT7..X TTT L ! vv uma^, w eica, w est, wesimoreJand, Wilson,Williams,Witherspoon, Ysldell?61. Phillips?^Jl, Austell, Bailey, Bedon, Bethune, Blythe, Breeland, Carson, Colcock, Cram, C. M., G W. and W. C. Davis, Fairey, Fox, E P. and 0. P. Goodwin,Graham, Harvey, Hiott, IJollis, Humphrey, Ilderton, ' H, E. Johnson, Kibler, J. D. Kinard, j Limehouse, McKeown, Pitton, Per- j ritt, Price, Russell, Skmaer,Simpkins, \ Vincent, Whisonant, Wingo, Winkler, Wyche?45. Moore?ESrd?1. MR. COOPEE RE ELECTED. Mr. 0. P. Goodwin, nominated in appropriate terms the Hon. M. R. Cooper to succeed himself. Mr. Toole nominated the Hon. R. H. Timmerman. There were several seconds to both nominations. Some of the members made complimentary remarks about J each of the candidates. The total vote cast was 141 of which I Mr. Cooper received 83 tind Mr. Tim-1 merman 60. In ^detail the vote was as follows: SEN ATI. Cooper-Atd.rich, Bro wn,Boist, Daan, Dennis, Douglass, DuBose, Hay, Jefferies, Lesesne, Mauldin, May field, McDaniel, Miller, Ragsdale, Sanders, Sloan, Stackhouse, Talbird, Turner, i Walker, Wallace, Williams?23. Timmerman?Alexander, Archer, Connor, Gainea, Henderson. Love, i McCalla,Mo?i8, Mower,Norri*,0'Dell, Pettigrew, Scarborough, Waller, Suddath.?15. HOUSE. Cooper?3peakerGary, All, Ashley, , Austell, Baco'r;, Bailey, Bddon,Blytbe, Breeland, Burns, Colcock, Crum, Da- i vis, C. M., Davis, W.C., Dukes, Efird, ( Fox. Gadsden, Gams, Goodwin. H. P., Goodwin, 0. P-, Graham, Harv-ji ey, Hiott, Hollis, Hydrick, Johnson,' Horace E, Kennedy, Kibler, Kiaard, ( Henry J., Eiuard, J. D., Lancaster, Limehouse, Lofton, Mitcnell, McDan- i iel, McKeown, McWhite, Nattles,Patton Phillins Prir?? "Pratt "RnaRftll -**W, - J -- > Sanders, S^abrook, Slnkler, Skinner, ; Smith, J. R , Smith, & W., Thomas, ( John P., Jr., Tnomas, W. H., Townsend, Yerner. Wolling, West, Westmoreland, Wilson, Wingo, Witherspcon?83. Timmerman?Anderson, Bethune, j' Carson, Caushman, Cushman,Davis, J Geo. W.. DeBruhl, DeLoach, Ed wards, (; Epps, Fairey, Gaique, Hamilton,^ Henderson, Humparey. Edarton, I Johnson, T. E., Kioler, Lester, Liv-fj ingston, Msstill, Mehrtens, Milier, J. j \ E., Miliar, Joel, H ,* Moore, McOul-|i lough, McLauria, 0 ven, Perritt, PjI |: lock, Prii.c% Rvnsford. Rsjynolds,! Rooinson, Rogers, S'mkics, Speer, j. Sullivan, Tooie, Whisona&t, Winkler, j Williarrs, Wyche, Yeidell?60. j. PENITENTIARY DIRECTORS || For two tnembera of ma board of | directors of the penitentiary the joint assembly then voted. |i Mr. Price nominated the H >n. 8 P. j J. Garris of Colleton, the nomination! being seconded by Messrs. Ashley, J, Vincent, Bedon, Barns and others. } Mr. Gasris nominated for the other 1 place Mr. W. 0. Tatum of Orangeburg: Mr. Rainsford and others seconded the nomination. There will be no further nominations the two named received all the votes cast, and 2 were declared elected. The Maine at Havana. The United States battleship Maine,' commanded by Capt. D. Sigsbee, j which-left Key West on January 24, J arrived at Havana at 11 o'clock Tues-1 day morning and was saluted by the forts and war vessels. Shortly after the arrival of the Maine, Lieutenant Albert E. Drano, representing the captain of the port, Vice Admiral Jose Pastor, visited the United States battleship and extended '.;he customary j courtesies. The arrival of the war- j ship caused surprise and excited con- 1 siderable curiosity. A naval lieuten- j ant of the Spanish cruiser Alfonso] X[I, the Spanish flagship, visited the j Maine early in the afternoon, as did s also the officer of the German cruiser 1 Gneinesa, the schoolshxp. Both visits j were returned by Capiain SIgsbee, j who, at 6 o'clock called upon Rear } Admiral Vicente Manterola, at the admiralty -ffice, and upon Vice Admiral Pastor, after wh.ci he had a prolonged conference with Consul General Lee. The officers and sailors of the Maine will not go ashore at present, in order to avoid possible friction. Fatal Scorm. Tuesday morning at three o'clock a terrific thunder storm raged for an hour or more in the vicinity of Louisville, Kj. The sky cleared after a time, shortly after daybreak, but the wind continued to blow. It incieased in intensiiy until 10 -A5 a. m. The weather bureau officials recorded a velocity of 63 miles an hour.- Aug Weymor was blown off the Shields building and died in 10 minutes from his injuries. A woman, name unknown, was found lying dead in some debris at 3840 LaCled avenue, and a boy was JiiJiea, oemg oiown irom a porch roof in another part of the | city. It was apparentJy.a straight blow; and not a tornado. j A GRAND VIC TORY FOR SILVER. The United States senate Stands Loyally by It. The United States Senate discussed Friday as it had several days previous the resolution of Senator Teller to pay off the bonds of the United States in either gold or silver at the option of the government. The last speaker in the debate closed at six o'clock Friday afternoon. At this time the gal leries were filled to overflowing and a large number of the house, includ icg Speaker Ksed, occupied the area back of the senators. The Teller resolution is a practical reaffirmation of that of Stanley Matthews in 1878 and is as follows: "That all the boiids of the United Stages issued, or authorized to be issued, under the said acts of congress hereinbefore recited, are payable, principal interest, at the option of the government of the United States in silver dollars or the coin o? ths Uuited States containing 412 12 grains each of standard silver coins as a legal tender in payment of said bonds, principal and interest, is not in violation of the public faith nor in derogation of the rights of the pub lie creditor." After the debate an amendment to the above resolution offered by Mr, Nelson, declaring "that it is the dutj of the government of the United States under existing laws to maintain the parity in value of its gold and silver money so that the dollar of one , metal shall for all monetary purposes O 1 YtTQTTC? KA in TTQIIIA /IAIIow f oinojc ^uoiiu voxuc buu uv/ixai < of the other metal," was first taken up. Mr. Vest moved to table the amend- , ment. The yea and nay vote gave the : first test o? the respective elements, resulting?42 to 37 in favor of cabling < the amendment. - 1 Then came the Lodge amendment as i follows: "That all the bonds of the j Cited States issued or authorized to i be issued und^r the said acts of con- i gress herebefore recited are payable, 1 principal and interest in gold coin or 3 its equivalent; and that other payment without the consent of the cred itor would be in violation of the pub lie faith and in derogation of nis , rights." , Mr. Veet moved to table the amend- ] ment "i nope tne senator wull wuncraw ( the motion to table," interposed Mr. Wolcott, "so that we may have a di- ] rect vote on gold." ; Mr. Vest consented and the yote was ] taken directly on the Lodge amend- ] ment, resulting in its defeat?24 to 53. i There was intense interest during j this vote as it presented a more direct issue than had been anticipated. 1 It was seen at the outset that party ; lines were broken, Chandler, Carter ] and other Bepublicans voting against the.amendment As the vote closed < Mr. Chandler noticing some Bepubli- j cans in their seats had not voted asked j that the names of senators not voting be read. The clerk read slowly "Alii-, a son,-' ?5urrowB," ana there being no response the result as above was announced. Mr. Qaay now came forward with a new amendment as follows: "S'arike out all after the enacting clause and insert: "That all the bonds or other obligations of the United States issued or authorized to be issued under the acts of congress heretofore recited should be paid, principal and interest, in the money that is the highest money of the world.'" Mr. Vest again moved to table.! Carried??7 to 31. Mr. Hoar offered a new amendment to go at the close of the resolution as follows: "that under no circumstaac es will the principal or interest of the public debt be paid in depreciated currency or in any money other than the best money of the world." The amendment was tabled on Mr. Vest's motion?42 to. 32. Mr. Foraker proposed an amendment formerly suggested by Mr. 3pooner who was absent, as follows: ; "That it is declared" to be the financial { policy of the United Slates that until * there shdli nave been obtained an international agreement with the lead- , lag commercial nations of the world i for the free coinage of silver, which i agreement the United States is hereby < further pledged to promote the faith *j aad honor and credit of the United States are solemnly pledged to preserve the existing gold standard; and all silver and paper currency shall be maintained at a parity with gold and all obligations of the United States shall be maintained inviobly .at the present standard." The amendment suffered the fate of those going before, tabled?14 to 33. Mr. Hoar presented the same amend ment as the last, proposing it as an additional section in stead of a sepa- - rate declaration. This was tabled, the J vote being the same as on the Foraker amendment. Mr. Caffery proposed j an amendment as follows: "Provided, ( that if at the time of payment of the principal or interest of the bonds, the j market value of silver is not at par with gold at the ratio of 16 to 1, the : principal and interest shall be paid in : gold or silver at the op:ion of the ' creditors." The amendment was tabled without : a yea and nay vote. This disposed of the amendments : and the desks were cleared for the : final vote on the Teller resolution, : which resulted as follows: j Yeas?Messrs. Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry, Butler, Cannon, Carter, Chand ler, Chilton, Clark, Clay, Cockreil, Daniel, Gray, Harris, He.tfeld, Jones of Arkansas, Ksnny, Kvie, Lindsay, McEnery, McLaurin, Mallery, Mantle, Martin, Mills, Mitchell, Money, Mor ?an, Murphy, Pasco, Pettigrew, Pettus, Pritchard, Rawlins, Roach, Shoup,,, Smith, Stewart, Teller, Tillman, Tur- S pie, Turner, Vest. Warren, White, Wolcott?17. Naye?Messrs. Aldricb, Allison, Burrows, Baker, Caffery, Cullom, Davis, Fairbanks, Poraker, Gallinger, | Gear, Hale, Hanaa, Haasbrouga, j Hawley, Hoar, Lodge. McBride, Mc-j Millan" Mason, Morrill, Nelson, Pen- jj rose, Perkins, Piatt of Connecticut, I, Piatt of New York, Qaay, Sewell, j Thurston, Wellington, Wetmore, { TTTfl. Oft wiison? a. The pairs throughout the voting j were as follows: Turley with Daboe, j Faulkner with Elkins, Gorman with Frye, Jones of Nevada with Proctor, ! Walthall with Spooner. I The first named would in each case j. have voted with those sustaining the j resolution and against all amendments, 11 while the last named would haveji voted against the resolution and for I the amendments. There was no dem- j; onstrationon the announcement, and f< at 7 p. m., on motion of Mr. Allison, :i the senate adjourned till Monday. \ < PARKS WAS ELECTED M PUBLIC PRINTER ON THURSDAY ?Y THE LEGISLATURE. " ^ 1 One Hard Worked Editor Who 0??i ft ?> served Flam?How u?Suabino( h| Tiro Homes Voted on tbe Hittn. In joint session Thursday the y two houses of the general assembly declined to ratify the appointment of Mr. Charles B. Calvo as public printer to the unexpired term of nis father, recently made, and elected instead for the interim Mr. J. T. Parks cf Orange* burg. The history o* the recent appointment following the misfortune of Mr. Uharies A. Uaivo, the publteprinter, is familiar, to all. lieutenant Governor McSweeney called th? body to order. The resolution under ? which the election was to be held was read, and then the president of ths senate appointed Senators Aidrich and Lore tellers on the part of the senate, Speaker Gary appointing Messrs. Efird, DeLoach as.a 0. W. Davis on the part of the house. Nominations for public printer to fill the unexpired term of Mr. 0. JL Calvo were declared in order. In a few words Senator McOftll* nominated Mr. J. T. Parks of Oraqge* burg. Mr. Dukes seconded it. _ Mr. Pollock then rote and said they had met there to elect a State printer. Mr. Charles A. Calvo was elected for two years, and he would have been - -? serving now but for his misfortune. He was proceeding to detail the dbu / 'vi cumstances of the appointment when Mr. J, D. Kinard rote to state that he was chairman of the house oommlttet on printing, and had not acted In making the appointment,, Mr. Pollock said Mr. Charles B. Calvo had the work well and sattsfa? :? torilydone. He had heard no oom*" plaint as to any of the work. The seaariti txtoc nrr it? anfl Tn twn mot. tainly not more 'ch&n three week*, there would ba nothing else to do. H* thought it would be very unwxle to oiake any change. Senator Archer at this juncture row to a point of order, asking if they were there to make nominAtioni at to discuss the advisablity of making* change in the matter of the puolle printing. -M The president said they had met to sleet < Mr. Pollock said he was aware of the purpose of the joint assembly, and fM simply giving the reasons why it ap- peared to him that the general seem* bly should be fair and just and extend the term of Mr. Charles B. Cairo to its proper expiration. Mr. Jno. P. Thomas, Jr., seconded the nomination "on behalf of the wife md children of him upon whom Gtoi had placed a heavy hand." Senator jtiagsaale Uought that om svery consideration of right and good faith the general assembly should elaet Sir. Charles 3. Calvo. - Senator May field said that recontf* in# the past services of the elder Cairo to the State and believing that hi* aoa Dugnt to hold on as public printer until his term had expired, he seconded the nomination. " " Senator Gaines and Dr. Timmerman _ " seconded the nomination of Mr. Parka along with others. Mr. Oram too pleasure in seconding the nomination of Mr. Parks and expressed the hope that they would get i printer who could give them the-reports of the comptroller general aisL superintendent 01 eaucaaon ?ooner ? ;han the incumbent. Senator Dean and Mr. McCallougfc seconded the nomination of Mr. Cairo md then nominations were cloted. The vote was then taken resulting n the election of Mr. Park*. The ?tal vote cast was 142, of which Mr. Parks received 89, Mr. Calvo 12 and ,he Bryan Printing company 1. The rote in detail is as follows: SENATE. Calvo?Buist, Dean, Jefferie*, 1asesne, Love, Mayfield, McDaniel, Mil- / ler, Moses, Pettigrew, Rigidale, Scarborough, Sloan, Talbird, Turner, [XTrtllrA* "1 Ct T? iiiACr, J.U. Parks?Aldrich, Alexander, Arches, Brown, Connor, Dennis, Douglas, OoEose, Gaines, Hav, Henderson, Jiauldin, McCalla, Norris, ODell? Sanders, Stackhoase, Suddath, Wal* ace, Waller, Williams^-2L Bryan Printing Company?Mower. * HOUSE. Calvo?All, Anderson, Ashley, iustsll, Bacot, Blythe, Barns, Ohflas, DeLoach, Kibler, Lsmmon, Living!* xdq, Meares, Mehrtens, Mitchell, MeDullough, Nettles, Patton, Plyler, Pollock, Pyatt, Reynolds, Boston, Rogers, Sanders, Simkins, Smith J. R, Stevenson, Sullivan. Tnomas John A ? ? P. Jr., Thomas W. H., Vincent, Wolling Whisonant, Wilson, Williams?36. Parks?Speaker Gary, Bailey? Bed on, Bethucne, Breeland, CkrsoA, Sau^hman, Cram, Cashnian, D*vil 3. M., Davis W. 0., DeBruhl, Daket, Edwards, Efird, Epp?, Fairer, Fox, GS-adsden, Garris, Gkuque, Goodwill H. P., Goodwin 0. P., Graham, Hamilton, Harvey, fliott, Hollit, Humphrey, Hydrick, Ilderton, John* 3on Horace E ~ Johnson T. E, Kennedy, Kinard Heory J., Kinard J. D? Lancaster, Lester, Limishouse, Lofton, Milier J. E., Millar Joel H., Mishoe, McDaniel, McKeown, Mo* Laurin, McWhite, J Phillip*, Prl?e, o r>?t?j r> n a v? rimue, xvixusiuru, .LVJASQU, ouurwk, Skinner, Smith S. vV., Spser, Sturkle, Timmerman, Toole, Welch, We?t, Westmoreland, Win go, Winkler, Witherspcon, Wyche, Yeldell?68. Goes to P1<cn. The Lake Michigan and L*ke Superior Transportation company gteamer City of Duiutb,. which struck the bar outside the bar&or piers went ashore during a gale Thursday night, haa broken in two in the centre and the Koillw Iff* YYICV/XX. 1*3 WRvnj, AMV saving crew saved the crew, consisting of about 23, and the few passengers aboard, by bringing them ashore in the breeches buoy. The City of Duluth was valued at about $30,000. She was weU insured and it is understood that there is $10,000 insurance on her cargo. Brutally M.ar*cr*d. John A. Balia, a negro who live* in the western portion, of Marion county was suspected cf robbing the store at S. R. Eddy last Wednesday night at Savage poatcffice, in Marion oounty, and a warrant was sworn out against 1 t l ? xl \ /I aim ana piacea m ice nanus ui ujustable J. T. Eidy. In attempting to execute the warrant Mr. R. J. Cox, wao was assisting Eddy in making the arrest, was shot by tae negro and killed. Belia m?de his escape, but a poise caught him in Georgetown and carried him back to Savage Thunday.