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PLANS OF THE ENEMY. ; THE REPUBLICAN PROGRAMME NOW DECLARED. ! An Acknowledgement <>f White Suprem- ' acy? Down With Democracy?The An- j dress to the J'eeple of the State. 1 j Columbia, 8. C., Feb. 7.?Special: < f Thr Republican convention which .< finished its work this morning was in ' "c.i.it ctmilai* Irk itc moiiT* 1 aUUlULlllilga VCIJ ouimui I.V 1W IUU 1?J predecessors in this State. Of course a new set of delegates appeared. There ! are few of the old leaders left now. But most of these were here?Drayton of Columbia. Shrewsbury of Chester- ( field, Fred Xix of Barnwell. Fordham ( of Orangeburg. Among the accessions 1 since 187t> were present Dr. Clayton and Mr. Melton of Columbia, and 1 Russell of Anderson. B. 0. Dun- ( can also took a hand. 1 There was lots of speech-making? the burden of the talk being an acknowledgement (for present purposes j at least) of white supremacy, and a ^ wish for the protection of the colored man's right to vote. } The organization was effected with c little trouble. E. M. Brayton was ( elected temporary chairman. He ad- ( dressed the convention as follows: s BRAYTONS SPEECH. J Brayton thanked the convention for j the honor, and said he would dis- * charge his duties so that no exception | would be taken. He asked the con- * vention to aid him in serving the de corum of the convention. They had s assembled at a crisis in the politics of * this State. They had come in response c to a call as broad as it could be. They I asked all men who wanted their polit- J ical rights preserved to come in. They t were not here to exclude anyone, nor were they assembled in any factional t spirit, but they wanted everybody in 1 this organization. All could feel that in this" organization they could do i their best work. The Republican par- j ty stood in need of energetic work, c For many years the Republican party f had been stagnant. It was not right \ to cast reflections on any one for it. r They had been subjected to a tyranny i unheard of. But now the crisis had t been reached when the powers would t try to take away from them the very -ights which were dearest to them? c .lie rights of ihe citizen. The time was t low at hand when they must speak in i meaning way and try to prevent the ; threatened disaster. * t It is apparent to us all that with a ^ noting strength of 140,000 we can be r overcome. But we are absolutely pow- t erless; numbers do^not count. We r could not by ourselves prevent this t Constitutional convention from carry- I ing out its purposes. It must bo clone i through others than ourselves. We e must support those who wish the s rights of the people preserved. "We t have to support them. So we will for g the present nave to listen to the best- e L minded white people. We must await ? * the awakening. We must impress on t them that we see the necessity for not t using our powers and numbers, but t show them that we will join in with r them to look to the best interests of 1 the entire people of the State?of all ? classes. It seems strange indeed that f this Constitution under which we have a lived for twenty-eight years should now be attacked. For twelve years a we have had the Democratic party in e power; surely it is strange that it has 1' only been recently that it was found o that this Constitution must be set t aside. Now, when the people are in- g llamed,it is indeed a most unfortunate t time to tamper with the organic law. t r xi r i.1. : i vne oi uie purposes 01 uuscunvenuuu ? affords a hard contrast. The same way r that the people now in power have the J power to frame a constitution, so did t I he convention which framed the old ^ Constitution. How differently did it ^ act. They took care of the rights and a interests and liberties of all classes. \\*e are here for a definite purpose. * We aslc that this Constitution should t not be finally determined by that con- I vention. We want it submitted back t to the people. There was chance t vtiough in the Legislature for parti- I Kinship, but in this convention there c should be none. Without going fur- t ther into details we want our proceed- 5 . iiigs of such a nature that they will f ji ppeal to the outside voter. It is a ne- i vessity to call a convention to inform fc f !.ft r\nA*\l a T1?a nnl ayia/1 miim*c>4ano rvf c nil? IUC LUIUICU iiuiiiabuio ui the State have been called upon to take this matter to their hearts and ex- I plain to the people the matter of regis- 1 tration. They, alone, cau do it in the t limited time allowed, and whatever e might be the result they will doit, t This is a question wliich affects the 1 life and death of citizenship. If they } can't do it, then there will be disfran- i chisement in this State by the ten 1 and twenty thousands. The only way I it could be done was by the ministers. > 1 believe that out of this convention 1 there will finally grow a Republican I party that will be strong, able and t calculated to serve the people of this s State in the way it should do. The s Reformers have turned the minds of i the people by the thousands to this t party, and have driven them away ( from the measuees which have dorm- ^ jsated them. I believe we will have a c party of vi<*or. We want it known? t we want all to know?that we invite < I* them in, and that there is an oppor- > 4 -A ?X__ .1 Xl- _ X J.\ _ _1 xaniiy, ana inai mere is a cnance iu do something. t The manufacturing interests are A looking to the South. They can onlv j thrive through the principle of protec- * i ion of which the Republican party is J tiie father. Even in these Democratic J times, depressed as is the condition of ' the people, I am ^lud to see such a ? gal'.iering here. Thanking f;e con- * vei!tion he declared it ready for busi- ' IH'S*. ( FURTHER ORGANIZATION. j K/ekiel Mobley, of Aiken, was noin- , ination for temporary secretary. Mur- . ray. the big-footed Congressmen, i walked down the aisle, aud with prop- f er respect for the "baudy" proceeded t at length to nominate Brayton for r tenmorarv rhnirman. (Laughter.) Two committees?one on credentials { and one on platform, were appointed. t (M the latter Dr. Clayton of Columbia t was elected chairman. i FOR WHITE SUPREMACY. .M r. Duncan then offered the follow- t in?r, which was referred to the proper j . committee and afterwards passed. | Whereas Senator lrby last nigkt { said : "There is no use to mince words about it. We must carry this conven- c tion, or white supremacy is gone for- \ ever," now therefore be it, ( itesolved, That this is a statement utterly without foundation; and that ? our only purpose in organizing1 at the j present time as Republicans is to be in t position to co-operate with and render . the leadership of just-mined and lib irty-loving white men. who like ourselves, are opposed to the domineering md tyrannical Tilhnan-Irby ring. DOWN TO BUSINESS. Shiver?a white delegate?moved that they proceed to the permanent organization. This was carried. ] \V. V?\ Russell nominated B. 0. Duncan as permanent chairman saying he was known to the Republicans if the whole country. S. E. Smith seconded Duncan's nomination and . spoke of him as a "distinguished gen- J tleman and scholar?a moulder of J thought." Fishburne nominated E. M. Bray- { :on. Shiver nominated Capt. L. D. 1 Melton. ^ ] Brnvton deelined in favor of Dun- J jan. Nominations were closed. Dun- ' ;an was then elected, and he was ini i ?i.i: 11 i -! <>? uceci as a pionrer iw,-]mi;jivau. Duncan made a very short speech, ( icknowledging tlie honor, and en- J lorsiug the statement and points j nade by Bray ton. ' THE ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE.' Dr. Clayton then presented the re- j jort of the committee on platform, vhich was read by S. E. Smith: To the People of South Carolina: We lave the authority of ex-Governor and 1 Senator-elect Tillman that the Demo:ratic party is an offense in the nos- ' rils of the South Carolina people. He j aid the same thing of the Republican j >arty,but as he has always claimed to >e a Democrat, his judgment of the )eraocratic party may be accepted as c he result of intimate knowledge, while j lis charges against the Republicans are :vidently from hearsay amd prejudice j ind not so well entitled to belief. The acts before the country and the people >f this State are that the Democratic J >arty is confessedly dead and the ' 3opulist party impracticable. No ? hinking man doubts that at the next * .lection the Republicans will sweep he country and regain power for a * onsr term of years. c In the face of this situation an effort J s now being niade to destroy the Re- ^ mblican and negro vote in South Car lina. The only justification suggested or this course is the alleged desire for f vhite supremacy and fear of negro ule. The only argument advanced for ts support is the rehash of the sins of he so-called "radical" government in ? his State from 1868 to IS76. We ask the people of this State to J :onsider soberly and honestly, cer- , ain facts which cannot be disputed. ^ The masses of the negroes of this J state have never shown theleast desire , o persecute their white neighbors. , rhere was corruption in the so-called adical government but it was chiefly he work of alien politicians, and the esult of bad leadership. It is a fact / hat the men now prominent in the Remblican party here passed through ^ bat time of temptation and clebauchry untainted. In palliation of the ins of the negro we may submit the estimony of the white Democrats regarding their own government. Govrnor Tillman has informed us that the governments of the white Democrats to he year 1890 were marked by corrupion. bribery, political leprosy and imlecility. On the other hand very seious charges of very much the same lature have been brought against his overnment by Democrats of opposing actions. The people of the State are greed that the taxes of the so-called 'radical"times were not as hard to pay s those now levied. We have Govrnor Tillman's evidence that far more lounds of cotlon and meat and bushels >f corn are needed now to pay taxes han at any period of the "radical'' government. Nobody can claim that he people are as prosperous now as hey were then. Notwithstanding hese things the Republicans and the legroes of the State have for eighteen ears submitted quietly to the rule of j lie: U1111171 ItJ VVAbll UUIlUtI 1U1 j/uwvmvv, 4, vith docilityand faithfulneseand hope vhich must challenge the admiration ind enlist the sympathy of the world. They have yielded everything with lard ly a murmur. They liave seen all he promises made them by the white )emocrats in 1876 broken and conemptuously ignored. They have been tanished from the jury boxes and the >allot boxes and discriminated against distantly and remorselessly. With all his they have gone on paying their ihare of the taxes, the masses of them aithfully, honestly and humbly strivng to do their parts in building up the state and to make themselves better itizens and Christians. Now they are called on to meet a >roposition boldly, publicly and un)lushinglv announced, that aconvenion is to t>e held for the declared and ixpressed purpose of disfranchising 1 hem forever and leaving them entire J at iii^ iiiti vj v/i IUV mvu ^ vhohave shown every disposition to nvade their rights, to blast their lopes aud to crush all their modest as- t )irations. Against this cruel, unpro- j. roked and unnecessary outrage weap>eal to the people of the country of all ? >arties, and especially to those of south Carolina. Representing and t peaking for the Republican party, we l olemnlv declare that we are not act- * ng for the restoration of Republican , ule in the State or for the destruction )r impairment of white supremacy. kV e are asking simply that Republi- * :ans and negroes be spared the right j o exist as citizens and be not put at >ne stroke on the level with convicts ( ,vho have forfeited all civil rights. It is not only for the Republicans tnd the negroes, but for all classes of vhite people and for all interests of " .he State, that we appeal. Under the ^ Constitution of the United States no ^ aw can be framed to disfranchse the legroes which will not disfranchise nousands of white men, except by the uloption of what is known as the "Mis ussippi plan, which leaves in the lands of three or five men in each lountv. appointed by the administra- j ion, absolute power in deciding the iglit 10 vote. This has never been jasscd on by the United States' eourts ind, is in all probability, illegal, j Whether it be so or not. every inter;st of every free man and the reason of c svery thinking man must revott k t gainst a system so contrary to every t irinciple of republican form ofgovern- ? nent and so inevitably leading totyran ( ind corruption. Whatever may be the lesign or the pretext, such a system nust bring the extermination of all | larties and factions save the adminisrnt.inn ivhifVi rrinv finivnnn to lift in iower, leaving it unrestrained by any ^ ear of the people or sense of responsi- s >ility to them. We call on the Republicans of the ^ state to organize and register to a man ^ ,hat they may be in position to co-operate in electing a Constitutional con- ( mention which will be responsible to ^ tnd will represent the people and will c protect the rights and the interests of , ? : [CONTINUED ON PAGE FOU*.] 1 THE PLATFORM ADOPTED BY THE LATE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. It Acciim th? White People of the State of Having D^oken Irery Promise Made to the Colored People by Hmmptcn. Columbia S. Cm Feb. 9.?The fol- < lowing is the platform adopted by the late Republican Conyention: "We, the Republicans of South Carjlina, in convention assembled for the purpose of organizing the Republican mrt v of thA State on a broader, more : liberal and more progressive basis, do leclare our principles as follows : "On national questions we declare ldherence to the essential principles : )f the National Republican party as >et forth in its platform of principles | it Minneapolis in June, 1892, that is ; <0 say: 41 We are in favor of moderate and ( easonable protection for American lajor and American capital against the :heaper labor and cheaper capital of )ther countries. ( "We are in favor of sound full value < noney, whether of gold, silver or pa- ! jer currency, for all classes of the peo)le, for the "breadwinner" as well as or the capitalist,'for the noor laborer ; n his hut, as well as for tue millionlire in his palace. "We are in favor of a government lervice based on merit and capacity, nstead of on the corrupt and debasing i racksonian system of "To the victors jelongthe spoils." "We are in favor of a free and fair )allot in all public elections, and an lonest count of the votes, for all clas les of citizens, wnetner nauve or ior;ign born, whether white or colored. "These we regard as the fundamenal principles of the National Republi:an party; and we believe they are in 10 sense sectional, and in no way hosile or inimical to the best interests of he South or of our own State. But n local State affairs our nosition is jeculiar, and we are under tne necessiy of accommodating ourselves to the ntuation. We have for years been leprived of any voice in our State government by unjust election laws md by fraud and trickery openly ; jracticed at elections. We have quietJ submitted to this wrong, hoping for < e return of a more liberal and just , lentiment among our Democratic felow citizens. We are glad to observe hat this long hoped for change of sen- ( .iment seems to be taking place among 1 nany of our very best and most trust- , vorthy people, and we would by no , ict of ours mar or check its progress. Dn the contrary wo would promote ind encourage its development me very ivay possible. ('But while this more just sentiment s openly proclaimed on the >ne hand, on the other an extreme 'action has suddenly sprung intoexistmce; and by worse than dubious meth)ds, has gained full possession of all jranches of oar State government, the ixecutive, the legislative, and, worst >f all, the judiciary. This now doninant, exultant and utterly unscrujulous faction, proposes, for the pur- , jose of perpetuating its own power, ;o permanently disfranchise the mass )f Republican voters, by a change in ,he fundamental law of the State. Not :ontent with temporary disfranchisenent, by means of unjust election aws, partisan management of elec,ion, and fraudulent count of votes, it proposes to make this disfranchisement permanent by a change in our State Constitution. Ita purpose in this espect is not left in dount, but is open ( ina avowed during the late campaign. iT'rom every political stump in the , State by the "bosses" of the faction. iVith this in view a factional Legislaure provided for a constitutional contention and factional managers of slections "counted it in" by the gossest cind of frauds at the November elec- ! ions, in spite of an unquestionable )opular majority against it.) "This item is the situatioa with j vhich we find ourselves as Republi- 1 :ans confronted, and from no fault of >urs, for we have done nothing what- ( wer to provoke it. The question we kre now called upon to decide is; shall ve fold our hanas and quietly submit o seeing ourselves disfranchised, our . nost sacred rights as citizens taken , iway from us. and even the means of J sducating our children cut off by the , "epeal of the public school tax? If . ve do this we furnish to the world J he strongest possible evidence of our . itter incapacity and unfitness for citi- , enship. on the contrary we proseed to carefully organize our forces ill over the State, in every town and . :ounty and manifest our readiness to :oopeiate heartily with liberal-minded ind justice-loving white citizens, and mder their leadership, we will show 1 he world that we are not unworthy , >f citizenship; we will encourage lib- , ;ral and fair minded Democrats to ] >rganize and take a bold stand against ' he injustice and tyranny of tne do- ( ninant faction, and we will show to \ hat faction itself that we constitute a J action to be respected. But we should ( nake it clearly and distinctly under- J itood that we do not propose to act on 1 he aggressive, but purely on the de- . ensive that we do not propose to make my effort to control the constitutional , sonvention, but only to assist, as far is we can, in electing to it fair-minded nen and justice-loving citizens of 1 luch standing and character that they nay with safety be trusted to fr^me a air and impartial and conservative ! Constitution just alike to all classes j tnd citizens. < To make it clearly understood what < n our opinion ought to be the course ' )f the coming convention we may an- i lounce the following fundamental ' jrincfbles, which will be satisfactor to * is as Republicans and which we think ' >ught to be acceptable to all fair- < ninded, conservative citizens: < "1. INo Constitution snouia De put i 11 force until it has been submitted to ' md ratified by the legal voters of the state. "2. The Constitution should make io discrimination, civil or political, leainst an j class of citizens (on account >f race or color). "3. It should provide for the equal ! participation of the two leading politi :al parties in the management and ' :ontrol of elections. "4. It should make no reduction of he preesnt special tax for public j ichool purposes, but rather the con-; , rary. Nor should it increase the poll j ax, that being discrimination against J he poor man, be he white or black." The foregoingareexpressive in brief vf wMi'^Ajnlno An/1 >/]nnO AM TTrlli/>Vl A )l UIO puuuipiCO oiiu mgao vu tt uiuu i j ve propose to organize and make the J ] sontest purely and simply in defense j j >f our rights as Republicans and as ' < ;itizens; and we most earnestly urge ] lpon every Republican entitled to vote . i to spare no pains to procure a registra tion certificate in order to be able tc vote on election day. "In conclusion we would earnestly appeal to all honest and patriotic citi zens who are opposed to our pres ent arbitrary and tyrannical ring rul( to organize promptly and to assum< the leadership against thepreseutdom inant faction, for the purpose of rc storing to our poor, unfortunate State a government fair, just and impartial to all classes of her citizens, a govern ment of the people, by the people and for the people.^ THE FINANCIAL QUESTION. Short Term Loan Certificates to be Ihhu?<J Instead of Monti*. Washington', Feb. 9.?An import ant conference was Held at tne wmte House Wednesday between the President and Speaker Crisp. It is under stood that the financial question wa* the subject under discussion, although neither of the interested parties are in clined to discuss the details of the con ference. Speaker Crisp had an appoint ment to accompany the members ol the Georgia delegation to the treasury department this morning to urge th< Secretary to accept theGeorgia granitf in the construction of the Kansas Citj public building. Just before the de legation met to proceed to the treasurj department Speaker Crisp received at invitation to come to the White Hous< before the Cabinet met. He went ai once to the Excutive Manson and was in consultation with the President un til Secretary Lamont and several othei members of the Cabinet arrived. It is understood that the Presideni is not pleased with some of the modi tlcations made to the latest edition oi the financial bill reported back to th< House from the committee of whict nV>ni?mor? an/1 if itir. opnu^Ci to V/uaiiiiiuiii) *v *i said that the conferencc between the President and the Speaker was in rela tion to the Springer bill. When th( Speaker left the White House he weni immediately to the Capitol, and it i: said that he had a brief consultatior with several of his trusted political friends and related to them the sub stance of his interview with the Presi dent. He then held a conversation with Ex-Speaker Reed, who, later ir the day, came forward as a nonpartisar and proposed a .*3 per cent short ternloan certi ficate as the only practica solution of the financial problem un dcr existing conditions. Speaker Crisp, after starting th< House in running order for the day called Representative Richardson, ol Tennessee, to the chair, and then pre ceeded to the Senate. The appearand of Speaker Crisp in the Senate cham ber, while the House was in session, was such a novelty that he receivec something of an ovation from ih( Senators on both sides of the chamber It was evident that he was not there for his health, for he at once made hif way to the desk of Senator Gorman the Democratic leader, and they helc a short but interested conversation. Il was apparently satisfactory to botl parties, for when the Speaker left th< Maryland Senator's desk there was ? smile of satisfaction upon his face He next went over to Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island, who is the recognizee leader of the Republican forces in con nection with the financial and taril! questions. This conversation waj equally brief, but apparently agreeable and Speaker Crisp, having evidently fulfilled his mission, hurried back t< the House. It was evident that the parties to thii mysterious series of consultations were not disposed to reveal their secret for they endeavored to treat with in difference or evade the subject wher their attention was directed to it. Ii spite of their reticencc it is said tha ' L*" wnnliinD flinf fV?0 TI/Miei Liie JL rCdiUCXlilt lcan/ico biiau lug xxvuoi will not accept the revised Springe] bill, and therefore some other plat that will meet the approval of a ma jority of both houses, without regarc to party, must be brought forward If the Secretary of the Treasury wants money to meet the current expense: of the Government there is a disposi tion on the part of the leaders in botl houses to authorize the issuance of loar certificates for a short period, as sug jested by Senator Allison and also bj Ex-Speaker Reed. It is understood that the propositior was the subject of the numerous con sulfations today at the White House treasury department and the Capitol The outcome will depend upon tn< report that Secretary Charlisle wil make to tlie Senate in reply to th< resolution of inquiry introduced bj Senator Hill and amended at the in stance of Senator Gorman. The infor mation desired f*oes into the vitals oi the Government's finances aad it wil require several days' work by the treasury oilicials to collect the date sailed for by the Hill-Gorman resolu tion. It may be ready for transmittal to the Senate by the latter part of the present week, or it may not be com pleted uatil nex week. In the meantime the advocates ofar sarly bond i^ue are becoming exceed ingly anxious at the delay of the Preii ient in not making the call before the question is voted upon in the House The friends of the Administration in timate that if the House refuses, as it will-probably do, to adopt the Spring er bill, the loan certificate proposition will be accepted by the President il sverything else fails.?News andCou rier. Destroyed by an Earthquake. Lojn>ON,Jan. 28.?The Times' corre 3pondent in Teheran, Persia, telegraphs under yesterday s date: k 'The city of Kuchan, which an earthquake lestroyed fourteen month ago and which was immediately re-built, wa< again destroyed on January 17. Manj were killed. A hundred women were crushed in one bath. The extent oi the damage and the number of deaths ire unknown as yet. The bitterest cold increases the suffering. Four distinct shocks were felt in Meshed in the last ten days, but no damage Shot to Kill. Millican, Tex.. Feb. G.?Friday night Wm Weid, a section hand on the Houston and Texas Road, shot in iiscriininately through the windows jf the section house near here, killing four men and wounding two. Win Role was shot in the head and breast xnd Marno Shezel and Ct. Lansing were shot in the breast. He also shot Mrs. Yea^or and her daughter, Miss Ricker, who kept the section house. Ele then set fire to the house, but Miss Ricker put the fire out. Colli Found. Jackson, Miss., Feb. 6.?Sixty thousand dollars, in gold was found Friday by Jesse J. Drew at his saw mill near Hollendale, Washington :ounty. The treasure is supposed to bave been buried during the civil war by Captain Barfield. v*r- nag- ? *\hium irtii.iwrr ; A PRIMARY ORDERED. ' AN IMPORTANT MEETING OF Th STATE COMMITTEE. ; 'What U Wanted U s Constitution Conve tion Composed of the Rest >I?terl:il a; , Determined to Make tlila a White Mai I State. [ Columbia, S. C., Feb. 7.?The E mocratic executive committee met he to-night and referred all of its work special sub committees. The meetii was well attended, the followii members being present: J. Y. Jone W. M. Jordan, J. P. Glenn, R. ] Sweeney, P. H. Gadsden, T. J. Cun s ingham, M. F. Jackson, J. T. Dav: A. E. Williams. R. B. Watson, W. Travlor, R. M. McCown, J. "V 5 Gray, f. P. Derham, J. Gentry, T. i Kirkland, Ira B. Jones, J. L. M. Irb - C. M. Efird, J. D. Montgomery, "V - D. Evans, J. A. Sligh, 0. R. Lowma T. C. Robinson, Wilie Jones. D. ! f Keels, N. L. Burnside, A. C. Lyl< r M T, DmmlHsnn. Socretarv D. ] i Tompkins. ; As soon as the roll was ca r ed Chairman Irby arose and said: Gentlemen of the Committee: It h r been customary for the chairman < l this committee to open its proceedin ) without any remarks, but on this c t casion I deem it necessary to ha 3 something to say in brief. In view - all that has happened in this Sta r since 1890 it is well that we shou take our bearings now and meet t t situation face to face like men. I ca not congratulate you on a bright 01 I look for the Democracy. You ai i those who we represent are in no wj i responsible for this. When the E j niocratic party came into power > 1876. under a Constitution that w - forced upon the people by a Repub ; can Government, one of the first qu< t tions advocated,the first demand ma 3 by the people, was for a Constitution i Convention to frame an organic la 1 that would be adopted to their wanl - The powers thai controlled betwec 76 and. '90, for reasons satisfactory i themselves, but unexplained to t] i people, dalled with this question ai l refused their reasonable demands, i Fortunately for the State the peop I took charge in 1S90, and after a loi - and hard struggle succeeded in ratif ingthe call made by the Legislature ? 1893. The Democratic party of t , Stale, whom you and I may represer f and I may say the only Democrai > organization in the State, proposed j its Convention of last September . make it a party question. The f publicans and Independents, aided 1 [ some loyal Democrats, came very ne ? defeating this call at the Novemb election. You and I considered it 5 our imperative duty, representing 3 we did the will of that Convention, urge the people to sustain it. Aftei i fair and free election it was carried 1 t a short margin. i I had hoped when this call w j made and the Legislature has pass i an Act carrying it out that its wh: enemies, for good of the State ai [ white supremacy, would have groun 1 ed their arms and allowed a peacef . and harmonious solution of this qu< p tion. But not so, we are confront 3 to-day first by a Republican organi; tion, which, outside of a few Congr \ sional districts, has been regarded a ) political corpse, through its represei atives, and its black hosts are now i s tempted to bo marshalled for a despi [ ate struggle. But for some thinj which I shall hereafter mention, 1 could be oosily overcome, for the I x publicans in this State are tired 1 politics and cannot be organized I such numbers as to threaten this Cc > vention and white supremacy. r Second. There is a "quasi organiz t tion made up uuder the leadership . the State. They, calling themselv I Democrats, are unwilling, and ha been since 1800, to submit to whal j majority of the white people demat 3 and are ready, not only to defeat tl . call and objects of this Conventio t but to unite in an unholy allian t with the negro leaders whom th . helped to overthrow in 1876. I rejoi< r however, that this number is smi and cannot assume dangerous prop< t tions. There is still another element . that is the more conservative (so-ca ed) element?who are unwilling 1 unite with the negro, but who are u j friendly to the present Administrate [ and its officers. 5 There is still another that belongs T what is known as the Reform part . most,if not all, of whom were oppos . to the election of Governor Evans, f Lastly, there is the .Reform mo\ [ ment, upon whom, thank God, tl ; committee,with all its scattered fore* [ if necessary to maintain white supi . macy, can rally and rely, and ev [ with the great defection among t , white people can defeat the Repub . cans and save the Convention. It our duty, and the white people of t L State expect us to perform it, to s . that Republicans are defeated for di . egates to this Convention. There is i ; use to mince words about it. We mi carry tins Uonvention or wnue sup] !, macv is gone forerer. |. The Constitution under which i . were elected does not give us the e { press power to act in this matter, b f it does by implication. It was a qu< . ty. This committee took charge of as such and urged its ratification the first election. They talked peace, of harmony in the Democrai ' party. There is as much peace ai harmony in that party in South Cr ! olina as there is in any State in t ! Union. It is only the whole of t : minority who will not submit to t ' will of the majority. I would not dictate. I have tri J since I have been chairman of tl committee to avoid even the appef 1 ance of dictation, but there is only o: : way in which peace and harmony cj be had in South Carolina, and on one way by which success can come the wbite people in the election of d legates to this Convention, and that for this committee to order n. primal election for the white Democrats i the State, to be held in July or A gust, for the purpose of selecting su< , delegates. If the faction have grie ances let them settle them at the ele tion, ana let every true wmuj imu < ! the State abide by its result, othervvi we co into the fight disorganized ar split in several factions to meet tl Republicans, who are organized. 1 beg pardon for this departure, ar announce that, a quorum being pre ent, and the committee is ready f< the transaction of business. Upon motion of Col. Jones Gove mr Krans and Cant. Tillman were ii vited to attend the session of the coe mittee. i Dr. Lowman, of Orangcburj offered the most important resolutic of the evening, yrhich with a slig) amendment of Mr. Gadsden to have rules of the primary, was adopted as follows: IE Resolved, That the delegates to tho Constitution Convention be nominated by a primary eletiou to be held in all counties, unless deemed unpractical n' by the county executive committee, ' nd under the auspices of the county executive committee of seven be appoint18 cd by this committee to draft rules for the government of said primary, such rules to be submitted to a subsequent e" meeting of this committee. p j Senator Irbv said that he was in . favor of a primary wherever it was practicable, but in some cases the convention might be preferable. W. D. Evans asked whether it was ' intended to have a campaign. J1' Mr. Low-mail suggested that each county could arrange that for itself. Mr. Evans said that he was opposed V to any Uourt iiouse ring regulating the affairs, and lie wanted to see the people deal directly with the election. v Mr. Efird did not think it best to put down any ironclad rule as to a prik mary. He wanted to see the best men ^ in the State sent to the Convention tl* and have it a white man's Conven.. tion. He thought it rather early to give away the plans of action, and thought it better to wait and on that ^ account moved to strike out the latter of part of the resolution. ^ That was voted down. ,c' Mr. Lyles wanted the resolution v? trimmed down so as to make it a general primary, but this was voted down. 'J? Mr. Gadsden suggested in view of the importance of the matter that the rules had better be referred to the whole committee before they were adopted. ict This suggestion was accepted and iy incorporated in the resolution. . Upon motion of Mr. Williams it in was agreed that the primary for the nomination of delegates be held on the *l" last Tuesday in July, and that if a seci.s" ond primary be neccssary that it bo held two weeks after that. al The following committee was then [;w appointed to prepare the riAfcp: Chairman Irby, Lowmau, Montgomery, >n /-? t?i? cn: ?i. i UTay, JU1UUJ1, ongu uhu rr ausuu. *? Upon motion a committee of five was appointed to prepare an address to the Democratic voters of the State in . the name of the committee. The com*e mittee consists of Messrs. Efird. Genes' try, Ira B. Jones, Glenn and W. D. y* Evans. Upon motion of Mr. Efird all .?* county executive committees are ad"e vised to look after the matter of registration. As there was nothing else ?c before the committee it adjourneu sub*n ject to the call of the chairman.?News ,to and Courier. ie by SHORT IN THEIR CASH, ar Many of the Dlnpensers are Saitl to be Dcas faulter*. as Columbia, S. C., Feb. 6.? It is sad to to think that all these sixty or more ' a good men who have been sellihg the Jy official liquor for the state, have been permitting themselves to get behind ^ in their accounts with the State, but according Governor Evans nearly all of them have been found to bebehind with their cash. Just how or why this is no one knows. It is understood that some of t.um are short to the tune of from $S00 to $1,500. Of e<* course the State is sccured from any !a" losses, because each dispenser had to es" give a bond properly approved. sa When the newspaper men stepped into the executive chamber yesterday Governor Evans made this annoucsr" ment; "You can say that we have IP- found nearly every dispenser in the ^ State behind in his accounts, some of them considerably behind." The Gov?* ernor went on to say that, under the 111 provisions of the new law, the county ,n" supervisor of each county had been made a member of the board, of con:a" trol of each county, and this necessi?* tatcd the dropping of one member 'es from each county board. He says the ve State board is now very busy reorgan', a izing the county boards. When each board has been reorganized, each dis*e penser in the State will be required to 'n> execute a new bond, with sureties who ce must certify to owning twice as much eJ real estate as the face value of the bond. This bond must be approved by the county auditor; then bv the )r" county board, and finally by the State board. The State's dispensary inspecty* ors are now hard at work inspecting to every dispensary in the State. Every n" dispenser found short in his 311 accounts, the Governor said, must either submit a satisfactory explanat-0 tion, or else make the shortage good immediately, or the State would proe" ceed to bring suit on the bonds and prosecute. Said Governor Evans; re- 'We can't afford to have in charge 113 of the State's business any one who 3S> allows himself to become in arrears 'e* for any cause. After the reorganizaen tion anv one found in arrears will be k.e summarily discharged. The inapefet. ors have full authority to iake charge 13 of the assets of any dispensary not eon he ducted according to law." 166 Governor Evans went on to say it el" might bfe that the dispensers would be Q? all required to give a guarantee injs* surance bond, the State giving the *e" guarantee companies the right to inspect the dispensaries. The Governor ,ve says, in his opinion, the shortages, !X" one or two of which run up over $1,000, have been caused by the loose way of doing business which some of the dis** pensers have practiced. He says the State board has been at work having a new system of bookkeeping prepared for use in all tlie dispensaries and it would be ready to be put in use by to!'r" day. This system, he says, will enable the State to tell the amount a man ,be falls behind in his accounts. Talking of the dispensary in general Governor Evans said that by the ree. duction of the force of constables 113 which was recently made, the State lr' had saved so far ?3,500 a month.? ne State. *n NOT AS BAD AS THOUGHT. The Sute of Thursday says: "Yesto terday Governor Evans seemed sur- 1 prised to see his own statement as to 1S nearly all the dispensers in the State being short in their accounts. He says Df that lie meaat to state that a majority U" of those whose accounts had been ex.n ^.v,l 1?. Iliu inenortim ortme siv i 1 auiuiuu uj n*v iuWj/w.v.w, w?- ... IV number, had been l'ound short in their c* accounts aud his remarks applied to them. So mote it be." i se , l(J A Mother's Love. ie Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 0.?A cat ' upset a lamp early Friday morning in ! id the house of Conrad Singlinger aud is- set the house alire Singlinger, his j 3r wife and fou;* children escaped, but , the mother suddenly remomuered that r- her twins were le't in the bjrning \ a- house. Altliough eu urts were made a- to restrain her she rushed into the 5 llamesand reached an upper room where her babes were. She was over- i m come by smoke and the three died to- j it gether. ] THE STATE CAPITAL. NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM COLUMBIA. ' 0' > The State Agricultural Society?The Atlanta Kxposltion?A Notable Weddiag. News Notes. Columbia, Feb. 9.?Special: The week with what would, in some p&fts oi ine country, nave Deen considered a "star attraction"?the lecture of Robert G. Ingersoll on Shakespeare. But Bob Ingersoll's reputation as a reviler of the Christian religion and of the Southern people combined to make the audience very small. There were about a hundred people present. Opinions differ on the merits of the lecture. The general impression made was that Ingersoll will do better when he is not so new in the business. THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Much interest has centered in the meeting of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society, held on Wednesday night. The financial straits of the Society have become widely known. A serious question with many has been, whether, in order to get the needed help for the Society, the annual fair must be held elsewhere than in Columbia. This matter was earnestly discussed in the meeting. It was brought squarely up by a proposition from the Young Men's Business League of Charleston, which was summed up in the concluding statement of a letter from a committee of that body in these words: . v "Not knowing how much you are % Vw-?nn/l +/-w PnliimWo nni> Vi/yed frep mil are to consider other applications, we can only write you to advise you of the feeling of the people of Charleston, and say to you that if you are ready to consider the holding of the fair in Charleston, the undersigned as a committee, will be glad to meet you, or any committee from your body, and discuss the details necessary to bring about such results, and see whether or not satisfactory arrangements cannot be had for the locating of the fair here. We shall be glad to communicate with you, and do everything in our power, and assure you of our hearty cooperation and your hearty welcome to our community. Asking your favorable consideration, we are, Yours very truly," The discussion evidenced a general desire to use every available means to keep the fair here. The conclusion of the Society was embodied in the following resolution: "Resolved, That the communication from the Young Men'sBusiness League be received as informatoin; and that the secretary be instructed to extend to the League the thanks of this society for their generous proposition; and regret that we are unable to consider the same as both by the constitution of the society, and the terms of the deed under which the fair ground property is held the fair meeting of the society must be held in Columbia." A proposition that in view of the i?J ?? _< it. - ? straitened contuuuu t?i iuc owicy, there be no money premiums offered, called forth a long and earnest discussion. Finally it was resolved to defer action on the whole matter till the August meeting. FOR THE EXPOSITION. The executive committee of the Agricultural Society has formally acted on the suggestion of the Business League of Charleston as to the State's representation at the Atlanta Exposition. The following committee was appointed to aid the league in its efforts to secure a suitable exhibit for this State: First district?John S. Horlbeck. Second?Mike Brown. Third?D. K. Norris. Fourth?M. L. Donaldson. Fifth?Paul Hemphill. Sixth?Edwin Harper. Seventh?J. B. Gadsden. The committee also appointed the following committee to solicit subscriptions and see what amount can Be raised in Columbia and elsewhere toward the next State fair: Dr. A. N. Talley, president of the Central National Bank; W. A. Clark, president of the Carolina Bank; W. G.Childs, president of the Bank of Columbia; and A. C. Haskell, president of the Loan and Exchange Bank. This committee is to report at a special meeting in May. The secretary was instructed also to ascertain what amount he could raise among the members. A NOTABLE WEDDING. There was a large gathering in Trinity (Episcopal) church on Thursday evening to witness the marriage of Lieut, batterlee, U. S. A., to Miss Capers, daughter of Bishop Ellison Capers. Lieut. Satterlee is a native of Pennsylvania, and a graduate of the Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. He was stationed here in 1876, and was attached to one of the companies detailed to guard the State House. Of late he has been detailed as assistant o/iintont wtiomI nf O-eonria. Miss aujuwvuv kvuvam* ? a ? Capers is the daughter of an ex-Confederate brigadier?her father serving through the War of Secession with great gallantry. POLITICS QUIET. Politics is not astir. Everybody seems to be waiting for things to take shape. The Republican gathering has left little impression. Some of its utterances were a little surprising, but they seem not yet to have made any positive impression on the public mind. IN GENERAL. Susan B. Anthony is to speak here next week. She will doubtless draw a large crowd. The city police have about run the "blind tigers" out of business. Developments of the alleged shortages of dispensers in the different parts of the State are awaited wth much interest. It is proposed to get, by a general subscription, a supply of antitoxine, the newly discovered cure for dipthIheria. to be supplied for use as need may arise. The State House furnishes little news just now. Murdered for Seven Dollars. Houston, Feb. 9.?Some boys who were hunting below Glenwood cemetery found the dead body of a nejrro. The body was that of Henry Wooli ridge. He was paid $7 at the Southern oil mills, where he worked, and had been murdered for this paltry sum, as he had been shot through the back of the head and his pockets were turned inside out. Sheriff Erickson offers $100 reward for testimony which will lead to conviction of the issassins. The Augusta Chronicle thinks that f it is true that the darkest hour is just before dawn, it is about time the roosters were crowing for daylight.