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1 The Press and Banner. F Y HUGH WILSON." arucvii.IJ:. *. v. BIMETALLIC DEMOCRATS. COMMITTEEMAN MAYFicLO ADDRESSES A CIRCULAR. The DciuikthIh in South Curoliiin, lie Sayn, Favor lJotli Gold at:d Silver ?iid Should Support Tlmui Itoth?Cluhs Meet Next Month. Superintendant of Education Mayfield, who was appointed bimetallic Democratic committeeman for this State at the recent Memphis convention, yesterday issued the following circular: Columbia. March 10. 1890. To the Bimetallic Democrats of So'itli ' arolina: The leaders of the Kepublican party are active in their efforts to effect a complete or^anizatior of their party in this Stale. They are earnest in their solicitations for recruits from among the white people of the State "who ar? naturally Democrats. The Republican party is uivui-a on me 1 financial question. 5>>me of the leaders favor a goltFfctaiidard and others of them believe in trie free coinage of , silver. The spirit favoring the formation of j a third p^rty is entertained by some of J our citizens. The advocates of the ( third party believe in the free coinage , of silver, and contend that the only way to get it is through a third party. They are advising our people to take , no part in the May convention to select delegates to the National Demo- j > cratic convention which meets at Chi- , cagoin July. | Many of our people who have been ' lifelong Democrats are as avowed free coinage silver advocates as are these third party advocates; but to refrain j from sending delegates to the Chicago Democratic convention is contrary to their political training and against the best it tenest of the Democratic party 1 in this State. This third party policy is uncertain anc' dangerous, for there ! is no reasonable prospect for it to sue ceed, aud it is fraught with great pos I sible danger to our peace and happiness at home, in as much as it is only 1 a step toward the further division of ] ! the white vote of the State. It cannot . control in this State. J Independent silver leagues are being 5 formed now in the State, under the J call of certain advocates. The advocates of this policy also favor the free "i coinage of silver, anl they contend 1 that this is the only way to secure it. 1 They hope by this step to commit the ' State to this policy and to cairy the SH voie 01 me oiaie mioasnver uuuveu- , tion outside of the Democratic party. ' ? This policy, which means the organi- ] I zation of an independent silver party j I within the Stats, is as dangerous to * the interest of the Democratic party of ? the State, and the safety of the lives * and property of our people as is the 1 MM third party policy. It is still further a ^ step towards a still further division of J the white vote of the State, and is ru- j V inous to the Democratic party of the ? W State in its tendencies, and there is no ? Ck more prospect for its success in nation- j B al affairs nor in this State than there is j for the third party to succeed. fi Now what should be done? Lst us S look at the matter for a moment ia ( E? the light of existing facts. | The first turn we make presents us * 9 face to face with the fact that the ! E Democratic party is as badly divided on the money question as is the Re- ( v* wnntn TKie ma mnef on/1 rlrt puuil^au pai tj . jLiiio rro rnuov auu admit. But it is no worse divided on | this question than is the Republican i party. The next turn we make brings J us face to face with the fact that the ! Republican party is holding together ana is not falling to pieces, and will j not fall to pieces, while some of our ' Democratic friends are trying to effect 1 division upon top of division in this ' State within the Democratic ranks. 1 Why should not the Democratic party I hold on its organization, and refuse to ; divide, just as the Republican party is doing? If these divisions withiD the { Democratic party succeed, what are we * to hope for in national politics, and at home? Defeat stares up in the face < before we even enter the fight, if we 1 divide. Both the third party and silir<?rr?orti7 firp withnnt siiffir?i?nt. finan cial backing to make a successful, national campaign. They are both without sufficient party organization to undertake the fight. United in backing, organization and membership they are too weak to hope to succeed of themselves. What then must be their hope? Certainly it is, that they are depending on uniting their forces and relying on enough deserters from the ' Republican and Democratic parties to 1 "^enable them to win the fight. Their ' reliance is in desertion from the two * great political parties. The all im ' portant question is, will the desertion 1 k be great enough to enable them to sue- ] ceeu? ^he answer come al once, no. i True nun will not desert the party in I which they have been raised, and in < whose doctrines their fathers before ] them believed and delighted to cher- 1 ish, so long as the party sticks to the 1 main fundamental principles underlv- ' ing its organization. Simply because ! the members of a party disagree, or ' are divided, on a particular liue of 1 policy, which is not fundamental, is 1 no reason for supposing that the ' members of either party, in any con- i siderable numbers, will desert their ( party. And why should they not de sert their party? Because there is as much chance for one policy to wiu in the end, within the party, as there is < for tbe other, much less the violation ( of principle involved in desertion, i On matters of public policy, party lines are frequently not observed now < by our members of congress. Tne free coinajjo Republicans and the free ; coinage Democrats vote logether, while the gold standard Republicans ; and the gold standard Democrats vote together. What then may we reasoni ably expect to be the outcome of the < whole matter? Since the Republican 1 i party and the Democratic party are I both divided on the money question, 1 i is it not reasonble and fair to expect 1 that both of these parties will make I concessions in their national platforms i to both gold and silver advocates, and ' allow the matter to be settled by the I people at last through their represen- < tatives in congress. It looks that way. ' Certain it i3 that neither of these great ' parties will intentionally cast away any great part of its following by disregarding their demands To expect any new party under these circumstances to draw recruits enough from < these two great parties to enable it to i succeed, is most unreasonable and ] without probability. Now, the question arises, what sha be done by us here in our State? W have among us gold staudard Demc crats (monometalists.) and Democral who believe in both gold and silve (bimetalists) The one is, or sboul be, as true to the Democratic party s t!i*? other. So far as loyally to Demi ciatic principles is coucerntd, ther should be iiO ditFereuce, even thoug we differ on the financial policy. The Democratic party of this Stal should go on record on this questio in the coming State Democratic cor vention, which meets early in May t elect delegates to the National Dem< cratic convention If a majority c this State favor a gold standard, "the we should send delegates to the Ns tionHl Democratic convention wh will represent that sentimtnt. But i a majority of ihe Democrats of th Stale favor a gold and silver standard and 1 believe they do, then we should send delegates to the National Demc cratic convention who will represen that sentiment. This is fair, it is Dem ocratic and it is the only safe eourse To do otherwise simply means the dis integration of the Democratic party o the State and its loss of power a home, and a forfeiture of the right t recognition by the National Democrat ic party. By all means let ever, Democratic bimetallist in the Stat stand by the Democratic party, am let us make our fight for what w want within the Democratic ranks and take our chances with our brothe Democrats who favor a single goli standard. By this course we will pre serve intact our Democratic organiza tion, which is of far more importanc 1-^1? *1? lo our people ia<tu iuc suu?? m au, national party. Attempt will doubi less be made during the year by de signing persons to form coalition o parties in order to overturn the Dem ocratic party of the State, and get pos session of the State government. I is, therefore, important that you re main untrammelled. Stay out of th third party, stay out of the silve leagues, and stick to the Democrati party, which is the only safety yoi bave for home protection. I do not know what steps the singl ?old standard Democrats of the Stat will take to ascertain their strength o to send delegates to the Nationa Democratic convention. But I beg t( urge upon you andIhrough you ever; Democratic bimetalJist in your com tnunity to be active and energetic ii presenting the cause of bimetallism There is no necessity at this time, tha [ can see, for the-formation of bimet illic clubs. Certainly there is no ne jessity for any Democratic bimetallis :o join a Third party, or become i silver league. All that the Democrat ic bimetallists need now to do is t< ally their forces at the Democrats jlub meetings, and poll their strengtl for bimetallic delegates to the county jonvention. and to see to it that onb aimetallists are sent to the State con vention. Let me urge you not to b luke-warm in this matter, but to b< ictive and enthusiastic. We may rea ionably expect the single gold stand ird men to do all in their power t< .end their delegates to the State con mention. This is politics, and w< should not think hard of them if the] jive us the best fight they can; but wi should be found making the contest md if we beat them, they should no reel hurt with us. Make the fight foi ,he delegates to the finish, but let it bi 'airly anc openly done. Remember that the club3 will bi jailed to meet in April to elect dele ;ates to the county convention. Bi >ure to have every bimetal list to at ;end the club meetings regularly Urge this for all it is worth upon ev sryoody interested. Every bimetallist who receives this I would send it to e^ery one in th< State if I could) and every one whc lears of it. is resDectfullv requested t< ;o drop me a line and inform me o low the bimetallic cause stands in hi jommunity, and to make any sugges .ions that will advance the cause. Le 10 friend to bimetallism hesitate t< Irop me a line, for I assure all tha ;hat it will be appreciated, and wil greatly encourage and aid me in look ng after the interest of the cause Without the co operation and help o ill the friends to bimetallism we maj *et beaten in the contest for delegates Most respectfully, W. D. Mayfield, State Bimetallic Democratic Commit teeman. Too Much Risk. The Columbia Register says the bij insurance companies are fighting sir >f taking risks on the county dispen saries. The bulk of them have beei insured in the North British and Mer :antile Insurance Company at $1,00 ?acb. Recently there was a fire ii Florence, in which the dispensary wa burned up. The company had to pa] the thousand dollar policy. Sine Lhen Mr. Seymour, an agent of th company, has been to Columbia anc oil nf fViA nnlipipc cnmi sighty in number, which his compan; bad written on county dispensaries The reason given tor this course is th greatness of the risk. The compan; considers that the nature of the dis pensary business offer? too great ai inducement to incendiarism. If a dis penser gets short in his accounts, th< simplest way for him to conceal hi shortage or defalcation is to set fir^ t his dispensary and destroy all evidfenc igainst himself. It is said that an ef fort was made to get several othe :ompanies to issue policies oa the dis pensaries, but they "begged to be ex sused." Fatal Maptha Kxplonlon. Newark, N.J., March 20.? By ai explosion in the Nickrson & Spenc Grrease extracting works to night, tw< men were killed and two badly burned Hie fir? resulting from the explosioi lid several thousand dollars damage The killed are: Albert Eherent 2. years old, of this city; Frederick Gal laglier, of Rockland, Mass. Those in jured are James Hayer, and Charle Begler, a workman. It is not knowi what caused the explosion, which oc -.urrpd in thfi extension of the mail factory, but it is supposed that it wa from naptha, which is used extensive ly in that department. Persons in th main building heard a roar and sav the llames shooting up. Those wh< rushed out saw Hayer and Begle stagger out of the building. Th bodies of Eherent and Gallagher sharred and beyond recognition, coul< be seen for some time in the buildinj before the firemen could take them. Hutcheriiig 1'rlnoners. Habana, March 20.?The prisoner who were condemned to death for th :rime of rebellion against the govern ment were shot in the Cabanas fortres bis morning. ? TILLMAN STICKS TO IT e > MUST LEAVE THE PARTY IF FR ts SILVER IS NOT GIVEN. :r d The Party Itoutid to Spllt--The Sena Claim* That in View of Pant Events e Jj Fair Dealing;-! May be Expected Fr< Gold Bugs. | ~ nor.iTEniA. S. C., March 25.?E\ . since the publication of Senator Ti 0 man's letter to Rev. Mr. Reid of Sp y tanburg County, in which he advis a bolt from the National Democra n party if free silver was not made t. plank in the platform, there has beej 0 great deal of discussion and unc f tainty as to what would be done in t; e State. It has been said that Senai Tillman had changed his opinion, t 4 The Register,publishes a communi< tion from him to-day in which he gn t his reason for leaving the party unc L. certain conditions. The communii tion is by far the most important pc 5* tical document that has been writt ,f iu years in this State and is bound t create a decided sensation The let 0 is as follows: Panriclor- T Viave iu?t. rend y your issue of March 20th tne editor e "Slick to the Party"; aud if I were d rj posed I could justly complain at e tenor- Brushing aside any person , feeling: as of no concern tothepeo] p and desiring only to present to th( jj in as brief space as possible the exs status and the reasons actuating n . conduct, as their servant, I ask spa e to review the political situation a y to answer some of the statements the editorial in question. J. I will premise what I shall say ' 'f the remark that I am not accustom L. and have never telt it necessary have my views on public questio t reach the people of the State throa any other mouth than my own; a e while Mr. Latimer and I are persor r and political friends, I have not i _ temntfid to make him the meduim a communicating a change of opinio however "commendable" such change may appear to the Editor e The'Register. As a matter of fa e Mr. Latimer informs me that the c< ? respondent of the News and Oouri< with his usual inaccuracy, has do 3 him an injustice. He did not spe 7 the words or authorize the stateme credited to him. He had a convert 1 tion with the reporter in a priv* ' way, which has been distorted a grossly misrepresented. As for m '* self I am only confirmed in believii . the ad vice contained in my letter Mr. Raid to be wise and the best coui 1 to follow. In the condition of unrest in Sou I Carolina and mid the contentions 3 ambitious politicians seeking to ga 1 advantage of one another?though t 7 Reform movement shall be split 7 twain and the people of the State d tracted and torn into factions?I f? 0 that it is my duty to clearly defi s what I conceive to be the b< policy for our peopl 9 to pursue. I s not striving to put down any one m } or put up another. I have no p; pose or intention of attempting t 5 role of a political dictator; but a: 7 man whom the people have honore 5 and in whose judgment and leadi ' ship they-have reposed a degree of co fidence and trust, imposing a hea' responsibility, I shall speak and spe 3 plainly. If my advice is not heeaet shall make no complaint, but itm 3 as well be distinctly understpod th ' in this crisis those {who may endeav 1 to divide the Reformers or absolute surrender to the influence which h * destroyed the national Democratic pi ty will have to meet the issue on t stump if it becomes necessary. I w ^ not permit the people to be misled ai 3 deceived under pretence of loyalty * Democracy. My duties here are * a character which leave no leisure f [ campaign speaking in South Carolii s and I have accented invitations ' make addresses in St.Louis Denver ai 1 New York city in the near future, b ' I can and will go to South Carolina . it be necessary. Now I will endeav J to state, so that nobody can misundi stand of pretend to misunderstao i my own position, and give the reaso why, in my judgment, this policy 7 the only wise and proper one. Eve white Democrat in South Carolii should participate in the election delegates to the May Conventiog ai see that the men trusted to represe them are true and loyal to the prin pies we have been contending f( We should send a trusted delegatii I to Chicago with a platform of prin J pies clearly laid down by the Sta Convention as a basis for their actio 1 And on the one overpowering ai ' burning question of finance we shou 0 demand of the National Democrat 1 party a clear and unmistakable utte s ance for free coinage of silver at 16 7 1, the issue of all paper money by t 0 government, in sufficient volum p and a system of banking which w 1 provide against the concentration ai 8 congestion of money in the large cit; 7 to the detriment and ruin of the cou ' try. There are other planks of gre e importaece, but they are few, ana t 7 platform should be brief and cle " cut. The masses never are capable 3 studying more than one great questii ' at a time, and in proportion as th e are distracted by contending ideas ji * so ace they divided and defeated. > If we fail to get the National Co 6 vention to give us a platform of t character outlined and a loyal cam r date on it we should withdraw. Wh Because in the present condition of t Democratic party in the United Stal there is absolute antagonif of purpose and feeling existing fc tween the two wings. The ditferen i is as great as between Democracy ai e Republicanism. It is just as prououc 3 ed, as irreconcilable, as bitter as t . feeling which existed at the Charh i ton Convention in 1860. Thestruo'e . then was for the extension of slave 2 in the Territories, and the party sp assunder. nominating two sets of ca - didates. Now the issue is wheath s money or the people shall rule. As i see it, it is bound to split again whi ! it meets in convention "Evi i though," to quote the language false s attributed to Mr. Latimer, "the gol bugs are disposed to deal lair e with the silver men and to put up v ticket to represent both factions." Tt d is au impossibility. No fair dealit r can be expected from the men wl e foisted on us the silver plank in t ; last national platform. No fair de; 1 ina-can be ex nee ted of those Easte I Democrats so called who in the face the pledge sustained the President repealing the purchasing claurc of t Sherman Act s The differences are irreconcilabl e the conflict is irrepressible, and i - true Democrats must resolve to stai s by the principles of Jefferson ai Jackson, or expect to see the party x terly destroyed and a new party 1 its place. Any compromise or st die will cause the Populists and si EE men to sweep the South and the "V and the Democratic party will be c a name and will become the third ; ty, should it be fortunate enoug tor carry a single State. But those 1 No urge that we stick to the party, matter what may be its platform, 1 om retort at once that if the silver De crats bolt at Chicago the same re will follow. I grant it so far as J, present organization is concerned also so far as the name is conceri because there would inevitably I ;ed 1_ , j Qn . iiew pany iuiuicu cmuiauu^ ??? elements of the three parties wl a stand for free silver ana financia a a form. But the principles and thej form of such a new party, if it , 8 formed, will be those of Jefferson r Jackson and Lincoln; and if it < Jut not win the victory this year, it Ia~ be bound to carry the country in 1 j65 It will be the genuine Democr party. It must not be forgotten B,*" that the Republican partv is split torn over this issue as wefi as ours ?n Now let us look at out local co , tions in the light of past events the uresent surroundings?sometb The Register seems entirely to ign .xt? In 1892 there were not less than th J. thousand Reformers in the State .l8" possibly more who were stron ? tempted to vote for Weaver and v I loatn to participate in the national mocratic convention by sending d gates to it. Where do these men st today, after having been deceived ay TTdy-l ? Tho npwa onirics to WU0JVUI AUV MW..W fiom all parts of the State that t . feel just what the Rev. Mr. Reid ln pressed in his letter, and they feel . strongly that unless they have as ^ ances that participation in the 1 National Convention will not b their consciences and votes if thej not see proper to endorse its acti that they are now gravely consi n(? ing the question of remaining a from the party primary in May. r I think, however their numbers largely increased, and that they in 'n' embrace a great many Conservat ^ and a largre majority of the Reform 0 There is no^nalogy in the compari c 1 which The Register makes betw *r" those Democrats who in the pist fc Jr' run on Independent tickets in the S a? and those of us who now propose leave the party at Chicago should i untrue to its principles and its ^ faith. Qd Our one overpowering and overr iy. tering issue in State affairs has I white supremacy, and this under conditions existing before the ne w < stitution was adopted made re against the white majority nothing th than a crime. While those conditi 0f do not now exist, and while I an jn ways ready to abide the wil1 of moi'nmtn rtf nrViifA nsnnlfl nf tie j"* ?"./ "* **- "?t-?i? -jn State, there is nothing whieh dema js. such loyalty in national affairs s ,ej urged by The Register. The party ne ganization in the State will remain ?S? tact and those white men who ch( im t0 ?? t0 Republicans or to au themselves with goldbugs of the CI ir. land Carlisle stripe, can do so. .W be I am striving to prevent is the divii , a of the silver Democrats and the struction of the Reform movem 3r'_ just what has occurred in every'o1 "n. Southern State. vy I know there are some men in ak State who will remain in the part; 11 now organized, and be for who< ay may be nominated on any kind Lat platform, but it is a poor complin or to the people at large to consider tl ly so blind and so wedded to the ns as Democracy that they will longer t ir- the shadow for the substance. I fc he striven with might and main to ill vent the disintegration of the Ref< ad Democracy. There are few who i to be bold enough to deny that I 1 of the Alliance fromcommitting the b! or der of sloughing off and joining aa Populists in '92, which practically to stroyed it in other States. I h ad promised the people who have tru ut me and who have heeded my coun if that I would lead them out when or time came. That time is now upon ?r- either to purify and reorganize id, party or leave it, and if my advice ns any weight with the people of is State, they will align themselves ' ? * * T V ry sona pnaianx ior me purpose i u aa indicated, and by so doing force of retirement of the cowards aad nd phaiits and treacherous leaders i nt masqueradiug as Democrats, ci- party can only be thus rejuvem >r. and then press onward in its glor: on mission of emancipating the pei ci- and restoring their liberties under ite old banners, and always under m. time honored principles of Jeffer ad and Jackson. It is simply a ques Id of reforming the party and bring Lie it back or leaving it. If we can >r- form it we can hold on to the m to and the principles. If we do not i he ceed in doing this then we take ie, principles and seek new allies ar ill new name. Every consideration of statesn IHS eKin onH natfintTom rlomnnr)* RIIOVI Q" tion on our part. We cannot st !at still but must move forward or sur. b? der to traitors. As South Carolinii :ar we should move together and towj the light, boldly and bravely. W< on want to stay in the party and hold ey to the name if we can do so to rel lst our self-respect. This will be de ' mined when we get to Chicago. 1 present duty is to turn out at the he maries and select true men to att di" the State convention, y? B. R Tillmai he Washington, March 22. Les ? iOl Getting Together. >e-; Conway, March 23.?Pursuant na noil tKi*Aii<yK t.hft Hnrrr FTmi UllL uiauo buiuu^u "?*w ??J ? d some weeks ago, the Democrats ic- Reformers of fiorry couuty met in he ; court house today in mass meel 53- with a view of trying to unite the ;le factions in the coming election, ry E. W. Nalley was made chairc lit and Mr. J. A. McDermott, secret* n-! Speeches were made showing the er | cessity for such action, and urging > I flwo parties to come together and w en together for the best interest of en country. Resolutions were adoj 1.7 j looking to that end, and disappror d I any affiliation whatever with the ly j puDiican pariy. ,a| lis ; An IJusual Salt. lg St. Paul, Minn., March 23.?J ho Kitty F. Smith has filed a very he usual claim against the estate of al- fred J. Hill, who died last June; rn whose estate is now undergoing] of bate in the county. Miss Smith in the fiance of Hill and bases her cla ho on that fact, demanding $200 for penses incurred in preparation I ft, marriage, $1,000 for resigning her p ill tion before marriage and $2,000 i ad {to have been promised by Hill in c id sideration of the marriage. The it- J tate is valued at $G5,000 ?kd6 M'KINLEY FAT FRYING. lver " fest RAISING A CORRUPTION FUND < ?nly $250,000. h^o ^ A Republican Squabble Wtilch Probal no Will Not^Hurt Democrat*?Senator Chi dler Attacks the Ohio Candidate. mosuit Washington, March 26.? McK the ley's "fat-frying" methods continue annoy Senator Chandler. He has )0 ^ formation that the Ohio candidat the managers are trying to raise $250,( lich I to make the nomination of their m )lat- certa^a' an(* 116 is determined to blc ; be ?ame ^ possible. He made a frt and onslaught upon McKinley tonij loes which abounds in good campaign n Jg1 terial for the Democrats. It is baj atic osten3lbly' uP?n misrepresentatic too which the Senator says crept into ] and published statement of March 16. 1 declares that he said nothing unki and McKinl?y personally in that sta ing ment, but "called attention to certi o?*e. methods 'of his managers and prot< irty ed against their adoption." Then proceeds to flay the candidate in t rere vigorousway: De T,The substance of the charge mj [ele- by me was that the same men v atld. had assisted in raising the money and Pa7 Mr. McKinley's debts were calli me upon the owners of protected ind hey tries to make contributions to h< ex. nominate him f or President. Althou the charce has been denied bv Gh sur. Grosvenor and others, a review of 1 iext subjects confirms my conviction tl (ind it is true. t do "As bearing upon the questi* ion, whether the collection and the use der- the funds are for reasonable and lef loof mate nomination expenditures. I a that the fund which it was planned are raise was to be $250,000, a sum wh fact could not be needed except for illeg ives mate purposes. iers. "In view of the effort to raise t son large fund from protected inters reen my points were very simple and cle lave Such a movement is unfair and unj tate toward the other candidates, in wh > to behalf it is certain no such large su t be of money are being raised or used, old "Messrs. Reed, Morton, Quay, C lom, Allison, Davis and Manders nas- are as devoted friends of protection >een McKinley is, and the triumph the any one of them would be as sure a ;on- guarantee of the enactment of jo volt cious and effective tariff laws as woi less be the victory of Mr. McKinley. I ions manufacturers to contribute lai ! al- sums of money to be expended the nominating Mr. McKinley over a the other candidate hitherto named woi inds be a most unjust and uncalledl3 i3 proceeding. - or- "The interests of the Republic . ia. party will be seriously injured by ^ose manding and receiving such lai ally contributions from the representati ave- ?f protected interests. It has beei rhat continuous cause of attack by the < sion ponents of protection?the belief t de- the system has been maintained, ] ent, publican victories achieved, and p ther ticular tariff schedules secured fr Congress by the money of manuf the turersY as "'Whatever may be said in justifi 5ver tion of reasonable contributions fri of a such interests toward the expenses lent Presidential and Congressional el iem tions after the nominations are ma ame a system of usin? money to cont ake Republican nominations for ofl lave would be scandalous in the high pre- degree and fatal to all attempts 3rm maintain the purity and honesty ivill the party organization. cept "These things I said. If the fa lun- which were the basis of my utteran the do not exist the truth will appear, a d0. no one will suffer but myself, for ave one else suggested or was responsi sted for or knew of my statement. I sh sels be very glad to be convinced tha the was mistaken. Moreover, if the us, tempt to raise the fund of $250,0001 the been arrested by reason of the pub] has ity given to it I shall be equally the joiced. i in "If, however, the facts are true, a Lave to the natural popularity and strenj the of Mr. McKinley, Messrs. Osborne a 7CO- Hanna are to continue to add the < iow penditure in improper ways of lai The sums of money collected by th ited from the owners of industries prot< ious ed by the tariff, thoughtful Repul Dple cans will do well to consider the c< the sequences a nomination thus ma the the character of the canvass which son to ensue, the possible defeat whi ti?n even with the bright prospects bef< fing us, may come if we rush headlong . re- to any egreeious blunder, and the a ime troversies which, even if we are s sue- cessful, are to follow such an adn the sion of the standing charge of our i id a ponents that gross venality and c ruption attend the maintainance ol lan- high tariff system by the Republic . ac- party, which charge we have hithe and truthfully denied. pen- "To those who engage in vitupe jnS) tion of me on the ground that wh irds ever may be the size of the money c< j all tributions which are being raised i Mr. McKinlev's friends, or the i tain which is being made of them, it is iter, jurious to the Republican party, ai The therefore, a mistake for me to call prj. tention to them, little need be sa en(j Their argument recognizes no time circumstances when it is proper foi ^ faithful member of a political party expose and condemn the faults a vices which develop in every party '"This precept is a false one, and t to a never been heeded by meu in a pol raid life of forty years. Whatever m and be said in favor of such restraint di the ing the heat of a political canva tinp after the nominations are made th< two ought not to be two opinions on tl Mr. question, whether at all other tin nan faitnful Republicans should detect a try. make public, correct and destroy d ne- honest methods which may be growi iha un in the organization. and which. ork kept concealed through a false noti the of party fidelity, will soon bring t )ted Parfy to destruction. ing "That there is no way to keep Re- party pure and honest in its practi< except by defeat at the polls is an u wise opinioQ. It should be so ke] and also kept in power, by the cc -lias stant ell'orts of its true and courageo un- members to condemn and crush out Al- their inception all habits and practi( and which tend to the degradation and d iro- honor of the political organization, was "The Republican party is about ims be returned, if it acts wisely to ov< ex- whelming political power in thiscou for try. The party should begin its ne osi- career sustained by high principJ said and free from corrupt practices. :on- will be a fatal mistake, soon to es- grievously punished, if we make a d honest start."?New York Times. an enraged elephant. GIpajr, the Queen of Harris* Circua, Kills OE Her Keeper. Chicago, March 26.?W. H. Harris' big elephant, Gipsy, became unmanly ageable at its winter quarters on the an- West Side this afternoon and before she could be got under control killed her keeper, tore down a frame buildin ing and created great excitement, kj which drew thousands of people to the scene. Harris's circus is quartered n' at the corner of Roby and Jackson ?'s streets in a six story brick building, )00 and Gipsy occupies the greater part of an the first floor. Her regular keeper is , Bernard Shea, but Shea is at present in Omaha and the animal was tempossh rarily in charge of Frank Scott, a lion pV?t tnmpr F.arlv this affprnnnn Srrntt. ia. by orders, took Gipsy out for a ride in , the alley. Gypsy did not seem inclinie<^ ed to stop at the boundary of the alms ley, and Scott gave her a jab with an his iron hook. The beast became enraged, ge and throwing her keeper from her i head, where he had been riding, proceeded to pound him with her trunk te" and succeeded in killing him and lin knocking him through a board fence, jst- Mrs. Harris came to the rescue with ke a pitchfork. She was knocked down, but pluckily jumped up and comtus menced battle. She soon had blood streaming from wounds . in the eleide phant's side, and the beast ran away 'ho towards the end of the alley. Here to was standing a large crowd and many ng were the bruises received in the scatus tering which took place when the eleelp phant started out of the alley. Gypty gh did not go far, but went back for en. Scott, who in the meantime had been the moved into a wooden building just lat opposite the elephant's quarters. The animal knocKea in ine wnoie siae 01 5n the building in her efforts to get at 0f the man again. During this time Mrs. r|t. Harris had sent for all the bread and 'dd cake that could be bought in the to neighborhood, and also telephoned foi [ch Claude Ortoo, the horse trainer, whc iti- .soon arrived. The elephant quieted "down some while she was eating 5( hi3 loaves of bread, a large number ol jtg cakes and other delicacies which wert placed before her. After she hac usj finished eating, she walaed into hei ose barn and the heavy doors were shul m3 after her. The door had no soonei been shut than the elephant, with one !ul_ blow shattered it and ran out again son By this time every street in the vicini ag tv was crowded with excited people 0f Three wagon loads of police came tc s a the rescue, but could do nothing fur [di- ther than keep back the crowds. None 3jd of them wanted to undertake the jot For of chaining the enraged beast, ana ii rgQ was impossible to kill her with theii fn small calibre weapons. The elephanl r,r, had her own way for about foui nld hours, when she went back into hei for stall and allowed Orton to chain her Harris has owned the animal for five :an years and has had no trouble with hei before. Frank Scott's right name is rg6 unknown. He would never tell who 7es he was, and although he has beer a a with Harris' circus lor six years, nc 0p. one knows anything about him, ex bat cept that he went under an assumed 30. name. His body is in the hands of ar ar. undertaker and will be buried from om the home of Mr. Harris. ac. her seventh victim. Omaha, Neb., March 25.?Bernarc Shea, the former keeper of Gypsy, th< J?*" elephant which created so much trou ^ ble in Chicago today, was seen tonighl ? and will take the first train for Chica go in the morning to assume his olc j position. In an interview he statec , that Gypsy is only another name foi 1C? Empress, the original old Empress, ?st the first elephant imported into thii 1 . countrv. and that the killing of hei of late keeper, Scott, makes the seventh , victim of her vicious temper. ce* SILVER MEN AHEAD. A ind J? no Cleveland Vainly Believes That He Cai all Stem the Tide. t I at_ Washington, March 26 .?The state ias ment in The World today that Pres ic. ident Cleveland had it in his power tc re. use the Cuban situation to secure an other nomination is being gravely con , sidered in Washington. It is knowr "t? that the President is personally tired *nd ?* ^ur(^en3 office, and that h< ' has contemplated a letter declining an * other namination. On the other hanc r? Mrs. Cleveland likes her position, L< in excellent health and has great in j. fluence with her husband. To remair " another four years in the White House would be regarded by him as a Bac ?' rifice to be made only for the attain y* ment of an important national object ' It was announced exclusively ir World last November that Mr. w hitney had urged tne jrresiaem npi to declare himself out of the field, bul 4C" to hold himself in position to serve the 11S' party and the country. ?P" President Cleveland is believed to p be favorable to the annexation oi I a Cuba, but his eye is mainly centred an on the establishment of the nationai rt0 finances on a thoroughly sound basis. He has recently been approached bj *7* sound-money Democrats with the declaration that present indications point V** to the control of the Chicago Conveny tion by the free silver wing of the !se Democracy, who confidently figure on 1 j not less than 600 delegates out of 930. 1<J' No sound-money candidate is in ?l sight to stem the tide. He alone has the strength, the personal following or and the courage to face the situation [\a and compel a different result. Secre ? tary Olneyis not sufficiently identified a with party policies, Secretary Carlisle is too vulnerable, Col. Morrison too doubtful and Mr. Whitney positively 1 declines. President Cleveland is considering ir this matter very seriously. The sug*8, gtstion that the Democratic party is to be controlled by free silver acts on Ls Mr. Cleveland as a red Jtlag on a bull. Could he see his election reasonably !?? sure, he would run again, rather than allow such a catastrophe befall the Q.? party which has three timta honored him. If Gov. MoKinley is to be nomon :?4.^,1 O tariff platform with a .financial utraddle, President Cleveland believes that the ' a Democracy will stand a good prospect :es of winning on a revenue tariff and sound-money platform. A free State ' bank plank would be used as sop to ,n" hold the Southern States in line and neutralize a free silver defection. All tln this is, of course, still in embryo and unsettled, but it is certain that Presi1S" dent Cleveland has not definitely decided to leave the field. to The Uermuda Lands. n- New York, March 26.?Dispatches iw received in this city yesterday from ies Habana stated that the Bermuda had It landed the arms and ammunition she be carried, and that General Galixto Garis tia and the men with him had safely joined the insurgents. " IN CROWDED DUNGEONS. HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT MEN BURIED ALIVE. Secret Orders to Take No More Prltonrai. Travelers by Night Shot Down Without Being Hailed?Defeated Generals Shipped Home, Habana, March 21, via Tampa, March 23?The arrests of suspects continue at such a rate that the prisons are [now full and epidemics among tjie prisoners are feared. The Remedios prison is in terrible sanitary condition with 200 prisoners in quarters which are very much overcrowded. At Sagua there are 226 prisoners, and there is room for no more. The same state of affairs prevails at many other points. The decrees of General Weyler are being enforced with great harshness aeainst the Cubans sup posed to have Cuban sympathies. A state of panic as a result of these decrees ana the action of troops prevail* * . in all parts of the island occupied by the Spanish. The peaceable citizens have no fear of the insurgents, who follow more humane methods. It is absolutely impossible for correspondents to learn the whereabouts of the prisoners of war who are reported to be taken in the battles fought. The subordinate Spanish officers say that secret orders have been given to take no prisoners. The Cubans release all the Spanish soldiers captured. The Spanish give no quarter. So many plantation employes and managers navj been butchered that the men aare not remain on the plantations and the i women have beenleft in charge of them ! The men hide in the woods at the ap; proach of the Spanish columns, rr *1 i~i ?? ucre is iuc [fivuiaiuauuu vi ucuwau [ March, commanding the division of . the First army corps, recently issued . from headquarters at Holguin, Santi, ago province: "Be it known that the forces operat) ing in the territory of this division \ have orders to fire without giving the s signal to halt at any person who I travels at night on the roaHs outside . the towns and hamlels, and for the [ purpose of preventing accidents this . is hereby published for geneial knowj ledge." This illustrates the kind of war ! Spain is giving Cuba. Even theSpanish officers are disgusted at the \ methods used. Much dissatisfaction in army circles j exists. Three hundred officers have f applied for leave of absence and otht ers are being sent home, haying in. curred (General Weyler's displeasure. ^ The following generals have failed to resist the enemy's operations in the . provinces: GeneralsNivarro, Canella Mella, Aizpurua, Macon, Ordonez and J Cornell. Recent army operations . against General Gomez andMaceo have , completely failed and apparently the , only resource left is harsn measures L against the unarmed resesidents, ( whether Cubans, Americans or other . foreigners, on the ground that they i extend aid and sympathy to the insur^AM/taa I gUUI/ lUllA/O. t , Foreigners have wondered how long civilized nations intend remaining passive. The authorities fail to pro[ tect the property and lives of foreign5 ers. They continue throwing into . prison, French, English and Amerit can citizens for political reasons. . There is no evidence to warrant their [ arrest. The attention of the United I States government should be called to . the arrest of eight American citizens namely, Sangmllv, Cepero, Dvgart, j Rodriguez, Someilian (father and son,) r Quintera and Aguero, who are in pri[ Eton. Cepero is the only one against whom evidence of treasonable acts can be found. The others will probably remain in jail indefinitely. Sanguilly is the only one who has had a trial. , A urewsome rma. Chicago, 111., March 26.?The badly decomposed body of an unknown man , - was found to-day in a trunk bought at - an auction in Wakum & McLaugh> lin's warehouse at 504 North Water street. The auction was the regular disposal of unredeemed property and i many curious purchasers were on i hand. The sale was almost over when i a large rough box was dragged out and offered. Bids were made and the I box was knocked down to two men 3 from the suburb of Austin. Imide was a square trunk which was broken i open and a grewsome sight was dis; closed. The trunk contained the bad ly decomposed body of a man without - any identification. As soon as the dis, covery was made the men commenced l to search for something that would . indicate where the box had come from t or by whom it had been owned. On 1; the top was written "G-. M. Morgan, 5 116 Jefferson Court, Chicago." Nothing else was found to establish former i owership. A member of the ware: house firm said to-night that the box 1 was sent to them by the Michigan 1 Central railroad. SUver Men Wen. Nashville, Tenn., March 23.?The De mocratic State Executive Committee * * * * L.IJ ~ today aeciaea 10 uuia uub oww wu vention to nominate State officers and delegates to the national convention, the gathering to meet at Nashville, May 6 and 7. The one convention ; plan was advocated by the silver men, ! headed by Senator Harris, and Congressmen McMillan, Richardson, Cox and McDearmond and caused three hours discussion. i Ate Toad Stools. 1 Chico, California, March 25.?On Sunday last a party of 12 Chinese and Japanese men and women partook of toadstools, mistaking them for mushroom-'. As a result three Chinese and three Japanese died today from poisoning, and the survivors are in a critical state. It is reported thata namber of other Chinamen were also stricken down and are being hidden from the medical authorities by their friends. Au Old Mao Robbed, Chicago, 111., March 24.?Christopher Schrage, who is 76 years old and lives alone at 711 South Jefferson St. was bound and gagged by two men tnis evening at 6:30 o'clock and robbed of money and papers amounting to more than $50,000. The robbery was one of the boldest ever perpetrated in this city. No arrests were made and the police are at sea in the matter. High Hat* Mast Go. Columbus, O., March 25.?The House has passed the Fosdick bill, to prohibit the wearing of high hats by women in theatres. An amendment to the bill fining the manager of an opera house or theatre $10 for permitting a person to wear an obstruction in the shape of a hat or headgear was adopted. The bill now goes to the I Senate.