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The Press and Barm BY HUGH WILSON . AimiiTii'i'i:, N. PASSED-OVER TIIE YE' RIVER AND HARBOR BILL PAf THE HOUSE, 220 TO GO. Oockery Prot??te?l Against fSiiR I.w* Democrath Voted to Overrule tlie ami Republican* to SiiMtnhi the I limit. Washington, June 2.-The II devoted itself id day to passing river and harbor bill over the P dent's veto and unsealing, l?.y a of 1C2 to .".0, John J. Walsh, the I ocratic member from the Eigth i York District, whose place will - " ' ?' *?- ? -1- - 1 1 filled by John Murray iuuuuni, publicau. Both of these actions \ foregone conclusions, so that they cited comparatively little interes though there was a full House t> on the river and harbor bill. It passed by 220 to (50, many more v than the two thirds necessary to o rule a veto, and it was passed witl debate, although Mr. Dockery of souri protested vehemently that bate had been promised. Thirty-i Democrats voted to override the P. dential objections and twenty-six publicans stood by Mr. Cleveland. The naval appropriation bill wa: ported from conference with an ag ment on all items but the numbe battle ships. Incidentally, Chain Cannon of the Committee on Ap priations predicted that Congress adjourn late next week. The report of the Committee Rivers and Harbors recommenc the passage of the bill over the Pj dent's veto was made by Chain Hooker and the report was read, objections of the President were viewed in detail. All but 27 of 417 projects in the bill, the large n ber being alluded to by the Presidi the report says, were contained in vious river and harbor bills. I * 1 1*1?i. ? /vf nxAl also ciaimeu mai must ui iuv f/ivrj were contained in the bill of 1 upon which the late General Ct submitted a report saying that 7 eight were of limited local ben It is also stated that the bill was pared after careful examination of reports of the engineers. The Pj dent alluded to "improvidei planned projects,1' but the commi asserts that no provision has t made for prosecuting works wl there seemed a doubt concerning tl by modified projects, all to be d under the direction of the engine It is also claimed that the Presider indefinite in his language in not cifying the objectionable features the bill. Replying to the assertioi the President that there are approp tions for works which private par have actually agreed to do, the c mittee sa.vs the information u which the President bases his asseri is wholly without foundation. Answering the charge of extrs gance, the committee says that for past six years the average expendil has been $16,700,000 and estimi from the present bill and the ap| priations for 1898 and 1900 that average expenditure for the next years will be $13,100,000. The c< mittep quotes from the report of i retary Lamont endorsing the cont: system in making river and har improvements and recommend "the extension of that policy to i brace other worthy improvements. Attention is called to the fact ths the bill should fail, work upon h dreds of projects in course of com] tion would be suspended at great 1 The report concludes that after a ci ful re-examination of the bill, thee mittee sees no reason why the He should recede from its action. The reading of the report was lowed by applause, most of it on Remiblican side of the' House. Hooker moved the passage of the 1 saying that the committee was of opinion that the President's mess covered every possible objection to bill and that the report answered objections.' "Many members h asked me for time to debate this c ter," he said, "and to yield to theii quest would take much time. W out expressing any opinion on question whether there should be bate and to test the opinion of House on the question whether del is necessary. I will demand the I vious question " Instantly Mr. Dockery (Dem. of J souri) was on his feet, demanding cognition, but the Speaker told J that debate was not in order. Members were shouting "Vote, v< but the voice of Mr. Dockery piei the uproar, shouting, "Tho gentler agreed with me yesterday to have bate on this bill. This is unfair, "i ust unmanly." The House demanded the previ question, 178 to 00, by a rising v and only 40 rose to sustain the reqi for yeas and nays. "Under the rules, the vote on passage of the bill must be taken yeas and nays," the Speaker nounced. "Is there no rule by which we have debate?" asked Mr. Dockery. 'Not if the House orders the < trary," said Speaker Reed. "And the House has so orderec stifle debate," responded Mr. l)ock< The bill was passed 220 to GO, Democrats who voted to pass the over the veto were: Bankhead, i homo Rprrv kTentiinkv. Buck. Lo iana; Catchings, Mississippi; Clai Alabama, Cobb, Missouri; Coo; Florida; Cooper, Texas; Culbers Texas; Cummings, New York;Den Mississippi; Dinsmore. Arkansas; let, Virginia; Elliot, South Caroli Fitzgerald, Massachusetts; Kend Kentucky: Kyle, Mississippi; Latin South Carolina; Lester, Georgia; tie, Arkansas; McCulloch, Arkan McMillin, Tennessee; McRae; Arl sas; Mver, Louisiana; Money, Mil sippi; Ogden, Louisiana;Owens, tucky; Price, Louisiana; Roberts Louisiana; Sparkman, Florida; Sti South Carolina; Talbert, South C lina;iTerry, Arkansas; Turner, (i gia; Tyler, Virginia; Underwood, i bama; Washington, Tennessee. \ liams, Mississippi; Wilson, South ( olina.?Total, 89. The Republicans who voted aga passing the bill over the veto w Allen, Utah; Anderson, Tennesi Andrews, Mebraska, Baker, I Hampshire; Brown, Tennessee; < derhead, Kansas; Connolly, Ulin Grout, Vermont; Hager, Iowa; H er, Nebraska; Hepburn, Iowa; Lei ty, Indiana; Linney, North Caroli Long, Kansas; McCall, Tennesi pT. McClure, Ohio;McEwan, New Jers Pearson, North Carolina; Tilney. N : Jersey; Scran ton, Pen nsj> Ivan ia ;Set North Carolina; Shafrotli, Colorai Sherman.New York ;Strode, Nebras Tracewdl, Indiana: Updegral!', Io< - ?Total 2(5. r/J I'ASSEP 11V THE SENATE. Washington, June .'{?The s>en of the United States followed toe 5sed the example set yesterday by the ho of representatives in passing, by av of 50 to 5, the river and harbor I over the President's veto. The 1 r' " negative votes came from Democrs veto senators, namely: Bate ofTenn^ss rewi- Chilton of Texas; Hill of New Yo Smith of New Jersey and Vilas Wisconsin. The debate preceding I ouse vo'e occupied about four hours. . Speeches in favor of overriding I _e veto wtre made by Senators V( resi- Sherman, lYttigrew (Itep.) of Soi vote Dakota, Brrrv (Dem.j of Arkans >em-' Stewart (Pop ) of Nevada, Ilaw, ^ew (Rep ) of Connecticut, and But I be (Pop ) of North Carolina. Re- Speeches in favor of sustaining t vere veto were made bv Senators Smi ex- Vilas, Bateaud Hill-the latter int tal- ducing a joint resolution to arae vote the Constitution bygiviogthe Pr< was dent power to veto any item in an i otes propriaiion bill?a power which I ver- Constitution of the State of New Yc lout gives to the governor of that Sta Mis- Mr. Pettigrew's speech charactorii de- the veto power a^s a relic of the p line which had no place in a free govei resi- ment. He denounced the Preside Re- in severe terms, charging him w an utter disregard of his sacred os s re- of oifice, with overriding the laws, ree- tluencing congressmen by the use r of patronage, enriching his favorites nan the public expense, and in fact, p pro- mitting no restraint upon his imper will will. The vote was.as follows: Yeas?Aldrich. Allison, Bacon, B on ry, Brice, Burrows, Butler, Cannc ling Carter, Chandler, Clark, Cullom, Df resi- is, Dubois, Klkins, Faulkner, Galling nan Gkar, George, Gibson, Gorman, Ha The Hansbrough, Ilawiey, Jones of A re- kansas, Jones of Nevada, Liindsf the Lodge, McBride, Mills, Mitchell um- Oregon, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Mi ent, gan, Nslson, Pasco. Peffer, Perkii pre- Pettigrew, Piatt, Pritchard, Pug t is (*)uay, Sherman, Shoup, Squire, Ste ects art, Teller, Tillman, Turpie, Ve 890, Walthall, Warren, Wetmore, Whi isey Wilson, Wolcott? 56. but Navs?Bate, Chiltou, Hill, Smi etit. and Vilas?5. pre- There was a group cf more than the members of the house standing in t resi- space back of the Republican sei atly while the vote was in progress.- Th ttee showed a very lively interest in t >een matter and withdrew as soon as t - * 1 lere result or the vole was announcea. lem one MAKES A GOOD SHOWING, ers. it is Cl? 111*011 C<<11<<J;? Han Ibe Largest Corps Spe- C'mlet* in Nine States. ' Clemson, June 3 ?The regular a nual inspection of the military c ,i- partmentof Clemson College was he om_ on last Saturday by Major E. A. Ga ington, inspector general. This i f. spection was one of the series of i spections of the military organizatio which are regularly made every ye the by?rder war department. 1 he inspection, which' was held ktes ^6ue uniform, consisted of first, review of the regiment, which w * commanded by Capt. Ezra B. Fullc six ^ie batallions heiner under the respei ive commands of Majors Blythe ai ^ " Shanklin. The review was follow ract ^ a l^orouKh inspection of the art , and equipments of the cadets, and ti i instruments of the cadet band, em- ^ie battalions were thea drilled se ? ' arately in the various movements . the battalion drill, the battalions I ing afterwards broken up and t! . ' companies separately drilled by th< oss ^P60^76 captains. This completire manoeuvres. " During the afternoon the Seni ~ class were examined by the inspect 1 general in theoretical military scienc . , This was followed with a signal dri " which consisted of an original mi vc sage started by Major Garlington, ai sent through several squads of bo] i * maccoou Kainff /4oli\rArpH nArfprll the "^*"6 ?? ? t ?.uc cjose(j ^ie iuspection. the While, of couse, Major GarlingU "jI expressed no opinion as to the efficie ey of this corps, it is quite certain th . he was favorably impressed and plei , * ed -with the manoeuvres. ' jf" The cadets here are put at a disa 1, e vantage in these annual inspectio \ ? because they take place during t * first part of the scholastic year, wh: at all the other colleges they occ during the last half, most of the colleges closing the year in June July, while Clemson College closes ^ 18" November. Besides this a large number of t! cadets are new, having entered tJ . ? College in February last, and havii _ , drilled in ranks only a few weeks, b notwithstanding these drawbacks t inspection was highly satisfactor In order to remedy this trouble ai un" put Clemson on an equal footing wi the other military schools Capt. Fu :ous er has requested Major Garlington ' get the the war department to chanj jest .L- i! e? ^ tue ume iur luaptuuuu, ou <? hj , form to the school term. Vie Capt. Fuller has also succeeded ^ getting an order from the war depa: au* rnent. for two breech-loading rifl guns of 3 2-10 inches calibre, and cau the latest pattern. They will be se as soon as the College makes the n< 'on~ essary bond. . . Major Gailington says this is tl I largest corps of cadets that he has i The sPectet* district, comprisii rr.j nine States, extending from Marylai ., to Louisiana. The Mississipi Colle . comes next, with 218 cadets. Maj l?,s" Garlington stayed with Capt. Full ! while here. They are old frienc per? having been at West Point toeeth ion' twenty-three years ago, and li'avii *??,' served in the same regiment out in t West.?News and Courier, na; [all, Senator Tillman. aer, Washington, June 3.?Senator Ti Lit- man has accepted invitations to spe sas; at Columbus, Ind., on June 9, and ran- Grayson, Ky., on June 11. lie w >sis- probably speak at Lebanon, Ind., ? [en- ter he goes to Kentucky. Senat son, Tillman is wearing a Bland bad^ ait, This suggests a conversation had wi aro- the South Carolina senator a few da eor- ago by a friend. Tillman was ask Via if he would accept second place on t Vil- Democratic ticket at Chicago. 1 nn!.mAMO/1 nACl'tiwolv it. IS Rflj -/Wl auavvcicu vci j puoivi t\.?j t that he would not. insi ere: Change of Venue, see; Waltkrboro, June4.?In thecoi few of sessions yesterday a motion w Jal- made by Solicitor Bellinger for ois; change of venue in the Broxton Brid ain- murder case. Judge Benet grant igh- the motion today, ordering the case ina; be heard at Aiken not sooner than t jee; fourth week in June-?State. & NO MORE BONUS. tie. Jo; THE PROHIBITIVE BILL PASSED kft; THE U. S. SENATE. wa. R?l?iibllcttii riiftiuller M?k^H An Inefl a^e tutil Appeal to Democrat* to Stand lav Their I'senMeut?The Vote, 3S to 25 LIS? Ote Hot I??l>at?. ilft Wasuington, June 2. ?At 7 o'clc lt]-c tonight, the long struggle in the & ate over the bill to prohibit the iss of bonds came to an end, and the t ot1 was passed by a vote of 32 to 25. 1 thp bill as passed covers only three lin as follows: ijje "Be it enacted, that the issuance interest bearing bonds of the Unil States for any purpose whatever wil gg out further authority of Congress |e ' hereby prohibited." J Thu fluhatp nn lii 11 InstPfl throne |0P ?*u UUVMW V?? vuw ?c out the day and was at times very a ke mated. Mr. Cannon of Utah mad< ^ spirited reply to criticisms of the fi r0'. Republican Senatorj, including hi Q(j sell, who voted against the the Dir ;si ley tariff bill, declared that the me jp ure was a legislative monstrosil jje Mr. Cannon asserted that the info jpjj mountain States took Henry M. T te Jer as a leader rather than the Senal ,e(j from Ohio (Sherman). Mr. Chandler appealed to Senate rn. on the other side of the chamber )Qt join in a patriotic measure to susta ith the country's honor. Mr. Chand] also paid a tribute to the personal i in- tegrity of President Cleveland a 0f Secretary Carlisle. at Mr. Teller spoke in favor, of m? er. ing silver the first and paramou jal question. Mr. Burrows declared tl it would have been better had t er_ country gone down in the storm )Q war than that a measure taking awi lv! the last prop to its credit could pass. ,er Mr. Brown then resumed his spee begun yesterday, discussing bonds a Lr' free silver coinage. Mr. Brown was followed by 1 0f Utah colleague. Mr. Cannon. Th 3r. had occupied different positions on t 1S) Dingley tariff bill, the former havi) voted for and the latter against t 'wl consideration of the bill. Mr. Canm replied to strictures made on tl e fi e' Republican Senators voting agair ' tx- i i-;ii tt. i_.l * tne JJingiey dlu. ne reseuieu i [th charge of insincerity. He chart terized the tariff bill as an "iniqui 20 and monsirosity of legislation," ? he tional and unjust. He had been f jts quitted by his conscience and by 1 Gj constituents. The five Republic he Senators who voted against the tar he bill, he said, have all the consolati< that they need, each having receiv the endorsement of his people at hon Mr. Cannon referred to tne choice Senators Carter and Mantle of Mo of tana, Dubois of Idaho, Teller of Col rado and himself as delegates to t national convention. / a* Mr. Allison (Rep. of. Iowa) SjK) y~ briefly on the bill. He said it was v?< known that the bill could not becor r*" law. It was agreed, he said, that tl }a" borrowing of money for the gover in" ment was solely legislative power, e DS cept as the statutes conferred tb ?r vower on the executive branch. U d?5r these circumstances, the adopti( 10 of the Brown resolution would be .a ?nn?o 1 t V>a nnl tr la w h1 In wi nor t. as excutive to borrow money on bon< !1*> In a sharp colloquy with Mr. BixtU ^ Mr. Allison declared his opposition flat money, and to the indirection I e(* which the pending bill sought to tal l15 a step toward free silver coinage wit b? out waiting for legislative action. "I believe vhat the United Stat !P* cannot open its mints to the free coi of age of silver without becoming a m J?" nometallic nation; that it cannot tal 4? this step without an agreemeent wi other nations," said Mr. Allison, "ai ec* I will continue to vote against the fr coinage of silver at 16 to 1 by th or country alone." or Mr. Chandler deprecated the spii j?- and manner of the author of the b (Butler), who had made threats ai ;s" had talked of revolution and bloo ad shed. 's? Mr. Butler rose to disclaim such u y* terances. Mr. Chandler insisted, that the Se 5n ator's language had conveyed indire n" threats and had tended to revolutit at and bloodshed. Mr. Chandler held i ls" a newspaper, which he said was tl , Caucasian, publihed by Mr. Butler u" North Carolina, and whicb contain* extreme and violent attacks on Sen fje tors Hill and Sherman and othe l'e with whom Mr. Butler was in dai ur intercourse. 188 As to bond issues, Mr. Chandler d ?r clared that the President and Seer in tary of the Treasury were men sterling personal integrity, standing i ?e the representatives of the credit of tl fie government. No charges of misa ** Dropriation or embezzlement of tl J*' funds which had boen rasied by tl he sale of bonds had been made, y- "I am thankful that two-thirds < the Senators on this side of the chat Jj1 ber," said Mr. Chandler, "will vo against this bill. And I ask Senato 10 who participated in the election i ?e President Cleveland and who are 1 u" the party of John GL Carlisle to jo: with us in at Least one patriotic vo to protect our honor and credit" r'" was strange, Mr. Chandler added, f< ec* him to defend a Democratic Preside! ?* but he needed a defense at a tin nt when two-thirds of the Senators of h iC* own party were ready to vote not , sustain him. tie Mr. Teller pointed out that the pen n" ing bill had no connection with tl free coinage|of silver. He denied al the right of Mr. Chandler to spef ?e for the Republican party in favori/ or a continuance of bond issues. TJ ,er American people, he believed, we ,s' not in favor of increasing the publ er debt in time of peace. Mr. Teller r ferred contemptuously to those "se] he satisfied Pharisees," who declaim* that they were the only ones willir to protect the honor and credit of tl 11. country. at The Senator declared tnat the silv at question, whose death and burial hi ill been predicted, was a most iive Lf. corpse. State after State had declar< or in convention for silver. Thegre re> Democratic party was ready to i 'th scribe on its banner "free silver coi ys age." ed "What the Republican party will < he at St. Louis I do not know," said M ?e Teller," but I believe I know enoug 1C| of the sentiment of the West and ' the plain people of the country to si that the party that inscribes on i banner 'the gold standard' is doomi irt to defeat." as Mr. Burrows of Michigan oppoa a the bill on the ground that it was ge virtual repeal of the resumption A< ed which Act sustained the paper mone to of tne government. The enactment he this bill would bring about a raid c the Treasury with greenbacks, in a SS&tSSft&ZSBI&SL ticipation of a suspension cf s; payment. If the exercise of the power had not been resorted to b BY present administration, the dooi the Treasury would have been cli Mr Ilil 1 uioved to postpone the f i er consideration of the bill until ee- ceinber next. De.fe.aied, yeas24, by 32. This closed the way for the vote, on which the bill was pa yeas 32, nays 25, as follows: . * Yeas: Republicans, Brown, [ non, Dubois, Hansbrougb, Mitcht " " Oregon, Pettigrew, Pfitchard, Tt Warren and Wolcott?10; Democ Bacon, Bate, Berry, Chilton, Da George, Harris, Jones of Arka eS, 13.0^ P.,?Vl Tilli iuuio. muigau, i cwuu, jl w.h?, ? , Turpie, Vest, Walthall and Wh 17: Populists, Allen, Butler, J of Nevada, Pdffer and Stewar is tota1' 32' Nays: Republicans, Aldrich, , sou. Barrows, Chandler, Cu ? Davis, Gallinger, Hale. Hav " Hodge, McBride, Nelson, Piatt, Q * Wetmore and Wilson?16;Democ ' Brice, Caffery, Faulkner, HilJ, I say, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Pal Smith and Vilas?9; total, 25. At 7 o'cock Mr. Hill mov6d tc 'J' journ and, as the motion was car 01j* Mr. Hill exclaimed: "And may save the country." tor , THE CROPS IN THE COTTON BEI >rs to Weekly Report of the United Statrn , ler cultural Dempartment. ^ Washington, June 4.?The fol ing are extracts from the agricull ik- department's weekly weather nt cron bulletin: tat Virginia?Richmond: Abundan he rain has prevented farm work g? of all^, but on the whole has(been I ij ficial to crop growth and gi? good season to plant the last oi ch tobacco; grass and pasturage i od improved, early truck rapidly ms ing; wheat heads filling well and lis growing fast. ? Nnpfh Hurnlina?R<ilf*ii*h: Sho c>y he over sections where drought previ ag last week beneficial, but insufn< he amount; temperature above noi on and crops made rapid growth, ve ton, corn and tobacco excellent l8t corn beginning to be laid by ir he South; cutting wheat commence ic- South Carolina?Columbia: SI ty ers poorly distributed, conseque ?c- absence of uniformity in crop cc ic- tion; cotton and corn range from lis to excellent, with greater dive: an iu cane, melons, rice and toba iff peaches ripening, inferior quali >n crops generally well cultivated ed two weeks earlier than usual; w ie. and oat harvest general, of Georgia?Atlanta: Drought br< >n- by good rains in nortti and cei to sections and showers in southern be tion; all crops revived and gre benefitted; corn and cotton well c * A?5 /?MArni n/* T Ice vaieu, ircw <J1 grass auu |jiuniuK J sll ly; oats and fruit irreparably dar ne ed. be Florida?Jacksonville: Tempera n- generally above normal, and v ix- rainfall was below the average, si iat ers have been more general and ( n- ous, and reports indicate decided >n provement in cotton and corn, i a over limited sections, where rains he still needed; crops free from grass. Is. Alabama? Montgomery: Glen >r, and beneficial showers, though se to al reports of local damage to crop oy hail and washing rains; cotton hea Ice and making forms rapidly; < h- shooting; Irish potatoes backw melon vines taking on' large cro ?s fruit; cane excellent; peaches rott n- Mississippi?Vicksburg:| Gener o- favorable, although some complaii ce drought and worms; good rail th close of week will greatly benefi ad crops; cotton blooming and s ee lousy; corn in roasting ear; m [is crops injured by drought in locali Louisiana?New Orleans: L Mt showers south benefited crops Iocj ill but greater postions of State need id badly; week hot, with much sunsh d- corn laid by tassel in g freely; co blooms general, crop fruiting v it- some lice; cane good stands, sue ing well; rice, early corn, pasti n- gardens and potatoes suffering ct rain. >n Texas?Galveston: Dry wea ip has prevailed during the week, ai ie general rain is badly needed fo in growing crops; corn is suffering f 3d effects of drought; harvesting is a- advanced. rs Arkansas?Little Rock; Wea ly favorable for growth and cultivla of cotton, Which is in line condit e- healthy ana Strang, and forming v e- firstbloomsb^njg reported; corn of doing so well; rail) needed over sc is portion; wheat ana oats improve ie harvesting commenced, p. Tennessee?Nashville; Fine r ie improved crop conditions, bu.t ge ie ally retarded cultivation, and ci are getting foul; corn fine, some of by in wefit section; cotton, where 1 q. worked, looks thrifty; wheat har te begun; some complain of rust; to rs co nearly all set and thrifty; cl< of cutting progressing, of [Q Bunting for a Fiend. te The following story of a fienflisl It sault is taken from Thursdays'? i ar of the Lexington Dispatch: at "We have been informed by a ri ie ble and responsible person that a fit is ish and brutal assault was made u to the person of Mrs. Ben. Gunter,1 resiaes at the "Old Dare Kyzer t>1i d- on the Augusta road near the pfac ie Mr. George D. Hayes, on Monday so ternoon about 2 o'clock by a stra ik negro who had been seen by sev jg parties loafing about in the neighl ae hood. Our informant/states that 1 re Gunter, with her h}isband and ic other persons, had been at work e- field some distance from the ho [f- and, complaining of being sick, 3d told by her husband to go home ig lie down. She started to do so, ae on her way home, in passing an log house, she saw a negro man sit er beside it playing with & pistol. A id hailing her he caught her and a sci ly ensued. Whether he accomplis hio V>p)lish nu/oose is not knowi at the lady is very reticent about the i a- ter. As soon as it had become km n- that the assault had been made neighbors immediately organized lo started in pursuit of tne fiend, bu ir. to the time our informant left, jh search has been without success, of caught, a necktie party will prob* iy follow, during which he will danc its the air at the end of a plow liue to ed tune of whistling bullets, lie is scribed as being a-black burly ne, ;d about 51-2 feet high, heavily bi i a thick lips, weighs about 105 pou it, had on a white shirt but no coat jy vest, and a cigarette hat. The citi: of should be on the lookout for su< >n negro answering to the above desc n- tion and arrest him." K CAMPAIGN AND PRIMARY. y the S of STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : 0S^- MAKES ARRANGEMENTS. urthDH I The Srhodule of the Campaign Meetings. nays The New Primary KuIch Adopted?The final Direct Vote For Senator?An AU-Nlght 1 ssed, i Session. j tlan- Columbia, S. C., June 6.?The 1 ill of State Democratic executive committee met last night in the office of the sec- 1 :rats, retarv of state and made all arrange- 1 ni?l. mentis for the coming State campaign. 1 nsas, The schedule which has been arranged [' nan, was carefully prepared in advance, ] lie? and little or no changes were made in ones it. The committee then went to work 1 t?5; on the preparation of the party rules governing the primary elections. Alii- They had to be changed to meet the lion, requirements for a direct primary for vie 7, United States senator. Tne oath reuay, quired was changed so as to make a :rats, man iwear that he would "support the jin^f- nominees" instead of "abide the remer, gult" of the primary. The question of assessments of candidates was raised > ad- and very fully argued,va final protest ried, against the assessment being made God when the committee reached a final adjournment at 1:15 o'clock this morning. The committee had a fight over LT3, Charleston affairs, and the city by the sea fared better than usual. The proAgri ceedings were conducted with open doors. The only absentees were the memlow hers Irom the counties of Abbeville, tural Beaufort, Georgetown, Greenville, and Kershaw, Laurens, Newberry and Oconee. Those present were as folrenf lows: ,n?_ Aiken?F. P. Woodward. Anderson?W. A. Neal. 1 eiTa Barnwell?S. G. Mayfield. f the Berkeley?T. W. Standland. have Charleston?P. H. Gadsden. itur- Chester?T. J. Cunningham. s corn Chesterfield?C. J. Reafearn. Clarendon?D. J. Bradham. wers Colleton?A. E. Williams. tiled Darlington?J. A. Parrott. ^ient Edgefield?W. H. Timmerraan. ;mal Fairfield-W. J. Johnson. qo1. Florence?J. W. Ivev. an(j Hampton?M. B. McSweeuey. 1 the Horry?J. A. McDermotl. !(j Lancaster?J. C. Elliott. 10'w. Lexington?C. M. Efird. ntiv Marion?J. D. Montgomery. >ndi- Marlboro?W. D. Evans. fajr Orangeburg?0. R. Lowman. pgity Pickens?T. C. Robinson. cc0. Richland?Wilie Jones. tity.' Saluda?R. B, Watson, and Spartanburg?B. B. Bishop. heat Sumter?Sheppard Nash. Union?J. C. Otts, >ken Williamsburg?A. H. Williams. ltral York?J. S. Brice. sec. At the outset Colonel Jones, the atly treasurer of the committee, reported ' - fViof V? ck Horl in fVin 4koqoii **tt Tf fl lice- was thereupon decided that the rail- i na?. road fares of the members should be t paid. Dr. Williams wanted all ex- c ture penses paid. Mr. Stanland said that 1 rhile committee had never before paid 1 lov7_ his fare. Chairman Tompkins then :opi- stated that the purpose of the meeting t ' im- was to arrange the campaign meetings, i gaye Mr. McSweeney offered a schedule of t are the meetings which he said had been t prepared with great care. i eral here's the schedule. i 'ver_ The schedule of the meetings was c 3 by adopted as follows: Ithy Manning, Monday, June 22. i Kingstree, Tuesday, June 23. 1 ard; Georgetown, Wednesday, June 24. { p 0f Conway, Friday, June 25. inp Marion, Saturday, June 27. a - p UamaU. n i/t?j t..?? on I o ally oauuvin a uuiuci, iuuuuajr, u uuc a>o. a ^ 0f Charleston, Tuesday, June 30. a a at Walterboro, Wednesday, July 1, tall Beaufort, Thursday. July 2. ' r ome Hampton, Friday, July 3. ? inor Sumter, Monday, July 13. 1 ties. Camden, Tuesday, July 14. J ocal Lancaster, Wednesday, July 15. f lUy) Chester, Friday, July 17. t rain Yorkville. Saturday, July 18. 1 lne; Chesterfield. Tuesday, July 21. f tton BennettsviLfe, Wednesday* July 22. i rel^ Darlington. Thursday, July 23. g :ker- Florence, Friday, July 24. l ireS) Barnwell, Monday, July 27. c for Aiken, Tuesday, July 28. a Edgefield, Wednesday, July 29- r ther Saluda, Saturday, August 1. 1 ad a Lexington, Monday, August 3. e r all Winnaboro, Tuesdav, August 4. c rom Columbia, Wednesday, August 5. f well Orangeburg, Thursday, August 6. Newberry, Friday, August 7. s ther Laurens, Saturday, August 8. s tion Union, Monday, August 10. p ion, Spartanburg, Tuesday, August 11. o yell, Greenville, Wednesday, August 12. e not Pickens, Tnursday, August 13. t .1 14 f >111/1 VUUUCC, JL' 1 luajr f augUQb 11, W and Anderson, Monday, August 17. s Abbeville, Wednesday, August 19. s ains Messrs. Neal, Efird and Mr. Montnev gomery were appointed a committee pops to remodel the rules for the campaign laid and primary. well The assessments on the candidates vest were discussed. There was a motion bac- to fix them as they had been in previ)ver ous years. After some discussion Col. Jones, Mr. Bradham and Mr. Standland were appointed on the committee to prepare the assessments. X as- ASSESSMENTS. ssue This committee retired, but soon returned to the hall. Col. Jones made slia- a report for the committee as to the ?nd- assessments, which contained the folpon lowing provisions: U. S. senator, who governor and congressman, $100 each; ice" Secretary of State, comptroller genere of al, attorney general, superintendent af- of education, superintendent of neni- ti ,nge tentiary, supermtenpent of asylum, eral State treasurer, railroad commissioner ers, liquor commissioner, U. S. district klrs. attorney, U. S. Marshal, collector of si two the port of Charleston, $75 each, adju- n in a tant general, solicitors, State chemist, t< use, $50 each, lieutenant governor, collectw!ts nr of the Dert of Beaufort, assistant U. s! and S. district attorney, $25 each. Coun- a and ties are asssesssed $5 for each represen- A old tative and $10 for senator. The money g ting is to be paid On filing pledges, except v fter as to those who do not enter the pri- o ullle mary (those who hold office now.) b ibed "We recommend that the State exe- e a as cutive committee print tickets for all n nat- officers, U. S- senators, congressmen c )wn and solicitors and pay for them." 4 the Mr. Derham then moved to return and ball of the assessments to the defeated e t up candidates. Adopted. tl the Mr. Mayfield moved that no county n If be allowed to assess any candidate for e ibly State offices. Adopted. t :e in Mr. EQrd then olfered the report of r the the special committee on rules. Mr. si de- Etird read it through, explaining ;the a gro, changes from the old rules, the most s uilt, important being the change of the c nds, pledge to support the party nominees n nor to the oath given the participants in o zens the primary. c eh a A CHARLESTON DIVERSION. 0 :rip- Mr. Maytield stated at this juncture that there was a gentleman from f a W{ Charleston, Mr. Alexander, who i wished to give the committee some in- c formation as to the mode of conduct- n ing primary elections in the city of s Charleston, which information would 1 be valuable at this time. lie moved h that Mr. Alexander be allowed to come a before the committee. c Mr. Gadsden, the member of the 1 committee from Charleston rose and s. stated that he occupied the position of a member of the comittee. He was a sent there by his people to represent 1 them, and he thought that he and he t: alone was entitled to the privilege of c speaking for them in that body. lie ii objected to any outsider being heard \ and moved to table Mr. May field's t motion. s Mr. Lowman expressed his views on r the matter, and then Mr. Mayfield t again urged that Mr. Alexander be J heard. d Mr. Otts made some remarks and r then Mr. Gadsden insisted on the vote being taken on his motion to table i Mr. Mayfield's motion. The vote was "v taken and he won, OBly Messrs. May- L Eleld and Otis voting to hear Mr. Alex- \ inder. ^ THE NEW RULES. f The new rules were then adopted as * follows: 8 The following rules shall govern the ? membership of the different subordi- ? oate Democratic clubs of this Stat9, 0 the qualification of voters at the pri- ? mary elections held by the party, thd d sonduct of the primary elections to be T held on the last Tuesday (the 26th ? Jay) of August, A. D. 1896, and the h second primary held two weeks later, if one be necessary: 1 RuleL The qualification for mem- P bership in any subordinate club of the a Democratic party of this State, or for n voting at a Democratic primary, shall S be as follows, viz: The applicaut for Sl membership, or voter, shall be21 years 1 5f age, or shall become so before the b succeeding general election, and be a c white Democrat, or a negro who vot- b id for General Hampton in 1876 and J srho has voted the Democratic ticket jontinuously since. Provided, that c ao white man shall be excluded from a participation in the Democratic pri nary who shall take the pledge re- o quired by the rules of the Democratic 8 party. The managers of each box at the 0 primary election shall require every & roter in a Democratic primary elec- & ion to take the following oath and p sledge: 9 "1 do solemly swear that I am duly lualified to vote at this election acwording to the rules of the Democratic ? x ? 1 IV T 1 i. J I_ jarty, ana taat x nav a not vuteu uefore at this election, and pledge my- & (elf io support the nominees of the party." tl Rule 2. Every negro applying for c nembership in a Democratic club, or jffering to vote in a Democratic pri- b nary election, must produce a written t< itatement of 10 reputable white men, vho shall swear that they know of a heir own knowledge that the appli- d ant, or voter, voted for General Jampton in 1876 and has voted the s< )emocratic ticket continuously since, o Phe said statement shall be placed in t* he ballot box by the managers and eturaed with the poll list to the coun- si j chairman. The managers of elec- a ion shall keep a separate list of the lames of all negro voters and return t, with the poll list, to the county . ihairman. tl No person shall be permitted to vote n inless he nas been enrolled on a club f< ist at least five days before the said to irimary election. n The club lists shall be inspected by d ,nd certified to by the president and n ecretary and turned over to the man- 11 gers to be used as the registry lists. Rule 3. Each county evecutive com- P; nittee of the Democratic party in this c< Hate shall meet on or before the first ^ londayin August of each election ?< rear and shall appoint three managers or each primary election precinct in ti heir respective counties, Who shall " lold the primary election provided s< or under the Democratic constitution ? n accordance with the acts of the u general assembly of this State regulat- 01 ng primary elections, the constitution J if the Democratic party of this State T ,nd the rules herein set forth. The ? tames of such managers may be pub- ^ ished by the chairman of each county a xecutive committee in one or more & ounty papers at least two weeks be- * org the election. ^ Rule 4. Each voter in said primary ? hall vote but two ballots, on which c? hall be printed or written, or partly >rinted and partly written, the name T IlUUltXt U1 LUC pci'OUU Ul pciiiuiu iuu d for by him for each of the offices . o be filled, together with the name of }r he office. The tickets to be voted 11 hall be in the following form, with ,jaces to suit the different counties: A U. S. Senator. n' Governor. Lieutenant Governor. {J Secretary of State. Comptroller General. ? State Treasurer. ~ Attorney General. ^ Adjutant and Inspector General. ^ State Superintendent of Education. C( Railroad Commissioners. For Congress District. For Solicitor Jud icial Circuit. " State Senator. House of Representatives. Sheriff. I " Judge of Probate. ^ Clerk of the Court. ^ County Supervisor. Coroner. Jl1 County Superintendent of Educa- w on. 30 Treasurer. w Auditor. C? No vote for house of representatives 01 Unll Vm nnnntoff nnloM if pnntftinsfls liaii KTKJ WUUVVU MUAVMW m . iany n&mes as the county is entitied ) representatives. to Rule 5. The managers of election v( hall open the polls at 8 o'clock a. m. ^ nd shall clos9 them at 4 o'clock p. m. ^ Lfter tabulating the result, the mana- n( ers sh^ll certify the same and for- ja rard the ballot box, poll list and all ther papers relating to such election, ru y one of their number or by the ex- ^ cutive committeeman to the chair- ^ lan of the respective Democratic ^ ounty executive committees within pj 8 hours after the close of the polls. Rule 6. The county Democratic ex- sjj cutive committee shall assemble at ^ heir respective court houses on the y aorning of the second day after the lection at or before 12 o'clock m., to ?bulate the relurns and declare the esult of the primary, so far as the li< ame relates to members oi the gener- 'oi 1 assembly and county officers, and cc hall forward immediately to the ni hairman of the State executive com- n; uttee at Columbia, S. CM the result m f the election in their respective S. ounties for congressmen and solicit- g< rs- ar Rule 7. The protests and contests G or county officers shall be filed with- tv ... .-V 4 'h . r ===3====?=== a five days after the election with the hairman of the county executive comaittee, and said executive committee hall hear and determine the same, 'he State executive committee shall ear and decide protests and contests s to United States senators, State offiers, congressmen and solicitors, and 0 days shall be allowed for filing the ame. Rule 8. Candidates for the general ssembly and for county officers shall, 0 days previous to the primary elecion, file with the chanman of the ounty executive committee a pledge, a writing, to abide the result of the irimary and support the nominees hereof. Candidates for other offices |8 hall fiie such pledge with the chairnan of the State Democratic execuive committee on or before the 22d of JF m ^une, 1896. No vote for any ca late who has not complied witjj^is ' ule shall be counted. Rule 9. In the primary elections lerein provided for, a majority of the C;-^l rotes cast shall be necessary to nom* nate candidates. A second primary, rhen necessary, shall be held two veeks after the first, as is provided . <j? or under the Constitution of the par* :,M y, and shall be subject to the rules Ja governing the iirst primary. At said . Js econd primary, the two highest canlidates alone shall run for any one ffice, but if there are two or more vaancies for any particular office, then ouble the number of candidates shall /J&Jl an for the vacancies to be filled. For astance, in a race for sheriff the two S'||g ighest shall run. Rule 10. In the event of. a tie beween two candidates in the second Jm rimary, the county chairman, if it is .^sl county office, ana the State chairion if if io o Qfofn nffl/io a TTnifiW? > tatea senator or for congress, or for ';|a olicitor, shall order a third primary. 'he question of a majority vote shall *3? e determined by the number of rotes ^3m ast for any particular office and not ' ?y the whole number of votes cast in v he primary. Rule 11. Each county executive ' ommittee shall furnish the managers -;?j ,t each piecinct two ballot boxes, one or United States senator and State j|3 ifficers and the other for congressmen, ; $S| olicitors and county officers. Col. Neal moved that the chairman .'vSS f the committee prepare an address ' }|| 5 the committees calling on them to ike such steps as would secure the y-MSi egistration of every white man in the Hue. ^luupwja. It was then decided that the tickets |B|1S Dr State officers and United States Bwg enator be an omnibus ticket. ';JB The resolution previously adopted I s to the tickets was reconsidered, and B.ljfl i was decided to leave to each county I |& ae matter of printing tickets for ongressmen and solicitors. Jgi It was decided then to have two [ ;/||8 oxes?one for the United States sena- K|g? Dr and State officers. r IS Mr. J. D. Montgomery then raised j complaint again about assessing can- *|S| idates for congress. Jji He moved to put congressmen and jB|l| Dlicitors on the same footing as State fficers as to assessments, but the mat* 1 3 " "visBH jr was aroppea alter some uouaie. -<omb Then the committee got a list of the ?j|g jveral county chairmen, and at 1:15 . m. adjourned. Teller for President. Columbus, 0., June 3.?A conven- Jfln on of silver men was held this after- - .. Mr oon in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium V >r the purpose of electing delegates ) the St. Louis silver convention next ' til lonth. There were not over twenty elegates present (Jen. A. J. War- i er of Marietta gave a history of the lovement for 'the independent silver invention and said that during the 'j|i ast forty-eight hours he had been in inference with Senators Jones of /.'Ml evada, Jones of Arkansas, Morgan , rjaM f Alabama, and other Senators and . *;v lat all were agreed on the proposi- | on that the issue must be fought out lis year, it wotua oe aivuigwg uu jcret, Gen. Warner said, to state rhom they looked upon as the com- . p lg candidate in the event of the Dem- * 3rats failing to come out for free siler. This man is Senator Henry M. r$ eller of Colorado. Mr. Teller was itisfactory to all of the silver men 'hom he had talked. Delegates and Lternates at large to the St. Louis Dnvenjion were selected. The slim ttendance today was explained by le fact of the strong probability that le Democrats will declare for free Din age at the coming State convenon. ffijrSi ? Death of Dr. W. D. Kirkland. Columbia, S. C., June 2.?Preeid- -ip lg Elder Dickson received telegraphic iformation on Sunday of the death f Dr. William Da vies Kirkland at shville. Dr. Kirkland was known ot only in the Methodist Church, nt throughout the State^and especialr in Columbia. Dr. Kirkland had sen in ill health for some time. Dr. irkland was born in Orangeburg ounty, being a son of Rev. W. 0. irkland, who was for twenty-seven aars a member of the South Carolina inference. Dr. Kirkland, having raduated at Wofford, entered the auth Carolina conference in 1870 and ipidly rose to a commanding position ! influence in the ministry. For tree years he was presiding elder; iree years on the circuits and nine 3ars on the station. For ten years he as editor of the Southern Christian dvocate, which was formerly pubshed in this city. Two years ago he as elected editor of the Sunday ihool publications of the conference, hich position he filled when death illed him hence. He leaves a widow, le daughter and two sons .?Register. Oregon r or ^iivor. Portland, Oregon, June 1.?Owing i the exceedingly slow count it is ;ry difficult to forecast the result of day's election, but returns up to is hour indicate that ex-Gov. Pen-' >yer will be elected mayor ol Port?1 ^?? T/'lKo PuniiKli/iati Liu. v/uugitaauiau unu, e free silver candidate, leads Northip, sound money, by about 5,000 in te Second Congressional district In e First Congressional district, Vansrburg, free silver, Populist, holds a urality of 500 over Tongue, Repub;an. Indications are that the free Iver candidates will triumph and at Senator Mitchell will succeed ' rnself in the United States Senate. Carolina Boys on Top. Columbia, June 4.? The examina3n of the cadets at West Point began l Monday. The graduating class is imposed of 73 members, of which amber three are from South Carolii, who all stand high in general erit. The three Carolinians are W. Guignard, who stands eighth; Eujne 1'. Jervey, Jr., who ranks tenth id Johnson Hagood, Jr., son of exovernor Ragood of Barnwell, is rentieth.?State. -' 'B