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/ / The Press and Banner. ? BY HUGH WILSON. f C AIIHI2V1LLE, N. V. j PASSED OVER THE VETO. ~ o RIVER AND HARBOR BILL PASSED tI THE HOUSE, 220 TO 60. ? ______ 0 o Dorkery Protected Against Ghk Lhw, 30 Democrat)* Voted to Override tsie t em si r a?<l '-if! Itepuhllcano to StiMtaln the 1'rcHl- _ C* dent. \ Washington', .June 2.? The House v devoted itself today to passing the v river and harbor bill over the lVesi- S dent's veto and unseating, by a vote T of 1(52 to lii\ Jonn Walsh. the Dem- ^ ocratic member from the Eigth New i] York District, wh.se place will be (| tilled by .John Murray Mitchell, Republican. Both of these actions were v foregone conclusions, so that they ex- V cited comparatively little interest al- d though there was a full House to vote U on tue river and harbor bill. It was d< passed by 220 to (JO, many more votes pi than the two thirds necessary to over C rule a veto, and it was passed without gj debate, although Mr. Dockery of Mis- M souri protested vehemently that de- tb bate had been promised. Thirty-nine w Democrats voted to override the Presi- m dential objections and twenty-six Re- in ? - publicans stood dy iur. ^wvciauu. ai The naval appropriation bill was re- of ported from conference with an agree- Hi menton all items but the number of ps battleships. Incidentally, Chairman th Cannon of the Committee on Appro- m priations predicted that Congress will w adjourn late next week. The report of the Committee on ry Rivers and Harbors recommending Cj the passage of the bill over the Presi- is, dent's veto was made by Chairman Gi Hooker and the report was read. The H objections of the President were re- ka viewed in detail. All but 27 of'the L< 417 projects in the bill, the large num- (_)i ber being alluded to by the President, ga the report says, were contained in pre- P< vious river and harbor bills. It is (^i also claimed that most of the projects ar were contained in the bill of 1890, YV nnon which the late General Casey W? submitted a report saying that but eight were of limited local benefit, an It is also stated that the bill was prepared after careful examination of the m reports of the engineers. The Presi- sp dent alluded to "improvidently wj planned projects,'' but the committee sh asserts that no provision has been m: made for prosecuting works where rt: there seemed a doubt concerning them by modified projects, all to be done under the direction of the engineers. It is also claimed that the President is cr indefinite in his language in not specifying the objectionable features of the bill. Replying to the assertion of the President that there are appropria nL tions for works which private parties Pa have actually agreed to do, the com- ?D mittee says the information .upon ,Ui which the President bases his assertion ^ is wholly without foundation. SP Answering the charge of extrava- ^ gance, the committee says that for the ^ past six years the average expenditure , , has been $10,700,000 and estimates from the present bill and the appro- re priations for 1898 and 1900 that the average expenditure for the next six : years will be $13,100,000. The com- qu ? ii*? >sinnrt of . mil ice 4UUIC0 iium ? h retary Lamont endorsing the contract ^ system in making river and harbor . improvements and recommending ; "the extension of that policy to embrace other worthy improvements." Attention is called to the fact that if . '1 the bill should fail, work upon hundreds of projects in course of comple tion would be suspended at great loss. The report concludes that after a careful re-examination of the bill, the com- ? mittee sees no reason why the House should recede from its action. m. The reading of the report was fol- 1 lowed by applause, most of it on the Republican side of the House. Mr. J Hooker moved the passage of the bill, saying that the committee was of the m/ opinion that the President's message covered every possible objection to the hill and that the reDort answered all objections. "Many members have ^ asked me for time to debate this mat- * ter," he said, "and to yield to their re- , quest would take much time. With va out expressing any opinion on the ^ question whether there should be de- g | bate and to test the opinion of the House on the question whether debate is necessary. I will demand the Dre- CQ vioue question " ju Instantly Mr. Dockery (Dem. of Missouri) was on his feet, demanding recognition, but the Speaker told him ' that debate was not in order. q. Msmbers were shouting "Vote, vote" jj. but the voice of Mr. Dockery pierced nQ the uproar, shouting, "The gentlemen -n, agreed with me yesterday to have de- jn' bate on this bill. Tnis is unfair, unjust, unmanly." ^ The House demanded the previous er question, 178 to GO, by a rising vote, and only 40 rose to sustain the request for yeas and nays. ^ fQ1 "Under the rules, the vote on the , passage of the bill must be taken by yeas and nays," the Speaker an- ^ nounned. "Is there no rule by which we can have debate?" asked Mr. Dockery. ag 'Not if the House orders the contrary," said Speaker Reed. "And the House has so ordered to ja] stifle debate," responded Mr. Dockery. The bill was passed 220 to GO, The Democrats who voted to pass the bill over the veto were: Baukhead, Ala- CQ bama; Berry, Kentucky, Buck, Louislana; Catchings, Mississippi; Clarke, wj Alabama, Cobb, Missouri; Cooper, Florida; Cooper, Texas; Culberson, t Texas; Cummings, New York;Dennj, Mississippi; Dinsmore. Arkansas; El- yy let, Virginia; Elliot, South Carolina; Fitzgerald, Massachusetts; Kendall, Kentucky: Kyle, Mississippi; Latimer, South Carolina; Lester, Georgia; Lit- mi tie, Arkansas; McCulloch, Arkansas; at McMiliin, Tennessee; McKae; Arkan- Gi sas; Myer, Louisiana; Money, Missis- pr sippi;Ogden, Louisiana;Owens,*ven- tei lucky; Price, Louisiana; Robertson, Ti Louisiana; Sparkman. Florida; Strait, Tl South Carolina; Talbert, South Caro- th Iina;;ierry, ArKansas; mruer, ueur- ag . gia; Tyler, Virginia; Underwood, Ala if bama; Washington, Tennessee. Wil- D< liams, Mississippi; Wilson, South Car- an olina.?Total, 39. tli The Republicans who voted against passing the bill over the veto were: Allen, Utah; Anderson, Tennessee; Andrews, Nebraska, Baker, New of Hampshire; Brown, Tennessee; Cal- m; derhead, Kansas; Connolly, Illinois; cb Grout, Vermont; Elager, Iowa; Ilain- m er, Nebraska; Hepburn, Iowa; Leigh- th ty, Indiana; Linney, North Carolina; be Long, Kansas; McCall, Tennessee; fo ? ' v '?I csaara&EESs IcClure, Ohio;McE?.*an, New Jersey; 'earson, North Carolina; l'ilney. New ersey ;Scranton, Pennsylvania ;Settle. forth Carolina; Shafroth, Colorado; berman,New York ;Strode, Nebraska; 'racewell, Indiana; UpdegrafF, Iowa. -Total 26. passed by this senate. Washington, June.'}?The senate f the United States followed today le example set yesterday by the house f representatives in passing, by a vote f 5(5 to 5, the river and harbor hill ver the President's veto. The liv? egative votes came from Democratic jnator. namely: Bate of Tennessee; ftiliou of Texas; Hill of New York; rr.-itVi of "NToot Toi>;cir a rwl Vilas Ot Visconsin. The debate preceding the ote occupied about four hours. Speeches in favor of overriding the eto were made by Senators Vest, ; herman, Pettigrew (Iiep.) of South 1 a'kota, B^rry (I)em.) of Arkansas, ' tewart (l*op ) of Nevada. Hawley :tep ) of Conuecticut, and Butler t*op ) of North Carolina. Speeches in favor of sustaining the 1 eto were made by Senators Smith, I ilas, Bate and Hill?the latter intro ucing a joint rpsolution to amend ' ie Constitution by giving the Presi ;nt power to veto any item in an ap 1 ropriation bill?a power which the onslituiion of the State of New York ! ves to the governor of that State, j r. Pettigrew's speech characterized ' e veto power as a relic of the past hich had no place in a free govern- ' ent. He denounced the President ? severe terms, charging him with ' i utter disregard of his sacred oath j office, with overriding the laws, in- j jencing congressmen by tue use 01 itronage, enriching his favorites at . e public expense, and in fact, peritting no restraint upoa his imperial ill. The vote was as follows: Yeas?Aldrich, Allison, Bacon, BerBrice, Burrows, Butler, Cannon, jrter, Chandler, Clark, Cullom, DavDubois, Elkins, Faulkner, Gallinger ear, Ge6rge, Gibson, Gorman, Hale, ansbrougn, Ilawley, Jones of Arinsas, Jones of Nevada, Lindsay, >dge, McBride, Mills, Mitchell of regon, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Mor.n, Nelson, Pasco, Peffer, Perkins, jttigrew, Piatt, Pritchard, Pugh, lay, Sherman, Shoup, Squire, Stewt, Teller, Tillman, Turpie, Vest, althall, Warren, Wetmore, White, rilson, *Volcott?56. Navs?Bate, Chilton, Hill. Smith i tr i lavnas??. There was a group of more than 20 J embers of the house standing in the ace back Of the Republican seats bile the vote was in progress. They owed a very lively interest in the atter and withdrew as soon as the suit of the vote was announced. MAKES A GOOD SHOWING. msou College Han the Sargent Corps of Cadets in Niue States. Clemson, June 3 ?The regular anlal inspection of the military dertmentof Clemson College was held i last Saturday by Major E. A. GarlSjtou, inspector genera!. This inaction was one of the series of inections of the military organizations lich are regularly made every year order of the war department, lhe inspection, which was held in ligue uniform, consisted of first, a view of the regiment, which was mmanded by Capt. Ezra B. Fuller; e batallions being under the respect- j 3 commands of Majors Blythe and ? anklin. The review was followed v a thorough inspection of the arms a d equipments of the cadets, and the 0 struments of the cadet band, rhe battalions were then drilled sep- c ately in the various movements of a e battalion drill, the "battalions be- E ? afterwards broken up and the j mpanies separately drilled by their 0 spective captains. This completed j s field manoeuvres. c During the afternoon the Senior c iss were examined by the inspector ueral in theoretical military science. a us was followed with a signal drill, / lich consisted of an original mes- ^ ?e started by Major Garlington, and s at through several squads of bovs, a message being delivered perfectly. lis closed the inspection. While, of couse, Major Garlington a pressed no opinion as to the efficien- j; of this corps, it is quite certain that a was favorably impressed and pleas- a with the manoeuvres. ( The cadets here are put at a disad- j, ntage in these annual inspections e cause they take place during the ^ st part of the scholastic year, while v all the other colleges they occur j, ring the last half, most of these lieges closing the year in June c^r c ly, while Clemson College closes in ^ >vember. s Besides this a large number of the ^ ietsare new, having entered the ? dlege in February last, and having: ^ illed in ranks only a few weeks, but jf ^withstanding these drawbacks the g, spection was highly satisfactory, order to remedy this trouble and ^ t Clemson on an equal footing with ^ e other military schools Capt. Full- a has requested Major Garlington to 7 t the the war department to change j b time for inspection, so as to con- ^ rm to the school term. Y Dapt. Fuller has also succeeded in ^ tting an order from the war depart- v jnt for two breech-loading rifled ^ ns of2-10 inches calibre, and of ^ b latest pattern. They will be sent y soon as the College makes the nec- 0 sary bond. " Major Gailington says this is the rgest corps of cadets that he has in- j, ected in his district, comprising f oe States, extending from Maryland t Louisiana. The Mississipi College j mes next, with 218 cadets. Major Arlington stayed with Capt. Puller ^ lile here. They are old friends, E ,ving been at West Point together ^ enty-three years ago, and having j rved in the same regiment out in the 8 est.?News and Courier. Senator Tillman. t1 Washington, June 3.?Senator Till- c an has accepted invitations to speak Columbus, Ind., on June 9, and at 9 'ayson, Ky., on June 11. He will ^ obably speak at Lebanon, Ind., af- 9 r he goes to Kentucky. Senator * 11 man is wearing a Bland badge. 1 lis suggests a conversation had with s e South Carolina senator a few days a oby a friend. Tillman was asked he would accept second place on the ? imocratic ticket at Chicago. He " iswered very positively, it is said, c at he would not. rimiiL'o of Vflnue. t Wai.tkrboro, J une 4 .?In the court t sessions yesterday a motion was ade by Solicitor Bellinger for a t ange of venue in the Broxton Bridge ^ urder case. Judge Benet granted ^ e motion today, ordering the case to o i heard at Aiken not sooner than the t urth week in J une. ?State. t \ ?5?jk.i,_ 1.1 NO MORE BONDS, THE PROHIBITIVE BILL PASSED BY THE U. S. SENATE. Republican Chandler MitkfH An Ineffectual Appeal to I)eraocratH to Stand by Their President-The Vote, 33 to 25 ?A Hot Debate. Washington, June 2.?At 7 o'clock tonight, the long struggle in the Senate over the bill to prohibit the issue of bonds came to an end, and the bill was passed by a vote of 32 to 25. The bill as passed covers only three lines, as follows: "Be it enacted, that the issuance of interest bearing bonds of the United States for any purpose wnaiever wunDut further authority of Congress is hereby prohibited." The debate on the bill lasted throughout the day and was at limes very animated. Mr. Cannon of Utah made a spirited reply to criticisms of the five ttepublican Senator*, including himsell, who voted against the the Dingley tarifi' bill, declared that the measure was a legislative monstrosity. Mr. Cannon asserted that the intermountain States took Henry M. Teller as a leader rather than the Senator from Ohio (Sherman). Mr. Chandler appealed to Senators m the other side of the chamber to join in a patriotic measure to sustain ;he country's honor. Mr. Chandler ilso paid a tribute to the personal in?grity of President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle. Mr. Teller spoke in favor, of makng silver the first and paramount question. Mr. Burrows declared that t would have been better had the sountry gone down in the storm of "O* fKot q TV)OQOil 1*0 tolrinflp 0 07QTT he last prop to its credit could pass. Mr. Brown then resumed his speech >egun yesterday, discussing bonds and ree silver coinage. Mr. Brown was followed by his Jtah colleague. Mr. Gannon. They lad occupied different positions on the Dingley tariff bill, the former having rroted for and the latter against the consideration of the bill. Mr. Cannon eplied to strictures made on tl e five Republican Senators voting against he Dingley bill. He resented the sharge of insincerity. He characerized the tariff bill as an "iniquity md monstrosity of legislation," secional and unjust. He had been acluitted by his conscience and by his sonstituents. The five Republican senators who voted against the tariff >ill, he said, have all the consolation hat they need, each having received he endorsement of his people at home. Hr. Cannon referred to the choice of Senators Carter and Mantle of Mon ana, Dubois of Idaho, Teller of Colo ado and himself as delegates to the lational convention. Mr. Allison (Rep. of Iowa) s^oke >riefly on the bill. He said it was well mown that the bill could not become aw. It was agreed, he said, that the orrowing of money for the governnent was solely legislative power, exept as the statutes conferred that K)wer on the executive branch. Unler these circumstances, the adoption ?f the Brown resolution would be a epeal of the only law allowing the xcutive to borrow money on bonds, n a sharp colloquy with Mr. Butler, Ir. Allison declared his opposition to lat money, and to the indirection by rhich the pending bill sought to take , step toward free silver coinage with>ut waiting for legislative action. "l believe tnat ine umiea oiaces snnot open its mints to the free coinge of silver without becoming a moLometallic nation ^ that it cannot take his step without an agreemeent with ither nations," said Mr. Allison, "and will continue to vote against the free oinage of silver at 16 to 1 by this ountry alone." Mr. Chandler deprecated the spirit nd manner of the author of the bill Butler), who had made threats and iad talked of revolution and bloodhed. Mr. Butler rose to disclaim such uterances. Mr. Chandler insisted, that the Sentor's language had conveyed indirect hreats and had tended to revolution nd bloodshed. Mr. Chandler held up newspaper, which he said was the Caucasian, publihed by Mr. Butler in forth Carolina, and which contained xtreme and violent attacks on Senarvwo TT ill owr) Qhovmon ortrl nfhoM k/A0 AX111 MUU k/UV.1 UiUfU UUM VVUV1H 71th whom Mr. Butler was in daily atercourse. As to bond issues, Mr. Chandler delared that the President and Secreary of the Treasury were men of terling personal integrity, standing as be representatives of the credit of the overnment. No charges of misap ropriation or embezzlement of the unds which had been rasied by the ale of bonds had been made. "I am thankful that two-thirds of be Senators on this side of the chamber," said Mr. Chandler, "will vote gainst this bill. And I ask Senators rho participated in the election of 'resident Cleveland and who are of be party of John G. Carlisle to join rith us in at least one patriotic vote o protect our honor and credit." It ?as strange, Mr. Chandler added, for lim to defend a Democratic President >ut he needed a defense at a time rhen two-thirds of the Senators of his wn party were ready to vote not to ustain him. Mr. Teller pointed out that the pendug bill had no connection with the ree coinagejof silver. He denied also he right of Mr. Chandler to speak or the Republican party in favoring continuance of bond issues. The American people, he believed, were lot in favor of increasing the public ebt in time of peace. Mr. Teller reerred contemptuously to those "selfatisfied Pharisees," who declaimed hat they were the only ones willing o protect the honor and credit of the ountry. The Senator declared tnat the silver [uestion, whose death and burial had >een predicted, was a most lively orpse. State after State had declared n convention for silver. The great )emocratic party was ready to incribe on its banner "free silver coinage." 'What the Republican party will do f.Mt. Tenuis T dn nnt. Irnnw." said Mr. teller," but I believe I know enough >f the sentiment of the West and of he plain people of the country to say hat the mrty that inscribes on its ianner 'the gold standard1 is doomed o defeat." Mr. Burrows of Michigan opposed he bill on the ground that it was a rirtual repeal of the resumption Act, ?hich Act sustained the paper money >f tne government. The enactment of his bill would bring about a raid on he Treasury with greenbacks, in an ticipation of a suspension cf specie PATI payment. If the exercise of the bond power had not been resorted to by the ' present administration, the doors of STA' the Treasury would have been closed. Mr Hil 1 moved to postpone the further consideration of the bill until De > ' cembernext. Defeated, yeas24, nays e 32. Th? This closed the way for the final Dlr vote, on which the bill was passed, yeas 32, nays 25, as follows: Seei Yeas: Republicans, Brown, Can- Co non, Dubois, Hansbrough, Mitchell of State Oregon, Pettigrew, Pritchard, Teller, met Warren and Woleott?10; Democrats, retar Bacon, Bate, Berry,'"""Stilton, Daniel, menj 1 George, Harris, Jones of At-kansfui. j;;lC4 Mills, Morgan, Pasco, Pugh, Tillman, was' Turpie, Vest, Walthall and White? and J 17: Populists, Allen, Butler, Jones it. ' of Nevada, Piffer and Stewart?5; on ti total, 32. t gove Nays: Republicans, Aldrich, Alii- I'hej son. Burrows, Chandler, Cullon, requ Davis, Gallinger, Hale. Hawlep, Unit Hodge, McBride, Nelson, Piatt, Quay, quir< Wetmore and Wilson?16; Democrats, man Brice, Cafferv, Faulkner, Hill, Lind- nom say, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Palmer, suit" SmifVi onH Viloo?Q- tntol 95 aoeao At 7 o'cock Mr. Hill moved to ad- and journ and, as the motion was carried, agafi Mr. Hill exclaimed: "And may God whei save the country." ad joi THE CROPS IN THE COTTON BELTS. Clfai sea f Weekly Report of the United States AgrI- ceedi dnnr cultural Dempurtnient. Th Washington, June 4.?The follow- bers ing are extracts from the agricultural ^eau department's weekly weather and ?ers crop bulletin: ~C0E Virginia?Richmond: Abundance of rain has prevented farm work gener- Ai. allj, but on the whole has been bene- *~11 ficial to crop growth and given a ?a good season to plant the last of the Be tobacco; grass and pasturage have improved, early truck rapidly^ matur- ^ ing; wheat heads filling well and corn growing fast. North Carolina?Raleigh: Showers over sections where drought prevailed last week beneficial, but insufficient amount; temperature above normal *a and crops made rapid growth. Cot- * ton, corn and tobacco excellent and corn beginning: to be laid by in the South; cutting wheat commenced. South Carolina?Columbia: Show- ~e ers poorly distributed, consequently absence of uniformity in crop condition; cotton ancl corn range from fair to excellent, with greater diversity ^ in cane, melons, rice and tobacco; peaches ripening, inferior qualitity; ~aJ crops generally well cultivated aod ^P1 i 1.-? Su IWO WtHJAS canici uiau uauai j n ugat and oat harvest general. Un Georgia?Atlanta: Drought broken Wi by good rains in north and central *? sections and showers ia ^outhern sec tion; all crops revived and greatly treasi benefitted; corn aodcotton well culti- that 1 vated, free of grass and growing nice- wa* ly; oats and fruit irreparably damag- road ed. PaidFlorida?Jacksonville : Temperature P?ns< generally above normal, and while ? rainfall was below the average, show- * ers have been more general and copi- state< ous, and reports indicate decided im- & provement in cotton and corn, save ^ over limited sections, where rains are the n still needed; crops free from grass. preps Alabama? Montgomery: General and beneficial showers, though sever- Tfo al reports of local damage to crops by adopl hail and washing rains; cotton healthy and making forms rapidly; corn Kii shooting; Irish potatoes backward; Gei melon vines taking on large crop of Coi fruit; cane excellent; peaches rotting. Mississippi?Vicksburg:j Generally favorable, although some complaint of Ch; drought and worms; good rain at close of week will greatly benefit all Bej crops; cotton blooming and some **a lousy; corn in roasting ear; minor crops injured by drought in localities. Cai Louisiana?New Orleans: Local kai showers south benefited crops locally, Chi but greater postions of State need rain Yo badl v: week hot, with much sunshine; On corn"laid by tassel in? freely; cotton blooms general, crop fruiting well, Dai some lice; cane good stands, sucker- Flc ing well; rice, early corn, pastures, Bai gardens and potatoes suffering for -Ail rain. Ed| Texas- Gal veston: Dry weather Sal has prevailed during the week, and a Le: general rain is badly needed for all Wi growing crops; corn is suffering from Co] effects of drought; harvesting is well On advanced. Ne Arkansas?Little Rock; Weather Lai favorable for growth and cultivation Un of cotton, which is in tine condition, Sp? healthy and strong, and forming well, Gta first blooms being reported; corn not Pic doing so well; rain needed over south Oct portion; wheat and oats improve and An harvesting commenced. Abl Tennessee?Nashville; Fine r Mei improved crop conditions, but gen^, come ally retarded cultivation, and crdigjj to ret are getting foul; corn fine, some laJR and p VkTT in -nracif ouitl'nn irVlAIW mall 1 Th( wrjr jlu t?wiw owvivu , www-, f. ?w?v nuii worked, looks thrifty; wheat harvest were begun; some complain of rust; tobac- to co nearly all set and thrifty; clover ousy cutting progressing. J ones land Hunting for a Fiend. tee to The following story of a fiendish assault is taken from Thursdays's issue Thi of the Lexington Dispatch: turne "We have been informed by a relia- a rep< ble and responsible person that a fiend- assess ish and brutal assault was made upon lowin the person of Mrs. Ben. Gunter, who gover resiaes at the "OlcTDave Kyzer place" Secre on the Augusta road near the place of al, al Mr. George D. Hayes, on Monday af- of edi ternoon about 2 o'clock by a strange tentia negro who had been seen by several State ! parties loafing about in the neighbor- ers, ii hood. Our informsnt states that Mrs. attorx Gunter, with her husband and two the pi other persons, had been at work in a tant g field some distance from the house, $50 et and, complaining of being sick, was or of told by her husband to go home and S. dis lie down. She started to do so, and ties ai on her way home, in passing an old tative log house, she saw a negro man sitting is to b beside it playing with a pistol. After as to 1 hailing her he caught herand a scullle mary ensued. Whether he accomplished "We his hellish purpose *s not known as cutiv< the lady is very reticent about the mat- oliicei t?r As soon as it had become known and si that the assault had been made the Mr. neighbors immediately organized and hall c started in pursuit of tne fiend, but up candi to the time our informant left, the Mr. search has been without success. If bealli caught, a necktie party will probably State follow, during which he will dance in Mr. the air at the end of a plow line to the the sp tune of whistling bullets. He is de- Eth'd scribed as being a black burly negro, chang about 51-2 feet high, heavily built, impoi thick lips, weighs about 165 pounds, pledg had on a white shirt but no coat nor to the vest, and a cigarette hat. The citizens the pi should be on the lookout for such a negro answering to the above descrip- Mr. tion and arrest him." that rIPAIGN AND PRIMARY, < rE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAKES ARRANGEMENTS. Schedule of the Campaign Meetings, I \AU7 PvlmoM V..l?o A TKo ect Vow Fop Senator?An AU-Nlght * . ? S lion. ? lumbia, S. C., June 6.?The s : Democratic executive committee t last night in the office of the sec- * v of state and made all arrange- s a for the coming State campaign. ( .chedule which has been arranged 1 caretuilv prepared in advance, 1 ittle or no changes were made in rhe committee then went to work ' ie preparation of the party rules * rning the primary elections. 1 r had to be changed to meet the iremcnts for a direct primary for t ed States senator. Tne oath re- * id was changed so as to make a ^ swear that he would "support the t inee9" instead of "abide the re- * 1 of the primary. The question,of a sments of candidates was raised very fully argued, a final protest ist the assessment being made f l tbe committee reached a final urnment at 1:15 o'clock this morn- i The committee had a fight over x leston affairs, and the city by the t ared better than usual. The pro- i ngs were conducted with open < 3. 1 e only absentees were the mem- < from the counties of Abbeville, j ifort, Georgetown, Greenville, i haw, Laurens, Newberry and tee. Those present were as fol- 1 ken?F. P. Woodward. 1 iderson?W. A. Neal. 1 ft H- i rkeiey?T. W. 8tandJaad. < arleston?P. H. Gadsden. s ester?T. J. Cunningham. i lesterfield?C. J. Redfearn. < irendon?D. J. Bradham. i llelon?A. E. Williams. < rlington? J. A. Parrott. , i gefield?W. H. Timmerman. ] irfield?W. J. Johnson. i Drence?J. W. Ivev. < .mpton?M. B. McSweeney. 1 irry?J. A. McDermotl. ncaster?J. C. Elliott. 1 xiogton?C. M. EELrd. i irion?J. D. Montgomery. * t irlboro?W. D. Evans. ] angeburg?0. R. Lowman. skens?T. C. Robinson. < jhland?Wilie Jones. < luda?R. B, Watson.' i irtanburg?B. B. Bishop. i mter?Sheppard Nash. fi ion?J. C. Otts. 1 illiamsburg?A. H. Williams, rk?J. S. Brice. i the outset Colonel Jones, the c urer of the comtnittee, reported i lie htid $1,300 in the treasury. It s thereupon decided that the rail- i fares of the members should be t Dr. Williams watited all ex- c is paid. Mr. Stanland said that I nmrnitfAA Viar? nnrron noi/1 T UUU 11V ? V?k WV1VAW pMlU ? are. Chairman Tompkins then 1 1 that the purpose ef the meeting t o arrange the campaign meetings, r dcSweeney offered a schedule of t meetings which he said had been t ired with great care. r here's the schedule. i1 e schedule of the meetings was c ;ed as follows: nning, Monday, June 22. -u agstree, Tuesday, June 23. 1: Drgetown, Wednesday, June 24. p away, Friday, June 25. rion, Saturday, June 27. a nek's Corner, Monday, June 29. s arleston, Tuesday, June 30. a ilterboro, Wednesday, July 1. lufort, Thursday. July 2. n mpton, Friday, July 3. S nter, Monday, July 13. 1 mden, Tuesday, July 14. J icaster, Wednesday, July 15. I ester, Friday, July 17. tl rkville. Saturday, July 18. ? esierfield, Tuesday, July 21. I inettsville, Wednesday^ July 22. ii rlington. Thursday, July 23. g >rence, Friday, July 24. u rnwell, Monday, July 27. o :en, Tuesday, July 28. a gefield, Wednesday, July 29. n uda, Saturday, August 1. li cington, Monday, August 3. e nnsboro, Tuesday, August 4. c Lumbia, Wednesday, August 5. f ingeburg, Thursday, August 6. berry, Friday, August 7. s! arena, Saturday, August 8. s ion, Monday, August 10. p irtanburg, Tuesday, August 11. o jenville, Wednesday, August 12. e kens, Tnursday, August 13. t< >nee, Friday, August 14. t] derson, Monday, August 17. s! beville, Wednesday, August 19. s; 3srs. Neal, Efird and Mr. Montry were appointed a committee nodel the rules for the campaign irimary. i assessments on the candidates discussed. There was a motion them as they had been in previears. After some discussion Col. i, Mr. Bradham and Mr. Standwere appointed on the commitprepare the assessments. ASSESSMENTS. s committee retired, but soon red to the hall. Col. Jones made ._i r .1 4Ua jn lur ilxv uuuiuiiticc aa tu tuo ments, which contained the folg provisions: U. S. senator, nor and congressman, $10CTeach; tary ol State, comptroller generttorney general, superintendent tcation, superintendent of neni- ti ,ry, superintenpent of asylum, treasurer, railroad commissionquor commissioner, U. S. district icy, U. S. Marshal, collector of si :>rt of Charleston, $75 each, adju- rr general, solicitors, btate chemist, tc tch, lieutenant governor, collectthe port of Beaufort, assistant U. si trict attorney, $25 each. Coun- ai re ass sesssed $5 fo r eac h represen A and $10 for senator. The money gi >e paid on filing pledges, except w those who do not enter the pri- 01 (those who hold office now.) b recommend that the State exe- e< 3 committee print tickets for all a rs, U- S- senators, congressmen c< olicitors and pay for them." Derham then moved to return if the assessments to the defeated e< dates. Adopted. tl Mayfield moved that no county n: owed to assess any candidate for e offices. Adopted. t? Elird then otfered the report of r< lecial committee on rules. Mr. si read it through, explaining ;the al jes from the old rules, the most si tant being the change of the cl u to support the party nominees a i oath given the participants in ol imary. c< A i'HARLESTON DIVERSION. 01 Maytield stated at this juncture there was a gentleman from fc ^. yv;yyg/. 'v Charleston, Mr. Alexander, whc wished to give the committee some in formation as to the mode of conduct ng primary elections in the city of Charleston, which information would >e valuable at this time. He moved hat Mr. Alexander be allowed to come jefore the committee. Mr. Gadsden, the member of the sommittee from Charleston rose and itated that he occupied the position of i member of the comittee. He was tent there by his people to represenl hem, and he thought that he and he ilone was entitled to the privilege ol ipeaking for them in that body. He )bjected to any outsider being heard ind moved to table Mr. Mayfield'i notion. Mr. Lowman expressed his views or he matter, and then Mr. Mayfield igain urged that Mr. Alexander be xeard. Mr. Otts made some remarks and hen Mr, Gadsden insisted on the vote >eing taken on his motion to table ? - *??c-i.li TU, flX. juayuem a Uiutiuu. mc vuw ncu akenand he won, only Messrs. May ield and Otts voting to bear Mr. Alex inder. THE NEW RULES. The new rules were then adopted as ollows: The following rules shall govern the nembership of the different subordilate Democratic clubs of this State, he qualification of voters at the pri nary elections held by the party, the ionduct of the primary elections to be ield on the last Tuesday (the 26th lay) of August, A. D. 1896, and the jecond primary held two wteks later, .f one be necessary: Rule 1. The qualification for memlership in any subordinate club of the Democratic party of this State, or for rating at a Democratic primary, shall 36 as follows, viz: The applicant for Membership, or voter, shall be21yeais jf age, or shall become so before the tucceeding general election, and be s ffhite Democrat, or a negro who vot ;d for General Hampton in 1876 and who has voted the Democratic tickei :ontinuously since. Provided, thai 10 white man shall be excluded front participation in the Democratic pri mary who shall take the pledge re juired by the rules of the Democratic party. The managers of each box at the primary election shall require everj roter in a Democratic nrimarv elec ion to take the following oath and iledge: "1 do solemly swear that I am dulj qualified to vote at this election ac :ording to the rules of the Democratic >arty, and that I have not voted be ore at this election, and pledge my lelf io support the nominees of the party." Rule 2. Every negro applying foi nembership in a Democratic club, 01 iffering to vote in a Democratic prinary election, must produce a written tatement of 10 reputable white men, rho shall swear that they know of heir own knowledge that the appliant, or voter, voted for General lampton in 1876 and has voted the )emocratic ticket continuously since. ?he said statement shall be placed in he ballot box by the managers and eturned with the poll list to the couiiy chairman. The managers of eleclon shall keep a separate list of the lames of all negro voters and return t, with the poll list, to the county hairman. No person shall be permitted to vote inless he nas been enrolled on a club ist at least five days before the said irimary election. The club lists shall be inspected by >nd certified to by the president and ecretary and turned over to the mangers to be used as the registry lists. Rule 3. Each county evecutive comaittee of the Democratic party in this Itate shall meet on or before the first londay in August of each election ear and shall appoint three managers or each primary election precinct in heir respective counties, who shall luiu I Lie primary cicunuu piuviucu or under the Democratic constitution a accordance with the acts of the eneral assembly of this State regulatng primary elections, the constitution >fthe Democratic party of this State nd the rules herein set forth. The tames of such managers may be pubished by the chairman of each county xecutive committee in one or more ounty papers at least two weeks beore the election. Rule 4. Each voter in said primary ball vote but two ballots, on which hall be printed or written, or partly Tinted and partly written, the name r names of the person or persons votd for by him for each of the offices a be filled, together with the name of lie office. The tickets to be voted ball be in the following form, with paces to suit the different counties: U. S. Senator. Governor. Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of State. Comptroller General. State Treasurer. Attorney General. Adjutant and Inspector General. State Superintendent of Education. Railroad Commissioners. For Congress District. For Solicitor Judicial Circuit. State Senator. House of Representatives. Sheriff. Judge of Probate. Clerk of the Court. County Supervisor. Coroner. County Superintendent of Educaon. Treasurer. Auditor. No vote for house of representatives ialll>e counted unless it contains as lanv names as the county is entitied > representatives. Rule 5. The managers of election iall open the polls at 8 o'clock a. m. ad shall close them at 4 o'clock p. m. .fter tabulating the result, the manaers shall certify the same and forard the ballot box, poll list and all ther papers relating to such election, y one of their number or by the ex;utive committeeman to the chairlan of the respective Democratic )unty executive committees within 3 hours after the clo3e of the polls. Rule G. The county Democratic ex;utive committee shall assemble at leir respective court houses on the tornine of the second day after the lection at or bofore 12 o'clock m., to bulate the returns and declare the ;sult of the primary, so far as the ime relates to members oi the gener[ assembly and county oilicers, and lall forward immediately to the tiairman of the State executive com uttee at Columbia, S. C., the result f the election in their respective junties for congressmen and solicitrs Rule 7. The protests and contests >r county ofBcers shall be filed with ) in five days after the election with the ' | . chairman of the county executive com- ,'v mittee, and said executive committee *1 ' shall hear and determine the same. vj [ The State executive committee ihall [ hear and decide protests and contests y.:? i as to United States senators, State officers, congressmen and solicitors, and i 10 days shall be allowed for filing the 1 Rule 8. Candidates for the general i assembly and for county officers shall, - -.y ; 10 days previous to the primary election, file with the chariman of the 'i J county executive committee & pledge, ? i in writing, to abide the result of tne [ primary and support the nominees / 3 thereof. Candidates for other offices shall file such pledge with the chairt man of the State Democratic execuI tive committee on or before the 23d of ) June, 1896. No vote for any candidate who has not complied with this iSk 1 rule shall be counted. i ) Rule 9. In the primary elections ' gjfl i herein provided for, a majority of the ~ 5 votes cast shall be necessary to nom- 3 - inate car didates. A second primary, when necessary, shall be held two ':|S weeks after the first, as is provided .1181 for under the Constitution of the par- ' J 5 ty, and shall be subject to the rules V$i % governing the first primary. At *u*d ' 'gm-M 5 second primary, the two highest can- J ' Ja . didates alone shall run for any one jwil office, but if there are two or more va- yM jl ! cancies for any particular office, then jjjffl , douDie tne numDer o: ca^^uaaies anau^gMj , run for the vacancies to be tilled. FovjijHgflfl instance, in a race for sheriff the two aWM J highest shall run. - ^9 Rule 10. In the event of a tie be- N '*jj tween two candidates in the second primary, the county chairman, if it is | a county office,- ana the State chairman, if it is a State office, for a United ;Vj| States dilator or for congress, or for solicitor, shall order a third primary. The question of a majority vote shall $|H be determined by the number of votes 1 cast for any particular office and not />}$ by the whole number of votes capt in I the primary. t Rule 11. Each county executive t committee shall furnish the managers i at each pi ecinct two ballot boxes, one , I for United States senator and State. . officers and the other for congressmen, |j|j > solicitors and county officers. Col. Neal moved that the chairman *>Js| i of the committee prepare an address yvjaj r to the committees calling on them . take such steps as would secure thefigfjafetaj 1 registration of every white man in thegBalSj State. Adopted. '..llSBi It was then decided that the ticketsB|3PH . for State officers and United Statesafttlflfi senator be an omnibus ticket. '\m8R The resolution previously adoptedaj^^a . as to the tickets was reconsidered, andjfit2gM a. i. j -j x- i i l. a? i n was aeciutm to leave to eacn countvlUgfffgj the matter of printing tickets forflgggg congressmen and solicitors. It was decided then to have twoK^ra boxes?one for the United States 9ena-Hpra| . tor and State officers. ^P8H Mr. J. D. Montgomery then raised a complaint again aboufassessing candidates, for congress. HjwEI He moved to put congressmen and M|jgH solicitors on the same footing as State H||sE officers as to assessments, but the matter was dropped after some debate. \ I. j|||H Then the committee got a list of the Kfjjgfa several county chairmen, and at 1 ;15 ffasg a. m. adjourned. ''\.l > Teller for President. sKhC Columbus, 0., June 3.?A conven- \IMgpq tion of silver men was held this afternoon in the T. M. C, A. auditorium , for the purpose of electing delegates ||| to the St. Louis silver convention next month. There were not over twenty V0gj delegates present Gen. A. J. Warner of Marietta gave a history of the ^ movement for the independent silver . nnnTrlmh'nTi and oo?r) fhat Hlinnff tllA . WUTVUMWU auu OtUVfc VUMV mmmn* past forty-eight hoars he had been in conference with Senators Jones of Nevada, Jones of Arkansas, Morgan 'qj of Alabama, and other Senators and ; <J? ; that all were agreed on the proposition that the issue must be fought out this year. It would be divulging no ['Wm secret, (Jen. Warner said, to state whom they looked upon as the com- y* ing candidate in the event of the Dem- ,}M ocrats failing to come out for free ailver. This man is Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado. Mr. Teller was ; y|2g satisfactory to all of the silver men whom he had talked. Delegates and alternates at large to tne St. Louis convention were selected. The slim attendance today was explained by .tj the fact of the strong probability that M the Democrats will declare for free coinage at the coming "State convention. Death of Dr. W. D. Kirkland. Columbia, S. C., June 2.?Presiding Elder Dickson received telegraphic information on Sunday of the death of Dr. William Davies Kirkland at Ashville. Dr. Kirkland was known not only in the Methodist Church, r but throughout the State, and especial- / ly in Columbia. Dr. Kirkland had been in ill health for some time. Dr. Kirkland was born in Orangeburg , :'-JS County, beiig a son of Rev. W. C. Kirkland, who was for twenty-seven years a member of the South Carolina conference. Dr. Kirkland, having graduated at Wofford, entered the South CarolinartJonference in 1870 and rapidly rose to a commanding position of influence in the ministry. For three years he was presiding elder; three years on the circuits and nine years on the station. For ten years he was editor of the Southern Christian Advocate, which was formerly published in this city. Two years ago he was elected editor of the Sunday school publications of the conference, which position he filled when death called him hence. He leaves a widow, one daughter and two sons .?Register. 1 Oregon For Silver. , Tuna 1 Oopine X UttlLAIlXJy ViO^VUj v uuv A* -w 0 to the exceedingly slow count it is very difficult to forecast the result of today's election, but returns up to this hour indicate that ex-Gov. Pennoyer will be elected mayor ol Portland. Congressman Ellis, Republican, the free silver candidate, leads Northrup, sound money, by about 5,000 in the Second Congressional district. In the First Congressional district, Vanderburg, free silver, Populist, holds a plurality of 500 over Tongue, Republican. Indications are that the^free silver candidates will triumph and that Senator Mitchell will succeed himself in the United States Senate. Carolina Hoys on Top. <1 T.,?a j?Thft PYflmina J V/UL.UJUD1.-1, Liuuc .? tiou of the cadets at West Point began Jon Monday. The graduating class is composed of 7.'5 members, of which number three are from South Carolina, who all stand high in general merit. The three Carolinians are W. S. Guignard, who stands eighth; Eugene P. Jervey, Jr., who ranks tenth and Johnson Hagood, Jr., son of exGovernor Hagood of Barnwell, is twentieth.?State. H