The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, September 09, 1896, Image 9
P Tlie Press and Banner.
K BY HUGH WILSON.
I ' AKItKVlMH, !*r^
I TILLMAN TAKES A HAND.
I HE WRITES A LETTER IN THE INTKRI
EST OF GOV. EVANS.
I Be Iu P?i*)UU(le<l to "Give an Fxpreexlon
I rf Ul? Opliilou 'of ilie Situation?Advlaetl
I All Krloiiueit* to Vote for the Governor.
I Columbia. fl. C, Sept. 3.-.The fol
[ lowing correspondence explaius ilself:
' Columbia, S. C'.,Sept. 1st, 1890.
Hon. B. R. Tilluaan. Trenton, S. C.I
Dear Sir?Recognizing- you as the
l originator and trusted leader of the
mni'PHipnt. in South Carolina.
and having full confidence in your
judgment and political foresight, we
respectfully ask an expression of opin- J
ion from .vou regarding the senatorial
race and the etftct its result may have
upon the future of the "Reform move
ment in this State and in the nation.
We know your reluctance to interfere
in this race and your determination to
avoid anything like dictation, as has
teen shown by your public utterances;
but we regard this as a strious crisis,
and, as in time past, your wise leadership
and advice have brought the Ite
form movemeut safely through grave
perils, we feel that you should now
take the belm and give an expression
to your felJow citizens of your opinion
of the situation.
M. B. McSweeney,
James Norton,
W. T. C. Bates,
J Gary Walts,
W. A. JNeal,
J. Wm. Stokes,
A. C. Latimer,
A. W. Jones, Abbeville, S. 0.
ft. P. Scarborough, Darliugton,S.C.
J. W. McCown, Florence. S O.
C. L. Winkler, Camden, S. C.
B. F. Hollev, Aiken, S. C.
W. W. Williams, Aiken, S. C.
W. II. Mauldin, Hampton, S. C.
A. F. H. Dukes, Orapgeburg. S C.
I. W. Bowman, Orangeburg, S. C.
W. W. Cassels, Chester, S. C.
G. D. Bellinger, Barnwell, S. C.
T. Y. Williams, Lancaster, S. C.
S. W. Scruggs, Greenville, S. (J.
J. M. Harrelson, Spartanburg, S. C.
E. J. Dennis, B-rkelev, S. C.
J. B. Morrison, Berkeley, S. C.
J. G. Long, Union, S. C.
W. A. Nicholson, Union, S. 0.
J. A. Sl'gb, Newberry, S. C.
Robert Aldricb, Birnwell, S C.
C. W. Garris, Smoak's, S. C.
A. H. Williams, Williamsburg Co.
Wilie Jones, Richland, S. C.
A Pannoit Ki 1 Q H
? X~X. UCUUCbb, upainoiivui^f M. v/?
J. D. M. Shaw, Laurens, S. C.
0. G. Thompson, Laurens, S. C.
H. L. Farley, Spartanburg, S. 0.
J no. B. Davis, Edgefield, S. 0.
? T. C. Robinson, Pickens. S. (J.
Josh W. Ashley, Anderson, S. C.
E. B. Stackhouse, Marion, S. C.
Trenton, S. C., Sept. 2, 1890.
To Messrs. M. B. MoSweeney, James
Norton, W. T. C. Bate?, J. Gary
Watts, W. A. Neal, J. A. Sligh, J.
D. M. Shaw, A. C. Latimer and
others.
Gentlemen: Your letter of this date
has just been received, and as its tenor
demands prompt answer, I reply at
once. 1 had intended to say and do
nothing in the senatorial race, but 1
recognize in you, my strong personal
and political friends, the right to call
upon me both for advice and work, if
need be. What I may say may serve
only to give an explanation of the
causes that have prdfiuced a threatened
disaster rather than avert it. You
ask me to "take the helm" when the
ship is already in the breakers. As a
true man I must do so. even thouch
at this late day J might well ask why
you have not called on me sooner. I
regard the election of Governor Evans
to the Senate now as a political neces
sity. I say this without the slightest
degree of disparagement to his oppo
nent. There is necessarily a difference
of opinion among our people as to the
fitness and qualifications of these two
gentlemen lor the hign office named.
But this is not a personal contest, and
Governor Evans' alleged sbortcomings
and Judge Earle's qualifications cannot
now enter as factors in the consideration
of the question by the true Reformers
01 the State. To these I ad
dress myself because I know too well
that nothing I can say will have any
weight with those who have fought
me with such intense bitterness in the
past and who now fight Evans as the
exponent of Relurui. The Reform
movement h<*d its origin ia the de
mand of the people, the common peo
pie, for recognition in governmental
atiairs. It swept the State and assumed
absolute control of aU its depart
ments. General Earle opposed it with
bitterness in 1890, but his manly acquiescence
in the result won the respect
and esteem of all his opponents,
so much so that he has since oeen
honored by an election to a judgeship.
He cannot therefore complain that the
Reformers are unforgiving. The question
is, has he earned tie United
Statessenatorship, and is he iu sympathy
with the men who are to give it to
him if he receives it?
Herein lies the essence of the whole
mQYt/1 tin liirnc-oir iiiviA on/l Qftoin
luaiivi y (tuu uv uiui^vii) IUIIU MIIU again
on the stump, has declared emphatically,
"I am not a Reformer," thus
making a subtle appeal to bis old supporters
by an avowal of still being one
of them and repudiating those who
had honored him.
When the campaign opened at Manning,
General Earle withdrew from
the race because he felt that he could
not hope to win against Governor
Evans alone, and only when he re
entered it at tha last nnnent, wheu
Le had been informed of Mr. Duncan's
entry and speech, indicating a tight
between Reformers by which he could
hope to prolit.
He did not enter the canvass active
ly until he had watched its course for
two weeks, and with subsequent events
UnH i V.d a ro familial* ^ntVu*a it tr?
fMVIIV HIV ? ?&**** ?? AW bv
say, that while Mr. Duncan hung on
like a sleuth hound and doubtless fully
expected to be elected, his role has
been that ofjthe cat who pulls chestnuts
out of the fire for others to eat, and he
has injured the Reform movement
more than any man who has ever
been in it. While he has had the satisfaction
of being patted on the back
by The News and Courier and The
State, as having "done the work,
while Earle got the votes," the spectacle
has been presented of the man who
was selected by the people to take my
place and assume leadership in the
State being attacked by slander; lirst
by the Anti newspapers and then have
him slandered repeated from every
stump by a Reformer who failed to
k
furnish any proof. While it is a well
known principle of logic that you can
not prove a negative, it has been demanded
of Governor Evans to prove
his innocence when there was no evi
deuce to prove him guilty. He has
committed the fatal blunder, coutrary
to my advice, of noticing Mr. Duncan
just enough to keep him as a factor in
the election. He failed to notice the
only charge that was really of any
moment, viz.: What he is said to have
said to Mixson.
Governor Evans entered upon the
/lutiac rkf )ii? nH[lp? nlptlorpfl in enfnrrfi
the dispensary law aud continued the
policy 1 had followed. He had a ditli- ,
cult role to perform and it was impossible
for h;m to give satisfaction. If
he had trid to placate the (tonserva- \
tives it would have angered the Re
formers, and yet his efforts to enforco
the dispensary law and the use of the
metropolitan police in Charleston en- j
raged opponents in all the cities and
towns, lie thus made enemies while j
he failed to retain the support of his
friends. Entering the race for the (
seriate as the logical candidate of the
Reform party, he alone lias been
fought by the opposition and in addition
the str uige specticJo has been
presented of two prominent and popular
State officers fighting him secretly
or openly while he has had 110 assistance
w hate ver.either from his present
colleagues or any of the local lead- <
ers. There has been no organization. ;
Every local candidate was either trad- j
ing him otl* to gain Conservative sup <
port, or keeping quiet so as not to 1
give otlence. lie lias oeen me oniy
standard bearer we have had as a party,
and therefore with his possible defeat
will go the defeat of the party.
When he entered the race, the administration
of the governor's oflice and ]
his services and abilities; as displayed <
in the Constitutional convention, left <
him without a rival, except the two <
appeared at the last moment, as I have
indicated. Now, what will be the (
moral ell'ect of his defeat? First, the
Reform movement will lose the prize
which is justly its own, the place in <
the United State senate for six years. ;
Tbis cannot be denied, because Gen- J
eral Earle has repudiated with scorn <
that he is a Reformer. Second, the ]
Reform party will lose prestige outside
of the State and will show that it can- ]
uot under its own rules and regulations
control the election of senator, j
Tnird, the Reform movement will be
disgraced in the eyes of the world, for ]
the man whom it has honored as gov- <
ernor will go down under the accusa- |
tion of personal and pollitical crimes, <
which while not proven, had yetcaus- <
ed his fellow citizens to declare him i
guilty by their votes. Those Reform- <
ers who from personal motives, either j
of securine political support for them- i
selves or from animosity to Governor i
Evans have voted aeainst him in the j
?4 ?""">?? miicl (IplprrniiiB and of
iirat pi iumi jt u<uo? ?
course they will determine, their own i
course of action. I will simply ask j
them one or two questions. If Gov- i
ernor Evans did not appear to be the
proper and best candidate and the
strongest candidate, why did they not j
put up some other good Reformer?
Second, if, under the rules of the ,
party, the race for the Senate could be .
had between General Earle and sever- j
al prominent Reformers whom I could
mention, could Earle be elected?
Third, if General Earle is not a Re- ,
former and cannot be expected to give j
recognition as senator to Reformers, ,
what are wo to gain by sending him ,
to the senate? ]
Fourth, if Reformers in office fight
each other and Reformers in the ranks
vote against their party, how much
longer will there he any Reform parly
left? 1 make the prediction that if
Governor Evans is defeated that it is
the beginning of the end, and the
three daily papers which have coddled
our people into the belief that this is a
great victory for Reform will sing a
different tune hereafter. "A. house
divided against itself cannot stand."
In conclusion, I feel constrained to
point out to those who may be disposed
to criticise me for writing this letter
that while 1 am trying to represent
all people of the Slate withoutregard
to party differences, tho war on
ine from that faction continues. Their
newspapers have never letup, and
while this is the case I can never hope
to win their good will. I would be
glad to see the present party lines de
ablUJCU UUU IUYU ^iYCU UT1UUUVU \/?
that in the Constitutional Convention ,
and otherwise, but I know I mustde- .
pend upon those who liave been my <
friends in the past, and my reason for ;
wiitiug as I hav5 is because I wish to j
point out that the disintegration of the
Reform movement is inevitable unless (
iuternecine strife and jealousies are (
thrown aside. B.R.TlLLMAN. *
Sell Your Cotton Slowly. '
We beg our farmers to read very I
particularly the following paragraphs
from Riordan & Co's last cotton letter
from New York. In these matters 1
Riordan & Co. are extremely reliable: '
The course of prices in the immediate
future will depend, not so much upon
speculation here or abroad, as upon 1
the action of the Southern holders of
cotton. We are lirin believers in a
small crop and in much higher prices
when the extent of the yield shall
have been annroximatelv ascertained. 1
But holders in the South who persist
in the policy of forcing their cotton 1
upon the unwilling market, need not (
be surprised if prices should go lower.
This, it seems to us, fs the season of all
seasons for the Southern farmer to
keep hiscottou oil' th* market as long
as possible. We think it will make
the ditrerence of at least a cent a pound
whether he sells his cotton in Septem* '
ber or in December. Many of the '
shrewdest and most conservative trad
ers here are predicting 10 cents a
pound for cotton before Christmas.
The bureau report on tbe 10th of September
is likely to enlighten the
world as to the real value of cotton.
FiihIoii in Indiana.
Indianapolis, Sept. 1.?The Deino
crats and l'opulisls of this State yesterday
agreed to unite on the electo
ral ticket. The committee of 1.'? appointed
at the recenL State convention 1
ol the Populists, and about 20 other
representatives of tbe party, met with
Chairman llolt of tne Democratic
State committee and several of the
Democratic nominees for State ollices,
and aftnr various nrooositions had
been made back and forth, it was
agreed that the electoral ticket shall
be divided between the two parties.
l\Iurd?r<?<l Kor Money.
Uniontown, Pa., Sept. 1.?Frank
Morris, aged 18 years, was hanged
here at 1:30 p. m. for the murder two
years ago of Bernard Lokei, a farmer
of Chestnut Ridge. The object was robbery.
Morris was a neighbor and believed
.Loker had money secreted
about his house. (
MR. DUNCAN'S REPLY, j
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RECAPITULATES HIS CHARGES a
AGAINST GOVERNOR EVANS. c
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Says He Will Prove Kvery Charge He Hun ^
Made Agalnxt the Governor Kefore the tl
t
Legislature If Given a Chance.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 4.?This o
seems to be a day of pronuncia men- P
' * - ' \T/vnr no i 1
loes 1U political L-IICirs. nun Mr.
Jobu T. Duncan in reply to Sen- a
ator Tillman, in which he reiterates y
all the charges made against Governor tl
Evans on the stump. The document
given the papers by Mr. Duncan reads
as follows: tl
"hands off!" r
None are so blind as those who will G
not see. But when those who know, b
and see, and have the proof before ^
them day by day, bide these things g
and attempt to mislead the people by
partisan appeals where must the con- n
demnation fall ? fi
With due respect to Senator Tillman,
I must say that his course in I
this matter is a mistaken one. e
He can't make wrong right; he can't P
make the guilty innocent, unless his ?<
pardon can blot out guilt.
Tillman says "the spectacle has a
been presented of the man who was h
selected by the people to lake my place y
and assume leadership in the State, being
slandered repeatedly from every e
stump by a Reformer who failed to v
e -1 Z. f l) (I
lurmsu auy pruui.
Pray, Senator Tillman, specify, if
Was it slander to show by the house n
Eicd senate journals that he voted a
against you and your friends and for
your enemies or opponents on the v
board of agriculture and that he vot- o
ed to postpone the acceptance of the f"
Dlemson bequest, a gift to the farmers
of more than $100,000? y
Is it slander to show the recent date c
rtf his partial conversion to Reform? b
Is it slander to show by the senate n
journal that after his partial conversion
to Reform, he led the fight against si
you while you were making desperate a
efforts to elect a Reform judge on the si
supreme bench? Yet at Spartanburg S
be admitted that he was paying off a i<
"personal obligation," while the peo- v
pie might be damned.
Was it slander to ask some questions a
about the bond deal ? (!
He told you, and you told me that bis
explanation was that he was only
smployed by Rhind after the debt was t<
Toundcd, to get his commissions. lie b
said something like this in his first tl
statement, but three days later, at o
Conway, he said he had been associat
2d with Rhind from the beginning. Is v
it slander to ask why this contradic- li
Lion? Then lie said he was to get
part of the commissions and he hoped t<
it would be $15,000 or more. d
Was it a slander to ask what was ^
the nature of his valuable service to p
raise his hopes to such a dazzling Og- li
ure? S
He had but a natural curiosity to ^
know if he traded with Rhind before ?
he commended him to you. Then [
was it slander to inquire of the 4na- ?
ture of the trade between them,"
which you yourself say you "did not ?
know?" 11
When I said that he (Evans) had recently
tried to persuade a party that '
the impressions or recollection of a c
former conversation concerning his 11
commission fee was erroneous, was it u
dander for Gantt to verify the occur
rence of such a conversion?
Is it slander to show that while you o
svere chairman of the State board of h
control, that local insurance was tak- E
in by local agents, and that now it is d
concentrated in the hands of Evans' u
brother at a higher stock valuation 1<
ind one-fourth of one per cent, higher c
ate than offered by Mr. Maxwell?
Was it slander to show that he usurp- o
id the auhority of the board of con- ?
,rol when he gave as an excuse /or fi
lot having more meetings "that he si
ind Tompkins and Norton had agreed
apon a policy and they had left him n
,o carry it out." Was it slander to a
>riug up the other two members of the a
joard and prove he lied? tl
Would it be slander to shov now ^
.hat a trick of insurance was resorted c
o, to anticipate the possible adverse ^
iction of the present or new board of f(
control 1 p
Will the dispensary books be suffi- e
cient to show that but a few days be
fore the new board took charge and b
3ov. Evans let go, the unexpired in- b
rnrance on the dispensaries of the v
State was cancelled, and all reissued t<
for 12 months? ]J
Was it slander to prove by Attorney ii
jJen. Barber that Evans lied when
speaking of the dispensary bill drawn s<
it the last session, ne savins there was y
no previous agreement as to any other d
proposed bill? ' y
Was it slander to detail his attempt
to enrich himself with rebates, and b
bis charge against you, in the presance
of an honest man who is ready to
verify the truth of it?
Evans knew the truth of my charge, q
and kept silent, and up to date has fi
Dot denied it. He may when 'tis too a
late to contradict him. n
I showeu sworn copies of his own ii
vouchers on tile in the comptroller- w
general's oflice, which were charges a
upon his contingent fund, which show- ?
ed that he had traveled more than seven
thousand miles at public expenses o
in nine months. All know this could e
not have been on legitimate public 1<
business. Let him account for this if n
he can; if nol, keepsilent. ti
I showed that in the passage of the V
last dispensary law he recommended tl
one thing and tried lo do another, tl
Senator Efird was given as witness in h
this case. t<
Now again, Senator Tillman, I shall v
make you a witness to Evans' verac- t<
ity. i said at Manning that you said
that you advised Evans to put the dispensary
in the hands of a sepa-ate
boaru, and be rid of the responsibility.
lie replied that you had done noth- n
ing of the kind, and you knew noth- 2
ing of it till he told you what he had *
>1/vma T MTirtA nv?/l onirl if T urraD miclalr..
uuuc x i i/ao auu oaiu At j. ??m-j vma <1
en I would correct it when you assur- '
ed me I was wrong. When I saw you,
you assured me you had given him s<
that advice during the constitutional ?
convention. Thus you contradicted '
him. Again, why have you and he ?
so vehemently and recently "dammed ?
if vnii didn't, "and "dammed if I did" ?
one another as to the time and place .
of receiving your letter of advice as ,
to taking no notice of damning charges
against Evans?
Senator Tillman, I have, from a
sense of duty to my State, been impelled
to show up some very damning C
facts to the discredit of this young C
man, and reluctautly I reply to in jus- h
tice at your hands, and now, with noi v
a particle of passion or prejudice A
against you in this awkward predica- e
ment, 1 challenge you to prove against 1
:
ae the giving voice to one single falseood
or slander. Let me suggest that
he truth may be gotten at by calling
halt just here. Let the governor
all an extra session of the general
ssembly to investigate these matters
nd I will prove every charge in de
iil and more than has yet been menioned.
"Let justice be done, though
he heavens fall."
I have acted in collusion with no
ne, but with the hone of saving my
arty from wreck and my State from
isgrace. You can not recommend to
Christian people this protege of
ours as worthv, in a moral way, of
heir respect. You know him too well
or that.
lie (Evans) seems to have forgotten
bat at Cokesbury, his old home, he
eceived not one vote, and that Edgeeld,
the homo of his manhood, went
ack upon him, and in order to carry
liken for him, a Conservative and
oldbug senator was chosen.
1 Ie should not cite Newberry against
ie, when he knows your (Tillman's)
w/\ on/1 lifwi /1i/1 t haf
i&Tilt letter its uic auM mui um ?<4m?
Again, Senator, you may remember
said you would have lo write anothr
letter to save him. It seems 1 prohesied
aright, as to another letter, at
aast, but I doubt if ^ou save him.
If you do, take him to Washington
nd exhibit him as a piece of your
andiwork whereiu you failed, for
ou are capable of better things,
lie would remind me of the drunkn
deacou who was delighted to meet
fitli his minister and, reeling, said:
'I'm one of your convers." The min"nnlioil
"Von lrinlr lilrfl snmft of
iy work. I don't think the Lord had
nything to do with you."
Now, Senator, time only can prove
rho has builded wisely, whether you
r I, just now, are doing the best work
or the Reform party.
Let me assure you that I am with
ou on every Reform principle, but
annot become particeps criminis by
elping to hide the rascality of any
lan.
I am a friend of the dispensary and
ball fight for its preservation, but
gainst its perversion. Evans has
truck a more deadly blow than The
tate, The News and Courier and all
& enemies combined, yet it will surive.
I shall stand by Clemson College
nd that glory of our State and your
SenatorTillman's) greatest monument
-the woman's college.
I am ready to enumerate and show
3 the world the things accomplished
y the Reform party, and yet another
hing we shall yet boast of?the defeat
f Evans, the slanderer, who is now
n his knees begging pardon of men
rhose shoes he is not worthy to unitch.
Senator Tillman, we are yet willing
- -i u r U..? ...? U
J UU lli UCU lur yuu, UUb wc tauuub uv
riven to support this unworthy man.
!ou caunot deny tint this man h8S
eddied more abuse, slander and vile
iction and done more to disgrace the
Itate than any man since the days of
colt and Moses. Did you ever hear
f any man apologizing to him? No.
t is ever he apologizing to some man
ie has wronged.
"IXTa non co\ra 4lia norltr q or i*aqf iIaaI
to vau un v w m>u wj m ? ??<>
asier than you can save hvans and
lie party.
Let me say that I bear malice towards
none and trust that the politial
atmosphere may be purified by
his thunderstorm ot startling exposres.
J. T. Duncan.
Mew.h1 I to Bryan.
Chicago, Sept. 3.?Chairman Jones
f the Democratic national committee
as made public a letter to Wm. J.
tryan from ArthurSewall, apparently
ated July 25, at which time the Poplist
convention was in session. The
5tter? which is exciting a great deal of
omment, reads as follows:
"My Dear Mr. Bryan: In view
f the action of the St. Louis
onvention today I cannot refrain
rom giving you my thoughts on the
ituation.
4 "My advices are that you have been
ominated as candidate for President
nd Mr. Watson for Vice-President. I
lso learn through press dispatches
aat you are somewhat undecided
whether you ought to accept or deline.
Now, I desire to say to you
rith the utmost frankness and good
jeling, that you must not allow aay
ersonai consiuerauon lor me iuiuiiunee
you in your action.
"I desire you will do just what you
elieve is best for the success of the
ead of our ticket. The principles
re are lighting for are so paramount
3 any personal considerations that the
itter should not have any weight or
atluence whatever with your action.
"I cannot for a moment allow mysif
to be a factor in any action on
our part that would in the slightest
egree hazard an electoral vote for
ou.
' With kind regards to Mrs. Bryan,
elieve me, your sincere friend,
"Arthur Skwai.l "
"Bath, Me., July 25, 1896."
The Democratic managers at headuarters
insisted that the letter had no
urther significance than that Mr. Bryn
would consent to receive a formal
otification from the Populist party
1 the near future and the publication
ras to forestall all rumors as to the
ttitudeof Mr. Sewall to ward off a
eremony.
Accompanying the letter is an uullicial
statement to the etl'ect that sevral
days ago Chairman Jones wrote a
jtter to Mr. Bewail stating to him that
lany Democrats throughout the counry,
and especially throughout the
Vest, were objecting to fusion with
tie Populists on electoral tickets for
tie reason that they did not wish to
e disloyal to Mr. Sewall. In reply
) Chairman Jones Mr. Sewall forwarded
the foregoing copy of the let-1
;r written to Mr. Bryan.
The Decision of Judc* Simon ton.
CnARLLSTON, S. C., Aug. 31.? Judge
imonton, of the United States circuit
ourt, to day filed his decision in the
ow famous railroad cut rale case,
'he suit, it will be remembered, was
n action for injunction brought by
tie Port ltoval and Augusta Railway
gainst the Southern States Fright asX'iation
to restrain the latter from
utting into operation the 80 per cent
eduction in freight rates it had delared
to meet the Seaboard Air Line's
eduction. The hearing took place at
Ireenville, S. C., some two weeks ago.
n his decision today Judge Simonton
issolves the temporary injunction and
ismisses the bill. Each side is to pay
s own costs.
Five Women Iturntxl to Dentil.
Vanclkck, Ont., Sept. li. -The
Jominercial Hotel, owned by George
Jonstantinau, was partially destroyed
y (ire last night, and live persons
/ere burned to death. They were
lwy Louise Vandeau, Charity Villneuve,
Josephine Deschamps, Mrs.
Finn and Miss K. McLeod.
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THE COLD MEN MEET.
THEY PUT UP A TICKET TO CATCH
DEMOCRATIC VOTES.
V.AU|.lA.tt rUuolaiiil a .wl II I M A.lmlnUfra.
tlou Endorsed la Glowing: Terms?Favors
Tarlfl'for Revenue Only, Currency Reform
and Kcouomy In Public KxpeudltiireN.
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 3.?John
M. Palmer of Illinois and Simou Bolivar
Buckner of Kentucky, were nominated
today by the Bolting Democratic
Convention for President and Vice
President on a brief butemphatic platform
which repudiates the doctrines
enunciated by the late Democratic convention;
endorses President Cleveland
and his administration in glowing
terms; declares for the gold standard,
tariff for revenue only, liberal ship
ping laws, currency reform, civil service
and economy in public expenditures.
The spirit that animated the
convention was contained in this declaration
of the platform: "The Democratic
party hassurvived many defeats
but could not survive a victory won
in behalf of the doctrine and policy
proclaimed in its name at Chicago."
And so, in Ihe language of Mr. Hammond
of Georgia, this convention
placed in the hands of other nominees
their banner and bade them tling it
forth "skyward and seaward, high and
wide."
The real work of the convention was
soon transacted when it was reached,
but the delay in reporting the platform
gave opportunity for a series of eloquent
and stirring speeches. The attendance
was larger than yesterday
onflineioorm utqo crt?AQ_f
atiu mc cuvuuoianiu tt mm w--.
W. C. P. Breckinridge, made notorious
by his trial and conviction of the
seduction of an innocent school girl
under promise of marriage, DewittC.
Warner of New York, H. A. Hammond
of Georgia, F. W. Lehman of
Missouri, W. D. Bynum of Indiana
and Controller of the Currency Eckels
of Illinois were in turn called to the
stage and stirred the enthusiasm to a
high pitch. When the platfom was at
last brought in shortly before 2 o'clock,
after the convention had been in session
three hours, it was read amid an
almost continuous storm of applause
and was adopted unanimously without
a word of debate.
When the nominations for President
were called for it was apparent that
Palmer would be nominated over his
protest as the opposition to Bragg has
concentrated upon him. These two
names were the only ones presented to
the convention. It was known that a
message from President Cleveland had
reached the convention that he could
not entertain for a moment the suggestion
of his nomination and his decision
was at once accepted as final. Before
the States were called for nominations
Uenry Watterson was taken out of
the lists by Mr. Carroll of Louisville,
who, from the platform, conveyed to
the convention a message from the
Kentucky editor in his retreat in the
mountains of Switzerland. Mr. Watterson,
Mr. Carroll said, three days
after the Chicago convention had
cabled that other candidates must be
named or the Democracy was lost.
Later he had said he did not want the
honor, but that if no one else could be
found to take command he would not
ask others to go where he would not
lead. Now that others were ready to
accept he preferred to do battle in the
ranks.
Some of the nominating speeches
were eloquent and full of fire, L. L.
Kilbourne of Michigan placed Senator
Palmer in nomination and there was
a series of seconding speeches. Burr
W. Jones of Wisconsin named General
Bragg "the hero of fifty battles
and the commander of the iorn brigade."
Illinois waited until all the
other States had been called. Then
Judge Moran of Chicago took the
stage and said they had recognized
from the first that Senator Palmer was
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ttie man 10 leau me ugui. ne was, ue
said, a platform in himself. All his
life he had /ought fiatism, greenbackism,
free silver and other vagaries.
But he had sealed their lips. After
seeing the temper of the convention,
however, he said Illinois was compelled
to join hands with her sister
States in urging his nomination.
The roll call immediately developed
an overwhelming majority in favor of
Senator Palmer, but it proceeded to
the end. Palmer received 757^ votes
and Bragg 12l?. At its conculsion,
the commander of the iron brigade,
mounted a chair and in a brief but
graceful speech moved that the nomination
be made unanimous and pledged
that he and Wisconsin in the coming
battle would be "where brave soldiers
should always be?nearest the flashing
of the guns." He was given three
hearty cheers and General Palmer
was declared the nominee amid an
enthusiastic aemonsirauoa uuriug
which the State guidons were carried
about the hall in the wake of the
standard of Illinois.
There never was any doubt about
General Buckner's nomination for
Vice Presiden, except while the nomination
was being talked of for Senator
Palmer for President. When
Chairman Callery instructed the Secretary
to call the States for nomination
for Vice President the latter called
but one State, "Kentucky," and
the bandslruck up "My Old Kentucky
Home." Wm. F. Brodder of Russellville,
Ky., placed General Buckner's
name formally in nomination was
fnH.li with made unanimous.
After the convention had ad.jurned
Senator Talnier succumbed. He said
he would accept. He had never yet
failed to respond to tbecaLI of duty, he
said, and he could not do so now with
such a cause at stake.
The Alabama delegation with its
band escorted the New York delegation
to the station to-night. Governor
Flo?er made two speeches to the
crowd, one before starting and one at
the station, in which he commended
the enthusiasm shown by the people
for the ticket nominated to day.
Governor Jones of Alabama responded
in a pleasant vein and the
crowd cheered both speakers heartily.
The Alabama delegation and its band
returned to the Denison and serenaded
Generals Palmer and Buckuer, both
of whom made brief speeches, thanking
the bund for its attention and the
people for their interest in them. A
little later the Indiana gold Democrats
with a band appeared at the Denison
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aau gave me cimumnica auumn ocionade.
General Palmer responded
with a humorous speech saying he
came down here to have a jolly
good t'.rne and talk over old army
days with the lloosiers and while he
was talking the convention nominated
him for President. While he did
not not expect to be elected he felt that i
1 *? on/1 aim* ?r mon in i i
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thought he was the proper man for
President of the United States and he
would continue to think so. He told
one or two humorous stories and was I
loudly cheered.
General Buckner was then called for
and made a more serious address. He
said that the convention to day had !
broken down the partisan walls which
had separated the country and bad decided
that men in any part of the
country could hear the standard of
of Democracy. The candidates of this
convention would not go as Bryan ,
does, into an enemy's country, but ,
would go into a united country of pa- .
Iriotic people. Wherever floats the
flag of the Union there was the home *
of Democracy. lie expected to do his
duty by his country and, old as he j
was, ijk wouju snirK no responsibility.
WHY TILLMAN CHALLENGED. <
What Ex-Prealdent Harrison Said In Referring
to Him.
Washington, Aug. 23.--The Democratic
congressional committee furnished
the Southern Associated Press
with the following telegram today addressed
to ex-President Harrison:
"Hon Benjamin Harrison, New
York Citv. N. Y.
"I have just spent a week in Pennsylvania
speaking to many thousands.
Your speech in New York last night
attacks me specifically, and I would
be pleased to meet you in joint debate
before a northern audience, preferably
at Indianapolis. "B. R, Tillman. '
The Columbia State says consider-1.1
L A. i_ 1 l.l iL.
aoie mieresi is ueiog uikou in me upeu
challenge of ex-President Harrison by
Senator Tillman to meet him in joint
debate. Tillman said he suggested
that the debate take place at Harrison's
home purposely. At the same time
he has no idea that the challenge will
be accepted, notwithstanding the fact
that Harrison has dignified him by
specially referring to his name in his
New York speech. Thus, Tillman
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says, ne caauui atxy iuai uo rau rei uso
to debate with him. There were two
passages in Harrison's speech upon
which the challenge was bassed. One
reads thus:
"They denounce in their platform
interference by Federal authorities in
local affairs as a violation of the Constitution
of the United States and as a
crime against free institutions. Mr.
Tillman in his speech approved this
declaration. It was intended to be
words a direct condemnation of Mr.
Cleveland as President of the United
States for using the power of the executive
to brush out of the way every
obstacle to the free passage of the mail
trains of the United States and the inter-St*te
commerce. And, my friends,
whenever the people approve the
choice of a President who believes he
must ask Gov. Altgeld or any other
governor of any other State permission
to enforce the laws of the United
States we have surrendered the victory
the boys won in 18GL." (Great applause
)
The other reads this way:
"One of the kindest and most discriminating
critics who ever wrote
with a foreign pen about American
affairs, Mr. Bryce, in his American
Common wealth,'pointed out this danger
that the Constitution did not fix
the number of the supreme court
judges, and it was possible for a reckless
congress and a reckless executive
to subordinate and practically destroy
the supreme court by the process I
have just described, and the Englishman,
atter speaking of this, says:
"What prevents such assaults, on
the fundamental law? Nothing but
the fee.r of the people, whose broad,
good sense and attachment to the
principles of the Constitution may be
generally relied on to condemn such a
perversion of its powers.'
Our English friend did not misjudge,
I think, the sound good sense
of the American people when an issue
like this is to be presented. Whatever
the question is, whether Mr. Bryan's
view or Mr. Tillman's view of the Con??i
SlllUUUlittl l^ucauuu OLlCkLX yiOTAU V/i
that of the august tribunal appointed
by the Constitution to settle it, the
c lurts are the^ defense of the weak.
The rich and powerful have other resources,
but the poor have not. The
high minded, independent judiciary
that will hold to the line on questions
between wealth and labor, between
the rich and the poor, is the defence and
security of the defenceless."
Good for the Tax payers.
Columbia, Sept. 3.?The State Board
of Control met last night in regular
monthly session. One of the matters
in which the public has been interested
was the investigation into the conduct
of Dispenser Stevenson on occasion
of the campaign meeting at
Winnsboro. The County Board of
Control made a report and it wasgiv- (
en out last night that the board had
exonerated ihe Dispenser from the
"charges" made against him. The report
of the county board was not
made public, but it was accepted by
the State Board. A matter in whicli i
all taxpayers are most interested, how
ever, was the determination of the :
board to pay into toe State Treasury ,
$100,000 from the accrued net profits i
of the business. This sum will be paid j
in four monthly installments, the first <
payment to be made on October 1. i
That the board is able to pay this
much towards the reduction of taxej
will not only be welcomed by the peo- i
pie at large, but is an evidence of the
good business principles on which the I
dispensary is being conducted under
the present regime, bo far tbe dispensary
has paid directly into the
treasury $50,000 borrowed to start on, i
$n0,000 towards the payment of the*
expenses of the constitutional conven- <
tion, which is to be followed by this
payment of $100,000.
Earthquake In Japan.
Yokohoma, Sept. 2.?Much alarm is
felt over a report here of a great earth- ,
quake which occurred in the North- J
east provices in the main island of (
Japan on Monday evening. The
town of ltokugo has been entirely de- ,
stroyed and several other towns se- i
verely damaged. Many persons are ,
reported to have been killed by the j
earthquake and a still larger number ,
injured, while a multitude have suf j
fered severe losses by damage to
properly. The provinces visited by
the earthquake are the same as those
I i? 11? .1,1
uevusiaieu uy tuo lornuio cauu^uano j
and tidal wave of June 15 last wlien a <
large number of towns were wiped i
out and the estimated loss of life was i
;iO,0()0. The Provinces of liekuzen 1
and ltikuchu, along the coast from (
the Island of ivinkasan, Northward, <
were the principal sufferers then, i
The recollection of the havoc to human i
life wrought by that convulsion caus- i
es grave anxiety as to what further 1
reports may show of the results of 1
Monday's earthquake. On the same J
day a typhoon caused ox tensive dam- i
age in Southern Japan. '
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TURNING TO BRYAN. |
MANY REPUBLICANS LEAVE THEIR
PARTY TO SUPPORT HIM.
Straws Showing the W?y the Political
Wind Is Blowing?Democratic Clnbe Be
Ing Organized In All Sections of thi Coon*
try.
Washington, Aug. 30.?As straws
which indicate the direction of the po- 3
litical wind, here are a handful of ex
tracts from letters received at Democratic
headquarters here to-day:
M. B. Holland, secretary of the Bryan
Free Silver Club, of Nebraska,
says:
"We have a Bryan free silver club
organized here with a membership of
170, and still growing. Seventeen
Republicans are among the number."
J. W. Bovgess, president of the
Br van Free Silver Club, of Pax. Mo..
says that his club numbers at present
10G members, three-fourths of them
being Republicans. Pax is a mining
town.
From Ilorton, Kan., W. I. Short,
secretarry of the W. J. Brayn Free '-f
Silver Club, writes:
"We have a club here of 460 mem- ' '?
bers 180 of them Republicans, and we
are growing daily. We are organizing
free silver clubs in every precinct." . |j&
G. II. Morgan, of Frederick, Md., '.'-M
m making application for the Bryan . yM
and Sewall Free Silver UluD in toe
national association, says:
"Our club is composed mostly ofT-^
the working and farming element ; (a
among them several Republican*, and jM
it would take a Gat ling gun to turn ja
them."
Edward M. Johnson, secretary
the Bryan and Sewall Club, of Ellvm
town, Md., writes: 4*58
"There is a strong and growing sil^M|
ver sentiment here, which we wish to W
promote."
T. B. McJenkin, president of the ."3
Bimetalic League, of Butler. Pa , savs:
"We have a silver league here, with
700 members, one-fifth of whom were vs*3
former Republicans."
M.L. Lockwood, president of the
free silver club, of Zelienopee, Pa., ,;|
writes: .
4'If there is any such uprising in the ,
Eartern part of this State as there is . ^
here we will sweep the State."
Alpheus A. Fuller, of Arlington, if
W. Va., writes:
"I called a meeting to see if we
could not organize a Bryan and SewaH
Club out here. Before I could get ifc
the house that night the crowa was
calling for a speech. I took a vote to .
see how many would support Bryan - ^
and Sewall and the silver cause. Not- 3
withstanding the crowd was made up ";-fj
of about one-half of men who have -2B
been voting the Republican ticket ?
heretofore, only one man in the crowd
would not vote for Bryan."
CharlesE. Chappealear, Mayor of
New Lexington, Ohio, ana secretary M
of the Bryan Free Silver Club writes:
"We have just organized a free ail- 3?
ver club, with a membership of nearly ^
300, 20 per cent being former Republicans.
There are scores of other Re- ' ?>?
publicans who are on the fence and .^9
need but little to help them over on ^
our nifta Within the next ten days ^
ther* will be a free silver club in eV- .
ery voting precinct in this (Perry)
county. Although Republican by 660 ;
majority last year, we will carry it by
500 /or Bryan and Sewall and Fink,
our candidate for Congress.
A. R. Alman, of the Bryan Silver vtg
Club of Salem, 111., writes:
"Our club numbers about 600 mem- >1
bers. seventy of whom were former
Republican's, and we will increase
that number largely*"
Secretary Charle> S. Dix, of the
Bryan Free Silver Club, of Prospects, 'M
Ohio, writes:
"The Democrats and free silver
Republicans of tliis city have organized
a Bryan club of over 200, and it is ?
still growing. Of this number twenty
or more havealways been Republicans.
The Republicans nave been having a . *
miuoritv of ei/hteen to twenty in this i
township, but we expect to* make it
from seventy-five to a hundred Demo- 'i
cratic. Can ass are you that we will
carry the township."
J. H. Grier, secretary of the Silver
League, of Aurora Mo., and also seeretary
of that city's board of trade:
' 'The situation here is this: We are M
a lead and zinc mining camp, and in a
Republican Congressional district, the '
Fifteenth. We have about 100 Re-M
publican voters out of a total vote of
900 who are dissatisfied and have advocated
silver for some time, but the j
Republican managers are after them, 1''
trying to whip them in line. I under- ;|8'
stand the situation, having been a vot- ? j
er for twenty years, but this will be^H
my ilrst.
The Citadel Academy.
The Board of Visitors of the Citadel
Academy met at the Hotel Jerome in
Columbia last week. Col. Asbury;
Coward, superintendent, was present sg
as were the following members: Gen. ' l||
Johnson Hagood, Col. John P. Thom- j^H
as, Gen. Watts, Gen. E. J. Dennis
and Gen. Edward Anderson. The board
devoted a large portion of their time to rj
the consideration of 110 applicants for '0m
beneficiary cadetship in the Citadel
winotn.ei* itta*a and ordered
tl J UUUJ Tt V?w Mvvwr??M
to appear before county boards of their
respective counties for examination.
Superintendent of Education Mayfield
will appoint the time for these examinations
this month- There are twenthree
beneficiary vacancies distributed
as follows: Abbeville 3, Barnwell
2, Berkeley 2} Charleston 1, Clarendon
1, Colleton 1, Darlington, Edgefield
1, Kershaw 1, Lancaster 1, Marlboro
1, Marion 1, Orangeburg 1,
Richland 1, Saluda 1, Spartanburg
1, Sumter 2, Union 1.
The board met again last night and
"t-lioii Vi 1 nrro thft Almtioil of a
UkUUi nu<ugu -1 1- w-??_
successor to Prof. Reese of the chair
of chemistry came up. Professors
Bond and Coleman, who have been
assistant professors, were promoted
and Mr. F. L. Parker, Jr., of Charleston
was elected an assistant professor,
it being the intention of the board to
rearrange all the professorships before
the opening of the session.
Hoke Smith Retire*.
Washington, Sept. 3.?Secretary
Hoke Smith closed his administration
)f the atfairs of the Interior Departnent
today and retired from the Cabnet.
The last papers in the routine
business of the department were signid
and his active work closed yesterlay
afternoon. Today the Secretary
tvas at the department, dui ne aovotea
ilmost his entire time to callers and
.0 taking leave of his asssociates and of 1
.he employees in the department. When J
<]x-Governor Francis will arrive from 1
Missouri and take the oath of office is I
lot yet definitely known, thotigh it I
-:;i be before the end of the week. I