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VOL. XXIV- LEXINGTON, S. G., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1894. NO. 4G.
AN ALL NIGHT CAUCUS.
BUT .IT REFUSED TO NOMINATE A
STATE TICKET.
The Proceeding:* ot the Antl-Tillmeiulte
State Convention Which Was Held In
Columbia Last "Week?The Hotheads
Disappointed ?
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 2(3.?The convention
vailed to consider the propriety
of nominating a ticket to be run in the
general election against the regular Demrinratio
ticket assembled in this city
yesterday and remained in session until
after four o'clock this morniig,
when it adjourned without working a
nomination. The delegates to the convention
had begun to arrive the evening
before. The morning trains brought
in a good crowd, and the midday and
afternoon trains did the rest. Nearly
every man who was here last Monday a
week ago was here again, and a good
many others from various counties
were here also. The delegates freely
discussed during the day the advisability
of nominating a full State ticket,
and heard all the arguments on both
sides. A canvass o? the delegates
showed that, while there;was strong opposition
to the making of nominations,
there was in the afternoon an uedoubt
ea majority in xavor 01 maKiug mcui.
But there seemed to be no certainty
a3 to what tbe convention was going
to do. The executive committee met
at 11:30 o'clock at tbe Hotel Jerome.
Tbe plan of holding a caucus of the
chairmen of the various delegations
and the members of the Stats committee
only, was abandoned, it being
thought best that the entire matter
should be fully discussed first in a general
caucus. The following resolutions
were therefore adopted by the committee:
liesolved, That the call for a caucus of
the chairmen of each delegation and
the Executive Committee at 5 o'clock
p. m., is hereby rescinded and instead
thereof that it is hereby resolved that a
caucus of the entire delegations, duly
elected or appointed from each of the
counties ot the State be pregent at a
caucus to be called to ordei at 5 p. m.,
and not until the ?djourp&e?t of the
said caucus will the* convention convene.
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fhaf fhofe hp ahsnlntelv no
exceptions made, as to the admission
into "the hall of the House of Representatives,
and that only the delegates
duly elected or appointed be admitted
to said caucus.
Resolved, that delegates are requested
to present themselves in a body from
each of their respective counties and
that a list of each delegation be handed
to the secretary of the Democratic Executive
committee so that he can 1 urnish
it in ample time to the doorkeeper.
Be it further resolved, that we earnestly
request citizens who are Interested
in the result of this caucus and convention,
that they be patient and await
the action of the caucus, which is
necessary to precide the opening of the
convention.
The delegates all went to the hail of
the House of Representatives at 5
o'clock and the caucus began. The
above resolutions had been posted on
the various bulletin boards in the city
and had been published, consequently
there was not such turmoil about the
doors as was witnessed at the previous
convention. The caucus at once took
up the question of making nominations
and arguments began ou both sides.
Every possible phase of the situation
and the possible future results was
fuiiy and exhaustively presented, and
there was a full, tree and untrammelled
exchange of views from all parties. At
7 o'clock a recess was taken for supper.
At 8 o'clock tne caucus was resumed.
There was no indication of a vote being
reached until the midnight hour, it
theD. All outsider?, consequently decided
to try the waitiDg poncy. It was
of grave import, and the result of the
deliberations of tbe caucus was awaited
with the deepest interest by many
of both political factions and ail other
parties. AllKnew that the Irby committee
was htre waiting to take immediate
action with regard to anjtaiog
the convention might do.
A SECRET SOCIETY.
The caucus was practically a secret
society. Waiter Caper?, Douglass Sym
mers and Mr. Koon wtre siadontd at
the main door leading to the hail of the
House or .Representatives as doorkeepers.
They nad the names of the delegates
from each county, and beiore a
man was admitted the doorkeepers had
to be satisfied that be was the right person.
Two policemen were stationed at
the outside of tne door. Eren the
newspaper reporters ia sympathy with
the objects of the movement were excluded.
When Coairman Carwile called
the caucus to order about 5.3C o'clock
there were numerous vacant chairs.
Chesterfield, Sumter and Kershaw
counties had no representatives, and
the cards marking the seats for these
counties stood as the only representatives,
Many of Hampton's chairs were
vacant and the same was the case as to
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there were more than 225 men in the
hall.
The caucus remained in session for
an hour and. a hair and adjourned until
8.30 o'clock when 4t resumed its secrtt
work, some of the members stating
that it would be hours before the caucus
would be reaey to go into convention.
About 0 o'clock it was given out
that the caucus would discuss the question
of nominations for three Lours
and then go into convention. The
early hours of the caucus were spent in
listening to reports on the outiook in
the various counties. As a general
rule the reports were rosy. These reports
came from members of the executive
committee in favor of nominations
and wno were Butler men.
Shortly after 10 o'clock a liegister reporter
was informed on what he knows
to be excellent authority that the outlook
at that hour was against nominations
by a majority of eight to ten.
The gentleman who informed the reporter
stated that all the preliminary
motions which had Leen offered and
wnich had anything of the element of a
division of the two factions had been
won by the men against nominations.
One of the motious defeated by the
"no nominations" men was that limiting
debate so as to allow only the
nf thu Hplcffftt.ions to snpak.
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This was a scheme In favor of nominations,
as the nomination men had
found that the majority of the. chairmen
were in favor of putting out a
ticket. The no nomination'men spoke
strongly against it and alleged that
there was something like gag law in
the proceeding. The motion was defeated
and then one wa3 passed limiting
debate to four hours and the speeches
to ten minutes each. The prospects
were that a vote would be taken aoout
12 o'clock midnight.
Early in the evening A. i>. Williams,
of the Greenville News, offered a reso
lution in favor of nominating a candidate
for Governor and against puttiug
out a full State ticket. It is understood
that bis motion was defeated by
a rising vote. This was one of the
first test votts. Exactly how Mr. Williams
stood on the question of nominating
a full State ticket is not known.;
Tbe vote on the question of limiting
; debate stood 71 to 90.
At 1 45 o'clock the convention finish- I
I ed taking a yea aDd nay vote on the
[question of nominations. Tbe vote
[ resulted 123 to 90 In favor of nominaj
tions and the convention decided to go
into nominations in a short time.
delegates "withdraw.
Just a few minutes after the vote
was announced M. P. Howell of Colleton,
followed by every delegate from
his county, announced that ttey would
withdraw from tbe caucus and would
not remain in the convention to take
part in its deliberations. M. O Dkntzler
made the same announcement for
the Orangeburg delegation and they
marched out of the caucus. The following
were the Orangeburg members:
J. K. Hane, J. A. Peterum, John S.
Howe, G- D. Rast, J. M. Crosswell, J.B.
O'Neal Iloiloway, T. E. Dukes, W. B
Trtzevant. Col. A. D. Goodwia and
II. M. Rush remained.
a nnmhpr nf individual members of
the various delegations withdrew, as
follows: J. Klchardaon and L. W. Parker
of Greenville; Mr. Folk of Barnwell,
OQe of the secretaries of the caucus;
Henry Fuller of Beaufort; nearly
all of the Newberry delegation and
over half of that from Spartanburg.
The names of the Newberry and Spartanburg
delegates who pulled out
could not be learned.
The resolution on which the debate
on nominations took place was introduced
by C. P. Sanders of Spartanburg,
and was that the convention deemed ii
expedient that nominations be made at
this time. Some of the delegations
showed good, hard sense in their estimates
of the political situation. In the
reports from the counties eighteen
reported that they couldn't be carried;
thirteen reported that they could be
carried and live were doubtful. Notwithstanding
that the delegates from
eighteen counties reported that they
would be beaten and were sensible in
tbis report, a majority of the delegates
favored nominations. Aiken and Abbeville
reported that they would not
stand a show. Abbeville said she could
not carry three hundred votes. Some
of the Anderson men thought they
could carry the county and some that
they couldn't.
Thirty or forty speeches were made
on the resolution of Mr. Sanders. The
following were some of the speakers on
each side:
For nominations?Faul Hemphill of
Chester, T. B. Butler of Union, Mayor
Dargan of Darlington, C. 6. Nettles of
Darlington, Mills Mooney of Green
ville, N. G. Gonzales of Columbia, A.
B. Williams of Greenville.
Against nominations?Gen. Eiward
McCrady of Charleston, L. W. Youoians
of Barnwell, J. F. Itichardson of
Greenville, W. C. McGowan of Abbeville,
Mr. Cromer ot Newberry and
Martin Woodward of Aiken.
After the speaking was finished a
rising vote was taken on calling the
previous question. This was done and
the question was called for. Then the
roll of counties was called, but a yea
and nay vote was demanded and was
takeD, resulting as announced.
A PLATFORM COMMITTEE.
Shortly alter 2 o'clock a platform .
committee was appointed and tne caucus
took a recess oi an hour to give the
committee time to report. The platform
was to be adopted before the convention
went into nominations.
At 2 30 o'clock a motion was made to
rescind the vote by which nominations
were decided on. Ine motion to rescind
was lost by a vote of 43 to 75. At
that hour it began to look very doubt
ful if the caucus would mase nominations
after all. A great many delegates
had left the hall in disgust and
had relused to take any part in the proceedings.
The attendance had dwindled
very much and the nomination
people began to get frightened.
At 3.10 o'clock nothing had been
done. Tne committee on platform was
still out and had not reported. At
3 30 o'clock the caucus looks like it Is
going to make a complete lizzie on the
questitn of nominations. So many
delegates have left the hall that there
is scarcely a handful sitting in the
chairs and standing around, at least so
it seems through the glass doors.
Prominent members of the caucus who
have come out state positively that no
nominations will be made.
It is learned that the committee on
platform also has imposed upon it the
duty of making the nomination of a
State ticket. Tne committee consists
of one man from eacy county. N. G.
Gonzales is the representative from
Richland and Mike Grown from Gamwell.
At 4 o'clock this morning the
commitue has not reported and there
are decided indications of dickering on
ail sides.
About midnight several notable Repablicsm
leaders came to the State Capitol.
Their coming was a mystery,the
explanation of which no one seemed to
know anything. They stood in the
lobby down stairs. Among them were
Bob Smalls,Grayton,Fred NiXjEdmund
Deas and State CDairman Webster.
They at first defeated all efforts to
probe the object of their presence there
and in the city. It was finally ascertained
hnarouftr that thev had COme
here in advance of their committee
meeting scheduled to be held next
Tuesday, for the purpose of watching
to see wnat the "True Democrats" did
and what the Irby committee did
thereafter bearingoa the subject. It
was ascertained further from a pretty
reliable source that it was their purpose,
in case no nominations were
made to call their State convention
immediately and put out a full State
ticket. This is given for what it is
worth, and may mean a good deal in
the long run.
A few minutes after 4 o'clock Col.
T. W. Woodward of Fairileld was asked
what the convention would do.
"Busted all to hell," was his short but
f/\T.AiKlA onoiimp unH it t h & Qt"AT*7
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better than a column of high-ilown
words.
NO NOMINATION'S.
It was exactly 4.10 o'clock this morning
when the caucus threw open Its
ao.->rs and the convention began its
work. The convention was in session
precisely live minutes when it adjourned
sine die without making nominations.
Even the committee en platform
and nominations, which went out
to make nominations, reported against
nominations and fixed no platform, it
simply reported to the convention the
following resolutions, which were
adopted and the convention adjourned:
Resolved, That this conveucion accepts
the action of the convention held
hereon the 19:h instant in endorsing
the Chicago platform as a concession
to the Democracy of the State, but regards
the simultaneous endorsement of
Democratic and Populist platforms,
representing opposing principles, as
forfeiting ttie allegiance of all straight
Democrats and the respect ot' all honest-Populists.
Resolved, That this convention cordially
accepts and endorses the national
Democratic Dlatform and declares
its unwavering devotion and allegiance
to the national Democratic party.
Resolved, That we urge aud invite all
Democrats of the State to proceed to
organize for the purposes hereinafter
set forth.
Resolved, That while this convention
desires to avoid doing anything likely
to cause increasing strife among our
' people we believe that the principles
of Democracy, the safety of every interest
in the State and the interest of
self preservation demand that a hard
and earnest light be made against the
proposition to call a constitutinoal convention
to create a new fundamental
law involving the rights of every man in
the State without providing for the sub!
mission of its work to the people. We
teDder to the opponents of this iniquitous,
undemocratic, tyrannical and
dangerous proposition the service of
the organization herein provided for
and invite them to join with us in
fighting it at the approaching general
eltlection.
It is said that A. JJ. Williams was
the man who forced the convention to
abandon nominations. He was in favor
of nominating a candidate for.
Governor and no others. He was!
made chairman of the platform com-j
mitttee and is the author ot the foregoing
resolutions. He wielded a powerful
influence. A few of tne members
of the convention in favor of
nominations, among them Mayor Dar
gan, voted to trie Hst against me convention's
action. There was general1
wailing and gnashing of teeth this I
morning and the piteous expression j
was heard from one man. "Haven't!
we madeas3es of ourselves."
THE WEEK'S WEATHER.
Itn on iha Crops?Cooler Th*n
U?u?l for Firat Tbree
Columbia, S. C, September 25 ?
The following is the weather crop report
for the week ending yesterdav;
The week ending September 24th was
cooler than usual during the first three
days, the departure from the normal
averaging about one degree a day, but
the remainder of the week was warmer
than usual. The nights were uniformlv
cool. The highest temperature was
92 reported from Green wood, Abbeville
County; the lowest 52 reported from
Greenville on the 21st, and from Liberty,
Pickens County, on the 22nd.
* line week began witn cloudy and
rainy weather which lasted until
Thursday, on which day the weather
became settled and remained clear to
the end of the week. About aa average
of sunshine for the week.
There were heavy raius on the 18th
and 19 th, quite general over the State.
In some portions of tbe State the rainfall
was excessive, Hooding bottom
lands and damagiog ungathered crops,
ot-oininor /?nrfnn whftrfi the bolls
auu O J?IU4U& WW. w -J
were open; peavine hay was also damaged
in some localities; turnips and
other root crops were also injured more
or less by the heavy rain; where the
ramfail was not excessive it proved
beneficial, especially to late gardens
and to late cotton, giving the small
bolls a chance to develop and mature.
Pease, turnips and potatoes were generally
benefitted, as well as pastures.
Cotton picking was interrupted the
first of the week by the rainy and
cloudy weather which also checked
the opening of the bolls, as did the
prevailing cool nights, but during the
clear weather that followed, picking
was resumed and is progressing rapidly.
Reports indicate that in many localities
half of the crop has been gathered
and tne remainder is in sight, there being
but poor prospect of a late crop.
With a few widely scattered exceptions
the reports indicate a short crop, considerably
below last year's yield. As
the picking advances the former estimates
of a short crop are being verified
It is generally stated that the crop is
being marketed as fast as gathered.
Sei island cotton coming into market
slowly.
Corn is largely being gathered and,
with the exception of some late fields
which are said to be poor, the ears are
well filled and heavy and under the influence
of the hot, dry weather the kernel
is ripenlhg hard and dry.
Rice harvest is progressing finely
with a rair yieia. uwmg 10 a auaiuii,^
of seed last spring the aggregate crop
will he a medium one, the acreage being
smaller.
The pea crop is not of uniform condition,
the excessive rains during its
growing season were injurious to it in
portions of the State. Peanuts are
being dug and yielding only fairly
well.
Turnips and other root crops are not
doiog as well as previously indicated,
except sweet potatoes which have improved
with a very good yield in places
and poor in other localities. Insects
have attacked turnips in some counties
cabbages are also being destroyed by
them and rotting badly.
Syrup making from cane and sorghum
continues actively and the yield
is considerably greater than from that
first gathered, there being a marked
increase. Third crop of vegetables
being marketed from truck farms
along the South coast. Third crop of
Irish potatoes promise a good yield.
Oats being sown to some extent. In
general the week was favorable for !
farm work of all kinds.
J. W. Bauer,
Director.
oae y^ai'i drinking.
Washington, Sept. 27.?Americans
are accounted a fairly sober people in
the hurlyburiy of nations, but the
ligures of theiateraal revenue commissioner
for the past year are enough to
make a temperance crank stagger without
a drop of whiskey or beer. The
preacher, who peruses them, will hie
him to the pulpit aad tell his congregation
what a cation of drunkards" we i
aie, stupitied with drink half the year
and drugged with tobacco the other
half. That each year we squander upon
these inventions of JJelzebub three
times as much money as is required to
Keep this great government in operation
and more than is represented by
the circulating medium of the United
States. And when the preacher goes to
throwing mortal bonds he can load
them with interesting, if not astonishiug
tacts, if he so chooses.
We distilled last year 87,3T1S81 gallons
of Hfinnr nnf. inrOnrlliiJ? 1 430.353
gallonsot brandy, making In all 88,777,187
gallons of alcoholic spirits. Expert
uarteaders estimate 03 drinks to
the eailon. Therefore there were 5,004,002,891
drinks produced in this country.
A conservative estimate of how
much wasimh'oed across counters is
obout 37,000.000 gallons of whiskey,
brandy and oilier distilled spirits, or in
other words we drank 0,00J,000,000 glasses
of whiskey for which we paid over
the bar $000,000,000 or S5,0o0,000 more
than all the annual appropriations of
Congress combined.
This represents a consumption of UK)
glasses of whiskey eacn year for every
man woman and child between the
rock-bound I'acilic and the ssorm-tOssed
Atlantic, or counting only the in tie
adults 500 glasses per week each.
Of beer the figures are equally astonishing
Phn fitnsiimotion was 31.902,
045 barrels; that is 12,785,1?>U,200glasses;
representing an expenditure for this
mode of Teutonic hilarity of 8017,258,400,
or about 10 cents for each inhabitant.
in the neighborhood of 22n gla-jse3
are charged up in this calculation
against each of us as our annual allowance,
therefore if we do not average
our daily glass we may be sure that
our neighbors are getting the benefit of
our abstinence.
JJy estimating this year's internal revenue
receipts from spirits oa the basis
of last year's product with the increased
tax of SI.10 per gallon, the internal
revenue receipts will be S97,<">71,005.
THE LATE CAUCUS
PUT DOWN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST
POLITICAL FARCES
Ev?t E lacted In thin Part of the Conuty?
Sore Spita LufC Itehlnd?Kepnbllcan
Lender* on the Watch, bat Get Cold
Comfort.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 20 ?One of
the greatest political farces ever enacted
in South Carolina was the late caucus
cf the ami-Till man Democrats,
which wa3 held in this city last Tuesday
night. The Register says it was the
most gigantic farce of modern times
and the worst demoralized body of
men which ever assembled for political
purposes in the State of fecuth Carolina.
As much soreness was engendered
in that unharmonious organization
as was ever known and one of the last
things attempted was the offering of
a resolution severely condemning the
men who had withdrawn from the
body when tt had been dtcided to
make nominations. The resolution of
condemnation was defeated by a few
votes. How the caucus could have
passed the resolution is not known,
when many of the delegations had
served express notice early in the evening
that they would desert in a body
if nominations were attempted. Some
of them further served notice that in
addition to leaving the caucus they
would light whatever ticket was put
out.
As an illustration of the number of
bruised spots left behind it may be
stated that as some of the delegates
who withdrew were leaving the hall
they were guyed and sharply reproved
by those who remained. This -caused a
personal feeling between many and it
has not abated. Another specimen of
the feeling engendered agamst those
who left the hall is foimd in the following
utterances of Col. N. G. GoDzales,
in which the bolters are put down as
deserters:
It was the sense of the convention
that they were outrageously deserted
by men who had submitted their
claims to the j idgment of that convention
and after having the fullest
and freest discussion had been beaten
by a decisive majority. That when
they went out they threatened not only
to desert the ticket but that they
would light it and put us in the position
of breaking up the Conservative
4. 1IT A -ArtAiM/1 f Ka rAflA
party, ? ts iciusw tu lcstiuu tuc iwvtion,
but concluded after appointing
the committee on platform and resolutions
to place the responsibility
where it belongs and abandon the
whole thing in disgust."
It is learned tnat early in the evening
A. E. Williams offered practically
the same resolutions which the caucus
passed just as it adjourned. They were
rejected, lie also submitted a plan for
tne appointmeut of an Executive Committee
which should have the power of
nominating a full State ticket. This
committee was to spring a ticket on
the public two weeks before the election
and the Independents were to try
to carry it with a rush. It was to keep
the matter a dead secr-t until the time
lixed. The plan did not meet the approbation
of the caucus. One stumbling
block in the way of the caucus
was that a great many were doubtful
if there was anything undemocratic in
the platform adopted by the regular
Democratic convention last week.
They could not see the point In the arguments
of some of their opponents
that the platform was undemocratic,
fuli of Ocalism, etc.
The secret has leaked out that during
the evening J. C. Hemphill, of the
News and Courier, telegraphed to the
caucus that he had direct information
from Chairman Harrity, of the Naiional
Democratic Committee, aad from
Chairman Faulkner, of the National
Democratic Congressional Committee,
that these committees would not recognize
the Independents as Democrats.
This did "not have much effect on the
hotheads, and they did not pay any attention
to it, but the sober-minded
men heeded it.
A summary of the reports made to the
caucus by counties showed that there
was no chance of carrying the State.
Representatives of the following eighteen
counties reported that their counties
could not be carried: Aiken, Abbeville,
Anderson, Barnwell, Charleston,
| Clarendon, Colleton, E lgtfield, Hampton,
Lancaster, Lauren?, Lexington,
Marlon, Newberrv, Orangeburg, rickens,
Union and Williamsburg.
The following ten counties were reported
as solid for the Independents:
Beaufort, Chester, Darlington, Fairheld,
Florence, Georgetown, Greenvilie,
Oiouee, Richland and York, although
there was some doubt about York.
The opinion about Berkeley, Horry
and Spartanburg was divided. Four
counties, Sumter,Chesterfield, Kershaw
and Marlboro, had no representative
in the caucus aod this betokened that
those counties were solidly against Independentism.
The reorganization called for in the
resolutions adopted has not begun.
The symptoms are more of decomposi
cion wun probabilities or an eariy decline
and an inglorious death.. What
the verdict of the coroner's jury will
be is wholly a matter of speculation.
Oae of the Independent papers is already
calling for reorganization to
start. It is now believed that the men
who favored nominations will refuse
to have auythiog to do with reorganization.
The last resolution of those adopted
is regarded by some as a bid for the
negro vote in IStMJ. It opposes the calling
of a constitutional convention and
telis the negroes, without using the
word, that the aid of the Independent
organi/ition will be given tnem to
light this "iniquitous, undemocratic,
tyrannical and dangerous proposition."
A. gentleman said yesterday that if the
negroes aud Independents join in lighting
the c-iil lor a convention the lode
pendents can say to tbe negroes In
18%: "We helped to save you from losiug
your suffrage. .Now come to our
aid and give us your vote."
Everybody noticed that the prominent
negro and Republican leiders,
includiug Deas, Webster, Miller and
Smalis, hung around t.he caucus like
buzz irds. They were eager listeners
to whatever news was brought out
from tne hall and gathered in groups
to talk secretly of it. They had some
object. There is a rumor "to trie effect
that Smalls, Miller and Webster had
arranged to make a deal with the Independents
by which Murray was to
be defeated for Congrees in the First
Congressional District in favor of
Smalls and Drayton in the Seventh
District iu favor of Johnson. The
deal was, of course, Unit the WebsterSmalls-MUler
inlluence would be given
to the Independents in the lower part
of the State. Dickering of some kind
was done.
It is said that the anxiety displayed
by the negroes was due to the fact that
the Republicans wanted the Independents
to nominate. This would have
split, the white vote of the State. Then
the Republicans would hold a convention
ana nominate a ticket. Dr. Sampson
I'ope is delignted that a State ticket
was not nominated. He says that
he is good for about 15,u00 Reform
, votes and all the Conservative votes
and that this will elect him. Had the
caucus nominated I)r. Tope would
have missed the Conseivative vote.
Senator Butler is said to be as near
broken hearted as a brave man can be.
Ilis whole heart was set on a State
ticket and his hope was In that action
Now he Is left with no hope. The only
chance he has is for his sympathizers
to run Independent tickets for the
Legislature in such counties as they
think they can win in. This would not
even give Senator Butler the opportunity
of making a contest In the SenatP,
as he has no organization backing him.
THE NEW TARIFF.
The Hon. William I.. WlHon Shows Where
MeK ?nlf y T<?xes are Reduced.
Just before leaving for Europe the
Hon. William L. Wilson addressed a
letter to the New York World explanatory
of sonc3 features in the new tariff
law. From it we extract the following:
"Let us now consider, ia some detail,
the most helpful reductions made in
the bill as it Anally became a law, beginning
with those articles altogether
released from taxatioa by both House
and innate bills.
"In the chemical schedule 8712,000
worth of articles of the importations
of 1893 are transferred to the free list,
the most important of which are sulphuric
acid and sulphate of soda,which
lie at the basis of many chemical manufactures.
"In the metal schedule the amount
similarly made free of duty was $1,100,000
in value, including cotton ties, copper
ores and pig and old copper fit only
for remanufacture.
"In agricultural products and pro
visions duties are abolished on $1,500,000
of the Imports of 1893, including
cabbage, fresh fish and 3alt.
"In the ilax, hemp and jute schedules
the value of free imnorts on the same
importations is $l,700.000.includlng undressed
fiax and hemp and binding
twine.
"In the woolen schedule the value of
the fibres transferred to the free list on
the same oasis is $18,500,000.
"Free paintings and statuary increase
the free li3t over S2,GOO,000,while
the abolition of retaliatory duties under
the so-called reciprocity clause of
the McKlnley law releases from taxation
articles valued at 84,-400,000, to wit,
coffee, raw goat skins and hides.
"In line the total amount of the importations
of 1893 transferred to the
free list by the House bill,and included
in the bill as passed, was 841,398,000
These freed articles, it will be seen, are
of great importance, embracing free
wool, 11 ix and hemp or free libers to
American manufacturers, and free
works of art of American scholars and
the people generally.
"In addition to the above the Senate
added to the free list by its amendments
dressed lumber, burlaps, grain
bags made from burlaps, and cotton
bagging. Of the articles placed by the
House on the free list, over forty in
number were restored to the dutiable
list by the Senate?generally, however,
with reduced rates?the most important
of which are borax, refined camphor
and sulphur, clays, granite and firestone,
unmanufatured; nickel, mica
quicksilver, molasses and sugar, coal
and iron ore and meat products.
"It will thus appear that very substantial
and important parts of the
House bill were saved, and that with
free lumber, free copper, free works of
art, free wool and other fibres, untaxed
cotton ties and bagging for both cotton
and grain, our cheif export crops, a
pretty large hole has been made in the
McKlnley bill and in the protective
system generally, and that the President
was tnllv i us tiff rid in assuring the
people that with the iirst effort of the
Democratic party the era of mad protection
in this country was over. Much
higher rates were finally kept in the
woollen and carpet schedule than can
be justified on the basis of free wooJ,
but it is a great achievement, added
to that of securing free wool, to get rid
of the fraudulent compound duties under
which the wearers of wollen goods
have been so mercilessly taxed in this
country.
"The cotton schedule said to have proceeded
from the Fall River manufacturer?,
was accepted in the Senate with
the exception of reducing its rates in
conference, but the final and successful
stand taken by the Senate against any
changes in its amendments forced its
adoption as made by its original framers.
"In conclusion let me add that there
is much to satisfy and far more to encourage
tariff reformers in the new bill.
The people will feel the lightening of
their burdens, the release of their in-*-?
~ V
dustrlts ana trie quicsemng ut men
home and foreign commerce resulting
from its passage, and there need be no
fear that they will ever return to McKinleyism,
or again submit to the crippling
and asphyxiation of American
industry at the command of a combination
of tax-gatherers. More than all
they will steadily march on to the goal
of commercial freedom.
' It is a momeutous victory to have
turned oar races* once again and firmly
toward that goal and, as the extreme
injustice of the monopoly tariff of 1890
wasitsown overthrow, it may well
happen that the Sugar Trust aQd other
monopolies which have been able to
thwart our efforts to get a better revenue
bill have been builded better than
they know."
Will N umlnnte.
Columbia, S, C., Sept. 27.?The
II-pubhcan leaders ot note who came
here Tuesday to watch the movements
of the State convention of true Democrats
were pretty well all here yesterday
When questioned as to their intentions
with regard to the approaching general
election, several of the nus. prominent
leaders unqualifiedly stated tnat it was
their purpose to put out a full State
ticket, aud it would be composed of the
strongest meu that they could secure.
State Chairman Webster, when seen
yesterday aft-ernoou as he was taking
the train for his home, said that there
had been no conference ot the leaders
who had been in the city, and that the
entire situation and outlook would be
tully discussed aud aclea upou when
the State executive committee met in
this city on Tuesday next. The State
convention will be called by the committee
for an earlv date.?State.
Raided Hamburg.
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 25.?Dispensary
Constables JohnsoD, who lias been doing
i business in aud around Augusta, ac
companied by two other constables,
made a successful raid in Hamburg, on
, the other side of the river, the other
night. They had learned that whiskey
and beer were being sold in Hamburg,
i where the state of South Carolina had
not permitted or licensed a dispensary.
They made a raid, but there was not
i much stock on hand. What was found
i was, according to the law, confnscated,
and the place was locked up by the officers.
It is stated that the blind tiger
was operated or owned by Max Sallett
; and Bud Tadgett. The proper warrants
l for their arrest and prosecution have
i been sworn out.
THE NEXT LEGISLATURE.
INDICATIONS POINT TO MUCH NEW
''MATERIAL."
The Nominee* of the Recent Primary for
the Bonne-Senatorial Changes?Effort
of the General Election on Their Election.
Columbia, S. C, Sept. 28.?The people
ot the State are now speculating a
great deal as to what Senator Butler is
going to do about his race for the United
States Senate, goiDg on the assumption
that he had great hopes of
benedt to his chances, resulting from
the nomination of a State ticket by
the true Democrats. Such nominations
as all know were not made.
Whether Senator Butler had any such
hopes or not is not known.
So now the Senator's race i3 left in
thn rnnriition it. was three weeks a en?
whatever that may be. No one can attempt
to say what strength Senator
Butler will develop in the Legislature,
lie may have assurances of support
from many of the Tillman men, who so
far as any one knows now, will be
elected in the general election, having
been nominated In the primary election
recently held. Such support will, however,
not be contiaed to party lines?to
Tillmanites and anti-Tillmaaitea.
There is no certainty that all the Conservatives
in the next General Assembly
will support Senator Butler, and
likewise there is no certainty that all
rillmanltes who will be in the body
will support Governor Tillman, though
the indications are all that way.
LookiDg at the composition of the
next General Assembly, which will be
elected in November, the oaly Conservtlve
delegations that are certain of
being in there will be those from llich- j
land, Charleston and Sumter. Beaufort
had a split primary, the Conservatives
out voting the Tillmanites, and will
likely win the light finally. George
town may have Conservative Representatives,
but will have a Tillmahlte
Senator. Chesterllald will have a Conservative
Senator.
Now in the counties of Rorry, Fairfield,
Darlington and Florence the
Straightout Democrats are going to
put up and run in the general election
of November 8, tickets in opposition to
the tickets nominated in the primaries.
r rom mese counties, tnereiore, it win
be impossible to say what the delegations
la the General Assembly will be.
There is talk also of similar lights being
made in the couoties of Oconee,
Eagelield, Williamsburg, Lexington and
Chester.
.Not taking into consideration the
lights that are to be made in the general
election referred to above, the
Conservative strength in the coming
General Assembly which may be regarded
as "certain," will be as folisws:
in the Senate?Charleston, 2; Eichland,
1: Sumter, 1; Newberry, 1; Chesterfield,
1; Beaufort, 1. Total 7.
In the House?Beaufort, 4; Charleston,
7; Georgetown. 2; Richland, 4;
Sumter, 5. Total 22.
Tnis gives the Tnimanites a majority
of 29 in the Senate, the Conservatives
having lostSeaators in two counties
in the past two years, but gaining
two other counties. In the House, according
to the above speculations,
there will be a Tillmanite majority of
102.
The Irby State executive committee
has reeeived the declared results of the
recent primaries from 22 counties, giving
the party nominees for the Senate
and Ho:i3e, and old county offices. In
thes'i counties the chances ot election
of these nominees in the general election,
are subject to the conditions referred
to above. It will be interesting
to the general public, however, inasmuch
as the chances of election of
nearly all the nominees in these 22
counties are almost certainties to
glance ovei. he personnel of the next
General Assembly and see how many
men have "been there before."
tiie senate.
It i3 impossible as yet to get at the
composition of the Senate entire. For
instance Dr. Timme.'man is still the
Senator from Edgefield and Stanyarne
Wilson is still the Senator from Spartanburg.
E ich will likely go to a higher
office. They were elected In 1892,
and their respective terms run for two
years longer. Neither of them have
yet'resigned. They will doubtless do
so after the November election and the
new president of the Senate, who will
be the present incumbent, most likely,
will doubtless order special elections In
each cf the counties named to fill the
vacancies. There is now a question as
tc whether Dr. Timmerman having become
Lieutenant Governor, from the
fact that he rose to the position of
president pro tern of the Senate by
being Senator from Eigefield, could
accept his own resignation as senator
from EdgeQeld and order an election
for a Senator from EdgeQeld. But it
he Is elected Lieutenant Governor, then
he ceases to be Senator from EdgeQeld,
as he could not hold both oOiees at the
same time and can order the election,
it looks as If Col. It. B. Watson will
represent EigeQeld in the Senate at
the next session.
The roll of the coming Senate, subject
to the conditions already referred
to, will likely be as given below. The
terms of eighteen Senators?from Sumter,
Darlington. Florence, Charleston,
Clarendon, Marlboro. Anderson, Abbeville,
Berkeley, Kershaw, Chester,
Hampton, Fickens, Union,Cue3terQeld,
Richland, Lancaster ana Williamsburg
?expired this year, and elections were
held to fill the vacancies. All the Senators
from other counties should have
held over?in other words their terms
don't expire for two years. Messrs.
Smythe of Charleston, and Hazard of
Georgetown resigned, however, and the
two Senators?Wilson and Timmerman
?mentioned above will go out by the
resignation route. The roll will likely
be us follows:
Aiken?0. C. Jordan; succeeding
John Gary Evans.
Abberville?I. H. McCalla; succeeding
Hemphill.
Anderson?D. K. Norn's; succeeding
J. F.Glenn.
Barnwell?S. G. MayQeld; hold over.
Beaufort?W.J. Verdier; hold over.
Berkeley?(No report.)
Charleston?G. L. Buisf, re-elected,
and Joseph W. Barnwell, to Qll unexpired
term of A. T. Smythe, resigned.
Chester?J. H. McDaniel; renominated.
Chesterfield? John H. Turner, nominated.
Clarendon?L. M. Iteagin; renominated.
Colleton?A. C.Sanders; nominatedOirllnorfnn?f\n
R.Annrf. 1
j/aiuu^ovu ^*1 V
Fdgeiieid?(No election ordered.)
F airfield?(No report.)
Florence?J. O. Ryrd, to 3ucceed L.
S. Higham. (Subject to opposition
ticket.)
Georgetown?U. J. Donaldson, succeeding
Walter Hazard.
Greenvilie?John It. Harrison; hold
over.
Hampton?W. II. Mauldin, succeeding
.J. W. Moore.
Horry?J. P. Derham; hold over.
Kershaw?X. J. Klrkiand, succeeding
J. R. Magill.
j Lancaster?J}. F. Miller, succeeding
T. J. Strait.
Laurens?A. C. Fuller; hold over.
Lexington?C. M. Elird: holdover.
Marion?W. A. Frown; nold over.
Marlboro?II. M. S'.ackhouse, succeeding
W. D. Evans.
Newberry?George S. Mower, succeeding
J. A. Migh.
Oconee?S. Y. Stribling; hold over.
Orangeburg?W.S.Barton; nold over.
Pickens?W. T. O'Deli; renominated.
Richland?John T. Sloan, Jr., renominated.
Spartanburg?(No election ordered.)
Sumter?Altamount Moses, succeeding
H. T. Abbott.
Union?J. T. Douglass; succeeding
G. T. Peake.
Williamsburge?A. II. Williams; renominated.
York?D. E Fiuley; hold over.
THE HOUSE.
The folowing is a list of the nominees
of the primary for members of
the House, as reported to the State
committee. The list is not yet complete.
The new men are maiKed with
an
Abberville?James E Todd* J.
Townes Iioberson* Frauk B. Gary,
David II. Magill.
Aiken, E. B. Tyier*,John T. Gaston*,
T. S. Williams*.
Anderson?J. E. Brazeale, J. B. Leveret*,
I. W. Piokeus* I. W. Ashley, J.
B. Watson.
Barnwell?(X) report.)
Berkeley?(So report.)'
Beaufort?(No report )
Charleston . ?. Gadsden*. ?. ?.
Devereaux*. ?. ?. Bolgei*, It. M. Lofton.
T. W. Bacot.?.?. I)j:ua2t*. ?.
Mehrtens*.
Chester?J oseph Nunnery *,S. T. McKeown*,
Peter T* Hollis*.
Oties^rtield?J. M. Hough, W. P.
Pollock*.
Clarendon?J. W. Kenned}*, C, M.
Davis* W. C. Davis*.
Colleton?M. ft. Cooper. John G.
Saunders*, Calvin W. Garris*.
Darlington?(No report.)
Edgefield?(No report.)
Fairfield?(No report.)
Florence?Dr. William Ilderton*,
W. E. Finkiea*, J. M. Humphrey*.
Georgetown?(No report.)
Greenville?B. M. Shamaa, H. P.
Goodwin*. John T. liramletl*, Zerah
Hammett.
Hampton?M. B. McSweeney* E. II
Wyman.
Horry?(No report.)
Karshaw?C. L. Winkler*, J. W.
Floyd*.
.Lancaster?Ira li. Jones, J. N. Eitridge.
Laurens?(No report)
Lexington?W. II. F. itrst, J. Walter
Mitchell*.
Marion?CNo report.)
Marlboro?C. P. Townsend*, J. F.
McLaurio*, J. B. Bunch*.
Oconee?C. It. D. Burns*, J. It.
Earls*.
Newberry?(Nj report.)
Orangeburg?I. W. Bowman*, L. K .
Sturkle, L. S. Coqqoi*, W. O. 'latum,
J. K. Price*
Fickens?B. J. Johnstone* Fred
Williams*.
Richland?F. II. Weston, J. 1\ Thomas,
Jr., II. C. Patton* H. W. Adams*.
Spartanburg?(No report.)
Sumter?C, H. Williamson. 11. T.
Manning, A. K. Sanders* J. H. Wilson*
Frank Mellette*.
Udiou?J. GL O.ts* G. B. Fowlei*
J.S. Welsh*.
Williamsburg?E. R. Lesesne, J. II.
Blackwell, W. J. Singletary.
York?R. M. Carroll. X. R. Caruthers*,
W. N. Felder, W. B. Love.
It the above nominees are elected, it
is seen that the 23 counties given will
send 50 new men to the House. The
total membership of the House is only
124, and there are yet 12 counties to be
heard from. It is easily seen that the
House will be composed of considerably
more than half* new material. The
Senate will have a good many new
members also, as shown above. The
reports received so far indicate 12 new
Senators out of 22.
The fact that there will b9 such a
large proportion of new men makes it I
impossible to speculate as to what
strength Senator Butler will be able to
develop.?State.
DIFFERENT MOTIVESWhy
Carpenter and the Atkinsons Were
liecommanded to Mercy.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 26.?Governor
Tillman's commutations of Carpenter,
the Edgefield murderer, is arousing a
good deal of comment in the newspapers
hostile to the Governor take up the
Governor's statement that he commuted
Carpenters' sentence because the
jury recommended dim to -mercy ana
say that in the case of the Atkinsons,
hanged ia Fairfield last week, the jury
al3o recommended them to mercy. The
cases are not at all similar. In the
case of Carpenter the jurors state that
they would have brought in a different
verdict had they known the result of
their verdict would have been the
hanging of Carpenter and Murrell.
The foreman of the j ary in the case of
the Atkinsons has written Governor
Tillman the following letter showing
that the motive of the recommendation
to mercy in the case of the Atkinsons
wa3 entirely different from that of the
EdgeGeld murderers:
Woodward, S. C., Sept. 1,18(.H.
Governor 13. It. Tillman, Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir: i have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your favor of the
28ch ultimo, desiring me to give you
some information as to wnat miiuenceu
the jury in the case of the Atkinsons to
recommened them to mercy. In response
to your inquiry I beg to say
that this recommendation "to mercy
was not because the jury entertained a
shadow of a doubt as to their guilt, for
they considered the evidence against
the prisoners conclusive and were there
fore satislied that they concocted and
exected the diabolical crime with which
they were charged. Nor was it on account
of any extenuating circumstances
connected with the murder. One of the
jurors while admitting that trie prisoners
were guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt said that he would not agree to a
verdict of guilty unless they were recommended
to the mercy or the court,
ard gave his only reason mat tney were
voi ng men and poor. Jielieving that
unless they were recomtneneded to
mercy a mistrial would result, which
we were exceedingly anxious to avoid
If pcsslble, we yielded to this juror and
rendered a verdict of guilty with recommenedation
to mercy. 1 will further
state that a negro juror at iirst
was a little reluctant in agreeing tc a
verdict of guilty, which we attribute to
ignorance more than to a calm and
thoughtful consideration of the case,
lie dually, however, because convinced
and agreed to a verdict of guilty, with
recommendation to mercy Trusting
that the above will be satisfactory and
that you will excuse delay in answering
your letter which was brought
about by its being sent to Blackstock's
Instead of Woodward's, I beg to remain.
Yours most obediently,
j J. A. Stewart.
A WESTERN CYOLONE.
ITS PATH MARKS DESOLATION AND
DEATHOne
Hundred Live?, and $1,00(^000 Lost
?FortnnateJy It Visited Sparcely Settled
Districts?The Narrow Swath of the
Wind.
Minneapolis, M:qu., Sept. 23.?Reports
of the destruitioa wrought by Friday
night's cyclone indicate that the loss
ot life will be in the neighborhood of
seventy five, while the injured will number
several times as many. Some of
thoae bu-t are expected to die and it is
not unlikely that fully 100 persons will
be numbered in the list of the cyclone's
fnrv? Th? r>ror?prtv 1as? ifl h??r?
, - x I J ' ? WTJ
and it is almost impo:sible at this time
to obtain anything more than rough estimates
of the damage.
As indicated in last night's dispatches,
the storm originated Dear Emmettsburg,
la., and passed east and north to Northern
Iowa and Southern Minnesota, danally
passing Ov-er into Wisconsin. No
reports ot serious damage have been received
from this sectiOG and the fury of
the elements seems to have been spenw
with the destruction of Spring Valley.
Here four persons are dead, some severely
hurt, while the property loss is estimated
at $85,000, the lesidence portion
of the town lyiug directly in the path of
the cyclone.
At Leroy, lying southwest, four are
dead and several fatally injured. The
destruction of property amounts to about
$75,000. This is a hsavy blow to the
village, for its chief busineps houses lie
in ruins.
Five mile9 north of Osage, la., six per- ' .
sons were killed and a large number ;. 9
hurt, the destruction of farm property is Iquite
heavy, but no estimates have been J
made. * J
East, at Lowther, a town of aboat J
one hundred souls, on the Chicago Great /
Western, three psrsoos were fatally hurt /
and the whole country for miles around
laid in ruins. The loss in this vicinity
will probably be not far from $1,000,000. 2
Ftteen miles north of Mason City, ?
la., tour were killed outright and as
many more probably fatally hurt, while
all the buddings struck are total wrecxs,
the loss being in tbe neighborhood ot "
$50 000.
West of Mason Cltv. near Britt. two
persons were kille-1 outright, while north
of this to wo, some half dozsn lost their
lives.
Three miles north of Wesley, Kossuth
county, J. W. Bingham's house
was overturned and caught fire. The
[inmates had a narrow escape. The
killed in this vicinity are M. Casie and
wife, J. W. Dmgbam, Mrs. Tweed,
mother of Thomas Tweed, two children
of Thomas Tweed. M. Scawepps and
two children. Fred French and two children,
infant ot Mr. and Mrs. Eden aod
Mr. and Mrs. Rockaw.
North of Algona seems to have been
the scene of greatest harvest of deaths,
more people being killed in Kossuth
county than in any other county tnroagh
which the tornado passed. Nineteen
funerals were held at Algona today.
North of Emmettsburg, which seems
to have been the point where the cyclone
first assumed dangerous proportions,
two lives were crushed out. From
here the deadly storm went tearing .
across the country demolishing everythinar
in its path. For the most part of
its course, it travelled mrougn a tanning
district, Leroy and Spring Yalley,
Minn., being the only towns of any consequence
that were damaged, ont even
here the deaths were comparatively
few. The fact that the storm went
tearing through a portion of Spring Val- j
ley and a greater portion of the residents ^
were not aware of its work of destinetion
until the (ire bells were rung, shows
what a narrow strip of coontry was ^
swept.
As the storm travelled through the
country and avoided villages and towns,
the property loss is largely confined to
farm buildings and these being badly
scrattered, lender even an approximation
of the loss Impossible, but conservative
estimates place the damage at not less
than $1,000,000.
The Blue Bulge Railroad,
Anderson, S.C., Sept. 27.?It looks
very in uch like there is something in
the reported porjectof Yanderoilt to
complete the Blue ridge Railroad. Receiver
Averill, of the L'ort Royal and
Western Carolina Railroad, has had a
conference with him. The Augusta
Chronicle of the 17ch inst? says: Mr.
Vanderbilt seems to mean business
about the Blue Ridge Railroad. Receiver
Averill. of the Rort Royal and
Western Carolina Railroad, has had a
conference with him and the plan seems
to be well on foot. The Augusta Cltronicale
of Monday, 17th inst., says: "The
news first published by the Chronicle 4H
last week that George Vanderbilt, who ^
owns thousands ot acres of land in .
North Carolina, is going to turn his attentioo
to railroad bulldiDg, looking to
a direct line as a means of getting out
much of the timber of that section
of the South, has caused considerable
interest. The scheme of Mr. Vanderbilt
if carried out will add quite a
splendid line of railway to the South,
for while he is not after building any
considerable road in point of miles, it
will, when finished, be one of the most
desirable connecting links for the
South Atlantic coast and the Northwest.
A direct line from Knoxvilleto
Anderson, S. C., is said to be the plan
and it is interesting to know tbat a
great part ot trie distance between
these two points is already graded. The
road, when iinished, in connection with
the Kaoxville, Cumberland Gap and
Cincinnati Railroad and the Port Royal
and Western Carolina, will shorten the
distance between Cincinnati and the
Southern coast 100 miles. Receiver
Averill, of the Port Royal and Western
Carolina road, who is said to have been
on a conference with Mr. YanderbiJo
concerning this matter, passed through
Augusta the other day in his private
car on his way to Port Royal. In case
the deal goes through Augusta will 4
have a direct line from the Northwest"
?Advocate.
C&: t Capers Not Guilty.
Florence, Sept. 20?Special: The
case ot tneState against Capt John G.
/ 'aI t-t rv-k l\? . % fr.w s\r*i rv-? 1 r\nl If Kal
papers, ul vuiumuia, kiiuiiuai uuct
was tried in the Court of Sessions here
to-day. The jury were out about thirty
minutes and returned with a verdict of
not guilty. Acting Solicitor R.O.Purdy,
of Sumter, assisted by \V. F. Clayton, of
Florence, were the attorneys for the
prosecution and Col C. S. Nettles, of
Darlington, and F. A. Willcox, of
Florence, were attorneys for the defendant.
This case was brought about the
publication of a letter from Capt Capers
in the Columbia State in which it was
claimid that certain defamatory matter
against the character of Dr. J. O.Fyrd,
oi Timmonsville, had been printed.