The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, August 21, 1890, Image 1
voL. xIX. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1890. NO. 48
SOUTH. CAROLINA
AS IT IS SEEN THROUGH NORTHER
CLASSES.
An-trely Rnmaint--Credit Inpalred--Gol
rtament Ccorrupt--WIIto' Suipreuncy
'ilumo- Ti, Negro Again.
O. poli-t 'IL situation has excite(
deep intere: throughout the Unite(
Statei. The unfounded, and retraci
(I charges of Capt. Tillman have boci
received as simple truth and the won
derful strides we have made seem t<
1) impeded by tho reputation ou
e has recently acquired, based or
the statementg of one of our caudi
dates for governor. That he has
given the State such a rep-itation is n
Miisflortune which every Caro4niau
must deplore.
The New York Mail and Express
1aYs:
"The latest advices from the sin
gular and desperate political cam
paign in South Carolina make it clear
that the time has arrived for the as
rert ion of their constitutional rights
by I he colored voters in that State,
who arv decidedly in the majority and
who have been so long the victims of
the 'white supremuacy' doctrine.
"They have shown sagacity and
s;: control in remaining passive spec
A
i .tors of the Tillnan and the anti
Tilhuan struggle, while the white
voters have displayed their unfitness
I o govern by the violence and viru
Jence of a struggle that would bring
n)out an anarchist condition if it con
tliuedl long'; ej ough.., Tj,t-,fo11oWers
of Tilan be izfat the govern
Iment of the Sta dy the white aristo
eracy silnce IS7 has been getting
Iore and moro co, upt. They con
stit tite the middle c]#ss and the poor
white class of voters'id have been
radually getting -ioTe and more
raical and revolutionary. If their
programme was fully carried out,
Sooth Caroliia would become a
h.mkrupt State, deserted by capital
and by men of large business enter
prise. Yet their wrath against the
ne om1petency and corrupt rule of the
istocracy i- absolutely justifiable
and the very wildness of some of
their schemes shows the desperation
t o which that rule has goaded them.
"With all that has been published
amout the erazy schemes of the Far
m1ers' Alliance that is in rebellion
against the white aristocracy, it is
needful, in this connection, to state
briefly what those schemes are. The
Alliance eatechi ,m,-which they have
thiutist in the face of every candidate
for Congress in that State, is so com
plele a compendium of all the finan
cial heiesies and exploded theories of
the i;st, century that, even if it had
been turned over to the most brilliant
represeuntative of New York bar, he
could not have made it more con
ph-iht or more concise.
"Thus the South Carolina issues
between the white votersare between
a t vrannical and corrupt white aris
tocracy, on the one hand, and finan
cial lunacies of the wildest sort on
the other. Has not 'white suprema
ey down there brought the State
n1ar liaos and ruin? Could negro
rule be worse? Would it not be far
"In South Carolina, the State of
Traitor John C. Calhoun, and1 where
rebl)clioni first showed its ugly front
under his malign leadership, the con
tiumuing treason of the 'white suprem
1'e' doctrine has had full sway for
mnimy years, the negroes having been
'kept under' or cheated out of their
uotesH, and being the passive sufferers
from the viol'ece, intimidation and
fraud of 'thme superior race.' The
:marchie results are fully displayed
im tihe campaign that is nowv so ex
citing in every district and that
svonl be attended by grent blood
shedl but for the fact that all the
whiie men in this struggle know
that if collisions begin the end
thereof would be appalling to con
teumplate.
Theld loyal citizens of South Caro
lina, the negroes, who constitute
three fifths of the 'population, havc
so far been passive spectators of the
anomalous struggle between then
oppressors. They have been thc
main smferers by the white men's
governent that is at last rebelled
against by white men. They have
had and are having the satisfaction
of seeing the natural result of th<
peculiar sort of rule that has dis.
graced South Carolina in a political
light wvithmout precedent for its b)itter
nmess. Their patience and self-con
trol have beeni admired by the whok
coun mtry.
"Now is the time for thenm to as
sert their rights and their mnanhooi
by nominating candidates of theih
own and by making a wvell organized
en erge ti'n and determined campaign
Why not! They are the majority
They have been the special victimi
alike of wvhite rule, through the formi
of law, and of the violence, tyranw~
and f raud of tho dominant minority
The Constitution and the laws of th,
Unilte'd States give the majority ii
South Carolina, as elsewhere, th<
right to rule.
"They never had before anythinj
like the same op portunity to Over
throw thme minority that has hel(
iiway by the foulest and wickedes
deedls and politics. They have abli
leaders and organs. They can ge
all the legitimate help they nee<
from the North. They wvill be pre
t.Ceted in the exercise of their sacre<
and wvar- won rights as citizens. Fo
thme iih4 time the negro majority ii
South Carolina are able? br th
peaceable conduct of a polhticau cam
pain, to achieve a complete delivei
ance'( from a tyrannical majority, tha
is niow dividedl into violent faction
by the accumulated results of bal
governmnent.
"Let full-hlonand nem-nos bn nme
inated for all the offices that are to
be filled by election this year, and lot
the American principle of majority
rule be vindicated in the State where
minority rule and theories of govern
ment hostile to the Constitution and
and the Union have caused more dis,
astrous consequences, to the South
east and the natlon, than have come
1 from any other Southeastern State.
l "A peaceful, quiet, well-managed
negro campaign in South Carolina.
would not only be a menance to the
real interests of the Southeast; it
- would be the beginning of the end of
Phe white terroism, violence and
fraud that, much longer continued,
will inevitably provoke a war of races.
It would be the most fitting and
proper that South Carolina, whose
malign and treasonable influence and
example brought on the Southeast
the terrible puni.-3hment of civil war,
should be the first to fall under the
rule of the negro majority."
FLOWER'S CALCULATIONS.
Ho Makes a Deiocratlc biajority of Thirty
in the Next Houses a Certainty.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.- Congress
man Flower has been spending some
weeks in New York studying the po
litical situation, and upon his return
to this city submitted to an interview,
in which lie says: "I have looked the
ground over very carefully and I am
more than ever pleased with the pros
pect. the next house cannot fail to
be Democratic by a handsome ma
jority, and for two years, at least, the
country will be secure from such in
flictions as have been conceived and
earried out by a Republican majority
in the Fifty-first Congress. I have re
vised my ligures with some caro and
have no reason to change the esti
mate of thirty Democratic majority,
which I gave several weeks ago.
"I do not think the Farmers' Alli
ance will reduce the Democratic ma
jority in the next House. The Alli
ance candidates will here and there
supplant Republicans as well as Dem
ocrats, and those who come to Con
gress from the South may be safely I
counted upon to vote with the Demo
crats on all important questions. I
Upon the record made in this Con
gress, at well as upon the general 1
platform of the party, the Democrats I
neei have 'ho fear that the farmers
will fail to recognize their friend.
For the past five or six years the
farmers have complained of their con
dition, and they fully realize just who
is to blame for the present state of
things. They are level headed,
shrewd fellows, these farmers, and
they may 1:. trusted to make no mis
takes wheui the time comes to cast
their ballots for men who are to rep
resent them in Congress.
"What will be the chief issue in the
coining campaign?
"It takes a tremendously strong
issue to oversh-idow the tariff, which,
owing to its relation to the every day
business interests of the country,
must always be paramount, but the
splendid fight that has been made
against the passage of the federal
elections bill has very nearly forced
it ahead of the tariff as a campaign
issue. There is nothing that appeals
to the people with the force of a plea
of liberty, and that is what this cry
against the elections bill really means.
The measure is dangerous in the ex
treme, and instead of assisting to
purify politics, as all good legislation
on the subject of our elections should,
it simply provides additional oppor
tunity and temptation for dishonesty
and fraud."
SAVED HUNDREDS OF LIVES.
A WYoman P'revents a Terribtle Railroadl
WVreek in New Hlampisire.
Mrs. Emily Branson is a heroine.
She saved the lives of 300 passengers
on the White Mountain express train
yesterday afternoon. Hardly had the
train passed the station at North
Wakefiel, N. HI., at 4:50 o'clock, when
the engineer saw a woman upon the
track just ahead of him, frantically
waiving a white cloth. Evidently
there was danger. A push51 at the
throttle shut off the motive power,
and a quick pull at the air-brake lever
wvas instantly responded to by a slack
ening of speed. The train stopped
with the cow-catcher of the great
locomotive almost in front of the
woman.
"What's the matter?"
'The track around the curve is all
covered with trees. I came to Ivarn
you."
.Just ahead there wvas a sharp curve
in the shmung lines of steel over
wvhich the train would hav'e p)assed
had it not been halted by the brave
wvomfan. So sharp wvas the curve that
after an obstruction up)on it had como
Iinto the engineer's view - no human
power could have prevented an acci
dent, and an accident under such cir'
cumiistanices means death, to how
many human beings no one c'an tell.
M lrs. Emily Branson, from hter
house12 near the track, sawv the wind
hurl several huge trees across the
rails. She wva4 alone with her two
little children, but sho knew~ that the
express was due, and that thme great
trucks which had beenl flung dowvn in
its path were on such a curve that
they wvould be hidden from sight unt
-til it was too late. "I hated to leav'e
my children alone in tihe storm," said
she, "but I knewv there wvas niothiing
3else to be done. So I caught up a
b twel, the first tiing that was hlandy,
and ran up to meet the train. I'm
-glad I .got here in time," she added
m i a quiet tone. It required the use of
r axes to clear the track, occasioning
1 an hour's delay. The passengers
a raised a purse of $500 and gave it to
- the plucky little woman.
t Mr. O.N. Flanders, the well-and the
a favorably known local man of Colum
I bia Register, has retired from .iourn
alism and will engage to thme life
1in'.an businns
A LAWLESS LAND.
A KENTUCKY COUNTY WITHOUT A
CHURCH OR SCHOOL HOUSE.
Fivo Hundred Murders in Seventy Years,
and Only On1o Man Puniled-c urt Held
in a Tent Guarded by Militia.
ST. Louis, Aug. 13.-A special to
the Republic from Pikesville, Ky.,
says: Your correspondent has just
reached here by horsebaci. oV. the
mountains from Hazard, !rr. y
county, wvhere Circuit Judge Lilly is
holding court in a big tent, guarded
by several companies of Kentucky
militia. Last Saturday the first
court held in Perry county for two
years was convened. Several hun
Ired people were present, but were
twed by the presence of soldiers.
Still, it looks as if trouble were brew
ing, and that the several factions,
which have been warring so long with
e aci other, will combine their forces
against the State troops. Justice
seei to be undecided whether or
not to bring to the gallows many
Ieep-dyed and cowardly a-ssassins of
the best citizens of Perry county.
Shcriff Fields walked to the edge of
the tent and announced in a loud
voice: "Hear ye, hear ye, the court is
in session and all men within heating
of the court are notified that the
ponorable judge of the circuit court
is on his bench. God save the Con
muonwealth."
TiE JUDOE BECOMEt BOLD.
At this announcement an increased
imber of people crowded about the
udge. Sixten men were found who
ould act as members of the grand
ury according to the law. Judge
Billy then began his instructions to
le grand-jury. He has become
;inewhat brave with the militia back
)f him and he was very scvere in his
nstructions. He said:
"Mr. Foreman of the Grand Jury
mld Gentlemen and the People of
?erry County: As you here witness
am again here to hold court. I
inve missed several terms of my
-ourt in your county, and for reasons
)etterlkuown to myself, I was satis
led that a court could not be held,
Lmd, having my life threatened, had
wvery reason to believe I would be
tssinated if I came to Perry. Now it
ill liei with you. Do you want a
!ourt, thatt you may bring offenders
to justice? I know tLo reputation of
Perry too well, and when the people
earn that a man's life is more valua
ble than that of a horse, men will be
punishc d more severely for murder
Lhan for horse-stealing."
The people seemed to be amazed
it the judge's stern remarks, for he
iad never before talked so plainly.
But lie was backed by the militia.
Jeveral tough-looking characters
xvalked hurriedly out of the tent as if
inxious to inform some faction that
rudge Lilly was getting too severe.
3ut continuing, Judge Lilly said:
A BLOODY RECORD.
"I now turn to a page in the stat
ites of Kentucky which defines the
vord murder and the law upon that
aibject. It seems tht the people of
1erry do not know that there is such
L word. Why, gentlemen, this county
s ov'er 70 years old, and but one man
n all that time has been convicted of
nurder, and lie for a small term of
'ears in the penitentiary, though 500
nen have been murdered in the county.
['his is appallling, and I again ask
r'ou, do you want justice? The re
tords show you these things. I have
ralled this extra term of court to give
zo one more opportunity to show
hat you want it. Now, (do youri duty.
will be frank to say that if t his court
unounts to nothing that there wvill be
1o use of ever again trying to hold
n Perry. My life is in danger. I
v'ant you to dilligently search and in
luire into all crimes in Perry county
md bring criminals to justice. Reni
her true verdicts. If murder, say so;
lon't say manslaughter. Yes, and
wHonI. There~( stands the ruing of your
2ourThouse. It speaks for itself. I
I want you to lind out who burned it.
It is a matter wvhich conmes home to
you and reacelsf your p)ocket-books.
Set an example."
A BENiII'TED) REIOoN.
Nearly two hours were takenm up
with instructing the grand jury, and
after some few preliminaries court ad
journed over until Tuesday. As
Monday is e'lection day no court will
be held. The sellers of rumf andl
"miooinhiners" are hiding in the
mlounlta ins, almost within a stone's
thirow of where court is beiiig held.
Judge Lilly will order Capt. (Gaither
to seize all wvhiskey in Hazard and do
stroy it. A building used by a saloon
keeper was taken charge of by the
troops to be used for storing away
ood1s belonging to the commissary
lepartment. A citizen walked into
the door shortly after it had been
br'oken open and made some remarks
[(bouIt the brandy left tilere by the
fleeing saloonist. Lieut. Walcott or
dlered him hustled out at the point of
a bayonet, which was done.
HONEsT! cITIzENs cOwVED.
The social situation in Perry among
men is not exaggerated. Many hon
est citizens are afraid to mlake a move
toward indicting outlaws for fear of
the consequ. nces after the troops are
awvay. For the great number of peo
ple killed within the past few years
not one has ever been punished. Few,
if any, have ever b)een arrested. So
cial lines have beeni so dirawni through
political mn:ans anid otherwise that
outlawry reignsunnumiIaageab)le. There
is not a church ini Perry county nor a
schoolhouse. Itev. J. .J. D)iekey of
Jackson was at Hazard when Joe
Eversolo was kille,l and offered a
p rayer at thme grave when lhe was
buried. -This action of IRev. Mr.
Dickey inconsed another faction, an<
his life was threatened. He neve:
has been in Perry since. A superin
tendent of schools was to be electet
Monday, but I do not see to what us<
this county cal put such inl olicial
A CANVAS COURTHOUSE.
On account of the burning of thc
courthouse, Judge Lilly was com
pelled to order built a tent in which
to hold court.. It is loosely con
structed of light canvas, and behind
it sits the "Sage of Estill," who hias
ongendered the wrath of the mun
liu.I outlaws, who have uore thanl
once threatened his life. Soie
boards neatly laid across small boxes
is where the public is meated, the law
yers occupying chairs in front of the
judge. The grand .jury has not yet,
secured quarters, bt was not. o)
again assemble till Tuesday. If a
heavy rain comes before court i., over
it is almost certain to destroy all
chances of holding court other than
in the open an-, which will be imiipos
sible. Judge Lilly informed me that
he had iever held court under such
discouraging circumstances. He is
keeping very quiet outside the court.
Women and children have not only
been threatened, but shot at, and
live in daily dread of their lives, and
this, too, within 100 miles of the
boautiful blue grass-region of Iroud
Kentucky.
A JUDoE SHOT IN DED.
The little dab of militia that gen
orally goes to the mountains has only
temporary effect upon the outlaws.
Judge William Hurst has not been
back here since he was shot until
this term of court. He has beeik 'm
ployed by Mrs. Eversole to assist inl
bringing to .ustice the the murders of
her husband. He was shot while in
bed at night with an explosiv ball,
but fortunately for him the ball had
spent its force before it reached his
body. The next day he received a
letter from Fulton French, the leader
of thb French faction, saying:
"Yes, git-and that-- quick."
Capt. Hurst was a brave soldier in
the civil war and lost an eye at Mis.
sion Ridge, but he knew what Friench's
warning meant and lie left Hazard at
once.
It is evident that scouts from the
outlaws come from and daily return
to the mountain fastnesses and make
reports to their chiefs.
Kaiisas Crops serIously 1njured.
The following is the crop report of
the Kansas State Board of Agricul
ture for July:
Reports received from aboit 500
correspondents of the board, r-epre.
senting every county in the State,
clearly indicate that the growing
crops in every portfon of the Statt
have been seriously injured. The se
vere drought, intense heat and occa
sional hot winds prevailing tirough
out the State generally have been
the cause of this falling off of the
corn prospects. Its condition, which
one month ago was reported 90 per
cent., is now reported at only 93 per
cent. of an average crop. This de
vastation of the crop exists in every
portion of the State, but that portion
of the State between the 97th and
100th meridian has suffered severely.
Gray and Riley counties report a
practical failure of the crop. Sevei
ty-flive counties in Easterni Kansas,
eight counties west of the 100th me
ridlian, rep)ort 50 or 30) per cent. of a
crop. It is safe to say that the corn
crop this year will exceed 76,000,000)
bushels. The yield of wheat is foun d
to be better than wvas expected
thirty to forty bushels per acre. The
aggregate wheat prodluct will be
about 23,000,000 bushels. The flax
area has been greatly increased, and
the cr*op is a v'ery good one. Tho
aggregate wheat product will be
about 23,000,000 bushels. Tihe Ilax
area has been greatly increasedl, and
the crop is a very good one. The
oats crop, although short, is yielding
better than wvas expected, a yield of
from, forty to seventy bulshels per
acre is reported from a number of
counties. The following is a sum
mary conmpar-ed with a full condition:
Corn, 32; barley, 60; flax, 81; broom
corn, 57; sorghum, (;2; millet, 50; tame
grass, 57; potatoes, '10; prairie grass,
55; apples, 53; peaches, 40; grap)es,
('4. The month has been the dryest
and hottest July in twenty years.
Chinch bugs are reported in many
counties, bult they hav'e done no
great damage.
The Seventh ii )stricjt Radwals.
The Seventh lDistrict Radical con.
vention met at Linicolniville, Tuesday.
There was a r'unning riot, dlele'gates
freely and constantly calling each
other "-- white livered - -"
and hammering each other's heads.
Ostendorff' and Green, two Berkeley
delegates who voted for and elected
the Miller nominee for' chairman
would have b)eenI mobbed had not
MNai shaml (Junningham conniiunded
the peac,e. The marshal's authority
was, however, deonied and lie was
rounIfdlhy abused(. Rtevol vers weret
abundant and freely dIisplayedl. The
chances appear to favor Brayton's
1n0ominationi.
steniography by Telegr'aph.
T1he steno-telegr'aphy, wvith which
people are now experimienting in
France, is creating much excitement
amonig news gatherers. By it short
hand reports can be transmitted to
any distance, just as they come from
the desik of the stenogr'apher. The
inivention also effects a rnate of tele
graphic speed, either in long or short
hand, never' obtainable before. In an
hour, for instanc'e, by means of it,
25,000 stenographed words were
transmitted fr'om Par'is to Brussels,
18,000 words to Lyons and 15,000 to
Marseilles. S tenogr-aphedct words can
be sent at the raie of 200 words per
minute; ordinary v:or'ds 100 or 120.
Further experiments '&re expected to
give still miore astonsling -mulis
T IfE STATE CONVENTIoN
A WRANGLE OVER THE PRELIMINARY
ORGANIZATION.
The Fir?41 Day'n Seesio jamoiitsi to I'raeti.
enlly Nothing-Mr. Tallbert of EIguflel(I
Matto Chalimaa -- (I twer P'rocce'tlings.
Oreenville News.
ColiumilL, S. C., Aug. 13.- -There
were Ftorimly tiies in the State Conl
vention to-day. The antis realized
that everythil.g was against theil so
they bent their strongest energies in
the Shape of dilatory motions and ex
pert parliamentary tactics towards
biailling the imitjority. But it was to
no purpose. After nearly an hour of
lighting the Tilinanites carried their
point., which was the election of W. J.
Talbert temporary chai-rmian instead
of allowing one to be named by State
Chairman Hoyt. Colonel Hoyt was
placed inl a very trying position, but
he ruled fairly at every junctt c.
though it was in oppositiol to his
side of the house.
Colonel Hoyt called the convention
to order at noon and after the call
was read lie stated that it became his
duty to name a tempory chairman for
the purpose of forming ia permanout
organi,;ation. He would therefore
lne the Hon. G. Lamb Buist, of
Charleston, as temporary ehiurman of
the convention. This brought on the
fight and Dr. Simipson Pope nonin
Itted W. JT. Talbert for teuiporary
chairmani.
Chairman Hoyt thn explained that
it had been customary for the Execu
tive Committee to niame the temporary
claiirmnan.
Dr. Pope said le did not care what
vil custoilarv that tie I majority
winted Mr. Talbert for chairmank and
they proposed to make hii such re
gardless of the wish of the Executive
Committee.
Several delegItUes called attention
to the provisions of the constitution,
wlhereby the convention should elect
the temporary president. Chairman
Hoyt admitted that, but said the us
tom had been otherwise.
Dr. Pope insisted upon lis;. motion.
Scnator Sinythe then made the poAit
that there was no organ.zation and
that Chairman Hoyti had no right to
assule tile po ers of ci.miriial of the
convention so far as to otall for the
nomination of a chairman.
Chairman Hoyt looked perplexed
and confusion reigned. Colonel Has
kell of IRichland rose to a point of
order, claiming that as the body was
not an organized one the chair could
not recognize any delegate save by
personill acquainltance.
Dr Pope still insisted upon his
nomination and called upon Chairman
Hoyt to put the question. Senator
Smythe asked for a yea and Ialy Vote.
Chairman Hoyt ruled that a yea and
nay vote could not be had. Dr. Pope
insisted that there was but one nom1
ination before the convention, that of
M[r. Talbert. J. L. M. Irby then
moved that Mr. Talbert be clected
by acclamation. This motion was
put and decided in favor of the
Tillanites amid vigorous pro
tests from the antis.
Senator Sumythe and Col. John C.
Haskell succeeded in proloiginlg t le
agony by ingenious technical points.
Mr. Talbertw ws 4-lected by a vote of
23(1 to 7(.
Alter Mr. Talbert hiad tala-n lie
chiair', Mr. ,J. Adger Smyth1e%, of'
Chiarlestonm, on behalf of thle minority,
billed a prote'st against the temnporary
or'ganizationt as b)eing illagal, there
being no presiding ollicer authorized
to suibmiit any Imotioni, 110 organmiza
lion thatt could vote on i, anud on noe
count. of the i arbit rary and illegal r'ul
ings of the chiiam of thle Executive
Commttitte ini ref using ihe demiands
for the yensM1(1( andmys on the severl
(1uestionsM. Some one, nIomiited WV.
P. Russell, of Charleston, for one of
the temporary sec'rel aries, but Mr.
Buist arose anid indhigniantly deniied
thiere was,i lany stuch mian oni thei
Charleston delegatilon. Mri. J. T.
Duncan, of Newherry, Mr. ,J. B. B3ean,
of Edgelield, werc elected. Thle dele
gates werme then enolletdd 1and( thle fol
lowing commllitte( onl (redenltials was
applOioie:
.Ab.beville, J. H1. Mc(Callat; All:eni, F".
M. (Green:; An.dersona, <1. Ml. (Glenn;l
A. D). Elliott; lierkeley, F". M. Halirvey;
(Charleston Hon 10. .John1 F. Fickeni;
ChmestA'r, Drm. W. Ht. H[eathl: Chester
field, W. C. Mc(Creighit: Clarenidon, E.
A. Tindial; Col letona, Mr. C'ooper; D ar
lin gt on, WX. IH. Lawre ce:; Idge lich ,
(Grceenille, M\. IL. Wes:f ;Ilampiiton, A.
M'i. Younua:L. llOrry, T. WV. Daggett;
K(ershmaw, T .1. Kikland( ; Lanca';ster,
LJexinigton, IH. J. Seibels: Mariioni, D).
E'vans; New'berr'y, Samapsont P ope;
)Oce, S. ,J. MIcIAiroy; O)ranigebuurg,
G eorg(e W. Fairey; Pl.ickenis, WV. TI.
Field; ichlland, J. C. IHaskehlh Spar
f anb11urig, I. (. Allen; Sumter, J . D).
Blanduinig: I.JUnion, TI. C . D)uncan: il
liamus1bur g, J. P. (Gambrn'h York, .J.
WV. Neil.
Peninmg the repor't of the ('0m.1
mit tee oni credenitiatls thle cuonventioni
ook a rec'ess luntil 7 p. mi.
A fternaooun sealor.
(Frorn the Auigusla ihirono )
TJhie c'ommlfittee mladle thriee r'e
por'ts Onl the Fairfieldl detlegaitioni; a
majority r'ep)ort favoring the Tilman
dlelegat ionI; a111 miority reorott favor
ing the Bratton delegation; IL second
nminority seating iei their delegation
and orderb!ii a reor'ganlizaLtionl of the
DIemocratic' patrty in Fairfiold county.
H-on. Sampson50i P'ope, of Newberry,
advocated t he majority r'epor't; Ilon.
J. C. IHaskell ad(vocatedl the first ni
niority re port; anid thle s'condo mnlori
ty providing form seating neither de
galtion, was indi]efinitely postponed.
AN ExerrINl INcIDENTr
occnered olinrg the speech of Dr'.
Pope, when Maj. ThoiuasI W. Wood
ward arose arose and declared that
what lie stated in referene. to the
Fairfield case was "a plain, bold and
palpable lie."
Cheers followed from the anti
Tillmanites in the conventioii, and
among the spectators, and imi
mediately there was a rush into the
vacant space in front of the speaker's
desk. For five minutes the greatest
confusion ensued, the chairman rap
pimg in vain for order.
The tirst moment that silence was
obtained, Col. J. C. Haskell said that
in speaking under excitement men
might make inaccurate statements,
but from tenl years' acquaintance with
Dr. Pope -I don't Lelieve lie is capa
le of intenitionallv stating what is
false." [Cheers from Tillmanites.]
At lengt ordcr was restored, and
several spececles -were made oi each
side, thelspeecl of C A. Douglass. "a
memuber of the Bl atton delegation
from Fairfield, being the best. one
made. lie received (1liite an ovation
at its conclusion. ater which at vote
was entered upon, anld the ma:jority
report, seating tlie Tillman delegates,
adopted by the convention on a yea
and nlay vote.
Time vote rejectiig the Bratton del
egation froi Fairfield was 238 to 70,
and the delegation filed out of the
hall leaving the Tilhman delegation
triumphant.
The protest against the lerkeley
delegation was laid on the table.
This completed the action upon the
report of the committee and the con
vetition wis permanently organized
by the election of the temporary ofli
eer-s as permnanent ofiicers.
PEICMANENTr OIM.ANIZATION.
Mr. P'ope n1oiniiiated Mr. Talbert
for prianenVit )ISideIIt, ankld I'.
Havikell nominated Mr. George Lamb
Buist. Mr. Pope proceeded to put
the name of Chiairman Talbert, and
declared 1m111 elected without oveii
putting the mune of Mr. Buist.
Cheers, groans and hisses followed,
and on the protest of Col. J. C.
Haskell the miune of Mr. Buist was
:-ut before the convention by Mr.
Porw. anld voted downl.
Pieident Talbert then thanked
the convention for tle honor confer
red. and elilphasized the great im
portanlce of this convention advo
eating peace and liarmnony in the
ranks of the party.
CONFUSION AT MiDNiMuT.
At 12.55 ia resolution was pissied to
proceed until the work of the eoin
vention was trainsacted.
The committees onl resolutionis and
platform, and on the constitution re
tired to the ante roomil.
Vanrous motions for recess amid tc
adjourn were voted down, and th.
convention is inl great confusion.
President Talbert has called on the
crowd to "shlt ill)" and "sit down,'
"shut your mouths and peep quiet."
At 1 o'clock tihe convention is still
in noisy Sessionl awiiting business
from the committees.
TH'E STATE D)EirT.
After a debate of an hour the ma
jorify report on the resolution le
clariing the State debt. of South Car
olina to be at public obligation of
priimary ililpor-tanlce, and shall re
ceive il thv future', as inl the past, the
fosterinig care of tle State govern
meIt, his just b dopted at 2
o'clock.
Theii Split Oceurs.
(speelali Telegram toI Lt he n11 i wi~ ..)
Com.mium., S. C~.., Aug. 1-1. --Thme (x
pecte'd split ini the D)emuocrat.ic p)arty
has interialized. 1t waLs brought
about by the at.tempit of the Trill
manites to pass ain amended consti
tution givinig thtemi power t.o e'lect a
vidinig a prliiary for 1872, and thiere
after1. The antis had pr'eviously~
resolved flint if' thle conventilon
"amenifhd thel 'onistituition or' othierwivse
ulsurp' power nmot delegated to it"'
they wvould niot submiiit.V lien thme
'oniiiuit.te. On contititutioni repor'ted,
ther'1e wa~s a miiior'ity3 r'ep)ort from the(
thtt the ('banlginig oif the 'onmstitLutioni
wa1s niot ini the s'ope' of the (coniveni
tioni's powier.
Yo)umns, .Briawley, B3uist, Smythe
and11 HaLskell mtade fruiitle'ss aijpealsi,
anud wheni thme uestion wias demantid
ed, thle imiority repor)it was r'epor't
wvas rejected, 252 to 53.
1rby thlen aninounc'ed, "WAe have
offered ai 'omipr'oise; t hey have
refused it, and1( now we will have theo
whiole' hog or' nionie."
Johi~n hiniskell saidt his dele(gationi
('oul not par hftiipIateI ~in votinig for
theo new 'ons5titutionl, at 2:2! this
Smning iebuwtdrw ne
A. Meetze, Le".1
mantm, Ormangeburg.
Seconid -D-I. (I.
T.hiird--WV. A. Noa.
.Fouurth---J. L. M.
W. .lluciihaan, .Faui
Fifth-Ir'a B. Jones
C. McCr'eight, Chuester
C. Giallichat, Clarend
Sevonthu-E. A.
Keels.
First .Judicie
Stantland. -
Second-A. MI.
Third-L. S. Big
Fifth-.--H. HT. Townies.
Sixth- --O. W. Gage.
Seventh-R-.. A, Lancaster.
Eighth--H. B3. Burit.
Irby wvas elected chai'rman andi G.
Duncan Bellinger secretary.
A resolution was passed rejecting
tihe prlimnary this year, and at 5;26
this msrning thme convention ad
journedl.
Wh'n ihe antis lnft the conventin
they organized by the election of G.
Lamb Buist chairman. and E. J.
Brennen secretary. J. C. Haskell,
J. W. Barnwell, J. D. Blanding,
Walter Hazard and W. J. Verdier
were appointed a committee to issue
an address.
The Secceders held another ses
sion today. It is understood that
the prelminary steps for electing
delegates for a convention September
10, have been taken, in whicb case
there will be two conventions that
(lay.
The anti-Tillmnanites met at 11 m.
and appointe.I an advisory commit
tee. The purpose is to call another
convention of anti-Tillmanites in a
few weeks.
The Alliance Congressional Con
vention made no nomination for Con
gressman, but will propound certain
questions to candidates.
ANALYSIS OF AN ABOMINATION.
The Force ninl and What it Means and
Would Do.
We print elsewhere a careful sum
mary of the Federal election bill which
lia,s passed the United State House
of Representatives and is now pend
img in the Senate. The object is to
furnish the The Sun's readers with a
clear and succinct exposition of its
features, with an explanation of the
prattical effect of the provisions
which are more obviously designed to
secure to the Republican party the
practically solid negro vote of the
South. It must be patent to every
one after reading the Sun's synopsis
of the bill that io other object is
sought to be attained and that the
machinery for this purpose has been
carefully and ingeniously devised. It
is necessarily complicated and there
is evidence throughout the measure
of an anxiou desire on the part of its
framers to leave no loophole by means
of which its purpose might be frus
trated.
Briefly stated, the effect of the bill
is to put the control of the elections
for members of the House of Repre
sentatives into the hands of Federal
supervisors, supported by an army of
deputy marshals, who may- be rein
forced by any number of assistant
iarshals, sumunioned under guise of a
posse comitatus, and also, if the
President should so order, by United
State troops or by militia organiza
tionls, which might include armed
negroes. Tho supervisors overlook
the registration and have the right to
decide what names shall be placed on
the list. They are also empowered
to make a house-to-house canvass in
cities, ostensibly to detect re-,istra
tion and naturalization frauds, but in
reality, it is to be feared, as election
euring agents of the Republican
party. On election day they must
see that the ballot box is marked and
located in a certain way, must assist
the local officers to count the vote,
and must make their own returns,
which form the basis on which the
result is finally determined by the
federal returning board, from whose
decision there may be an appeal to
the United States Circuit Cou't,''
which is to settle all contests. If
there is delay by the local election
oficers ml opening the polls, the
stwervisors may hold the election
Ihemnselves. Should there be more
votes in the ballot box than the nun
her of' persons who have voted, the
election must be determined 'by a
sp)ecies of lottery-the excess of votes
being dlrawvn by blindfolded persons
and deductedl from the total number
of vote's cast for the candidates. A
man's seat in Congress might depend
uIponi mer'ie chlance or upon trickery in
"working" the lottery scheme. A
lonig list of offences under the law
mare specified and heavy penalties in
fines and ilprisonmlent are provided.
State laws inconsistent with the pro
visionIs of the bill are annulled and
State sovereignty is trampled upon
ini all directions.
A p)retonse of fairness is furnished
in the provision for enforcing the law
wherever ap)pliention is made under
ce'rtaiul specified cond(itions, but in
v'iew of the fact that its declared ob
ject is to secure "a free ballot and a
fair count'"at the South, which would
man, of Course, the counting of the
niegroes en masse for the Republican
cand(idates, this apparently general
applicability of thme lawv is seen to be
a mecre sham. Good care, of course,
would be taken to enforce it only
where its enforcement would do the
p)arty' good, and the real field of its
opIerationls would be the Southern
States. Ini that section the result
could hardly fail to be disastrous.
Race conflicts at alnost every polling
p)lace would b)e almost inevitable and
- coniditioni of unrest and excitemnent
uld be created which might prove
al to the industrial progress of the
'thm, so marked in recent years.
tional prejudice wvould be greatly
bitteredl and the whole country
~la feel the disturbing effect of a
'ich would at once array the
Sand the two great sections
.h other. Business n
',' and tao most efiect
A to the bill is coming
*.irter. The sincero friends
o also recognize the fact
' tion more injmlious to
Interests could well be de
, and Ropublican leaders all over
~South are protesting against it
at earnestly' as being a certain
?aeans of wiping out the white Re
publican vote in that section.
It is possible that these formidable
sources of opposition will prove
effectual in the Senate, but the ne
cessities of the clique of high-tariff
interests which now controls both
houses of Congress are so great that
it is not at all unlikely that the voice
of reason and patriotism will be
stilled in the mad rnsh to reach, if
possible, the point of absolute con.
trol and dictation of the political
destinies of the country.--Baltimore