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XXI PCKENS, S. C., TiI ULTHS)A Y, NOVEMBEm~It), 1891. N ( .
TIE KANSAS 11LECTION.
THE THIRD PARTY MEETS A WATER
LOO ON CHOSEN GROUND.
The Oli Parties Coubiim and Clean it up
in Kanhas-Iehenting the Arrogance of
the New Party Leadlers-'rcoldent Polk
Says it. # aD Bight.
LEAVENWORTI, KAN., Nov. 5.
The combining of the republicans with
the democrats against the people's party
in ninny parts of* Kansas Tuesday really
began in the last legislature, where the
two older parties, in order to accomphs i
anything, were forced to combine. Be
fore the election last fall it was tacitly
agreed between the leaders of the demo.
cratic party and the alliance leaders that
if the democrats should nominate the
old war governor, Charles Robinson, of
Lawrence, for governor, the alliance
convention would indorse the nomina
tion and in return the democrats were to
accept the man the alliance selected for
lieutenant governor on the democratic
ticket. The alliance con' ention and the
det -ocratic convention were held the
same day in Wichita, but the alliance,
instead of nominating and indorsing Rob
ison for governor, named J. T. Willets,
a comparatively unknown man. The
alliance leaders may have intended to
keep faith, but un -nthuslastic delegate
proposed Willet's name and that settled
it.
L. W. Humphreys was reelected gov
ernor, by the republicans, an( Willets
came in second in the race. The demo
crats were incensed and :n the alliance.
which had cut their 80,000 majority
down nearly half, the republicans saw a
"lusty foe." The third party then be
came the common enemty of republicans
and democrats alike, and the battle in
the legislature, which was almost over
whelmingly alliance, r14ulted. Follow
in this caine Ingalls's defeat by Pfell'er,
whose election has done more to hurt
the third party than anything it has done
before or since.
;: Before the campaign this year sections
of the repudlicati and democratic party
in this State coquetted with the alliance
and talked fusion but tle third party,
proud >t Its strength, refused to listen to
these proposals and a general meeting ol
the democrati,- editors in Topeka in June
resented these proposals, as far as the
democracy was concerned, and decared
bitterly against the alliauce. The deleat
of the alliance Tuesday last was the
result.
In a-', interview today. J. Ralph Bur.
ton, of Ahelene, a noted repubhcau cain
paigner, said: "The only elections of
national importance were in Ohio an(d
Kansas and there the repubhcans carried
everything. In Kasas it. was a perfect
avalanche. Tile issue was whether the
vdgaries of a set of' visionaries were
to be fastened olt the state and the vote
of the people said they were not.
"Then you regard the result of' the
election in Kausau as a total defeat for
the allinuce?"
"Utter. But. it was not defeat, it was
annihilation. They are swel) from the
lace of the earth. Ilardly a vestige re
mains. There is not enough left of tihe
alliance in Kansas to reform a respecta
ble greenback party. Last year out of
424 principal county ollices In the State.
the alliance got three hundred and soii.
thing; this year only 125.
C. K. IIolliday. of ti Topeka Demo
crat, a successful editor mid shrewd
politician, said: '"From a diemoarat ic
stand point it's a gloiou~ts victory. W e
beat the alliar.ce b)ody, soul and breeches,
and that it enough to make any one feel
good in Kansas.
"While KansaR has not, as many dem
ocr'ats as sonme States, yet we have had
* a consider'able degree of' stuccess in tie
piast, and there is no reasonx why we may
not have in the future. But, iif Kansas
dlemocratis accomlish any thing in the
future they will have to quit, dividing up
tr? light men and all go ini togecther w ith
a grandt putll loi' the prinicples of dlemoc.
racy."
"You are not in full accord with .some
other Kansas dlemociat as to thme piolicy
of' the plarty, are yota"
"I am not,in accord with the members
of the State central c,mimittee by a bi
majority. They want to fuse with the
alliance. Why, ini Jleno county the
straight dem(cr'ats got to'gether' and put1
out a democrat,ic ticket. but tbe c'omitt
tee would't reccognizie them and in~etd
on fusion with the allimnee. Thle re(sult
is that county went ov'erwl.elmingly~
republican. ThiWs is teachiing the fusioni
(democrats a lesson, andi they arc all get'
t'ng mighty sick of' fusion. '
.WINIFREn, Kan., Nov. 5.-In this,
Cowisy county, the peo)ple's pai'ty was
born. In 1889 the rep-iblican efehat was
overwhelming, owim;. to local matters.
Out of' this victor'y a few men con.
nected with the F'ar.niers' Alliance con
ceived the idea of ai peoples' party lorn
the county andi thed for' the State. IL
H. Chav'er, who was afterwards elected
to congress by t,he alliance party, was al
that time preside.'it of the Statelalliance,
and lhe succeededt in gett.ing a State or
ganiz.ation of' a new party. The resuli
was t,hat the (dmlocrats joined( the ali
ance movement and eleted a legislature
that (downed ,John ,J. Ingalls.
This (lone the alliance par .y boldh
announced Its antagonism to renubilcati.
ism and democracy alike, and openly in,
suIted deniocrats who daredl ask for,a
share of' the honors won in a fusion can.
.paign.
In the present campaign in this coun.
ty, as in a miajoiity of counties In '.hit
'-tate, the alliance boldly asserted its in.
dependence and the democrats in the
towns, findimg that the brethren In th<
country were liable to ioin the "calatmit3
howl," lintd the republican forces ant
A ~ administered a shippinlg the alliance
-- will not soon forget.
lion. John A. Eaton, who was electet
as a democrat fro a this city to the leg,
islature, and who wvas the democrat,k
candidate for congress in 1888, said to,
night: "The su-treasury, government
loaning of money and bovernment own.
erihip of railroads was thought by dem
tecrats to be dangerous. The leadhers o
the alliance, which advocated those
measur 's, madle It a point to go furthei
and misrepresent the con lition of Kan
Sats, one of the most capable and grand
est agricultural States in the Union.
"It became necessary, in the mmids of
leading democrats, to give this alliance
party a 8etback that would teach it con
servatism at least. The democrats have
taught the alliance party that arrogance
and intolerance should not and must
not be taught in reforn politics.''
Captain Gray, la.e democratic candi
date for sheriff, says: "I did not ex
pect a large vote. Crankisin and intol
erance has gone to such extremes that
good sense is no longer exhibited by the
leaders of the Farmers' Alliance. That
organization needed a dru>bing. and tile
democratic farmers went to the polls
with republican farmers, shoulder to
shoulder, and 'settled the hash' ofa par
ty not called for by any issue."
John Rt. Sumpter. chairman of the
republican central committee. says lie
was sure the democrats would vote the
republican ticket, on accotut of the wild
theories advanced by the alliance speak
ers, each of' which "had a plan," and no
two of which were alike.
Sol Smith, who conducted the cam
paign in this county for the people's
party, says lie was surprised at the re
sult, as lie thought a democrat would
vote anything rather than a republican
ticket, but has formed a now opinion in
regard to democratic proclivities. Many
other leading politicians express similar
views.
This country gave From 400 to 800 al
liance majorities in 1888, from 30 to 200
in 1890, and thus far gives the republi
can ticket pluralities of from 900 to 1,00
and the democrats are rejoicng with the
republicans.
WICHITK, KAN., Nov. 5.-There
was no union of democrats and republi.
cans in this county or judicial district
against the 1ariers' Alliance. Each
party had a straight ticket in the fied,
and the republicans won the (lay.
In the adjoining districts where there
was such fusion it was entirely due to a
belief that in that locality the alliance
had a plurality ol the votes, and tha
the success o1 that, party of despair
meant new accession,s to its ranks and a
pi olongation of the ruinoas policies in
ataiated by the late alliance legisla
ture and which have proved so disaq
Lrous to the credit and welfare of Kan
swi.
The visionary land loan and sub
treasury scheme promulgated by alli
ance le;;slaLors, the class legislation de
IMandRed, tie monopoistic I.CIdecy of
the body, as scen in their twenty mil
lion dollar mercantile trust.. which pro
poses to establhsh farmers' co-operative
stores of all kinds, and the generally
Wild vagaries and dangerous doctrines of
the secret, oath bound alliance have
aroused men of all other political beliefs
to a sense of the destruction 01 business
-'id credit bound to lo low in the wake
of' alliance success.
11, is the general bel'cfthat the deleats
of last Tuesday will inaugurae a disin
;e.ati3n Of the alliance men ill Kansas,
which will leave it an uninpotant fEt.
tor in politics a year hence when its
members will be distributed among the
old parties, the greater per cent. going
to the democracy as the exponent of
many measuies that, vitally concern the
people.
COLONEL POLK ON TiE ALLIANCE.
Col. L. L. Poik, president of the Na
tional Farmers' Alliance. said: "The
allianl C has not been weakened. It is
as siron-r as ever. In many places the
(em11o1 ratS who co-operated widi us last
year joined( wvith thei r old (nem ies, the
repub1lcanis in endeavoi to dehcal our
caniuates. In some plces Ike Kan
sata this would give the appearance that,
0our streng'21n is less thain herel.OIOLc.
"The truLh is ihat we d'd L0o have the
fore to wage a fight in Ohio. WVe were
only organiizhd there last sprhui. T1hec
b)allots cast, vesterday sigl:y absolutely
nothing so fair as we are concerned. (One
thhng is inev itablyv cer'tam: the alliance
people o1 this coto try will stand for
their demands, andh willI keep up an a
gressive lightIi until these dlemand(s are
To Steal senator ltiico's Seat.
LuIA, Ohio, Nov. .-Tlhe Rlepubli
cans having captured the Legislature
at 3esterdlays election will have a great
dleal to do with Senator Jirice taking
his scat. TIhmere is it great strife be
tween the Sherman and Foratker fac
tions5 for tihe Sena~torsihp, and the lle
publicans ar.e confideint t.hat t hey have
found a soluttin to the trouble which
will smioath over all dIifferenices, andl,
when Congress convenes ini December
wvill carr'y it out.
Thew lan is for thie Il{epublicans to
leave iAl r. lirice's credentials to be refus
ed in then Senate. TJhis~ will throw the
imatter back to the Ohio Legislature,
wh ich will he Rlepublican, and which,
when it convenes the mont.h after Con
gress opens, will lie in the midst, of hot
warlare between the Sherman and For
aker contingents. After Ilrie's cre
dfentials are refused, it will be tile place
of the Legislature t o elect twvo Senators
instead of oine, and)( hoth lthe contestants
wvill be elect,ed.anid the D)emocrats cheat
ed (out of' their representative in the
Senaite. Th'lis dlisclosure of t,he scheme
here to-dhay hais eanisedl much excite
aent, thins bening Senator J rices' home1,
but. t.he Hepuiblicani light in this State
is in such a slhape thai, somnethin rg must
be dtone, andI as t hey are desperate, I rice
willi be chioseni for the victim.
RALEJOJn, Nov. f.-Thle iiegro state
con vention mett here. It wats caillled to
take actionm regardilng t he ollices and
demaind that thie negro( s get tiheir pro
rata share of these. Some of thme ablest
negroes in N orth Carolina were present
and time white Rlepublhicans were rotund
ly abused. .lohn IH. Williamson called
theu convention to order uad tohld his
Ihearers thmat the negro could do nothing
unless he showed his Independence.
lie called on those who lield ofices un
<teor the govern mentl, nio, to permit that
to suppress their manhood, and went
oin to say that the white Rlepulicans
had held a conivent.lon at Asheville last
Jiuly, f rom which all negroes were ex
chnidhd, ostensibly' to form a protective
tariff league. "'1 hey are liars," shout.ed
the peaer,"itwas an anti-negro
leage tey ereforming, and that, too,
in the face of' the fact that the negro
represents 7i per cent, of the Rlepubi
can party in North Caronina.
TIlE GREAT VICTORY.
GOVERNOR HILL TELLS THE PEOPLE
WHAT IT MEANS.
It EmUphanize1 the Iepudiation of Ite
publicau Principles and is the Fore
runner of Triumph for the National De
mocracy.
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 5.-The Demo
crat of Albany and the Buffalo Club
serenaded Governor Hill to-night.
Governor Hill spoke in the open air,
addressing the crowd on the mansion
lawn. le said:
"The victory over which we are now
rejoicing is of pre-eminent importance.
It not only establishes the control of
the Democratic party in the executive
and other departments of the State
government for the next two or three
years, but it emphasizes the repudia
Lion of Republican principles. The
campaign of our opponents from its
inception to its close was on of brag
and bluster. It was not characterized
by sincerity. There was no real con
fidence In the issues which they sought
to make. They announced their desire
to discuss State issues exclusively, and
proceeded to conduct their canvass
upon that basis, and now they simply
wish they hadn't. They themselves
virtually repudiated the national prin
ciples of their party by a cowardly re
fusal to discuss theni before the people.
Our position in regard to State matters
was as impregnable as the rock of
Gibraltar. For eight years we had an
nually carried the State upon the ques
tions presented by the administration
of our State affairs, and our opponents
only exhibited their rashness and ex
treme indiscretion when they appar
ently eagerly sought a conflict upon the
very ields where we had often routed
them and where we had so frequently
won so many signal triumphs.
"The people were satisfied with Dem
ocratic rule in this state, and did not
desire a change. Our party had faith
fully fullilled its pledges. We had re
duced the state debt from $7,000,000 to
$1,000,000. The credit of the state
never stood higher than now. Econo
my and retrenchment had been the
watchwords and policy of the party.
No scandals had pertained to the ofli
cial conduct of any state oflicer. The
laws liad been faithfully and impartial
ly executed. The state taxes were the
lowest that they had been in thirty-six
years. Our state treasury was full and
overilowing. The people had been
given good government. The State
was prosperous and the people were
contented. Our opponents, therefore,
only exhibited their fool-hardiness
when they attacked us upon lines which
were the most strongly entrenched.
The returns from the rural districts
show that the silly cry of the 'Tam
many Tiger' was without effect. The
lion-hearted Democracy of the interior
;Lro not afraid of an alleged tiger or
any other animal which is the outcome
of the imagination of our Republican
friends.
"This victory means the vindication
or the Democracy [cheers] in State and
nation. It is the victory of the Demo
crati, pIty, W. had no entangling
alliances. It was a straight party fight
upon the issues raised between the
Democratic and Republican parties,
and the people decided in our favor.
The Republicans said at the outset that
they wanted a speaking campaign, and
now they say their candidate talked too
much. Ile said he wanted to 'turn on
the light,' and the light was turned on,
but it exposed the utter insincerity and
worthlessness of lepublican pretenses.
Our chances steadily improved under
the strong light of intelligence and de
liberate discussion. Our opp)onents
ranted; we arguedl. They indulged in
personal abuse and vilification; we
avoided such methods, but p)resen)ted
facts andt figures. Tihev appealed to
the prejudlices of the people; we ap
pealed to their judgment. They coni
ducted a cam paign of' enthusiasm; we
calmly relied upon the justice o1 our
cause andt upon our pierfect organiza
tion. They grew wveaker and weaker
as the contest progressed; we grew
stronger every hour. Another camn
paign, and we would have had a ma
jority nort,h of Harlem river.
"This election has rebuked those who
hiad no arguments to present for their
cause, but who foolishly insisted upon
calling reputable men murderers and
thieves. It has demonstrated that local
andl municipal affairs (10 not constitui e
a suflicient issuie for a great State elec
tion. 1t settles the question of the in
tention of' the people of the rural dis
tiets to allow the citizens of Ne w York
city the privilege of govering them
selves. 1 believe that, we have fairly
carriedtl h1I branches of the Lep.isia
tire. 1i the final retu rns corr'obowrate
this view, then indleedl may the people of
the State rejoice, because it insures ai
dleliverancle from Repubjlican legislative
isrule hiereaftei-. Our opplonients have
only kept possession of the Legislature
hieretof'oi e because of t heir deliberate
refusal to obey the constitution. T1hey
have kept control by unworthy mean's
and violated oaths. They have rel used
an e'tnumeration of the inhabitants and a
reapportionment of the State solely be
cause to do so would deprive them of
power. if our victory shall be comnplete,
the people will have a fair and just
representation in the senate and assemn
bly. We shall have an impartial con
gressional reapportionment. We shall
have a much needed revision of the ex
cise laws. WVe needed the revision of
the excise laws. We shall have a new
measure of relief for the tax payers and
still ->w( taxes. We shall have wise
and practical legislati'm in the interest
of labor. We shall have measures of
home rule for municipalities, and we
shall in all things legislate for the inter
ests of t,he people.
"Our triumph in New York will
strengthen our cause in the nation, It
will give hope to every D)emocrat for
the great contest next year. It is the
foreruner of a groat D)emocratic victory
then. The United Democracy of the
Empire State send a warm greeting to
the Democracy of the country, and as
sure them that in 1892 we will once
more be found In the Democratic col
"It is particularly gratifying to me. 1
assure you that this great victory fitly
supplemients the six successive Demo.
cratic victories of the last seven y ears In
this State. It will be with pride and
Pleasure that I shall welcome my suc
cessor to the tilce of Governor. He is
particularly tted to dlischarge the du
ies of that h h ottice. Hie rossesses
all the qualm2 tions needed to make his
adminlstra.tto a grand success lie wil
b" faithful to the peoplh, whost.eond
dence ie vossesses inl an utnusual degrne,
as was manifested by hi large ituajoritv
at Tuesday's election, and he will be
faithful to the party that chose hi il as
its standard bearer. I trus.. that Dem
ocratic victories may annually mairk
the popular approval of his sticcessful
administration of the Sttate govern
inent. In his efforts to give the people
good government he will to alv as. t
sisted by the young and briliant lie Itel- t
ant governor and by othe st .te olli(ers t
who were associatesn-i tho- Denocratic
ticket."
The governor was interripted ire- 1
quently during his speech b sy entiusias- t
tic applause. A fltrwards the governor 1
gave a reception in the vxecutive patr
lors.
Repiublica,n roUI)say,,ointedt.
WAsHI'NTON, -Nov. 7.-The general
feeling hero is that t tie elections this
week and their results have sioothed
the way for a Democratic victory in
1892. The president, Mr. Blaine and
other members of the administration
see this and they do not conteiplate
the figures of the last election with any.
thing like satisfaction. They have
seen the free coinage and Farmers' Alli
ance scares falling out of sight and tar
iff reform standing out boldly as the is
sue with the certainty that a proper
mnau that Will be th noiminee of theI
Democratic party on a sound platform.
The meibers of the adiinistration
inake but a feeble atteni pt. to (lisguise
the fact that the losses their irty have
sustained are serious if not -tL. The
thing Mr. Harrison w'as concernled
about above all else w-is t lie election of
Mr. Fasset. I Iis vocabulary dloei not
supply a term strong enough for his dis
appointment. )emocrats are inconsol
able because Mlr. C unpbell has been
compelled to take, but there is ackiowl
edged much in that result, in the way
of prolit if the .)emocracy will not close
their eyes to it.
It holds te N epublicans to the rob
ber tariff as an issue for which they
must contend, and it promises to elimi
nate the free coinage or silver idea from
the light in '02. Thus sunlight can be
seen through the only ])emocratic re
verse. While the administration linds
no solace anywhere, the N ew York Sun
in an editorial leader prophesies that
Blaine and McKinley will be the lie
publican ticket in 12. It is thought
here that the large Iepublicani major
ity in the Ohio legislature will intvit e a
bitter light between Sier man and -or
aker for the senate.
A n insolin t. Speech.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 5.-The Times
Star's Canton, Ohio, special says Maior
McKinley said to-day, speaking of the
Ohio electiois:
"I am convinced that the jidgient
of our citizens do(s not approve the
constant agitationl of the tarilf issue in
face of the fact that it cati accoinplish
tothinlg. It iusi. surely bo 'appalreit
to all alike that the conditlons.without,
which elTectve legislatio is iinpssi
ble, do not exist. The opt-blican Sun
ate and Republican Presiient are bul
warks against which tho free trade
forces dash powerle8s, and, with no imi
mediate prospect of a change ir these
conditions, the only result of continued
agitation is to disturb business and re
tard the enterprises which the nw law
is designed to encourage. In spite of
all the bill is working its way, and
from being on the defensive a year ago
we are now onl the aggressive. When
business is already good our pteople will
not long tolerate movements which dis
turb it, in the face of the condition I
have named, and you will fim(I that Ie
publicans and Diemocrat. aalike will
call a halt on men whose stock in raet
is not fair, siuare argument, but jug- I
gling misrepresentation-t . hio has
gone Riepu blican aid I at...... fIte re
stilt as indicating tha:t tthi. 'mate st:unds
by the li epublican ptart.y 'vitih Ifull faith
in its protect,ive princ~ iples a. em
bodied in the t.arili law, ;al~ tore- I han
this, Ohio stantds. as she always has, in
favor of a full dollar :aid a s:umid cur
renicy."
Th'ie Sout hn not ti l imiroast.
TJhe mail service of the South I lound
railroad will be 'pc. in operationi by the
government Noven'toer 15>. Tlhe mails
which heretofore wenat,Pa;vannahtufromn
Columbia and vicinity via the l'or-t
Iloyal and West erin division of t" Ccin
tral will be turtned to t he South IRound(
because an inmenise saving of time
will result . It will not be att all inm
pr'obiable if. the A l'ustau mail is sent by
I lie South Bloimdtt for the samte rea<( ni.
I nstead of arrivinhg in SavannahI ini the
af ternoon, ats is no w t he case, it would
get, there at I i :M) I 'elc I k ini thie itmr
ing. The mninllg iritis eauch way wvill
haveS, already t.ranserred t heir businriss
to the SoutIi hut 1und . Theiu dl ist m ice
ifromt Savannah t 1o A tar ustau by the Mlag
itolia roi' is t13 titha while byv the
Ci ntral is 132. Tlheu irate there unt ii
Nov. 214 is $>.10 for1 t hie roundsu trip.
Afte (r th at, date t e Cowramfs~ul rate of
83.% ill b metby I eSuhlon
and1( the Cenitiral will ntt''l, the "outhl
Jiotiud's Coliiiubia rate ofI -S fAI. So uth
Car-olinta allows railroads to charge 41
cents a iile Jotr passeutgets, b ut thle
Sout,h Bunud hasn adoptl 3d I ceunts as
its standard. it i-s now miniig con
nections at C olhunbtI ia for t he ior-th'
with the I tichmondu and lLianville. ( ien
eral F'reight ianid I'ss;einger- Agent Ilib
bitt says that the South J;ound's earn
mngs, both in freight anid prssenmger
trallic so tar have been highly satisfac
tory. and( the outtlook for a steadly ini
crease in this dlirectijon is ve'ry ptromtis
ling.
(nuidueui Commniut Su chie.
VUITourA, I1. C., Nov. 6. --Thie steam
er Sussex, just, arrived f rot in apan,
brings wordI that live F,niglith ir val of
ficers on leave, met w ith Attiericanis
all brothers-namined Cais: lon:, from
l'h iladel phia, a nd togethet'r formYIedh a
plan to climb to the l op of' the Fuijio,
ing wVith themii iocket-5s nd at Iew fire
w~or-ks, w hiich ty in tend ed to ex plodet'
whent they reachedl it. II ining sec.ured
two guide4s they st arted otn Itei' jour
ney.irom- among a group~ of astomntded
natives of thei village of Natitsho ont
the west side of the nmountasin. Th'le
guides at the end of two dtays signilied
their intention of coui ittig su icide
If the party d1 (d not, to rnt back, and finud
Ing their threats liad inot the desired ef
fect, coohy wal kedi inm fr-ont of t lie I our
Ists and each with t he stroke of a sharp
knife disembowet-'l lum isetf before1
their htorrilled e'yes. I01 do t(ied Instant
ly, and the youingest of t lie Castletoni's,
a boy of 18, immiedtutely pulled out a
revolver and blhew out hits own brains.
Sickened by this fearful scene', the rest
ot the party turned back and( (descenlded
the mountaln. -
TAKING A SERIOUS TURN.
lie Coverosur Taken a iaud in tlo HUrn
a!
wil A11ralr.
CVL MIIA, Nov. 8.-The McFail Cas
its taken quite a serious turn. The Iol
owing letter to Governor Tillman and ti<
he instructions of Governor Tillinau t
o the Attorney General will explain T
Iemselves:
BARNWELL, November 5, 1891. ir
)ear sir: I received Mr. Totnpkin's
,tttr of the 4tL acknowledfing my let.
er of the 2d. 1 suppose you received
i0neof the 3d today. I see by Thed
ievs and Courier of today that Mr. G.
V. M. Williams has written you a let
er which reflects upon me and to which
desire to reply.
It must strike your Excellency its
omiewhat strange that Mr. Williams is
hampioning the cause of his client's,
aptor, and is trying to aid him in re- t
overing the reward offered for his
Ices. Ile is taking a course which de
rives his client of the credit of having th
roluntarily surrendered, and grows ex
.e(lingly wrothy and severe upon those S
vio dispute the claius of the reward. c
\ll of this, too, without his name being
:onnected with the matter in either of
he communications addressed to your
-'xc-lliicy on the suhject. Mr. Williams
ays: "Col. Aldrich was by some means
rought into the case to assist mue in
,he delelhce of McFail." This language C
. usually employed to indicate that a
awyer has insinuated himself irregu.
arly into a case, and I have no doubt
,hat lr. Williams intends to create
.hat impression notwithstanding that,
ie knows that I consented to assist him 6
)y the request of McPail, his father -Amd 'i
WVilliamns himself, which writings from . I
-ach of them are in my possession an.d
vill show that my services are purely
uId entirely gratuitous.
I admit that Mr. Williams is Mr. Mc- c
ail's priicipal attorney, and as lie has
;hown by his letter that imy connection
vith the case is unpleasant to him, I
iave severed my relations with it, as I
.old Mr. Williams, Alr. McFail and the
Mder Air. McFail I. would do if any at
empt should be made to defraud the
state out of the reward in the way it -
vas rumored it would be done, and M
vhich has been done. &
Mr. Williamis called at my house on In
.ionday evening in coinpany with lll
uid intormed mne that McFtil was init)
,he hands of the sheriff. I asked himil
fihe had gone to the sheriff and surren- Ci
lered himself as I advised. Wililans e
replied: "Well, practically so. 1 thought
It botter to have some one with him
2oming along, as 1 didn't know what
nertain parties might do."
I was very much pressed for time, asc
it va., salesday and I had several im
portant land sales to attend to, and the Y
hour of sale was near at hand, and very a
few words passed between Mr. William's .
aid inyself. I asked him to call on me
that, night for a consultation and lie
replied: "That he was going away that
eveiing, but would see me in a day or
two."
We parted and I saw him no more
that day or since. lIe remarks that I c(
iaid nothing to him about my intention
a write to you. I had no intention of
writing to you then; my sumspicios
were aroused after wards. Nothing car"
)e more lespicable than te ishinatiol
hat I wished to.jirevent 1Hill collecting f(
Ahis reward, because McFail is a wit
less in another case of mine, nor do L P
eo what possible connection t e two t
.hings , In have with each other. I cat
,'iruosh you with proof as foilows:
First. 'I'hat Mc-Fail caime to liarnwt-ll
n Sunday ni ght il coin any with
WilliMs and IFill, and tWe three .-taycd j,
oget her at the hotel.
cond. TIhat in the m.-orinig Wi I
itmns and hilill went int the sherifIf's
ioiue, a ciuarter of a mtile away, to ini- lai
lorni hiit of ) McFa' il's piresenice in to wit, o'
einvin g Mc hailI alone at, lie hot ei. w
Thiird. That AlecFail 1told 'robate di
iudge I'. 0. P attersont on Ithe in' rninrg ti
i tIhe surretnier that lhe was acrtinrg unm
ber adv ice of WVilliarns in doitg so).
Fourth. Tlhat, Williams went to U. M.
1 [mnter, counity auditor, biefore the suir-A
rendei- and told him they had concltuded e'
to give up MceFail and wanted .some Ii
friend of his to take lim in charge and A
dleliver him to the shteriif and claim the p
reward arid turn it over to McF'ail or ti
Williams to pay thel C expenses ot his c<
mise, andl that they had se'lectedl Mr. P;
iluniter to do that work, which work a
Iilmnter refused to do whereupon WVil- al
lamts said lie wouild hiaveit to4 get~ some
31ie else.
Ver.y respectfully and truly yours, 1)
l?ober't AlIdrichi.
Gove rnor TIilharian, in re'lationt to the
ihove has written the following letteor: ti
COLUMiIIA, Novembelr 7, 101.
To the lion. Y. ,J. P opt', At torntey tI
Anteral-Sir: Front letters in my pos- (1
session andi circumistances connected tL
wvith the catse, I am led to beieve'i' thait k
mn at tempt has; been mfadle to dlefraiid o
Lte State of the sum offered as a re- g,
ward'( for W. .L. McFail. There is sumt- 'j
aient evidencee to warrant the belief: v
hant a cons!pi racy was fortned for I his
)Iurposa" by certain p)arties, nit that
pos:dibly thre sheriff ot Jlarnwevtll was in
aollusiionl wiit.h them.
I have had reason to think that the i
state has been defrauded more than a
3nce in this matter of rewards, and to ut
know t hat some of our sheri ffs are very ri
:herehict ab)olt mnaking arrests. I desire Gi
that thie present case lhe thoroughly LI
lifted and an examptl)o made. Vou m:
willh, therefore, procee-1 to liarnwell'I on a<
Minday morning to make a thiorough al
n testigation, andl cause art inictmenit a
roth for cospiracy and( perjury to bei
ssued if the proofs obtained will war
anUt it.
I have every confidence ini thte solici
Or oif that circuit, but desire that you
nyvest igate in p)erson anhh press for a"
ipeedly trial if a p)r.secumthon Is dleter- r
urinedc upon.
Yours respectfulhly, g
11. It. 'i'LLMAN, Governor. th
According to instructions Attorney wv
erneral P ope will hbe fri hiarnwell to- til
norrow, whlere the Court of General lo
lessionis openis ini the morning. Is
"CONSPIRACY AND PERJURY.'' p)
tr
Vi tliamsu, McFall, Senior, and Hill1, thne
Captor, to be Indicted. C
Co'MirA, S.C., Nov,.11.-The crisis di
n thme McFail-Hill reward matter has bl
ieein passed, and the result is the prose
mitlon of McFail, pere, Lawyer G. W. he
d. Williams, of this city, and II. II. la
lill, on the charge of conspiracy and LI
>erilury, In the state courts, and on a 11i
etter from 11111 that he did get McFall b<
o surrender to him with the intention bi
f proenring the reards offere - iz
Attorney General Pope, who went
>wn to larnwell to investigate, re
rned to the city yesterday morning,
d very soon the result of his investi
tions were whispered around on Law
ingo, causing a considerable stir
iong the lawyers.
The result of Gen. Pope's investiga
mns are contained in the following
itement presented by him to Governor
liman yesterday morning:
His Excellency, 1. It. Tillinan, the
jovernor of the State of South Caro
a:
VoUR EXCELLENCY-Iu response to
ur letter of the 7th inst., requesting
to personally superintend, on this
y, in liarnwell, an examination inte
s recent occurrences touching the re
ird oflerea by you fur the aprehension
W. L. lcFai, charged wih murder,
d while evading arrest for said al.
'ed crime, I beg leave to report:
'hat on this morning I proceeded to
irnwell and made an investigation of
e matter referred to me, with the fol
wing result:
1. 1 became thoroughly convinced that
o cause of good government In this
ate required that an indictment for
nspiracy should be preferred against
e elder McFall, G. IV. M. Williams and
If. 11111.
2. 1 was equally satisfied that indict
nts for porjury should be handed out
ainst G. W. M. Williams and A. Mc
ill. The indictment referred to in
e first and second paragraphs of this
mmunication will go before the
:and Jury of Barnwell county tomor
W.
3. The conduct of the sheriff, Mr. Lan
ster, which you requested me to in
stigate at the same time, was inquir
into, and 1 an satisfied no steps
ould he taken against him, for in the
-it place he tried to arrest W. L. ,lc
til, even going go far as to offer the
im of SWO from his own means to ac
inpling this result. In the second
ace no act on his part in relation to
e alleged arrest of W. L. McFail by
.11. Hill could be objected to except
e giving of a certificato of said arrest,
id in this last matter he declined to
ve such certi(Jeate until his attorney,
very highly esteemed and gifted law
r of the Barnwell bar had recommend -
such a course for his adoption. Un
,r such circumstances, I repeat, no
oceedings should be had against him.
I would illy discharge my duty in the
emises if I neglected to bear testi
ony to the cordial co-opperation of
e most worl hy solicitor of the Second
reuit, lion. W. Perry Murphy, and as
ell to his ability as counsel.
Itespectf illy,
Y. J. 1'ovi., Attorney General.
HILL TIiLL WIIAT I L Di).
The following letter from the alleged
iptor of McFail, received by Governor
isterday, is very interesting coining
i it does along with the above:
liAIRNwELL, S. C., Nov. 9, 1891.
'ollis llxcellency, Gov. It. I. Tillman:
1 reiterate the assertion that I (lid
rrest McFail. I concede the fact that
could not have arrested him had lie
sisted me; but he and I being friends
id as he intended to surrender before
murt and his trial, he yielded to my,
ishes and allowed the arrest made,
at I might get the reward. This
as done at my request, and if there
as anything wrong in It, it wias an er
r from tho head and not from the
art. Now, in order to stop this un
rtunato newspaper warfare, and to
it a speedy end to it, I make no fur
er claims to the reward. Yours,
itli preat respect,
It. ii. HILL.
CYCLONE IN INDIA.
itcr Itep,ortd Make The Dibaster
Worse.
C<A ccu'rrA, Nov. 10.-As further deC
ils regardling. the c.yclone which passed
'er this part of indlia Monday of hast
reek are received it is se.en thai, the
tmage dlone is very extensive. Besides
e loss of seventfy-seveni hves by the
inkinmg of the Indian government steam
"'Enterm)rise'' which foundered at the
ndamian islands andi the killing of sixty
nvicts there is no doiQ large loss ol
c at othier places along the coast.
dvices from various parts of Orissa, a
0ync1o India in Bengal, state that
IC eyelonIe passing over that sction of
untry dal( great damage. TIhoemastern
irt of the province referred to lies
ong the shores of t.he Bay of' Bengal
id this section was therefore exposed
the full fury oi the gale which seemed
gather force as it, swept across tihe
1y. The~* cvEl,i, deared the pathi
irough the forests, uprooting gigant,ic
ecs and hurling them amikityh
icy were reedls. No house could stanl(
me terrill energy.of tihe gale andI every
velling or oilier structure In the Path o&
It cVelone( was either swep)t from its
unda(iitionis or l iter ally picked uip, turned
verl alnd dephositedI at some dhistanice fron
Ie pla1ce where it had1( originally stood,
lie wimd also id much damage in thec
ciniity of Calcutta or at least below
it, city. As is well known, Calcutta
thie seat of an immense tradle by sea
ad river, being the natural out,let for a
adle of the great, valleys of' the Ganges
id Ulranntahi Footra. The city is sit
ied on |thie east ban1k oi the IIoogley
ver, the westernmost branch of the
aunges. Thme Iloogly river emplties inito
e bay of~ Bengal through a number of
ouithsB, the D)eltal being ten miles
ross. A large number of vessels were
anchor off1 tie miouths of the river,
me waiting for an op)portunifty to as
nd while ot.hers wvere await,ing a fair
nd to put to sea. These vsssels were
such a position that when thme gale
iddenly burst it was impossible to save
any of' thorn. Numbers dragged their
ichiors and were carried ashiore, while
hers, more fortunate in their *holding
ond, were damaged by the poundmng
ey received by the enormous seas
:iich accompanied the storm. No es
nate can as yet be made of' the total
is, but, from all t,he details re.ceived it
koown positivel, that the number o!
rsoins drowned or killed by falling
een or flying debris is very large.
Hiervy Snow in the Northwest.
GRAND FORKs, N. D., Nov. 6.-It
mmnenced snowing about.noon and 1s
Ifting badly. Many of the mnio
ought up here from Winconsin and
innesota to help thrashIng grain have
ft because of cold weather and, as a
rge portion of the gramin Is still un
rashed, it is doubtful If farmer acan
lish thrashing before spring. East
)ixnd trains for two or three days have
sen crowded with farm laborers leav
Ig the state.
a.
TREATED LIKE DOGS.
THE STORY OF CRUELTY TOLD BY
THE CREW OFA WHALER.
A Story that sounds Incrobll)l -3Men Har
nossed to Sledt and (;ompellet to Haul
the Brutes Who Iched aid Cutred
Them About.
SAN FRANCISo, Nov.5.-Almost in
credible stories of cruelty and hardship
are told by the crew of le steai whaler
Grampus, lately returned from a profita
ble cruise in the A rctic.
A sailor known as CharleY left the
ship at East Cape, ,iberia, 'taken his
chances in a trackluss waste of ice and
snow rather tha remain aboard. Wien
the Grampus went into winter <inarters,
at Herschel Island, other of tuhe crw
ran away, risking death ini a perilous
attempt to Journey from titw motith of
the Mackenzie to some tr.ding pori; on
the Yukoi River.
One of the men gi v.e; this account of
what tho crew ci ired:
"When in% winter q-uters at lHerschel
we had to haul wood ai ice, dragging
sleds to Lower Sai!dapif. and back, a
distance oE twenty-f our mnie's. Twenty
degree. below 'ro Waa1 cMll;idrLd mild
weat her.
"TwelVe menl and ,ix d0g3 verc hw.r
nessed to each sled. Ciptain Nor wood
of the Graillpi". mal Cap,ainl lilton'
or the Mary 1). tv, %uall weilt il
charge, one for e.whl i0 '- i. Thev woul
ride oii the sleds and( lash rn anili. (logs
together to make h 11e go lai (r. If
the lash of the lon1-i whips faihod to
make uIs imovo as fast s th,v wished
the captains would got off aid strike
the men with marlin spike..
"The harntess for thi niii consisted
of broad bands of catvas. aid that can
vas was i.isied to the iii(,i froi the
sip's stores and chirgacI t o lhem.
"The inen were kept at. dog's work
adfed oil dog's food, we C)tl.We,
stand this treatiett and made up our
miinds to rum away. We had more tan
1,j00 iuiles to make to reach whito resi
dents and fully reliztd the dangers
ahead.
"Early in the moring of Mlarch 15
Robert Colemai, firen.ai of tie Mary
1). 11ume; G. . 1eFam w, James Mason
and Fred Craig, froim the ('rampius,
started out for Lower Sidspit.
" Late ill the second nigh! of our peril
Otis tranip natives Iol ts that, two ship
captains and two natives had come to
take us back. Before we could g,et our
hoots oil wo were coiffronted by Win
cherter rifles in tie hands of the two
captains and compelled to surrender.
"Mason was told to liuihit.h the (logs
from tile captains' slod, imd while so
doing was knocked down 11 all p)udifled
in the face by Capt. Tilton. Norwood
grabbed McFauw,ti hk;\vin down and
kicked him in th 11e* withi frozMen
boots. They then Nnt ,into t ie hut
where Craig atni Clim w%vre lying
helpless froa i rezmi. i: sti-rick
Coleman ill tihe UCe iv'.e M' :IX tiiCS
and Norwood kickea Crai. s,r- a
times in the side. J'lot cIptain-> were
drunk.
"Thle next moriin:g, Coleman and
Craig, unable to n%alk, wore put oil the
sled. The dogs wero taken out and Mc
Fauw and Mason were order''d to put
on the harness and haul the -Led back
to the ships. T1he two Captains rode
on the sled, only getting off wheni nec
essary to exercise to keep from freezing.
Their two native guides also rode on
the sled.
"'lie men pmll ing tim sled wero lashed
as if they vre diogs d(uring tho whole
ride. Only two :.to)s uf <i, l,ngth for
rest were imade on ua b iack t rip of thir
ty miles.
"As soon as wve arri vedl at the ship we
wer'e put inl ironI (Cold ir ons were
pu1t, arFounid our fnrwn la ii' IwVithIott
anything being donce 1 it) le the
pailn. ilufom 5 o allciK ' 'i. t' is
eausedl McFau's wiis i lii tii
thle skin burst. Th''en -'l L. I went
to the craptainl and got hun armlove
the ir'on iromil the injiure rit.
"The neCxt.fii m rig 11 lvwere enrlled on1
deck. C'aptaiin N orw ood gr11aped Ma
sonI by the neck ml' sniab-a':n 1 a1 hlamr
irl(er fromi the lacksith sare M'u"I asonm
ini the face with the handole. Then
catching Miehaiiw by the thlroat the
captain struck lim threi e timesc- ill the~
face. We were' then worked all d-ay
and kept in irons at night.
"It was almosC~t. iinpass;uible to stand
the cold in tile forea'stle. The i fire in
the stove was ojrde!'e<I put out at 6
o'clock each eveninag, and the meOin d
to walk about to koop Iter uIlood in
circulationi. "rost in the' ''reenstle
wvas hianginig from) a undera sidl of the
could nlever geu neLau a 0. L to thaw
it OUt (luring tile witer.
"ewere, kept mi irons f our (lays.
''iimgs got worse right, along, and a
secondi attempt to rin away was made,
but the imen were caughlt algain anid tile
next morning they were given thirty
lashes each on the baIre baack. Captain
Norwood wieldeCd the whjip. which was
a (quarter inch rope with a rawide(i'
that cut into the fleslh at each b
They were then kept in Irons a tnW
for One month anId two dlays."
The Late Earthqauako In apan
W,ASIINON, Nov. (.-A telegram
from the .Japane)&se Governmuenlt received
todlay b)y Mr. T1ateno, Jap)anese iminis
ter, gives an account ot' the earthqurake
mii.Japanl on October 28. It seems from
this authenticatedi report that the dam-.
age caused by tihe earthquake was con
fmiedl almost wholhly to the prefectures
of Aichi and Gifu, the formetr of which
is onl tile sea, about 170 miles from
'1okio. andl the latter immediately to
the west of it. Nagoya is time chief city
in Aichi prefecturei and( has a popuila
tion of.150,000. There are 1no Very large
cities in Gifu preOfectuire. No mention
Is m'ade of any (damage ini any othrer
parts of Japan. According to the tele
gram 0,500 persons wvereu killed, 9,.000 in
jured, 7,500 houses totally destroyed andl
12,000 badly (hamaged.
D)estructive ire in Dalntn
COLU3IIrA, 8. C., Nov (.-A lire at
Darlington destroyed theo following
stores and dIwelhings: M. Miann, two
stores and dwelling; J. U. b;ulicken
furniture' Martin hialeya, store and
stock; J. Gioldmnan, store; Gowertz, store
and stock and dwelling. The followi1ng
were badly damaged: M. C. Alexan
der, store and stock; New Yrork chreap
store, stock; West & lIonours, stock;
the Misses Lides, store; M. Marco,
three stores; J. Rtosenburg, stock; 11H '~
store; Block & Liy man,at ock: A.'Wein
berg, stor e and stock ; 8rmith' Brothers,
saloon; W. P. Dargan, store; JK. hZogt. 4'
man, ston1r.