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OL. XXIPICKENS . C. THURSDAY MARCH 17, 1892. NO26. a m ad i ' ! nn ni I IK'V 1 LAND AGENT GIBBES CHARGED WITH GROSS MISMANAGEMENT. Which Upon InvetIgation Proves to be False-The Charge Mado by a Maa With Whom Col. Gibbrs hHd a Falling Out The Whole Story. COLUMBIA, S. C., March 10.-The State sinking fund commission had a matter before them yesterday that was out of the ordinary by a great deal, and created a considerable stir, not only on the outside, around the city, where the high character of the gentle man, at whom heavy charges were directed, but, in,.ide the board as well. The matter was brought up before the board in the nature of certain charges of gross mismanagement in the affairs of the state land department on the part of the 'tate land agent, Col. Jas.G.'Gibbes, preferred by a former assistant, Geoige T. Morrison. of Georgetown. These charges were pub lished in the morning papers and created a great stir in consideration of the fact that they were thus sprung on the defendant wi,thout being considered by the board at all up to that time. Maj.Gibbes was of coitrse very angry when he read the charges brought against his good name and high char acter, and he at once wrote the follow log self-explanatory card: To the Editor of The State: The News and Courier and the Register of to-day AJad reports of interviews be tween their reporters and a Mr. 11. T. Morrison, a surveyor who has been ein ployed by me, in which he gave them an account ot charges he had made to the Sinking Fund board against m3 self as land agent, which condensed are about as follows: 1. That I allowed a Mr. Lacey to bid off a piece of lar.d in Clarendon at fifty cents an acre and to only pay seventeen cents. 2. That I sold land in lickens as land of my grandfat her, Maj. James S. G uig nard, and kept the surplus of sale, whereas the land did not really belong to that estate. 3. That I allowed 11. & C. K. Single ton to put 2,000 acres of land improper ly b? 41e tax books of Sumter. tr(.8JAt I allowed a piece of land re p'(, jO b'or sale in Clarendon, of 300 ac 11e% Mr P. Powde to be with dra PlIae, ing V hot. Die, II Il. 5. 'inat 1 bought a * oodY an in IIanpton county for ie'ents ant and re.old the same for ceu acre. Charge 1 is true, but the lau, 4 was re ported to be sold by M r. Lace.y ,n was, or claimed to be, its owner, and I stated publicly at the sale that the owner of the land sold only had the costs and charges to pay and would be entitled to the surplus of sale. Mr. Lacey paid seventeen cents per acre, the costs and when the sheriff went to make deed I gave a receipt for the atirplu, $030, to be sent to the sink ing fund board for final adjustment. 2.As to the Pickens sale I did report I had sold several thousand acres of mountain land of estate Major J. S. Guignard. This I had good reasons to do, as representing the heirs, none of the proceeds coming to me individually. These lands I claim to have the plats and grants for, but have offered the board to pay the proceeds to the State to await a full complete survey, which was not made. 3. As to the Singleton lands in Sum ter. Several years ago the auditor in transferring the tax returns of one year to the next omitted 2,000 acres. This I had put back after consultation with the comptroller, Mr. Ellerbe. 4. The lands of Plowden and D)uflie were withdrawn from sale, as the owners claimed they were not liable for sale. Therefore they were properly withdrawn for further investigation. 5. The charge that I bought 2,000 acres of land ini lalaton for ten cents per acre and re:sold them for twenty cents is utterly f alse. I bid off this land, swam p land, for $2,000 and resol d It through Maj. Willis, of Charleston, for $2,500, saidl profit of 85i00 going to the btate, havingf been reported by nm, S though the sale was not. positively con summated. * Mr. .Editor, though deeply indignant at the malice and ill feeling manifestald by Mr. Morrison in thme charges, and shown by his desire to give them pub licity for the purpose of injuring my good name, I have tried to answer them dispassionately buat briefly, con vinced that thore who know me will pay no attentio.n to such charge e, ae tuated, no doubt, from a desire to se cure my position. I.deny that I have done at single im-. rper act or acted in any case in any '~ta fair, squamo and upright manner, and Utrefer to tho-members of' the sink loig fund b6ard for the truthi'>f what I Fa~or the tenmperate character of" muy reply I claim nio credit for good nature, as I have yielde d to the 'judgment of good friends in that matter, biut i had the satisfaction of tellingt Mr. Morrison my true opinion of hIm, in presence of' the sinking fund board. Yours very respectfully, JAMEs (1. GInnmEs. The sinking fund comission met at 9 o'clock yeste'rday morning, and af ter transieting all its other business, took up the matter of' the ellarges. Mr. hiorrison appeared before the board and read the charges. N4early all tIhe members of the commission who kne w the exact state of affairs as far as Col. Glibbes was concernd were as much 4 surprised at such a proceeding as lie was. Col, Gibbes, howevor gave the board a full explanation and reqiuestedl that certain Investigations referred to be made to show that the charges were entirely false. Secretary Tindal subsequently stated the action of the board as follows: "All the charges were practically dismissed, except the one referring to the GJulgn ard lands, The board appointed a suar veyor to resurvey those lands at Col. (Gibbes' r quest. The surplus In the Ciarendon purchase of 1,1)09 acres was ordered to be paid to the Secretary of State and held by him until the parties claiminig same shall furnish turther proof that it Is theirs. Mr. Gibbes hats been forced, with the full knowledge of the board, to sell lands partially, for ob vious reasons making the basis of such char-ge apparent only. "The board pas'sed a resolution, very progerly, that hereafter all moneys froam the ashas of lands, whether from agenti or surveyors, except ior county taxes, must be paid to the secretary of state and by him disbursed. IIereto fore the agents and surveyors have been allowed to collect their fees irom the sales as they were made, and the auditor only made returns of what was paid in to them. In speaking further of the matter, Mr. Tindal said: "Col. Gibbes has no control or management of the coimis sion whatever. There are six classes of lands and Col. Gibbes only has charge of one class. IIe is only appointed to look up "abandoned" lands, and sell them according to law. Every trans action is reported by him and by the auditor to ie." It is ascertained that during the meeting, and in the preser ce of the en tire board, Col. Gibbes turned to Mor rison and denounced him as a "dirty, low, lying scoundrel; told him that he knew that the charges were as false as he himself, antz only a low scoundrel would have for one instant stoopt-dJ to do an act so dirty and rascally. I11 Is also stated that Morrison took the de nunciation without attempting to make a move.-The State. A MERCILESS MEMPHIS MOB, Three Men Ta,ken Fro,s J.&II and Stolt to Death. I P1Is, March 10.--Before d.y break yesterday morning a mob broke into the Shelby county jail for the piir pose of lynching the negroes concerned in Saturdays night's trouble at'"The Curve." Calvin McDowell, Tom Moss and Will Stewart, leaders of the negro gang, were taken out by the mob. A search was also made for a negro named Shanks, thought to be a ringlead2er, but he was concealed in the woman's de partment and the mob (lid not find him. The bodies of the negroes were found early this morning in an open lot about a quarter of a mile north of the jail, partially covered with brush. McDowell was shot through the neck with buckshot. ilis mouth and under jaw was shot away, and one eyeball lay on his cheek, while the other was shot entirely out of his head. A bullet in the brain killed Moss. His shoulder was also broken and a load of buckshot lodged in his leg. Stewart's throat was shot through, his neck broken and a bullet had enter ed his brain. The bodies were taken to the ollice of Jack Walsh. At 7 o'clock a crowd of negroes began to gather, and hetore long 5,000 people InuirrouinJed the place where the bodies lay. About this time it was reported that the negroes at "The Curve" were arni ing themselves. Sherilf "_NIcLendoI hastily summoned a posse of litty men, and, on arrival at "'The Curve" found a large crowd of white people and ne groes. lie galloped back and forth anid ordered the poeple to dispeis,e, which they did after some delay. it was reported that 260 negroes were arming with the guns or the Tennessee Rifles, a colored riilitary organization. Judge Dullose at once despatched a score of deputies to the armory, who took charge of the guns and conveyed them to the sherill's olice. It was also reported that Frank Schu man, a gunsmith, was selling arms to the negroes, and the judge at oice sent for him. Schuman told the judge he would sell guns to whom lie pleased, whereupon the judge had the obstinate gunsmith placed under arrust. A posse of 100 men armed with Win chester and Martin rilles were gathered in the slierilf's office during the morn ing and remained there all day, subject to a call from the sheriff. The leading iegro s are appealing to their black friends to go peaceably to their homes andl thiere remain (iet. There may be further trouble tonight, as It 1s reported that another effort will be made to lynch IIugh Shields, alias Shanks. T1he Evening Scimnitar strongly coni demns the act.ion of the mob, andl de mands of the criinal court to bring the guilty parties to justice. Thle passing stranger in Memphis Would not know fremi observation that twelve hours ago this city was in the throes of awful excitement, and annied men were galloping to andl fro through lie streets, following bands of negroes, many of thmeit armed, also, to the tieth, readly to begimi blood-letting at tIhe lig htest prIovoenLtion. Last night% bloody busin"es w~as done ini a mannier that was a credit to thle dexterity anmd skill e1 thle lawless tob that invaded thme jail. (Col. 11. ('lay King, the celebrated criimial law V er and aut hor, co'ndenmned to (tealb 'ilor killing l)avid ID. I 'roton, la wyer and at torniey for .M rs. Geni. Gideon Ilillow, said it wats a iaagnilicenit, orderly miob'; that its work w'as so <jniet, that his slumbers were not (disturtled, though lie wats in ten feet of the crowd as it rush ed through the jail corridLors. A lice Mitchell, the tuurderess of l''reda Ward, hiowevei-, was slightly disturbed. Men are dliscutsling the iynchiing in all ci Itsa phase. Busi ness muen recog nize the fact ilt such acts are deadiiy blows to theO comumer-cial p'rosperity of the "New South" that Soutberners are so loudly clamorous l'or. T1he causes of this iniorninfg's lynch. lng are the saine that have brought about nearly (every riot ini the South. A white man namedl 11. liarrett owns a grocery and crap (live. Across the Street from him is another crap dlen and grocery run by negroes. Biusiness riv alry grew strong between t he two llrmis. The negroes got, the b)E', o1 t he business anid Barrett grewv jeatlous, andl fromt their bickerimgs it came to blows. BUir rett rallied his forces and the negroes got toget her. Both were a lawless set. liarrett found the negroes in the major ity and sought the aid of the law. It was i'eportedi t o thme deputy sher iffs thatt the niegro( a werie ariming, and they raided the negrae store. Thie report was t,rite. Tihe negroes had guns andl they used theum with terrible effect. Three deputies were shot down andJ thenm twenty-seven negroes were captured and jailed. Thl'e negroes then held a mass meet ing andl were barangut d by their igno ranit preachers, whose words aire regard ed as inspired. Ilearing of' this, the whites b)ecame enragedl, arid t he lawless omies got themselves together and ac comiplished the death of three ringlead ers. Trhere is fear of further trouble to night. A bout 150 muen, uinder A. J. McLemnden, -are armed with Wilnches ters and watching negroes In the su burbs, while the entire police force Is on duty. TH E SILVER FIGHT ON. REPRESENTATIVE BLAND PRECIPI TATES A LIVELY DISCUSSION. Free C SitaageScores One-the 1loue 'as SeN The Ortaer for C(oniteration-Au Exiitih:g 1arlianentary Conter;t Pre cedcm t he Vote-Lively Tilts. WASIINwroN, March 7.-In the House this morning before the readin g of the journal Catchings of Mississippi called up the resolution for the consider ation of th Bilver bill and the Clerk proceeded to read, and upon its a(dop tion Catchings <'einanded the previous question. Tracy of' New York called attention fo the fact that the journal had not, been read. The Sneaker declare(d that it was itA order for the gentleman fron Missis sippi to Call up the resolution. llead ing of the resolution was concluded. Dingley-I'las the Chair ruled that this report o[ the Comiittee on Rules can be considered before the Journal has been read?" Speaker-"The Chair hats; tlatis a provision of the rulcs." Dingley-"The same provision of rules would confer 1 he same privilege on conference reports." Speaker-"It docs not confer the 8aie prilvilege on conference reports. The gIutleman is mistaken; there are ezpress limitations against :onference reports." Dingley-"Then the Chair decles that business can be done before reading the journal' Speaker-"The Chair to devides.'" 'Tracy-"I at)peal from the decision of tile Chail." in advocacy of his appeal lie said that it would be an unfortunate precedent to make that the Committee on Rules, con sisting practically of three members, could come into the Iouse and foruce uion: 300 and odd mieibers the consid eration of any resolution they mint desire to call up. The people of the State of' New York looked with grave concern on the action which this IHouse was to consummate to-day raspecting this silver bill. It was the opinion of the people of* that State, almost without exception, that the silver measure should not be incorporated in the statutes. W ith regard to the question of readlin-, of the journal, it was customary to read the Journal every morning before pro ceedmg to- business. Knowing this many iembers had not felt it necessary to hasten to the House. On that ac count t here % ere many members absent, ain( a tair opportunity shioull ha given them to reach the caiItol. lie yieled live minutes to Mr. Fitch and reserved the balance of his time. Fitch seconded his colleague's re marks, prefacing his own remarks with an expression of the highest respect fbr the tirness of the Chair. But, he con curred fully in what had been said in re gard to the danger o, the precedent which it was proposed to set. Those Democrats who had sat here over and over again, deianding the reading of the jurnal in the last House, knew that that demand had always been granted and that In a Democratic House in a case like this, tirt refusal should be made. was as untair to his mind as any thig tIhat had been dlone in the last House. Every parliamentary body in the world correcteJ its own journal be fore it proceeded to the worK of' another lay, and if' the rules authorized such a Itling as the Speaker had made, it 'as an innovation that, ought, to be changed. There was a good deal of' talk in his State about a premature or smip conven tion. If' there was .evcr anythmng pine mature or unexp)ectedl to t,hose who op poseC silver legislation it was the snap) ping of' tius resolution on) thiem betore the r'eadhing of' the joui'nal. Th'le rep resenit atives from N'ew York would stand by what they thought right wit,h the same steadfIastness and courage they had stocod by tie pr'esent, Speaker when, as the cenitleman fromi Gcorgia, hze had protestedl against thin;s that were no more unjust than was the bringing ini of' this resolution before the reading of thle journal. 'lThe piarfy owed somethingi to the Democrats of' New York as they owedl someuthimit to it. It had nc r'ight to loadt themi (down, and fromi them it, must except,, as is dleservedI, a most emph)latic prIotest.. Mr. T1racy then claimed the floor, bumt the Speaker had already reognizal Bland andh statedl to Mr. Tracy that its lie had reserved his time the gent,le man from Missouri was entit,led to lie floor. Mr. Bland, proceeding, said thfat, when the Committee on lHules had( re lported the resolution certain anti-silver men had1( comle to lum and had said that if the resolution wvere postponedl for the time being they would be readfy t,o vote on it to-dlay without lillibustei'ing. 1I, was a faiir, squiare agrceemeiit, made by Messrs. Cockran and( Andrews. IIe thought it, lair play and fair dealing that when they came to him andi to d,he Coai mittee on Rules and made a solemni agreement, that, fillibu stering tact ics ought Tot, to be i'esorted to. If' die IIouse piroceededl with the reading of the journiil in the temper of' tile gentleman from New York (TLracy) the opponents of thle resoluiitioni couhiliove to aimind the journal I rom now until Chriista. Th'leie was niothaing extr'aordhinary ini the ruling of t,be Chair. It, was madle in ate cordlance wt,h i'ules adIopited by a IDemo cratic House. When gentlemen violated their pilediges and1( iuidertook to declare that the rule was being disi eiar'ded it was a very extraordinary exl.ib,ition onm this floor, lie niovedl to lay the appeal on4ho table. Tracy then demand(edl the floor, but the Speaker said the pending qjuestioni was not debatable. Tracy contended that he had not, lost his right, to the floor andI his persistency brought from the Speak er a sharp reproof that his manner' was disrre pectful to the Speaker. TIhe Chair told Tracy to be quiet, and he would state the qjuestiou. It, was that' the gentleman reserved his time, whecreupon the chair recogmized thme gentlemar, f rom MissoluI and that the gentleman moud e ia motion to lay the appeal on the table, which cuf a ofl' debate. Al ter furter' (dis cussionl on this point Blandl wlthdlrew him motic.n In ordeto ablea Co.,..u of' New York, to whom he had person. ally alluded, to take the loo'. Cockran said that the -,entleman from Missouri had stated that in anI inlterviev with him, lie, Cockrai, hail undertaken to bind a portion of tle lIouse its to its action tO-day. That was not correct, through it might be the gentleman's understandinr.. lie had appealed to tle gent leman from Alissouri to conseit that a vote be taken to-day and the gentle man had rei'used to make any agreement whatever and the vmversation ha I endul. It11 had been c:trried oil inl tle presience of Andrews. IIe, Cockran, had to appeal to the Committee (nII lules for !his disposition because the "entleimian f.oi Mlissouri relfued to c0o sent. Bland Inquired whether the uentle mnii had not stated that there ww>uhl be 110 0PPOsitiOII by filisblItring,. ('ockran denicd that ilihu.mteing I:td been referred to. Bland-"You said in that conveit tion that you would vote without ,i bustering Cockraii-"My recolltetiwi 0-w.i n.-t COv'er any such coivenltion." Bland-"Mile does, illost eulphatical ly.1 ( ockran-"That ;the genrtlemia L s said once in order. 'There is no iece-s sity for his saying it twico in disorder.'' Cockran argued agaii st the ruiniig of the Chair, maintaiiing that, until the t journal of the preceding day's procewl- f Ing was road, the House could not k now i that it was legally in stssioii. Andrews of Massachusetts stat .1 that his recollection LI the conversa tion between Cockran and Bland was in entire accord with thu recoilectionII of the former gentleman. lie did not think that, the anti silver mien ever ill tended to iliibuster on the joutrnal. iland--" Why not take a Iote let (i the;rcading of I he j(iurrnal. if t here ,s no intentijn of lilibust( ring on the Jour nal ?" Cockran--" Hecause one is ord(' - v and the other is disorderly." Tracy succeeded in obtanin; - t floor and concluded his rernvirbs v again protcsting against tihe decisith of tire Chair ind[ expressing regret 1ir anything helhad said which might ha..e been considered disrespetitul to -,iny member. Catchings closed debate on bi half of the Committee on Rluh s,concluding Iy moving to lay the appeal of' the gentle man from New York (Tracyi upon the table. Tracy demanded the yeas and nays arid Iis deliand was sunported by forty-five otieri. Th'i- roll~ was then C-Iled ald resulted yes, I11: Iavs, 73. Tr:cy's applal wvs takbled. 'racy then raisd the q,ivstion of re considoeration. Thi Chir decided that under the rules lw voulh not. entertain i the <luestionl of iviolrenideration. Tracy %gain appealed aldl was again defeated by a motion to tahhe h1v iapal, which was ctrried, I' I.o SI. Ti hcy tlirelupon mroved to recoliit the resoluitionl with instrulctiois to the Conmittee on Iines to report it back with an ainendment changing the date for consideration of tiosilver bill from March 22nd to Deceinber 12th. TIe motion was deleated, yeas 7?, nays 202. 'ihe previous question was thln or dere-1 upon the resolution withounit further object ion being made. A brieft debate followed in which t he resolution Was adToCit(d by McNeigh an of Nebraska, TownsendC of Colorado, Pierce of Tennessee and Bland of Mis Soii and opposed by Williams of Mas sachusetts, while sarcaetic speeches directed against the spectacle ifforde d by a controversy mong .rDemiocrats were interjected by IUeed and Botitelle. Yeas and nays were ordered and resuilt ed in the adoption of the resolution; yeas 19o, nlays bi. TPho speaker annrounceed thle r'esuIt -mrd irfnirrediat ely added: "The Cler'k will readt thre journral of yest erday's proceedings." I Latrghiter.}I WYhat thei I)onrucrats W liii 5., v4' only fonur appropriationi bills have bi'1 passedl, theii chrairmanu of' the 1101s j5 p propriation cori ttee < stimiates th.:t - the total 1of1 all tIhe bill forCu this sessi'in will be about M5,0,Itm eCTSs th;ni (he total of' tihe samrie billIs for the liris SCs sioni of (lie last Con gress. IIlav'ig started in to make a recordI nol smal ex perndit ures, thre I )eu noerat:; PiroposeXC to (it' and pruniii ait. ('very lh>ssib!e ploint, ailthioughthi y open IheC door w idley to criticism f romr the lIepah)11 i'ans. TIhe t iter nauturally wan:t to e the appropriat ion s 'iiWt com a n' a.s but t hey will be di sappoIin (tei'i. Thlei e is t ho utmmost hairmony on thei' Ieino cr'atic side ill (Ihis in at.ter of r 4nnrre the G overinnren, Ioin t he a-nom ) Ii'n principle and if they le-nd on!y luai c'in.. trol last year there wIuld not nowl~ be a depleted t.reasuryi. .lt will be remiembe'red t hat in th'e earl.y part of tIre sissi on 1 hese u.s patches contaninred an int 'rview withI dudi(geI linin, in whrichr lw s-nid I imt this Conigress would rave . 10..0,'p 'C. At that time the staIt'eent (xe'it ed t no ridicule of tIre I i')pubhrcans, w ho sarid that such a reduct ion was ilrurpossibbnl'. At the rate at whrich tire I ) mnicratIs are~ now cut,tinig this vast suin will l'o exceeded before ~Spearker Cr'isp hoys dlown the gayel on tire 4Lh nof March, 18(93. It vw'ill be ia reCoCrd( wi th which tihe D)emocrats carn go to tire country wvithI proud heads, espe'cially as it, t'ill be shown that, not a siunh niecessairy ex penidiiture 01 thi Go(I)veirnment,u has been o verlookd n'orii negle icted. liutL the app)Jropiriait icon bills wvill 1 e clCan. Theny wuri lie free Ifo ro all suispiion of0 jo'I )bs and steals. Theiy will lbe hones('t. Tihey Will contain nio iten like that, of thre )3,O0,00 tor tihe ICelaws and Chiick asaw, whmich waIs 50 applarenit a fraud tha~nt thn l'r'esidnt, deC'linedi to 1)ay it, out , air a is ren-rred thl (iwIhole rmattemr back toi Conugress5 fori * ew 'gibslat ion.l IIinrricarmmi ini i'lirttgal. L4iroN, Mlarchr 7' Tlhie hunrricanie wIch passedl o ver t he' l'ort iiguiee coast yesterda~y did rmunchi danii;ge to prop)er ty amid to thre Iran bor works here. A mniumbelr of' houses were unrooled, clhiinm nreys blown down andi trees uprooted. Six persons passmng along the streets were struck by hlyinig debri.; anrd killed. A nurmbier of others were' miore or less seriously injurd by 1)) ,ubnr rg bricks,C uiest, etc. 'lIe li ver' 'I agums, which ini Soma placcas has alread i overilowedh its bankr, conrtinrues tio rise iapidtly and threat,ens consiidlerable daitmange. ThI e river Is full of drift wood arid naviga tion has becorme so hazardotus that it w, if any vCssels attempt it. TARIFF WAR OPENED. NOOL SCHEDULE OF THE M'KINLEV ACT CRITICISED. 'rolectiotitst 'roten-ioi l'4 1 tct ured Theo MeKinlv.Y Tariff Wam Enapeledi tu l'ay 1'itiv'a- I)oblts Incur1rcl to Moot the HIIav.y Ex:ienlses of I to 11.1it 'ri.pi. diltial Eilection. WA iNT IN, I.Aci It).-Iolow alg :re extracts from N1cM*illinti Speech a the llouse yesterday on Sprin.Ler's tee ooV0I bifl: Ailr. Chair-man: The liAt Coingre-: a mp-sed the highest larilf1 axes nv r evi, d in thm couitrv. It also m:-!e Ie Imost extravagii apprlpiat.ots verI Ill:le here in timie of peace. W'i' :n-,,ress was sent here to correct hoth vib:. Expenditurcs in I!he two ye: or whlich thle last Cong'ress apilnil.r itt'. beihides aeficient leS, aggreat. (al.),thG itlt &10 per lainlily all11llia. Yl or ilore 0 ai $5lo ii i , I00,tIll each y-a, h wl't olle-Vtilld fWall the ioney il - tneill the Vllitec.l States. WN ilen IN o Ill our cuirency ) .(.)(]l0H F, 4 .. ,01ld 1w-!. for redemptionl pur-posik ..i he Treasury, reserves requir! in in n ion-0 banks and d1-11erentreresb ron> viruition. .,in other ways, we iin i hLt tliesec expo--nditures reC:h1ied annua! y iiar half of' :0l t1he imoney in aclu;i -rUlatioi. an('; there he peilannc 'ri it) while ole-h1alf (r even e n 1e ,I.r oW al' the moIney h1.s t1,; o throu be hand11, of tile Federal tax gth 1 \ ' ar, hesides Iaxes for Si .1t (tLy and Imnnivipal purpose!- T,(,i ' re(dly. Imp111ose lwss 1ae In pei hss moiey. That is wlt th. ong,re.m. means, to do. Mr. ('hiIrmali, the taills la hLi s 114J.. l in operatioll for one \1t-ar and Iv' nolth. Where are te bileneb-al 4' K I l that were to 4 w fr il it'.' \V I.r. ,t )t :1h11'-w pie lhe i'ar--iner all.i wo ' r er w,as t. realiz.u I'lr li it. WhII. re are thlle hiellsd wage.'s11 th. l IOi a man was to !T.rl L see bu bi ile maiiy men who voted h)r that inew M iltousleasu''e. [I Wt Lts wee wt I .1eil they wulld proclhill them to ti ivor'd. I dely coil( radictimin wien 1 I .;,L .le t,1imer has realized fromit two to thre, '(nlts less oi a lamund from his \.,or! 11a1v he1did beore 1nd Id alen4e any .(,prrsulitative here to poillf it, a Si .1e 111 ! of I.uIIfIactilres in whi iabr -s' wToes have beeni iilreased hy 'ilt aw. 'The laIoler las heen foked t. qj). lil -re for tiie root that shelte;, h111, "r the hat that uovers lis head atil til ivwolen4is that ' Iiiv is fack. lie Ii h-ad to) pay Ilin-v Imr the linenl he( wvzar the haimer atI h withl which Ii %Vworiks. Yet his wages Ihave no,t umt III oile ,enl. What benelit has increase< plftecli'n bueen to4 thlem'! It was passet Mdh I pretenie of a desir (4) henli him, et whilst his wa,es stand s41ll () "o down, what hev, hlis Wife and Lub(1(I con"ume has been inmquie in pIWv lnk C(M.-vionably. I ;a.;k a:ny lk-puldivnm on the Committee on Wars aind Nlean: to Im>int to a sin--le Jtore:- wlit 2w.:: have beI incre.1sed by the law. It i 1iIini-shes the r-evene re'eivt I by ill ovnllMent, I t it do(es no(1t ifncr: lth, valm of raw mraterial to the( h1i1ve, i Athwm d iL increase the wy the W " i. bmirvir, it it, !osters trusim, ir it ma;%; pool"n." proRiable, in Ileavenl's iniak let kis vol 1111ther luglize e I robbJN ,)ut try ,ioinc better Inlethcd. 1li army-s were had by the(- WayA :w. Means Cin"nitee on 1he AtlKumh, bill. S> )iie Ii larmers and4 r'epre(sentiL ive lt a;rienituraI'l IaLssocitionls ein:nie betr lie comitt1lLee. Withlout LI smiih.4 4> 'epl!till, so hir1 as I now retiieinli, t e.itliedt that the v'alue ol lnas ha.: ci:wt down w ithina the ilast six 'iars: a IThe duty on woo*flVLwa ini 'sG phite4 it It lcent- LI pound4 (on untwaIshed' wio< Pt'! wa's) hv an aLgreement ente're(LLd ill )4tween'i the! Natioind A:,soriitin it'L of Wiol ** Grow'ersI'. mlt I hey' de L I.e- It'hettt ms toLiCtn t-t. , tit waL Lu:: iint inceaLse LIIe vaie of wold tio' hott :'aIismf. the du1t v on wtit', ther i%e 8 7, I5,n0nI sheept in the 'ni) f stai'us h-:st t of the \lisSui a1i11 Ml i dyll I les. IIa lwI t9here werein. I :,!Teut in et in tIhe same1( territor .w(Int-iour yearis, whleni flu hiih f:ar' 'ln I' o)o Imd14 been1 inl fIel: this in IL 4111 th wt thaLt popu)Ilationl in tIhse Stat114 ILl' vistl\ increased,Vth Ii fthe inicrease1( oil shieep hadI kept iLtw' wvith te hwrea(Llse of p latlLtin, thfen' it. hfilrice of1 wtol atL this time ii aben' passage~ of1 theI At (41 ALirt hi 2, 1 l'he wh ole not,tLer inay i.e :.umm1net ui i the faclt thaLLt ater' .Cif -wen tlve y'im C\eximentlCit wh th highi rab-5 tI -hIt >nl woo i th rLesl t 11habeen Li i'duiiot' 41 oneI-hall Iinl tl:he llanher oi shleep I Sttes Eaist ofLII th AiSsIf Pi and ol Ii. tour: rivers maio aI redulicti(iont lLol; rOe-hah ll inhe prie otf woo4l. Nr 44'aLIV 'elts been1 enicouring',l 1 to woot 4(4 u:1 1factuLIrers. Th'Iey' hav'e ben redstr'Lte1 15 to theI <(ulhlity Of wttool thely Itui . ordI to buiy iln the grea'Lse b y reason 4. he11 tarL' i; th ey hav btV( een riestrlIe : 11m1 et:1 subhstantilly to their owii coun-l ry. T1hiey have beeni Itorced to use sho' ly Las LI subst i Ltt fori wooleni~ o'l iIs thatL had1 alreCady fallen1 from0 the )me4ks of beoggars'~' in oIther co(unlti'es hav,~ Th'fe tarith rateLs levtidI aIt the c1ls of h: r'evoi,lutionar'y warII. wheni, if (ver,' mii iniul1t inidusMtr'is over'wheilmeI by h ose long e'stabIlied in lEngalnd 1111d >thli:ri old1 countlries, were not onii xLIh >f those impiosedh by thle present. law1. lhose leviedh to carry oni Lthe war with 1'rcat Il'iriai in 1812, whenCl then capll ia ity had14 its baptism ol tilre, wereI' not mel-thlird so L'reat. Th'Iey areC now alboutI WI) and one halli times uteater thiani the' aLes im)1posed to carry OnL the' Mexicani -ates5 imp Iosed to caIrr'y On our recentf :ivii Warl, whicth we were t.Ol were Lr >e olyi templjorarty andl to be redhucet w~ill. the returnl oL peace. S5h' tihn nnIhlOra nf ihn bill aknim.. credit to theiselves for having placed suar on the Free list. They did, it is true, place some o.1 the lowest grades of su--ar on the free list. But the fiter rgraIdes tire st'll taxed heavily for the hene lit of the ianufacturef and he is left with more protection by thie bill than by the rates imposed by the Mills bill. They removed the sugar tax which > elded eight niniths of its benefit to the Treasury and but one-ninth to the lan ulacturer only to place many millions iore (fha) the sugar tax oi other things where but one-foturth of the law's exe cution went into the Treasury and three loirths went into the private coffers of Iavmred miituheAturers;. Mr. Chairman, when we reflect that fl'2.1'o0,00 paid on bountit1es on silks, su.,ar, etc., has to be raised by the imi position of taxes on other things where t'hrev-f0uths .4o into the uanufacturers' phk,t atnd one-lourth into the Treas urY, it will he seell that the tax is still a iirdell (1, ,000,0 indirceAly to the peol,'. and that instead oftheir get till- . 6 lo, 00 o(A reliet by this change !tt daev they have hardly obtainmed $ lt, 1100,1 nelj 4 of k-t beIlefit. ThI l ole hI ll vav vbara,ti-r,izud by cons.3ciuo6eess Ia Voritisn I-r the few and luerelcle.s op dRt I Sii,n t th! nlly. -Allr. Chairman, lor tie fir'st tile ill the hisL' I the cAlttry t1hose who l.SScd the lIw :liported it WWIh tile :im, *iestroyilngl I PV(lIll . lin all other laws eVer Passed on t'is sillbject, at least th1's1 having the Ilcasure ill harg hadl sense 1 offlicial propriety topres that th htw was18 inivi f to) raise reveniie. The xi leS of tile prectdinl.g catl 'ahi I had1 req uired a v4ast, atulounlt of Ill')IlVy to carry the clectioni. It wai raised by rOUS11111 tile, apprchension of -nwc an.I promising belelit to others. iThe protlllces (it that cailpa ign were UI. ilLo Istat t r .)' l r i. (Wr oppon1nts hav,e Iliadu inreat '1-ts (11 tile en(' Ielit t1iy hILVO b'estOwd -I tho counlry by that pmrtionl oftheo ar;i1 bill ey v'passed whilch provid( for ri4.IIcprovit " with other volitriies. It pv h.N I.-S tmr the 11unpo1sitil ()1 tIXes aind relltissioll 1 taxes by the 'resident ol' the Uni.ied . tates alo. I f( lmay at ; col dinvg tI tile provisiol, inl his iscre tioli, aS Oftenl. as lie Sees lit, ilpose two cetits a ploulld tax on sugar; three cents t I'Miuln1 li coll'ec; one and ita half ents at 10111-Al n hides aill tet cents at pOIId onl te-i. i m1-ay imliM! these taxe at Wil 1141 1 llit them at IeasuLe. Ie is MAL r'."(11iretA to conil, efth(.r tho cah incet 4-r Con-,rcss. i himay luvy 44), 41110 wipI I , ct)nvellil li ess oi ll - -iiltinl that lhody if it is ill sesSioll. I I Li Sltnih tlat i a free repibli c, v:hI th riht te tax :tion th irougi !OSCII leproseltatives vas ilboghIt with blod1 44u1 ,lich a thing is possible as the -il rrende-r,1 tiis I i,ht to o. Ian. The ni-At :acrc-I rig_ht ti,he u mre ainu lias is to h-o. 1nI tI .xtvilt anld allnliler ol his LaItion.1 Iit it is sad4 L) Illect that I I-I N ars ailt the riLhlt o! sell taxation was --ubstittittd l l-o taxation "withiouit rep rn11titttiol" S4)M. Of lle sonls od the!<v irshavc io <i (Iertuthat thecy were wiln, wahlout 'a pjr0[tst, withouit evven It h1UrIIllJr, to hulrrendier this bloil bow-01b, it to the P'rusidenlt t(I the(; United Statcs. Ah Mlil de.-cribed the (.\il workin 44 lihe Is4 sitIln of, rcbate ()f (ities \hIt i ilin p(irted -wdnIs arc exported after hav ill- cntered into mnanuilactures, dlescribeud the destructiin ()I Amnerican conmmerce; analyycd thtle du1ties iml)poS(d b,y the leKinley IIl; delliolstra'ed fronm Ih workin'5 that bill dhat, tari! 14 a ta a\1 (hi asis perora~. 4l1tin:I41 2X '4ve inlt a14 in5 II atesi of taixationi has1 been41 p4aeed upon1 iby the peole and1( conlhtllitl4I lii a1 inantir Iiot to lbt ills iL' adopl14144n. Newspapers2t antd pelriOdlie als44 ihitejir wor4)k inI inf&rinintg the4 1)14 ple Lb thi hage.. Then111 came' anLti ( anlt4 in pri1ces, spealkinlg ill unmlist,:lk v-bleI 41nes of the42 hadip aIstims r14:1 aweasdkI 1axaion.( Then, thIe lee 41i14n i un itil ve as 41uch11 aldetnt 14-Uninatera b> 'at recreat t rty a1i!s was'14 il'ited14i' uel te wo dii passedi twhs ineasure. \ Fro!4:1in. Ala inIe t (l1jafrnh reb11 atl4ed toprvat e )1theilader who11til \Ibil i til sI\ (:(11t tli iLth i 4)ller whio hUI 1'Net'u ed tit. Al i le1gant 44najort wasl Ii 1.1 verit 1hiItloiill InIthl(44) 'lint) toteno.-atil! here.lt '1'etNorth andh ut4hI. '1ni1a iajod4rit.l i on tvlrwaln av w:ISIIthei d 11141 tht ill oudivid theI unitry~ itl tlo sieti>ns, Norlthl (ar l uil tt li ICeilL\ 4l iver t)ht(4 era it! rC il S iI 4 III. ~ t l: ) Lo xrat oirom '1hie 1411( re.3v 44 very 0 I)emocr. isar rine the Notih tosI trotyn fav oruth * wubt tave a11 (I oi 1(t lthir isopponients. Thli'ose wh! orhb ('theS5V cl1the1 lleS theaoter wh'otttdhid lo thetnig flict ml wle 4lhllrlla1e1 bu1 w (hand1u1 I of thoe whol. fae tile bl rae, a nd Ii fioerce tile tpill! 14lhit on li tne !n thlIitd beeies w1h!olaleonted wasppr defethedb goven peop trlIerh thandw ritn 0)riOl the l mleiIis not tolbe isCt aken. foThe benpei rI-ICtio od Marct th-eiwior hav al NI.eductonr ina uheat rotaxatin,dorsed foi: !urthesdctiontion byon hrls hro foayr hi'h taxeatn.o The hate ison.e tOn onerse lso asr. tedh toemrtie art n111 for of jus txa te i o neotr. isopnns lmr A jlE.TTER FROM HIAMP)TON. WHAT HE THINK5 THE OPPONENTS C)~ TILLMAN SHOULD DO. Io Advilem tio Convention tihat Will 11 .0eld III Coltmimi This Month to lai a jrimniary a(nl to ''akw Charge of The State. IlAMP T)N, Mlaiss., irch :.--To the Editor of 'lhe State: I w%as glad to see the plan of a primary -uggested by you, and as you are aware it is the one advocated by mvielf ais the only fair means of ascertaining the wishes of the people. If the "dominant party," as those members of the ling like to call themselves, ref.se that demand of those Opposed to I l nii Illy opinion is that the convent ion vhicih is to meet this month sholtd lave a primary, and if the restilt shows, as I have no doubt it will, that the opponents of the pres ent Adminiistral i(n are in a majority, they, as the true e)mocratic party, should assilimu coltrol, not only of the policy to be urmied In ihe approaching canVass, but ol I he' State itself. it, in order to b?v successful every elemient of opp;sition to the present Administration, wliioh has brought such Ahamll-1 111pon1i ti Stalt(e. should be uinited; anil I regret eeply to see that, ainong those who are hotifst ly working towards it comnioi end, sono imistin. derstanding as ti the policy to be pur sued has already risen, which, if not cirrece-1, will stirely lead to dissension and ltilmate d.feat. All divisions ill ir ranks imist he closed if we hope for success. hilt I his cni never be ac compished if t vh ilvncate.i of any one poley express dohts as to 1.11 honesty or the sinceri'y (if thost. who, while working for a coinmou end, differ as to the m1lode of attailing it. Mutual col cTS.Sions nmist be imade. aid all differ AIM-es 1mu11st lt Itl t. fr settlement after tho battleb. Wise stralegy. as well as commuon sense, dietates tlhis course, for limany a ight ha; becii won under a had irder i h:ttlo, bil iolic ever where thtre w ds disaffeetiol among the leaders or i. 'nc ralkm. I see no con-eiv ah ! re;a;-n why there shuliid not be huarmoi. and concert of action am.mgs.t 1l1 who m1"ay desire a change in the goverllievt of the State, and ily uinderstanding of the address, which I with ot.er gentleinen signed, was that it, was vi1 earnest appeal to all patriot ct ett en-; who felt p:ide ill their Stato to join mi an honiistel'."ort to keep its fame and hon-)r utarnisiied and the int erests of its (iti zols protected. It did not. occir to Tum For a m1omlent that anly Dliocrat wIlo desired to see a ioodt goverllilent established inl the State' was to It.e exci(tsted f"roim partici pat ion in tlie vllort to se thre this con nIIllallation, alil 1 canlilot see why all such shouh not, takc part in the con velntiol sool to bIw bit-l. TIhe CAll for t hl.t con'lvenit it'n Certainly dIMIS 11t (-xclie t whos Who ar'e c.lled St raighol s, for w, it lil the active co operation of Ctho::o ciiizk-n-i, who comi pos s large anlld il;icIe(tial a portion of the I)eillocrat ic partV, it is hopeless to look fo cicess. Whiateve, opillion iwav he entert,tine ci ts to heir action ill flith last electifn1 lii one can doubt the sincerit y of their convictions, nor the honiesty ol their motives. 'he ipre dicliolls, Illadc ly thein at that time, nIt the evils which would follow tile inal -1.1tio lu1 the presiell. Adminis tration havo icti IWuly v-erilied, and tevy ar11- ow doilubtlet. s as anxiolls to prevelt a rccurrence of I liose evils as they theni were to avvit theill. 'Ile rect lt aIess issied y their Sormer cotmiittce is a Cahn, colserva I ive andi,l dliglilioil pm>.1)1r, hut I iipe that it will niot idiu'i the-ni to reiraini from ibarticipbal t. in tnI he' (otisels, which I'ivo for thiri ob ject thet welfare of tile St atc. I f lIt hecominlg convenionu 1101m inntecs a t icket , thley should Ic ertainily haiive a vicei ill its~ se lectionl, at their voltes will lie essenlt ial to its success. Alil siiades ot (opiniioni shuld lbe fully replireseteti inl toul conven'cltioln, andi $1hould11 that bod11y takeh alny acti on re puigln;tnt, tn ally iof its -inmbers t,heir withdrawal will telieve thleli from all oligaitjion to bit boun id by~ it. I appbre heint no daue:r of thuS kund, 1or the Iie. n whoi wnill :oni i iiit c'onlvention will lie anetite ali IV by itriotic 1no.. lives, mnI tiwny wsli be >governied by wise ciunilStl, I iiia si8:V. Nib ha;sty or in .ionsideto;i n.t tw tte: hen teared ii cionser vative, h .wstS! aid I rueI Demuo. etsl1 lnctt In ('iiSill. hown ti' best ill sinests of l t Stt (i 1ht belpromoted; antd this abulul line the sole motive proiplltinit( thein. I,it, thlen, repl.:-senaut iv of.~ l every class iol iiiur citi.ns be weul l'repreCsentedl mu thne con ventionl, aini especially do I Ihop~e IIi utlr farmr whoV ~. 1 have learned by hi tterC itI ex eic ho w grievotusly thety have been decei ve.t by false proii~llses will jobin t heir fellow-suffYerers 11n desirinhg inivas' rt 5 oft relief and rec dIr ss. Thle l'ress of1 thie Statet can exert hnarmIon i /.ing all dliscordlant elements and ill pr'omot ing iunity of actionl, and It is t) be hopedl that all papers' fayor able to thne mbovemlfent for at iilut ref oirm Il the State will ltnd their aid to brinig abou)lt unite:d, vigorous and determined efforts to ::eu"'re tils result-, "'United wet stand, dividedi we fall." I shouhl nout venturein to obtruide my opbinIion on tile 1pub1lic, but f or the fact that aLs a signer to thle address pub11 lished, I do not wish lily position mis unditerstood. O ne' other miattetr promplits mie ton (It this. Miy dteep) olicitude for that State, which, in other days It was mIy pridle to serve, and though my ser Vices have beentI pbroniounIced no longer necessary, I cannIot foirget the past, as readily aind as completely as many thers haive done. Ev ~ery pulsation of my hleart is true to the State, and my dearost wvish is to see its; people happy tand pbrosperouls. L am v'ery respect,fully yours, W AlDE IIAMPTO0N. Stairvati on Inn Vliennat. LONDON, March 1.-A special agent of Iteuter's 'Telegraph Comnpany, who is inquliring into thle distress in Viennia, paints a terrible picture of tile destitu tion that prevails in that city. There are many houses, lhe says, whose splen did exteriors give no suspicion of their mliserab)le interiors. The cellars in such houses, lie allrms, are found crowded with starving persons who are out of work, andi others who are earning only a mere pittance. II tudreds are unable to pay rent, anld exist in daily fear of eviction. But in spite of all this mis ery there Is a total absence of vice amng tha antfarers