Ir VOL. XXI PICKENS, s. c., rHURSDAY,, MARC. 1, ~2 O~ THE MARCH (-ONVENTION PUTS A TICKET IN TiH. FIELD. ] A Full Ila-portof *:h 1'rocecllngs of the I Buivi-No iv,v i!ii'ary Aphli..-A Very CntHevirvti* v P ItI:) tfrat Ado pled - Col.'i1 A, . C:., March 25.--'I'ie convviniun callk 4< by a number of .en tet1,.to devis'! sonlic "leuanls to restore I harin(ji:y to the rmhs o the Democrat ie p;i't in Soth Carohna Iet, in the Sta1te3 iluj tI afin.o1100n at five < eb:ek, and " as caUe!d to order by I -. ecral E Whyte ii cCradxy, of Charies. I, w1 1t Mr. Aaron C'ann1on of Lalu s ,a,.(': 1I i . to notiunatc. f'r tein ary cihairi;j one w ho will r (preseiAt boti! the low c,ountry and up country, one whc was m!! -public, life and served his 1 col wl.l -and voluntttarily retirtd ther, Iti, 1(;L. Sairuel Dible of' At r, .raik M ! :ette fi Sumter second ed tjv licimlinlati''nl, aud Alr. Dibble was uian-itiluouslY y k cted. l1u a-Ce3ld:d fo the Spealker's desk I 1-11d " p.ke '1s 11he I', Ilcw linweae it South Carolina: I th-Ill< yo i o1 h t'l Cislitigmibied honor .ou a e cou:lerrd 1111 me of presid- I ImJ ( Ver L( t( t1) poi arv organlizat,ion of l 1 . his ,a h<assing resolutions, or are we going to urn views into the embodiment of cAn lidates to go before the people?" After considerable discusaion on a di Iision 167 voted for the adoption of reneral McCrady's resolution. The iays asked for no further count. The Dllowing committee was then formed: Alken, D S Ilendeisen; Barnwll, F M ;amberg; Charleston, Edward McCrady; 'hesterfield. Alexander McQueen; Colleton, C Fishbourne; Clarendon. J A Mills 'hester, R T Mockbee; Darlington, J 1y Vilson; Edgefield, T R Denny; Hampton, it T Causey; Florence, John Mcbween; ieorgetown, 13 A Munnerlyn; Greenvil le, I W McCullough; Anderson, % W Sulii ai; liorry, E Norton; Kershaw, J B 5tvedman; Lancaster, It E Allison; Lan ens, Janies M1 lIudgeni; Lexington, W T 3rooker; Marion, John L Dew; Marlboro, I A Douglas; Newberry, V 11 Hunt. Jr.; )conee. W A Hughes; Orangeburg, James it Moss; Pickens, V A Allgood; Richland, . G Gonzales; Spartan burg, J K Jeannings uniter, R I Manning; Union, L J Brown - ng; York, S t White; Williamsburg, R 11 .'allahan; Fairfield. G M Ragsdale. The convention then took a recess mtil nine o'clock, when it reassembled, tnd as the committees were not ready .o report, it was moved that Colonel 1. L. Orr be requested to address -the :onvention. As Col. Orr arose /Aoud licers greeted him. He said the -bject >I the convention was to d,;se neans imd select a can(.'-ae on whom the Vhole people '.imn uite and give peace md uroeperiy to the State. Ilis whole --art was in it. The condition of the itate was almost as prccarious as it was S't76. Ile did not charge that the of Icers were dishonest but they wei e not vorking for the best interests of the state. IIe urged unity andl saidl that a special organizaition was necessary, for :nt,hnsiasmu could not carry the cam* aign. Work would have to be (lone in very townshipi of the State and it would )e wrong to suppose05 that t,he work vould end here. The only way to dis ~nthrall the people was to work in every >art of the State. iIe believedl that uf ill)present would put their shoulders to he wheel, avoiding strife and att,empt ng o'ly to reach the hearts and minds >f t,he people t,bey would lbe successful n their undetaking andl Tillmnan would >e relegat,ed to obscurity. Mr. Scarborough called for a speech r'om JIohn C. Sheppard. Mr. Sheppard aid that lie was implressed with the ouvlction thiat it' the gentlemen p)resent vould return to their homes to carry >ut the resolution showing in their laces here couldl be but, one result. Now w~as he time to driolp all thoughts of self and verk solely hor the interests of t,he State. .o home am(l say t,o the:people that the iredit. of' the State shall be held as dlear is is the puriity of a daughter to a fasther. Vhen thp ( xecut,ive at,temp)ts to usurp lie power of and dlominaLte t,he judliciairy Lfnd the Legislat,ure it, is time for t.he ieoplle to rise up and say that such ani xecutive is inworthy of the high oflice o which lie was elevated. Let t,he peo die know Ihat, we condemn tihe course of mUan who madL:e base ei-arges against, neni of high character, which charges e knew conld not be sust,ained, iIe as been triedl andl 10ound wanting. The estoration of peace an I harmony is ~reater than the elevation of' any man 0 oilice. lIe piredicted that the ifu nes set, in inotioni by th.a convent,ion vouldl result in the restoration of har nony to the party and goodI government o South Carolina. Mr. L. W. Yioumanis of Blarniwell was text, called( out,. iIe annllouniced that very dlemaIgogue and t,yrantl hiad started is career by p)ret,endling to take sides vith tile pecople and making promfises ii reform. il' then applicd this gene al proposition t,o Governor TillIman. Mr. Leroy F., Youmans of Columbia text, took the floor in response to calls. Ic said that he had been a member of a unumber of conven ations held in the hall ut nione that could equal the piresent lie. Two years ago a convent,ion hadl Lssembled in the same hall, a conven ion of Democwrats, not, called by the egular organizat,ion, but a meeting of' heir own accord to lay plans to bring bout a change in the State government nd( to suggest, a dlistiniiishled gentle ian for Governor. The present con 'entlon was similar; it was a meetinz of )emocrats not called by the regular or anization, to lay plans for a chlange of lie State government, it not being cona ucted as they deemed right and to sug The privilege of the floor was ex tended Col. John C. Ilaskell, and he made a speech with rather fewer sting ing sayings in it than usual. The farmers must be appealed to rise and vindicate the name and fame of the State. Ile denied Colonel Youmans's proposition that the two March conven tions weic similar-the first was a class convention which excluded those who had for years served their State, while in the other all classes were represented. Ile talked a little about the appreach of the time for refunding the State debt, and the decrease in selling price of State bonds, and the loss of revenue from IhOs3)hate litigation. After some other gentlemen had spoken Gen. Hampton, as Chairman of the Committee on l'iatform and lesolu tion, rol orted the following PLATFORM: This confo rence, assembled in re sponse to the address "to the Democrats of South Carolina," declares its endorse ment of the purposes and declarations expressed in that address. We declare our fellowship with all true and honest Democrats of South Carolina, regardless of factional differ ences, and pledge our faith to the Dem ocratic party of the State as now organ ized. We declare our unalterable con viction that all conflicts among Demo crats must be conducted inside the party lines; that the Democratic voters of the State constitute the only tribunal to which we will present our grievances and the demands arising from those grievances. To that tribunal we do now address these declarations and appeals. We have a just pride in our State. Iler history is the history of the best and most glorious parts of the life of this Union; her soil isconsecrated with blood shed in defence of liberty and right; her people have developed heroes, martyrs and statesmen, and have re sponded to every demand upon their patriotism, courage and energy. A new emergency is now here and must be met. We must adopt new methods and rely on new sources of wealth and bases of commerce. We must accept the plain lessons of present facts. We are a borrowing people and our interests demand that capital be invited here for investment, that com petition in lending may be developed and money cheapened. Our one hope for becoming an independent people with surplus money is to encourage the coming of new population and in vestment in industries which will de velop our natural resources and give home markets for the production of our farms. We must do this or see our young men and our farmers confronted by a hard choice between leaving their native State forever or remaining here in hopeless poverty. To undertake this great and neces sarv work with hope of success the people must be united in feeling and purpose, our party must be solid so that there will be no possible fear of its failure in control of our ffai.m we must have a safe and.'%in-lvative gov ernment and sa fe and conservative methods of- 'givernment. We M ibmit that the course of the lie;.d of our present State administra t',on both before and since his election -has been in many respects unwise and unjust. We believe the tendency of his methods and policy is to destroy the credit of the State, to the injury of the people, by making it impossible to re fund our State debt at a reasonable rate of interest such as is given in ss ter States of the South. To involve us in long and expensive law suits without proper cause, eating up the substance of the taxpayers for the enrichment of the attorne3s and coul t oflicials. T1o keep alive discord and strife which end(angers the party (on which the safety of the State, her women and her children depends) by constantly adding to the number of the (disaffected. To make a servile Legislature and an intimidated judiciary and there by to pervert what should be the re sponsible and protecting government of a free people Into an absolute dicta torship. with all power in the hands of one man. To make the Governor the master and king of the people instead of their servant. \Ve present to our fellow D)emocrats for nomination for State oilices by the next D)emocratic State Convention, or by a direct priminary, men who represent, no factions, but all the Democrats oif the State-conservative men who will inspire abroad confidence in the stabil ity and moderation of our State gov ernment, while guarding at home the rights of the people and holding a just balance between labor and capital for the good of both, because the two must work together if we are to prosper and make progress. We favor the speedy adjustment of the matters now pending in the courts between the State and various corpt ra tions on a commton sense and business like basis, so t hat all may bear a jurst share of taxation, all rights may be clearly undlerstood, all int erests may be guarded and enterprises for the good of the State and people may be encouraged without injust,ice to any. We demand of the next General As sembly such legislation as will give us a reasonable anid equitable system of asseasment for taxation, so that all may pay honest shares of the expenses of government, and we will demand, also, the continuation of the work of comnpleting and opening Clemmon Col lege. We pledge ourselves, if enktruistedl with p)ower, to protect tine credlit of the State by sacre'dly meeting every just obligallon. WO pledge ouirselves to take no st(ep bakwardl and to respect andl obey the will of the p)eople as heretofore ex pressedi conce'rning the policy of our State governmient. We dlenounce the proposition to in crease the poll tax to three dlollars a year because it would unjustly put a burden on peop)le not able to bear it. We pledge ourselves, however, t,o use every just means to further develop and Improve our public school system, the deficiences of which cannot be over looked. We pledge ourselves to the most rigid economy in the administration of the government, made more than was necessary by the misfortunes or the people and thle impending defIIency in our T1reasury, resulting from the un wise management of the present ad ministration, threatening an increase of taxation next year. We oppose and will labor to change the present system of mannaement of the penitentiary, U y which convict labor is used to make cotton in com petition with honest farmers and laborers, but a cause of loss to the State and her taxpayers. The convicts can be best and most profitably used in public works, especially on the pullic roads. While our farmers are being urged to reduce their acreage in cotton, because it is claimed that our popula tion has outgrown the capacity of cot ton to support it, it is not right that the State should use her cheap labor to add to it. We accet and respect the will of the people as expressed in the election of 1890, as meaning the larger participa tion and stronger and more direct in Iluence of our agricultural population in the control and management of our public affairs. We charge that the presont constitu tion of the State Democratic party is unfair and undemocratic and con structed in the interest of machine politics and bossism, destractive of in dividual rights and local self-govern ment and evasion of the clearly ex pressed demands of the people for a direct primary for nomination of State oflicers. Nevertheless, while it is in existence it is the law and should be obeyed, and we call upon the people ti resent the flagrant violation of the party constitution by the present exec utive committee chosen to represent and act for the entire party in the in terest of the present administration by the creation of unfair rules which deny Demccrats the right to express their sentiments by their votes. We disclaim any hostility or ill-feel. ing to any element or faction of our party; we recognize and respect the right of others to honest difference of opinion and claim the same right for ourselves. It was unanimnously adopted, though it could be seen that many delegates were disappointed at its conservatism. Mr. ). S. Henderson, Aiken, chair man of the Nomination Committee, announced the committee ready to re port. lie added that the committee had been very careful, had considered the record of each man selected. had ob tained his assent, and had given each section L the State a represent ative. Ile read the names selected, each being received wit h applause, though the can didate for the second place got the mojor portion of it. The "suggested" ticket is as follows: Governor, John C. Sheppard, Edge field. Lietitenant Governor. James L. Orr, Greenville. :ecretary of State, L. V. Youmans, llarnwell. Attorney Geieral, WN. Perry Murphy, Colleton. Treasurer, E. R. Mlel ver, Darlington, Comptroller General, .1. . I lumbert, Lauirenls. Superintendent of Education, 11ev, 1). W. lliott., Anderson. Adjutant and Inspector ener.',;'N W. Dixon, Y!2ryf. -- x-l '.jofernor Sheppard, Col. Orr Capts. L. W. Youmans and J. B. Illm bert, and Rev. 1). W. liott, of thosi nominated, were present, and returne< their thanks for the honor conferred oi them and promised to do all they coul( to make the movement a success. The following executive committei was then appointedf: Abbeville, W C McGowan; Aiken, D a Ilunderson; Anderson, E B Murray, Barjn well, Johnson Ilagood; Colleton, it , Weeks; Clarendon, I T Brock; Charleston K S Tupper; Chester, John L Agurs Chesterfield, IV T 'Stevenson; Darlington E T Coker; Edgelield, WY S Allen; Fairfield G V Ragsdale; Florence, Z T Kershaw Greenville, A 13 Williams; Georgetown, M Ward; IIainpton, John L,awtoin; Ker shaw, V M Shannon; Lancastor, It E Wi. Iy; Laurens, Aaron Cannon; Lexingtoii, . P Whngard; Alarion, Robert McFarland. Marlboro, J M Weatherley; NewbeIry, \V II llunt, Jr.; Oconee, W owry; Or angeb)urg, S D)ibble; Ilckens, ,J E fioggs lichlanmd, J Q Marshall; Bpartanburg, J 'v Walker; Sumter, ii D L ee; Unioii, L J Browning; Williamsburg, D)r D) C Scott York, T1hos M MelDow. Tihose Counties unrepresented or where vacancies may occur will have the power of selecting their representa tive. Alr. Graydon moved that each County delegate appoint a County executive committee tIhe number to be varlied ac cordling to the size of the Counties. Adlopted. 'Thme light of the ilghit was then hiad over the question of demnanding a pri mary. Mr. A aron C7ann m p)roclaimedl that Laurenis wanted a primary for State oflicers, and moved that the convention demand it of the September convention of the D)emocratic party. The house was badly split on this subject. Mr. Alauldini moved to amend by in serting the May con vention for the Sep tember convention, lie acknowledged that to grant it the May convention would have to violate the Conatution which expressly provides that all con stitutional changes must be made by the September convention, lie made an earnest spe-ech for primary. Mr. A . iB. Willian ms said there wasp this difliculty about adilng a primary at the May conivenitioni: I f Tiillman's party saw that the con venition recog nized the right of the Many coniventioni to alter the const Ituintionm so as to grant a [primary, whiat was t.o hinder It from al tering the constitut ion more thani that by nominating a full State ticket'? Voices: "The" woul o ar od that." 1( o hr od le adlded that he had been fighting for 1t years for a p)rimnary but now was not the time to ask for it. T1illman will use a demand for a primary, if you maike it, against you in the lower Coun ties of' tihe State; i[n fact he has already given an Interview on that subject and will make capital out of it ini time black C'ounties of the State. .Mr. X1-3 . Murray made the convinc omg argu1ment of the fight on this sub ject. T1hie May convent ion had nmo con stitutional right to order a p)rinmary, and( if it (lid at the request of this faction what would hindeir t he convention trom nourinatmg a State ticket, and then Governor TlilIlman 's opponeonts would have to support him or place themselves ini the at tituide or bolters, and lie was not wiling for anything like that to ccur. Afler several other speeches the do manud for a pri:nary was laid on the table. Tlhe miost convincing argument was th at of M r. Murray that if the oppo nents of Tillmnan got the majority of delegates in thme September convention they would niot want to changc the sys tem, for having gone through one heated campaign anid won, they would not like to put the qluestionu again to the peopile and risk carrying the direct pri mary after having carried the nrimaries for delegates to the September conven tion. If the Tillmanites won it would be useless to ask them to give up their advantage and risk a direct primary. On motion of Air. Henderson Mr. Williams took the chair, and resolu tions of thanks to Mr. Dibble for the splendid manner in which he presided, and Messrs. Ball and Woodward, the secretaries, were adopted. Mr. Dibble resumed the chair, anid the convention shortly befor,, I o'clock a. m. adjourned. Faten to Death by Ants. TomBnSTONE, Ariz., March 23.-The Indianu have always been known for their devilish ways of torture, but it has remained for a baud of Mexican bandits to capl the climax. "Mutch l1enry's'' band of horse thieves raided llemry Withers' rainch on file Carita river re cently, driving away all hitl stock. Withers started after the band single handed, and Bucccede(l in shooting down three o' them from ambush before they discovered that only one man was vur suing them. They sucuceded inl cap turinghimas lie was trying to get away. Death was his sentence. But shooting was too easy a death. Wither, was taken out on the hot sandheds and left to lie naked for six hours, fully exposed to the sun's rays. This was not enough, and he was then carried, still nude, to a bed of cactus bushes, where he was laid on the sharp points. iIe was bound tij,htly to a stake, and then a large ant hill, which was near, was toriL open with sticks, and he was left to his fiate. The insects sn armed out and over Withers' body, and within two hours lie was dead from their bites. The ants (lid not leave him alone. however, until every particle of Ilesh was eaten from his bones. A prisoner of the band was taken where lie could witness the whole al' fair, and was atterward turned loose and told to tell the people that that would be the punishment of all who tied to kill a member of the hand. tjoyfiily Welconed. LiBA, March 19.-The Amiierican steamer Indiana, Captain Sargeant which brought to this port gifts oL flour and provisions sent by Americans for relief of Rtussian famin sulferers, has s,nce hew di-charge been Iing soie distance off shore. Last night she was towed into the harbor by the Concerdia iid Vorwaerts. Certainly if unbound ed popular enthusiasm is proof of ap preciation the ollicers and crew of the Indiana will carry from this country a lively recolection of the gratitude of lRussian people. When the Indiana passed the Jetty she was greeted with loud and enthusiastic cheering by a crowd that assembled oi the Jetty. Tho steamer was recei'..'d by the vo.'. mon autthorities and . (4 of lea43:lir ~Thenants of' the port. Af .er she was moored a number of the o -thodox Greek clergy proceeded aboard , of her and held a thanksgiving service which concluded with the formal and 3 impressive ceremony of blessing the I ship. Voting t Unseat a D0emo0crat. WAs1 IINWTON, March 18.--The Ilonse committee on elections to-olay decided the contested election case of Noyes against. Rockwell from the 28th New York district in favor of Noyes and against Rockwell (Dem.,) the sitting member. The vote oin the case was 7 to 1. Seven members of the coannittee were absent. Those voting for Noyes were: O'Ferrall, Paynter and Lawson (Diem.;) Ilaughen, Doan, Johnson of Indiana and Clark of Wyoming, (Iep.) Mr. Gillespie of Pennsylvania (i)emn.) voted for Mr. Rockwell. The absentees were Moore, Cobb of Alabama, Brown, Lock wood, .Johnstone of Sout h Caro1 lina, Taylor of Tennessee and they burn. The committee also decided to hear argunment in the case of iteyniolds vs. Shouck, from the 12th P'eannsylvania district, on Fridlay next. I'nclo (George's Creed. WAS1IINoTON, March 23.-in speak ing of his position on silver co'iitge to day, Jiepresentative Tillman said: "1 ami sorry to see the stanid that Jirawley and EClliott are taking. TJhiey are against the free coinage bill, and ini that respiect they do not repiesent their consti tu ents. "I amt for free coiniage and1( againist Grover Cleveland. I was againist hiis iiominationi in 1888, and predlicted hiis dlefeait. ii ill is the man to lead the Dein ocratic party, lHe is a true leade(r, and has never bleen dlefeated. lie tlas given us New York State. andh his services shld( be recognized. '"The lilandI bill w Ill have thlirty ma jority in the flouse, and will also pass the Senat e."-State. Took Poaxsiii4on. J1AC iSON, MIss., Mairch 2;. W ~hien he Legislature was assemtiblinig yester (lay a crazy man named Ilryanit took posse.sion of the State house for an hour and( rani things to suit. himself.I Several otlicers caine to arrest, him, but with a big knife ini eaich hanid tbe kept them at b)ay and( furiously ciirsed Itie Legislature. 1Ie finially rani down fthe ste'ps andl itnto the st,reet, luhudd of people, including legislators and State oflicials, fleeing before himi. A 1ter get ting out of then crowd three polcemuen knocked him down anid landed lhan ini i-il. Ile was recently discha:rged tromt an asylum as cured bitt will be retu rned. iaises a Leg. NINF.TY'x-SIX, March 2:3..- -Tils tnorni ing about 11 o'clock Col. W. 1H. 1:tseyl accidentally shot him iself through Itie leg about four Inches above t.he ankle wit.h a 4 i-calibre Colt'sm pistol. Hot0tb b)Ones were compj letely shiveredl. hirs. I OAloeman and 11011land( were ait hiand( and did all they could to relieve his ini tense sufferIng. U)rs. Maxwell anid Neal were telegraiphedl for and arrived on the 12:30 train. Trhey found tha~t the leg would have to be aniputated, and D)r. Jiozeman, assist.ed by the above. namedl physicians, perfornied the oper ation successfully. At this hiour the patient is resting airlug any Statelmcnt Declining Nomination. L A KEmVOOD>, N. J ., March 19.-"There is no truth whatever in that silly story," said ex-'resident Cleveland to ine, this eveninet. IlIe had just finished reading the story in this evening's Telegram to the effect that previous to his having written the letter to Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, in which he left it to be inferred that if the people so willed it, lie would accept the )enocratic nomination for the 're.lidency, he had prepared a letter for the Associated 'ress in which lie positively declined to hoi a candidate. Alter writing it., however, the story went, he was pursiiaded to destroy it. "Why," resuied the ex-President, "I never dreamed of writing such a let Ier, and surely If I had penned such a letter I certaiily would knov something about it. Well, well'" lie coitiliued. "So they say Mrs. Cleveland induced ine to suppress a letter that was never written. Tnat silly story is an absurd one, for the imain fact that Mrs. Cleve land never intierferei ini political mat ters inl wlich I atin con4cerned. "'I'he only letter I have written of late was the one to Gvn. Bragg, and that was writ ten ini a hurry, and just when I was on the poiit of leaving for mly gzniming trip. 'hIat letter, which the ('eiieral ha seeti lit to give to the press, expressed ny views plainly. I did not think it the tine I wrote the letter that it would ever lie use( ini thie manner It has, or I ight have taken m11oro tile ill alswering." " l'hen, lr. Clevelaind, I ani to iluder stadit tliat you never wrote such a let ter as The 'Toli-gram elainis you have, for the sinple reason that yoti are in you r frienis' imids to do w\,ith you as they think besty" "I do not put it in tiI:t light," said MIr. Cleveliand, "bill, as I never d reamed of writing any smch letter I cannot 11ii derstand why th papers will pubish such stliff. I have abpoitt made ) up my liIind to (Ittit contralictig the many silly rumors that have app-ared of late, and wotld not contradict, I his oi, were it nlot that it charges that. Irs. Cleve hild had 10 Com11e inltUrested in politics." t)iring my conversation with Mlr. Cleveland, which was in tho reception romil of hi isolated cottige, l ts. Clev 4e 1anid sat ini thw ex-President's private st,udy, which adjoined the sitting room, the door of which was ajar. A i-Jocten "The Shingles" off the Isle of Wight, Ind the entire crew of ten were :Irowned. Nothing could be done to tielp them, /-~