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VOL. XXI PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1892. NO 3u. ONE BENEFIT OF A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS TO THE SOUTH. Colton Ties and all Kinds of Cotton Cov ering to be Adiltted Free of Duty, I the Senate or Priuldent I,es not I liter. Core. VAsUINGTON, April 9.-li th House this morning after routine busi ness the river und harbor appropria tionit bill was reported by Mr. Blanch ard, of Louisiana, and filed upon tht Calendar. The consideration of cotton baggina was then resumed and Mr. Dalzell, o: Pennsylvania, made a brief speech in opposition to its passage. One of the grounds for his oppositior was that the language of the bill waE so broad that it would admit free o duty many iron and steel product other than cotton ties. This was ta sec tional bill and one which no man coulk justify on any sound principle of tarit' legislation. It kept the duty on iror ore, on coal and on pig iron, but pro posed to make free the linished product The raw material was loaded with a duty; the finished product was made free. The bill was a direct blow at ex. isting American industries. It was a proposition to close the hoop and banc mills of this country. Mr. Turner, of Georgia, closed the debate. Ile spoke forcibly in favor of the bill and in general denunciation of the McKinley Act. IIe was informed that as far as the operation of that Acl was concerned the wages of not a singli laborer in Pittsburg had been increased Yet , the prices of cotton ties werE mtintained. The money raised by th( tax o ties was not put into the pocket, of th laborers, but into the pockets o: the owners of the mills. The mone3 went not to the maker of ties, but t< those who spent their summers abroad Was it right for the Government, un der the pretext of protecting the Amer ican laLorer, to rob the laborers of th South in order to support the lordI3 mill owners? The. right to resort to im ported bagging and ties would, he con fidently believed, protect the farmer, and laborti ' engqged in the productioi of cotton JaInst corners and cwnbina tions. T1 gentleman from Ohio (E B. Taylo d spoken_about the evil: ekssIlljty D nd a ihout hlave drivers The ma r o tot)k what' he did not earn fr 80 JR:n who had eard9d i was wofietban a slave driver, and v man who did not receive the full re ward of his labor, a man who unde. comp.vt on must labor for the suppor of aro r, was a slave. For slaver3 had been substituted a system b] which the fetters were put on ever] man of every ru.ce and condition. Un der 2,500 items of the McKinley Ac every citizen of the country paid tri hut to the few at the expense of all his bes interests. The modern Republicar feudal system was worse than even th ancient system of fendalism and wors than even the old system of slavory. The bill was then passed-yeas 167 nays 46. This was n strict party vote except that Messrs. Coburn, of Vis cousin, English of New Jersey, an< O'Neill of Missouri, Democrats, vote( in the negative. The following is th text of the bill as passed: That the following articles, when i ported, shall be exempt from dut. namely: Bagging for cotton, gunn] cloth and all similar material suitabi for coverning cotton, composed if whole or in part of flax, jute or jut butts, cards rowing frames, windini frames and other machinery purchas ed abroad and used iu the manufact ute of bagging for cotton gunn' cl1h, and all simular materials suit able,for covering cotton, cotton gIn and parts thereof; and also hoop o -band iron, hoop or band steels* cut t< length, or wholly or partially manuifac tured into hoops or ties for balin g par poses, With or without buckles or fast enings.' Mr.BShivley, of Indiana, from th committee on ways and means, report ed a biil to reduce the duty on tinplatt and it was referred to the commirtee o the whole. Public business was'then suspendei and the House paid duo tribute to th late Representative M. 11. Ford, o Michigan. Eulogies were delive red b Messrs. O'Donnell, You mans, McMi] lin, llayes; lubipman, WVeadock ani Belknap, and then, as a mark of' res pect to the memory of the deceased the House ad journed. Rairoada Win. CH1ARuLESTON, 5, C,, AprIl 9)-Th'l Richmond and D)anville and other rail road companies have sought relie through the United States Courts froii the exactions of the South Carolinu - Ihate government. For the p)ast lthre 'd*a U ent has been made belor Judges hejd and Simonton in th United States Circul&.Court upon th petition filed by the railroad com panie ior an injunction to restrain the nine teen county treasurers in thIs State from issuing executions against thi railroads for the non-payment of Stait taxes.and the sheriff of the respectiv' counties from levying up on the prop erty of the railroads. T1oday J udge Bond and Simonton, in a brief decisioi overruled the State's demurers and or dered a temporary injunction to be is sued as.prayed for by the railroads. In a IBad Way. NEW ORL.EANs, Apli 117 -When committee of seven, three F"osterite and Cal. Young, who had been suggest ed by the Foster committee and accept ed by the McEnery committee to can vase the election, had throwvn ou enough votes to'eleet Foster, it wa generally believedj that the McEner party would withdraw from the corn test, but after an earnest and prolonge< conference with the McEnery commit tee, Judge McEnery, was finally prevail ed upon to continue the contest. Ther are now two Democratic and two Rie publican candidates in the field fo clovernor, with the chances favorlnj the success of Leonard, epublican. - StrunEUp, ALEXANDRIA, La,, April 8.--New reached here last night by a Chilcag, drummer from that section that Capi Patrick Kelley, aged fifty years engag ed in peddling, was killed on Munda' last on Litt!. river, near Fishville, b2 by a gang of eight negroes. Four o the negroes were caught and hailged and the mob is in pursuit of the re t o tegang. The killing was for the gIt:i A STATE OF WAR IN WYOMING. United States Troops Ordered to the Scene. WASHINUTON, April 12.-Alarming tclegrams were received here last night from Wyoming stating that a serious flight had occurrcd near Fort McKiney, between cowboys and a sheri'ls posse, and that the sherifl's1 posse had been de feated and were now surrounded and in danger of being anmhilated. The acting Governor of Wyoming, re citing these facts brictly, requested that United States troops be sent to the t scene at one, as the disturbers of the peace %ad grown so numerous as to be beyond the control of the State officials. 'I Senators Carey and Warren immedi- tl ately called on Acting Secretary of War 1 Grant, Gen. Scholield was rumnioned, and the party at midnight repaired to the Executive Mansion, aroused the President, and aflter consultation the c President directed that, the necessary v troops be dispatched to the scene. I The trouble, as understood, is that V the lawleSo classes that abound in ii Northern Wyoming had organize-I and a were mak' , raids upon cattle rauches, 0 stealing and pill'ering even from the a houses of' residents. Emboldened by i their successes, the gang of outlaws had . increased in numbers, until they were too strong for the local anthorities to b suppress. A sheriff's posse had at- 0 tempted on Monday to arrest some of a the ringleaders, when an open light oc- t curred, with several fa8talities, and the d sherift's posse was worsted and a!ter- ii wards surrounded. t Senators Carey and Warren were a greatly laimed at the s,ate of a'ffars and felt gi cat uneasiness as to the sale: S ty of the sherill's posse. 0 Gen. Schofield at 1 o'clock this morn in., sent a telegram to Gen. Brooke, 81 coninanding the department of Dakota, t ordering tIim to send troops from Fort McKinney at break of (ay this morning b to the scene of the trouble. There are o three companies of calvary and three r companies of infantry at Fort McKi- t ney, and Gen. Scholield said this fore- b noon that doubtless by this time the c troops were on the ground. A telegram was received at the War Department this evening from Brig. Gen. Brooke at Omaha, transmitting n the following telegram from Col. J. J. Vanhorn, Eight Infantry, at Fort Mc- 0 Kinney, Wyoming: Your telegram ol' this date, referring c to the Presid-nt's order to furnish a y sufficient firce to co-operate with the i Governor im suppressmE disorder, just 0 rece*ved (12:50 a. m). Three troops of -1 cavalry are now preparing to move, and n will start for the "T. A." ranch, the I scene of the disturbance, in about two hours. It appears that a body of aboit fifty _-duu, kniown as regulators, and supposed to be In the e uplay of large cattle owners, left the vicinity of Casper about the 6th instant and pro- 3 ceeded to a point on the north tork of f Powder river, sixty miles from the post c known as the "K. C." ranch, where p they killed two men and burned the b ranch. This on the 9th instant. This t body of men are now at' the "'T. A." i ranch, about sixteen miles from post, on north fork of Crazy %oman, where they are strongly entrenched and de tending themselves agamst the sherifl''s posse comitatus, who have them sur rounded. The wagons owned by the 0 regulators have been captured bi the a sherifi's posse. They contained sup. plies of' ammunition, dy'namite and per- c sonal baggage. One of the teamsters s has divulged the names of the regula- t tors. iIe says the expedition is~ofil- S cered by Maj. Wolcott, Frank Canton ' and Fred iIesse. The entire county is ~ artiused by the killing at the "K. C." ranc.h, and some of the,best citizeins are in the posse. Reports have been tor warded by mail on the l1th and 12thi in fstants, giving full par ticulars. I shall accompany the troops. OMAHA, April 13..-Troops were or- t dered out from Fort McKinney late last t night to queli the disturbance between i ~the cattlemen and the rust,lers in WV yo mmlig. TIhey are uncder Col. Vanihorn, e commflau<k r of' that nost, and comp)rise t troops RL, D) anmd II, Sixth Cavalry Capts. Wmn. Stianton, George L. Scott ( and Wmn. M. Wallace. Nothmng has ~ been heard at tihe arm*y hieadquairters in Omaha ump to noon todlay, so tbat the -implIression prevaits thmat, then appearance fof thme United States troops hats quiet.d the (disturbance. FoRTi AlcKINNEY, lVyo., ADril 14. I 1he stockmnen have surrendered to the UieStates troopis sent out from here. ATLANTAmx', April 13.-TLhe EvenIng Journai sap: Pestilence and famine exist in the exposition mills factory district as terrible as in the Czar's (do. main. 'lThe district comprises over 200 roughly constructed one and two room -frame houses. Tihae bodies of sufferers 1 Swhom death has relieved lie in the same e room with those whom pnmoniai or -fever are fast leading to death-who c have no one to even hand them a dirink i of water, who have no clothing or bedi covering, who lhe about on the floor of < the hut they call a home aind starve and shiver th rouigh the bleakness of this i -dreary dlay. TIhere are rooms wherein r eight and ten miembers of a family are t stricken dlown, where pneumonia and fever and measles are attacking their emaciated bodies, where there is no sanitation, no help or protection from l the city, no medicine, no food, no fire, I no0 nurses--nothIng but torturing hun- I ger and (leath. "1 have been in the I -slums of New York and other large Scities." said D)r. llawthorne, this mnorn - ing, "but I can truthfully say that I r [ever saw misery or suffering eqfual to this." On. Man D)rowned. CHA RLESTroN, 8. C., A pril 8.-TIhe steamer Yamassee groumnded in St. John's River at Dames P'oint yesterday. on her way to Charleston. A schooner being ashore lying across the channel the steamer sent a boat with the secondi officer, E. B. Hillher, and two sailors to !carry a lIIne to the schooner to haul the Yemassee in to deep water. Returning the boat capsized and Htleur was drown ed. The Yemassee arrived here today and proceeded to New York. 1EFORMED REPUBLICANS. 7HE CHOSEN TITLE OF THE NEW SPOILS BRIGADE. L Uathering In Columbia whsich was itt murkable aniq Sennationa-Counting on a SW,IL lu the DeMocratic P1arty--Mom mninger ant Others Make Speeches. CoIX3111mA, S. C., April 13.-The New lovement Republicans held their first tate convention yesterday. It was >mewhat of an improvement on the atherings of the old line Republicans iat have hitherto been held. There ras an unusually large sprinkling of ,hite faces In the meeting and rather 3wer Simon-pure negroes than usual. 'he convention was held in the hall of ie House of Representatives. The meeting was called to order at 130 p. in. by D. W. Fowler of Union, nd after prayer, W. I). Chapelle, of 'chland, took the floor and delivered imself of a harangue. Ile said: This vent is like the star of 1ethlehem ,hich lighted the Shepherds to Christ. believe this movement is to lead us y a political salvation; that this bring ig together of the best white mien ad the best colored men of South Car lina will bring together everything ud bridge the great chasm between ie races. [Applause.1 This event is the greatest In the his )ry of political parties in South Caro na. Prior to this on one side have een arrayed the whites and on the ther the colored people; on one side 11 the intelligence and wealth, and on he other ignorance and poverty. Usi. er suc!h circumstances how in the ame of God could we as a race hope ) succeed with but little education nd no money ? We were tutored to ate those who are our best friends. ine of us have grown to such a pitch f education and manhool as to reach uit our hands to the white men and ty we will bury the hatchet and work r a good government that will pro !ct all interests. I Applause.] Such a reform movement has never efore been known in the politics of ur race. We will call a halt on our ice. Gracious God, we cannot hope ) succeed along the old line. What as the party had in this State but a re rd blacker than midnight darkness? Vhat did we see but a sewerage into rhich the slops of a hundred years rere poured? .Let us say that we iean to catch the hands of those who Ill lead us to virtue, morality and the igh plane of civilization on which ther races move. I do not intend to iake a speech; simply say this by way f preface. If you want good tlood on will now get it., for I will now in roduce as temporary chairman a son f an illustrious patriot who led the rinies of the Confederate States, a ame that stands for honesty-1H. W. lemminger. I Applause.1 Mr. Memm-ger ascended the -peak r'q atand escorted by two black dele ates, one of whom said, "This is bring ag the black and white together, sure nough." [Laughter and applaust.] fr. Memminger said it is needless to ay that I appreciate the honor con erred upon me in being elected the hairman of this convention, and I ap reciate it the more highly because as I elieve this Is really the first representa Lve South Carolina Republican con ention that has ever been convened in his State. A new era has dawned pon us in our political history and his convention palpably indicates an ther stage in the evolution of Itepub canismn in the State of South Carolina. litherto the Republican like the De in cratic party has constantly been ligned m this State on strictly race ines. Now, for the first time we find urselves convened on national lines, s lRepublicans, Riepublicans by convic ion, because to us that party repre snts the principles, policies and mecas res required by modern civilization, ndi which are suited to the adlvance ient of the welfare of the whole na Ion at large. IIe then eulogized the Itepublican arty, and concluded by saying let the tate of South Carolina and the whole outh but send Rtepublican Senators nd Itepresenatives to Congress and hien may we expect to keep up with he procession, other wise we must ex oct to be kept far back in the rear, there unfortunately we are ntow. lhe ause we are Republicans we do riot berefore cease to be Carolinians, nor there any need why we should tra muce records of our party; we are not shamed of them, it is base so to do. hut wve belong to the present and have (o deal with It as wve find it and with espect to a future; it is thiithier wardl limt we are looking and niot backward or aln inspiration. As citizens of outh Carolina wve have deeply at heart he welfare of our State and of this ur whole Southern land. Tfhe D)emo ratic pairty and the principles which it epresents cannot, we are consinced, ring to us the prosperity so ardlently lesired, while on the other hand just what has brought about the prosperity nd wealth of the North can andi will o the same thing in the South could ro but be indiucedl to miake the ex peri aent. Th'lis convention here assenm led p)resents before tihe citizens of outh Carolina the claIms of the party w'hich promises such results, and we *o now and hereby invite each and very one, one and all, to join us in this atriotic effort to rejuvenate the grand 'Id State of South Garolina. W. W. lRussell, of AndIerson, moved he appointment of D)r. C. C. .Johnsoin iid .J. G. Carter as temiporary secre aries. Carried. The following commfttees were thmen ppointed by the chairman: Committee on delegation to thme na Ional convention at Alinneapolis- - lunro Whitlock, UTnion; M. J. Wii hams, Colum bia; Simeon Corley, Lex ngton; George Rtobertson, Oranigebuzrg ; V. P. Russell, Charfesten. Committee on resolutions anid plat orm-Wi gg, Ilead fort; Nichols, U reeni 'ille; Stoeber, Richiand. Committee on organization-D)r. Clay On, Columbia; Russell, Anderson; Cjor sy, Lexington; D)r. McClennan, Char eston; WV. P. Cain, Orangeburg; W. ii. Ilocker, Berkeley. Committee on credentials---Macus ~er, Georgetown; Ilannon, Spartan urg; Westberry, Sumter. The first, committee to report wvas the ~ommittee on credentials through Its ~hair man, F. M. Macusker. lie reported 150 delegates. 'The secretary of the 3onvention declined to give the press m list of the delegates. A fter the press rang had talked to the leaders an in teresting summary of delegates was se cured. It will be seen that the rolls show that there were seventy-seven white men on the roll. The rolls show the following compo sition. It will be an interesting study. It is made up by .1. I. McLane, and the complexions are given by him: White. Frank Nichols, John B ft-de, It W AMe1minger, Moilton anory, V 11 Sitcliffe, A 1t Forest, W P Russell, Simeon Corley, L J Shealey, Jackson Counts, B E lutto, V P Abler, A .1 Wilson, .1 C Hinter, M Whitlock, D WV Fowler, IR A Whitlock. .) S Kendrick, J W Dates, Frank W Coleman, E 1) White, W 1 Blocker, W 11 Turner, Georgo Fant, V P Clayton, John Powers, A W Clayton, .1 G Coleman, .J 11 MCLane, ''hoinas Aughtrey, V 1 l)uncan, V 1' Cain, F ' L'APrickett, 1 R Ililakewood, Jailnes Bogg, T A Odoin, Jaines A ngihtrey, C P Ilutto, )ouglass Aughtrey, Wade A ughtrey, Jaines Martin, .Johil P It1artin S WV Gaines, Wiml Gailes W 11 liester, W A )avis , ,J T King, .1 C Crenlhiaw, 1; F Galit, jP 1) Dean. V W ussell, 11 F Riussell, W C Kieniedy, .1 () Carter, .) J Daley, E Riaisey, I A D)een, T I Owdjami, E lBenjaiinl, E Shill, .J11 Martin, E Vallev, V 11 Martin, .J l Ilolian, J F Pointer, V' F ("oills, 1 6 Black, .J G Geiger, W H Rkutherford, S Starling, 8 J Smith, A It Sightler, .Jr., B 1' Davis, Rt W Itivers, John V .Joies. J W Ulizz1an, Colored. A T Stewart, I () Nelson, C C Dunlop, 1) McConnell, G C Gibson, George Itobinson, W Golden, Israel Carrison, 1) Cheeseborough, Wim Wallace, W D Chappel, T lB Brown, C A Thoinpson, C B 1DaVls, V Pugh, Dr C C .lohnson, K N Addison, M J Williams, J A Bryant, Jr., C G Hlolies, Ilenry Lindsay, Rev .1 C Daniels, W A) iracey, . C Tobin, L A Ilampkins, J, I Johnson, Jailles Vigg, .1 t lleed, B W Rivers, V W Stoney, R1obert Martin. ' W Martin, 1 W Connell, E B Wesley, It C Westberry, V 13 English, W P Singleton, .1 S Black, S Starling, W 11 Rlutherford, A R Sightler, A T Washiington, J W Roath, It F Aiaker, Jainles Rawl, I tHartley, Jaines Lowinan, James A Willians, C G Johnson, James lloinson, C A It Frost, IL I Owens. A I llay, P Ingram, ) IA Nixon, . ' Walker, J L, Johnson, W J Dickerson, J 1) Nixon, N A Nixsoi, E B1 Holloway, .lames Fields, David Barris, J Il Iticks, It K Noon, A P Jones, G C Williams, LA V Counts, J S Daniels, L Gray. According to Secretary Johnson twenty Counties were represented as follows: Anderson 4, Berkeley 2, Barn well 9 Colletori 2, Chesterfield 1, Coluinbia and Richland 45, C reenville 4, Fairlield (, Edgetleld 5, Lexington 9, Orangeburg 15, Newberry 6, Lancaster 6, Union 9, Charleston 8, Beaufort 5, Pickens 2, Oconee 1, Abbeville 3, York 1. W. V. Russell moved that the teni porary organization be made perma ner.t. Carried. The committee on resolutions and platform reported as follows: Seeing the necessity for a worthy and reputable Republican party in this State, we, the representatives of the Republican masses, in convention as seinbled declare that we have earnestly and1 in goodl faith entered the work of effecting such an organization. And we pledge the llepublicans of thme North and ouir people at home that the work so wvell begun shall receive our best and unabating efforts. WVe believe that a well organized andI honestly managed lRepublican party in the State will be conducive to better government and better times l'or the whole of our people. We believe that corruption and race antagonism in our p)olitics are nmot only harm ful to our well-being, hut should ho regardled as a high crime against our civil izatilon. WVe believe that mioral worth and in tellectuail titness should he the stand ard hy which publIc ollicers should be selected, in all departmenits of govern menit, St ate and national. We believe that no0 mani should be a llepublican or J)emocrat beause of his color and( no pressiure or' iproper in coerce aniy citizen, to give his support to any party against his own honest convictions. We believe that it is very hurtful to the peopile to be swayedl by any kind of rinlg or f actional lnlluience s but that we should have two well managed oppos ing part ies, eachi applealing to the peo ple's best judgment for support and supremiacy. We believe in honest elections and declare in favor of the Australian sys tern of ballots because we believe that its adoption in this State would be a sure s4afegulard against corruption or dlishlonesty in our elections. Resolved, TIhat we endorse the pres ent admlinistration as the exponent of the pIrinciples of the national party as enulnciatedl at Chicago mn 1888. Resolved, That we are glad to be able to congratulate the peolo of the national good flowing to them through tihe Republican adminIstration; es perially do we point with p)ride to the fore'ign policy of P'residenit lharrison. Ad(op)tedl. The committee on dlelegation to the Minneapolis convenitioni reported as fellows: The commIttee on delegatIon recomn mnends the following named as dele gates at large to represent then Repuibli can party (of South Carolina in the nationial convention to be held in Min nleaplolis, Junne '7, next: IR W. Mem minger, Charleston; W. ID. Chappell, Iiihland; \V. P. Cain, Orangeburg; alterniate's, V. I'. Clayton, Columbia; J. C. Ilunter, Union; Frank Nichols, Greenville; N. A. Nixon, Aiken. And that they be unt.rammeled by irnstruc tions. J. 1I. hlyd e of G reen ville moved to lay the report of the committee on the table, saying it was un-lRepublican to have nominations made by a cornmit tee. WV. ID. Chappelle raised the point of order that a motion to table was not debatable. JTames Wigg raised a counter point that the convention had no rules 1. It. Iyde contended that a motion o lay on the table was debateable for live 'ninutes. James Wigg moved that the rules of the House of Representatives be adopt. ad for the guidance of the convention. It was suggested that the House was Democratic. Wigg laughed and said it Jid not matter. 'Ilie motion was car ried. Ilyde then spoke against the imotion, iaying the delegates should be nomi nated from the floor and that any other method would be wrong. The report was adopted. Scipio Starling talked about ten mii. ittes about some amendment he wished to propose to the report of the commit tee, whi"h had already been adopted. Finally ho was induced to take his seat. W. '. lussell said that he only knew one man on the delegation but lie knew that 1,he nomination of the committee was all right. The committee on organization re ported as follows: The Republican party in this State shall have a State oentral committee of 100 members. T'lie oflicers of this committee shall i-onsist of a chairman, one vice chair. min, corresponding secretary and re i,ording secretary and treasurer; these 'flicers to be elected by this convention for the term of two years, and to serve ntil their successors are elected. The licers shall select as rapidly as possi ble suitable persons for membership on Otis committee and shall appoint with out delay a congressional committee [or each Congressional District in the State. 'T'hat the Aflicers of the central com iit tee, together with the chairman of the several congressional committees, silall constitute the Republican State executive committee, and shall have fill supervision of the party organiza tion ain( shall look to the party's in tercst in the State. Adopted. Under this report the following were niominated by the committee: Chair. Iman, W. 1'. Smith, white, Sumter; vice -hairman, E. M. Stoeber, white, Rich land; treasurer, V. 11. Rutherford, col ired, Richland; Secretary, A. V. Clay ion, white, Richland; corresponding secretary, C. C. Johnson, c3lored, Rich land. They were electd: W. W. Russell inquired if the adop tion of the report of the committee on organization precluded the election of more than four delegates at largo. V. P. Clayton explained that it was only competent under the rules of the iepublican party to elect the delegates itt large at the convention, that the others must be elected at the Congres sional conventions. 17nder the report of the committee on organization congressional district chairmen had to be appointed. A long discussion ensued on how this was to be donle. .James Rtobinson, Charleston, said nothing had been done. lie had not voted or done anything but sit in his chair, and lie could have done that at home. The convention ought to do something so each delegate could go home ani report it. le was prepared to stay a month, if necessary, to com plete the conveition's work. James Williams said he had assumed the charge of getting a delegation up from Charleston, and he was willing to put his chest to the bullets of the elemy, if necessary, to win for his peo ple their rights. jApplause.j It was decided that the delegates from the various Congressional Dis tricts should meet during a recess and decide upon chairmen for their dis. tricts. The convention then took a recess until 4 p. in. At the afternoon session the follow ing chairmen were reported by the del egates of the various congressional dis tricts: First D)istrict, W. 1I. 13locker, Sum mervilie; Secoind District, ,J. II. Owdom, Edgefield; Third D)istrict, W. W. Rtus sell, Anderson; Fourth District, Munro WVhitlock, Union; Fifth 1)istrict, A. Ii. lo wen, Kershaw; Sixth D)istrict, W. E. Charles, D)arlington, Seventh District, Gecorge Robinson, Orangeburg, Jlames Wigg, ll"efort, made a long speech about the position of the colored man and what ought to be his future. W. W. Russell, of Anderson, made a fiery and impassionedl speech, lie said tihe late Convention had done more to injure andl impair the credit of the State than any other influence could haive. in vigorous languagc he do nouincedi as infamous the registration Act of 1882. lie said thme D)emocratic party was split into three dlistinict or gainizations andi it there were not brains enough in the new Republican umovemenst to put a net on each road anid share each faction they deserved to be kicked out of the State. 'The Irby pa~rty says the Ilaskellites arc damned lIadicals. Chairman Lyles said his faction was the party. And if the in (<uiry was pushed to O)rangeburg nice, piolite, kind, <quiet Mr. 1)1bble will say the Shepardmtes are the D)emocratic party. This is the time for the Repub licans. lIe agreed with Govenmor Till moum in saying that for over 100) years the Stamte did not have a D)emocratic form of government. HIe had heard with astonishment in 189)0 Senator Butler ini the linited States Senate ad vocating tihe dheporting of the negroes hack t,o Africa. Senator Butler would not lie able to hitch up his horses or cook his meals and would be the first to follow the negro, and WV. W. Russell would be right close to him, lie then p)raised the negro for hissimnple notions andm( his lack of' all anarchic and social istIc notions that trouble other kinds of labor. At the conclusion of Russell's harangue the convention adjournmed sine die, The R,aging TombIibee. Monmi ru, Ala., April 13.-The Tom bigbee ltlyer at Demopolis, Ala., is ris mug at thme rate of six inches an hour andi great areas of low-hands planted with corn and( cotton are under water, The rise from 6i o'clock last night was eight feet. '[he river is within seven and a half feet of the hIgh water of 1874 and will probably pass that point today. The Alabama Great Southern Itallway track is submerged near Epes's station and1 trains of that road are us lng the East Tennessee Road to Merd ian, Miss., West Point, Miss., is suir rounded by water and is practically on an island. Every railroad is washed out anid nearly all the wires are down, Every bridge in the country is washed away and much stock has been lost, llotels in West Point are crowded withi water-bound passengers. The flrst through train for Mobile on the Mobil and Ohio went out on Monday night but rain began failing again and il looks now as if the flood would be great er than before. CONGRESSMEN DRINK. Some Frequenters of the Capitol Tippling Room. WASIINGTON, April 7.-In the House today Mr. Funston, of Kansas, rising to a question of privilege sent to the clerk's desk and had read an article published in The New York Voice, which for ten minutes kept the Ifouse in a whirlwind of laughter and meriment. The article which is headed "a few of the congressional tipplerd" goes on to mention the names of a dozen or more Senators, and an equal number of Re presentatives, who at the Senate and House restaurants have been seen in dulging in intoxicating liquors. Ills, Funston's name was one of those men tioned, and he believed that the article was intended to efliect primaries in his district. [Laughter.] lie denied that he had ever drank intoxicants within the Capitol, produced an affidavit of the proprietor of the liouse restaurant to that effect, and denounced the corres pondent of The Voice as a liar. Mr. Cummings, of New York, whose name was also published, said that at the time the article was written he was sick in his room. Undoubtedly at some time the correspondent had seen him drinking a decoction known as "cold tea," to which he had been introduced by Senator Edmunds. Mr. Scott, of Illinols, whose name was on the black-list, denounced the author of the article as an unmitigated and malicious liar. Mr. Fellows, of New York--I wish to say, on behalf of the correspondent of The Voice, that he is right in one iu. stance; I am guilty, ILaughter.] Mr. Fitch-I declare myself guilty with Col. Fellows. Mr. Milliken-So far as I am con cerned it is absolutely false. Mr. Ilatch,of Missouri, thought that it was due to the House that the names of the senators and representatives men tioned who were not present or had not spoken should be expunged from the record. Mr. Cockran, of New York, who was one of the gentlemen alluded to, regret ted that the motion had been made. It was not his practice to pay any atten - tion to articles of this kind or to dignify them by referring to them, Enough had been said on the subject, and the matter should be allowed to drop into the oblivion to which it belonged. Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, moved to expunge'the whole letter from the re cord, and despite Mr. Fuston's protest this motion was carried. Then Mr. Funston, rising to a ques tion of privilege, said that this action of tho IIouse left his remarks without anything to rest upon. In unmeasur able terms, and in language more forci ble than polite, he denounced the cor respondent of The Voice and called upon the decent correspondents to kick him out of the town. Mr. Lewis, of Mississippi, suggested that the corresponient was a woman. Mr. Funston-It makes no difference whether she is a lady or a street- walker. I am standing here in my own defence. [Ilisses in the gallery.] Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, made a point of order, that the gentleman should not use such language on the floor of this House. Mr. Funston said that he was in formed that the correspondent was not a woman. lie had been told the name of the man who wrote the article. Mr. Funston then took his seat amid more hisses. Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, rising to a question of privilege, offered a resolu tion declaring that it was due to the dignity and good name of the House of lIepresentatives that the remarks made by Mr. Funston today, relative to wo man, should be expunged from the re cord. Mr, Rurrows asked the gentleman to withhold his resolution, iIe was as sured by the gentleman from Kansas that anythuig that could be criticized wvouild be eliminated from the record. Mr. Wheeler said that with that as surance lhe would allow his resolution to lie upon the table for the present. A Wolf In shaeei,'m Clothing. M AIsON, G A., A pril 12.- Bishop A t ticus G. Ilaygood, of the Methodist Chuiirch of Califtorn ia, hams telegraphed to the llev. Warren Candler, presidient of Emery Methodist College at Oxford, Ga, to have arrested if p ossible the lRev. Edgar J)unbar andl wife, the former be ing a minister in the California Confer ence, andl to dhivest him of his ministe rial credentials. Tihe charge is that Mr. anid Mrs. D)unbar are living in illegal uinion, union, and the story of the case is an interesting one. Mr. andi Mrs. D)unbar arrived at Ox ford some time ago to visit their son, who was attendling college there. They were well received andl Dunbar tilled the pulpit for Dr. Candler on more than one occassion. It t ranspires that twen ty-flve years ago Edgar D)unbar, who is a native of Florida, married a beauti fuml woman there and raised a small family. lie afterwards eloped to Little Rock, Ark., and assunmedl the name of Seth Burnett. lie was admitted to the Methodist Conference of Arkanusas. hlere he had another family. Hie be came tired of his second wife andl famn ily and again eloped with Mrs. lern dion, wife of a neighboring local p)reachi or, going to Southern California, where he resumed his own name. D)unbar's second wife devoted several years to ferreting out his whereabouts and final. Ily succeeded in locating him in Call fornia.1The attention of the authori ties of the Metnodist Church there was called to the case and they at once con cluded that the man was a hypocr ite. In the meantime D)unbar, suspecting something wrong, had left California, stating lie was going to New York, bult instead lie went to Oxford. The Bishop promptly telegraphed to have D)unbar and his wife intercepted, but the message was sent too late as the couple had left Oxford. TI'heir son, was at college and whom they had been vis itin g, knew nothing of the situat,lo> until informed by President Candler The boy, after hearing the story, immme diately followed his parents to No, York. Telegrams have been sent t< New York to arrest the couple. Murdered and Robbed. M ACON, A pril 8.-The body of an olt foot pedler was discovered yesterda.1 floating in the Tallapoosa river in Car roll county. There were four buile holes through the man's head and all hi: money and watch were gone. Jin Mann, who lives near the place, is sui pected, and has not since been seen Offces researching for him. WATER EVE RYWiEl. THE TERRIBLE FLOODS IN THE SOUTHWEST. Iuntlreds of Coloretl IooW,e Drowned Jn StiansIiplupI--iemIIes Swe, A way nnd Crol,d Ruliel--- lai remut~Is Juiaged .-. mntl M1such Proierty I)e8t royett. NASiVI ,I:, April 13.-leports from the tlooded districts report the condition of allairs today worse. than yesterday. So far eighty-seven budies have been re covered, and as many more are known to have been drowned. The Coosa river is now eleven feet above low water and rising rapidly. The Tombigbee river is rising an inch every hour, and the Ten nessee river is now beginning to boom. It is within three feet of the levees, and if they break hundreds of fIamilie.s will be rendered homeless. No trains are running on the Alabama -outhern or (eorgia Pacific railroads west of Colum bus. Beyond Columbus the track is two feet under watei'. Thlie lood has spread into Sumter, ( ;reune and Pickeas counties in Alabama. It is estimated that forty negro Catmlnies have perished in these counties. Hain Is no*v Vallii, and the indications are that tlie 1lood will exceed the overilow of the Miss issippi three years ago. Carpenters are building boats by the dozen in anticip.a tion of an overflow. TIlE SITi:AToN IN A.I,AI:.AMA. BIRMIN IAM, Ala., April -3.-The Ilrst train on the Kansas City, Memphis and 11irmingam road for ten d.ys ar rived tonight. ''ie conductor who brought the traiu in says on 4ro)ing, out ten days ago his train was cauIht i thi 1100d between Giatman, M is., al Sulli gent, Ala., and lor several tys was not able to get back to .laslev. the largest town in that section. The crops in Northwest Alabama are entirely ruimed. The water on the level ground was froi one to six feet deep. Ilotses are wased away, hundreds of head of cattle were drowned and Imainy people had to climb trees to escape death. The damage to the railroad in that sect.ion will amount to over ,3A.0,000. Every brid.e in three counties Is washed away, and large sa, mills were swept half a mile Ivom their Uoundations. Ilad the rain continued much longet many people would have starved, as the stores soh! out sill the provisions onl hanid und traits wvere till able to ruu to bring more. A trestle 3it 0 feet long was swept away. As reports come in trom the dist,ct the amount of haiaue trows --reater. The loss of life is not large. In Ala bama only a lew people have been drowned; but the late reports Irom Co. lumbus, Miss., and the lowlands adja cent to tie 'Tombighee river indidate that not less than 157)0 ne--roes ve2rc drowned. It is probable these reports are exaggerated, >ut owiml to c()mItllli cation with remote -mvctions being cut oil, it is impossible to obtail accurate information is to thie loss of hle. The Tombigbec river is still rising today, and nlow rain is threatened. T Wo lUNDITRE) N EtAlto-i:K sIRoWNED. M4~l ll IS, A 3i) 1.-Thie lississippi it Council 'oint tnd Pecan 'oint, Ark., hIa flooded 10,000 acres of land. Ab,ut, 2,000 acres of' cottoi have been sub merged. In tle east,ern part of Missis sippi the Ilood has caussed the greatest destruction of' property and many lives are reported lost. Near Columbus the loss o1 life has been terrible. It is cer tain that from Saturday uitil Tuesday might, 2010 negr'oes perIshed in this dis trict. The levees alonsg thse river ate ini good condition, anid planters Ih Ly n1o very gralve fear's that, this will be such a 11lood as that of' 1$8 or Is>'. 1"LooD S I N Ti'll FiA It N oiel IwI :sT, WVINN!il'E*:, Mlan., April1 1 3.--Tbc Ited and Assinaboine river's here are ab)out, bursting over their coulli ins. The water last night was only thirteen feet below the highest, poinit of thse businuss centre of the city, andI muuchi uneasiness is felt by mierchiants amnd property owners. 'The ice is still s'>hd andh if' the jam occurs' wYhenl it breaks up there is sure to be at big Ilo(od. P arts of' the Northern P'acific TIransler itailway are now unlder watter and live big bridges are ill immininenlt danger of being s wept away. Goods are becing removed I rom ware houses 0on the river front. The base ments of' the N\orthern1 P acilie liotel and other buildings atre hlooded. TiItE nliv*-:t 1lE1slIN(5 AT' ..\('IKSoN. .JA('KSON, Miss., Apil l3.-T'he water' iln the Tomblghee liver is no0w falling. Thel numblher of' dJro)wned has i'eachsed 125. When thle waters sub)Side entirely it, i thsoughtf other bodies will be discovered. It, will her cycral (lays yet before tihe river gets ins ide its bankis. In mainy places it is upwards of teu miles wide. Mounds that have iievcr bef ore beenl overflowed werte under six and eighlt leet, of water. IIlouse ill largo nuimbe)rs were swept away. R( iES IN ARKANSAS RIS81N(G. LITT'ij': llocK, Ark., April 1 ..-lie. psorts are, beim; hourly r'e('eivedl fromn all sect,ions of the blate to thie effect that the rivers are rising rapildly aIdIp over Ilows ace also momientarily explected to occur. White river is higher than it, has been for two years. T1he Arkausas Is coming up very fast. Tr'ais are still delayed from two to six hours on atc count of the washouts whIch occurred a week ago. ARtMY TEFNT1S FoRl TVIlE IIoMEL.ESS. \VASHImNuToN, April 1 3.-Secretar'y Elkins today directed that, 300 army tents be furnished for the use of' the flood sufferers in Mississippi. Theli tents will be sent f'romi St. Louis, In charge of an army officer. A Terrifle lasil Storm. BENNETrTsVIL L.E, S. C., A pril 11 -ThIs town was visited this evening at 4 o'clock by the most terrific hal storm aver witnessed by the oldest citizens. The cloud came from the northwest, and was furIous in appearance. The hall scones were two inches in diamter and fell to.the depth of six inches. BIrds, chickens and hogs were killed and many glasses were broken. Men and horses were knocked down. Sev. eral horses ran away, and the vehicles were demolished. Fruit, vtetales5 and cotton were completely cut down. - I have not heard from the country, but . doubtless incalcuable damage hats been dane .-Stata