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--_ PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 5 1892. NO33. PATRIOTIC GORDON. HE EXPOUNDS SOUND DEMOCRACY TO THE FARMERS. Tihe Only Ifos for he ottih I.le 111 le Iuocracy-The Revfubliim Party Re ripouasible for All the ,yles fromo Which the Country SN111-14. AUuusTA, GA., April 27.--The fol lowing letter, wi itten by Senator .J. B. Gordon to a munber of Leitleiien who lad requested hiiim t give his views on the pohi iLal SittitiOnl, Wai ublished ill the Chronicle a f'w daya ago. It is worth reading: I hearLily thank you for the confidence implied by your request for my views on the poltical situation. Belore be ginning the discussion, however, you will indulge me in one or two personal allusions. First. -1 am not now a candidate for ofliee and the n pp1roaching elections can not eflect Iny political status in iny way whatever. I have therefore, no possi ble political or personal interests at stake except such as are comnim to every cttizen of the State. :econd. I awn in thIe fullest sinpathly and accord with t.be general and lauda )le purposei ihr wiclh the Fariers' Alliance was or-aijizcd. Thieir princi-i ples are my pri.ci l,-; their peolpiC are imly people; their interest is ily interest, and their calling ill y calling. Nor an I it new convert to these views. For nearly twenty years I have urged the organization of the farniers for their own protectiol, and hnve battled for the prime objects whiclicalled the order into existence. In season and out of season, in public and private life, for a long series of years and without, change i Orshadow of turning, I have spoken for, written for, ald labored for the sie ce-s of the e-.senlial measures whfich 110W so deeply colluerli and so profound ly agitate the afgiiilltural and laboring masses of our people. The public re cords prove that no mian in this whole Union has longer ori more consistently and persibt.Cntly labored for t1o ref'ons and the relief which tile people need and ouift to secure. I enlisted in the cause long before "he prusent farmers' war ulpon protected privilege and govermen tal partiality was declared, an., I am en listed f*or the whole war. I was in the fight when it was not popular and whenl the few who fought with me were in the minority. Through years of discourage ment, and disparagement, I have stood by the cause andl followed its flag and protose to still stand by it, if my life is tipared, until the victory is won and re lief secured. lhIs much it sceied important fIr me to say for iml) sell' in order that our intelligent, honest, and patriotic farmuers might fully understand my position. I1 a my sincerity and devotion are doubted, then there is no elfi.acy in works as nroof of one's thaith. Let us 11ow co:no squarely and fear lessly to tie discussion. If we can: tiind the road to relief, I propose, for one, to follow it to the en,4. But, in searching for the right road, let ut not, be deceiv cd by llawing sign boards placed on the highway bj designing hands. In other words, let us not be deluded by the fiery declamation of those who are interested in misleadting us. One thought I would solemnly impliesgat the outset-I would hammer it, into the very fiber of every farmer's brain in the country. It is this: Our condition is so s2rious and threateniw that we cannot afford to make a mistake, and the only way in whiich to avoid muistakes is to find tine truth; and then to stand by it; and the way to find the truth is to sift the cvi 4 dence and rely upon established fatcts and inot upon mere theor'ies. Now, in order to recogniz,e I ruth with certainty, let us lay down a few funda mental proposit,ions to which all will agee, iand then1 bring every suggestion to the tcst of these maxims. 1.* Refowrm or relict must conme, if it comes at, all, thwrouwgh a change of the uc gover'nmcntal policies which fia- 3 pr1o dulcedl the wrongs from which w , seek relief. 2. A change of policies r'cqulires a chiange of iulfers; and ourll only way (of chianging ru!crs is through ballot boDxes, by votes. 3. A change of' rulers to be e'flective involves the necessity of' electing by volca a Pre'sidenft, andI both houses of Congress, wino iare the avo,vedl and known otpponeCnts of tihe inen wino have inflicted the(se wrionecs uipon t,bc ct'il ry. 4. Thfere is no hope of' electing such a -.Presidfenf, and such a Conigress except by the uinitedl votes of all the fri(-ids of reform. 5. If we can ascerfainu with ecitiinlts what part,v is respionsible for the wrionigs of' which weO cominplain, we shlilI have located be.S ond( dloubt, the enleies of r'e form and of'rielief'. ILocate thne muen who1 perp'etuated the wrongs anzd ) ou1 loca1t( t,hose uponm whlom it Is youi dui'y to malike war. Now k't the investigation pi oceed without, fear' er liavor. Let, the spnecifie~ wroines of- which you comph)iiin lbe taiken up oneC by one and each wrong laid at, the doiors of thne men who ware the auw thiors of it and laid nowhlero else. I shall only lbe able to summwar'ize, I,ut I challenge suiccessfuil denial of' a single one of' the propositions suiibmi ttedi. One of tbe nost, ser 01us compIlaint,s is against thic nat,ional banking system, againist its I aritial ity andl ift inucomnpe tency to furnish a suIflcient, and low rate circulat,ing medium. WhVfo imnpt,sd t,his systeml uplonl the couintri? Th'fe ansIiwer i,a lLepublican IIouse, -u lI epublican Senate andi a liepublican P'reshlenit, and1( in doing this they dIestroye-d y'our State banking systemn. I cannot patss tis point without briefly contrasting tine two systems. Under LIbe national banking law one thousard dlolhars of' gold will not, piy for a one-thouisand dollar bond on wriich to ietie bills, an-d, therefore, each thousi and( dollars of' gold uinder this syst,ami would lurnishl less than one thuous..ndl dollars for circulation; whiereas, under thes State innking system eachi thnousai dollars oIf gold furnished tihe b;asis for $30001 in hills, or more than thr ee times as much mloney~ for circulatIon as is pos Mible uinder the natoonal banking law. Again. With tho national banks, your hnd i!s vot retard(ed as security. Under State bankitig, real estate was one of the best of securities. A second complaint is that the coun try'a .currency Is concentrated lar,-ely at certain beasons on Wall s!rcet and in the money centres. This was impossi b!e under the State banking systell, be causc the currency was lo-tal and largely confined to the 1mLts of' the State; but it answered all the purposes for which I tle peoplo needed monley, I will not stop 1low to show, by further argument, how the national banking i system .Ccearily contracts instead of it creasillg the currency, nor how it taxes the people to pay ite in terest upon the honds on which the Sys ten rests. It is enouih for my present purpose to lix uponl a Republican Con greis an(d President the responsilbility ( for that systm und for the destructionI of tihe State baniks. A third and general comuplt:ant is that silver has Y'0een dCm1o1ntIz2d. V ho is rtesponsible for this Wh, stru/k d (wn this class of' dollars ad (hionored a 1 01ui1rcivy which had successfully In n. tained its position in this country three iluarters of a c"ntury? The answer i4nin is that this outrage was consui matkd by a IRp)ulblican IIouse, Senate Alld I'resident. A fourth wron of wich we com plain is the nOdless anld crtiol Col tra'ftio n of le igrenbak currency In the mad and Untimely (Worts to Forco specie pavy uents by too rapid trides. Who is responsible for this ,rent t vrong upon th debtor class and upon Lhe masses of the people? Who con trolled the goveinment and established Lhe policy of rapid contraction, by which vencral and abounding prosperity wits iliddenly Aban ged to universal panic and widespread ritiTbc T same answer is the true answer-a Rei?publican H ouse, a RCIlbliCaln Sel te, a lcplblican Pr-esi lient. A fifth and most ist mnurminr of' dis LOitent comes rom fiirmers, prodicel's and intelligent laborers, because of the Uiu111st anld discriminating protective tariff, which, like legalize,d theft, is enriching one class of ciLizei)s at thi ex peise ol of ther classes. Why is it, that the righteous demands of t1te Farmers' Alliance and of other industrial organi .ations for the refoi .. of these iniquitous .arifF laws have not b-.ei heeded at Wasliington? It is because the ears of' Riepublican lawmakers have iceca deaf to these appeals for relict'. It is be ,ause the efforts of' tarill' reformers in ne branch of the Congress have been Alefeated by hIhli Republican ofli,cials in ther branches ot the voverninent. If there 'A any answer to this allegation let the olicto: demonstrate its untiiri.h. A sixti cause of discontent, is the stupcndous national land grants and subsidies which have cniriched gigantic corporations and encoura,ed extravag atice a'id corruption in high places at Washington. The sole responsibility for this policy alo ii upon a itRe nbHican House, Senato and President. A seventh complaint is that while every item of proi)erty belonging to the farmer and the liborer is subiected to taxation, there is no tax, gianlated or otherwise. tipon the princely income of tile rich, who aro moit able to pay and who rec.live a larger share of' govern mental protection without bearing a just portion of the government's burdens. Where rests the responsibility for this condition of' all'airs? Again the answer is that a tax upon the inlCOmnes Was Once imposed, but the law has been repealed by the action of a Republican 1LoUse, a Sepblican Senate and a iepublican P resideCn Another outcry is mnade by the farm era and the industrial classes aga~inst the nleedlless accumunlation anid extrava LgQnt, expend(it,ures by the government. Who are the authors of tis monstrous Lrmiositionl upjon the counti'y's toilets1 Emd( producers? Again tihe answer omes with marvellous monotony thlat the IRepublican Congress and lIepubli an President are responsible. During1 the recent Congress, when tile Senate, [louse and Presidency were all contr'olled b)y tile .Republicans, they not, only ex. penidie ,b 100,000,000 of' a cumlfal cd sulrplus, but, in scornful defiance of' the people's deands(l. for cconomy and lower faxes, theCy loaded us (downl with still more i'mrieviouts harid eins of imereaisced tar~Il' taxat in. It will ble seen, therefore , that ini this long list o,f grievanoces, e'ver'y oneu of the1m is chargea ble dirctlIy andI sosll to thle lCIpubbiean partyv in e ver ly imstanhC; without, onet ey:'l)t 'i. the lie Lpub'iu party is the autis r' of each am everyv wvronig of wh Iichi we comiplain. On the otber laudt tihe LaanLLI, avowedl and1 Oily~ a va[ila'tio o pposnes i of persistnlt,. recsolute iands indsomiitaible or'giaied Demlocras' of11 tis I lnon. sweiah!e tro,u A. YI'ef we witnless the painlful and ast.ouinlig spectatcle ill Ge Lor'ia i Ia fewv woub bd e leads fw~seeking~ to mnis L' a I our people b thiIle unwior')ithy andl u n ait hful declhuiration t.hat we havye no0 more1 to hope for rm tile D einiocracy than froma the hm'tih-' ltepsublicani parit. SLlchia delaationLil is 5o absuirdly utri'eL that our hoinestI Ceop le will nlot lonig be dcceived by it. I wvill not inOwi dim -uiss tile prIopositIion t,o citet Uinited La tes Senlators fby poplahir vote; beicatIuse it ret(puiir'es 1im atflmndmi'enf, to the0 Constitutionl to iac Lomnish i t, aiid is therefore r'emote and(, because t.here is no immlediate ben efit or (damnage to ilhe people, ill cit:ler its adop1itton 01' rejict,ion. So fart as8 ouIr presenCtt welfare is concernled, it is immilaterial WVehtber We lie for1 it or ssnains8t it. Not dlo I pIropose to dIscuss lit lenlgthm tthe demandil O oi Zover'nent ownersgIIf of raihoads; blecause it is whloll y Imprac ticable, and evetn it' it could be aicom. lisd SlI a would not bingiiL thle relIef' soulght. It woiuld inv,o ve t,he appiloint menmt., byv (cntrail auti.oirity, of thlousand(s oif algents, and it, wouil result at last ini Lenleral dlisaster. Surely time experienlce of' Georgians ill thie mianlagemen1it by time State of' one shiort, Iin ioOf rail road oughmt to) be at sullicienlt wauiningz against the olicy of governmenCtt ownlership of' ll Lhle ra.ilroadlss. JKycn wlls. manei~gtdby >ur~ best andl( ablest execultives befo:e Lhie war, tile.Stat,e IRoad rarely paid, was rfeqtletlem' inhet, ndt ans~r lation over it was more expensive to the people than it is now. And after the war, when that same road was managed by the ReIpublican party, it involved the State in debt, and rain (own to tihe very verge of wreck and ruin. Tne only iensible solution f thre great problein of Lransportation is in "the most rigid, ionest, and just State and National gov rniental control and supervision.'' Ii tie light of the serious and undis ited liets enumerated in this letter, I ippeal to the dispassionate, sober judg nenitof our people for one sensible rea n or exuse for abandoning the Dem Vrabe part",an trusting our hopes and .orthues alnd liberties to an untried, un .rained a heterogeneolis Third Party. Does any one answer that the Demo ratic party does n it grant the needed 'Ulief to the people? Upon what, facts loes he base such ain opinion'? The l)emocratic party has not had control of te government for one session or one hiv in the last thirty years; and in those hirty years of Republican rule, every ,vii of which you complain has taken 'Oot and become embo,ied in our laws is the avowed and permanent policy of eliblican adlinistration. During all that long period, the iuited )DII-n1)cracy has carried tie flag of re olt against the lepubIican Iolicies, irraigning its leaders, denouncin-, its xtrava!anee, its corruptions, and its surpations5-confronitin and fighting it n States and nation, until a nwjority of he States and an overwhel rming Imliori >W the people have enlisted under the I)cuoeratic hanner of relori. What )ossible excuse, therefore, for desert ng our flag now when -jlrious victorv '1msi within our grasp and when Dem. )CraC victory means defeat to the tutlior. of all the wrongs of which the )e0ple complain. But coimillandin as9 are the consi<ler tions above set fcrth, there are still nore Iomlentoum rea4ons for stanling iitedly and firmly in the ranks of the Democracy which is the trite party of' lie poole. F Irst ad paraiount among these casonis is the fact that desertion 1)) ),emocrats now, renders more probable lie continued supremacy of Republican. :,m in the government, the perpetuation )f their hurtful policies and the indeti tite postponement of the day of relief. With tire lepubican ranki united Lmd Democrats (ivided, we may lose oltrol of the next iouse of Itepresen atives. is well as of tihe Presidency, maid thus renaer possible the passage of he hvdra-headed force hill, ivith is end e&s trains of evils, the horrors of which .10 lnguage nCn exVav:gerate. In the Prcat and meinorable iattic against the orte Lhill adild for tire ights and 11b.rties 3I1 our people there was 11o diliculty in locatiing our enemies on the one sido and >ir fricnds on the other. There were ;oie brave and141 mllagnanimous spirits Iuong the Republicans wko appreciat 2d the enormity of that iiquitous force bill and who revolted agamst the party which sought to inflict the measurcless wron,g Ilupon the Sithern people. But ,he vast Imajoi ity of the Republican par y wrote for, spoke for, or labored for the passage of' that bill. Where did the National Democracy 5tand in that fearf il crisis? There was lot a solitary Democrat in any State, nty, town or country district in this whole Union who desertea us in our ex .remity Oi who failed to o)pose this ,brcatened destruction of tire prosperity, ranquility, peace anl liberty of tie iouthierin people. How then can any ;outhern mai:, who loves his country et his own consent to desert our Demo. ratic br ethiren alter such aii exhibition it ielt to principile aind such (devotionl .0 ouri essenitial rights? Th'le Southern peolc are not ingrates. 'hiey have unever been chiargedh with i ra'ntitudne, and( 1 to riot believe that they vill suibjct, themselves to criticism no0w ly desertirng t,he friends who dlid not, (de tert us, either ini the force bill fight or luring the reconstruction reign of terror. There is no shim t or royal roadI to bin mecial relief, but there is ai very short, md ( rough one to political ando ind(ustrial Rel-Iief cani oily comei thlroughr uliti unate and iicomiple'te ium11~ ph over thei >arty, wichi, for thrirty years, has ini lceted upon tire counitry, ais I have saidh thIove, all the evilIs (ot whiich our larmn 'rs anid tire mlasses of the people coim 'Iaini. Th11is single ando only road to ;overnmental relief, although a long me, cani andI will lead uis to success if ve priess forward with smzgheircss of nim mdi coturipac t ranks. Init, we sharll certamnly fuil nind inivite le:1at and brin to ourl eletd still "rca ier fiirlnni atl politicat woes. itf we row mye hied ft.) those who counisel hvisiorn ill our rarnks arid seek to pre ic our f . coife ol ain1st tire oiiiy party shrih hasi any prosptect ol ti'iiriump over Iur ene eil ls. TIi ii . iut i(ti man w 111 seeks ill I to en-! uis awa h-uVIin thre I )Llmiocratic fld( siues a truly fcarful responsibIih]tv. W1e ny no(t all a1Lree its to tire special mrethrodi of relief, buti we tdo ag4re( ars t) ItheC n'cessi ty ofI ielief. Some Iao LtV free :oinage.4; some1t landi loanis; somein at sub Lrtrasury plain; some tire ien<hngi( (oi mioiney b y the i!enieratl go veiiirien to Lire States andi by States to indlividuaiLls; ome1 the restorationr (f hainks of issrue ini thre States; sonic tIre purchase otf iEmted States bontids by treneur y notes issured in p)aymenlt, atnd somec the puricha~se with reenb lacks of a imutch larger amniount of silIvern huill ion . AllI these pla1151ns yae their ad vocaites, who earniestl y and( al hy sunpp.rt thieiii. But inisistanrce up1on1 speci lle pilans brreedis dlisseni oin. On theo miamr itstue, hiowever, we cre practi iaily agreed. Weare ail in fatvor of ho wer' tariff arnd taxes, lower initerest fo)r mronecy atul1 larLgely intrercasedl voltume o) imoney. Oni these vital issues an overwhehning majority of D)eiiocrats are iln abIsoh ite icecord with the produceris, farmiers iand Ilbor uionls of the counitry. I low muicih wiser, then, to ease qfu'arrelinig abtlt he plians and figh, together for tire ieir 3ral cause. I [ow in finitely miore senlsible to) stop he chrimericail ell'orts of orgamnizinig a re w party, wich mesures div ision anid nu te.s deal? Ilow much nmore platriotic o rally to tie glorious hannrer of D)e noracy and reform, with tire cnthutshasm mid tidelity and hreroism wich hrave unado Southern mni rf.nmo a be that flag to triumph in State andI iatioi, I cannot lay down my pen %% ithoul one more soleinn warning to my friinb and countrymen who have:contempla ted joining the Third Party movement. Of course. they do not wish to disor gantze our agricultural industry ain burden it with additional trials )y con verting again our contented, orderly colored laborers into active and violent politicians all( dissatilied place hunters. Of course they do not wish to ,cc rc turned to power anl to the control ot our State that inglourious nuass ol igno - rance and political mockery From whose deadening clutch we rescued Geor:da some twenty years igo. Of course they do not wish to see oum State plunged again into that abyss ol political woes and financial bankruptry and social disorder, woch or s4ome years after the war tilled our mind. witli apprehension and our heart,, with tu guLish. Our Third Party friends would tin i with horror from the contemplation I tny such direful calamity resulLing troi their movements; and yet so sure as effect must follow causeso sure11 ZIA they courting (au,er aln (Iurr l |, ward these (Qadtvl pittals, by diF.iN the vhite race a.1nd emnticing-- our lIe4ple to abandon the Democratic ark ot sato ty. Turn back, my countryeIII. YIu Cann111ot all'rl the risk. It will be too late to turn back when dissensions shall have lesulted in our ruin. I amn, taith yul1y, our friend anld tellow-citizen. I. I. Go iwON. A FIGHT TO THE FINISH. (iov. she,ppaari'I An Stwer to the iztluenawt for Illmt 14 AVi th<draw. E, Do l: . : , '. C., A pr il 1 1, '2 Editor Advertiser: In the issiw nf your paper of this (Iate, appears a very Leiperate and respectful editorial, vie LitlIed "Advice to Governor Slieppaid. You thereby, in the prese(ce of the people of Edgeield conity, Advi eh Lo "%withdraw from the race" tor (Wv - ,rnor of South Carolina. 'ermit me to say, inl the same aUdience, that I did not enter the race for Governor of itiy own accord, but was called upon by a large body of representative houth Carolinians--a majority of whom were harmers-to go before the 'people :Is a candidate for Governor, upoi a plat form of peace and uhnity inl tle Deuo rratic party, which is (:ssential to the Imainenanco of white s itpreiIcy, which is essential to tlie inainten:m of good Go% ernment in our Stat e. I accepted the conlmiission thus ii postmd upon tile as a high and a ho;v trti, and slall hold it sacre,l t) iny heairt N itlout the slightest eg:m U the conseqjunces tlt may fall upon in(. In bearing this mue-sage ot pe;tce to our people, I shall not intlict upon tihem a "useless, senseless anid titter Colltlict," but WIill (oIdunCt m1iysellf and the caipaign so that when the result is known it will be a matter of' partriotic pleasure to every Demuocrat in thu State to "close uip" aiit Inarcl shoulder to shoulder to certain victory for the norniinees of tle party. You may rely upon it, Mr. Editor, that if our people shall "be torn into factions, harassed and dlistracted by the bitterness of the canvass, andi convulsed perhaps by internecine stri *e, brother against brother, son against father," the fault will not be mine. Coit knows that there was ."bitterne"s 3nough in 1890. Was I responsible for that? My desire and mission now is to heal the wound then intlicted, to (lose the breach then created, to the end that hereafter, as well as hieretofore', the hemocracy of South Carolina my be ,avincible at home i'id respected abroad. I acknowledge gratefully mmy in :lebtedness to the people of' Edgeiield county for the support they hnave gi ven me, and for the honors they have coni Lerred upon me. lIn their presenice I leclare that I have never ben forget. tat of their interest, nor unfaithfuml to my trust they contided in me;0 anid I obligate myself, by eve'ry conisiderautioni that is binding uiponi lily conscienice, so 1o conduct myself as to jusif y t hir L'Onf idence2 in nie. .IThanking y'oi Ior your suiggustions 'in the initerest, of peace anid hirriiion, You will permiit i:ne to as:r if y.ou Siu. iirely behelve thiat 3011 are' con:t'ribiut in, Lo "'peace andII harinionyv," whtern yiou re Iler to some of our peoplto as "(;''at D)emoc rats," and t.o others as "sl. Diemocrats?" Are we not allt )iene, rats alike? y Lave you arid I rnot sto:d shouldlr to shoulder', han<t ini hiind. in Ill that lperIainis to thlie honor'i of our 'Itate, and1( the wvel are of our peoph. J) y) hereafter let, us star-d tor I lie honioi U the State we love, arid for thle w-e larec of the' pe-optle whIose desiti iny Sisor fosl iny3. V7ery respe't~ fu lty, 'iiiroo(~i ( .DI . C4,. Su1 : rips i>. A 'T I.ANTA, Ga., A pril 2:i.- ( onigre'iss. man Ch arles M oses sahId last niightI le fore leaving for W~ash ingt on: "he old Fourth D)istrict is all r ightl.' Ile hias been over it. prof 13y fhorouI glty sinrce hine cone home( amid lie is how perfecti-l e-asy. There are ten ("ounrties in his ill ti let and nt ('ne of thiemi i-i a Tird c I 'arty 'oun tIy, he ( sa.s. 1I'very'(0 ounty' w ill give a g ood I)-imocrati i ajit O ver ini one of I lhe count li-i the locil leader oft the TIhiird l'art y fold his, to lowe-rs mnot to) at ternd a iiieet ing at, w' lii I Cot. Moses was to speak. I[he Ileid--r however, wienit hiiiisclf. Col. .\ose spoke am11( con verted the Ileader. Nw th at leader ii wit in irg for DInh>crat l camlpignl lit eratur' arid lie is giioivin to convert all his followers in his c ouii y to1 the IDemocracy. The "linovemen (lt is mlovinig lack wvard(s now. Cot. -iss says that hie wiouhll coiie hack any cd; y fromi WVash ingtoni t oI imeet "I. itt t' J1ack' Ste wart ill Troup11 Cou it v. 7d r. Turiner use(d to live at 1,at;*rainigc and Col. Moses has plaricl ubir~ redaons Ifor wishinig t.o lueit the liltl Ini airi'or on r the re. A Iui.V Mucirilerser hirangi, ('tm i:v-:NN :, Wy. .\ pril 2.. -'h:, rh s MIi lleri, the bnay.3'in mrderier, was hanrgs.1 a few iniiriit (-s atfter it o'cock 1 hiis morn.: ilig. lIe shiowied no anxiety abou'ct hiS future andl( died like a imeii noveil Ihero,l lIe saing a sonmg on thllscaffIold wihich hue had himuiself ompilosedi. Miller was5 but seventeen years of age, and when buht lIIft,ecii years old1 shot1 arid Killed Walo Emerson arid Ifoss TI. W lshhbimgh iin a b)ox car, a few imiles firoim l'ast Chey ene,liin 188'J CAM PAIGN .1E1AT NG. -TILLMAN ANDSHEPPARD MEET ON THEIR NATIVE HEATH. Suveral Cand I ft' ema1113 tko St-O'CINCH to it Crowdl'Abott IThreooThioutrianti Pooplo,. There 1-4n li Iol,llivig Ilo on tilt c'ither Nidle andi Everylugli P'a.-441 oli'litilly, 4 011 4:a1-:, S. C.. A pril 23.-Thc 1iecond1 inectin of1. the 4( entii gnL too~k place vrher today. 'Thk(re twiere about :3,t000 lel pr(scIt, -.114l the cri)Wd was a1 thlo-lit,'lily repre."entailve (lle, comlinl.gIrom till jarts () the cotiity ata.l(] incluted many lathes. The gatierinL, was entirely od natiredl and, with a lew inwoItly exceptioi' sobt.r. Not a 1 in0le light (cetilrcur lurin--, the live hurs the. -peakIg lastl.AI stiu :nd beenercted anldl was o:'11upied Iby (,Iv. lo. It. Tillman, Ix-G(lv. .11no. C. Shep pird, C()..a. . ( , r, A ttorney l ient-ral . L . Mel"vtin , ( o0. I ,. W. ioumians, 4 eirotary ll '.tiate . 1 -:. Tildal, W . '11. U ! :' ) eve4ral others. T ie incelig wv:ts caiktd to) lrl y .j::rtIlv-, Iary, us elmir;l, wml alw rayer wta OW tlit'l fo1r a r1 u 111 who feari God. Th'le first ,lpeakitr wa. (;I)v. Tillman aio as, hle aro-w! he wa urc:-led with .-,Ild and <nlthus.Iastre chicerin-", lie ena ll( his- spo,"4b bil S0.1 1rW: I w"s ior n mti L-e:iht, 111 y u11 al1 nown. I have beenl away tl.r)Ilom) 'u abr oult cizlht-en movnths:, 4ent to Cto !u111b1a tfo p16r.111m a pulic iltity, and I I "! 01 no t1ll Nyu1 It t11:1 8 InL cxqlui<tte . 4 1un- to eturn do loh-m k ou in thi e - I. W alter Scott lil onv, ol, his 11vlsgiv te,hlistury W! lib y, the i.1u11 i tch hve:>( tcr. His hmnd was at'..4Ilt evtry Inaln, tiat 14 lie IeSistoftI o!!rein-l)II, :0i ih I u lain wryponounce a 1At him :til] thie 1ll.rt to cap!re ill wer!e -so -Aroll'r .1. 14) I lak.? hI1 ])nu is laume I!, ('atilphlv! and ar. t41 ure and 41in! ba ck 1i%'h, 1i4h4 wers, a4 l ate'('ar atlc 'seei l it ws ''('ailli hel ." His feelin:.;s were hit,ghly wroughl, 1414. andll this !rh-cc.- >rn S (4chmian drew himil. elf lup and xchaiied: \4 1444t,is (41 In-11 al)( Ill '.C4 44 I Inl ativecea.n lv,y n'me11 is M:lr rgr"Aintl . v,h1o have%- Iil (q ually traltluccl anll )lit_'uti and1 char-'e(l with 11 the us.5 thv decah>' u ne sit-v I vwm inciced yu,rIl hattle, ill 11roud41 to, be .1a111n! p441, lok tht-se Ieen 1 the eye :141 lel, yel judge hf ei.t ('1w nus. I have (-vcy-%tIilg til !!:ull andl 4lthIn;14 !to lose by a vo44! and calm i , I55i' ' Iit will ".y I I OII V1 C'4 1 F): Ll I (II, I14 41441c I h ave a r(uIhIu-.'I (;("d did 11(it 111,1ko l lit ' i s 11 1:t r a it) bail . howle en,to ow- yed ath(Am. t(l2iVU tLin) lip-aervnce a :lt1.lI .1shl leeI n hu n11 he r as l iar 1-e a s 4 warmll and (lrut as anly (Ine's . e ,aind th')su wholl knn liv bv1st love lite mm. Whenl .'1 ("iv e Ill u hIII banner tw\vfo yvars at!f) 1 hadal atal stump road to travnpYllI . IUt I WW1 Ihe 67'ht. 1 14)!41 '414 teLn1 I wouid be watchlk-d c(st,er th'ir :.lly (v 1 re11v01 er ha ll.vi bveln, and Scru-itinlized '11141 critloI'd Imorc. I h>-crsa.w xaictlv the line nl IIdItm\ at,nss o h We uScd to haV(" -S1It : -:ationu in Ol 11o0fiti'e . ' h'IW t olitieillnS; IISI to three!C 3ou to swallow the im mination:1, hut at last we havive a genine I )qnorar y. The Governor then rehwarsc-d hi-; Greenville story about the rin-, wi:.-e 1i.. - o. k)'ellt .e and declared that even Ilis Ll!ial*.(ies sah:l that, he made :a .;,ood (.verir. 1h reason he asSigncd h>r i hv Al;a-mh o tion in. te ranks 1. th e ...l.ih- s o the Farme421)rs' Al!OVent 11 :11.a the Leo. Isla1ture' did4 11o1 suppo)4rt. h4un, and( that the1)1.. newpapIers he(ar ld these 1(21 thing41s about14.. Werie these10 1p:per4s sublsalized'4 Wer'e thley hou-.44't A !-an1k prIesidentI1 (1 GIreenville and)4 anothe l(in 4:4k 14resi 1:ud tnItit bnks ~~:t rilroads wouhI 4411 1u', ht14, I L(1 you4 4444 14144hin '1red mi4111444 can1't buJty you1, 14141 a1 very' few thousaints1.' e':1-4 hu1y these4i little 14'en1Cv*y-i1l'il4er iews 14a1per4s. t44 144! led the l'tk: W4Vho waV:s the1 lead4 do1. wh<an al1 4! tlm lhavIed444 :4)41 .co4lI lter. i t w4. :as N4. 1;. G 4n. .111s- lIaI:kell's 11na1' 1' tav, w44!1, ed44iI thaIt intianous1l4. Ita 4l (mle t~ 144por at1 (-4) lbi,. Th'lis I4!1'4lu:e 5.4eet w;.:, 1'in14h.ld in h4:114444 444:4 4u e : keep1 1alive4 1the 11mberCs mi orderC4 th;G il. ight live4. < 4t,:leS., you41 kmiw4., w-V:ts 4ut1 id -i 44h. Whe I tedi 141h ese hIllows thiri mn4ve' 1.42 non :1 keep l an l'll tI y414 t h at he is.1) T h e y41 lo n4' r u :1 h' I l l a , i le 4 1 4. . : m Il ' m - un in l': 41e w h141 . 4 prei I entatives1: "eet wa'4y and14 herau411 h "re''(Sistedi ti r ener'(414 on' 4:41 n 44nts Hoy'4 e'4'rial the II >1 i14 oto.4 th4e (nited >1uites (!41urts wher .s(4 u and4 ,14 I (c4n't 4U.o' 11(4 44. 44:4ared1.: :imall who44 wer'I op ised4 to'4 141,n in:14 la1vor4ed ( .'4:44aw, :4441I the y woub4l41 ha.ve' let ( ')0.saw 4.n4 44n aII s ite4 (41 Ihe1 iw ie' dal4 44441 come 411 4' he <I' 44m4aram) .onei ort:'. "W ha 4:1 1a114, I am4i.' lie 41ai4 that:41. o the4444 414 hwll i n 44(1. 11 441mer1'~ M4bgemen1t ph1at Im wi: i'4:L 44. lure would44 4444t touch'1 it. 'ithi a t'I4-I4,.1, 4414:. 1 ('o414 I'Iti t 1 b(1 t o do4444a thin: with it. lie lhax ore (I i444 re'11in4 11( the 4po1 4 I 1th( h-'4'I1ers5. W heI4( >1hep1p1'Ir 14. 'rI4t(d4lhe0. nounab411on h4 salid it woub44414 4114 carried I!ot. 441 (1104r1 144a was l meI t, ni .T4it s ie bl st a '41- Orj'- --I sa1id' (41 1 hol 'a1: 41. 44'4vernor44 lhuan144l -V'on4 ~'i wdtl remem4 4' help 0f 114( i.''1i51h1ure(. IfI am:4) het', ten I'll 44wear1 you'1 will xiee the4( tail ni e do4( 144. Th'1ere is 44o <pws'.tionl of pardI4!('s swmg4~in4' (4n 14) ( )rr's coat tail1, heeause451 it's4 a pro'tvenl 1a4t. Thei( Governor4I4(44 1.ackled411. the Legislature : aml4. lie sani4 two year14 ago onl1y a1 1-I llaite cotuli oe elecd a1 mnebr, 141ut "''(ou let somei( boys throu0412ht1 the igap. '4(4i av'e got to Watch41 '4m) no0w. 1 l a1(1 a1 80.o- eit 'I'illmI 111 ....z.a .-.e 011 tieic wis .ots ofdriitwoml it, if. I asked them to carry out t1hir pled,es, but they would not1L." Touching tie law about violation Of the ferttiizer law, lie said "Sinythe and some other lawyers'" in t(! IA Lislature iicor perated (ie word, "williuil" before tle word "fraid'' in the 1il and that ie wrote to imleuhers wirnin- them that this would detcal, the purpOvse, hiut that his advice was not heeliectd. The reason for all the thins we ciiled to (14) was because the vvishtire weit, Iback on ts. The excuse or Ils action inl the tax Uxtension case wa tiha'.t the interest oin tle public dcb t was abtout hIIc, tie banks Were iltuirrielin'-, acil ie did not know whether they W1old lvull the 1ion-y or nocit. "I put -tlec lill mi y drawer. I wanflted tin wcar ai manyv p-olde aQt I lie saill Ios itli. c lutd ll c'nilectionl Itli tli :w railromds. Ili .laniu'ary .\lc Ie senit im a plass aus i rivernor 'wwhich he aucltl as (Govcrcor. lie knew lie couhlilt hie I ight and his record proved i. Itncividually, as re:',ard tIiy 1uipimpularity, it was Lthc wor,t iistake l uver ia-c ini niy hle. It hurt ice, lit it don'ilhur you,. "likincc of his fusal t' acceUlIt the d iv LCi '' t Yi ::, ,-Sil; 11c, ,lc he WIldh take it Icni thUWe Uis it could stav th.-re rver. As ti tlce A.-'ricul uril 11:01 wc'rape Ice aiid O Ieanan who Ibron:h it i! s a nui al u; Straw ;ui that tlhe hi'rc ol!y wated tio test the vallditv cc the il t ic d.e scrip, in t xplainirgr his ri-mark:; tha.lt ie wou l ralther g 1cc hiell with the Till nillitis 1ihan to lc'avoi with tice of her side, ivsin iply used i s si ron. silile as initaillig thai. l' W;i wIl h Lth f - is ant wmildi with tihlili. I il no icct,(mbr ct t' tict ('llr Ich who :unbt.ls ad drinks. I ;Ill rn>thing hut a luiicr stic.IM g m c' bct ilu Sic'hpl'i Sd i he .iitt chad sIi e d ('h;ili-rlal)n ;c M.\osts and c illild sur viv T Ill;1;ul. \\'hat right h;cs this in;1ic tt id vill ' lionl a 11:I r. with It I hI Iliten. ic ilows ;ail \wiu kilowthit in cOinlparlisoll v to I hliw.i t.. inlte'vIity, tri"Ih alid \ IIIt v lith , is flot Ill I (11al. Now for ('ill. (4rr, Ihe 'lmciclim tit gialt , thf Sl:ugh:u. N ", I \\ ill lict canll hn a .lh;tc:i. hir: '.\ gonae coick.-: No, .vol'It. tol) big alni bIlcI - dermclig fil it g; .it i ' . ul xc011,t' g.ilili all the o :11 . W Il is Ice t .l av thatt. I ;III 1111WcIIrtlhy t-1 1111lact, I!!,. diov.s of* W. 11. Wallilv(.? Thw (:;"vernlor thenl rv vciewed (' , ( ): Cs Irccl.!. .howig Ui Soillue of,it 11th lc tel:i lc Ifr'ii to ;at, (;ravnv.lle, m rt sa:iA: I k. til olly helped I pt :1 IeL:Tr ccvIr n M'Ili vratle soldil-r, ) t i wa\- .t I kl-piblicani oftice-h irl c]. . (k I. ( " at is nIot tri-." !let . d iv it. W c!,l,1 I knOWI; i hlt 111 l LT er - s Ii I Ii -I to4. ID a n I,,(. h \\..; t e with himn. ('ol. (Jirr: "Ics hxill pIr*Ivat Secrctary and dr.(%% w o salary. Vo()Ir-1 l(A. g nt. 8 17,7 icicc an ccbt 'cia ;icccnugh i-cr hc ithi of' you. :X 1\ . i1 c :i . 1 i , A \ i . t-,x-( .ov. >1Ivcppartd, \\c1i wasi t Icclit slecaker, ocle-nI.l by stying talt. t his was no( thei list. I tilu(. he h;d the ple:sre f sti udirg befcr cui 1wg'orleld ;i-lncs'. I'ver sinl1e1c i ;tve :ic ! b e cYl'evci ent of, 111111wrolls exprie-ssiols of t Ihe uin boundel colifidiIce of' I lce gooI pople of ldgeliid. I havv ser.1-vc.cl youl inl niInteruicMs cipucitics, iclith a1- public ollicer ant privat. citizccc, adc II ther. has iiver ien ai s-litary ciot cl my rc cord I li ave l wvvi r liva ill of it , I il ennt1 he ascI l ly char;ulcr as a1 r'e spolsible South Calollii.il. ail hevr in Vn h111ble way, enlgagcId inl aI work th etilIRtd li-r'c'[ ilic' ain of (11cc jpa (criii, tan<l I ccppse to colcccbulet it cci t hce highest plane. lii 'ucircced the illitat ic)n thact thiere waics Ilaske'lisini inc this ilvc\ieniitlt ats unworcccthiy tci'usce 'iTlciiilli) know tat ther'c' lives lii mancc icc SKcii h CarL'iicca who is Irucer I hc::ca I atit tihe1c peopilc. ofi tie Sia ce c. iile is hiclinig his I acilucres as at ( ;overnorll uindcer tcls ofl -'eiuia..t ion i whc'cicht 11cc eitil(l slist;dciillt l j stily. 11cc w-nt ali cver Sicut hi (Cilinai dce noucincg thce pubitli.'ciilliis as bingilJ gucilty oi alil itneicr of! (rimetis, andi hce wcenct, intici iolice' andl cncccccittedi the vervc' Scice chincg I hact lias bccn thei Sccdr('c ofl thei "diilcauic'bi'ry col t hcsc' wciac wenlt iifor hcciiinci. Noc r'a',K cccccci b titixer'c 'lit slrn-l be'lcingihigh 1It o yeari ago.' Tlcilbaan ic' icc led.V - ti'c tha theyi'i thIcre is~ g'reat c-c caudisc fori ('conitincy, ncot onc sahuyit 3 this been-c reduI ced. 1.9 tcihere ac nirc. ini t.celcih coit.v whosce'i tatxes friccict icoseis as t hii i a-lcd col thei tfarci i'r, ye hcis rccclciciiicc 1111n w1.1 to iin cesi' ti hcita ta x toi. Tiillici;:td'ays t.hi'ire is udicgetrcl of ice c-!it' tci'dg (c ctllec i by ccccporactii>ns'. ~Thei 1,''islat icrc pas.' n cc ht gi ing 11he li'iln l'ccmis n poer tccoic i concl trol lihi ci;cis, butci lihlicman v'ctcoi'd ii. Iil icknow.s I Icui- 1ccii c l'crlc-c tic im asc acn cudnl'civa ccul a~clwc I cs1cc ofi 'i t li n.t hlcinic ;unii .\Icco:;s ail >ccct. I sacidI lii hec cpc' eic b Isurv ''i ve' any ' ( ccvernorcc. W\ci I wac'c. (h>vernrcc i 'c.ch- moric rie 'li g t( iitc Iille hcilicc'c'\c-Ilc nc I ji(' I 'cc'fi thec lhcad. tw 'c .\ uc . I ccci hijc l I n it'r that cc':.c,c ccii a Io he ai d cc o icc ce: (Id leiow,~ I Icchcl .\on ih! wa cvs 11he. cppor-t' I ucity'cc 'i.ilur liii ;udl iily hivi' y'ccu (.cc\c'ccccc'"ir icicp:iu cil I ci t atCol. (rr voteliclforci Wilhail ainst cc.\Ic't ;cvanc bei c'cc-lce 'c illanci bicl dciddch.c icc: the )ih'iti cc -ract ic parti 3', whili hei wacs a jucdge, ;uiil thec p cfr y oiwed it toc hcanc tic elect himit hoc' ccc ineir'edcci tc'ric, Nonccc may citrike tci hicichn,'' scid hei, rit ercrig to. Cocl. (iirr, '' vherevrc''i .ccci lea'se, but, ther'te is ncct,i a truer-bltctoidi'd I )ctmocrait cciuct o :'.laisccn ;uti I)ixccn's lini'.' Shoicl '1'illmancc ccilint whecn lie em clicycd ita tlccpublicatc Iiawy'ecr to help hci,i inc (lie Agr'icultiuiral I iall litigationu 'c cctuient, I inid to iuiplayv a lawyer, the A t.ctcorne y Generacl acci iIis asMsiitant ice iicg ccbsc'nt , andc I wai~s incong it hot ii lIacskelit's,i andic I wcci like altciiubH cn every'3 tunei'ic i'n prfeec e. lii Spe(akicng of theceti~ kilton tht loinaicited liiia Sicelpparcd scid he hadit iio docnt that thle re w etc scome friends of I laskell inc th-e reecent ('ouveniticcit buct CairinianI lrh y iccvited'c th c da 'c cineh back aind thei(y :. re no i i the part,y. I give my Ipersor at cle'd ' -that ecvery mani oin the ticketl ''cill a de the reisult ofi lthccI)Democrat~ ic p)rim-c 'y. 'iThis mioyencent~ is intterucied focr t ej uicica c I wanct to talk iow tie i ,.ti. of (lie reporter of the Register. I want him to tell the truth when he goes back home. 11is editor published that I lent money, as president of the bank, to farmers in order to secure their sup port in the race. Is there a man with in the sound of my voice who has ever heard me inquire of a man as to his politics when lie came to me for money ? I want to show this thing up squarely. If there is a single man among you that I approached, as between Tiliman and me, or to whom I Joaned money for his support, let him hold up his hand. I say, he continued, it was the slander of' a viper, the slander of a liar. Whoever said I was ever thus influ ence(l kiew he told an untruth, and whoeTer repeats it from this day will know likowise. Sheppard closed by saying when death's sullen stream shall o'er me roll, my last apiration shall be to have the lemoeratic party intact and the supre. m!acy of the Anglo-Saxon race eatab lishud in South Carolina. COL.ONEL ORK SPEAKS. Co. Orr opened his speech by saying that ldgetield should be proud, as which ever way the ight went she wiiuld have the governor. South Car olina from the mountains to the sea t>ward will have a Democratic Govern or, and by reason the action of the Ition, Inde lie nUsuiIMM R ',Lpdot.,' Governor Tillman worked him& into a line Lury of acting about my agreeing to accept oflice. Oh, he has declared ior years that he didn't want ollice. W'ho deserves more contempt lIe, saying he would not have otlice, ,i nning I or a $3,500 job, or I for an of lice that pays nothing but $10 a day during the session of the Legislature? I agreed to run this race In the face of ,reat hardship and I told them if they would nominate me it must be for an ofliet which paid no salary. Tillman said it was an outrage on the ad iuniiistration of justice that the State vinployed lawyers to hold it in court, yet Ie' goes ahead and employs more tIhan all preceding Administrations for I he last ten years, and lie has not even st lick to )emocratic lawyers in employ lit g.1ssistanee. h'liere is no man in the State I love better than .1 udge McGowan. I studied law in his ollice and he hai been like a [lither to ni. I did not even know Willard personally. But I voted for hin to pay a political debt that the lieiocratic party made when they promised to let Willard serve out the balance of his term, about a year, in cnisideration of his help in putting our 1"'011 in power. I believe a political i s tibL as sitreti aR any oth;r debt, beoiLise iny honor and my politics are SI ie sate as my business and my poli Lici. A large majority of the Demo LTts coinIposing the Wallace House voted 1or Willard, as I did, and you see what. this blowing amounts to. TiPhe negro Sun Johnson supported Sllmpton. lie was not a Republican, is Iihiinan tells you. IHe carried 1,800 :olored votts for Hampton in Ander ioll. Tillman says lie wants the people to rtle, and yet Ie told you at Greenville Lhal, lie is going to write you out a new 1)latforin, and that you must make every candidate take the Bible and we :r ti.t. he will s-Urport It. GOA soi give the day when the people do this l'ilian wants the right to set aside. your choice for sherifT and put in his ppomtet. Such power should never be given to any ian #y a free people. efet'rring to Til1lan's management )f the State's finances lie said that whiln he went into ollice the State's lionIs were tiuoted at 103 and now they ire 1,3. It's the first tiie it occurred simee the settlement of the debt of m itt hi Ca'rolinia in reconstruction. Those bonids are due ini a year or two. If the tate's credit were good peopele would be glad to take uip those bonds at 4 per 'et'it Nowv they can't be funded for tess thanu '-:; or 5 per centt. which comes nit, (i your pockets. l' ver y ad in istrat ion beginning with l iinptoni declared against Coosaw and when r its time was out Tillman had iothinig (tic)d bit to carry out these re :')nimuneidatmeis. 'Tiliutmn -Thy do you blame me for .1, then y O- -lor' the foolish way in which ~ol did it. TIillman stopped these peo le ifromi digging phosphate and paying ~he royalty into the State treasury, and hiereby lost the State $135,000. Ti illian tells you that he pigeon-holed lie re'soluttioni extending the time for lhe payimenit of taxes. The newspapers puiblishe~d that lie was going to veto it. TIi lnman -'That ain't the first lie the Ie wspapers have told againist me, and it won't be the last. (Ir' --Man y of yeou, on account or his lctilon, had to scranmble to get money egethier to pay his taxes before the biree days allowed by Jaw had expired. Tlill mant claims to be the friend of the poor mian and yet wants to increase ourii poll t ax to $3. Some of you can't ctande thast, and the lawv allows them to uIt you ini jail if you don't pay your C.ol. O)rr was followed .by Tindal, NIurphy, Far'ley, liixon anti others, whent1 theimetinig broke up in perfect I)browunedi ine aI Hoie, l'T Tsv ii Li.i, Il'a., April 21.-Twelve [fenl w(ere caughit by a flood In Lyie noiie, near' Minersvlille, yeterday in ~tend of t wo as first stated. 'They were rescuedl todlay, le'aving ten in the mine, who are without doubt drowned. TI'wo at these were experienced miners en age'd ini timbering. The others were Italian laborers driving a gangway in thie lower portion of the mine, and the water rose two hurndred feet above the place where they were working. Both <>f the rescued men are this afternoon working to rescue tho others. Their nterve 1.- not shaken a particle by their tlose shave. TIheir names are IRoll and i)olin. i'ut Up or Shunt Up. A T L A NTA, Ga., A pril 23. -Congress man Livingston hats talked himself prietty well out of voice, lie has been waging a fuiriouis campaign the last two wveeks, and he says that Congress will be restfuil after a fortnight on the stumpn; in putrsulit of the elusive Third l'arty leaders. "I have made this pro plositioni," saidi he, "while I have not annirouncied myself a candidate for Con gress, I have proposed that it it will settle this matter I will go into primnar-7 ies wvith Col. Peck in his own county, Itockd ale, and if he can carry it I will retire, provided that the Third Party will shut uip shop If they do ntot get a miniioritv."