The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, May 05, 1892, Image 1
--_ 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."