The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, June 30, 1892, Image 4
BOUND FOR RUSSIA.
CR. TALMAGE IS ON THE BROAD
ATLANTIC.
le Dictatts a Sernion on the Ttxt. "or
the Time of My Departure Is at llaud,.
8ignificance of the Word "Departure."
BROoicLYN, June 19-11ev. Dr. Tai
mage is now on the Atlantic, having
sailed from New York on the 15th inst.
for Liverpool for a preaching tour in
England, Scotland, Ireland and Swe-len.
Before visiting Sweden Dr. Taliage
will go to Russia, there to witness the
reception and disposition of the cargo of
breadstu's on board The Christian
Hearld relief steamship Leo, which sailed
last week for St. Petersburg. Previous
to his departure he dictated to his
stenographer the following farewell ser
mon, to be read by the vast and widely
scattered audiences whom It is his week
ly privilege to address through the me
dium of the newspaper piess. le took
his text, from 11 Timothy iv, G, "The
time of my departure is at hand."
Departure! That is a word used only
twice in all the Bible. But it is a word
often used in the courtroom, and means
the desertion of one course of pleading
for another. It is used in navigation
to describe the distance between two
meridians passing through the extremi
ties of a course. It is a word I have re
cently heard applhed to my departure
from America to Europe for a preaching
tour to last until September. In a
smaller and less significant sense than
that implied in the text, I can say.
"The time of my departure is at hand."
Throughi the printing press I address
this sermon to my readers all the world
over, and when they read it I will be in
niidocean, and unless something niew
happens in my marineexperiences I will
be in no condition to preach. But how
unimportant the word departure when
applhed to exchange of continents as
when applied to exchange of' worlds as
when Paul wrote, "The time of my
departure is at hand.''
Now departure implies a starting
place and a place ot destination. When
Paul left this world, what was the start
ing point? It was a scene of great
physical distress. It was toe Tullianum,
the lower dungeon of the Mamertie
prison, Itome, Italy. The top dungeon
was bad enough, it having no means of
ingress or egress, but through an open
ing in the top. Through that the ri
soner was lowered, and through that
came all the food and air and hight re
ceived. It was a terrible place, that
upper dungeon, but the Tullianun was
the lower dungeon, and that was still
more wretched, the only light and the
only air coming through the roof, and
that roof the floor of the upper dungeon.
That was Paul's last earthly residence.
I was in that lower dungeon in No
yember, 1889. it is made of volcanic
stone. I measured It, and from wall to
wall it was fifteen feet. The lishies'. roof
was seven feet from the floor, and the
lowest roof five feet seven iniclies. The
opening in the roof through which Paul
was let down was three feet wide. The
dungeon has a seat of rock two and a
half feet high and a shelf of rock four
feet high. It was there that Paul spent
his lust day on earth, and it is there that
I see him nt,w, in the fearfuil dunigeonl,
shivering, blue with cold, wvating for
that old Overcoat which lie had sent fihr
upj to TJ.roa4, and which the had not yet,
sentdlown, notwithstanuding lhe ,had writ
ten for it.
If' sonme skillful surgeon should go into
that dungeon were Paul is incarcerated,
we aight find out what, are the pr-os
pects of Paul's living through the rough
imprisonment. Ini the first place lie is
an 01(1 man, only two years short of
seventy. At, that very time when lhe
mostneeds the warmth, anid the sunlight,
and the fresh air, lie is shut out [mom the
sni. What arc those scars on his
ankles? Why, those were gotten when
lie was faist, his feet in thme stocks.
Every time lie turnied, then ilesh on his
inkles started. Whlat are thioe scars
on his backy Ycn know lie was whip
lied five timles, getting thiirty-nine st rokes
-one hundr-ed andi( ninlety-l ive bruises on
the back (count them) made by the Jews
with rods of elm wood. each one of thme
one hundred and1( ninety- five strokes
bringing the blood.
Look at Paul's face and look at his
arm is. Where did lie get thlose bruisesy
I think it was when lie was strugglinig
ashore aid the shivered timbers of the
shipwreck. I see a gash ini Paul's side.
Where did lie get that? I think lie got
that in the tussle with highwaymen. tor
lie had been in per-il of robbers, and lie
had1( money of his own. le was a mle
chanic as well as an apostle, and I think
the teats lie inadie were as8 good as his
sermons.
TIhiere is a wanmess about, Paul's
looks. What makes thai? I thinlk a part
of' that caime from the imaet than lie was
for twentyfour hiouts on a plank in the
Mediterranean sea, suthering teriibly,
before lie was i escuedl, f or lhe say s posi
tively. "I was a nighit and it day in the
deep.'' Oh, worin out, enuaciated old
manm! surely you must lie muelauchmolv;
no0 constitution could endure this and l>e
cheerlul. But I press my way through
the prison until I come up close to w here
lie is, and by the faint light that stireams
through the opelng I see on his faice a
supernatural joy, and I bow before him,
and I say, "Aeed man, how can you
keel) cheerful amid all this gloom?" ilis
voice startles the darkness 01 thec place
as he cries out, "I am now ready to be
offered, and the time of my dleparture is
at hand."
IIark! What is that shmullhng ot feet, in
the upper dungeon? Why, Paul hias ani
invitation to a banquet, and lie is going
to dime today with the king. TJhose
shufiling feet are the feet of the exeu
tioners. They come and they cry dloWn1
through the hole of the dungeon: "hlur
ry up, o1:1 man. Come, now; get your
seli ready." Why, Paal was ready.
Hie had nothing to pack up. IIe had nn
baggage to take, iIe had been ready a
good while. I see him rising up, and
astraightening out his stiffened limbs, and
pushing back his white hair from his
creviced forehead, and see him looking
up through the hole in the roof of the
dungeon Into the face of his execution
ers, and hear him say, "I am now ready
to be offered, and he time of my de
parture is at hand."
Then they lift hIm out of the dungeon,
and they start with him to the place of
execution. They say: "Hurry along,
old man, or you will feel the weIght of
our spear. Hurry along." "Ho0w far
.* is It," says Paul, "we have to travel?"
"Three miles." Three miles is a good
way for an old masn to travel after he
has been whIpped and crippled wit,h
maltreatment. But they soon get to
the place of execution-Acqu3 Sahlva
and be is fastened to thepillar ot mar
tyrdom. It does not take any strength
*"9 m'=
,o tie him fast. He makes no resist, f
me' e. a
0 Paull why not now strike for your I
iWe You have a great many friends S
iere. With that withered hand just C
aunch the thu!erbolt of the people "
ipon thote infamous soldiera. No! i
I'taul was not going to interfere with his
)wt coronattou. ie was too glad to go.
I see him looking up in the face of his r
txecutioner, aud as the grim oilicial e
Iraws the sword, Paul calily says, "I c
un now ready to be offered, and the r
iim of my departure is at hand." But
L put my hand over my eyes. I want
lot to see that last struggle. One
liarp, ceu stroke, and Paul does go to
the banquet, and Paul does dine with
the k;ig.
W hat a transition it was! From the
malaria of Rome to the finest climate in
all the universe-the zone of eternal
beauty and health. His ashes were put
in the catacombs of Rome, but in one
moment the air of iteaven bathed from
hii soul the last ache. From shipwrcck,
from dungeon, from the biting pai of
the elnwood rods, from the sharp sword
of the headsman, he goes into the most
brilliant assemblage of heaven, a king
atnonm- kings, multitudes of tIe saint
hood rushing out and stretchinig forth
hands of welcome, for I do r3ally think
that, as on the right hand of God is
('hrist, so on the right hand of Christ
is Paul, the second gceat in heaven.
l[e changed kings likewise. Before
the hour of death, and up to the last
miloment, he was under Nero, the thick
neCked, the cruel eyed, the filthy lipped,
the sculptured features of that imaa
bringimg (own to us to this very (lay the
horrible possibilities of his nature --
seatceI as lie was amid pictured marbles
of Egypt, under a roof adorned with
mother-of-pearl, in a dining room which,
by machinery, was kept. whirling day
and might with mos, bewitching magnili
cence, his horses standing in stalls of
solid gold, and the grounds around his
palaice lighted at night by its victims,
M ho had been bedaubed with tar and
1pitch ind then set on fire to illumine
th! darkness.
That was Paul's king. But the next
moment lie goes ito ,the realm ofr him
'A hose reign is love, and whose courts
are pave-d With love, and whose throne
is set on pillars of love, and whose
scepter is adorned with jewels of love,
and whose palace is lighted with love,
amd whose lifetime is an eternity of love.
W henl Pautil was leavin- so much on this
side the pillar of' martyrdom to giain so
imuch on the other side, (o you wonder
lit the cheerful va!edictory of tie text,
"The time of may departure is lit hand?"
Now, why cannot all tie old people
live the same holy glee as that aged
man had' Clharles 1, when ie was
colibinlg his head, found a gray hair, and
lie st-it it to the queen as at great,ioke,
blt old ige is realy no joke at all. 1or
tile last forty years you have been dread
imu that, which ought to have been an
uxhilaration. You say you most fear
tle sti twgle at t,ie moment the soul and
boly part. Ilut millions have endured
that, momnCut, alid may not we as well?
l'hev .got through with it and so can ne,
i"t;l-es this, till medlical men agi ee in
sa.N mii that there is probably no strug
glh it the last moment-not so munAh
pAiii a the prick of a pin, the seeming
signs (r distress being altogether invol
utiary. But you say, "it is the uncer
tainty ot' the fulture."' Now, child of
(l.d do not play the infidel. Aft.er
God hiai tillu(1 the Bible till It, canr hold4
noi more with stories o1 the good t,hings
ahieadl, better not talk ab)out unicertain-.
ties.
But you say, "I cannot bear to think
of partinig from frIends hlere."' If you
are old, oui have more friends inl heaven
tlhn herie, .Just take the census. Take
wmile hurge sheet of papler and hegini to
rcoIrd the1 namesiij of those who have
emLiigratedl to tile other01 shore; the comf-1
l'at1(1ons of yotur school days, your early
14 iness5 assolciates, tile frinds of' mid-t.
hii, at1a( those whlo mlore recently wenlt
away. Canur it he0 that11 they% have been1
gone so long you (do not care alny more
about them, and you (do not warilt their
sor:et~()1iO, 110. There have been
thiyva wheni you ha1ve felt thatt .you could
not1 enthire aniothier moment away from
thleir lessed coinaim)ilship. They
haive gone. Yotu say 3011 would not,1
hkew to b)rintg thleml back to this worldl oft
ti oule, evenf if y'ou had the power. 1It
woubil not1 (1o to trust you. God wouIld
nlot give youl resurrection power. c
Bef>re tomlorrow morning you wouild(
lhe r attling at the gates of the cemetery,t
er3 iog to the departed: '"Come back to(
tile cradle whlere you slept! Come backC
toi thle ha.ll where you used( to pla11!
.iie bauck to tihe tab)le where you used( 1
to sit!"' AmId there would be a great '
butrghiry ill heaven. No, , o. God will ~
ilot tiiit yott~ with resurrection power.
e
tbut he compii roisrs the nmatter an<1( ~
sa1 ', "You1 (tiniot brinlg them where
3' u are, buit .you can go where they ar.
flhey nie Cuore1 lovely niow thian ever. t
Were they beautiful hre, thley are more d
beatutjil1ere .t
Besides thait, it is more healthy there E
for y oui thanil here, agedl maan; bett1er cli
mIte herei than Ihese hIot summers and1(
eoihl wmteitsi'ard la hte s plrings; better
hii ainel; better eieCslight; more tonic in
ithe air; more perfume ini the bloom;
miore swee'tness8 in tile onig. I)o 3 ou
not feel, aL ed mani, somnetims asd11 thlough
y'ou would like to get, youtr am andl foot t
free? D)o You not feel ias thouitgh you ts
would like to throw away spiectacles o
and1( canils and1( cruitcee? Would you not hi
like to feel tile spring aiid elastidity anld hb
mirthl ot an (etel nal boyhoodl? Whlen the 1
pomtat wih you start from this worldt
iS oldt age. anid thle point to which you
go) is eternal juvenesmcence, algedl man,
clap your batads aut the aticipation, and1(
say, in perfect rtapture of' soul, ''The
timle (of imy dlepar ture is at hand."''
I remai.rk again, all those ought to v
fee-l this joy of the text whlo have a holy f
cutriosity to know wvhat Is beyond this e
earthly terminus. And who hats not i
an.y cnriosity about it ? Paul, I suppose, t,
hai I the~ miost satisfactory view of heav- I,
(en, anid hIe says, "It dothl not yet appealr ii
what we shlli be."
It is like looking through a broken
telescope. "Now we see through a
glass darkly." Can you tell me any
tiling about that hleavenIly place ? You I
ask mel a thousalid quest,ions ab)out it j
that I cannot answer. 1 ask you a 1
thiousiand qluest,ions about ft that you I
cannot answer. And do you wonder h
that Paul w as so glad w hen martyrdom h
save him a chance to go ov'er and make ~
iscoveri es in that blessed country ?
1 hope some day, by the grace ot God,
to go ever and see for myself; but not
now. No well man, no prospered mIan,
I think, wanti' to go now. But the
time will come, 1 think, when 1 shall
go over. 1 want to see what they do
thlere, and aI want to see ho0w they do f*it
I do not want to be looking through 1
the gates ajar forever. 1 want them to
awing wi de open. There are ten thous.
and things [ want explained- about
you, about myself, about the govern
anent of this world, about G1od~, about
every thing.
We start in a plamn path of what we
now, and in a minute come up against
high wall of wbat we do not know.
wonder how it looks over there.
omebody tells me it is like a paved
ty-paved with gold; and another
an tells mne it is like a fountain, and 0
is like a tree, and it is like a triumph- tt
procession; and the next man I meet
!l1s me it is all figurative. I really a
rant to know, after the body is resur
Dcted, what they wear and what they b
at, and I have an immeasurable curi
sity to know what it is, and how it is
nd where it is. I C
Columbus risked his life to find this e
ontinent, and shall we shudder to go h
mt on a voyage of discovery which t
hall reveal a vaster an-1 more brilliant U
,ountry? John Franklin risked his
ife to Mud a passage between icebergs,
tid shall we dread to find a passage to
,ternal summer? Men in Switzerland
,ravel tip the heights of the Matterhorn
ith alpenstock and guides and rockets
tnd ropes and, getting half way up,
ituimble and fall down in a horrible
massacre. They just wantcd to say
they had been on the tops of those high
peaks. And shall we fear to go out for
the ascent of the eternal hills which
start a thousand miles beyond where
stop the highest peaks of the Alps,
when in that ascent there is no peril?
A man doomed to die stepped on the
sciflfold and said inl joy, "Now, in ten
minutes I will know the great secret."
One iminut.e after the vital function
ceased the little child that died last
night knew more than Jonathan Ed
wards, or St. Paul himself, before he
died. Friends, the exit from this world,
or death, if you please to call it. to the
Christian is glorieus explanation. It
is demonstration. It is iuillitation.
It is sunburst. It is the opening of 1d
the windows. It is shutting up the
catechism of doubt and the mnrolling
of all the scrolls of positive and accur
al intorination. Instead of standing
at ti.e foot of thie ladder and looking
up1), it is standing at the top of the lad.
der and looking down. It is the last
mystery taken out of botany and geolo
gy and astronomy and theology.
Oh, will it not, he grand to have all
questions answert d? The perpetually
recurring interrogation point changed
for the mark of uxclamation. All rid.
dies solved. Who will fear to go out
oi that discovery when all the ques
tions are to be decided which we have
been discussing all our lives? Who
shall not clap his hands in the anticipa
tion of that blessed ountry, it it be no
better than through holy curiosity cry- i
ing, "The time of my departure is at
hand ?"
I remark again we otight to have Ihe I
ijy (if the text, becaise, leaving this i
world, we move into the best society of<
,he universe. You see a great crowI
)f people in some strvet, and you say: I
'Who is passing there? Whatgeneral, I
what prinlce is going up I here?' Well,
I see a great throng in heaven. I say:
'Vho is I le hocus of all that admira
ion ? Who is the center of that ghit- I
ering company ?" IL is Jesus, the i
-hampion of all worlds, the favorite of (
ill ages. (
Do you know wli;at is the first <iuis- (
ion the soul will ask when it comes e
.hrough the gate of heaven ? I think C
.he first (Iuestion will be, "Wvhere ia t
.estis, the Saviour that pardoned my %
ii; that carried my sorrows; that c
oight iny battles; that. won my victo. c
les?" 0 radiant one! how I would I
ike to see thee! thou of the tuanger, c
nut without its humiliations; thou of &
Lhe cross, but without, it.s pangs; thou
Af the grave. but without its darkness.
The lible inti mates that we w ill talk t
with Jensu in heaven jst as a brot her
talks wvithi a brother. Now wvhat will I
you ask him first? I do rnot know. I t
can think what I would ask Paul lirst
if I saw him in heaveni. I think I I
wvould like t.o hoar hIim describe the
stc'rm that came uponi the ship when
there were t.wo huindred and seventy- I
ive souls on the vessel, IPaid being t.he 1
nly man on b)oard cool enough to des.
3ribe the storm. There is a facinaution
thou)tt a ship anid the sea t.hat, I never d
rhall get over, and I th ink I would like.
o hear h.mi talk about that lirst.
hIut when I meet roy Lont dIesuis
bTrlst, of what shalil I Ii rst i Ielighit to 0
iear him i speak ? Now I think wheat it
s. I shall lirst want, to liear the tr:ag d
'dv of hris Last, hours, arid t.hein Luike's a
recoluit of the c.'uiciiixion, :iii Mar k's|
iccoitt o the crucalIiXioni, and .J')hii'sI
Lecounft of the crucifixion will lbe noth- Il
ng, while f rom) the Ii ving lips of ('hrist C
he story shall be told of the aloomi tf iti
elf, arid the devils that arose, uniil I lie n
act that upon his endurancre depended t'
he rescue of a race, anid t here was ii
larkness in the sky, and t here wais"
harkness in the soul, and the pain be "
aine more sharp, and the bu rdenrs hie.t
ame lmore heavy, until the i) begani
o swimii away from the (lying visioni ot &
hrnist, and the cursing of thle mob *"
aiiie to his ears miore faint ly, anid his b
lands were fastened to the horri'tontal n
iece of the cross, andl his feet were fast. n
niedm to the p)erpedicu lar pie~e oft the C
ross, iad hIs head fell for ward ini a
woon as lie tittered the last nioani and
ried, "I t is lintished !'" All! heaven will 0
top to listen unotil theii story is done ~
nid every harl) will be pult dowii, andb
very lip closed, anid all eyes fixed 'upon n
he divine narrator tuntil the story Is
one; and then, at the tap of the baton, '
he eternal orchestra will rouse tip; uin- ci
er on st.ring ot harp, and lips to th 1i1
lotih of truimpet,th~ere shall roll fort.h ii
hie oratorio of the MeI(ssiah, " Worthy gi
a the Laiinb that was slain to receive w
lessing andi riches and honor and glory 3t
rid power, world without, end!
What lie endured oh, who can teli, o
T1o save our soulIs from death anid hell I
W,hen t here waIs bet weeni PaulI mid
hiat mnagn:ihieiit P ersonage only the .a
hinnless of the sharp edge of the sword hi
f the execuitioner, :lo you wvonder that ti
e wanted to go? (O miy Lord Jesus., h
-t one wave of that glory roll over us! o
lark. I hear the weddiing bells of heav- w
n rimg now. The marriage of the i
,ammb has come, and the bide hat h hi
ade herself ready. Aiid now. for a
ttle wvhile goodbje I have no mer
Id feelings about the future. hint if
nythaing shiould happen that we never i
leet again in this world, let us mneet ,
thiere there are nio partings. Ourg
rienidshipst h ave bet ni delightf al on r
Irthl, but they will be more delight ful c
a heaven. And now I co:nmiend yoi( f~
(lGod and t1 he word of his grace, which
able to build us up anid give us an in- el
eritance amnong all them that are
imettiled.
Apipeaied to, the iighr CUrg.
A NDFH:SON, S. C., .June 19,-Y. 11,
'rior, au white man, aiged 42 3eurs, in
all here uiider chiarge of obtaimiog ioods n
y false pretences, comamit.ted s uicidle
mst night, in his cell in the j: ill. lie usedh t
is undIergarmenits as a rope to hang
imself with, atid in the dead hours of g
he nighit, while his four cell mates were
sleep, lie took his8 own life, and thus ni
.l.pealed 1118 trial to the Court, thiit
tiakes no mistakes. No reasons are ei
nown for the deed, lie leaves a wite n
mud several children. Coriier Nance
aeld an inquest to-day, and a verdict, inl
iccordanice with the faict,s statedi WAS
endered.
Supposed suitoid..
WIrLLISTON. S. C., June 20.-J, P.
Niatthews died hero at 5:30 o'clock.
LIbs death was caused by an overdose c
of morphine that he took intentionally, c
It la thought.
TIIE MAN OF DESTINY.
t
[Continued from First page.1 e
i the pl itform ai said: "In view of
ie statement just made. I willsay that
represent the minority of tho 'Com
ittee oil Resolut iovs, and I desire to
Itiounce that the minority expect to
3 heard to present its report before the
revious quest ion shall be put." Quick
ieers followed this annoicement.
Theu ex-Secretary Vilas commenced
> read the resolutions at6:28, but when
e reached the phrase, "fromn Madison
L Cleveland," thcre was a quick shout
r one voice near the platform. It was
ot lost, however, for it seemed that as
hough with one impulse the entire
0,000 people leaped upon their chairs
aid wit h hats and handkerchiefs in
he aIr, 20,000 throats let loose yells and
creams that shook the heavy air and
L1iost made the barracks (luiver. In a
lash a white satin b4nl'eir, neavy with
rold fringe, was shot afloat and was
noved to the centre aisle. It was the
msign of Michigan, and on one side
vas the picture of Cleveland. H1ad the
birong shouted before ? Oh, no! The
irst outbreak had been bitt a murmur
eside the savagery of noise and din
that rose then and swept and rolled
from side to side of th great wigwam
mnd alrotmnd the amlphitteatre.
A man in the rear of the delegates
4oisted a picture of David It. 11111.
tuick as liiman impilse moves a hos
tile hand ripped it trom the standard
ind tore it up, while hisses for and
lIgainst the act s wept in a wave around
the hall.
Then came into the arena a hanner
DC IOf;L A sturdy l'oi,s man hore it
loft and waved it constantly while
the mass of swelling people swelled the
Aiin and storm of sound.
The tcinpest ebed air I flowed until
1:47, when Don )ickinson of Michigan
caused tihe lichigan batnner to be car
ried trom view tin order that business
might be resumed. There were hisses
from the crowd that, the guidon and
baton (if its applause should be re
moved. Through all this the 'Tam
many inca in the centre aisle sat grim
id silent, n)either hissing Cleveland
aor cheering Ill. Its thunderless dis
ipproval challenged admiration even
I rom those who opposed the \lanhatten
Indians. Finally at 6:48 Vilas again
esumed the reading of the platform
vhich will be found published in full
u another column.
At the conchsion of the reading of
.he platform, the chairman annoic-d
,hat the next order of business was tile
ioniinat.ion of candidates for president
>f the United States. The roll call of
;tates was coinmencud and when Ar
ansas was reached she yielded her
lace to New Jersey and ux-Governor
Ubbott of that State caie forward, ac
ornpanied by enthusiastic cheers from
lie Cleveland wing of the convention,
I being understood that he was to
oininate the Ex-[Presilent When or
er was r(stored the Governor ad
ressed t1e bo dy fori ally placing
trover Cleveland in nomination. Gov
rnor Abbott proceeded without re
eiving nore than mild applaiuse until
e reached that portion of his address
here he said: "If thsre uas any
oubt, existing in my mind of the result
I this national contest I would not
irge on behalf of my State the views
f its )emnocracy in favor of Grover
Ileveland.
The mention of the name of the sage
f luzzard's Bay was the sigual for a
huier of cheers. Men and women
vho thronged tie great galleries waved
ans, umbrellas and banners. Many ofr
he great State delegat.es rose, and
taanding on their chair-m joined in the
~reat volume of enthusiasm which
Cfe(e to possess the multitude. Th'le
t.abatma delegat ion hoist.ed a Cleve
inde portrait, on t,he end of an umbrel
r, which was thle signal for applauise.
. boot thIis time M ichigan's bannmer
liih Clevelanmd's portrait, was.carrried
ownm to the New York delegat'ion antd
as angmraiy p)ushedL awavy by thle delec.
Ltes8. I his little incidlent, created( mncch
onl sion. hit te meanti me theC cheer
ig for levye-land c'onitinuned.
..t about IOen o'clock a heavy thun
i-r andl rin .stormn paissed over thle cit,y
oil thle buailudig ini which thle C2onveni
iin wa's amssembled l-aked very badly,
>whn i)Mwillm, if Ne-w York, took
se st:u.d to prumeent 11 iii' namne, the
iniventionm hiled td) excuse him for a
Ciw inuti es as thle geentlecman could
ot. stanid on thme pauthoram without get.
og wuet. lImhe tele'graphl and press of..
Los uniderrneath thle si age was flooded
ithi water' whcich intrr ered very arc uch
ich the working of the wires. When
te storm sucbsitled l)ewitt. againi took
te st.iand anid presenited thle nrmie oft
'.nato,r 1). 11. 1h1ll, which was greeted
it.h great aipph.icse. l ie said I1fill cain
'art I airrisoam in New York by a lairger
rijority than Ihe carried it for Gover
)r last t.ime. When I ewitt niention
I IIlill's arphorism "1 aim a D)emocrat."
F'ellows took thle latformi aind sec
iuded lIIill's nomination. lIe said t.he
.ite of New York fronm the Westerni
>uinthliry to thet oiceaui demand(s thre
)Inina:tionm of I). iB. I ill.
lie claimed that thre v'ote of Newi
ork wars arhbsohtutely essential to D)emo
'atic suaccess inr Novemiber ndn that
ill had maide New York Democratic
I every r(spec:t and fun mctionms, and
ye lim a four yearrs as 1'residenit, he
cmu hi make t nce teat ionial ars thoroughlyI
. Fellow ms liaishred.
A. W . Greeni, of I lilios,.and lTnglishm,
: nemcana, andi( many o1thers s. condert
ce miinatiton of (leve-land.
Durnrcomb I, of lowa, took the stand
jel presenited the naaim of Iloies. In
s speech Duni icom b said for the lirst
me ai main would be present ed for the
ghi oflice of Pre sidenit who lives West
the Mississippi tver. Bles' namae
as enthusiast.ically cheered, aind plc
ires of his were carried all over the
til. F'enton, of Krrnsas, seconded les
mei1natin, as did( also Illeinry W~atter
mn, of Kent,ucky.
A t. ten rminuates to thbree this morn-1
ig the roll crall of Stat es for a brallot
as ordered. At this time there was
rent excitement, ini the hall, rind a
otion to ad(jouirn wras lost. The roll
ill of States t hen proceeded wi ith the
elowing result:
Tiotal voite, 909). N ueeary to ra
roice, 599t , or tmvo-thirds.
Cheve-landl received 6I16%, Hill 1 12,
oles 103, G ormanu 36%, St.evensoni 167,
orrison t, Carlisle h5, Carmbell 2, Pat
sonl 1, Whitney 1, Rlussell 1.
Ohio imoves rules hbe suspend(d rind
levehanid be miade nominee by accha-I
at.ion.
D)aniel of Virginia seconds the mo
on
Checeriing all over thce hail and the
illeries still crowded.
lFlower seconided motiont to m:ike
rminartion unaninmous.
Motionr to surspendl the rules and do.
rare Cleveland the nominee iby accla
ation carried.
Tihe Convention then adjouirned to
&'o o'clock to-day, wIhenm it rerassem
led amnd proceeded to the noiniartion
l'ra caindidater or Vice iic5dent. The
ection resrulte d in the choice of the
ton. A. 10. 8tevenmsonr, of illinois.
Tihe nominations for the pstin
rere Giray, nf InidIina, Stevenson, of ~
Llnois, a John L. Mitchell, of Wis-'
ansin. ( thme completion of thre roll I
till it w found that the vote stood as ?
)llows: itevn.ono 40, ..a 83
r1orse 80, Mitchell 45, Watterson 26,
lockran 5 and Tree 1. The rules were
hen suspended and Stevenson was
lected by acclamation. South Caro
ina cast her solid vote for Stevenson.
After the passage of the usual reso
utions of thanks to the officers, the
.onvention adjourned sine die at ten
ninut,es pant tive o'clock this after
10011.
The Officlal Vote.
The following Is the vote for Presidant:
State. Cleveland. Hill. Boles.
klabama .................. 14 2 1
krkasas.................. 16 ... ...
Jalifornia............... 18
Colorado .................. ...5
Uonneetleut............ 12 ... ...
Delaware ........... ... ..
Florida......... ............ 5 ... ...
Georgia - ...... ......... 17 5
Idaho . ......... ............ ... . ....
Illinois............... 48 ... ...
Indiana.................... 30 ... ..
Iowa .......... ................ ... 2
Kansas................... 20
Kentucky................. 18 ..2
Louisiana................. :t 11
M aine .......... .......... i.
Maryland........... .......
Massachusetts . ......... 24 4 1
b ichigan............... 28
Minnesota............ 18 ..
Mississippi........... 8 3 3
M issouri................ .. 34 ...
M ontana ..................
Nebraska................ 5
Nevada................... ... ... .I
New llampshire.......8
New Jersey............ 2 .
New Mexico............. 4 1 1
New Iork.............. ... .72
North Carolina.........,:j 1 1
North Dakota........... 6
Ohio..................... . 14 ; it
Oregon ............... .. .;
Penmylvania....... 64 ...
Rhode sland........... 8
South Carolina.........2 3
South Dakota...........7 1
Tennessee ................24
Texas ......................2 o 1
Vermont ......... .........8
Virginia.................12
W ashington ............. 8
West Virginia..........7
W isconsin. ......... ......24
Wyomng.lig..............
Alaska..................2
Arizona ...........
District of Columbia. 2
Indian Territory.......2
Oklahoma....... .... 2
Utah........ ......2
Total official vote...617% 115 103
THE SCATTERIN(i VOTE.
Morrison-Alabama 2.
Campbell-Alabama 2.
Gornan-Alabaina 1. Georgia 4, Louis'.
ana 1, Maryland 9%, Mississippi 4, Nebras.
ka 1, Nevada 2, New Hampshire 2, Ohio 5,
Virginia 1. West Virginia 3, Wyoming 3,
.krizona 1. Total, 361.
Carlisle-F,orida 3, Kentucky 6, CHo 5.
Total, 14.
1-tevenson-North Charolina, 1i? .
Pattison--West Virginia 1.
RusselI--Massachusetts 1.
Whitney- Maine 1.
COL. STACKHOUSE DEAD.
Ile Ui01 Suddenly at His H11tel In WRah
ington.
WASIINGTON, June 15.-Represen
tative Eli T. Stackhouse, of the Sixth
District of South Caroli-ia, died sudden
ly, at his residence ii this city, aiortly
,ifter 2 o'clock this morning, of lart
lisease. Mr. Stackhouse uas in his
ieat in the House yesterday, and u
swered to the roll call, but, cciplaluiing
M1 the itense heat, left the House and
returned to his residence. Later ini the
aftLernoon he was mnuch better, and had
his8 son readl the p-apers to him. When
about to ret.ire, the son otlered to sit up
with him, but Mr. Stackhouse dleenmed it,
unnecessary. About 1:30 a. mn. young
Mr. Stackhouse heard his f.ither breath
ing laboriously, and cal 'ed to him but lhe
dlid not resnond. iIe never rallied and
blhed short,ly afterward. The immediate
anse of his death is thouhit, to have
been heart, dliseaise. Th'le South Carolina
leleg~af 1)1n l'eld a meetiang this morn.nig
mrd adopted the customary resoluti on
>t* reg4ret,.
Eli Th'lomas Stackhouse, of Little
Ro)ck, S. C., was born in Marion county,
4.C,i 84, was educated ini the couni
yschsools; was a school teacher in his
ozrly life, and ha 1861 entered the Con
ederate army in Lonigstreet,'s corps8,
whaere lhe became a col.meil; served his
muni(ty in the State L gaslature and has
evotedl amuch of his tinie t.o agricultural
>ursuits. IIe was elected president, of
heo Farmers' Alliance as long as the
-ules oh the Ahliance permit, a re-eles
ion; served his State as a trustee of the
lenmson Agricult.ural College, and was
:dected1 to the Fifty-secotLd Congress,
there he was serving his first, term at,
lhe time of his death.
TIliE H[OUSE TAiKEs ACTION.
W AssiamNN'Tow, .June 14.-When the
1ousei was called to ordler the diplomatic
mud consular bill was sent to conference,
Lmd t,beni Mr. Tillman of South Carolin'i
imnounced the sudden 'leath in this city
act, evenimg of' his collegue, lHon. E. 1.
trckhiouse. T1hie customary resolutions
>free pect, were adopt,ed, and the Speaker
binounced the appointment, of the f01
OA wing Iiieral committee to accompany
le rem.iins t.> Little Rock, S. C.:
dessrs. TrilIlman of South Carolina, Lan
aum of'Texas, Cate of Arkansas, Lewis
>f Missisbippi, Shell of Sout,h Carol ina,
h>lly o: Sout,h Dakota andl W aushIof in
hiana. Th'le IIouse then, as a fuardher
taak of respect a(.journed unt,il t,omor
'ow.
ACTION OF- TIlE SENATE.
WASH INOlTON, June 14.--in lis
peniing prayer today Chaplain Butler
emnindIed the Senate, apropos of the
leath of Itep)resent ative Stackhouse, of
he uncertainl y of lile, and made aippro
>riate reference to those aflhected by his
1em iso.
After the transaction of some rout,ine
>usinesis, Chief Clerk TIowles of t,he
JIouse notified the Senate of the death
>f' Mr. Stackhouse, and appropriate reso
ut,ions, offered by Mr. Butler, of South
jiaolina, were adopted.
in accordance with the resolutions,
lie Vice P'residenit appointed Messrs.
Blut,ler oif South Carolhna, K) le of Nort.h
D)akotat, White of Louisiana, Gallinger
>f' New hi apshire and Allen of Wash
ngton ias a committee to attend( the
uneral 03 the Senate.
The Senate then, at 12:20 p. mn., as a
urthier mark of' respect to the memaory
>i the dleceasedl Representative, ad
o)urnaed unt,il tomorrow.
A Sensation Iu Columibia.
COtUMInIA, S. C., .June 19.--Some
lays aigo a young lady dlied in this city
romn mia-treatmient, andl the jury em
>anineuedl to investigate the case charge
no J. Hi. Morrow, a horse dealer of
Vashiington, D. C., who oc<.asionally
iaits t,olumibia, with being the party
vhc brought about the girls dleath by
iducing her to take certain medicine to
roduLce abortion. The young lady was
aimed Colle Fowler, and is said to have
een very pretty, Morrow, who Is
barged with her seduction and death is
Id enough to be her father. The feel.
rig h re Is intense against him and
hould he come here things would be un
omf'nrtable for. h.
0olored Denmocrata In Ltu'.
CurCA0O, June 22.---A meet ing ws
held at the Democrat ic headq uarter:i to
day by colored 1),mocrats froa aill
parts of the country undes th:i auspiews
of a nerro -.antoiml D) mocrul Io coin.
mittee Many of those pre.ent claint
ed to be ltputblicanuv but said thai. t he
treatment of the culored race by 1'resi
dent Ila-rison did not meet their views
of justice. They said they it sired hence
forth to enter the ),nocratic fold. Be.
fore the permanent organization was
effected addresses on the tariff and
President 11arrison's alleged ill-treat
ment of the coloreti people were made
by several delegate.. The following:
is an extract friom one of the speeches
"We are here to day because we be
lieve the Republican party has out lived
its usefulness, a', least so far as it re
lates to the negro, and it ik our duty to
cast about for a safe and iore sure an
chorage. We believe that (rover Cleve
land, when 'resident of the United
States, gave the b. st aesurance possible
that under Denocrakic rule a Iree
American's best interbsts, his liberty
and happiness were fully conserved.
I know by ex ptriece a.-jd personal
observation that the civil, pablic and
political rights of my race were never
conserved by any executive thati they
were by David lHill, when he was
Governor of the great Empire State of
New York.
The political parties of tie day are
not the parties of the last d cade.
.Their names are the same, but new men
represent them both. The great Dem
ocratic party hias gained wisdom by ex
perience. .t deals with great national
questions on findamental principles.
It is forgetting the past unpleasant.
ness, it is living ind Ilourishing in the
grand and real present. The Reptibli
can party of today, which we turn
away froi in sorrow, stands as a see
tional party as a.political necessity. It
is dictatorial, overbearing, atitourat
ic." The roll of tielegates showed sev
enteen States represented.
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