The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, July 21, 1892, Image 1
VOL. XXI PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1892.
A QUIET MEETiNj.
THE SPEAKING AT HOLEY'S FERRY,
EDGEFIELD COUNTY.
The Meoting Vtqrv Largely in F4vor of
Tilmaini, hist She mv3ar(l wam tivi a
Most ItaWst1 #i1i 11 "arling--.A .J1ly, (iood
Natured Crsw.
IIoL0"Y's Fl-tNy, S. C., Jaly 13.
The meeting held hre r. esterd.ay was
one of, the1 mlo4t, 41uiet lind orderly yet,
held during this vamnpaign. The Iroad
Saluda inarksL the divilding line of Ed.e
field and Newberrv Counties and n(Itar
a ferry over this noble stream the meet
ing was held to-day in ltinelltrdt towi
ship; one of the mirst fauous sub-divis
ions of Edgeilt-ld County. Four Coun
ties furnished the aLLendaiue, which
wai3 between 1,300 anl 1.500. The
major portion were fron RJ-!efield
County, some coming thirty-live or torty
miles to attend tie necting. A le w
representatives of Abbeville County
were present, and there were Also heavy
contingents 1rom Newberry aid 1exinr
ton Counties. The crowd prewent wils
largely in tavor oh Timatni.
The day sturted off with a heavy rain
and it drizzltd conitinuously until about
11 o'clock, wiheil it helid up for awhile.
Despite this 1rur I very side WIaLon1s,
u 11g1es, mules and horsus kept oourt,ng
in contiloub .rea is tl the mfeetin
place. The "-r,lman on the Saluda
was kept, busy froni early Worning
bringing tlie Newberr3ans across the
salrron tide. Nobody seemed to nind
the rain, and the drizzle only seemed to
their desire. The roads were in fearful
conditin. It has been raining in this
county for weeks and the net r-sult in
mud and holes canl be imajined. The
candidates went over in private convey
Unce with the newspaper brigtade from
Batesburg and Leesville. All along
the road buggies and wagons and horse
mitn met t,he party and strung out like
a long caravant, over the heavy, sloppy
roads. Governor 'Tillimun, Comptroller
General Ellerbee and General Farley
re-presented the lieiorn Democra,y and
Colonel Siheppar d tihe Conservatives.
Dr. Timinerman presided over the meet
ing, which was opened with prayer by
Rev. Mr. Boozer.
Gen. Parley was introduced and made
a good spe(ch. Among other things lie
said tihe --,forin candidates start,ed to
discuss issues, but the other side des
cended into personalities. If a shcep
gets to )utting around too much it is
not iii itian or goat nature to stand it,
without butting back. 11 the campalign
is not conducted with d'e order it, is not
our fait, for we want it, and our people
want It. We have an overwiheliing
majority. 'Tlhen let it go forth to-day
the people () Sot01h Carolina will not
stand disorderly conduct and persona
allties in tihe meetmin-s. Sheppard has
never looked on tae other se. lie
1uilght to be on our sid. for Governor
Tfilvinan 1tied to Itit hin in olice and
men of Edgeield are accustomed to
staid t,gCLlt'r.
At tihe coielusion of Farley's specch,
which was not very lon g, Gov. Tillman
was Introduced. As ie stepped to the
froLt he w is received with loud cheer
ing, lie said:
This 3 t.he first time I have spoken
in this corner of the County. I did
4 speak once at Ftlerid.e's, not tar Iron
here, hut I do not know nine-tenths of
you. I am glad 0 ieet you. The broad
Saluda runs quiet becatise it is deep.
This meetimg is so quiet that I a1m led
to suspect that there is hl, little oppo
sition to the FarierN' Movetieni im
this sc01ti of tIe world 1.0 fret I on al
make you noisy lhke the rocks ini thre
r.ver. '-The swvallows mu11rmurr; t,be
deeps are djumb.*
Down in your hrearts you know I
stand here as the representative and
sp)okeimani to give voice to what you
-wanrt and what you1 have lon~g ielt you
wanted. This is riot a mere ebullition.
It is the wor king Ouit 0f deep) principles.
in 180p Adams and Jefferson oppossedf
each other for the Presidency. Adams
represented .he rd a that tihe rich, tihe
cultured and( thre edutcatedl abould rule.
Jeflerson advocated -tihe idea thamt thet
peop)le were abule to take care of tire
government and( shroulud rule.
We to-day represent, tire p)rincilesc for
wich Jelfersonr lought. I stndu here
ts t,he expJonenrt ot 1)opularr governrment
and the right of tire peopile to goveri
themselves. Shep1rard is tihe ( xp)oLnrnt
of special privileges and cor'porations,
ie is the exponent ol R{epublicarn 'deas
and( niot, of genuinre D)1 mrocrac y. Ile ac -
.knowledges fenlty Lto andl wilt support
D)emocracy, because lie culdni't, hve mn
E:dgefeld r he (di't. le is a liepubli
can at hreart.
Why (lid I force thec Lirhtinig anid make
the ctnidr(ates facte thle preople-their
masters? Ilecause oirmerly the candli
dates avoidied examriination. Thley went,
arround kissing thre hbl)es and~t howdy
doing. Thren the convenitioni put, up
men 3 Ou had nrever heaurd of m.d y our
had( to support the.u. Most of tire nrews
pap)ers are ownred b)y tire mohrey 3owrr
-the very cliquei I have iust, spoken of
as beirg Republicanr In thre idlea's which
actuate them. llowv did tihe papers
meet, the d1emrand for popular sulframt ?
You all know.
The State claims t,hic mnoir re that
the Comner1 atives will canrry at, least
1,wenty Cotarties. lIn good, plainr Airlor
Saxon, I tell y ou thait tihat is a lie. N ot
withstanmg all t,.e claims oh tihe ojppo
eltion papers-the News am ('ourit r,
State anid Gret nville News andi tire
many Count,y papers wich follow their
lead-i tell y ou I will he elect edi.The
papers are ownedj by the mionrey power
anid are edited by IIessaans-mreni who
write for money andu sacrillee their heir
est, judgment. They try to fool the
pJeople as to the p.opularity' of the Cot)
servative candr(idate.
You all know how two years ago th.e
News and CourIer kept up) these senseu.
less tactics rand a o thet lasti triedl to foiol
tire people mato helieving t,hat tire tidhe
hadl turned agaimst, tme. You know how
the News anrd tourier claimedi all anid
what, tire enrd .was-a vote of 269 to '10
in my I avor im tire nomainating coinvenr
,lonr.
I hrave been mn reventeeni of tire Cun
ties of the State ini tis cantvanis and I
say, withcurt, hesitationr thait, we will
carry over thirty Coutotics, anid I hJe
lieve t,ha., lwe will carrv every ne.
The people are now awake; they no
l)tnger slumber. You are reading and
understand the principles of politic ; and
goveriment. You never en oyed sell
government before. You Ilave that
luxury now and you intend to hold it
forevern we, as long as the sun shines
and water runs. They hope for a re
action. They think it is a little sum
nr shower, but It Is a regular United
States rain. 1e LhCII took a hand pri.
mary which revealed the fact that the
Ilectin. Was largely itt fAvorof tile Gov
I could sit and not say a word and let
Sheppard talk, for I know that neither
Ie 1or a t dozen Sheppards could lead
Imly goats into his pasture. I am sick
and disg,-usted with the personalities
which have been introduced into this
campaign. I wanted to discuss issues,
but they seemed determined not to al
loN Ie to do so. If they want to pitch
rocks they can go ahead, but they will
find that I can chunk both rock~s and
brickbats.
The papers ither forgot or neglected
to publish tile fact that a meeting would
be held at Edgefield. The impression
was that the meeting had been called
ofl, and the result was that only about
800 men were present. We put un one
of our men and he had a quiet and
peaceful hearing. They then put up
their mnani, and up to this time they had
retised to tell us who would be their
firtst speaker. Why was not Oir put
up after Gary to speak in reply to his
competitor? No, they put up Youmans,
a regular firebrand, simply because they
wanted to be howled down. They had
gone through seventeen Counties and
they know they are beaten beyond
hope.
They Rtarted off the campaign of
abuse. I will not read Orr'a words, but
he said at Laurens that I was not
worthy to vnlatch Judge Wallace's
sioestriiuB. That's getting pretty close
to an Edgelieid man. Do you blame
me because when next we met I refused
to accept, his hand, but drew up and
said I could not shake the hand of any
mall holding such an opinion of nie?
IIe spoke about the Thirteen conven
tion entrusting to a committee the selec
tion of' candidates to run for their fac.
tioin. Oil this committee were several
llaskelhtes. This committee, he had
it oil good authority, had gone to Shep.
pard as the six hI man and offered him
the first piace on the ticket.
Sieppaed: That is not so.
Tillmar.: You can't prove that it Is
lot 0. By y -ur mau Williams' paper
f know that they wanted Orr for tile
lirst place, and that they telegraphed to
the 6trectors of -ni factory to know if he
woll be allowed to accept the nomina
i011. "A't it a nice condition of affairs
when a set of Iach men have to be tele.
graphed to for permission for a man to
run for Governoi? Johnny was put for
ward as a sort of a cat's paw to pull tile
clestnuiit out of tie fire, but lie is find
Ing the chestnutS mighty feW an( me11
fire awful iot.
Two men were travehug along a road
11nd a hog chased tien. One climbed
a tree but the other was less nimble and
coi.ld not do so. Me dod-ed the bog
aroundi a tree and finally got near enough
to catch its tail. They had a grand
scuflle, and the man yelled to his friend
to come down the tree.
"What do you want?" was the reply.
"I want you to help me let this hog
go."
The application of this joke was per
fcctly plain. Governor Tillman said lie
did iot, want the candidates of the oti.er
sile to quit for they were like salt to
meait. lie could make a speech at any
tiiie bt lhe could make a much better
speiechI with somlethling to hammer on.
The flnest steel must, have a flint to
dlraw I ire and Sheppard was his tiint.
They wanted the campaign run in the
grounid and stopped. They p)referred
for a still hunt, to be made by the banks
and corporations. They want to bull.
dloze the people with thlreats of nO ia
tions and 1no money, but roasting ears
are p)lentiful and black-berries rIpe.
WVell Y oumans, I wish lhe was hlere to.
dyso you could listen to him and see
how little he is.
Vice~&: I wish lie wals here. II'
have to falk straizhlt.
Tillmani: Youmans made is speech
with considerable interruption. Then
whiein Melaurin w as about to be intro
dluced(, Sheppard's bosom friend and
lieuiteniant steps forward and saidl if
Y oumn e was not aiven anlothIer chance
to0 speak, ilo one t lse shouh11i be allowed
to speaak. Our crowd was willing for
Shlepparci and Orr to come torwardl and
they would hlave been hleardl without in
teritlu,on. Youimans had been put
forward first to cause a row ando break
upi the mlet,ig. At, the first Sheppard
sa:d( it loo,kedl like a riot, and wanted to
know if I would agree to adjourn the
imeetinig anld so have no fight.
I t.ho him11 that many men had ridlden
thirt,y-fve or lorty miles to hear speak
ing and were ent.ith-d to what t,hey had
come her. After forty-five minutes we
uave in andl agreed to an adjournment.
I did -to, wanit a lih; I wanted it set
tled ot.heriwise, fori I dletest howling down
and1( butllb-zinlg. I believe tile more
quiet tho re is, t,he more eflective my
speechies are, for thieii the people have
a chance to follow the argument. The
whleI soml and suibsiance of the move
mlent, is that It is a light against lien
Tillmnii.
Th'le irailroadls of tii State charge
higher freight and1( paiseniger rat,es than
railroads mn ot,ber States and I have al
ways beeni ini fao of' a commision to
have th.irouahu cont,rol over thlings. I
wanitedl the power to elect these commis
stoiiers co)nferred upon the people for
the irgisl'ature is not, it to elect any
fling. Tihereo the men bargain and
tradeh, (ach looking ftter is own inter.
est. Yru oughlt, to elect everything.
All that iudk about, my wanting to be a
dictator Ni mere rot. I will hlave to go
out of cfiic in t,wo more years and why
shoul I want, to uuild up ia power for
some fuiure tyranlt to use?
They kilktd the Asylum bill, that
drifttwoodl Legislatuire, thlouIgh Dr. Bab
cock saidl ii' he could exaiiine the pa
t,ienlts 'efore admission lhe couldl prevent
many paupers, whosho,uld be in County
poor houses, being saddled on thle State.
Sir. Fickein in committee made a p)lea
that, 1(d thIngs be not diet,urbedi and tile
bill was krill 3d.
lie explained the $3 poll tax, and on
the vote nearly everybody showed up in
favor of the mcasure. Then Governor
Tillman talked in favor of a constitu.
tional convention to rid us of a consi itu
tion framed by Radicals and forced down
our throats by Yankee bayonets and
give up a constitution framed by South
Carolnias.
This negro vote is a frozen
serpent aud we ought to adopt some
coinstitutioual provision to fvrever
throttle it and preserve our chilldrvn
and our children's children, forever
from chance of black domination. What
shall we do with this nigger vott?
Voice: Bury the damn thing and let
go.
Tillman: They say I want to disfrau.
chise the poor people, but that is olly for
the poor people are my friends. They
may give factory operatives Sheppard
tickets but when they get to the polls
they will slip them aside and vote for
old Ben. lie spoke of the need for
better county government and showed
how his bill pi ovided for it. He ex
plained the present statui of Clemson
College and satisfied the crowd there
with.
When Governor Tillman finished a
number of handsome bouquets were pre
sented to him by Mrs. Caughman, Miss
Derrick and other ladies. Tillman ux
pressed his thanks wittily and eloquent
ly. There was an hour's intermission
for dinner. A barbecue was in full
swim, and there were many private din
ner parties.
Alter dinner Ex-Governor Sheppard
was introduced and .made a most excel
lent speech. In opening he said:
I have never wanted to be in better
condition than to-day. I know that I
am somewhat of a stranger to some of
you. Unfortunately some one adjouin
ed the meeting before my eating. I can't
eat and then speak. I feel very much
fatigued, not Wi'ag esten. I desire to
assure you that I w ould not be here to
day in the position that I am if there
were one particle of truth for Governor
Tillman's statement. If there were one
drop of Republican blood in my heart,
or a scintilla of Republican principles in
my veins, I would not come before the
people of Ed-_efield as a candidate for
their suffrage. I was born a Democrat,
I was raised a Democrat, and as long
as my heart beats and my brain contin
ues to know the difference between right
and wrong I will die a Democrat.
Governor Tillman has said a great
mauy harsh things, he has said a great
many un-ounded things, but he has
never committtd a greater outrage than
when he ta.ked of my being a Republi
can in disguise. What right would a
white man have to come before you if
he were In the remotest degree a Re
publican? It was unkind and it was un
fair and unfounded, and I will never
forget it as long as I live and my head
is hot.
Voice: How about Haskelism?
Sheppard: I don't know, I voted for
Tillman and tried to get Haskell not to
run, and when he had ran tried to de
feat him. There is no man who can at
tack my Democracy.
Voice: Haskellism nominated you.
Sheppard: It did not and there were
more avowed Repubbians in the CoL
vention nominating Tillman than in tue
one nominating me.
Voice: They will run another ticket.
Sheppard: I don't want office if I can't
get, it by Democratic votes. I'll even
stump the State for Tillman it he is
nominated and it should be necessary.
I tell you my Democracy is as strong
as the Rock (f Gibraltar, and I feel
much hurt.
Mr. Cannon: You're a gentlemaan
and a Democrat.
Sheppard: Governor Tillman knows
it as well as you do: It is a disgrace
to make any such unfounded charges.
Leaving this personal line he went
on to say: You've seen Tdliman. Now
have you seen the reform? I have not.
Let them come to the record and i'll
meet them face to face. They have
done nothing whatsoever in th~e line of
their promises. In Edgefleld in a hun
dred years of our existence *67,000 was
the most, ever paid into our county
treasury. last year *84,000 was paid
into our tr easury. How is that for re
form?
Voice: The taxes have never been
paid before.
Sheppard: You can take the flatter
ing unction as suits your taste. Not a
single office has been abaolished. No
salaries have been reduced. Taxes are
aot. t,he number of mills you pay oin a
dollar. It, is the amount of money you
pay iuto the public treasury. They tell
you taxes have been reduced one-quar
ter of a mill, but the assessment has
been increased so that, the 4j you paid
before is less than the 41 you paid last
year. Last year your Dioperty was as
sessed at *150,000,000 and thIs year it
was *168,000,000.
Tillman: It is just th a tax dodger
they got.
Sheppard: Mr. Ehlerbee said he has
taxed the sore-backed mule and for two
millions more than two yeaSL ago.
Mr. Elierbee: I said one million dol
lars.
Voice: We want your bank stock re
duced.
Sheppard: You don't know what you
are tal king about. They talk about my
being a bank president. A farmer who
borrows money said he wouldn't vote
for me because if I would be elected I'd
have to go to Columbia. I have been
kind to our farmers and frequently saved
therm from distress.
I will confine myiself to ans wering
Governor Tiliman. Hie speaks of the
control of raihaoada. But for film there
would have been abundant law for the
control of railroads. He gives two piti
fl reasons (or vetoing it. Talk about
consistency, lie said in his Inaugural
address that the manner of el.ecting was
for the Legislature to decide, lie even
advised the Legislature to elect commis
sioners.
TI'iman: I advised that the Legisla
ture elect them that year and this year
for the people to elect them.
Sheppard: I thought I'd fhnd a place
in his buckler. Had he let the law pass
the control he desires he could have
been se:eredl and afterwards a l ange
r& commended. The second is a more
flimsy and silly excuse, and( that is the
right of the Circuit. Court. to renew the
action of' the commissioners. Governor
Tillman ought to close his mouth about
the control of railroads.
Governor Tillmian: If you are in fivor
of controllingr railroads why haven't
you got it in your platform?
Sheppard: I don't propose to limit
inysel to a platform in my relorms.
Governor Sheppard then VaVe a short
line of argument against Gs'overnor Till.
man's three dollar poll tax idea. There
are 200,000 poll tax payers in South
Carolina and last year we only collect.
td on 129,000 polNs. If vou increase
don't you know you won't have as
many poll taxes paid? You all have to
pay the poll taxes of your negroes and
it you do not L et it out of them you will
lose it. They will be put in jail and
you will have to pay their board.
A more important thin- is LIhe Con
stitutional Convention. There are a
great manythings in the Const!tution
that ought not to be there. The
.hanges can be made without a Con
vention. and that is the only safe way to
do it. The work ofr a Convention be
comes your law you are powerless. The
property and educatioual cluse goes
into the Convention; you can't help it.
If they wish to quality the suffrage, let
them introduce an amendment.
Tillman: Do you deny that they can
retura it to the people?
Sheppard: It can be tone, but you
have never said so.
Tillman: You can elect the delegates
and advise them as to what you waut.
Sheppard: Let me tell you not to
accept such a plan.
A hard rain storm conic up at this
time, and Governor Shepp ird wanted to
stop talking, but everybody seemed to
want him to talk, and with umbrellas
up on all sides the tine argument con
tinued. Governor Sheppard continuing
said that what the peovle want. il more
banks. The banks have. not been alle
to supply the (1inand. In New Iamp.
shire the banks pay $050,000 into the
treasury for taxes.
Voice: Who says sof
Sheppard: I say so, and that is
enough from you or anyone else who
wants the truth. I started this campaign
with the intention of conductig it on
the highest plane, and when anyone
says I am a Republican he hurts me.
Voice: He meant your work was lead
ing in that direction.
Sheppart: That Is as bad. IftJ shall
have the power to preve'it it no one
will vote against him it he is nominated.
Voice: We like you, but you have
some dirty things following you.
Sheppard: I have friends in Ed.efield
whom no political act will shake. It I
have friends here, I am too old and sen
sible to get mad if anyone (oes iot vote
for me. There is no one who (toes not
know that I'd make more money at
home than at Columbia.
Governor Sheppard con,luded hit
speech by saying that Tillman won't
ctrry the counties lie claims. Ile i6
blowing. I tell you lie won't doti any.
thing of the sort. You will wake up on
the 31st of August and see a great stir
prise if you believe I won't, be wlected.
It is a great compliment to speak to you
under such circumstances. Ile prom
ised those who voted for him t,o conduct
himself and his ollice to the entire sats
faction of his fi iendis.
Voices: We'll vote for you next tim e
We'd like to have y-on for Liutena n
Governor.
Governor Sheppard was given a deal
of applause at the conclusion of his
speech. Comptroller Ellerbe did not
speak.
In response to calls Col. Jaspei Tail
bert made a short speech, iIe said that
as his comnpet,itors5 for Conigressional
honors were ab)sent lie wvould not make
a regular speech.
TIhe mieeting adljournedl at 4.30) o'clock
aind t,he pirocession of vehicles commeni
ce-l its hiomewardi march through mud
and slush.
D)isaatrous Lanadsiide.
PAltis, July 12.-A terrible accident
has occurred at St. Gervais-Les-Bains,
in Savoy, resulting ini the dleaith of at,
least thirty persons. A heavy land
slide occurred in the mountains that
almost overbhang the village and with
out a moment' s warning a number of
houses were buried beneath immense
masses of rock and earth. Alreadv
thirty dead have been taken (out (f the
ruins. A number of persons who had
been badly injured were rescued, while
some were taken out unhlurt,. It i.s
thoughlt more bodies are unider the
debri4.
The baths of St. Gervais were in Iiv(
seperate buildings, joined by a stone
wall, erected ini a narrow gorge. TIhiey
were situated about 2,0661 feet abJove
the sea on the road from Geneva tc
Chamonia. A glacier becanme detached
from Mt. Blanc and feltl into the moan
tamn torrent, carrying away the hamlet
ot Blonnah and fillIng t,he torrent with
Ice. The masses of Ice and the wreck.
age of the village f ormedl a danm which
effectually restraimd the water for
some time. Finally the dhaml broke anti
the waters burst like a cataract into
the stream of lion Narit, which passes
through St. Ger vais.
Th'le inmates of the bathm houses were
a wakened about 2:15 a. mi. by the sound
of rushing waters and a crastin rg noise
Before they were able to erscape)( three
of the buIld ings wore entirely destroyed
and another one partially, whIle the
fIfth building sustained nio daumage, be.
Ing situated on a higher elevationi t,han
the others.
The torrent contInued into the v'alley,
destroying every thing ini Its course.
I'he village of Lafayette, lying in the
valley, was alinost, entirely demolishmed.
The wreckage of the house was swept
on for miles into the Arno. l)own the
latter streaim corpses and wreckage
have been seen floating alt lday long.
The full mortality Is not yet known. It
is belIeved thant seventy five pers5ons
perlshed at the baths alone and at least
fifty of the inhabitants of Lecfayette
were drowned. 'The latest estiniate of
the number drowne~d is 13).
A 1Ioaus Marriage.
TH'JOMAsvXLcts, Ga., Juily 13.-Vira
Ilinmphreys, whnose, sudden death oc
curred yesterday, comin n, ted suicide. It
In said that V ra went through a mar
rIage ceremony In liamnbridge, a short
time ago, thiat shue suppo.,ed was real
untIl a few days ago, when she discov
ered that it was bog is. Since that timie
the gIrl has been very dlesnonrdent
FRVE SILVER KILLED. I
STEWART BILL PUT AT THE FOOT
OF THE CALENDAR.
ively Thisex li ti 1tiume---toit V.-ry
harvantic Over tilo tiHlvi.r lll---. ,
11nittee of the Whole tihe Senlate Agrerm
in (.uav',, smandiay cluse,,.. ..-g~ aj 4
O WAKIIINWTON, July clo3.-Th hcki
pointed a milnute past 12 o'clok whein
Catchings of Mississippi, Speaker
Crisp's lieutenant on the floor, reported
from the Conittee on l1ales the reso.
lution, which all were expecting, to
make the silver bill tie special order
for to-day and the next legilati ve dlay.
'Thie Iepublicans had determined on
their progranm and ex-Speaker Reed,
as the representative of his party, was
on his beet the instant the readig of
the resolution had been concluded by
the Clerk.
Betore Catchings could say a word af
ter the reading of the resolution, Reed
interiected a motion to lay the resolu
tion on the table, 1,ut the Speaker would
not recognize the gentle..ii fron
Maine, ruling that Catchings I d the
floor and could not be taken from it.
When the gentleman from Maine got
the floor he could make his motion.
Reed insisted on his right to nake a
motion in advance of tine from Catch
ings, who was in control of the resolu
tion, and disclosed the purpose of his
motion. It was to kill the resolution
and with it the silver bill in the quick
est time possible. The House, lteed
said, should control its own affairs.
There were two motions which could
be made for the purpose of cutting offi
debate. One was his motion to lay on
the table, which had precedence and
would cut off uebate and bring tile res
olution to an immediate vote, and the
other was a motion for the previous
(luestion, under which an hour a debate
is permissible. The House might not
care to have debate and should be per
mnitted to vote that way if it desired.
Speaker Crisp ruled against Reed. lie
did not combat ]teed's general proposi
tions in his ruling, but based his de
cision on the ground that ileed could
not make any motion whenli he did not
have the floor and lie could not obtain
the floor when the gentleman from
Mississippi had recognition. No oil
thori(y by which the gentleman could
be taken off tile floor could be produc
ed.
Catchings was accordiigly recogniz
el and yielded tihe floor to Chairman
BilauL of the Coinage Committee for
fifteen minutes, but before Bland could
speak iirrows of Michigan, taking
prompt advantage of a slight parlia
mentary itorinality on the part of
Catchings, made the point that that,
gentlemen had moved consideration of
the iesolution. lIe insisted that all
Catclings had done was to report the
i resolution and that, therefore, the re
port, like any other report, mist go
over for the day. Burrows was techiii
cally correct, but it was ruled that it
was the understanding that the pur
pose of the gentleman from Missis
sippi was to nove the previous ques
tion.
Bland wis accordIngly Irecognize-d
and in accordance with tIe piogramme
of the silver imien lie offered an amiendl
ment, to the resolution, having for its
object opening time pathway for an
amendment to the Stewart bill t.o mieet,
alleged legal defects in it.and apply tihe
cloture rule to rule the bill. lie paid
his respects to those members who ho
knew were going to o)po.o his pro
gramime on time ground of antagonisiii
on priciple to the clotture rule and de
clared that cloture (in that forim of the
previous luestion) was if ty years old.
Th'lis r-emuark was receiv~ed wit.h up
pilauise by thle Repubieanms. Ililnd in
closiing said that he would vote against,
the previous questionm, anid that what
ever the gentleman miighmt say the vote
on tIhe previous question wouldi aligmi
siluarely the frienus amnd Ceinies of
f ree coinage.
Bartine of Nevaden, tihe leadinig free
silver RLepubhcan, spoke ini the same
strain as Bland. Clark of Alabama
then spoke on the ot.her side, declaring
he was still earnest,ly in favor of free
coiinage, butt recognized tIhe inetxpiiMi
eney of trying to pass tihe b)ill no0w
which could not by any possibility be
come law. lie was followed by Fore
mani of Illinois who said that he shouil'j
stand by time naional platform and
vote against the resolution.
l'atterson of Tiennesee was thme next
Democrat who has heret,ofore beeni
classed as a free coinage man butt who
today camne out against, tIme St.ewarmt bill,
andI it was evident that on oiie or an
t,ber ground Blanid's previous support
ers wero slipping away from him. l'.mt
terson p)laced his (objection to time Stew -
art bill and to the resolution on the
groundmt that, the D)emnocratic part y was
s(iuarely opposed to the lRepublican
part.y on tIme tariff and the force
nill and lie would cast no vote thmat,
would bring forward anothmer issui". lIe
would march under the banner that.
"public oflice is piublic trust."
Catchin gs of Milssissi1ppi was anxious
that the Itepublican sid'e should take a
hand In the debate instead of listening
very willingly to his D)emocratic (opp1)
mnents and hie now yielded fifIteen miin
utes to Rteed, who was.reluctant, to ac
cept tihe time and sarcastically saidl th at
he should feel obliged if the gentleman
from Mississippi would wait until
somebody hiad spoken in favor of the
.bill. iIe did not want to start wit.h the
negative, lie was, however, coimpeled
to do so, Catchings insisting that, thme
lRepublicans should now be heardl from.
hleedi,in Is usual e ffectively sarcastic
style, sincerely congratulated the l)em
ocratic party on its attitude of repent
anice, a remark which launched hmim ini
to debate with thme attention of the
whole llouse. lla said that his mind
was occuipied by a picture of the h)emno
cratic party as a minority in the last
Congress. lie rememberedl how fierce
the-y were thenm for free coinage. l ie
renmemnbered the announcement, b)y tIme
distinguished genitlemian who had since
become the presiding oflicer of the
IIouse, Crisp, that the one thing which
the D)emocratic party yearned for (anri
ted put stronw accent on "yearned")
was free silver, and that declaration
was followed in the itecord by "ap
plause on the Democratic side."
llinghter ] Rteed was followed by
Abner 'Taylor of Illinois, who spoke
aigainst the simver bill1 as a ineasure
providing for the debase-nent of the
currency.
ilerce of Tennessee then followed for
the free coinage mien in a frank speech,
which attracted losie attntion le!
declared that the DMnnocratic party was
a free silver party, and he agreed with
the remark of the gentleman froin
Maine that inl the I Ist 1lo'1se all excelpt,
seventeen DeImnocrats had voted for
free coinage. Then lie paid his respeits
to the Democrats who are opposing the
passage of tht free silver bill tinder ihe
Cloture- rule becaulse it Cannot, now hw
comne law by exclaiming "Why then,
did you shoot tirough those pop-gini
tariff bills ider suisperision of tie
rules ?" Ile told his colleague, I 'at f or
son, that he was elected on a I re c ,i,a
age platform, and then when t ie snoke
had cleared away in his dist rict 'a tor
son would be "cast ofl baggage," a term
Patttrson hl t used inl his spueeIch
against, bringing silver forward as an
1s110 in) the Caiinaign.
Culherson of 'fexas received the Ink
divided attheition oi the Hlouse whie
he arose for a twelve-minute specli.
This is more tin' than tle Texas law
yer, who is regarded as on! of tihti' list
attirnieys in the I louse, usiuailly takes.
Ile said, atnid loud applallse, that Ire
dehate was attracting general att.wntion
because it was the "watte of i lie co mt
111oll people against ,imoopoly." I Ie as- I
serted that tiht Demoeratic party was
not ink favor of detsing lie curreney,
but was the defender of sinnil citirrenl
cy. Culberson maintaiied ihat tie
Demiocratic party by dee!arinli i its
plat torin that, it, was in lav,r of hi met
alism had favored ihe ire' coinag- of
silver. 'l'he I D inocratic part.y, Ie s:jil,
Stood for the iolnloy of the Constiltl
tion.
Blanwl clused the debate and tihen
Catchings moved the prev ionus uiiestion
on the resolution. )I uotioon o TIlry
of New York the yeas and nays were
ordered. The free coiiago inei all
voted against the motion to orler Iihe
previous iuestion as, if tie illotion r
ried, they would be depriveil of the op
portuifty to so amend ithe resolution as
to permit amendments to the Stewart
bill and also to add the clot iore rill to
the resolution. Thi! anti-siIver men
voted it favor of the motion ito orde-r
the previous question. Tit alliirmat ive
niajority is therefore to be regarded as
equivalent to a defeat, of the silver ibill,
though in order to get the subjewt olit
of the way at least onre inure vote will
be necess-iry. This votv will h- on ithe
motion to table the resolutt in prov id
Ing for consideration of the silver bill
to-day and th next legislative day.
The vote resulted in t ine,e det eat iI Ihe
free coinage mni, the previous qut-s
tion being orderel by a vote of i13 yvas
against 129t nayi. Thie vote was not a
strict ania absolute test, some silver
men being against cloturv or aiuend.
uent of the hill. It, was ex pelcil tilat
the next vote would be taken i on a iwo.
tion like tih' one origiailV nMadt by
Reed to table the resol1ution reported
by the Comniittee on Iuhtls niinakiig
the silver bill a special order.
CaLe.ings was asgainil recoViiz.11,
however, and inoved adoption of the
resolution. This inne the !ilvir iWn
voted "yea," a.s the die:t.of 'at'chi g's
1imotion ilcarit, death of frve cot age r
this session. ''hei o;I\e tn weit .
tha teIl vot.e- strongir .i the lire
proposition aiid the resobt ton rIeIor It i
by tlie Coi ifit,tcuo on Wuhs .1 Alc
feateid by i vote of 131; yeas agnmit I I
nays, omr a majority agamist tie c)n.s-ni
eration of the Stewart silver bill of
uigliteeli. Ti o vote is I det (J !if
ver lgislation at thIis se5.,in. The
Stewart bill remains at thie foot of thw
long roll of bills sleeping the sleep I
death oi an overurened c tielinw.
Art analysis of the vote .show. iat
aflirmative vote was cast bI I l-s I)i
crats, nelriding Speaker, ten A llim
iuen auid eighlit Republ icans. h'le It.
publicans wer'e. J;owers, Clialhimi,
Clark, of' Wyoinig; ,Joliiston, tl ill
diana; J)olley, 'ost , -weet an F h-o Il
enld. hefi negative volt w1: east 1b
niniety-four- l)einiocratsi arid s' yi I
pubicanis.
OfI the South Carolina hdehi-gxtion
lIlmpniil!, Johnistoiie, Shl aii . 'l Jill
runin vot.id for thle hiil, lHrawley vo. di
againrst it, art'! F, liotr. was patired u n.
another 1c nieinbr arid did no t volt..
WVAsillNoTOiN..lily 13..--lii'. S it e,
i nitei ately) at ter the rin 1 g of the
journral, t,ook uip l.he Clie igo ex paisi
tion elairies or thei sn rd ry civil bill. .\ hr.
Sanders unoYed to I ty oni th: tabl.' .r
Q uay's anltinllnult respuingm' tIe
closing of the e.<pasitiei:i h ''li rsL day)
of the wieek,c((eniinonrly caLlled( Sin ni.y.
Th'le yeat.; :md~ nays were i, I kie on t11i
ttuotioni am I resul Ited-3 e is 11, inays I~
50 the miiit ion to tarble was lost . .\r.
Quay's arnundirent was t benr adopted.
Mr. I 'effier mioved a fiirt.her amienid
rment: "T'he sale of liticatinig 11(1 uors
on1 the said ex piosition gr-)ion- shall hie
etinicacl and sciernti lie liirp oses."
AIr. \'est said that this was slohr hv
p)ocrisy. If Senators werie inic earnest
whny riot, begin with time Senate, where
Iourb)on whiskey, ten degrees above
proof, was openly sold undi(er the fraud
itenit, nam of1 ("'coldI tiea,"' arid whlere a
fuill price list of w iine. was ii lici ally
pulisheid ? The amener di mint wa3s nev
ertheless carried by -'5 t o 2t, t lie vol e
in de&tail o big as follows:
Y eas5- -1)len ocrats:( Coi'put t, , onmes
of A rkarnsas, l 'aImer- 3. lI pubbearls:
Al len , AlIlisomn, Cariey, Chnler i i, Cml
li)m, I )ilph, F-eltoni, Frye, (4 rlliniger,
Illale, lansbroutgh, II i v ley, II iscocke
-Jonres of1 Nevada, Alltt chell, l 'adock, l'e-f
ter (I-, A.), l'erkins, l'e'ttigro w, l'latt,
SauindIers, Sherinan, Stewvart, Stock
bridgo arid Wolcott-25. T!otal, 28.
N ays- -[ 'locrats: liate, lierry, Iinaick
burni, filodgett, Hirice, Carn sle, Co~'ck roll
Coke, I)amiiel, 4 Ceorge, ( ibsorn of Lotuis,
iania, GCibson of Alary land, (Cray, 11:11,
IIluniter, Kennuua, Ibsnusoini, Vest, Vi las,
Voorhees, WValthall and WV h it,e -- se. 1 it
puiblicans: Camieroni, Al arnerson, I 'ow -
emr, Qiiay-4-. Total, 2e1.
A tter a Iinmber of mnore or less tec-i.
ical a.nenidmnenits hiad been ncteidi un,
Mr. Bierry (D)em.) of Arkainsas delnii
ed the yeas arid nays on thc p)assage of I
the whole app)rop)riation , which he be
iteved to be wronmg inl pri nciple. 'The
govermuent,, lie contended, had as mniuch
right to loan mionecy tiier this sub
treasury scheme as to loanm it to this
Chicago corporation. T'he approplria
tion passedl-yeas 51, nays I4.
Nuew YoniK, July 13.- While Mirs.
Carr, aged 50, andi heir two little girls,
aiged, respectively, E and 4I ye'ars, wore
walkrug oni the tracks of the WVest, Shore
Itailroadi, near the WVest I lavetrstraw
station yesterday, thtey were st.ruck~ by
atn express traIn, whlich instantly killedl
the woman and one ot the chrildreui and
fatally injured the other. T1he tragedy
was witnemse by m.2n,-n hn l....m pl.
IIAllPf0N IS 1A).
H: PiTCHE3 IN T 'OVLRNORI TILL
MAN HOT AND HEAVY.
SA" : 1 - , 11 n t G v-r. roliNo. i
to- $- I t ('4 1 l obsl i1A S4111es 4)f I t f, ca m -n
intar: ~ It N1-010 10 i ld Nm,w thtat
iia i11. N.,t t,-arT ilil 1aisll.
C<l. )LI S .,dul . Thu State
oi todaiy pibli>h8 the follow~ ing letter,
which ik <ee I Char!.>tteville, a\'.,and
is; vt rv tud Ie
inl yo., i ( I' iViig tie atccotount of
thle liwct il, ill o,'ullo i,i-I onl the 4th
insL., I liii tie illowing reference to
loysf h ibernr Tllm.n,lild I beg
.YMI ito illitoV hi :-. Le vatigli ill yoiur
c u1111. to .0how I,\\ utlsoittielv false
are I t( ie ile i ii inntde b y t his Mal,
w oIl) tit llo-r hesiti'es to esurt to falso
limtIs whn 1 'ealkili. or political oppo.
ients, lr. 't piri ofle his own sullsh per
stial t113. I shall tako his statements
iltlhe tr-er they were made, and I
shall vmiN\ iet himn 4 l'alsthood inl regard
to he lil-t WIL 44f his oI in0t tihl.
"At .\ik.In ttwo ' yvars ago I said
llanmptim mlight t41 bt- in thll I'nited
State Senatei for1*1ve0, a11d tha-tt I Was
willing fitr hin to stay there ' * *
At. Aiketi lie reiFust-d to ride inl the
carriage with me, antt Yet, after my
having Iloiiv S), he that day, in his
8pt!i, .i-lt'h le leclaration as to my
rellianlin" ill the Snilte' Yet he nlow
give! that as mil r(-:(;0 \Vl lie sibtse
<lilet-ily (.11pose.]liny r-e-elect ionl.
Niiw. as 1i tihe h iet- inl reference to
lily rel ;al tt? rud. I fI hi meet i.g in the
arn.ewit h hilln: I wa.q the(, ;;,I-st of
0nt I t ll, lin4inhl-r (f t eilt, executive
cil I:ti e, who ha(i ilvit(d me to ride
with hil', :ii1 hi. i:Ivitattont had been
Ickpt (d(I, is I court uly illhriled
lr. Tili when ie ai keit me to drive
with li: -ind, )vieidv;i this, I have yet
to learn1 1 t;t liii' lew t regie n,ow pre
ctj) t j tI I;tt iljiii ht t-., i l 4rt e;tt
vailing itn (it C'arolina frid ita
geni -m f IIm t o woo his mwn assoeintei
Or c'mipallons.
'Flit. (;t)\ vi m.r ) (Pocel'v S Uo say, "jBut
he had14 14 bulsinle.;, it, interfere in this
ta l.v qI:lrr1l." It Is m to i n e that
V\ 4 ,r' l 'i to Ic (it ( ,lif t S iate Wis
vAlle< l l tokdIplor- :ind to) depreente
.iy tlii irt I0 a ll'gst i 'veth lit Whose
only Iwopv for the( \%o. 11are uf the -Statc
depend (Il cmkrt 4o action and uityit
that at till- l l ing il )'liin it not,
om t.l ii , 11111 it) " \il *: w ?r , ill the re
11,1-is i hert. I \\ ;irr;liits the ;i sser
I wnti thit I 1 lIk lii' it tI he uithappy
"I'milly (puaiiit-" whicb has brouight
,l dii tli lt - tiite. I came at
tLt lrl. I I : I ( it m ,l I Vu tiuLI nts Of
Itichli. i hi- i it I lWac anl d lati
a:n.I cxp cess I ." -prvf1*vce(- tilr
anyc:ata o.not'i pp1-. ol in)y,
:In a I tci1Al oI:. rt It l1i sod tpeech
So t ., , ,i'i-ail,l - 1 phihill tim sub-Lt
ht Stt(5 illttc iiit.' 1be toiSI1
i nt i ' I I :<ty r 1' 1e l it t p e) the
I i Iii : t his frill4h
li b M;I] i1 lI;t.A 11 eant In the n
b1 tA C il. I ie litoy the (1i
r. I tltl liis o the sort. i
wlarnt 11 .u1a-p-i I thoughiy)t liny
WIlp i I it- il tilled I t4 h tia o it 0'e
111n5 OtiL 41n1g. , . u'.S ofii Iiisionl and
iditi h.i i n u tn ,a I lihisthS' n-il, ilrt.ed
ii i !' v.il ing atti tii to
1i 111r -- vhhhtlNOns which had
hlw l \Ii t irginii. by il utiirrel in c
-iuuy w idtw ran ti brtght ab' out-b
i he u rn.in (,(s:i:dIle ol INIllholle.
io 1C! fhor ill < IF U 1e the oIver
Ie . t it , hi' e:it Wii Witnyi it ht4i oni ohf
til I i i ellolt .\ on.'' io i th: t,d lIe Gover
nor,"liere thiw nohi: lie ist igaetirb
ineila. w'lbre h et hdoni. dwhreh
'oLliig i'i, illt a t e it Vt;t ion hadtlet
wgorsde t titt i...a,depeknded
I hitI heri heti rneelelit wasF is bend
orl no.ii I lghnt ton tiad Imply sarit
itthtea lli)ni. (e1tilt wa egst ois wor
than ai liuy i t nd ~)Jtht (I he Stoote.o
wht,e ai, he0 colintd ibe it that v:nt,
) aitlus leae by -day." isg i' ltotur
his "Ix'ellenty" tto t.n by andtootttrii.
rI t ert1 ee tghat I sad but deed.
lOIe whtn Iy in pelecii t rankness t'o that
It ee ofrth hu s al isrtldeelidet whe, btt
t"ittoriaeanida wh int iaoe tnus h olrc
lovetS iin,ani't l hn sid
'Iow, Watit iandl hioll' oerts the
Ia hoet don, a tlarrst the Stocatc
Wichutivte vete ('oini itunoto jnat
ic ecogmzId i a subs111 e ntOpOl ilte
Lshouh hav donje, i bult'Itt o aortunae
shoui alw.iuts lutveregad as~ til (irn
i'1111e u'sd Yl to peak on the iviatoa
vt'riy, 8tfo niy, xpeienc 1At AikN.
when Ith1 It tie Tin h hold
treen tuht.t meli tiht nthi g hul could
b o ess itit was w'it ht a dee sey
lin ani inLiietoVea,. on