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| XXI.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY II, 1890. NUMBER 28.
I HURRAH FOR HEMPHILL
r HE STANDS UP IN CONGRESS AND
DOES STRAIGHT r LK'NGLmlge
Make* a Labored Kffort In llolialf
of Ilia Infant urn Scheme?HampHlll'a
Splendid Argum nt?Other S|>eechea.
The debute ;u the Lodge election
bill commenced iu the House on Thusrday.
Lodge made the opening speech,
urging the measure as necessary,
just, wise and constitutional.
Hemphill, of South Carolina, followed,
beginning with an argument
to demonstrate the unconstitutional
^nature of the bill, that Congress
Hfehould not interfere with the returns.
HHHucad of the legislative declarations
in the past by the States of New
York, Ohio and New Jersey against
congressional usurpation of tha right
to conduct eloctions. He declared
that this was not a national bill. It was
sectional. Under the provisions of
the first section some portions of the
^^fcited States would be under the
^Wpervision of from two to five super
visors according to the respective
size of the congressional and judicial
districts. He could conceive of no
honest purpose for such provision.
It could hav6 no effect but to place the
peoplo of some districts between
the upper and nether millstones.
As to the terms under which
the law was to go into effect (petition
of a limited number of porsons,)
why was it so limited if it was a
good thing? The law should bo universally
applied. Why was it that
this very complicated and unsatisfactory
provision was put in unless there
was an intention to jut the jrokn .on
some portions of the people'of this >
couilfcy and allow others to do as they
saw fit? He called for an'explanation
of that provision. Now suppose the
United States Courts were corrupted
and from the amount of corruption
reported by the gentleman from Massachusetts
it might safely be inferred
that one-half of the people were unworthy
of trust, that they were to be
watched as criminals or ticket of
leave men. Suppose that the supervisor
were to turn to a Democrat. He
had a iife tenure and could not I5e
removed. That hadn't occurred to
the gentleman from Massachusetts.
This was a measure to rob them of
their dearest rights. He had marched
before the glittering bayonets of
United States soldiers to cast his
ballot. Troops of soldiers had been
. sent to his town, and every soldier
it was
proposed to revive, the peoblo of the
ooiun una i>een robbed by picked
villains of the North, backed up by
tho bayonets of the United States
army. The South didn't want to
be caught in that position again.
"We," Hemphill continued, "know
that we must either rule that country
or leave it. Now for myself, .before
the people of the United States and
before God, in all reverence, I swear
we will not leave it. (Applause.) It
is the home of our fathers. There
their bones lie buried. They bought
it with their blood when Concord
and Lexington were the battle fields
of this country. They have handed
it down to us unimpaired and, gentlemen,
arc we not our fathers' sons?
Shall the blood first turn back in our
veins? Shall we transmit to the coming
generations a great and noble
State which has been overruled and
down trodden by those who God
never intended should rule over us?
I don't hesitate to say the colored
man has as many rights as I have,
but he can't have his rights and mine
too, and this law is intended to put
him again in control of the Southern
Kf.rtfua infhn/lorl Ia wn lm*?
r^vtvvvw *MWM\?VV? W VT lllACIi IlilCii [JI U"
judic?,<&rhich we fast dying out?intended
to bring about again that
constant irritation and clash between
the two colors in the South which
will retard its growth and which will
bo the destruction of tho joys of human
life."
Hemphill then read from a recent
address by ex-Governor Chamberlain
of South Carolina, Republican, in
Boston to show what a former Gov.
emor and Republican thought of tho
negro situation in the South. He
jggkaev.'it was useless to ruitioy with cer
Retain m?niu the North. ^Chey did not
pjfWaMlktyTliid would not oelieve anyBathing
the South might say. But there
i were many people in the country who
believe in honesty and he had not
B doubted that "when we pass back of
| politics and get to the great body of
I the American people and have stated
j0L<?m honestly and fairly the truth
9 80b the Southern country and the
^Black man in it; when they have unH^^l^od
the whole facts and have
^^^^H^^^^usion, I havo no doubt
people
final
M^m,
for the bill arose chiefly from the condition
of affairs in tho South, and
upon being challenged for specification
by Southern members lie gave
instances in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi
and Arkansas. His assertions
wero disputed by gentlemen
from these States so constantly and
stubbornly that at times two or more
members would be speaking at once,
ltowell, however, held tho floor and
abated nothing of tho sweeping nature
of his charges.
Lelilbach, of New Jersey. Republican,
said he could not favor the
legislation. He admitted the condition
of elections in many parts of tlic
country would seem to justify tho
passage of such a measure. He had
no doubt frauds wore perpetrated to
a certain extent both North and
South. It would, however, in his
opinion be worse not to let the people
of the several States regulate their
own elections. [Loud Democratic
applause.] The moral sentiment of
the country and education would
bring about the same results, and
ii ? 1.1 i? in...
iviiui turn ?uuiu uu xuu
bill was not general anil uniform. He
questioned the right to make a law
applicable in some States and not in
others. It should bo uniformly applicable
and not dependent upon the
petition of any number of citizens.
United States supervisors were to be
appointed and supervisors, experience
had shown, were liable, like others,
to seek to influence elections their
owa way. He thought the law would
bring about a conflict of authority
between election officers chosen by
the people and those appointed by
the United States Judge and this
might bring about a deplorable state
of affairs. The law could not be en
forced when moral sentiment was so
"tow us to ruvur corrupt elections aua
when that sentiment was elevated
the law would be unnecessary.
Tucker, of Virginia, opposed the
bill specifically and generally. He
claimed that it gavo supervisors the
right to determine the qualifications
of electors, a right reserved by the
Constitution to the States.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
?The board of visitors of the Citadel
academy lias "determined to omit
this year's encampment, on account
the recent sickness among the cadets
and the possibility of exposure.
?Albert Ithett, the twolvc-yearold
son of Col. Jno. T. Phott of Columbia
died on Tuesday, of lockjaw
brought on by a wound in the foot,
BYmiift ifeiflM- a ft
i ?On Moiroay an ox which belonged
U> J.'Land Scruggs of Green villa,
county, which was tied up to a tree
in the horse lot, was struck by lightning
and killed instantly.
?On Sunday night, during a very
severe thunder storm, the store of A.
M. & J. Tj. Lopex, at Coosaw, was
struck by lightning and set 011 fire.
The entire si oro and the stock were
destroyed.
?James Forlner, living near Marietta
in Greenville county, committed
suicide early Monday morning
by cutting his throat with a razor.
He had been insano for tlueo days
and killed himself a few minutes after
his attendants left him.
?The Sans Souci Driving Park
Association of Greenville are making
great preparations for the races to
begin there on the 30th and to last
tliree days. Crack horses from all
over the State and other States have
been entered.
?Mr. Noah Clements, an aged and
highly respected citizen of Darlington
county, died Sunday night last of
hydrophobia. He died forty-three
days after having been bitten by the
rabid animal, and his death occurred
under peculiarly sad circumstances.
?The following statement shows
the salaries of the Presidential postoffices
in South Carolina as they are
arranged under the present adjustment
for the fiseal year beginning on
the 1st of July: Aiken, $1,500, Beaufort,
$1,500, Camden, $1,300, Chester
$1,500, Darlington C. H., $1,300,
Georgetown, $1,200, Laurens C. H.,
$1,300, Newberry C. H., $1,500, Rock
Hill, $1,400, Sumter C. H., $1,700,
Winnsboro, $1,100, Anderson C. H.
$1,600, Bennettsvillo, $1,200, Charleston,
$3,200. Columbia. $2,600. "Flnr
ence, $1,500, Greenville C. ?L $2,500,
Marion, $ 1,100, Orangoburg C. H.
$1,500, Spartanburg, $1,800, Union,
$1,200, Yorkville, $1,200.
?At the recent unveiling of Lee's
statue in Richmond the veterans of
the Stuart horse artillery held a meeting
and effected an organization fer
the purpose of preserving the record
and history of the gallant old command.
Col. R. P. Chow, of Virginia,
was elected president and Col D. Cardwell,
of Columbia, secretary. Hart's
battery was attached to this command,
and those of its members who
desiro to aid in this work and enter
their names upon the roll are requested
to wtite to Col. D. Cardwell (of
McGregor's battery) at Columbia.
?A prominent member of tho Columbia
bar, who has investigated
matter, furnishes the News and
the following inform a
Supreme Court of South
^^^^K^resentH a most remarkable
'or thirteen years Justice
not been absent a single
^ fl^lis seat upon the bench.
^^^^^^Aears Justice McGowun
one day by reason
^^^^^HKhsposition. Chief Justen
years has been
of one day by reason
his family. Except
been ordered to be
has gone over anthe
decree has been
^^^H^HJ^Hfore next term
HIE STATE CAMPAIGN.
THE CANDIDATES CONTINUE TOADDRESS
TnE PEOPLE.
A LnrKO Meeting nt Wlnimboro In General
Itrntton'rt County - Some Account of the
I'rncocdliiRi.
Greenville News.
About 1,500 people were present,
including many ncg.ioes. The ln.vi
iug was called to order by County
Chairman H. A. Gaillard, who made
an appeal for order and a respectful
healing for all the speakers. As
soon as ho finished there was general
cheering for Bratton and Tillman.
The exercises were opened with
prayer by the Rev. Herbert Jones.
General Bratton was the first
speaker of the day. Ho spoko very
briefly, but his remarks were punctuated
all through with vociferous applause.
He repeated his former warnings
and emphasized them. He also
renewed his attack on the present
federal administration, as oppressive
to the fanning interests. He begged
of his people a courteous hearing for
other speakers, saying they only maintained
their self-respect by being
courteous to others.
Colonel Earle, who was the next
speaker, was greeted with loud cheers
and throughout Lis speech was listened
to with respect and attention
except one or two attempted interruptions.
His speech was very aggressive.
He said the State Government had
been charged with extravagance and
^prruntion. He said the reoort was
that Capt, Tillman only paid $43 111
taxes on 1,800 acres of land and other
property.
Tillman said that was State taxes.
Earle said the report said all.
Tillman said it was a lie.
Colonel Earle said the railroads in
Edgefield county were returned at a
low valuation and Tillman was a
member of the board of equalization.
The railroads were compelled to make
returns under oath, though Gary
said they did not.
Tillman said he didn't thiuk the
county board of equalization had
anything to do with railroad returns.
Earle said under the law they
had.
Colonel Earlo defended the agricultural
bureau and cited the benefits
arising from the establishment He
mentioned the Abbeville proposition,
said he believed Butler was an HH
est man. He thanked God lm. fflR
made him acknowledge the lmiesty
of one man against whom nad
made charges and if that \ras all
I he accomplished ho felt his canvass
I of the State had not been in vain.
Earle accused Tillman of slandering
tho State and read from an article
published in The Cotton Plant.
Tillman had in this slandered every
officer the State has had since '76.
He went through the institutions of
the Shell manifesto amU- platform
and assailed the objectionable points.
He asked Gary how he got on tho
ticket.
Gary said ho was tendered tho
nomination by Shell.
Colonel Earle spoke of the primary
and alluded to tho rejected
proposition at Union. He closed amid
rousing cheers.
AVhen Captain Tillman was presented
there was perfect pandemonium.
Tillman said it was the most
impartial crowd he had seen except
in Columbia. All the candidates;had
been received ho warmly. He said it
was the fourteenth county he had
been in and there were more Bratton
and Earle men here than all the
others put together.
Tillman was4coutinually interrupted
by the noisy wrangling of the crowd.
Tho spirit of the anti's seemed to
bo to listen, but the two sides wrangled
so among themselves that it was
almost impossible to hear.
Finally Tillman said he had twentytwo
more speeches to make and he
would not bo howled down by ajmob.
A voice cried out, "get down."
Tillman said, "all right, sir, I'll get
down," and took his seat.
The intensest excitement followed
this incident and anything bke order
was impossible. Ono man walked
up on tho stand, shook hands with
Tillman and said he was a Bratton
man at first but now ho was a Tillmanite
"from hell to breakfast."
A prominent Bratton man said it
was only righteous indignation for
J-l A- A ? - - ?
tu? treatment 01 nratton at Liaurens.
After five minutes of confusion
thrice confounded Tillman again
proceeded and was heard with re
spectful attention till the close of his
speech.
He rehearsed the charges of the
campaign and endeavored to defend
the action of the March Convention.
He said he was the head of the ticket
and the only man suggested by the
nrcftllivflfinti niwl it l>/> -1
_.0 ..mt it iiu miD uiwuill It
would be one time the head would
wag the dog. Ho would not allow
the lawyers on his.ticket to dictate his
policy.
He said he would carry all the
counties in tlio State excopt two or
six, and the people were going to have
a Governor Tillman in spite of themselves.
In alluding to his prospects,
ho said ho knew of only one thing
which could beat him. It would be
for the News and Courier to turn
over and advocate him for Govornor.
The people would then say he had
sold out. He charged many impositions
and extravagances of the Stato
government, naming the cost of tho
penitentiary, the experiment stations
and agricultural bureau, and giving
the figures of the reports of
the cost of tlio Agricultural Department.
Earle renewed tlie proposition to
have an expert to examine the department.
Tillman said ho would mako 110 investigations
till he was Governor.
Tillman read a letter of Senator
Woodward accusing him of assaulting
the State Government.
Woodward denied tho charge em
phatcially. Another episode seemed
imminent. Woodward said there
vero Tillmanites on the stand with
Hi ir hands 011 their pistols. James
Tillman, son of Congressman Tillman,
construed the remark as applying to
himself and some hot words passed
but all was quieted in a few moments
and Tillman closed his speech.
Pope, Gary and Crawford, Farley,
Rico and Townsend followed with
brief speeches.
Tho meeting showed a decided
Tillman sentiment. Thorc were two
or three fisticuffs. Beyond that and
the vociferations of the crowd, generally
the meeting ivas good natured
in the extreme. c. b. h.
THE NEW FORCE BILL.
How the Kxtrnonllnary Measure is Received
by Soul hern Republicans.
Mr. John R. Lynch, the colored
ex-Representative from Mississippi,
and now fourth auditor of the treas
my, writes an exceedingly lengthy
communication to the Post in favor
of the proposed federal election law.
Mr. Lynch is one of the ablest of the
colored politicians of tho South, or
rather he was, for practically Washington
has been his abiding place for
a number of vears. and the rmly inhe
appears to take in his race is when
he wites an occasional letter or
makes an occasional speech on Southern
affairs. He is a thorough politician,
and a professional colored politician
can not be expected to give
good advice to his people. There are
no strong points in his argument in
favor of another force bill. It proceeds
on the old assumption that the
colored voters of the South are never
to have any liberty of opinion, but are
to be forever chained to the hind
wheel of the Republican party. In
opposition to Mr. Lynch the voice of
a great many of the real representatives
of his race have been raised?
men who have not come to Washington
to look for office, but have stayed
at home and cast their lot with their
own people. But the most significant
circumstance about this whole
r TfflrtteherJ^fll fo"15e7#ilild in the strong'
olAfljttions raised by many of the
prominent white Republicans' of ihe
Southern States. The most sagadftus
ituu me most respcciADio oi tnese
questions very seriously the wisdom
and the expediency of the measure.
Mr. Thomas 13. Keogh, of South Carolina,
for many years the most influential
Republican of that State, while
in the office of the Sun Bureau today,
expressed decided dissent to the
policy of any more legislation to
regulate elections in the South. He
said tho caucus bill now pending in
the House was needless, that it was
plainly unconstitutional, and if enacted
would entirely fail to accomplish
the purposes for which intended.
Its only effect would bo to
disturb harmony and promote ill-will.
He said there was a time years ago
when the Republican party in Congress,
if it had had the courage,
could have settled the negro question,
and settled it permanently. That
time was passed, and no legislation
which the Republican party may
over bo able to enact can suffice to
repair the errors which it has committed.?Baltimore
Sun.
ANOTHER CONFERENCE CALLEDMen
Who OppoM Tillman Invited to (lather
at Columbia.
The following circular has boon received
with permission for publication:
Columbia, S. C., June 30th, 1890.
Dear Sir:?I have been instructed
by the Executive Committee of tho
Democratic Campaign Club, of this
county, and have been requested by
representative men from different
sections of the State, to invite a conference
to assemble in the State
House at Columbia, at eight p. m. on
10th July prox. Tho conference is to
be composed of Democrats opposed
to the "Tillman" party and methods,
and it is suggested, as largely as
practicable of formers and mechanics
to represent r1 " _1
torests, it is alle$
garded by our
since 1870. Sim
addressed to sev<
county of tho Stn
request that each
other work for th
before us, and i
patriotic men, w
peril now pending
will apply their ft
energy, and by
her.
There is no res
The larger the
better wo will be
what is for the cc
You are urged
once in person an
tendance of othe
requested that, at
you indicate what
sentation from y<
Very rosj
President Den
Club Richland C<
?Throe oartlu)
felt at Santa lb
Tuesday.
STATU EXPEN DITlllKS.
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE COST
OF THE GOVERNMENT.
lolin C. llitnkoll'H S|?e?*d? in Columbia?Tlio
1'armeiV Actual Proportion <i( tlm OIIUth
uud legislative I'owcr, Population nnd
Taxable Value*.
Ladies uud my fellow-citizens: I
come bofore you to-day asking no
yffico lit your bauds. I am here in
answer to a call made against our
mother State, to toll you the upon
the matters under discussion in litis
moment out* canvass.
I came here to-day though my business
called me away, to meet face to
face this man who claims to bo the
Moses of the farmers; to question
him as to the truth of the charges he
has made against this State ond her
people: to prove to him to his face
that his charges are false, and now I
find that he has gone. (Laughter
and applause.) I gave him notice,
for I called 011 him to stay hero to
answer and to make good his charges
against the people of this State, or
here, in the face of South Carolinau,
to acknowledge that he had spoken
falsely. But he answered that he
would not stay, and in fact he lias
gone. (Derisive cheers.)
There can bo no denial about the
fact tnat he has arrayed class against
class,aiul men who have stood side by
side in the war, and who lived under
and redeemed themselves from the
worst government the world ever
saw, up to the redemption of 1870.
His claim to the governorship is
based solely upon the '.grave charges
ngaidst men who have striven to
support us and our State since that
redemption. He has arraigned the
T.ogiHlnliu'oaiul imliotcil it for eltravaganco
and corruption and for
the suppression of the rights of the
people.
I propose to give him and you
some figures to sustain my position
and as a complete answer to his
charges against our people and government.
They may be tedious but
they are necessary. From 1870 until
the present day there has beon 110
Legislative Assembly which had less
than 12 majority of farmers over all
other classes of representatives from
the State. The largest majority of
farmers was 28 in 1878 and the smallest
was 12 in 1884. Now, I challenge
any man in his senses to answer mo
how could the farmers have been
wronged or ruled by rings when they
had a clear majority in every Assembly
since 187G?
Now, as to the oppression by lawa
single one was a lawyer.
There were Hampton, Hagood, Jetor,
itichardson and Thompson, and not
one of them a lawyer. Of the State
offices a majority of them were filled
outside of the profession of the law,
there being no lawyers except in the
Attorney General's office. Now thgn,
what does the charge amount to if it
does not amount to this?that the
Legislature beincr in the hamlet of the
farmers since 187G, that they have
been false to their* trust, and that the
white people, the white farmers, have
proven themselves unfit for self
government? (Great applause and
cheering.) That is the .charge, my
friends, that he has made against the
good name and fair fame of this State,
and that is the charge that you
must rebuke by your verdict at the
polls. (Tremendous applause and
cheering.)
There has been a very common
clamor that the farmers have never
had a fail* share of the representation,
and although he is not here it has
been repeated by men upon his ticket,
but, by the way, let us iirst look at
the ticket and see how it represents
the farmers. Who are they? There
ii.. . tii * ? ?
ih mo candidate ior Attorney General,
Y. J. Pope. He is a lawyer.
There is the candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, Mr. Gary, and he is a
lawyer, and there is the caudidato
for Superintendent of Education, Mr.
Mayfield, and he is a lawyer, and I
believe the rest of the ticket has not
yet been filled out, and there is Mr.
J. E. Tindall, who is a farmer and
whom I believe to be a good soldier,
for we stood together for three years,
and I know him to be a brave and
true man.
Let me call your attention now to
the other claims made by this reformer.
Tf we look at. the tenth census
we will find, on page 785, that there
are in this State farmers and planters
89,000; members of other professions
60,000, or in other words four-sevenths
of the white voting population
are farmers and the three-sevenths
professions. The
pay $319,000 of
igures cannot be
from the records
f the State. Now,
have only fourite
voting populatliree-sevenths
of
the farmers com
.vo live-sevenths of
? If a ring liaa
y are tho ling, for
o themselves. But
ug and tho charge
se. But some jieo
.tiafied.
man in this Stato,
uphill, of Abbevociferous
aupHo
was continuarge
of extravatate
government,
riment with liim.
bill and asked him
moat economical
Ln what he thought
I a expenses. Ho
p footed it up the
^ed thousand dolippropriation
bill,
.use.) I intended
l'h, self-appointed
ell us what lie
i
proponed to do if he should ba elect d
Governor, and where ho intended
to cut. oil' the expenses, but he has
gone. Well, the heaviest uppropriu- p
tions made in this State were made
last year and by a Legislature overwhelmingly
elected in the fajrmersi N
interest. They claimed that 'they
were pledged to give the people the
Cleinson College. They appropriated
?9-40,000(nnd this was done by men r
pledged to Tillman's cause, ai d, t
as 1 said, it was the heaviest h
expenditure ever made in South ii
Carolina.) How was it done? ?
Since the judicial and election o
and executive and other depart- f
incuts were the same, and the inter- r
est 011 the public debt of ?383,000 c
must be paid every year, how could t
it be done otherwise unless we had
repudiated our publie debt and made t
no appropriation to meet it? Here t
uro some of the items: $100,001) was f
appropriated for the Lunatic Asylum, c
aud I do not believe there is a man >
in the State who would begrudge tlnn 1
assistance aud more to those poor ^
afflicted, God-smitten creatures. So }
far as this item is concerned, we sim i
ply appropriated the amount neces- 1
sary to conduct that institution. The t
increase camo because of the pension
bill, which called for $50,000, and was
introduced by Ml*. Sampson Pope.
The Clemson Agricultural College
took $43,000, and the Stite House
$00,000, which, by the way, was recommended
by a committee, threefourths
of whose members were farmers,
and I voted against it. But that
is a sufficient answer to the charge of
extravagance. I had trusted that
Tillman would have been here so that
I could make him admit, item by
item, that he could not take oil" a
single dollar without repudiating the
State's honest debt, or striking at the
noble charities of our State. He has
elected to leave this meeting, but let
him answer me when he will, and
when he does ho must admit his
nvrnv
But, gentlemen,in addition to this, (
what lias this Legislature done? j
When did it ever fail to pass an aet ]
called for by the farmers? They
demanded the lieu law and it was enacted.
They demanded the seed cotton
law, and it was enacted. They 1
demanded the creditors' preference
law, and it was enacted. They demanded
an agricultural depai tment
in the College. Some of us objected
to it, but they said "stand aside,"
and they got it, because they had a
majority, and it is e\en now a subject
of attack by this self-appointed candidate
for Governor. He ha < hai^i i
directly, if not by inuenu . hiyli j
ruption, but brought face to face n a; .:
him he retracted his char^; He alleged
that he could not muhaul I
the accounts of the department. A
don't know how that may be,
but only ten days ago Governor
Hagood said that there was not
an old butter anil egg woman in the
State who could not understand that
expense account, and ho denounced
as false any cliarere of t he niisinmrn
priation cf a siuglo dollar of the ngri- j
cultural fund. Captain Tillman lias ,
been reduced at last to one charge ,
which he has not withdrawn, and that ,
is the retailing of the slander of the ;
half idiot who charged Governor 1
Thompson with taking the State's ,
property from the Governor's Man- (
sion. Tillman has retailed the story
of this half-witted creature, which
any man would blush to repeat. He (
has attacked the Legislature about
the reapportionment matter. Let .
me give you the history of it. In ,
1884 the bill was passed to take the j
census, but the farmers' vote was ,
heavily against an appropriation to
pay for it. Failing in tliis the Constitution
was amended by the resolution
brought in by Senator Munro
to adopt the census of 1880. It was
a crying injustice, against which all '
exclaimed and the best lawyers declared
it unconstitutional, and this [
was done bv men who bail nnt.Hmicrlif
political ollicc, and among them was ,
one who is now on the bench. He, ,
too, lias been assailed, and for the '
first time in the history of South '
Carolina we find the judiciary of the i
State attacked by more than innuendo.
(Interruption of ''Hurrah for Izlar,'' '
applause and cheers.) Well, that is
a sufficient answer. Gentlemen, is
there oneof you who believed Tillman \
when he got up today and made his ,
labored effort to show that leprosy
meant greed of office? Neither you ,
nor I have ever heard greed and the i
.louiv.. f .
vt\ oil u 1V/1 uiiiw VIVOV1 1L/UV.1 UU1UI U lirj ,
leprosy. But that is uot what lie
meant. Ho intended to charge and
did charge depravity, moral depravity
just as ho meant it when he said
there was something rotten in Denmark.
(Cheers.) But, whatever he
said ho has come out of it all himself
as the chief of lepers. (Applause
and cheering.) All, gentlemen, this
constant making of charges behind a
man's back, and retracting them face
to face, is sickening and dishearten*
ing.
"
Death of Dr. Meynrrdio.
Rev. E. J. Mnynnrdie, I). D., died
in this city yesterday of apoplexy.
He was well known in South Carolina
as an able minister of the M. E.
Church, South, having tilled most of
the prominent charges in the State
At the time of his death he was pastor
of the Methodist Church in Camden.
Dr. Meynardie was a native of
tho city of Charleston. The news of
his death will cause sadness in many
hearts. Ho was a consecrated preacher
of the gospel and a patriotic citizen.?Columbia
Register.
?Col. Robert Aldrich of Barnwell
contradicts tho statement that he
, wants to lie Attorney General.
NIK SOI Til GROWING.
iCURES OF THREE MONTHS' MARVELOUS
PROGRESS.
early 1 New KntorpriKon Organized
Again*! (MX) Tor the Same Time I.aid Year,
mill Itriglitcr I'roHpccta Ahead.
The Clmttunoogii Tradesman reiorts
for the second quarter of lSiH)
lie organization of 1.41M enternrises
ii the Southern states, against, 690
11 the corresponding quarter of 1S89
nd 719 in the corresponding quarter
f 1888. Tliese reports are compiled
rom carefully prepared statistical
eports sent the Tradesman from ae:
urate sources from every point in
he Southern States.
During the quarter just ended
hree agricultural implements facories
were established, live barrel
actories and live breweries. Fortyme
brick, works were commenced
igainst eighteen iu the same quarter
ast year, and one new bridge works
vas established in Kentucky. Six
loot and shoe factories were est.d)
isliod, and ten car works, live in Alalama,
three in Georgia and two in
south Carolina.
UTII.17.INO SMAI.I. K1U*ITS.
The disposition of the South to
itili/.e small fruits is evidenced by
lie establishment of fifty-six canning
"actories, thirteen in Georgia, ten in
Florida, nine in South Carolina and
lie balance equally distributed in
lie South. Nine new cigar and tolaceo
factories were started. The
textile industries received their share
if attention, a total of sixty six having
licen organized during three months,
twenty of which were organized in
deovgia, nine in Alabama, nine in
rexus, seven in Louisiana and six in
Jouth Carolina.
Twelve new cotton compress companies
were formed and six new disilleries
organized, four in the State
jf North Carolina, Forty nine electric
iglit works were formed, and liftyjne
Hour and grist mills. Seventy
foundries were organized, Alabama
leading with twenty.
MANY NEW BLAST FURNACES.
Aii evidence that the South s increasing
its product of raw metals is
furnished by the fact thai twenty
new blast furnace companies were
organized in three months, against
seventeen in the corresponding quarter
of last year. Eleven were organized
in Alabama, three in Virginia,
three each in Texas,Tennessee,North
Caiolina and Georgia, and one each
u. Arkansas. Kentucky, West Virginia.
Forty-four ice factories were estabLittLnJL
. Ximft Uuu?l?<u\ unJ nweu imtrv
ing companion were formed. Forty- i
seven new oil mills wee established,
against sixteen in the corronj i a ' ag
quarter last year, twelve .-i \ aich
we)<e ui Georgia, el".< 1:1 .South
Carolina, nine in Texas, and five in
West Virginia.
OKEAT ACTIVITY IN It AIT.ROADS.
One hundred and sovcnty-cigid
new railroad corporations organized.
AJ1 of these of course will not be
built, but the fact that the companies
were formed is a substantial proof of
the interest in that direction. Nine
rolling mills were established in the
South, and twelve stamp mills, and
smelters. Fifty-five new street rail
way companies were formed in the
juarter and and fifty-two new works,
uul in addition 22") wood working
establishments and 225 miscellaneous
establishments.
The Tradesman says there is greater
activity in the formation of new enterprises
to-day than ever before and
the prospects for the coining year
were never more favorable.
The Hodge Hill Passed.
Washington, July 2.?At 8:20 t he
reading of the engrossed copy of the
Lodge bill was concluded, two hours
unl live minutes having been consumed
thereby. The question was
Jien put on the passage of the bill,
the vote resulting yeas 155; nays 140.
Messrs. Lehlback, of New Jersey,
md Coleman, of Louisana, voted
igainst the bill with the Democrats.
With this exception it was a strict
party vote.
A few years ago the Democrats of
the Sixth Kentucky District grew in
clillerent and supposed that there
was no need for exertion. The result
was a still hunt by the opposition,
and though Mr. Carlisle defeated
his opponent by ovor 1,500 majority,
the contest was carried into
the House and the Republicans'voted
almost solidly to unseat him. Fortunately
the Democrats of that dis
trict are attending to business) now.
They have just elected Hon. W.
Dickerson as Mr. Carlisle's successor
by 9,800 majority. Democratic organization
should be kept strong and
ni'livo in hvavv iliuh'iof in 4lw? T'i!if4>jl
States.
It must bo regretted on nil Hides
that there has been so much disorder
at the Democratic campaign meetings.
Surely there ought to be some way
to stop this. If no other device will
accomplish the result, it might be
well for all the candidates to enter
into an agreement to quit speaking as
soon as there should be any bad behavior?such
conduct, for examph s,
as was seeu at Laurens, Aiken, Edgefield,
Columbia and Winnsboro
Judging from the doings at these
places, wo apprehend that the rougher
elements rather took ixiscssion of
the meetings. The sober people on
both sides ought to take charge of
things?the sooner the better.
Corns, wai ts and bunions removed
quickly and surely by using Abotts . , "
East Indian Com Paint