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Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Dometllj^^^^^^^^^HHtf^nil the Current the Day. Bp#\M.?\KtV **> Is'*?- NUMBBB H~ ' r , . . i _ 1 ? ... . pVSOTTil ( ARtLINA AS IT IS SEEN THROUGH NORTHERN CLASSES. Annrcby Kuuipmit?i'rotllt Impaired -Cloveruiiicnt (!orru|i'?Wlilt?i Supremacy a Failure-- Tlie Nejfro A^xl Oar political situation has excited * t??\op interest throughout the United States. Th unfounded, and retracted charges of Onpt. Tillman have been received as simple truth and the wonderful strides we have made seein to b impeded by the reputation our State has recently acquired, based 011 iiii^tateiuents of one of our candidate^ for governor. That he has oriven the StiUysiich a reputation is ia ^Jpnr nrrrr ^ CaroTfuJUtH '< ploreJr \ < ? 4*lu* New York Mail ami Express says: "The latest advices from the singular ami dqanernte political campaign in SouthTlaroliua make it clear that the time ha- arrived for the assertion of their constitutional rights 1?v the colored voters in that State, who are decidedly in the majority and who have been so long the victims of the 'white supremacy' doctrine. "They have shown sagacity and self control in remaining passive spectators of the Tillman and the antiTillman struggle, while the white voters have displayed their'unfitness to govern by the violence mid virulence of a struggle that would bring about an anarchist condition if it con tinned long enough. The followers of Tillman believe that the govern ment of the State by the white aristo erac.v since 1*7(5 lias been getting more and more corrupt. They con stitutc the middle class and the poor white elass of voters, and have been gradually getting more and more radical and revolutionary. If their programme was fully carried out. South Carolina would become a bankrupt State, deserted by capital and by men of large business enter P'iH'- N et their wrath against the! iiieoinpeiency una corrupt rule 01 ttie | aristocracy is absolutely justifiable , and the very wildnes* of sonic? of i tli' ir schemes shows the desperation to which Hint rule has goaded them. With all that has boon published about the crazy schemes of the Far mors Alliance that is in rebellion against the white m ist- . e >. it ! needful, in thn connection. ti? ?t.ii Jfetek^^u^what I)... -olu uif I t wwpwh.ftt#!.. .hi !* jmthnu-.t in the face\t every candid f b?? <'oin;i ess inthat *Xhtf(V^so ? . jy/e!" a conipendiuin of all the linin. rial hciesies and explode?I theoriCH of j /he past century that, even if it had j been turned over to the most brilliant representative of New York bar, he could not have made it more com plete or more concise. "Thus the South Carolina issues between the white votersare between a tyrannical and corrupt white aris tocracy, on the one hand, and finani 1 _ * r it *ii j < 1:11 1 111IIK'M'S OI I lie WlKlt'Kl HOI l Oil tlx* oilier. Huh not'white suprenm< > ' ?I??w11 there brought the State near chaos an?l ruin? Could negro rule he worse? Would it not he far "l.n South Carolina, the State of Traitor John C. Calhoun, and where | rebellion lirst showed its ugly front j uiuh r his malign leadership. the eon ! tinning treason of the 'white supremacy dor trine has had full sway for many years, the negroes having been do pt under or cheated out of their in>t<'m. and being the passive miflerers from the vioT-nee. intimidutfon and fraud of *tlie superior race.' The uiiuivhie insults arc fully displayed m t he campaign that is now so r\ eit'ng in every district and that would be attended by great blood slii-i 1 but for the fact that all the white men in this struggle know that if collisions begin the end thereof would be ipalling to eon template. The loyal irli.ii of South Carolina. ti- I :.'n ii who constitute t hree f ft ii . <>: t e population, have so fir h. is p . spectators of the auoiceh' .in 'i : . between their I \ have been tho HBRW ]'v the white men's / i.j.v*.'; "Uiieiit t< is at last rebelled agaii ! : w! .! nun. They have ' had an.; aii l a ig the satisfaction of seeing i 11 itural result of the peculiar sort ? rule that has disgraced South ( arolina in a political tight Without precedent for its bitter Mes-. Their patience ami self eon tiol have been admired by the whole CI >11 lit i V. Now is the time for them to assist their rights and their manhood by nominating candidates of their own and by making a well organized, em ; gel ic and determined campaign. \\ nv not! They are the majority. Tiie\ have been the special victims alike n| white rule, through the forms of law, and of the violence, tyranny and fraud n| the dominant minority. ?'( ? . ~ if :* ''Mi and the laws of the | | i ci States .'.ve the majority in Si' ii ii ("itolsi , as elsewhere, the right to lib ; i had before anything 1 i opportunity to over1, i \ 11 inonty thut bus held v i . M foulest hiul wickedest i lities. They have able :i I organs. They can get ii! t ' limate lielp they need ! e s ?rth They will l?e pro ? e exercise of their sacred hi rights us eiti/eiiH. For tin ii' i tune the negro majority in Hoi. ;t Carolina are able, by the p sieeabh conduct of a political campaign, to achieve a complete deliver aiice from a tyrannical majority, that is now divided into violent factions by tic accumulated results of bad gt ivcniinciit. "ta t lull blooded negroes be iiom mated for all tj& jrtlice8^nif*^re tc be filled by election this year, and lei the American principle of majority rule bo vindicated in the State where minority rule and theories of govern mcnt liOHtile to the Constitution anil and the Union have caused more dis astrous consequences, to the South east and the nation, than have conic from any other Southeastern State. "A peaceful, quiet, well managed negro campaign in South Carolina, would not only be a lnenanee to the real interests of the Southeast; it would be the beginning of the end of lhe white terroism, violence and fraud that, much longer continued, will inevitably provoke a war of races. It would be the most fitting and proper that South Carolina, whose malign and treasonable influence and example brought on lOie Southeast JttmfMxtbic of oivil f*?v, ^WSfflLbe the first to fill under 1he the negro majority." FLOWER'S CALCULATIONS. llv.Mitkrii it Driiioi'riitli' liiijtirll)' ?>f J'lilrlv In tli?> Next 1Ioiih<< 11 (Vrtiilnl v. Wasiunoton, Aug. I t.? Congress man Flower has been spending some weeks in New York studying the political situation, and upon his return to this city submitted to an interview, in which he says: "1 have looked the ground over very carefully and 1 am more than ever pleased with the prospect. the next house cannot fail to be Democratic by a handsome ma jority, ami for two yours, at least, the country will bo secure from such in ilictions as have boon conceived ami curried out by a Republican majority iu the Fifty first Congress. I have re vised mv figures with some rare ami have no reason to change tlio esti mate of thirty Democratic majority, which 1 gave several weeks ago. "I ilo not think the Farmers' Alii ance will reduce the Democratic 111:1 jority in the next House. The Alii ance candidates will here ami there supplant Republicans as well as Dem ocrats. ami those who come to Con gross from tlie South may lie safely counted upon to vote with the Demo crats on all important questions. Upon the record made in tnis Con gross, at well as upon the general platform of the party, the Democrats need have no fear that the farmers will fail to recognize their friend. For the past live or six years the farmers have complained of their con dition, and they fully realize just who to blame for *h?> present t:?t? of 1 lings riiej an level headed, shrewd feltows. il tarr.u rs, an I i^kes when the time conn to cast theo ballots for men who 1 r? to rep i> : '? theui in Congress "What will be the chief issue 111 tin* coining campaign? "It takes a tremendously strong issue to oversh idow the tarill*. which, owing to its relation to the every day business interests of the country, must always be paramount, but the splendid light that has been made against the passage of the federal elections bill has very nearly forced it ahead of the tariff as a campaign issue. There is nothing that appeals to the people with the force of a plea of liberty, and that is what this cry against the elections bill really means. The measure is dangerous iu the ex t re me, ami instead of assisting to purify politics, as all good legislation 011 the subject of our elections should. ilsuuply provides additional oppor (unity and temptation for dishonesty and fraud SAVED HUNDREDS OF LIVES \ Waiimtn I'l'ctriili it Tcrrlltla1 l(.1 iIroittl Wreck in Nf? lliinipoliii <>. Mrs. Kmily Branson is a heroine. She saved the lives of .'ton passengers on the White Mountain express train yesterday afternoon. Hardly had the train passed the station at North Wakefield, N. H.. at PfiOoYloek. when the engineer saw a woman upon the trark just ahead of him. frantically waiving a white cloth. Kvidently there was danger. A push at the throttle shut oil" the motive power, and a quick pull at the air brake lever was instantly responded to l?v a slack eniiiK of speed. The train stopped witlLj4hc cow catcher of the r;reat hn'Ottiftfive aliiMiHt in front of the ?woman. * \ J "What's the matter? 'The track around the curve is all covered with trees. I came to Warn you." .Jusi ahead there was a shai p curve lit tln? ulitmiuf lmou *?*..? which the train would have passed iiad it. not hern halted I?y the brave woman So sharp was the curve that after an obstruction upon it had come into the engineer's view no human power could have prevented an acci dent, and an accident under such cir cumstanees means death, to how many human beings no one can tell Mrs. Emily iiranson, from her house near the track, saw the wind hurl several hu^e trees across tIannis. She wa * alone with her two little children, but she knew that tinexpress was due, and that the tfreat trucks which had been tiling down in its path were on such a curve that they would be hidden from si^ht tin til it was too late. "I hated to leave mv children alone in the storm, said she, "l)ilt i knew there was nothing else to l>e done. So I caught ii|> a towel, the tirst tiling that was handy, and run up to meet the train. I'm Kind I K?t here in time, ' she added in a quiet tone. It required the useof axes to clear the track, occasioning an hours delay. The passengers raised a purse of ?">nn and <rave it to the plucky little woman. ^ Mr <>.N. Flanders, the well and tin favotahly known local man of ('olutu l>ia lo Kister, hav retired Iroui jonrn alisiii end will ciiKaije to the lil< insurance husines > A LAWLESS LAND A KENTUCKY COUNTY.^HgMpSfN CHURCH OR SCHOOL'^^^H^T ' Klvc Hundred Murder* In nnal Only Oitn Mmii ruulnliod-^Turt ll?l<l In u Tent Ouurded by .Mllllln. St. Louis, Ail#. i:L?A sjivcinl to the Republic from Pikesville, Ky., says: Your correspondent luis just reuclieJ here by horseback over the mountains from Hnz.u 1, Perry count}*, where Circuit. Judge is holding court in n big tent, guarded by several companies of Kentucky iuilitin. Last Saturday the first court held in Perry count}* for two years was convened. Several hundriAl people were present, but were a.v.M by the pl'<^"nee of soldier* Still, it looks as if trouble were brewing, and that the several factions, which have been warring so long with each other, will combine their forces against the State troops. Justice seem to be undecided whether or not to brim* to the fallows man}* deep dved and cowardly assassins of the best citizens of Perry county. Sheriff Fields walked to the edge of the tent ami announced in a loud voice: "Hear ye, hear ye. the court is in session ami all >11011 within heating of the court are notified that the honorable judge of the circuit court is 011 his bench, (toil save the Commonwealth.** 'I'llK JtMXIK IJKOOMKS HOLD. At this announcement an increased number of people crowded about the judge. Sixieen 111011 .voro foutia 'who could act as moinbers of the grand jury according to the law. Judge Lilly then began his instructions to the grand jury. Ho has become somewhat bravo with the militia back of him and he was very sivero in his instructions. He said: "Mr. Foreman of the Grand Jury and Gentlemen and the lYople of Ferry County: As you here witness 1 am again here to hold couit. I have missed several terms of my court in your county, and for reasons better known to myself, I was satis lied that a court could not be hold, ami, having my life threatened, had every reason to believe I would be assinated if leaineto Ferry. Now it all lies with you. l)o you want a court, that you may bring offenders to justice? 1 know tLe reputation of l'? try too well, and vlien the j>eople h im tiiat a m ilt's l^ie is more valuairti: -?rr^t?-? lm 1 punished more sen rely for murder than loi horse stealing. 1 lie 1 ? oplc sei nu d to be amazed HI liir JIUI^C S Hl<Tll H'Ulill KS, 101* IK' | hud never before talked so plainly. Hut In* was hacked bj^the militia. Several tonsil looking characters walked hurriedly out of the tent as if anx'ous to inform some faction that .)ud??e Lilly was trotting too severe. Hut continuing.Judge Lilly sai<l: a nt.oonv KEOoitn. 1 now turn to a page in the stat utes of Kentucky which delines the word murder and the law upon that subject. It seems th*?t tin* people of l'erry do not know that there is such a word. Why. gentlemen, this county is over To years old. slut hut one man in all that time has been convicted of murder, and he for a small term of years in tin- penitentiary, though .">00 men have been murdered in tin-county. This is appallling, and 1 again ask you. do you want justice' The re cords show you these things. I have called this extratcrni of court to give you one more opportunity to showthat you want it. Now, do your duty. 1 will be frank to say that if I his court 1 amounts to nothing that there will be 1 no use of ever again trying to hold | m l'erry My life is in danger. 1 want you to diligently search and in quire into all crimes in l'erry county and bring criminals to justice. Hen der true verdicts. If murder, say so; don't say manslaughter. Yes, and ai son. There stands the ruins of your courthouse. It speaks for itself. 1 1 want you to limlout who burned it. It is a matter which comes home to V oil and reaches viiiiv tuickct lnuitu Set mi example.' I A UKNIOIITIJII kKOION. Nearly two hours were taken up with instructiiitf the 1:1111 nl jury, nml utter some few preliminaries eourt n?t i journod over until Tuesday. As Monday is election day 110 court will lie held. The sellers (if rum and "moonshiners are hiding in the mountains, almost within a stone's throw of where court is beiiitf held. Iud<?c Lilly will order ('apt. (blither ' to sei/.e nil whiskey in Hazard andde stroy it. A buildup used by a saloon keeper was taken charge of by the troops to be used for storing away tjoods bclon^'iim to the eommissary department. A citizen walked into the door shortly after it had been broken open and made some remarks about tie* brandy left tl ere by the fleciim saloonist. Lieut. Wuleott or dercd him hustled out at the )m>i 111 of a bayonet, which was done. HON KS I' CIT1ZKNS OoWKD. l'lie social sit uat ion in I'erry anions men is not exaggerated. Many lion esi citizens are afraid to make a move toward indicting outlaws for fear of till- coiis?-i|u nces lift er tin- troops an1 inva.v. For tin- tfreat nuiuhcr o f p< o ph-killed within tin- past few years not one has ovcrbeen punished. l*Y\v, if any, have ever hcen arrested. So ! eial Inn s havrhecn so drawn through i political in -alls an 1 otherwise thai outlawry reigns uninaiia^eahlo. There i*. not a elnireh in Ferry county nor a school house llev. .1 .1. Piekoy of Jackson was at Hazard when Joe 1" tkoIc was killc.i* and olTereil a p /er at the jjravo when he was I- ii d This action of llev. Mr. BrT'<1 P'"ff^ ^vvMKjl w<ivi?Wn^ this county can put musHm A CANVAS oorurth^fflv. \ I r^)t ir^ n' u 1|||'' ' ^ tnin oiitlitNVH^^Wm^^y?^ ;nnv ^ tlnm t T1 *) 11 LdBBp^n^'^^qill:.!) it. 1 Hililf.^^mRnjill.v informed nir tlint H lie luul ncN^rltelil court, umlcr such discouraging circumstance*. He is t, knoiiini? vi?rv oiiief onf<ui<l?. Iln> < <? > # . r-? I?; - ? ' "'??* M Women uiul children have not only ,| been threatened, but tflulL at. and t live in daily dread of tltj^jfci ves, and <, tliiw, too, within 1?M) of tin- n boautifnl blue grass rugtoi of proud t Kentucky. ti A M'OOK SHOT IN !!?!?. ti The little dab of militia that lt erally goes to the mountafm Iish only , bed at night with an e\plosi\e ball, t but fortunately for him tin b.di had e HiH-nt its force before it rtache t his t body. The next day he received a letter from Fulton French, the leader t of the French faction, sayfrg: v "Yes, git?and that -qiick." t Capt. Hurst was a hra\e soldier in Jthe civil war and lost an eye at Mis t sion Hidge, buthe knew what French's warning meant and he left Hazard at v once. t It is evident that scout? from the t outlaws come from and daily return u to t lit* mg^^^^^fast nes.se> and make t? reports flflroMfrhiefs. The fi^^HBs '.Vm.report/ofa? the for ih-por^Pp|B[BBBBBBBBi^^MBB clearly in have hcen AfitriiTijjLv ihjiriT^^MrnV.^W J vere droi.j^Br inffiHC lierimKd oyeaJ * sioiml livt VBiids prevailing tliroii^h , out the St&pP* generally have been p the cause ?>1 this falling oil of "the j( eorn prospects. Its eondition, which ^ one month k^*j ?as re|K>ried '.Hi per ^ cent., is now reported at only per p cent, of an average crop. This tie vastation of the erop exists in every -j portion of the State, but that portion of the State between the ?71h and 100th meridian has sulVered severely, j. dray and Riley counties*report a praetieal failure of the erop Seven ^ ty live counties in Kastern Kansas. eijjht counties west of the louth nie ridiaii. report ">0 or :tu per cent of a . crop. It is safe to say that the corn a 1 tout J.t.OOO.UlMI bushels The 1la\ ^ area has been greatly increased, and n the crop is a very paid one. 'J'lie p afjp'epite wheat product- will be )( about ii.'t.000.000 bushels. The tlax ( area has been greatly increased. and p the crop is a very paid one. The oats crop, although short, is yielding | la tter than was expected, a yield of p from forty to seventy bushels per p acre is reported from a number of j counties. The following is a sum mary compared with a full condition: ('ikt'ti !t'K liutlov III)- f1*k\ Si- In iuiin 7 < 0111, .*>7; sorghum. r>2; millet. f?U:taine H it< 1 , j Tlie Seventh IliHlricI lUdicals. .\ 'I'lie S?*v?*iit)i District K?i<Ii<-;il eon !i volition liii't at Ijin<*oliivill?*. Tuesday. There was a running riot, delegates ^ freely and eoiisfautly calling each * other " - ? white livered ^ and hammering each others heads. I' ()stendortV and Green, twy Berkeley ' delegates who voted for and elected ' the Miller nominee for chairman i ^ would have l?een mohhed had not ' Maiahal Cunningham Winmandeil ( ' the peace The marshal's autlnnity * | I'itiiicc, ih <9'iitwu' linKjji eTu n. i<.. 1 llllioll^ iiowh 'tl.c r? f7v .-hurt hand rej>ortrt<*nn transmitted l(? j any dista ??: ; jiiyt hey e ?iiu from i the desk o 111? s' .,*! ? 1' i lif ' ( invention a ho etVee. i:%t? <<f t< l< i tfrii; lii?* speel. it her hi loiitf or short i hand, ne\- r o tamuhli In tore. In an u hour, for >iiHitinee, l>\ means of il, 1 2.r>,0nu st? nof?ri|>lie 1 words were triMiHinitti I troi,'. I'uris to Hrussrls, 1 n 18,000 wori - t>. livo:,s and I5,0oo to . Marseille-. Stem-. ?phed JrOrdsean i | bo sent nt tin nr. ot 200\Ih per t minute: or.ln ii .ouls^^A * 120. ; 1 Further experiments vd to : K'ive inoriji^doiAsMj^^^^L h ( PllK S'lM" ('ON V KNT1UI THE i z a r i o n riM< I'TiTn?np^W?li?i s? mount* to rr?( i nilly Nothing?Mr. TaIIImtI of Kdiccllel .MiiiIii Choi riiiu.i Oilier I'mrrt'illiiKX' Jfic-uvlllu N'lWS. Columiiia. S. C., Auk- Bh?Thei vere rtoriny times in the State Coi rcn.ion to-day. The antis realize hat everythii k was against them h hey bent their strniigcHt energies i he shape of ?lihilory motioiiH and e: M?rt parliamentary tactics toward tallling the majority. But it was t 10 purpose. After nearly an hour ( milling the '1'illuianiteH carried thei >011 it, wliich was the election of \\.. ["albert temporary chairman inatea 4^dJ?o\iiiK one to la- named by Stat llovt, Colonel llojjit \MI ilaccfl in a very tryuiK position, bu kB^ulctl fairly at every juncturi trough it was in opposition to hi ide of (lie house, t'olonel llovt called the convents) i *T? li-l fit lnu.li *??44l iio o.?l .as Haul lie stated t'.at it heeamc iii nty to name a tempore ehairman hi lie pui|w)H?' of forming a pernianen r^am/ation. fir would therefor tunc tlio I lou. (I. liiunh liuist, o -hai leston, us temporary ehairman o la- eonveiition. This I n ought on th ^ht and Dr. Sampson I'ope tioinui ted W. .1. Talhert for teiii|H?rur, lmiriniin. Chairman lloyt then explained thu rhad la-en enstoinarv for the Kxeeti < 'onimittee to name t lie tonipomr Rinnan. Utr^J'ope said he ?lid not cure >vlm etistoiniirv: that the mijorii. ranted Mi J'alhert for ehairinati am hey proposed to make liiin such ri aidless of the wish of the Kxeeutiv 'oliilllittee. Several di legates ealled ilttelitio o the provisions of the eonstitutiot ,'hereby the eonvetition should elee lie temporary president. Chuirm.i loyt admitted that, hut said the em oiii had laaai otherwise. Dr. I'ope insisted upon his motiot a nator Sniythe then made the |?oin li.it there was no or^aiii/.ation am lint Chairman lloyt had uo riijlit t ssunie tlie powers of ehilirman of th onvention so far as to eall for tli lomiiiatii m of a ehaii man. Ahinii'maii lloyt looked perplexei Hfeoiifusioii leimied. t'olo IT >s of Itiehland lose h> a p >it t o |Pr!. eiaimho? th:il as the lii.lv w :i oiiJUii/e. i oik- tin elm., eoni. v<^,; it. /<v uii\ delegate t \ ? 1', Pfyo^'1 hii IMK I.. l Wr > HhL'i I kill to I : 1111 I mammim lloyt nihil tint uytaam ay vote eould not be hud. l)r. I'op isisted that there was Init one noiu latiou before theconvention, tliat o Ir. Tulhert. .1. L. .M. Irhy thei loved that Mr. Talbort l?o t*M y nrrlanmt ion. This motion \vu lit and decided in fuvoi of tin '.llmuiiitcs amid vigorous pro sis from tlio antis. Senator Smythe and Col. .John ( laskell succeeded ill pl'oloimiliU t In i?ony by ingenious teelmieal point* Ir. Talbert was elected by a vote o :tn to 7r>. After.Mi. lalla rt had taken tin hair. Mr ! A> liter Smytlie, o 'haileston. on behalfof the minority K1 a protest against the temporal; iiii/.ation as bcinir illa^ah then .( no presiding ollieer authorize* MMniiinii any motion, no oiuaiii/.i roTl that eonld vote on it. and on an mint of l he arbitrary and illeird nil ?VTs of the ehairmaii of the Kveciltivi on i in it t e in refusing the demand ?r the veas and liilVs oil the severa llestlolis. Some m||< nominated W ' IlllSM-ll. Ol ('lllll < >11. fill OlH-O lie tempiiiiuy secret ui ies, hut Mi hlist arose and indignantly deniet here was any sueli man on tin 'lia'leston delegation. Mr. .1. 1 )unean. of Newherry. Mi. -J IV Bean t Ld-cth Id. w. re. hated The dele utcs W. re then enrolled and the fol ?win<? eoiuniittee on credentials \va pponited: . .) 11 Mel'ull.i: Aiken, 1' Anderson. ) M (tlenn (i. 1). Bellinger. Beaufort n. JLijliott; Beikt ley. 1\ M. llurve> hit i ll, <r!- " Hon John I'' Kicked 'liester. 1 >r. \\ . II Heath: Chester eld. \\ ('. MeC'rei^hl: Clarendon. 1! >. Tile lid: Colleton, Mr. Cooper: 1 >ui n^ton. \\ II liiiwrenee; Kdj^etiel.l I II. I'ownes: l'lorence, IV B Mr \ hit ter: < leor?*etowii, Walter Hazard Ireenvilh-, M h West: Hampton, A I N ounians: Hoiry, I \N IhiKitett iershaw, T. J. Kirkland; Ijnncastyi ra B Jones; Laurens. J L. M lil>\ ii\iii!_'ton. II. J. Sella Is; M anon. 1 V. MrliUiit in; Marlboro", \\\ II '.wins; Newberry. Sampson l\?p? Vinitf, S. .1. MtT'.lrov; < >i nn^ebiii}. let ?! <;? \\ . !"'>iJi? v; I'n-kens, \\". '1 'lehl; l{l?'lllmi<i. <1 (' I laskell; Sp il mtbiirir. II. ('. Allen; Sumter, .) I Bamlimj: I nioii, T (' Ihinran; NYil |lm>l).ii u', ) I' (tumbrel; York, ! r-N?ii PI'i inlue_r the report of the eotn nittee on ereilelitials the eonvi iitio ok a i "cess unt il 7 p. in. Afternoon SonnIo ^ t I'tnln the Auton-tii * liUMllCle * 'The eoininittee mule three rt h'li^iili the l'\nrtiehl ilc legation; imjnrit.v report favonmr the Tillmui I eh ration; ii minority report fuvoi lie il:e lhatton ?h legation; a seeom iitinn ii v seating neither ileletfatio l1111 onlerintf a r<oriram/ation of tIi )einoeratie party iu I'aiitiehl eouiiH Hon Sampson I'opo, of Newberr.f ulvoeateil the majority ieport; Hoi I (Haskell ailvoeuteil the tirst in unity report; ami the seeoml minor y j?ro\iilinvr for Heatuiij neither ileh ration, was iinletin111*1 \ |s>Ht|H>neil \S KM 1T1NO INTIDKNT )eeiirrei| ilurinsr the speech of I )| ? j ?? ? -tr Pope, when Muj. Thomas W. Woodward arose arose mul declared that what he stated in reference to the Y Fairfield cane wan "a plain, bold and palpable lie." Cheers followed from the antiTillmanites in the convention, and 1,1 anion},' the spectators, and immediately there was a rush Into the vacant space in front of the speaker's desk. For five minutes the greatest 1 confusion ensued, the chairman rapd ping in vain for order. ;o The first moment that silence was n obtained, Col. J. O. Haskell said that in speaking under excitement men 'H might make inaccurate statements, c but from ten years'acquaintance with V Dr. Pope "I don't 1 elieve he is capa1 ?!? of intentionally stating what is ' false." [Cheers from Tilhnanites.J At length order was restored, and ? several speeches were made on each H side, the spweclrof (' A. PouMuts. a d member 'of the Bratton delegation *? from Fairfield, being the bast one s made, lit* received quite an ovation at its conclusion, utter which a vote was entered upon, and the majority " I report, seating the Tillman d**legutes, s olopted l>y tin* convention on a yen ' unci nay vote. 1 The? vote rejecting the Brut ton del'' cgatiou from Fairfield was '2TS to 70. 'f and the delegation tiled out of the f hull leaving the- Tdlnian delegation c' triumphant. ' The protest against the Berkeley V delegation was laid on the table. This completed the action upon the t report of the committee and the con1 vention was iK-rmanently organized V by the election of the temporary officers as permanent officers. 1 i'tiuu^fc.>T OHOamza re >s. V Mr Pope nomiLi ited Mr. Talbert '? for permanent &;*ldcnt. and Mr. Haskell nominated Mr. (leorge Lamb ' Buist Mr. l'opc procceiled to put the name of Chairman Talbert, and " declared him elected without even ' putting the name of Mr. Buist. t Cheers, groans and hisses followed, " and on the protest of Col J. C. ? Haskell the name of Mr. Buist was put bef ne the convention by Mr. ' Pope and voted down. President Tulbeit then thanked 1 the eonvention for the honor confer " red. and emphasize.1 the great im ' portancc of this eonvention advo ' eating peace and harmony in the* ranks of the party. l* CONFUSION AT MIOMOHT. Nt 12.55 a resolution was passed to 1 pi M*eed until the work of the can " \? .itiou was transacted 1 j 1 uc committees on m solutions and President Talbert hascalled on the/ ' crowd to "shut up" and "sit down. ' '' "shut vour mouths and peep quiet. I At 1 o'clock the convention is still f in noisy session awaiting business II from the committees. I THE STATE 1 'ElfT. s After a debate of an hour the ma L* jority rejHJit on the resolution declaring the Stat<* debt of South Car olina to be a public obligation of primary importance, and shall re ccivc in the future, as in the past, the > f,i., ..f !... "in V Uiv wi inr I71UII' II ' incut. has just 1 ? ?-ii adopted ut 2 ?? eh>ck i Tlii' split <lei'iir*. ccial Trli'itruin in tin- Mkkai.h ) : C< HI A, S. C.. All','. 11. Tile C.\ v pccted split in tin* Bemocrntie party [. 1ms materialized. It was brought 1 about by tin- attempt of the Till ; liianites t<> pass an amended const i tnti<>n giving thftn power to elect a new executive committee, and pro t? \idmg a primary for l?s72. and there ? i after. The antis had previously 1 | resolved that ir the convention i "amend the constitution or otherwise 1 usurp power not delegated to it . j they would not submit When the 1 1 connuitte on constitution reported, t. there was a minority report from the '.i Hon L"lt?y F. Vo.iunm d linn i,! that the changing of the constitution ' was not ill the scope of the eonveliI t ion s power. s Younians. Brawley. Buist, Smythe , and Haskell made fruitless appeals, and when the question was demand i; j ed. the minority re|H?rt was report t, ! was rejected. 2.V2 to ; | lrliv then announced, "We have 1 offered a compromise; they have j refused it. and now we will have the ; I whole hog or none." .John Haskell said his delegation |, ! could not participate in voting for .. the iii'W const it ution, at 2:21 this |; in oil nng K iehhu ul withdrew, folio wed J by tlie delegations fromgChurleston, ; i Sumter. Beaufort and Georgetown. ( j The convention then elected a new executive committee as follows: > First Congressional district? H. > A Meet/.e. Lexington: O. R. I.ow i man. < frangchurg. j Second IV C Jordan, Aiken; G. \ I I >. Bellinger. Barnwell. J '1 hird W. A Neal. Anderson, A. ) ( \\ Jones. Abbeville. I ' roiirin I ii. .^i iii>y, ijAuri'iiH; (>. [. , \V. Buchanan. Fairfield. j Fifth Ini D. .lonos, Lancaster; W. ! 1 McC'rei?ht, Chesterfield, ii Sixth T. F. Farlv. Darlington: M. (V tiullichnt. Clarendon Seventh?K. A Williams, 1). B. Keels. i First Judicial district?T. W. ii Stanland. u Second A M. V ouuiu1ih. Third ? h. S. Hicham 1 Fourth T. W. Daggett ii Fifth 11 H. Townes. e Sixth (?. W. <*utfe. Seventh U. A, Lancaster Fmhth 11. U. limit i Irhv was elected chairman and (1 i Duncan Belluiucr secretary, i A resolution wuh passed rejecting > the primary this year, and at this nisnnim' the convention ad1 journed. iv When the antis left the convention J. \V. Barnwell, J. D. Blanding, Walter Hazard and W. J. Verdi er were appointed a committee to issue an address. The Scceeders held another session todajr. It is understood that the preliminary steps for electing delegates for a convention September 10, have been taken, in which case there will be two conventions that * day. The auti-Tillmauites met at 11 and appointed an advisory commit-^HBj3M| tec. The purpose is to call anotheiSHHH convention of anti Tillmanites in few Weeks. flBMBHfr The Alliance Congressional Cot vention made no nomination for gressman, but will propound certaiflPQjjjp^gF questions to candidates. ANALYSIS ^OF AN ABOMIN The Korre till I ami lVlmt It Mmm? Would I?o. We print elsewhere a careful mary of the Federal election bill w1hH0S? has passed the United State of Representatives and is now ing in the Senate. The object furnish the The Sun's readers clear and succinct exposition ofl^HRSf features, with an explan ition oflHHl practical effect of the provi^HHK which are more obviously desigi^HH^^S sec lire to the Republican part^BBB practically solid negro vote of the South. It must be i*iteut to every I Ol W* IlLtj'V l'lMlillll.r |||,| Sintl'u uuainnuin ... - ?/? ? < niv ? /i?w r> nj i?\/|#oin of the bill that uo other object in sought %> b^ attained and that the iiuiehinery for thin* purpose has been -"ii?fnllli ff^rrji inir?* *r ?**" ' 1 " is necessarily complicated and there is evidence throughout the measure of an anxious desire outhe part of its fminers to leave no loophole by means of which its purjiosc might l>e frustrated. ltrictly stated, the effect of the bill i is to put the control of the elections for members of the House of liepreseutatives into the hands of Federal supervisors, supported by au army of deputy marshals, who may be reinforced by nny number of assistant | marshals, summoned under guise of a ' (H)sse comitatus. and also, if the | President should so order, by United State troops or by militia organizations, which might include armed j negro.'H. The supervisors overlook I the registrationund have the right to 1 decide what names shall he placed on j the list. They are also empowered to make a innisc^to-humat; ostensibly to d<>9fct | f c e r i i { f>ait|PJBPl(i((?<Tioii)Tay tiieyftVus^^^ rj see tliat the ballot box is marked and *' located in a certain way, must ussist i the local officers to eOunt the vote, and must make their own returns, j which form the basis on which the result is finally determined by the federal returning board, from wh)se decision there may be an appeal to the United States Circuit Court, which is to settle all contests. If j there is delay by the local election , officers in opening the polls, the MU|x*i visors may hold the election themselves. Should there be more Yo'cH in the ballot box than the mini. hrr of prison* who have voted, the 1 election must be determined by n i s|?ecu s of lottery?the excess of votes being drawn by blindfolded persons iind deducted from the total number ' of votes east for the candidates. A man's seat in Congress might depend upon mere chance or U|K>ii trickery in "working" the lottery scheme. A long list of offences under the law are specified and heavy penalties in fines and imprisonment are provided. State laws inconsistent with the provisions of the bill are annulled aud State sovereignty is trampled upon in all directions, i A pretense of fairness is furnished in the provision for enforcing tha law 1 wherever application is made under ' eertaia sja'citied conditions, but m view of the fact that its declared object is to secure "a free ballot uud a 1 fail count" at the South, which would mean, of course, the counting of the negroes en masse for the Republican candidates, this apparently general applicability of the law is seen to be a mere sham. Good core, of course. Would 1)0 taken to enforce it only where its enforcement would do the party good, and the real field of its operation* would be the Southern States. In that section the result could hardly fail to be disastrous. Knee conflicts at almost every polling place would he almost inevitable uul a condition of unrest and excitement would be created which might prove fatal to the industrial progress of the &J il ? 1? 1 -- ? 1 nouin, so nausea m recent years. Sectional prejudice would be greatly embittered and the whole country would feel the disturbing effect of a law which would at once array the two races and the two great sections against each other. Business men fully realise this and the most effective opposition to the bill is coming from that quarter. The sincere friends of the negro also recognize the fact that no legislation more injurious to Ins best interests could well Im* devised, and Republican leaders All oter the South are protesting against it most earnestly as being a certain means of wiping out the white Hclnihlican vote in that section. I It is |m>ssil >le tlnit those formidable sources of opposition will prove effectual in tin* Senate, but the necessities of the clique of lu^h tariff interests which now controls both houses of Congress are so great that it is not at all unlikely that the voice of reason and iMitriotisin will be stifled in the mad rush to reach, if possible, the point of absolute control and dictation of the political destinies of the country.? Haiti more Sun