Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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??? j AS It IS SECN THROUGH NORTHERN GLASSES. Aurrhy KituipMt^Credlt lupalMd-Oov rnniont CnrrapT~WI*tte gnpmnMjr failoira?T?t? Negro Agoln. Oar political nituation has excited '"deep interest throughout the United States. Tin; unfounded, and retracted charges of Capt. Tillman have been received as simple truth and the won. derfui strides we have made seem to b > impeded by the reputation our State has recently acquii-ed, based on < hn statements of one of our caudi1 dtitf^ for erovemor. That he has. ^H^?sfixKL,'ai t4i__i.. L% _ __ ___ ^i.if t_ _U ^^Wjhe New York Mail and Express Wlie latest advices from the sinaftlM' and dMperate political campaign in SodtlpCarolina make it clear that the time liki arrived for the assertion of their constitutional rights by the colored voters in that State, who are decidedly in the majority and who nave been so long the viotims of the -white supremacy' doctrine. -'They have shown sagacity and self control inremaining-passive spec tutors of the Tillman and the antiTillman struggle, whiU^the white voters liavo displayed thCehfitness to govern by the viotenogYd virulence of a struggle that would bring about an anarchist condition if it continued long enough. The followers of Tillman believe that the government of the State by the white aristocracy since 1876 has been getting more and more corrupt. They constitute the middle class and the poor whjte class of voters, and have been gradually getting more and more radical and revolutionary. If their programme was fully earned out, South Cai-oliua would become a bankrupt State, deserted by capital uud by men of largo business enterprise. Yet their wrath against the incompetency and corruptrule of the aristocracy is absolutely justifiable mill thn vnrv wililnnMs r?f nnmn of their schemes allows the desperation to which that rule has goaded them. "With all that has been published about the crazy schemes of the Farmers' Alliance that is in rebellion against the white aristocracy, it is needful, in this connection, to statu im t /hose scheme^ ay. tijl! ~.ui. w. ^ii wj , tin*list in the face \fjgVery candidate I for Congress iiTtharStst^ef^^^otii-s.] wleto a compendium of all tnCTrakn* ycial heiesies an tl exploded theories of / die past century that, even if it had / been turned over to the most brilliant ' representative of New York bar, he / could not have made it more coiri/ plete or moro concise. "Thus the South Carolina issues between the white voters are between a tyrannical and corrupt white aristocracy, on the one hand, and financial lunacies of the wildest sort on the other. Has not 'white supremacy' down there brought the State near chaos and ruin? Could negro rule be worse? Would it not be far "In South Carolina, the State of Traitor John C. Calhoun, and where rebellion first showed its ugly front under his malign leadership, the con tinning treason of the 'white supremacy' doctrine has had full sway for many years, the negroes having been 'kept under' or cheated out of their uotos, and being the passive sufferers from the viol-nee, intimidatjbn and fraud of 'the superior race.' The anarchic results are fully displayed in the campaign that is now so exciting in every district and that A'oulii be attended by great blood shed but for the fact that all the white men in this struggle know that if collisions begin the end thereof would be smiling to contemplate. The loyal citizens of South Carolina, the negroes, who constitute three fifths of the population, have so far been passive spectators of the anomalous struggle between their ^^^frraHsors. They have been the sufferers by the white mens / meeea'nment tlmf is at last rebelled again*: by white men. They have had an.I are having the satisfaction of seeing the natural result of the peculiar sort of rule that has disgraced South Carolina in a political tight without precedent for its bitterness. Their patience and self-control have been admired by the whole country. ' Now is the time for them to assert their rights and their manhood by nominating candidates of their own and by making a well organized, energetic and determined campaign. Why not! They aro the majority. They have been the special victims alike of white rule, through the forms of law, and of the violence, tyranny and fraud of the dominant minority, i XVni i' ii it it utiihi and the laws of the United Hta'tes give the majority in South Carolina, as elsewhere, the right to rule. ..'r. .. i?i I 11" > lit* Vt 1 IIUU UCIUI U UUJ tUUi^ lik?' tin- same opportunity to overthrow the minority that has held ,*?sway l\y the foulest and wickedest ^dohd* and pontics. They have able lca<tcrs and organs. They can get all the legitimate help tlioy need Troin the North. They will be protected m the exercise of their sacred and war-won rights as citizens. For the first time the negro majority in Houth Carolina ore able, by the peaceable conduct of a political campaign, to achieve a complete deliverance from a tyrannical majority, that is now divided into violent factions by the accumulated results of bad government. "Let full-blooded negroes be noml . 1 < : ^ v the American principle of majority . rule be vindicated in the State where minority rule and theories of government hoetile to the Constitution and , and the Union have caused more disastrous consequences, to the Southeast and the nation, than have come from any other Southeastern State. "A peaceful, quiet, well-managed t negro campaign in South Carolina, s would not only be a menance to the r real interests -of the Southeast; it would be the beginning of the and of the white terroism, violence and ? fraud that, much longer continued, h will inevitably provoke a war of races, b It would be the most fitting and u propet that South Cfirolina, whose 0 malign and treasonable influence and y jg ample brought on jflio ^ Sonttipaat j J^Be the first to fill under the g VHVtne negro majority." jr ' FLOWER'S CALCULATIONS. * ej HcMaktt m Democratic SaJorltjr of ghlrtjr aj la th# N?xt Houm a Certainty, gJ Washington, Aug. 14.? Congress- u man Flower has been Branding mnnn d weeks in New York studying the politicnl situation, and upou his return ? to this city submitted to on interview, in whioh he says: "I have looked the >'( ground over very carefully and I am 111 more than ever pleased with the pros- o1 pect. the next house cannot fad to j1' be Democratic by a handsome ma- 1B jority, and for two years, at least, the m country will be secure from such inflictions as have been conceived and carried out by a Republican majority, ib the Fifty-first Congress. I have re- ni vised my figures with some care and in have no reason to change the esti- cc mate of thirty Democratic majority, ju which I gave several weeks ago. L "I do not think the Farmers' Alii tl ance will reduce the Democratic ina- sc jority in the next House. The Alii- ol ance candidates will here and there in supplant Republicans as well as Democrats, and those who como to Con- ai gress from the South may be safely P counted uix>n to vote with the Demo- I crats on all important questions, hi Upon the record made in this Con- cc gress, at well as upon the general b< platform of the party, the Democrats fh need have no fear that the fanners ai will fail to recognize their friend, ei For the past five or six years the at farmers nave complained of their con- al dition, and they fully realize just who cc is to blame for the present state of to tilings. They are level headeu. P< shrewd feltows, these farmers, jmd lt\ 4* Ati&g* when the time comes to wast pi theft* tfcUots for men who are to rep- tli reseat thmil in Congress. "What will be the chief issue in the at coming campaign? " hr "Ittakes a tremendously strong B issue to overshadow the tariff, which, S< owing to its relation to the every day w business interests of the country, ai must always be paramount, but the Ji splendid fight that has been made B against the passage of the federal elections bill has very nearly forced it ahead of the .tariff as a campaign , issue. There is nothing thnt 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 in the ex- ? treme, and instead of assisting to -8 purify politics, as all good legislation 111 on the subject of our elections should, ^ it simply provides additional oppor- ^ tunity and temptation for dishonesty and fraud." y< SAVED HUNDREDS OF LIVES- et A Woman Prevent* a Terrible ltallroari Wreck In N?w llwin|i*hlre. Mrs. Emily Branson is a heroine, j She saved the lives of 800 passengers ftl on the White Mountain express train 11( yesterday afternoon. Hardly had the \L] train passed the station at North w Wakefield, N. H., at4:50o'clock, when q, the engineer saw a womau upon the a, track just ahead of him, frantically c|( waiving a white cloth. Evidently J, there was danger. A push at the a] throttle shut off the motive power, C( and a quick pull at the air-brake lever j was instantly responded to by a slack j| ening of speed. The train stopped y( wiUkg^e cow-catcher of the great ^ [locl^BSve aliqost in front of the IwcranR * ^ | J ' "What's the matter?" I 'The track around the curve is all w covered with trees. I came to w? n ftl you." M Just ahead there was a sharp curve ^ I in the shining linos of steel over ^ which the train would have passed had it not been halted by the brave 11 woman. So sharp vas the curve that after an obstruction upon it had come J into the engineer's view no human t< power could have prevented an accident, and an accident under such cir- * cumstances means death, to how ti many liuman beings no one can tell. K Mrs. Emily Branson, from her 4? house near the track, saw the wind j-' hurl several huge trees across tho > rails. She wa i alone with her two little children, but sho knew mat the ? express was due, and that the groat ; l' trucks which had been flung down ill ft its path were on such a curve that they would be hidden from sight until it was too late. "I hated to leave my children nlone in the storm," said n she, "but I knew there was nothing ? else to be done. 80 I caught up a * towel, the first thing that was handy, ^ and ran up to meet the train. I'm n glad I got here in tirao," she added 1 in a quiet tone. It required tho use of f1 axes to clear the track, occasioning 1 an hour's delay. The passengers c raised a purse of $500 and gave it to 1 tho plucky little woman. ^ f 1 Mr. O.N. Flanders, the well and the s favorably known local man of Colum- .1 bia Register, has retired from joura 1 alism aud will engage to the life j insurance busines. I M( pf T/ wN Ww ,f A I >. W/ Ml* Ml Wv Ml Ml Ml jF T AIITT T?OC* FT A Ttf FA Kjp Jy | i ft YT JLiErfOO Aj /V XI MtH# \ KENTUCKY COUNTY.^|^j^^| CHURCH OR SCHOOL^^^^K 1w Hundred KnWten la I^Hnan, uiOaljrOM MM PnnltM-MvrtHaM In T?nt Quanted by MUltla. " St. Louis, Aug. 13.?A special to tie Republic from Pikeeville, Ky., ays: Your correspondent has just aachedhere by horfeback over the lountains from Hasui 1, Perry ounty, where Circuit Judge is olding court in a big tout, guarded y several companies of Kentucky lilitia. Last Saturday the first burt heldin Perry county for two esta was convened. Several hunr<il people were present, but wet? w&y'hy the presence Of soldiers? till, it looks as if trouble were brewig, and that the several factions, hich have been warring so long with nch other, will combine their forces gainst the State troops. Justice >AU> La La > 1- - AV ? join w uc uuuoviucu nuvwer ur ot to bring to the gallows many eep-dyed and cowardly assassins of le beat citizens of Perry county, heriff Fields walked to the edge of le tent and announced ill a loud nee: 4'Hear ye, hear ye, the court ia i session and ail wen within heating f the court are notified that the imorable judge of the circuit court on his bench. God auve the Comonwealth." THK JUDOK BECOMES SOU). At this announcement an increased tuber of people crowded *b<n^Ae idge. Sixteen men were foum^wno >uld act as mombora of the grand irv according to the law. Judge illy then began his instructions to io grand-jury. He has become >mewhat brave with the militia back ' him and he was very severe in his structions. He said: "Mr. Foreman of the Grand Jury id Gentlemen and|the People of erry County: As you here witness am again here to hold court. I ive missed several terms of my >urt in your county, and for reasons jtter known to myself, I was satisk! that a court could not be held, id, having my life threatened, had cry reason to believe I would bo isinated it I came to Perry. Now it 1 lies with you. Do you want a urt, that you may bring offeuders i justice! I know the reputation of erry too well, and Jrhen the people y-n^that^ajj^m's ^e^s unshed more severely for murder ion for horse-stealing." The people seemed to bo amazed tlie judge's stern remarks, for be id never before talked so plainly, ut he was backed bjfcjthe militia, iveral tough-looking^ characters olked hurriedly out of the tent as if ix^ous to inform some faction that idge Lilly was getting too sovere. ut continuing, Judge Lolly said: A BLOODY RECORD. "I now turn to a page in the statutes of Kentucky which defines the ord murder and the law upon that ibject. It seems tli<?t the people of erry do not know that there is such word. Why, gentlemen, this county over 70 years old, and but one man , all that time has been convicted of urder, and he for a small term of >ars in the penitentiary, though 500 en have been murdered in the county, his is appallling, and I again ask >u, do you want justicef The rends show you these things. I have died this extra term of court to give m one more opportunity to show iat you want it. Now, do your duty, will be frank to say that if this court mounts to nothiug that there will be 0 use of ever again trying to hold 1 Perry. My life is in danger. I nnt you to dilligently search and inline into all crimes in Perry county id bring criminals to justice. Itener true verdicts. If murder, say so; on't say manslaughter. Yes, nud rson. There stands the ruins of your lurthouse. It speaks for itself. I want you to find out who burned it. t is a matter which comes homo to ou and reaches your pocket-books, et an example." (A BENIOHTU) HKOION. y two hours were takon up ith instructing the grand jury, and ftcr some few preliminaries court ad>urned over until Tuesday. As [ondny is election day no court will e held. The sellers of rum and moonshiners" are hiding iu the lountains, almost within a stone's irow of where court is being held, udge Lilly will order Capt. Gaitlier ) seize all whiskey in Hazard and detroy it. A building used by a salooneeper was taken charge of by the rooms to be used for storing nwuv oods belonging to the commissary apartment. A citizen walked into lie door Hhortly after it had been rokon open and made Home remarks bout the brandy left tl ore by the eeing saloonist. Lieut. Walcott orlered him hustled out at the point of bayonet, which was done. HONKST CITIZENS OOWBD. The social situation in Perry among tien is not exaggerated. Many lionst citizens are afraid to make a move oward indicting outlaws for fear of he consequ nces after the troops are way. For tho great number of peo>lo killed within the past few years lot one has ever been punished. Few, f any, have ever been arrested. So iul lines have been so drawn through lolitical moans and otherwise that mtlawry reigns unmanageable. There s not a church in Perry county nor 11 ichoolhouse. Rev. J. J. Dickey ol lackson was at Hazard when Joe Svoreole was killejt'and offered a iri' /#r at the grave when ho wa* >111 ild. This action of Rev. Mr. ifiSr* iJ '' thia^coonty can >H fcucB ? (RfieOT discouraging circumstanc^. Ho is t< keeping very oui?t ni>tai?1<? ili? n^.n-f ... Women anil chUdreu havefnot only d been' threatened, bujLjhri at, and ti live in daily dread ofTlHHivois. and ui this, too, within lOOjflBs of the ni beautiful blue grass-rwot of proud C Kentucky. ^ ti A JDDOK TOOT TO-llD. ti, The little dob of militia that gen- a! orally goes to the mounttftfh has only c) temporary effect upon ihi outlaws. Judge William Hiyst haf not boeu ii back here suMeh^^^^hoJ^bMMB bed at nigl^^^n^^it explosive ball, t) but fortunately for him tie bali had g spent its force before it reached his C body. The next day he (received n letter from Fulton FrenoliJthe leader t< of the French faction, sayitg: w "Yes, git?and that euick.*. tl Copt Hurst was a brave soldier in Jj the civil war and lost nn efo at Mis t( sion Ridge, but he knew what French's warning ntoant and he leftJ lazard at S once. t] It is evident that scouts from the tl outlaws come from and daily return at to the n^^i|^u,fastneHHe8 and make c> reports ^?ln??fM. ItunM>^^^^^^H<Vi<>ii*?ly nn.)IIred The ' - ir,r% i <M)i>i tW^B the ture for el car 1 crops in have bcvu^mmiKvere droi/fMr inBise hetnVKd occa 3Jj|| sional hvtHnds prevailing tlnoiigh- Ul out the StBfe? generally have been jr the cauee this falling off of *tlie jj corn prospectfl. Its condition, wliich ^ one month ago was reported 90 jier ir cent, is now reported at only 93 per ^ cent of an average crop. This de- p! vastation of the crop exists in every *f portion of the State, but that portion ^ of the State between the 97th and 100th meridian has suffered severely. p Gray and Riley countie*repoi*t a a. practical failure of the crop. Seven- ^ ty five counties in Eastern Kansas, ._> eight counties west of the 100th meridian, rejiort 50 or 30 per cent, of a cj cj-op. It is safe to say that the corn a crdp this ? to be thirty about 23,000,000 bushels. The llax c< area has been greatly incroased, and jt tho crop is a very -good one. The (i aggregate wheat product- will be f. about 23,000,000 bushels. The flax area has been greatly increased, and p the crop is a very good one. Tho ^ oats crop, although shorL is yielding p better than was expected, a yield of tj from forty to seventy bushels per q acre is reported from a number of p OAI1 nfinu Tl?o fnl 1 Awitur iu a anm I wuumvdi J. AIV iviivniu^ AO num Q| inary compared with u full condition: Corn, 82; barley, 00; flax, 84; broom corn, 57; sorghum, 02; millet, 50; tame ft] grass, 57; potatoes, 40; pranu> grass, 55; ynH and I Chinch countieR^|^HB(0Ppt^Pfiii^BK ^ great damage. jj, The Hoventh District lUdTcftlfi. A The Seventh District Radical con- h vention met at Lincoluville, Tuesday. ^ There was a running riot, delegates \ freely and constantly calling each other " white livered " A and hammering each other's heads, h OstendorfT and Green, twy Berkeley j delegates who voted for and elected Ithe Miller nominee for chairman J would have been mobbed had not h Maishal Cunningham ffminanded <} the peace. The marshalV authority \ ? ? it .11 It was, nowover, domed i?uno>vMi^ Franc?, is Aaiioit i ' among newsVtLcrorfl. rlW*1t'shorthand reportajroan lx? transmitted to p any distaagtf jupt as they gome from n thfc desk ci the atonogrutfer. The d i invention alio effects a rate, of tele- ii i graphic speel, either in long or short n hand, never obtainable before. In an a i hour, for instance, by means of it, I - 25,000 stenographed words were transmitted tron. Paris to Brussels, a . 18,000 words to Lyons and JmHM) to J ' Marseilles. HLmrvauphod Jratdscou n > be sent at the ri\*<> of 20? >! per t k minute; ordinary words Y 120. g i Further experiments ar^^A \>d to I give still monwMpiisM^^^L Js. . i c BESTfllfoON V ENTI ON THE preliminary ^ j^^^HllZATION. * tnuanU U rraottOMlIy Nothing?Mr. Tallbort of Kd|*Md Mado Chalrmaa - Ottoor Pror?llng?. Ir?euvlltw Niwi. Columbia, S. C., Auk- 18.?There rcre rtormy times in the State Coneuiion to-day. The, an lis realized bat evcrythii.fi was against them so hey bent their strongest energies in he shape of dilatory motions and exert parliamentary tactics towards aflliug the majority. But it was tc - > ? - ? < w imi jiuiK'. ftiwr uenriy ttu uour OI ghting the Tillman ites carried their oint, which was the election of W. J. 'albert temporary chairman instead Ighujfting ouo to be named by State fQQfrnan Hoyt. Cblouel Hovt was laceU in a very try trig position, but topuled fnirly at every juncture, ^ugh it WHH in opposition to hie ide of the house. Colonel Iloyt called the convention > order at noon a^d after the call us read he stated t*>at it became his uty to name a tempory chairman for le purpose of fortping a permanent igauizatioa. He would therefore aiuo the Hon. (1. Lamb Buist, of havleston, as temporary chairman of ie convention. This brought on the ght and Dr. Sampson Pope uoiuiuted \V. J. Talbort for temporary lairniaii. Chairm.ui Hoyt ^hcu explained that 4nul been cuatomary for the ExecuCommittee to name the temporary Rinnan. RjrJ'ope said he did not carc wkt Mi customary; that the majority anted Mr. Talbert for chairman und ley proposed to make him such reardlesH of the wish of the Executive iommitte'e. Several delegates called attention i the provisions of the constitution, hereby tho convention Hhould elect ie tempomry president. Chairman [oyt admitted that, but said the cus>m had been otherwise. Dr. Pope insisted upon his motion, enntor Smythe then made the point iut there waH no organization and iat Chnirman Hoyt had no right to ssume tue powers of chairman of the onvention so far as to call for the omination of a chairman. ^iiairman Hoyt looked perplexed ^confusion reigned. Colonel Hasof Richland rose to a point of PPia, claiming that as the laxly was the choir could BpxvraHHBZUIa Ron an put ta^PHRMOTHP i asked for a yea and nay vote. an Hoyt ruled that a yea and ay vote could not be had. Dr. Pope tainted that there was but one nomlation before the convention, that of tr. Talbert. J. L. M. Irby then loved that Mr. Talbert be elected y acclamation. This motion was lit and decided in favor of the illmanites amid vigorous pro >sts from the autis. Senator Smytho and Col. John C. [askell succeeded in prolonging the rony by ingenious technical points, [r. Tall>ert was elected by a vote of 10 to 76. After Mr. Talbert had taken the mir, Mr. J. Adger Smythe, of liarleston, on behalf of the minority, Ad u protest against the temporary Ionization as being illogal, there Jmg no presiding officer authorized Mjbuiit any motion, no organizaWl that could vote on it, and on ac >unt of the arbitrary and illegal ruligs of the chairman of the Executive onnuittce in refusing the demands >r the yeas and nays on the several iiostions. Some one nominated W. . Hussell. of Charleston, for one of le temporary secretaries, but Mr. uist arose and indignantly denied lere was any such man on the liarleston delegation. Mr. J. T. >uncau, of Newberry, Mr. J. B. Benu, f Edgefield, were elected. The deleitcs were then enrolled and the fol wing committee 011 credentials was ppointed: ^dtjmvillc, J. H. McCalla; Aiken, F. R&Hhi. Anderson, .J M. Glenn; G. D. Bellinger; Beaufort, FIVJ&lliott; Berkeley, F. M. Harvey; Hon. John F. Ficken; heater, Dr. W. H. Heath: Chestereld, W. (3. McCreight; Clarendon, E. ? Tindal; Colleton, Mr. Cooper; Darugton, W. H. Lawrence; Edgefield, t. H. Towues; Florence, B. B. Meifhivter; Georgetown,Walter Hazard; rroonville, M. L. West; Hampton, A. 1. Youmaus; Horry, T. W. Daggett; I T T T i... kVi niiiiu, x. v i\iinmiiu, unuuwfji f ra 13. Jones; Laurens, J. L. M. Irby; exington, H. J. Seibels; Marion, D. V. McLaurin; Marlboro', W. D. Ivans; Newberry, Sampson Pope: >coneo, S. J. McKlroy; Orangeburg, teorge W. Fairey; Pickens, W. T. 'ield; Richland, J. C. Haskell; Sparnihurg, E. C. Allen; Sumter, J. D. winding: Union, T. C. Duncan; Wilimsburg, J. 1*. Gambrel; York, J. r/Neil. Lending the report of the com >ittec on credentials the convention ok a recess until 7 p. m. Afternoon HtmIo:*. k* ( From the Auguntii t hrnnlctef The committee mado three reon|pon the Fairfield delegation; a utjority report favoring the Tillman ologatiou; a minority report favorair Mia nn ilnlmmtinn- n unnnnil linority seating neither delegation lid ordering a reorganization of the >mnocrutic party m Fait Hold county. Hon. Sampson Pope, of Newberry, dvocatcd the majority report; Hon. C. Haskell advocated tho first milority report; and the second mitioriy providing for seating neither deleation, was indefinitely postponed. an exciting incident lectured during the speech of Dr. A J|vH n a ml tassssBJ wBmf ww ww ward arose arose and declared that what he stated in reference to the Fairfield case was "a plain, bold and palpable lie." Cheers followed from the aatiTillm&nites in the convention, and among the spectators, and immediately there was a rush Into the vacant space in front of the speaker's desk. For five minutes the greatest confusion ensued, the chairman rapping in vain for order. The first moment that silence was obtained, Col. J. C. Haskell said that in speaking under excitement men might make inaccurate statements, but from ten years' acquaintance with l>r. Pope t4I don't believe he is capable of intentionally stating what is false." [Cheers from Tillraanite*.] At length order was restored, an<\ several speeches were made on each side, the jtpeecli, of C. A. Douglass, member of the Bratton delegation from Fail-field, being the bfct one made. Ho received quite an ovation at its conclusion, alter which a vote was entered upon, and the majority report, seating the Tillman delegates,' id opted, by the convention on a yea and nay vote. The vote rejecting the Brat ton delegation from Fairfield was 238 to 70, Ana tbe delegation tiled out of the UaH leaving the Tillman delegation triumphant. The protest against the Berkeley delegation was laid on the table. This completed the action upon the report of the committee and the convention was permanently organized by the election of the temporary officers as permanent officers. rtnawtst OBOAKtUTiUM. Mr. Pope nominated Mr. Talbcrt for permanent *fci*ident, and Mr. Haskell nominatedAlr. George Lamb Buist. Mr. Pope proceeded to put the name of Chairman Talbert, and declared him elected without even putting the name of Mr. Buist. Cheers, groans and hisses followed, and on the protest of Col. J. C. Haskell the name of Mr. Buist was put bef jre tbe convention by Mr. Pope and voted down. President Talbert then thanked the convention for the honor confer red, and emphasized the great importance of this convention advocating peace and harmony in the ranks of the party. contusion at midnight. \t 12.65 a resolution was passed to proceed until the work of the convention was transacted. Lis# pQBipuittecs on resolutions and President Talbeit Imsoilled on the/ crowd to "shut up" and "sit down," "shut your mouths and peep quiet'' At 1 o'clock the convention is still in noisy session awaiting business from the committees. THE STATS 1>EBT. After a debate of sn hour the majority report on the resolution declaring the State debt of South Carolina to be a public obligation of primary importance, and shall receive in the future, as in the past, the fostering care of the State govern- j ment, has just been adopted at 2 o'clock. The Split Occurs. (Sj eclul Telegram to tbe Hkmam> ) Columbia, S. C., Aug. 14.?The exEeeted split in the Democratic party ! as materialized. It was brought about by the attempt of the Till | manites to jmss an amended consti j tution giving them power to elect a new executive committee, and providing a primary for 1872, and thereafter. The autis had previously resolved that if the convention "amend the constitution or otherwise usurp power not delegated to it" , they would not submit. When the committer on constitution reported, there was a minority report from the Hon. LeRjy F. Youtma-t dooUrin J that the changing of the constitution was not in the scope of the conven-! turn's power. Youmans, Brawley, Buist, Smythe and Haskell made fruitless appeals, and when the question was demanded, the minority report was report was rejected, 252 to 53. i Irby then announced, "We have offered a compromise; they have refused it, aud now we will have tlio whole hog or none." John Haskell said his delegation could not participate in voting for the new constitution, at 2:21 this morning Ilichland withdrew, followed by the delegations fromgCliarloston, Suinter, Beaufort and Georgetown. The convention then elected a new executive committee as follows: First Congressional district?H. A. Meetze, Lexington; O. R. Lowman, Orangeburg. Hecond?D. C. Jordan, Aiken; G. I). Bellinger, Barnwell. , Third?W. A. Neal, Anderson, A. W. Jones, Abbeville. Fourth?J. L. M. Irby, Laurens; O.' W. Buchanan, Fairfield. Fifth?Ira B. Jones, Lancaster; W. C. McCreight, Chesterfield. Sixth?T. K. Early, Darlington; M. C. Gallichat, Clarendon. Seventh?E. A. Williams, D. B. Keels. First Judicial district?T. W. Htauland. Second?A. M. Youmans. Third?L. S. Bigham. Fourth?T. W. Daggett. Fifth- -H. H. Townes. Sixth - G. W. Gage. Seventh?R. A, Lancaster. Eighth?H. B. Burit. Irby was elected chairman and G. Duncan Bellinger secretary. A resolution was passed rejecting the primary this year, and at S;26 j this msrning the convention ad-' journed. When the antis left the convention r \y: -' ' ^ ^ yVs . .ell's. _A~ - V '_ - **' ' -W^SS 'Ad# - {SvaWH wwSfi i^ii^liMi toieeoe an^adore<^ the prel&nmax? ^0 delegates for aeonveation September 10, have , been taken, in vlnebcaM * __ there will be two conventions thai, W con TcntiouPlo?>^tiTdlmanit^^^jjjjj SS:?SSe^tPR Th? yore# HtM^wi \>h?t niary o? the Federal election bill yfiSjSSS St^e^ v? Aru^ktfn umuTrn BUU us livw ing in the Senate. The object furnish the The Sou's leadefa w^H^^V clear and succinct exposition features, with an explanation . practical effect of the prov^^H which are more obviously desigifl secure to the Republican part^Vfl^P practically solid negro vote of the South. It most be patent to every i one after reading the Sun's synopeife of the bill that no other object is nought to ba attained and that the machinerj^fur thifl^purpoee has boett ^loccssiufly 'explicated and there in evidence tVrougffbut the measure of an anxious desire on the part of its framers to leave no loophole by lueaus of which its purpose might be frust rated. ? ^ Briefly stated; the effect of the biai is to put the control of the electioos for members of the House of Representatives into the hands of Federal supervisors, supported by an army of deputy marshals, who may be reinforced by any number of uastint marshals, summoned under guise of a posse ooomUuis, and also, if the President should so order, by United Htate troops or by militm o:*ganizations, which might include armed negroes. The supervisors overlook the registration and have ijbe right to decide wflkt names shall be placed ni the list They are also empowermt^^^^ to make a H cities, (pai-tJBBpSKEou^Say J UAP fllA lxall/^f Knv to nsawbA/t -? - ! ' ?w- wuwv Ma mm* m*im nun lasted in a certuin way, most ittt.? the local officers to eOunt the vote, and must make their own returns, which form the basis on which the result is finally determined by the federal returning board, from whwo decision there may be an appeal to the United States Circuit Court, which is to settle all oontests. If there is delay by the local election officers in opening the polls, the i supervisors may hold the election I themselves. Should there be more I votes in the ballot box than the nam; ber of persons who have voted, the , | election must be determined by a ' > | *pecies of lottery?the excess of votes being drawn by blindfolded persons ? & \ and deducted from the total number ' v 1 of votes cast for the candidates. A . I man's sest in Congress might depend ^ upon mere ohanoe or upon trickery in 14"working" the lottery scheme. A long list of offences under the law . are specified and heavy penalties in 1 fines and imprisonment are provided. ' State laws inconsistent with the provisions of the bill are annulled and State sovereignty is trampled upon ' in all directions. ! A pretense of fairness is furnished in the provision for enforcing the law | wherever application is made under ; certain specified conditions, but in j view of the fact that its declared object is to secure "a free ballot and a 1 fair count" at the South, which would J.I. X? ? x? ainui) ui uuui ms VUU WUUUQg OI IM negroes en masse for the Republican candidates, this apparently general applicability of the law is seen to be a mere sham. Good (sure, of oourse. Would^WT'taken to enforce it only where its enforcement would do the party good, and the real field of ita operations would be the Southern States. In that section the result 1 could hardly fail to be disastrous. Race conflicts at almost every polling place would be almost inevitable tnd ; a condition of unrest and excitement would be created which might prove i fatal to the industrial progress of the South, so marked in recent years. Sectional prejudice would be greatly 1 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 moat efieot, ive opposition to the bill is coming from that quarter. The sincere friends of the neirro aluo twnumicfl the that no legislation more injurious to his best interests could well be devised, and Republican leaders all over the South are protesting against it most earnestly as being a ocrtain means of wiping out the white Remililirjui vote in that MfltiniL I It is possible that these formidable HourcM of opposition will prow 1 effectual in the Senate, but the no* ' oessitie* of the clique of limb-tariff I interests which now controls both houses of Congress are so great that it is not at all unlikely that the voice of reason and patriotism will be stifled ' a the inad rash to reach, if possible, the point of abaolats control and dictation of the political destinies of the country ? Baltimore