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TERRIBLE WRECK
?ai!S8d;by2an Express Train
Crashing into Another.
SIXTY ARE KILLED
Defective Switch Throws Past Mail
Against Local Train Carrying PU
gr&ns to the Shrine at Turn bout,
all of Whom Were Killed or Seri
ously Injured. ?
One of the most disastrous rail
road accidents in recent times oc
curred at Contich, a station six miles1
southeast of Antwerp, Belgium, on
the main une at 8 o'clock Friday;
morning. The exact number of vic
tims had not been determined up to
late in the night owing to the ditn
culty of removing the bodies from
the debries, but the latest estimate
places the number at sixty killed and
one hundred wounded.
The catastrophe appears to have
been due to a defective switch, where
the main line crosses a local line. At]
this point a train carrying a large
number of pilgrims on their way to
the Shrine at Turnbout, was stand
ing. Into this the Antwerp-Brussels
express dashed at a speed of fifty
miles an hour, literally leapiug on
top of it.
. The heavy coaches' of ? the express |
crashed t^ -?nter train into splint
ers. The sides of the express cars
were torn from their fastenings, the
floors practically collapsing, ? thus
precipitating the passengers to the
side, uninjured, when they fled fren
zied across the field. Li!
But for this fact the death roll
would be mucu greater. Few of the
occupants of the local train escaped
alive* .Those not killed were badly
injured,,many of them mortally.
The rescuers, even the doctors,
were sickened at the sight that-met
their gazes. -. Evidences were found
^.horrible death struggles that oc
cured in me coaches. , At one place
a. dismembered - hand was found!
clutching: one of the supports of the;
torn car. One body was lying across
toe boiler of the locomotive crushed
into a shapeless mass. The majority
of the dead could not be recognized,
either being decapitated or thelt
heads being terribly crushed.
.-. The signal man at Contich saw
that his switch was not working just
as- the Antwerp express came thun;
?dering down the line. Hp leaped
from.the window of his signal station
and heroically. ran down the track
toward the,, oncoming train, wp.ving
a red flag. His effort was too late to
avert a disaster.
i The- engineer and fireman of the
express were killed at their post.
The judical authorities of Antwerp
soon arrived on the scene and opened
an investigation into the disaster.
They ordered the signal man in j
charge of the switches under arrest,
although it is believed by the authori
tives that they were blameless.
Prince Albert went to Contich this |
afternoon and visited the wounded,
having cancelled an engagement to
preside at a banquet at Antwerp.
With regard to the cause of the)
collision, a railroad offical stated
that the switches were being repair
ed, and that tne workmen who had
been placed at the temporary hand
switch appeared to have made a
mistake or the switch failed to act.
The engineer, it was stated, saw the j
danger and applied the brakes, but ]
It was too late to avert the disaster. *
TRUSTS FOUGHT BRYAN.
He Appreciates Work of Friends in
Alabama and Pennsylvania.
At Philadelphia Bryan said with
reference to the outcome of the Ala
bama primaries where he secured an
apparent victory for control of the
delegates to the Denver convention.
Alabama was claimed by the op
position and while the vote is not a
surprise to me, it attracts attention
because the returns answered the
misrepresentations which have been
sent out. The primary system en
ables the voters to express themselv
es."
"I appreciate very much the fight
that has been made by friends in)
Pennsylvania and Alabama, for inj
Alabama they had a steel trust to
fight and in Pennsylvania they had
not only the steel trust, but several
other trusts. In fact, I do not know
of any other State in which our peo
ple had so much to overcome as they
had in Pennsylvania."
Hypnotized for Hiccoughs.
Hypnotism was resorted to as a
last resort to save the life of Mrs. O.
L. Massiuger, wife of a prominent
physician of Bridgeport, Conn., wl>"
had been suffering from hiccoughs
for three weeks. In the presence of j
half a dozen other physicians. Drs.
Godfrey and Smith induced the pa
tient to concentrate her mind on the
idea that she could no longer hic
cough. A state of partial hypnotism
was brought on and there was a
cessation of the attack, but as the
patient came out of the spell she re
sumed the hiccoughing. ? j
Monster Whale Caught.
A large whale was caught at Cape
Lookout Sunday and was towed to
Beaufort. X. C. where it wiii be pull
ed out of the water by the ship yard
railways. The monster is about i>U
feet long and 2r> feet around the body.
The estimated value of the bone and
oil is $600.
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NEGRO HANGED.
I HE PAYS DEATH PENALTY FOE
WIFE MURDER*
I Very Few People Allowed to Witness
the Execution, Which Took Place
in Jail Yard.
Jim Malloy, colored, was hung at
[ Bennettsville on Friday for the bru
Ital murder of his wife over one year
[ago. The trap was sprung at 11.39,
and at 12.OS Drs. Carmichael and
Kinney pronounced him dead as a
result of strangulation. His body
was cut down and taken away and
buried in the potters' field, his fami
ly refusing to take charge of the re
mains. The execution was orderly,
and only a few witnessed it.
Tb.e gallows on which iuailoy was
hanged w-as about 12 feet high. A
t'-ap door had been fixed allowing a
fall of about 7 feet. The cutting of
the rope allowed the trap door to
fall, and the body dropped through
this.
Before the execution the Revs. John
Moultrie, R. F. Harrington, F. W.
Prince and B. C. Jackson held de
votional exercises in the cell of the
doomed man. Malloy said that he
was ready to meet his God, and that
he was going to his death with ma
lice towards none.
At 11.27 Sheriff J. B. Green en
tered the cell and read the death war
rant to Jim. Accompanied by Depu
ties Hinson Odom and A. C. Green,
he then marched to the scaffold. His
hands arid legs were tied. The sher
iff asked him if he had anything to
say before he was hung. He said
that he had made his peace with God
and that he was going to death with
out fear. He said that he deserved
to die and asked the sheriff not to
mind it. He asked Gods blessings on
the sheriff, the deputies and all pre
sent. He asked Mr. E. W. Evans,
on whose place he committed the
.murder, to tell his mother-in-law
that he had nothing against her, and
sent his love to them all and asked
that they meet him in Heaven.
The black cap. was then adjusted,
and at 11.39 the trap was sprung,
but the fall failed to break the mur
derer's neck, and, it was 12.08 when
the doctor's announced that he was
dead as a result of strangulation. His
body was cut down and- taken away
to-the potter's field and buried by
the eounty. . _ . ..
The sheriff, in accordance with the
law, allowed only a very few to see
the execution. More than 1,000 ap
plied for admission cards.
... The murder was committed on the
24th of April, 1907, in the after
noon, and that night the sheriff had
application for cards to the hanging.
Malloy was about 30 years old, six
feet in height, and appeared to he
of the average intelligence. Before
the execution he had allowed his
beard to grow out and his face was
covered by it. He met death bravely,
avowing that he had been saved. *
FIENDISH CRIME FRUSTRATED.
Six Year Old Child Was Intended
Victim.
The Columbia State says an at
tempted criminal assault upon the
6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Sandifer, who live at 1420 Lady
street, resulted in an exciting chase
by the police after Antley Robinson,
a negro boy, his subsequent capture
and removal to the State penitenti
ary. The details of the affair show
a remarkable tendency toward crimi
nal iife by the boy, who is only 12
years of age. Robinson, whose
mother worked in the house, attacked
the little girl, whose mother was at
tracted by the screams. The boy ran
as soor as he heard the mother com
ing and although caught, wrenched
away from her grasp and started
out of the yard. He was struck by
a brick hurled by the mother of the
child and a long gash cut in his
head. The boy has made a confession
of his guilt. *
MURDERER ARRESTED.
Who Had Killed No Less Than Six
Persons.
The South Bend police authorities
were informed Friday of the arrest
of James Dremmingstall, accused of
the murder of six persons, near Do
wagiac, Mich.
Dremmingstall has already confess
ed to the murder of two persons, ac
cording to the police and they fur
ther say that they will have no difii
culty fastening the other murders
ujion him. The arrest was brought
about by DremmingstaU's wife, who
voluntarily ioId the police that she
feared that she was to be murdered.
She said her husband had deter
mined to kill her because he feared
she would tell of his many crimes. *
FEARFUL FLOODS.
Oklahoma and Texas Swept by Most
Terrific Storms.
Oklahoma and Texas have been
visited in the last few days with most
terrific rain storms. A dispatch from
Muskogee says there is uot a rail
road in operation as a retuM of the
heavy rains and cloud bursts that
have occured in that State. Many
railroad bridges have been destroy
ed and the crops badly damaged.
Texas has suffered nearly as bad as
Oklahoma. Some parts of the State
have been devust-ited by the rain
storms. *
OBA1STGEBU
DIES OF RABIES.
Heard Doctors Say "You Die in
: Seventy-Twb Hpurs." f.
SWIFTLY FULFILLED.
I Qne Other Man and a Girl in Danger
From the Same Dog, and Are'Now
Being Treated in the Pasteur In
stitute. Took in Stray Cur. '
The prediction of death passed up
on William H. Marsh last Monday by
the physicians of the Pasteur Insti
tute at New York was fulfilled two
days after when he died of hydro
phobia. Unconscious from the ad
ministration of opium, the wealthy
Brooklyn manufacturer escaped the
last tortures - of rabies
Warned by Dr. W. L. Wheeler
two days ago that he did not have
mor than three or four days to live,
Mr. Marsh, who to all appearances
then was in the best of health, turn
ed to leave the Pasteur Institute and
drive back to his home at No. 74
Ocean aenue, Flatbush.
"Before I go, doctor, tell me just
how long you give me to live. I
have things to arrange before I die,"
said Mr. Marsh without the slightest
sign of excitement.
"You must get all important busi
ness cleared up within thirty-six
hours," answered the doctor. "You
may live twice that long, but youl
will be suffering then. You will not
be in a mental condition to attend
to business."
"Thank you, doctor." replied Mr.
Marsh. Then he turned to his son
and said: . ?
"We will go home now, boy."
When Mr. Marsh entered his home,
opposite Prospect Park, he called his
wife, three sons and two daughters
and told them of the sentence of
death that had been passed upon him.
Then he gave his attention to busi
ness details and prepared to die, with
the one request that his end be made
peaceful by the use of drugs.
Ramsey Marsh, the twenty-one-year
-old son. and Miss Edna Thompson,
bookkeeper for Mr. Marsh, are tak
ing the Pasteur treatment in an ef
fort to ward off an attack of rabies.
The young man does not recall being
bitten, but Miss Thompson was at
tacked by the dog the day after Mr.
Marsh contracted the. disease, and
sustained a bad bite on her chin.
Four ye*rs ago, when he opened
up his factory, he found a little dog
on the street.
"I need a watchdog, and this little
fellow is to be our mascot," lie told
his employes. This was the name
less dog?each employe had a dif
ferent name for the animal?thai
caused the death of Mr. Marsh.
As near as the employes can recall,
tht dog entered the office about six
weeks ago, with a cut on ils side. It
whined around the feet of ->lr. Marsh,
who was busy with his daily mail.
"Something wrong with you. old
fellow?" asked Mr. Marsh, and he
leaned over and patted him. On dis
covering the wound he dropped bis
work, washed the cut and tied it up
with care.
J "There you are. old fellow; now
run away,'- he said. The brute lick
ed his masters hand, and Mr. Marsh
I commented oh the action, saying
[that if ever a dog was trying to thank
: any one it was this one.
Nu one is sure, not oven Mr.
Marsh, but it is supposed he had a
sore from a hangnail on one of his
lingers. By this means the dreaded
virus entered his system, making the
third known case of its kind in the
history of rabies.
Last Saturday morning Mr. Marsh
RG, S. C. TUESDAY. Ml
OVERTIME.
jhad occasion to go to the basement
of the factory to test one of the met
ers. He turned on a water faucet
and the rushing of the water seemed
to have a strange effect on him. He,
commented on it at the time, but
carried out his work. An hour later
he told Mr. Bangerter that he felt
sore anil wanted to stretch all the
time.
"I am not sure, but I would not
be a bit surprised if I am suffering
from"-Mr. Marsh did not con
tinue the sentence, but the. sudden
twitching of his throat seemed to
work him into a nerous condition.
"I thiak I will go to see a doctor,"
he said, and, taking his hat, started
for the office of Dr. Henry M. Cullin
an, No. V Linden avenue, a few blocks
[ from thi factory. Instead of going
I to the office, Mr. Marsh made a num
' ber of (.'alls on friends on his way
home, scopping at a road house less
than a olock from his home.
Saturday evening he spent at home,
a number of his friends, Including
Mr. Bangerter, calling to discuss
business matters. He still complain
ed of pains and the nervous twitch
ing about his throat.
Sunday morning he realized that
he was seriously ill ana Dr. Cullin
an was called. Mr. Marsh still failed
to confl?e his suspicions to his family
or to the physician, and it-was not
until Monday morning that Dr. Cul
linan hnd a chance to make a com
plete investigation. Then it was that
he told Ms patient he thought he was
suffering from rabies.
Callirg a carriage, they made a
hurried trip to the Pasteur Institute
in Twenty-third street. It required
but a few seconds for Dr. .Wheeler to
make tae test, and then came the
fatal seatence that the - -steur cure
would be of no help to *.xr. Marsh.
He was told that he had waited too
long. Dr. Wheeler Informed .-?1 pa
tient that an effort was being made
now by the Paris branch of the in
stitution to find a cure for a man In
his advanced stages.
3,No hopes of that man returning
in time to help me?""he asked.
"None," the doctor replied,
'men came the drive to the pretty
home in Brooklyn, where his wifo
and children were anxiously await
ing him.
After telling his family that the
doctors had but little hope of his
recovery, he asked his son, Ramsey,
if he had come in contact with the
dog, ar.d gave instructions to send
word to the factory at once to warn
all employes to hurry to the Pasteur
Institute if they had come in con
tact with the animal. ,
Mr. Marsh had many business de
tails that he wanted to arrange and
he was anxious about a patent noise
less gun that Mr. Bangerter had
been working on for some time.
"Father tried to cheer us up," said
one of the sons yesterday. "He had
hopes that he might live, but thej
first stages of the disease had passed
and when he realized this, he knew
he could net live."
It. was not until .Monday that Mr.
Marsh had to give up and go to bed.
The convulsions had set in, and it
was only with the greatest effort that
he could keep his mind on the vari
ous subjects ho wanted to clear up.
Tuesday saw a slight change for the
worst, and them came the refusal of
all rood. The family called in a
corps of doctors who labored over the
patient, but medical skill could do
nothing.
Tuesday morning, telegrams,
telephone messages and letters began
arriving at the Marsh home by the
score. People drove up in carriages
and a itomobiles, all declaring they
I had a sure cure if but given a chance.
Cranks, attracted by the first pub
lished accounts of the story, declared
they could cure by prayer, by digging
up the dog and other methods. Physi
cians seeking advertisements wired
to the family offering their cures,
and from San Francisco came one
message that read: "Cod and His
miraculous powers will cure you."
So ilrequent became the telephone
LY 26, 1908.
?-Kessler in St. Louis Republic
HAD CLOSE CALL.
MR. W. S. BROWN WAS DISCOVER
ED JUST IN TIME.
To Save Him From Being Asphyxiat
ed at Wright's Hotel in Columbia
on Friday Morning.
The Columbia State says: Mr. W.
S. Brown of Lancaster was found in
room 264, Wright's hotel, Friday
morning about 7 o'clock in an un
conscious condition, due to the in
halation of gas. It is possible that
! he would have baen asphyxiated with
in half an hour if the odor of the
escaping gas had not been discover
ed.
I Many seemed to think tnat Mr.
Brown had deliberately turned the
gaB on in an attempt to end his life,
but Mr. Robert C. Wright gives it as
his opinion that Mr. Brown turned
the gas on and forgot to light it and
that his near call for death was ac-'
cidental. Mr. Brown left the hotel
about 10 o'clock, before he could be
seen by a reporter for The State.
Mr. Brown registered at Wright's
about 1 o'clock Thursday morning.
He asked what time the train for
Charlotte left. On being informed
the time of departure of the 6
o'clock train for Charlotte he told
[the clerk, Mr. Cronenburg, that he
did not care to get up that early and
left a call .for 7 o'clock. He paid his
night's lodging in advance and was
assigned to room No. 264.
When the porter went up to call
Mr. Brown he received no response
from his knock on tne door. The
transom was slightly open and the
fumes of escaping gas were detected.
The matter was reported at the office
of the hotel immediately and a hurri
ed investigation was made. No re
sponse came to repeated knocks! on
the door and it was finally forced
open. Mr. Brown was found lying
across the bed in an unconscious con
dition and the gas jet was turned full
on.
Dr. Mclntosh was summoned and
after working with Mr. Brown for
quite a while restored him to con
sciousness. It is said at the hotel
that Mr. Brown had little to say re
garding the affair and at 10 o'clock
walked out of the hotel.
If Mr. Brown turned the gas on in
a deliberate attempt to commit sui
cide no reason for his act is known in
Columbia. It is said that he is an
insurance agent, but nothing could
be learned about his affairs. *
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
A Young Woman Inhales Uns in Po
lice Station Cell.
Jennie Blunt, a young woman who
was sentenced to four years in the
penitentiary by Judge Pike in Brook
lyn, for shooting Charles M. Sanferd
a lawyer, came very near cheating
the law. She was found unconscious
in her cell in the Raymond streel jail
from inhaling illuininating.gas. Her
life was saved by the prompt action
pi a physician. .Miss Blunl shot San
ford because he wronged her.
calls and the messages thai the fami
ly had the telephone and front, door
bell disconnected.
About noon Tuesday tin- suffering
of Mr. Marsh became so great thai
drugs were given to him, which had
the result of lessening bis pain. An
effort was made to give him liquid
food, but the doctors decided that
was useless.
Shortly before & o'clock Dr. Cul
linan discovered that the patient was
sinking fast and thai the pulse <-.-a.<
growing weaker with every beat. He
notified Mrs. Marsh and the children
that the end was but a matter of mo
ment. At 5 o clock the cud came. *
CAN'T BE FOUND.
MR. R. LEE BRUNSON OP FLOR-.
ENCE, &. C.
Has Apparently Disappeared and His
Friends Fear that Something Seri
ous Has Befallen Him.
Mr. R. Lee Brunson, one of the
most popular and highly respected
citizens of Florence, has apparently
disappeared and no trace of him has
been found since last Saturday night
week ago, when he was seen at the
union station in Columbia.
When he left home he told his
?family that he intended going to
Charleston to consult a specialist In
regard to his eyes, but it seems that,
he went instead to Columbia.
There is no cause known to his
family or friends which would lead
him to remain away so long without
communicating with them.
The officials of the Bank of Flor
ence, where he has been employed
for several years as assistant cashier,
assure his family and friends that
there is absolutely no evidence of
any shortage of funds or irregularity
in his accounts, though careful exa
mination has been made.
He is the keeper of records and
seal of Harmony Lodge, No. 8, K. of
P., and a member of the Florence
Lodge, NO. 1,020, B. P. O. E.
Any information as to Mr. Bran
son's whereabouts will be gratefully
received by his distressed family and
his numerous friends at Florence. *
STABBED SLEEPING SON.
Father Kills Boy Alter They Had En
tered Into ? Death Pact.
Bad investments, sweeping away:
millions of dollars, caused Henry
Rudolph Amann, of Chicago, 111., to
enter into a death pact with his 12-'
year-old son.. The lad is now..dead.,
stabbed in the heart while sleeping'
in his father's arms. The father was I
taken to the hospital, where it is I
believed his self-inflicted wounds will
prove fatal. It was learned after the1
murder and attempted suicide that
Amann would in a few days have re
ceived a liberal portion of an estate
in Germany.
The crazed man, once a million
aire, told a pitiful tale to the surgeon
at Fort Sheridan. It appears he in
tended suicide until the lad noted
that his father was losing his mind
and would not leave him. The boy
pleaded that he be not left alone in
the world and the father then tried
to persuade him to take laudanum
that he might be killed. The lad
gave assurance that he needed no
drug and that when the time came
for carrying out the pact the father
stated his son went to sleep in his
arms. Then the father said he wait
ed till he knew the boy was asleep,
opened the son's shirt, and drove the
knife into the calmly beating heart
to the hilt. A thrust at his own
heart failed to kill Amann and after
lying unconscious for several hours
he crawled to Fort Sheridan^ where
soldiers were sent to the house and
found the dead youngster, a smile on
his upturned face.. .
Amann was 43 years of age and
stated that though he knew money
was due him from several accounts
and that he was sure to get it, he
could no wait. *
FOOTPADS IN COLUMBL1.
One Man Sandbagged and Another
Held Up on Street.
A dispatch from Columbia to The
News and Courier says W. 0. Sligh,
an electrician, was held up and rob
bed on Lumber street, on Saturday
night, one robber having a pistol and
wearing automobile goggles, while
the other, a uegro, went through his
pockets. As soon as possible Sligh
notified a policeman on the beat and
the robbers were seen and chased,
returning the officer's fire, but
eventually escaping up the Seaboard
tracks.
Ipesday night Arthur M. Rogers,
I a lineman, was found by a street car
conductor insensible in an alley off
of Bull street, between Richland and
Lumber, and a man was bending ov
er him when Conductor Drake first
saw the body of Rogers. Drake call
ed for the police and two officers re
sponded, but the robbers escaped.
There was probably more than one.
Rogers recovered consciousness, hut
could not tell what happeden to him.
The two affairs happened only four
blocks from each other, but on dif
ferent sides of Main street in the
northern section of the city.
WRECK OF AN AIRSHIP.
The Gas Bag of ."Mammoth Dirigible
Balloon Bursts.
A mammoth airship, 300 feet long
on iis trial trip in Berkeley, rose 300
led from the earth in view of 10,
000 spectators, tilted, burst and drop
ped i(, ihr ground with its crew of
16 men. every one of whom w.is in
jured. With the possible exception
of one, all will recover. Seven were
severely hurl while nine were cut
and bruised. As the gas bag burst
and the ship fell towards the earth,
men. women and children screamed
and ran in every direction. Several
women fainted and children wore
knocked down. A cry oT horror rose
as several men leaped from the ship
and hurled themselves to earth,
where they landed with thuds that
brought groans for the injured and
created alarm among the onlookers,*'
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$1.50 PEB ANNUM.
SOUTH ATTACKED
Republicans Trying to Revive tim
Reconstruction Bitterness.
GETTING DESPERATE
Republicans Afraid to Let the Peopled
Know How Much Money They are
Given by the Trusts for Corrupt
Legislation and Becomes Vicious
Towards the South.
A campaign contribution publicity
bill, embodying an amendment by;
Mr. Crumpacker of Indiana, provid
ing for a reduction in the representa*
tion in the house of the representa
tives in those States having dlsfranch
isement was passed by the house by,
a vote of 150 to 125 following a live
ly debate. The measure was brought
up under suspension of the rules and
but 40 minutes were allowed in which
to discuss it.
The Southern members in particu
lar were bitter in their denunciation of
the apportionment provision of tha
bill. Mr. * Williams, the minority
leader, was especially vigorous in his:
attack, characterizing the bill as be
ing an attempt to revive the condi
tions of Reconstruction days. Ort
account of the Crumpacker amend
ment the Democrats voted against
the bill in its entiretV .
In brief, the provision regarding:
publicity of campaign contributions;
is applicable to the national commit
tees of all present parties and th?
national congressional committees at
all political parties and all commit
tees, associations or organizations
which shall in two or more States in
fluence the result or attempt to in
fluence the result of an election at
which representatives in congress are
to be elected.
The Crumpacker amendment pro
vides for the re-enactment of certain;
sections, of the old federal election
law, except that the idea of the force
bill authorizing the use of troops at
the polls'Is eliminated. It also pro
vides that the director of the census
shall submit to congress a report on
population showing the number of
male citizens, white and. black, in
eacu State and the number disfranch
ised for the purpose of enabling con
gress to ascertain the apportionment
in representation to which &? Sta
tes may be entitled.
aix. Crumpacker explained bis
amendments by saying they were de
signed against fraud and intimida
tion in elections. He undertook to?
say, he declared that no member off
the house would object to a law
whose only purpose was to secure
honest elections.
In the opinion of Mr.Rucker (Mo.-?.
if anything were wanting to demon
strate that the leaders and manag
ers of the Republican party in the
house were guilty of deceit and false
pretense the bill supplied that want.
Expressing the belief that . Mr.
Crumpacker, in including his amend
ments to the publicity bill, did not
represent the sentiment of the lead
ers on the part of the majority in at
tempting to revive the principles of
the force bill, Mr. Lassiter protested
against the measure.
Mr. Gillespie warned the house
that by passing the bill the condition
of the negro would be made worse
than at present.
Following brief remarks by
Messrs. Bennett and Bonynge in sup
port of the bill, Mr. Williams made
a vigorous speech against it. "The
great old party," he began, "has re
solved itself into a vaudeville 3tockr
company." He charged the Repub
licans with not daring to face any;
great public question in a fair and:
straightforward way. by combining
several proposition in one bill,
"What are you trying to do." he in
quired. "Does the gentleman fromi
Indiana think he can turn the hands;
of the clock of time back half a cen
tury? Does ne think he can produce
the" days of the carpet-bagger and
Reconstruction in the South once
more? Does he think the business}
interests of the North will stand for}
a recurrence of the saturnalia?"
The reduction in representation}
amendment, he declared, had beea
added to defeat the publicity bilL
'?You have no idea of reducing the
representation of California, Massa*
chusetts or Connecticut.
The people of the South, he said,
are willing to take the issue. If it
was desired to Ignore amendment
and the Republicans wore willing to
restore to Mississippi the power to Ox
her- suffrage along racial lines, the
people of that State were ready for
the gauntlet. "Throw it down when
ever you please!" he exclaimed. "As
to the reduction of our representation
in congress," he said, "in God's name
take it and welcome to it; but be
honest when you do it."
Mr. Williams declared that if the
publicity feature of the biii should be
come law "it will damn your Republi
can party and be worse for yon than
the force bill which defeated Hani
son." It was all false pretenses, he
declared, aud he said to the Republi
cans. "Like children you are playing
with fire in a powder magazine." Ha .
closed by asking the Republicans it
they were fools enough to believe
that the South would ever again sub
mit to the polices to which she sub*,
mitted when she was weak and help*
less. *