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A" 1->1 70LVH. ---- ANN ~N ~ S0('.AVEDN-ESDAY, JANUAR-%.Y ~19.N.7 COL. KEHl 11M1iM i . MAKING THINGS LIVELY IN ALLiANCE CiRCLES. He Calls on Dr. S oke--. Vezai:eut of *he State Ainie, to U '&1i ihm M*Xttd Caucus-The Xormaer Cia ys ieite:rat ed and Somrke iurtiher Fact. ki n. [From the Newerry Observer.] Editor 0b.servrr: i ha-: read in t':: News and Courier the reply' of Senator Stokes to my l;ttr ii rst pubishaed in the Observer and repra u i in the News and CotiTr. I will not allow hin to cloud and bsre 1 he initit rs in issue by an of' rt to m1ake the pub lie believe I wa ved in wh:tt I have said by personal feelin. When I say wIa rt a candidate for the United ate Senatorship at any time before t h General Assemblv. I am sustained Iy ine record. My iaime was not presented in either house. Two votes were cau:t for ie.t on the first ballot: not a vote was cast for n after that, although they badioted for three days. Ccngressmen Ilemphill and Till man and others got scattering Totes on several ballot. They were i:ot candi dates. I1ampton,Donaldson and Irbly were the only ones whose names were presented to both houses, and they were the only candidates. I have no personal desire to go to Washiogton. I dcubt if I could live long in that cli mate. I went toColumubia a loyal Alliance man-loyal to its principles, demands and measures. All I am is at the ser vice of the Order: for its principles are intimately interwoven into my beimg. If my services had been demanded by the Order, and after a full and free canvass if the Order de,:ided to make me their nominee. I would have ac cepted. if the Order decided on anoth er than myself. I would nave fought all the sam.e for his election. I requested my friends not to let my name be used in the caucus of 'Non Alliance men as soon as 1 learned Sen ator Stokes had called in the Alliance meeting and had determined to go into a caucus with Non-Alliance men. That caucus determined to present to the General Assembly the three highest names. My name was one of thethree; but I declined to accept, and my name was not presented. WIAT !s AN OFrE1:.EEKn Senator Stokes would have the coun try believe I an an otlice-seeker. What is my record? i -m near t' years old Before the wa&r I residid in litchlarnd County.atnd was often urged to 1 come a candidate and alwa s refused. I was captain ot the E et (G:ards in Columbia. sons of Ireland, the home of heroes and stat..men. This was tne first company tendered to the Gove. ment. The writer lctri the trst and last gun in the ar, and to m can pont to a single instanete that he laili in his duty i iry posiTon to wh, ch he was called. In liay after the elese of the war he came to his plantation in Newberry County. and was elected to the Legislature in Oeober. The Jour nal of ihe Iouse will show he was no idle member. Dur~ng the eight years of misrule, fraud an-ad crime he was in the front rank with pen and tongue fighting to get control of the State Government. In 157, altr we got control. he retired ficni practical poli tics, as iar as otlice hlhiing goes. in the convention of his county he wa; nominated three times and aged. to zo to the Legislature. lle rose and said to the cenvention: -Our people now have the G3overnmnent. It is in safe hands. I cantnot go, and will not if you elect nme." That cended it. ie has often been urged to be a candidate since that time. and has always ref us ed. Hie gave his time and powers, gratis, in the North ciuring three Presidential campaigns for the Demo craticeparty. in 1554 he spent eight weeks advocating the election of 3Ir. Cleveland. On his way home he was urged to apply for the canloetorship at: Charleston by friends who desired to hold offices under him. by one rman who stands high in the State, who ask ed for the second plat?. W hen gentle men in Charleston got to fever heat over the 01lice the records will show that he wvrote to 3ir. Cleveiaad and withdrew his application several weeks before the appointmeut was made. lIe is trank to say a gentlemnan better 11tted, for the place than himself was ap pointe-one trained to the business. Is this the record of a man who seeks, office? Is it not the record of on~e always ready to do his dutty when cawl ed upon? I work for my living, and I am not ashamed to own it. All I have except what I got by inheritance. I made farming-the vocatiol of my life. It is more congenial to me to re main in the quiet of my home thani to enter the bustle and storms of political strife. If the Alliance, however, had called upon me at any stage of the election and had put me up as their nominee, I would have stood as such~ and, if elected, as I went into the late war, 1 would have gone to Washing ton, and, drawing my blade and after whetting it, I would have matde i', hot for all foes whiie lif~e lasted, as a n; t ter of dutty, asking no favors and giv inig no quarters. A 31ATTER <-F In rTORY. That any one may' say 1 am moved in this matter by personal feeling is of no concern to me oniy as a matter of history. 1 am proml of my tae. I1er history is made up of 1he history of heroes and statesmean. J will take care of mine. No e's pers* onalt onts for anyth ing wl'en gre''inel4le's-de mands and moeasnr ando the honoar of the State are iui rs-ri!.* Ta' I he N ews and Courie-r is hetiet m s o strange. It is dad !:tet h Aiihance, ai '. he Ir y eF-n ber the mor hc I et im nm efforts the pas s"u- i" tude, wxhen it we 'oa naua: its headiiae" to my *t :!wp n just. I said nothI. ; : : y t I (did not allow t to a vert myaten tion in the les lo the Wouo: the great que. tons tin b. -*. me nor will 1 allow it te duo ::o*W. I will now pree d to um1e cla C he 1 matters in :essa-o chr .ha any one can taike ar in ai un am t and what I shd a i sde the record. On the 27th o **h.' - ,.enar-' the folowing exrc'Lit. toeing :t he Sea toial elect on, ae ppead in 'he (Cottoln Ilant. the < iLa 1i a eran of th. la c fieom I-he ren of sento ste eI , pr: si dent of thia aaer- ara wn ta bv a letter froma me, which apared in t~e News and (Courier o a ptreviouis date. They ra ad as tolows: "The barec statemeant that I ilai calledl in the appointmient far an Alliance Ia:ca tin', and had, agret a to go into a general caUcus appears to mae to .giVe Macely~t i ju5 Catn ception of the case. . . . "'In that caucuts A .U:ance~ },i hailes wae abisoutely s'-afe. Utrather Keiltt to the coni trry niotwit"'andi . af am free t o'am that 1wa ailorne im this view St the (uta-. .,*I~1~~~ alloweveri tha iia be nvr e and point to ai ivad tta be'ao wt will eflectutaly prtc a urmi . Stok-s two weeksr. 'a.e th de senoatoral eci in, assmned the sole responsibility tor calling in theappointment for an Al 8li 'e meeting. agreed upon and appoin Ltd for the speciic purpose of putting in nonnaion1 L( an Alliance candidate for the. Lnited States Senate, and leading l into aL meeting of .Non-Alliance men. lie a(mitted that he was alone in this v iat the outset.and pointed with pride to 3!r. irby as a United States Senator, -Who will effeetually protect- Alliance interest. What moved Senator Stokes to this On Friday, the 5th day of December, the following appeared in the Charles ton World: " hat I have seen and heard to-day con firns me in my previously expressed opinion that State Senator J. W. Stokes, who is also president of the State Farmers' Alliance, will cut no figure in the fight for the United States Senatorship next Tuesday, but that, on the contrary, he is being carefully groomed for the Governorship in 1894, when Tillman is more than likely, as I have already pointed out in these columns, to succeed the lion. 31. C. Butler in the United States Senate." Right here I will say I was not in a caucus or political meeting of any kind while in Columbia. There was an'Alliance meeting held on Saturday night, December 6, over which senator Stokes presided. As more than half of the Alliance mem bers were absent from the city, it was agreed to hold a meeting on Monday night, when all the Alliance members could be present, and nominate an Al liance candidate for the United States Senatorship. A committee was ap pointed to wait on Donaldson, Irby and Keitt and get them to state in writing their position on the principles, de mands and measures of the Alliance, to be read before that meeting. The Snday News of December 7, gave the following as Senator Stokes's position at that time: "Dr. Stokes's idea, in brief, is that the Alliance in terests of this State demand an Alli ance -nominee for the United States Senatorship." That was, or should have been, the idea of every Alliance man. it certainly was the idea of Sen ator Stokes at that time. or why was he presiding over a meeting that did the preliminary work and appointed Monday night following for a meeting to nominate an Alliance candidate for the United States Senatorship? On Monday Senator Stokes writes to The News and Courier, from which I make the following extract: "The idea held and Expressed by me on the occasion of the interview was that the Alliance would demand a candidaie in sym pathy with its demands. This Is not saying we demand an Alliance nominee, nor does it imply any antagonism to Col. Irby." wIT TITIS NICE DISTINCTION. 1X hat brought about this change in the idea of Senator Stokes from Satur day until 3Ionday ? Why did he name Col. lrby ? Why did he not say Col. l)unald-Ison? Did he have Col. Irby on the brain? Did it result from the pre itt ion in the Charleston World that he "will cat no figure in the tight for the United States Senatorship next Tuesday. but that, on the contrary, he is beIng carefully groomed for the Gov ernorship in 1894? If it was not true, why is it Senator Stokes did not promptly correct the World as he did The News and Courier. The Charleston World is the organ of Tillman and Irby, and is in the secrets of the Administration, all the powers ot which were exhausted to secure the election of Irby. Does Sex tur Stokes denounce the World as a disreputable newspaper? Does he de nounce its correspondent as a falsifier? Ile dare not do it. He knows, and he knows the World knows; and he dare not denounce them, for they might tell if he does. The World knew and hon estly hoisted the signal. Was all this careful grooming for nothing? Hard "'Tickle me, Johnnie, tickle me do; TYou tickle me and ill tickle you." A DRtA3ATIC DENOUE3IENT. We outsiderers have no positive knowledge, and can only draw our con clusions from actions. In a little while we will know more. Day now breaks. Mionday night has come. The supreme moment is at hand. Senator Stokes, president of the State Alliance, exer cises the powers of his high office with sovereign will. He dictatorially called in the Alliance meeting, agreed upon and apnointed for the specific purpose of nominating an Alliance candidate for the United States Senatorship, against the earnest protests of Alliance men, and marched off into a meeting of Non-Alliance men-Tillmanites who pulled themselves into the Legislature holding on to Tillman's tail, (a secure possession.) friends of Irby-from which Alliance men who did not sup ort Tillman were excluded, and de iyered into their hands for safe keep ing all the goods of the Alliance. Was this the price of the careful grooming ? Is it not the logical conclusion ? I did not say of my personal knowl edge that "Stokes sold out the Alliance for the shadow of being Governor of the State four years hence. I could not be privy to such a crime. I said: "That is the logical conclusion." I re pet it. Break the logic, if you can. sOM1E QUtTiONs FOR sTOKES. I ask that Senator Stokes, president of the State Alliance, answer the fol lowing qtuestions: Is it loyalty to the Order for the president of the State Alliance to ex ercise the powers of his high office and call in a meeting of Alliance men, agreed upon and appo~nted to nomni nate a candidate for the United State Senatorship, against the protests of Al liance men, and go into a meeting of Non-Alliance mteni from which Alli ance mnena are exeluded, and with them ballot ior a eaniildate for the United States Senatorship ?' Everything has its opposite. The opoiSte to loyalty is treason. Answuer thie question andi stand self LI '- say to Senator Stokes that fo :r is cffence than his seven *l;me *wn-mbers of the General As anainte state of Lotuisiana were e*'.l* d fr om the Order. In w .sv hto Alliance men, the p ~inpe, demands and measures of *he A Wa.nce' are not safe in any hands except the lands o;f Alliance men, Sen o tks president of the State Al ice to the contrary notwithstatud mg Alli ance metn should no more go ilto a mreeting of Non-Alliance men thau Non-Alliancie men should be ad mited into a meeting of Alliance men w h Alince interests are involved. A iliance menm the glory and success of our noble Order depends on its puritv. Clean men alone should be in the lead. Iucleani men should not be yee or heard Whilc in Columbi thei"'riter learn ed there are ninety-six Alliance memi hers of the General Assembly- Eighty one make a majority. There are fif teen mfore than a majority. Snater Stokes. by his arbitrary call-. ig in (and in the Cotton Plant of D~e ec .er ultimno he assumed the sole re-poniiliity) the Alliance meeting ag'ted upon and appointed to nomi nat -n Alhance candidate for the Unt ta .t's Senatorship, defeated the n . lifthe Alliance men, prevented he- nomination of an Alliance candi dae adh trampled under his feet the wyelfare of the Order when, against into a meeting of Non-Allianje nwn Tillmanites-friends of Irby- and de lirered into their hands for safeki-p inx the principles, demands and meas ures of the Alliance. All was lost. It can now be seen what that "all" was and what "all" means. Why did lie do it? Clearly to gve Mr. Irby the advantage. and if possible. to secure his nomination and election. for it was well understood Mr. lrby could not get the nomination in an Al liance meeting. Hence these tactics. The why of his "being cearefilly groom ed" is now in full view. The Alliance had no nominee andl aid not present a candidate to the General Assembly. A large majority of the General Assembly are Alliance men. They should have nominated a clean and able representative and rin him on clearly defined principles, and stood by their colors and go up or down with them. If they went down, rise and come again, and never yiel, for we are fighting for great principles. The writer would rather we should go down and be right than to go up and be wrong. ALLIANCE RULE ADVOCATEP. If Senator Stokes had proved loyal to the Alliance the Order would have nominated a candidate and elected him Non-Alliance men in the General As sembly whose sympathies are with the Alliance had no right to have any say as to who should be the Alliance can didate. That belonged wholly to Alli ance men. Where does Senator Stokes get his authority to deal with Non Alliance men? A loyal Alliance man will not permit his name to go before a meeting of Non-Alliance men. If Hampton's defeat was necessary, he should have been beaten with a clean man and on clearly defined principles. If that had been done, Hampton and his friends could not, and would not, have said one word; for their pabulum is principle, honor and truth. But to beat him with an unclean man without anjy defined principles, is a crime against the Christianity and civiliza tion of the State. South Carolina is dishonored, and Senator Stokes is responsible for it. All can now see that all was lost, and what the "all" was that was lost. The writer does not possess the au thority and power to say "go and sin no more." That belongs to the Master alone. It he bad the authority and power, and Senator Stokes came up a penitent, he would say as the Master said: "Go and sin no more." It seems Senator Stokes. by exercising the au thority and power of his high oflice. in calling in the Alliance meetingr, and afterward assuming the sole rtponsi bility for the act, thinks he is the ns ter. Irby and Donaldson came before the General Assembly from a meeting O Non-Alliance men, and as such had no claim on the Alliance for suppori. They forfeited it when they went into the meeting of Non-Alliance men. AVs there was no Alliance nominee every Alliance member was free to vote for whom he pleased. All Alliance obli gations were suspended. If there had been an Alliance nominee every Alli ance member was bound by his obliga tion to vote for him. THE RULE OF UNQUEsTIONING OBEDI ENCE. The following agreement shows the obligation of each member of the Alli ance to the Order and to those organi zations with whom we have confeder ated. ST. Louis, Mo, December 6, 1."9. Agreement made this day by and be tween the undersigned conimittee repre senting the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union, on the one part, and the undersigned committee representing the Knights of Labor, on the other part, witnesseth: The undersigned committee, representing the Knights of Labor, having read the demands of the National Farm ers' Alliance and industrial Union, which are embodied in this agreement, hereby en dorse the same on behalf of the Knights of Labor, and for the purpose of giving prac tical effect to the demands herein set forth, the legislative committees of both o'rgani zations will act in concert before Congress for the purpose of securing the enactment of laws in harmony with the demands mu tually agreed upon. And it is further agreed, in order to carry out these objeets, we will support for office only such men as can be depended upon to enact these prin iples into statute law uninfluenced by pal' ty caucus--National Economist, Vo!. 2, No. , page 214. The above agreement was adopted by the Supreme Council at their meet ing held in St. Louis, Mo.,in December, 1889. It was reaffirmed by the Su preme Council at their meeting in Ocala, Fla., last December. It is the supreme law, and from it there is no appeal. All Alliance men must con form to it, or get out of the Order, or commit perjury. If Senator Stokes were an LL.DI., ins stead of an .M. D., he would know that in all compacts between organizations there are no reservations unless they are incorporated into the agreement, the written instrument. This instru ment shows there are none; hence there is nothing to adjudicate. If each or ganization could have secret reserva tions, and one not know what the other reserved, the agreement would be a rope of sand and fall to pieces. AN ALLIANCE MAN CANNOT BE A DEM OcRAT. Mr Irby, on the heels of his election to the United States Senate. is report ed as making the following statement: "I am going to the Senate as a Demnocrat and in full accord with the National Demo eracy. I am in full sympathy with the Al-1 liance, but whatever may be obtained by me : for the Alliance must he obtained1 throughi the National Democratic party."1 I ask Senator Stokes it this statemen~t of Mr. Irby is in accord witih the above cited agreement? is it Alhli mce do' trine? Is it the dovtrine of' a non- 'r tisan organization ? ('an the n.mwho makes such a statement be de;e upon to effectually protect Mn - terests? The writer has said, and wil ha say, some hardl and unpieasant 'u . But he will not kniow.pysy n word that is not the truth. 1 e m an injustice to any one, anid it isen ly pointed out and shown to him. hte wili exhaust every means to repyair it: otherwise, it shall stand forever'. i le scorns the spirit that cringes. squirms and cowers before any earthly power, and he equally scorns the spirit thati for pelt crawls and feels and worms himself into position by trickeryc. Het has all his life spoken out flankly what he feels and believes, and will (do so to the end. Mr Irby, with his record, should hv displayeda becoming modest y. and not thrust himself into a position to bron reproach on the State. That he has done so is a fact. liy d ing so he shows that he is reekl-ss of the honor of the State. SENATOR InBYT's nIECt.('i A peeple are always judlged by thiose they send to represent them. Mr. Irby may tbe an Innocent man, biut the fact are all the same. his namie is on the criminal docket of Laurenis ('ount v con neced with the most diab'olical of crimes. It is a fact he dled the laws of the State and the ppIlie among whoma he lived. The people of LA'urens Con ty are as true. generous andl brave a pro) pe as live on the earth. It is a inct he' hid out for years from these pieople and (enoluh to d a -hil from going monct._ -s the representa Son foor ol th Anerican Sen t. 1 it purity t.d honor of the pr' I !i -e of Soi UI Carolina ? 0. Carolniihos 1 hal this man go to ashin.tou as you.r representative and be' a stanm )r-roich to the State? i ats his rioud >tat e done to be so dishonored. V te jlori,- won by the peerless a , ho fir forty years on the .r..e.A.awr. Senate was the a;iI:r,,i; n of the world. and who made (aro ina p rpiial aid iiiuortal, will o m Ii o l s.\vx ~~c xxoou OUGHT TO I!AVi-: D.EN T11or ItT OF n too to give this mai the posi tion, W 1 lhimpton, in his old age, is d 1 iv ' o the service of the people to whom0fl he-t gave a lietime of heroic; WadeI Il anpion. whwse incorruptible inte'ritV is k:.own the world over; \'adix llanpton. une of the foremost a ia leers in the annals of war atre: 'Wad Ianimpton. who shed his blood from he heights of Gettysburg to ' e shores (if his native Carolina for this people: Wade iH ampton, who never saw oin mimnit oi his existence that he would not have cheerfully laid down his life for the honor of his State; Wade Ihampton who when your homes and firesides. altars and temples, four teen years ago, were in imminent peril of desecration by a vandal horde, brave I breasted the storm, and, with coo', clear head and st eady nerve, led you into peace and security, has been cold lv driven from the service of this peo ple he loves so well, and the position given to this man. . How long, 0, Carolinians, will you in whose veins flows the blood of heroes submit, yes, tamely submit, to this crowning outrage on the honor of your State and the dignity of her foremost citizen? Will you stand idly and si lently by and see all the past glories of yor State, that cin iter thick around us,~and were won by heroic virtue, bur'ed forever in dishonor ? Will you transmit to your children this dishonor as a legacy? No. never, unless the man hood displayed by your sires is extinct. Rouse yourselves, and rally, and speak out for G od and country, or for ever hereafter hold your silence, and le t it be said to the world that the vir tues displayed by your sires are ex tinct, and tnat you accept degradation. Know that one son of Carolina "to the manner horn"i raises his voice for the honor of the State, and will continue to raise it, and will never falter, never ield, until her honor is safe or life is X, inl et. Y sons iof Carohna. who upon the or t - our cou ry displayed wore a coiurage a nd Spartan valor, upon hill'op and[ in valley and nwear Iy the Gr.it Eternal that the nor f your sia' sail live and in .0m .ein 1h neve (d ie. Swear .i. n how to the world 'hxt o imi it. Ih-pect;ully, i son S. Keitt. Ewr ieC 1 t at(.ii S. C.,Jan. 12, 1891. A FiG EXODUS SWINDLE. in Atlnnta. WA-1iN.TON, .ianuary 21.-A dis fatc froim Atlianta, Ga., the other day, -onve d the information that a num ir of ignorant colored people from :e West and South had arrived there with the intention of proceeding to :he seaboard and embarking for Af ica. The Post says that the men who ave led the:e peopla to tIlock to At anta were colored immigrant agents who went through the various South !rn States and made them believe that >y the pavment of one dollar and the endinr of a two cent stamp they vould receive a ticket which would be ood for their transportation from the ~aboard at Charleston or Savannah or a sea passage .to Africa, and for a ract of land in that country. This cheme, it appears, originated in Wash ngton, and its headquarters are now ere, the company pushing it being or ranized in April. 1884, uinder the head > the "United States and Congo Na ionai Emigration Society." its onicers weore alt colored men, T. . Green being general manager. The apit ail stcki 2,00,00. The comn any 's cielrstated thatt the comn ~an'v was engaged in the importation 4 a fr~e:i prod acts, and that as a re mt onl the teturn of the steamships it vas enabled to offer t~o "preferred pas engers the following unparalleled in. lucements," which are then named., L'he circular reqluires that $1 and a ;wo-cnt stampi should be Lent for each ipplicant who desired to go to Africa, ut -nowvhere in the circular is the ;tatement distinctly made that the :iket or receipt to be sent for the nonev is good for the passage pro osed. The circular was evidently rawn up by some person with consid ~rabie moroe knowledge and shrewdness han the ollicers, who are mestly igno art men. Green said to a reporter hat the trouble at Atlanta and the ~oming of the colored people there to o to Africa was due to misrepresenta ions made by the Rev. TIhos. L. Peak, igent for Georgia, Alabama and T[en essee Peak in turn denies this. AT LANTA, January 21.-The excite nent amnong the negroes over the col mnization in Libera scheme. being en riered by the ~United States and ogo N ationial Emiigration Steamship 0mp11y, does not abate. it is esti atedJ that two thousand negroes have -om to Atlanta from Texas and Mis silpi to iait for the promised ship o take them, as they expect, from ava nnah' to Africa, andi the cold "eathe of thiio-- f.w days has foundl em :n suc uest Luion that, the city as in m' y in1stances ibn compelled ' (odittion h'as had the Congo 'mour inv..*i'a (i and1( the dis 1.o. E:hyr pae have created no0 a y xek~: ::~ongthe honeless~ -e-ro em a isem t.nd those ofI ,.se e i:e ~t heir money in-i *e ~ e~ aeotribted et' :ria:g- sa-r horethe Courts, ;d y ah ;; gli o lI tle 1'5i not e~.h:.......u.-n.alon wih os ke. ';ma lx, .la . ,-Three ar .ishe niae thin thle past ieiv ~ h:- i n"I~. jonnectn with the nud:- of. .nan eedy, ore wveek agro to nii ht.\ Moda N hulad, a colored .me was~ th Gr t.uipci, and to-day *-me h1xia U conf=ii acnowleding) theC :lin ip~-tn theCWt wie or th x:. 1ae ni iIN arlanid declares ht '.s sheedy agreed to lay him *15, no t mke aor iVwith her husband. )DeveleOmrnds of ~a enxsauional nature reiexi etd Sheeiy was an tld resi Safe. Robbery. Jamo v I ' F ta. .Jan. 14.--A eial from xey West~. to the Times non si that the safe in the postof e *te~ wa blown V. open by thieves ri. t ' m oing arnd $2&X0 inl money, an : , . a- stlen, besides the con-I uti1 t ii I Y.-t lv..icur regoi-red letters. J li 'r, ii i arnel S. C. lby trade * nm..ri filx, is. muissing. Thel CLOSING U1P FOR A VOTE. REPUBLICAN SENATORS AFRAID OF THEIR PARTY LASH. t The Force Bill Under Senator tors Ma a agement is Making Headway in the Sen ate-Democrats Figb i Inch by Inch-A C LivelY Debate in I he Sennte. t WASHINGTON, D. C., January 1fi.-At v midnight, while the snow was falling v fast around the Capitol, the members t of the Senate were still struggling with v the forcebill. The light began in earn- I est this morning when the sergeant-at- 0 armis of the Senate was authorized to swear in a number of additional deputy sergeant-at-arms, and other prepara tions were made for an all-night ses- t sion. Word was passed around on I both sides of the chamber to get realy b for -in all-night stay at the Capitol. t Senators noti]ied their familhes that 1 they would not be at home to-night, and several tender-hearted and thoughxt- . ful wives immediately volunteered to : send to the Capitol pilluws and other articles calculated to promote Sena- I torial comfort during the long weary hours of the night. 13 The Republicans are unable to leave v the building for fear the Democrats d will secure an adjournment on the point of no quorum. On the other hand the Democrats are obliged to re- n main on duty, ready at a moment's no- t tice to join such Republicans as are willing to secure an adjournment or a l postponement of the pending bill. h Even at this late hour there is a good attendance of Senators upon the floor and the galleries are pretty well filled. ti Mrs. Morton, the wife of the Vice- 1 President, with several Senator's wives, n are in the reserved gallery. c The first showing of hands on the t Republican side occurred late this af- e ternoon, when Senator Pasco, of Flori- d da, concluded a long speech. Senator ti Wolcott moved to adjourn, but his mo- tl tion was defeated by a narrow majori- ti ty. Stewart. of Nevada, was the only f< other Ropublican who voted with the Democrats. Senator Hampton then 1 took the floor and was about to pro ceed with his speech when he appeaeld d to Senator Hoar, in charge of the bill. t( to allow an adjournment until to-mor- n row. c Senator Hear said he would gladly b comply with the request of the South Carolina Senator if the latter was pre- t pared to give the Senate some assur- tl ance that a vote 'night be taken at a certain day to be fixed at once. b Senator Hampton was not prepared tl to fix a day, so the debate continued. e There were several little Zutters of a interest over parliamentary pointi be tween Senators Gorman. Hoar and it Vice-President Morton during the ear- M 'y part of the evening. but about I ll o'clock Senator Faulkner bezau a long and carefully prepared l'-gal analysis p, of the hill. lie pointed out numerous errors and inconsistencies, and fogced Senator Spooner toadmit, in substance, tc that, the bill is aimed directly at the :2, Southern StaLes. During the evening Senators wander- aI ed aimlessly about the chamber, some ti1 reclining upon the leather cushioned 01 sofas in the cloak rooms and ante- P( rooms. C On the Democratic sideSenators Gor- of man, Daniel, Butler, Reagan, Vance, Eustis, Call, Coke and Gibson displayed to the best staying powers and appeared so as fresh as when the day's session com- te menced. .p On the Repnblican side Senators Spooner, Mitchell, Allison, Cullom, of Hale, Dixon, McConnell, Power and Stockbridge showed no signs of fati- w gue. el About 11 o'clock Senator hoar went ze into the cloak room arnd curled up on a pI sofa for a short nap. A few minutes in later Senator John Sherman became 0r weary and sought a sofa in the cloak ar room. Senator Dawes made himself as cc comfortable as possible by removing or his Massachusetts boots, carefully piac- b: ing them under a sofa, and slept sound- ax lv. The proceedings were enlivened at V times by a pleasant interchange of per- .33 sonal compliments between Senators Faulkner and Spooner, the two bantam mn members of the Senate. ->. The proceedings were further enliv- si. ened shortly after 12 o'clock, when Mr. af Pasco made a point of no quorum, at "Wake em up," shouted Senator Mitch- so ll, of Oregon, to the deputy sergeant at- arms. mn In a few mxinutes the Republicans in ame flocking into the chamber, some t rubbing their sleepy eyes, others com- . planlng of being disturbed, and Sena- ti' tor Frye, of MIaine, shocked the dignity de f the Senate by proceeding down the th rniddle aisle with a cigar in his mouth. Forty four Senators responded to the in roll-call, thus showing a quorum, and Senator Faulkner resumed his speech. a1 A few minutes later the Senate was al- de most empty again, the Rlepublican re: hickens having returned to roost. fo At this hour it is impossible to predict hat the outcome will be. The Demo- en aats are hopeful of eventually side- oxa racking the bill, while the Republicans H re equally confident of securing its 31 assage. It has simply developed into ril a. contest of physical endurance.--News isi and Curler. WAsHINGTON, January 17.-Senator Faulkner who wvas addressing the Sen- bi te at midnight, continued speaking YF ill 12.30, when the absence of a quorumI as again brought to the attentioxn of he Chair by Senator Sanders. The 1I all of the roll showed only thirty-six p1 Senators present live of whom were of Democrats. A motion was made by enator Hear to compel the attendance ax f the absentees, but Senxator Harris Ih ade a noinit of order that the Iir'st mo-l' ion under the rules was to direct the sergeant-at-arm'xs to request the attena-ta amee of the absent .Senato;rs. t Thures ii ollcer (Senator Wash ur)sustained the point of order, axd enator Hobar changed his motion ac- t :ordinxgly. The motion was agree~dt. aid a list of the absentees was fuxrnish- :01 xad to thre sergeant-at-arms, who dio ib patched mtessengers to carry out the rder of the Senate. I )uring the tinep hue messengers of the sergeanit-at-arm s ir ~vere calling at the hotels and residenices tht f the absentees all businuess was sus ended. At 4.20 forty-seven Senators answer- c edi the roll-call and Senator i'aulkner ontinued his speechi. Senator G ormanxi t 4.:30 moved ani adljournment. The St vote w~as anxnouxnced-yeas f;. Senators 11h Ball, Cock rell, F'aulknier. Gormoxn. Tones of Arkansas, and H~arris: nays Ito 27. No qluorumn voting, the roll was gain called and only thirty-eight an- T swered to their narmes. Th'le appe-ar- pri meie of Senator George at 5.l'> comn- l pleted the quorumn. Senator F'aulknier at made aniother start on his speech at x; >'elock. Sexnator Gonman made anothxer fih effort to close thxe day's session and M spoke of the futile efforts ever since lit midnight to get a quxorum. lie moved to dispense with all fur- re tier proceedings under the call so as bi not to disturb the Senators who were IL inisposed. and give to thue Senators i present and the o!!ieers of the Senate a hance to go home and get their break- r fast, so as to get back at 10 o'elock. th Senator Edmunds demianded the yeas bxi anel nay. The result was---s 5.; mvs of . At 7.:h. when there were live Den crats li tie iloor and only oneli Nepub ioa. >enator Casevj zeliator Daniel liovei an aitIurm:.elt. The motion i tid not succeed, however, for Senator I uasev rushed for and obtained allies I rOl the cloak rooi and Senator Platt, Iio was in the chair. declared the moI- t ion lost. After that there was another ead bill until 9.30. when, a quortun avirig appeared, Senato: Faulkner pro eeded with his remarks. Not withstanding is long vigil Sena or Faulkner w* as ini good voice, and I ;hil not uotiiig from his books, spoke ith eariiestness. Ile paid special at intion to the features of the bill, ;hich lie claimed conferred on the can assing board powver to carry on their I perations behind the returns. t At 1.05 Senator Harris rose to a par- I arientary inq uiry. Ile deired to know i iethier the Journal would show that here was a legislative day of January 7 and if so. when that legislative day a egan. The standing order was that ie Senate should meet at 10 o'clock,1< nd it was now past that hour, and he I sked the question in order to enable r be clerks to keep the Journal proper 7.( Senator Morrill suggested that the t th had not yet finished. Senator Harris said the question lie I ropounded to the Chair was, when I ould the Senate have the legislative i av of the 17th ? 'he presiding officer (Senator Fry:) I The Chair is of the opinion that there i ever will be such a legislative day as lie 17th." Senator Faulkner then resumed the I oor, but concluded at 10.20, having eld the floor for almost twelve hours. c Senator Daniel then took the floor. I Some time after Senator Daniel began s > speak he yielded to Senator Stewart, 'ho gave notice of a motion to recom- N lit the bill with instructions to the t ammittee on privileges and elections > so amend it as to provide for the lection of members of Congress on s ays when no other election is held in L ie several States, and to provide for s ie separate and independent registra on of electors as are qualified to vote >r members of Congress. Senator Daniel closed his speech at 30, having occupied the three hours. e Senator Vest then took the floor and manded a yea and nay vote on. Sena >r Faulkner's amendment which elimi ates from the bill such features as nfer judicial function on canvassing xards. Senator Teller suggested that this was :i important amendment and asked .at it be laid over till Monday. e Senator Spooner (taking chairgo of the ill in Senator h oar's absence) said he 1 ougit that the Senator fron'm Alassa imstts would be willing that the neidment should go over. Senator Edimiunds. however., objected . its going over until Monday, but ade no objection to its going over r the present. anti it was so ordered. Senator Vest then proceeded in a gen- t al denunciation of t i measure. Tihe queslion recurring on Senator est 's aimendnent. Senator I [oar moved table it. Agreed to-yeas 32. nays On motion of Senator Faulkner an nendment was adopted striking out .e clause giving the chief supervisor elections power to transfer any su- t rvisor from service in one part of a t agressional district to another part a the same district. c Senator Vest offered an amendment l strike out the clause permitting per ns claiming to be citizens of the Uni- I. d States to sign applications for su- - rvisor of elections. t Senator Hoar defended the language t the bill. Senator Wolcott objected that there ts no penalty ofTered to the false iming of a man that lie was a citi n. He~ moved to amend the bill by i oviding that any person falsely claim to be a citizen of the United States h to be a resident or qualified voter ina ty application shall be punished by r ninemnent of not more than two years t by fine of not more than $10,000, or -both fine and imprisonment. Thish endment n as agreed to. Senator Ihoar moved to table Senatorg est's amendment. Agreed to-yeas 0 , nays 23. -. Senator Reagan offered as an amendl- n ent, to come in at the end of Section a provision that the chief supervisor a all keep petitions and lists of names bl spended to them open for inspection hi id examination by citizens at all rea- I: nabile hours.w Senator Ihoar moved that the amend- ci ent be laidl on the table, saying that tr many parts of the country such a b1 ing might not be safe. e Senator Voorhees: "Is it the inten )m of the bill te keep secret and hid- 3] nt away those responsible for putting al is machinery in operation ?" tl Senator I'ar:"'iThe matter must be g the control of the Court."r The vote was taken, the result being :ie--yeas 30. nays :0. The Vice-Presi- C, nt voted aye, and Senator Reagan's s solution was laid on the table. The l lowing is the detailed vote. Yeas-Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Cam on. Carey, Casey, Cullom, Davis, Dix ,Edmiunds, Frye, Ihale, Ihawley, S iggins, Iliscock, Ioamr. McConnell, a: eMillan. 31anderson, litchell. 3Ior- ti 1. Platt.1 Power, Sanders, Sawyer, s erman, Shoup, Stockbridge, Warren, ilon of lowa.-0.i Nys --en atoms larbour.Bate, Black rn. Butler, Carlisle, Cockrell, Coke, mlkner,o orman, Gray. Uamptoii, s1 rri', Jones, of Ad ransas. Kenna, Mie- C erson. Morgan, Pasco. Pugh. Quay.o msom(.i Iea izan. Stewarilt. Teller. TFur- 0' . \ace \ ori'ees. althall, Wilson tt M1arvl~imd. WAolcott-30. . itd J.ioe get t.1k 1e uige andi (all. ". >!nh aln ('olgit. lhiir ant Geor-e.~ sle e :2nd Gibs'on. Plumb an il 'est. Senat'r Vanctte 1'oved to :uhd to See 'ii2 the'~ wi ";'.. '-hall be sworui "enatotr lI o:r agree tha1 it Senator iz anedmn ouhO'~l be' agr'eed endmen 't rvannat that tile apphien 1 'nd name' signed thereto be putb 'id in *t~ least iio newsp~;apers of' op-' sie nitie in 0'~ t ( Congr~essil dis e t e day- for one vlek precedling' -"inalttr Ii inar moved to strike out of" et ion 2:: the words "return to honseo naaas." \Mreed to. Inaor 2 rzan o ff'ered a r-esolutio n hieth was a ereedl to) (calling on the 1eetary of thie Tlreatsury for copies of e :wlcotnt s oft .John I. DaIvenp ort as ruit ( ourt econu r istioner from 14 snator Atdrichi galve ntiice that on esdlav he wotuld ask the Senate to )ceaf . th OCconsidlerationi of the res tiont to chtange tihe rutles ot' the Sea "Sppose the elections bill shall i'nte e right of way then ?" qjueriedl Senator a trgan. 'lDo ~you propose to displacea Th'le Senate has myv notice. was thea sptonse. -"I suppse that the elections !i il hav'e pat'sed by that time." a"h of incredulity on the Demoacrat -Then. of t'ore. Senator Morgan marktd0with a sneer. "the chtange of e rules is not to anply to the elections 11. uut to th~e al.partlinmenit bill and TIe otiiher amueid!ents omared N 'enator llor were agreedi to withoul M1ltion- ncluin.i one increasiuc rom thirty to forty the number of su lervisors of election iii a dist rict. Tl ,ii. was theii Ia:d aside inforimalv. The Senate then, on mot ion of Sena or Hoiuar. at t; P. M adJourned till 4oiday at I I A. M., after t eontiniiiio ession of t hirty hours. VAiiINcvo-N, Jan. 22.-The Vice resi1ent. after all, is merely a parti an. as was shown by his arbitrary rul ngs in the Senate to-day. The party ash was applied to his back, and the )mrnishment was so severe as to cause iii to promuise to do the bidding oC the -opublican leaders. however humiliat ng such a performance might tw. Mr. Morton came into the Senate hamber this morning with a set of vritten instructions in his hand, con isting of rulir.gs upon all important iuestions likely to arise not provided or in the rules. The Republicans ealized that the Democrats occupied position on the correction of Tues lay's Journal which might lead to in erminaole debate under the existing ules. The referee, Aldrich, was put orward to move to ignore all further >roceedings and take up the "gag ule." After a long and desperate fight Vice resident Morton ruled as his party ictated. and the rule is now before the enate for discifssion. Without the dictation of the Repub ican leaders Mr. Morton would prob bly have ruled justly, but the de isions he was expected to render were vritten out for him in advance on the upposition that they would be sus ained by the majority, and he simply ent through the form of reading hem. As the situation stands to-night the gag rule" is before the Senate for con ideration, but there is no limit to dc. ate, unless Vice President Morton re orts to further arbitrary rulings. ews and Courier. A School Roon Murder. SYnACUSE, Jan. 21-WilburF. Bark r walked into the public Bassett street ublic school at 11 o'clock this morning, nd in the presence of forty pupils fired wice with a revolver at his wife Nellie, rho is a teacher in the higher depart jent. Both shots took effect, one go ag tbrough her hand and the other lodg ig in the ileshy part of her hip. Bark r then dropped their thirteen-months ld child that he had been carrying and ursued his victim. who ran into a hall mav. She crouched under a stairway nid begged for her life, but he fired bree more balls into her head. le thei ran into the street. jumped Ito his cutter and rode furiously away. le had not been captured up to a late our last night. but had been traced wenty miles and the police are only alf au hour behind him. Mrs. Barker es in an linconscious condition, with uit little prospect for recovery. Barker is a handsome man. iifty years Id and has been a successful traveling gent for a publishing house. Ile has een married three times. Ile married is present wife, who is only about irty years old, two years ago last Oc )ber. Ile soon became very jealous, nd her relatives say, entirely without ause. She finally took the child and ft him. Darker's relatives say that taey believe e is insane on account of his extremely alous temperament. The disparity in eir ages was the principal cause of ie trouble between them. Shot Down in the Road. Su wr En, S. C., Jan. 20.-Capt. Jlohn [axcy was waylaid and murdered on i road, about three miles from his ome in the upper part of the county, st night between '. and 10 o'clock. lIe ad been to Sumter and was going home one in a spring wagon, and just as he ~ached a dark place by a small stream e deed was committed. IIe fell back ards on the floor of the wagon and the rse carried him on home, and after tting into the yard the wagon was 'erturned and Capt.3Maxcy was thrown pon the ground, where he lay all night 2d was found by his family early this orming. ie was not dead when found, but died few minutes afterwards. A load of ekshot was tired into the left side of s face and head. T wo negroes, named ampton Nelson and Ephraim Butler, ith whom Capt. 3laxcy had had a difl ilty about the violation of their con acts have been arrested on suspicion, it at this time, 8 P.3I. have not reach I Sumter. The people in the vicinity of Capt. axcy's home are very much aroused, id a gentleman from there says that* ere was strong probability that the ne oes would be lynched before they ached Sumter. Capt. MIaxcy came to this county from lumbia a few years ago. lIe was a tcessful planter and was very popu r.-News and Courier. 8500 for a Vote. OLmouA. Wash., .Jan. 21.-Just after eaker Shaw, of the House, yesterday ternoon issued the call for nomina ons for United States Senator, Repre ntative John I. Metcalf arose and said: lentleman of the Legislature of Wash gon: I hold in my handt $500, which as handed me by Harry A. Clark of >kane Fall with the express under auding that I cast my Tote for C. HI. lkins'for Senator." Several seconds profound silence prevailed through it the hall, Metcaif sent the money the Speaker and resumed his seat. motion was puit and carried appioint a committee to investigate the charge bribery and the- 11ouse adjourned un 8 p. m', when a vote for Senator was k-n. Squire' receivedI l3, L alkins 15, rroll 17. St u ir has a nmajority of 411h lou~es. un l a; !. 19 y.hi ar1 o. of tils city, has id oppor: uliity to iearn t hat "truie ve' netver runs smooth." Iall wvas arru-d last nig~ht to M'liss Lela Lang s, 15 years old. T'he miarriag~e wvas It ht the kn~owledge of the girl's rnts, and as the young couple were eparing to retile last night the girl's :te- father entered and led his daugh r away fromt the astonuished but mad nr-di bridegroomt~. Ilall was arrested s morning for- abduction and spent e greater patrt or the iay in jai!, but inally succeeded in gaining the (1d wvill of his fathe~r-in-law anti was imitted this afternoon to return to s vouthfjul bride. The young couple eemployees in the iluguenot Mills. A M1inister Sent to ,Jail. Mi T.A UK E:E: -Jan. 2t .-The R ev. A. .IDe l'ord, of H ortonville, was yester vy sentenced to live years at Waupen hard haboi, and in addition will pay line of $5eo, for the (-rime of raising rrene-v from one denomninationl to other. J1udge Jenkins in pronounic setenc'ie wals se-vere on1 the risnon . The crim hie had11( committed, he s. wa onte of the worst namned in: e ttue books. There was no ex ise for a minister of all nmen comn itting siuclh erime-a minister whose :siness it was to tench man the very pposite. De Ford broke down and 1"0 1It SE 'ANXI) WO()1)SE". ANOTHER SERIOUS PHASE IN THE BONHAM &EFALCATION. A Ch-irge that the Colored Troops are Credited With Two Thousand Dollars they -Nver Eeceived-The Sensation the Talk of Columbia. C(omInlA, S. C., Jan. 17.-A dispatch from Charleston wants to know if there has been a discrimination against color ed soldiers and says Charleston is very much agitated over the remarkable bombshell which today went from Co lumbia about the accounts of Adjutant and Inspector General M. L. Bonham. Being an oflicer of the recent adminis tration, a bright young man of distin guished family, he has many friends there who cannot understand the situa tion, and why Gen. Bonham allowed the checks to go to protest. The money was all supposed to belong to the State funds, which had been appropriated foi the support of the military. Friday, however, a bomb was explod ed in Charleston, over the same matter. Gen. S. J. Lee, of the colored military of that city, claims that not one cent of last year's appropriation has been re ceived by the negro companies. What seems to be inexplicable is that in the annual report recently submitted to the Legislature in which is given the item izei disbursement of the office the amount of $2724 is credited to the cap tains of colored troops. They claim that they have received nothing whatever. Gen. Lee says that he recently visited Columbia to see about the money for the colored troops and that he received the assurance that the money would be sent. He claims that subsequent letters have been fruitless. The white military companies of Charleston all acknowl edge the receipt of their money aggre gating $2170. What is the other side of the case regarding the colored funds can only be ascertained after investigation. As things stand it is a great surprise. The Augusta Chronicle correspondent in writing from this city under date of Jan. 16 says naturally the chief topic of conversation all over the city today is the unfortunate position in which ex Adjutant General Bonham is placed by the disclosures as to the shortage in bis accounts, published in The Chronicle and other papers this mormng. There is but one feeling here-regret for the occurrence and sympathy for Gen. Bonham, while all are nevertheless compelled to admit that the matter is one which it is impossible to satisfacto rily explam. Explanations may modify, but cannot alter, the fact of wrongdoing, for bad judgment may be wrong-doing when it consists in personal use of funds belonging to others and entrusted to one s care. A more pleasant fact to chronicle is that Mr. W. C. Bateman, whose short age in his accounts as clerk of the Board of Penitentiary Directors, as has been published heretofore in The Chroniele, has got on the track of a portion of the missing funds. That is to say, that while his books called for some $2,000 more cash than he really had on hand, obliging him to sacrifice all his property to make good the deficiency, he has now discovered where a portion of the miss ing money may be accounted for, by findinig a voucher for 8900 not on the books at the store of Lorick & Lowrance. He expects to be able in the end to sat isfactorilly show that the whole matter was only an error in book-keeping. Coming as it does so closely upon the heels of the discovery of this seeming shortage in the accounts of Clerk Bate man, of the Board of Penitentiary Directors, no matter how either or both cases may be hereafter explained, it must be acknowledged that today's news has sent straight out stock down many points. Not, perhaps, that such ought to be the result, for principles true once are true still, in spite of any falls from grace of any of the advocates of said principles. But-and the b is a "big" one-the recent discoveries seem to show just enough possibility of the partial truth of some charges made in the late campaign to make the Tillman forces bold and the straightouts timid. Possibly the worst wound that can be inflicted upon a man's feelings is to seem to have been made a fool of-to have honestly de fended those who were not worthy of it, to have denied that there was a solitary law in the gems of manhood making up his standard-bearers and find that he had been mistaken to ever so small an extent. There is much of that feeling here abouts today, and in the first smart of disappointment and disgust many are free to express the opinion that the re ent developements insure the return of Tillman and his party to power, and that the much-talk-of "reaction"-signs f which really were to be seen just after the Legislature's adjournment-has been discounted, if not destroyed. * Mlichigan's Electoral Vote GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 1.-In ddition to strengthening and extending he State election law with the purpose n view of throwing additional sife uards around the ballot, the present tate Legislature will consider a bill in roducodl by Representative John Linor f Detroit, which provides that the Presidential Electors corresponding with he Congressmen shall be elected, not on a general ticket, but by Congressional dstricts, and the two at large on the eneral ticket. Michigan is entitled to hirteen votes in the Electoral College.. There has never been a time when the Democrats could not carry from two to e:ht Con~zressional districts in the Stte. while under the present systenm of :hoosing Electors tihe vote of the State as always been plumped solidly in favor of the Republican candidate by a ousng majority. TeState as a whole would give a Republican majority. but the Presiden ial vote failed to represent the majority f the commniities that composed the tate. In 18S3, for instance, the Demo rats eleted seven of the eleven Con rssmnen. but the Republicans carried he State by a narrow mnariln. Ingalls's Chancelae Decrea'ing. - TotE:KAt. KAx.. Jan. 20-T1he vote for ~tate printer resulted: Snow 101: C. C. uler Republican, present incumn ent. 39i; JTacob Stotler, Republican, 33; eo.' W. Crane. Republican. 2t': W. F. Kirkland, Independent, 3. Snow polled every Alliance and Democratic vote, be ide one Republican vote, that of Rep esentative Wheeler. of Leavenwvorth. now was declared elected, and the joint onention adjourned to meet a week ence to elect a United State Senator to ucceed Ingalls. Acidenta~iy Shot an Oyster Firate. CiIA.t L F.rON, S. C., Jan. 17--Jseph ownsend, a fifteen year old negro, was hot and instantly killed by E. B1. Le are in Orange Grove Creek this morn ng. Mr. Legare, who is a large planter, as suffered greatly of late from the epredations of negro thieves who have obbed his large eyester beds, systemat iaily. Mr. Legare, who had his gun with im. iired as lie thought over his head to frihei him into surrendering.