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VOL. Ix. MANNINGN S. C.O WEDNESDAY3 ARGII 14_ _N 3 THE CAMPAIGN OPENEI A BIG MASS MEETING AT ABBEVILL COURTHOUSE. John Giiy Evans and Sampsoen IPo Fired Their Opening Guns-What The Said-No Other Candidates Present Large Orc wd in Attendance. ABBEVILLE, S. C., March 9.-Nesi ly a thousana citizens were preEent o: last Monday to hear the gubernatoris candidates speak. It was quite a dis appoinment to the crowd that all of th candidates were not present, for th people were anxicu3 to hear and .com pare them. Messrs. John Gary Evan and Sampson Po-e were present an were most cordially received. The fol Jowing is Evats' speec: Mr. President and Fellow Citizens It is with much pleasure, comminglei with some embarrassment, that I hav accepted the invitation of your commit, tee to address you upon thj natitnal an btate issues which today confront ou people. I am pleased for the reasoi that I feel when I look into your hones: and so many familiar faces that I hayi your sympathy in the grand cause to which I am dghting. Its Euccess wli be a grand victory for the people. I an embarresci from the fact that I speak t< scores t: abe. constituency of Calhout and McDuffle and to a people wht, havi alwavs led in all great reforms, mora and political, and so you continue to d< to-day. My own countrymen, the d:ctrires o Calhoun are as live and clear to you to day as when heutired them from tb red hills of old Abbeville fifty years ago It has been truly said that the life of i republic depends upon the virtue of th4 people, that of a monarch upon the igno rance of its people, Under our form o government the people alone are sover eien and their rulers are simply heir ser vants. It is evident then that to instil virtue into their officers it is the right o the sovereign people to assemble in masi meeting and the duty of the servant tA appear before them, give an account 0 his stewardship and receive from tb4 people good and wholesome instruction and he who tails to respond to the call o the people cannot be called faithful noa even entitled to the name of a good citi Zen. The time -is past in South Caroni when any man, or set of men, can dic tate to herpople. It is boasted that ix the birthvt '~- a&def A1 exandler tW teat-i isl that witi one stroke standssaare strlcki from o00@|#*avas-=:Thejiuri torian-inaSsi (ireliawill say i the Beforckp bon removed 'in 1,000,000J 04.W meet today toal nseil .. become so interwoven ilit it wlfl Seim possible to discuss the one without thq other and-it is well that it should be bi f our greatest:oppression comda fron natiodal leglslation. I do not propost to discuss national affairs from any bul 'a Southern standpoint. Our country ii too large and ot ite toe atsgonlsti( to thmk of legxi1aftiloi theateove with out injuring oeofiti pints. The6ruli should be to enact such laws as opvrps the fewest number of citizens, but the reverse has been the case with'our Con gress since the civil war. - The polici of the North towards the South an< West has robbed us almost ot our pati mony. Co~gress .has legislated for the robber barons to cc!I an extent tha now 15,000 people cour 65,'00,00 oi over one half the .*ealth ofout countr3 and 120 families in the North-own ovea one-twelfth of the wealth of our country All obtained by a financial system o government kept up for the express pur pose of robbing the South and West. When the Boman republic was de storyed, .k800 pol ownell all of hel wealth. ~tatof ffrrs was sougth to be perpetuated by goveanmen. issuei of free coin to the farnr ers who borv.thi burdens of taxation whenever thea theteeto overthrow it. A like con dition exists in our countr) today. Nem York city is feeding 10,000 unmployed. Chicago a like number and nearly ever1 large city in the N{orth is compelled ti feed its starving laborers to keep dowi revolution. and anarchy. Shall we no profit-by the history of the past nations I thank God that such a conditicr does not exist in the South to-'ay.'Itti not because the government has not in vited it, howevef. Wo are blessed 16 a country and a climate where we cai always be comfortable and dig a livini out of the ground. And of this no- on' can rob us. During the late panic I visitedalloti ern city andlI was asked if we bada panic down South. I ask~iedwbtahe; meant by a panic, and I was tolf'ia bility to get money." My reply-was tha we had seen no such thisnig fr aititmi years and had learned to gekalonggjisb out it all we needed with moneyws send North to support the'poor Yanke soldiers we killed during the war and t4 *keep Jay Gould and the mnillionaries frori starving and having their notes protestel in New York. It is wonderful to notice the growt of these dead Yankee whom we plante during the war. They have sprung a like dragon's teeth. In 1870 there wer< 198,686 on the rolls and they cost u *27.780,811,81. Last year there wer 966,012 and they cost us $158,155,342. 57. Of this the South pavs one-third ani . gets nothing in return. We have pais since the war enough pensions to buy.: State three timnes as rich as the Stat. c South Carolina and ceded it to the Nort and the ball has just commenced. This would not be so bad shouldi stop here. We are being robbed inor bystematically by the present financis policy of' Grover Cleveland than we wer by Harrison of the blackest Rdpubhi can living. We were hooted at by th Democrats of the nation for opposin tha 'nomination of this man and yo heard a great deal of the Latimer reso lution, I.ut they are with us now and tb Demociatic party is ready .to pass simile resolutions. The passage of the bill demonetizin silver was the worat niece of clas legislation against the South and tb West that was ever passed by any Con gress and the result has clearly prove it. The bill was passed by Clevelan cuckoos and Republicans, under th leadership of Jhou Sherman and-I direct opposition to the silver plank< the Demccratic platform; which de clared for-the free and unlimited coin age cf silver. Thef bistory of-. silve shows that as it rises and falls, so goe cotton and agricultural products. -Oc cotton crop last year, basedon the pric of silver in 1873, would have bee worth over three million of dollars mnor than it actually sold for had it not bee .for the passage of the repeal bill. W have the anomalous condition today'< cattcn seinog for less in March, after the crop is out of our hands, than it did in November, in the face, too, of a E short crop. Yet we were told that just repeal this bill and cotton will go up and some Conaressmen were fools enough to believe it. It was repealed to contract the currency and thus in r crease the debts of the farmers and de L crease the value of our agricultural pro ducts so that today a dollar costs a farmer la the South over five times as much as it did when silver was good money. We have nothing in the South 1 to buy dollars with save our cotton and 1 agricultural products, and it is to the - interest of the Northern shylock to get as much cotton as he can for j .st as a little money and, of course our inability - to pay pensions and tariff and other i debts is argrivated as he succeeds. I Upon the heels of the passage of this - bill, Mr. Carlisle. to prove that Cleve land is a tool of Wall street, issued $50,. 000,000 of the United States, bonds for I the ostensible purpose of putting gold In the Treasury to redeem outstanding indebtedness, but Mr. Carlisle knows I that under his construction, as dictated by Cleveland and Wall street, of the resumption Act, this $50,000,000 can be drawn out of the Treasury by New York bankers any moment they see fit to do so by simply converting their bonds I into greenbacks and presenting the i greenbacks to Mr. Carlisle, who Is com > pelled to give gold in exchange. It was i done simply to perpetuate national banks and the corrupt financial policy of Wall l street. Ah of these securities afarnish > the millonaireb w!Lh non-taxable prop erty in which to invest their money, and yet when we ask for an income tax to make themi bear their share of the 6dr i dens of government we find this -man , Cleveland, opposed to it and that mil lionaires' chief orders the United States Senate organizers to defeat it. If we can succeed in taxing incomes, it will more than pay the pensions bearing so heavily upon our farmers, and yet I am ashamed to say South Carolina was represented by a Congressman who joined with the Republicans in Congress to defeat it.. These men callthemselves Cleveland Democrats. They know that they cannot stand unon the Democratic platform and be consistent, so they qualify their Damocracy by puttmg airs upon it. They are not Democr ts, Dut Mugwumps, but are ashamed to use that term for fear of being run out of the Democratic party. They are mules, who; in order: to sho their pediaree, call themselves "jackass horses." The only true Democrats in the State are the Reforsiers, Wor)calaites,. aay the Mag wun are wont- o cU s,-sindiabt odonie every o.f thel:a demkand. Our only NIEvationne in their speedy enact ntag itiif we eIevere they The hlmest must crar omeion #sat.ma regat fare intgommod a(Ytlia~ion~igeaO4.s8 Chicago is broad enoihlaill of us. We have heard a great deal said of the sub-treasury plan and this is the stumb ling block and the only one the Mua wumps can find in the document. If this idea, with a few changes, were en i acted into law, the result would be that the -South would: immediately become the faci a4igicultal section for the world. It"'4ld destroy the power of Wall street and the North, and make us the most progressive people on the face of the earth. No Southeri or West. Tern man can object to it. It is time we 1bad some Class legislatiboli for our section. God knows there has been enough for the North. Our greatest need is mors money and it isathe duty of Congress to Tui-rish it, whether from thesub-treasury plan or something better. Either will do, so the end is accomplished. How are we to accomplish this? you ask. My answer is: "Through the Farmers Al liance." This orgamzation has accom plisted more for the short time of its -existence than any similar one since the formation of., our government, It is founded on truth and justice and is bound to perpetuate its principles. No good citizen can object to this organiza lion of an oppressed people and I grieve when.[ see men of mty State who are de penident npan agriciulmre alone for ex iatence; opposing our Alliance and en listing with the en~euny in this, the great est battle for freedom and self-preserva tion that the world has ever known. Stand like men for your platform and God, who rules the destinies of nations, i will see to it that victory perches upon your banners. -John C. Calhoun was the first advo Scate of the Farmers Alliance. In his treatise on government, this great Sstatesman observes that the right of Ssuffrage is not sufficient of itself to pro -tect the people from oppression by their L rulers, but the only safeguard is in the separate organization of each interest in the State. Speaking through this intel lgen$ mouthpiece the voice of each in eist could be easily heard and never spgdrtood. The complaints of one mg:bneover heeded by legislators or rulers, but he is in ariably looked upon as a crank; but when an organizrtton of farmers speaks through resolutions in telligently drawn, even presidents lend fan ear to its voice. Never tell us that we must not go into politics, that it will i destroy our organization, that you should ] meet and discuss pumpkins, etc., and >adjourn, but fellow citizens, this is but the voice of the toilers who seek to steer from the path upon the r oks for the purpose of destroying you. It is the duty of evory good citizen to I enter politics and have a voice in the ad Sministration of his State government. s Show me a people who take no interest f in affairs of State and I wihi show you a i misgoverned igno)rant and worthless race. Did you ever hear uf bills neing t introduced in Congress for the relief of the agricultural classes, bills to prevent gambling in futures, sub-treasury bill, income tax bills aud tariff reform bills - under the organization of the National e Alliance? Remember, the next four years will bring to us these measures in in the shape of laws If you will be true - to yourselves. Already the Northern e Democrats, seeing the inevitable union r of the South and West have deserted their party and now assisting a Repub lican mninority to breax a quoru'n and dE feat the will of the people. The Bland e bill, however has passed the House, but - it is understood that boss Cleveland is a -opposed and it will meet defeat in the i club house. Why Mr. Cleveland should e object to coining the silver in the Tres ur, which has beenrobbed from West f ern uminers, but wno now make no clairt - upon istand paying the debt of the na. - tion instead of Issuing bonds is incomn r prehensiblie to any honest man. Will a the jackiss hoses please explain? r We have been branded at Washingtoz e as being third partyites, the scum of the earth and unworthy of recognition bi e the Demccraitic party and these me. o who are responsible for it are now bow e ing down and asking you to restore then: S"th decentielement" toi office and unot a Cleveland Democratic platform. I am a D.mocrat and one standing squarely upon the Chicago platform, and I pro pose to show ycu that it is almost iden tical with the Ocala demands. (Mr. Evans here read the two platforms and compared them.) Who n-- are the true uemocrate, the Alliancemen or Ohe iackass horses? I rest my Democracy here and will now proceed to discuss State affairs. The historian Gibbon characterized tbe reign of the Antonies over the Roman Empire as the only instance where the happiness of the people was the sole ob ject ot their rulers. Well and truly mav the same be said "f the reign of the Re formers in Scuth Carolina. Recogniz'nz the principle that tbe best educated peo ple are the happiest and best ehizens, the first object of the Reform govern ment was to build up the common school system. Under the bill intro duced by myself, separate school dis tricts have been organized in nearly all of cur counties and in most of Lhem- by the addition of a small tax our public schools are now run Jrom six to nine months and I am in favor of making every district in the State separate and allowing it to govern itself as to its schools and the method of maintaining them, aided, of course, by the State ap propriation. A constitutional convention should be called and our school law expunged from the Constitution and left entirely with our Legislature, as at present it is dangerous in the extreme and a menace to our entire system of common schools. We have built and equipped a col lege, modern in all its reatures, where our poor boys may cbtain an education at the smallest expense. The best evi dence of its success and its necessity for its establishment is the fact that over six hundred students are now en rolled within its walls and others are knocking at its d'Jors for admission. We have maintained every institution of the old regime and not a dollar of extra taxation has been placed upon the people In comparison -with the rate of the past opposing administrations. Recognizing the great injustice done to our women and the indifference shown them by "the best element," we have in Drocess of construction an in dustrial college for women which. will be the pride of our State. It will be as rand a success as Clemson College and ll a long felt want. It is sad to re late, however, that "the toughs" of the State were the first to recognize the claims of her lovely women. We have crushed out the Coosaw monopoly created by Republican and sought to be maintained by "the best element," and today the State is in pos session of all her rights and her prop ertv Including Agricultural - Hail, waich was attempted to be stolen from us by carpet-baggers and fraudulent bondholders. We have endeavored to equalize tax ation by assessing the property of cor porations commensurate with that of real estate owners, but by reason of bemg in the hands of United States Court receiversthey have all defied the State's authority, tendered only the amount of taxes they tbought due and are now indebted to the State in the sum of $201,000. There is not a rail road in the State, considering the in terest paid on a legitimate bonded in debtedness, which is not assesoed lower than the average farm, considering the interest received by the farmer upon his investment. Little did we think when Daniel H. Chamberlain was driv en from the State at the point of the bayonet that he would so soon return and snap his fingers in the face of our government, sustained by men who had denounced him as a thief and sconndrel, guardian not only our larg est corporations, but also of our United States~ Circuit Judge's principle and the editors of some of our largest ne ws Dapers and a criterion of our Democ iacy, and banquetted by the elite of Charleston. - We are forced to exclaim: To what base uses have "the better element" come. Had these railroads paid their taxes and the revenue from ~phosphates not been destroyed, your taxes would now be only two and a half mills. In spite of this, by strict economy, we have refunded the State debt of $5,500,000, exempted the stormo stricken sections from taxes, paid the old soldiers an extra sum.of $5,000, and lowered your taxes half a mill. Sala ries have been reduced over ten per cent., but could not be made to take effect until next year, for the reason that the Legislature refused to cut their own down. We have been accused of being in competent and ignorant and incapable of running the State government. When the State debt was to be ref und ed, the banks of Charleston refused to co-operate with us and said that the State could take care of herself and Charleston would do the same. We went to New York and actually "the patriots of South Carolina fly-blowed us and not a banker in that city would take her bonds, stating that they had been offered to them at a cheaper rate than was offered by our State authori ties, who alone had'power to sell them. We went to Baltimore and succeeded before those people could find out where we were. I was told by a Balti more banker that -he was approached by one of our patriots and statesmen anid asked why he was helping Till man float his bonds, did he not know that he was fighting Butler and Hampton by aiding Tillman. Let him alone said he and let him refund his own bonds. This gentlemen expressed to me the profoundest contempt for such conduct. We were harrassed by these "patriots," who were willing to bankrupt the State for political purposes. While riegotiations were pendinw, one man went so far as to introduce into the Legislature a bill to extend the- old bonds for four years at six per cent. on account of the inability of the State to ref ud the old debt. This man knew at the time that the matter had almost reached a successful termination and he did this for no other reason than to break it up and he succeedea. The next day the matter was telegraphed to New York papers and bankers were startled and dropped the whole matter. We succeeded, however, without the aid of Charleston or "the patriots" in retund ing your debt of $5,400.000 in a time of panic at four and a half per cent. thus saving to the State over $80,000 in in terest alone. And still we are incompetent to deal with such questions. Now the'Ref orm ers have no opposition that is as un movable as It is bitter, and nothing we slo can be expected to meet with their approval- I am satisfied that if we bad enacted the ten commandments into law at the last Legislature, the State and the News and Courier would have accused us of heresay. In your efforts to secure the happi ness of the people we hiave enacted the Dispensary law,which sta~ds~ today the only and greateit and most vex .tious question which our State government has been called upon to d~eal with. We are told that it is unconstituti-mlal and now fashionale this h-as become of late. The constitution is appealed to to defeat every important measure ad vocated by the people. It is the duty of the State to regulate any traffic that CONTINU'ED ON PAGE FoR.] DESIRES NO THIRD TERMJ B. R. I !LLMAN IS NOT A GUBERNATO RIAL CANDIDATE. Mr. J. E. Tjcdal Explains His Pasition Ia the Iace-LIettrs of Regret from W. D. Evats and W. f. EIlerbee-Dr. Timmer man DreIred to 1o Present. AnUPEv LL E, S. C., March 5.-The fol lowing letters were received by they committee in charge of the meeting here today: Columbia, S. C.. Feb. 24, 1894.' Messrs. John R. Blake, R. R. Hemphill, J. II. Morrab, Isaac IH. McCallaJohn E. Bradley. Gentlemen: Your letter of the 22nd instant inviting me as one of those who will probably be candidate for Governor, thus to address a mass meet iug at Abbeville C. H. on salesday in March, reached me yesterday. In reply permit me to say I am not a candidate for the ollice of Governor, not desiring a third term. Therefore 1 do not come within the category of those you iish to hear speak. Such being the case, I respectfully decline the invitation and will not be with you. Thanking you for the compliment, I am, Very truly, B. R. Tiliman. - Messrs. John R. Blake, R. R. Hemp bill, John II. Morrab, Isaac H. McCal la and John E. Bradley, committee,Ab beville, S C. Gentlemen: I have the honor to ac knowledge the receipt of your invita. tion to address the people of Abbeville as a candidate for Governor. I desire to express my thanks for the compli ment, but I have never declared that I would or would not be a candidate. I had not supposed that the Refcrmers would again place candidates before1 the pcaple by a convention, but that the.people of their own motion would gravitate to some man or men in suf fcient numbers to warrant him or them in entering upon a canvass of the State. with reasonable hope of success. At present our people are puzzled and in a somewhat chaotic conditlon. Un less we proceed wisely, discord and dangers are before us. My judgment opposes any nominating convention either narly or late. I am no schismat ic and will cheerfully abide by tha de cision of the majority; but deem it my t duty' to earnestly advise against it. I was one of the first promoters of the Farmers Movement, the aim of which was an Agricultural College. We expanded that in to the Reform party, and appealed to the people of all classes against a political combination called a ring, which had opposed and for a time defeated the college and had practically deprived a majority of the people of their proper influence upon public affairs. Our object was to se cure to every Democratic voter in the State the privilege of casting his ballot direct to every officer from Governor down. The fsrmers being scattered and re- t moved from centres of political infor mation were practically disfranchised, because before they could become aware of what was going on,slates were made, cnvention packed and nominees de clared. t This was due to the Convention plan t of nominations, in presence of a negro t majority, which prevented revolt. The men who composed the so-called ring were of no worse type of human na ture than politicians generally. No ( one believes they were. But a ring is inherent in the convention system un- t der our political conditions. If we 3 therefore return to it, another ringC must inevitably evolve sooner or later( in our ranks. And who will compose t it ? Evidently the most extreme and violent. The scarecrow of the old ring was "Radical Rule." The scarecrowa of the future ring evill be "Anti Rule." The people will throw up their hats in t honor of a victory, as they suppose ofg their party, while in fact they are re enslaving themselves. For what do t they when they commit their rights, power, liberty and means of self de fense to a few, who are autocratic ab solute and responsible to nobody? There is no way to punish them li case they bartered the offices among them selves. There is but one way for the people to maintain their Influence up on public aifairs and that is to use in telligently their votes. I am aware that true and unselfish t Reformers are advocating the Conyen- 1 tion, although it is going back upon 1 our principles. Why? 1st. Because we have not established a square pri mary, but a primary for electors. 2nd. Because as several candidates for Gov ernor may be in the race, it is feared t that this will give the Conservatives C some supposed advantage. This fear in the face of our large majority must arise from distrust of the Reformers themselves, which Is groundless. This mistrust. has grown out of unfortu nate personal recriminations between some of our influential Reformers. All] danger can, and must be averted, by thorough organization of the Reform I forces to secure their full strength In 1 the Democratic election. Our real danger is from the passions and prej udices which exist. A violent minority in the State makes a violent majority. There are Reformers al- 1 ready, who if they could, would not al low Conservatives to vote at the De- C mocratic primary. And there are Con servatives who would disfranchise the I whole Reform party. Itirequires mor al courage for the Reformers to be just to the Conservatives and vice versa. Passion is supplanting reason. Mud slingig and pulling down one man to build up another is lo w politics, but it thrives where passion rules and when selfishness supplants patriotism. This is evil and hurtful to both fac-1 tions and dangerous for the State. It is leading in a short line to a split ini the Democratic party. P'rejudice and passion are the tools used to defeat or rob the people. The Recpublican party has lived upon sec tional pr-juid ice. In 1833 when South Carolina tried to nulify the tariff, the manufacturers of Ne w Enagland organized an aboltion so ciety and some years later flooded the South with insurrectionary pamphlets, lke a thunder clap In a clear sky. It was done to stir up passion in the South and to divert the mind of the people of the United States from the tariff to slavery. War ensued and re sulted in transferring four thousand millions of slave uroperty to the North in the shape of United States bonds, a great city, town and corporation debt, which today are a mortgage upon all the products of labor, and by means of which the South and West are mulc5 ed of ThM millions annually in interest alone. Hence it is ithat the farmers who owned 80 pef cent. of the property of the United States now o wn but 25 per cent. The whole teaching of the Alliance is to allay passion, and destroy preju dIce, sectional and local. And why? That reason and prejudice might assert their power, the measures may stand upon their merits, and men of sincerity administer the laws "with equal rights Ito all and especial privileges to none." I appeal to the whole people against this passion and prej udice which hreoan fro invrde the conrts the juries the schoolsr the.colleges, the churches and the wholesocial machinery.:-1 ap peal 'to thi'Reformers especially for harmony in our ranks. Shall men in spired with a high purpose;- who have worked together nobly -for popular rights and political justice bring re proath and possible danger to the whole party, by suspicions and recrim inations? We want unity-in our ranks and peace and justice for the whole State. The principles of the Reform party are right. They will stand the test of all fair criticism. The goverment is as honestly administered as ever in the history of the State, and will continue to be:s long as it continues to be in the hanids -of the white people, or any factfen-of them. But should we-divide into two poli tical partles, they will surely in the end appedl for negro votes, and then cor ruption and disgrace will follow. hat are the Reformers contendine for? To secure a fair consideration of all measures affecting the interests of the p le, under agreement, that any or almeasures, about which a differ ence. .opinion might arise, shall -be setti -at the' primary election. The objec . ing to- secure,-without danger tW honest government, free political ad tion abd progress, such as is secured- to State.f fiomogeneous populations by two yohtical parties. The farmers thronuh the Alliance seek to establish a potleal status, as will of Itself deve lop th best talent, not only of their alase, but of the whole population, to aid inr averting further ruins from them, -md to the;Republic itself. They want men of humanity and men of sin Derity. The first step to this end is to; get out of. the old rats, get ridof prejudice and passion, and let men-who aspire to public honors know they:can't secure tbem by coquetting with a? few convention managers, but by winning the confidence of the peo ple. We cannot go backwards, influ mnee by any supposed plan or device of he Conservatives. Neither fear of the :pposites nor mistrust of our friends hould deter us from doing right. I know that some of my friends say hat I am.too conservative, and perhaps hey are right. . I am more conserva ive as I grow older. I risk less in bust aess enterprises. While foity years' ffoft to reform myself has given me a .arger charity for my fellow men. I nay, therefore, be too conservative, but ny whole experience has taught me hat rashness is folly, that passion is .unacy, that extremes are dangerous; ind history shows that all great popular novements have come short of their kim, by passion, by the extremes to which they wentr-and by the -inordin 6te ambition of men. The Conservatives, although with he advantage of a monopoly of politi al exoerience and training, were:easi ydfaated. because passion bereft them f reason, judgment and justice. Let it warn the Reformers. A convention on the Colleton plan is ight, not to make nominations but to ay .down a-platform on the lines on which we-have been moving, orgamizes he-Reform fore to secure their unity and all strength, and to devise some means f avoiding confusion in choosing elec ora at the Democratic primary. Or if >ossble to secure a direct primary, which in my jadgment is the only safe y for tbs -Democratic party, and for he un'tW f the shiite race-in the fu ,ure.~ Respectfully. - J. E. TINDAL. Columbia, 8. C., Feb. 27, 1894. len. R. R. Remphilliand others. Gentlemen: Your esteemed favor of be22d instant, inviting me to be with rou and address a mass m'eeting' of the :itizens of Abbeville County on 5th salesday)of March, did not reach meun 11 yesterday. It would afford me great pleasure to-be- with ypiu and address the ood -pecple of Abbeville upon .State Ind national issues, but circumstances md official duties compel me to forego he pleasure. With best wishes for you rentlemen, and the success of your neeting and of the Reform party of he State, I am. Sincerely yours. WV. H. E LLEnBE. Bennettsville, S. C., Feb. 28, 1894. dr. J. R. Blake, Abbeville, S. C. Dear air: Please express my many banks to the committee of the Reform )emocracy of your couty for the kind nvitation sent me to address the citi :ens of Abbeville sent on the first Mon lay sin March. I regret very much ha-; I cannot accept the invitation, as here will be a mass meeting of Refor nors here on the same day and my pres mce will be expeeted. ~At somne future day, -whether in the apacity of a candidate for Governor or iothing, it will give me great pleasure ;o meet my fellow citizens of your ounty. Yours respectfully, WV. D. E~VANS. Timmerman, Edgefield County, S. C., February 26. 1894. Messrs. John R. Blake, R. R. Hemp illJohn WV.Morrah I.11.McCalla,John 3. Bradley, committee: Dear Sirs: Yours of the 22nd has >een received, courteously inviting me o address a mass meeting of the Demo irats of Abbeville county at Abbeville 3. H. salesday in March next, upon the iational and State issues of the day. Whilst not an announced candidate for he high position for which my name is been suggested, I hope to be able to ~omply with your kind invitation. Apart from any consideration of a po itical nature, 1 have for g long time lesired to visit your progressive town md mingle with its cultivated citizen mhip. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, W. H. T13IER31AN. Rank Treaon to the Party. NEW YoEK,. March 3.-One of the United States Senators from New York, who requested that his name be not red in connection witn the matter, has tated that the anary words o1 Senator Voorhees in the Democratic caucus a ~ew days ago, when he accused certain Democratic Senators with having formed m combination to defeat the Wilson bill, was literally true. You may assert, he aid, that it is a fact that ten Democratic United States Senators have signed an greement to oppose the Wilson bill, so ong as any one of the ten is dissatisfied mth the provisions of the bill, or till 3hanges to the satisfaction of all ten are made. The Senator from whom this in lormation comes Is one of the ten sign ers of the. agreement. It need hardly be stated that such a condition of affairs in he Senate would mean almost certain defeat oi the bill, unless coal, iron, sugar, wool, collars and cuff~s and a num ber of other items of the bill, over which a lively contest vwas waged in the House, are restored to a prottelive tariff basis. Bliown to Atoms. explosion occurred in the waste separ ating building of the Repuano Chemi cal 2ompany at Gibbstown, N. J., this morning. The force of the shrk was5 so great that it wa- telt in to wns fif teen miles away. F or tunately there was only one man it thle building at the time the explosion ocrturred Levi Ivins, one of the workmen, was blown to atoms. The separating build ing was destroyed, and the'surroiinding stucmes~ were damaged. SILVER IN THE SENATE. SEIGNIORAGE COINAGE ADVOCATES STEAL A MARCH. The Bill Unexpectedly Reaches the Last Stage-Its Friends in the Majority-It C aes Over by Courtesy, and Flially is Passed. WASHINGTON, March 7.-In the Sen ate today Harris called for a vote on his motion for a second reading of the seigniorage bill. He stated that his ob ject yesterday was to bridge the day 1 over in order that he might consult ( with some of his friends on the Demo- ( ctatic side of the chamber. He had I had such consultation; and now, in t view of what seemed to be the unani E mous views of both sides, and in view t of the fact that after the tariff bill I should be reported, it would have to remain on the calendar for a number of t days, so as to allow it to be printed and t to allow every Senator an opportunity 9 to examine it carefully, he knew of no better method of occupying the inter mediate time than to take up and dis- 1 pose of the seigniorage bill. After its C second reading he would ask unani- d mous consent to have it taken up, con- t sidered and disposed of. t The bill had its second reading, and ; then the Vice-President asked whether t there was any objection to Harris's re- t quest to take it up for consideration. E Sherman said that he would move, if b no one else did, to refer the bill to the e finance committee. He regarde: the bill as one of the most important ones 1 that had been before the Senate for F years. It proposed the issue of United a States notes to the amount of 855,000,- t 000 for the current expenses of the gov- S ernment. He regarded it as a grave U revolutionary proceeding. This Issue t of $55,000,000 would be followed by the 9 issue of other millions of paper money, Y without any provision behind them for V their redemption. 1 Mr. Palmer (Dem.) of Illinois argued a in favor of its reference to the finance v committee. He regarded a revenue t tariff, he said, as essential to the coun- e try; but the seigniorage bill was one e that could await the settlement of that V more important one. The discussion t continued until 2 p. M., when the Vice r President laid before the Senate the t unfinished business, being a bill for the e purchase of a site for the government F printing office. u Call moved to lay that bill aside and to take up the bill to change the boun- t: daries of the judicial districts of Flor- e ida. This motion was defeated-yeas, b 22, nays 24. s Harris then moved to proceed to the t' consideration of the seigmiorage bill. a The motion was agreed to without a N division, The bill was therefore before F the Senate as in committee of the 1 whole. Voorhees, chairman of the finance 8 committee, said that if he had suppos- 8 ed that if the reading of the seignio- k rage bill would result in any delay of t the tariff bill he would be opposed to it, but the bill could be taken up and h disposed of before the discussion of the I tariff question was reached. g The question was taken on Sher- b man's motion to refer the seigniorage u bill to the finance committee, and the P motion was defeated-yeas 6, nays 50. t The affirmnative votes were given by e Davis (Rep.) of Minnesota, Gallinger, < (Rep.) of New Hampspire, Morrill, d (Dem.) of Vermont, Palmer (Dem.) ot t Illinois, Sherman (1tep.) of Ohio and t< Vilas, (Dem.) of Wisconsin. a The bill was read in full and the pre iding officer (Faulkner) said the bill 9 was in committee of the whole and si open to amendment. Then no amend- n ment being offered, he followeli with ri the announcement that -the question h was on the engrossment and third S reading of the bili,- and that stage be- tl ing rapidly passed, he said the ques- ri tion now was, "Shall the bill pass ?" a All this had been accomplished so 11 def tly and speedily that the opponents C of the bill did not seem to realize that it their opportunities had slipped away. b Finally, Hoar inquired what had be- t. come of an amendment which Stewart V had offered or proposed to offer. He b was informed that Stewart had aban- s< :doned the purpose. And, as the pre- -el siding officer put the question, "Shall s' the bill now pass?" Hoar interposed: a motion to adjourn, and called for the s5 eas and nays. At first it looked as if fi the necessary one-lifth to second a call tl for the yeas and nays was not forth- cl coming, but finally enough Senators ci were counted, and the motion to ad- 'V journ was taken by the yeas and nays. i It was defeated-yeas 12, nays 50. b Morrill protested againstsuch an in- tl portant bill being passed in what look- 0: ed like a freak of the Senate. There t< had been no consideration as to wbat- S the effects of its passage would be on S the credit of the country, both at home ci and abroad. It was but recently that r ffty million of bonds, had been sold in order to reinforce the Treasury with ti gold and to keep gold and silver coin b and United States notes on a parity. I And it was well unaerstood that no b further amount of bonds could be is- ti sued with the hope of finding a market. si Palmer inquired whether the bill was a still subject to amendment; and was e informed by the presiding officer that t it was not.e Allison: Has the bill passed to a o third reading ? t The presiding officer: Yes; and the ti question now before the Senate is on I tne passage of the bill. Allison: Then I move to reconsider the vote, whereby the bill was engross ed and read a third time. d Cockrell (Dem.) of Missouri: On that 1< motion I ask the yeas and nays. 1 Sherman made a final appeal to the g, Senate against hasty action. The h, course adopted with this bill wvas, he said, in violation of the old established rules of the Senate. Never since the body was organized had such an im- e portant measure been rushed peli-mell I through it. The Senate had refused to C refer it, and now it was to be passed h with scarcely any debate. That seem- i ed extraordinary. lHe begged the Sen s ate-the greatest deliberative body in c the world-to pause before hurrying to ti its passage a bill which, in his j'idg- t ment, contained within it things as in. c defensible as he had ever known in a bill. He intimated that he would likey more time to present his objections tob it. No Senator, he said, had dreamed that the bill was to pass today. "'No matter," said Harris, what peo pie may have dreamed or not dreamed; ~ f the S6nator desires further time, he I shall have It." Allison said that he had in his mind two amendments whicn he thoughtt were necessary and he hoped that in some way the bill might not be placed beyond the power of amendment. --That has already been done," said Voorhees. "1 hope the third reading will be re- . cjnsidered," Allison pleaded. "I pre er being frank to being agreeable. said Harris, "and I shall not consent to its going back to the amendment stage." I Atter some further colloquy the bill was allowed to go over till tomorrow, principally for the accommodation of C Sherman but with no indication that there would be, :omorrow, any aband-t onment or yielding of the parliamen tary ardrantae wrhich it occupies. THE FARMER FEEDETH ALL. What Gov. Northern ThInks of theFuture of the Farm. The follOwing article, from the pen of Governor Northern, of Georgia, con tains a great deal of hard sense: Every man, woman and child .in A.merica are.dependent, absolutely de pendent, upon the success of the farm. From it we receive our bread, meat, !ruit, maintenance and clothing. From ;he standpoint of self sapport, there 'ore, as well as the standpoint of bus ness interest and general development t behooves every citizen to see that I arming is remunerative, and to aid t vith all proper effort to this end. What- I ver tends to build up the rural inter- i ,sts, to make farming attractive and )retitablp, is a public necessary, and herefore an unavoidable, individual I nd general duty. As every artisan, i radesman, professional man, meChanic 1 musiness man, and indeed every ciaes h id individual citizen must receive I heir living from the soil, the whole k imiverse of people should be cancerned t tbout the future of the farm. It is true that the farmers at the u ,outh are leaving the farms and mov- e ng tothe city? If so, whatever the ause, or however attractive the in- li lucement, it behooves every man in t he city to do what he can to turn the it ide and maintain, in content and pros- I erity, the integrity of the countr , 0 iecause by the products of the ceun~ lj he busines growth of the city must be 9 aeasured, and by it food crops the in- e abitants of the city must be maintain I d and fed. u I repeat, here is a question that de- e aands the active interest of all our a eople. If it be true that our farmers c re heavily in debt from no fault of f heir own, let us bestir onrselves to do ti omething to release them from such a ndue obligations. If it be true that o he farmers are ourdened with mort- o 'ages that label every grain of corn d rich care and tag every bale of cotton b rith discontent and despair, let every fi ian of us, considering this question as n grievabee practically his own, Iset to rork to remove such conditions as t4 hreaten the general well being or idii e ntire population of the State. If the n nvironments in the country are so o ery objectionable, from any cause, as a D produce universal disconteit, no pat m Lotic, good citizen will decline to in! ti Brest himself in any and e.ll legitimate t] Ifort, to remedy these conditions as a e: ublic evil, and a standing menace to d niversal society. g Accepting these statements to be p rue, no individual community or Gv- a rnment can afford to place an undue o arden upon a farmer. He is in no fi ense the servant of the community or t] he State, but he is the man to whom I 11 others should do obeisance, and to li vhose honorable callinz, both in its e: ursait and its results all t ien, eyerywhere, should pay the J ery highest respect. In the very best g ense, the farmer is the master of the it ituatlon. and the people must come to a now him as in more senses than one, b he promizient 'actor in events. o: More than ever before the people k ave come to understand this fact. sl 'or years the farmer has been put at p: reat disadvantage. He has carried it urdens he did not make, toiled nder conditions he did not invite. A o itiless people who have lived upon b he products of his totll have now I ome to realize that the farmer will no. p mnger be "the hewer of wood and the tl rawer of water for other men," and o hat he has arisen in his self-assertion It 3 demand equality.of rights as among f 11 the people of the nation. a The promise now is that his demands A ill be respected; the opstacles to his a access will be romoved; the Govern- JI aent taxes upon his purchases will be ti educed; markets will be opened up for ci is products that will insure renmuner- tl tive returns for his labor. When a: aese wrongs by the Government are is tghted, the expenses will be reduced I nd incomes necessarily enlarged. More is atellgence will be put into our agri- 1I ulture, as more profit will come from ec a products. The country will grow a y the increase of* its population and c ae consequent doubling up of its realth. The growth of our cities will a assured, as it will rest upon the >lld strength of our fields. To this ad every patriot should interest him-. ilf in the future of the farm. To those who have not met in per >nal contact the hindrances on the r irm, it has been a ;matter of wondera lat farmers cannot be induced to1 hange their methods and grow foodd tops instead of money products.t rhen it is undrstood that farmers iust live like other people, not "uponc read alone," and also rememberedt ist the misfortunes of war put them ne year behind in accounts,it is thent > be seen that the taxes by Gaven tent and the per cents, for credit have iade it a dire necessity to grow moneya rops to meet the exorbitaht demands " lade npon the farmers to live. For past few years, while "deserving se flesh, farmers have lived upon the one," and in these dire straits they avo so reduced expenses as that if the urdens of taxes .are removed from aem, they will be, for the first time tnce the war, in a normal condition,t mid general ,ptosperity will be assur-t I. All we need no w is the restora-b ion to original conditions by the Goy enment, tnen to be left alone to work at our own destiny in the gladness of ae sunshine and the sweetness of ae showers under devine benedictions. 'he future of the farm is full of hope. From Far Oft England. COLUMBIA, S. C., March 4.-Yester ay Governor Tillman received the fol-E >wing letter in regard to the dispensary iw from the bishop of Chester, writing rom the palace of Chester.. Chester, Eng and, under date of February 20th last. t speaks for itself: Sir: Throurh the courtesy of the s ditor oi the North American Review t have been enabled to read your article y n the South Carolina liquor law, and I v ope you will allow me to express the iterest and pleasure with which I have een your clear assertion that the main ~ aotive of the dispensary law wn-s not nancial or pohitical, but social; and also 9 sat the results, even under outset diffi- C ulties, have been decidedly encouraging. fy apology for troubling you is thata rith other and more weigshty persons I ave been working on correspondinga nes in England, endeavoring to get the quor trade taken, at least experim2 nt- t 11y, out o? private and placed in pc ile1 y ands. On the invitation of Mr. Bticei have written an article on the subject. rhich will, I hope, reach him in time 1 or the March nu'nber of tae North tmerican R~eview. We in England~- are ollowing with much luterest the Amier: an movements. They will greatly trengthen our hands if they su ced. - ['hough the application of the pricei.te nay cenveniently differ in ~riileet p~ac i tuor momoooly should be in public nds and managed tor public not pri rate, is the same throughout. If you could kindly le:, me have a copyt >f your dispensary law, as now amended should esteem it a great favor. I have he honor to remain, sir. Your obedient, faithful servant, F. J. CEsTO Bishop of Chester. A DUEL IN MISSISSIPPI. NOT ACCORDING TO THE CODE. BUT MORE DEADLY. PopuUot Edttor and Politician Ratliffa Kiled Representative Jscks ,n, a Demo crat-One BSystanderKilled and Another Wounded. NEW ORLEANS, March 3.-The Pic. Lyune's Kosciusko, Miss., special says: )ne of the saddest and most lamen able events known in the history of (osciusko occured here today. The toble, honorable and genorous Samuel L. Jackson Is dead, the result of a eadly duel with pistols with W. P. tatliffe: also two outsiders, Samuel tussel and Will Sanders, young -men Lving a few miles from tile city,- -were it by the leaden messengens of death. 'he former was shot in the mouth and illed instantly, and the latter shot arough the thigh and it "s though 2ortally wounded The to vn is nat-. rally in a whirl ot excitement, and rell it may be. It all came out of a newspaper pub cationin Ratliff's paper, claiming hat Jackson, while at the last meet - 3g of the Leaislature, voted for a 'opulist in a committee caucusiof Dem crats. Mr. Jackson claimed that Rat ffe miseepresented him. When last reek's Star came out with a card sign d by Jackson, applying an epithet to atliffe, the friends of both men nat rally'felt very uneasy lest an encount r wouid take place between the two, ad some adv'ances were made to re ncile the controversy pending, by :iends of both men; but it is a lamen able fact that it was not continued, nd now as a result of the negigence f the psace-makers or the obstinacy s the principals, two men lie cold in eath, one mortaily wounded and one ehind prison bars, and a family and *iends stricken with grief that knows o consolation. The particulars of the deadly encoun 'r was gathered by your correspond at, are as follows: Today about oon Messrs. Jackson and Ratliffe met n the lower floor of the court house, nd just in front of the sheriff's office. 'here Deputy Sheriff Wallace was auc oning off some goods. As soon as ie two men saw each other, a fight 2sued, !n which Ratliffe got Jackson own on the floor. The crowd that had athered at the auction interfered and ulled Ratliffe away, and as Jaskson rose to his.feet, two shots rang out, ae, it is thought, from Jackson, one -omRatliffe, without effect. Before ie men had time to fire again, Sheriff rve and his two deputies caught Rat ffe and ushered him out at the south atrance of the court house and were tking him across the yard when ackson came out a west entrance and oing around the corner of the build ig, came upon the party with Ratliffa. ad then again the d ael to the, death egan, each firing about three shots ie of which hit Jackson in the head, lling him instantly and- two other lots, it is supposed, from Ratliffe's istol, killing John Russell and wound ig Sanders. The principals of the affair were'two E tb best known men in this -places. Er. Ratliffe was editor of the Alliance ilndicator, leader of the Populist. arty m this section, and represanting ie county in the Legislature, and the pponent of Hon. J. S. Williams at the ist election for Congress, and needs no irther introduction. He is well known Li over theState. The more unfortunate [r. Jackson was one of the best known ad most popular business men of osciusko. A short time ago he8 at mded the best law school in the land, ame away in every way fitted to inter le profession, and was a few months ~o elected to represent this county. the State Legislature, defeating a opulist by a good majority. His death rendered more peculiarly sad by his ~aving a loving wife and four little aildren to suffer the loss of a kind and Eectionate father's protection and are. A Peculiar Case. SAN FR~AxcISCo, March 6.-Mrs. harlotte Perkins-Stetson has applied 1 Oakland for a divorce from Charles falter Stetson, and it is said there is a ymnance back of it, a romance in which woman surrenders her husband in or er that he may wed another, whom ie - ves. Mr. Stetson is an artist of Provi ence, Ri. L. His wife is president of ae Pacific Coast Women's Press asso lation and editor of their journal, he Impress. The third character In ae romance is said to be Grace Ellory hanning-, poet and writer, the daugh-. at of Dr. Uhanning, the scientist. Five ears ago Mr. and Mrs. Stetson resided t Pasadena, California. The Channings, ere their neighbors. The two women" ecame fast friends, and thus Miss hanning of ten met Mr. Stetson. Mrs. tetson, it is said, was first .to diecover ae regard her husband grew to have >r Miss Channing, but her ]ove for the tan whose namu she bore was undi linished. She counselled with Miss hanning and with her husband, and ae result, it is said, was an agreement iat is now being carried out. Upon is return to Providence, R. L., Mr. tetson applied for divorce on the round of dessrtion. Miss Channing rent to Europe and Mrs, Stetson re ioved to Oakland, where she became nown through writing and public peaking. A year ago the Providence ourts decided against Mr. Stetson, for he reason that there had been no strangement between him and his rife. Mrs. Stetson is a grandniece of [enry Ward Beecher. A Coiely Kiss. NE w iORK, March 6.-Policeman ynch, the Adonis of the Mulberry :reet station, was twisting his mus iche at Grand street and the Bowery, *hen he saw a neatly dressed young roman tripping towards him. "PlIeqse Mr. P'oliceman," she said, escort me across the street. i'm so traia of being r un over." Lynch, who is known for extreme oliteness to the fair sex, gallantiy pro edied to comply with herrequest. The oung woman was so delighted with er protector that she threw her arms round his neer. "Oh, you darling man," she squealed. I'l hiss you:' and sue did. "iPnew!" ejaculated the policeman as e drew Daeb-. "You've been drinking es, y ou're druank, and .you've been fool ag me. I guess 'il take you in." She gave her name as .Bridget King a the Tomubs, and Justice Taintor fined er 65 for disorderly conduct. Saved His Brother. ser. PAUL, March 6.-John Ryan was :ivictedl of highway robbery a few sys ago) and sentenced to the state rison for 10 years. Saturday morn og Jerry Ryan, his brother, appeared a court and announced himself -: h eal culprit, said he could preve his -ase and olfered to plead gr.ilty. It eemns that the brothers had arranged hat the~ innocent one shculd be ac :ased, intending in the event of convic o oprove this, the real ca prit mean ecnrely netted that the plan was