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VOL. X. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22,1894. NO. 4. EVANS AN EASY WINNER. ONLY GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR NOMINATED. The Alliance Demands and Tillman Both Eadorscd--Everybody In Love for the NemInees and a Regulsar Lwve Feast All Around. COLUMBIA, S C., Aug. 16.-The State Reform nominating convention was the great event of interest in South Caro - lina yesterday. It was all Evans from jump to finish. John Gary Evans was nominated for Governor by an over whelming vote, and Dr. Timmerman was declared the nominee for Lieuten ant-Governor by acclamation, but no State ticket was put up,thougn it came dangerously near winning. Altogether, the convention was one of the largest bodies that ever gathered in Columbia, and more business was done in the same length of time than at any of the conventions of recent years. While most of the talkers were new menthey managed to make things exceedingly lively and interesting. It was 12.13 o'clock when Chairman Sligh called the convention to order, and without any preliminary talk called for nominations for temporary chair man of the convention. Mr. 0. C. Jordon nominated Mr. W. Gibbes Whaley, of Charleston. The nomination was received with cheers and applause. It was heartily seconded, and' Mr. Whaley was unanimously elected, amid vociferous applause. Mr. R. L. Gunter of Aiken was then nomi nated by Mr. Jordan for temporary secretary, and was unanimously elect ed. The credentials of the delegations were then called for, and the several chairmen handed them up. On motion * of Mr. Sligh, Col. F. M. Mixson of Co lumbia, was made assistant secretary. The roll was then made up and the convention was ready for business. A motion was made to make the tempo rary organization permanent, which caused considerable confusion. There was evidently much dissatisfaction with Mr. Whalev on account of his voice. Mr. Whaley stated that he could not preside over the convention on account of his physical condition. Mr. M. R. Cooper, of Colleton, was then nominated. He was forthwith elected. On taking the chair he thanked the convent1rn for the honor conferred on him on behalf of the people of Colle ton, the originators of the Colleton idea,which they were here to cdrry out. The temporary secretaries were then elected permanent secretaries. Mr. W. A. James, of Sumter, offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the chairman of the State Reform faction committee be in strucftd to request the Democratic State central committee to place an extra box at each polling place in the Democratic primary election to be held on August 28th inst., for the purpose of getting before the public a fair and jostive expression of opinion from the Vh1te voters of the State on the dis pensary law. In said box voters who favor the dispensary plan as a solution of the whiskey problem to vote "yes," and those who oppose the same to vote "no." After considerable debate the resolution was tabled. Mr. W. D. Evans, the president of the State Farmers' Alliance,then offer ed the Ocala platform with a few al terations, as the platform and princi ples governing this convention and the Reform party. The platform was adopt ed unanimously. Mr. Colcock, of Charleston, moved that the convention proceed to the work which It was called to do-to the nomination of a candidate ror Gover nor and Lieutenant-Governor. Prof. Marchant started a first rate rumpus when he offered as a substi tute for Mr. Colcock's motion, a resolu tion "that the convention nominate a full State ticker, in block, by ballot, including three candidates tor rail road commissioners." Some one promptly moved to table this. Mr. Colcock refused to accept the substitute. Mr. McCravy, of Laurens,stated that his delegation had come here- unin structed and be would like t'o brae this matter of nominations tuuly discuaad. Mr. R. J. Donaldson said his delega tion came here iznstructed to make nominations for Governor and Lieu tenant-Governor, that done,let the wis dom of the bc dy decide as to anything else. Mr. Cunningham moved to lay the substitute on the table. At this juncture things began to get very lively. Capt. Steadman, of the Alken delegation, rose and exclaimed rather dramatically: "Before you go further, I would like to inform you that this man, who offered this resolu tion (Prof. Marchant) has done so sgainst the instinctions given him by the aonvention which :sent him here." (Loud cheering.) Then there was much excitement. Prof. Marchant bounced up out of his chair. Hie looked a little wild and in the most dramnatic manner, wavir~g his arms, he exclaimed: "I deny it. I deny it. He has made an assault upon me. I have acted for the people of ' Aiken according to the instructions lyen me by my conscience." There .qute an uproar and in the midst of i'e chairman put the motion to lay if.Marchant's substitute on the table, Capt. Steadman all the while ap pealing to the convention to be allow ed to ~reply to P'rof. Marchant. The substitute was tabled. Senator W.D.Evans then asked the secretary to read just at this juncture some resolutions, which were adopted by the Marlboro eounty convention by by a vote of 57 to 11. 'The resolutions deemed it irnexpedient to make any nominations at all at the convention, and instructed the delegation to carry out the convention's ideas. This was received by the convention as informa tion. Marion and Florence counties - endorsed the Marlboro resolution. Mr. Brice entered for the Fairfield delegation a protest against making any nominations whatever. He said two-thirds of the Reformers in his county were opposed to it. A point of order was raised. Mr. Colcock's motion was adopted in the confusion and nominations were called for. Mr, Garris, in order to get to work, said he would be brief and simply place before the convention the name of the Hon. John (1ary Evans, of Aiken 'or Governor. (C'eers.) air. Appelt said it was not right to stifle expressions from celegates. Mr. Brice, of Fairtield, had never iyielded the floor and he should be allowed to proceed. Mr. Brice answered some question and said that only one-third of the Reform voters in his county had participated in the primary and they wantea no nominations. It was time to pause and think. They were tired of dissention. There was danger ahead of the Reform movement. Let us be united. Time was called on him and Mr. Duncan got the iloor. The point -was raised that no vote had been taken on Mr. Colcock's motion. The chair man ruled that the motion had already been carried. Mr. Duncan explained that the very call for the convention outlined what it was to do. M r 0. C.Jran or Alken, said he (lid not understand all this. All knew what the convention had been called to do. Ccming from Aiken as he did he, however wanted the matter thor oughly. openly, fairly and honestly dis cussed. Ile spokte in behalf of tne can didate from t.is county It had been charged thba there was a disposition to gag 'y certain men on the floor. Now, it seemed to him, this was the place to speak of any opVposition. If tLose delegates instructed to oppose nominations did not present their pro tests tney would be recreant to their duty. Mr. Blrice replying to the allusion to "gagging,"calltd Mr. .LJordan's attention to the fact that the Fairfield delegation was tor Evans. The chairman again ruled that the Colcock motion had been adopLed. Mr. Colcock pleaded for it to be put again to allay all feeling. Mr. Pettigru called for the ayes and noes. The chairman stated that the record showed that he was right but that he would fut the motion again. Tne chairman of each delegation cast the vote for his county. The motion was then adopted by a vote of 282 to 38, the counties of Fair field, Iorry, Marltoro and Florence voting in the negative. TILE NO3IINATIONS MADE. Nominations were then called for for Governor and Mr. 0. C. Jordon rose. le said for the high aud exalted posi tion of Governor of South Carolina, he desires to place before the convention the name of one who was a man, a no ble man, a perfect man, a man in every sense. Mr. Jordan -said: "In Cokes bury, in the county of Abbeville. on October 15, 1863, while the war was raging, there was born a black-eyed boy-cf the union of Gen. N. G. Evans, a gallant soldier, and Ann Vnctorla Ga ry. This boy grew up to become the Hon. John Gary Evans. Ile received his early training at the old Cokesbury conference school. When he grew up he went in 1880 to Union College at Schent ctady, in the State of New York. He was elected in his junior year pre3i dent of his class, a marked compliment for it was the first time a Southern boy had been thus honored. The young man was a great favorite of his uncle, Gen. M. W. Gary. After returning from college he went into the law oflice of Gen. W. T. Gary in Augusta, Ga. He remained there reading law until 1886, when he returned to his State to cast his lot among his own people at Aiken. In a short time the people called upon him and sent him to the Legislature to represent them in 1888. Then in 1890, when the Reform move ment was inaugurated, he cast his lot with it, and he has stood by it as grand ly and honestly as any man in South Carolina. In 1892 the people raised him higher and sent him to the Senate. He has served there with signal ability for the pass two years. Now we call upon you to raise him higher and put him in as Governor of this noble old State. The nephew of Martin Wither spoon Gary, he inherits all of his many noble traits." (Prolonged cheering.) Six or seven counties seconded Evans' nomination Senator W. D. Evans then took the floor. Ile saia: "Upon an occa3ion like this, while we are all here as true and tried Reformers, I am not one of those who have anything within me but a feeling of pride at anything the Reformers do when they act. Yet, in obedience to the small minority vote that has been cast, I wish to put in domnination the name of a man just as true as the man who will be Gover nor. (Cheers.) I will not go into past records, but simply present the name of the Hon. W. H. Ellerbe of Marion, as a candidate for the nomination of Governor of South Carolina. (Applause) The nomination was seconded by Mr Cunningham and the Marion, Colleton and Hampton delegations. Mr. E. N. Redfearn of Chesterfield thlen presented the name of the Hon. James E. Tindal of Clarendon. Mr. Tindal's nomination was seconded by several. The usual motion that nominations lose was passed and the convention proceeded to vote. As the name of eacb county was callEd the Chairman of the delegation announced the vote of his county. The vote for the candidates stood as follows: For Evans-Abbevllle, 12; Aiken; 8; Anderson, 12; Barnwell, 12; Beaufort, 10; Berkeley, 14; Charleston, 18; Colle ton, 10; Darlington, 8; Edgeild, 12; Fairfield, 8; Georgetown, 6; Greenville, 12; Hampton, 6; Kersbaw, 6; Lancaster, ; Laurens, 8; Lexington, 6; New berry, ; Oconee, 6; Orangeburg,12; Riichland, 10; Spartan burg, 14; Sumter, 12; Union, 8; Williamsburg, 8; York, 10; total, 262. For Ellerbe-Chester, 8; Florence, 8; Horry, 6; Marion, 8; Marlboro, 8; Pick ens, 6; total, 44. For Tindal--Chesterield, 6: Claren don, g; total, 14. On motion the nominatica of John Gary Evans was made unanimous by a rising vote. There was vociferous cheering all the while. On behalf of Marlboro, Mr. W. D. Evans made the motion, which was seconded by Mr. Rledfearn for Claren don and Chesterfield. Mr. Jordan moved that a committee of t'hree3 be appointed to wait on Mr. Evans and invite him to the hall, after notifying him of his nomination. Mr. Appelt moved that the commit tee be selected from the counties which voted against Mr. Evans. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. WV. D). Evans here stated that it would te best to proceed with the nom ination of a LIeutenant Governor first. He nominated Dr. W. II. Timmermaa -who received the nomination for Lieutenant Governor by acclamation. Mr.G(antt moved that Messrs. Eller be and TIndal be also waited upon and invited to seats on the floor of the con ention. A committee of tive was then ap pointed to wait on Mr. Evans and Dr. immerman, notify them of their nom ation, and escort them to the hail; anid Invite Messrs. Tindal and Ellerbe to seats on the floor. The committee onsisted of .J. C. Klugh, D). J. Brad am, J. C. Ellerbe, f. C. .Jordan and W. D).Evans. OURt NE3T GOVERtNOR. After a while the committee returned escorting Jno. Gary Evans and Dr. Timmerman to the stand. Evans came in on the arms of Mr. Klugh and Mr. Jordan. Hie seemed to be pretty well satisfied. As soon as order could be obtained, the chairman said: "It is now my pleasure, gentlemen of the convention, to introduce the future Lovernor of South Carolina." (Pro loged applaulse.) Mr. Evans stepped up to the front leared his throat and began to speak. He was most attentively listened to mi at times was interrupted by voci ferous applause and cries ot "Bravo'" Mr. Evans wa's so enthushed, that be fore he flnished the perspiration rolled from his brow in huge drops. lie spoke as follows: entlemen of the Convention and Fel low Reformers: The feelings of the human heart can ot be expressed by word of mouth. s sweet music is the language of the soul so is the sympathetic glance of he eye, the hearty shake ot the hand and the brotherly embrace, and true anguage of the heart. To say that I hank you seems cold and is but a oor expression of the heart that goesf ut to each and every one of you. An y words I migmht sa o youn intended ton reprt s-nt my thanks to this body would be inadequate. There is gentlemen, a trite saving that the heart speaks most when the lips move not, an-d I am sure that is recognized by every member here when I atuempt to express my ap vrciation of this nomin-.tion which means an election to the highest office withiu your gift. Thu-ie Is in my nomi nation an expression of the people, which means more than any pen can write or any human lips confess. I rep resent that element in the Iform fac tion which was born during or since the late conflict of arms between the North and South, that element of the young Democracy which now must car ry the older element--our grandfathers and fatherr-upon our shoulders as Aaeas aid the old Anchises-a precious burden. It has been truly said that the hope of the State is in our young men, but no less true is it that the pride of the young men is the history and the tradition3 of the old men who have made this country glorious. (Cheers and voices, "I'hat's so; every word of it.") I stand here as a representative of Reform and a rebuke to your enemies who have attempted to say that the Reform movement is to array class against class. I stand here to defend the principles ot my father and your fathers-that principle for which they fought, bled and died, that principle which is dear to our hearts, that prin ciple which has been denied to us, but which has been recognized by the lie form movement of South Carolina "Equal rights to all, special privileges so none." (Cheers.) Previously, a man without a history, without war rec ord in South Carolina was thought to be ineligible to office in this State. While I am here as a young man and I don't mean i hiat in the sense which that word has been a stigma in South Carolina, but I stand here as a young man who was born since the late con ilict, and I have grown old in the ex perience, which has enabled you, fel low citizens, to stand bere as represen tatives of pure Democracy, demanding that the will of the majority, when fearlessly and honestly expresssed, must govern. Any man who attempts to put the Reform movement of South Carolina upon a narrow-minded basis, who at tempts to array class against class, who attempts to say that the Reform principles of South Carolina are founded upon animosity and prejudice, in my nomination, you have a contra diction of such perversion of its prin ciples. The Reform movement is a movement of the people and one of its fundamertal principles is that the ma jority must govern, giving a due re spect to the minority when honestly expressed. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen of the convention, I take it that it w.ll be improper for me at this time to outline to you the poli cy which shall govern me in the fu ture; I take it that the people of South Carolina have spoken through you to the world, and 1 take it that the peo ple of South Carolina through their endorsement of me have endorsed the administration which has preceded me. Oar past administ-ation has been con ducted with an ability and fairness that should satisfy the most hypercrit ical, and has set the pace for our sister State of the South and West, which must finally result in the disenthrall ment of our people from the oppres sion from the money power ot the East I shall .endeavor in'my adminis tration to bring about this corsumma tion so devoutly to be wished for. I say to you and to the world that the Reform admilistration shall have but one object, and that is the happiness and prosperity of the people. This. I am sure, Is the sentiment which has been expressed by the Reformers and which hads resulted in my nomination. There has been one law which has been : fought more strenuously than any other in the history of our legis lation-that is the aispensary law. The overwhelming sentiment of the people of South Carlina is that that law has in view the happiness of the whole people, and the voice of the peo ple must be carried out, let the con sequences be what they may. The people have spoken by their represent atives, and 97 per cent. of the honest white men of South Carolina have spoken in favor of it. Gentlemen, that voice shall be heeded by me; the en forcement of t'nat law shall be my prime obj ect, and i believe I have be hind me tne honest men, the virtuous women, and even the little children of South Carolina. (Cheers.) I shall not attempt to outline my pol icy-that will be given later, when I shall have the pleasure of addressing the people of South Carolina as a unit.1 Let me say that while peace and har mony are tha great objects to be de sired andi to be obtainedt by all civil ized governments, yet you must recog nize that In South Carolina, where there has been but one patty, such an idea is an ideal conception. There can be no such thimg as unity in the midst1 of political dissensions. Our principle is that the majority of the white citi-1 zens must rule and the minority must1 submit. Gentlemen that is the onlyI cause of dissension today in tlie poll tics of South Carolina. What are the principles of Reform? shall not enter into them- You kno w them too well; you know I have tried. to be the exponent of them. Y ou k-now 1 1 have loved those prinuciples; you kno w I have voted for those principles. The 1 only opposition in South Carolina to day to the principles of the lteformn1 movement is based on prejudice. No reasonable man, especially no reason- 4 able white citizen can object to the principles of the Iteformi movement in I South Carolina. TIhey cannot. (Cheers.) Those princi pies are laid down even by our statesman, John C. Calhoun, as the - grandest to perpetuate popular govern ment, and embodied in the Farmers' AllIance, principles upon which I might< say, depend the success and prosperity I of the agricultural people. (Cheers.) Can there be any objection to that? Can there be objection to that interest I upon which we are de-pendent? We I are dependent upon the agricultural In- I terests, and must rocognime the princi ple upon which depend the life of pop- I ular government in this Union. A combiation of the Souith and West alone will save popular government in I this Union, and that will be expressed in 806, if my judgment amounts to anything. (Cneer-s.) The combination of the power of wealth against the 1 combination of the agricultural inter-C ests and laboring interests is today I concentrated in the 16st. Th-at con centration can only ne defeated by the solidity anl unanimity ol the South and West, expressed thirougzh their or ganization, which is the mouthpieceC and which speaks for the bone and sin e w in our landl. (Cheers.) And when hear my coantrymenl oppose it I feel like saying to them. "Goa pity them;t they know not what they do." Now, fellow citizens, united in ourC ranks, we are confronted today by op- I position which has not reason behlindC it; an opposition that cannot succeed C under the laws of God nor under the I laws of man, because that opposition I is founded upon a basis wuich cani - never succeed.- Your principles must 3 prevail, because they are far removed I from sectional and class privileges, and 3 you say we want a Ipan who has theC LCONTNtED ON FO~LTtTIr I'AGE.I] BUTLER INTERVIEWED HOW HE LOOKS AT THE LATE STATE CAMPAIGN. Not More Excitement than Usual In Poll tical Cantests-Reports Greatly Exag ger ated-Soms of the Spseches Vert In structiva-The Result is Choas. WAsHIINOTOx, Aug. 13.-The News and Courter correspondent to-day had the following interview with Senator Butler: "What is the outcome of the State canvass in South Carolina?" "Politically chaos." "Do you mean to say that all politic al parties are at sea?" "That is exactly what I mean to say. The Democratic party is divided into two factions, the Conservative and Re form factions The Republican party is showing some animation and appears to be getting ready 0 take advantage of the Democratic split. The Third Partyites are taking comfort and cour age from Democratic delays and dis sensions in Washington, and s3 it goes. So you can see what Tillimanism has done for the D mocratic party in South Carolina." "What will the Conservatives do?" "Saw wood and say nothing. They are thirty-five or forty thousand strong, and nave been disfranchised, so far as the nominatioa for Governor is con. cerned, by the ring in control of the fifty thousand Reform faction. Do you suppose that many white men will sub. mit to disfranchisement?" "Do you say the Reform faction is controlled by a ring?" "rhe most unscrupulous ring that ever dominated the politics of any country, but I am not alone aphority for the charge. You may r ember that my colleague, Mr Irby said in most emphatic terms last winter or spring that there was a "State House ring" in Columbia. Reformers have, during the recent canvass, iterated that there was a ring in the Reform faction. Every intelligent man in the State knows it is true, and masses of the Reformers are kicking volently against the ring and its flagrant methods. The Reform candidates who have been and will-be slaughtered by the ring are very mush outraged, and I do not believe will quietly submit." "What will be the upshot of these conditions? "In my j agment the Conservative ele ment will in due time come to the front and bring order out of chaos, and give us relief from the confusion and wrangling which the ring has brought upon our politics. Oa the stump and otherwise I have warned our people of the dangers of division. So have-Messrs Tindal, Ellerbe and Pope, Reform candidates for Governor, and other Reformers. The ring rulers have met appeals with scorn and derls - on, and the day of reckoning for them will come in the near future. 'What about the dispensary ?" "O0i, well, the di3pensary is a huge political machine which has borrowed the livery of temperance and morality to serve the ring in. It is honeycombed with corruption, and if its management is ever investigated and the facts dis 3losed you will see a seething mass of :orruption that will astonish the people Af the country. It has been reopened without the consent, as It has been re ported without the consent, as I am ia formed, of two of the three members of the State board of controi, and I have ao douat is to be ran in the interest mnd for the benefit of the ring candi :lates. "The ringsters have so complicated the political machinery that nobody ~xcept those in the ring can understand it. Let me see if I can state the situa ion so that you can comprehend it: D)a Saturday, the 9th instant, the Re Eorm clubs were to meet and elect dele rates to a County Convention. This Danvention is to meet on the 13th andi tend delegates to a State Reform Con rention to meet in Columbia on the [6th. The State Convention is expected to nominate for Governor and Lieuten ant Governor. Mind you, now, the1 Donservatives are to have no voice in ~his business, but, as I have said, are isfranchised. Then there is to be a primary on the 28th of August. not to Tote for Governor and State ollicers, yat to appoint delegates to a State lonvention to meet some time in Sep :emnber to nominate candidetes to be roted for at the general election In I Sovember. Follow this problem :hrough and you will see that the peo- I ~le are cut off from giving a direct vote ~or any otice except at the November lection. I have stated tne case as I inderstand it, and if a more adroit cheme could be devised to bamboozle ,he people and defeat a free expression >f their wishes I should be obliged to iave it suggested. And yet we are old one of the cardinal features of the :eform Mov ement was to give thepri nary for all public offices. Satan could iot have hit upon a more effectual met 10d to usurp tne people and turn them >ver, bound hand and foot, to a handful I >f selfish, corrupt ringsters."J "Senator, you seem to have survived he canpaign in good shape." "Oh, yes; I was never in better kelter n my life. I spoke in every county, at e very campaign meeting and extra neetings." "Was there as much excitement as epresehted in the papers ?" "I do not think that there was more ~xcitement than usually attends a po- I itical canvass. The accounts were I ~reatly exaggerated and sensational.i Vith a few exceptions the meetings s vere quiet and orderly-not very large -and the people listened attentivelyt Lnd respectfully .Of course at some >laces a few drunken fellows would reate ai disturbance, but they were ~enerally attended to by the special con tables or committee of arrangements mid soon suppressed. P'ersonally 1 iave no cause of complaint except on hree occasions, when two or three 'owdies attempted to interfere with I ne. I had no trouble in thrusting r hem aside and in proceeding with my t peech. Everywhere the committees i, end the people svere as Kind and hospi able to rme as they could possibly be .nd appe'ared anxious to hear me peak. The canvass has had a go->d ffect ini shaking things up arnd, as I I tave said, I believe order will come out 3 it the political chaos into which ring a ule has brougnit us. And I want to ii ay another thing: Same of the stump b peeches were as fine and instructive g .3 1 ever llstened to-notably so with J everal of the candidates for State i, 'llices, whose names i will not mention , .s I do not care to discriminate." " What about your re-election ?' "Well, you know, there are fewa hings more uncertain than a popular lection, unless it be the verdict f a petit jury, but Ihave the strongest easons ior believing I will sac eed myself. Thrughout tne entire t iscussion not one word was said gainst my public service or ollicial ecord, except that I had voted for udge Simonton's confirmation. That 'on know, was the veriest stuif andd ionsense. I have gone face to face r1th the people, given an ac- s ount of my stewardship, and they a aust now settle it. Although I say 'J L melf, Tam quite sure I can repre- I, sent the people better and more accept ably than any man they can send and in this I believe they agree with me. The only reason assigned for my retirement that I know of is that I have been here a long time. This bet ter aualifies me for the duties of the position and fts me to discharge its re sponsibilities more satisfactorily. One thing has gratified me inexpressibly, the cordial and hearty reception ten dered me yesterday on my return to the Senate by my colleagues on both sides of the chamber and by the Senate employees without exception. If left to a vote of my associates who have served with me here so rany years 1 think I could safely count on its being unanimous." n. M. L. HURRAH FOR STEVENSON! fHiq Vo'e Saved the Tariff Hill Frni Heing Los %. WASHTINGTON, Auz. 11.- -Today's proceedings in the Senate were ot a most interesting and exciting character, in volving as thev did the success or d feat of all the tariff' work of the sessin; and it was nnly by the casting v.-e of the Vice President that the Democratic party was saved from a bad repulse, if not a complete overthrow. The day began with a debate up'n the resolution rffered on Friday by Hil, instructing the Senate conferees on the tariff bill to report whether the cvnferees of the two Houses were likelv to a2ree, and it-not to report a aisagceement. Hill modified his resolution by insert ing an additional clause requiring the bill to be handed to the secretary of the Senate for such action as the Sen ate might desire to take upon It. The significance of this clause was that it the bill were so . delivered to the Sen. ate the House could not have the chance (which has been rumored as one of the possiblides of the opposition) to agree to the Senate amendments, and thus have the bill sent to the President without any further action on the part of the Senate. The debate for nearly two hours was directed to that phase of the question. At last action was preci pitated by a motion made by Cockrell to proceed to the censderation of executive business. That motion was justly regarded by Hill as hostile to his proposition, and he promptly demanded the veas and nays. rhese were taken and were watched with the most intense interest and excitement by Senators of all partits and by an im rense nrowd of spectators in the ga'e'r es. The result was announced by the Vice President as yeas 35. nays 35, and be promptly gave his vote in the'afficma .ive, thus detesting the Hil'. resolution [or the time being. It has now gone to he calendar, whence it can only be taken by a majority vote, although a simdar "esolution may be oflered at any time. Besiddes the 70 Senators who voted here were 18 paired-the only Senator eft uniccounted for being Stewart (P.p.) >f Nevada, who was present, but main ,ained a position of strict neutrality. rhe three other Populist Senators, Al. en, Kyle and Peffer, with the two Dam >cratic Senators. Hill and Murphy, roted with the Republicans. All the >ther Democratic Senators ramained rue to their party fealty. The most intense interest and excite nent prevailed on the floor and in the talleries as the vote progressed. When pair was announced between Irby lud Wi!s."n (Rip.) of Iowa, Hill ap >eared to dout the defection of his sup %osed ally, and demanded the authority or pairing him with a Republican. The uthority was soon forth coming. Jones Dem.) of Arkansas produced and read wo telegrams which he hsad received rom Irby, one saysing: "-Piease arrange pair for me in favor of the bil';'' and he other saying: "Pair me in favor of ,he free sugar proposition if that comes ip in the Senate." Thie roll was finally completed and he result figured up. It was announ :ed by the~ Vice President in these gords: "On agreeing to the motion to >roceed to the consideration of execu ive business, the yeas are 35 and the iays are 35. The Senate is equally di rided. The Vice President voted 'aye." ['hat annuncement relieved the extreme enslon which had seized upon Senators and spectators. Ta.'e V~ce President lirected the galleries to be cleared and he doors to be closed, and thus ended n incident which had threatened to ring to naught the whole tariff work of be session. The following is the vote in detail: Yeas-B ate, Berry, Blackburn, Blanchard, Brice, Caftery, Call, Cam en, Cockrell, Coke, Faulkner, George, libson, Gorden, Gorman, Gray, Harris, arvis, Jones ot Arkansae; indsay, &cLiurin, Martin, Mills, Mit:,bell Wis onsin; Palmer, Pasc>, Pagh, Roach, mith, Turple, Vest, Vilas, Walsh, Nays-Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Ca ey, Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Dixon, )>ipb, Dubois, Frye, Galhinger, Hale, [ausbrouzh, [Hawley, Higgins, Hill, Ioar, Jones of Nevada; Kyle, Ldze, ecMilan, Manderson, Mitchell, of O:e 'or'; Murphi, Patton, Pefler, Perkins, 'ettigrew, Power, Proctor, Sherman, hona), Teller, Wes'iburn-3I5. Tn~e following Senators were naired: ~utler and Cameron; Irby and Wilsou; Iunton and Plati; Morgan and Quays; (cPaerson and Morrill; Voorhees and Voleott; Damiel and Squire. Stewart at mute. The executiva session was brief and be Senate at 2:l0 adj )urnled until M ml av. 11,l's resou:inn, after its final modi cation, rea'ds as followse: "That the onferrees Onl thie p vt of tie Smsate rho are now considerering the difler ncee b~tween the q muses on the tar~if ill report to the Senate if they are like y to come to au agreement, and if not to eport the principal items of dliagree ient, delivering said bill to the Secre iry of tne -Seaate for the further action fthe benate theraon. Killed Stven. DA LLAs, TEXA.9, Au.g. 10 --A De alb specia! to the News says: A bout o'clock this afternoon a crowd of boys ad nmen met, ini a small prairie nine iles south of town and were playing all. A shower cimt up (luring the amne, and thecy all ran to a large oak. ghtnin'g st~ruck the tree and the follow iwere killed outright: ,John Jacobs, ~alter Atchley, Tom Blanchard, Will ently. JIohnr Jackson, Chris Petty ad Wdll Wash. About a dozen of the yys were huri, and it is thought some of ienm will die. Terrible Drought. A LLIANCE, Ohi0, Aug. 13.--Owing > the drouth the iron mills at Irondale ere compelled to close down Saturday ight for want of water for tbe engines, 'he water works at Salineville has gone ey and the village is almost entirely ithout protection in case of fire. The treams are almost all dry and farmers re comupelied to haul water for stock. 'be drouth is the serverest experienced A BITTER ITACK ON MR. W. GiBBES WrIALEY BY EDI TOR KOESTER Of the Columbia R lglster, Who Declares that the Reform Itine' in Charisiton is a Thousand Timen Worse than the Old Ring. CoLMITA,S. C., Aug 16.-The lleg ister, of last Tuesday, published the following bitter attack on Mr. W. Gibbes Whaley, of Charleston, which was the cause of the difliculty between Editor Koester, of the Register, and Mr. Whaley, on Wednesday in the lobby of the Hotel Jerome. The following is the article: If many delegates to the State Re form Convention wera elected by meth ods as rotten as those used in Charles ton no true Reformer in the State will hava any respect for that Convention or will consider himself bound by its action. The Register is devoted heart and soul to the Reform movement, but it will be just as outspoken in con demning rottenness and unfairness in that movement as in condemning those qualities in the opposition. It such noxious weeds are allowed to grow un checked in the Reform garden they will soon choke and kill its valuable plants. Any Reformer who sees wrong doing by Reformers and allows it to go un rebuked is derelict to his duty. We do not accuse Mr. Jonn Gtry Evans of any participAtion in the af fairs, but his managers in Charleston stole the delegatlon from that county to the State Reform Convention by methods so outrageous as to be con demned when their blood was cool by some who took part in them. Sher iff Hugh Fergunson the boss riagster of Charlaston, could learn lessons in politic>l minipulation from W. Gibbes Whalay and his satellites. He never dared go one-thousandth part as far in disregard of the rights of other men as did the self-elected boss of Charleston Reformera. If Reformis to growand xand in South Carolina, or even to retain its present strengtn, Reformers will have to disown and condemn such political dishonesty as was enacted in Charleston under the name of Reform. The machine Dart of the Charleston Reform faction needs most radical re formation. It would take the com bined waters of the Ashley and Cooper, with large assistance from the Atlan tic, to wash it even approximately clean. The Reform Movement was aimed and designed to bring about such po litical conditions as would secure fair and square play among the white men. With saat purpose as its main object It rapidly gained strength; it that pur pose is lost sight of, it will just as rap idly lose strength. Those men in Ch'ar leston who c'aim to be Reformers and who last Sat arday night acted in such utter disregard of this most vital prin ciple of Reform should be pilloried be fore the gaze of the people of the State by the Reformers; if the Reform party is te shoulder responsibility for such action, there are many men who will leave the Reform party. A little description of the way things were manipulated in Charleston will not be amiss. Same of the leading Reformers there say that W. Gibbes Whaley, who has represented Charles ton Oceunty on the State Reform com mittee, was only self-elected to that position; that he was never chosen by a meeting of Charleston Reformers. Cer tainly he has in no way acted as he should have in that position. The Re form committeeman from each county as expected to act as a head to the eformers in his county, to direct work to organize and strengthen them. r. Whaley has done absolutely noth ng in Charleston to develop the trength of the Reformers there. In act it looks as If he had no desire to trengthen the Reform faction there; it ppeared as if he preferred to keep it weak so he could more readily get his esires filled. The State Reform committee ordered hat the Reformers in the various pre incts should meet on the 11th Instant nd elect delegates to thelr County onvention, which would elect eele ates to the State Reform Convention. n Charleston Mr. Whaley was given the power to say whether the Reform ers of that city should all vote In one entral club, or should vote in their recinct clabs. A central club was ormed, but on Friday, the day before the election, Mr. Whaley had not de cided whether the votes for delegates o the County Convention should be taken in the central club, or in the welve precinct clubs, and no public notice was ever given of his decision n that subject. The voters were left a doubt on a miaterlal point, and their oubt was not dispelled until after ingmaster Whaley had manipulated bhings to suit himself. We have referred to a Central Re form Club in Charleston. It was formed ~fter slight notice and never held an ter meeting after that on which it was formed, which was attended by forty or fifty people. The secretary ~lected at that meeting is a man who nas always aiillated with colored Re ublicans. The club never met again ntil Saturday night, but its roll gre w that time, according to the state nents of Its otlicers. These additional ames were never passed upon by the ~lub, but were simply put upon the roll ny its oflicere, as was rignt and proper. iJessrs. Therreli and Thomas were put Ipon the roll in this manner, and the itor of the Register heard thie secre ary of the club and Mr. Whaley assure 1r. Therrell, who was out cf the city vhen the club was formed, thaat he had lone all that was necessary to make m a member of the club in full stand g and that lie could participate in he meeting on Saturday nighit. There as no rule passed by the club at its )nly meeting that members could only e admitted on a vote of the club. Vhen the clu met on Saturday night s second meeting, Messrs. Therrell d Thomas, the leaders of the Ellerbe ad Tlindal forces respctively, were ad nitted. When the roll was called they mnswere:l to their names just as others .vho had been put on the roll since the irst and only previous meetingr. They were allowed to take part in the pro ~eedings until it was seen they were 3ot Evans, wheni Mr. WVhaley arose and noved that they be excluded from the all, which was doue. The Mr. Whaley trho had them excluded was the Mr. Whaley who assured one of them that ie had done all that was necessary to nake him a lull member. His excuse or having them put out was that they t-ere not members, the club never hay ng passed upon their applications for nembership. The club had never mdopted a rule that members could only e admitted on a vote of the club. Ioreover the other men whose names tad been put on the club roll, like those E Messrs. Therell and Thorras subse iuent to the first meeting' were not xcluded from participation in the 1 )roceedings. The chairman of the meeting was the I ,eformer who Governor Tillman ap- I >inted register of mesne conveyance r Charleston County last fall and 4 hose appointment he revoked as soon' s he made it. -The chairman's -ruings .ere most artriry. Hea gave other 1 men the floor when Mr. Thcma.s was most clearly entitledto it. The call for the meeting Saturday night invited all those in Charleston who were in symDathy with the objects of the club to attend. Acting on this invitation from one hundred andl fifty and one hundred and seventy five as good citizens as there are in Charleston went to the htall where it was to be held. The meeting was to begtn at 8:30 P. M., but those who arrived as early as 8 P. M. found the doors guarded and nobody was admitted whese name was not on the roll. Those who were not ad mitted stood on the narrow piazza where the heat was simply frightful. As their numbers increased crowds were formed along the sidewalk in front of the building. The police in Charleston never allow two or three men to stand togethe r on the main streets, which are very sm-all. Tne police told the men in frontof the hall to "nmovA on," and, they had to "move on" or get arrested. It Is natural that they preferred to "mnove on." When Mr. Whaley hal run his slate through netv members were admitted, but. it was too late. Under Whaley's directions the club elected forty delegates to the County Convention. U a its roll were only 120 names, which entitled it to six delegates to the County Convention. Whaley at tempts to jasti fy the election of forty delegates by saying that the representa tion was basAd upon the city Reform club rolls. Yet the men excluded from the meeting were all members of the city Reform clubs, and were willing to pledge themselves to support the nom inees of the State Reform Convention. Mr. Whaley said to an outsider that the men whom lie excluded were not there in good faith. le was promptly told that he was too big a coward to re peat that slander to any one of those men face to face. Such tactics as those described above are coatemptible and should be spat upon by Itformers. TaA men who were excluded from the Charleston meeting willvote for whom they please and hope that Tindal and Ellerbe will refuse to be bound by the action of the Convention and will go to the Demu - cratic voters in the primary.-Columbia Register. THE INDIANA DEMOCRACY & The NXmes of Brice, G arm %n and Smith Received With Derision. INDIANAPLIS, August 15.-At 10 o'clock the Damccratic State (;Qavea tion met in Tomlinson Hall with a full representatioa of delegates, numbering over 1,700. At 9 o'clock this morning the rosolutions committee was still at work. it leaked outjust prioi t> the time fbr calln; the convention to order that the stumbling block was an endorse ment of Sanantar Voorhees. The Voorhees men on the committee de manded his endorsement, while the friends of Governor Matthews insisted that the latter should be lauded and the Senator condemned. The two factions were expected to come togetber on this point. It was 1:30 o'clock when the conven tion was finally called to order by (.hairman Taggart. A half hour more was consumed in securine quiet and, then Rev. A. H. Abbott offered prayer. Mr. Taggart's remarks were brief snd characteristic of the man. He said: "It affords me great pleasure to greet this large and enthusiastic body of D.nmo crats. If you'll keep your coats ofi during the campaign like you have 'em now, we'll get there this fall like we did two years ago." Governor Matthews was then chosen permanent chairman. The platform endorsed the record of the Damocratic party in Indians; de nounced the extortion and robbery fos tered by the McKinley tariff; insists that no tariff taxes should be levied except for revenue; approved the efforts of President Cleveland, the House of Rep resentatives and a majority of the Democratic Senators ior their efforts to redeem the pledges of the party; con demns, a small coterie of Senatorg, who masquerading as Democrats, by threats attempt to defeat all tarifi legislation and prevent the carrying out of all the Democratic pledges of tariff reform; congratulated the party on the measure of success achieved and the presentation of the free sugar, coal, iron ore and bar bed wire bils; endorsed the income tox, the law authorizing the taxation of greenbacks and the repeal of the election law; favored dirEct eleCtion of United States Senators; declared the principles of the American Protective Association lliberal, unwise, unpatriotic and undemo ratic and un American; denounced manisfestations of violenca3 and mob spirit; favored restriction of immigration; declared McKinleyism to be the cause of ~inancial depresion, recommended arbi tration between employer and em ployees; deman led a double money standard; endorsed the ad-ninistrations of Cleveland and Governor Matthcws and closed with a demand that Congress deal generously in the matter of pen sons to soldiers. The plank referring to a "coterie"- of [Jnited States Senators masquerading as Democrats caused a pandemonium and ries of "name them," and the names of Brice, Gorman and Smith were cried out in derisiveness all over the great ball. The anti-American Protective Association plank also called forth loud heers. The following ticket was nominated: 3 odge of the Supreme Ccurt, lirst dis rict, F. W. Reinhardt of Spencer Coin 1'; fourth district, Joseph S. Daily of Wells County; Secretary of State Wil iam R1. Meyeis, renominated; Auditor, Joieph T. Fanning of Marion; Treasurer, Nrgan Chander of Hancock; Attoruey leneral, Francis M. Grtlih of Swvitzer and; Clerk of Supreme Ccurt, S. W. Wellman of Sullivan County; SuperIn ~endent of Pablhe Instruction, Charles ['homas; State S:.atiscian, Alexander 1uIton. ________ Terrible Drought. COrUMtus, Ohio, August 14.-The tate crop bulletin issued to-day sho ws ~hat except in a fe w central districts here has been no relier from the ter Ible drought, and the effect upon rowing crops Is disastrous. Corn S shriveling up and on the tplands is a total failure. Else here half a crop may be secured under avorable conditions from now on. Byen trees are dying and wells aqd prings are drying up. Pastures are ead and farmers are feeding their cat le. The potato crop is certainly ruined. Llnck wheat is poor and tobacco is i ciog adly. Apples are falling 'nd gr-apes lone promise a fair yield. Gum ot!ined, Lyoxs, August 6.-C~ersario Santo he murderer of President Carnot, was 'uillotined at 5 o'clock this morning. A ew minutes before 5 o'clock, the con emned man was led from his cell to he guillotine. is arms were firmly ound behind hita. When the attend ~nts seized him to lay him under the nife, lie struggled fiercely to free J ilmself. At 4.55 o'clock, all was ready. esario shouted: "Courage, comrades." Long live anarchy." The knife fell t 5 o'clocK precisely and Cxsario's I iad dropped into the haket. STANDING TO THE RACK. GENERAL ELLERBE SAYS THAT HE IS NOT A KICKER. He Knows Ie is Beaten Rat Is Golog to Support the Nominee and Adelses Hs Friends to Do Likewlie. COLUMBIA, S. C., Aug. 15.-The re turns received on Saturday from the primaries left little doubt that Senator John Gary Evans of Aiker would be the next Reform nominee for Gover nor and the next Chief Executive of South Carolina. The returns received on Monday and published in the Regis ter yeserday left no doubt at all, and the friends of the Game Cock were yesterday rejoicing over the splendid showing which their favorite has made. It was feit generally on Sunday that Mr. Evans would be the nominee and the feeling whici has existed for sone time betweea the friends of the rival leading candidites appeared to become rore bitter. There were threats of not supporting the nominee and all the wild talk of revolt which usually fol lows a heated campaign. That feeling is fast dying away and bitterness is ceasing. There will be no revolt from any source and Mr. Evans will be the Democratic nominee. A number of Columbia Conserva tives yesterday got it into their heads through some source that General Ellerbe would withdraw his name from before the Reform State -onven tion which meets on Thursuay and would run before the regular primary. doing this on the ground that frauds had been practiced against him. Tnese people do not know General Ellerbe. He has got as much grit in his make up as any man in the world and would rather suffer death than to be put lown as a traitor to any cause which he espouses. He will stand to the nominee, and if necessary will stump the State for him, General Ellerbe returned to the city yesterday from his home In Marion, where he has been since the ending of the campaign. A Register reporter saw him and asked him for an expres sion of opinion on Saturday's election. His remarks were characteristic of the man. "Well, I'm licked," he -said, "and I know it, bat I am not doing any kick ing. I am going to support Mr. Evans and I advise and urge all my friends to do so. It is the business and the duty of every true Reformer to uphold--... the action of Saturday's primaries. I spoke in every county in the State ex cept one, and that was because I could not get there. I went into this busi nes3 in good faith and I am going to stand to the rack. fodder or no fodder." All of General Ellerbe's friends-that is, his leading friends-such men as colonel Neal, Colonel Norton. and oth ers, have fallen into line and will fight for Mr. Evans if there is any opposi tion to him. They will fight Dr. Pope or any man who comes out before the rigular Democratic primary or as an independent candidate. There was a good deal of talk yesterday about an independent candidate, one who would receive the Conservative vote and the vote of the dissatisfied Reformers, if there be any of that faction. Some of the warmegt friends of Senator Evans believe that there will be strong oppo sition to him yet. If this should be the case every Reformer will be needed. One thing which has caused more comment than all others is the ex tremely light vote polled in every county. A great many people have attributed it to the opposition to the convention plan. The Alliance is charged with having held back and with not participating, the object being to be in a position to do as it saw fit toward any neminee. Most of General Eller be's friends take the ground that the vote is a silent and strong protest affainst the convention plan. Governor Tillman was yesterday asked his opinion on the vote. He said that ithe people had never seemed much interested in the gubernatorial fight but that all interest was centered in the Senatori fight. They did not care much who was nominated for Gover nor. Another thing was that the farmers were taking alvantage of the sunshine to work their crops, rain for over a month having delayed tbem and having given the grass a big hold. - Talking on the result of the election Governor Tillman said that he believed the Dispensary was the chief issue and that that was the trump card on whIch Senator E vans had been victorious. A newspaper reporter who was present suggested that the Governor himself had been the trump card on which Ev ans had been nominated. The Governor answered this hint by saying that he had never written a line or said a word in favor or against any of the candidates in the race. ie again repeated that he had held hands off and charged the Conservative newspapers with being responsible for the wids spread opinion that he was backing Senator Evans. He reiterated that the Reform movement is as solid as the rocks of Gibraltar. The people of - Marion County must like General Ellerbe as few men are liked in their counties. They turned out overwhelmingly on Saturday and gave him 1,795 votes. Tindal got i and Evans 0. This was the largest vote polled in any county in proportion to the number of Reformers. In fact it came near being the full Reform vote of that county. No more compliment ary vote could have been given a man and it testilies in strong terms to the standin~g of the Swamp Fox in his na tive county. Constables at Work. CoLUMBIA, S. C., A ug. 15.-The fol lowing instructions are sent out to dis pensar y constables a-s they are assigne:d It work: "In reiamnt operations under the Despensary law of 1893, constables, while execising bli the powers and du Lies conferred by that act, will be care Eal to avoid any unnecessary frictIon or :et int acy brawls. They will seize s.11 c'antra~band 1 goor3 and make arrests an4r tvidencc suilcient to convict, the taa.c as here'or rc. When necessary, Lthe wul. apn~ y to the~ sheriff of the :e(unty f r se s-e ic makingr arrests , >r ca--chs. Whein thes- are not con v' icn' the may aly to mayors and 'nce .ats ofi toxe ' r se'archi warrants nd: i t. te poie Any reinsal u -he Mr. C Lnc ayers or intendants ew o e-rPerate mait be reported r mp'.y to (he overno. Constables vil not seasih express cars without veellz iiis'ructions. But if they see mny cor t-aband liqucr in one they can >rder it to be (detairued and carried to the ocal express oflice for examination. f'reight depots may bs entered and earched whenever open for business vithsout a warrant; and freight cars which ar(. being unloaded may also be ,earched. In opening suspicious pack ~ges caro mast ba enrcised not to in are the centents. Al: saloons and other >pen places ol business where contra utnd lquor b suppmedi to be sold, may ~a sarentd withouta warrant. Consta s.es will wear their badges at all times. 1Iit Ti r)Ax. Governor?"