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VOL. X. MANNING, S. C WEDNESDAY, ARPIL 3, 189. NO. .36. MEETING OF TE FORTY. THEY WILL CO-OPERATE WITH ALL WORKERS FOR PEACE. They Adopt an Addre-s Advising an Equal Division of the Delegates to the Consti tutional Convention. and Insisting Upon White Supremacy. COLMBIA. S. C., March 28.-The much-talked-of peace and unity con vention of the Forty was held -ester day, and peace and harmoiy were written all over both sides of the me nu card. It was the most novel gath ering in many respects ever seen in the State. At the same time, it was perhaps the most representativetaking it as a whole, that has been seen in South Carolina for the past five years. There were men gathered in the hall of the Houwz-, where the portrait of Ben Tillman,the.Moses of the farmers, who appeared in the political arena five years ago, looked down upon them, who represented every faction of white people in the Slate. They wei e gathered there in perfect good feeling, and were as harmonious as if nothing had ever divided them as far as the north and south poles are' divid ed. Tillmanites of the red-hot stripe and Straightouts 'of* the simon-pure order mingled in harmonious. confer ence with Conservatives and ultra Conservatives and Reformers and R& fawmers. Never a harsh word was said in personal conversation or on the floor. White-winged -peace was the ruling spirit, and patriotism was the left bower. It was a sight to make many who have been accustomed to hear many men before them speak of each other in the harshest language, marvel and wonder what had hap pened. But all the same, such a gath ering it was, and some results were accomplished. Equal .division of un pledged delegates was one result, and the formulation of an oiganization to ca out, the plan outlined was About -5 o'clock the hall began to fill up, and a good many ladies. ap peared in the galleries. It was, per haps, the-strangest gathering t has been seen in the State in the past four years; its personnel was certainly the most remarkable for that length of time. Faces were to.be seen in the hall of the House which have not been seen there for several years. Among those present were noted such promi nent men as Oonawressnan McLaurin, ex-Congressman 6eorae Johnson, ex Governor Sheppard, W. L. Mauldin and many others. At 5:15 o'clock Senator T. J. Kirk land, the secretary of the- Forty com mittee called the convention to order and read the call of the Forty, hereto fore published. Mr. Kirkland then said he took it that the representative body of men here was a clear evidence that principles near to the hearts of the people wiere involved.' Otherwise there would not be such a gathering. It was the idea of the - supremacy of principle over the will of any man or set of 'me'n. , He was proud t-be here. Let us have no harshness and viru-1 lence. Things have been said about the callers of this convention which have Ihurt them. Imputations had been cast, but they did not cherish or indulge bitterness in any way. White unity was essential to white suprema cy. This was the sentiment that was swaying the State. May Providence give us wisdom to accomplish: some thing tha?ivil give to our State pros pei-ity. Be called for nominations for temporarychairman. Ex-G4rrndfauldin said the occa sion was onie of note. Those who had responded to thie call had come to the halls of their fathers as sons of a comi mon mother. They had cetme from patriotism. On the'floor there was n~o one who did not- wish to cherish eace and harmoniy. No factions should be known. Hie camne as the representa tive of no faction. "I come to assist in my humble way and to put my shoul derto the wheel for peace and prosper i."He then nominated the H on. W illiam H. Timmer'na~n of Egfield. The nomination was seconded byRep resentative Robertson. . DR. TIWMRRMAN'S SPEECH. On taking the chair Dr. Timmerman addressed thte convention as follows: "To becaled upon to preside over a convention -of representative men of South Carolina, met for. so high, so noble and so -.patriotic a purpose as securing unity among the white citi zenship of the State in electing dele gates to the constitutional convention, is no small honor. I appreciate it and thank you raestsincerely, gentlemen of the convention, for the unsought and unexpected distinction. If, in the providence of God, I shall be permit ted to lend my humble aid and influ ence to no other worthy object besides this-the reconciliation of plitical ~ ~--differences and alienations btween fellow-Democrats of this, my native State. I feel that I could well rejoice that this be the crowning act of my political life, believing that no higher testimony of my devotion and patriot ism could be transmitted to my pos terity and people in thus laboring for peace andl good-will in the common mnterest of all. I have lived too long -I have advanced too far to the short side of life-tobe impelled by any other .notive than the promotion of the hioghest oood of all, morally, socially, materially and politically. And I ..rust that the same sentiment of pa triotism which pervades my own bos om finds ready Iodgmnent in the breast of every member of this convention. These the times which try men's souls. The dark pall of financial gloom can opies this broad land, from the Atlan tic to the Pacific, from Maine to Texas. Every consideration of home, of pro grsof expectation for common good, dmands that we sink self and selfish ends out of mind-that we forget, sc far as may be, the past; look to the future; that we be brethren again, so cially and politically, and dwell to gether in peace and harmony. Let the guiding star of our actions today bE moderation, nutual forbearance and concession, .wisdom and patriotism, and we will discharge the duties ac ceptably and know the high purpose which have called us together" Dr. Timmermnan was frequently in terrupted by applause, heartily given. For secretary Mr. F. H. W estor nominated Mr. Therrell of Charleston. Mr. McSweeney nominated Mr. Louis Appelt, who withdrew. Mr. Ellerbe nominated Mr. D. Wallace Jones, who also withdrew. Mr. Finley moved that nomhinations be closed. Captair Thompson of Darlington was nomnina ted by Mayor Dai-gan. Messrs. Thjer rell and Thompson were elected. THE ROLL Oi DELEGATES. On motion of Senator Harrison oj Greenville the roll was called as pub lished in the newspapers. The roll was made up as follows: I Abbeville-l. H. McCalla. J. T. I Robertson. J. C. Maxwell. Aiken-W. G. Chafee. A. P. Ford, C. K. Henderson. Anderson-D. H. Russell, A. T. N Newell. 1 Charleston-J. M. Seignious. D. M. Therrell, W. H. Thomas, W. P. Mur phv.T Chester-R. A. Love, W. H. Har- t din. T. J. Cunningham. D. K. Wylie. s Clarendon-D. J. Bradhama, Louis t Appelt. H. B. Richardson. Darlington-W. F. Dargan. H. T. s Thompson, H. C. Burn, J. W. Wood- t ham. Edgefield-W. H. Timmerman.J. B. d Suddath, J. C. Shepnard, S. McGow- ( an Simpkins, H. H. Townes. t Fairfield-T. P. Mitchell, Hayne s McMeekin, F. H. Ketchin, E.B. Rags dale. Florence-J. W. King,C. A. Smith, i G. G. Thompson. W. E. Finklea. t Georfetown-S. S. FraserLeGrand 9 G. Walker. N. W. Pvatt. Greenville-John R. Harrison, Wil- t liam Watkins, W. L. Mauldin, L. V. c Parker. Hampton-W. J. Gooding. M. B. t McSweeney, John Lawton, W. E. r Martin. C Kershaw-T. J. Kirkland, B. H. I B6ykin. G. W. Moselev. f Laucaster-J. C. Elliot, B. F. Mil- v ler, John T. Green. s Laurens-F. D. Balt, Senator Full- s er, Dr. J. R. Smith, W. W. Ball. V Lexinoton-J. H. Counts, S. P. s Wingar, J. W. Geiger, J. A. Muller. Marion--J. C. Sellers, W. J. Mont- i gomery, J. E. Ellerbe, J. D. Mont- c gomery. T Marlboro-J. L. McLaurin, C. S. r McCall, J. N. Drake, J. F. Breeden. t Newberry-Georze Johnstone, G. b S. Mower, W. C. Sliah, J. A. Sligh. F Oconee-R. A. Thompson, E. E. Virner, J. W. Shelor. F Pickens-S. F. Lay, T. C. Robin- s son, J. E. Boos c Richland-W. W. Ray, F. H. Wes- v ton, R. N. Richbourg. t Spartanburg-G. V. Adair, W. S. i Thomason, C. P. Sanders. F Sumter-E. M. Cooper, H. P. Ab- t bott, W. D. Scarborough, Arthur Sanders. f Union-James T. Douglass,William I A. Nicholson, William Jefferies. V Williamsburg-T. M. Gilland, Wil- E liam Cooper. B. W. Jones. York-D. E. Finley, J. F. Ashe, C. E. Spencer, Samuel E. White. Mr. Finley moved that a committee c of two from each Congressional dis- i trict. on platform aRd resolutions, be r appointed by the -.Ahairman. QUETION OF REPRESENTATION. Mr. Appeltsaid he wished to know who composed theconvention. He said thi counties had elected different num- t bers of del'ates. s Mr. Murpiy moved that each county be allowed three votes. dividing the 3 vote of each man up into proportionate fractional parts. Mr. Sellers moved as a a substitute that the roll as formed be made the roll of the convention. Mr. McSweeney supported Mr. Murphy's scheme; saying that the convention had been called to be composed of three delegates from each county. It was unjust on a count of ayes and noes. Governor Sheppard said his county had been the only one to elect six del egates, and it was done to show her sympathy with the peace movement. They only wanted three votes. Mr. Sellers stithdrew his motion. i . Mr. Murphy's motion was then adr. Fnley's motion was then renew ed and carried. THE PLATFORM CO3MMITTEE. The committee was appointed as fol lows: -First District-W. P. Murphy, L. G. Walker. *Second District-M. B. McSweeney, I J. C. Sheppard. IThird District-J. T. Roberson. Geo.c Johnstone.t Mauldin. -'Eifth District-C. E. Spencer, T. J. I Kirkland. Sixth District-J. E. Ellerbe, C. S. .McCall. Seventh District-H. P. Abbott, S. - P. Wingard. Mr. Finley's motion that the con-a vention take a recess till 8 o'clock was ado pted. All were asked to present their reso- I lutions to the committee at once.. The convention after takiner the re- I cess, was called together for a~few mo ments. Mr. Appelt moved that the conven- t tion confirm the invitation extended by Mr. Kirkland to certain parties. t Col. Johnstone wanted all parties of I all factions included in the invitation. He moved that all those who attended< the Hemphill-Evans-Tillman confer-< ence be invited to attend. A further invitation was extended to all editors: of daily newspapers. THE EVENING SESsION. 1 At S8:25 the convention was again called to order, and the chairman ask- 1 ed for information about the commit-t tee. It was not forthcoming and the< convention sent a committee consisting of Messrs. Thompson and Cooper to1 'wait on the committee on platform to ascertain when it would report. The' conventia~n then took a recess for awhile. Col. I. G. McKissick, of Union, was called for. AN OLD WAR HORSE. Col. McKissick came up amid ap plause. He said this took him back to better days; to the days when he came1 here winter after winter; since then he hadn't been down here. He loved South Carolina, her hills, her trees. He knew what South Carolina patriot isnm meant. He had shed his blood for her. He hoped better days were coming. He felt that better times were coming. He wanted her to be the land of the free and the home of the brave. (Applause.) Amons' those who sat in the o'allery were JucIge Jos. H. Earle, Spea-er Ira B. Jones, Secretary of State Tompkins and others. There were also a good many negroes in the gallery. Ex Governors Richardson and Hlagood came in and took seats in the body of the convention. About 9 o'clock the convention was again called to order and Mr. Robert son submitted the report of the com mittee on platform and resolutions. THE PLATFOIDI. The platform was then read as fol lows by Secretary Thompson. As he read the quiet was so intense that a pin's fall would have seemed a great noise. The reading wa greeted with applause: To the People of South Carolina -This conference of Reformers and Conservatives of the Democratic party of this State, met in response to the call, issued January 23rd, 1895, by the executive committee of the Reformers who put forth the address of December .894, notes .:ith pleasure that leading epresentatives of the two factict iave begun vork to the ends express d in that call and address. We cordially welcome other aid a n( nvite the co-operation of all who fa -or a combination of the wisdom an( >atriotism of the State, regardless o: actions, in the task of reconstructin >ur organic law. In common with al atriotic people of the State. we lamen hat the Democratic party of the State o long united and invincible, has beer orn asunder by strife and its unity en langered by the bitterness of factiona pirit. The causes which have led t< hese unhappy results need not nom >e considered and should not now b liscussed. In view of the coming )onstitutional convention, in ordei hat the honor of the State may be pre erved and the welfare of the peopl >rotected and promoted, it is of vita mportance that factional lineos be ig Loyed, if not obliterated, in the selec ion of delegates to the convention 'hus and thus only can the new Con titution become the bond and seal o mnion among the people of South Car >lina. Therefore we recommend: 1st. That in the election of delegate o the Constitutional convention only aen of prudence and patriotism bE hosen; and that they be divided equal v between the two factions as hereto ore e.kisting- as far as practicable: vhen equal division is impossible thal uch fair division be made as will best ubserve the great purpose of securing vhite unity and a non-partisan con titution. 2nd. That we are unalterably and rrevocably pledged to the supremacy f Anglo-Saxon civilization in every art and department of our govern aent, to be secured by fair and consti utional methods. But this can only e accomplished by the unity of oul eople. 3rd. We have unbounded faith in the eople, and confidently trust them, to lect delegates to the Constitutional onvention to represent their opinions rith an eye single to their fitness for he oreat work that will confront them. Vil a convention so chosen the peo le will be satisfied with the oonstitu ion it will adopt. 4th. To put the ocjects of this con erence into practical effect, and to romote the accomplishment thereof, re recommend the appointment of a tate executive committee to be com osed of two from each county, whose uty it shall be forthwith to prepar nd promulgate a plan of organization f all Democrats in the State, who are a sympathy with the objects and pur oses herein declared. Respectfully submitted, J. TowNES ROBERTSON. SERIATIM CONSIDERATION. Mr. Boggs moved the adoption of his report. Mr. Appelt moved as a ubstitute that each section be taken tp seriatim. This was accepted by Ir. Boggs, and was agreed to. The preamble was then read and dopted. MR. APPELT OBJECTS. When the first section was read Mr. ppelt saw something in it that would .raw factional lines tighter than ever. he people would - resent the words 'equal divison." He moved that the vord "equal" be stricken out and the ord "equitable" be inserted. WHY IT SHOULD BE EQUAL. District Attorney Murphy very de iberately replied. 'He said they had et to attain an object explicitly ex >ressed in tue preamble. If Mr. Ap >elts motion prevailed, they could Lot hope to attain that result. A few~ reeks ago certain gentlemen met here a Columbia and declared that they ere willing and would advocate that he convention be composed of an equal umber of delegates from eachfaction. Ie was sure Mr. Appelt's statment hat he personally was willing to an qual division wa~s merely the voicing >f the sentiment of the leaders. It was he sentiment of the deleoates here hat they favored an equal division. 'his was a practical question. If noth nhad been said about the divisions xisting between Conservatives and leformers-and God grant that they ay not exist after tonight (Applause) -he would have advocated the plar >f Mr. Appelt. Irby was opposed to ny division. If this went on there ould be a breach. He was a Conser -ative-aconservative-a couservative nan. What can I say to the people at ome? Can I tell them that the Forty as promised you less than Governor: 'illman and Evans? They wouldn'1 isten to you. You will tell them thai hey can have two-fifths of the de rates. The previous action has giver he Conservatives the right to appear tere and ask for equal representation. :f we go back and say we offer less, we :an't control the people. He had sin :erely hoped that nothing would have t'en said which would have causet iim to express himself, but they wert emocrats and he, for one, was unal erably opposed to an appeal to th< iegro. (Applause.) He believed thai he Conservative party was opposed t< he negro, but if they went back and :ould do nothing, somneof those whon hey could not control, it wa iot unlikely, would make sucl uch an appeal. If this opportunit: ras let pass the day might never bf een again when the white people ~ould be united. He wanted to avert his. If the white pople divided, the 1egro would ho ld te balance of powe [t depended upon the action of the ~onference whether this calamit' ~vould be avoided. (Applause.) H< rusted that MIr. Appelt would not re :uire this thing' to be put to a vote Le hoped, with thxespirit actuating thi :onvention, his'friend would withdrav this. He feareal that this would haye he effect of drawing to it a large nums ber of Reformers, but it would repe iany other Conservatives. I say i with candor that with these facts pre sented, I would withdraw it. The re uniting of the Democratic party wa in the balance. A REFORM VOICE FOR FAIRN~ESS. Mr. Burn asked that the section be read aoain. He then said he w'a: aware t~iat this was no time for mak set speeches. He said they were no' facing a crisis in the history of the State. With a glorious past, they hai before them a glourious future. The; were here as South Carolinians, not a Reformers and Conservatives. Repre senting the Reform side, he wished t< say his county's wishes was to trea the Conservatives with all concessions (Applause.) He spoke of Tillman as; man with as great a brain as any, an< said when Tillman offered a pian the; could do nothing more than accept.I was a common country. lHe referre< to Capt. 31cKissick's remarke. au< spoke with patriotism of the magic ( of the great worlds, "South Carc lina." The lovely woman of Sout] Carolina wanted to hear messa~geso ICoNT3UED ON P'AGE FOUR.] I METAL MONEY HISTORY. WORLD'S CREDITORS MAKE UNCEAS ING WAR ON SILVER. Demonetization of Silver Hasv Practically Made England a Present of S4,000,000, 000-Unsiness Checked and Enterprise Ruined-Silver Still Stable. Conspiracy is a hateful word. IWe naturally hesitate to charge such ac tion upon lionorable men,bankers and lawmakers. Nor is the matter much helped by speaking of it as a precon certed movement, as has lately been so much the fashion in Congress. It is not necessary, however, to charge an actual conspiracy against silver, for the whole history of the world shows that a class wilely diffused, but all interested in one movement, will work as effectually to aid it as if sit ting in continuous convention. What I do charge is that for over 25 years the world's creditors have worked without ceasing, and all their efforts have been in one direction; that the facts,as now submitted by themselves, show results which, though they may not have been minutely planned in advance,have yet been foreseen by the shrewd ones,and while the movement has been as uniform and persistent the results have been as complete, as wrongful to debtors and as profitable to creditors as if designed by the most artful conspiracy of which man is ca pable. In proof of this let facts be submitted to a candid world. WAR BEGUN AGAINST SILVER. In 1867 the world's creditors met in convention at Paris under the name of the international monetary confer ence. The assigned reason for this convention was that. as international commerce was rapidly increasing, the diversities of coinage were becoming a great annoyance, and the allegea design was to assimilate. the coins so that they would pass from nation to nation just like tons of wheat or pounds of cotton. But no sooner did the convention get to work than a deeper design was revealed. .Nineteen nations were represented, for the great. exposition was in progress, the finan ciers of the world embraced the oppor tunity to see it, and the French com mittee on coinage had made a thor ough study of the world's metallic money and invited the nations to hear its conclusion. That committee made a lengthy and minute report, the chief point of interest in this connec tion being that the Latin union, then consisting of France, Italy Belgitum and Switzerland, was coining freely of both metals at the ratio of 15J to 1 and could continue to do so because the world's stock of silver and gold were almost exactly equal, and the greater value production of gold then, and for many years preceding, was certain to be absorbed in the arts. The American commissioner proposed a franc gold coin ($4.82), to which the American $5 piece and the English sovereign pound sterling could by de grees be assimilated, but this was com bated chiefly on the ground that it -would disturb the whole decimal sys tem of the Latin union, and our com missioner came away somewhat out of humor. Quite suddenly,as it would seem,the ground of the discussion was shifted, and the war on silver. began. The unexplained puzzle about this conven tion was that the Latin union, which had called it, was a bimetallic union and declared free coinage a success, and yet with only one dissentino. na tion, so far as can be determinc, and with surprisingly little discussion, the convention resolved that international monev "attainable on the basis and condition of adopting the exclusive gold standard, leaving each sta';e the liberty of keeping its silver standard temporar-ily. "Holland alone com bated the proposition. All the silver standard countries present, the United States included, voted for it, and only one man in the convention blurted out the plain trutn. President Mees of the Bank of the Netherlands predicted worldwide trouble and declared that "to adopt the a-old standard every where would r luce silver to chang-e money, and consequently gold would rise in value." GOLD STANDARD ADOPTED. Shrewd as they were,they made one mistake. They seem to have believed that the nationaal debts of the world had reached their maximum and the corp-'irate debts nearly so, and that many years of peace were to follow. Only four years later France had. to agree to pay Ger-many the great war indemnity, amounting to nearly $1, 000,000,000. It was then that the war on silver became active. Germany an nounced that she would seize the op portunity offered her by her receipt of that immense indemnity to destroy the varied silver coinage of 511 the lit tle governments absorbed into the em pire, would start her imperial coinage >on a gold basis and throw upon the market all the old silver, supposed to amount to $240,000,000. The market staggered at once, and tihe attempt was for the time abandoned. In 1872 it was resumed, and DenmarkSweden and Norway declared for a a-old stand ard without taking very active steps toward establishing it. The export price of wheat then in New York. averaged for the year, was $1.40 and of corn 69 cents. The next year the United States adopted the gold stand ard, but as most of those engaged in - it have declared that my did not know what they were doing we are a bound to accept their confession. In i August a panic began in Austria, spread rapidly through Germany and - was followed the next month by the 1 great panic in the United States. t 'Wheat declined to $1.30 and corn to - 60 cents, but wool (Ohio medium, - scoured) held up to 55 and cotton to s 17. In 1874 Holland stopped coining- sil ver,and the Latin union restrictced the e coinage to $28,000,000 per annum. It s was then found that Germany was shov e ing her old silver upon the market, v and a sudden fall in the value of the metal occurred, which in the United I States was then attributed to the Big 7 Bonanza just opened in the Comstock s lode. Monometallists still assert that -it is the increased production of silver Swhich has caused its decline, but tihe t truth is simply a matter of acknowl .edged figures. All the i-ease of a those three years amounts to but a tiif 1 ling per cent of that thrown out of use ~by the demonetizing nations,,.and evecn tnow the two metals arec almost exactly 1i egaal in amounts, as they were in 1871. 1In 1875 Hlollanid reluctantly gave f way and demonetized silver, wlile ~Denmark, Swedeu and Norway took Ssteps to car-ry out their- prev-xious reso f lutions, and the U ited States adlopted - a law for the resumption of specie payments on Jan. 1, 1$0 It s a sin.. gulal' and most suggestive fact that not o. American voter in a thousand knewo tha this meant resumption on a -old basis: that President Grant, who lad signed the act of 1873, congratu lated the country on the fact that re sumption would'be made easy because of the increased production of sil-er, and that in the heated campaigns of that year the orators for resumption habitually spoke of the two metals as a basis. Early in the year the trade dollars, co'ined for the trade with China, came into use quite exi nsively and were eagerly taken by the pecple without the slightest suspicion that they were not as good as gold. Never theless agricultural products contin ued to decline until three years of very short crops in western Europe brought zrain up again. In 1876 the Latin Union limited the total silver coinage to $120,000,000. The United States took from the trade dollar whatever legal tender power it possessed, and the people discovered that silver had been demonetized. The next year the Latin union stopped all coinage of silver save for small change and declared for a gold basis exclus ively. In 1878 the United States be gan the purchase of $2.000,000 worth of silver per month and its coinage in to dollars. but the secretary of the treasury discriminated against them from the start, a practice maintained to the present. There was a great bank panic in England, the famous Glasgow City and West of England banks failing, followed by a prolonged depression in trade. The next year the United States resumed on a go d bv.sis, but farm produce after a slight advance continued to decline. FAILURES FOLLOW SILVER DEMONETI ZATION. In 1881 the Argentine Republic made a feeble attempt at bimetallism on the ratio of 1 to 15.3, but both silver nd gold were driven out by paper money, and the great inflation bega there which terminated a few years later in a terrific panic. In 1884 came a tiade depression and labor crisis in FraLce, and labor troubles in the United States with great strikes and some rioting. In 1890 Roumania demonetized sil ver,. but the United States again be gan to buy under the Sherman act. In 1891 the whole paper money system of the Argentine Republic went to smash, and the grand panic there was followed immediately by the greatest faihres ever known in Great Britain, and those in turn by widespread bankrupt cy in Australia and financial trou bles in nearly every one of the European countries. The United States was temporarily saved by the Russian Iam ine and the failures of crops elsewhere which once more sent wheat above a dollar and for the last time. In. 1893 Austria-Hungary resumed specie payments on the gold basis. In dia made a desperate attempt to adopt the gold standard and the general pan ic reached the United - States. The Sherman act was made the scapegoat, and congress repealed it. Farm pro duce at once resumed its downward course. .TUE CREDITOR NATION'S GAIN. Dawn to this point I have made prices in agricultural produce, as those are of most importance to us, but this is not quite fair, as the decline in other things has not been so great. I find it extremely ditlicult to make a satisfac tory table representing the average de cline. I think it perfectly safe to say that on the average of 20 great Ameri can staples, the purchasing power of gold is today at least 40 per cent great er than it was in 1873. In other words, the value of uncoined gold has changed four times as much as that of uncomned silver-a 40 per cent advance against a 10 per cent decline. And here is, to my mind, the most extraordinary fact in the whole busi ness-that with all the world's credi tors mak-ing unceasing war on silver for a quarter of a century a.nd nearly all the lawmakers of the great com mercial nations doing their bidding, with every possible kind of discrimi nation against it and -an army of tal ented oraUrs and writers denouncing it as "-dishonest money," it has; de clined in real value but one-four-:h as much as gold has appreciated. It is to my mind conclusive proof that, left to intural laws only, silver is rem arka bly stable, and that if, as goldbugs al leoe, a double standard is an impossi bi~ity, then the single silver standard must be far more safe and honest, far more equitable as between debtors and creditors. But England has subjugat ed the world. Pi'actically the general demonetization of silver has beena the same as if the world had made her a present of $4,000,000,000, for it has added that much to the value' of the $12,000.000,000 which the world owes her. It may be a melancholy satisfac tion to the victims to know that pres ent appearances indicate that the world's creditors have killed the goose which laid them the golden egg. Great as the robbery of debtors has been, it is the smallest part of the evil. The loss due to the check on business and ruin of new enterprises cannot be esti mated. I have submitted but a small part of the evidence tending to show collusion among the world's creditors. Conspiracy, as 1 said, is a hateful word but in view o)f such enormous robbery ruthlessly pursued through so many years, what are we to believe? J. H. BROwsIN~G. - Scared by the Blizzard. WASHINGTON, MIarch 26.-Our Con sul at Kingston, Jamaica, in a report to the State Department, quotes Gov ernor Blake of Jamaica, in his annual message, as saying that he has received applications from Florida for informa tion as to the prosp)ects of orange-grow ing in Jamaica. They came from per sons wvhose groves have been ruined by the severe frosts and who realize the precarious nature of the fruit industry in Florida on account of the periodical cold waves from which it has suffered. The Governor speakes of the excellence of the Jamaica orange, grown without cultiv'ation or care, anid says that it is evident that Jamaica could, with systematic cultivation, produce enormous crops of oranges, lemons, grap~e fruit and shaddock equal to that of any fruit in the A meri can or European~ markets. He will welcome the~ introduction of a regu lar cultivation, that ought to be as valuable and stable as the cultivation of sugar or bananas, and has directed fall information to be preparedl and forwarded to the parties im Florida who have asked iniforiuation on~ the subject. _______ Total Lo-.. GL.\s' ow, MIarch 27.-Tae British steamer B3&fast, whichi v as reported, went ash~ore on Ionia island off the coast of &otland while ou a voyage from Darien, Ga&., will prove a total wreck. Eighten of the crew, who were reported by the steamer Durhiamj City as missing, have been landed at Colonsav islanm, south of Iona island. THE WAR IN CUBA, I THE PATRIOTS CANNOT BE KEPT DOWN. Another Province Rebels- General Gomez at the Head-Two Engagements where Insurgents Were Successful---Spauish Allies. TAMPA, Fla., March28.-Passengers on this evening's steamer from Havana report that city at last in a state of ex citement over revolutionary move ments. The efforts of Cuban patriots to rise on February 28 proved futile in the city of Havana and country im mediately surrounding on account of the absence of Gen. Sanguilly, who was to have led them. But now their forces are well organized under able leaders, and may be expected to rise in arms at any moment. Puer to Prin eipe is declared in a state of rebellion by the Spanish government, whieb makes four out of the five provinces of the island in a state of revolution. The report that Maximo Gomez is in Cuba is confirmed, and he is now at the head of the uprising at Puer to Principe. These passengers declare that so soon as it is officially known Gomez is at the head of the insurgent army the whole army will rise en masse. Two engagemenis were had, one at Bayamo and one at Eogin Col. Santeildes was in command of the Spanish forces, and Masso of the Cuban at the former place, and at the latter Garrich was in command of the Spanish and Miro of the Cuban. The insurgents were successful, and had not reinforcements arrived Santcildes and his troops would have fallen into the hands of the insurgents. The manifesto issued by the rebel leaders inviting Spaniards to espouse the Cuban cause has succeeded in win ring valuable support-Miro, who fought Garrick at Holgum, General Popa, General Estaban, Tamaya, Col. Liens, aide to Tamaya, and many other chiefs of the Spanish forces in the last revolution, have jonied the Cuban forces and are fighting for Cu ban liberty. OL Saturday a battle was fought at Guantabano, and the Cub ans defeated the Spaniards with heavy losses. Robi is at the head of over one thousand men. He was at Baire four ays last wee.k and went from there to Los Negroes. Two engagements oc :urred at Manzanillo this week. Cap tain Guerra was in command of the Duban and Col. Avoiz of the Spanish forces. The latter was defeated with eavy losses, including two officers. When the two thousand Spanish troops )rrived Monday at Havana, a portion :>f them was hurried off to Santiago inside of two hours. Two of the soldi rs died on board ship and many more are sick. There passengers state posi ively that the insurgent troops pay :ash'for all they get to eat and wear in the towns and only take horses sad Iles and arms. The negroes of the island are with the patriots, reports to the contrary notwithstanding. WILL SEND 10,000 MEN TO CUBA. MADRID, March 28.-Depuy de Lome the new ministers to the L nited States, will sail for America on April 2nd. He will go first to Havana to learn the etails of the Allianca incident and 1 will proceed thence to Washington. Premier Canovas del Castillo said, in in interview today: "It is undeniablei that the situation in Cuba is very seri >us. The government must use all Eeans to maintain the integritv of the kingdom and crush the rebellion speed ily and thoroughly. "Seven thousand troops will start or Cuba tomorrow and 2,000 will be ready to follow them. In six months 20,000 more will be ready. Indeed, we re prepared to send 100,000 if need ie, for we must end this struggle once for all."[ The Queen Regent presided at a cab inet meetino called late this afternoon to consider Ouban affairs. The govern-< cent has received the resignation of1 Captain GeneralCallejas. The Spanish1 consul in Jamaica telegraphs that the expedition organized by the insurgent1 eader, Maceo, is expected to arrive off the coast at any time. Private dispatches from Havana sayv that twenty-seven rebel chiefs, who took part in the last Cuban war, are cting in concert with Maceo to estab lish a provisional government, levy taxes and take other steps to organize fully against the Spanish force to be ianded.1 DON'T WIsH A CONFLIcT. LoNDos, March 28.-Premier Cano vas del Castillos aid in an interview with the Standard's Madrid correspon dent today that the governwient was satisfied with the attitude of the United States toward Cuban affairs, arid that orders had been given b panish ruisers and colonial officials to ob serve international usages regarding maritime jurisdiction and the right of1 search, with a view of avoiding a conflhet with the United States or: other powers. Mistake of a Jealous Wi fe. 'WAYCROSS, Ga., March 27.-Prof. L. F. McDonald, principal of the high school here, was indiscreet when h went away to spend the day on last Sunday and left an anonymous note from one of his girl pupils in his pock et of his week suit. Mr's. MacDonald is a bride of less than a year. The let ter she found was from a Miss Mar shall, a pretty girl of 17 years, the briohtest of her class and the only chilfd of a widowed mother. Mr. McDonald feli in love with her several months ago, and the girl's love for him was ardent in return. They met clandestinely and exchanged notes often. A suspicion of the affrair had been arcused among the girl's friends but there had been nothing approach ing a public scandal unitil Mrs. Mc Donald found the love letters. THE TRUE sTORY OF THE AFFAIR. SAvANNAH, March 2S.-An indigna tion meeting was held at Waycross to night, and the dispatch sent out Wed nesday, in which it was stated that the cause of Prof. McDonald's resignation as principal of the high school at that place was a flirtation with one of his pupils, a Miss Marshall, was denounc ed as false. The facts are stated to be tnese: Prof. McDonald received a note from Miss Marshall regretting that his illness did not permit him to continue to direct the music class to which she belonged. The note. wvhich was a pr fetly proper one, fell into the ha: ads of Mrs. McDonald, who is a very jeal ous woman. She reck-lesslv raisedl a great row about it, and got the whle town to talking. The sccolnbar'd thought it best for McDonald tco re'si: fronm the high school. He did o. ile was not asked to leave town. andi there were no clandestine mneetings between ii him and Miss Marshall,. and no Ilirta-j tion DEATH ENDS THE SUFFERING, The Sad Case of tbe Georgetown University Student. WASIENGTON,. March 27.-George D. Eahen, the football player of the Georgetown University of Washing ton, 1. C., who was injured last Thanksgiving day in a game between the Universitv and the Columbia Athletic Club,dlied shortly before noon today in the Emergency Hospital in "his city. where he had been receiving medical attention. Bahen was 19 years of age and was born in Rich Lnond, where his parents reside. His Lather and mother were at his bedside when lie died. It was in the footfall game between 1 levens foni the Georgetown Univer- < sitv and the Columbia Athletic Club < on Thanksgiving day. November 29 1 last, that young Bahen ieceived the I injuries which resulted in -his death. The play throughout was character- 1 ized by rough and harsh exchanges,: And a number of men on both sides w ere more or less injured and bruised. < Young Bahen was playing half-back < or Georgetown, and he met with his E mishap in the middle of the first half. ] Baben's play was to interefere with Leete, while Mahoney had the bill, mnd this he was doing to perfection. Bahen made a rush, and, as he did so, le received a blow from a Columbian idherent which felled him to the tround. Before he could recover from t he shock and regain his feet he was r ,rampled upon by the excited players, t md received the full force of numer- E >us kicks. In the struggle Mahoney J iad an ankle sprained, but he stuck t nanfully to his post, and was laid up I or several days afterward. Bahen was carried from the field to he university, whence he was after- s ,vard removed to the. Emergency Hos- I >ital. On examination it was found I hat the fourth vertebra was shattered mid the entire body below that joint >ecame paralyzed. There were several f >ruises on several parts of his body, f md his scalp was torn in several t places. After being in the hospital f 'or some days, the operation of lamin- 9 -ctomy was performed with such.suc- I ,ess that the paralysis' was partly re- I ieved. Ever since that memorable ' Chanksgiving the young student has I yeen bearidden, but he withstood his iffiction with commendable- fortitude mud Christian resignation. His splen- f lid physical condition served to pro ong his life, but he slowly faded 1 tway. Everythino that medical science S ,ould suggest ha been done for him t ip to the very last, and, together with I he kind offices of a loving mother, an ndulgent father and attentive nurses, he declining days of the unfortunate I 'ong man were made as comfortable I is the circumstances would permit. . Deputy Coroner GlazebroQk called c Lt the hospital as soon as the death t vas reported to him. In all probabil- I ty an inquest will be held tomorrow s norning. s The Women to Speak. - COLUDIBIA, S. C., March 27.-Mrs. N :. Viola Neblett of Greenville, the s rice president of the Woman's Equal o Rights Association of South Carolina, i s in the city. She has been travel- % ing over the State making appoint- r nents for speakers who are to canvass t he State the last of April or the first o )f May in the interest of the woman's ;uffrage movement. She reports f wenty places visited personally and I ppointments made, and ten by letter, naking thirty in all. A large number t >f letters awaited Miss Neblett at ths t 'ity askinog for appointments at other I >omnts-indeed, she says she fears that i: ill the de~manm cannot be sup plied. i M1is's Laura Clay and Mrs.. Clopton >f Kent ucky, Miss Elizabeth Yates c >f Maine. with Mrs. Viro-inia D. c ioung and Mrs. A. Viola INeblett of s :his State, are to be the speakers. Mrs. Weblett says that there is a general de- p ;ire that lady speakers will enter upon 3 he July canvass and that a lady ac- a :ustomed to appearing before Constitu- 1 .ional conventions is expected to speak a >efore the September convention. She 5 ;ays that gentlemen of every shade of I >olitical opinion, ministers, lawyers x Lnd mer'chants, have promised to pre- s ~ide at these nmeetings, and where wo-( nen have been talked with they have c ~xpressed themselves willio,. even I 4lad, to enter upon the womk 'of re- t leeniing State politics froi~n corruption 1 mud many would be more open in their leclarati'on of the justice of the balloti or- woman if it had not heretofore 1 >een ridiculed and poo-hooed Mrs. >Weblett gives her assurance, from ob ;ervation on her trip, that the women >f South Carolina are prepared to take he responsibility and do their full - luty in the matter of voting if the f ranchise is extended to them. In refefence to the editorial in the Register of March 25, Mrs. NeblettI lays it is not to be expected that the I vomen will rise en masse and demand :he ballot when the teachings of the mast have been against it, as unwo :nanly, unsexing and degrading. Give vomen time to adjust themselves to :he changed eapression of opinion in regard to women and the ballot, and ~hey will be equal to the hour. 4 Mrs. Neblett will be pleased to have t "riends call upon her at the Jerome< Eotel. _________ An Escaped Lunatic. SPARITANBT'Ro. S. C., March 29. SIr. L. Montague. of Winston, N. C., vho has recently been confined in the unatic asylum in Morganton, N. C., nade his ~escape a few days since and anded here last Tuesday, having ~ ~valked all the way. Mr. Montag-ue loes not look like an insane man. He ~ ias a pleasant looking face and talks .ell. IHe says he does not understand :his way of taking up aman and keep- I ng him contined in an asylum when here is no use of it. He said the peo >le in South Carolina are a peculiar geople, especially those in power, and 1e feared that he might be taken up md carried back to Morganton, and in >rder that no snap game could be ~ ~vorked on him, he consulted some awyers on the matter, and now he ~eels perfectly safe here. Mr. Monta ~ue is, no doubt, a man of some means.C ie was at one time engaged in the -eal estate and brokerage business inm W\inston.-Ierald. ____ izflH ! am~oi(otormt. t Mw.N. D.. Mrc1h 27.-A most t paig acctit. resutlting ini death v 4) li peL h'dISon. )ccurre~d last night. p i o twi.o a kitcheni stovepipe the huml of Christian Christianson, md te whole house was in llames i' .bre mi as. Eleen pcisons-the I -ai..moi~ and nine children- i: ser *ileep. in the~ house. Christian- c ;on. his wife~ and four children w~ho c icept on1 the :it U0loor escaped with r *iiclt. All of the children up t ,tairs the eldest of whom was 15, g er suffocated by smoke and were r LAST OF A LIE. ZHASED TO ITS LIAR AND KILLED AFTER MANY YEARS. rhe Commander of the Troops Which Cap tured President Davis, Exposes the RI diculous Story of His Disguise In a Wo man's Clothes. CHATTANooGA, Tenn., March 26. rhe visit of the Wisconsin State com nission to this city to finally fix the ,ositions of their troops at the Battles )f Chickamauga in preparation for he location of monuments, has >rought to light the real facts as to the apture of Jefferson Davis. The head f the Confederac has always been nisrepresented as dressed, when taken )risoner, in woman's clothes and the normous hoop skirts then worn by he gentle sex. Brigadier General lenry Harnden, then lieuten 6nt colonel of the First Wisconsin avalry, is present as a member of the ommission, and denies the current tories as false in this particular. Gen. larnden, though now a white haired reteran of 73, grows indignant when ver he talks of what he terms the ,ross exagoerations of a very natural ction by 36. Davis. In relating the tory, he said: '.'May 6th, 1865, I was specially de ailed from Macon with 150 picked aen of the First Wisconsin caval, he only command then armed with pencer repeating carbines, by Gen. ames H. Wilson to overtake and cap ure Jefferson Davis, who was making is way in the path of Breckinridge .nd Ben amin, Suth, via Florida, to luba. Our course described a circle o that we were overtaken by Col. 'ritchard, who was sent out two days ater with the First Mich' cavalry. "The latter pushed ahead during the dight as news of $100,000 reward, ot ered May 6th, had reached camp be ore his troops left but we come upon hem before day of May 10th. They ired upon us in the dark, we replied ad drove them back, and capturing a Jichigan cavalryman, first discovered ve were fighting our own - sbliders. .wo of Col Pritchard's men were :illed and a number wounded. "Davis was encamped with a party f forty or fifty about six rods away rom the skirmishing lines, just over little swamp and asleep at the time, >ut was awakened by the first firing ad dressing quickly, stepped out into he door of his tent. As he did so, a irivate of the First Michigan cried 'halt," but did not know who he had aptured till I approached. The first aan I addressed was the Confederate lostmaster General, Mr. Reagan of 'exas, since Senator, who very couri usly said: "Gentlemen, you have tken the old gentleman himself." 'he soldier who arrested Mr. Davis aid he had a shawl thrown over his holder when he first saw him. I re orted this circumstance to General Vilson when I returned to Macon vith the distinguished prisoner. The tory was telegraphed out from there, ndintheconfusionby misunderstand ag the simple fact of wearing his 6ife's shawl, was magnified ino a idicuious story that the President of he Southern Confederacy was dis uised in woman's clothes. "I have always branded it as utterly alse, and frequently at post reunions ave made myself exceeingly unpo alar by denying this yarn, for un r'uths like that are sometimes pleaant > believe. I would not injure Mr. )avis if I could by allowing.a false npression, which I was unwillingly ristrumental in creating, to prevail. "The capture took pae in a forest ,f pine trees near 'rwnville, Irwin ounty, Ga., where Mr. Davis with his mall party had pitched two tents. The >arty consisited of Mr. Davis and Rea -an C<>L Harris, his private secretary frs. Davis and her sister, teamsters nd a few unarmed soldiers. The arger fighting escort had left him the ay before, and Mr. Davis appeared ery pettish, -and blamed his nie in iy presence for delaying them. She ras on the way to her home in Missis ippi, and Mr. Davis'.separation from ieneral Basil Duke's cavalry, and the teliy, cost him his liberty. The fal en chieftain as he then appeared, was allish, but thin-featured and nervous, iut very dignified and stately, and vould pass as a high-toned gentleman ai any crowd. He was dressed modest y, but unusually well for the time." Senators "Scrap." LINCOLNs, Neb., March 28.-The senate chamber was the scene of a per onal encourter this evening, just be ore adjournment, betweeen Senator itewart, a Pupulist, and the Sergeant .t-Arms, which came near involing nany of the members in a hand-to iand conflict. Whilespea&n agis Sbill, Stewart was inerutdon a >oint of order by Noyes ofDouglas. jontrary to precedent, Stewart ignor d the point of order and also the pre iding officer, when he asked him re >eatedly to be seated. The sergeant t-arms was directed to quiet the speak r, but Stewart resisted him. The wo men clinched and fought up and town the aisle. Dald, another Popu ist, sprang to assist his colleague, >ut was roughly thrown to the noor >vtwo Republicanmembers. Jeffreys, .Iso a Populist, started for the combat .nts, shouting loudly that he could dhip any man on the floor. McKeeby f Webster, the giant of the Senate, aught hin, forced him into a chair nd held him. The presiding officer ushed down the aisle, parted the two riginal -combatants, and finally roucrhtabout order. A resolution was atro uced requesting Stewart to ap logize within twenty-four hours or ubject him to a vote of censure. Murder WHi Out. MILLEN, Ga., March 30.-Shadrock tiley, the nea'ro who shot Marshal )avis here last~'riday, while the latter r-as endeavoring to arrest him for gur -larv died this morning at 7 o'clock. ~as'nighit he told his ouard that he id not know anyting a' ut the charge ponl which he was arrested, but said e thought he was being arrested for iurder committed in South 'arolina. lHe did not g'ive the name of ae place where the crime was commitj ~d. Mr. Davis, who was so badly rounded by Riley, is better, and his hysicians think he will recover. A Gigantic Swindling Scheme. BUmE, Mon., March 27.-Henry L. Iaupt, president of the Montana Mini ag Loan and Investment company, is n trial in the United States court here n the charge of sending unmnailable aatter through the postoffice. The estimony introduced has developed a igantic swindling scheme, in which aany prominent men were innocently