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VOL. X. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 185. NO. 32. GORMMWlS FUTILE FIGHT. TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF TREAS URY CERTIFICATES. The Senate Indisposed to Prevent the Is sue of Bonds in that Way-The Silve: Question Will Not Dawn--Some Interest Ing Fsures. WAsHGTox, Feb. 27.-The Senat spent five hours today in debate ox the amendment to the suudry civi appropriation bill, reported from th< committee on appropriations, provid ing for an issue of $100,000,000 certifi cates of indebtedness, bearing 3 pei cent. interest, to meet the deficienciei in the treasury, and also requiring future issues of bonds to be offered t( the public for at least twenty days. Senator Gorman,Democratof Mfary land, who was recognized as the re sponible author of the amendment spoke for over an hour in advoedey o1 it, showing the probable needs of the treasury during the fiscal year, and declaring that the Secretary of the Treasury was entirely mistaken in hi estimates. The antagonists of the amendment were all found on the De mocratic side of the chamber, in the prns of.?enators Hill, Mills, Voor .and Vilas, which was, perhaps, the cause of Senator Gorman's subse quent allusion to "sudden conversions -such as were read of in Scripture. The sup rters of the amendmeni were on te Republican side, and in eluded Senators Sherman and Allison. Finally,as it was clear to Gorman and all otherSenators that the amendment -if held to bein order-would be de bated till the 4th of March next, Sena tor German withdrew the amendment, and the apropriation bill was then offered and agreed to. Unanimous consent was given to have a final vote taken on the bill at 3 P. Mtomorrow. A niht session was thereby avoided, and te Senateat 6.30 adjourned until tomorrow at11A. M. Senator Gorman said that if relief was to be given to the treasury, if au thority was to be given to issue certif' icates of indebtednes in order to maintain the credit of the Govern ment, the only possible way in which it could be given was on an appropria tion bill. He regretted exceedigly that it had become the duty of any Senator to inaugurate such a proposi tion. He regretted exceedingly that it bad not reached the Senate from the House as a separate measure early in the session when it could have been deliberately entered upon and proper 17 discussed. Two years ago this iden trcal question of order had been before the Senate and then it was held by a vote of 28 to 18 that the amendment was perfectly legitimate and perfectly proper. Senator Gorman had no desire, he said, to detain the Senate if a vote could be come to at once, but the com mittee on appropriations had request ed him to state frankly, without re flecting on -anybody, what the neces sities of the case were. This was the . aton before the Senate. The ques was, "Is the treasury in such a nditio that it can meet the wants of the Government under present law? Are the revenues of the Government up to this hour (under our revenue laws) sufficient to meet the annual ap propriations made by Congress and the permanent appproriations? If it of the treasury that we have appro priated more money than the receipts. thenlIwillisubmit to the Senate that we cannot afford to adjourn until pro vision shall be made to meet that de Sciency unless Congress desires the issue of 4 per cent, bonds running thirty years or 5 per cent. bonds run nn ten years, to be sold to meet it." Senator German said that the answer rnade by the Secretary of the Treasury to the resolution of the Senate (as to 'the condition of the treasury) was on its face msleaing.w It had been got up by eerks an bookkeepers, anid had not had the close inspection of the Secretary. From that answer, Senator Gorman said one might draw the con clusion that there was a -sufficient amount provided to meet the demands of the treasury. He would, however, give to the Senate the exact condition of the treaur. There was in the treasury, he said, tn the 1st of July, 1890, $89,993,104. Between that time and the 31st of December, 1894, the treasury receipts (except from bonds) were $1,590,480,365. The expenditures during the same period (that is, the yents out of the treasury) had $1,737,290,560, showing that the expenditures had been $46,000,000 more than the receipts. "How was the deficiency made up?" a Senator ask-ed. "From the proceeds of the sale of bonds," Senator German answered. "Now the question arises whether that condition of affairs will continue from now on during the next year. 'The Secretary of the Treasury," Sena -tor Gorma~n continued. "in his answer .tothe Senate has said that during this ,ecalendar year 1895 he will have reve mnue enough to meet the expenditures *of~the Government That is mislead ii&'g. I shall demnonstaate, I think, that the Secretary of the Treasury is entirely mistaken in that statement, and with all the revenues he will get this year he will have a deficiency of over $30,000,000 for the calendar year and a deficiency of $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895. It is not wise for Congress to adjourn leav ing-the treasury department with the open declaration made by the Presi dent of the United States that in an emergency he will continue to. sell bonds. 'fhat is too expensive. It is piling up a public debt in a form that is distasteful to the people of this coun try. I -'do not criticise the President for his action in the past If Congress refuses or fails to provide sufficient monley otherwise then, under the con struction of the law given by the treas uryv department and the President, (w'hich construction, I think, is not warranted,) the responsibility will be upon us. I want to have that policy changed. I want to make provision for certificates of indebtedness run ning only two years and redeemable . at the option of the Government, so that there can be no excuse hereafter -for the deparment to sell ten year bbnds or thirtf-year bonds" ' Senator Platt, of Connecticut, asked Senator Gorman to state the amount of surplus in the treasury arising from n:e money borrowed. Senator Gorman: "On the 1st of 2anuary, 1895, we had only $67,000, *o ~in the treasury to meet the ap propriations of Congress, exclusive of tue gold to redeem greenbacks. The * ecretary estimates that his receipts rom now on will be sufficient to meet the ordinary disbursements, provided he can use the balance in the treasury in the shape of greenbacks for which he has paid gold. In that I think he is mistaken. I do not believe that, if - permitted to use every dollar of re ceipts, he will have enough money to meet the current expenses of the Gov ernment by $60.000,000, without tak ing into account the amount due on former appropriations. Senatar Gorman gave $274,170.000 as the amount of appropriations made by the House at this session, which was $16,000,000 more than the Secre tarv's estimate of expenditures. He had no doubt, however, that with the additions made by the Senate the to tal appropriations of the session would be at least $400,000,000,and that would show a deficit of $42,000,000. "I ap peal to Senators," Senator Gorman continued, "whether it is wise or pa triotic for us to permit Congress to ad journ without making some provision to meet this deficiency, and whether it would not be impolitic and unwise to allow any executive officer to sell ten or ' year bonds to meet it?" Senator rge: "What is the ob jection to having -the silver seignio rage in the treasury coined to meet the deficiency?" Senator Gorman: "I trust we will be able to settle this question in a pro per way, and I appeal to Senators to abandon, for the time being, all the theories and ideas as to currency and simply to provide certificates of in debtedness, redeemable within two years at the option of the Government beig -the only thing that we can do in the expiring hours of Congress so as to prevent the sale of long bonds." Senator George: "It seems bad econ omy to borrow money when we have it in the treasury if we will only coin it." Senator Gorman declined to go into that question. He asserted if there had been a surplus in the treasury within the last twenty-five months all the gold needed could have been pro cured by the sale of greenbacks or treasury notes withouf any issue of bonds. Senator Gorman gave a graph ic description of the way in which, in the beginning of Mr. Cleveland's first Administration. Mr. Manning, the then Secretary of the Treasury,had got the upper hand of the bankers who were making a corner in gold. "Why not lead them in the same way now?" Senator George asked. "Oh, Mr. President," Senator Gor man remarked, "the Senator should not put such a question to me. I am dealing with the condition as it stands now. You have no money in the treasury now as you had then. Sec retary Carlisle came into the depart ment stripped of the power which Mr. Manning had. He tried to do it, but when he came to look at his coffers he found that he had no balance to pay his current debts. He was in the hands of the money rLg. He was helpless. I want to relieve him, and I appeal to Senators to give this au thority to issue $100,000,000 of curren cy so that he can say to these bankers: 'You cannot embarrass the Govern ment. Our credit is perfect. We have the :r.oney which the people will take. I am master of the situation.' The Government of the United States should not be at the mercy of the money kings." Senator Voorhees, Democrat, of In diana, chairman of the finance com mittee, recalled Mr Carlisle's statement that he thought the Secretary of the Treasury should have authority to issue Government certificates in case of deficinecy, but that he would not exercise that power now if given to him, 'oecause it was not necessary. Senator Voorhees also referred to the President's statenaents asto there being: a "comfortable balance in the treasury' and said that the President was not "hankering" after the proposed leg islation. Senator Gorman argued that Con gress ought to say to the President that having given him authorit to issue certificates of indebtedness, he should not sell long bonds, and that if he did the people of the country would not sustain him. But if Congress failed to give the President that authority 7he had said that the* would continue the same course, and Congress could not complain of the President here afterif there was a fail ure on its part here and now. "Senat-: ors," he continued, "who are on more: intimate terms with the President than I am may have some intimation that this proposition is distasteful to him: but that would not control me, because my view is thatlImust represent the interest of the people of the country aslIunderstand it. I would not desire to force on a co-ordinate branch of the Government any power which it did not want, unless inmy judgement that power was absolutely necessary to protect the taxpayers. I cannot with my views permit this session to close without making an effort to give the Presidents such power as will avoid: a repetition of the sale of long bonds.1 There is no reflection on the Presidenit: in any proposition which I make. Thereri no reflection on the Secretry, of the Treasurv-. whom I admire. But if this proposition is to be defeated and if we are to run the risk of ss pending works of public enterprise, that responsibility must be accepted." Senator M2:s said that there could be no question of a treasury deficiency when there was~ $55,000,000 of silver ) in the treasury belonging to the Gov ernment with authority to the Secret- 1 ary of the Treasury to coin it and pay 1 it out in his disbursemnents. He con-, demed the issue of bonds as a reversal~ 1 of the policy of the Government. He< said that if it were not stopped there< would be a mammoth debt piled on] the shoulders of the American people. Senator Mills said that he proposed to offer an amerdment to repeal alli laws that authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to sell United States bonds fer any purpose whatever. Senator Allison, a member of the3 committee on appropriotions, said that he knew how the hours of this Con-3 gress were fleeing, and that the bill must be completed to-day, and the remainining' appropeiation bills com-( pleted within the next two days. He believed it to be the first duty of Sen ators to see to it, as best they could, that those appropriation bills were dis posed of at the present session. He. wonld vote that the amendment of the committee on apropriations, in accord-i ance with Senate precedents, was in order. Senator Voorhees, Democret, of In diana, chairmon of the finance commit- 3 tee, said hetheld now, as he did when the repeal bill was under discussion. that the Secretary of the Treasury ought to have authority by a general law to issue bonds or other public sec- 1 uities with the proeeeds of which to i meet current expenses in the event of a failure of suflicient revenue from I other sources.I Gorman. the author of the amendment. rose to withdraw it and said: "The members of the committee on appro priations were aware of the fact that attempts made in both branches to dis pose of this financial question have all resulted in no legislation whatever. Having been compelled to ascertain as best we could the exact condition of the treasury, and having taken into account the appropriations of this ses sion, we believe it to be our highest duty to give the Senate the opportumty to determine whether additional pow ersshould be given to the Secretary of the Treasury to meet the deficiency. It is evident from the course of the debate to day and from the remarks that have been made by Senators on this side of the chamber, and who, I take it, spoke after consultation else: where, that is not desired. We are confronted with the statement made by the distinguished chairman of the finance committee, (Senator Voorhees,) whose judgment is that ad ditional provision for the treasury is not necessary. Statements have been made by other Senators that they will persist in discussing the entire finan cial programme. which discussion might not end before the 4th of March. With the sudden conversion which appear to have taken place, as sudden as those we read of in sacred history and which amaze some of us on this side of the chamber, we have lost the active support of these gentlemen and are left to deal with the question alone. All this makes it necessary that look the facts plainly in the face. Beyond this bill stand the legislative appropriation bill, the naval appropria tion bill, the gene.ral deficiency bill. In view of the determination of Sena tors on both sides and with a view to facilitate the business of the session I am instructed by thecommittee on ap propriations. not changing our view, as to the necescity of the amendment to withdraw it." Senator Allison said that he concur red in the action of the Senator from Maryland. The Gorman amendment was thereupon withdrawn. Senator Mills, Democrat, of Texas, offered an amendment repealing all laws that authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell United States bonds for any purpose whatever. A point of order was made by Sena tor Aldrich, Republican of Rhode Is land, and was sustained by the Vice President. So Senator Mills's amend ment was excluded. Senator Mills admitted that the rul ing of the Chair was correct; but the time would come, he said, and come before long, when the question would be presented in such a way that it would not go out on a point of order. THE CHAMPION COTTON CROP. rwenty-one Bales of Cotton on Twelve Acres of Land. To the Editor of The News and Cou rier: As many inquiries have been made to me concerning my crop of yotton made last year, and as I am al mays glad that others may profit by ny success or failure, I have decided :o put a statement of the same in the olumns of your valuable paper for ;he benefit of all who are interested. The twelve acres of land from which gathered the twenty-one bales of cot on, averaging four hundred and fifty >ne pounds, last year, is a part of a ;act of land formerly consisting of hirty-two acres. When I commenced Earming on it several years ago I sup aose it would grow not more than six undred pounds of seed cotton per acre. [ divided it into tracts of sixteen acres each, and at once I commenced a ro :ation of crops, viz, first cotton, fol owed by oats, then peas, then cotton sgain, always and only manuring the :otton crop with a compost consisting >f stable manure, cotton seed, acid and tainit, until I had worked it up to producing very easily with ordinary seasons a bale of cotton per acre. 'Of ;his land I only had the twelve acres :ltivated in cotton. I commenced in the month of Feb -uary by ploughing out the stalks of he year before ~with a one-horse ~traight shovel plough, going twice in ach row, forward and back again; .nto this furrow I putmy stable ma iure, three two-horse loads pr acre, 1o other fertilizer being ue, except me acre on which I used a sack of sol ible guano, the stable manure supply >eing exhausted. I used manure rom my own stable as far as it would o, then bought from livery stables. I isted upon thlis as soon as possible. It was about the 15th of March. I fin shed the entire preparatioh of the and about the middle of April and ommenced planting about the 20th of he month. Seed used was what I had een improving for several years, now mown as "White's imoroved." The rows averaged t'hree and a half eet, the cotton being more or less of he cluster variety"; wider rows was iot necessary. Itar'ly maturity and ruiting from top to bottom is a char-* Lterstic feature of the seed used. I had a pretty fair stand on all of it ~xcept one acre which had some skips. We had very little rain from the time >f planting until the 1st of July, but ~nough for the cotton to come up and ~row slowly, consequently had very ittle trouble with grass. Only one toeing was necessary, except chopping1 ut bunches of grass after laying by he crop with the plough. The rains1 >egan in earnest about the 1st of July ~nd were seasonable until in Septem >er. Commenced picking on the 1st f September and finished on the 15th >f December. In ploughing the crop :used a side harrow first, the other loughings with a straight shovel with Sbow, two furrows to the row, plough-1 ng out the row at the last ploughing. EXPENSES AS FOLLOWs: anuring.................$ 50 00 i reparation............... 15 00, lanting.................. 2 00 1 eed.................... 6 00< oeing....... .............. 7 00< 'loughing................... 6 00 >icking..................... 35 00< rinning.................... 20 00] kgging and ties............ 8 00 Total..................8199 00 CROP. 25 ales, 475 pounds each. 4.S0.$454 60 1 bbushels cotton seed, 50e per - bushel.................... 262 50 $717 10t )eductingexpenses......... 199 00J i Balance...............$518 10 s I am not a large farmer, but try to e a large produecer. I am a firm lbe iever in the intensive system of farm ag, which means making larger crops e very year and leaving the land in It etter condition than before the crop ras n ade. A. II. WHITE. jf Rock HiTl S. ., Feb 22, 1895 Ii SILVER IS COMING. THE BRITISH BIMETTALISTS GAIN UNEXPECTED SUCCESS. A Motion, Concurring With German and French Bimetallic Views, PasseK Com mons--An International Monetary Con ference Assured. LoNDoN, Feb. 27.-In the House of Commons yesterday, Robert L. Ever ett, Liberal member for Woodbridge Division of Suffolk, introduced tle following motion: That the House re gards with increasing apprehension, the constant fluctuation and growmg divergence of values of gold and sil ver and heartily concurs in the recent expressions of 'oinion of the govern ments of France.and Germany in re gard to the serious evils arising there from." Speaking to the motion, Mr. Ever ett appealed to Sir William Harcourt to give heed to, the real position of the question,put aside theorizing and open his eyes to the enormous revolution of the values which has not been brought about by natural causes, but by legis lation. He expressed the hope tnat the government would co-operate-with the other powers in an effort to bring back a happier state of things whic existed when the two metals stood upon a common ratio. England, Mr. Everett said.was rich, but that was noreason why she should unjustly increase the burten of other states. Surely, he said she was not interested in the bankruptcy of other nations which were owing her money; but that was exactly what was going on and what woula continue unless something was done to check it. Right Hon. Henry Chaplin (Conser vative) in seconding the motion, said that the government had aimed blow after blow at silver; and closed the mints of India, depriving silver of its last great market and aftenwards had imposed a duty upon the silver im ports of India. The constant fluctua tions of the metal, he declared, were directly traceable to the monetary laws of England. He charged Sir William Harcourt with having misjudged the views of France and Germany on the question and predicted that although the opposition to bimettalism was now bitter, that system would at no distant date be victorious because it had upon its side experience, justice and scien tific truth. Sir William Harcourt said he had never denied the existence of evil in consequence of the growing diver gence of the values of gold and silver. When other countries had desired a monetary conference, the government had not refused to join. The last con ference at Brussels had shown that a majority of the European countries declared in favor of a monometallic currency. He did not think that Ger many had changed her opinion. When a proposal from Germany or any other country reached the government, it would be time enough to consider the question of England's joining in another conference. A misconception, he said, existed in regard to the cause of the failure of the Brussels conference. The govern ment of the United States-, in propos ing that international conference, ex pressed a wish that it be held with a view to establishing the ratio of val ues of gold and silver by the leading nations by means of the free coinage of silver in their respective mints. England, he said, could not accept an invitation couched in such terms, and ::ould not enter into a matter which impeached the first principles of Eng land's currency. ("Hear, hear:") The United States g-overnment thereupon proposed that thse conference consider what measures, if any, could be taken to increase the use of'silver in the cur-' rency system of the nations. When I ve conterence met, a representative of the United States proposed a gen eral resolution that in the opionion of1 the conference it was desirable that a method should be found which would] increase the use of silver. This reso lution was supported by the British1 delegates. It had been alleged that1 'he failure of the conference was due to a premature declaration on the part of Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, a Brit-1 ish delegate, against bimettalism. This statement was absolutely unfounded.1 as a German delegate who made 1 ;he first dclaration of the kind, say-] ng that Germany was satisfied with aer present monetary system, and did aot mntend to alter it. ("Hear, hear!") He also said that Germany recog- I sized the fact that the continual osil ations of silver values were regreta :>1e from an economical standpoint, mnd it was therefore desirable that the iuestion should be considered. The -ep resentatives of France and the >ther powers were not so directly op-< >osed to the question; but were rath~er t lisposed to criticize than to co-operate, t ;o the United States delegate's resolu ion had to be abandoned. After this. ~Ir. Alfred Rotschild, a British dele rate, had made a practical proposal I or the enlargement of the use of sil-r ~er, and this was defeated by the ac-t ion of Russian delegates and the Lat n Union.c It was clear therefore that as far as a he objects of the United States were a iot concerned, no blame could be at- c ached to the British delegates for the ' ieg-ative results reached. Recurring o the possibba action of Germany irc >romoting- another conference. Har-Ts ourt said the government had receiv d no official communication on the 'I ubject but he had no hesitations in1I aying that as far as he himself wass 'esponsible such a communication v~ vould be met in the .same manner as he proposal of the United States wasd -eceived. ("Hear, hear!")v To concur in proposals to confer c apon subjects of common interest was c s-hat belonged to international cour- s esy. He would suggrest that if another t onference were held it should be un- t erstood that it was not for mere acad- d mic discussion, but that the delegates a >ught to be empowered to make defi- 2 iite proposals embodying their views. The respective ministers fully recog- i iized the magnitude of the problems. v The interest of the country as the s. reatest trading and monetary centre e f the world were bound up in the 1: oundness of her currency and it n ught to be bornec in mind that Eng- h and conducted her trade upon rela- it ively the smallest basis of any coumn- c ry,. She did so because she had the c. argest credit. ("H~ear, hear."~) a Leaving the international consider- ti tion for the national aspect of the tI uestion, he contended that there hi ught to be continuity of the currency p olicr which the nations had attain- o d. "Though hoping little from an in- ci rnational monetary conference, ini- si5 smnuch as a motion had beenm brought o nrir ard on common grounds declar- Ie: ernment admitted, and as he had only been invited to co-operate with th< powers on the subject, he had decide< not to oppose the resolution. (Cheers. The parliamentary bimetalist com mittee, immediately after Sir Willian Harcourt had announced his accept ance of Mr. Everett's motion, tele graphed to the Berlin Bimetalis League, asking it to urge upon Prince Hohenlohe, the German Chancellor the expediency of opening negotia tions for a monetary conference a Berlin. The league responded with a telegram congratulating the English bimetalists upon the success of Mr Everett's motion. The c.jinion pre ails in the lobby that an internation al conference on the subject is as. sured. The Daily News says that it greatly regrets the decision of the governmen1 to accept Mr. Everett's proposal in re gard to the monetary question. Be lieving that bimettalism would be in jurious, if not fatal, to British com mercial supremacy, it cannot help fearing that the acquiescense of the ministers means a renewal of negoiia tions from which no useful result can be expected, and which may stimulate and encourage a fallacious and perni cious movement. Nevertheless, the News rejoices that Sir William Har court made it plain that the cabinet adheres to the settled financial policy of the United Kingdom. The Standard says: We are absolute ly bound not to swerve from the gold standard, nor can we afford to give the smallest color to the supposition that we are likely to relax the whole some rigidity of this rule. But as far as can be accomplished without the impairment of this principle, it is ur gently to our interest to promote steadiness in the comparative value of the two metals. Sir William Har court, therefore, wisely spoke in sym pathy with the projected conference. Nothing is likely to result from it, but it woula have been ungracious and impolitic to exclude any suggestion offering the faintest glimmer of hope. Terrible Mine Disaster. CERaLLos, N. M.. Feb. 27.-A dis astrous mining accident was reported from White Ash, three miles from here, this afternoon. At 4 p. m., eleven bodies had been taken out. The acci dent occurred this morning in the mines of the Santa Fe Company. It was caused by an explosion. At that hour, the employes at the entrance to the mine heard a terrific roar, followed by the ground trembling. A dense volume of smoke poured from the enrtance, making it impossible to en ter until it had partially cleared. The first body recovered was that of a dri ver, who was near the mouth when the explosion took place. Judging from his fateithere is little hope for any in the mine. Over half of the men em ployed in the mine have families and they are gathered around the mouth of the mine in dire distress. The first intimation of the disaster was a muffled roar and clouds of smoke and dust rolling from the mouth of the mine., Nearly 200 men are employed in the mine, but only fifty were at work -hixen the explosion occurred. Dnly eleven of them escaped alive and some of them may die yet. Twenty eight dead bodies have been taken from the mines and it is doubtful if those remaining are alive. Ralays of men bave been working heroically all day bo reach those who arestill imprisoned in the mine, but little progress can be nade on account of the gas, which permeates every-shaft and overlowers :he workers in a short time. U~p to 4 'clock those on the inside could be ieard trying to work their way out 'rom the cave-in, but as nothing has een heard since then, the imprisoned nen in all probability have succumbed othe deadly gas. The scene atthie ;haft after the explosion was heart -ending. Men cursed, while women :ried and prayed for their fathers, hus >ands and brothers, who were entom ed alive or brought up dead. One roman, supposing her husband to 1ave been killed, tried to commit sui :ide by throwing herself in front of a noving train. Her husband was af erwarc. rescued alive and the reaction rom'insane grief to delirious joy was iearly fatal. The mine was known o0 be b~adly ventilated and full of bad tir and gas, and a catastrophe of this tind has been frequently predicted. A >ill was introduced in the New Mexico aegilature this afternoon to appropri hte $5,000 for the relief of the widows sad orphans. It will probably pass. rhe cause of the explosion is not yet mnown and the facts are hard to get. Lll the efforts of men in the vicimity re being put forth to liberate those mprisoned in the mine. A Religious Riot. Sivs, Feb. 26.-Sannah es aped a riot tonight through the in ervention of the millitary. The rouble was precipitated by ~ex-Priest os. Slattery's lecture,on thie Roman jatholic Priesthood. For sever-al days fforts hanv been made by members of he Ancident Order of Hibernians to evoke the ex-priest's permit to deliver he lecture, but the mayor, upon legal .dvice, replied that it could not be Lone. Thereats were openly made gast the lecture and the chief of police nd a detail of officers were ordered *n duty at the hall when the lecture ras to be delivered. The lecture con lined no effensive language, but the aowd which had gathered on the out ide began to hurl stones through the rindows and among the audience. 'he police ordered the crowd to dis erse. It refused to do so and kept bhouting and jeering. The mayor ras notifyed, and after a consultation rith the chief of police. decidee to or er out the military. The riot alarm ras sent in, and in half an hour eight ompanies of infantry and a troop of av- rdismounted, were on the :ene. The lecture was over by the me the military arrived, and most of 2e audience had left the hall.- A etail of mounted police stood guard t the entrance. The crowd numbered 000 by this time, largely stectators. - poriion of it kept yelling and hurl ig bricks at the windows of the hall 'here there ex-pri'est was. A few aots were fired in thc air by the riot es, but no one was hurt. The electric ghts arounid the hall were broken by fissiles, and for a time the neighbor ood was in darkness. After the mil ary arirred on the scene there was >mnparative quiet. The streets were eared for a block in every direction aid the troops remained on guard un 1 the disturbance had subsided, when te lecturer was brought out of the I all and escorted by a squad of twenty >lice, surrounded by two battalions t soldiers, walked to> his hotel. The 2 -owd followed and jeered along the s reets, but there was no attempt at an t men attack. Half an hour after, the f a-priest's wife was escorted from the 1 all to the hotel by: a squadl of police t THE STATE CAPITAL. THE RECENT COURSE OF EVENTS, POLITICALLY AND OTHERWISE. How Different People view the Different "Schemes"--Unnsual Interest in the Va rious Movements--Local News o:f Gener al Interest. OLUMBIA, March 2.-Special: This has been a week of discussion among those who take an interest in matters political. Last week was fLirly crowd ed with things about which people had exercised themselves-that is, people who take an interest in politics. The statement of Senator Till man about the plan of an equal division in the Constitutional Convention was re ceived with genuine surprise. Its proposition and its counsels, coming from the Ex-Governor, have been taken as a decided change in his tem per and policy. There are those who think that the Senator might well have omitted some of his statements. There are others who think it would have been better if the recent "confir ees" had united in a statement to the Democrats in South Carolina-such joint statement, it is thought, would hav'e had more the appearance of uni ted effort from the start, rather than a distinct recognition of the factions as such. The appealof the Conservative com mittee, headed by Mr. Thomas M. Raysor of Orangeburg, is especially commended for its calmness and clear ness, and it has smoothed away some of the irritation left by some of Sena tor Tillman's statements. The selec tion of Mr. Raysor as the spokesman of the Conservative partic:pants in the conference was peculiarly a good one. Mr. Raysor commands, in a very high degree, the confidence of the Conserv atives of whatever shade of opinion. The address is itself stamped with the calmness of statement, coupled with coolness of judgment, which contribu ted, in the past. to make Mr. Raysor one of the most respected and most in fluential members of the House. The letter of Chairmin Irby is uni versally regarded an emanation of the ill.temper of an aspirant who feels that he has been ignored when he should have been recognized and con sulted. Opinions greatly differ as to the extent to which Chairman Irby's views will be adopted by the Reform ers. On this point, everybody is awaiting results. The declaration of the "Forty" of their purpose to carry out their pro gramme as originally framed, does not seem to be regarded a positive faction in the situation. Among the "Forty" are some Reformers whose course has commanded the positive approval of the Conservatives. and who are believed to be actuated by the desire to bring peace to the people. It is thouo-ht that, whatever the details of the n which shall be adopted, the" orty" will assist in a reconcilia tion. Their convention on the 19th is anticipated with much interest. We shall see what we shall see. COEDUCATION OF THE SEXES. Dr. Wm. R. Atkinson, the president of the South Carolina College for Wo men, thinks that the advocates of the higher education for young women are greatly indebted to'Governor Evans for securing to the young women of the St-te the advantagee of education at the South Carolina .College, hitherto enjoyed exclusively by young men. When Senator Governor Evans intro duced and championed a bill, two years ago, to open-the College to young women upon the same terms as to young men. Opponents of the meas ure so far defeated it as to open only the Junior and Senior classes to those young women who could pass the or deal of the matriculation examina tions. Senator Evans contended earn estly against such limitations, and sought to have the South Carolina Col lege at once put fully abreast of some of the first colleges in Europe and America. By the last Legislature ev ery such restriction was removed, and the unsurpassed advantages of the South Carolina College. at a time when it has attained its highest stand ard of excellence, are open alike to young women and young men. There are already a number of young ladies attending the lectures of one of the professors, and their presence in the recitation room with young gentle men excites no more comment or makes no more of a sensation than their coattendance at an opera, or a concert, or a popular lecture. Our summer institutes throughout the State, especially at the South Carolina College. during the past summer. have prepared the way for the change, and _ the results of these brief experiments of coeducation make one wonder why any objection was ever raised against it. The president and professors of the College approve of the Innovation.: and are willing to do all they can to en'courage the attendance ofsuch young women as are incearnestin seek ing -die higher education. THE COLLEGE SOCIETIEs. At a joint assembly of the Euphra dian and Clariosophic literary societies at the South Carolina College on Sat urday night, Mr. H. L. Spahir, of Orangeburg, was elected editor-in-chieft of the College Journal. The assistant editors elected were as follows: From 1 the Euphradian Society. Messrs. H. A. Moses,'of Sumter: E. W. Wilson. of Richland, and S. F. Parrott, of Darl ington. From the Clariosophic, I. J. McSwain, of Laurens, and James Ver ner and F. N. Edmunds. of Richland. The college is to hold an oratorical :ontest for the purpose of selecting a1 nan to send "n to the University of C Vi~rgn trepresent this State ini the 5 sotenoratorical contest. These T-ho will particinate in the contest wore V elected on Saturday evening, as fol-P ows: b Clariosophics-H. L. Spahar and L. t: Li: Haselden.a Euphradians-W. Rlagsdale and J. ' 3. Game. P *When the contest comes off. Mr. G. h C. Laney, of Chestertield, will be the al residing officer, and Mr. I. H. Lor- F enze, of Aiken. the chief marshal. ti The assistant marshals will be S. F. w ~arrott, of Darlington, and R. E. Tur- pl ipseed, of Richland, from the Euphira- h: Lian Society, and C. G. Sayre and W. ir I. Sherard, both of Anderson, from he Clariosophic Society. IPORTANT TO sOLDIERS.-\ The adjutant and inspector general v as issued the following order: n -"On account of the recent bad wea her, the Adjutant and Inspector Gen-, w ral revoked general order No. :; and I lo -ave the various commands more time!r a complete then enlistment. But now. e reling that all commands have had li lenty of time to decide whiat course sh dered that all commands desiring to enlist in obedience to the terms of the act to "revise and amend the militia laws of the State" must send in their enlistment rolls on or befor the 10th day of March, proximo, or they will no longer be considered a part of the militia of the State and will be dis banded. "The Adjutant and Inspector Gen eral, in accordance with the request of the varoius cavalry commands in the lower portion of the State, which have already enlisted desires their inspec tion at an early date, soas notto inter fere with their farming operations. The general order for inspection can not be issued until all the enlisment rolls have been sent in, and feeling that it is an injustice to those who have enlisted so promptly to keep them waiting on those who hsve been either negligent or indifferent, the above or der will be strictly enforced." INTERESTING TO VETERANS. The following general order will be found of interest to the Confederate veterans throuohout the State: Headquarters 'outh Carolina Division United Confederate Veterans, Green ville, S. C., Feb. 26, 1895. General orders, No. 10. In compliance with orders from Lieutenant General Stephen D. Lee, commanding' department east of the Mississippi, J. C. V.. Commandants of camps throughout this division will immediately report to these headquar ters the names and numbers of their respective camps together with the names of their commandants adju tants and the number of veterans up on. their rolls. By order of S. S. Crittenden, Magor General South Carolina Division 'United Confederate Veterans.* Jas. G. Hawthorne, Adjutant General. GENE2RAL NEWS NOTES. It is announced that Ex-Commis sioner Traxler has been appointed so liciting agent of the Darlington Phos phate Company. Mr. Tra-rer will be gin work just as soon as he finishes up in Columbia. Mr. W. W. Scruggs, who has been at work on the system of bookkeeping that is to be used by the dispensary, was at work this week getting the books in shape in order that the might be sent out. The books have all been received and are in very good shape. The board of control think that everything can now be kept in much better shape. Crand Chancellor Bacon of the Knights of Pythias, writes that he has just granted dispensations for the in stitution of three more lodges of his order in the State, at Chester, Elloree, and Lake City. This will send the number of lodges in South Carolina up to about eighty with a membership of about 5,000. The many friends in Columbia of ex-Secretary of State J. E. Tindal, will learn with regret of the burning of that gentlemanns residence in Claren don county, which occurred at about 1 o'clock Sunday morning last. The fire is supposed to have been of incen diary origin. A portion of the furni ture was saved. The'house was par tially covered by insurance. The opera house, Monday night, was crowded with a fashionable audi ence gathered to see Mlle. Rhea in "The Parisians." The star fully sus tained her reputation. Everybody was delighted. The entertainment of the local ama teurs in the opera house on Tuesday night was a great success. The fund~ realized, for the poor of the city, was quite up to expectations, tentpoi being over $75. tentpoi The Electric Railway Compayhas gotten permission from the Cit Cun cil to complete its proposed betline to encircle the city through Elmwood avenue on the north. Gervais street on the south, the extreme city limit on the east and the river on the west.1 President Marshall will push the work with his accustomed energy-assuring its completion by the first week in Ap ril. Capt.'Lawson D. Melton contradicts thie statement that he has abandoned his contest for the seat of Mr. Stan yarne Wilson of Spartanburo, the Congressman-elect from the Yourth iistrict. The coming of Lent, which com nenced on the 27th, (Ash Wednesday) I wvill quiet things in the social world. Active steps have already been tak mn by the officials of Allen University ~for colored students) to rebuild the iouses recently destroyed by fire. I We have had genuine Columbia r-eather this week-almost springlike. ~ Uprising ini Cuba. d JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 1.-A I pecial to the Times-Union from Port I rampla, Fla., says: "The s-eamiship C dfasotte arrived here Yesterday from d I:avana bringing Cuban advices up to ['hursday. The press reports of an I. nsurrectionary movement on the is- L and are confirmed. The daily papers e if Havana are devoting small space to he uprising and seem to consider it of f to importance, but these papers arefor c lhe most part under government con- f rol. From these papers, _it appears hat there have been uprisimgs mn the a irovinice of Matanzas and Sandiego De l< juba, and conflicts have occurred be- t. ween the government forces and bands I f insurgents in which one or two men Lave been killed and several wounded. a he insurg'ents seem to move about in a mall bandls, composed of fifty to 100 g ten.t A Phiysician shot. RALEIGH, N. C.. Feb. 2S.-A special s -> the News and Observer from Lex- s agton. N. C.. says: Dr. R. L. Payne, 4 nie of the oldest and best known phy cians of Lexington, was shot and illed at 1 :36 Monday by Baxter Shem-T -ell, a young buisness man of that lace. ~The killing was the result of s ad feeling existing between the par- t es named. Shemwell is now in jail, ad his wife, who is almost crazed ith grief. Dr. Payne was a verys cominent physician and much loved s ere. The whole town and county st se much shocked by the sad affair.S eeling runs high, and there is some s .1k of summary punishment, and ere it not for Shemnwell's family and b cominent folk. Lexington m'ght .j ave been the scene of another lynch- i A irevotea womanw. pe A.r;..n, F1 b. 28.-31iss Laura C. se< organ iAd Prof. F. D. White. an in- sti id, were mar':-ed last Sunday after- fat >on in the Professor's sick chamber. t ewa~s so il that lie could barely in hipr t he responises. The two have fre . been ingaged, and were to mar- arn n.'x suuner. but the Professor ces it desperately ill. His fiancee be wi ved that she could save his life if e could be with him constantly and. THE COMPROMISE PLAN. AN ADDRESS TO THE CONSERVATIVE VOTERS OF THE STATE. Issued by a Committee of. Distinguished Conservatives--An Able and Patriotic Document-They Want Peace Among the White People. COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 26.-The Con servative pacification committee met in this city last night in room10 at Wright's Hotel and after a discussion continuing till after midnight, 'pre pared an address to the people of the State. Among those present were: Col. L W. Youmans, Senator Barn well, Major J. C. Hemphill, Rrichard I, Manning, Col. George Johnstone, H. Haynsworth, Altamont Moses, Samuel Dibble, Butler Hagood, W. L. Roddey, T. M. Raysor, J. P. McNeill, Leroy Springs, Henry T. Thompson, W. C. McGowan and others. The following is the address: To the Conservative Democracy of South Carolina: The commercial, industrial and pli tical welfare of South Carolina shcald constrain the people of the State to work together. They speak the same tongue, they cherish the same tradi tions. they ire governed by the same laws and institutions, they owe alle giance to the same State. Durhig the last four years we have bemnsorydividedon public questions. Wedo not deem it necessary or proper to attempt any review of the causes which have resulted in the division of our peopleintohostile factions. This is not the time nor the occasion for crimination or recrimination. The crisis confronting us is far too serious to admit of partisan treatment. We desire to bring about reconciliation. We would promote harmony. We would counsel a spirit of self-sacrifice as the surest means of self-presration, and would urge upon all our people the patriotic duty of uniting now or the good of the State. Let us have a truce between the political factions in the State. We can secureace with out the sacrifice of pr i cle or selfre spect-peace on fair conditions, peace with honor. At the last session of the General Assembly, in pursuance of a vote of the Ypel, an act was passed provid ing or the holding of a Constitutional convention. This convention will re construct the fundamental law of the State. Its powers are nnlimited The result of its deliberations will affect for good or ill every department of >ur pohtical, social and industzial life. [t should not represent any political .action. It should be composed of the wisest, safest and best men in the 3tate, without regard to factional af aliations. This t work should be andertak-en in te spirit of patriotic levotion to the State, and not with a view to party success or partisan ad vantage. The interests committed to Ets care are too important to incur the perils of a bitter and angry c Eheconventionshouldbecon in ts work by a spirit of calm and ju licial fairness, so that when its labors 2ave been finished'it will meet with ;he approval of allgood citizens of the state. For the purpose of securingthis end, >atriotic citizens in different groups hroughout the State and of varying yolitical opinion for months past have een counselin and conferring with aeh other, and as the result of this arnest thought, we are prepared to Ldvise and urge upon you the accept mnce of the following as the basis of cton for the election of delegates to he convention, which it is believed vill meet the acquiescence of all who lesire a cessation of political strife cnongst white Democrats. First. That each county, acting for tself as to the question of election, by >rimary or otherwise, as deemed best >y the county executive committee, hall give each faction equal represen ation in the convention. Second. That in those counties vhere primary elections are held all ersons participating' in the same shall ake apegeto abide the result and upport th nominees at the general lection. In counties where the nom nations are made other wise than by >rimary both factions in such county hall be pledged in like manner to ursuhnominees. Third. Inc all counties where the elegates shall be nominated by pri aary the managers and clerk of such rimary election at every voting pre inct or in every club shall be equally ivided between the factions. Fourth. That the delegates from oth factions shall be selected with the nderstanding that they shall be pledg a to the following principles: (a). Such gnlfcton of the suf eage as will guarantee white suprema y, and that no white man shall be dis rancthised except for crime. (b). A Constitution of principles, nd not dealinin lation but ~aving the Legislature full control of ie free schools and requiring the egislature to liberally support them. he constitution shall not provide a system of police reguaton, but this a& all kindred qusin hall be re arded as witi tescope of legisla ye authority. (c). The Constitution when adopted iall not be submitted to the people, tch a course being unnecessary if the mnvention be representative of the hole white people of the State. (d). The convention shall provide r the preservation of the homestead. tie Conservatives and Reformers will cure~ equal representation in the con mntion under absolutely fair condi >ns, the Conservatives and Reformers ing guaranteed equal voice in the lection of delegates.' We desire to impress upon the Con evatives and Reform voters of the ate the value of this basis of repre atation and these principles which 1i bury discord and confusion and ing peace to our people. WVe urge upon all patriotic citizens thout regard to factional lines that s their highest duty to accept this ution oft te differences between our >ple. We are satisfied that it will :ure peace to the State and a Con butional convention representing no tion~ and committeed tono policy but preservation of good government South Carolina and honest and e elections. In this movement we friends of all whose aim is the siation of strife and who will unite tus upon these principles. 3y order of the conference. T. M. RAYSOR, Chairman.