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VOL. X. MANNIN, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 1.895. NO. 47. TURNED 110JWN! THE DOUGLASS REGISTRATION CASE PUT OUT OF COURT. Judge (otra Injunction Dissoived by the Circuit Court of Appeai on the Ground of Lack of Juri.diction of the Equity Court. RICHMOND. Va.. June 11.-The cele brated South Carolina ragistration case was decided in the Uuited States Court of' Appeals here today. The State wins, Judge Gof,"s famious in junction is dissolved and the original bill will be dismissed. The decision of the court was announced by Judge Hughes shortly before 3 o'clock and an outline of the court's position was given. Judge Hughes submitted a strong individual opinion and the or der reversing Judge Goff was entered at once. None of the counsel who took part in the argument were present. Judge Hughes, in announcing the court's decision, said: "This case was heard by the Chief Justice, Judge Seymour and myself, on Friday last. We thought it was of a character to call for an early decis ion and it was determined after ad journment on Friday that the decision should be annouced later and a decree entertained. The case was exhaus tively argued at the bar and nothing can be gained by waiting a further time for the examination of briefs. We are of the opinion that the injunc tion which was granted in the case ought to be dissolved and the bill dis missed. A decree to that effect will be entered at once. The opinion of the court on the important questions pre sented by the record will be prepared by the Chief Justice and filed and re ported as soon as possible. Meantime, -a brief statement of the grounds of the decision prepared by the Chief Justice is now filed." The Chief Justice expresses his views as follows: "The judiciary act of March 3, 1891. contemplates prompt decision on appeals such as this and as we cannot give extended expression to our views at this time, we content ourselves with a brief statement of our conclusions. "Under section 7 of that act, where, upon a hearing in equity in a circuit court an injunction is granted or con tinued by an interlocutory order or de cree in a cause in which appeal from the final decree may be taken under the provisions of this act to the circuit court appeal may be taken from such interlocutory order or decree granting or continuing such injunction to the circuit court of appeals so by section 5, appeals or writs of error may be taken to the supreme court in any case in which the legislation orlaw of a State is claimed to be in contraven tion of the Constitution of the United States. But although the constitution ality of a State law may be drawn in question in the circuit court, yet if the case may be disposed of on other grounds not involving the validity of such law, we think this court has jur isdiction on appeal. Carry vs. Railway Company, 150 U. S. 170, U. S. vs. John155, U. S.109. If, in the istance of appeals from interlocutory orders, on consideration it should appear that the question of the constitutionality of the law is controlling and must be de cided, the cause can be remanded to the circuit court, so that petition to the supreme court for certiorari may be made. American Construction Company vs. Railway Company, 14S U. S. 372. "In this case the bill of complaint callenged the constitutionality of cer tain laws of South Carolina, but the question was raised on the threshold whether the case made was one of the equitable cognizance, and this beino so, we sustain the jurisdiction an<7 overrule the motion to dismiss. "The jurisprudence of the United -States has always recognized the dis tinction between law and equity as under the constitutional matters of substance, as well as of form and pro *cedure. Cater vs. Allen, 149 1U. S., 451; Missppi Mills vs. Cohn, 150 U. S., 202, 205. ~It is well settled that a court of chancery is conversant only with the questions of property and -the maintenance of civil rights. The court has no jurisdiction in matters of a political nature, or to interfere with the duties of any department _of the government, except under special c ir cumstances, and when necessary for the protection of rights of property; or in matters merely informal which *do not affect any rioht of property. In Sawyer, 124, U. 9. 200; Fletcher vs. Tuttle, 151, 111; 4t Hordesty vs. Taft,-23 Maryland, 513 ex parte Lums nSouth ~Carolina, 19 5. E. Rep., "The equitable powers of the court can only be invoked by the presenta tion of a case of equitable cognizance and there can be no such case in the Federal courts where there is a plain and adequate remedy at law, nor does illeg-ality alone afford ground for equitable intereference, Shelton vs. Platt, 139, U. S. 591. "Tested by these principles, the bill of complaint cannot be maintained, for it asserts no threatened infringe ment of rights of property of civil rights, and no adequate ground for equity interposition. Being of this opinion the restrainig order must be reversed and the cause remanded with directions to dismiss the bill." JUDGE HUGHE'S OPINION. Judge Hughe's opinion in the South Carolina case is, in part, as follows: The Judge gives a careful review of the record, and continuing says: "There is nothing in the record to show that the complainant is a man of color or that those for whom he sues are colored persons. The bill contains no allegation that the parts of the law complained of were devised against the complainant or those for whom he sues on account of their race, color, or previous condition of servitude. There is nothing in the averments of the bill from which it may naturally, or must necessarily be inferred that the complainant and those for whom he sues are citizens of color. There are no averments in the bill which show that the case falls within the purview of the Fifteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States. Nor does the bill con tain any allegations which raise a Federal question under the clause of the Fourteenth amendment which for bids a State to deny any person the equal protection of the laws. It charges that the provisions of the registration acts complained of is to give unequal facilities of registration .o differnt classe of citizens, but it A GREAT GATHERING. TWO THOUSAND FREE SILVER MEN MEET IN CONVENTION. A Full Synopsis of the Proceeding-The Democrats Control the Body--The Plat form and Resolutions Adopted--Tillman and Evans Attend. MEMPHIS, June 12.-The convention was called to order at 2 o'clock by W. N. Brown of Memphis, as chairman of the central bimetallic league, of Shelby county, Tennessee, which sent out the call for the convention. Ou the plat form were the following: Thomas Scott, Secretary of State of Louisana: 31. J. Cunningham, Attorney General of Louisiana: John Fitzpatrick, mayor of New Orleans; A. J. Warner, presi dent of the American bimetallic league Gov. J. P. Clarke, Arkansas: W. J. Bryan editor of the Omaha World Hearld; Senator James Berry, Arkan sas; Senator Stewart, Nevada: Anson Wolcott, Indiania: Senator I. G. Har ris, Tennessee; Alex Delmar, Califor nia: Representative H. D. Money, Mis sissippi; Senator J. K. Jones. Arkan sas; Sentor Marion Butler, North Car lina; Senator J. Z. George, Mississippi: Senator David Turpie. Indiania: Ex Governor Eagle. Arkansas: Gov. L. Bradford Prince, New Mexico: ex-Gov. Benjamin R. Tillman, South Carolina: Gov. John Gary Evans, South Caro lina. From start to finish the convention was one of great enthusiasm. Every pronounced free silver utterance was the signal for prolonged applause and when the various, well-known in pub lic life, appeared on the rostrum each received an ovation. When Chair man Brown had called the convention to order, L. D. Bates offered a prayer. He emplored Divine guidance for the delegates and hoped they might be led into adopting "honest money as their platform. This created a bit of sensa tion until it was learned that he meant free silver. Col. Casey Young, of Memphis, wel comed the convention in a ringing speech, in which he predicted the suc cess of the cause that had called the convention together "When only a few days ago," said he," the objects and aims of this convention were de nounced from this stage by a distin guished public man, as rebellious and revolutionary, he proclaimed the truth as sublime as ever fell from the lips of man. The sturdy, honest yeoman of the land, the busy toiler of the fields and shops, the patient artisans who are building up the nation's wealth and greatness, are in open rebellion against a despotism, cruel and remorseless as any that ever brought sorrow to any member of the human family. The forces of the grandest revolution that ever hurled a despot from power are gathering for an outset that will sweep every enemy into the dark sea of de feat. The invincible lesions which lead it will never halt or waver until their standards are planted on the shores of every sea and their banners float in triumph over old England herself. They will never lower their flags nor sheath their swords un tile the conflict is ended and a glorious victory won: not until all the temples of Mammon are turned into sepulchers for the burial of greed and avarice and let us hope for the sake of suffering humanity that no angel of resurrection will ever unseal this tomb. Can these things be brought about ? In the be ginning of the struggle which gave separate nationality to the Amrican colors, our ancestors gave to the world a declaration of independence that rang like a bugle call through every land and awoke the slumbering spirits of liberty among people. The descen dents of these heroes and patriots are about to send forth another declaration of independence to allthe nations of the world in fixing' their own financial system and in legislating for the good and happiness of their people. Senator Harris arose to introduce the permanent chairman. He made a short speech, explaining the object of the convention and the call. It was strictly non-partisan and was called for one purpose only-to consider the rehabilitation of silver. "Democrats can be here in this convention," said Mr. Harris, "without impairing in the slightest degree their allegiance to their p arty., So may Populists and Republicar's." Senator Harris then introduced Senator Turpie as perman ent chairman in the following words: "There is no more able or truer bimet allist in the United States of America than David Turpie of Indiana." Mr. Turpie addressed the convention in substance, as follows: "Coined money has always been and yet is in itself a thing of value and this value is of two kinds-the meellic or bullion value and the monetary worth or legal value; the latter is al ways a matter of law-the bullion value is always one of estimation and opinion. The bullion value of silver and gold here and elsewhere has al ways rested and rests today upon the conception, upon the one opinion, upon one single and simple item of belief, that as there has been in the past so there will be in years to come not departure of either of such metals, which as to the quantity shall make them comparable in value with any other materials suitable for the use of mankind as money. There has al ways been a difference between the comercial or bullion value of the two metals and the leg'al or coinag'e value. According to thie tests of th~e enemies of bimetallism, that the legal value of coined money must be the same as the commercial or bullion value of the metal in it, nothing could be more dishonest. According to that test there is not and can not be an lion est dollar of either silver or gold. The use of silver or gold money has added very, greatly to their commercial or builon value. "Although every friend of human ity rejoices in the destruction of ex clusive government ownership of the precious ores, and other metals, yet there was one consequence which fol lowed the private ownership of the same much to be deplored. For a lona time the equilibirium was maintainea by law between the two parties but at last the holders of gold, being tihe same as the holders of debt, succeeded in having the government interfere by law in this strife. They said we will not dispute any longer about relative values. Silver must be barred out. When we have killed silver for tile use in coin, it will be worth less and "We can buy and sell it at our own price and the ratio will be an idle lic tion of the past. The syndicate of gold is of no country, of no age or creed. Bimetallists are not against gold. We are for silver and justice. Much has does iiot point Out how this is so. It leaves the discrimination as to the privilege of registering, if there be discrimination, to inference and re search in sources other than its own averments. It charges that the pro visions of law complained of discrim inates, but does not describe the man ner of discrimination, or define the classes affected, pro or cou, nor does it show that the laws complained of in discriminating between classes as to the privilege of registering granted by them, violate the clause in the Fourteenth amendment which forbids a State to deny to any person within it, the equal protection of the laws. It confounds privilege with protection. "The bill has no reference to a Fed eral election in setting out complain ant's case. The gravamen of the bill contemplates only a State election to be held for members of the State con vention to convene in August next. It is not shown that any Federal elec tion is to be held in South Carolina before November, 1895. "To the bill just described and to the order of injunction granted by the court below in pursuance of its pray eis, several objections are urged in behalf of the State of South Carolina. In what follows I shall consider but one of these. In the ruling of the Circuit Court rendered on circuit, in this case, it was held that the court had jurisdiction to restrain a county supervisor of registration in the per formance of his duties under the elec tion laws of South Carolina. The di vision of our government into the leg islative, executive and judicial depart ments is a distinguishing feature of our American policy and it is essen tial to its existence that each of these departments shall be independent of the other. The division is fundament al and organic. It would be just as dangerous to its stability for the judi cial department to override the others as for executive or legislative depart ments to do so. Hence, while the right of the judiciary to pass upon the constitutionality of the laws is un doubted, it has that right simply as an incident to its protection of private rights. It has not that right as a mere means of settling abstract questions and even in the enforcement of pri vate rights it has not the power to in terfere with the discretion vested in the other departments or with the ex ercise of political powers of this de partment. It seems to me that it is a dangerous encroachment upon the prerogations of the other departments of the government, if the judiciary be entrusted to exercise the power of in terferring with the holding of an elec tion in a State. If the supervisor of one county can be enjoined from the performance of the duties imposed upon him by the election laws of the State from whom he holds his com mission, those of the other counties can be also; thus a single citizen in each county, and if he is not even a qualified voter, can enjoin an election throughout the entire State, and thus deprive thousands of their rights to vote. If a court has power to do this, free elections are at an end. If elec tions are improperly held, there are appropriate means provided by law for questioning their methods and remedying wrongs without the exer cise of this dangerous power by the courts. A candidate who has been defeated may contest; a voter whose right to register has been denied may proceed to compel the enforcement, of that ria'ht, and these provisions give what tYie Legislature deems sufficient protection to the injured, but in my judgment one citizen cannot, under pretense of righting his own wrongs, disfranchise others. "I do not think that a court has ju risdiction to interfere by injunction or otherwise with the enforcement of the laws by officers holding and deriving their powers from these laws; certain ly not to the extent attempted to be done by this bill. In arriving at this conclusion I hav~e not considered the q~uestion whether or not the registra tion laws of South Carolina violate the Federal Constitution or laws. I prefer to rest my opinion upon the oround of the independence of the ifferent departments of the govern ment upon the impolicy of interfer ence by the courts in question which will result in dragging constantly in to array party politics, and upon the general prmciple that each depart ment of the government and each of ficer there, high or low, has the right to administer according to his best judgment the duties imposed upon him by the laws crating his othece. "As illustrating these general prin ciples, I refer to the following decis ions: Mississippi vs. Johnson, 4 Wall, 475, Gaines vs. Thompson. 7 Wall 347: Louisiana vs. June, 107 United States. 711 Hagood vs. Southern, 117 United States; Ayers in re 123 U. S., in re Sawyer 124 U. S., 209. It is use less to cite the many cases which beard on the questions arising in this case and so profusely at the bar. "So far as the rights of the individ ual complainant in the bill were con cerned it may have been competent for the court to grant individual re lief. The Supreme Court of the Uni ted States the other day granted relief from the payment of an income tax to the individual complainant in his suit before it but it went no further. On the authority of Mississippi vs. Johnson, supra, we may assume that it would not have entertained a bill for enjoining internal revenue officers of the government from collecting in come taxes generally. The judicial power covered the right to grant indi vidual relief, but it did not extend to the general power of repealing the law imposing the tax as to the entire pub "I repeat that in the case at bar may have been competent for the court to rant individual relief, but the bill asked more. It asked similar relief for all other citizens of the county situat ed like the complainant. It practical iv asked the relief for a numerous political party, forming a portion of the people to whom the Legislature was solely responsible for its laws and to whom alone the o'enins of our insti tutions makes the Lgislature respon sible. Moreover, it brought the court into immediate and active contact with party conestations. It make the court a controlling factor in party strife. It can imagine nothing more pernicious than a direct participation by the .judiciary by judicial action, in the politics of the p~eople. The bill asked practically that the process of registration under the laws of the States had been suspended an entire county during the pleasure of the court and that all citizens of a county not then registered as voters shoul~d be deemed the right of suffrage during that pleasure. it seems to me that the mere view case shows that the injunc tions were improvidently granted. "I think the bill should be dis value of silver and gold, concerning which it may be said both these metals are variable in valve. Each changes in value from time to time. like other commodities, but they vary in value infinitely less than any other commo dity. It is said that if we restore sil ver to free coinage, gold will leave us. This isasserted asprinciple under what is called "the Gresham law or rule" where two or more kinds of money are circulated together, the inferior will drive out the better currency. This rule, save in very rare instances, has no application to coin. But what party in our country is seeking to debase its coin ? The loss of our gold, the de parture of our gold will, assome oppo nents say, bring about depression. Yet gold staid with us from the beginning in usual quantity and proportion until 1873. when we ceased coining silver. "From 1873 to 1878 when silver was not coined gold touched a low ebb. When, in 1S7 . we began to coin silver again gold returned in larger sums than ever and stayed and increased with us. Since we ceased the coinage of silver in 1898, during 1S0i4-G5 gold has left ;s again. The faith of the ai vocate of a single gold standard is compounded of one truth and one per nicious error that coined standard dol lars should be of equal legal value is true, but that the metal in them must be of equal bullion value is a fallacy so contrary to our common sense and experience that it cannot be much aided by prophecy. Let us. as bimet alists. remember that we are Ameri can citizens of the great republic deal ing calmly and deliberately with our own highest interests. Let us take counsel of faith and hope. Let us go forth with the manly hearts without fear, believing in all confidence that the silver and gold dollar of our mints the mHoney of the past. sound tried and true, shall also be and remain the :moner of the future." The election of E. B. Wade. of Ten nessee. as secretary. followed and at the suggestion of Senator Harris all the newspaper men present were made assistant secretaries. Resolutions were passed that each State should name a vice president and a member of the committee on resolutions. A roll call of States followed, with these names being presented: Alabama State Treas urer Frank Smith as vice president and James Bankhead on committee on resolutions; Arkansas Senator James H. Berry as vice president and Sena tor J K. Jones on committee on reso lutions; Colorado, Alva Adams, vice president and Charles S. Thomas on committee on resolutions; Florida del egation delayed, but will arrive to morrow; Georgia, Judge F. M. Lang ley as vice president and Henry Jones on committee on resolutions: Indiana, David Turpie as vice president and member of committee on resolutions, Kentucky, J. Randall as vice president and Joe A. Martin chairman of com mittee; Louisiana, M. J. Cunningham as vice president and Gilbert L. Du pree on committee on resolutions; Mississippi, W. G. Yerger as vice pres ident and J. Z. George on committee on resolutions: Nebraska, W. J. Bry an as vice president and on committee on resolutions: Montana, Paul I Fuse as vice president and Charles S. Hart man on committee on resolutions; Nevada, W. M. Stewart as vice presi dent and on committee on resolutions; North Carolina, T. F. Heath as vice president and Marion Butler on com mittee on resolutions: Ohio, A. J. Warnerasvice president and on commit tee on resolutions; Pennsylvania .Jos C Sibley as vice president and member of committee on resolutions: South Carolina, John Gary Evans as vice president and ex-Governor Tillman on committee on resolutions; Tennessee, 'Wm. D. Bate as vice president and Ed ar Carmack on committee on resolu tions; Virgina, P. F. 'Weaver as vice president and E. C. Treadway on committee on resolutions: N ew Mexi co. Rev. J. D. Bush as vice president and L. Bradford Prince on committee on resolutions. Amid enthusiastic applause Senator Harris was then named delegate at large from the United States. The Convention then adjourned until 8 o'clock in the evening, when it reasssembled with Senator- Stewart, of Nevada, presiding. Congressman Sibley, of Pennsylvania, then address ed the convention. He said: I be lieve that there are going to be two parties at the coming election. One of them will be the monometalists and the other the American people in their majesty. The gold standard has been erected inany times before. Aaron erected a golden image, but it was not a success and once Nebuchadnezzar set him up one and said whosoever refused to bow down and worship it should str-aight way be cast nto a tiery furnace and burned up. Without meaning to make any invid ious comparisons, I respectfully refer you to Grover Cleveland's letter to Gov ernor Stone of Mississppi. There were three men who refused to worship this image and NebuchAd nezzar ordered the furniace to be made straightway seven times hotter, and had these men cast in, but they walk ed upright amid the flames and camne out brighter and happier than ever. There are a good many Nebuchadnez zars in this work yet, but they do not cut much of a figure. If you will just read alone a little further you will find that Nebuchadnezzar found his level all right. For seven years le had to eat grass. 'We silver people have all the logic and all the law on our side. The Secretary of the Tre asury sp)oke to you in this hall the other day. I do not knowv what to quote MIr. Carlisle when he said that the demonetization of the white money would niean misery and u nhiappin ess, for half the people of the world; then John G. Carlisle was the tribune of people, now he is the high priest of the temple of Mammon. Mr-. Carlisle the plebian and Mr. Carlisle the aris tocrat are two very diflerent kinds of people. But I do not wan t to complain of Mr. Carlisle. Every word lie said about the demonetization of silver tas come true. 'It is impossible under the present condition of the American agricultur ists to compete with those of India and the Ar-gentines. You take your bushel of wheat to the London market and you get 50 cents for it. When the In dian or the farmer from the Argen tines takes his money home, lie has l1t0 cents. Under the presenit sy-stemn you are sim ply fostering the industry of other countries. This is a ruinous cometition for y-ou. Mr. C2arlisle told von when lhe was her-e that mue wages of everybody had increased under monometallism abou~:t 51 per' ::ent.- it is not that way in my- c'ountry Fifty thousand coal miiners in Ohio and Peiinsylvania had 9 cents a ton taken oil' tiheir wvaoes about tl'c day that Mr. Carfisle spohe to you here in Memphis. Why, which they make bread was lower than it ever wca and yet more people starved to death for the lack of this low priced wheat than ever did before. They tell you cotton and wool are cheaper than they ever were,yet there is a greater army of tramps walking up and down our highways and our byways today in rags for the lack of this same cheap cotton and wool. They tell the farmer East that what he needs to make times better is a higher protective tariff. In certain parts of the West they tell him what he needs to be prosperous is free trade. You have to give this tariff question as a medicine according to the locali ty. Now the fact of the matter is tar iff has nothing to do with monetary panics and it's about time the people gave it a long needed rest, and I be lieve they are going to do it. There were two monetary panics under a high tariff and two under a low tariff and I think this shows the tariff has nothing to do with this. The President says he is afraid the silver dollar will depreciate, but the only way the dollar can depreciate is for prices to rise. This equivalent to an admission by the iaesident that he is afraid prices will rise. If the Presi dent would divide his anxieties more equally between the persons who pro duce the wealth of the country and the limited few who absorb them, he would make a better chief executive. The magnificent patriotism of Mr. Rothschild, who, although an alien, was willing to come to this country and save.it for the paltry consideration of X,000,000 which the people of the United States lost and which he gain ed, is worthy of note as is also the magnificent patriotism of Mr. Cleve land in thus helping to save the coun try. But if these two men could save the country they could also wreck it. "With the mints open to the unlim ited coinage of silver and gold there will be no more talk of a fifty-cent dol lar. They say our shores would be flooded with silver if the mints were open to free coinage. Now that is not true, and if it were true we would simply give them something to have rather than for something we would rather have. "Banker Cornwall of Buffalo, made a speech in Chicago the other night to a lot of bankers and the next day a re porter showed me the article and asked what I thought of it. I told him if he would have a number of copies print ed and distributed to all the voters in the United States I would never make another speech on the silver question, but would rest my case on his argu ment. He tells the bankers they must keep their thumbs on their customers. We have felt the thumbs of the bank ers heavily in the last few years. "We must win this fight in 1896. If we do not win it then it will be too late. There will be two avenues open to the people after 1896. One will be repudiation and the other revolution and both I dread. If the English were to land in New York you would help to drive them out, wouldn't you? The English'are in New York: they have been there for years. Will you drive thement; even if party lines have to be dropped?" The convention then adjourned un til'tomorrow. SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. MEMPHIS, June 13.-The first thing the convention did this morning was to adopt a platform which will be found elsewhere in this issue. Al though nothing was said in the reso lutions about abolition of party lines as proposed by Sibley. Stewart and others, the speakers of the day, almost without exception. took care to assert their Democracy and to repudiate any atliliation with either Republicans or Populists. The committee on resolutions intro duced the following resolutions, which, like the platform, was unani mously adopted: Resolved, That a committee com posed of one member from each State be appointed by the delegates thereof in this convention whose duty it shall be to correspond with the representa tiv.e advocates of bimetallism and bi metallic societies in the different sec tions of the Union and devise meas ures to advance the cause of bimetal lism throughout the United States. That this committee shall have power to cause a national conference of bi metallists whenever, in the opinion of the committee, the cause of bimet tallism can be advanced thereby. Said committee shall have power to fill all vacancies. At the beginning of the afternoon session Secretary Wade announced that tGese letters endorsing the work of Ihe cunvention had been received: Senaxr John T. MIorgan. of Alabama; John P. Jones. of Nevada. and Jas. L . Pugh. of Alabama and E. C. Wal thall, of 3Mississippi. The letters were voluminous and were not read to the convention. There was uproar and applause when Senator J3ones, of Arkansas, arose to read the report of the com mittee on resolutions. It was received with wildest enthusiasm and adopted without a dissenting voice. A resolu tioru providing for the appointment of a delegate fromi each State to a Na tional MIonetary Convention was then introduced by Senator Jones and unanimously adopted. Senator Jones was called on for a speech. lie said: "I have made my speech already. The resolutions em body all that I could say about silver. I do not think it is necessary for me to trespass on your time. I have un bounded confidence in the people of the United States. and I believe they will settle this question and settle it in the right way. I think they will make no mistake. The prosperity and happiness of this country are insepa rably united with the cause of silver anid'I believe there is no help for the country until the coinage of our fathers is restored. Governor L. Bradford Prince, of New Mexico. followed. Senator Jones. of Nevada, with an apology, inter rupted Governor Prince to say: "I have just received a telegram from~ Philadelphia stating that a mass meet ing was held there and resolutions al most similar to ours were adopted and utmost enthusiasm reigned."' "I anm glad to hear that,"~ said Go ernor Prince, as he continued his speech. His concluding passages were: "When the Fashioner of this unive'se madle it he pult in the fastnesses of the mountains silver and gold in the pro portion of sixteen tons of silver to one of gold that They should become the blood of the cominercial body. Shall we set om-rselves up as knowing better than the God who made us? What God has joined together let no man put asunder.' Ex-Governor Tillman of South Car olina then spoke as follows: "I shall open my remarks by congratulating iLcoNTINU-ED oN PAGE FOUR.) DISPENSARY EARNINGS. REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE IN VESTIGATING COMMITTEE. The Profits Since the Big Gin "Mil Began Its Operations-What the Figures on the Books Show--The Report. CoUMIA. S. C.. June 12.-Mcndav Governor Evans received the follow ing report of the legislative committee appointed to examine the books and accounts of the State dispensary. The report was signed by Messrs. Efird, Thomas and Carroll, and makes inter esting reading: "We herewith submit our report of our examination of the books and f nancial transactions of the State dis pensary for the quarter ending April 30th, and request that you submit the same, together with our report for the quarter ending January 31, 1895, to the General Assembly at its next ses sion as required by law. Mr. R. M. Carroll, one of the com mittee, was present at the taking of the stock at the State dispensary on April 30, 1885. He personally super vised the making up of this inventory of the stock on hand in the State dis pensary on that day, verified the to tals making up the various aggregates as set forth in the statement of assets below given. He found the items and aggregates as below set forth to be correct: A few days after the taking of stock the committee entered upon their work, commencing with the business commencing on ?pebruary 1, 1895, when Col. F. M. Mixson the present State commissioner who succeeded Mr. D. H. Traxler, took charge. In the prosecution of their examination of the books of the State commissioner the committee made a close scrutiny of each and every item as entered in the various books of original entry. and checked off the posting of all such original entries in the general ledger kept by the commissioner, from which general ledger the balance sheet of the commissioner is made up. The items upon the merchandise account and upon the other accounts, representing the purchasing of supplies, etc., were checked off by comparisons with the original invoices kept on file in the invoice book and the sales to the vari ous county dispensers were checked off by comparison with the daily en trance of such sales in the salesbook. The cash received by the commission er was checked off by examination of the receipts of the State Treasurer, with whom the commissioner makes deposits of all funds received and also compared with credits given to each county dispenser upon the general ledger. The cash disbursed by the commissioner was checked off by ex a.mination of the warrants drawn by the commissioner upon the State Treasurer and by examination of the original vouchers kept on file by the commissioner,and also by comparison of the entries of such payments upon the various accounts of the general ledger. Except in a few minor mat ters hereafter mentioned we found all of the entries and all of the balances upon the general ledger correct. From t&e balance sheet of general ledger of April 30, 1895, we find the assets and liabilities to be as follows: ASSETS. Cash in State Treasury and in bank..............$ 75,523 75 Teams and wagons per in ventory............ .... 706 65 Merchandise on hand at State Dispensary per in ventory.............. 62,821 57 Machinery and office tix tures per inventory...... 2,625 97 Supplies, bottles, corks,etc. 15,697 15 Books, stationary, etc.......607 00 Merchandise on hand in ecoun ty dispensaries (State's 40 per cent. add ed) according to Commis sioner'sbooks.$122,258.41 Less 40 per cent. of unearn ed profit added by State at time of chipment.. ............34,930.9S Value of above merchan dise in hands of dispen sers (at cost price)......87,327 43 Personal accounts due the State according to Coin missioner's books....... 9011 91 $254,321 43 LIABILITIES. State appropriation... 50,000 00 Personal accounts due by the State on merchandise purchased, according to Comimissioner's books... 44,033 95 Net profits of State Dispen sary accrued from begin ning of operations up to Feb. 1, 1895........ . 111,959 82 Net accrued profits for quarter ending April 30, 1895..-................ 4,327 66 $234,321 43 Of the net accrued profit of -$48.327, 66 for quarter ending April 30, 1895. 13679.79 is a profit on sales for this quarter. The remainder, $34,647.87 was an unearned profit on February 1, 1895, on goods unsold then in the hands of county dispensers. but since that time this profit has accrued by the sale of goods. By reference to the report of Mr. D. H. Traxler, the late commissioner, for the quarter ending January 31, 1895. at page 4, it will be seen that the total profits there given is $151,295.51, as this committee explained in the report of their examinations for the quarter ending January 31, 1895, this amount of total prolits included the earned and the unearned profits at that time. The books of the present commission er, based upon a calculation made by chief bookkeeper, shows that on Jan uary 31, the earned profits were $111. 959.82, and that since that time 8:h!, 647.87, of what was then unearned, has accrued and may properly now be added to the earned prolits, making the total net profits earned upon busi ness done by Mr. Traxler, $146,697.69. The difference between these ligures and tihe net profits given by Mr. Trax ler on page 4, of his report, to wit: tion of Mr. Traxler's net profits as shown by the present commissioner's books is caused by the correction of various errors in the comfmissioner's books which occurred prior to Janu arv :31, 1895, and which were not de teted until after the present commiis sioner took charge, and which the present commissionier wvill set forth in detail in his quarterly repor-t. The total net pr-olits thiereforec of tine State dispensary from tile beginning of the oper-ation up to Api-il :;0, 18'5. is as follows: Accrued from business done by Mr. Traxler..........146, 607. 69 Accrued from business done by od Uison rdnring quarter ending April 30, SS95................... 13, 679.79 Total...................8160,287.48 From the profit and loss account upon the commissioner's general led ger, we find that a statement of the gains from the income accounts is as follows: Gross gains on merchandise -sold during the quarter ending April 30, 1895.... $ 93,263.53 rains on contraband liquor 8,459.50 Discounts allowed......... 5,026.42 Total....... ......106,849.45 And that the losses made up from the various expense accounts are as follows: Supplies. bottles, corks, etc.: 23,963.51 Constabulary.............. 12,174.66 Freight and cartage........ 13,:335.46 Stationary. coal, postage, salaries. etc............. 2,824.63 Labor.................... 4,79S.38 Insurance.............. 311.75 Breai:age and leakage...... 530.29 Total...................$5 2.238.6S Gain on sales for quarter ending April 29, 1S95, to wit: Accrued profits.. $13.679.79 Unearned profits..34,930.95 $ 48,610.77 Total...................8106,849.45 The $13.679.79 is the amount of ac crued profits; the $34,930.9S is the un earned profit on goods remaining un sold in hands of county dispensers at the end of the quarter. These statements according to the entries in the commissioner's books are correct. The commissioner's statement of cash received and disbursed during the quarter is as follows: Feb. 1-Traxler's balance. .8 45,548.40 Feb. 28-February receipts. 68,285.16 March 31--March receipts.. 64,464.99 April 30-April receipts... 71,016.02 Total..................8 249,314.47 DISBURSEMENTS. Feb. disbursements........8 40,231.14 March disbursements...... 74,045.76 April disbursements....... 59,513.82 Balance in State Treasury on April 30. .860,872.55 Balance in bank on April 30..814,651.20 $ 75,523.75 Total....................249,314.75 The State Treasurer informs us that on April 30th, he had to the credit of the State dispensary, 861,784.88. We find upon examination and checking off the warrants paid by him up to this time, that there were out standing on April 30th,1895, warrants that had previously been drawn upon him by the Commissioner to the amount of $954.65, According to the commissioner's books, a balance upon that day including the outstanding warrants, -was $60,872.55. In order, therefore, to reconcile the State Com missioner's balance, as it appears on April 30, 1895. the amount of the out standing warrants- must be added to the $60,872.55, which makes $61,827. 20. In order to ascertain where the discrepancy between the Treasurer's and the Commissioner's books occur red, the committee checked off all the receipts and warrants of the Commis sioner, according to the statement pre pared for us by the State Treasurer and found that the following correc tions should have been made, to wit: Balance as appears in books, 860,872.55, plus outstand ing warrants $954.65.... .8 31,827.20 Add for error in amount of Comptroller's warrant,en tered as $1,191.65, instead of 81,127.76..............63.89 Add for error in paying warrant No. 279...... .06 Add for error in amount of deposit made............--.20 Credited balance.........61,892.67 Take difference between the correct ed balance and the State Treasurer's balance and allowing for outstanding warrants and for the correction above given is $107.79. As we reported in our former report. Mr. Traxler's bal ance was $105.21 larger than the State Treasurer's, and, allowing for this amount the present difference between the State Treasurer's books and Col. Mixson's is 82.58. In the limited time at our disposal, we could not recheck the books to find where this small difference occured. We recommend that the Commis sioner be authorized to adjust his books so ns to be allowed credit for this $7.79, and thus have his books agree with the State Treasurer's. The committee report that the sug gestion made by their last report, that the system in book-keeping in use be changed. and an improved system has been adopted The system now in use, put in operation by'Col. Mixson, and devised by his efficient chief clerk, Mr. S. W. Scruggs, leaving in .our opin ion nothing to be desired. A great improvement has been ef fected by the removal of the Commis sioner's oflice to the second floor of the dispensary building, where better of fice facilities exist for the transaction of the large business of the dispen sary. In concl"eion, we would state that under the present management the affairs of the dispensary appear to be managed with an intenligent business principle. The financial showing is satisfactory and reflects great credit on the Commissioner and his corps of assistants. We repeat the recommendation $151,295.51 is $.4,687.82. This deduc made in our former report that the law be so changed as to permit the salar'ies of the Commissioner and book-keeper to be paid as other dis pensar-y expenses are paid. Myste-rious Burgiary. .BowroxN, Maxss., June 10-A special from Lovell, Maine, says: One of the most mysterious burglaries in the his tory of M~aine was committed in this village last Thursday night, when the safe in the store of James E. Hutchins was opened and cash, stocks. bonds and securities to the amiount of $50,000i were stolen. The securities were in a small tin box. and for several years Mr. Hutchins had kept it in the big safe in the country store which is run by his grandson. C. .J. Hutchins. Fri day mornin g voung Hutchins opened the store as usnal. Not a thing had been disturbed ini the establishment and not until the storekeeper had op ened the saf'e did lhe know that burgil's had been at work. TheC tin box. wh:tch for a imunber of years had beenin oneC orneri~i of the .a.fe, was missing an~d a diligent scarchi failed to revend its where(abouts. The safe had been openied by the com~bination lock and after thme securities had been re moved the safe had been re locked. The otticers have been unable to get the slightest clue to the guilty THE CROPS IN THE STATE. HOW THE CROPS WERE AFFECTED BY THE rOT WAVE. The Interesting Weekly Bulletin of the State Weather and Crop Service Issued Yesterday by State Observer Bauer. COLUMBIA, S. C., June 12.-The fol lowing weekly bulletin of the weather and crops for the past week, covering the heated spell, was issued yesterday by State Observer Bauer: The unseasonable hot weather re ported in the previous bulletin con tinued on two days of the week just passed, with maximum temperatures of from 95 to 102 over the entire State. Gardens, corn and the various vine crops, and truck generally, were be ginning to wilt under the influence of the hot sun, and in places the effect is described as having been the same as though touched by frost. Before serious injury was done, the hot weather was terminated by a slow, gentle rain, that was of immeasurable benefit, reviving everything. This in turn was followed by cool nights dur ing the week, which were especially trying to cotton that is already unsea sonably late and small, although in much better condition than it was two weeks ago. The cool nights had the effect also of renewing the destructive activity of lice on cotton and cut worms on other crops, particularly on bottom lands; while more rust devel oped in wheat over the western portion of the State, where this grain is not yet ripe enough to harvest. The weather was very unfavorable for farm work, and crops are generally free from grass and weeds with the grounds in fine condition. A few fields continue grassy, but this excep tion is inconsiderable. During the 4th and 5th (Tuesdayand Wednesday) the temperature was from S to 12 degrees above the normal, but during the remainder of the week it range from 1 to 4 degrees per day be low the normal, making the average temperature for the week nearly nor mal. The highest temperature reported was 102 on the 5th from Looper's Pick ens county: the lowest was 56 on the 9th at Hardeeville and Spartanburg. The mean temperature for the week for the State was about 76.8 and the same period is approximately 76. A quite general rain began during the evening of the 5th and continued at places until the evernirg of the 6th. The greatest rainfall for the week was measured at Cheraw and Chesterfield, but a number of widely separa places reported measurements of one inch or more. I' general the rainfall was the hEav'est ;- the western and northern portions of the State, al though no place but that received some rain. The average of 40 corre spondents who ieported the rainfall for the week, is 0.80 inch, and the State normal for the same period is approximately 1.00 inch. There was somewhat more than an average of 'sunshine, and more along the coast than in the interior. The winds were high and easterly during the greater portion of the week and their tendency was to negative the good results of the rain, and were not otherwise noteworthy. The condition of cotton has greatly improved within the last two weeks and is particularly fine in the western portion of the State where stands are reported "as fine as ever seen." The plant is small and continues lousy in places. Fields that were not fertiliz ed show marked inferiority. The cool nights latterly have checked its growth somewhat, but not materially. Fields are well worked and generally clean. About all chopped to a stand. There is no marked change in the condition of corn, which continues very satisfactory. It shows some im provement in color and less in growth. A fairly good stand has been obtained, except where damaged by cut worms. It is very small for the season, and its condition appears, from the reports of the correspondents, to be quite uni form over the entire State. It is re ceiving its last plowing in the more southern connties, where it is begin ning to tassel. Stubble land bemng planted to corn and peas. Wheat will soon be ready to harvest. Some has already been~ cut. The stand is generally thin, but it is head ing very full. Oats are being harvested with a fair yield, running from a full crop to about 50 per cent. of one. Spring oats have improved, but their condition is exceedingly variable, differinggreatly in the same portions of the State, and even in the same counties. The aver ag~e of all reports would make it some whiat less than an average crop. Tobacco is doino- well at places and reported fair at ot ers. Worms have appeared unusually early, and are proving troublesome. The tobacco culture has infused hopefulness into the farmers, whether the crop proves remunerative or not. Rice about all planted, and its con dition generally satisfactory. Melons have been doing porly, but lately have advanced rapidly and are blossoming. Sweet potato draws scarce i~n the up country and the acreage will be great ly reduced on this account. Elsewhere its condition is fair and the crop is receiving about the same attention as in former years. Irish potatoes are yielding a full crop from the coast truck farm westward. A large acreage of peas is being sown both as a separate crop and on same land with corn. Early apples, peaches, plums and cherries are ripening and are being marketed. Fruit exhibited for sale at present is of inferior quality, except cherries, being evidently marketed be fore it was ripe, a practice which can not be too greatly condemned. Blue ber ries and black berries continue very plentiful. ________ Shame on Uritish Seamen. LosuoN. June 12.-The passengers of the little British vessel Whynot, which was on fire and abandoned at sea by her crew, leaving the passen gers to save themselves as best they could, have arrived in Jersey, whither they were bound for the purpose of working in the potato harvest. They discovered the Whynot was on fire Saturday. There was no panic on board and the crew and passengers wcrkcd together to suppress tile flames. After a time, how ever, one of the soilors threw a bucket overboard and the Captain ordered the crew, four ini number, to lower the only boat and recover it. When the boat was lowered the Cap tain and crew got into it and rowed off ndi di not return.