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If I VOL. XI. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL Lq 189.1_ ___ O 6 BIMETALLIC DEMOCRATS. COMMITTEEMAN MAYFIELD ADDRESS ES A CIRCULAR. The Democrat" in south Carolina, He Says, Favor loth Gold and Silver and Should Support Them Both--Clubs Meet Next Month. Superintendant of Education May field, who was appointed bimetallic Democratic comnitteemal for this State at the recent Metmphis conven tion, yesterday issued the followiug circular: Colunmbia. March 10. IS96. To the Bimetallic Democrats of So'th Carolina: The leaders of the Republican party are active in their efforts to effect a complete organization of their party in this State. They are earnest in their solicitations for recruits from among the white people of the State who are naturally Democrats. The Republican party is divided on the financial question. Some of the lead ers favor a gold standard and others of them believe in the free coinage of silver. The spirit favoring the formation of a third party is entertained by some of our citizens. The advocates of the third party believe in the free ccinage of silver, and contend that the only way to get it is through a third party. They are advising our people to take no part in the May convention to se lect delegates to the National Demo cratic convention which meets at Chi cago in July. Many of our people who have been lifelong Democrats are as avowed free coinage silver advocates as are these third party advocates; but to refrain from sending delegates to the Chicago Democratic convention is contrary to their political training and against the best interest of the Democratic party in this State. This third party policy is uncertain and dangerous, for-there is no reasonable prospect for it to suc ceed, and it is fraught with great pos sible danger to our peace and happi ness at home, in as much as it is only a step toward the further division of the white vote of the State. It cannot control in this State. Independent silver leagues are being formed now in the State, under the call of certain advocates. The advo cates of this policy also favor the free coinage of silver. ani they contend that this is the only way to secure it. They hope by this step to commit the State to this policy and to carry the vote of the State into a silver conven tion outside of the Democratic party. This policy, which means the organi zation of an independent silver party within the State, is as dangerous to the interest of the Democratic party of the State, and the safety of the lives and property of our people as is the third party policy. It is still further a step towards a still further division of the white vote of the State, and is ru inous to the Democratic party of the State in its tendencies, and there is no more prospect for its success in nation al affairs nor in this State than there is for the third party to succeed. Now what should be done? Let us look at the matter for a moment in the light of existing facts. The first turn we make presents us face to face with the fact that the Democratic party is as badly divided on the money question as is the Re publican party. This we must and do admit. But it is no worse divided on this question than is the Republican party. The next turn we make brings us face to face with the fact that the Republican party is holding together and is not fallhng to pieces, and will not fall to pieces, while some of our Democratic friends are trying to effect division upon top of division in this State within the Democratic ranks. Why should not the Democratic party hold on its organization, and refuse to divide, just as the Republican paty is doing? If these divisions within the Democratic partysucceed, what are we to hope for in national politics, and at home? Defeat stares up in the face before we even enter the fight, if we divide. Both the third party and sil ver party are without sufficient finan cial backing to make a successful, na tional campaign. They are both with out sufficient party organization to undertake the fight. United in back iag, organization and membership they are too weak to hope to succeed of themselves. What then must be their hope? Certainly it is, that they are depending on uniting their forces and relying on enough deserters from the Republican and Democratic parties to enable them to win the fight- Their reliance is in desertion from the two great political parties. The all im portant question is, will the desertion be get enough to enable them to suc i 'rhe answer come at. once, no. True men will not desert the party in which they have been raised, and in wirdse-doctrines their fathers before them believed and delighted to cher ish, so long as the party sticks to the main fundamental principles underly ing its organization. Simply because the members of a party disagree, or are divided, on a particular line of policy, which is not fundamental, is no reason for supposing that the members of either party, in any con siderable numbers, will desert their party. And why should they not de sert their party? Because thele is as much chance for one policy to win in the end, within the party, as there is for the other, much less the violation of principle involved in desertion. On matters of public policy, party lines are frequently not observed now by our members of congress. The free coinage Republicans and the free coinage Democrats vote l ogether, while the gold standard Republicans and the gold standard Democrats vote together. What then may we reason ably expect to be the outcome of the whole matter? Since the Republican party and the Democratic party are both divided on the money question, is it not reasonble and fair to expect that both of these parties will make ccn cessions in their national platforms to both gold and silver advocates, and allow the matter to be settled by the people at last through their represen tatives in congress. It looks that way. Certain it is that neither of these great parties will intentionally cast away any great part of its following by dis regarding their demands To expect any new party under these circum stances to draw recruits enough from these two great parties to enable it to succeed, is most unreasonable and ,githout probability. Now, the question arises, what shall be done by us here in our State? We have among us gold standard Demo crats (monometalists,) and Democrats who believe in both gold and silver (bmalist. The one is, or should be, as true to the Democratic party as the other. So far as loyalty to Demo cratie principles is concerned, there shouid be no difference, even though we differ on the financial policy. The Democratic party of this State should go on record on this question in the coming State Demcratic con vention, whicti m-ets -arly in May to elect delegates to the National )emo cratic convention If a majority of this State favor a gold ,taudard, then we should send delegates to the Na tional Democratic convention who will represent that sentiment. But if a majority of the Demccrats of the State favor a gold and siiver standard, and I believe they do, then we should send delegates to the National Demo cratic convention who will r-present that sentiment. This is fair, it is Dem ocratic and it is the only safe course. To do otherwise simply means the dis integration of the Democratic party of the State and its loss of power at home, and a forfeiture of the right to recognition by the National Democrat ic party. By all means let every Democratic bimetallist in the State stand by the Democratic party, and let us make our fight for what we want within the Democratic ranks, and take our chances with our brother Democrats who favor a single gold standard. By this course we will pre serve intact our Democratic organiza tion, which is of far more importance to our people than the success of any national party. Attempt will doubt less be made during the year by de signing persons to form coalitibn of parties in order to overturn the Dem ocratic party of the State. and get pos session of the State government. It is, therefore, important that you re main untrammelled. Stay out of the third party, stay out of the silver leagues, and stick to the Democratic party, which is the only safety you have for home protection. I do not know what steps the single gold standard Democrats of the State will take to ascertain their strength or to send delegates to the National Democratic convention. Bat I beg to urge upon you and ihrough you every Democratic bimetallist in your com munity to be active and energetic in presenting the cause of bimetallism. There is no necessity at this time, that I can see, for the formation of bimet allic clubs. Certainly there is no ne cessity for any Democratic bimetallist to join a Third party, or become a silver league. A11 that the Democrat ic bimetallists need now to do is to rally their forces at the Democratic club meetings, and poll their strength for bimetallic delegates to the county convention, and to see to it that only bimetallists are sent to the State con vention. Let me urge you not to be luke-warm in this matter, but to be active and enthusiastic. We may rea sonably expect the single gold stand ard men to do all in their power to send their delegates to the State con vention. This is politics, and we should not think hard of them if they give us the best fight they can; but we should be found making the contest, and if we beat them, they should not feel hurt with us. Make the fight for the delegates to the finish, but let it be fairly and openly done. Remember that the clubs will be called to meet in April to elect dele gates to the county convention. Be sure to have every bimetallist to at tend the club meetings regularly. Urge this for all it is worth upon ev er boy interested. Every bimetallist who receives this, (I would send it to every one in the State if I could) and every one who hears of it, is respectfully requested to to drop me a line and inform me of how the bimetallic cause stands in his commnunity, and to make any sugo-es tions that will advance the cause. 'Lt no friend to bimetailism hesitate to drop me a line, for I assure all that that it will be appreciated, and will greatly encourage and aid me in look ing after the interest of the cause. Without the co-oertion and help of all the friends to bimetallism we may get beaten in the contest for delegates. Most respectfully, W.- D. MAYFIEL, State Bimetallic Democratic Commit teeman.__________ Too Xuch Risk. The Columbia Register says the big insurance companies are fighting shy of tak-ing risks on the county dispen saries. The bulk of them have been insured in the North British and Mer cantile Insurance Company at $1,000 each. Recently there was a fire mn Florence, in which the dispensary was burned up. The company had to pay the thousand dollar policy. Sine then Mr. Seymour, an agent of the company, has been to Columbia and cancelled all of the policies, some eighty in number, which his company had written on county dispensaries. The reason given ior this course is the greatness of the risk. The company considers that the nature of the dis pensary business offers .too great an inducement to incendiarism. Ii a dis penser gets short in his accounts, the simplest way for him to conceal his shortage or defalcation is to set fire to his-dispensary and destroy all evidence against himself. It is said that an ef fort was made to get several other cmpanies to issue policies on the dis pensaries, but they "begged to be ex cused" Fatal N aptha Explosion. NEWARK, N. J., March 2G--By an explosion in the Nickrson & Spence Grease extracting works to-night, two men were killed and two badly burned. The fire resulting from the explosion did several thousand dollars damage. The killed are: Albert Eherent 22 years old, of this city; Frederick Gal lagher, of Rockland, Mass. Those in ured are Jamies Hayer, and Charles Begler, a workman. It is not known what caused the explosion, which oc curred in the extension of the main factory, but it is supposed that it was from naptha, which is usedextensive ly in that department. Persons in the main building beard a roar and saw the flames shooting up. Those who rushed out saw Hayer and Begler stagger out of the building. The bodies of Eherent and Gallagher, charred and beyond recognition, could be seen for somie time in the building before the firemen could take them. Killed by a Convict. NEwBERRY, S. C., March 27.-Yes terday afternoon a negro prisoner on the chain gang named Duffy, working in this county got enraged at an or der given him by Guard Hargrove and swinging his pick axe around struck the guard in the head. Al though the negro was shackled, he succeeded in making good his escane, although two other guards were near by Mr. Hargrove, after painful suf ferings, died at 2 o'clock this this morning. Duffy had just been sen enced to the chain gang last week. TILLMAN STICKS TO IT. MUST LEAVE THE PARTY IF FREE SILVER IS NOT GIVEN. The Party Bound to Split--The Senator Claims That in View of Pa-t Events No Fair Dealings Iaty be Expected From Gold Bugs. COL'EIA, S. C., March 25.-Ever since the publication of Senator Till man's letter to Rev. Mr. Reia of Spar tanburg County, in which he advised a bolt from the National Democratic party if free silver was not made a plank in the platform, there has been a great deal of discussion and uncer tainty as to what would be done in this State. It has been said that Senator Tillman had changed his opinion, but The Registerpublishes a communica tion from him to-day in which he gives his reason for leaving the party under certain conditions. The communica tion is by far the most important poli tical document that has been written in years in this State and is bound to create a decided sensation. The letter is as follows: Editor Register: I have just read in your issue of March 20th the editorial -Stick to the Party"; and if I were dis posed I could justly complain at its tenor. Brushing aside any personal feeling as of na concern to the people and desiring only to present to them in as brief space as possible the exact status and the r' asons actuating my conduct, as their servant, I ask space to review the political situation and to answer some of the statements in the editorial in question. I will premise what I shall say by the remark that I am not accustomed and have never felt it necessary to have my views on public questions reach the people of the State through any other mouth than my own; and while Mr. Latimer and I are personal and political friends, I have not at tempted to make him the meduim of communicating a change of opinion, however "commendable" such a change may appear to the Editor of The Register. As a matter of fact, Mr. Latimer informs me that the cor respondent of the News and Courier, with his usual inaccuracy, has done him an injustice. He did not speak the words or authorize the statement credited to him. He had a conversa tion with the reporter in a private way, which has been distorted and grossly misrepresented. As for my self I am only confirmed in believing the ad vice contained in my letter to Mr. Reid to be wise and the best course to follow. In the condition of unrest in South Carolina and mid the contentions of ambitious politicians seeking to gain advantage of one another-though the Reform movement shall be split in twain and the people of the State dis tracted and torn into factions-I feel that it is my duty to clearly define what I conceive to be the best policy for our people to pursue. I am not striving to put down any one man or put up another. I have no pur pose or intention of attempting the role of a political dictator; but as a man whom the people have honored, and in whose judgment and leader ship they have reposed a degree of con fidence and trust, imposing a heavy responsibility, I shall speak and speak plainly. If my advice is not heeded I shall make no complaint, but it may as well be distinctly understood that in this crisis those Iwho may endeavor to divide the Reformers or absolutely surrender to the influence which has destroyed the national Democratic par ty will have to meet the issue on the stump if it becomes necessary. I will not permit the people to be misled and deceived under pretence of loyalty to Democracy. My duties here are of a character which leave no leisure for campaign speaking in South Carolina and I have accepted invitations to make addresses in St.Louis Denver and New York city in the near future, but I can and will go to South Carolina if it be necessary. Now I will endeavor to state, so that nobody can misunder stand of pretend to misunderstand, my own position, and give the reasons why, in my judgment, this policy is the only wise and proper one. Every white Democrat in South Carolina should participate in the election of delegates to the May Conventiog and see that the men trusted to represent them are true and loyal to the princi ples we have been contending for. We should send a trusted delegation to Chicago with a platform of princi ples clearly laid down by the State Covention as a basis for their action. And on the one overpowering and burning question of finance we should demand of the National Democratic party a clear and unmistakable utter ance for free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, the issue of all paper money by the government, in sufficient volume, and a system of banking which will provide against the concentration and congestion of money in the large cities to the detriment and ruin of the coun try. There are other planks of great importance, but they are few, and the platform should be brief and clear cut. The masses never are capable of studying more than one great question at a time, and in proportion as they are distracted by contending ideas just so are they divided and defeated. If we fail to get the National Con vention to give us a platform of the character outlined and a loyal candi date on it we should withdraw. Wny ? Because in the present condition of the Democratic party in the United States there is absolute antagonism of purpose and feeling existing be tween the two wings. The ditierence is as great as bet ween Democracy anid Republicanism. It is just as pronounc ed, as irreconcilable, as bitter as the feeling which existed at the Charles ton Convention in 1860. The struggle then was for the extension of slavery in the Territories, and the party split assunder. nominating two sets of can didates. Now the issue is wheather money or the people shall rule. As I see it, it is bound to split again when it meets in convention. "Even though," to quote the language falsely attributed to Mr. Latimer, " the gold bugs are disposed to deal fairly with the silver men and to put up a ticket to represent both factions." This is an impossibility. No fair dealing can be expected from the men who foisted on us the silver plank in the last national platform. No fair deal ing can be expected of those Eastern Democrats so called who in the face of the pledge sustained the President in repeahing the purchasing claure of the Sherman Act The differences are irreconcilable, the conflict is irrepressible, and all true Democrats must resolve to stand by the principles of Jefferson and terly destroyed and a new party take its place. Any compromise or strad dle will cause the Populists and silver men to sweep the South and the West and the Democratic party will be only a name and will become the third par-1 ty, should it be fortunate enough to carry a single State. But those who urge that we stick to the party, no matter what may be its platform, will retort at once that if the silver Demo crats bolt at Chicago the same result will follow. I grant it so far as the pr'sent organization is concerned and also so far as the name is concerned, because there would inevitably be a new party formed embracing all the elements of the three parties which stand for free silver and financial re form. But the principles and the plat form of such a new party, if it be formed, will be those of Jefferson and Jackson and Lincoln; and if it does not win the victory this year. it will be bound to carry the country in 1900. It will be the genuine Democratic party. It must not be forgotten too that the Republican party is split and torn over this issue as well as ours. Now let us look at out local condi tions in the light of past events and the present surroundings-something The Register seems entirely to ignore. In 1S92there were not less than t irty thousand Reformers in the State and possibly more who were strongly tempted to vote for Weaver and were loath to participate in the national Da mocratic convention by sending dele gates to it. Where do these men stand today, after having been- deceived and betraved? The news comas to me from all parts of the State th-at they feel just what the Rev. Mr. Reid ex pressed in his letter, and they feel it so strongly that unless they have assur ances that participation in the next National Convention will not biad their consciences and votes if they do not see propr to endorse its action, that they are now gravely consider ing the question of remaining aloof from the party primary in May. I think, however their numbers are largely increased, and that they in fact embrace a great many Conservatives and a large majority of the Reformers. There is no analogy in the comparison which The Register makes between those Democrats who in the past have run on Independent tickets in the State and those of us who now prop se to leave the party at Chicago should it be untrue to its principles and its old faith. Our one overpowering and overmas tering issue in State affairs has been white supremacy, and this under the conditions existing before the new con stitution was adopted made revolt against the white majority nothing less than a crime. While those conditions do not now exist, and while I am al ways ready to abide the will of the majority of the white people of the State, there is nothing which demands such loyalty in national affairs as is urged by The Register. The party or ganization in the State will remain in tact and those white men who choose to go to the Republicans or Trall y themselves with goidbugs of the Cleve land Carlisle stripe, can do so. What I am striving to prevent is the division of the silver Democrats and the de struction of the Reform movement, just what has occurred in every'other Southern State. I know there are some men in the State who will remain in the party as now organized, and be for whoever may be nominated on any kind of a platform, but it is a poor compliment to the people at large to consider them so blind and so wedded to the name Democracy that they will longer take the shadow for the substance. I have striven with might and main to pre vent the disintegration of the Reform Democracy. There are few who will be bold enough to deny that I kept The Alliance fromoommitting the blun der of sloughing off and joining the Populists in '92, which practically de stroyed it in other States. I have promnised the people who have trusted me and who have heeded my counselsi that I would lead them out when the. time came. That time isiiow uponi us, either to purify and reorganize the party or-leave it, and if my advice-has any weight with the people of the State, they 'will- -align themselves in. solid phalanx for the purpose I-have indicated, and by so doing force the retirement of the cowards aad syco phants and treacherous leaders now masqueradiug as Democrats. The party can only be thus rejuvenated and then press onward in its glorious mission of emancipating the people and restoring their liberties under the old banners, and always under the time honored principles of Jefferson and Jackson. It is simply a question of reforming the party and bringing it back or leaving it. If we can re form it we can hold on to the name and the principles. If we do not suc ceed in doing this then we take the principles and seek new allies and a new name. Every consideration of statesman ship and patriotism demands such ac tion on our part. We cannot stand still but must move fcr ward or surren der to traitors. As South Carolinians, we should move together and towards the light, boldly and bravely. We all want to stay in the party and hold on to the name if we can do so to retain our self-respect. This will be deter mined when we get to Cnicago. The present duty is to turn oat at the pri maries and select true mn to attend the State convention. B. R. TILLMs. Washington, March 2:2. A strarge Story. The Augusta Chranicle says "at a dance in Barawell county a number of years ago, a murder was comm iiued for which an innocent man was hanged WVhile on the floor dancing Stephen Bush was shot and killed by a shot tred from the outside. A roughi characler by the name of Bates was accused. Hie admitted firing the pis tol but swore he fired it into the a. Circumstantial evidence was s-o. cou clusive he was tried, convicted anid hanged, protesting his innocence on the scatfold. About a year ago Mr. Billy Limnbrick died and as a sequel to the tragedy confessed before his death that he fired the fatal shot, but could assign no reason, as he and Bush were the best of friends, only that he was drinking, Hie said that when Bates ired into the air, he deliberately aimed in the house and tired. The deadly work of the bullet sobered him and he sold his pistol to a cousin for 50 cents, fearing dJetection. He helped to gather the evidence that convicted and hanged Bates. This has only recently comec to the ears of the people of his comn munity." This is a strange story, and shows that sometimes the innocent suf DISPENSARY INSURANCE. Mir. B. R. Evans says that it is safe Be yond a Doubt, COLU-mIA, S. C., March 27.-Mr. B. B. Evans, who has been carrying the dispensary risks through his agency, was not in the city when the report was circulated that all policies had been cancelled on the dispensaries, and on his return from Charleston, he was asked as to the true situation of the disoensary insuance matter, and he said, "I am very much surprised that the special agent of the North British and Mercantile Insurance company should have gi'Ten for publication the statement that is purported in your article in this morning's State, because it is absolutely untrue. I will give you the facts in the case which I can substantiate by letters received from the comp .y. The North British and Mercautue Insurance company has carried these risks for one year, and about thirty days ago I notified them that the time was approaching for renewal of this business, and to kindly furnish me with the necessary equipments to enable me to intelli gentiv write it. For reasons best known to myself, I had placed before the arrival of Mr. Seymour in this city forty-two of the different dispensaries in other companies, and the number remaining in force would have expired about the first of next month. They were cancelled, and the policies taken up and promptly placed in other com panies. equally as reliable as the North British. An unearned premium of some $75 was returned to the State out of a net premium of $6,000, so you can readily see that it was an insignificant matter so far as change of company was concerned. Your article says that there has been serious losses; the facts are, that out of $200, 000 insurance only ;1,400 has been lost in the past twelve months. The reason assigned by Mr. Seymour, that the risk was too hazardous on account, as he insinuates, of defalcation and theft by county dis pensers is utterly untrue, as the aver age county dispenser must be a gentle man of integrity, or they could not furnish the bond and occupy the posi tion they do. The dispensaries have never been without protection, and your statement that should a dispensa ry burn, the State would sustain a to tal loss is false, and without founda tion, as.they are fully covered, the business has never been unwritten, and is now in first class companies. The statement that several agents have been offered this business and that their companies would not handle it, is positively false. There is not an agency-in this city that has been offer ed this business that refused it, so the statement that none would assume the risk is untrue. I have taken upon myself the trouble to see every agent in Columbia with the exception of one (this agent 1 could not find) to ask if any such statement was made by them and was given the same answer each tiime "no." I have said this 'much'in .ustice to the dispensary authorities and the disoensers, and to place the facts as they exist. So far as the new law is concerned, there need be no fear as to the companies working un der it. I am prepared to insure any property in any city, town or country where policies have been cancelled on account of this law." It was not the reporter's intention t> do Mr. Evans an injustice in the re port of the cancelling of the policies on the dispensaries, nor was there any desire on the part of anyone connected with the affair to do so. Mr. Evans was out of the city when the matter was brought up and it was, of course, impracticable to secure any statement of facts on the subject from him, and those of others had to be accepted. The information given in yesterday's issue was secured from sources that are considered absolutely reliable,, name ly, from agents in this city and Mr. J. C. Seymour, the special agent of the North British and Mercantile I nsur ance company in which the dispensa ries have heretofore been insured. In Mr. Evans' statement; above he mak-es several errors which are unin tentional, no doubt, but in justice to The State, they are corrected here. The.State's article did not say that the State. or company had sustained seri ous losses, as will readily be'seen by referring to the issue in which it ap peared, nor did it say that in case of loss at the present time the State would lose as a result o f having no insurance. Mr. Evans makes reference in those particulars to the report of another paper and not that of The State, for this paper cannot be proved guilty of such statements. The State's informants were consid ered reliable men and competent to make the desired statements and for those reasons application was made to them for information regarding the matter and was given exac;ly as pub lished in the paper.-State. A Good Thing. The Veterinaryv Department of the South Carolina Experiment Station at Clcmson offers its aid to the people of South Carolina in the investigation and extirpation of contagious and in fectious diseases amon'g the domesti cated animals; horse, cow. swine,dog, fowls, etc. The College Veterinarian will take pleasure in corresponding with the owners of diseased animals and will wherever possible give diag noses and advice free. In all cases of a contagious nature requiring person al inspec(tion, the traveling e-xpenses of the Veterinarian must be met by the orwners of the diseased animals. It is the intentioul of the Veterinary De partment of Clemson Colfe&ge to give to the stock owners and others of this State who may wish it.a special course in Ye terinary Science. Any one ,of good mor~zal character may avail hinm self of this course under the head of the Veterinary Department. For fur ther infor'miation alidress Dr. W. E. A. Wvmnan, Veterinarian to South Caro iuna Experiment Station anid Clemson Col lege. NEw YoRK, March 27.-A hanrdsome wonam commnitted suicide by shoot ing herself in the head to-night near the 72ii street entrance to O-ntral Park. Her clothing was of exception al rich quality and the police believe that the woman's position in society was abo':e the common place. She appeared to be 3a years of age and her features were strongly French. Be side the body was a small pocket book, containing a ten cent piece, and a white handkerchief. In one corner of the handkerchief there was a mark which looked like an initial "E." Be vond that there was no mark or any thing on the person of the dead wo man that could in any way lead to her idntity. 'KINLEY FAT FRYING. RAISING A CORRUPTION FUND OF $250,000. A Republican Squabble Which Probably Will Not U urt Democrats--Senator Chan dler Attacks the O:io Candidate. \WASIIIGTON, March 26.-McKin ley's "fat-frying" methods continue to annoy Senator Chandler. lie has in formation that the Ohio candidate's managers are trying to raise ?250,000 do make the nomination of their man certain, and he is determined to block the game if possible. He made a fresh ons19":? upon McKinley tonight vitich abounds in good campaign ma terial for the Democrats. It is based ostensibly, upon misrepresentations which the Senator says crept into his piblished statement of March 16. He declares that he said nothing unkind of McKinley personally in that state ment, but "called attention to certain methods of his managers and protest ed against their adoption." Then he proceeds to flay the candidate in this vigorous way: "The substance of the charge made by me was that the same men who had assisted in raising the money to pay Mr. McKinley's debts were calling upon the owners of protected indus tries to make contributions to help nominate him for President. Although the charge has been denied by -Gen. Grosvenor and others, a review of the subjects confirms my conviction that it is true. "As baring upon the question, whether the collection and the use of the funds are for reasonable and legit mate nomination expenditures. I add that the fund which it was planned to raise was to be $250,000, a sum which could not be needed except for illegiti mate purposes. "In view of the effort to raise this large fund from protected interests, my points were very simple and clear. Such a movement is unfair and unjust toward the other candidates, in whose behalf it is certain no such large sums of money are being raised or used. "Messrs. Reed, Morton, Quay, Cul lom, Allison, Davis and Manderson are as devoted friends of protection as Mr. McKinley is, and the triumph of any one of them would be as sure as a guarantee of the enactment of judi cious and effective tariff laws as would be the victory of Mr. McKinley. For manufacturers to contribute large sums of money to be expended in nominating Mr. McKinley over any other candidate hitherto named would be a most unjust and uncalled-for proceeding. "The interests of the Republican party will be seriously injured by de manding and receiving such large contributions from the representatives of protected interests. It has been a continuous cause of attack by the op ponents of protection-the belief that the system has been maintained, Re publican victories achieved, and par ticular tariff schedules secured from Congress by the money of manufac turers. "Whatever may be said in justifica tion of reasonable contributions from such interests toward the expenses of Presidential and Congressional elec tions after the nominations are made, a system of using- money to control Republican nominations for office would be scandalous in the highest degree and fatal to all attempts to maintain the purity and honesty of the party organization. "These things I said. If the facts which were the basis of my utterances do not exist the truth will appear, and no one will suffer but myself, for no one else suggested or was responsible for or knew of my statement. I shall be very glad to be convinced that I was mistaken. Moreover, if the at tem:pt to raise the fund of $250,000 has been arrested by reason of the public ity given to it I shall be equally re joiced. "If, however, the facts are true, and to the natural popularity and strength of Mr. McKinley, Messrs. Osborne and Hanna are to continue to add the ex penditure in improper ways of large sums of money collected by them from the owners of industries protect ed by the tariff, thoughtful Republi cans will do well to consider the con sequences a nomination thus made, the character of the canvass which is to ensue, the possible defeat which, even with the bright prospects before us, may come if we rush headlong in to any egregious blunder, and the con troversies which, even if we are suc cessful, are to follow such an admis sion of the standing charg~e of our op ponents that gross venality and cor ruption attend the maaintainance of a high tariff system by the Republican party, which charge we have hitherto truthfully denied. "To those who engage in vitupera tion of me on the ground that what ever may be the size of the money con tributions which are being raised by Mr. McKinley's friends, or the use which is being made of them, it is in juirious to the Republican party. anda, therefore, a mistake for me to call at tention to the:n, little need be said. Tneir argument recognizes no time or ci-cutustances when it is proper for a faithful member of a political party to expose and condemu the faults an vices which develop in every pr-ty. " This precept is a false one. and has never been heeded by men in a politi cal life of forty years. Whiatever may be said in favor of such restraint dur ing the -heat of a political canva-s, after the nominations are made tuecre ought not to be two opinions on this question, whether at all other time-s faithful Republicans shouild detect and make pur~lic, cor-rect and destroy dis honest methods w aich may be gro wing up in the organinatiou, and wthich, it kept concealed through a false motioni of party fidelity, will soon bi-ing the party to destructioni. "-rhat there is no way to keep a party pure andi honest in its practices except by defeat at the polls is an un wise opinionl. It should be so kept, and also kept in power, by the con stant elforts of its true and courageous mem bers to condemn and crush out in their inception all habits and practices which tend to the degradation and dis honor of the political organization. '-The Republican party is about to be returned, if it acts wisely to ove whel ming political power in this cou ii try. The psrty should begin its new career susta:.aed by high principles and k-ee frcm coirrupt -practices. It will be a fatal naistake, soon to be grievously punished, if we make a dis hnesat star t "._ew Vnrk Times. AN ENRAGED ELEPHANT. Gipsy. the Queen of Harris' Circus, Kilie Her Keeper. CHieaGo, March 26.-W. H. Harris' big elephant, Gipsy, became unman ageable at its winter quarters on the West Side this afternoon and before she could be got under control killed her keeper, tore down a frame build ing and created great excitement, which drew thousands of people to the scene. Harris's circus is quartered at the corner of Roby and Jackson streets in a six story brick building, and Gipsy occupies the greater part of the first floor. Her regular keeper is Bernard Shea, but Shea is at present in Omaha and the animal was tempo rarily in charge of Frank Scott, a lion tamer. Early this afternoon, Scott, by orders, took Gipsy out for a ride in the alley. Gypsy did not seem inclin ed to stop at the boundary of the al ley, and Scott gave her a jab with an iron hook. The beast became enraged, and throwing her keeper from her head, where he had been riding, pro ceeded to pound him with her trunk and succeeded in killing him and knocking him through a board fence. Mrs. Harris came to the rescue with a pitchfork. She was knocked down, but pluckily jumped up and com menced battle. She soon had blood streaming from wounds in the ele phant's side, and the beast ran away towards the end cf the alley. Here was standing a large crowd and many were the bruises received in the scat tering which took place when the ele phant started out of the alley. Gypty did not go far, but went back for Scott, who in the meantime had been moved into a wooden building just opposite th' elephant's quarters. The animal knocked in the whole side of the building in her efforts to get at the man again. During this time Mrs. Harris had seit for all the bread and cake that could be bought in the neighborhood, and also telephoned for Claude Orton, the horse trainer, who soon arrived. The elephant quieted down some while she was eating 50 loaves of bread, a large number of cakes and other delicacies which were placed before her. After she had finished eating, she walsed into her barn and the heavy doors were shut after her. The door had no sooner been shut than the elephant, with one blow shattered it and ran out again. By this time every street in the vicini ty was crowded with excited' people. Three wagon loads of police came to the rescue, but could do nothing fur ther than keep back the crowds. None of them wanted to undertake the job of chaining the enraged beast, and it was impossible to kili her with their small calibre weapons. The elephant had her own way for about four hours, when she went back into her stall and allowed Orton to chain her. Harris has owned the animal for five years and has had no trouble with her before. Frank Scott's right name is unknown. He would never tell who ho .vas. and although he has been with Harris' circus for six years, no one knows anything about him, ex cept that he went under an assumed name. His body is in the hands of an undertaker and will be buried from the home of Mr. Harris. HER SEVENTH VICTIM. O nHa, Neb., March 25.-Bernard Shea, the former keeper of Gypsy. the elephant which created so much trou ble in Chicago today, was seen tonight and will take the first train for Chica go in the morning to assume his old position. In an interview he stated that Gypsy is only another name for Empress, the original old Empress, the first elephant imported into this country, and that the killing of her late keeper, Scott, makes the seventh victim of her vicious temper. SILVER MEN AHEAD. Cleveland Vainly Believes That Hle Can Stem the Tide. 'WisHINGTOs. March 26.-The state ment in The World today that Pres ident Cleveland had it in his power to use the Cuban situation to secure an other nomination is being gravely con sidered in Washington. It is known that the President is personally tired of the burdens of oflice, and that he has contemplated a letter declining an other namination. On the other hand Mrs. Cleveland likes her position, is in excellent health and has treat in fluence with her husband. To remain another four years in the White House would be regarded by him as a sac rifice to be made only for the attain ment of an important national object. It was announced exclusively in The World last November that Mr. Whitney had urged the President not to declare himself out of the field, but to hold himself in position to serve the party and the country. President Cleveland is believed to be favorable to the annexation of Cuba, but his eye is mainly centred on the establishment of the national fiuances on a thoroughly sound basis. He has recently been approached by sound-money Democrats with the de claration that present indications point to the control of the Chicago Conven tion by the free silver wing of the Democracy, who con fidently figure on not less than 600u delegates out of 930. No sound-mionev candidate is in sight to stem the tide. He alone has the strength, the personal following and the cour me to face the sitaation and compel a d!itferenit result. Secre tary Olney is not su diciently identitied e th party pA heies, Sec:-etary Carlisle is~ too ruinerable, Col. Morrison too doubtful and Mr-. Whitney positively Presoidentr Cleveland is considering frsis meer v-ery seriously. Trne sug restion that the Demojcratic party is ao be contrr led by free silver acts on Mr .l leelad as a red dag on a bull. )ould ile see his ei :ction reasonably sure, uhe wou:d run again, rather than allow .vuch a catastrophe befall the party whichi has th:ee times honored itn If Gvov. McKinley is to be nom inated at St. Louis on a high tariff platform with a financial straddle, President Cleveland believes that the Dem ocracy will sta ad a good prospect of winin on a revenue tariff and sound-mtoner nlatformn. A free State bank p)ilk would be used as sop to hold the Southern States in line and neutralize a free silver defection. All this :s. ofcoarse, still in emoiry o and unseatled. but it is certain that Pr-esi dent~ Cleveland has not detinitely de cided to leave the field. The Bermluda Landsl. NE~W Yonig, March 2E.-Dispatchies received in thils city yesterday from lfabana stated that the liermuda had landed the arms a nd ammunition she carried, and that Gener-al Galixto Gar tia and the men with him had safely jinedn the insurents. IN CROWDED DUNGEONS. HUNDREDS O~ INNOCENT MEN BURIED ALIVE. Secret Orders to Take No More Prisonors. Travelers by Night Shot Down Without Being Hailed--Defeated Generals Ship ped Home. HABANA, March 21, via Tampa, March 23.-The arrests of suspects con tinue at such a rate that the prisons are now full and epidemics among the prisoners are feared. The Remedios prison is in terrible sanitary condition with 200 prisoners in quarters which are very much overcrowded. At Sagua there are 226 prisoners, and there is room for no more. The same state of affairs prevails at many other points. The decrees of General Weyler are being enforced with great harshness against the Cubans sup posed to have Cuban sympathies. A state of panic as a result of these de crees and the action of troops prevails in all parts of the island occupied by the Spanish. The peaceable citizens have no fear of the insurgents, who follow more humane methods. It is absolutely impossible for correspon dents to learn the whereabouts of the prisoners of war who are reported to be taken in the battles fought. The subordinate Spanish officers say that secret orders have been given to take no prisoners. The Cubans release all the Spanish soldiers captured. The Spanish give no quarter. So many plantation employes and managers have been butchered that the men not remain on the plantations and the women have beenleft in charge of them The men hide in the woods at the ap proach of the Spanish columns. Here is the proclamation of General March, commanding the division of the First army corps, recently issued from headquarters at Holguin, Santi ago province: 'Be it known that the forces operat ing in the territory of this division have orders to fire without giving the signal to halt at any person who travels at night on the roads outside the towns and hamlets, and for the purpose of preventing accidents this is hereby published for general know ledge." This illustrates the kind of war Spain is giving Cuba. Even the Spanish officers are disgusted at the methods used. Much dissatisfaction in army circles exists. Three hundred officers have applied for leave of absence and oth ers are being sent home, haying in curred General Weyler's displeasure. The following generals have failed to resist the enemy's operations in the provinces: Generals Navarro, Canella Mella, Aizpurua, Macon, Ordonez and Cornell. Recent army operations against General Gomez andMaceohave completely failed and apparently the only resource left is harsh measures against the unarmed resesidents, whether Cubans, Americans or other foreigners, on the ground that they extend aid and sympathy to the insur gent forces. Foreigners have wondered how long civilized nations intend remaining passive. The authorities fail to pro tect the property and lives of foreign ers. They continue throwing into prison, French, English and Ameri can citizens for political reasons. There is no evidence to warrant their arrest. The attention of the United States government should be called to the arrest of eight American citizens namely, Sanguilly, Cepero, Dygart, Rodriguez, Someillan (father and son,) Quintera and Aguero, who are in pri son. Cepero is the only one against whom evidence of treasonable cts can be found. The others will 1.-abl remain in jai] indefinitely. Sangu'l is the only one who has had a tra. A Grewsome Find. CHICAO, Ill., March 26.-The badly decomposed body of an unknown man was found to-day in a trunk bought at an auction in Wakum & McLaugh lin's warehcuse at 504 North Water street. The auction was the regular disposal of unredeemed property and many curious purchasers were on hand. The sale was almost over when a large rough box was dragged out and offered. Bids were made and the box was knocked down to two men from the suburb of Austin. Inside was a square trunk which was broken open and a grewsome sight was dis closed. The trunk contamned the bad ly decomposed body of a man without any identification. As soon as the dis covery was made the men commenced to search for something that would indicate where the box had come from or by whom it had been owned. On the top was written "G. M. Morga, 116 Jefferson Court, Chicago." i oth ing else was found to establish former owership. A member of the we house firm said to-night that the ox was sent to them by the Michigan Central railroad. silver Men WOn. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 23.-The Democratic State Executive Committee today decided to hold one State con vention to nominate State officers and delegates; to the national convention, the gathering to meet at Nashville, May 6 a~nd 7. The one convention plan was advocated by the silver men, headed by Senator Harris, and Con gressmnen McMillan, Richardson, Cox and McDearmond and caused three hours discussion. Ate Toad Stools. CHICO. California, March 25.-On Sunday last a party of 12 Chinese and Japanese men and women partook of toadstoos, mistaking them for mush rooms. As a r--sult three Chinese and Three Japanese died today from pois oniuig. and the survivors are in a criti cal state. It is reported that a namber of other Chinamen were also stricken down and are being hidden from the medical authorities by their friends. An Old Man Robbed, CHICAGO, Ill., March 24.-Christo pher Schrage, who is 76 years old and iives alone at 711 South Jefferson St., was bound and gagged by two men this evening at 0:30 o'clock and rob bed of money and papers amounting to more than $50,000. The robbery was one of the boldest ever perpetrat ed in this city. No arrests were made and the police are at sea in the matter. H ugh H ats Must Go. COLUcnUs, 0., March 25.-The House has passed the Fosdick bill, to prohibit the wearing of high hats by women in theatres. An amendment to the bill fining the manager of an opera house or theatre $10 for permit ting a persoa to wear an obstruction in the shape of a hat or headgear was adopted. The bill now goes to the Sate.