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VOL. X1I. MANNING., S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEM1BER 16, 1896. NO. 8. THE OFFICIAL FIGURES. EARLE HAS ABOUT THREE THOUSAND MAJORITY. The Returns Show That Evans Practically PoUed His Full Vote at the First Prima ry-Duncan'A Vote and the Surplus Went tomEarle. COLUMBIA, S. C-, September 11. The State nas received the complete official returns from all the counties in the State and the tabulation of the figures, which have been carefully verified, shows a total vote of 83.489, against 78.231 in the first primary. Of this vote General Earle has rec iv ed 43,323 asainst Governor Evans's 40,166, leaving him a majority of 3,157. It is a noteworthy fact that General Earle's home county gave him 3,154. the figures of his final ma jority in the whole State lacking but 3 votes. It is one of the curious coin cidences that hover around the career of the lucky ran. It was another curious coincidence that the last re turns to come in last night in official form came from Beaufort, the county in which Genera: Earle is holding court at present, and were conveyed in a personal telegram bearing the siature of the successful candidate. e is the table showing the final result. The State committee meets tnigh to tabulate the returns and de elm the result, but there is scarcely a psibility of any change being made in. the table: THE VOTE COMPLETE. Evans. Earle. Abbeville.............264 1.825 Aiken.................1 465 1.318 Anderson..... ....1,934 2,255 Barnwell.............. 1,509 1,342 Beaufort.............. 141 429 Berkeley............... 512 501 1haieionn........... 643 2,747 Chester.............. 969 746 d..........1,006 716 Clarendon........... 857 677 Colleon........... 1,672 1,195 Darlington.......... 1,062 . 903 Edgefield.............. 654 1,165 Fairfield...'...........632 748 Floremee.............. 933 978 Georgetown............ 156 360 Greenville... ..... 1,778 3'154 amono0s00.a0.. 745 471 rm ......;....... 1,12 978 ;__4a.... .0...798 628 Iancaster........... 949 1,034 Laurens.. ........ 1,289 1,328 Texington........... 1,466 1,985 Marion...............1270 1,367 Marlboro..... ...... 849 754 Newberry...........1,003 1,043 Oonee............. 1,009 1.379 Orangeburg............ 1,609 1,376 Pickens................ 793 927 Richland..... .......713 1,415 Saluda................. 1,048 613 Spartanburg........ 3,840 3,162 nsoter 750 1,381 Union............... 1.267 743 Wifllianmg........ 1,155 854 York............. 1,314 1,826 Totals............40,166 43,323 The vote shows that thousands of Mformer did believe that their repu diation of Evans would injure the Re form movement. Had they so believed ..they would have voted other than they did. They h-ve-shown that they - beheved that the condition of the movement would be much better by supp'r som~e one other than Ev ans. Theeo the vote that went to ehet Judge Earle to the Senate camis fromt the Beformers. , Tetotal vote of the State was about 7 per cent larger thanuit was in the first primary. * vans in the first primary got 38,80~7; -in the second he polled only 40,166, an increase of only 1,359 votes. It is * thus seen that he polled practically his whole strength on the first prima ry. The Duncan vote and what ex en thees was, went to General Earle, while be maintained his own strength. He got 31,092 votes .in the first prima - ry. The Anti-Evans vote was in creased by 3,894 votes. Below is given an interesting table *showing how the several counties vot ed. It contains the total vote of both the first and second primaries, and gives the increases and decreases in each county: 1st Pri 2d Pri- Inc. Dec. marv.mry -Abbeville..... 2,975 38 1 Aiken....2,6432,814 Anderson .... 4,169 419 2 Barnwell..2,934 281.. 8 Beaufort...488 57 8 Berkeley ..... 988 103 2 Charleston.... 2,7813,9 60 Chester...1,60317512 Chesterfield... 1,8251,2 . 10 Clarendon.... 1,323 13 1 Colleton...2,791 287 7 Edge-fiel.1,911189.. 2 Fairfield.. 1,1721,8 20 Florence...... 1,5311,138 -a~- 562 56.. 4 ..4,261492 1 iampton..1,340 126-- 2 -' Horry.......1,9162,017 Kershaw.....-. 1,621 146..:9 Lanaser... ,94 ,3.8 14.. Lexngtn... 24102,451 10.. Marn . 2,314,639 0 .. Ilebery...1,302,04511..6 8 conee . 2,27 -,3 82 11 . Oranebur. 3 108 1 2,9 5 ...13 2icens 1,793,720 69.. Rician.. -1,751,18 403 ... Salu~~~a,722...18 ,6 9 0 Sumer.,89 21531 237.. Unio.....19862,067 24.. Willamsurg 1,1 ,09 4 . York.....2,541,101380 . Totas..8,216 ...446 Thene inrese s,26.. 12 Lanster.....sua 1,6 H,98 b19 butf. L~aulrs ......e a. etakd n Lexesinto... efa, utnt o Mulation....d. hweerta Maroro..etii.. Lewb'ry~ RO.... .9.Tereun Ocon te....... ioreeiedupt zoangbr toasowsed.icesn iriens inth....u.cutis o Riclan .....i cniats leh Salna ....... tesar eleedt Si prsenburg.. nte egsatr Sudmte repblcasfor....lb Un........wes eor ilte e tWn illmberg. t nug so 1,638d.603'... 3 TILLMAN'S GREAT SPEECH. He Stirs Up the Pennsylvanta Miners and Farmers. Senator T'llman is doing good work for the Democracy in Pennsylvania. We extract the following from the Tamoques Recorder, of recent date: United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman has spoken here He spoke in front of the United States Hotel, and was was listened to by one of the largest audiences that ever assembled to hear a speaker in this town. He spoke for about an hour, and barring the tooting of a few horns in the mouths of brainless young men, and the occasional braying of a two-legged ass, his speech was listened to with in tense interest. In the vast audience was noticed many faces from the Valley and the farming districts. They had come ap parently to learn something about the silver question, and if they had not made up their minds to disagree with the speaker, they were all converted to the silver side before Mr. Tiliman closed bis remarks. J. 0. Ulrich, Esq., of town, was the first speaker. His appearance was the signal for those who were desirous of hearing the Senator to draw close to the platform. After a few anpropri ate remarks, Mr. Ulrich introduced William Wilhelm, Esq., of Pottsville. Mr. Wilhelm was very hoarse, so much so that at times he lost control of his voice. His remarks, however, were punctuated with applause, show ing that his desertion of a party which has strayed away from the principles laid down by Lincoln- an other men whose names are recorded in history, met with the approval of the majority in the audience. By the time Mr. Wilhelm concluded his remarks the audience was fairly in sympathy with the cause. In speaking of Senator Tillman Mr. Wilhelm said the Senator was not as 1olished iu a->pearance as some United btates Senatt-A; thsat the Senator was at one timex v, fajvner and today bore a slight resemblance of the ma'i in his earlier days H.& spoke of him as a Senator wb had the courage of his convictions, and was here tonight to explain the issue of the day. Mr. Ulrich then introduced the speaker of the Evening, who was greet ed with loud cheers. While the audience was getting it self in condition to listen to the speak er the Senator buttoned up his coat. He gazed first to the right and then to the left and in a full, rich Southern voice began. His voice, too, was husky from hard campaign work. but it was very strong and was heard dis tinctly by every listener. The au dience, outside of those above referr ed to, was in sympathy with his re marks, and many times he was inter rupted by loud and prolonged ap plause. While the speech was one of his characteristic speeches, no Repub lican present failed to see that he was fair in his treatment of their side. He paid Major McKinley all honor that was due him when be said: "So far as I know Major McKinley is a clean man personally, and I have nothing to say against him in this respect. His character is above reproach, and I have never heard it said that it was not. Of course, the Senator disagreed with McKinley politically, and accused him of not being a freeman. He called attention to the time when the coun try was calling to him to declare his position on the money question, but he didn't speak. He laid it to the fact that his mouth was locked, and that E~ark Hanna had the key. He called McKinley a political acro bat, referring to the times when he stood shoulder to shoulder with the silver men in Congress fighting for their cause. He compared his position at that time with his position today, and appealed to the audience if he was ,not right in calling McKinley a politi cal acrobat and a tool of Hanna, the Vanderbilts, the QGulds and of all -men of their ilk. He spoke in forcible language of the present condition of the country under the gold standard compared with its condition under the free coinage of silver, up to 1873. He likened it to the one-legged man. When the country was run under the gold and silver standard, as it was until 1873. he said it was prosperous; but when the free coinage of silee was stoppe~I the coun try was run on one leg, and it had been running on one leg evier since, getting poorer and poorer. He spoke in appealing language of the deserted silver mines in the West, asking how the miners of the coal re gions would like it if their mines were shut up by any act on the part of the government. Resume the operation of the silver mines, he said, and you will put thousands and thousands of the half-starved men in the country at work, and by putting them at work this country will see an era of prosper ity as she has never seen before. He said the Goulds, the Vnnderbilts and all the gold men were not desirous of resuming the operation of the silver mines because a great portion of the endless army of idle men would find employment. This army of idle men, he said, is the lever by which they are enabled to reduce wages and keep the workingmen in subjection. He said there was no good accom plished by workingmnen organizing to maintain their wag:es and protect their interests so long as men are idle and looking for work.- Put your idle men to 'work first, he said, and then you can accomplish some good by your or ganizations. This great army ot un employed men is the weapon that the millionaire uses to destroy your inter ests, and when you do finally become desperate and strike you tind that thousands are ready to take your places. He spoke in glowing terms of Bry an, saying he was a freemen and that he was never owned by a Hanna. He predicted the election of Bryan, saying that he did not have to come east of the -\ississippi or north of the Poto mac to insure his election. At the conclusion of the speech cheer after cheer went up for the dis tinguished speaker. A Triple Executzon,. er waite, and Silas Lee and itickmuan Freeman, colored, convicted in the Feder-al court for the eastern district of Texas for crimes in the Indian Ter ritory, were hanged this morning. At the requust of \X neeler, he was bang ed alone, and mounted the gallows firmly. The trap was sprung at 11 :11 and he was pronounced dead at 11:38. The negroes mounted the gallows at 12:1,5. The trap was sprung at 12:12, and they were cut down 15 minutes later. All three necks were broken. Freeman was remarkably cool, w bile LETTING THE LIGHT IN. WHAT GOV. EVANS HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE REBATE MATTER. The Governor Makes an Emphatle Denial of the Charge that he Had Maligned Tillman-[e Gives the Public What ie Knows of the Scandal. CoLUMBIA, Sept. 6.-Gov. Evans gave out the following sensational let ter last night: Editor Register: In your issue of the 3rd instant, in an editorial headed. "The Second Primary," after discuss ing fully the charges preferred against me by my enemies, you exonerate from all, but give particular promi nence to the dispensary muddle, in which Mixson, Hubbell and others are involved, and clear me of that, but you wind up by stating that I have been hurt very much by my "failure to specifically deny that he (Evans) made the accusation against Tillman, with which he was charged by Dun can, which, as I inderstand, is that I had said to Mixson that be (Mixson) had received no rebates, but that he knew that Ben Tillman had lined his pockets." You propound to me this question, "Did you or did you not, Governor Evans, say to F. M. Mixson at any time, that Tillman had accept ed for his own use rebates on whiskey purchased for the dispensary, or words to that effect. By answering this question you can place yourself upon a higher plane than you now occupy." I have received toaay letters from some of my personal friends inform ing me that my enemies were making capital out of my failure to deny this charge. In the first place, it is a sur prise to me that any person should be lieve that I could have been guilty of such -n utterance when it is remem bered that I canvassed the State with Senator Tillman two years ago and de fended him from such attacks made by Butler and others. My reason for not noticing Duncan was that I re ceived the following letter from Sena tor Tillman: Trenton, S. C.. July 26, 18%;.-(Confiden tial.)-lon. John Gary Evans-Governor: Much to my surprise and disgust John Dun can came here yesterday evening and bored me nearly to death. I gave him cold com fort and scant courtesy. Now I think you have the fight won, and you need only act with common prudence and nothing can af fect the result. But stop alluding to Duncan in anyway or anything he says or does. Ig nore him utterly. :gnore his charges and insinuations. Don't allude to him or Earle by name. We are well and send you greet ings and good wishes. Yours truly, B. R. Tillman. Besides this I was requested. espe cially by such friends in Barnwell as Senator Mayfield, Col. Robert Aldrich and Solicitor Bellinger, not to notice Duncan in the slightest manner, and they congratulated me on the fact when I left the stand. Not a friend in the State has suggested to me that my course did not meet with public ap proval until after the first primary. I now deny emphatically any such remark was made. The only founda tion upon which to construct such a fabrication is the following incident: After Mixson was elected commis sioner I took him into my private chamber and locked the door, as I de sired to thoroughly impress upon him the importance of his position and to outline to him my policy for conduct ing this branch of the Government. I stated to him that I desired him to ease purchasing whiskey from the Mill Creek Distilling Company, for the reason that Gen. Butler had gone ver the State charging that Governor Tilman received rebates from this company, anid the State and other Ati papers had commented upon the fact of his land purchases and every other private and public act until his enemies believed it. That they had also charged that I was indebted to Tilman for my election, and knew the close relations existing between us. and I desired to show that we were entirely independent of this company. Mixson replied to me that a whiskey house had made Mixson a present of a desk and that his two sons were accept ing presents from whiskey drummers in the shape of diamond pins, gold headed canes, etc. I sent for Mixson and again warned him of the danger, arnd impressed upon him the importance of keeping aloof from such influences, and also keeping his boys from temptation. I told him the dispensary law would be killed if a scandal was ever connected with its management- I sent for Sec retary Tompkins, who was Mixson's intimate friend, and whom I knew could influence him, and asked him to warn him also, and he replied he would. Shortly afterwards Mr. Scruggs, the bookkeeper, reported to to me that from letters he had received and opened in Mixson's absence in the course of business and other suspicious circumstances he was satisfied Mixson was dealing with certain whiskey houses exclusively and was obtaining rebates in consideration therefor. I replied to him that he was a State clil cer as well as Mixson and Tompkins, and that if he saw. anything going wrong it was his duty to in form me, and to secure the evidence to convict them. Mr. Scruggs reported to me that he was satisfied that he could se cure the evidence to convict these men if I would allo w him to leave the State. 1 replied to him that he could go whenever and wherever he pleased on such mission. In the meantime Mr. Iubbell, of the Mill Creek Distilling Company, called upon me to know the reason why he could not do busi ness with the dispensary; that he had been informed that the trouble was with the State board of control. I stated to him my reasons, and he ex pressed regret that he should be made to suffer on account of lies told upon Tillman. IHe stated to me that the commissioner was paying from live to fifteen cents per gallon more for whis key thnan he could supply the same brands for, and he was satisfied re bates were being paid for it. 1 replied to him if that was true I would see that Mixson either purchased from his compan: or made his houses come to his prices. I ordered Mr. Scruggs to furnish me with a price list of pur chases made by the dispensary. lie did so and I mailed it to Mr. Hlubbell. He returned it to me in the following letter: Mill Creek Distilling Company, Cin cinnati, Ohio, June 8, 189I5.-Governor John G. E'kans, Columbia-Dear Sir: Yours of the 1&th inst. to hand and contents noted with c-are. - e will sell you cash in fifteen or twenty days from date of shipment at the following prices, and give you goods equal in every way to those formerly sold the dis --nsay: X Bourbon, 100u proof. $1.. ; X rye, 100 proof, $1.41; XX rye, 100 pnof, $1. X- Y Borbn $1.53; old velvet, XXX rye,100 proof, $2.10. We would be very glad to have your business or even part of it, and any time you desire I will go to Co lumbia. Hoping your State will have a favorable decision in the case now pending at Washington, and with best wishes, I am yours truly, GEo. HUBBELL. Shortly afterwards I had occasion t:> send for Mixson and reprimand him for dealing with a man who he had told me had offered him a bribe. This man then represented the Live Oak Distilling Company. Mixson replied he did not believe the old man, Mr. White, intended it. I then showed him Hubbell's prices, and he stated to me .that Hubbell was as guilty as White, and he, Hubbell, had offered a bribe also. I thea replied to him that hL was right, and not to purchase from Hubbell or any other company whose agent was so corrupt. Mr. Hub bell returned shortly afterwards and made the statement to me as published in the papers. I could not ask Mix son to purchase from Hubbell in view of his (Mtixson's) statement, and not a gallon was purchased from him. But after the law was changed I advised Mr. Hboeil to state to the new board of control what he had stated to me. He did so, and as a result the board gave him an order. It was also re ported to rae that a son of Mixson had gone to Cincinnati and was being en tertained by whiskey dealers, and a marked copy of a newspaper was sent me from that city giving an ace)unt of an interview with him. I sant for Mixson and told him that if this thing did not cease he would also be convicted by the public of get ting rebates, whether it be true or not. The boy afterwards called upon me and endeavored to explain his conduct saying that he had gone on a business trip, something about bicycles. It turned out, however, that lie was not the bic rcle boy, but the stenographer of the 6th circut. But to return to the efforts of Mr. Scruggs to catch the guilty parties. Mr. Scruggs proceeded to Cincinnati and returned with evidence, which he assured me would convict Mixson of having received rebates from the Live Oak Distilling Company. On his re turn he saw Mixson and Secretary Tompkinsbefore he did me, and they immediately came to the Mansion and stated to me that Scruggs had been to Cincinnati and had returned with evi dence that Mixson's son had received thousands of dollars from Peebles & Co., and the Live Oak Distilling Com pany and asked me what to do. I told them if Scruggs had told them he had evidence to substantiate it, the best thing to do was to see Mixson's son and get him to tell the truth. They left with this determination, and next morning Mr. Tompkins came into my olice and wrote on a slip of paper that the boy had confessed everything and gotten the money. Mixson soon called upon me and stat ed that the boy confessed, but that he (Mixson) was as innocent as a lamb. He produced a letter from the boy in which he confessed and deplored the fact that he had brought disgrace on his father and family, and had left home never to return. I was moved to sympathy for them and told Mixson to see the boy and not let him run away. That if Mixson was iniocent the boy had been overreached by whis key drummers. I was called to New York on business for the State and stopped -in Washington and told everything to Senator Tillman. Till man suggested that Mixson should re sign. I retu -ned and told Mr. Tomp kins what sjenator Tillman had said and we agreed upon that policy. but thought it best to wait until further developmenis. Mixson came to me afterwards and stated he was innocent and his friends had told him not to resign. I replied to him that the board of control could only remove him for cause, and that if he could show his innocence we could not re - move him. I saw Mr. Tompkins and he agreed with me in this, and stated to me that Mixson's; friends had ad vised him not to resign. I told 14 Norton I feared that something was going wrong at the dispensary and I wanted him to stand by me in my ac tion if the issue came. He replied that he would do so. Mr. Scruggs has never handed me the written evidence, but the boy's confession made it unnecessary to re quire it. The meeting of the Legisla ture came on, and I determined in the absence of proof direct against Mixson to drop the matter, but to take away from him any chance cf temotation and recommend that the entire con trol be taken from his hands and from the hands of State House officers and place it in the hands of a board con sisting of five members elected by the General Assembly. This offended Secretary Tompkins, who stated that in view of the charges made it would look like kicking him out by reason thereof . I replied that no evidence had been produced against him, but if he felt that way I would change my recommendation and leave the old board, but would ask for two addia tional members to be elected by the Legislature. He replied that this would be satisfactory. Mr. Etird, Senator from Lexington, had consulted me and he agreed with me fully and of fered to see Mr. Tompkins and en deavor to get him to withdraw his ob jections. He did not succeed, but the Legislature took Efi rd's view and changed the board, taking the pur chasiug power from Mixson's hand. Mixson and others organized to kill the bill in the Legislature, and Mr. John T. Duncan was to lead the fight. Dun can was kicked out before the bill came up, and he accuses me to this day for unseating him on account of his opposition to this bilL. 1 stated to Mixeon if he did not stop his opposition I1 would indicate to the Legislature his probable cause of op position and he ceased to oppose it. I had no direct evidence against Mix son and could neither prosecute or dis charge him, but I ami sure every one will see the reason of his opposition to mue. Now wvhat do we see. Duncan stat edl that his only cause of enmity to. me was my change in the dispensary law. Mixson stated to the newspapers that a dark horse wouli enter against me in the senatorial race. Voung Mix son, I understand, groomed him, and iled Duncan's pledge with Tompkins as chairman of the D~emocratic party. Mixson and others~ have organized the opposition to mie and have circulated this report to injure me with senator Tillmnan and his friends. This is not all. They have told Tillman story upon story to gain his enmity to me, but Senator Tiliman knew the reasoni and assured me it went into one ear and out of the other and to pay no at tention to them. Tiliman kno ws who the guityr partes are and so do ihnsea members of the Legislature who were in Columbia and heard the reports and evidence. I may have made a mistake in mot giving this expose sooner, but I have been deceived by these people and bad ly advised by my friends, who assured me that the public took no stock in their statement. I may be criticised for not replying sooner, but I have injured no one save myself. It is with great reluctance I do this now, because I know how it will be used by the enemies of the dispensary law and the Reform Movement, but in justice to my friends who have requested,and the public who are attempted to be de ceived, I make this statement. The parties connected with this matter are not interested in this primary election, but have another tribunal to which they can and must appeal. JoH GARY EVANs. Accompanying the interview is a camparative statement giving the pric es of liquor as paid for by the dispen sary and the prices that were quoted by Hubbell for the same brands. Pur chases for quarter ending April 30, 1895. Corn, 20,615.75 gallons. per gallon *1.21, value $25,080 24; X Blur bon 5,832.63 gallons at $t.40, value :S,221.66; XX Bourbon, 5,824.03 gal lons at $1.57, value $9,160.20; X rye, 14,085.50 gallons at $1 04. value $20, 423 99; XX rve, 10.606.45 eallonsat $t.66, value $17,619.24; XXX rye, 5, 533 gallons at $2 20, value $12,143.06 Thompson Old Rye, 1.852.76 gallons at$3 25, value $6.021.47: gin 1,403.42 gallons at .L.31 2-4, value $1,888.62. Total $100,558.48. JUDGE EARLE SERENADED. The Entire White Vote of Beaufort Turns Out to Honor Him. BEAUFORT, Sept. 9.-Tonight the Democratic voters of Beaufort, irre spective of faction, about 200 in num ber, all the attendants at court and many ladies of the town gathered in the grounds of the Sea Island hotel, and, with the assistance of an excel leut brass band, called strenuously for Judge Earle. The piazza of the h otel was crowded with ladies when Judge Earle stepped out and faced a crowd that probably contained every white voter in the town. When the cheer ing upon his appearance had ceased Judge Earle began to speak and dur ing his short address was interrupted often by cheers. Judge Earle said: "Friends and Fellow Citizens: I thank you for this demonstration of good will. I feel highly honored by your presence in such numbers. I was not privileged to be present and address you in the canvass when oth ers met here, as 1 was obliged to be absent in the performance of my du ties. Tonight I have the opportunity not of seeingyou, for it is too dark for that, but of hearing your hearty cheers, for which I feel grateful. My friends say to me that I am elected, but I say to them 'Don't count your chickens before they are hatched,' but whether elected or defeated I am proud of the vote I have received. This campaign and this election has been rcmarkable in many respect -. It is the first prmary in which there has been a direct vote for the nomination of United States Senator, and that is a high privilege for the people. Each voter is sovereign, and when he votes he takes part in that which is for the weal or woe of the whole people. Henca the returns are significant. The returns show that the people are not to be diciated to by any man. We are reaching the time when merit wins and no man will have to ask any man's consent to enter the race. For seveeal years the white people have been di vided in tilds State into two factions. I'have tried as best I could to bring these ;wo factions together and at times I have despaired of its being ac complished, but tonight I feel encour aged, for I believe the Democratic par ty has come together. Tnis is neither a Conservative nor a Reform victory, because I am the candidate of no fac tion, but am a Demor, at and am for the good of the whole people of this grand old State; and if I shall be hon ored by being elected to the senate I will endeavor to work out certain re forms which I believe to be necessary to the welfare of the people." Judge Earle said he believed the first of these to be a taaiff for revenue only, and that he thought the question of fi nance of great importance.- He proceeded to state that he was for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 36 tol1, and gave in brief his rea sons for his belief. He hoped Bryan would be gloriously elected~ and that all the necessary legislation would be passed which would return to the peo ple the prosperity they should have, but if McKinley was elected the Lord have mercy upon us, for we will get no mercy from the govesnment. He then proceeded: "I thank you for this compliment paid me and if elected I promise you to do my whole duty to the whole peo ple of the State as long as I am a memi ber of the senate." The conclusion of the speech was cheered long and repeatedly. Until a late hour last night and all today Judge Eairle has been receiving tele grams containing returns and congrat ulations. Efis extreme coolness in re ceiving the exciting returns has been amazing and one would har-dly think he was other than a disinterested ob server. He has not been confident of his election at all. Ex posIng Repiublican Methods~. TERRE H.WTE, Sept. 9.-The direc tors of the American Railway Union tonight issued an address to all mem bers of the A. Ri. L'. and to all railway employes in the U nited States, de nouncing the coercion of railway em ployes to jiu McKinley "sound" money udubs and calling on all wage earners to vote for I.ryan. The ad dress is signed by Eug~ene V. Debs, James Ihogan, Sylvester Keliher. W. E. Burns, R. M. Goodwin and M. J. Elliott. The nddress says the coercion practieed.is of monstrous importance, describes the nmethods practiced as "-antounding," says the round houses, depots. aud shnoys .have tergporarily been converted in'td practical wig wams and the~ employes intimidated to join these gold standard clubs by the rail way managers. " We know of many instances," continues. the address, "where emlployes are pla nly 5 iven to understand that their continuance in service depends upon their supporting the gold standard candidates. The coun try stands ama~zed at such bold and shameless intimidations."- Tue address declares that it is not free si1 ver that has enraged the railroad mol och, but the Democratic platform on government by injunction. This it says is the milk in the cocoanut. LETTING IN MORE LIGHT. COMMISSIONER MIXSON REPLIES TO GOVERNOR EVANS. Mes. W. T. Mixson, 13. 1.. Evan? and St. Julian Yates Now Figure In the Dispen sary Rebate Scandal---Revalatlons that Will Astonish the People. COLUMIA, Sept. 7.-The following letter was given out last night by Commissioner Mixson: To the Public: It was understood between Mr. Trax ler and myself if he tendered his res ignation before the expiration of his term as State commissioner, I would be an applicant, and when his resig nation was tendered I informed the State board that I was before them. Some action of the Legislature, how ever, caused Mr. Traxler to re-enter the race, thus making three applicants, viz: Trax'er of Florence, Dukes of Orangeburg and myself. The election came off some time in January, the exact time I cannot say. as Mr. Gun ter, the governor's private secretary, informed me no minutes were kept of this, the only meeting of the board held during the year. It was generally known that Traxler's resignation had gone forward and I was a candidate. Among my most zealous advocates for this appointment was Mr. Barnard B. Evans, who did me, I think, good work in securing the election before the board, speaking in my praise on every occasion I could hear. I have two sons-J. W. and W. T. J. W. was at that time about 23 years old; W. T. about 21. Soon after I had entered the race my son, W. T.. told me that Mr. B. B. Evans and himself were talking of going into a deal and make something off of the whiskey in case I was elected. I told my son that he could not afford to have anything to do with such a deal; it would be ruinous, and 1 would not buy from any house that they made arrange. ments with. He informed me after wards that he had given up the mat ter and had so informed Mr. Evans. I had no reason to think otherwise. Some time in January, after my election, Mr. Hubbell of the Mill Creek Distilling company, dropped in to see me. This was the time I asked him for the same whiskies or better; same prices or less with 5 per cent. off, and which he so indignantly refused to give. As stated in a former letter, however, I did order one car of whis kies by wire, saying same price; same whiskey, 5 per cent. off. Ship 25 bar reis X Bourbon and 25 barrels XX Bourbon. This is the only order ever given Mr. Hubbell by me. In settling up Mr. Traxler's balances, Mill Creek put in a claim for a balance on accu mulated interest, of which the public are already informed, through a letter of mine and which I paid. This was, I think, in ,April, 1895. and is the time of the sample room offers. Governor Evans was informed at the time of that offer and agreed fully with me in its construction. I am sure that Hub bell has never approached me since to sell his goods. \2ouL2y a few days after assuming the duties of commisioner, I was in Gov ernor Evan's office and he there and then told me in unmistakaole lan guage: "Don't buy from Mill Creek. The people are saying that Tillman and Traxler got rebates from them, and it must be so, else how could Till man meet his expenses, with one daughter in Virginia at school, a son at Clemson and living as he does." Mind now, this took place only in February, 1895, when we were all elated over our successes. I went di rectly from Governor Evans' office to that of W. D. Mayfield and thence to that of D. H. Tompkins and told them of this conversation and can furnish their affidavits, which will disabuse the minds, of the people that I made this up and told it on Governor Evans after I had reasons to be mad with him, as is said by Senator Tillman. Senator Tiliman also says, "Mixson has never had the manliness to either affirm or deny." I must ask the sena tor if he or Governor Evans either hah the manliness to ask of me a confirma tion or denial. He (the senator) was in possession of this change against him for months before it was made at Barnwell. He has never asked me to confirm or deny. Things moved along smoothly for some time. About June 1, my two boys entered into a copartnership under the firm name of J. W. Mixson & Co., bicycles, and the latter part of that month J. W. went to Cincinnati to keep an appoint ment with a bicycle manufacturing firm. ~See his statement herewith: * Governor Evans in his letter of yesterday says: -That the two sons of Mizson were ai-. :epting presents from whiskey drunmmers in the shape of diamond pins, gold headed cames, etc.' "Replying to this, I would say that some time in the spring of 189e5, I think in March or April, Mr. .John C. Yost of the Live Oak Distilling Comnany and Mr. Jos. R. Peebles of the J os. Rt. Peebles' Sons Co., both of Cin innati, were in my fathers's office. At that time I hadl my desk and typewriter there. Mr. Yost and Mrr. Peebles were introduced to me along with my father. After a few min utes conversatoin, Mr. Yost requested me to make and send to him at Cincinnati a list of the dispensaries and the names of the dis pensers and their addresses. I told him I would take pleasure in obliging hins, and some time after that I made the list request ed and mailed same to Mr. Yost's address. Several days afterwards I received a letter of thanks from Mr. Yost, in which hte asked mec if 1 would be in Columbia at an eatrly day. I replied that I would be in Columbia very soon, and on reaching that place found a package containing a diamond ring sent me ras a present from Mlr. Yost. 'Ibis ring I anm now wearing. It is said to tbe valued at $50. Now, as to miy visit to Cincinnati at that time, Jiuly, 1895, my brother, W. T. Mlixson tnd myself were in the bicycle business under the tirm name of J. WV. Misson &*Co. Otir leading whe els were muanufacture-d by the~ Peerle--s Manufacturing company of Ein-in nati, O. oh which firm M r. Charles Eeaert of Cincinnati wa s the ge-neral agent. I made in appointment with Mlr. Eckert to see him in tinctnnati on such a day. lefore leaving Columbia, however, my brother handed me a letter to 3Mr. Yost. Upon inquiry, he told iue that it was commissions on whiskey. asked him if our father knew anything of the matter and be replied in the negative. I toll him I would collect the amount for him provided he would drop the matterlanthe fu ture. lie told me that he would do so. A fter I conipleted nm busiaess with Mr. Ec-kert, I alledl on Mir. Yost while in Cincinnati and he paid me on my brother's written requei-sr the sum of $74iJ.50; As to any gold-heil lI canes or any other presents of any Ichara'! I kiiow notbing of. J1. W. 'm -.N About the same lime miy wife- and myself went off on a tri - she~ nad been at death's door wit'hI thoid fe ver. W-e-emained some ip days. 'n my return; Goveanor s- vans mention ed to me about . WV.'s trip to Cincin na I told hiai inht .1 W. was his own man and had a right to go where he pleased unquestioned. It was not long after this before I began to hear of rebates being gotten by me. Some time in---, Mr. White of Cincinnati was in my office and in formed me that the Live Oak Distill ing company had informed him that some one here was claiming a com mission on goods sold. I wrote Mr. White the following letter and sent a copy to the Live Oak people: August :, 1895. Mr. A. J. White, Cincinnati, 0.: Dear Sir: Replying to your inquiry in ref erence to whether or not I know of any per son claiming a commission from the Live Oak Distilling company, I beg to say I do not know of any party getting or claiming any commi sion whatever, unless yourself, and should the Live Oak Distilling company be payinr any party a commission for selling me their whiskies they are havinga fraud prac ticed on them, as I iuy from them direct and from no influence exerted by any one. Should I have reason to think or believe that any one was practicing this deception of them I would notify them at once and ascertain if such were a fact. and instruct them that if they did not cease to pay such commission I would not buy from them longer. If there is any commission to be given I want it for the State of South Carolina in the way of dis counts or lower prices on goods, and a no influence bears on me securing these orders, I think that I should have any commission that they are disposed to give in the way i mention. Hoping that the above is fully satisfactory to you, and since this seems to have arisen I will send a copy of this letter to the Live Oak Distilling company. Respectfully, F. M. Mixsos, Commissioner. I heard nothing from this letter and supposed that Mr. White's statement was not correct. Some little time af ter this, Mr. S. W. Scruggs, who was my bookkeeper, asked permission to go up to Greenville for a few days. He remained away longer than I ex pected, but teturned, I think, on Tues day morning. He did not report to the offlice. I saw Hon. D. H. Tomp kins during the morning, who told me that Scruggs had sent for him ear ly and informed him that he had been to Cincinnati and discovered that re bates were paid my boys and wanted to see me at his house. I went imme diately to see him and was informed that such was a fact. I returned to Mr. Tompkins and so soon as we could. on the same evening, we went to the mansio-L and reported the whole matter to Goverjor Evans, the chair man of the State Lard of control. He stated then enmohatically that he knew nothing of Sciuggs' visit to Cin cinnati, ani put the question to us: "Why do you suppose the damned scoundrel went?" Governor Evans told us to say nothing of the matter to anyone, but keep quiet and see if Scruggs would report his find and be sides he would take action when ne cessary. Colonel Tompkins went to my home with me and there we found the boy. We asked him about the matter and he acknowledged that it was true, but stated that he had done no great wrong, as Colonel Tompkins and I saw it-only in deceiving me. This I reported to the governor on the following morning, which placed him in possession of all the facts. The boy saw how badly I was hurt; he went up town and wrote me the fol lowing next morning: Dear Pa:-I left you last night before hav ing quite regained my equilibrium. I should have asked you to keep everything from be ing known publicly if possible. I know you well enough to believe yon would hang your own son if he deserved it and possibly I de serve to have this whole affair published but my mind is too narrow to see much enormity in it as Colonel Tompkins and yourself havt made out to me. The only wrong I see in it is the fact that I have injured you and the family in deceiving everybody at the same time. I wanted to withdraw after you t'd vised me against such a course, but I had gone too far in the first place and besides Julian Yates was receiving commissions from the Pennsylvania Glass Company, as I hap pened to be aware, and why not I? who was not connected with the dispensary as close as he, for he was then acting clerk of the board of control if I am not mistaken. The only difierence was that he was being aided while I hustled for myself; for soon after he acept ed the position the board of control adopted the Pensylvania glass style bottle and you contracted for about 50 carloads of bottles from him. I suppose you and Governor Evans wanted to help out Yates. Why not help me out ? There is a distinction without a difference. In neither case was there any actu'al wrong, but Barney Evans seemed to think so, for when he and I were talking of it in the Senate chamber during the last ses sion of the legislature, he was very much alarmed at the high tone in which 1 was speaking, fearing that we may be overheard in what he seemed to consider a plot and I a mere matter of business. Well I made arrangements with the Live Oak distillery intending it for Barney Evans and myself, but after being so strenuously advised by you not to do so, 1 decided to let things go as they had gone and tell you and Barney nothing of it, receiving as a reward the scorn and condemnation of those now iu possession of the facts. If you will oblige me so much you will burn this letter up and let things rest as they are, for since Barney Evans received nothing you can not do better than to keep him out of it and will only injutre Governor Evans in his race for the senate and the Reform party generally. I left home last night because I didn't want. to have th's thing thrown in my face day in and day out for the balance of my life, as I knew you would do calling me "one who had dragged down the family" which epithet no doubt I deserve. As to what I have don with the money, [ don't. know, It went a~bout as easily as it came, to-I don't know where and I an, not as well olf as when I started. Now let mie beg you to supp-ess the facts as much as possible, for the thing is done now and no good can come ;roum publicity. It was a fault of the brain and not of the heart. Respectfully, W. 'T. M. This letter I also showed Governor Evans, who advised me to DESTROY IT. 'lonel Tompkins, as a member of the State board, and I, as the State c~ommissioner, had done our whole duty when reporting the matter to the governfor and chairman of the board, who, in his official capacity, requested the matter held back, saying, "he would take action at the right time. Does he consider that af ter holding it so long, only to those to whom he gave it, as a slander against me, and now, after hav'ing failed a nonunationl in the first primairy, the right time to give it to the pub!ic is late into the night, jus't tefore- his 'econd race---too late to gert in :;taitemuent fronm the "oernor' Evans had been endeav oingi' to r gtime out of his way for some t'ime, and now thinking this the )tpporttunity, he proposed that I should resign. At first I was so humiliated jver the atfair- that I consented to do so, but after mature deliberation, I leterminied that to do so would be to scknowledge my guilt, while I hlad lone no wrong, and 1 refused to do so. 3overnor Evans says he had no proot Some time in the fall or early winter of '95, Gov. Evans again mentioned Mill Creek to me and said Hubbell had been to see him and left price. I retorted by saying, "Why does he come to you, I am the only party in ~ this State who can buy whiskies?" He endeaved to force me to buy from Hubbell by ordering me to do so, as his prices were less than we were pay ing. I told him I would suffer remov al before I would do so. See below comparison of prices as given by Gov. Evans today except the one marked dispensary prices with 5 per cent. off. I cannot get the invoices, but will have to take Gov. Evans'prices as cor rect. Evans' statement of prices: Hubbell Prices. Dispensary Prices. X Bourbon...1.37 X Bourbon...1.40 XX Bourbon..1.53 XX Bourbon..157 X Rve........1.41 X Rye.......1.40 XX 1ye......1.62 XXRye..1.66 XXX Rye... .2.10 XXX Rye....2.20 Comparison with dispensary prices as given by Evans with 5 per cent. off which was demanded and obtained in each and every instance on above grades: X Bourbon.. .1.37 X Bourbon...).33 XX Bourbon..1.53 XX B'rbon.1.49.15 X Rye........1.41 X Rye.. 1.83 XX Rye......1.62 XX Rye ...L49.05 XXX Rye....2.10 XXX Rye....2.08 In the matter of the new dispensary law at the last sesssion, I did oppose it on business grounds, but when the governor asked me to withdraw my opposition as it was an administration measure I did so and published in my card to Dr. Bates, that I had opposed, the passage of the ra)w law because it was impracticable ud unbusiness like, but at the request of the governor I had withdrawn my. opposition, but I continued to fight his going on the board. As to the governor saying to me that if I did not stop my opposition "he would indicate to the legislature the probable cause of my opposition," Gov. Evans knows that he never inti mated such a thing to me. The governor says the meeting of the legislature came and in the ab sence of proof direct against Mixon "I decided to drop the matter but to take away from him any chance of temptation and recommend the entire control be taken from his hands, etc." The governor had probably forgotten when he wrote this that he sent his dispensary message recommending a new law to the legislature on the 10th day of February, and I told him of Scruggs' trip on the night of the 17th of February, seven days after his mes sage had been read to the general as sembly. Whilst my bcy did get some money from the Live Oak people, I never got a cent of it and knew nothing of it until the money had all been squan dered, and I have never received a cent since I have been in the State dis pensary other than my salary. And now since Governor Evans accuses me so lavishly of getting the public money, will he tell us how he ran .up his expense account against the dis pensary under the following circum' stances: In March, 1895, he was go ing to Washington. I gave him some papers to go before the internal reve nue collector to have 20 barrels of whiskey released which had been seized by the United States gover ment. On his return he made an ex pense account of' $150, approved it himself and received warrant for same. The records in the dispensary show this. F. X. Mixsox. Tmma in Phnadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 8.-At Wash. ington park Senator Tillman spoke to one of the largest political audiences that has met during the year. He was introduced by Wharton Barker. "I am glad to be here this afternoon," he said, "because my friends, the news papers, have been so industriously circulating the idea that I am a kind of wild man from Borneo that I wanit the people to see measlIam. I wa'nt you to geta look at this anarchist from Sot arolina. These newsaes owned by shylocks, tell you dyby day that Govornor Altgeld and Sna tor Tillman wrote the Chicago plat form and their own knowledge of the lie does not bring the blush of shamne to their cheeks. So I come before you to tell you something about the Chica go platform and anarchy, and I shall be glad if you will give me your at tention. Whenever any man in his tory has had the courage to defend the common people," he said, "they call him an anarcnist. In later days the term has been applied to Jefferson and Jackson and many of you will re member that the slave holders of the South referred to Abraham Lincoln as an anarchist. So I do not resent the title. I only want to tell you what sort of an anarchist I am-just how I am looked upon in my own state of South Carolina. I was born and brought up there and I think you will have some faith in what my neigh bors think of me-neighbors who have known me all my life" The speaker told the story of his career at some length; how he had become the chair - pion of the masses against the classe5s and had defeated the ancient aristoa cracy of his state. Leading up to tae election to the senate he asked with passionate vehemence: "And what did I do when I reached Washington? I got there with every bank, every. newspaper and every railroad in my state against me. Did I sell out to the money powers, -- it is fn~shionable to do? Did I crawl on my stomach to Grover Cleveland for patronage, as I was expected to do? No; I asserted my manhood. I said that Grover Cleve land was a traitor. I proved his cor rupt dealings with the Morgan syndi cate and I asked for his impeachment. Then every boot-licking editor of a shylock paper in the country called me a blackguard and heaped on me worse names than had won me their displeasure." ___ A Law, Seldomu Heard of. ti me o be generally known that the ssu ofcoutereitweather pre dictions i prohibited and punishable urnder federal law as well as the emis sion of false tokens and counterfeit notes. The fact, however, is that the counterfeiter of government weather reports is a misdemeanant whose :rime subjects him to a fine of five tiundred dollars or imprisonment for niinety days, or both tine and imnpris :>nment. The law was intended to prevent speculators from affecting the prices of agricultural products on the exchanges by spreading spurious prog aostications of the weather, It has been invoked, however, for the first time in the cases of incredibly mischie rious persons in the West, who thought it would be great funi to ore ite panics by circulating false predic tions of approaching tornadoes. There is much gratification to be derived from the fact that this new type of rascal can be so summarily collared by th amiaiim of the law,