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,