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MORE LIGHT STILL. WHAT SECRETARY OF STATE TOMP KINS SAYS ABOUT THE SCANDAL. 1oroborates comuissioner 311xson in Some of His Statements and Disclaims all Re sponsibility for the Rascality in the Dis - pensary matter. Secretary of State Tompkins return ed to the city yesterday afternoon. He at once wrote the following ad dress. To the Public: In Governor Evans' effusion, pub lished in the newspapers of this date, while he doesn't charge me in the be - ginning with having anything to do with the whiskey rebates, he uses the following language, by which I sup o he intends to include me. The tter sentence can be constructed in no.other way, viz; "Shortly after wards, Mr. Scruggs, the bookkeeper, reported to me that from letters he had received and opened in Mixson's ab senc in the course of business, and other suspicious circumstances, he wassatisfed that Mixson was dealing with certain whiskey houses exclusive ly and was 'obtaining rebates in con si'dation thereof. I replied to him that be was a State officer, as well as Miipon and Tompkins, and that if he saw anything going wrong that it was higluty to inform me and to secure the evidenceto convict THENL Mr. Scruggs reported to me that he was satisfied he could secure the evidence to convict THESE MEN if I would allow hini to leave the State." Far ther on he says: ."But to return to .tba efforts of Mr. Szraggs to catch the ' guilty PARTIES. Mr. Scruggs pro ceeded to Cincinnati and returned with evidence, as he assured me, to convict Mixson with having received rebates from the Live Oak Distilling conlpany." On the morning of Feb. 11, last, Mr. Scruggs sent for me before I had gotten out of bed. I immediately got up and went to his house. He told me then that he had been to Cincin na id had found that the Live Oak g company had paid young Minxsn a large amount of money. He said he wanted to see Col. Mixson, but wished to do so before lie went to . the office. He also asked me not to say anything about the matter to any body else. As soon as I got my breakfast I went to the dispensary and told Mixson that Scruggs wished . to see him at his house. After I had eaten my dinner and about dark in the afternoon, I went to see Mixson and by my advice he went with me to the governor's mansion, and in my ce he told the governor all had said. Governor Evans' attmntthat I asked him what to do, is false. I did not dr anything of the kind, but expressly told him when 1 got up to leave that Mixson, under my advice, had come to tell him as gover nor and chairman of the State board of control, of the matter, and that if he had not told him that I would have done so myself. That I did not think, under the circumstances, I could af ford to keep a secret of that kind. When we left he asked us to say noth 'of the matter, as he wished to see if would report it to him. WIter on he. went to Washington and after he came back he told me he had seen Senator Tillman and he thought Mixson alhould resign and sudmeto gethinto do so. I went toManxsn and commenced to talk to him on the subject and he stopped me 'and said: "I have already told Gov ernor Evans that he could get my re signati' on whenever he wished it." Ihadnbthing more of it for sev eral days, when Mixsen told me that - everal of his friends and Governor E~agsha& told him not to resign; that he had been guilty of no wrong and he ought not to resign. In aday or two Ihappened to ben mthe gover na,'s offceand he told me he had ad vised Mixson not to resign. and I said "All right." Mixson had told me his friends advised him not to resign. It must be borne in mind that when this Shapeied there had not been a meet (Ing of the State board of control for "more than a ya.Governor Evans had promdabsolutely all the du ties-o the whole board of control, and I conceived it to be my duty a "de g~re' "member of the State board of Cedntrolto report the matter to him as the governor of the State and as the chaman of the State board of con trol. If there had been a meeting of the whoe boardlIwould have report ed it tothem. AfterlIput himin pos seson of the facts I had nothing more ito do with it except to see Mixscn to get liim to resign, when I was met with the statement that he had already told the governor he would resign whenever he wanted him to; F'urther the goernor says: "The meeting of the -e lauecame, and I gadmmrrinel in teabsence of proof against Mixson to drop the matter, but to take away from HTM any chance of temptation, and recom mended that the entire control be tak en from his hands and fronm the hands of the Statehouse officers and placed in the hands of a board consisting of five members elected by the general auembly.* This offende Seretary 'Tnkis who stated that in view of th fagsmade it would look like kiking h' out by reason thereof." The, whole statement is untrue. Srgsmade his statement to me on the 17th day of February and Mix son informed Gov. Evans of it the same might. The legislature had been in session since the 17th of Jan uary and was in session at the time. Mr. Barber stated to me before any new dispensary bill was drawn at the sugsinof Governor Evans that he(vn)had given him the out lines of a~ilto be drawn in which the board of'control was to consist of two members to be'elected by the legisla ture and the governor to be ex-officio cause I thought "i ol oklk Wecing me out by reason of the charg es against me." There were no chargesagaistme, and never have been any except by constitutional 'ars and persons who are thieves hmslves and would steal if they had the opportunity. I objected to it, inso 'stated to Gov. Evans, on the ~ ruksthdt inas much as he had as ~bmdo himself all the duties of the State board of control it came with ill fro him to recommend to the 'eilauethat Mr. Norton and I be lef off and two new membersbe elect ed to- the legislature, while he still held on as the chairman. If the dispensary was not managed as it should have been, he should have been left off and another name, put in ns place, as he alone was responsible for any misman agnent When I was talking to Governor Evans on the subject, he .tated that Mr. Johnson had a till pre pared in which he propsed to change the board of control and that Mr. L. J. Willia~ms had a bill already on its passage. I expressly told hinm then hatldidn't care anythinxg about Mr. Johnson's or Mr. Vv illiams' bill pass ing, but that I did ebject to his recom mendations and the passing of an act under it reflecting on mue, as I thougiit it did. In fact, Mr. Williams' bill had been introduced in the house some *~fiie befor~e this new bill of Governor Eveans' was mentioned. Nobody ever hard me ay anyothing against Mr., Williams' bii and I defy him to fiad a member of the legislature who will says so. The fact of Lle business is I don't be lieve Governor Evans conceived tne new dispensary lav at all. If there any good in it, I believ- Mr. 1,frd is entitled to the credit. Not tvo davs before he and Mr. Elird were in tie attorney general's ollice givin- him the outlines of a new bill. Governor Evans told me he did not intend, in his long- looked-for message, to recoin mend any change in the law, and af ter he and I had talked of the objec tions to his recommendations, he said the bill was the legislative committee's bill and asked me to meet them the next night to talk the matter over. I immediately saw Mr. Carroll. one of the committee, and while he didn't say so in so many words, I am satis fied he had never head of the bill be fore. Mr. J. P. Thomas, Jr., another member of the committee, told me he had never heard of it until I told him. When we met Mr. Thomas suggested that the board be composed of five members, as Governor Evans recom mended in his message. When the bill went to the senate it was referred to the judiciary commit tee, and Mr. Mayfield, chairman of the committee, asked me if I would be satisfied if all the old members were left o"1 and an entirely new board elected. I told him it would be perfectly sat isfactory to me; that my friends had unintentionally done me a great un kindness when they put me on the board of control, and that I would te delighted to get off if I could do so de cently. Governor Efans, as I have been told, was constantly making insinua tions like these against me during the campaign, and for this reason I went to Chesterfield to state my connection with the dispensary and State board of control. Governor Evans said my statement was entirely correct then. I don't know what has caused him to change his opinion. so I wish to say again, as I said then: The State borad of control had only one meeting in the year 1895. The only action taken then was to elect the commissioner and the clerk of the State board. Governor Evans at that meeting presented a petition from Mr. Narey, asking to be allowed to sell beer in the city of Co'umbia and one from Mr. Fagan, askingthat the Hotel Jerome be allowed to sell liquor as a tourist hotel. Mr. Norton and I both objected to these two propositions and he pushed them in his draw and said let them lie over for consideration at the next meeting. During the year I signed two, or possibly three, orders closing distilleries whose proprietors had violated the dispensary law. On another occasion I walked into the governor's office while he was cmsider ing a request by the Southern Railway company to be allowed to sell liquor on their dining cars as they passed through the State on the Air Line rail road. He asked my opinion on that subject. Some time during the present year the governor called a meeting of the board of control to consiner a peti tion of the city council of Columbia to be paid some dispensary profit which had been withheld. This constituted my whole connec tion with the dispensary. The con missioner has never bought a o-allon of liquor bymy request. I have'never asked him to do so but once. Then I asked him to buy some whiskey from Capt. McCann, who was my immedi ate commander during the war, and: was a member of Gen. Gary's staff. He did not buy from him on account of some hitch in the analysis. I have not been allowed to have anything to do with the management of the dis pensary; have never known what prices they paid to anybody, and never inquired. I have had no connection with the dispensary or the State board of con trol other than I have stated above, and am not responsible for its mange ment in any manner. D. H. Tourms. Another Letter From Gov. Evans. CoLUMBAr, Sept 7.-Governor Evans was shosen the statements of Messrs. Tompkins and Mixson and gave the following reply at 1 o'clock this morn mng: "I have read the statements of Sec retary Tompkins and Commissioner Mixson and so far as they affect my statement there is no material contra diction. Mr. Tompkins endeavors to make the point that my recommenda tins as to the changes of the law we'-e made before Mr. Scruggs had returned from Cincinnati. This is true and it is also true, as he is perfectly aware, that these unsavory charges had been in circulation months before the meet ing of the legislature and Mixson was continuing to purchase from whom he admitted to me had offered to bribe him and for which I had reprimanded him. I made no charges or insinua tions, but simply stated facts. So far as the board of control is concerned there was no mismanagement of the dispensary, there was no necessity for calling the board together and Mr. Tompkins shows that I usurped no au thority, but called the board together whenever it was necessary to do so. I have not charged Secretary Tompkins with attempting to manage its affairs, my only criticism is the manner in which he has managed Mixson while a member of the board. E- Mixson pleads guilty to every charge .and con firms my statement in all matters ma teriaL I never heard o f the statement which he says Hubbell made to him in the sample room until it appeared in the newspapers and his statement that he submitted it to me is untrue. Mison submitted nothing to me in reference to his purchase of whiskey. The statement that I told him to de stroy his boy's letter is likewise un true; it should have been preserved. He never stated to me that he would sufer removal before buying from Hubbell, for he knows full well that as soon as he stated it to me that Hub bell had offered him a bribe, I replied that he had served him right. Soz far as my expanse account is concerned for going to Washington and New York to save tc the State about $2,000 worth of contraband whiskey, I am prepared to funnish an itemized statement as it was made out at the time. I promise the public that they shall know all, let the chips fall where they may. The animus of this pereution of me shall be known. JOuHN GARY Ex XNM. T'o.31PK1NS iN REPLY. To the Public: I have read Governor I- vans' state ment. Also his statement that I knew Mison was continuing to purchase liquor from a man who had offered him a bribe and for which lie was re prianded, is not true. I did nmot know that he had ever purchased any, liquor from a man who had offered him a bribe. -I didn't know that White, the man referred to, had anly thing to do with the Live Oak D.istill ing company until after Scruggs re turned from Cincinnati and told me the Live Oak Distilling company had paid him commissions. The statement that I managed Mixson at all while a member of the board is simply untrue. I never managed or tried to manage him and didn't wish to do it. I have not charged that the dispexisary was, mismanaged, butlIsaid-that ir there was solely responsible for it. He might not have thought there was any necessity to call a meeting of the bjard cf control to grant Narey the privilege of selling beer in the c iY of CoXunibia, when his petition to be alloed te do so had been disapproved by both the other mnenbers of the board, but others might think it siould b ve been done. He also might not have thought it necessary to call the board together to grant M -. Seegers the privilege of selling beer in the city of Columbia, in Spartanburg and in Greenville, but other people may think otherwise. He might not have thought it necessary to call the board together to lirense the various distilleries which have been opened in the State in the last 18 months, but a great many people think otherwise. D. H TOMPKIS. TIHE GOVERNOR'S BROTHER. To the Editor of The State: The card of F. M. Mixson in which he attempts to ans wer the statements made in Gov. Evans' expose of dis pensary'matters, has just been shown me. Mixson, after alluding to my support of his candidacy for commis sioner, makes a weak attempt to con nect me with the muddle from which he is vainly struggling to extricate himself and- his unfortunate sons. Q uoting from an alleged conversation between his son and myself, he tries to make it appear that I proposed to his son, W. T. Mixson, thai we should go into a deal and make something if he (F. M. Mixson) was el cted. It is true that I was an ardent advocate of Col. F. M. Mixson for the position of commissioner, beeiuse I believed him both capable and honorable and en tertained friendly feelings towards hin on account of fis zealous support of my brother. In regards to the other statement the facts are simply these: Just befora F. MZ Mixsoa was appoint ed commissioner he came to me and proposed that I should take his son, W. T. Mixson, as a partner, and we could run a brokerage in connection with my insurance business. That we could represent whiskey houses and be, F. M. Mixson. would purchase all the whiskey for the dispensary through us. I told him I did not wi-h a partner in my insurance business, and the c,,nversation ended there. One morning in December, 1894, while in the senate chamber, I was ap proached by W. T. Mixson, who in fdrmed me thathis father had told him him of the coAversation had with me and that he would like to join with me, as we could make good money and profit. I told him I would not consider his proposition and declined to confer further with him. After the appointment, I mentioned the matter to my brother, Governor Evans, and also to Judge Eugene B. Gary, and they advised me to have nothing to do with the dispehsary business under any circumstances, and no further mention was ever made of it. Doubt less, I would be justifled in using se vere language to characterize this at tempt to bring me into this matter in tended to affect the race for the Unit ed States senate, but I think they will have trouble enough before they get through without any help on my part. BARNAtD B. EVANS. THE COTTON CROP. It N Very Short and Should Bring a Good Price. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.-The follow ing are extracts from the weekly cli mate and crop bulletin of the .weather burean. Virginia-The occurrence of local showers, fairly well distributed, has improved the condition of late corn, peas and pastures and done much to put the ground in condition for fall plowing; corn ,cutting is progressing and considerable tobacco cut and housed; some fall seeding done. With beneficial showers, but badly distributed, favorable for farm work, absence of a general rain cutting short all late crops and preveniting seeding of wintei- ,grams'; all cotton :will be open by'Ont. 1; rice and peanuts ordi na7y; peas and potatoes good. South Carolina-Hot with rain in northwestern counties only; corn be ing housed, yield disappointing; cotton fully two-thirds open and being pick ed rapidly, no top crop; cane deficient in sap; .fine rice harvest weather, but unfavorable for truck interests, ]ate forage. turnips or root crops; late peas not fruiting. Georgia-Practically no rain during the past week with cool nights, warm days and abundant sunshine were det rinmental to all crops; about half the cotton open and picking progressing rapidly; cotton too far advanced to be benefitted by rain'; pastures parching and stock water very scarce; rain need ed to get ground ready for fall seed Florida-Excepting limited sections of western and southern districts, rain fall has been light, proving an excel lent week for cotton picking, housing corn and haying; copious showers over greater portion of State to stimulate growing fall crops and germinate veg etable seed; potatoes, rice and cane generally good; as harvesting proceeds the shortage of corn and cotton be comes apparent. Alabama-Cotton opening rapidly and about half picked with no pros pect for a top crop; drought continues except in extreme soutnlern counties, where goodi rains benefitted canie and potatoes; minor crops yielding light, except fair in southern counties: very little fall plowing done. Mississippi-Good weather for cotton picking and' for gathering corn and other crops over the greater portion of the State, but heavy and excessive rains over southern portion, seriously injured cotton by beating it out and staining it-; no improvement indicated in the short yield, and cotton picking is being pushed to completion; minor crops and fall gardens benefitted where shiowersoccu-rred, but many sections still suifering for water, for crops and stock. Louisiana-Good harvest weather for rice, hay and cotton picking; cane and vegetation generally benefitted over southeastern parishes by gener ous rains, but droughty conditions continue over the north and south western portions of the State, where cotton -and providence rice are yield ing short crops; rice on irrigated lands yielding well. Texas-Dry weather has prevailed duing the week, except scattered showers near the coast ; cotton pieking has been rushed in all sections and over some portions of the State will be completed during the present month, the yield is very light and there is very little top crop whichi can mature outside southwest Texas; wheat sowing has commenced over northwest Texas and rain is needed for the continuance of this work; corn gathering continues. Arkansas- o change in c-ondition of cotton, except some damage in 10 calities by wind and rain staining the libre; picking has become general, ex cept in north portions; corn being gathered and very light yiel ;d minor crops doing fairly well, but muany lo calities need rain. Tennessee- i ght local rains gener ally throughout the State. Heaviest in western portion ; too late for mate rial benefit, exzept to turnips, pastares and starting plowing; drought still se rious in many localities; cotton opened well; picking rapidly progressing; crop half gathered ; tobacco about all candi hmod and being cured.e FORlALLY ACCEPTS. SRY AN'S LETTER TO THE DEMOCRAT IC NOTiFICATION COMMIT TEE. He- rakvs L,; tl! PlAtformn and Carecrullyv Deals With It Section by sect1in--.A.n Ex coedingly Strong Campaign Paper. LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. .-Mr. Bryan today made public his letter accepting the Democratic nomination. Its full text follows: Hon. SteDhen M. White and other members of the notifica tion committee of the Democratic committee. Gentlemen: I accept the nomina tion lendered by you on behalf of the Democratic party, and in so doing de sire to assure you that I fully appreci ate the high honor which such nomina tion confers and the grave responsibili ties which accompany an election to the Presidency of the United States. So deeply am I impressed with the magnitude of the power vested by the Constitution in the chief executive of the nation and with the enormous in fluence whi be can wield ifor the benefit or injury of the people that I wish to enter the office, if elected, free from ar y personal desire, except the desire to prove worthy of the con fidence of my country. Human judg ment is falliole enough when unbiased by selfish considerations, and in order that I may not be tempted to use the patronage of an office to advance any personal ambition, I hereby announce, with all the emphasis which words can express, my fixed determination not, under any circumstances, to be a candidate for re-election in case the campaign results in my election. I have carefully considered the plat form adopted by the Democratic na tional convection and unqualifieIly 'ndorse every plank therein. Our institutions rest upon the posi tion that all men, being created equal, are entitled to equal consideration at the hands of the government. Because all men are created equal it follows that no citizen has a right to injure another citizen. The main purpose of government being to protect all citi zens in the enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, this pur pose must lead the government, first, to avoid acts of affimative injustice, and, second, to restrain each citizen from trespassing upon the rights of any other citizen. A Democratic form of govenment is conductive to highest civilization because it opens before each individual the greatest op portunities for development and stimu lates to the highest endeavor by insur ing to each; the full enjoyment or all the rewards of toil, except such contri bution as is necessary to support the government which protects him. De mocracy is indifferent to pedigree--it deals with the individual rather than with his ancestors. Demec racy ignores differences in wealth-neither riches nor poverty can be involved in behalf of or against any citizen. Demccracy knows not reed--recognizing the right of each individual to worship God ac cording to the dictates of his own con science, it welcomes all to a common brotherhood and guarantees equal treatment to all, no matter in what character or through what forms they commune with their Creator. Having discussed portions of the platform 'at the time of its adoption and again when its letter of notification was formerly delivered, it will not be necessary at this time to touch upon all the subjects embraced in its declara tions. Honest differences of opinion have ever existed and ever will exist as to the most effective means of secur ing domestic tranquility, but no citizen fails to recognize at all times and tun der all circumstances the absolute ne cessity for the prompt and vigorous enforcement of law and the preserva tion of the public peace. In a govern ment like ours, law is but the crysta lization of the will of the people; with out it the'citizen is neither secure in the enjoyment of life and liberty, nor protected in the pursuit of happiness. Without obedience to law, govern ment is impossible. The Demccratic party is pledged to defend the Consti tution and enforce the laws of the United States, and it is also pledged to protect and defend the dual scheme of government instituted by the found ers of the republic. The name United States was happily, chosen. It com bines ithe idea of national strength with the idea of local self-government and suggests an "indissoluble union of indestructible States." Our wise forefathers, fearing the tendeney toward centralization as well as the dangers of disintegration, g-uard ed against both, and national safty as well as domestic Eecurity is to be found in the careful observance of the limitations which they impose. It will be noticed that while the United States guarantees to every State a re publican from government and is em powered to protect each State against invasion, it is not authorized to inter fere in the domestic affairs of any State except upon application of the legisla ture of the State, or upon the applica tion of the executive when the legisla ture cannot be convened. This provi sion rests upon the sound theory that the people of the State, acting through their legally chosen representatives, are because of their more intimate ac quaintance with lceal conditions, bet ter qualified than the President to judge of the necessity for federal inter ference. Those who framed our Con stituti.n wisly determined to make as broad an application of the principles of local self-government as circum staces would permit, and we cannot dispute the correctness of the position taken by them without expressing a distrust of the people themselves. Since governments exists for the protection of the rights of the people and not for their spoliation, no ex penditure of public money can be jus titled, unless that expenditure is nec essary for the honest, economical ad ministration of the government. In determining what appropriations are necessary, the interest of these who pay the taxes should be consulted rather than the wishes of those who receive or disburse public moneys. An increase in the bonded debt of the United States at this time is en tirely without excuse. The issue of interest bearing bonds within the last few years has been defended on the groun~d that they were necessary to secure gold with which to r-edeem United States notes and treastu-y notes; but this necessity has been imaginary rather thau real. .instead of exercis ing the legal right vested in the Uni ted States to redeem its bonds in either gold or silver, the executive branch of the government has followed a prece dent established by a forme:- adminis tration and surrendered the option to the holder of the obligations. This administrative policy leaves the go" ernent at the mercy of those who find pecuniary profit in bond issues. The Iac:t that the dealers in money and securities have been able to de plete or protect the treasury aem-rding to their changing whims shows how dangerous it is to permit them to ex ercise a controlling in luence over the treasury departmen iThe government of the United States when administer ed in the interest of all the people, is able to establish an maintain its own financial policy, ni only without the aid of syndicates, b. in spite of any opposition which t :syndicate may exert. To assert .t the government good wil of a portioi of the pe-ple other than a constitutional majority, is to a::s--it th-It we have a government in form, b .t without vital force. Tie p:)itoion taken by the platform against th6 issue of papcr money by national bovks is supp -rted by the higcht Dmoocratic authoritv as wel as dem(itraotd by the interest of the p 'eole - pescr't attempt of the national banks to force ihe retirement of United States notes and treasuru notes in order to secure a basis for a larger is-ue of their own notes, illus trates the danger which arises from permitting them to issue their paper as a circulating medium. The nation al bank note being redeemable in law ful money, has never been better than the United States note which stands behind it, and yet the banks persist ently demand that these United States notes which draw no interest shall give place to interest bearing bonds in order that the banks may collect the interest which the people now save. To empower national banks to issue circulating notes is to grant a valua ble privilege to a favored class, sur render to private corporations the con trol over the volume of paper money, and build up a class which will claim a vested interest in the national finan cial policy. The United States notes, commonly known as greenbacks, be ing redeemable in either gold or silver at the option of the government and not at the option of the holder, are safer and cheaper for the people than the national bank notes based upon the interest bearing bonds. A dignified but firm maintenance of the foreign policy first set forth by President Monroe and reiterated by the Presidents who have succeeded him, instead of arousing hostility abroad, is the best guarantee of ami cable relations with other nations. It is better for all concerned that the United States should resist any exten sion of European authority in the western hemisphere rather than in vite the continual irritation which would necessarily result from any at tempt to increase the influence of monarchical institutions over that portion of the America which has been dedicated to Republican government No nation can afford to be unjust to its defenders. The care of those who have suffered in the military and naval service of the country is a sac red duty. A nation which, like the United States, relied upon volunteer service rather than upon a large standing army, adds to its own securi ty when it makes generous provisions for those who have risked their lives in its defense, and for those who are dependent upon them. Labor created capital. Until wealth is produced by application of brain and muscle to the resources of this country, there is nothing to divide among the non-producing classes of society. Since the products of wealth create the nation's prosperity in time of peace and defend the nation's flag in time of peril, their interest ought at all times be considered by those who stand in official positions. The Democratic party has ever found its voting strength among those who are proud to be known as the common people, and it pledges itself to propose and enact such legislation as is neces sary to protect the masses in the free exercise of every political right and in the enjoyment of their just share of the rewards of their labor. I desire to give special emphasis to the plank which recommends such legislation as is necessary to secure the arbitratian of differences between employers engaged in interstate com merce and their emnployes. Arbitra tions is not a new idea; it is simply an extension of the court of justice. The laboring men of the country have ex pressed a desire for arbitration and the railroads cannot reasonably object to the decisions rendered by an im partial tribunal. Society has an in terest even greater than the interest of employes and has a right to protect itself by courts of arbitration against the growing inconveniences and em barrassments occasioned by disputes by those who own the great arteries of commerce on the one hand and the laborers who operate them on the other. While the Democratic party wel comes to the country those who come with love for our institutions and with determination and ability to con tribute to the prosperity of our na tion, it is opposed to the dumping of criminal classes upon our shores and to the importation of either pauper or contract labor to compete with Ameri can labor. The recent abuses which have grown out of injunction proceedings have been so emphatically condemned by public opinion that the senate bill pro viding for trial by jury in certain contempt cases will meet with general approval. The Democratic party is opposed to trusts. It would be recreant to its duty to the people of the country if it recognized either the moral or the le gal right of these great institutions of wealth to stifle competition, bankrupt rivals and then prey upon society. Corporations are the creatures of law and they should not be permitted to pass from under the power that creat ed them; they are permitted to exist uoon the theory that they aavanced the puolic weal and they must not be allowed to use their powers for the public injury. The right of the United States gov ernment to regulate interstate comn merce cannot be questioned, and the necessity of the vigorous exercise of that right is becoming more and more imperative. The interests of the whole people require sucn an enlarge ment of the powers of the interstate commerce commission as will enable it to prevent discrimination between persons and places and protect patrons from unreasonable charges. The government cannot atford to discrimiuate between its debtors and must therefore prosecute its legal, claims against the Pacific railroads. Such a policy is necessary for the pro tection of the rights of the patrons, as well as for the interests of the gov ernment. The people of the United States, happy in the enjoyment of the bless ings a free government, feel a gener ous sympath toward all wno are en deavoring to secure like blessings for themselves. This sympathy, while re specting all treaty obligations, is es pecially active and earnest when e-o cited by the struggling of neighboring people, who, like the Cubans, are near enough to observe the workings of agovernmnent which derives all its authority froini the consent of the governed. That the American people are not in favor of life tenure in the civil ser vice is evident from the fact that they, as a rule, make frequent chang es in their official representatives when those representatives are chos en by ballot. A permanent of fice-holding class is not in harmuony with our institutions. A fixed term in appointive otlices, except where the Federal Constitution now provides otherwise, would open the public ser vice to a larger number of citizens without impairing its efficiency. The territorial form of government is temporary in its nature and shoul give way as soon as the territory is suflicienitly advanced to take its place among the States. Ne w Miexico. Okh:e homa. and Arizona are entitled to State-' hood and their early admission is de manded by their material -and politi eal interests. The denard o' the platforrn that olicials appoiuted to ad liniat.-r the zovernmeni of th r ries, tho Ditstrict of C.lujran Al1aska* 1oudb r i i dents of 1e territoris i is entirely in keeping wita the Dem ocratic theory of home rule. I am also heirtily in sympathy with the declaration that all public lands should be reserved for the estab lishment of fr-e homes for Ame'rican citizens. The policy of improving the great w iterways of the country justified by the national character of these water ways and the enormous tonnage borne upon them. Exoerience has demon strated that continuing appropriations are, in the end more economical than single appropriations separated by long intervals. It is not necessary to disc!is th tar iff question at this time. Whatever may be the individual views of citizens as to the relative merits of protection and tariff reform, all must recognize that until the money question is fully and finally settled the American peo ple will not consent to the considera tion of any other important question. Taxation pr..ents a problem which in some form is continuatly present, and a postponement of definite action up on it involves no sacrifice of personal opinion or political principles; but the crisis presented by financial condi tions cannot be postponed. Tremen dous results will follow the action taken by the United States on the money question, and delay is impossi ble. The people of this nation, sit ting as a high court, must render judgment in the cause which greed is prosecuting against humanity. The decision will either give hope and in spiration to those who toil, or 'shut the doors of mercy on mankind " In the presence of this overshadowing is sue, differences of opinion upon minor questions must be laid aside in order that there may be united action among those who are determined that prog ress toward a universal gold st indard shall be stayed and the gold and silv er standard ot the Constitution resort ed. W. J. BRYAN. To Re I avestigated. CoLUMIA, S. C., Sept. 10.-If what has been whispered about in the last few days since the revelations made by Governor E fans as to what certain people know about the Affairs of the State dispensary be true, then the outside world may look for spicy reading next week bearing upon the big State scandal. The State board of control has been called in extra session to fully investigate the scandal and see what is behind it. Colonel Wilie Jones; chairman of the State board of control of the State dispensary, yester day notified the four other members of the board that there would be an extra session on Tuesday night next. The first Tuesday night in each month is the time for regular meetings. He was seen by a representative of The State and asked why he was going to hold an extra meeting. He replied that in view of the recent charges made by Governor Evans against Li quor Commissioner Mixson he did not see ho w the State board could do other wise than investigate the matter. There were charges and counter charges by Governor Evans and Com missioner Mixson and these naturally reflected upon the management of the dispensary. In fact, if charges like those of Governor Evans had been made by any reputable citizen it would rest on the board to sift the matter. This investigation was due the board itself, he said, and due the people of the State, and due also Commissioner Mixson. In answer to the question of what the probable action ot the board would be, he replied that he did not know. As chairman of the State board he felt that it rested upon him to assemble the board and let it take whatever action it saw proper. In his letter of notification to the board he made no mention of his reasons for calling the meeting, but simply stated that certain business demancied their immediate attention. A Newberry H angiog. NEWBERRY, Sept. 4.-Aaron Duffie, who was convicted at the July, 1896, term of court of the murder of James Hargrove, and sentenced by Judge Witherspooua to be hanged on the 4th of September 1896, was executed today at 110'clock and thus paid the penal ty of his crime. Duffle exhibited great coolness on the scaffold. He did not flinch from the time he was led from his cell to the time the black cap was adjusted and the noose fixed He stepped upon the scaffold with as much calmness as an ordinary man would take a train. He left his cell singing and acting very mucn as ne groes act at a revival, and said he was zeady to go. Just before he was led to his doom he smoked a cigar which the sheriff had given him, and thanked that officer for his kindness. Sheriff Riser bad been very considerate for the welfare of the condemned man, and was anxious that death should be instantaneous, but the noose slipped at the drop and the unfortunate man strangled. He was pronounced dead by Dr. J. H. McCullough and his body cut down within 15 minutes af ter the springing of the trap. Te prisoner made no public statement. In ans wer to a question he said he had nothing to say. He had previously stated that he had no intention of kill ing Hlargroves when he struck the blow. While the black cap was being fixed the doomed man, who in a few seconds would be in eternity, told the deputy sheriff to be careful in adjust ing the knot as he wanted it to be over without any struggle The Revs. F. R. Wallace, M. W. Lomax and others were with Dufflie all the morn ing and looked after his spiritual wel fare. It will be remembered that Duf fie killed young Har-grove on the 26th of last March near Whitmire. Ha grove was guard at the conviet camp at the time and Denlie was a convict at work. - -State. How to Cure Potattoes. Mr. and Mrs. WV. A. Bolin, of the Tirzrh neighborhood, returned on Thursday from an eight days' tour in the mountains of North Carolina, and Mr. Bolin stopped at The Yorkville Enquirer office to exhibit a curiosity that was picked up on the trip. The curiosity referred to was somre fine sweet potatoes, of the red yam variety. in a perfect state of preservation, and two years old. "I got them up in Caldwell county, N. C," explained Mr. Bolin. "They were raised and cured by Mr. Hf. E. Lutz. Titey do not bank potatoes up there like we do down here. I astead, they lhave regu lar potatoes houses. The houses are easily constructed. The sills are em bedded in the earth. Then the walls are put up double and tilled with saw dust, well tamnped in. A good air tight roof, earthen iloor, and double doors, completes the arrangement. "Mr-. Lnts iniformued me." continued Mr. Ltoliu, "that it takes about 90O days to cure potatoes. D~uring that time the potatoes must be kept at a temper-ature of not less than 55 nor more than u5 degrees. Warmth, when necessary, is supplied by means of a w'ashpot tilled with hurning embers,. After ih0 days of su-ch treatment, e: :ept from freezing, the potatoes wil! keep indetinitely. Mr. Lutz says he lias seen them sound after having been j lu ie er. AFT-.R THE l'RIMA Y. THE CCLUMB!A REGISTER GIVESITS vIEWS ON THE RESULT. Gtves its Batsoon for Evanb' Def--at and Claims that the NominatioU of Judge Earle is a Victory for the Reformers. COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 1.-The following appeared in the Register this morning as a leading editorial: "The political smoke has cleared away from Tuesday's battle of the bal lots and now a satisfactory observa tion of its result may be made. At the same time, an analysis of thecaus es may prove interesting. Judge Joseph H. Earle has been nominated by the Democrats of South Carolina to succeed Hon. John L M. Irby as United States Senator. It was report ed that Seator Irby said at one time be usually wore his shoes t wo seasons, bat if he could not retain his "Sena torial brogans" for another term, he'd be blanked if any other Reformer should wear them. He did not even attempt to retain possession of his "Senatorial brogans," but retired from the race before the fi-st bell was rung. He saw that he would be dis tanced if he persisted ir. running. One reason why Irby saw defeat star ing him in the face was that he had tried to elevate himself by shoving other men down. Whenever he im agined he saw in a prominent Reform er a prospective rival, his jealousy led him to attempt to undermine that man's position and influence. In this work he had some ready, pliant- and unscrupulous tools. Nor was this ef fort confined to men. Newspapers which would notbecome his organs felt the weight of his displeasure. The Regsiler, because it would not sink from the high level of an independent Democratic newspaper, was schemed against and worked against, but The Register is stronger than e ;er. and so are most of the prospective rivals whom Senator Irby wished politically buried. It was rumored that the rea son of Irby's energetic support of Evans for Governor was that he had been promised that Evans would not oppose his re election, but would use the power of the Governor's office, if elected, to aid Irby to retain his "Sea atorial brogans." Be that as it may, the returns from the up country indi cate that Irby's friends were not in active-They believed Evans had been gu.ilty of treachery to Irby, and they punished him by voting for Earle. Another factor in the polling of such a big vote for Earle in the Piedmont section was the defeat of Hon. John E. Breazeale of Anderson when a can didate for election as a Circuit Judge. Mr. Breazeale was an orginal Reform er, yet Gen. Jos. H. Earle defeated him for Judge. It was reported in the up country that the same intlu ences which were promoting Evans's Senatorial candidacy were largely re sponsible for Breazeale's defeat. Many Piedmont Reformers reasoned thus: If Earle is a good enough Reformer with whom to defeat au original Re former like Breazeale he is a good enough Reformer with whom to de feat Evans, whose claims to ab initio membership in the movement have been challenged. Then in the Pee Dee country Evan's vote was much smaller than it would have been had he not to a certain extent imitated Ir by's policy of attempting to advance himself by shoving others down. General McLaurin was looked upon by both Ir by and Evans as a possible rival and both sought to crush him. The consequences are instructive to the student of political history, espec ially to him who entertains the idea of actively entering the political arena. McLaurin has just been triumphantly renominated for Congressman without opposition, while both Evans and Irby are booked for the political "retired list" at the expiration of their present terms of officee. While McLaurin has been out of the State nearly all the summer and has thaken no hand in the Senatorial tight his friends saw and resented the antipathy to hi'n and voted against Evans. One of the chiefcauses e-ntributing to the defat of Evans w'as the fact of his having been the beneficiary of the Colleton plan primary, by the operation of which a large element of the Demo cracy of the State was debarred from any practical participation in the. choice of the party's gubernatorial nominee. The Conservatives could not vote in the primary which really named Evans for Governor, and thou sands of Reformers would not vote in it, because they considered it undemo ratic and regarded it with suspicion as a trap. It may be safely asserted that nine-tenths of the opponents of the Colleton plan primary cast their ballots against E vans in the two pri maries. Tillman's appeal in behalf of Evans could have no effect with the opponents of the Colleton plan pri mary, because they regard him as par ticeps criminis. That appeal was un fortunate in many respects-it deter mined many who were wavering to ast their ballots for Earle, and afford d an opportunity for Tillman's op ponents to charge him with attempted bossism and popping the lash. It did ot help Evans and it hurt Tillman, for in writing' that letter he was -in onsistent, having criticised General Eampton for taking part in a fight mong Democrats. Many of the Re ormi leaders were out of harmony with Evans and either held aloof or worked for Earle. In 1894 Evans ade a charge against The Regi ter nd evaded making a square, manly pology when called to time. There fore, though The Rizister treated him with absolute and scrieduous fairness, t c-ould not ch ampion his cause without oss of self-respect. To such causes as he above, more than to any belief in he -harges and insmnuanions agrainst lovernor- Evans, The Re~ister attri >utes his defeat.- Of course somn: p >e believed those cnarges, but not enough to lhave atrected the result, if Kans had not been unpopular on ther scores with many Reform'rs Cale's eit etion is not a Conservative riumph. If he had posed as a Conserva ive eindidate the factional lines would ave been drawn and he would aae been defeated. In every vay it has Leen demonnstrated n the recenit pr~i*,- that the eforani fac., i '- ger than ver, mainlv b~ecaus. a. a mcreasing ibrait. I but iew e >ulies could . man-l ij?ve been ei- td w'.' assailed iifrm pri '. E.ren S. * ter-, a Jourevative '. ounty, ga.Ve a um:jority gin~l~st one of its5 own sons, a UunwFr -atve, who opposed Dr. Stokes for letion to Congress. Refor-rs voted or Edre andi' Concero.ti.,s V! (d for E vans, aL Le.' regarded :A aets etween two Deimocrats standing upon :entic ally the same platform. Earle ympathized wi.h the Reform move ent irom the beginning, soimuch so hat in 1888 the Reformers wanted to ominate him for Governor, an honor .hich unfortulnately he could not ac ~ept as he had alr-edy promised his uport to Governor Richardson, vhose personal friend he was. In stm he opposed Tillman because his m was attacked in the general in i-nzent brought by the Reformers in e Snull manifesto and he had to de tid hims~elf, being conscious of entire actitude. When Tillman~ got norm ated, he gave him his s:upport gOYA~ ~AKIt4 POWDER - Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength. -Latest United States Governmen-ti Food Report. RoYAL BamKiG PowDER Co., New York City. to the will of the majority. He fre quently deprecated the strife in the Democratic household subsequenent to 1890 and appealed for peace and unity. The Reformers recognized his sympathy with them and elected him Judge over an original Reformer. His refusal to advocate keeping up strife and bitterness earned him the emnity of the hotheads among the Coaservatives who professed to despise him as a traitor and a turncoat because he was a man and a Democrat. When he announced his Senatorial candi dacy, he wrote the people of South Carolna a letter in which he planted himself squarely upon thos6 principles in national politics endorsed by the Reformers and pledged himself to sec ond Tillman's efforts to carry them out. No factional line could be drawn against such a man, none was drawn and if his election is a factional triumph, it is a Reform triumph and not a Conservative." The Lat Cotton Crop. The AtlantaJournal very justly says Mr. Hester, secr'etary of the New Or leans Cotton Exchange, has accom plished a remarkable feat. The cotton crop year of 1895-96 ended August 31, and on the next day Mr. Hester pub lished to the world the size of the cot ton crop of the United States, the de tails of its market and its consumption as far as it had gone. The Journal says hitherto several weeks have elapsed after the close of the cotton year before this information could be obtained. In giving it on September 1, Mr. Hester has shown great enter prise. The high character of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange and Mr. Hester's own record make confidence strong in the reliability of his report. The cotton trade is greatly indebted to him for the promptness with which he has obtained and given out the impor tant facts as to the last cotton crop. He makes the cotton crop of 1895-96 7,157,346 bales, as compared with a crop of 9,901,251 for the preceding year. A falling off of nearly 3,000,000 bales in the cotton preduction is a serious matter;- but it result ed mainly from a systematic. and gen eral reduction of acreage, the higher prices which resulted enabling the farmers to realize better results from their crops of last year, short as they were, than followed from the sale of the enormous yield of 1894-95. Mr. Hester shows that Southern mills have consumed 904,701 bales of cotton, as compared with 862,838 during the pre ceding year. This represents -. very handsome increase in consumptia, which is the more interesting from the fact that the takings of northern mills show a heavy falling off. Northern spinners consumed 1,600,000 bales. as against 2,083,000 bales last year, a re duction in the consumption of nearly 500,000 bales. In these figures is found striking evidence of the drift of the cotton millindustry toward the south. Mr. Hester will make at an early day a report of his investigations into the workings of southern mills, and it will undoubtedlycontain much interesting information. The crop of the several states is giv en as follows: North Carolina ............. 384.,600 South Carolina......'.. 664,000 Georgia....... .........1,069,000 Alabama.......... ....... 830,000 Florida..............48,000 Missssippi........... 860,000 Louisiana....... ........ 430,000 Arkansas......... ....... 620,000 Tennessee, etc............ 252,000 Texas......... .........1,990,00*) Total crop, bales........7,157,600 The actual crop of Texas is given at 1,989,582 b~ies, in which, however, is included tne production of the Indian territory, 64,340 bales. This is a re duction of 286,376 bales from last year. The crop of Oklahoma Terd.tory amounted to 9,955 bales. The average cotton bale during the past season was lighter than for the previous one by 6.8 pounds, equal on the whole crop to 95,000 bales; and at last year's weight the season's crop would be tLat much smaller. Mr Rester deserves the high praise which the New Orleans papers give him for his remarkably early and complete report. Price Must Advance. WasmINGTON, Sept. 10.-The cotton report of the Depa 'eVof AgritF~ ture for Septem ir shows a decline from the August condition of the crop, which was 80.1 to 64.2 oer cent., a de cline of 12.9 points. This' is the lo w est September condition report in the last twenty-seven years. The States averages are as follows: Virginia, 80; North Carolina, 70; South Carolina, 70; Georgia, 71; Florida, 72; Alabama, 66; Mississippi, 61: Louisiana, 60; T'exas, 62; Arkansas, 60: Tennessee, 61; Missouri, 81; Indian Territory, 60; Oklahoma, 65. There has been a gen eral decline in the condition of th. cotton crop throughout the cotton belt in the past month. A few counties and parishes in 1ississippi and Louis iana report fairly good crops, but the complaint is almost universal that the excessive heat and dry weather have caused the plant to shed leaves, looms and boils, and that, where rains have fallen, they have come too late to be of material beneilt. The lant has consequently matured prem turely and bolis have opened so rap idly that the crop is being gathered earlier than for many years. Some zounties report that the crop will all >e harvested by October 1, others by the middle of October. A few coun ies in Mississippi report damage to >pen cotton by heavy rains. The staple s much lighter than usual in conse 1uence of drought and heat; and the nedding of leav.'s and bolls will result ii material damage to the yield from be top crop. CuiCAGO, Sept. 10.--Some time ago tudolph M. Patterson, a young Re )ublican of this city, challenged Sen ~tor T'illman of South Carolina to a >int debate on the money g uestion. 'oday he received a reply Irom the enator accepting theC chaallenge and greeing to meet hici atI either Chica ~o or New York. the latter city pre~