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VOL. XI. MANNING, S. C.q WEDNESDAY, DECEIlER, 2, 189>. NO. 19. THE FINAL FIGURES. VOI ES CAST FOR-STATE, ELECTORAL AND CONGRESSIONAL TICKETS. Several Protests Filed With the iiardI of State Canvase.rs by I.-publican A-pirante for Congresional Seats-What H as Reen Done With them. The Stale board of canvassers has completed the tabulation of the re. turns from the recent election as sent in by the several county boards of can va.sers. While the results have not been declared there are no contests for the offices named below and the figures will beyonl question stand as they have been tabuiated. As will be seen Lelow the total vote cast for governor was 6,636, of which the Democratic nominee got 59,424 and the Melton Rt publican candidate 4,432, against 2,780 for the Webster candidate. For the electoral ticket 68,938 votes were cast. The total vote for Republican electors of both factions was 9,313, while in the State election the nominees of both factions got only 7,212 votes. The Palmer-Buckner vote was rediculously small-only 824 for the entire State, the bulk of it being in Charleston. But the figures are given below. Here is the electoral votes by counties, the vote for the first man on the Bryan, Palmer, Webster and Melton Repub lican tickets, respectively, being given: THE ELECTORAL VOTE. Coop- McMas- Lati- Dun ei ter. mer. can. A -1 ..%..2,473 1 212 125 A ..1,19 1 26 111 Anderson.....3,109 17 307 61 Barnwell.....,385 3 83 156 Beaufort....... 289 .. 7 371 Berkeley..... 513 9 27 116 Charleston....1,659 549 281 981 Chester.......1,254 10 76 Chesterfield. ..1,465 .. 115 105 Clarendon.. ..1,450 .. 157 50 Colleton ......1,646 6 48 295 Darlington....1,625 21 147 54 Edgefield...1,532 7 190 26 Fairfield ......1,07S .. 11 43 --Florence..... 1,530 35 52 84 Georgetown... 459 36 31 703 Greenville.....2,718 35 214 74 Hampton... ...1,072 .. .. 25 Horry.........1,372 .. .. 196 Kershaw ......1,191 2 130 9 Lancaster.....1,557 .. 177 Laurens.....1,943 .. 107 4 Lexington.... .1,672 .. 3 194 Marion. .,......1,936 11 313 Marlboro......1,232 3 164 73 Newberry.... .1.528 9 35 29 Oconee......1.392 .. 104 95 Orangeburg... 2,729 .. 203 79 Pickens...... 1,261 .. 138 32 Richland...... 925 29 95 373 Spartanburg. ..4,234 .. 134 113 Sumter........1,550 24 292 124 Saluda........1,241 .. 45 15 Union........1,379 2 113 45 Williamsburg.1.570 4 5S 297 York..........2.010 4 152 58.801 824 4,215 5,098 THE VOTE FOR GOVERNOR. Ellerbe Wallace Pope Abbbeville.....2,487 202 109 Aiken...*....-1,756 9 110 Anderson.... .3.061 205 31 Barnwell....2,349 79 151 Beaufort........ 407 17 325 Berkeley........ 633 18 159 Charleston ......2,809 61 710 Chester.....1,262 41 0 Chesterfield..1,465 22 171 Clarenden.. .1,266 . 33 140 Colleton...... 1,730 27 215 Darlington...1,20 147 56 Edgefield...1,534 116 30 Fairfield......1,078 15 39 Florence......1,464 69 133 Georgetown..... 564 18 493 Greenville....2,688 75 50 Hampton...1,06:3 7 26 Horry.........l202 0) 162 Kersfhaw......1,213 82 13 Lancaster ....1,574 153 2 Laurens.......1,s58 97 29 Lexington ....1,670 ~ 1 153 Marion.........1,935 289 . 0 Marlboro...1,226 97 80 Newherry....1,511 441 53 Ocne.....1,333 04 71 Orangeburg. ....2.6022 183 96 Pickens.......1345 98 9 Richland.......804 52 241 Sjaartanburg...4,066 1u3 117 Sumter......1,570 117 105 Saluda........1230 30 15 Union..........1,453 98 38 Williamsburg..1,526 31 2941 York..... .....2,159 83 0 59.424 2,780 4,432 The vote, as officially declared, in the several congressional districts is as follows: - ' FIRST DISTRICT. Vote El- Mur- Co cast. liott. ray. hen. Charleston......3743 2754 851 138 Gzorgetown .. ..1297 575 707 15 Beaufort. ... 797 392 395 16 Williamsburg. ..1158S 838 394 0 Colleton.......174 47 123 4 - Brkle . ... 54 46 8 . Totals.. 7223 4052 2478 173 SECOND DICTRICT. Vote Tal- Chat cast. bert. field. Hampton..........1114 1090 24 Barnwell.... ....251 2395 250 Aiken...... . 1974 1840 119 Edgefield.... ....115 1429 186 Saluda ..... ......1301 12415 56 Totals....... 8655 7999 635 THIRD DISTRICT. Vote Lati- Mer- Gray. cast. mer. rick. Abbevile...279 2480 174 19 Andersou....3338 3093 220 25 Newberry...170 1506 37 27 Qconee......1590 1390 105 95 Pickens.... 1420 1271 122 26 Totals...10597 9746 659 192 FOURTH DIsTRICT. Vote Wil- Su cast. son. ber. Bounds. Greenville.. .2992 2724 154 114 Laurens..2096 1965 1P9 22 Fairfield .... 1100 1069 11 19 Spartanburg.3758 2621 89 42 Union.... 1213 1095 105 13 Richland .. ..1022 756 36 227 Totals... .12181 U2~30 50o7 413 Vote cast. Strait. Jones. York...... ....2330 2160 160 Chester.... ....127 1251 76 Lancaster.......1730 1561 169 Chesterfield..199 1478 221 Kershaw.......1319 1171 1-48 Spartanburg...646 603 413 Union .......308 257 21 Totals.........349 $511 2:3 SIXTH lDISTRI '. VTote Mcbau- Wil- Mc cast. rmn. son. Kee Clarendon.. ...1655 1451 -48 157 Darlington . . ..1855 1613 144 96 Mror.e...1440 1937 148 55) 1- the h-ard of State canvassers an pro c ,;7 tWA.- lb Why do they meeton the first TLes- 1; 0 day, and before 10 o'clock A. M., tie - 2encrally accepted legal hour for all I( Courts to meet? They transact their A business and adjourn, not waiting ten days, as the- law allows, but adjourn-; n. ing in one or two hours. . Why their haste? They were al- a lowed ten days. a Secretary of State calls State board Is not !bss than ten days after meeting of c .county board. Why? . 3 St-coud. That the statute require v the commissioners to meet and orgaa- s ize on the Tuesday following the elec- a or tion, and defines their duties. The ii ek board of Charleston County claims to t< as have met, trausacted its business and il adjourned by 9.30 A. M. At 10 A. M., C u- one of the reresentatives of Murray a called on the chairman. He refused e g to accept any notic * of protest from C ro them, thus shutting Murray off, and 8 allowing him no opportunity to have c ,rs them as judicial ollicers decide his pro- s ill'test or contest, subject to appeal to the r ed board of State canvassesrs, as is al- f, he lowed by the statute law of this State, b in it reading as follows: "The said boards s o shall have the powver, and it is hereby ! in made their duty, as judicial otlicers to s ng decide all cases under protest or con- v test that may arise." e n- We submit that under their actions ho Murray was deprived of his legal rights to, to appear and have his protest or con [ld test heard. We beg leave to refer to a State vs Chairman County Canvass re ers, 4 S. C., 4S5: State vs DLeisseine, t on 1 McC, $i2. to call attention to the fact f en that in order for two to be a majority o es three must be appointed. State vs o w, Nerland, 7 S. C , 241. One cannot act s al- as board. Why? Because it takes three to cor.stitute the board. If so h1 re two cannot act as board only when a he three has baen apdointed, the statute c as being three must be, not may be, but o t- must be three. s Then we submit further that if your Ir is' honora-ie board decides that thiere was 1. ad no legal board in Charleston County u tir you must throw out the vote for Con- ti gressman and Presidential elkctors for t] '- that county. m- Second. If you decide that there d in was a legally contituted board then you a must reverse the action of that board S ig- in refusing to hear Murray's protest, and even refer it to them now for a hearing or hear the evidence your selves to sustain that protest. >er We know that this board cannot hear C any evidence except what was intro- J en duced before the lower board and b d brought here on appeal. You act only p a- as an appellate board. But it is clear- tl es- ly your duty to correct all errors, and ti he if the county board erred in refusing s ht to hear M'.. -ay's protest it is clearly c .rs the duty o. Lais board to reverse their t in action and compel them to act as the ti de statute requires, or else hear testimony c yourself to correct said error. e 7s The late Constitution and the statute ti es- enacted by your last Legislature pre- l co- sumes to give to us in South Carolina 31. free, open and fair elections, and ft he makes it your duty as honorable men f< n to see that it is given us. We appealed g st, to your lower board. They refused us it nog a hearing. We come to you and ask ti ty for simple justice. Will you give it? 1 r- If not whither shall we fly ? Where l he shall we go to ask for a free ballot and v a fair count? We are well aware of 2 ed the fact that you cannot passupon the o ic- constitutionality of the election laws r; -n- of South Carolina. It is not within d your province, but it is your required ti rng duty, and you are sworn before your s1 :God and fellow man to carry out that ( .y, law to the letter. D~o that; require c r- your county boards to do it, and no ra n- further complaint will be heard. In ti ~rs this contest justice will prevail, the will o m of the majority will be carried out. p nt Murray will be given his certificate, r< ~st honest inen will anplaud you for do- s: of ing your duty. You will receive the n by well done from your fellow men. The w iis Republican party will be satistied that i< r- South Carolina acts with justice, and C ng we will not be compellAed to fly to the n d, highest tribunal, the 55th Congress, is be to get what you have said was ours, ti 2y what you have cut off for us, what n ye your representatives have boldly stated ti ty in the hall above us was for us. We do not ask for it except upon the il grounds which we have set out before d iyou, which are legal, just and proper. ei .0, Gentlemen, if we have made out our i el case declare there was no county board t< en and give us the certificate. If there g -d. was a county board make them carry d .y, out the law and hear us, or else hear g w, us yourselves. We will prove our a t: claim, .justice will be done and all will 1; e, be wvell. We thank you for your at- r< n- tention. ii *rd The board decided that it could not v ty accept the agreements of Col. Elliott, g ir- and merely received them as informa-a by tion. C~ol. Elliott said that there was no a sargument he cared to present, la view si seof the position taken by the board and f< ly the position of Murray.t e It may be ment'oned that even with- t out Charleston's vote Col. Elliott r. nt would have been elected.1 a ed After hearing ar;;ument this, to- e Lat gether with all other contests, was left s in for consideration in executive session. ti :u- The State board had considered the b ect formal contests that had been filed, in p advance of the meeting. Upon mo- o :u- tion of Mr. Barber the protests were ci 3 all unanimously overruled, but later ti ron they were taken up in order that p m additional papers might be filed on the C part of the Republican contestants. r: tte On behalf of Mr. Chatfield, who is u o contesting the seat of Col. Talbert, l6 of Messrs Dickerson and Smith filed the ir cd- following grounds of contest: i '-To the Honosable State Board of g >;al Canvassers: Pursuant to the notice n in of protest heretofore filed, protesting fi dy against the tabulation and declaration t. ter of the vote for Congressman in the 2d if re Congressional district of the State. v ad aforesaid, as per the returns of mana- a he gers of election and county boards of it lhd canvassers-said dis trict-and award- b Cr: ing the certificate of election to title to ip- seat in the 55th Congress of the United a Cre States to W. J. Tatbert, it is further ti ip- shown: re- First. That the election law under 1; an which the election for Congressman t< :y. was held, on November 3, is in con- 11 he travention to the Constitutiou and by- o ec-- laws of the United States, viz: 1-our- t. ers teenth amendment of Constitution of v in- United States, Section 1 and Section n rs, 2i, Statutes at Large, L'nited States, g the 1807 to 1869), 1st, 2d and 3d session, si he Chapter LX X, page 75, which in sub- fi .he stance is as follo ws: That the Consti- ni or tution of neither of said States of .J Be- North Carolina, South Carolina. Lou- a ify isiana, Georgia, Alabama and Florida 1 be shall ever be so amended or changed ti act as to deprive any citize-n or class of c ten citizens of the State of the right to r vote in said State, who are entitle-d to t of vote by the Constitution her-ein recog- p m- nized, except as a punishmxent for p ommon law, whereof they shall have een duly convicted under laws equal 7 aoplicable to all of the inhabitant, f said States, etc. This article of the 'anstitution (Amendment 14) make! il male inhabitants of the Unite tates 21 years of age and upward! itizens and voters of the State where 1 they reside, as every person bort nd naturalized in the United States i! citizen of the United States, and iys the persons already designated a! itizens of the United States shal ereafter be citizens of the State rherein they reside, and no Statf hall make any law which shal bridge or infringe the privileges oi nmunities of the citizens of the Uni d States. We further protest thal I view of the Constitution of Souti 'arolina, ratified December 4, 1895. nd the ele-tion and registration law. iacted subsequent thereto, to thE :outitution and laws of the Unite' tates, recorded herein-thousands o itizens and voters in said 21 Congres onal district were deprived of thi ight to vote in the aforesaid electior >r Congress, the 31 day of Novem er, 1S96, who were friends of and de ired to vote for B. P. Chattield, of ,iken, for Congress, and that the re alts of said election d- not reflect th( iews and wishes of a majority of tli lectors of said district. Signed. B. P. Chatfield, Protestant. November 23, 1896. E. J. Dickerson and S. E. Smith. ttorneys for protestant. Mr. Screven, on the part of the can .stants from thie 31 and 4.h districts, led a formal contest, summing up al, f the ground made in most of th ther papers and giving the facts it accinct form. Col. Jones seems to have gone aboul is contest in regular form. In thE rgument Mr. Cochran said that noti as of contest had been filed with al: f the county boards, notice had beer !rved on Dr. Strait, and all regulai quirements had been complied with. [is grounds of protest are more nu erous than those of the other con tants, and it is taken for granted ist they will be made the chief rounds on which the fighting is to bI one in Congress. The notice read s follows: tate of South Carolina-Fifth Con. gressional District-John F. Jone vs. T. J. Strait. Contested Electior Fifty fifth Congress. To the Honorable State Board o anvassers of Election: The protest o ohn F. Jones shows to your honora le that he is the nominee of the Re ublican party for Representative it ie 55th Congress from the 5th dis 'ict of this State, and that Dr. T. J, trait is the nominee of the Demo. atic party in said district, and thal ie undersigned, John F. Jones, pro sts against your honorable board de. [aring the siid Dr. T. J. Strait to bE lected as Representative for said dis ict in said 55th Congress on the fol )wing grounds: 1st. That the registration of voter, )r the election on November 3, 1896 yr Representative in s:id 55th Con ress was held pursuant to the provis mns of Article 2, Sections 4 and 6, ol ie Constitution of South C.irolina, ol S95, and that said provisions and al: ws passed thereunder are in conllici ith the Act of Congress approve( 3th of June, 1869, whereby the State f South Carolina was admitted tc soresentation in Congress on the fun amental condition that the Constitu on of South Carolina then in force ould never be so changed or amend I as to deprive any citizen or class of tizens of the United States of the ght to vote in said State who are en tied to vote under the Constitutioi [ said State then in force, and yom: rotestant avers that the boards oj ~gistration in the various counties ir tid district refused to register a large umber of citizens of this State wht ere entitled to vote in said districi >r said Representative under the onstitution of this Stale of 1868, and ho, if they had been allowed to reg ter, would have voted for your pro stant, andl thereby have given hima ajority of the votes cast at said elec on. 23. That the managers of election of ie various polling precincts in said. strict denied ihe right to vote at said ection on November 3, 189G, for spresentative in said 55th Congress >a large number of citizens of this tate who~ were entitled to vote in said istrict for said Representative under te Constitution of this State of 186 nd the Act of Congress of June 26th, 369, admitting South Carolina te presentation in Congress, who would they had been allowed to vote, hiave oted for your protestant, and thereby ien him a majority of the votes cast tsaid election. 31. And your protestant further ters that the provisions of the Con .itution of the State of 19895 providing yr the registration of voters, or elec rs, are null and void, on the ground iat the said Constitution was never ited by the people of this State, ad the people of this State never del gated tolthe convention framing the te the power to impose a Constitu on upon them without referri'g i ack to them for ratitication ;and your rotestant further avers that the laws fthis State passed under the so-cal let. >nstitution proposed by the conven on of 1895 are in con flict with the rovisions of the Constitution of South arolina of 1868 on the right of suf ge, and are null and void; and that nder said void laws and provisions a rge number of citizens of this State, ithe said 5:h district, entitled to vote >r Representative in the 55th Con ress for said district, have been de ed the right of registration and suf age as guaranteed by the Constitu on of South Carolina of 1868, who, they had been allowed to vote, -ould have voted for your protestant, nd thereby have given him a major y of votes at said election of Novem er 3, 1896. 4th. And your protestant further vers that all provisions of the Consti ition of 1895 for the registration of oters or electors prior to January 1 i98, and all laws of this State passed >carry out said provisions are in con ict with the 34th amendment and ther articles of the Constitution of ie United btates, in that said pro isions and laws provide for the for istion of a class of voters, who are iven the right of registration and ufrage upon qualilications dit fering om those required of persons whc iay desire to register and vote after anuary 1, 189S, and providing that I wno are registered prior to January ,1898, shall be for life entitled tc e righf of suffrage, thus creating ass of citizens within the State witb ights and privileges different from ose of citizens who are not registered ror to January 1 1898, and youi rotestant avers that by reason of sait ber of citizens of this State, entitled to vote at said election of November 3, 1897, in said district for said Ipresen tative in the 55th Congress, were de nied the right of registration and suf f frage, who, if they had been allowed to vote, would have voted for your - protestant and thereby h-e given him a majority of the votes !ast at said election. Respectfully submitted, J. M. F. JONES, Protestant. Dated at Columbia, S. C., Novem ber 23, 1896. Mr .Moss, in the matter of the con test between Mr. Johnston and l)r. Stokes, said that he supposed the board would consider the resolution passed in the matter of the specia e election from this district as applica ble to the general election. By this resolution the protest against the tab ulation of the vote was overruled. l The board took that position and the protest against the tabulation of the vote wdS overruled. Tie Board when it went into e.vecu tive session overruled all of the pro tests and contests, and declared the result accrding to the tabulated report. Tnere were present during the meeting of the board as members of the board Chairnan Bates, Secretary of State Tompkins, Gen. Watts and Attorney General Birber, Lee Brook er; as interested parties, State Chair man Webster, Secretary Screven, Col. Johnston, Col. Jones, W. J. Talbert, Col. William Elliott, J. F. Cochran, E. M. Brayton, B. Hart Moss. The bard adjourned about 3 o'clock until to-morrow at 1P o'cloc'k. The following protest was filed by Mr. B. 0. Duncan, one of the electors on the Reorganized Republican tick et: To the State Board of Canvassers Gentlemen: The undersigned, one of the candidates at large for Presidential elector of the Reorganized Republican party of South Carolina, begs leave very r.spectfully, but in all serious ness, to enter a solemn protest against the declaration and promulgation of the result of the recent election in this State fcr Presilentlal and Vice Presidential electors, and to state br'ef ly his reasons therefor as follows: 1. Because the call for the late Constitutional Convention of 1S95 is currently believed to have been fraud ulently "counted in," and that, too, by a popular vote of only about 31,000 : out of a voting population in the State, ac::ording to the census of 1S9), of over 235,000. 2. Because the openly avowed purpose for calling such Convention was to devise some means for disfran chising the mass of the colored voters, without disfranchising a single white man, and because this purpose was carried out to the letter by the Con vention. 3. Because such discrimination against an entire race is not only in clear and palpable violation of both the letter and the spirit of the four teenth and fifteenth amendments of the Constitution of the Uaited States, bit is also directly in face of the Act of Congress readmitting South Caroli na and other States of the Union, which expressly prohibits the Consti tution of either of these States from ever being "so amended or changed as to deprive any citizen or class of citizens of the United States of the right to vote in said State who are en titled to vote by the Constitution herein recognized" except for crime. 4. Because this new Constitution was put in for-2e without having first been submitted to the vote e-s of the State for ratilication, which is not only. contrary to almost universal usage, but it is also directly contrary to the fundamental principle of popu lar government, that is, the consent of the governed. 5. Because, acting under this new Constitution, the Legis' ature has en acted a partisan and factional regis tration law, that grossly discriminates against the colored race, and under which only about 12,000O to 15,000) ne groes have been enable to register out of a voting population, according to census of 1890), of 132,619. Thus in the face of the Constitution and laws of the United States, expressly declar ed to be the supreme law of the land, nearly 120,000 citizens of the United States are deprived of their right to vote by this new Constitution of South Carolina and the laws enacted there under. For these and other reasons that mightbe mentioned I do most solemnly, and emphatically protest against your honorable body declaring the result of the recent Presidential election held under such a Constitution and regis tration law. B.- O'Dw. )>NcaN. The protest was overruled without discussion. Sp&IWn' Gri p is Gone. NEv Yong, Nov. 25.-Tlhe otlieers of the steamer City of WVashington. which arrived today from Havana, say that Havana is in the worst possi ble state of fear. The residents are momentarily expecting an attack by the insurgents. The prisons are full, business is at a standstill and mer chants of Spanish ideas are preparing to leave the country. A passenger named J. W. Brown, an Englishman recently released from a Cuban pris on, where he spent a month for shout ing in the streets of Havana "Cuba libre," and who was expelled a week ago by order of Captain General Wey ler, was one of the passengers. Brown said that his treatment by the Spanish authorities was brutal in the extreme and that if he had not had papers proving him to be a British subject lie would have been shot or would still be in a Spanish jail. Hie had been four years in Havana and is now on his way home. '-Cuba, in my mind, is lost to Spain. The latter country is now on her beam ends and the storm on the little island will soon engulf her," he said. Brown declared that -no political prisoner in Cuba knew what he was arrested for until he had been in a prison cell for some time As to his own case, he does not re member having given the Spaniards any just cause for his arrest. "Wey ler has had many foreigners arrested. He detests them. Most of those pris oners have never seen the light of day. Finally they drop out of sight: it ~aves the cost and trouble of trial. The poor Cuban gets short shrift. It is sutlicient to know that he is a symn pathizer in the cause. That is his death warrant." 31urder of a Patriot. HTAvrm, Nov. 26.-Antonio Lopez Coloma, the leader of the revolution ists in the province of Matanzas when tthe insurrection broke out, and sen -tenced to death for rebellion and ho nimicide, was executed at 5 o'clock this OPPOSED TO CHANGE. PRESIDEN T CLEVELAND WANTS THE TAR!FF B!LL LET ALONE. C. S. Faircliilt s Vlewm-Thinks the Present Law Sho4ldl Rece ive Further Trial-Sen ator C:rter Talks Tari f. The impression i3 spread from Wash ingston that the programme of the Ad ministration will be to discourage the Massage of the Dingley bill at the com ing session of Congress. The main reason for this position of President Cleveland is said to be that the Wilson Gorman bill has not yet been given a fair trial. The policy of Mr. Cleve land as far as it can be gathered from the views of men believed to be in sympathy with him, will be to stave of f all kinds of legislation this winter, except the anpropriation bills, and let Major McKruley wiestle with. tne vexed questions of tari l'and finance. This was the plan pursued by Prasi dent Harrison just before Mr. Cleve land was inaugurated the second time, so the latter's friends say, and there is therefore good precedent for such a course of action. Besides this. Mr. Cleveland does not want to b3 forced into the position where. he will have to veto the Dinglev bill, and hence he will use his inflience ia obstructing its passage. It is well known that the friends of the Administration in this city are de cidedly averse to any legislation this w:nfer except the appropriation bills Their views on the subject are best ex pressed by Charles S. Fairchild, Sec retary of the Treasury in Mr. Cleve land's first administration. "I think it would be better for Con gress to wait and see how we come out next summer before attempting to pass any tariff legislation this winter," said Mr. Fairchild. -"We can much better get along with our present in come than have the business world kept in a state of suspense and uncer tainty by tariff-tinkering at either the short session or a special sessi:n for that purpose. "The calling of an extra session would be a serious blow to the bu3iness world, and would be a very grave mistake for Maj r McKinley to make. "Besides this, I thinir that it would be foolish for Congress to pass the Dingley bill. The Government is not so bad off as many people imagine. We have plenty of money in the Treasury-enough at least to keep the Government running all through next summer. There is no need of being so precipitate in such an important mat ter. And, besides, the business world certainly needs a chance to recuperate and recover from the drastic depres sion of the past few years. "The returning prosperity will very much increase the Gov&i-Umen' enue. The Custom House receipts will certainly show improvement in the coming months. And the Gov ernment's revenues cannot fail to be materially affected by the industrial revival on all sides. "There is nothing to fear from a Treasury raid just now. We have gold galore. Indeed, the chances are that we shall get morM gold within the next few month. What should concern Congress more than anything else, is how to cut down the government's expenses. To increase the revenues would only be to invite more extravagance. The na tion's finances should be administered withI as much care and economy as those of a private corporation. Con gress is becoming more spendthrift every year. The question to my mind is not how to increase the income of the government, but ho w to retrench and reform our extravagant methods of carrying on the government. "It is in view of this condit'on of af fairs that I think it would be unwise to pass the Dingley bill at the present short session of Congress, and I am glad to see that there is little prospect of it being done. "If now a special session can can be avoided the business world will have a chance to rest and recuperate, and next winter we shall be able to see more clearly than at present exactly what legislation we need ." It will thus be seen that ex Secreta ry F~airchild favors a "let alone" plan. J ust how far Mr. Fairchild echoes Mr. Cleveland's views is not known, but there are good grounds for believing that many of the sound money Demo crats in the Senate entertain prrctical ly the same opinion as that advanced by the ex Secretary of the Treasury. Senator Thomas Carter of Montana is at the Hoclland House. He is a free silver Republican, but he heartily sup ported Major McKinley for President. It is a well known fact that he does not believe in trying to obstruct tarill measures because he cannot get free silver, lie was among the first to de cry the dog in the manger policy of some ultra free silver Republicans. When a Commercial Advertiser re porter saw him today he was walking down Fifth avenue with Robert P. Porter and other Republicans. In an swer to a question he said : "I would no more attempt to locate the grave of Moses than to say what the programme of the Republicans in the Senate will be. I do not believe any one can say what it will be. From all I know, no programme has been ar ranged." "Will the free silver Republicans work with the other Republicans The Senator puffed his cigar philo sophically and replied: "The Repub licans are together in the Senate on everything except the silver question. They will work together, I think, and agree on all things, except silver." When asked what programme the silver Republicans would adopt, he said he did not know. In regard to the Dingley tarif f bill he said: "In my judgment it wili not pass In regard to business out West, he stated that great depression existed in the wool industry. B~ut as to other staples in Montana, such as gold, cop per and other products, the outlook was not bad. He did not care to say anything about establishsing perma nentt national Republican head quar ters. -New York Commercial Adver tiser. Hlow They Fooled Thousands. RIcmiOso, Nov. 24.-A Marion, Va. special to The Dispatch says. At the Mathieson alkali works in this county. which had been partially closed for re pairs up to a short time before the ele' tion, it was reported just previous to the election that in tue event of Mc Kinley's election the works would be run on full time without a cut in wages. The men went out yeterday on account of a r-ed uction in wages, and last night the company tried to liii their places with negroes, but the strik IT'S A FIGHT TO A HINISH. Townn C-!i9 Bryan "The Leader n! I 9% the victor of 1900." D EN I, Col., Nov. 25.-A. compli mentary banquet was last evening tendered lion. W. J. Bryan at the Brown Palace Hotel by the Chamber of Commerce of Denver. 'lates were laid for 300. His address was the last number on the programme. Ife was received wit lgreat cheering. Among other things, he said: "The past few months seem to me more like a dream than a reality: and when I hear the words of eulogy which have been so often spoken,they do not impress me as words spoken of me. The fear that always comes over Mr, when I hear these words spoken with so many manifestations of affec tion is whether I caa maintain the feeling that has been so kindly ex pressed. or whether by some misstep I mav do as so many have done before me. fall and lose that love which now is the thing which I prize rost in life. It frightens me when I find how many people there are in this country who, believing as I believe, have put their faith in me and the work I have tried to do. The only assurance I have that I may be able to continue to retain your good will is the belief that my purpse is the same as your purpose, and that we, continuing in this pur pose, will travel together. "I believe that during this campaign in every foreign nation the oppressed were raising a silent prayer for our suc cess, and that in every fo-eiga nation the aristocracy was praying for the success of our opponents, because the Ambassador of- the United States to Great Britain declared immediately after the election he, together with all London, was rejoicing, and when he said he and all London, he meant that part-of London which he had become acquainted with, and not the toiling part of London or England. You read what is said by the financiers and by the aristocrats of the world, and you will find that they recognize what many of our own people do not rec.og nize, that this question which was be fore the American people reached down deeper and towered up higher than any question which has con fronted us in time of peace in the his tory of this country. "We cannot give up this fight it we desire; we have got to go on. I think we have been successful in bringing our cause before the American people. I think we will be more successful in the next four years. We have been successful in bringing our cause be fore the laboring man: we have failet most in reaching the business men of this country and I believe that for the next four years we ought to give spec ial attention to the bringing of our ar guments before the business men of this country. "How long will it be before our well-to -do classes shall understand that they cannot raise Themselves far above the masses of the pple? How long before they realize tt their only safety lies in the raisinfg f the masses with them?" (Cheers and f ap plause) It was 2:20 this morning when Mr. Bryan' finished his speech. At 3 o'clock after having shaken hands with all the banqueters, Mr. Bryan was d.- ven to the depot, where he boarded a special train which left the city for Pueblo at 6:30 o'clock. A committee of leading citizens of Pueblo acted as escort for Mr. Bryan on his journey. The scene at the banquet hall at the end of a forceful speech by Congress man Charles A. Towne of Minnesota on "The issue of 1900," was remarka ble. The climax of his speeches, in which he spoke of Mr. Bryan as "the leader of 189t;; the victor of 1900," started a great demonstration. Men jumped on chairs and tables and shout ed themselves hoarse, waved handker chiefs and acted generally as only en Lhusiastic men stirred to a frenzy by burning eloquence can act. D~ecemnber Weather. The following data, covering a period of twenty-lve years, have been compiled by Mr. L. N. Jesunofsky, observer, from the weather bureau re cords at Charleston, S. C, and may prove of interest and value as showing the range within which such variations may be expected to keep for the com ing month Qf D~ecember: Temperat Rre-Mean or normal tern perature 52 degrees; the war-est month was that of 1889, with an ;er age of 00 degrees; the coldest month was that of 1876., with an average of 44 degrees; the higest temperature was 78 degrees on December 11. 1889; the lowest temperature was 13 degrees on December 30, I8S0; avereage date on which first "killing" frost occurred in autumn, November, 9; average date on wvhicni last "killing" frost occurred in spring, March 1. Precipitation IRain and Melted Snow)-Average for the month 3.24 inches; average number of days with .0 of an inch or more 9; the greatest monthly precipitation was 7.91 inches in 1887: the least monthly precipita tion was 0.03 inches in18S&9; the great est amount of precipitation recorded in any 24 consecutive hours was 3.40 inches on December 9 and 10, 1885; the greatest amount of snowfall recorded in any 2A consecutive hours (record extending to winter of 18848S5 onlyj was 0.01 inch on December 0, 1880. Clouds and Weather-Average number of clear days1:3; partly cloudy days 10- cloudy days 8. IWind--The prevailing winds have. been from the northeast, 10 par cent; the highest velocity of the wind was 50 miles, from the southeast on Decem ber 17, 1888. _______ Terrific 31ire 'rx plosion. Piuc:, Utah, Nov. 25.-The St. Louis Gilson Asjlatum company's mine, three miles from Fort Ducches ne, Utah, exploded by thecombustion of dust and gas at 4:30 yesterday af ternoon. T wo miners were killed and three freighters, who were loading ore 150 yards from the mine, were in jured~by flying timber. The explosion was terrific. The report was heard at Vernal, 30 miles a way- The build ings at Fort Duchesne were badly shaken and a great many widowvs broken. The mine took lire,and owing to intense heat it was impossible to get near it. Flames shot from all three of the shafts 100 feet in the air, and to extinguish them was imppossi bite. The whole command frota Fort Duchesne was mounted and hur-ried to tue scene of disaster, but could ren der no assistance, it being imposible to get near the mine. It is not likely that the bodies of the miners will ever be- recovered, as they are doubtless cremated. The dead are: Chas. An derson of Ashley. Utah, leaves widow and five children: Andy Garnes of Park City, Utah, aged 35, unmarried. The injure'd are: Chas. 'Warren, J. Bnch, an nnonwn man. ELLERBEIS POLICY. SAYS HE WANTS TO UNITE THE WHITE PEOPLE. A Patriotic Parpose-He is at Work on His Inaugural-W'iat Might be Expect ed- an a .New Line. TmENroN, Nov. 25.-At this point today, starting for Columbia, I met the man who soon after the second Tuesday in -January next is to assume the direction of the State Government -Governor-Elect William H. Ellerbe -and spent several hours with him. He talked pleasantly and patriotically of the future of his State. and forces one to the conclusion that his aim is to bring about genuine peace and uni ty among the whole people, if he is given the proper support. - The gover nor-elect takes high ground on mat ters of great public concern and says his desire is to give the entire people of South Carolina a clean, impartial administration of the affairs of the State government. He says he has clearly marked down the lines of his policy and expects to hew to them, trusting to the truly patriotic men of both factions to lay aside factional differences and personal matters qad give him their assistance. The governor-elect :s looking well just at this time. He says his health was bad just after the campaign, but he is now quite well again. He ex - pects to move his family to Columbia as soon as he is inaugurated, and they will reside at the executive mansion. He smilingly remarked today that one leading manufacturer of bicycles had offered him a handsome machine if he would take his exercise in that way; he added with a smile, "But I think walking is safer and better for me. I am accustomed to walking about the farm." Mr. Ellerbe occupies a position somewhat distinct from his predeces sors in the gubernatorial chair. His election was one of the unanimous kind and he is not bound by promises, neither is he tied up with obligations to any for support. About his only promise given in the campaign was that to the people of Charleston that if they would enforce the dispensary law he would remove the metro li tan police. VV hen I asked him abut this today, he declined to have any thing to say on the subject, but those who know him are assured that that promise will be kept. As to the dispensary problem, the governor-elect, while he will deal with it in his inaugural,will not make any suggestions or recommendations to the general assembly. He will, however, I feel safe in saying, call upon the people of the State to stand to him and help him enforce the law to the letter as long as it is upon the statute books. Mr. Ellerbe has stud ied the question thoroughly and has his views as to what should be done, but those views he is not making pub lic, nor will he be likely to l&e any ial message after hisinaug Mr. Ellerbe has already begun work on his inaugural address. In that ad dress be will take a new line. He will hardly devote it to recommendations to the general assembly, but will very plainly make it an address to the whole people, general in its character and broad in its scope. For Mr. Eller be believes that an inaugural should be addressed to the people themselves. Today I asked Mr. Ellerbe about the chance of getting a reduction in taxes in South Carolina. He said this was a matter to which he had given most serious consideration and much time, but he had failed to evolve any scheme. The only thing he could see was the increase of the taxable prop. erty in the State. This could be brought about by bringing more peo ple with money into the State and by encouraging the settlement ot emi grants here. .lt would cost no more to run the State government with this increase of property and taxes would be lowered. Mr. Ellerbe has outlined an excel lent policy as to the making of all ap pointments, but in regard to this as in nearly everything else he is exceed ingly reticent.. He had .iust left Senator Tillman when I saw him today. He and Sen ator Tillman are members of the car riculum committee of the Clemson trustees, and he had come down to see the senator about the condition of af fairs at the college. The death of Prof. Mc'lee deprives the college of a pro fessor of agriculture, thus leaving o 0 of the essential departments without a director. There seems to be great dif ficulty about finding a man to fill the place. It has been agreed upon final ly, Mr. Ellerbe says, to leave the mat ter open until Dec. 14, when the trus. tees meet at the college commence ment. Mr. Ellerbe says Senator Till man is to make two speeches soon one at St. Matthews on December 3, in aid of the Calhoun county scheme; the other at Gaffney on December 5, in aid of the new county of which that place desires to be the county seat. -E. J. Watson, in Columbia State. Minister Murdered. BLOOMNGTON, Ill., Nov. 24.-Rev. James Miller. pastor of Grace M. E. Church of Bloomington, was found murdered and robbed in an alley at Decatur, Ill., early this moring. The revolver with which the crime had been committed was lying by the dead man's side. There was a bullet wound in his forehead. His pockets were rif led and his gold watch, which he is known to have carried, was missing. The murder was evidently committed by foctpads. Rev. Mr. Miller had written a note to his son, Dr. John Miller of Decatur, stating that he wculd visit him today and he had evidently just arrived on the train from Bloomington. Being thoroughly acquainted with the city he had doubtless started to walk to the residence of Dr. Catto. He was found a few feet from the street in the alley in the rear of Dr. Catto's residence. Rev. Mr. Miller was one of the best known ministers in Illinois. He was Grand Prelate of the Grand Command ery of Knights Templar of Illinois. Worst in Years. ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 2t.-Specials to the Pioneer Press from various points in Northwestern Minnesota ani the Dakotas report the worst blizzard for many years. At Jamesto N D., it has been snowing for J~8past sixty hours and a blizzard ajs now developed that makes it extremly dangerous for any one to venture out on the prairie. Roads are impassible and it is diflicult for ranchmen to .ge feed to their stock. In West Superior, Wis.. the blizzard turned into a sleet storm and all traJile in the city is suZs Marion.....2252 1I4 291 Florence ...... 1707 1542 8 Hforry ,... .....1.5 6:',1 11 1:3 Williamnsburg.. 61t 51%1 -13 To's...... 11091 9725 N7, - m VNI 1ru r1AT WCT. Vott Stokes. John- P cast. son. r Orangeburg.. 2,5t 2f;99 I3; Sumter .......1875 155 " Colleton ......1820 159, W2 - Berkeley ...... 675 li Ri land.. 328 105 223 L'?xington .... 1778 16:3G 139 Totals .......9:32. 805 1312 m The tabulation as given stood, J the good reason that no special atta seemed to be made against it, and v declared exactly as tabulated. To take the papers up in their rej lar sequence: J. B. Ed wards, as counsel for Geot W. Murray entered the followed p test, which he read to the board: To the Board of County Canvass4 for Charleston County: You v please take notice that the undersigr protests against the counting of t votes cast at the elec-tion held witl the said county on the 31 day of: vember, 1S9;, for Representative the 55th Congress. on the olloni grounds, to wit: 1. Because the election was so cc ducted as to deprive many citizens w are entitled to vote of that right, wi if they were allowed to vote, wou have voted for George W. Murray. 2. Because men whose names w not recorded upon the registrati books were allowed to vote. while m who held their registration certifica and tax receipts, as required by ]a were denied the right to caat their b lots. 3. Because the Republicans w( not allowed a representative at t polls, while the Democratic Darty w allowed all the managers and a ch: lenger at each poll in the couuty, 4. Because the registration law unjust, unconstitutional and void, a was conducted in an illegal, unfi and fraudulent manner. 5. Because there was no legally i pointed or organized board of co missioners for Federal election Cbarleston County. W. J. Whipper and J. I. Washit ton. Edward!: & Sasportas, attorneys for G. W. Murray. Dated Charleston, S. C., Novemt 9, 1896. Counsel Edwards said thatit had be decided to withdraw the fourth groui of protest that was in the original I pers. He went on to say that Charl ton was the only county on which t contest of Murray was to be brous before the State board. It anpes that no notices of appeal were tiled the other counties or any effort ma to do so. One of the chief points of Murra: contest appears to be that the Charl ton board would not consider the pi test that it was desired to file. C Elliott said in renly to this tnat t board, after it had received intimati of the desire of Murray to conte signified its intention ot reconveni to give Murray's counsel opportuni to be heard, but that counsel for Mi ray declined to appear before t board. Edwards in his argument suggest that the board did not have jurisd tion to reconvene after its adjout ment Col. Elliott offered the followi agreement to the board on this line: The contestant, George WV. Murra having claimed that he had no oppt tunity of presenting his protest or ct test to the board of Federal canvass' for Charleston County, I, Willi: idlliott, contestee, do hereby conse that it be considered that said cont< or protest was heard by said board county canvsassers and was decided them against contestant. and that tl board do proceed to hear and det, mine said contest or protest as bei: regularly on appeal before this boa: and that contestant and contestee. allowed to present to this board ai and all proof that could legally ha been presented to said board of coun canvassers. William Elliott. The State board, through Chairm: Bates, indicated that it did not care1 and did not think it could very wi consider matters that had not be brought uo before the lower boal Col. Elliott in the interest of fair phe and to give his opponent every sho thenoffered this form of agreemei George W. Murray, the contesti having asked the State board of cr vassers to order that the county boa of canvassers for Charleston Cour do reconvene for the purpose of het ing this contest or protest, I do here consent that said order be made. William Elliott, Col. Elliott made this offer becat he thought this case might be slighi different from any that might ha been before the State board. Counsel Edwards read a statemn from Murray, in which he protest on practically the same grounds t have been already mentioned, and which he cited a fe~v alleged irret larities, but which would not afft the result to any extent. The board consented to hear ars ment from Counsel Edwards, the or one of counsel who presented oral argument. He spoke as follows support of his protest: Mr. Murray asks for the certific upon other reasons, and for the f lowing reasons claims that the vote Charleston County should be disca: ed: First. Because there was no les Federal board1 of commissioners Charleston County. Because or t wo commissioners qualified until af the election, or very shortly befo and after all work of the board hi been completed, except tabulating 1 ballots. Because tee Goveraor < not appoint the third commissioni was not in thre State when he was.a pointed, and did not know of the being a failure of the tirst three: pointed to qualify until after his turn, and then the third or extra mi had been appointed to tilt the vacan Beciuse tuie statute says that Governor thirty days befo~re the el tion shallappoint three commission and then deli nes how they shall org: ize, as the county board of canvasse and defines their duties. When: third man failed to qualify anidi vacancy was not filled until after1 election the board did not qualify act as a legally constituted board.] cause when the three members qual wo are a quorum, but there must three, and two cannot legally trans the business except as a quorum wi the three we're qualitied. "Within ten days of the time their first meeting as a board of col