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HOW TUlE -11 ONEY lt' REV, DR. TALMAGE A CLASSE=S CF SPF D T H He Says AIcoholiso t tte 0 to the Working Cze-- i "A Bag With tt i.-. - 4 r Grave. The sermon o r. wa< the aaignme classe-, and of a enemy of the wo Hlaggaiti , " i wages to put t he - In Persia, u-nderl taspes. The made mone ,: were like erl e wh they Put money. a.: is torn or eaten c ne war made incapable o fast as the coin was pu- 1 one cat o Sack it dropped out of :be aer. it n:e differeace hw nh wges they -.f7 they lost themn. Ile I earneth w eth wages to put it into a bag w: - v i What has become ofthe lions of dollars in this A working classes'? Some of th -ne,, have gone for hou.se rent. oth. Tri-e vf homesteads,. or w rro'e. o :i penses, or the nec r:ol r vide comforts in old ae. : of other billions. Watdin :i ! Wasted at the gaming '. d toxicants. Put int a '-; w a ',n re holes. Gather up the m)iey a classes have spent for drink du : e P : 30 years. and I will build fer every worin ma a house and lay ou: for hi r and clothe his sons in broaUe:h -ad daughters in silks. and place at his fre' door a prancing span of serrels or nys secure him a policy of l:e insurance: teat the present home may be well r' after he is dead. The most pe-'a: most overpowering enemy of the workin. classes is intoxicating 1, :ler It i te an archist of the centuries and has boycotted, and is now boycotting. the D and mind and soul of American labor. it is tn i * worse foe than monopoly and worse than as sociated capital. It annually swindles industry out op a large percentage of its earnings. 1, ho&-k out its blasting solicitations to the mechante or operative on his way to work, and at t e noon spell, and on his way home at even!ide: on Saturday, when the wages are pat-1, it snatches a large part of the money that ri.: come into the fadily and sacrinices it amug the saloon keepers. Stand the '-aloo.n-. cf this country side by side. and it is carefl. estimated that they would reach fron New York to Chicago. "Forward march," -(' 0ne drink power. "and take possession of the American nation." The drink business is pouring is vitriolic and damnable liquids down the throats of hundreds of thousands of laborers. and whi'e the ordinary strikes are ru'nous both to ployers and employes. I prielam a s:rike universal against strong rinm. w:te-1. i kept, will be the relief of the workir. e'Sse and the salvation of the nation. I will un dertake to say that there is not a healthy la borer in the United Sta:es who, within the next ten years, if he will refuse all intoxicat ing beverage and be saving, may not become a capitalist on a small scale. our country in a year spends $1,500,030,00U for drink. Of course the working classes do a great deal of this expenditure. Carefal statiStica show that the wage earning classes of Great Brit ain expend in liquors .100,t.0000.. cr $500,000,000 a year. Sit down and calcu late, 0 workingman, how much yu have expended in these directions: Add it all up. Add up what your neighbors havee pended, and realize that instead of an.swer ing the beck of other people you might have been your own capitalist. W hen you deplete a workingman's physical energy you deplete his capital. The stimulated workman gives out before the unstimulat ed workman. -My father said: "I became a temperance man early in life because I noticed in the harvest field that, though I was physically weaker than other workmen, I could hold out longer than they. They took stimulants, _1 took none." A brickmaker in England gives mis experience in regard to this mat ter atmong men in his employ, H~e says, after investi gation: "The beer drinker who made the fewest bricks made 059,000, and the abstain er who made the fewest bricks 74000($. The difference in behalf of the abstainer over the indulger 87,000." When an army goes out to rte bat tle. the soldier who has water or coffee in his can teen marches easier and tights better than the soldier who has whiskey in his canteen. Drink helps a man to fight when he has only one contestant, and that at the street corner. But when he goes forth to maintain some great battle for God and his country, he wants no drink about him. VEnen the Russians go to war a corporal passes along the line and smells the breath of every soldier. if there be in his breath a taint of intoxicating liquor, the man sent back to the barracks. Why? l e can not endure fatigue. All our young men know this. When they are preparing for a regatta or for a ball club or for an athtetic wrestling, they abstain. Qur working peo ple will be wiser after awhile. an.I the money they fiing away on hurtful indulgences they will put into co-operative association and so become capitalists, if the working man our down his wages and then take his expenses and spr-ead them out so they will just equa!. he is not wise. I know working men whoi are in a perfect fidget until they cet rid o their last dollar. The following circumstances came un' er our observation. A young man worke I hard to earn his $6300 or 6700) yearly. M1ar riage day came. The bride had inherited' $500 from her grandfather. She spent ev ery dollar of it. on the wedding dress. Then they rented two rooms in a third story. Then the young man took e:::ra evening emopley ment; almost exhausted with the d-ay's work, yet took evening employment. It almost ex tinguished his eyesight. Why did he ad.i evening employment to the day employment? To get money. Why did he want to get money? To lay up something for a raiuy day? No. To get his life insured, sotht in case of his death his wife would not be a beggar? No. Hie put the extra evenitng work to the day work that he might get $150. to get his wife a sealskin coat. The sister ot the bride heard or this achieventent. and was not to be eclipsed. She was very po-c., and she sat up working nearly all ntight for a great while until she botught a sealskin coat. 1 have not heard of the result on ta street. The street was full of those wh o are on small incomes, but I suppose the conta gion spread, and that everybody. had a seal skin coat and that the peoplie came out andI cried, practically, no- literally, --Thoug t.h heavens fall, we mus haea 'elki- o I was out west and "a-li~r.'e:' :e pel told me in Iowa that ai c-e "-::i :v.l: -- neighborhood had been '- - po-eri -- e. -y th fact that they put mort-gagevs on'ei:rm in order to send their familie' to:e 'i delphia centennial. It was not reee not to go to the cenennial. ietweensw eveils and pauperism 'here isa vc-ry s-' r: step. The vast maorty of ch'lr: nyu almshouses are there becus their paen are drunken, lazy er ecck.e . t-rovidn't. I have no symrpathy for .a"'!n -ai ,-" but I plead fcr Chritiran prudence. Ium it is impossible now to lay up anythn a r a rainy day. I know it, but we are a h daybreak of national prosperity .Some ea pie think it is mean"' to 'urn the gas low when they go out of~ the pa-'or. Te e embarrassed if the derh-ell ins before they have the halt 'gh.e.-. The for the plain meal - ii -- o su ~ I the table. Well, it 's me-an~' pile up a miserly hoard, *''Iu -* - cate your children i t'e: to your wife when sac t:s ifit be to keep you'- tunera horrible beyond alt en d a to be the disrn:ption n domestic circle, if :e raagnificent. There are thosewo b'ecause of' theirow have been well e",bu h chewed up their earnin".' yond their means, whl othe wages and oni :te me" salar competency. Ikie a time complaining f-ip r out against rich meon. wh:> e t: . two dogs, anid chews amIra-.'h- an-a& L re A r d. - - A IV. nntl Wc re 1 einn in-I- ef i n nu nk i -, Wa.e ts ne w o Ian n c.nun:. The 7. tistnes have bount h:n 1 and -ot, and shorn his locks, and put eves, and are miaking him griu llt f e n reat horror. Ile Cannot s-top. w p.ve it. Ile knows that his coirse i. p; -- lie lovesh . 1 he eend t-op. he woud. lie knows Ie loves the:,. ile woul- tp s e c.ul . e eano. .Perhansi he cOuld th'"c un t: -1 a yeair acOnt Irw , LI t aft nu t S 'or a nlonth. H1e canno. lIe knowz he cmnnt, so he dle,.. not try. I had a f.itend wh'. ' , years "'z:, own un-ier t nl evil h it. h l hd , Irr. cans. ~ 1- 1',hdgie tousarnd of dobr 'ab!e e -wsu reforneuery inSItvtiu oal: rts. lie was "v-ry ge'an. aer :nenrv.s an.l very lvable. and whieneer 11 .7km, about t"'s evi hi h o ie woul S. c Can stop anv tim"C ." he ke.t 'nI_ . .sa -n kiown. lown, d ow n- H.: ,w . --I Vish V- would ". "Whv. he wou re-ly, "I can stop any tme if wia.t e-, awhil e a hl ( 1rium tremens IIe ha 1 it twice an Ie ater that he I -'l ci sznp at any ti : Iw.te i to." He i 'lead now. ed him? Dr;nk-.k dr;nk .Ar i yc- a nl hi."..~ne wa-. 4.1 C~in t ""n H. ie -1:d! not stocp it hauehe cozz. . I. there is a T'"'nt inverla on heon won hich if a man goes he cannct sop. One ofthle v:'tiat saI l toa Chri- ian :"r, if I were told that I cou d: t a drink un-'" tomorroW "'- unles i nail al my znger ctt o. I (-Y wou. sy. 'ring the hatchet and cut the-n o'f now I have a dear friend in Philadelphia whose nephew came to him ozr. day, and when he was exhorted about his evil halt S-uu: nle. I can't gye it up. If there -tood a cannon and it was loaded and a glas- ot wine were set on the mouth of th'at cannon. itt knew that vonu wuld fir" cif '"t -s I came un and took the glass. I woul "a rt. for must have it." Oh. it is :' sad thing 'or a an to wake up in th:s life and feel that ie a car('ive:' Hie says:' I1 c'uld h'ave got rd of :his once: but I can'' nw. I nuh ave livel an honorable life ani d'ed a rian de-ath. Datt there is no hnope. fr ne now. There ik no escare fo "'- Let-. but not buried. 1 anm a wak"ng co'rp-e. I m an apparition of what I once was. I aut acaed 'atmartal heating a"-'in t 'he w'res cnvy cane in this direction: heating against the eare until there is blood en the wires nd hi'xmi upon my soul. yet not able to get t-dstroyed. without remned. I so on and say that the disciple of runt utferers from the loss of health. The olier ken '-ay remaember that sy-ne years ago Dr. ewel went through this country and elec r~ed the people by his lectures. in which e howed the enferts o: alcoholism on the hman sto::ach, lie had seven oregh dagrams by which he showed the devasta' tin of strong dIrink upon the physical sy" er. There'were thoutendei of people who urned back from that ulcerous sketch wearing eternal abstinence from everything ht could intoxicate. God only knows what the drunkard sttf frs. Pain files on every nerve. and trav es every muscle, and gnaws every bone, and burns with every tiatme. and stings with very poison, and rulls t hitm with every. rture. What ret:'tiies crawl over his sleec in liubs: What tiends stand by his mid niht ilow: What groans tear his ea. Wat horrors shiver through his souil: Tal ofthe rack. ta'.k of the inquisition, talk o te funeral pyre, talk of the crushing ,lu" ernaut -he feels them all ot once. Hav yu ever been in the ward of the hospital where these inebriates are dying, the stenc oftheir wounds driving back the attendants teir voices sournding through the migit. The keeper comes up and says: "H t'h. ttw be still: Stop making all th'is nioise:" Bu it is etiectual 'only for a ::omneut, for as son a the keeper is g one they begin again: >God. t' G'd: Help. help: 1lrink: .ev me dtrik Ih ep: Take them o:f mue: 'rke themn oti' me: O GCd:'' And thetn thy shriek, and they rave, and they pluck ot their hair by hanifuls and bite their nails into the quick. and then they groant. and ther. shriek, and they blaspheme, and thv nak the kepers to k il thei-"Stah' e. $mother me. Srangle me. Tae thedevls off tu:" 0, it isno fancy sketch Tat, thing is going on now nll uo and down hend, and I tel.l yo. further that this i lgoig:o be the death th'at sonie of yout will di. I know" 't " e it co'ming. Atain, the inr.iate su:ers throutgh the of- ho't. 1 do nota ee how mauch he r srmdrik as mastered im. "e will ,'"'::: ''cageus 'thn g, an ti.h u! jno ""''rin Vt" an oer way he thatway o on nbut td knw. aa'iie wi t ra::. Why threae.. h ilrn aefoed nw vei.duk~t o: t- . h u .ad e .n t.c.ii. o~ee o:tept """pe. e r b. :-scsa - p t w:"' uI e-ri'"'sil g"io :-ee' l ' ' 'un~ - to e er. ry i. I: i t ou r 1: 1 h 1ne T 'I :cal ja~iging fo:: t er-ii ca: ei n ta e. N.-''' t' ".c'. C. ' I'' C T 7. 'l V~' U i I"V i hee i :ou r c n :a he will . gek ~t c arofi n aru men i: every : r S-hhth to S thath of l~m 1::::s nr e ' e e :ak that if ti.y .1 :ut : e thei c.ure, within ten vy:'r V h E witl. a to t ir bodite. lie down in dru:rds ' graves. "nd as to their isouis Lie dow'i in a trunkard's perdition. I know t :,i an :t::1 tii: to say. eut 1 cannot help S:1yinZ it. Sewtre' You have not yet been Cap tureI. Nw~re- Wie ther the heverage ise poure-l in ojl.len chice or pewter mug. in tie foar at tize to)p. in white letters. let :Iere he spelled out to your soul. Ieware Whe.n t be ofjudgment are onen, and 'I u' 'oirunnkards conie up to get their 'tot. I win o be' witness tiat I in !:e fear o* God ani in the love for your soul l you. w ih all ai'ection and with all kNvnlik."to heware f that whir:h has al I re: iy exerteu its i nc upon your fatuily. 0wt 1ut Soe 0 f its 1li zts-a Iremoni *'i o the la kne o. _irkuess forever. In, if you could ot.ly hear inteinperance wh d krd bones drumming on the Shte l azk e dead march of suls, inehi.nk the very glan:ce of :I wine cup w'oild n:ike yon shudder. anl the c.olr of t.,,. liginor would maake you think i I of the h)"od of the scul. and the foam on the ton o: the cup would rei ind you of the froth eP the n-.iac's li,. an,l vou would kneel - xnd pray God tio, rather than your e .!ir n shotl.1 hec ime 'aptives of this evil : .yt w)uid lit to c'irry them out ei y to the cemetery and ay1 to the St eep n. at the h ,f te ith wind ie owers would Um u .I over i: '' rave-sweet prophe e src::on God has a halmi for wu1nt whd t tlower of conifort ever gre w - a drunkarX' sepulcher? On to Nahewe. The Columbia State says: The in dications are that South Carolina will be very largely re resented at the ccming reunion of &nfederate veter ans at Nashville. the place that is to the west what Richmond is to the south. It is hardly to be expected that as many will make the trip as at ltetied the reunion at Richmond last summer, outif they needed any other incentive than their patriotic spirit to draw them taNashville they certainly have it in the great exposition in that city. The veterans all over the State are already preparing to go and have a trood time. Columbia will as usual se'nd a good defeaation from Canip Hamptcn. Capt. B. A. Newland, the~ ~eer.a agent of the passenger de. partment of the Staboard Air Line, spent yesterday in the city arranginy wih Mr. J. F. Livingston, passengerI acent of the Columbis, Nesvberry arnd Laurens, for the details of the Soutnh Carolina Veterans' special, which wil leave Columbia abou;.11:39 a. in., June 21st. for Nashsille via the Co iambia, New berry and Laurens. Sea board Air Line and Nashville, Chatta nooga ad~ St. Louis roads, arriving~ in Neshville at 5 a. mo., June 22. 'The :-chedule arranged by the manage ment of these roads is extremely con venient for all who contemplate mak ing this trip, the train leaving Coluim b 'ia after all the morning trains come in from Charleston, Orangeburg, Sum ter. Fiorence and Darlington. Spe eial trains will be run from Camden, Kersuaw, Yorkville and Rock Hili via Catawba Junction to connect at Clinton and the Charleston and Wes tern Carollna railroad from Spartan burg, Greenville and Laurens to core nect at Greenwood with this train. The officers of Caamp Hampton of Co lumbhia arrantged with Messrs. New and and Livingston for a special coach for the camp. Returning the "Veteras's special" will leave Nash ville at 8 a. tm., Junie 25th, passing over the Cumnberland by Lookout Moun tain, Missionary Ridge, Military park, Eensaw and many other points of ira terest in day ight. Tne rate for this ccasion is extremely low arnd is open to the wives. sons, aughters and friends of the veterans. Export Bountie. Senator Cannon of Utah bas oraered the following as an amendment to the tarif bill: "And from and after 60 :ays from the. passage of this act there shall be paid out of any moneys in the tre~sury, not otherrise appropriated, to any exporter of wheat or wheast ilour, rye or rye ilour, corn, ground or angoun, coue~n, hops or tobacco. prouced. wholly in the United States .a ~uexortd by sea from any port in he Unite~d States to any port of other onntries, the following exoort boun v by vway of an~ equaltztion to agri ha'Lru of he beadtsof this act to- en 1urate~ the industries of the United Stts to wit: Ten cents per bushel Cn wneat, 10 cents per bushel on chea: iur, 1) cents per bushet on ye, 5) cents psir 'carrel on rye flour, 5enspr pu'el on corn, 10 cents er ' u-hi-t ont co-n gr-o.nd, 1 cent per mou.. on c:n, :2 cents per poand m* hcos, 2 c.en per p.ond on tobacco And allpannens ei hounty under1 his set shaji be mad upoa nego:.iable tmeers, isst.ud by the colketor of :cUctfs t t' e port of cleannce, upon meentaton at - treasury or' any ub '-ta-urv of the United States; and .e scretarv of t e tre sn y is here by hage wt :nas~r and enforcing uc- re-ulatis mnav be necessary Or the- ;u'i Dneate::tion of the exoorters ndof th e o-ernmrent according to ne ruefin and meaning of this w.Ti amendment is the result f a conferjenc of silver Republicans, ,pu sandU some Democrats. and m ay esi to eerset the serti m et ofd ie's in the senate .v aa 1:3 heraboe allOthiert'i) ct "I a:sat on. A at U. ' /Ca-tI- Pinickney. T: e en cour e 5 of Stla leso Tues U: '' d ' 'il address to e raous ~u frticat-on in th~is aroe. &-connied y-ie national eu tsto a ome for disa',led *o ~ t' ttIt 'on Sc i: h ditbin of~ the s -.,t 1 a::A a d >-r vailcevs been? Um~istreI 'tat of thte total appro 'rtitou cf ~s'.." about. one-haHt o remaics urexpeuded, although . thefiel hs.E ben fl cme M'LAUKIN THE MAN. HE SUCCEEDS THELATE JOSEPI H. EARLE JUNIOR SENATOR. (;Ev. Et'erlim I:ued the CammIusion Wed roi!d sy AprointtlLg Hon. John L. McIan rin Uniterd Statts Senator to SuccL(i ti Late Senator Ear!e. Govern'r Ell.erb, on Wednesday 25!'; :st.. Uly commisione'd Jonu Lo-'dt's McLauria to be Senator -orn nu th Caroliua in the place o-f h 1. Erle, until the General Anemly shall regiurly -': a success'r to ilUl out the ::Lex p.wd te rii commencing on th( 4th of Mdarch last. It seems to be understood on all sides that there will be a primary election to choose a man who shall be presented to the Legislature as the choice of the Dimocratic voters of Sauth Carolina. I view of this ex pcation there have already been a nurnbr of rentlemen mentioned as p obable caud idates-Sea aor May ii'-ld of Bairnwelt, Sllicitor Bel linger of the same county. Mr. M. L. Donaldson of Greenvi'lle, Ex Governor John Gary Evans and Mr. John T. Duncan. Judge Brawley was also spoken of, but it may be considered certain that he will not enter the race. The auoiUtment of McLaurin cius ing a vacancy in the sixth Congres jonal district, there are already aspi rants to the latter place-Solicitor J. M. Johnson of Mariou, Comptroller General Norton and Mr. W. D. Evans, of Marlboro, at present a member of the State railroad commission. Others ma come io later. It now seems to be understood that there viii be no nria:arv in this district-the candi dutes going before the people them selvEs. THE NEW SENATOR S CAREER. John Lowndes McLaurin was born in Marlboro county, May 9th. 1860. His father's name was Philip B. Mc Laurin. He was a lawyer of marked ability, but died at an early age, leav ing the subject of this sketch. Thomas and Margaret. Thomas died when about 12 years old and Margaret is now is now living in Marlboro county as Mrs. Crossland. His mother was a daughter of Col. T. C. Weatherly, who was prominent in public life before the war. He was sheriff of his county and represented it in the general as sembly for many years. Whatever of political ability and taste that Mr. Mc Laurin has -s from this side of the house, all of the Weatherly's being successful politicians. Mr. McLaurin's father while he was in poli'ics was elected at the very early age of 23 to the general assembly. He was just old enough to ce eligible. On this side of the house there was marked in tellectuality and culture; while they were in politics, they did not care as much for them as for matters of an intellectual character. Mr. McLau rin's father was a fine speaker. His father died from illness con tracted from exposure in the army in 1864. In 1S67 his mother married Mr. William S Mowry, of Charleston, S. C. Mr. Mowry 'was .. very wealthy gentleman and the family lived for several years in Marlboro crounty and then moved in 1873 to Eaglewood, N. J , where Mr. Mowry has since that time been a very successful member of the cotton and stock exchange. Mr. and Mrs. Mowry, and five half brothers and sisters are now living at this place. All Mr. McLaurin's half brothers are in business in New York clv. In those early days the school sys temn of South Carolina was so defect ive that "Jotmnie and Tommie" were sent u p to the Bethel Military academy near Warrenton. Va. Tommie died while attending the school and John, the new senator of today, was then taken on to Englewood and sent to school there until he was 15 years of age. He w'as then sent to Swarth more college near Philadelphia. A Q iaker school didn't suit ardent south Carolina temperament and af ter two years, Colonel Weatherly, John's grandfathr, concluded that a military school and a disciplinarian like Col. John P. Thomas were needed to properly train and hold in check the promising young Carolinian. He remained under Col. Thomas in his school at Charlotte, N. C, until he graduated in 1880~. John was noted more as a baseballist and a boxer than as a student, though his natural quick ness and aptness enabled him to stand well in his classes. He then went to the Univeiaity of Virginia and took the law ceu-se and in 1882 werit to Bnnettsville and began the practice of law. Although Mr. McLvurin up 10 this time had given very ltttle attenti >n to the realities of life and his future pros pects, having been a wayward youth at college insofar as respect for rules and so on were concerned, when he began the practice of law he desired to turn over a new leaf and make a name for himself in his profession. He nung out his sbingle. Soon an opportunity came along in the shape of cases brought against 32 road hands known since as the Hebron road cases. It was a kind of a feud in the county. The prosecution employed all the leading attorneys in the county, in luding the present assistant attorney eneral of South Carolina, ex Judge Townsend. Mr. McLaurin was alone for the defense and many had advised the accused to plead guilty. After Lui dsof legal nighting, Mr. Me Lanwon in every case by appeals to the jury, the law and evidence and prejudice of the people being against him. Judge Pownsend was attracted to the bright young lawyer and offered to take him into partnership. This opartnershp was formed in 1SS3 and ontinued until Mr. McLaurin's ele tion to congress, the firm being recogl nzd as one of the strongest in that section of the State. Oa the 19th of February, 188:3. Mr MLaurin marriedi Miss Nora Breeden of Bennettsville, S. C , the daughter .f Mr. T. J. B-eeden, and a neice of his l:aw partner, Judge Townsend They have six children, four g irls an d t boys. The marriage has been aI most happy end congenial one and Mr. McLaurin attributes his success in law anrd rnoitics to the intiuence of his life parmer. His friends wIll tel l all that he has never taken an impor-j tat step in his life without consult ng his wife, and he has even discussed his law cases with her. Under the former regime in South Carolina, Mr. McLaurin from almost te time that he began the practice of la w rebelled against the existing po litical conditions. In 1SS8 he madr in his county a fight such as Tiliman: ed in the State in 1S90. He was de feted only by the greatesthfrt and1 a curnbir.awion of all the ooseit fOlce. In l'Q le was ele"td to the le-slamre. The gene ral asse'mbly 7a comp'osed almost entirely cf ne w men'f andu contained Senator Irby, ex~ Go'eror 1'vans, Justiec Gary, Judge Gary and nmany otmier n'e'a who ba'.e snce beome prominent in State and :a1ionaJ 3hali's. In a very few days Mr. McLaurin made- a speech that de veloped the fact that he was one of the comning factors in South Carolina soluies. At the second term of the lgisature Attorney Gineral Pope was elected associate justice of the tate supreme court and Ernest Gary, Congressman Wilson, D). A. Town' sendond Mr. MeT~aurin were candi d,0-s 'or itornev (ienera; to succed stc !ope. l d urin had sn easy el,-ceted on th-! third bal lot. I pluged nce into the sea of i'aon. Te Cosaw case pendito-, involvi: a large sun and the bank and ralrcad tax cae-s that ham since btcome? so noted. ilnally ending in the su ireme court of t-.e United StatEs. Al! of :oese case were of the utmost imp'ortarie to the Sate. His record as attorney general wcs goed. During the campaign of 1%3 G.v -rncr Tilin.an was opoosed bv ex-Gov ernor Joim C. he!ppard. Tie main fieht upon Ti1man was mad? by Col. Youmans, who was a candidate for secretary of s aTe. He was a verV elo quent, tuient and forcible spe-aker. There -ere personal difftrences be tween Youmans and Tillman, and Tilrnan refused to debate or recogn'-e him in the campaign at all, which threw the fight, so far as Youmans was concerned, upon MeLiurin. Rarely has such a debate ever taken place in any campaign in this State. It was of such a craracterI as to excite the keenest public interest, set the .avo men came out of it the best of friends nersonally. The result created such a wave of public favor for Yir. McLaarin that when Mr S:ackhouse died in June, 1892 noth ing could pre vent the people of Mr. McLaurin's district from electing him to Congress in November following. He was seated when the iity-sec ond congress convened in 189.2. in the monin of D-cember. Mr. Mc Laurin's irst utterances upon the iloor drew great attention to him s1l over country. It was his remarsable eulogy on his deceased prececessor. It was unusual and drew many comments fromo the press. He went back to give, a sketch of the history of slavery in the south, showing its influence in the formation of the character of the men of his State. Then he proceeded to connect it with this new Reform movement wi-h which Mr. Stackhouse had had so much to do in launching. He catme to congress about the time that Bailey, Bryan, Sibley and others of equal note made their entrance upon the congressiunal stage and immedi ately began to attract attention to him self as a debater. His first fight was on the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act. His speech was one of the very first attacks upon Gro ver Cleveland's policy. It was sarcas tic and pungent and claimed wide. spread attention both at home and in the country at large. Then, during the panic of 1S93, when because of the scarcity of money the banks had to form a clearing house association and issue certidcates in order to move the cottoni crop, Mr. McLaurin was the very first man in eitber branch of congress to see the point and propose a remedy. H1 got some of the certid cates and went before the banking and currency committee with a pro p osition to issue $125.000,000 of United States notes, which were to be deposited with the banks to take the place of these certificates. He showed that the law prohibited the retirement of these notes below $346,000,003, and that as a matter of fact they had been retired far below this amount. He made a strong fight against the imposi tion of the 10 per cent. tax that the treasury department proposed to place upon these certifcates. Tis speech was very extensively printed in the papers of the west and south. Mr. McLaurin also took a promin ent part in the debites to repeal the 10 per cent, tax on State banks. He made a number of other speeches on the financial qaestion, all of which have attracted attention. In the or ganization of the Fifty-fourth con 2ress, Speaker Reed placed Mr. Mc Lauin upon the ways and means com mittee. Since that time he has de voted himself to the study of the tanitf question. In a speech delivered on March 23, last, he attracted the atten tion of the whole country with his speech upon the Dingley bill. He boldly proclaimed the doctrine that if a policy of protection was to obtain that the south should have her share: that all or nothing should be protected. He offered an amendment in the com mittee room asking for a duty of 21 c -nts upon all cotton imported into the United States. He was vigorous ly attacked on the floor from all quar ters, but met every assault with that tact and coolness and fully sustained his reputation as a debater. Then there was his last s peech advertising Columbia and the south in a way as to attract the notice of the entire cou n try. Mr. McL aurin has been elected1 thrice in his disuict. One of his admirers yesterday h ad this to say about him: "He is a very broad man in politics. D)urmng a fac tional fight there was no man that fought harder, but as soon as the battle ended he took the position that he was a representative of the whole people. and that he did not have the right to hold a Democrat responsible or quesI tion his right to vote against him in the primary election. He was the first Reform leader to come oat open ly arnd bodly in favor of peace and unity. At one time it seemed certain that the leaders of his own faction would defeat him, but when they would get a man out and MIcLaurin would go on the stump, the first speech would dissipate all opposition. Mr. McLaurin's friends, and many of his enemies, politically, also cos~der that he has done as nmucha if not more towards the breaking down of fi'etion al lines in this State as any other man. In fact, Mr. McLaurin is not thought e f as being a member of either faction. On Thursday Mr. McLaurin filed with the governor his letter of accept ance of the position. The letter is1 considered timely and very much to the point. Mr. McLaurin, as was ex pected, takes cccasion to urre the State e'-ccutive committee to call a primary election for the purpose of naming a man for the general assem by to elect for the full unexpired term. Here is his letter, however, to s -a for itself: To His Excellency, the Hon. W. H Elierbe. Governor of South Caro fina, Coumbia, S, C.: Dear Sir: Your notification of my appointmnent to inc Sena-e of the Uni ed S ates to fill the vacancy caused byf the sad deatn of Senator Earle nas been received. The pride and pleasure at the receipt of such a distinguishedj honor is saddened and sooeredi by theI thought that cur State has lost o-neI who, to my mind, was the idea! rep resentative of the culture, intelligenceC and reficement of southern civiliz t tion. With a profound consciousness of the responsibilities involved and an; honest determination to represeut as far I am abe the interest of the eutire people of our beloved State. I :accept I your appcintmrent. I desire, hioweve r, to say tnat I believe that Un ited States Snaacrs shonld be the-d by a vote of the people; and as the Coralitation debars us that priviileze, 1 siucerely trust that the Democratic executive committee will, at its convenience, order a primary, arnd give every Dem'-< ocrat the ci-auce ci having a voice in the selection off one to till this, the highest, ofilce in the gift of the pec pie. If I am not selected. I will hum Cly acqiesce in the wvishes ot a ma jority of my fellosv cithiens. If I am selected, I will have the proud con-( siousness of knowing that I am i n fact, truly the representative of th ej: eopl-the whole people of the Stat ! of South Caro."na. It is peculiari gratifyi to me lo receive this ap prntment at your hands; but had not the exi-neics of the si uation in the -en.te demaindted the immediate ap poirntent oie sorewhat familiar with the situatio1. I would have re ques!eu you to hold tLe matter of ao po0intment in 'oeyarce until a prima -7 eet is ordere L hich, I hope, tat execPutive- committee will see pro per to do, Pnd oter nci. didates see fi to er'er. I S all at every meeting in si' upon roT oe voting for me merely because I a been spointed to the tg"sition. I res;r'n an ot*ie but littl i'.wrior in d!ig'ity andi honor. If I am to be continued in the senate, I Nvrjt i,. to be i ven me in an election where evcry cit'zen, however humcl: he msy be, can have an cpportunity to say so at the ballot box Nothing would give me more pleas ure than to represent Soutn Carolina in the Senate chamber of the United Stats after a free exoression from the people themselves. Respectfully, John L McLaurin. Tlip Columbia State says: Gover nior Eierbe is done with the maLter. He w.ould no doubt like to see a pri mary and have his selecnon, whichi he feels he mz.de in response to the Will of the people of te whore State, as he understood it, approved by them theriia. He will not take any hand in the primary. however. A dispatch from Washivaton states that Senator Tillmau, pronting by past experience, no doubt will likewise have nothing to say or do in connection with the comiog race. The present indications are that the primary will be called by the execu tive committee to be held about the middle of September next. In this case the campaign, which is a part of the primary system in this State, will have to begin at least two months be fore. There will be 40 county seats to be visited by the candidates. It will be rather an expensive thing for the caadidates who make the race, and it i3 possible that none will be held if no other candidate than Mr. McLauri remains in the race. The friends of the possible candidates already men tioned say that they will all make the race, and of course the result will be a long, tedious and costly campaign. In the race in the Sixth cougression. al race to fill the vacarcy caused by the appointment of Mr. McLiurin to the United States Senate, those candi dates who have already been named as certainties propose to stay in the race to the end. Me. D. W. McLaurin was asked the plain question if he were going to make the race. His re ply was that he would do so proviaed his warm personal and army friend, Mr. D J. Bradham, did not iua. If Comptroller General Norton is elected to Congress, as his friends feel confident he will be, then his prEsent chief clerk, ex State Senator Derham, will be a candidate for that position on the State ticket. He has stated as much. The Southern Christian Advocateof last week has this to say of the gover nors selection: "As was anticipated by mest men of good judgment, the Hon. J. L. MeLaurin of Marlborough county, now ieading member of congress from this State, has been appointed United States Senator vce Joseph H Esarle, deceased. The-appointment is a good one, and will be ratified in the pri mary whernever that is held. Gover nor Eller-be has chosen wisely. Mr. McLaurin is a Christiaa gentle man of decided ability and high char acter, eminently deserving the honors placed upon him, and he will be fully equal to the responsibilities and duties demanded by the important office to v'hichn he has been appointed. We congratulate our State that her inter ests are candfled to such faithful and capable hauds. Senator Mcbauria? is a worthy successor of the statesman whose deatn all mourn." TILLMIAN TO ELLER8E. TH ESENATOR bMAKES PUBLUC TH AT FAMOUS LETTER. Some Red-Hot Rt ,ading-The senator orts Iovestigation into His Adminis tration or the Dispensary and Pays His Bespects to His Enemies. Senator Tillman who passed through Spartanburg Saturday, gave out the ol lowing statement to the press: Governor Ellerbe having declined; o give my lI tter to the press as I re uested, I waited to hear from him botore giving it cut. It was written ery hurriedly, and some tnings in it seemedlto him to be areflection oiihis admintration, and he also objected to no strictures on some men and things s comning through him for fear they ould be considered as receiving his ndorsement. As I intended no re lection on the Governor, and had no urpose of 's:riking others over his hoder,' I have mnoditied the lan iuage which he considered to renlect iic in the form of a statement. 1 only ddressed it to him, in the first place. ecause, being Governor, he alone ould order an investigation. It is ubstatially as first written, except nat I have changed my comments on he Agricultural Hall matter some, ince reading the opinion of Jastice arlan, anid left out one or t wo sen ences which might be considered as naing boastful comparisons. T he Dispensary scedals and the scent decision in regard to the Agri ultural Hall case have exeited a deep elmg or conc::rn in tne minds of the :e p of the State and have giveu my neie a gocd excus. to engageacew -a t.e ple sant patiane of abusing and aderng me in connection with oth. I commend heartily the Gover ors action in pressing the recent in ~estigation and j.>in la the sentiment: Let no guilty man escape." I have no esire, nor do I believe has the Gayer or, to make scapegoats of anyone, ut if there are any bir tish in the net, et them not break tnroagh and pun sh only toC klate ones. Therre has been more cr less loos - iSe in~ vogud in reyird to samples ro the v-e.y start. and it is ptobable dat contraand~l Jiyjuars and sampis acame mlixui in tne minds of men on nected w. ia .he Dispensary, so that n regard t, law has not neen had in e disposal of contraband seizures. But if there are graver crimes in on nectioni with the management than hese with which they have tnus tar een cnarged, I do not see that much ood will come, even if Scruggs and' hston are punished to the julhet ex ent of the law, In this coonection?, I 'oud sug;gest that tco much stress ems to be giveu to tihe having of a hocus oocus' key. deruggs was thej rustd a; erat of the Board of Control, o much so that the.' ref used or failed elect a Comuuissioner, and I cannot ce w bat nieed te had fo'r a key. Ship ents must hae b een rece'red cou tamly, and I do not know how v y :ud have ben p 'c.*d in th~e Gaontr ~and room unles, thiere was' a ey. a' *va s in his possession to opnr it withm. t is p)ossibe, at iis istan1e. flowever,I ied ior tae I ack of fa..ary a ne present wocrsings of th ?i-e ry, that my crtcsm'I aln tis le are worthless. Saunples vwere sent n in great guan:.ities w'hen I was con tcced with the Dispensary, and not they were freely distributed among the visitors to the instiitution, as one means of determining the qualities of the li ors. and also as courtesies. I carried soine to my house and used item, as did Governor Eva:s, and also, I presume, the present State Board of Control have done liiewise. and I have no apology to make for it. Durirg my term there were very few tLier articles then liquor seized, though I recall the fact that kezs and s.all barrels of liquors were found packed in rice barreis and also in casks of hams. I instructed Mr. Traxler to take account of all contraband arti cles and dispose of them according to Ia w. While there is a great howl raised in regard to tbe Dispensary by the old barroom advocates, it is done with the view of undermining and destroying the Dispensary system, and tbey do not care so much for the pusishment of these men as they rejoice in the op portunity the recent exposures have atforded them for rivamping the ol slanders about "rebates." Tne obvious purpose of the anti r e wspapers-anti reform, anti temper ante and anti-deceny-their obvious purpose, I say, is to folioav up tu.. (iE of tight laid down long ago; to bs mirc tbe character of aoy and every many connected with the Oispensary, anI to magnify everything -. hici Can ^ be criticised in its angelment in or der to break it down in the aff cions of tiee people and to acnomplish the restoration uf barrooms in some forrm. The system has no inherent X i le w 1,ie ought to work its dissolution, and .t only re quires to be c).ducteu asthe asvium or as the tax depart meat is run to command the respect and support of the people. No one can clim that this is a matter of im possibility, and if the system shall tinally fail it will be owing to the im proper administration of the law. So much for the general subject. a Now, for particulars. i nave %uAed to see tlis week's Headlight, so as to 2ave Gautt's specitic charges cov~ring i the advinistration of the law u '.der "Ben Tillman and Traxter;" aud, t like others, I have been astonished V at the a frontery which gives r cut so much smoke and so iiale a tire. He merJy dips ris syringet into the gutter of filth atd siine emanating for the last three S I years rom the News and Courier, the 6tite, the Spartanburg Herald, and the GreenvillO News, wito which tne a people have been so disgusted, and c bpatters me along with others with is V contents. He, however, winds up s wita a reiteration of tbecry: "Investi- 11 gate: Investigate: Investigate;" I C4 hive not shunned nor dreaded an in-! V vcstigation, and I do not snun it now; u but I venture the prediction that my b enemie will be sorry if one be heid, St and will declare that it is not honestly i made. They do not want the time to h come when they cannot aig up the i question of rebates and cist insinua- I' tions against my honesty. When 7 these stale slanders about rebates un- E der my administration were put in b, circulation by the newspapers and ty then taken up by General Butler, in S the canvass three years ago, I met b them promptly and vigorously at ax Union and elsewhere, and last winter d I joined with Governor Evans in ask itg that the Legislature shoula ap point a committee to look into the Dis- e pensarys management and set the S charges of corruption at rest forever. The books of the Dispensary and every- h thing connected with its financial af- ~ fairs have been in vestigated and re ported on time and again by a leg is lative committee, one of whose mem-' b< bers was an anti, incapable of P ~ seduction or of being induced to cloak O wrong. The. committee has never yet made a rep1ort reflecting on the integ rity or honesty of its management. Now, the cry is "Investigate!" and t while Gantt and no one else has or can give any satisfactory reason why ~ my administration of the dispensary P should be investigated, I desire to ask te~ the Governor to select a committee of t citizeas to enter upon an investigation immediately, and I am will to answer any in quiries made, and I doubt not that every other man connected with & the dispensary in any cffi:ial way would be willing to do like wise. The ~ expense cannot ne great, and could beitt pain out of the contingent fund, and the matter is of sufficient importance, Id' I think, to warrant the outlay. bi The friends of tne dispensary can- IC not allow it to be undermined andf t smothered in filth by the guttersnipes s who are running the editorial pages) ta of our daily papers, and if any cor- ci ruption can be shown, other than . what has already been shown to exist, is punishment swift and sure should' follow. I stand ready to explain and P1 justify every act of mine in connec- e C tion with the law, and I doubt not er that Governor Evans can do igewise. t Let the matter be set at rest and toet smoldering embers of envy and hate at be put out once for all. tb Now, in regard to the Agricultural I Hasil matter. I presume to otfer ad- c vice bec vse I am solely respot~sie f r the State's attitude in the case,and felt, at the time I took action ana feel still, that it was the only proper course1 to pursue. I have seen the full texij of the d<:cision of the Supreme Court, and speak in full knowledge of its im port. The situation is this: Mr. .Tin :al carinot deliver the property if hel wanted to. I cannot believe that Si-Ith monton or any other judicial tyranta will undertake to take the btuildingo y force from the present State odli- 0 ers. if they do, tnen the act of dis po.ssessing toe State will in the minds tat f fair minded persons show the falsi- jNE y of the decree tnat it is not a suit cla gainst the State. The whole tight thi hnges on the possession of the build- a t ng, and so long as tne STae can hold , nat, it must retain tue -avantege. m Oce Wesley and his aLneraey get 3,C possesion, with or without the coa et of tue State, the situatiua willcr ecomet very grave. If the State ::u- n~a enders the property, then it u. mst on ither sue on the mortgage for mein pay ment of the purchase money, or :r y railing to do so, coniess that it ha']i~ eceived full payment and tuh~y0 raldate by its o wn set the Bue Ri Je er >ond script. Ifiti sues, ien the q ite- i s on of toe validity ot toe tender of ti' .nat script must be determined by the A -r nited States Supreme Court and the s egaity of the B3lue R dge bonds be r ettled by thait tribunal. Judge Harlan goes ist > iiPa phase a f the question very fuay. Attorn?y on yles in his testimony bef ore iu: coar nd in his statement now in the ne ws- I >apers clearly sets forth the egi~ica-9 yv by which the Blue Ridge tuti a cript is to be brought before the l(% ourt for judicial determination. Tue udge deciares ih at Wesley has a r:aut I I o do this. Twan, with a lot or legat cut argon wflich oniy co fuses the gacs-'r tion, because it is in no sense an Li ~naogous case to that of GeneralLee's c3a: suit for Arlington, he declares that im arE iS not a suit againstthe State,although rat n whole qjution at issue is one at on ecting thle iegauty oi the repudiated mi ods, and not tr e title to tne Agri. Tn ~utral Uall at alt. His purpose is p nave the Stt ner-eif declare the tie U dS raht by not suing on the mor- s e o~r fo-cener ito cuart ona suitt en.ii will a.Lmost inevitably deter n~e the ir valiaty. He would thus ] coplisheby indirection what can iotbe onedirectly, frWesley has y ?iready had one suit on these bonds i ~hrown out on the ground that it was Ido Abso!uteIy Pure. Celehrarel for its great leavening strength ii hea'hflness. Assure- the fool. ag:ainst um and all formts of aluiteration common the cheap brands. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. Oily We coulIues tis OpilniOn in these ords: "It said that the juigment in is case may conclude the State " ot so. It is a judgment to the effect aly that, as between the plaintiff and dfendants, the former is entitled to :ss- ssion of the property ia question, te latter having sho-va no valid au iority to withhiold the possession -om the plaintiff; ttdat the assertion y the defendants of a right to remain L possession is without legal founda on. The S.ate not being a party to ie suit, the judgment will not con ude it. Nt having sbmitted its guts to the determination of the court this case, it will be open to the Late to bring any action that may be ?propriate to establish and protect hatever claim it has to i.he premises dispute. Its claim, if it means to sert one, will thus be brought to te test of the law as admiListered by ibunals ordained to determine con overted rights of property; and the c rJ in this case will not b e vidence rainst it for any purpose touching Le merits of the claim. If this were only a suit for the pos 0ssion of the Agricultural Hall, there ould be no controversy, for the State ould never have held the property ad refused to deliver it but for the )nspiracy and fraud which was di. ulged by the tender of the bond :ript. If the State takes that course, Lten it voluntarily enters the Federal )urts ultimately and asks for the silidiity of the conds to be passed pon. The situation leaves the State it one course; force them to dispos ss its officers who are not parties to te suit, to put Wesley in possession or 3ld the property, and thus protect - Ligation until Wesley and his specu ting attorney ([ suppose Lyles is orking on a contingeat ft) snall be red out. If the S:ate is dispossessed r force, then the sophistry and faLsi as to its beiag no suit against the ate is proven; and we wili occupy a tter position after this j-xdicial tyr iny is practiced upon us than to be -agged into the court in this under inded and unconstitutional way. Unlesss the court was to go to the :Lreme of dispossessing the present ;ate oricers, who are in no way con ated with Mr. Timdal and ao not >ld from or under him, the only .ing that need give us any c >ncern is .e settlement of Mr. Tindal's bond. is, or courae, the State is in honor tund to pay. But it it can hold ssession or the property, and thus :t around the odium and danger of Ling the highest c:>urt in the Unit States pass upon the repudiated rad al bonds held by Mr. Wesley, the xpayers of tne state may well con 'tulate themselves. 'There is an o d gal maxim that piossession is nine >ints of the law, and in this case it is n points, because as long as we-re in possession we retain everything, hile the surrender of the property rries with it the loss of every thing -a serious risk of lossing it, for I -nly believe that these Judges, who uve been so uniform in sustaining idle Simonton's intererence with e State governmern, will tr. ie pleas -e in putting one more stigma upon >uth Carolina and give one more ow to her sovereignty. Tnen if this cipt is validateai our State debt will Sincreased to tnat amount, as the ript would be good in piayment-of res if it is good in buying the Agri .itural Hall. In view of th~ese facis (and any body at liberty to pick fla ws in the argu ent if they can), I leave to the peo e of the state to jaage bet ween my emies and me. 1nae - 1 tuld .you so' awd, wno nave "kno wvn all along at the State woul,1 lose and tue rpayers suffer for Tiliman's dstre to vertise himself," may explain if ey can ho .v else the q ?estion of the lidity of the Blue Riuge bond script the United States duareme Court uld have been prevemted. B. R. Tillman. THETELEGRAPH OUTDJNE. * Transmission of 3,000 Words a Minute 8aid to be fosibM., A. proposition is before the Seaate in Ssape of a bill introduce. by Sen ~r Pettigrew' to expend a million Lars in experimnenting with a new temn ot rapi d telegraphy, wires for purpose to be construzted bet ween w York and Washington. It is imed that this system wil supplant tele phone, telegraph and mails as aethod of c~mmau:cttiaa between great busimass ceatres and will ke possible tire transmission of 00 words a minute. he new method is called the '-syn >ography," and employs the alter .ing current on copper wires. The .ns nave been perfected and experi nts conducted by Aibert tGusuing ~hore, assistant professor of phys at Darmnouth Coilege, and George renl Squire, first lieut-nant of arul y in tae United $tates armuy, and tructor of ine departmrenti of elec :ity and mines ia the United States illery Schiool. Postm aster Gener 3ary had a confer-nce with Lieu ant Sq aire on Friday to ascertain merits of his system in order that mteuizible report might be made the bill. ;euteuant Sauire claims that under system two Uaes in continuous ~ration would handle all tae mail iness between New York and Gui o, which is no w done by means of ut 40,0J0) letters a day. Ie believes the simultaneous publi ion of the same naewspaper in dif ent parts of the country is among possibilities. In an edition of a ly paper having t selve pages there less tnan 185,000 woras. At. the, e of 3,000 words a minte it would y require about as nlour to trans the eatire contens of the paper. e cost of maintenance of the pro ed system, it iseisi:ned, wilt oe lit more thla? unat of tae te.egraiph temi nowv in use. x-Senator Cali of Fiorida has de a fornal application for at niment as a memo~er of the Fawes ian commission and has the en -sement of a number of his former lenace in the Senate.