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',..""III. \IXN\IN( U, C., 'WL)NLSI)AY, NOVE BEU1I I17.1K ___ THE COTTON t iiUUWF 'S MELD A REFREENTA IVE CCNVEN TION IN CC LU\'BIA. Mr. Rrddery. a New York Ir< I -r, Atr.da and Makcs an Aocdra - tuni 2:ceed'&s of the Convr t r.--Thf Flan 3 c, (d to Htlp the Farm!es. The Cotton Gr-r Con-'in assembled at the cour:house in Gilum bia cn Wednesday ,-iibt. ar- was called to order by Mr-. J. C. Wiftorn. Mr. Wilborn said ss be called the meetirg, he wou'd make a ;e' re marks in orenirg the prceeCinws H- said: Gent'emer of th-e Convention: I am more than tlad to vcoate so s.hiy of you in atter dance o:, this meeting tonight. While I am ieply imprfssfd with the importan+ce, individuauly, of some action being taken in retard to the handling cf cur great staple crop. I could nct resist the importu 'im2es o' many members of the organ z titn I have the honor to preside over,o take some cificial se'ion; there'ore, as president of the Farmers' S:.te Alh ante I reques'td a :tpresentation o. the farmers of the State to meet in this city tonight to tare utler cons:dera tion this grr- tgstiocn, witch in cludes the precu:te < trce feu -ths of the cotton which clothes the civil iz'd world, as well as the maorer i-I which it shall be prepared ani pla'ea1 upon the worlu's market. What are the facts? We. of the South are the producers of the raw mater~ai of the chief article of clothing of mne world. No known country can compete with us, we have an acknowl dged monop oly of this great staple. It is a product that employs we re people agricultu ral'y in its production than any o:ner single commodity. There is more ciis ital involved in the commercial hand ling of it than any other one article. When our eyes first cpen to the sun light we are wrarpad in it and layed in cur cradles. Ws tnake use cf it all the way through ti'e's journey and when we cone to be gatnered to our fathers our winding sheet is made of it ar~d we are hi. beneath the willows in a bed of cotton. Again I repeat mce people are engaged in its pro dt;c:ion; more capital invested in its manufscmre than any other agricul tural product; in fact it does more to keep the world spinning than any one article; and yet the farmer who pro duces this cotton real zes less from it than anyone else who touches it. This is not right, it should not be so, and tonight we wish to set in mition some ac ion that will corr ct this evui. If we make an S,50O,t vo bae crop let us receive the price i. is worts, if we produce 3.500.0U0 bales let the price correspond. But don't let us be sub ject to an estimate of 11,000,000 bales, made by an authoity whose first and only aim is to work in the interest of the manufacturer against that of the producer. I would recommend that tonight we take some action loosing to the calling of a convention of rep resentatives of the cotton crowing states early in January, 1S93. We have a national commissioner of agri culture who is a cabinet officer and should be the highest agricultural au thority on any su bj :ct appertaining to agriculture. Let our different agricul ral organizations be used, with him as a national head, to collect and dissem inate truthful and reliable facts as to the exact status of the growing crop and the estimates of its ultimate re sults. If we make a large crop< we must abide the effects such a crop hasI on the markets of the world. Our na tional commissioner may be able toI do something if the prcpir efforts are made, to increase the usi of American cotton products in foreign countries, we are all aware of how our cotton trade with Asia has increased during the past 10 years. It has been our cus tom for the farmers who borrowed money, if one did so in January, an other in February, another in Mareti and so on, all paper is made pay acie in October and Novemoer. Now, if we can arrange so that a large per cent. of this paper of the farmer shall run for twelve months and thereby become due at different times so as not to force the cotton crop on the market in too 1.mited a time, it would be much better for the marketing of the cotton arnd for the producers' in terests. I have taken the liberty of making these remarks by way of sug gestion and will now declare the con vention ready for any business you desire to take up. I shall consider any one present who is interested in the prcduction of cotton as entitled to the privileges of the floor without you rule otherwise. In conclusion, I de sire to submit a letter I have received from a prominet cotton broker of New York: Mr. J. C. Wilborn, Reek Hill 4. '. Dear Sir: No doubt severa. e- ars ago, you were surprised at my not continuing my plan for orgaizing the farmers, but as trie market unmedi ately began to advance and sold up $20 per bale and as our object had een accomplished, I deemed at best to say nothing ann I would have re mained silent, had not in the last fe wv week the professional operator begun their same tactics and are trying nt seems to wreck the south. Njw, I consider it an absolute necessity tnat we form our organization and sLow to the world that the scutn will not sub mit to any kind of servitude that the balance of the worid is trying to place upon them; that the souta as a prac tical monopoly of a product that is necessary to all clases anai countriesI and tnat they will no longer allow operators represeating u:fferent sic tions and countries keep tuem in a condition of servitude. I enclose a letter which I trust you will conisider and have pubuasned mn evei y poesihie paper that nas at hear-t the evut's wel fae. We mcay yet snow the world we are not th.: ignorant and shiftiess people they conusider us. We must work again; wi you oave this puo lihed wherev-er you can send me the address of the pres:dents of all tce Farmers Alliances in tt e south. Be glad to te efrcmycu.I Nery sinctirely, John T. Roddey. Mr. Roddey's enciosure was as fol lows: --Three years ago during the present month cotton to-.cheaQ the iowest price ever recorded on the ex-changes. 1 suggested a plan for the southern far mers to control the price of his cotton and wrote numerous articles and spoke mn several places on the sut'j ct. A convention was called mn A;1am~ a, Ga., on the 21st of November, 1 4, and the plan suggested was aaoptea. Al ter the meetmng the farmers for some time seemned a's if they realized tat outsiders were gradually grinding thm toth us and than they would ro longer suffer st.ch : bn:r.u bat as the s'ick t'iofessio'aih asn to real z- th, tEe mar et "rad( Iv sdvanced $t- per b,. arnd ho re Irained at a comip!ratmy fi trce until within the h fe m;o' tis ard the professiorals Bve been g,"t i their work. "Had the price ren .ied ri at :'u where thrre wps any chance for you mke a livirg I should not ave ien tiored the p'an of a trust aains them, but I believe i+ you do not orau z. a' d form a combination as is .rned a?,irst you, that 'ou Will fo'e re na fir: in Eie depths of c'verty. =rea' irterest is diametricav oposed to high prices er full value for your cot ton. they are organized au work aran busir.rse priuciples, they combine ad orce the ri'ce of your cotton to poiit where you can barely live in or der to allow them to mske their p-oti:s and to keep you in a dependent condi tion.they want to k'ep you fro-n organ izir, tonake you distrust and h .ve n2o conrideace in each other, and to rih cule in every way the idea that you have the ability to organiz-. -If you realizel they were opposed to ycu. you would expect no ssistance frcm them. Has Neiil, the E >glish man, ever failed to make an esti-mate that he did not endeavor to drive prices lovrr, and is it not natural that other sections and countries that have you in their power should try to keep you there and get y our cotton for as little as possible and the under present ss temt, thEy will keep you there unless ycu wake up and decide that you will not tmnely submit to as imposti )n. 1 want every farmer to soeae to hs neighbor and urge the nce!ssity .0 formoation. Many may say that this is a scnene of mire to il?ice tne far mers. but I am a southern man with. southern instincts and southern in clinations, and it is the dearest vish of my heart to promote the welfare oft th south. --The cotton m;-ket has declined $.CO per baled:ring the last t'vo day and every farmer that ovns a bile of cotton is out -. 00 on accouant of two days trading 12 tae iu-ure market. It is your duty to your childcea and# your wives. that they d> not hive to carry such a burden all their lives wnich you have not attempted to put down. You might right the devil with tire. If any one has not seen the plan it will be forwarded to nim on ap.slica - tion: "In the past twenty years the co: producers have created over one-half the wealth of the whole country and yet the assessed valuaiion of all the f property of the cotton States. is no: as great as that in the State of \w? A ork alone. '-Is there any reason for this, is there any sense in this, is there any j .stie in this? I say to you in all eariestnes that if you do not organize or perfect some arrangement, you will, altnough you are blessed by 'Provideace as be ing the finest section in tue world, become absolutely staves, as y on are partly no v. Will you slio:v tne, price of your labor to be fixed by a people in other sections and is other countries who have no interest what ever in your welfare. but rather the coutrary, or will you wake up and show to Lne world that Goi has blessed you and that you will benent by it? 'I should like every neswpaper in the south that has the south's welfare at heart to publish this letter and to co operate with me in endeavoring to oring about an organiz ition, t.n~t wil work and strive for the future pros perity of the south and resist alt tneL~ snares laid by sarewd tricksters. It' cn be done, it will be done, all that is necessary is for the intelligent and' thinking people to act together. Na otner class or section of country on LLae ace of the earth that has a practical monopoly of the most valuatle pro duct taat is produced, would sit idly by and allow other sections and otner countries that mnu:t aosolately hare your product fix the price and keep you in a position where you can never nope to improve.I "Let us join together and fight the schemers wno make ten times as much as you do in trading on your la bor and yet save oar country and our homes.I "If something is not done you must inevitably go from bad to worse, it is undoubtedly in your hands." The Convention was then perma netly organizes by the election of J. . Wilborn as President, R B3. Wat son, Vice-President and D. P. Dune in as Secretary.I Mr. Win. McGo wan, of Union, said business was to be considered. and nothng else. It was a pure cld blooded propositon. He as a lawyer looked at it thlat way. He wrote to Mr. Roddey for information as he was on the field and proposed tnat Mr. John T. Roddey be heard from as he kne w what was ging on. OIR ROD)DEY SPEAKS. Mr. R.Kidey saisi ne studied the question for seven years and felt satis ned tne farmers were maanipuiar~d out of a living. Large spinners d >not worry about their supplies as they can combine as to prices. The pr ofession at operator generaliy toog the bear of the market. The lower the price of cotton the stronger the pressure on the creditor. Wnen an operator wita $10,000 can sell the entire country's product it is putting small value on ne farm labor. Cotton, not yet planted sold yesterday for 5 cents nere, next October cotton sold for 5 SS yesterday. Tuat is a fine ou' ook: The southern farmers, strange: to say, let other classes regulate tne pr:ce of their products. He proposed to organize a trust if he went it alone. He could not see his companions work f or $12. r~l trust will cost money and he would organizr like the Standard Oil company; they are orgn:zedI against us and why not orgamtze. Hie was going to organize a million dollar compainy and woula. make a saeuess of it. Gotton was $12 a bale less to day than the same cay last year. Yet the visible supply was 7L0.00 bai es less. Mr. Ste pp propcsed this: Resolvea, Toat the farmers of So-ut Carolina reduce in cotton acreage o 10 bacs per mule. J. P. Murdock suggested that it was better to wait and see what other1 States would do. Mr. Edwards of Sahluda moves ta one delegate from escn county be ap-1 pointed, with Mr. J. T. Roddey as2 chairman, to prepare a plan for or ganization ani work. Capt. ;Scot Alian of Saluda, wanted township and cunty organization. He wanted wtork none and sAav maca1 uo aneau. Congressman St-okes of Orangebargj wanted to get tnrough tne work. Any, paa to be eiective must involve the whole cotton t.elt and the individual. All that could be done was to try! In v:: " aft t.. z~ 16 '1t ed to send a~s !ILLY :)' ::a: sa It 110W i5S *E f, L) 5 ill Lnt t_""" prs?of 1 - :d Ine3 S to) aver. u e ?'' -~stecr at -'aes '2 Tiat a dee i1 :;e aopoil'.eJ SMate to retrcsecI bwBv ai Sad J Tod a: _ Y' Oa'ci ?. ft ]; S LUo J call urnon agricuilural oraaizi: on eac~x of thle c-ctto n cro.'an 5't: c. ;R the abse nc or '::ra orn-, z etiOn, rcgqwst th- g.o. r o",c'1 : rte t') C~ti s1 nv'~ " i t'i t'r resoectice S aes t .e -)^ e t;; to said i. ter.*_L:. cotton. gro . er' C )n sentton. 1 That in I> ooiniioa Cf bcdy nothing suort of to .usip orgauiti tioni as file bii re?aflu ua t ri?., the co 'uv andi S: 'e aid iuters:ate or-Lz~n ~;rv 1 t.011s .;a an uader'i:in i-"'a . After so to d1 1~o-aait) t'r;i t o e pi to t pnrsu~i G-:a. 9 C Batterasie-i if ian con)id not say a o~rd. He tlajug zt tLiar !r)-it uis ex. ri.1 tia2 I notuia.~ %CIa l:e ac ,C'lils. kU wit:soat vie fjur.an..? O a C Mi'ntt~e to prc'pire s '. oi i v or,:%'2.a bi;:ens a:,d Uit?t he thiai ' a. E - .vard . rnl+)tiou siouaid be adopted. Toil~ s hoad b,, dcne anct w'ouaL ii o. C~ndLict i th Di. S~on3,L' resn.. a. '_ae motion of Mr. El-yards ws adoptd, atd thre fodiuivi~i, coui tee alien, it. 11 :iLnmernau;'AAnerso, J. T. en; D~r? , L \ ' 1.,au Catster , S. s~. ek'wit; (,oileton, 1t. .. Joes; D-;riaNaa J. A. Laiier; WVna' rAor a?o J. 1V. Iag. xren w~o~i , J.z i) '::arj;( e-eQvii1e. a. L D.)sidsou; L tas'-r W. G. Par tt.e: ;Lilra-ns J.U [. iaroun L xiwg ton J. H ',mats;~o~ :) aro J.i b. Beea; U~ tiJ J. 1). Hiaeaen;N"'berry, R.Q.C. Ii nter; Ucar'gebarg. L S. Conn' 1r Pc', Ii. L Care~ou; Richla'?d, .J. TL. D)aa can; Sp).rta!1 rg. J. B1. St pp; S'.a? tr D. jnitn ; %aV. nAllen; Ut ,r.'. D P, Daracan; ter i auisa gr, J. 0. G: atia n; York, A. H. al.-. Tae Cnva tin taeAt j.iied~ to reassemnble I'nttrsday aaori :nr ww..ia it did at tean o'clociz. Tane mneettng cp~aei ;4i,.- the rea'.Iiag of tae?ro'r )i Lile C) Ai~tde apJotiit: d to miap out a plan of action. The co qntLte in croorated in its rep::t im r-e oution of thae preccding day looking to a Leneral cunveatioa in Aulat.. on tie rirse Tuesday i:1 January, 1S, to th~e; apOLtneilt of delregates irJml tail ju.te and recatnaning bownip Rtsolved, That the secretary cl tuhs a ; a:1i be irstructed to serve a cr "' th.:s resoluions on Mr. i e L e presiiin't of the oua rU .ae :z;n r; Pcts ei;e asso ie on moil m of Senatr c tion we t lnto as elct.i^"n of deeates to the Atlanta conventicn - t' ilted Os 7,'.0 as: - f Gre ' i and Dr. J. Wn. :: o' 0-angtbur. irst Distric Tnoms M M.+l ain. S-c nd Di trict-L W Y umaus. Third Distri -J. E. IB::div. D:strict-Dr. J B S e F to Distric--J . Wil born. h: * D:s rie:--"J F. B -ede 1. S:veuth D)striet--E D, Sm^ith. A'terna es er chlose' as fllo wi: , 8. iEF t, J. H Wharton: Ftih. T. J. Cuninghai ; Loh J. C. S:-ilers. Tn.e delegates of the Firs:, T:ird and S:venth districts were a.hond to app'jint substitutes in case they were uan pie to atteud. M:i. )onaldson intt cdace tt fo' o-;tirg wi:ca was uu::nm)usly der'pted: R-sovel, Taat the thanks of this cnvention are du and are hereby extended to Mr J. T. Rddey for his vaiuable advice and assistance :during the meetings of this convention. rC considerable discussion and ra'ts of a-neanments. tnie folioxin, i0trodice:.by :dr. T. L Gantt, was ajnro ed: R -sived, That one commi:.teeman fro:n eac'i conaty in tac State be elec ted o, to:s convention to or anze a _ ocment in their respective cauuties and Lut said committeemail b! in s-ructed and emootvered to appoint a suo comaitteeman in each township ir ;hS county to meet is conVentica on satesIay in Dacber. The following are tha chirmen seleeted iLn accrdance win tne resolu Uon; A;JJeville, .Ih t. Blake: Aiken, Arthur Cusho n; Anderson. A. C. Ltimer; Da:u brg. 4. U. Mayield; Barnwell. L. V. Youmnl l; ieaufort. Senator Talbird: Berke ley, J B. \ri-on: Caarleston. it C. Birk tey; Chester, It. A. Love: Chesterfiell. W. P. lolo-. Cherokee, W. 1. Camp. Clarendon, J. E. Tin ta1 Colleton. M. it. Cooper; Dar tingon..l. J. Lawton: Dorchester, C J. Aien lgeed. s.8. Mays: Fairfield, J. G. Walitag: Florence, J. W. M G )wan: Georgetown, LeGrand G. Walker; Green wooi. G. M. Kinard: Greenville, John It. Iiarriocn- Hampton, W J. Goding: Horry, .1. A.McDormett; Kershaw T. C. Ronling : Lincaster. J. It. Knight- Laurens, John It. W ar:on: Lyxingtua, D. E. E:ird: Marion, J E. Elierhe: M31rihro, W. 1). Ean-: New ;'rry, It. T. C. Huanter: t onee, C. it D Barus; UrangeburZ, L. 6. Connor; iickens; W. T. ( Dell: Riealand, J. T.Duncan: Saluda: N. A. Bates; Spartanbarg, Jos. T. Johnson; Sumter. J. Harvey Wilson; Union, II, C. Little; Willianbur, Dr A. 11. Williams, York, W. N. Elder. Mr. Dincan moved to recorsider. thatpar- of the resolutions isin, the I ' t:ati convention or the first rues- 6 day in January and make tie date of t:at meeting tae second Tuesday in D.:caibar, his object being to have L.at convention as soon as possible so a to iuflience the next crop. Thist iet witn approval and nismotion was! carried. On motion of Mr. W. D. Evans it was resolved that each county chair man raise $1 for the future expenses of tue general S:ste association. Tne presideat was also autaoriz id to make aaotner such call for fumads whenever raecsssary. After adoptire the following, intro iueced by Hon. Kz. B. M23,weeney, thej :onvention adjourn-d sine die and' want out to look at the military pa rade: :onvention are dus and awe here by 1:-artily tendered to Coi J. C. Wil >orn, the presiding otilaer of this body; Col. Ri B. Watson, vice presi ent; and also to the emfcient secreta-! ies f >r their faithful services. Craeity and starvatio 1. A tale of cruelty and starvatiot' was1 ezently told in the otlire of the Unit ed States District Attorney at San! rancisc> by four or diye forlorn, weak and scarvy strickn sailors, merm-; ers of the Amaeriea ship Joan A. B-igs, of San Francisco. Tney s-o-o toa conplaint carging Capt. J WV. DBidth with having misused and tar ;ed his men, while First Mate Jonnson also will be arrested for cruel y and beating and wounding sailors on the higa seas. Tne Briggs sailed from Battimore a little over ivej oths ago, bound for this port. Be fore a month htad passed the potato upply was exhausted and fromn then utl the close of the voyage no vege anies of any sort were :servea ine ailors. Tnree times a day the crew was served with one haif of a stnali oaf of bread and two tuin slice, u' alt beef or jtnk cat EO thin that pm-or ailors coula alnost see thrjugh ;t. Before Cape Hora nad bean r~e~ad ,two of the men, Charles Jer,.ek arAd ~eorge Nicnois were attacned withf curvy and the entire crev ata been rtven to such desperati-.m that in cr ier to save their lives, they were com cue:d to eat the grease used to lubri ate the masts. E; is enarged that Frst Ma'.e Johnson beat Jc'rvet terri bly on several occasions becaus: ill ess and starvation preventedi his >romot ooediees to commnands. Jer-j ek's arm and nose were broken. Ona August 3, Joannson beat Abeihern nit) in~stlity for the samte cauise. .i.rs we:'e bacly iabused. T::e D 13*k ym Fo nocrat.s of Ocio em e:tt their: tue World sars of H~anaa "Wa As e done for the partyinUOnio ? U-aer hls perrs mal cuyas- r e jcun to' tne senate the R~ epublcan majzrity of S7 in tan iegislature ha lotdsp eared. Tne- plualty of J00l i to iant electica for goernorr 1S . as melted away to itss tsaa on :hrd that fiigure, shilu the legislauvc, o urality on the popular vote is only 300 L Le weakens his party at homie r.d discred its it in the nation." n JiDe cratic turkey mnay not be a vry b- bird, but it is a subsantia! To IFghi. lnd Tigers. i ontroli T. esday aOlsc ads disussatinod the e movl of~L e culary ;~e~cn n to tuigaverno ae~ tt the bwardwil ursand _ u7 Jt in arrn t was orde rd -2St Onir da :Wuhm ofr u 3eo THE PLITICAL OUTLOOK. NHAT B'YAN THINKS OF THE RE SULT OF T HE LATE ELECTION. The Dnmocca:c ectorien in Kentuck and New )nt. ima stte a Grc-:at Change of Soutii ,nt G , D im aceatic Failures Noted W. J B-van, late llniocratc can lidate for President, writes as follo-vs on the )iitical cutlook: The e;-ctions c 1S97 indicate dis sat'.sfaciu with i, -ul')ican policies, and presage the overibrow, of the Re eublican party. They also i-dicate that t:N boltius I)rura's cannot l3r.go mn utain a separate oagan'zation, and must ei-her go cver t. the Repub licans or return to the regular Demo cratic party and ac-ept the alatform adopted in C(ncier is 189G In the home of the president, as Tell i s the home of Mr. Hanna, chair man o' the R psblican national com mittee tih- Rpubiican mnsjrity was almost reduced ore h 'I. and te leg islature is close. Cert'ainlv in Ohio, if anyvhcre Reublicans might have expec:ed to houd their own, but in stesd of ccr o they have shown a ci stifct loss, in spi-. o- the fact that they ha an i'>t- dr ce o money for campai2' a p-.e:, and an crganiza tion es complete as la:. year, toge'her with the interested aid of tnhse who :-ave received cilice at the hands of the ad -ninistration, or expect oilice. In Kentucay the Democrats carried the state by about 2,:,0 and secured a good working mj sri y is th legisla ture, notwiths.-nuing the tTorts put forth iy the licp' ',ioans and gold Democrats. Ia iJvra the Rpubican majority was cu: oo r'n ai.os-. one lalf, and large Dmnc.-a'ic ga.ns were made in the legislatur , corithstanding the fact that a heav vo s poil-d for an oil sear. In Pert; v;.:i and Mas sacnus etts the R11 p en mu janrities were isrgel: r V.rginia the )rmccras made c d gains on toe state t:c let and in :ne ie islature. In Nebraska the fusion plirahty will ex:eed my plurality of last year, not withstanamg a coinsiderable dearease in the total vote. The perceLtage of votes cast ry the silver forces in Ne braska is greater thau ever blfore. ii the states above mentioned name IV. U tio, K ntucky, J Ea, Penusylva ua, Maisachuse:ts, Virginia and Ne braska, the D3mocrats rail-m the po sitions taken in the Coicio platform, and is each of thee states the Repub licans discussed national issuts and pointed out that Democratic gain was strengthening the Chicago platform. We have a right, therefore, to claim the poitical advantages which they furtsaw aod tried to prevent. I.n New York the Democratic gains were so great tnat the Democratic can didate for judge of the court of ap peal overcame the enormous mapjri ty of last year, and was elected by over 50,U0J majority. T.^e Democrats also made gains in New York city and in the New York. New Jersey and Maryland legisiatu'es. I am not suf ficiently acq uainted witn the local situation in New York city and in w York, New Jersey and Mary land to be able to jadge how fnr tne gains strengthenea the Cnicago plat. f orm. The small vote polled by the gold Democrats last year was explained by thie assertion that most of the gold De~nocrats voted the Republican tick et, but tais year in several states spe cial etforts was made by tha gold Democrats to poll a large vote in or der to give their party a standing in pubhec estimation. T ais was especial ly true in Nebraska, Iwa, Kentucky anu Massachusetts. E c Secretary J. Stering .tbrtoa made a speech at the state convention of the gold Demo crats, in which he asserted that there had been a large increase in his partys trength, and that the gold Democrats would poll 25.000) votes in Nebraska this year. Ia order to bring out a full vote ne consented to be a candidate for regea.. of :he state university, and the chairinanuf the gold Dcmoeratic convention made tae raca for suprei yidge. Tne returus are not complete, but suiient is kao.vn to make it certain that the gold Damnocratic caudiiate for supreme jadge did not poli one nalf of 1 per cent of the vote of the s.ate (leSs thmn half as many votes ss tue party polled last year ) Ex Sec retary Marto a, not withstanoing his large person al acquaintauze did not carry a single precemct in the state. ia lo va ex -Congressmen Patterson and Bynaut canvassed the state in the interest ot tas god~ Democrats, and yet tI2e goki Demrocrats' candidate for governor on iy polled about 2,000U more Lfnaa the party polled. last year. or a latie more inan 1 per cent, of the vote of the state. In Kentucky, wher-e terhaps the hardest ugnht was made by ta goid Demaocrats ia order to vindt cte Mr. Carisle ant" the Caurier Journai, the candidate of the gold Dimocras only polled about 10.000 votes. i Mastaahusetts so distin gu.:nd a man as ex Congressman Eerett, running for governor on the gold ticket, polied iess than onsenfth amnveasGeorge Fred Wt oa the Chicago platform. The iepuulicanas fought their cam paign tlis year under tue most fvr aun oircute:tances Lonrorss was catt ed tcg:Inler n extraordin-ary session, ad tre Dangi::y bill was p2.ssed. Factor.es which were closrd during theC period of uncertainty as to tnu seaals openeid up when the lawv 'as daaily p-assed. and the rates posi iLy txed merchaus, whno nlad posipned pucae f or the s5:m rewn re cie..saed their s~ceks, ani the etrooi ' - e-s papers nut-eu .n hIac r e~urn o f prosperity. :e' 'arvoody~wcssaxious fur prsen to retur 0 no mater wa par cro-'lt i nany wrere IOIIcie o gie .te 1R spabiican. -arty further tim: to deao-stae the su--ces-s cr faiur o is pol cies.P ' Reulcans who -ele:ct a ?high .a as well as law tetd Ibuublicans w-ho were in -ao of itrhational 'imetallsm saw in the ndingof the coa1LuuSion abre.2, a fa-ilmen- of th part nova -ae. jas .e2.r 'i e W'-uo3 -ion F gian rusd to cperat Tn Luut 0:0 seo rot a2 su esasn -aizad ues aiand toraded it ercrefl. te a2 sif t wer theo re thn -:ilo uoicirl;ci on ruta grow. The Dingie ;3" :on al ative r seedy cierta b the 1 p'i canpmv to eC:e e:tg col :-1 tiors. Th Republ 2'oic'n platform C: tart vrar said : "We re~r ad em uhas'ze our F lle iance to : n- poliev C.oftci+i sabl :f -~rc irndustrialinpudce dth foundation of Am::rindvo' i and prosperity. Immediately ar re e ecou it was found that Rp ic su''&s at the p-s .i r ilf *ri.g prosp-ri ty. How t. ibta failed duFr the First six mef ]]s aLhr the Electic of 1S-6 than ail' durin'r the carrs ponUing six moLs of 1t O ear he fore Industrial pro rati v..s so apparent that Co:grlrs:.a' Grosver the statis'ician of the R pub:ican party, msde a sreech in the Ohio state convention of 1597. i ^ which he de nied that the RIblicn party had promised to bring prosperity, and oUioted the ipuklican platforms t^ snow that the Iopubiican party had on lv promised to rns'.re protect-on, Iwhichz was allezed to b-the foun-t - tion of prosprity. le aCed that judaenet be withheld until a high 'taritf bill 'ouild be put in operation. The tariff bill his now been in oper ation something Ike four months and ;'et has not been vindicated by exp-ri ence. not withsta:.ding the' facot inat RI 'publ:can leaders and Republican papers are eti.tnualy celebr tine Lhe return f ospeurit: . ?he v~ters d:) not seem t -w recive ..:'ir SL:' as evidenced by the o last Tues day. The pr; e or suar r, '-ore the I sugar truat was allo wCd tr di- the suar sezed le of thDnv ley bii bit E the consiners of u--r have not heen able to obtin any of the ra ae which the bili brourt o t : r*?t. The co ,-nm ercial repo a -s ..oain to an jadvauenent nl' 'e'o-n e g c's soi for delivery in 18J31 This s:.d ce is jdirecty tre aoleo t : Dily l . B.it now will the btmti.s reca the who use woo'en oods, u ss eir income are li'ke ie increase ? Rae cotton is cousideraoly io-.ser this year than it vas last. If a man raks his livicg by producing cotton, how is he going to enj ;y prospernty if his in cimne decreases and living eapens-s increase' Since 1SS4 we have alternated prisi dents with the Repabiicaa party. 1 Each admnij:ration was repudiated by the people. Why Bcmse r'-ither the Democratic nor the Republ:cat administration attnmptet to relieve the people from the one primary and continuing disean-nam y, the g.ld standard. The Wilson bit inoute~d the tariff rates somewhat in the inter est of the corsaner, bat tih beetits were overcome by the evils o Mr. Cleveland's iaancial police. Te Dingley law increases tie tariff rates to the detriment of the consumtrs generally and for the adrantege of macufac:urers and trusts, but the advantages, even to the manuf-?ctur ers, will b? overcom bar the ewits o1 of Mr. McK..nley's 1i aacial p-licy. The elections will encourage the friends of independent bi.rietraltusm to continue their campai n. Tey believe that events which, after all are more potent than speeches or campaign funds will still further cxndemn the lepublican policy, and still further vindicate the principles set forth in the Chicago platform. In fact, events are already proving the correctnes of the position taken by the Democrats last year. and the Republi cans are not int a position to either dis pute or explain the eveats. The gold standard was fastenea n on the country in 1S73 without any party asking for it. ?he Aorrioa people neither discussed iot exercssed any desire for the rotid standard~ prhor to its adoption. Eme exaness did no: understand the effect of the act ofi 173 when it was passed. If any Re~publican is disse to do ny the~ possibility of a lwpssma throug h congress without 1:s e utents being understood by coagress iet nim remember sect:cn 22 of the Dingey bill. Congress did no;t ,as that the Dingley bill co tamed setion )2, notwithstandin:g t:e fac: t aac the~ b:i passed the s21nate and w-as 'atae oy the president. The Ud1ieed diat-s e. dured the gold standard for twenty trree yearsa oefore anay par y eve'r aar -d to deend it. and whe t' otn Dmcrts of 1$:96, after ' d'ocating international bimnetallisin a. Caicago, declared for the gold stand ara tsvo months later at I-adianap~is, they polled less t aan 1 per cent. of the votes ad carried only one preemetc in tn United States-a preeCmet ia w'cen only six votes were p'lld, theys curing three voi es, ine Rpuolicans two and the reul D::rnocrais on. Six million and1 a hal of voters de cated last y:-ar for i.n enen hi metali~n. A li.:tle mo- r in s-er millons su-e-re in "R. lcva ticket was pleded toti:r-~aa i metalism T'Ih t'airtesado half m:1ions en t hese a ommission to tE arop'e "r Mc mi~ adiutte dC be go l .0anu 0 ! satisiactory.)B appon th-e gold standam ing tr-ouani thod : r-c; a' not been sai'eor m we e oppos d to ma i '~ ~ios1 to bimietali- i- . b twen g l o ortae~ ai - r. ~ o roet comr ca "1he R nusian and ' e c-ed~r auid .. 7 thle Indiaznap2oil cerne:snwa Work pre :n 1 for therm C!:lre ino :avr r e " e it".ec:s, r:et lr ct : :.:. _t . - : is it:er of accep'sance. '1 t'e c'u trarv. he xpressed' C'ere lha t the I 'ublican liary r . -ep m cir cuuian . Goyd z _t . :. .he" a er cuarr.:-ne of he'em r . FI,, as 7-1 is'a iat t+) a2 t t''' t ne retire r (e ; l: ) wer nment N tp.-r, vill it not:.l C:.' 3C.'SIia naici t '7:. R - u ir s o sti l r. 1cor'' 1 i C C e:Xr"FCtc't Q ' L - C s t mstitot on to .'le trun S r w:11 as to tue uery dathe Ud h TL~e_:s:Dim elicop noned er'r~ant by eIi. . erts ave braht thie thoe v still a oter p'aTiCC s e the etcc tort. .rid :"'"w R pnbicans lit - e', noseda ;rver'rrment by iai 0U. ' : :e R"uiesan party it.orse t .-. it ino t ('e .uuon, or :: it. by Lguoring the s-aj !ct. a ie :ate he D"emccrats in their last nati forfu favored the arbiran' * ".rc'L s between car:ie-s . n : e e'namem e and the e po:s' Te R'-plbeica's organz d sound r :'y railroad clubs ""-ot' their em lo s. IF t. T Ur(iau to igrore Ince as r.a nio question, cari hl v ex- ect the suport of reilroad employ-s in the future? TeReubxi.in progranm nov ean trres1::ee p-ra ii1 us doctrines: 1. Foreign control of cur pri- ar ti2ti Nail b.sau cofntral of cur pi m :r in-ney. 3 . Trst contraiof thetaxin'g pr7'er. Wil the peoplA submit? N. WILLIAM J. Bnma. POLCEMAN MURDERED. Ancthor .lants ofier Becomes a I.rt: to Day. A dispatch from. At.lanta, Ga., ss: Peean T. J. Ponderh, of the city force, was shot and killed tonight, under circumstances that promise to develop a great sensation. There is a ;m.ry sarrounding the tragedy and tne police do not <no'w all the cir'un stances of the killing, but sus~pmia points toward aersons whose connec tion with such a crimne would never have been suspected. This suspicion caused the arrest of Mr. L. Steinau, a large wholesale and retail Iiqir deal er, tne proprietor of two or thre3 of the cishest saloons in the city. Wal ter 0 02inn and Julius Simon, two young white men, and three negroes employed in Steinau's wholesale liquor house are also under arrest. Steinau was not placed in a celi,but was allowed to have a guard in a pri vate room at police headquarters. The kiiiing occurred in Steinau's wholesale :q or store, on Wall street, opnosi:e the union depot, about 7 o'clock this eenior Steinau was put i'i the hands of a receiver today, upon petitionls ot creitrs who alleged that he had elven heavy mortgages to members or Irs family and others to defrauli his credao:snis affairs having bec aie Po'liceman1 Ponder was stationed on th bet la frort of the store, ard, 0n inrctions fromn Chmief Manley, was k--eou a close watch upon it, ass it a' ben reported that valuabl~e goods wer~ e eng sprite: away. .1: is sup nsed that the odficer' saw some one in the stor", whchm he knew was closed on "cco.unt of the receivership, and hat he etered to mske an arrcst. the ront door beingr open. At a'ny rate he wa:; " sw and' 'rstantly' k1iled whlma ..he scre, wiih was well iza-ed, ''ao'g'i no one lms ye't ben f ndwo sa th sh2oter. i is s.:le store e"n'u"iateCd by a gls dor wid b bar in- e adjinicg ro;'n, but the backe'ae in.'re- anew notnin.g of ?e paiicer'an'sdah This saloon as r'un by Jlus .~ - on, thougi originlly~ open ed up b ~einau, and th~e public thouztht it was his Assated, Simnn and 's clr O' amnn are u-"de" arrs:. A oumnen or ;ays to the whole"sale store idenm? :ida eonging to Steiiaa, was eadrar tae~ iront dour, thougha e ia *.s at ome w hen the o:.licer as sat T L1 )'eor of tile 0l12d is ~atn e.f >rt wa's b'erag rmade oit N rties Ic', te O were discored b m~eri:3 Yu i- he Prss wn'ch ja ooredGeneu Trcy. ad. n'th "im. cee a e Sn:Ala -: c' i ........ '-"''1 KILLED B Y ! MEIUWBW FAT- CF A CiT!ZEN OF SPARTANBURG CCUNTY. S.: - L. Moved Off-The Cons able cla icas the ivied Was Accidental--Citi -a iiglnant, Newbald His Fled. \ special to the Columbia State says a .p:,ark county is the seat of an Sraceiy and perhaps by mere co ieten.c the sc.neof murder is just t wo uies belo v the soot where Will Da-'bam and Jack Fisher were mur dpred by State constables in June, 1St 5. on the Howard Gap road. The victim in this case is J. Henry Tur ner, one of the most highly esteemed and in uaentiai citizms in the county, a farn er in _ood circumstances. He came to his death by a pistol shot this morning fired by Chief State Consta ile Newbold. The facts of the case are about as follows: A short while back Newbold instructions from the governor S. a wagon and three men and m :; tourine expedition through Pickens and Greenville c uties, as many people were complain of the illicit sale of whiskey in co nties. S> Newbold secured the . 'es of S. T. Howie, LaFar and alcJ.:akli to assist him. Last night he lef t. oF the party at the stind ige in the city limits and he and Ho-ie went up the Haward Gap road uatii they reachiei the Stephen Grove nearo church, two and a half miles front the city limits. Here they camp el. About 5 o'clock this morning Mr. J. ?. Tur-er passed by on his way to Columbia to attend a meeting of the ion growers in Columbia during fair week. He was accompanied by a voung man named Bruce and was in a buggy which a mule was pulling. Arrivin near the church they both aw the cap fire, but thought noth Sg of it . Newbold turned to Howie the baggy approached and told him to go out and halt it. This he pro eded to do but reaching the vehicle - he could see that there was nothing suspicious aoout the buggy or its in I nan tes, he proceeded to let it pass. N.- bold hurried up and started to o.e"t ke the buggy, the mule then tratting briskly. he succeeded in doing so, and planting himself in the middle of the road in front of the bug v called on Mr. Turner and Bruce to hal:. Newbold had a cocked pistolin each hard. The mule kept steadily on and Newbold raised the pistol in his left hand to fire. Just afterwards the gun in his right hand also went off and the ball took effect in Mr. Tur ner's throat. The wound proved fatal, for 3) minutes later he died. The vic tim was carried to town by Mr. Bruce Sand ex-State Constable Howie. Dr. Dean was summoned and he pro nounced Mr. Turner dead. His body was then taken back to his home, six miles above the city. Newbold claims that the killing was accidental purely. He says tnat when he raised the weap on to fire to make the mule halt the other pistol also went off inflicting the deadly wound. This is the story he tells his attorney, Judge W. S. Thoma son, and it is corroborated by his com panion, S. T. Howie. Newbold came to town immediately after the kiling, and through his at- - torney procured a horse and buggy and drove out of the city a little after 6 o'clock. He has not since been seen. Sheriff Dean is vigilant and active and will certainly nab him. The coroner's i::quest was held this after noon. The j ary returned a verdict ~thatJ. Henry Turner, deceased. came to his death from a gunshc.a wound fromn the hands of W. H. Newbold, with S T. Howie as accessory. 8. T. Hio ie is now lodged in the county ja il. The public f-cling against New oold is very bitter, and if he had been caught to~ay he would nave been lyrnched. Mr. J. H. Turner was a representative farmer of the county, about 65 ars of age; was adeacon in Nlw isgah Baptist church for years, and leaves a wife and six children, all growni. Hi~s death is mourned by many. A REWARD OFFERED. The Columb~ia State says Gov. El lrbe has neard what a great many of th eooie of Soartanourg have had :to say aoout the'killing of Mr. Tur ner in that county by State Detective IW. H. N.a bold on Wednesday, and has been able in consequence to form ~a very good idea of the state of feeling therein regard to the matter. As a result he ias: n ight announced that he ..ad oJered a re ward of $250 for the cu~'re o: the tseing detective. Friday morning Governor Ellerbe ecc ee the folio ping telegram from To Governor W. H. Ellerbe. Colum NeM bold certainly seen t wo hours ago near Catawba Junction, eight sii-s fro- here. F?. C. CtiLP, Chief of Police. This disoacth was received during .h~ forenoon. Nothing later was neard from Rock Hill. SheritY Dean of Soartaburz county was in Colum Ola 1-riday. He held a consultation with Gov.' ~.er be and suggested the rie da re ward for the capture of a o.With the approval of the coero ae re-plied to the telegram ~oa a- chief of ;solice at Rck Hill egareward made up by the 1 of Spartanburg of $100. A at tlgram was sent to the chief p :lce atCarlotte. *ir- Sarff Draa left home he agrapa to tae authorities at 0o nb aC Oester, Winnsboro, Union and Rh.Lerford, N. C., asking New osia rest, and otherwise made -v r a ri rg about the capture e arching closely all T srong and unfavora ndaljed in as to * ~ a e W. S. Thoma ........ who aided New ng to hsis tele .Tae charge is ......b- hisaction he has a. as accessory after a ck to the ISand Wagon. estcn News and Courier back to the band wagon. It fcor "sound money," but has RIl publicanism. It says: - ublc aim has one idea of gov ersenttheuse o0 the taxing power in balfo avoed intecrests. It has o-elac; ~a policy--of controlling ar -c l- theiterest of the e*:s -"u-a a party with * ' pa'poses cannot be t' theC administration of esofte government. Bry ~ [, ve ryd babtMcKinley Te Augusta Chroni !iat by 1(%0 The News and re> babl nn that "Bry