The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, November 17, 1897, Image 1
',..""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