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tx A6 11i' 11II. --- CIA\\I\( , C ., Ai';D\ESI)AY, ICI B1W VOL. - THE STATE SENATE. WHAT IT HAS CONE DURING THE PAST WEEK. The Privilege Tsx to Semain as it is The Fablic Printing Bill Passed- Other Matters. A pronosition to commemorate the convention which took South Carolina out of the Union was made to the sen ate by Wade Hampton Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, Mon day, 24th instant Senator Sloan, in behalf of Mrs. Adeline Pope Stoney, Mrs. S. A. Richardson, s. . S Flinn, Miss I D. Martin and Mrs. M. Girardeau, requested by concurrent resolution, p'rmissioa of the general assembly to erect in the corridor be tween the senate chamber and the tall of the house a marble tablet sn com memoration of such notaole historical events and persons as are cherished by all patriots, in their discretion ; pro vided such tablet shall compart with its architectural surroundings, and be an ornament as well as a record. It was stated that the tablet would con tain the names of the membera of the ceessicn convention. Mr. Sloan also presented at the same time a petition of this patriotic association of ladies, praying the gen eral assembly to have erec'ed arouad the Confederate monument in front of the state house a suitable iron railing to protect it from mutilation by pass ing vehicles. Both propositions were referred to committees to consider and report. When the bill providing for the let ting of the public printing on contract was reached an effort was made to have the consideration of it postponed, but Mr. Moses insisted upon immedi ate action and it was passed to its third reading. The bill to extend the time for the payment of the commutation road tax elicited the only debate of the day buy it was finally passed. Mr. Henderson had Aiken county included in the bill allowing only twenty-five cents per day for dieting prisoners. In the Senate Tuesday Mr. Buist's bill defining and regulating primary elections of political parties in South Carolina coming up for its final read ing, Mr. Buist briefly urged its passage. Be had, he said, tried to remove all objections to the bill which he had heard expressed the other day and thought he had succeeded. "Now when my amiable friend from Aiken," he continued, "got up the other day and told of the high plane on which elections are conducted in his county, I felt proud that there was one sena tor here who had such a contituency. The senator from Newberry made me doubly proud by expressing the same high confidence in the people of his county. The senator from Dorchester following these two gentlemen, how ever, told a different tale. He related how the fair name of the young county was besmirched with fraud in the very first election held in it. This measure is not designed for the protec tion of such counties as Aiken and Newberry, where fraud does not exist accoiding to the honorable senators from those respective counties, but for the rest of the State, where the voters are not as a whole such high-minded men." Mr. Henderson replied to Mr. Buist and stated that he objected to the bill because it would be tco burdensome. There were no needs for such string ent rules. Besides, the bill would add to the expenses of holding primaries for ecpies of the registration books, which simply took the place of the club roll, would have to be made. Aside from the monetary considera. tions it was hard enough to get the people to turnout to the polls and with the enactment of such stringent rules it would be harder still to get them out. Mr. Pettigrew thought the bill wold tend to place our goverx'ment in the hands of the few. The vote resulted in the bill being defeated, 28 to 8, only Senators Al drich, Archer, Bulst, DuBose, May field McA lhaney, Miller, and Norris voting for it. Mr. Connor called up his bill to regulate the manufacture, inspection, shipment and sale of commercial fer tilizers and to reduce the privilege tax from 25 to 10 cents. Debate was started by Mr. McDaniel amending so as to leave the privilege tax at 25 cents. Mr. Connor declared that the tax was paid by the farmer and that while the fund derived thereby went to the support of Clemson college there was more than enough for this purpose. He read from speeches made prior to 1890 by both Mr. Tillman and Mr. Norris and showed where each had de clared that $100,000 would suffice to establish and equip the college and $30,000 per annum be sufficient to run it. If that amount would maintain Clemson, he affirmed a privileg tax, of 10 cents would yield suffcient revenues. "If that be the case, then why not save to the farmers of the State the extra 15 cents per ton?" he asked. Mr. Norris replied and declared that this question of Clemson had been de clared for almost uz'animously in 1890 and had been overwhelmingly sur. ported since. He did not think it right to make curtailment of expenses: at this time and before such a- move1 was made thought the people should he permitted to pas on it at the ba lot box. He declared Clemson was doing excellent work and stated that were the revenues of the collE ge lef t intact a t xtde department would be added without any additional apprc ~priation. But before making this r e ~duction he asked that the senators leave it to the people next year. A vote on Mr. McDaniel's motion to leave the privilege tax at 25 cents re sulted in it being agreed to by a vote of 27 to 8 The other features of the bill were takenl up and discussed atlength. A number of senators wvere drawn into the discussion, which differed little from that of last year on he same bill. The final vote on the passage or re jection of the bill resuh'ed in its de feat by the following aye and nay vote: Yeas-Aldrich, Brown, Buist, Gaines, Grifiith, Henderson, Lesesne, Mauldin, May field, McAlhany, Mc Daniel, Moses, Norris, Sanders, Sloan, Stackhouse, 1Turner, Walker, VWaler, Willisms-20. Nays-Alexander. Archer. Connor, Dean, Dennis, Douglass, DuBose, Hay, Love, McCalla, lailler, Mower, O'Dell. Pettigrew, Esgsdale, Suddath Wal lace-1?. Mr. Moses' concurrent resolution nroviding for the appointment of a commission of five citizens who shall serve without pay to precure informa tion with a view to the establishment of a reformatory for youthful crimin als came up for a second reading. Mr. Archer at first opposed the ap pointment of a commission. He said that a commission had been appointed to inspect the Agricultural college for Mississippi. The result was that the State had already spent several hun dred thousand dollars on Clemson and was still spending large amounts on it. He afterwards withdrew his ob jections, and the resolution was adopted. In the Senate Wednesday a motion to indefinitely postpone the House bill to let out the public printing to the lowest bidder was killed by the fol lowing vote: Yeas-Aldrich, Archer, Connor, Mauldin, McCalla, Suddath, Wallace, Williams-S. Nays-Alexander, Brown, Buist, Dean, Dennis. Louglass. DuBore, Gaines, Griffith, Hay, Henderson, Jefferies, Lesesne, Love, Mas field, McDaniel. Miller, Moses, Mower, Norris. O'Dell. Pettigrew, Ragsdale. Scarborough, Sloan, Stackhouse, Tal bird, Turner, Walker, Waller-30. Mr Henderson then offered a slight amendment, which provides that the award to the lowest bidder shall be made before the last day of the session. The bill then passed its final reading in the senate. It has already been passsed by the house. SENATOR TILLMAN OBJECTS. Ke Cafls the Washington Post Down for Unfair Criticism. Sometime since Senator Tillman used' some strong language in an executive session in Washington, which a garbled report leaked o into the press. The proceedings of the executive sessions being secret, Senator Tillman cannot state what was actually said, but he does object to editorial denur ciation based on such garbled reports and has written the Washington Post the following letter: Editor Post: The Post is one of the fairest and ablest edited papers published in this country. Its news service is always reliable an d its edi torials are usually fair and nonpartisan and I do not remember to have ever seen an instance during the three years in which I have read it daily that it diverged to a degree approxi mating the indecency and malevolence appearing in the editorial headed, "South Dakota Ipecac." The statement quoted in the edito rial of what was said to have taken place in a recent executive session of the senate had appeared previously in the Evening Star and was copied in The Post the next morning. It did me a grave injustice, because of the suppression of what preceded an succeeded the offensive epithet. My retort was garbled and not an answer to Mr. Kyle's remark at all, or in the language used. The report was equal ly unjust to the presiding officer, Mr. Mason, who said nothing, I deemed it unworthy of notice but when so clean, decent a paper as The Post takes this garbled, distorted statement as the basis of an editorial, giving it the same prominence and credit given to a news item about which there is no dispute or doubt, the edito- of The Post must see that its course is both cowardly and unjust, to thus strike a man whose lips are sesled and who cannot even rise to a question of per sonal privilege to denounce and ex pose the falsehood that has leaked out through the doors of the senate in ex ecutive session. Sneers, ridicule, and abuses from the press I have borne in silence. And had all that was said on that aceasion been reported, I would have no reason to complain now. But 1 do think The Post owes it to itself to be more guarded in the future in making edi torial comments on what it hears has taken place in executive session. B. R. TILLN. N5ot The Rind she wanted. Some time since a very pretty and stylish young woman in New York ad'tertised for a husband. The adver tisement was answered by a man in Calhoun county, Fla., who has negro blood in his veins, but is nearly white. Photographs and letteni were ex changed, and it was finally agreed 'tbat the young lady should come to River Junction, where the man would meet her, and after marriage take her to his home. Early last week the man went to River Junction to meet the train from Ne w York, upon which the young lady was coming. Before leaving home he was so overjoyed that he told his mission. When he reached River Junction he found a committee of citiz-ns await ing him. They informed him that he must tell the young woman immedi ately upon her arrival that he had ne gro blood in his veins. At first he re fused, but several drawn revolvers soon brought him to terms. An hour a'fterward the New York train arrived, and a stylM y oung woman alighted. The man krnew her at once, and witti great hesitation informed her that he was partly a negro. She fainted on hearing the new, and later repulsed him, aithough he earnestly pleaded with her. The young womand seemed to be greatly overcome, but she had money, and at once puurchase d a re turn ticket to New York. scattled by Traitcra. Nineteen survivors of the suspected filibustering steamer Tillie which probably sank off Barnegat, were car ried to Providence, R.- I., by a coast ing Echooner today. Captain John O'Brien was among those saved. The Tillie was abandoned last Sunday af ternoon, while off Barnegat, in the mids; of a terrible storm. It is be lieved she was scuttled by traitors who had joined the party on board for the purpose of destroying the vessel. The nineteen who were saved escaped with great aifficulty. The four men could niot be taken off, and they went down with the vessel. Forty tons of dyna mite and a consiaerable quantity of am munition int ~ded for the Caban in surgen~s was on board the Tillie when she sank. Three Metn Ki led. A disastrous heaa end collision C" curred between tvra freight trains on the Louisville and Nasnville railroad about a quarter of a mile north of Uptom, at 1:45 o'clock Wednesday morning. Tnree mea were killed in stantly anid four were badly injured. The wreck was caused by the engi neer's disobeyarace of orders. He had instruction to wait at Upton for the arrival of the southbound train, No. 71 but did not do so. A quarter of a mile beyond the station on a curve, IN THE HOUSE. THE PRIMARY ELECTICN BILL ISDE FEATED. Several O.her Bills o! Importarcs Taken Up ana Considered-Some are Passed and Others are Killed. The first question to come in the House on Monday, the 24th instant, was Mr. Ashley's primary bill. Mr. Pollock moved to strike cut the enac ting clause. This brought Mr. Ashley to his feet in defenoe of his measure. He said that the people wanted to say who should represent them. All offi cers are the servants of the people from the governor down. and it is a right that should be conceded to them to select such officers. The passage of the bill will be a great relief, also, to the members who have to spend a large part of their time attending to the demands of their constituents to get posiions. Mr. Pollock pointed out that there is a difference between a party nomi nation and an election by the quali fled voters. The Democratic party, which is practically the only one in the state, provides that all its nomi nees shall be chosen in a primary. Tr e Republican party has no such -ule. So far as the provisions in the by-laws of either party are concerned on this particular subject the legisla ture has nothing to do. If the mem her from Anderson wished the provis ions of his bill carried out the proper place to have them adopted was the convention of the Democratic party. Mr. Magill in explaining the action of the committee which had returned the bill to the house without recom mendation,said that it presented ques tions of law which the committee thought ought to be considered by the judiciary committee. He, therefore, thought the bill should be recommit ted and referred to them. Mr. Rogers could see no good rea son for recommittal. Only the other day the house had refused to pass a bill which would provide for the elec tion of judges by the people. If this bill is passed then every judge will have to receive the nonsination in a primary before the legislature could act. He thought the house was pre pared to act on the bill at once and that it would sustain its record. Mr. Toole thought the bill a good one and that if there are objectionable features they could be corrected. He did not believe that the Dill contained any dangerous features. Mr. Wolling spoke of the fact that the bill was not necessary and moved its indefinite postponement. The ayes and nays were demanded and the bill was defeated by a vote of 51 co 37. Later in the day some doubt wes expressed as to the correctness of .no count and the roil was again call ed, . the rcait was the same. The bill of Hr. kehrtens came up to incorporate he Sievern Railroad and Mr. Burns cfreeI an amendment req airing the .oad : go to the town of Walhalla, in the hill the route of the road is generally ;aid out. Mr. Burns held that his amendment should be incorporated is the bill be cause it was often the case that these roads went near towns, but really left them in the lurch. He sail the gen eral scope o' the bill was to have the road pass through Walhalla, but he wanted it definitely stated. Mr. Gadsden said ttnat Edgefield, Saluda and a dozen other placen might ask to be put in if Walhalla was to be put in. Require the builders to go to1 all these places and they would simp ly abandon the project. The house then voted down the amendment and the bill utssed. Mr. d-aaue's resolution providing for adpurpient on February 12 be ing reached, thie author defended it by saying that the people demanded an early adjournment. There are many bills on the calendar which can be dis pensed with and the legislature should decide when it will adjourn and work up to that. Capt. Blythe spoke against the reso lution and referred to the commend a ble zeal displayed by the legislature to work. In his judgment they should so continue, but he did not believe it advisable to force an adjournment-at any particular time. Let us work and get through with the work we are sent here to do.- But if we must ad journ at any certain date it will force nasty legislation towards the end. It is unnecessary to fix an ar bitrary day. Mr. Rogers moved to postpone the debate on the measure until February 10. Mr Gasgue then moved to lay that on the table, which was adopted. This seemed to indicate that the res olution was about to pass, but imme diately a vcte being taken the resolu tion was killed. Mr. Hydrick's bill to amend the law relative to tne punishment for man slaughter caused much discussion. It provides that the punishment shall be for a period not exceeding thirty years nor less than ten years,unless th., jury recommends to mnercy,in wnich avent the punishment shall nc6 be less than two years. Mr. Hydrick~ said that the question of stopping the taking of hu aman life is one of the most important before the people of the State. The punishment should be so regulated that convictions can be obtained waen right. With the provision for a re commendation to mercy, he believed more convictions could be obtained because juries often did not do the duty required of them by la w whe n they felt that the punishment, in par ticular instances, would be too se vere. Mr. Reynolds held that the present aw had oeen in force for sevei-al years and this was the flest time he had ever heard it advocated that the l~ w en couraged criame. He held that the law was all right and one of the first re forms~ should be in ceasing the con stant charge tnat juries and the juli ciary did not do their duty. On a vote being taken the house re f used to kill the bill, and it was psss ed to a third reading. Mr. Garris intr-od uced a joint reso lution that $8.130. 79 unclaimed direct taxes be turned into the State tresury. ihe resolution was adopted and it was ordered that the money be appro priated for school purposes. When Mr. LancasLur's bill "-to make it a misdemeanor to fail to return money on demand, paid by mistake," unfavorably reported, was taken up, the house killed it in summary man ner. Mr. Sullivan's bill to give sht riffh the right to arrestcr-iminals was ta..en up and passed. The law no w stands so as to prevent them from doing so. In the new bill it is provided that no arrest from civil processes shall take pace on Snrnorn shall any fem ale be arrested under the same process, but it is provided that sheriffs shall have the power to arrest on criminal 'rzcess on Sunday the same as any other day. A bill was introduced Tuesday by Mr. Wyche to provide for the inspec tion of food, drugs, spirituous, fermen ted and malt liquors and to provide for the punishment for adulteration thereof. It provides punishment for any person who sells, manufactures, beers, distil, have, offer for sale, or sell any articles of food,drugs fermen ted or malt liquors which are adulter ated within the meaning of this act. "Food" to include every article used for food or drink by man, including all candies, teas, coffees, and spiritu ous, fermented and malt liquors. The bill goes on to explain what shall con stitute adulteration, and exempting ordinary articles of food and certain articles that the state board of health from time to time as it may deem proper. In the case of spirituous, fer mented, or malt liquors, it must not contain any substance or ingredient not normal or healthful or in j-rious to health when used as a beverage or medicine. The board of health shall have supervision of the requirements of this bill, and shall zee that it is en forced. That $25 shall oe appropria ted from the general state fund. Towards the end of Wednesday's ses sion the following bill was introduced by Mr. Magill. Its impart will be gained from its title. "In relation to the appointment of county and other officers. This bill requires that the governor shall only appoint upon the recommendation of the delegations in the general assem bly, unless otherwise provided by law." This bill-if passed-will take considerable patronage out of the gov ernor's hands during the course of a year. His friends will in all proba bility fight its passage and another grand rally of forces :an be looked for. The house then passed to a third reading the joint resolution to author :ze and direct the comptroller general of this State to draw his warrant on the State treasurer to pay to the ordcr of Wm. A. Courtenay the sum of $350 for 100 full bound copies of the History of South Cnarolina under the proprietary government, 1670-1719, to become the property of the State and to be placed in the libraries and other public institutions of the State and in all colleges of the State, male and fe male. The Pension Ste1. Our pension law sadly needs revisi ion. No one objects to the old sol dier who can't earn his bread being taken care of by the government. The present pension law gives a pension under certain conditions to any person who served for ninety days or more and who is for any reason incap4ole of earning a living by "rnnaual la bor." He may be a miilionaire. He may be a lawyer earning tens of thousands of dollars, Ee may be a Uniit-d States senator wit -t a salary of $5.000 a year. Yet if he can not build stone fences or do carpenter work he is entitled to his 'pnsions. Senator Manderson, for example, was both a millionaire and A senator. Yet he had no shame in receiving a pension, and he calmly accepted $12,000 of back pension mcney voted to him by the Corgress of which he was a mem ber. Now, every ddllar of all such pensions must be earned by the hard-working citizens, of the United States, most of whom never had $12, 000 or $1,000 in thei1- lives. Isn't this a scandal? Isn't it a grievous in jus tice? And is Gen. Draper's case any better? He is a very rich man. He has been made ambassador to Italy at a high salary. Yet he accepts a per sion paid out of the hard earnings of the people. how lo.ng are the people going to stand these robberies? An Old Time secessionist. There is still living in Haverhili, Mass., it appears, one Francis Butters, who along with many other citizens of that to wn, signed the petition pre sented to cousrress by John Q tincy Adams in 1842, asking that the Union be dissoived. This was secession of a comprehe'nsive character. Toe rea sons assigned were that the Union af forded no "prospects of reciprocal benefit," that "the resources of one section of the Union are annually drained to sustain the vie ws and cours es of another section," that "Lois Uion will certainly overwhelm the nation with utter destruction." Now that the resources of the south have been many years "annually drained" in the right direction, Massachusetts takes less interest in the dissolution of the Union. Toe current of contracts. salaries and pensions creates the ut most loyalty to the flag: now where it was rather la'ckin~g in 1842. A Crisis in Cuba. It is evident that a crisis in Cuban affairs is rapidly appro.aching. ThL one horrible fact pubis~hed to the world conceded oy the Spanish gov enent, both iu Madrid and Cuba. that there are 2kQ 000 innocent peo pe starving in tue island, besides the hundreds cf thousands already dead from the same cause, niot only brands Sain as utteriy incompetent and in human, but will excite the indigna ion of all ci-'ilized people, anid de prive Spain of any hope of sy mpathy and aid, pecuniary or otherwise. Tni is. beyond question, the most a aful cw dition woica has es tted any where during the present centur-y in p 'ace or I wr. Alva, the inhuman Spaish bacher, who endravored to luodue the Ne-herl nds, produced no such condition. For the sake of civiliza tin, it is to be hoped that it will con tinue to oe unique. Thursday night the bodies of Mrs. JaneContt ...dS~ehenBennett. wnich were taken oy gravei rob-ners froma the ce-netery at Eigienille, Tenn., about two weeks ago, wvere re trned from Barlingt.>n, Vermnont, and wiil be reinr-d. Detectives trac d tne bodies to Vermoot, and the man' who snipptd them rinding the pur u't was beine vigoroudiy made. tel raphedt Burlington and-the bodiez were sea- back, the prices originally pad fo r them, $110, bemg made good Ore airest, Dr. Hlelmack, has been nae and othcrs are exocted to fol lw. Prosecu.ans against all cou crned ,il be pressed. Dsciplrated by a IraIit. A dispatch from Troy. $. (2, to the State says ioniday two negroes we:e sctil.ug rear the track while the down freig ht t-ain was passing. One Iof them dam Holmies, reeied, was struck by one of the cars and knocked under the wh~eels. The dirst wheels passed over his chest and the next completely severed his head from his bndy. DERHAM ELECTED. HE IS TO BECOMPTROLLER GENERAL INSTEAD OF MR, EPTON. The Vote Was a Very Close One-MIessrs. Nazlden and Cooper Elected Members of State Board of Control-New State Prison Directors. Both branches of the Legislature met in joint assembly on Wednesday to elect certain officials. It was exact ly 12:05 p. m. when Lieut. Gov. Mc. Sweeney called the joint assembly to order. The vote for United States senator taken in the two houses the preceding day was canvassed in the usual man ner and then the president of the sen ate declared that the Hon. John L. McLaurin had been duly elected Uni ted States senator for the unexpired term of the Hon. Joseph H. Earle. Toe vote was 135 for McLaurin and 1 for George W. Murray. Nominations for the office of comp troller general to fill the unexpired term of Congressman Norton were then declared in order. Mr. Hydrick of Spartanburg rose and said: Mr. President, it affords me great pleasure to nominate for this import ant position one of my fellow citizens of the county of Spartanburg, the Hor. Lland P. Epton, who coming from the bcdy of her people,filled the otil-e of county auditor of that county for six years with such distinguished efficiency as t> commend him to the favorable consideration of his excel lency the governor, when called upon to till tlis responsible office by ap pointment. I trust that this general assembly will endorse and ratify the excellent choice of the governor. The fact that Gen. Epton has invariably been honored by the peopleof his coun ty by handsome majorities; whenever he sought honor by their suffrages, shows that he is worthy to fill this high (Alice. And, sir, in behalf of the peoplr. of Spartanburg county, I sub mit that, with her 9,000 Democratic votes, she is entitled to representation in the exc'itive family of the State. Senator Dean of Greenville second ed the nomination in well chosen words. He said that the general as sembly should set its signet upon the selection of the chief executive and elect this man who had so often been honored by his own people. By this time the galleries were well filled with spectators, and downstairs from the floor djzens of visitors were displaying the keenest interest in the proceedings. Senator Scarborough of Horry rose ard first quaffing a glass of water, proceeded to nominate ex-State Sena tor J. P. Derham in a well-rounded speech. Mr. Scarborough said he oc cupied a unique position. He was the first man to stand on the hustings or on this floor and present for a State office a man from Horry county. He presented the name of one eminently qualified to fill the office. Horry had oeen faithful always to the State, but had had nothing. Horry had helped save the State in 1876 and yet she had asked for nothing. Horry had sought nothing and had had nothing. She pointed to her sons as her jewels. Messrs. Magill, Ashley, Crum Caughman, Carson, Liznenouse and Perritt for the Darlington delegation and Ilderton seconded the nomination 'of Mr. Derham. Se.sators DalBose and Mayfield also seconded the nomina tion. Senator May field made some re marks nighly complimentary to Mr. Dcrham. Soon nominations were closed and the calling of the rolls of the tno houses was proceeded with. As the members announced their votes many kept tally and it was soon seen that it would taae the 'complete count tc tell the story. When the count was completed the nresident declared the vote as follows: Y'otal cast, 159; D~rham, 77; Epton,71. He then deciared Mr. Derham elected comptroiler general, and there was ap plause from the fioor and from the galleries. The two houses voted as follows: SENATE. Derham -Aldricaj, Alexander,Bro wn Connor, Deenis,DaB :se, Gaines,Hay, Mauldin, Mayfl.ud, McDaniel, Mower, Norris, O'Dell, Petuigrew, Sanders, Scarborougn, Stackhouse, Saiddath, Talbird, Turner, Walker and Wil liams-23. Epton-Archer, Buist, Dean, Doug lass, Griffith, Henderson, Jefferies, Lasesne, Love, McCalla, Miller. Moses, Ragsdale, Sloan, Wallace, Walker 16. H3oUSE. Derhamn-All, Anderson, Ashley, Biiley, Bethune, Breland, Carson, Jaugflman, Cruo, C. W., G. W. and W. U. Davis, Dukes, Ed wards, Fairey, F~ox, Gas.que, H. P. Good win, Graham, Hauins H~rvey, Henderson, Hiott, Honlis, Humiphreys, Ilderton, J. D. K ward, Lester, Limehouse, Magill, J. E. and J. d Miller, Mishoe, Moore, Mic~auiel, McK-own, McLaurin, Onr enO, Perritt, Pniilips, Polkeck, Price, Prince, Pyatt, R:,insford, Ro binson, Russel1, Skinner, Toole, Townsend, Weic:1, Wingo, Win.dler, Yeldell-54 Epton-Speaker Gary, Austell, Ba cot, Banks, Bedorn, Biythe, Burns, Cailds, Colcock, Cusamuan, DeBruhl, Epp-, Gadsden, Garris, 0. P Good vi,, Hazelden, Hydr-ick, H. E. and C'. E. Jonauson, Kennedy, Kibl-er, H. J. K~nard, Lancaster, Liviogston, Lolon, Meaires, Mehrtens, Mitchell, .-eLaliough, McWhite, Nettles, Pat ton, Plyler, Reynolds, Rogers, Sea brook, Sinker-, Simkins, J. R., S. W , W. s. at d E D, Smith, Sullivan. J. P. and W. H. Tnomas, Verner, Vin ctnt. Walling, West, Westmoreiand, wv nisoznant, Wilson, Williams, With erspoon, Wyche-55. FOR I1EMBERS OF STATE B~oARD. Nummtions Ior me.uecs of the State board of control were declared in order. Mr. 0 P. Goodwin nominated Mr. 'X. R. Cooper for member of the Stiate board of control. Mr. Williams Lominated the Hon. Then the point was raised that the terms of the two Lnembers were diifer ent and the nominatious should be made separately. The point was sus taineCd. Then Mr. Crumi nominated the Hon. M. W. Phillips to :ill the unexpired term of Cul. Wilhe Jones, resigned. Mr. Skinner and Sena:or Maylield, as well as otners seconded the nomina For the unexpired term Mr. Wil liams renewed the nominationl of Mr. Hazelden. It was seconded by Sena tor Ljve, Messrs. Gasque and others. Mr. Perritt nominated Mr. J. 0. A. Moore of Darlington. -The vte was announced as folloWS: Total vote cast, 144; Hszelden, 80; Phillips, 60; Moore. 4. Mr. Hazelden was declared elected. After the vote was taken Senator Ragsdale changed his vote from Moore to Phillips. These changes were also made: Bethune from Moore to Phillips, Carson from Moore to Phil lips, Caughman from Moore to Hazel den, C. M. Davis from Moore to Phil lips, Graham from Moore to Phillips, Lofton from Moore to Hazelden, J. E. Miller from Moore to-Hazelden, Mis hoe from Moore to Phillips. McLaurin from Moore to Hazelden, Perritt from Moore to Phillips, Prince from Moore to Phillips. The vote in detail was as follows: SENATE. Hazelden-Alexander, Bro wn,Buist, Dean, Douglass, Gaines, Hay, Ltsesne, Love, Mauldin, McCalla, McDaniel, Miller, Moses, Norris, O'Dell, Petti grew, Stackhouse, Walker-19. Phillips-Aldrich, Dennis. Hender son, Jefferies, Mayfield, Mower, Rags dale, Sanders, Scarborouph, Sloan, Suddath, Talbird, Wallace, Walker, Williams-15. Moore-Archer, Connor, DuBose-3. HOUSE. Hazelden-Speaker Gary, Anderson, Ashley, Bacot, Burns. Caughman, DeBruhl, DeL->ach, Dakes, Elwards. Epps, Garris, Gasque, Hamilton,Hen derson, Hydrick, T. E. Johnson, Ken nedy. H. J. Kinard,Lancaster, Lester, Livingston, Lofton, Mehrtens, J. E, and J. H. Miller, Mitchell, McCul lough, McLaurio McWhite, Nettles, Owen, Plyler, 'ollock, Rainsford, Reynolds, Robinson, Rog ers, Sanders, Seabrook, Sinkler, J. R. and S. W. Smith, Speer, Sullivan, J. P. and W. H. Thomas, Toole,Townsend, Verner, Wolling, Welch West, Westmore land, Wilson,Wiliams,Witherspoon, Yeldell-61. Phillips-All, Austell, Bailey, Bed on, Bethune, Blythe, Breeland, Car son, Colcock, Crum, C. M., G. W. and W. C. Davis, Fairey, Fox, H. P. and 0. P. Goodwin,Graham, Harvey, HiQtt, Hollis, Humphrey, Ilderton, H, E. Johnson, Kibler, J. D. Kinard, Limehouse, McKeown, Patton, Per ritt, Price, Russell, Skinner,Simpkins, Vincent, Whisonant, Wingo, Wink ler, Wyche-45. Moore-Efird-1. MR. COOPER RE ELECTED. Mr. 0. P. Goodwin nominated in appropriate terms the Hon. M. R. Cooper to succeed himsel. Mr. Toole nominated the Hon. R. H. Timmerman. There were several seconds to both nominations. Some of the members made complimentary remarks about each of the candidates. The total vote cast was 144,of which Mr. Cooper received 83 and Mr. Tim merman 60. In detail the vote was as follows: SENATE. Cooper-Aldrich, Brown,Buist,Dean, Dennis, Douglass, DuBose, Hay, Jef feries, Lesesne, Mauldiu Mayfield, McDaniel, Miller, Ragsdale, Sanders, Sloan, Stackhouse, Talbird, Turner, Walker, Wallace, Williams-23. Timmerman-Alexander, Archer, Connor, Gaines, Henderson. Love, McCalla,Moses. Mower,Norris, O'Dell, Pettigrew, Scarborough, Waller, Sud dath.-15. HOUSE. Cooper-Speaker Gary, All, Ashley, Austell, Bacot, Bailey, Bedon,Blythe, Breeland, Burns, Colcock, Crum, Da -'is, C. M.. Davis, W.C., Dukes, Eard, Fox, Gadsden. Garris. Goodwin, H. P., Good win, 0. P., Grahiam, Harv ey, Hiatt, Hollis, Hydrick, Johnson, Horace E , Kennedy, Kibler, Kinard, Henry J., Kinard, J. D., Lancanter, Limetiouse, Lof ton, Mitchell, McDan iel, McKeown, McWhite, Nattles,Pat ton, Phillips, Price, Pyatt, Russell, Sanders, Seabrook, Sinkler, Skinner, Smith, J. R , Smith. 8. W., Thomas, John P., Jr., Thomas, W. H., Town send, Verner. Walling, West, West moreland, Wilson, Wingo, Wither spoon-83. Timmerman-Anderson, Bethune, Carson, Caughmnan, Cushman,Davis, Geo.W., DeBruhl, DeLoach,Ed wards, Epps, Fairey, Gatque, Hamiilton. Henderson, Humpnrey, Ilderton, Johnson, T. E., Kibler, Lester, Liv ingston, Magill, Mehrtens, Miller, J. E., Miller, Joel, H., Moore. McCul laugh, McLaurin, Ovsen, Perritt, Pol lock, Prince, Rainsford, Reynolds, Robiuson, Rogers, Simkins, Speer, Sallivan, Toole, Wisonant, Winkler, Williams, Wyche, Yeldell-60. PENITENTIARY DIRECTORS. For two members of the board of directors of the penitentiary the joint assembly then voted. Mr. Price nominated the Hnn. S. P. J. Garris of Colleton, the nomination being seconded by Messrs. Ashley, Vincent, Bedon, Burns and others. Mr. Gasris nominated for tthe other place Mr. W. 0. Tatum of Orange burg. Mr. Rainsford and others sec onded the nomination. There will be no further nominations the two nam ed received all the votes cast, and were declared elected. The Maine at Havana. The United States battleship Maine, commanded by Capt. D. Sigsbee, which left Key West on January 24, arrived at Havana at 11 o'clock Tues day morning and was saluted by the forts and war vessels. Shortly after the arrival of the Maine, Lieutenant Albert E Drano, representing the captain of the port, Vice Admiral Jose Pastor, visited the United States battleship and exten ded the customnary courtesies. The arrival of the war ship caused surprise and excited cor. siderable curiosity. A naval lieuten ant cf the Spanish cruiser Alfonso X[I, tne Spanish ilagship, visited the Maine early in the afternoon, as did also the officer of the German cruiser Gueinesa, the schoolship. Both visits were returned by Capt.ain Sigsbee, wao, at 6 o'clock called upon Rear admiral Vicente Manterola, at the admiralty office, and upon Vice Ad rairal Pastor, after wnicax he had a prolonged conference with Consul General Lee. The otlicers and sailors of the Maine will not go ashiore at present, in order to avail possiole friction. Fatal18torm. Tuesday morning at three o'clock a territic tnunder storm raged for an hour or more in the vicinity of Louis ville, Ky. Tne siy cleared after a time, shortly after day break, but the wind continued to blow. It incr eased in ir tensity until 10 A5 a. m. The weather bureau otiiis recorded a ve Locity of 63 miles an hour. Aug building and died in 10 minutes fron his injuries. A wdman, name un saown, was found lying dead in somue debris at 384U LaCled avenue, and a boy was killed, being blowrt fromn a . porch roof in another part of the Icity. It was ap parent~y'a straight blow and not a tornado. A GRAND VIC ORY FOR ILVER. The United States swate Stands Loyally by it. The United States Senate discussed Friday as it had several days previcus the resolution of Senator Teller to I pay cif the bonds of the United S:ates in either gold or silver at the option of the government. The last speaker in the debate closed at six o'clock Fri day afternoon. At this time the gal leries were filled to overflowing and a large number of the house, includ ing Speaker Reed, occupied the area back of the senators. The Teller resolution is a practical reaffirmation of that of Stanley Mat thews in 1878 and is as follows: "That all the bonds of the United States is sued, or authorizd to be issued. under the said acts of con grees hereinbefore recited, are payable, principal interest. at the option of the government of the United States in silver dollars cr the coin of the United States containing 412 1-2 grains each of standard silver coins as a legal tender in pay ment of said bonds, principal and interest, is not in violation of the public faith nor in derogation of the rights of the pub lic creditor." Afterthe debate an amendment to the above resolution offered by Mr. Nelson, declaring "that it is the duty of the government of the United States under existing laws to maintain the rarity in value of its gold and silver money so that the dollar of one metal shall for all monetary purposes always be equal in value to the dollar of the other metal," was first taken up. Mr. Vest moved to table the amend ment. The yea and nay vote gave the first test of the respective elements, re sulting-42 to 37 in favor of tabling the amendment. Then came the Lodge amendment as follows: "That all the bonds of the Uited States issued or authorized to1 be issued under the said acts of con gress herebefore recited are payable, principal and interest in gold coin or its equivalent; and that other pay ment without the consent of the cred itor would be in violation of the pub lic faith and in derogation of nis rights." - Mr. Veet moved to table the amend ment. "I hope the senator will withdrawn the motion to table," interposed Mr. 1 Wolcott, "so that we may have a di- t rect vote on gold." Mr. Vest consented and the vote was taken directly on the Lodge amend ment, resulting in its defeat-24 to 53. There was intense interest during this vote as it presented a more direct issue than had been anticipated. It was seen at the outset that party lines were broken, Chandler, Carter and other Republicans voting against theamendment. As the vote closed Mr. Cbandier noticing some Republi cans in their seats had not voted akea that the names of senators not voting be read. The clerk read slowly "Alli son," Burrows," and there being no response the result as above was an nounced. Mr. Quay now came forward with a new amendment as follows: "Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: "That all the bonds or cher 1obligations of the United States issued or authorized to be issued under the acts of congress herebefore recited should be paid, principal and interest, in the money that is the highest money 'of the world." Mr. Vest again moved to table. Carried-47 to 31. Mr. Hoar off ered a new amendment j to go at the close of the resolution as 'follows: "that under no circumstac es will the principal or interest of the public debt be paid in depreciated cur rency or in any money other than the best money of the world." The amendment was tabled on Mr.' Vest's motion-412 to 32. Mr. Foraker proposed an amend ment formerly suggested by Mr. Spooner who was absent, as f ollows: " fhat it is declared to be the financial policy of the United States tnat until there shall have been obtained an in t'ornational agreement witn the lead-i ing commercial nations of the world for the free coinage of silver, which agreement the United States is here by further pledged to promote the faith and honor and credit of theo United States are solemnly pledged to preserve the existing gold standard ; and all sil ver and paper currency shall be main tained at a parity with gold and all ob lgations of the Uaited States shall be; maintained inviobly at tne presen~ standard." The amendment suffered the fate of those going before, tabled-44 to 83. Mr. Hoar presented the sanse amend ment as the last, proposing it as an additional section in stead of a sepa-I rate declaration. This was tabled, twe vote being the same as on the Foraer amendment. Mr. Caifery proposed an amendment as follows: "Pro vided, tnat if at :he time of paymzent of the; principal or interest of the oonds, the; market value of silver is not at par; with gold at the ratio of 16 tz 1, the principal and interest shAl be pid in gold or silver at the op.ion of the creditors." The amendment was t.abled without a yea and nay vote. This disposed of the anndnenuts and the desks were caed for the ainal vote on the Teller resolutio, which reiuited as foliows: Yeat-Me-srs. 2lien, Ba'con, Bate. Berry, Butler, Cannoni, C,-: er, Chf::d ler, Chilton, Ciark, Clay, Coerel Daniel, Gray, tierris, lHet id, Jone of Arkartsas, Ken. , .,e. m y McEnery, McLaurin, Mailo 'y, 'dlle,, gan, Murpay, Pasco, P'e-tirew, Pet t as, Prit' har3, Rl .wliuis, R nsch -hra ue, Turner, Vest Warren , rnit W ,olcott-4. Nayc-Masrs Ald-c.A m IBurrows, Batr, C-aYryC Davis, Fairbanis, Fora e Ihawlev, HojQ Lydge ilanc Mas'. Morei\' IPiatt of N--" or" Tihurston, ' Wei uto -.evmre WXison-32. werecas folows Tiy .'.- .~o Fauilner wifn i inS, ~o::Laa w tai Frye, Jones of Nevad a wim' Pr actor Walt-aali wittn dp)oner. The tirst namedt w-ul 'in each e -" Ire~olation and agns al ~edmn Iwtiile thie last aarned woul~dnu Ivottd against the resolution and mor the amendmnents. There V7as no uew onstration oui the announcecsent, and ~at 7 p. in., on motion of Mr. Allison,L ~the senate adjourned till Monday. PARKS WAS ELECTED 'UBLIC PR;NTER.QN THURSDAY BY THE LEGISL.ATURE. >ne HaTd Worked Editor Who Geta a EP served Pium-How the 3fmbrs of Te Two Houses Voted on the Satter. In joint session Thursday the two 2cuses of the general assembly do :lined to ratify the appointment of s!r. Charles B Calvo as public printer .o the unexpired term of his father, re :ently made, and elected instead for he interim Mr. J. T. Parks of Orange >urg. The history of the recent ap >ointment following the misfortune f Mr. Charles A. (salvo, the publie >rinter, is familiar, to all. Ieuten mt Governor McSweeney called the ody to order. The resolution under which the election was to beheld was -ead, and then the president of the enate appointed Senators Aldrich and move tellers on the part of the senate, peaker Gary appointing Mesmu. Edrd, DeLoach and C. W. Davis on he part of the house. Nominations for public printer to ill the unexuired term of Mr. C. A, Jalvo were declared in order. In a few words Senator McOalla 2ominated Mr. J. T. Parks of Orange >urg. Mr. Dikes seconded it. Mr. Pollock then rose and said they aad met there to elect a State printer. 1r. Charles A. Calvo was elected for .wo years, and he would have been erving now out for his misfortune, e was proceeding to detail the sir umstances of the appintment when rtr. J. D. Kinard rose to state that he was chairman of the house committee >n printing, and had not acted inmak ng the appointment. Mr. Pollcek said Mr. Charles B. Jalvo had the work well and satisfae ;orily done. He had heard no com plaint as to any of the work. The sea son was nearing its end. In two, cer ;aialy not more than three weeks, here would be nothing else to do. He :hought it would be very unwsie to nake any change. Senator Archer at this juncture rose .e a point of order, asking if they were there to make nominations or to liscuss the advisablity of making a hange in the matter of the public printing. The president said they had met to elect. Mr. Pollock said he was aware of the purpose of the joint assembly, and was simply giving the reasons why it ap eared to him that the generalassrm bly should be fair and just and extend he term of Mr. Cnarles B. Calvo to ts pro per exoiration. Mr. Jno. P. Thomas, Jr., seconded :he no'ninasion "on bekalf of the wife .nd children of him upon whom "od aad placed a heavy hand." Senator Ragsdale thought that on every consideration of right and good faith the general assembly should cele r. Charles B. Calvo. Senator May neld said that rc - ing the past services of the elder vo :o the State and believing that ha son ught to hold on as public printer un il his term had expired, he seconded the nomination. Senator Gaines and Dr. Timmerman seconded the nomination of Mr. Parks long with otbers. Mr. Crum too nleasure in seconding the nomination of Mr. Parks and ex pressed the hope that they would get i printer who could give them the re ports of the co.nptroller general and ucerintendent of education sooner ;han the iacumbent. Senator Dean and Mr. McCullough seconded the nomination of Mr. Calvo mnd th.en nominaations were closed. Tne vote was then taken resulting . the elec'.ion of Mr. Parks. The .otal vote cast wu 142, of which Mr. Parks rezmiee dS8, Mr. Calvo 52 and :he B--yan Printung conpany 1. The rote in detai is as follows: SENATE. Calvo-Bu~.st, Detan, Jeffaries, Ia ,esne. Love, M3.field, McDanisl, Mil er, Moses, Pettigre'7, Ragsdale, scarborough, Sloan, Taloird, Turner, Walker.-16. Pa~ks-Adricha, Alexander, Archer, Brown, Conjnor, Dennis, Dou.glass, )aBose, Gaines, Hay, Henderson, S~nders. ;, Sa u ie, Sadd~vth, Wat ace, Wall1er, Williams-21. Bryan Printing Comnpany-Mower. HOUSE. Cal vo-All, Anlerson, Ashley, austeli, Bacot. B:ythe, Burns, Childs, eLoach, Kibler, Lemmon, Livings on. Meares, Mehnrtens, Mitchell, Mo Julouga, Nettles. Pal~ton. Plyler, Ploek Pyatt, Reynoids, Ro',inson, logers, Sanders, Simkins, Smith J. EI , Stevenson, Sullivan, Thomas John P. Jr., Thomas W. H., Vincent, W oiing Whisonant, Wilson, Wil iams-36. Parks-Speaker Gary, Bailey, Bedon, et-ture, Breeland, Carson, Jagma, a, Cashmian, Davis 3. M., Davis W. C., De3ruhL, Dakes, Evardis, End, Eps, Fairey, Fox, idsden, Ga'ris, Gasque, Goodwin E. P., Go~d win C. P., Graham, F-nuiprey, H ick, Ilerton, John o'n Horace E , Johnson T. E , Ken keEnard Heary J., Kinard J. D ,. ~ uicaster, L ester. U~znehouse, [f on, M:1 er J. E., 4ilr Joel H., '1se >MDaniel, McKeown, Mc Laurin, McWaite," Phiilip, Price, aree R -ia/rd, 'kimeil, Seabrook, Sknn:r, smita S. W., Speer, Sturkie, 'i n~"eman, Toole, Weleb, West, Wo a ?re~l. W.ingo, WVinkler, Wi terspo:: W \yche, Yeldell-68. TheL ' ;u and L keSupe * n en pany steamer *~ oflLI~. w eic struck the bar -per 'ent ashore T ,-sa night, has *r. . . in the centre and the u ~ dg al. Tne life e me thecrew, consist an 1 ami the few passen - so ar.. bri'ging them ashore e br~x~s boy.The City of a- ~hw aud a Jaout $3),000. Sh "as wl intured and it is under. acd1uCtee s t,00insurance ia ier ca go. flrctally Inzdered. ?ea-.r pni-m of Maron county asssa .; oba the store of R. ;iv dy Vs edne-sday night at . p:s-. le , Mi Marion county, a a-..-aws s worn out against osa pl a inrte haands of Con e J A-Edy In attempting to g o u inz E idy in makiug the r-.;t oy ine negro and kill d. I ma escape, but a pos e cat *n Georgetown and :a.i - vage Thursday